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Switching Back 1025
Most of the above, mind you, isn't demoware. It's real software which Apple includes because it's useful, not because they're being paid by third-parties to promote it1...
Switching Back 1026
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:46:34 -0400, Oliver Costich One of these days you will get a life and find you don't want to spend time building...
History of the Living Dead
The Macintosh Launch - and Crash Jobs' luck was about to run out. The Macintosh had an...
Spaces question 1028
Good question. IMO, the ideal behavior would be that if you click the Safari icon while in a space where Safari doesn't have an open window, it would...
Spaces question
You would end up creating new Safari windows instead of switching to Safari. No, I think that part works correctly - i.e. it switches to...
Spaces question 1030
OK, so suppose I've got Safari windows in spaces 1 and 2, and I'm in space...
top 25 computers of all time accordin to PC World
It isn't a list by year, Edwin. It's a ranking of which is the greatest. Number 1 overall: the Apple II "Greatest PCs: Number 1 1. Apple II (1977)The...
Expander Demon
Hi, Well for that particular problem he doesn't have to remove a suite he purchased, he can basically disable that Stuffit...
Apple better get its act together 1033
Chris Clement Nah don't think it will matter. Microsoft's little stock smoothing affair and some other minor *ahem* accounting...
Apple better get its act together 1034
If it was "just Apple", it would be entirely different, but many firms have the exact same...
OT Global Warming Fundamentalists... 1035
I love the growing mystery of the Spoof of Al Gore's Movie... (the spoof is very weak)... but Looks like it came from...
OT Global Warming Fundamentalists... 1036
Snit That much is certain... plus we've got quite a few forest fires going right now and the air is getting a bit smokey. Only one was caused by a...
Global Warming Fundamentalists... 1037
us with the following wisdom: Do you use 'corporation' and 'profits' as curse words by some chance? Your failure to understand how the economy...
Global Warming Fundamentalists... 1038
One doesn't "scheme to make a buck" off of global warming by investing in basic climate research, Mayor...
Global Warming Fundamentalists... 1039
bless us with the following wisdom: One can scheme to make a buck in several ways. Investing in basic research could show land speculators which areas will become desirable...
Global Warming Fundamentalists... 1040
This doesn't seem like a particularly workable business model, given the kind of time periods involved and the...
If Windows could dual boot 1041
Linux is free"...Let's think about that. The Dutch tell us "there's no such thing as a free...
If Windows could dual boot 1042
That may be true, sir, but it surely didn't cost the developers of the Linux distros "about a dime" to develop it. Nor did your bandwidth cost you "about a...
If Windows could dual boot 1043
Donald McDaniel Cost estimates are different from practical cost. What, exactly, did it cost to develop GTK? Much less...
What a real computer does during a game
11 The kind where your old butt thinks you are crossing the blue line with the puck and...
Sandman post your tweaks..... 1046
The same engine, yes. Totally different games. Not only does DOD:S use HDR in most (all?) maps, which CSS doesn't. DOD:S maps are...
Sandman post your tweaks..... 1047
Sure, if that was true. I've just woken up, and I'll not make fun of you now, Snit. here's the deal - and the things Brian is ignorant about: 1. A Mac mini pushes...
More on apps, shelf space 1048
I do not mean "can they"; I know they can. I mean- is it typical for them to do this? That's...
More on apps, shelf space 1049
Well, I might be wrong about deleting prefs on the Mac. But I do say that *if* I am wrong and *if...
More on apps, shelf space 1050
These don't use Spotlight. What it does is watch where you navigate in the Finder and whenever it sees...
More on apps, shelf space 1051
It is not necessary to get this level of perfection to have a useful product! snip- signing *everything* Essentially correct. That is what IE6 on XP...
More on apps, shelf space 1052
Actually, in this case, it sort of is. Coming up with a whole elaborate system that only blocks *some* approaches to tricking the user into running malware is basically the...
Apple "Invents" The Boot Loader
I'm sure they know some folk need Windows. Apple isn't that big in the PC market these days and not all that powerful. The power it exercises over the Mac...
Linux Zombies Poised for DDoS Attacks
But in the podcast I did with Barrett yesterday he raises the specter of a new generation of zombies...
