I actually reformatted my HFS+ iPod via Windows to FAT32 format for just that reason, and now I can use it to shuttle files between the Macs and PCs I work with. Macs speak Windows/FAT32 but Windows still won't read HFS, and iTunes 7 lets me dump files onto the iPod from any location, so why not? The one advantage HFS+ had was that I could set up a bootable OS X install onto my iPod, but since the 5G iPods are USB only (and thus non-bootable) that advantage has gone away.
I wish I could have crammed more acronyms into the above paragraph.
I'm on my second Aluminum PowerBook AC adapter after the first one crimped, then frayed, then went up in a literal puff of smoke. The worst part is I had to buy another of the clearly faulty adapters. You'd think they'd beef up the design a bit around the part that breaks for everyone, but no... Read the reviews on Apple's own page on store.apple.com for this adapter (average rating: 1.5 stars out of five), and it becomes clear that there's a very specific reason they redid the power connector ("MagSafe") for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro models.
Shameful -- and doubly a shame because this PowerBook (one of the original Aluminum PowerBooks) has proven to be a champ for over two years.
VOICEOVER: Adrian Brody. Mel Gibson. Dave Navarro. What do these people have in common? They all suffer from L.B.S. -- in fact, one in every one-hundred Americans are diagnosed with L.B.S., or "Large Boat Syndrome", every day. And it gets worse: L.B.S. victims routinely have to cope with Sports Utility Vehicle fees and marina docking rental costs just to make it through, day-to-day, with their disease. For just $130 dollars a day --the cost of a single Nintendo DS Lite! -- you can help these fellow Americans. Won't you donate, today?
Industry insiders describe the kiosk prototypes they have seen as a DVD burning iMac with the browser's homepage set to "http://thepiratebay.org/". This strikes me as an mindblowingly ill-fated idea -- I mean, if I had to drive somewhere to get to the iTunes Music Store, I can't imagine I'd use it. It's all about the American I wannit now impulse.
OS X programs often spread their files all over the file system, with a mess of binary configuration files, possible netinfo entries
Wha...? What you say may hold true for server software.pkg installs, but these days those are few and far between, and by definition include a bill of materials that tells you where and what files are being installed (select "Show Files" during the install to see). Most OS X application software these days are.app drag and drop installs, and they will "spread their files" 99% of the time in three places:
~/Library/Preferences/
~/Library/Application Support/
~/Library/Caches/
...and I have *never* had an app modify my NetInfo settings in the five (!) years I've been running OS X.
Microsoft offers something strikingly similar to this already, as a result of aquiring the "Foldershare" product back in November of 2005. It's a nifty service that allows you to sync folder contents across disparate Macs or PCs, and then access those files over the web.
What if my letter appears in some place other than the first position? For instance, "Beck" would show up in Smart Playlists that contain "B", "E", "C", and "K" -- not just under "B". Speaking of, have you ever noticed if you write the word "BECK" on an index card, turn it upside down, and look at it in a mirror, it will say: "BECK"? You have not? OK.
Speaking of plagiarism, this slashdot user has ripped all the content right out of here, without attribution, and is taking credit, getting mainstream press and making money off selling t-shirts as a result. I think that is so shitty; like a link to the original source would kill him or something.
Why, I still am rewarded with bleated beeps of love and affection from my faithful Petster each and every day!...I just hope Duracell continues to produce "C" cell batteries.
A couple of men went camping. They camped at a remote site, new to them, where they didn't really know everyone else who was camping there. After setting up, one of the men put a little, teeny tiny lock on their tent flap door. His friend looked at the flimsy lock and remarked, "That lock is nowhere near good enough to keep out anyone who might want to get into your tent! Why, I bet I could get through that lock in less than a minute.". The first man replied, "The lock doesn't need to be the best lock in the world; it just needs to be better than that guy's" -- and he pointed to the tent next door, without a lock at all.
The point being, surely Mac OS X is not the end-all and be-all of security, but Apple has by all accounts gotten increasingly serious about security as Mac OS X has matured. It's not ever going to be possible to have a 100% perfect level of security, but as long as it's better than that guy's (points to Redmond, WA), in most people's minds it'll be the most secure commercial OS on the market.
