Uncheck "Open a link in a new window" in Mozilla to kill target="_whatever" links, and turn them into normal links. No way to pop them up in a new tab as far as I know.
And to the guy saying Mozilla CSS isn't perfect, you have it backwards. The web sites with problems aren't following the standard, but it happens to work in IE. Now that a browser is getting decent hit rates on a site again, people are realising how fake many "webmasters" are lately. When I did web work years ago, I tested every site I did on Netscape 2 and 3, IE 2 and 3, and also the Mac equivelent browsers. Newer guys simply toss it into IE 6, expecting even IE 5.5 and such to be the same. With AOL switching to Mozilla in the future, the web better shape up soon, or see a measurable chunk not use certain sites.
Wow, I almost had forgotten about popups. Every system I deal with has Mozilla loaded, and unrequested popups are not allowed. Nor are "open in new window" links, those drive me nuts. If I want it open in a new tab, I'll middle click it.
Glad they are getting the message though. Back when I did use a browser that wouldn't kill them on it's own, I always just closed them without looking anyhow. I could care less what was being advertised. Just as I instantly crumple all papers left on my windshield instead of giving them one minute second of my attention (Unless it says TICKET of course:-)
Similar, but the ones I remember had practicially no bezel between the 3 monitors. The Mass Multiple ones seem to be 3 independant units glues togther with a 3 unit VESA mount.
Because Apple doesn't go thru the license torture that windows boxes do, 10 can be installed on a wiped hard drive, etc. (Imagine trying to reinstall from the Upgrade CD and it refusing because your drive is corrupted and it can't find a previous version.)
Simple, and effective solution, ask for the previous version CD if there isn't a 10.1 install on the hard drive. It's the way Windows upgrades have done it for ages. As does the downloadable ATI DVD player updates. They ask for a code on the CD, you then put the disc in, and it allows a clean install of the DVD player app.
I'm aware of all the "OSR" releases MS has done. With Windows 95, it was impossible for a user to legially have a copy that supported USB and FAT32 without buying a new computer that had it bundeled. Windows 95 Retail has one service pack that updated a few things, but didn't add much.
MS realised their mistake and later revised the retail copies when Windows 98 came out (thus around 99, the copies at stores were all Windows 98 SE). But again, there wasn't a free upgrade path here either. If you wanted the minor improvements, you had to buy a new copy (I can't remember if the upgrade version of 98SE worked on 98).
My version numbers came from either "winver" or "ver" at a command prompt. Thus saying NT 4 SP6 is 4.6 is a bit misleading. In Mac terms, it would be 4.0.6. And of course the Mac OS X line has seen plenty of free updates, the latest being 10.1.5, adding features like better text rendering (cleartype or whatever) for Carbon apps, more driver support, and tons of other things.
10.2 is a major jump any way you look at it. I understand them charging for it, I just don't understand the lack of an upgrade path. Their $20 up2date thing is just in place to keep people from returning computers between now and when 10.2 ships.
Calling XP NT 5.1 makes sense to me. It works and functions much like NT 5.0 (Windows 2000) on the inside, it just adds a ton of fluff, some new programs, and some other minor things. Basicially the same differences between 10.1 and 10.2.
Yes, a 700mhz PIII will get it's ass handed to it by a 667 PowerPC when running a synthetic benchmark, or Photoshop, or whatever. But the 700 PC will ALWAYS outpreform a PowerPC running Virtual PC. Period, end of story, thanks for playing. If you want proof, go try it in real life sometime.
And show me where PC laptops slow down that much. Like I said, my 850 goes down to 700. And it gets awesome battery life.
And I have to agree, where is the scientific proof that having three buttons will slow me down compaired to having to click and hold to get to context menus. And I still stand by my point, a professional laptop needs professional features. I simply CANNOT run a pro app like Maya on a Powerbook without keeping an external USB mouse close by.
Of course a good many people screwed Apple over when they discovered the 10.1 upgrade CDs could easially be switched to a full installer. This could be Apples way of saying screw you to those people.
I don't agree with it, it was just a thought. I really am wishing I hadn't bought 10.1 for my cube. I got it only to be legal, since it came used with 10.1, but no CD.
MS has been charging for point releases for ages, they just hide it better:
Windows 95 - Windows 4.0 Windows 98 - Windows 4.1 Windows ME - Windows 4.9
Windows 2000 - NT 5.0 Windows XP - NT 5.1
OS 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.2 is no different. And 10.0 to 10.1 was free if you had a local store with the update discs, otherwise it was shipping costs from Apple.
