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  1. Re:obvious answer on eMac Video Upgrade · · Score: 5, Informative
    While Windows undeniably has more games, contrary to what many will try to tell you, the Mac has more than a few as well.

    http://www.apple.com/games/

  2. Finally.... on Call the Apple Store and Get Bill and Melinda Gates · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... something that Bill Gates did first!

  3. Re:Nothing new here on Apple Considering a Break-Up? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look at how well BE OS did in the consumer Wintel space. Im sure MS would love to see Apple have the same success.

  4. Re:That is the sound of inevitability.... on California Senate Approves Net Tax Bill · · Score: 1

    Thats the law in SC. They ask you for it on your income tax form.

  5. Re:Why? on The Future of Leap Seconds · · Score: 1

    Typical reply from a W lover. Bush pardons should be interesting.

    PS: Clinton is no longer the president.

  6. just made a punch? on Apple SuperDrive Gets Faster....For Free · · Score: 2, Funny
    Just made a punch over to apple's website

    How does one "make a punch" to a web site?

  7. Re:jeezus smeezus on Apple Patches Sendmail Bug Quickly · · Score: 1

    If the headline would have read "Appple Patches Sendmail Bug", would that have been ok with you? It is news - people do need to know about it. The patch needs to be applied.

    Do you simply have a problem with the word "quickly"? Or, do you think it was not worthy of posting anything about it?

  8. Re:Warning! on Apple Patches Sendmail Bug Quickly · · Score: 1

    I had no problems at all.

    1. Ran SW update.
    2. "You must reboot", OK.

    It rebooted.. there was no step 3.

  9. Re:ugly on Multimedia Home Entertainment System for Linux · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Linux users like ugly.. thats why they always try to imitate Windows.

  10. Re:Sue me, sue me, please. on XPde: Cloning the XP Interface · · Score: 1

    The desktop background images on these screenshots is from Apple. I have the same one as my osx desktop image now.

  11. Re:The sky is falling on Many Tools of Big Brother Are Up and Running · · Score: 1

    "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
    Justice William O. Douglas

  12. speed... on Mac vs. PC: Digital Video Editing Comparison · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A slower tool of higher quality can still get the job done faster.

    Of course, "of higher quality" is rather subjective.

  13. Re:Beyond FUD, ... on Newsflash: Mac Users Love Apple, Hate Microsoft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why is it that anyone who uses an OS other than Windows is a zealot? Does differing from the mainstream make you a zealot? Are there Microsoft zealots?

  14. Why Quicktime? on Movielink Snubs DRM-less Macs · · Score: 1

    Macs have Real player and Windows Media Player, so why is Movielink concerned with Quicktime? All they would need to do is provide content in Real or WIMP formats for the Mac users as they do for the pc users. Would save them one step plus Real and Microsoft would be rather pleased as Quicktime would not be promoted. .

    I'm sure it's not just an attempt to adjust Apple's attitude toward DRM... they wouldn't do that would they?

  15. Re:Transition? on Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I think use of the word "transition" illustrates the pipe dream that Apple has: UNIX users will leave UNIX in droves to commit to using Mac OS X. "

    This pipe dream is obvious in the Switch Ads... they clearly could care less about Windows users and are after the huge linux desktop marketshare.

  16. Re:That is silly on Apple Acquires Silicon Grail · · Score: 1

    Revenue stream from Linux users? That's funny.

    Why develop for Linux when you KNOW the users will refuse to pay and raise hell all over the place about it not being free?

  17. Re:Yes, but... on QuickTime 6 Public Beta Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple wasn't selling those ads in Sherlock. When Apple first introduced Sherlock, the search engine people were upset because people would get search results and not the ads that they depend on for revenue. So, Apple put the ads in so that the search engines could send their ads to users.

  18. Re:For Windows only?? on E3: SimCity 4 Preview Goodness · · Score: 1

    Lets hope its months and not years.

  19. For Windows only?? on E3: SimCity 4 Preview Goodness · · Score: 1

    Too bad that Sim City will most likely be available for only Windows. Perhaps if we are lucky, maybe a port to the Mac in a couple of years. Linux? Forget about it.

    Sim City started on the Mac, but it did not take Maxis long to abandon it's roots.

  20. Re:yes they did - case-sensitivity IS the problem on Apple Introduces Xserve Rackmount Servers · · Score: 1
    Add this to your ~/Library/init/tcsh/aliases.mine file:

    #### case insensitive completion
    set complete = enhance

    Now you dont have to worry about case with tab completion.

  21. Re:I don't get ... on MS Judge to Allow Demonstration of Modular Windows · · Score: 1

    Surely some groups in Microsoft have the skill to create a good abstract browser API. They choose not to use these skills, but perhaps if Microsoft were split up and forced to compete against itself, such a thing would be born.

    Microsoft has clearly admitted that they created DLL hell for marketing purposes. They basically said that, "some of Windows interlocking code benefits Microsoft commercially and does not have a clear technical reason to be commingled."

    Story Here (ZDNet)

    That admission seems to be key to the trial. It seems to prove that a modular windows is possible and that they chose to create a non-modular windows to support their monopoly.

  22. Re:I don't rate their chances highly on Apple's Response to Microsoft: Unix Ads? · · Score: 1

    My G4 is currently at 24 days. 5 reboots a year might be more accurate.

  23. Re:And that's in the background! on Apple's Response to Microsoft: Unix Ads? · · Score: 1

    The dock also has the iTunes popup window popped up as if the user is about to start playing an mp3 while doing everything else.

  24. Re:So it's all about the benjamins on Why I Ain't Buying A Mac · · Score: 1

    It's all about the costs and he has the costs wrong. I emailed him about his errors and his response was, "Yeah, I dicked that one up, sorry ;)."

    Yet, the article still has the errors. The SuperDrive is DVDR... not just DVD. Big difference.. and if you put DVDR in the Dell (Dell only offers DVDRW for $450.00 more), the cost is about the same as the Mac.

  25. floors? on Using Tables as Speakers · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have hardwood floors in my house. I imagine my neighbor won't be very pleased if it works with my floor.