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  1. Re:How'd they get their Macs? on Monkeys Don't Like Macs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is the least stealthy attempt to get referrals that I think I've ever seen.

  2. Re:Opportunistic on Sun Microsystems, a CEO's Last Stand? · · Score: 1

    This year major car builders are working with Sun to enable the use of Java as a real-time embedded control system.

    It is rumored that these cars will be able to run on both diesel and unleaded fuels, but will not be able to go over ~30MPH.

  3. Re:Please be respectful on this topic on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1

    No, it's actually the other way around. Adderall is made up of 1/4 Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, 1/4 Dextroamphetamine Sulfate, 1/4 Amphetamine Aspartate, and 1/4 Amphetamine Sulfate.

    I've got ADD and take this as well. While I find that it does help significantly, I do go through occasional bouts of being frustrated that I take what amounts to high-grade trucker speed on a daily basis. Tolerance and addiction is definitely a concern; to get around this I purposefully get less Adderall than I need, so I always go for about a week each month without it.

    I tried Provigil for ADD as well, and I found that it worked pretty well also. It's not an amphetamine and has an abuse rate of almost nil. Currently used primarily for narcolepsy (just like nearly all of the other ADD meds).

  4. Re:The changes to Terminal.app on Apple Patches Security Flaw in Terminal.app · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can verify that this is happening by looking for 'fix_prebinding' in the process tree after you start up an app that needs prebinding.

  5. Re:Dolemite is a preferred Dell customer on Do Manufacturers Adequately Support Their Products? · · Score: 1

    Ho, I don't remember to have been on hold for more than 10 minutes, too.

    Shut yo mouth!

  6. Re:Question for Linux Gurus: on Yellow Dog Linux 2.1 Shipping · · Score: 2, Informative

    Setting up a dual (or triple, quad, etc) boot is very possible, and is usually set up for you during the initial install of your distro of choice.
    Generally speaking, most of the distros use a utility called yaboot, which in turn uses a utility called ybin to set up a bootstrap partition containing a Forth script which is 'blessed' to make the Mac firmware think its a System Folder. The Forth script is loaded initially, and presents you with a dialog asking which OS you with to boot; if Linux is chosen, yaboot is called and allows you to choose which kernel to boot from and what partition to use as / . If MacOS is chosen, the Forth script passes the location of the relevant System Folder to the firmware, and off you go with the little happy Mac icon. Of course, there are various caveats/pitfalls which I don't have time to go into, but this link provides lots of further info on the subject:
    http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/

    I've currently got Mandrake 8, MacOS 9.2.1, and OS X running using this method on a rev.b iMac, and it works beautifully.

  7. polite meteor on U.S. East Coast Bombarded By ... What? · · Score: 1
    "Thousands of residents of Peekskill, New York, got a similar show October 9, 1992. Several people who were videotaping a football game wound up with video of the meteor's flaming course through the atmosphere. In that case, a 27.3-pound meteorite was discovered in the trunk of a car."

    It left the car intact? Color me confused.

    "I'd give my right arm to be in Def Leppard."