Samsung 181T and 191T LCD monitors make a big deal out of their tiny bezel. 18.6mm all around, leading to some very nice, but expensive multihead solutions.
And there was a company out there with a triple head monitor made of 3 LCD panals. Since it was all one unit, the gap was really small. Not sure if they are still around though.
And they cost less than comperable PCs (which, actually there aren't any because Intel Processors run at 1/3 to 1/6 speed on battery power and are slower to begin with)... yet have higher reliability.
What? You mean my PIII 850 slows down to 280mhz? I don't think so. Try to 700 (only if I want it to), and that will still outpreform MS Office under Virtual PC on a $2500 Powerbook (ie the 667 model).
I am an avid user of both Mac and PC machines. I know what I am talking about, you on the other hand are one of the poor brainwashed Apple zealots. Try to at least bash the competition properly.
And I'd like to point out that my Compaq laptop (Also an Armada M700) has been great. Armada laptops in general (and their new name Evo) have been great machines. A wide varity are used by my teammates, and I haven't seen any need a repair beyond the battery or a replacement "eraser head" for the mouse. Plus it has three buttons, great for middle-clicking for tabs in Mozilla. Thats one thing that drives me nuts about the Powerbook. Professional laptop, one button mouse. Let me know when I can run programs like OS X and pro apps properly on a Powerbook without an external mouse or keyboard shortcuts to use context menus, and I'll consider one.
Ahh, so the movies use sensitive radios...
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Hmm, after years of watching sci-fi films and hearing space fights, I thought it was just an oversight. Somehow we bould all our future weapons to make explosion noises that can be picked up by these radios. Explains the odd weapon sounds in Star Wars Episode II...
Think...think laptop lcd... NOW think dual headed video card... now think VELCRO
Now this would be a cool idea with the ton of laptop LCDs I have around work begging for use. Anyone know a site detailing how to go from some common laptop LCD connectors to a standard DVI or VGA?
"As the AC above me said, why not try full-duplex satellite? I doubt the latency will be much worse than going up the POTS and back down the cable. And these days, the price isn't significantly more either."
Umm, not quite. My 1 way wireless cable has ping times around 100-200 on average, and the Starband I tried always had a minimum of 600 or so. Big difference, as one is still usable in games, the other one isn't.
When I had a similar one way service ages ago, I had a cable modem with a DB9 port for an external modem. Worked well, though I'm not sure what standard it used since it was wireless. You may want to check around for a different cable modem with this option.
"and it doesn't address the real- world fact that Macs are hit with viruses far less often than Windows machines."
Well the real world fact is that viruses work based off the ability to infect other machines. Odds are pretty good of finding another Windows box in a random scan compaired to a Mac box. Plus you now have two seperate operating systems on a Mac to write for, not just one like many common Windows viruses. (OS 9 and X). If Apple had say 45% OS market share, I'm sure there would be many more Mac viruses rampaging across the net.
If the entire computer industry switches to diamonds, that could cause one of two things:
1. Prices will rise, as the industry has to compete with jewelers selling rings and such.
2. Prices on diamonds will go down, as more companies will mine them and introduce more diamonds onto the market. After all, diamonds are not as rare as the big jewelry companies would like people to believe.
Don't forget the CPU, the Cube is the only machine in my house that can go from a single processor to dual without a motherboard replacement. And while it can't hold a GeForce 4 (who cares anyhow), it can hold up to a Radeon or GeForce 3, and is still probably quieter then the above system.
At install there is no root user created. So by default you cannot log in as root from the gui or via su. sudo is available however to users who are set as "admin".
You can enable root through the netinfo config utility. It asks for a new root password.
Partially correct. root is created on install just like any other Unix, and is the owner of most files on the system initially. Just who knows what the password is. Netinfo lets you set a different password, but all it is is a pretty GUI for "sudo su; passwd root".
...companies around the world work on new products, and many focused on the same market as previous products. More news on this odd occurance as we get more.
But seriosuly, if noone expected Sony to do anything to move to the PS3 some day, they don't understand buisness much. And online is the future by what everyone is saying, so makes sense.
With more and more gamers playing consoles, expect some expectations of faster upgrades and such to start occuring.
