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  1. Re:x86...barff on Apple Plans To Release Rendezvous As Open Source · · Score: 1

    Yeah right --- I remember now. We had one of the radius FPDs at a place I worked. Came with it's own NuBus video card, specifically keyed to the display. Quite nifty for it's day, and we were getting good use out of it as late as 1997.

  2. Re:x86...barff on Apple Plans To Release Rendezvous As Open Source · · Score: 1

    Actually multiple monitor support came with System 6, not System 7. It was hacky under 6, but it was there. .... and Postscript support came much earlier than 7.

  3. Re:Apple: The Community Company? on Apple Plans To Release Rendezvous As Open Source · · Score: 1

    Your argument is now somewhat moot, but it's excusable as it's off by only a few months. Since the release of QuickTime 6, the preferred format for distribution and streaming is an iso-compliant MPEG4.

  4. Now try the reverse on Scientists Create Lullabies From Brain Waves · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Analyze existing musical lullabyes and see how they compare to sleep brainwave patterns.

  5. Re:Burning DVDs is not THAT expensive on Burn a DVD-AC3 Compatible CD-R · · Score: 1

    You can't make a master off that disc and, furthermore, a "mastering station" isn't just an encoder, recording software, and a drive.

  6. Re:Does it work on macs? on Burn a DVD-AC3 Compatible CD-R · · Score: 1

    You know, the SuperDrive does handle DVD-RWs just fine.

  7. Re:How many copies of OS X 10.2 can you use at onc on Review: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar · · Score: 1

    No, the family license is $199 for 5 licenses (in the "same household"). It's still an excellent deal if you're buying more than 1 copy of Mac OS X ---- you save $60 even if you only need two licenses.

  8. Re:Jaguar Not Quite Ready Yet on Review: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar · · Score: 1

    re: moving the mouse to wake ---- I think that's intentional. People with optical mice were having problems with the slightest bump waking a system, hence the change. It should wake on keypress or click, tho.

  9. Re:Mac OS X : 56K modem is broken on Review: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar · · Score: 1

    I've never had an problem using the internal modem for dialup in Mac OS X (back to the PB --- it just worked). I know that some machines have had problems and, judging from the early reports, it appears that 10.2 fixes the problems. Also, fwiw, Apple added a v.92 connect script for the internal modem. Switch if your ISP supports its.

  10. Re:why so large? on Apple Releases Security Update for Jaguar · · Score: 1

    It's a known flaw in Apple's software install engine --- it always seems to list the minimum size as 300MB. I'm really surprised that they didn't fix that in Jag.

  11. Re:Front Line Reason on Combined DVD Burners Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    iDVD is exactly what you describe, and it's been out for a bit over a year now. When paired with iMovie, it's an incredibly powerful consumer authoring suite. Coming from Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, I was actually suprised at how much power Apple put into its iLevel apps.

  12. Re:before you complain about the patch on Apple Releases Security Update for Jaguar · · Score: 1

    Actually the discs were probably packaged and shrinkwrapped soon after they were pressed --- it would've been impossible to add any paper addendum at that point without opening every single one of the tens of thousands of Mac OS X 10.2 boxes that have been manufactured.

    They could have included a notice in the shipping boxes of orders they handled but why bother? iirc, Software update is set to scheduled update out of the box.

  13. Re:Is the HTML bold tag too hard for you? on Apple Releases Security Update for Jaguar · · Score: 1

    Meh. Shouldn't feed the troll, but --- no there is nothing wrong with HTML. In fact, I get paid quite well to use it.

  14. Re:What about burning iso discs? on Apple Releases Security Update for Jaguar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hopefully it's an honest, "Well shit!" error on Apple's part rather than intentionally stripping a feature --- they did redo the dialog that pops-up upon insertion of a blank optical volume.

    You [b]should[b] be able to regain the functionality in the interim by nabbing 'mkisofs' out of the Darwin tree and building a little AppleScript Studio app around it. mkisofs will write a ISO9660/HFS+ hybrid file system as a UDIF --- if I remember the manpage properly.

  15. Re:What about 10.2 Server? on Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1

    Mac Manager? That's OS 9 land.... If you're setting up OS X in a lab / corporate environment, check out these links:

    http://www.macosxlabs.org
    http://www.stat.ucla. edu/icl/deployment/

    (note: neither have been updated for 10.2)

  16. Re:Well... on Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1

    re: your cd burner --- have you checked to see if other scsi devices work?

  17. Re:how does mac interoperate with windows on Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" Reviews Pour In · · Score: 1

    $160? Please tell me that's in Can., Aus., or NZ dollars as I'd hate to think you a stupid person overpaying by US$30 :-)

  18. Re:What you need, my friend... on Microsoft Works To Find Its Place In Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    ... you have an XML editor --- Text.app :-)

  19. Re:Simple, and Poetic. on Wireless Dilemma at Newton's House? · · Score: 1

    Why worry about lines to the computers if you're using 802.11b? Just install a wireless NIC in each. (if you're dealing with a Mac, US$99 for the Airport card --- the antennae are integrated into the case from the factory. With a desktop PowerMac, eMac or iMac, you're down to literally just the power cord to the wall.)

  20. Re:I heard Nokia on Apple iPhone Rumors Resurface · · Score: 1

    Apple has its own handwriting technology, Inkwell, perhaps the one thing that they've held onto from the Newton project. The first versions of the NewtonOS had crappy handwriting recognition, but by the later (last) versions, it was dead-on. Remember, this is with actual handwriting, not a simplified script like Grafiti.

    As for consumer software: iPhoto, iDVD, iMovie, iTunes, etc. ,etc. --- all very high quality consumer software and free (beer, not speech).

  21. Re:I vote for... on NYC Law Aims To Ban Cell Phones In Theatres · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, tho, it couldn't be limited to just the theater --- phones outside the theater would inevitibly jump to the theater cell as it would be strongest local signal.

  22. Re:Bah on NYC Law Aims To Ban Cell Phones In Theatres · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then have the common courtesy not to bring a baby into places were quiet is the generally accepted norm: theaters, "nice" restraunts, etc.

  23. Re:Is TrueType 'free'? on Microsoft Typography Withdraws Free Web Fonts · · Score: 1

    Actually minor correction: Apple did the bulk of the work on TrueType, and Microsoft just did their usual thing -- "embrace and extend"

  24. Re:yeah sure on New Power Mac G4s Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, all the time. I've often bought systems for work and let them sit until I could get around to them, sometimes as much as a week. But for a personal system, yeah. I bought an iBook through at an Apple Store and made a friend drive me, just so I could open it in the car :)

  25. Re:No!!!! on New Power Mac G4s Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Did you open it? If so, it's 15% restock fee. If not, you're out nothing.