~jeff
...And what's more, with DRM, companies could actually make it so to play the media on the hardware you own, you had to play the inflated price! Think about it; if you get profiled as a "sci-fi fan", maybe your personalized, DRM'ed copy of "Space Epic 4021" goes up a dollar. They know you'll pay! And, a user who is not profiled as a sci-fi fan -- maybe they like dramas and romantic comedies -- gets a deal on "Space Epic 4021" because it's not normally the kind of movie they like, and getting a deal on it might actually entice that user to buy it.
Hey nimrod: no it's not. Maybe you could actually check the two links. Conan O'Brian pulls a lever and shows a random non-sequitir of a clip of "Walker, Texas Ranger". The page here is a community-based thing which people have contributed jokes to, jokes that he's not attributing.
I'll ask again, as perhaps you missed the question the first time:
What's the relationship (if any) between the "Chuck Norris Facts" linked to from your.sig, and the "Chuck Norris Facts" originally from here? They seem strikingly similar. You wouldn't be ripping off someone else's content in order to sell t-shirts, would you? That would be crappy.
What's the relationship (if any) between the "Chuck Norris Facts" linked to from your.sig, and "Chuck Norris Facts" from here? They seem strikingly similar.
That said, I keep coming back for more. Go figure.
I bet the last portion of the topic headline ("Talk Amongst Yourselves") is actually the reason why you keep coming back to Slashdot; it's certainly why I keep coming back. Increasingly, the articles that slashdot will link to (including this one) are completely irrelevant and what is truly interesting and informative reading are the comments that the article elicits. Slashdot should have more posts that are completely opinionless "talk amongst yourselves" kind of posts; the community and the moderation system will assuredly provide content far more interesting than one link to one guy's smoldering blog. Slashdot should act as the "Tim Russert" character, bringing up the topics for discussion and then getting out of the way.
Now here we have an article that's critical of Apple. That doesn't happen often. Let's see what the dittoheads do....they probably won't use Rush Limbaugh's terminology in their particular criticisms, for starters.
Slashdot Mirror
- Put CD/DVD in Mac. Check.
- Drag file from CD/DVD to desktop. Check.
- Eject CD/DVD. Check.
- File (not alias, not symlink) remains on desktop. Check.
- Double click to open file. File opens. Check.
Test 2:There's even a perl module for it, Net::Flickr::Backup.
Yeah, I don't know why my mom couldn't find that.
~jeff
I actually reformatted my HFS+ iPod via Windows to FAT32 format for just that reason, and now I can use it to shuttle files between the Macs and PCs I work with. Macs speak Windows/FAT32 but Windows still won't read HFS, and iTunes 7 lets me dump files onto the iPod from any location, so why not? The one advantage HFS+ had was that I could set up a bootable OS X install onto my iPod, but since the 5G iPods are USB only (and thus non-bootable) that advantage has gone away.
I wish I could have crammed more acronyms into the above paragraph.
No. MPEG-4 was ratified as a standard by the Moving Picture Experts Group in 1999.
Now if only Tivo boxes would be able to play back MPEG-4, then we'd have some news here.
~jeff
I'm on my second Aluminum PowerBook AC adapter after the first one crimped, then frayed, then went up in a literal puff of smoke. The worst part is I had to buy another of the clearly faulty adapters. You'd think they'd beef up the design a bit around the part that breaks for everyone, but no... Read the reviews on Apple's own page on store.apple.com for this adapter (average rating: 1.5 stars out of five), and it becomes clear that there's a very specific reason they redid the power connector ("MagSafe") for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro models.
Shameful -- and doubly a shame because this PowerBook (one of the original Aluminum PowerBooks) has proven to be a champ for over two years.
~jeff
VOICEOVER: Adrian Brody. Mel Gibson. Dave Navarro. What do these people have in common? They all suffer from L.B.S. -- in fact, one in every one-hundred Americans are diagnosed with L.B.S., or "Large Boat Syndrome", every day. And it gets worse: L.B.S. victims routinely have to cope with Sports Utility Vehicle fees and marina docking rental costs just to make it through, day-to-day, with their disease. For just $130 dollars a day --the cost of a single Nintendo DS Lite! -- you can help these fellow Americans. Won't you donate, today?
