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  1. Re:Deja Vu on AOL to Replace AIM with Triton · · Score: 1

    That appears to be an early iChat, not AIM

    triton looks much different
    http://beta.aol.com/projects/tritonbeta /index.html ?
    go to testing instructions for SSes

  2. Re:My favorite OSX to Windows feature... on Jobs Claims Microsoft Is Shamelessly Copying · · Score: 1

    ..was the innovative fast user switching. Apple was so far ahead of the game with this one. What's that you say? Windows had this one first and OSX copied that? Surely you jest.

    If you saw the Panther keynote, you would've seen Jobs say something to the effect of "We know Microsoft beat us to this one, the difference is... we do it better."

  3. Re:Best mac links? on Mac OS X Tiger Accidentally Shipped Early · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I am not allowed to browse directories I know are there.

    These are hidden. Use the Go > Go to Folder (cmd+shift+G) command to get to them in the Finder

    Switching application windows ("alt-tabbing") is more complicated than on Windows or KDE, since certain windows can only be switched to within the application (such as Firefox).

    Alt+Tab switches applications
    Alt+~ switches windows within applications

    Expose is nice but not as effective I think.

    This comes down to personal preference

    Windows expand differently and unpredictively.

    Windows expand not to fill the screen, but to fit their content as best possible

  4. wow... on Tiger's 200 New Features · · Score: 0

    X.4? X.4? This is an OS release, not an X-men movie. It's Mac OS X Tiger 10.4

  5. Re:Singalong on Animaniacs Video Game In The Works · · Score: 1

    We're animaniacs
    Dot is cute and Yakko yaks
    Wakko packs away the snacks
    While Bill Clinton plays the sax
    We're Animaniacs

    Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe
    Good Feathers flock together, Slappy whacks 'em with her purse
    Buttons chases Mindy while Rita sings a verse
    The writers flipped we have no script why bother to rehearse

    We're animaniacs
    We have pay or play contracts
    We're zany to the max
    There's baloney in our slacks
    We're animany
    Totally insaney
    Here's the shows name-y

    Animaniacs
    Those are the facts.

  6. Re:Huh? on Animaniacs Video Game In The Works · · Score: 1

    it's on the nicktoons network on digital cable

    only reruns though

  7. Re:mac os x and EST on Daylight Savings Change Proposed · · Score: 1

    Strange... my Powerbook running 10.3.8 went from 1:59:59 to 3:00:00

  8. Re:Any Comment on Release Date on 10.4 on Display at FOSE · · Score: 1

    I'm sure someone out there knows how to show the build number with / instead of the version number. I don't remember if the version number was displaying at the same time as the build number after the rep. I just distinctly remember the build number and the big smile on his face.


    On panther go to about this mac
    where it says "version 10.3.8", click the text
    it'll change

  9. right... on BeOS Ready for a Comeback as Zeta OS · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a friend about a month ago who told me he was learning C.

    Why was he learning C? Because BeOS was coming back, and they were gonna need people to port applications. And porting was easier if you knew C. And BeOS was gonna be the next big thing so they needed to have lots of apps ported to it.

  10. Re:before anyone else does it... on Mac OS X "Tiger" Enters Final Candidate Stage · · Score: 1

    Five

  11. Re:Please Say It Ain't So on Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, Lucas has chosen to not take his inspiration from Luke on Chewie erotic fan fiction

  12. Re:Meh on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse · · Score: 1

    eh, it wasn't fantastic, but it wasnt bad

    the machine is running windows 3.1 right now so there isn't much right clicking going on

  13. Re:AE already has optical out on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse · · Score: 2, Informative

    A native optical out port rather than one that requires a $40 kit

  14. Re:Meh on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse · · Score: 1

    My Compaq Armada 1130 (Circa 1995) has one button above the trackball and one button below it

  15. Re:So, basically... on IE7 Details Emerge · · Score: 1

    He didn't say he used NN 5

    He used NN 5 years ago, as in 5 years in the past

  16. Re:What law has been violated? on iPod Shuffle Lookalike Hits CeBIT · · Score: 1

    no, it means that they could sue anyone making an mp3 player which is confusingly similar to the names apple, ipod, shuffle, etc

    just like i can start selling car batteries called McIntosh car batteries, but i wouldn't be able to make a computer called a McIntosh

  17. Re:They still don't get it... on Sony takes on iPod Shuffle · · Score: 1

    I know that iTunes integration is something only Apple can do

    My mother's Rio works in itunes on the mac
    It's up to the device maker. not apple

  18. Re:Apple... on WinFS to be available in WinXP · · Score: 1

    sitting back and getting rich off XP sales works well for them.

    wait wait wait
    back the truck up

    you can BUY xp?

