Just grab System...they will be buried in there. When I said 'folders' I meant 'System' and all the folders inside, including the ones you can't see.
The Library folder, as an example, will have what you call prefs, but it's not that simple. Problem is, there are also configuration files (an invisible folder named 'etc' as an example)....this is Unix. Also, some are going to be
invisible to a non-root user. Also, you need to maintain locations and permissions. Point is you don't want to be doing this manually.
Get an app that can automate it for you and at least backup the System folder. An app designed for the job will take care of invisible files and permissions....something you may want to learn about in the future, but not just to be able to backup.
The unrighteous stumble against thee that they may be justly plagued, fleeing from thy gentleness and colliding with thy justice, and falling on their own rough paths. For in truth they do not know that thou art everywhere; that no place contains thee, and that only thou art near even to those who switch and go farthest from thee.
Let them, therefore, switch and seek thee, because even if they have abandoned thee, their Creator, thou hast not abandoned thy creatures. Let them switch back and seek thee--and lo, thou art there in their hearts, there in the hearts of those who confess and switch to thee.
And where was I when I was seeking thee? There thou wast, before me; but I had switched, even from myself, and I could not find myself, much less thee.
For my prayer is not for earthly things, neither gold nor silver and precious stones, nor gorgeous apparel, nor honors and power, nor fleshly pleasures, nor of bodily necessities in this life of our pilgrimage: all of these things are "added" to those who switch.
Satellite broadband hopes to show that small town or metropolis, you'll be covered. Those lines you mention keep the planners employed, and that's why they talk about them so often. Once the net comes out of the sky, we can go back to smaller clusters, and not have to follow co-workers into the big city. Either that or we will cover the planet in people, and there won't be any distinction between burg and boomtown.
You're arguing with yourself. I'm simply reporting what my experience is. If yours is same or not, makes no nevermind to me. I could care less what you and your friends do in study hall.
The drug remarks/slander are uncalled for, unless you simply want to hump my leg, and in that case, you could try being a bit more direct. I'll still tell you to get off the porch, but at least you'd being making an attempt at keeping your self respect by being honest.
Create a new user...logon as said new user. If the Finder is still OTL, consider fresh install. If not, consider corrupted permissions, and how you proceed depends on your skills. You do have a backup of your system folders, eh:)
I did a remote/command line update and held my breath to see if the box would come back. It came up ok a few moments later. Apache seems ok...PERL is ok...PHP is broken. Nothing I can't fix.
I have four computers....two of them are laptops. Only one doesn't have a modem. I travel internationally and I have not fired up a modem in over two years. 802.11b or 10/100 wired everywhere I go.
I work for one of the largest display manufs. in the world. I know where CRT's are headed, and when. Graphic designers are all over us for our 19 ~ 20" LCDs.
I use Mac, Linux and NT....every day. I have not touched a floppy in over a year. USB keychain or Compact Flash or CD-R.
100 megs free? I have over 300gb online...and that's just at home. I burn DVD backups when needed and use mobile trays for my small (10~20gb drives).
Whether this is out of respect for DVD burners or our of fear of competition, it is simply in reaction to an ever evolving tech market. CRT's are going away...floppies are dead...finally.
Why, To'tM, you know I listen when you speak. My examples were just to show that tabs aren't new, and the various implementations (good or bad) only show we're bound to see them continue. I happen to depend on them, now, for browsing. Otherwise, I can take or leave them.
I'll give in, just cause it's you. I'd like to know whence your authority on Safari comes, tho, but only to satisfy my own curiousity. I don't doubt your feedback, thanks.
I'm now wondering how long it will be before we see HTML that opens a new tab... [target=_tab_new]
As I said before, I'm not anxious enough to do any spoofing right now. I'll wait for it to get out of beta, and if it is still an issue, and if still WF hasn't come on board (I used to work with the network division, so if I do anything, it will be to prod the team to recognize Safari), etc. and...if I have time I'll trik it. Seems for now it may come and go and I've got other goblins to chase...like how to get my Linux box to do Firewire networking:)
Interesting...I'm in Asia, but I'd be surprised if the beta updates are localized. Are you sure the update panel in OS X lists Safari? Mine never has. Oh well...thanks.
ouch...touchy aren't we...take a breath
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Green tea for the rest of the day, ok? I'm sorry, really, really sorry I mentioned it:)
Just don't yell at me (again), when Safari starts using tabs.