~jeff
Industry insiders describe the kiosk prototypes they have seen as a DVD burning iMac with the browser's homepage set to "http://thepiratebay.org/". This strikes me as an mindblowingly ill-fated idea -- I mean, if I had to drive somewhere to get to the iTunes Music Store, I can't imagine I'd use it. It's all about the American I wannit now impulse.
~jeff
OS X programs often spread their files all over the file system, with a mess of binary configuration files, possible netinfo entries
Wha...? What you say may hold true for server software
~jeff
Microsoft offers something strikingly similar to this already, as a result of aquiring the "Foldershare" product back in November of 2005. It's a nifty service that allows you to sync folder contents across disparate Macs or PCs, and then access those files over the web.
I reviewed it a couple days ago; it's an impressive producet, but no linux client right now, which is a bummer. ~jeff
Any questions?
(raises hand)
What if my letter appears in some place other than the first position? For instance, "Beck" would show up in Smart Playlists that contain "B", "E", "C", and "K" -- not just under "B". Speaking of, have you ever noticed if you write the word "BECK" on an index card, turn it upside down, and look at it in a mirror, it will say: "BECK"? You have not? OK.
~jeff
...especially today, coming on the heels of their big announcement. ~jeff
Speaking of plagiarism, this slashdot user has ripped all the content right out of here, without attribution, and is taking credit, getting mainstream press and making money off selling t-shirts as a result. I think that is so shitty; like a link to the original source would kill him or something.
~jeff
Why, I still am rewarded with bleated beeps of love and affection from my faithful Petster each and every day!
~jeff
~jeff
A couple of men went camping. They camped at a remote site, new to them, where they didn't really know everyone else who was camping there. After setting up, one of the men put a little, teeny tiny lock on their tent flap door. His friend looked at the flimsy lock and remarked, "That lock is nowhere near good enough to keep out anyone who might want to get into your tent! Why, I bet I could get through that lock in less than a minute.". The first man replied, "The lock doesn't need to be the best lock in the world; it just needs to be better than that guy's" -- and he pointed to the tent next door, without a lock at all.
The point being, surely Mac OS X is not the end-all and be-all of security, but Apple has by all accounts gotten increasingly serious about security as Mac OS X has matured. It's not ever going to be possible to have a 100% perfect level of security, but as long as it's better than that guy's (points to Redmond, WA), in most people's minds it'll be the most secure commercial OS on the market. ~jeff
Production... of what?
~jeff
...too bad he just got p0wned.
~jeff
Good Lord. That's so evil. And totally plausible!
~jeff
...there goes another $75 (clickclickclick $25 for the GBA Movie Player, $50 for a 1 GB Compact Flash card).
I think if I didn't read Slashdot I'd have a solid gold house by now.
~jeff
Hey nimrod: no it's not. Maybe you could actually check the two links. Conan O'Brian pulls a lever and shows a random non-sequitir of a clip of "Walker, Texas Ranger". The page here is a community-based thing which people have contributed jokes to, jokes that he's not attributing.
But thanks for being a total jerk.
~jeff
I'll ask again, as perhaps you missed the question the first time:
What's the relationship (if any) between the "Chuck Norris Facts" linked to from your
~jeff
What's the relationship (if any) between the "Chuck Norris Facts" linked to from your
~jeff
That said, I keep coming back for more. Go figure.
I bet the last portion of the topic headline ("Talk Amongst Yourselves") is actually the reason why you keep coming back to Slashdot; it's certainly why I keep coming back. Increasingly, the articles that slashdot will link to (including this one) are completely irrelevant and what is truly interesting and informative reading are the comments that the article elicits. Slashdot should have more posts that are completely opinionless "talk amongst yourselves" kind of posts; the community and the moderation system will assuredly provide content far more interesting than one link to one guy's smoldering blog. Slashdot should act as the "Tim Russert" character, bringing up the topics for discussion and then getting out of the way.
~jeff
my smoldering blog
~jeff
Now here we have an article that's critical of Apple. That doesn't happen often. Let's see what the dittoheads do. ...they probably won't use Rush Limbaugh's terminology in their particular criticisms, for starters.
~jeff