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  1. My story was rejected for this?! on Apple Sells iPod Socks · · Score: 3, Funny


    It is immensly more funny and interesting that Forbes.com fell for an April Fools joke from The Mac Observer :D

  2. Re:If... on Say 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM · · Score: 1

    Awesome! Thank you.

  3. Re:April Fool's... on Platform-Independent Real-Time Speech Technology · · Score: 1


    At least that would have been funny!

  4. Re:If... on Say 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM · · Score: 1


    Is there a higher-res version of that image? It would make a great desktop background :)

  5. Re:Spam with trigger words in the pictures on Spam Kings · · Score: 1


    If you're using OS X Mail there are alternatives to setting up a ton of manual rules in the prefs.

    Junkmatcher is a good spam matching plugin and SpamSieve is a great Bayesian filter that does any amazingly good job -- even with otherwise legitimately looking mail.

  6. Did someone say tiger? on Mac OS X Tiger Goes Gold · · Score: 0, Redundant
  7. Give us a real challenge! on MS Launches Video Download Service · · Score: 1


    I mean seriously.... The first two links have what you're looking for.

    Sorry, couldn't resist ;)

  8. Re:Sign up now for "How to kill your product 101" on TiVo Starts Testing "Pop-up" Ads · · Score: 1

    Remember when previews were the first thing on a movie screen? Now...I watch advertising for local companies the entire time before the projector even starts. And then, I get about 5 minutes of movie-sized commercials before the previews. This is for a movie I've already paid $10 to go see.
    This is exactly why I quit going to the movies as often (not to mention the poor behavior of most other moviegoers) and why I always arrive at least 5-10 minutes late for movies when/if I do go.
  9. Re:Not true on Hacking Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    And the first use of the term "hacker" in common circles was in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park . (Okay, maybe not really, but it's a funny piece of worthless information anyway):
    "I am not a computer nerd. I prefer to be called a hacker!"

    And who can forget:
    "This is a Unix system. I know this!"
    :)
  10. This is not art, it's data collection. on Grafedia Elevates Graffiti To Art · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So let me get this straight -- you send a text message to an e-mail address from your phone and a server somewhere sends you some crap, and also...
    • logs your phone number

    • matches your number with a record in a database the company bought from your cell phone provider

    • matches your personal information with your shopping habits from another database

    • begins sending you spam text messages and adds your number to every telephone solicitor's address book on the planet.

    Sorry, but no thanks.
  11. BW = Awesome. Still waiting for complete DVD set. on The Science Guy Returns · · Score: 1


    I've got about 3 VHS tapes filled with Beakman episodes.

    I stumbled upon the show during an all-night marathon one year and was instantly hooked. Unfortunately, the damn show aired WAAAAY to f'ing early in the morning. That's probably why it didn't get the viewers the network hoped for and why it was ultimately cancelled... or so the FAQ suggests.

    Taping it was the only way I got to enjoy it.

    What I'd really like though is a complete DVD collection of Beakman's World. The Best of Beakman's World DVD just isn't enough.

    In the meantime, I guess I'll digitize my VHS tapes :/

  12. Wow... on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 1


    Wow. You are serious.

    I would not let that bug-ridden, insecure, non-standards complaint, "please add me to your bot-network and steal some personal info while you're at it" piece of crap software anywhere near my OS X box :D If I really had some desperate need to, there's VirtualPC or RemoteDesktop that can handle that for me.

    Are you referring to the server-side functionality of .NET or the client-side stuff? (of which you really should avoid any IE specific components of IMO anyway)

    I've written a few .NET web apps with "enhanced" controls that work identically in IE, Safari and Firefox with no problems; including form validation, tree views, etc. Even commented about some of my experience here.

    As far as server-side goes, yes, it would be nice to run .NET apps from OS X. Fortunately, that's what Mono is (potentially) for.

  13. Apple Clones = Bad on Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005 · · Score: 1


    I owned and worked with a number of such clones over the years and let me say that the experience plainly sucked. The money quite possibly would have been better spent on x86/Windows machines.

    I've still got an old UMax c600 that would be running YellowDog if the hard drive was a little larger. This particular clone requires a 3rd-party software (FWB Toolkit) to use the CD-ROM. Obviously, this means that you initially have to have Classic Mac OS with FWB installed before any software can be installed from CD.

    I was extremely happy when Apple stopped cloning. IMO, it did nothing but undermine Apple's product and operating system, effectively making dealing with Classic OS as painful as dealing with Windows.