The HIG, as I recall, doesn't mention tabs as evil.
While Apple may not deploy tabs on the system level, we can look to Excel for tabbed worksheets as a long standing example, and to Airport Admin for a more recent usage. For a more public example, you only need to visit Apple.com
Safari will have tabs...sooner or later, and Cupertino will not slide into the Pacific as a result.
whoops...banking gone for me
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My online banking worked via Safari until this new version.
For online access to secure sessions within wellsfargo.com, you must use an approved operating system and browser.
Time to enlighten WFB's tech dept. once again. I don't feel like forcing a spoof.
All these pundits claiming free speech rights for MS when it comes time to discuss open source...where were you people when MS trampled on all those uncounted efforts by much smaller developers to have a share of the market? Where were you when small companies, one after the other, were made silent after being snapped up by MS and taken off the market? Where were you when MS directed it's own efforts to squelch internal discussion of open standards versus control over the market? MS is all about marketing and never about fairness and being open. MS is a documented criminal element and you want them to have the same rights as honest entities.
As much as I respect your tech acumen, I think there are legitimate examples of StO where usage on large scale is not an issue, in fact the bigger (more wide spread) it is, with more unique segments variables and mutations, the harder (meaning more trouble and money, etc.) it would be to track. If it is in 100 million pieces, and they can only track a million, scale becomes an asset.
An example (which I wanted to avoid), is a web site where content is pulled from other sites. One image from Canada....another from Brazil...some text from Florida and a frame or two filled from Singapore.
Take this example to the extreme...
I can have portions of one file scattered on 200/2000/20,000 computers, and have 200/2000/20,000 segments come in from them, to be assembled on my single box, all in real time.
I can [theoretically] pull an MP3 in this fashion before someone can paint the overall picture, and if the remote puzzle-file is never retrieved in the same manner more than once, the scale, again, is an asset.
Another example of SoT where scale is not an issue is stenography. 100/1000 images to me from remote locales...distill the hidden data out during download and checksum the mp3. It comes from so many points, and goes to so many more, all in real-time, that trying to freeze the event is so difficult, it would take combined resources that would be prohibitive at best. Scale, again, becomes an asset.
...why are we giving the RIAA such glow-in-the-dark targets. I won't get into details, but my point is that there are many ways to access, share and move data. I'm confident something as originally trivial as Napster could be made obscure just as easily. After all, radios channel hop as a security measure, and that kind of StO has been very reliable. Instead of bemoaning Napster, someone should simply go next gen.
...you could draft a mail to yourself on AOL, and then someone else, using your logon, could read it without it ever being sent (used to be a great way to spoof MCI)....attachments and all.
There must be 100rds o' ways to transfer files without having the spy filter kick in. Why is anyone really pained over this.
I tested a solid state 500mb HD in 1990, while working in Japan. >Format..done. I've yet to see these in wide (consumer) application. I wouldn't hold my breath on them showing up any time soon.
The parent comment asked "Do you think there's such a thing as unbreakable encryption?"
...of course, others may have the same opinion. Tagging it redundant overlooks the fact that what I posted is in direct response to the question. Otherwise, after the first two comments of yes and no, every post in the thread that agrees or disagrees is redundant. Wasted mod point.
'unbreakable encryption' is like the perfect woman. She should be a virgin, but how can you guarantee that unless she doesn't have a..... that could have been 'broken' before you came along. And without a.... she's not very perfect, is she? Catch-22.
The perfect encryption scheme would need to be created inviolate. Created by imaculate conception, not by the hands of man, nor under the eyes of man. But since it is up to man to craft it, then it can't be perfect...that is to say it can't be made....it can never exist.
If you make it, and I hold a gun to your head and you tell me the key (or at least give me a running start on how to pick the lock), then it's all over. It matters not how cryptic it may have been. The key is going to be in someone's head, and that is enough to mean it can be 'broken'.
The Universe is a safe, with the key locked inside.
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Just grab System...they will be buried in there. When I said 'folders' I meant 'System' and all the folders inside, including the ones you can't see.
