The current Apple desktop and laptop keyboards have them on f/j, but I've got an original Apple Extended Keyboard here too and it's got them on d/k. I've also got a Compaq kbd with f/j.
Despite your decreeing, there is no standard dot placement even within the same manufacturer, let alone a universal standard. But as long as we're arguing it , what logic is there in having them on the finger-next-to-the-inside-finger anyway? And how could it not be glaringly obvious that something's not quite right when you sit down and your index fingers are touching because you put your middle fingers on f/j? And who even notices them anyway? I've got 2 kbds right in front of each other with the opposite dots and I never even remembered they were different until you mentioned it.
I've *never* had a problem with skipping MP3's in the background on any halfway decent hardware.
And the reason is because iTunes or SoundJam or whatever have each hacked in their decoder to work using system interrupts to guarantee themselves processor time.. try playing a MP3 in QuickTime (which doesn't) and you can easily make it skip.
The point is that OS X does that for you, for every app, so that developers don't have to go hacking their own solutions.
>OS X Server is overkill? If you want to run a server, then you need a server OS. >Linux PPC would do nicely, I'd imagine.
Wow, that is such utter BS. Anything you can run on LinuxPPC you could compile for OS X, maybe something like OpenLDAP, and buying a $500 server OS to get a simple app is exactly the definition of overkill.
There is actually some protection from that in Sprint's TOS...
"...run programs or servers that provide network services to others"
so unless they can prove that you're letting other people access your box over telnet/ftp/Hotline/whatever you haven't violated the agreement. Still no good for serving (upstream blows on Sprint anyway, especially in Phoenix) but at least you can access your own system (of course if they want to term you for it they'll find another way).
I saw something similar at Fry's in Phoenix... it looked pretty much like just the keypad part of a kbd with another row (5x4 keys) with removable caps so you could write stuff on the keys; Two different models for USB or PS/2, programmed by catching keycodes from a keyboard you plug into it (i.e. no driver). I think it was like $60, in the keyboard aisle towards the right side of the store.
(or at least it is on the original Apple Extended Keyboard which I'm still using) and I don't think they do that under modern OS versions anymore (although I don't know because I have them assigned to Pg Up | Pg Down | Copy | Paste in QuicKeys) because you can program the FKeys in the keyboard control panel now and F1-4 default to volume controls for i/PowerBooks.
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The current Apple desktop and laptop keyboards have them on f/j, but I've got an original Apple Extended Keyboard here too and it's got them on d/k. I've also got a Compaq kbd with f/j.
Despite your decreeing, there is no standard dot placement even within the same manufacturer, let alone a universal standard. But as long as we're arguing it , what logic is there in having them on the finger-next-to-the-inside-finger anyway? And how could it not be glaringly obvious that something's not quite right when you sit down and your index fingers are touching because you put your middle fingers on f/j? And who even notices them anyway? I've got 2 kbds right in front of each other with the opposite dots and I never even remembered they were different until you mentioned it.
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I've *never* had a problem with skipping MP3's in the background on any halfway decent hardware.
And the reason is because iTunes or SoundJam or whatever have each hacked in their decoder to work using system interrupts to guarantee themselves processor time.. try playing a MP3 in QuickTime (which doesn't) and you can easily make it skip.
The point is that OS X does that for you, for every app, so that developers don't have to go hacking their own solutions.
Right.. then your UI could look equally crappy on all platforms.
I'm sure the RIAA would just love that...
>OS X Server is overkill? If you want to run a server, then you need a server OS.
>Linux PPC would do nicely, I'd imagine.
Wow, that is such utter BS. Anything you can run on LinuxPPC you could compile for OS X, maybe something like OpenLDAP, and buying a $500 server OS to get a simple app is exactly the definition of overkill.
.Mac names included the "@mac.com" part.. 'anoncwrd' and 'anoncwrd@mac.com' aren't the same.
So you bought a crappy interface card with crappy drivers for your crappy OS.. yep, clearly Firewire is to blame here.
Maybe they decided to do this instead of charge people for exceeding ridiculously low monthly bandwidth caps...
So... recompile them with whatever limitations (or lack thereof) you want.
It was 'Eat up Martha', genius.
They're not PRAM batteries.. the PBG4 doesn't even have one, let alone 4; just a small capacitor that lasts for a little while.
They're belt pulleys for the DVD drive('s suck-loading mechanism, I think).
There is actually some protection from that in Sprint's TOS... "...run programs or servers that provide network services to others" so unless they can prove that you're letting other people access your box over telnet/ftp/Hotline/whatever you haven't violated the agreement. Still no good for serving (upstream blows on Sprint anyway, especially in Phoenix) but at least you can access your own system (of course if they want to term you for it they'll find another way).
D'oh... 6x4 keys, I think.
I saw something similar at Fry's in Phoenix... it looked pretty much like just the keypad part of a kbd with another row (5x4 keys) with removable caps so you could write stuff on the keys; Two different models for USB or PS/2, programmed by catching keycodes from a keyboard you plug into it (i.e. no driver). I think it was like $60, in the keyboard aisle towards the right side of the store.
Not that anybody cares but it's actually
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(or at least it is on the original Apple Extended Keyboard which I'm still using) and I don't think they do that under modern OS versions anymore (although I don't know because I have them assigned to Pg Up | Pg Down | Copy | Paste in QuicKeys) because you can program the FKeys in the keyboard control panel now and F1-4 default to volume controls for i/PowerBooks.