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  1. Re:Amazing.. on Dvorak On The Future Of The Xbox · · Score: 1
    Dvorak is the most pro-MS journalist around. He has lunches with Bill Gates. For him to say the xbox is a disaster is pretty suprising.

    Hopefully, MS will be so pissed off that they drop him. Finally.

  2. Re:][c ? on Contiki for Internet-enabled Apple II · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why should you toss the //c? Buy a IIe as well. You can not have too many Apples, can you?

  3. Re:Wow on Contiki for Internet-enabled Apple II · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Other incredibly smeggin' stupid things were done with East German KC 85 computers:

    - RAM was increased from 64KB to 2MB.
    - Hard disks were added.
    - Ethernet was added.

    And since the floppy drive had the same U880D cpu as the main machine:
    - multiprocessig was added.

    How cool is that? :)

  4. An Apple PDA-Phone on NYT on Apple's Digital Way of Life · · Score: 1
    For you Sony Ericsson P800/P900 owners out there, you might want to have a look at this page:

    clicky.

    It shows a software that turns your Symbian device into an Apple PDA phone. The automatic google translation makes it sound a little weird, but should be legible.

  5. Re:Good news! on PowerBooks & iBooks Get Speed Bumped · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a bit like buying a Ferrari: The first one is really costly, but resale value makes later models pretty affordable.

  6. Re:Keyboards are important on Apple Extended Keyboard Lives Again · · Score: 2, Informative
    I bought one of those fancy Apple Ergonomic Keyboards with separate numeric keypad when they were introduced. They were just gorgeous: small, good feel and huge hand rests.

    Then I wanted to use MacSOUP as I am used to: with the keypad. So I dug out the box, found the keypad, attached it and found that now my mouse was too far away. Since I could use neither mouse nor keypad with my left hand, I switched back to my old Extended II keyboard which is still in use today - 14 years after I bought it.

  7. Re:There's even a port of the 2.6 kernel... on Linux for iPod Matures · · Score: 2, Funny
    > What would anybody want in a Linux system besides the BASH prompt??

    A tcsh prompt.

  8. Re:Three that I know of... on HyperCard Gone for Good · · Score: 1
    HyperCard was free in terms that it was bundled with every Mac for quite a while. I still have two copies - one that I bought as a retail version and one that came with the Mac SE I bought afterwords, because HyperCard was not too useful without a hard disk.

    Gorgeous tool, btw. I mean, show me another database application that you can build a breakout clone with just by moving text fields and buttons. :))

  9. Re:Hopefully the rumors will hold... on Apple Ships Xserve G5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No flame bait intended:
    Looking at Apple's history, I would definately not buy the first model of a new Apple product. Especially the portables have had some pretty severe teething problems for a while.

  10. MySQL warning on Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you use MySQL on OS X Server, you might want to read the Knowledge Base article about the
    update before you install it. Here it is:

    Additional Information for MySQL

    Data stored in MySQL databases with the version of MySQL that is pre-
    installed Mac OS X Server 10.3.2 or earlier must be exported and re-imported
    in order to be compatible with version of MySQL that is pre-installed on Mac
    OS X Server 10.3.3, in which a byte-ordering issue is fixed.

    As with any upgrade install, you should back up your old data. In this
    particular upgrade, the following process is recommended to convert the data
    to the correct byte ordering:

    Before the upgrade, use the terminal to export the data from your pre-10.3.3
    database:

    # mysqldump -p table > backup-file.sql

    or

    # mysqldump --opt database > backup-file.sql

    After the upgrade, and after initializing the MySQL database, import the data:

    # mysql -p table backup-file.sql

    or

    # mysql database backup-file.sql

  11. Re:Give me a whole new (old) Finder on Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update Released · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The pre-OS X Finder was fine for a few folders with a limited number of files. OS X on the other hand has so many directories and soooo many files that column view is the best way to deal with it most of the time.

    Sure it would be nice to sort by date in column view - but there has to be something to "invent" in 10.4, right?

  12. Re:How sad... on Yet Another PC-Mac Case Mod · · Score: 3, Informative

    Remember "Back to the Future" part 2? There was a Mac Plus in the antiques shop, right next to Gray's Sports Almanac. I can't remember the price tag, but it did not seem to be awfully valuable. But hey, that was only 2015. :)

  13. Re:Pity about the os9 GUI on A History of Apple's Operating Systems · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Mac OS X Server was even sold like that. I still have version 1.0 here and it makes me wonder every time I see it. :)

  14. Re:Tuesday? on Apple Fills Your Tuesday With Updates · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You mean outside of the Soviet Union? There's only Reich 3.0 - or whatever version they're up to. Maybe Reich MX 2004 or something...

  15. Re:It still feels weird... on Security Update 2004-02-23 Released · · Score: 1

    Yep, that is _really_ very *sad*.

  16. Re:Sacrilege! on Macintosh 2004 Case Mod · · Score: 1
    Floppies are so last millenium. I downloaded an "iso" of the whole thing.

    You downloaded an ISO that you are not going to be able to install without the boot floppies. Oh bummer...

  17. Re:Don't send a bug report... on iCal 1.5.2 Released · · Score: 1

    I am not a person to submit many bug reports. Maybe ten reports since the introduction of 10.2. They were always very detailed and contained my contact information. Guess how often Apple contacted me. Yep, never.

    One of the bugs that I reported forced me to sell my iPod since I was unable to get it to work with my new Mac. Apple's support forums are full with complains about this same issue. Do you how many replies Apple wrote? You guessed it: none. Not even one saying they are aware of the problem.

    Sometimes their arrogance pisses me off...

  18. Re:Hello! 1995 is calling. on Control Video Games with a Camera · · Score: 1

    the ftp link wasn't working last time I tried

    Here is a new link. Found it on an IRIX games page.
  19. System 6.0.5 seems to be OK on 100 Years of Macintosh · · Score: 1

    At least on my Mac Plus the date is just fine (and probably will be until 2019). If I can find those old System 4.3 disks, I will try them, too. :)

  20. Re:Reason for pulling Xcode on Apple Updates Xcode, Final Cut Pro · · Score: 4, Informative

    You forgot to quote the most important part:
    "For those that have already installed the 1.1 update, you are fine."

  21. Re:Java 1.4.1 Update, Too on Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update available · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Java 1.4.1 update was released on November 19th. More to be read in Apple's Knowledgebase.

  22. Re:Sawtooth/GeForce on Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update available · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about main memory or graphics card memory? ;-P

  23. Re:Wow. on Mac OS X 10.3.2 Update available · · Score: 1

    Of course all Mac users are on broadband. How else could we ever download enough stuff to put our built-in DVD burners to use? ;)

  24. Re:Nice Program on BBEdit 7.1 Adds Safari-Based Preview · · Score: 1
    wit so many free (beer) text editors and html editors

    Name some. I am still looking for a php editor on OS X that offers an overview over the classes and functions of a project...

  25. Re:Oh my gosh! on "iPod's Dirty Secret" · · Score: 3, Insightful
    it's unfortunate he ended up with an unknowledgeable person on his Tech support call

    I'd rather think he called tech support before Apple introduced the $99 battery exchange program.