When is the last time you got money back from Microsoft
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:11:08 -0700, John C. Randolph Actually, here are the terms for free use of MS products: Students: A student shall be...
Leopard
Hi! I think you could make the argument that SP2 was more of an OS than advertised or mentioned. At the very least, Tablet PC users are supposed to...
Ensure your New PC will run Vista
Excuse me, but Win2000 and XP are as different from 98 as OS X is from OS 9. Among other MANY things, 2000-XP: - got rid of user and gdi heap space limits - went to...
Best place for Open Source questions
It's actually quite simple, allow me to explain. 1. Open source programmers give away their hard work. 2. Companies like IBM...
I don't get it
Frankly I'm not sure what you're referencing then. Yes it can. But doing so isn't a...
Observations of Jimmy Lee
Tom Bates You think so? Ok, then it must be pretty easy to show Jim being a 'productive' poster. Feel free...
Thought pieces for the conscientious mind 1061
I don't know what Steve Jobs does with charity so I won't comment on his caring about the little guy. I will however comment on Apple's obsession...
Thought pieces for the conscientious mind
That is not protected by free speech law, and as far as Apple is concerned it very seriously...
Thought pieces for the conscientious mind 1063
Had you been paying attention you may have seen this in a previous post...... Snit wrote... "Bottom line: people use products outside of...
Those Cheap Dells...not exactly
The top-of-the-line XPS M1710 also incorporates multimedia features to entertain. Dell increased the brightness of its TrueLife(TM) 17-inch widescreen UXGA display by 30 percent...
Apple's MacBook packed with plenty of features, software
Apple's MacBook packed with plenty of features, software by Chris Kridler Florida Today Opening a new...
Bill Gates Supports Communism &A#JD1Tg!d8
We might as well point out the other SCUM who bow and scrape to the red commies: Google - 'Do no evil' my butt! Total sell-outs. Yahoo! - How many Chinese...
Yet Another Symantec Problem &A#JD1Tg!d8
Ever amusing John. You are a fine actor. Luckily I don't have to put on a...
More Fun With Windoze XP Service Pack Error Messages
Here's a quote from the XP service pack 2 support site: "You receive a "Stop: c0000135" and "winsrv was not found" error message after you install Windows...
Appleopoly DOES exist
Once again I see you run away from my original questions. Here, let me post them again so I'll be sure you even saw them, and unlike snit had a problem understanding...
Apple wins Beatles battle
Apple wins Beatles battle By Sylvia Carr Published: May 8, 2006, 4:08 AM PDT Last modified: May 8, 2006, 4:52 AM PDT Apple Computer has triumphed in its latest court...
Once Again For Your
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:27:25 GMT, Mayor of R'lyeh With Darwin, *and* a GUI based on KDE, OS X *is* as much open-source as it can be without giving it away. Giving...
Once Again For Your
Dvorak has been desperate for something to write about for years. Earlier this year he wrote THE STUPIDEST COMPUTER ARTICLE OF ALL TIME about how Apple are going to dump Mac OS X and...
Apple Stock Closes Up 5.4% at $67.63
Apple computer earned $410 million, or 47 cents a share, for the quarter ended April...
HP Uses Apple Batteries In Some Laptop Models &A#JD1Tg!d8
The lie perpetrated in the breastle of this bullsh*t post has tipped the scales for me. I am adding the 'mayor' to my kill list. 1) The article points out that HP...
For the Windiots who think only Apple has recalls
You're not making sense. What exactly did I sidestep? Nobody asked me a question. Ok show me where the implication was made. Ok. Now you're really talking crazy. Is this Snit or that...
Dell Stock Takes Nose Dive
Mojo Dell has a lot more renewed compebreastion from HP. HP has really been doing well with their Windows based PCs lately. Look at HP's stock - doing quite well relatively speaking. Also...
Virtual PC AntiVirus &A#JD1Tg!d8
I hate to agree with Tom-schizo but: YES. Definitely follow all the excellent advice from NoNamer. BUT...
For Mojo: Behind the Apple press releases and SJ's RDF
Apple's share of market and mind keep slipping. For all the buzz about OS X, now the only real difference between a new...
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