I think you underestimate the public's ability to choose. I think that if a legitimate website (say...CNN) tried a tactic similar to what you said might happen...the web designer might be shot....out of principle.
Although you make a valid point. I don't mind Popups (because I can block them...) nearly as much as those annoying-as-shit DHTML ads that animate elements on your screen, floating in a layer above the other content. Those piss me off. They guarantee I'll never use whatever is being advertised. I would hate for those to become the norm.
Even with IE, I've not yet found sites that aren't a match for rapid-slapping the ol' ALT+F4. If it gets really bad, turn off you ethernet connection for a short moment (2k/XP), and then nuke the popups.
Or get a browser that doesn't suck...
Seriously....should you find workarounds, or avoid the problem completely?
I prefer any sort of browser that allows Pop-up blocking....though tabs are also nice. For me, this means Safari is okay--but not quite there--but Chimera (soon to be Camino?) rules.
Apple tech support told me there was nothing they could do--"We don't support connecting to non-Apple 802.11b access points, it may or may not work. You could bring it in to a dealer that has an airport set up to see whether it's a hardware problem."
If that's indeed what the tech told you...then he was probably a rookie and got his terminology wrong. Apple doesn't support connecting to non-WiFi-certified access points. Nor do they support using non-Airport CARDS. But believe me...Apple has no problem with you using a non-Airport Access point...why? Because a lot of their customers (think: education, business) have an established wireless network with another vendor....
So don't go on the word of one tech. WiFi is the key.
What?! I have used a 12 inch Powerbook extensively (though I don't own one) and it kicks the crap out of every G3 machine I've used.
Why? Well...the fastest G3 Macs sold now are 800 Mhz iBooks...with a 100 Mhz bus, ATA/66 drive, Radeon 7500, etc...and 512K of L2 cache (IIRC). The new 12 inch Powerbook is an 867 G4 with 133 bus, DDR RAM, ATA/100 drive, GeForce4 Go, and 256K of L2 cache...right?
So right there the new Powerbook's specs more than trump even the fastest G3s...and that's not taking into account all the Altivec-enabled applications out there.....like....say.....OS X JAGUAR!
Believe me. The 12 inch Powerbook screams. It's making me very strongly consider selling my 15 inch Titanium/667 (which is itself faster than those G3s...).
My first programming experience...ordering that little turtle around the screen in 3rd grade...I can't tell you how amazing that was at the time. CS just got harder after that...imagine that!
Does someone want to modernize Logo for OS X? That would rock!;)
Congressmen also get donations to their campaigns from people and *ahem* companies that want to get them into office...
Of course they would never EVER dream of trying to influence a politician's decision for their own gain....the last copyright extension act must have just passed on its own merits....right?
As lessig points out in his blog (duh...), copyrights will now presumably be extended each time there is a risk of expiration. So copyrights will outlast their creators by several hundred years.
Result? My spirit will haunt violators of my work, as I hold a copy of the DMCA over their heads and haunt their dreams.
DMCA + Eldred Case = All your works are belong to us. Soon enough "fair use" will go away too...then what?
Indeed this is a good program--and I refer students to it all the time. However it should be noted that its not just "hardware development" that your course has to deal with....its a "developer-related course" you must be in--and they check it by asking you to fax a copy of your student ID and proof of course enrollment with it. I suppose it could be forged...but they COULD check--ya never know.
Note that I said "theoretically" and that in the *future*, SATA will push the speed limits. I believe PCI-X and Hypertransport technologies will make your comments about the current PCI bus completely irrelevant.
I could be wrong though--wouldn't be the first time;)
Sounds a little like Applescript Studio, from Apple themselves...which allows Cocoa applications to be written with a mix of Applescript and Objective-C. I like this system because sometimes its easier and faster to develop an interaction or automation application with a scripting language like Applescript.
This RubyCocoa I've not used, but I bet it shims in and allows the same sort of thing.
Is this an Apple feature, these LoginHooks, or are they provided elsewhere? I've never heard of them...do you have any documentation info online...I know some parties who would be greatly interested in having this info for AFS mounts.
In the steps listed to change the home directory to the encrypted disk...a given step (#6) says to use "sudo cp -R/Users/USERNAME/Volumes/VOLUME-NAME/" to move the current home directory. But this will not properly copy resource fork files, so some files and programs would break...so most likely you would want to use
Ditto this. I use both Acquisition and Neo for P2P services. I still want a Blubster client and a REAL Kazaa client would be nice...but these two apps together serve the purposes very well.
Also, there is a Hotline Client for OS X, and Carracho is exclusively Mac (but similar to Hotline), and there is now a NeoModus Direct Connect client for OS X--if you prefer this model of sharing.
It is indeed possible to have more than one search site. In fact, I have a stable of them. Google of course, Teoma, Hotbot, and several others.
Yahoo I have continued to use for the "My Yahoo!" functionality, and while I was there, I could search for something and get Google results. If this goes to Inktomi, then I'll get my "My Yahoo" functionality elsewhere--like you say...to avoid the banner ads.
Then that's your decision, and IMO, your mistake. But don't slam HFS+ unless you know all the info. UFS has some advantages yes, but Apple does not recommend its use for OS X except for Development and compatibility...HFS+ is preferred for several reasons.
Perhaps you should read the paper by Wilfredo Sanchez, who was at the time a lead developer on Darwin/OS X. The first section is called "File systems" and discusses HFS+ vs UFS. A good read..and you might find that you could have incompatibilities with some files and programs that base themselves on the old Mac Toolbox (and Carbon to some degree). Just a thought.
