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  1. Re:My digital album format on Music Labels Working On Digital Album Format · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  2. They should tell them to... on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    Bite my shiny, metal house.

  3. Re:PowerPC and x86? on Xbox 360 Gets Backwards Compatible, Final Fantasy · · Score: 1

    It would most likely emulate the x86. PPC is much better at emulating x86 than the other way round.

    Also refer to a post further up about why MS bought out Coonectix, who made Virtual PC (Windows on a mac).

  4. Re:centrelink workers on The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects · · Score: 2, Informative

    It may have been modded up funny, but that is the unfortunate truth on how utterly painful it is to deal with Centrelink.

    Lucky they give me money in return.

  5. Re:Is there really a reason to switch? on Rave Reviews for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger · · Score: 1

    I was using software from those same companies on my PC before I got my mac. I did meticulous research into this purchase, because as a student at the time it was a lot of money (still is) - I had heard all about the 'workflow' advantages... and thought yeah whatever, Flash is Flash right? Wrong. Your workflow really does benefit from the OSX environment. That alone is enough reason to switch in my opinion. The software from these companies does differ slightly between platforms, and I must say that I like the way OSX handles windows etc, and expose helps a hell of a lot. Core Image should boost the working experience even more.

    In short, go to an Apple store, and try it out. Ring ahead and ask if they can put your software on a machine for you to check out. Then decide for yourself.

  6. Apple... on Why Did Adobe Buy Macromedia? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If MS really were after Macromedia, wouldn't Apple have been in there quicksmart?

    An Apple/Macromedia merger would make me feel a bit better about the future direction of Macromedia software. Too late now though.

  7. No thanks on Mac mini Maximized With 3.5" Drives · · Score: 1

    Instant slashdotting!

    So although I can't RTFA, I will say that part of the reason I would buy a mac mini would be the case design and form factor. Having to rip out its guts just for a 3.5" drive, no thanks. Interesting nontetheless.

  8. Re:goodbye bank account on iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, iLife '05, iWork · · Score: 1

    Apple AU site doesn't carry this warning. Maybe because they are comparing the Shuffle to a pack of something that doesn't exist in Australia AFAIK. Cinnaburst? Nope, never heard of it.

  9. discrete maths on Discrete Math Textbook Recommendations? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Johnsonbaugh R 2001, Discrete Mathematics, 5th Ed, Prentice Hall

    We used this at my uni course, sometimes it lacks a bit of detail, but overall its quite a good book, it especially helped me with induction proof.

  10. and it helps me learn! on Ximian Desktop Installer, Red Carpet, and MonkeyTalk · · Score: 1

    I agree. I have only been using Linux for half a year, but one of the main reasons was that I wanted to be able to know exactly what was happening in the OS. Probably what I like best though, is that there is a challenge element in there, if I want my OS to do something, I know it can be done, but it requires me having to learn something new in order to accomplish it - so by not making everything automated and accessible by clicking a button it's helping to extend my knowledge of the system itself. That can't be a bad thing can it?