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No MacOS webserver has ever been rooted or defaced in history.

Okay there, buddy. Stop frothing at the mouth. First of all, how the hell do you root a system that doesn't even have different levels of access? It's all root. In that sense, Mac OS 9 is just about as shiny and amazing as Windows 95. You don't even have protected memory. That's why you have vulnerabilities in your web broswers where just looking at a website can force your wonder machine to download and run any code the site designer wants, that's why doing a simple RDNS will shut your system down completely.

Oh, by the way. If your machine is a web server that RDNS's addresses, anyone browsing from, or spoofing 206.207.151.40, 206.98.128.14, 206.207.48.173, or 206.207.48.194 will shut your system down. Like, wave bye-bye down, since you again, have no protected memory. Wow. I'm sure in the HISTORY of Mac OS 8 and 9 webservers, no RDNS's have been performed.

Honestly, the system you're bragging about is fucking Mickey Mouse bullshit. Name the site and the date, indeed. The burden of proof is on you, friend. Nothing is secure. Why not show me some (any) respectable (non-geocities/mac zealot) links that agree with you?

This article is all fluff. You've got the one guy who wrote kaleidoscope complaining that the UI now has closed API's. In fact, if a user wanted to change their interface, the pxm resources can be easily edited with resources available.

Not only this, there are several themes available.

The complaint here is that although Darwin is open source, (with most of the core components of the OS), the window server is not. Being a UNIX system, however, you can make a new one if you cared to. Simply running strings from the command line can pull most API functions out of a binary, so emulating them would be a tast, but not an impossible one.

From the beginning, Apple has discouraged used from using elements in the Aqua theme file (extras.rsrc) which are copyrighted by them. However, a full replacement of that resource file that contains no Apple IP can't be pulled by Apple.

Please don't listen to this argument that the OS is closed to tweakers. It's different now to tweak things, but you certainly can.

See? A Titanium theme, a Rhodium theme, a Gunther theme, a Totally Aqua theme.

Hey, even a tool to make them.

Quit complaining.

This article is all fluff. You've got the one guy who wrote kaleidoscope complaining that the UI now has closed API's. In fact, if a user wanted to change their interface, the pxm resources can be easily edited with resources available.

Not only this, there are several themes available.

The complaint here is that although Darwin is open source, (with most of the core components of the OS), the window server is not. Being a UNIX system, however, you can make a new one if you cared to. Simply running strings from the command line can pull most API functions out of a binary, so emulating them would be a tast, but not an impossible one.

From the beginning, Apple has discouraged used from using elements in the Aqua theme file (extras.rsrc) which are copyrighted by them. However, a full replacement of that resource file that contains no Apple IP can't be pulled by Apple.

Please don't listen to this argument that the OS is closed to tweakers. It's different now to tweak things, but you certainly can.

See? A Titanium theme, a Rhodium theme, a Gunther theme, a Totally Aqua theme.

Hey, even a tool to make them.

Quit complaining.

First, OS X supports two-button-mice *natively*. You can buy any non-apple off-the-shelf two-button USB laser mouse for ultra cheap and plug it in any not-too-old mac laptop's *two* USB ports. If there is a 3-button USB mouse out there, i bet you it'll just work on a mac laptop (or desktop), in the worst case you might have to install a vendor-supplied driver.

Apple hardware has *for years* supported USB peripherals, and that includes mice AND keyboards.

ADB serial ports for keyboards have been gone for a WHILE. As far as keyboard remapping, there is a slew of 3rd party OSX shareware and "how-to's" out there that'll help you do just that. Keep in mind that the Alpha Geek Community is switching in *strides* over to OS X, thereby building a very strong support-base. Check out a couple of my switching experience stories to give you a small idea of *some* of the slew of cool things you can do with OS X.

Futhermore, Apple hardware has been increasingly following mainstream peripheral and other device specifications: VGA monitor ports, ATA drive controllers, PCI extension slots. You can pretty-much buy a mac, gut it out, and fill-it up with non-apple components. But at least you have a base system that *just works*, and works well at that.