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No...it's not ENTIRELY flamebait. :)
Although you make a valid point. I don't mind Popups (because I can block them...) nearly as much as those annoying-as-shit DHTML ads that animate elements on your screen, floating in a layer above the other content. Those piss me off. They guarantee I'll never use whatever is being advertised. I would hate for those to become the norm.
Sadly, I'm guessing the answer is either "Nope" or "Sure...in a couple years."
Does Microsoft want to take over AIM's domininance so much that they'll go head-to-head with iChat???
Too many allnighters.
I'm gonna go repost this in the RIGHT story :)
Sadly, I'm guessing the answer is either "Nope" or "Sure...in a couple years."
Does Microsoft want to take over AIM's domininance so much that they'll go head-to-head with iChat???
I get it :)
Maybe Apple will steal Konfabulator like they did Watson...and call a widget, by their current naming conventions: a Dockling Extreme!
Heh...
Or get a browser that doesn't suck...
Seriously....should you find workarounds, or avoid the problem completely?
I prefer any sort of browser that allows Pop-up blocking....though tabs are also nice. For me, this means Safari is okay--but not quite there--but Chimera (soon to be Camino?) rules.
Don't have a Mac? How's about Mozilla or Phoenix?
Just a thought. :)
Apple tech support told me there was nothing they could do--"We don't support connecting to non-Apple 802.11b access points, it may or may not work. You could bring it in to a dealer that has an airport set up to see whether it's a hardware problem."
If that's indeed what the tech told you...then he was probably a rookie and got his terminology wrong. Apple doesn't support connecting to non-WiFi-certified access points. Nor do they support using non-Airport CARDS. But believe me...Apple has no problem with you using a non-Airport Access point...why? Because a lot of their customers (think: education, business) have an established wireless network with another vendor....
So don't go on the word of one tech. WiFi is the key.
Why? Well...the fastest G3 Macs sold now are 800 Mhz iBooks...with a 100 Mhz bus, ATA/66 drive, Radeon 7500, etc...and 512K of L2 cache (IIRC). The new 12 inch Powerbook is an 867 G4 with 133 bus, DDR RAM, ATA/100 drive, GeForce4 Go, and 256K of L2 cache...right?
So right there the new Powerbook's specs more than trump even the fastest G3s...and that's not taking into account all the Altivec-enabled applications out there.....like....say.....OS X JAGUAR!
Believe me. The 12 inch Powerbook screams. It's making me very strongly consider selling my 15 inch Titanium/667 (which is itself faster than those G3s...).
HAHA. Man...I wish I had some mod points to give out for that one. So true...so blunt...
My first programming experience...ordering that little turtle around the screen in 3rd grade...I can't tell you how amazing that was at the time. CS just got harder after that...imagine that!
Does someone want to modernize Logo for OS X? That would rock! ;)
So now Intel is removing a laptop user's ability to easily upgrade his/her wireless capability...say from 802.11b to .11g?
I wonder how easy it will be for PC Cards, etc to override the CPU's wireless functionality....
Of course they would never EVER dream of trying to influence a politician's decision for their own gain....the last copyright extension act must have just passed on its own merits....right?
Result? My spirit will haunt violators of my work, as I hold a copy of the DMCA over their heads and haunt their dreams.
DMCA + Eldred Case = All your works are belong to us. Soon enough "fair use" will go away too...then what?
Indeed this is a good program--and I refer students to it all the time. However it should be noted that its not just "hardware development" that your course has to deal with....its a "developer-related course" you must be in--and they check it by asking you to fax a copy of your student ID and proof of course enrollment with it. I suppose it could be forged...but they COULD check--ya never know.
I could be wrong though--wouldn't be the first time ;)
This RubyCocoa I've not used, but I bet it shims in and allows the same sort of thing.
IIRC, They allow for faster data transfer (theoretically) than ATA/133 does. In the future, it will be SATA drives to push the speed limits again.
Thanks.
I just realized that because of a behavior of ditto, you'll want it to be:
sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Users/USERNAME /Volumes/VOLUME-NAME/USERNAME
Sorry for the little oversight :)
sudo ditto -rsrcFork /Users/USERNAME /Volumes/VOLUME-NAME/
instead, which maintains the Resource Fork information.
Also, there is a Hotline Client for OS X, and Carracho is exclusively Mac (but similar to Hotline), and there is now a NeoModus Direct Connect client for OS X--if you prefer this model of sharing.
Yahoo I have continued to use for the "My Yahoo!" functionality, and while I was there, I could search for something and get Google results. If this goes to Inktomi, then I'll get my "My Yahoo" functionality elsewhere--like you say...to avoid the banner ads.
I haven't used anything but Google in a while...even got Searchling (search MacUpdate...or Google for it) to have Google search in my OS X menu bar.
If Yahoo stops using Google, I just won't have any reason to go there anymore. Google is the de facto standard now.
Then that's your decision, and IMO, your mistake. But don't slam HFS+ unless you know all the info. UFS has some advantages yes, but Apple does not recommend its use for OS X except for Development and compatibility...HFS+ is preferred for several reasons.
Perhaps you should read the paper by Wilfredo Sanchez, who was at the time a lead developer on Darwin/OS X. The first section is called "File systems" and discusses HFS+ vs UFS. A good read..and you might find that you could have incompatibilities with some files and programs that base themselves on the old Mac Toolbox (and Carbon to some degree). Just a thought.