The Library folder, as an example, will have what you call prefs, but it's not that simple. Problem is, there are also configuration files (an invisible folder named 'etc' as an example)....this is Unix. Also, some are going to be invisible to a non-root user. Also, you need to maintain locations and permissions. Point is you don't want to be doing this manually.
Get an app that can automate it for you and at least backup the System folder. An app designed for the job will take care of invisible files and permissions....something you may want to learn about in the future, but not just to be able to backup.
The unrighteous stumble against thee that they may be justly plagued, fleeing from thy gentleness and colliding with thy justice, and falling on their own rough paths. For in truth they do not know that thou art everywhere; that no place contains thee, and that only thou art near even to those who switch and go farthest from thee.
Let them, therefore, switch and seek thee, because even if they have abandoned thee, their Creator, thou hast not abandoned thy creatures. Let them switch back and seek thee--and lo, thou art there in their hearts, there in the hearts of those who confess and switch to thee.
And where was I when I was seeking thee? There thou wast, before me; but I had switched, even from myself, and I could not find myself, much less thee.
For my prayer is not for earthly things, neither gold nor silver and precious stones, nor gorgeous apparel, nor honors and power, nor fleshly pleasures, nor of bodily necessities in this life of our pilgrimage: all of these things are "added" to those who switch.
Satellite broadband hopes to show that small town or metropolis, you'll be covered. Those lines you mention keep the planners employed, and that's why they talk about them so often. Once the net comes out of the sky, we can go back to smaller clusters, and not have to follow co-workers into the big city. Either that or we will cover the planet in people, and there won't be any distinction between burg and boomtown.
You're arguing with yourself. I'm simply reporting what my experience is. If yours is same or not, makes no nevermind to me. I could care less what you and your friends do in study hall.
The drug remarks/slander are uncalled for, unless you simply want to hump my leg, and in that case, you could try being a bit more direct. I'll still tell you to get off the porch, but at least you'd being making an attempt at keeping your self respect by being honest.
Create a new user...logon as said new user. If the Finder is still OTL, consider fresh install. If not, consider corrupted permissions, and how you proceed depends on your skills. You do have a backup of your system folders, eh :)
I did a remote/command line update and held my breath to see if the box would come back. It came up ok a few moments later. Apache seems ok...PERL is ok...PHP is broken. Nothing I can't fix.
I have four computers....two of them are laptops. Only one doesn't have a modem. I travel internationally and I have not fired up a modem in over two years. 802.11b or 10/100 wired everywhere I go.
I work for one of the largest display manufs. in the world. I know where CRT's are headed, and when. Graphic designers are all over us for our 19 ~ 20" LCDs.
I use Mac, Linux and NT....every day. I have not touched a floppy in over a year. USB keychain or Compact Flash or CD-R.
100 megs free? I have over 300gb online...and that's just at home. I burn DVD backups when needed and use mobile trays for my small (10~20gb drives).
List of things that won't be around much longer:
hubris...ah yes.
As for bad html. I thought we agreed that since IE allows sloppy html, we were going to blame the singer, not the song. joke...
Why, To'tM, you know I listen when you speak. My examples were just to show that tabs aren't new, and the various implementations (good or bad) only show we're bound to see them continue. I happen to depend on them, now, for browsing. Otherwise, I can take or leave them.
I'll give in, just cause it's you. I'd like to know whence your authority on Safari comes, tho, but only to satisfy my own curiousity. I don't doubt your feedback, thanks.
I'm now wondering how long it will be before we see HTML that opens a new tab... [target=_tab_new]
As I said before, I'm not anxious enough to do any spoofing right now. I'll wait for it to get out of beta, and if it is still an issue, and if still WF hasn't come on board (I used to work with the network division, so if I do anything, it will be to prod the team to recognize Safari), etc. and...if I have time I'll trik it. Seems for now it may come and go and I've got other goblins to chase...like how to get my Linux box to do Firewire networking :)
Interesting...I'm in Asia, but I'd be surprised if the beta updates are localized. Are you sure the update panel in OS X lists Safari? Mine never has. Oh well...thanks.
Green tea for the rest of the day, ok? I'm sorry, really, really sorry I mentioned it :)
Just don't yell at me (again), when Safari starts using tabs.