Please define "Unix Look and Feel". Are you talking about Solaris CDE? Are you talking about GNOME? KDE? I've got X11 and a slew of window managers and other X11 apps installed and running on OS X, using Fink. I would highly recommend that you get used to OS X's Aqua interface which is quite intuitive and powerful.

First, OS X supports two-button-mice *natively*. You can buy any non-apple off-the-shelf two-button USB laser mouse for ultra cheap and plug it in any not-too-old mac laptop's *two* USB ports. If there is a 3-button USB mouse out there, i bet you it'll just work on a mac laptop (or desktop), in the worst case you might have to install a vendor-supplied driver.

Apple hardware has *for years* supported USB peripherals, and that includes mice AND keyboards.

ADB serial ports for keyboards have been gone for a WHILE. As far as keyboard remapping, there is a slew of 3rd party OSX shareware and "how-to's" out there that'll help you do just that. Keep in mind that the Alpha Geek Community is switching in *strides* over to OS X, thereby building a very strong support-base. Check out a couple of my switching experience stories to give you a small idea of *some* of the slew of cool things you can do with OS X.

Futhermore, Apple hardware has been increasingly following mainstream peripheral and other device specifications: VGA monitor ports, ATA drive controllers, PCI extension slots. You can pretty-much buy a mac, gut it out, and fill-it up with non-apple components. But at least you have a base system that *just works*, and works well at that.

Please define "Unix Look and Feel". Are you talking about Solaris CDE? Are you talking about GNOME? KDE? I've got X11 and a slew of window managers and other X11 apps installed and running on OS X, using Fink. I would highly recommend that you get used to OS X's Aqua interface which is quite intuitive and powerful.

The current maintainer for OSXVNC has a web page here.

If you're newish to Java and you like the simplicity of Macs - have a look at JJEdit. It's a nice, easy to use IDE written exclusively for Mac OS X.

This free PDF book (from http://www.funwithfink.com) is very helpful for anyone (especially beginners) interested in running UNIX apps on Mac OS X with Fink:
http://idisk.mac.com/pluzano/Public/FunWithFink.pd f, or
http://idisk.mac.com/plavigna/Public/FunWithFink.p df

This free PDF book (from http://www.funwithfink.com) is very helpful for anyone (especially beginners) interested in running UNIX apps on Mac OS X with Fink:
http://idisk.mac.com/pluzano/Public/FunWithFink.pd f, or
http://idisk.mac.com/plavigna/Public/FunWithFink.p df

The source code is licensed under the GPL, which isn't mentioned anywhere on the page.

Also from the README...

All DVDSynth components should build with VC++ 6.0. Most components also build with MinGW, except for dvdproxy.mpd, dvdproxy.sys, and MirrorDrive95.kll (and those only because I haven't ported them yet). Be careful about this last, because if you build MirrorDrive95.dll without MirrorDrive95.kll and try to run the result, you will probably get a nasty crash. The MinGW Makefile is kinda broken; in particular it doesn't know anything about the header files. You will also need NASM (a free assembler) to build the one ASM file that's currently in the distribution. You should not need the Windows DDK or any Windows header files beyond what come with VC++ and MinGW.

Which is kinda nice for those of us who don't have $600+ to blow on visual studio. (Or are a student at a uni with the $5 per license deal.)

(sorry, I didn't bother to grab any other files)

Here's a fun way to spread the word about the Patriot Act and its impact on our freedoms. Check out these propaganda posters updated to comment on the war on terrorism.

So I click on the story's link and this is what I see. Interesting, indeed. :-P

Targeted advertising at its best

And this has been a proprietary HVAC controller programming language for at least 15 years: Eikon.

Those of you who remember the early days of microcomputers might remember a fellow named Tom Pittman, who developed Tiny BASIC and made it available dirt-cheap for several platforms... this in contrast to a whiny young Bill Gates, who at the time was harassing computer hobbiests (such as those in the famous Homebrew Computer Club) to cough up unreasonable amounts of money for his BASIC interpreter, which, in some respects, wasn't as good as Tiny. Later, Pittman became known for writing a HyperTalk compiler for the Mac and authoring "The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice" --- still a damn fine book, if you can find a copy.