    (Not that it was really that much better back in the Classic OS days ;) )

  14. Re:The thing no one ever seems to mention on Business Models: Napster to Go vs. iPod · · Score: 1


    Depending on what you want, iPods start at $99.00 and are also available at $199, $299, $349 and up to $499.

  15. Re:I'm Not a Network Administrator... on Growth of Wi-Fi Opens New Path for Thieves · · Score: 1

    "I saw a MAC I didn't recognize, and blocked it out. No problem. It would have been just as easy to only allow known MAC addresses, but the cute chick downstairs needed to get online and I didn't know her MAC. ... I haven't had any other attachements since then."

    Well, you f'ed that opportunity up real good ;)
  16. Re:"Interesting" numbers on date +%s Turning 1111111111 · · Score: 1


    - My birthdate is the same forward and backward (abbreviated year of course).
    - The year I graduated high school is the same forward and backwards.
    - My girlfriend's brother's birthdate is the same forward and backward.

    ... not that any of that could possibly mean anything ;)

  17. Wait a sec... Fastest? on Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot · · Score: 1


    It is a WHEELED robot and it can only go 3.7mph? I wouldn't be bragging about speed just yet.

  18. Anyone know if... on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to Arrive in April · · Score: 1


    ... there will be a rebate for it? ;)

  19. Tab detaching... on Mozilla 1.8b1 Released, Firefox Growth Slowing · · Score: 1


    As far as the tab detaching, you can use Tab Clicking Options to assign a detach-like (duplicate tab to new window) action to happen depending on how you click a tab. It doesn't close the old tab, but it works.

    It probably wouldn't be too hard to write a detach tab extension - maybe someone already has. Heck, you could probably modify the Tab Clicking Options extension so that it did close the old tab.

  20. Re:Firefox bugs on Mozilla 1.8b1 Released, Firefox Growth Slowing · · Score: 2, Informative

    Right from the Maxthon homepage:
    Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser)...
    So really, you've given up a good browser AND the security of your computer since in reality, you are now using IE.

    As for your Firefox problems, it seems like it could be an issue with your machine (possible malware), internet connection, or perhaps even your selected DNS servers. I've never experienced any of the issues you mention and use Firefox on two different platforms. Mabye you should submit a bug report instead of giving up on it :)
  21. Links for the book... on Congress to Investigate ChoicePoint · · Score: 1
  22. MakeCert.exe - more info on Free SSL Certificate Project · · Score: 1
  23. Zaphod's Other Head IS Shown [spoiler+image] on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer · · Score: 1


    He does have a second head and it is clearly displayed in the trailer, albiet only in two instances and only for a split second each. I managed to grab a snapshot of the first time it is shown:

    http://homepage.mac.com/kiddailey/images/zaphods_o ther_head.jpg

    As you can see, the head is popping out from underneath his first one.

  24. Uh, no. on Opera Claims Microsoft Has Poor Interoperability · · Score: 1


    Did you read my post? I said with a little bit of work. It isn't a lot of extra work by a longshot ... unless you consider some copy/pasting to a text file and downloading a free third-party control a lot of work. Geesh. :/

  25. Compatibility is (fairly) easy to achieve w/.NET on Opera Claims Microsoft Has Poor Interoperability · · Score: 1


    By default, .NET is configured to work well with IE... but .NET also provides you the tools to change how it plays with all browsers. Yes, it should play nice with all by default, and hopefully we'll see more of that when ASP.NET 2.0 is final.

    For rendering pages, tou have some good amount of control over what .NET considers up or down-level and how it renders HTML. All it takes is properly setting up a Browsercaps section in your Web.Config or modifying the default one in Machine.Config.

    There are plenty of examples of this on the web (including this one at 4Guys). I've gotten the same code to be generated for all modern browsers (IE, Safari, Mozilla, Firefox, etc) with just a little bit of work.

    Border-Collapse is part of the CSS2 spec. You can't easily get rid of .NET including it unfortunately, but you can set your data control's "gridlines" property to False, which at least allows you to control the borders with CSS. Or, as someone has already mentioned, you could roll your own control that overrides the rendering.

    Also, avoid the built-in form-validation controls like the plauge as they only work acceptably with IE. Fortunately, there are many options out there that are much, much better and compatible with all modern browsers (such as Paul Glavich's awesome, free, OS, DOM Validators). And, as with other controls, you also have the ability to roll your own.

    With a strict doctype and, a modified web.config file and replacement form validators, you can do a lot to making your .NET pages render the same in nearly all modern browsers without loosing any of the benefits of the .NET platform.