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  1. Re:And "OX X Server" is... on Apple Will Demo Mac OS X Server At WWDC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Darwin (FreeBSD + Mach Kernel) is Open Source. (APSL) The window manager is not. (NextStep framework) Any questions?

  2. Re:It must be more complicated than this on Apple Will Demo Mac OS X Server At WWDC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A: Mac users believe in something real, as opposed to a made-up goddess or earth spirit.

  3. Re:It's a Developer Conference on Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup · · Score: 2, Informative

    Cocoa has automatic garbage collection in-built by default. It's just not perfect, so it's better (but not easier) to mark/release.

  4. Re:No, it wasn't OK on Down and Out in White-Collar America · · Score: 1

    I only buy US-Built cars. GMs are made mostly in Mexico and Canada. I bought, and will *continue* to buy Hondas like mine, which was manufactured just across the border in the foreign land of Ohio. There is also a Volkswagon plant upstate from me. The individual parts may be made elsewhere, but you are buying American more with a Honda or VW than you would be buying a Pontiac (Canada mostly) or many Ford (Mexico)

  5. Re:SOUP NAZI says: on Roswell Declassified · · Score: 1

    No soup for you!

  6. Re:just the FreeBSD kernel on Apple Sued Over Unix Trademark · · Score: 1

    The kernel is Mach, and it runs on a FreeBSD-based core OS called Darwin. NextStep is a framework, not an OS.

  7. Re:Go, go, Apple, go! on Apple Sued Over Unix Trademark · · Score: 1

    Darwin is free BSD 4.4. BSD can run on several Kernels. NextStep is a windowing environment.

  8. Re:Go, go, Apple, go! on Apple Sued Over Unix Trademark · · Score: 1

    Are you certain they don't have poll, or are they just missing the man page? Considering BSD has poll, and Apple runs on BSD...

  9. Re:vim and my brain on What XML Tools Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    xmllint works under windows, if you have a gcc compiler (cygwin?) I only do windows when I'm at work, and I only do XML on my BSD box.

  10. Re:vim and my brain on What XML Tools Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    My site (linked above) runs via PHP and its XSLT support. I proof with xmllint, and boy is that a useful tool! It's good for both my XML and XSL files, not to mention xhtml. One thing I'm not certain of, so I'm guessing here: I don't think it can read DTDs to validate anything more than general xml well-formedness. Still, it's better than nothing.

  11. Re:problems with PNG on What Is The Future of PNG? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not poor standardization. It's Microsoft not supporting 100% of the standard. PNG is standardized just fine, thanks.

  12. Re:Call me a stick in the mud... on Universal Alphanumeric Postal Code Proposed · · Score: 1

    Closest I can get is my ICBM number (scary name, that): 40.44278, -80.05917, which puts me somewhere in my neighbourhood. Feh.

  13. Re:Upgrades pending? on Apple Slashes PowerBook Prices · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but when your AI model Powerbook decides it wants to rule the world, then you're screwed. In fact, we're all screwed at that point.

  14. PS2 controller will fare just fine. on Virtual On Marz Pre-Release Probed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The PS2 Controller should work, since it has dual sticks, and dual shoulder buttons. That may be the reason Sega picked PS2 over GC or XBox for the game.

  15. Re:or (3) pkg-add -r postgresql7 on Revisiting FreeBSD vs. Linux for MySQL · · Score: 1

    On IFX, to show tables you would use the dbaccess. You also use it to write and store queries, debug, etc. It's very easy to use, and even a novice could grok that.

    By far, the easiest database to use is SQL Server. This is half because 'database' classes train in Access, and MSFT modeled SQL Server partially around the Access design. This means a left hand pand showing all your tables. No typing needed.

    Please note that this is not an endorsement for SQLServer, but merely a statement of opinion. The server is a pig, it only runs in certain configurations well, etc. It is not as flexible as PostgreSQL or MySQL by any stretch.

  16. Re:OSS is feature obsessed on Blender Gets Audio Sequencing · · Score: 1

    Photoshop has had this functionality for years, and it's user-friendly, process-oriented, and intuitive. Seriously, have you ever *used* photoshop? I gave GIMP a try, on several occasions. I think you owe it to yourself to see what the GIMP needs.

  17. Re:OSS is feature obsessed on Blender Gets Audio Sequencing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good example of featuritis is the GIMP and their script-fu menus. Who else but a geek would write a library framework for plugins that often crash and take the program out with them.

    The easier the interface, the less features, the better. All of the software I love to use (except Photoshop) fits this mould. Not that Photoshop is bad; it's the best. The problem with Photoshop is too many features to get to the work I need to do.

  18. Re:or (3) pkg-add -r postgresql7 on Revisiting FreeBSD vs. Linux for MySQL · · Score: 4, Informative

    And PostgreSQL is easier to work with. And setting up PgSQL is a breeze. And..

    I could go on all day about why I don't use MySQL. Just because a great percentage of a particlar market is using something, it doesn't mean they are right. (viz: Microsoft products, on the whole, are a pain in the ass.)

  19. Insulation on Keeping Your Apartment Cool in the Summer Time? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since I own my house, I decided to get my walls injected with tri-poly insulation. My house is all brick and hollow tile construction, so it was a bit difficult for them to do the task, but it's worth the money. On days where we hit 80 degrees here, the house has warmed up inside to at most 68-70. This, combined with opening windows at night, should make life bearable inside this summer.

  20. Re:Don't single out Microsoft on Why Do Computers Still Crash? · · Score: 1

    And I'd say you are potentially right on the RAM, and talking out your ass on the second point. OS X doesn't have extensions, nor will a conflict in classic disable OS X or crash it.

  21. Re:What, no Bemani? on E3 - Hands On Impressions - Konami · · Score: 1

    Para Para Dance is very culturally specific, and extremely complex. I played it at an anime convention, and I have to say, if they marketed to ravers instead of just girls, they'd have a major hit on their hands.

  22. Re:The Thirteenth Floor on Review: Matrix: Reloaded · · Score: 1

    See also: eXistenZ by David Cronenberg. Serious mindfuck, that.

  23. Re:You sick puppy... on The First Virtual Bond Girl? · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm Alyson Hannigan.....

  24. Re:Zen Looks Great on 60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod · · Score: 1

    Actually, I can hear the pops, and I expect it to be fixed in firmware. I think it is occuring because the sleep on the amp (which is a good idea because it saves battery power during pause) is way to sensitive.

  25. Re:Zen Looks Great on 60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'd rather my eth port break off than have the force fling the laptop across the room, breaking the LCD, the keyboard, and the HDD.