What does this have to do with 9/11? Less well known is that Pittman is a devout Christian, who's spent a good chunk of these last few years living off his savings to develop automated Bible translation software. He's an interesting person, and whether or not you subscribe to the Christian belief system, his thoughts on the events of 9/11 make for some thought-provoking reading:

http://homepage.mac.com/BibleTrans/IslamDif.htm

For those who might wonder why a bright fellow like Pittman subscribes to Christian beliefs (something so unfashionable here on Slashdot), the following may be illuminating:

http://homepage.mac.com/ittybittycomputers/Areopag us.html

Those of you who remember the early days of microcomputers might remember a fellow named Tom Pittman, who developed Tiny BASIC and made it available dirt-cheap for several platforms... this in contrast to a whiny young Bill Gates, who at the time was harassing computer hobbiests (such as those in the famous Homebrew Computer Club) to cough up unreasonable amounts of money for his BASIC interpreter, which, in some respects, wasn't as good as Tiny. Later, Pittman became known for writing a HyperTalk compiler for the Mac and authoring "The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice" --- still a damn fine book, if you can find a copy.

What does this have to do with 9/11? Less well known is that Pittman is a devout Christian, who's spent a good chunk of these last few years living off his savings to develop automated Bible translation software. He's an interesting person, and whether or not you subscribe to the Christian belief system, his thoughts on the events of 9/11 make for some thought-provoking reading:

http://homepage.mac.com/BibleTrans/IslamDif.htm

For those who might wonder why a bright fellow like Pittman subscribes to Christian beliefs (something so unfashionable here on Slashdot), the following may be illuminating:

http://homepage.mac.com/ittybittycomputers/Areopag us.html

Those of you who remember the early days of microcomputers might remember a fellow named Tom Pittman, who developed Tiny BASIC and made it available dirt-cheap for several platforms... this in contrast to a whiny young Bill Gates, who at the time was harassing computer hobbiests (such as those in the famous Homebrew Computer Club) to cough up unreasonable amounts of money for his BASIC interpreter, which, in some respects, wasn't as good as Tiny. Later, Pittman became known for writing a HyperTalk compiler for the Mac and authoring "The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice" --- still a damn fine book, if you can find a copy.

What does this have to do with 9/11? Less well known is that Pittman is a devout Christian, who's spent a good chunk of these last few years living off his savings to develop automated Bible translation software. He's an interesting person, and whether or not you subscribe to the Christian belief system, his thoughts on the events of 9/11 make for some thought-provoking reading:

http://homepage.mac.com/BibleTrans/IslamDif.htm

For those who might wonder why a bright fellow like Pittman subscribes to Christian beliefs (something so unfashionable here on Slashdot), the following may be illuminating:

http://homepage.mac.com/ittybittycomputers/Areopag us.html

How ironic.

See Palladium - Greek Mythology

I guess it's time to dig into the export format, and see what happens if I create an event that spans days manually, and try to import it...

Oh well - it still truncates the events at midnight. The info for the event shows it extending to the correct time/date, but it is treated as if it ends at midnight, and the published version just extends a little too far down the page...

macstumbler is a program for OS X that does just this as well. This is pretty much the only option for wardriving on OS X, the airport card can't be controlled through applescript like it can in OS 9.

...might fulfill your powerbook wardriving needs :

get it here

I tested it and it works great

See this this link for full instructions and pictures.

I have a 700Mhz ibook with radeon, and on two occasions monitor spanning has occured, apparently as a bug.
What I did was the following (although I've not been able to recreate it reliably): After booting the ibook, I plug in the vga adaptor cable. Then I plug the vga cable into it - while the monitor is turned off. At this point (or when the adaptor was plugged in? Don't know for sure) the ibook display switches to 800x600 50Hz (as when connecting a pal television). I then turn on the monitor, and select detect displays from the display menu in the menu bar. (Note, this is under OS 10.2 Jaguar) Voila! The external monitor extends my desktop.

I put a screenshot here.

I really wish that apple would build this...