The HIG, as I recall, doesn't mention tabs as evil. While Apple may not deploy tabs on the system level, we can look to Excel for tabbed worksheets as a long standing example, and to Airport Admin for a more recent usage. For a more public example, you only need to visit Apple.com
Safari will have tabs...sooner or later, and Cupertino will not slide into the Pacific as a result.
My online banking worked via Safari until this new version.
For online access to secure sessions within wellsfargo.com, you must use an approved operating system and browser.
Time to enlighten WFB's tech dept. once again. I don't feel like forcing a spoof.
Safari, at least so far, does not prompt a software update window...
All these pundits claiming free speech rights for MS when it comes time to discuss open source...where were you people when MS trampled on all those uncounted efforts by much smaller developers to have a share of the market? Where were you when small companies, one after the other, were made silent after being snapped up by MS and taken off the market? Where were you when MS directed it's own efforts to squelch internal discussion of open standards versus control over the market? MS is all about marketing and never about fairness and being open. MS is a documented criminal element and you want them to have the same rights as honest entities.
Give me a break.
agreed...and that's a topic for another day. Thanks for your comments, you do have a legitimate POV.
As much as I respect your tech acumen, I think there are legitimate examples of StO where usage on large scale is not an issue, in fact the bigger (more wide spread) it is, with more unique segments variables and mutations, the harder (meaning more trouble and money, etc.) it would be to track. If it is in 100 million pieces, and they can only track a million, scale becomes an asset.
An example (which I wanted to avoid), is a web site where content is pulled from other sites. One image from Canada....another from Brazil...some text from Florida and a frame or two filled from Singapore.
Take this example to the extreme... I can have portions of one file scattered on 200/2000/20,000 computers, and have 200/2000/20,000 segments come in from them, to be assembled on my single box, all in real time.
I can [theoretically] pull an MP3 in this fashion before someone can paint the overall picture, and if the remote puzzle-file is never retrieved in the same manner more than once, the scale, again, is an asset.
Another example of SoT where scale is not an issue is stenography. 100/1000 images to me from remote locales...distill the hidden data out during download and checksum the mp3. It comes from so many points, and goes to so many more, all in real-time, that trying to freeze the event is so difficult, it would take combined resources that would be prohibitive at best. Scale, again, becomes an asset.
Some AC says to tag and log and we're expected to jump and go? Isn't that how chain letters get started? ....c'mon...
...why are we giving the RIAA such glow-in-the-dark targets. I won't get into details, but my point is that there are many ways to access, share and move data. I'm confident something as originally trivial as Napster could be made obscure just as easily. After all, radios channel hop as a security measure, and that kind of StO has been very reliable. Instead of bemoaning Napster, someone should simply go next gen.
...you could draft a mail to yourself on AOL, and then someone else, using your logon, could read it without it ever being sent (used to be a great way to spoof MCI)....attachments and all.
There must be 100rds o' ways to transfer files without having the spy filter kick in. Why is anyone really pained over this.
I tested a solid state 500mb HD in 1990, while working in Japan. >Format..done. I've yet to see these in wide (consumer) application. I wouldn't hold my breath on them showing up any time soon.
The parent comment asked "Do you think there's such a thing as unbreakable encryption?"
...of course, others may have the same opinion. Tagging it redundant overlooks the fact that what I posted is in direct response to the question. Otherwise, after the first two comments of yes and no, every post in the thread that agrees or disagrees is redundant. Wasted mod point.
'unbreakable encryption' is like the perfect woman. She should be a virgin, but how can you guarantee that unless she doesn't have a ..... that could have been 'broken' before you came along. And without a .... she's not very perfect, is she? Catch-22.
The perfect encryption scheme would need to be created inviolate. Created by imaculate conception, not by the hands of man, nor under the eyes of man. But since it is up to man to craft it, then it can't be perfect...that is to say it can't be made....it can never exist.
If you make it, and I hold a gun to your head and you tell me the key (or at least give me a running start on how to pick the lock), then it's all over. It matters not how cryptic it may have been. The key is going to be in someone's head, and that is enough to mean it can be 'broken'.
The Universe is a safe, with the key locked inside.