I wonder if the battery life is really anywhere near 22 hours, and also if it is turned into a brick with two batteries.
Also, can it act as a normal hard drive?
I just wish the empeg group of SonicBlue would release a hard drive portable player. But with the Riot out, it dosen't look overly promising to have a linux hackable MP3 portable player anytime soon. The iPod is nice, but I doubt it will just get OGG support, dynamic compression, a web server, and other interesting features hacked into it. OGG support on the empeg-car will be so nice.
Well if they are still calling it a CD and not a shiny disc with music, my job is not done. My CD Rom has a CD-Audio logo, and if that CD package has a CD Audio logo on it anywhere, it means they are supposed to work togther. My biggest complaint with copy protection is the mislabling of these shiny discs.
Ohh, another confirmed, mass distributed copy protected CD. Time to make another round and buy these, open them, and return them. Remember, thats the best way to get the message across, at their cost. And if the stores eat the cost, they will get upset with Sony, and end up solving it as well.
If only it were true...
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I really wish this was true, well an X86 port anyhow. Here is how I figure Apple should do it:
1. Work with AMD. Get OS X working on X86-64, and work on a G3 emulator for the PC (one out there is real close).
2. Release OS X for X86-64, thus moving Apple to 64 bit, like everyone is predicting for the G5. Include MacOS app compatibility, and Windows compatibility similar to Classic in OS X.
3. Allow other vendors to sell compatible hardware, maintain standards similar to the PC-99 standard. Get money off the OS licensing.
4. Refine PC hardware, and be known as the innovative hardware company. Release products like an updated Cube, TiBook, iMac. Dump the tower clones. Keep pushing for the digital hub with iPods and such.
I think this would work well, as it would free Apple from the problems of Motorola (G4 stuck at 500mHz for how long?). Plus with enough PC makers interest, AMD wouldn't go under easially. Plus Intel could stay in with their supposed 32/64 bit chip. Honestly I see Apple's additude of "We are better because we can offer everything" as a problem.
I know that glass is breakable, and is somewhat fragile. But his point was that it would somehow pick up inteference on it's own just sitting there being hooked up. I confirmed this with another "Monster Cable certified" tech at another Best Buy. So aparently it's common knowledge with these supposed professionals.
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Uncheck "Open a link in a new window" in Mozilla to kill target="_whatever" links, and turn them into normal links. No way to pop them up in a new tab as far as I know.
And to the guy saying Mozilla CSS isn't perfect, you have it backwards. The web sites with problems aren't following the standard, but it happens to work in IE. Now that a browser is getting decent hit rates on a site again, people are realising how fake many "webmasters" are lately. When I did web work years ago, I tested every site I did on Netscape 2 and 3, IE 2 and 3, and also the Mac equivelent browsers. Newer guys simply toss it into IE 6, expecting even IE 5.5 and such to be the same. With AOL switching to Mozilla in the future, the web better shape up soon, or see a measurable chunk not use certain sites.
Wow, I almost had forgotten about popups. Every system I deal with has Mozilla loaded, and unrequested popups are not allowed. Nor are "open in new window" links, those drive me nuts. If I want it open in a new tab, I'll middle click it.
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Glad they are getting the message though. Back when I did use a browser that wouldn't kill them on it's own, I always just closed them without looking anyhow. I could care less what was being advertised. Just as I instantly crumple all papers left on my windshield instead of giving them one minute second of my attention (Unless it says TICKET of course
Similar, but the ones I remember had practicially no bezel between the 3 monitors. The Mass Multiple ones seem to be 3 independant units glues togther with a 3 unit VESA mount.
Because Apple doesn't go thru the license torture that windows boxes do, 10 can be installed on a wiped hard drive, etc. (Imagine trying to reinstall from the Upgrade CD and it refusing because your drive is corrupted and it can't find a previous version.)
Simple, and effective solution, ask for the previous version CD if there isn't a 10.1 install on the hard drive. It's the way Windows upgrades have done it for ages. As does the downloadable ATI DVD player updates. They ask for a code on the CD, you then put the disc in, and it allows a clean install of the DVD player app.
I'm aware of all the "OSR" releases MS has done. With Windows 95, it was impossible for a user to legially have a copy that supported USB and FAT32 without buying a new computer that had it bundeled. Windows 95 Retail has one service pack that updated a few things, but didn't add much.
