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  1. Re:Use w/iPod? on iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released · · Score: 1

    really? ...funny. Ok, thanks. I'll test moving files via an iCommune linked list tonight and see what kind of luck I have.

  2. Re:Use w/iPod? on iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released · · Score: 1

    You sure? When I try this, it says this iPod is registered to another computer/user, and if we move any music files at all, it deletes the ones that are already present on the iPod first....effectively wiping out the original archive and starting with a fresh set. I want to keep the ones that are already there, and add to them from my other computer (mix/match), without disturbing anything. I've never bothered to disable autosync, however.

  3. Re:works ok for me on iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released · · Score: 1

    This does indeed work over the internet. I just served up 3 days worth of songs, from Asia, to an individual in Portland, Oregon. No problem....thanks to the author!

  4. Not a dupe on AOL Sues Spammers · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it is a 'parallel post'.

  5. Try this on Interesting and Educational Web Pages for Children? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...set up your own page, and pepper it with family info (nothing too private), a few photos, basic family tree, vacation photoes, etc. Start with a few links to things like dictionaries, maps and some easy flash based games. Once they get the hang of things, you can add more links to the outside. Doing your own site first will allow you control, while showing an example of what they can expect, in terms of a 'good' site out on the net. Watch the logs for extraneous activity, and again, keep the personal info to a minimum. Predators always appreciate it when you make things easy for them.

  6. works ok for me on iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released · · Score: 1

    works for me....at least on my lan, between my G4 and airport equipped iBook. Works very well indeed. I need someone I can trust to try it from the internet, tho....

  7. Use w/iPod? on iCommune 2.0 Alpha Released · · Score: 1
    Is it just my imagination, or could a person use the new release of iCommune to allow for iPod uploads from a computer that the iPod isn't authenticated for originally?

    Example:
    • iPod is owned by Bob and is normally sync'd with Bob's G4.
    • Mary sets up her TiBook with iCommune and serves her iTunes library.
    • Bob connects to Mary's library, and loads it into iTunes on his G4.
    • Bob then sync's his iPod with the list of songs from Mary's TiBook, thus effectively bypassing the standard iPod reluctance to sync with another computer.
    hmmmmm...for those of us with two or more computers, and only one iPod, this might come in handy, if it works.
  8. Charlie Brown on Switch Interviews Douglas Engelbart · · Score: 1

    You know what they say...if it's not on Oprah, its not worth knowing. Try changing the channel.

  9. Universal is a pretty big rabbit on Slashback: Folding, Cursing, Exporting · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and Steve wears a pretty big hat.

  10. Don't think these things can't be changed on RIAA, This Is Earth, Please Come In! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Before barcodes came along, distributors told the grocery store chains which products they would buy...when they would receive them and where they would place them in their stores. This was the 'system', and no one considered it would change.

    Along came barcodes, and with them, the data that was suddenly accrued meant the stores were in a position to tell the distributors what was selling, and thus what they would buy...and when they wanted it and where it would be placed inside the store, etc. The distributors moved down on the food chain, and the buyers moved up.

    When enough consumers bypass the mall, and buy/barter their music directly from the artist, the landscape will most certainly change.

  11. Re:I know what's going on on AIM Meets Social Network Theory · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like this approach breaks ground.

    We used to set up a card table in the hallway, outside the registrar's office. We'd hang out a little sign that said 'Coed Registration', and sit back and rake in names and phone numbers.

    Today this would be called stalking, I'm sure. Those were the days...

  12. Not that law...the other law on RIAA, This Is Earth, Please Come In! · · Score: 1

    The one says that demand will encourage supply....not the other way around.

    Like where Ford makes one less SVT Lightning pickup than consumers want, and price it so it will sell.

  13. How many times on RIAA, This Is Earth, Please Come In! · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Do we have to keep going over this?
    • The RIAA is just a shill for the music industry at large.
    • This is an industry that is used to gouging customers and wielding strict control over releases.
    • They consider themselves at the top of the food chain, and fight anyone that intrudes into their territory.
    • They consider customers as sheep to be shorn.
    • They consider themselves above the law, even so going so far as to believe they can make the law.

    Anyone that hasn't grasped the fuedal relationship between the music industry and it's customers by now, isn't going to get it at all, so further 'evidence' that there is a problem is just so much more sand on the beach.

    Stop buying music from retailers, such as Virgin & Tower. When those art deco shelves start collectiing dust, the retailers will scream and the predators will be forced to acknowledge the problem. Until then, things won't change....regardless of how many more anecdotes we have about who/what/when/why piracy exists.
  14. yes, issues w/hype...and rummies that believe it on WiMax Formed To Promote 802.16 Standard · · Score: 1

    Ok, so why not boast 52.67 miles....or 74.38 miles....gee, maybe because they are all as technically meaningless and misleading as 31, thus the obvious hype, which you, among others, are so willing to swallow.