  19. Apple... on WinFS to be available in WinXP · · Score: 1

    Apple releases Tiger with Spotlight
    MS adds WinFS to XP, says "Hey, we can do that too, you don't need to wait for Longhorn!"

  20. Re:Mono on Invisible Malware Install 65MB Large · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear you can get in a lot of trouble giving mono to random people, especially people you don't know.

  21. Re:OS X on In Which OS Do You Feel More Productive? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I swear I couldn't find anything like control panel, a system menu like in KDE 3.x

    Apple Menu > System Preferences

    or how to get out of /home/user in terminal to check /dev.

    cd /dev would've been a good start...

  22. hold on a second... on Microsoft to Disable Online Windows Activation · · Score: 1

    johnny pirate has an XP cd from 2003
    johnny pirate's volume license/activation free key is from 2003
    johnny pirate doesn't use the most updated setup files

    so this policy won't hinder johnny pirate

  23. Re:DMX for lighting control. on Electronic Gadget Ideas for a New House? · · Score: 1

    And then you can rent out your house to the local community theater group when you go away on weekends

  24. Re:I'll Take "None Of The Above," Thanks on Napster To Campaign Aggressively Against iPod · · Score: 1

    Firstly, NO ONE CARES about Vorbis. There is a small vocal minority on Slashdot, but there is nowhere near enough demand to possibly warrant the costs to implement in in a portable player.

    Secondly, we arent all audiophile geeks. Some of us just like to listen to music on the walk to class, we don't need crystal clear acoustically-tuned concert hall surround sound quality, esp on the $20 headphones I throw in my bookbag.

    Before you fire back with "why not get a portable cd player then", because the iPod (or any other mp3 player) makes it convenient to listen to whatever I want, whenever I want. If I'm walking and listening to country and decide I want to listen to Sublime, it's as easy as spinning a wheel.

  25. Re:I'll Take "None Of The Above," Thanks on Napster To Campaign Aggressively Against iPod · · Score: 1

    With a CD, I can buy it and play it wherever I want. With either music service, there are severe restrictions on how, when, and where I can play it. Want to play those songs you downloaded off of iTunes or Napster on your expensive 7.1 surround-sound entertainment system? Tough cookies; you're restricted to either your PC or your iPod.

    Unless you, you know, burn those files from the iTunes store to a CD and put that in your stereo. You can do that legally, btw. Napster, I think it's a small extra fee to burn to CD, but it can be done.

    the time and bandwidth it takes to download the songs, even more time if you want to upload it to an iPod

    Firstly, I don't know about you, but I don't pay for my bandwidth by the meg. It's a flat rate for download all you want. I also use my internet connection for other things (many other things), so I don't even think that cost should be factored in.

    Secondly, over my broadband connection it takes all of about 3 minutes to download a song (and that's on an EXCEPTIONALLY slow day) and maybe another 19 seconds to put it in my iPod next time I drop it in the dock. I don't know if the iPod should even count, since the transfer is basically transparent (no user interaction if you have it set as such).

    and the cost of HDD storage space

    A 200 gig hard drive is roughly $155. That works out to $0.775 per gig or $0.000756835938 per megabyte. A typical AAC is 5 to 7 mb.

    And when you buy a regular CD, you need to factor in gas mileage to the store (perhaps the cost of your car if you want to count the cost of a broadband subscription), time to park and walk in, and the precious square inches in your CD rack it will take up.

    You're also not getting the packaging that a CD provides.

    Napster... I don't even need to mention, since if you plan on keeping your music for more than a year you will most likely be spending much more than if you decided to purchase a CD.


    I'll give you these two.