MS realised their mistake and later revised the retail copies when Windows 98 came out (thus around 99, the copies at stores were all Windows 98 SE). But again, there wasn't a free upgrade path here either. If you wanted the minor improvements, you had to buy a new copy (I can't remember if the upgrade version of 98SE worked on 98).
My version numbers came from either "winver" or "ver" at a command prompt. Thus saying NT 4 SP6 is 4.6 is a bit misleading. In Mac terms, it would be 4.0.6. And of course the Mac OS X line has seen plenty of free updates, the latest being 10.1.5, adding features like better text rendering (cleartype or whatever) for Carbon apps, more driver support, and tons of other things.
10.2 is a major jump any way you look at it. I understand them charging for it, I just don't understand the lack of an upgrade path. Their $20 up2date thing is just in place to keep people from returning computers between now and when 10.2 ships.
Calling XP NT 5.1 makes sense to me. It works and functions much like NT 5.0 (Windows 2000) on the inside, it just adds a ton of fluff, some new programs, and some other minor things. Basicially the same differences between 10.1 and 10.2.
Yes, a 700mhz PIII will get it's ass handed to it by a 667 PowerPC when running a synthetic benchmark, or Photoshop, or whatever. But the 700 PC will ALWAYS outpreform a PowerPC running Virtual PC. Period, end of story, thanks for playing. If you want proof, go try it in real life sometime.
And show me where PC laptops slow down that much. Like I said, my 850 goes down to 700. And it gets awesome battery life.
And I have to agree, where is the scientific proof that having three buttons will slow me down compaired to having to click and hold to get to context menus. And I still stand by my point, a professional laptop needs professional features. I simply CANNOT run a pro app like Maya on a Powerbook without keeping an external USB mouse close by.
Of course a good many people screwed Apple over when they discovered the 10.1 upgrade CDs could easially be switched to a full installer. This could be Apples way of saying screw you to those people.
I don't agree with it, it was just a thought. I really am wishing I hadn't bought 10.1 for my cube. I got it only to be legal, since it came used with 10.1, but no CD.
MS has been charging for point releases for ages, they just hide it better:
Windows 95 - Windows 4.0
Windows 98 - Windows 4.1
Windows ME - Windows 4.9
Windows 2000 - NT 5.0
Windows XP - NT 5.1
OS 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.2 is no different. And 10.0 to 10.1 was free if you had a local store with the update discs, otherwise it was shipping costs from Apple.
Samsung 181T and 191T LCD monitors make a big deal out of their tiny bezel. 18.6mm all around, leading to some very nice, but expensive multihead solutions.
And there was a company out there with a triple head monitor made of 3 LCD panals. Since it was all one unit, the gap was really small. Not sure if they are still around though.
And they cost less than comperable PCs (which, actually there aren't any because Intel Processors run at 1/3 to 1/6 speed on battery power and are slower to begin with)... yet have higher reliability.
What? You mean my PIII 850 slows down to 280mhz? I don't think so. Try to 700 (only if I want it to), and that will still outpreform MS Office under Virtual PC on a $2500 Powerbook (ie the 667 model).
I am an avid user of both Mac and PC machines. I know what I am talking about, you on the other hand are one of the poor brainwashed Apple zealots. Try to at least bash the competition properly.
And I'd like to point out that my Compaq laptop (Also an Armada M700) has been great. Armada laptops in general (and their new name Evo) have been great machines. A wide varity are used by my teammates, and I haven't seen any need a repair beyond the battery or a replacement "eraser head" for the mouse. Plus it has three buttons, great for middle-clicking for tabs in Mozilla. Thats one thing that drives me nuts about the Powerbook. Professional laptop, one button mouse. Let me know when I can run programs like OS X and pro apps properly on a Powerbook without an external mouse or keyboard shortcuts to use context menus, and I'll consider one.
Hmm, after years of watching sci-fi films and hearing space fights, I thought it was just an oversight. Somehow we bould all our future weapons to make explosion noises that can be picked up by these radios. Explains the odd weapon sounds in Star Wars Episode II...
Think...think laptop lcd... NOW think dual headed video card... now think VELCRO
Now this would be a cool idea with the ton of laptop LCDs I have around work begging for use. Anyone know a site detailing how to go from some common laptop LCD connectors to a standard DVI or VGA?
"As the AC above me said, why not try full-duplex satellite? I doubt the latency will be much worse than going up the POTS and back down the cable. And these days, the price isn't significantly more either."