    Want to buy a bridge? Got one in Boston that no one is using...I can fax you the deed in minutes, just provide your banking information and I'll send it right over. Please arrange to have it picked up by EOD....we need the room for that new building we're putting up once we get our check for $47 million out of Nigeria.

  15. Re:31 miles? on WiMax Formed To Promote 802.16 Standard · · Score: 1

    And just because we can't see you with your head up your ass doesn't mean your breath doesn't stink, either.

    If you want to defend someone using unsubstantiated data, get a job with the current administration.

  16. Re:31 miles? on WiMax Formed To Promote 802.16 Standard · · Score: 1

    Did we see a mention of any towers? No.

    Of course there are many ways to 'expand the horizon'...we're looking at one of them right now, which again, is marketing hype.

  17. 31 miles? on WiMax Formed To Promote 802.16 Standard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What's really interesting is that it is only 25 miles to a typical horizon. 31 sounds like marketing hype to me, since it would be useless unless you're dealing with relatively non-terrestrial points-to-point.

  18. agree on Sharing MS-Access Databases, Efficiently? · · Score: 1

    Makes good sense. Assuming he can move to SQL easily. I know I did. I wonder what kind of table structure his 50 db's represent.

    Like I said, I have my own preferences these days...none of which currently include MDB's. I think I only have one legacy Access base still working, and it's 3 hears old.

    Not knowing his skills, budget, resources and goals in detail, it's hard to recommend beyond examples, etc.

  19. As usual on Tax Tips For Small Folks? · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The small folks will drown in their own blood on the walls of Baghdad...as usual. We will be killing all of the infidal small folks and their so very, very small taxes very soon, and I can take you to them in, oh...say....twenty minutes, God willing, Allah be blessed." ~ M.S.S.

  20. See...I was right on Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music · · Score: 1

    First main menu...top left....'iTunes' - drop that down and it says "Shop For iTunes Products"...third item listed, along with About and Preferences.

    Man, are they going to have a hard time selling to you :)

  21. Try this on Sharing MS-Access Databases, Efficiently? · · Score: 1

    First, I agree to move to something else, but I won't say my preference here. Some wank will find a way to blame my choice on my family tree, and sidetrack the discussion into the gutter.

    That said, if you insist on using MDB's, hook to them with a front end...check out Cold Fusion, formerly from Allaire, now in Macromedia's hands.

    You shouldn't allow anyone but your DB Admin to tap directly into your Access files. Building an interactive, browser based front-end is not that hard, and it provides many of things you are either looking for now, or will be seeking in the future. I worked for a bank, and found them pushing MS solutions. While we pushed something mo' betta, we also worked to get the data they already had into the hands of the users, via MS Access and CF.

    Ton's of examples out there...get started now, and relax sooner than later.

  22. Some harder than others on NASA Selects Mars Landing Sites · · Score: 1

    "Landing on Mars is very difficult, and it's harder on some parts of the planet than others," said Dr. Ed Weiler, NASA associate administrator for space science in Washington, D.C. "In choosing where to go, we need to balance science value with engineering safety considerations at the landing sites. The sites we have chosen provide such balance."

    And the Finial site, may well prove to be the hardest of all...

  23. Maybe some haven't noticed... on Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music · · Score: 1

    ...the menu in iTunes for purchasing iTunes stuf? I doubt Apple is simply looking to jumpstart the fan-boy t-shirt market...this menu has been there since v1.0, and it seems clear it is a direct link to a future music mall.

  24. correct on Shopping for a New Monitor? · · Score: 1

    ...when I said 'kicking the tires', the assumption is you'll at least turn the thing on, allowing it to warm up and stablize (15 ~ 30 minutes) and see if you can read text.....and it doesn't emit any offensive odors...no popping when it degausses...image mat is centered, level and not pinched in/out along the sides....buttons don't stick....viewing angle suits your needs....price and warranty match your plan. You do have a plan, right?

    Just remember, next gen monitors, that don't have buttons or OS, and are built on the new 'monitor on a chip', will be here inside 3 years, so if you're thinking you can buy a monitor now, and ride a typical upgrade cycle, you may want to think again. You might want to spend less and upgrade sooner than normal.

  25. In store...bad idea on Shopping for a New Monitor? · · Score: 1

    Testing is fine...but the store uses flourescent lighting, and unless you intend to work there, right in the middle of isle 14, you'll find a big difference when you actually do get set up. Don't bother with any kind of testing, other than kicking the tires, unless you can take a shot at duplicating your home or office lighting.