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  1. Local Backup + Online Service on Ask Slashdot: Best Long-Term Video/Picture Storage? · · Score: 1

    I keep my photos and video on an external hard drive which is attached to a Mac mini. I have a larger hard drive that I use with Time Machine for both the local and external disks (Time Machine can be configured to back up both). I keep a copy of my photos on my MacBook Pro, and periodically rsync them to the external drive attached to the Mini. The video is only on the external hard drive because it is too big to keep on a laptop disk, and I attach the drive to my MBP whenever I want to build something in iMovie. The Mini is attached to a TV so I can watch the raw video without having to move the external disk.

    My fire/theft backup is Backblaze, which was the only service that would allow you to back up both a local and external disk for the same price when I selected it. It continuously backs up my Mac mini and the external drive with my video and photos.

  2. OS Support on Norwegian Websites Declare War On IE 6 · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing the reason why some many users stick with IE6 is that it is the most up-to-date browser for their version of Windows. IE7 support starts at XP and Firefox 3 starts at Windows 2000. IE6 supports 98, ME, and even NT 4.0.

  3. Nokia 7210 on Nokia 3650 Released in US Market · · Score: 1

    I used the 3650 for a day and loved it, but it's just too big. I picked up the 7210 instead and it's great. WAP, color screen, polyphonic ringtones, Java, speakerphone (works better than I thought), and an FM radio (which I don't think the 3650 has). Best of all it's only 2.9 ounces!


    If your service provider is AT&T, you need to pick one up fast because they aren't going to be offering it any more. I had to call around to find a store that still had some.

  4. Re:Java2 ? on Java2 SDK v. 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    I imagine that Sun's marketing wanted to appease IT managers whom are weary of any thing that is versioned 1.x, while appeasing developers who hate version inflation. Java was renamed "The Java 2 Platform" and the JDK was renamed J2SE.

    Will there ever be a Java 3? Possibly, but the dual versioning would start getting absurd because the same product would have two mutable version numbers, confusing the situation even further (plus J2EE would be renamed J3EE).

    Another good question: will the next major release of MacOS be X 11.0 or XI 11.0?

  5. Re:Why Red Hat? on Warnings to Red Hat about AOL Buyout · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone seems to be focusing on AOL trying to supplant Microsoft on the desktop. I don't believe AOL is arrogant enough to believe that they can beat 95% market-share.

    Perhaps AOL is instead interested in Linux as a server platform which it could use to compete with .NET. Web services seems to be everyone's obsession these days, not competing on the desktop against a monopoly with unlimited cash.