Its a shame that technology isn't as cutting edge as peoples dreams...

This sounds like the beginning of a system like the one used in Asimov's "All the Troubles of the World".

Tech support training? Try this handy online course. (Warning: direct link to QuickTime movie.)

...to ship it via UPS, instead of using the US Mail.

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And whats This???

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Download a at Z-Code interpreter and you'll be able to download neat little interactive fiction games written in Inform. Those things can be absorbing for hours.

Here is a download site for Zork for Mac OS X.

Enjoy.

Although some may not realize it, this appears to be a hack intended for Joe Blow the average user who doesn't do anything (technical) with his computer. In that spirit, how about the wooden iPod docking station?

Why not pick up an old copy of Civ II? With III out, I've seen Civ II for 10 bucks in stores. That's one game you can play forever.
As for free/shareware, there are some nice arcade games:
Glypha III homepage.mac.com/quirinus
Cyclone (?)
Asteroid Storm homepage.mac.com/zarkonnen
Glider is fun too, as are MacChess and SigmaChess (if you're into chess, obviously).
have fun!

Why not pick up an old copy of Civ II? With III out, I've seen Civ II for 10 bucks in stores. That's one game you can play forever.
As for free/shareware, there are some nice arcade games:
Glypha III homepage.mac.com/quirinus
Cyclone (?)
Asteroid Storm homepage.mac.com/zarkonnen
Glider is fun too, as are MacChess and SigmaChess (if you're into chess, obviously).
have fun!

I think maybe it was a mistake; the rebate form I saw originally never had Mac OS X 10.2 on it.

Hey puge! Look again. I have a backup of the rebateform here.

"Hi. I'm Steve Jobs, and here at Apple we've done in 1 year or less what the Berlin Group has been trying to do for years now."

A model of the creature features in the exhibition and shows it to have the fur of a wombat, the nose of a koala and claws like meat cleavers.

Having a hack for the iPod would be an excellent solution to last-minute tracks (for those of us that produce) and more convenient than CD's. I often play in venues where there are no DJ-oriented CD units; just Technics 1200's. I love my vinyl, but this would be excellent for extending my repertoire at live events.

Peep it at: http://gdam.ffem.org/

By the way, I use vinyl, but would pay to have a pitch/speed control hack for the iPod software.

I think in hindsight, .Net will be taught not in Computer Science courses but in Business Marketing courses as a failure of Public Relations.

A quick web search shows Itanium is x86 compatible.

Admittedly, the Itanium does this using emulation, whereas the Opteron is supposed to handle 32-bit instructions natively, however the statement that 32-bit code will not work on Itanium is quite misleading.

AudiferousID3 is a freeware OS X app that can tag and rename MP3 files based on freedb lookups.

here

To relieve slashdot effect, mirror available.

I wonder if $99.95/yr for .Mac services covers the ./ effect...

Why did you just copy the notice for your post? And what moderator gave this person a "3" just for plagarizing mac.com's FAQ page? This is truly a sad day in slashdot history.

it doesn't say the free accounts are going away

According to this faq the free accounts are going away.

I really, really dug the old iTools regime (site hosting was always solid and the email service equally strong). But now, with slight upgrades offered we are now made to pay.. This brings up the question of the value offered by the service (for the $49 / $100).. I guess people out there already know infinately more already then I could gather from research, so how does their service compare to the others out there?

looking at the .mac homepage, it appears that the $50/first year will provide a "full mac.com email" account and that a "full mac.com account" gives you more idisk storage. it doesn't say the free accounts are going away.

am i looking in the wrong place?

looking at the .mac homepage, it appears that the $50/first year will provide a "full mac.com email" account and that a "full mac.com account" gives you more idisk storage. it doesn't say the free accounts are going away.

am i looking in the wrong place?

Just check out this .Mac webpage explaning membership and benefits.

The username of 1 is no doubt reserved. Going to the directory of that URL will forward you to this page which gives you the real deal. Why Slashdot didn't use that link, I'm not sure.

The trial version of .Mac lasts 60 days, after which you will have to spend the $99.95 per year.

ian.