Umm, not quite. My 1 way wireless cable has ping times around 100-200 on average, and the Starband I tried always had a minimum of 600 or so. Big difference, as one is still usable in games, the other one isn't.
When I had a similar one way service ages ago, I had a cable modem with a DB9 port for an external modem. Worked well, though I'm not sure what standard it used since it was wireless. You may want to check around for a different cable modem with this option.
"and it doesn't address the real- world fact that Macs are hit with viruses far less often than Windows machines."
Well the real world fact is that viruses work based off the ability to infect other machines. Odds are pretty good of finding another Windows box in a random scan compaired to a Mac box. Plus you now have two seperate operating systems on a Mac to write for, not just one like many common Windows viruses. (OS 9 and X). If Apple had say 45% OS market share, I'm sure there would be many more Mac viruses rampaging across the net.
If the entire computer industry switches to diamonds, that could cause one of two things:
1. Prices will rise, as the industry has to compete with jewelers selling rings and such.
2. Prices on diamonds will go down, as more companies will mine them and introduce more diamonds onto the market. After all, diamonds are not as rare as the big jewelry companies would like people to believe.
Don't forget the CPU, the Cube is the only machine in my house that can go from a single processor to dual without a motherboard replacement. And while it can't hold a GeForce 4 (who cares anyhow), it can hold up to a Radeon or GeForce 3, and is still probably quieter then the above system.
At install there is no root user created. So by default you cannot log in as root from the gui or via su. sudo is available however to users who are set as "admin".
You can enable root through the netinfo config utility. It asks for a new root password.
Partially correct. root is created on install just like any other Unix, and is the owner of most files on the system initially. Just who knows what the password is. Netinfo lets you set a different password, but all it is is a pretty GUI for "sudo su; passwd root".
...companies around the world work on new products, and many focused on the same market as previous products. More news on this odd occurance as we get more.
But seriosuly, if noone expected Sony to do anything to move to the PS3 some day, they don't understand buisness much. And online is the future by what everyone is saying, so makes sense.
With more and more gamers playing consoles, expect some expectations of faster upgrades and such to start occuring.
I wonder if the battery life is really anywhere near 22 hours, and also if it is turned into a brick with two batteries.
Also, can it act as a normal hard drive?
I just wish the empeg group of SonicBlue would release a hard drive portable player. But with the Riot out, it dosen't look overly promising to have a linux hackable MP3 portable player anytime soon. The iPod is nice, but I doubt it will just get OGG support, dynamic compression, a web server, and other interesting features hacked into it. OGG support on the empeg-car will be so nice.
Well if they are still calling it a CD and not a shiny disc with music, my job is not done. My CD Rom has a CD-Audio logo, and if that CD package has a CD Audio logo on it anywhere, it means they are supposed to work togther. My biggest complaint with copy protection is the mislabling of these shiny discs.
http://riocar.org/cd/ for the 7 I have returned to date.
I really wish this was true, well an X86 port anyhow. Here is how I figure Apple should do it:
1. Work with AMD. Get OS X working on X86-64, and work on a G3 emulator for the PC (one out there is real close).
2. Release OS X for X86-64, thus moving Apple to 64 bit, like everyone is predicting for the G5. Include MacOS app compatibility, and Windows compatibility similar to Classic in OS X.
3. Allow other vendors to sell compatible hardware, maintain standards similar to the PC-99 standard. Get money off the OS licensing.
4. Refine PC hardware, and be known as the innovative hardware company. Release products like an updated Cube, TiBook, iMac. Dump the tower clones. Keep pushing for the digital hub with iPods and such.
I think this would work well, as it would free Apple from the problems of Motorola (G4 stuck at 500mHz for how long?). Plus with enough PC makers interest, AMD wouldn't go under easially. Plus Intel could stay in with their supposed 32/64 bit chip. Honestly I see Apple's additude of "We are better because we can offer everything" as a problem.
Evil rich casinos get the profit when you go to one, but when you play in the state lottery, that money goes to you local park.
So says the ads that the states put out, no doubt spending that lottery money.
I know that glass is breakable, and is somewhat fragile. But his point was that it would somehow pick up inteference on it's own just sitting there being hooked up. I confirmed this with another "Monster Cable certified" tech at another Best Buy. So aparently it's common knowledge with these supposed professionals.