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Hacking Quartz

Posted by michael on from the seven-on-mohs-hardness-scale dept.

Exposed writes "Meaty interview with Rich Wareham who is known to Linux users for his libdvdnav library which is used by Xine and other linux players. On OS X he created Desktop Manager, the GPL solution for VirtualDesktops on the Mac. Highlights are secret APIs in OS X for VirtualDesktops, who steals GPL source and why beginner programmers are at a disadvantage now."

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  1. For a second (no pun intended) there... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this was going to be an article about overclocking your wristwatch.

  2. Wrong quartz... by Tassach · · Score: 3, Funny

    I got all excited thinking there was going to be an article about DIY piezoelectric devices

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  3. Re:Good (not bad) article (interview) by Long-EZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the guy's overabundance of parentheticals was very distracting

    Programmers THINK parenthetically. If you see parentheses nested three or more layers deep, you can be sure the text was authored by a code jockey. And the parentheses always match, ensuring the article will compile properly.

    If you see programmer text that occasionally uses a semicolon to mark the end of a sentence instead of a period, you can make some educated guesses about the programmer's favorite language.

    You may occasionally see crayon scribbled text with line numbers, as penned by a larva geek.

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  4. I had some helpful tips on this... by Chuck+Bucket · · Score: 3, Funny

    but it was in my book titled "OS X: The Missing Manual" and I can't find it.

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