good point. It should be added that this is also looking out for viruses/worms that could make their way to a running copy of Virtual PC, especially if it's running an older version of Windows. There have never been any issues of the sort with VPC, but now that MS is making it (previous versions were made by Connectix) I anticipate that holes will develop.
If you don't use Microsoft or Norton products, your Mac will run just fine. By now, any Mac power user has learned this from experience. (Norton/SUM/SAM was/is essential in OS 9 and below, but makes such a mess of any drive with OS X installed on it that it becomes hell, literal Hell to troubleshoot and repair. Even the newest version doesn't seem to understand the concept of disk permissions. It's kind of lame; my customers suffer, and I have to battle with Norton if it is installed on a customer's machine.
Windows users not hostile toward the Mac? Has Hell frozen over?;)
If you must spout more FUD, please stay on Windows. iTunes is freeware, and it does its job simply and effectively, and not many pieces of Windows software can make that claim.
Apple doesn't need to "sway" people like you. You seem to have your mind made up already and only live to nitpick about things you don't understand.
here, try this: go to your iTunes prefs and choose the other option of how you want to use your iPod. (btw, why would you use anything else for ripping, unless you're ripping to WMA?) You can tell it to auto-sync with your library so that you don't need to re-specify your music folder.
If you really must use a different piece of software to rip the CD, just drag that album's folder into your iTunes library window or any playlist window. It will automatically be added, and sorted as necessary.
According to this place, this is the patent relating to the ingredients:
Controversy, Controversy, Controversy - Like most things having to do with lava, the official United States patent is a thing of uncertainty. For many years, we've been told that the US Patent for lava lamps was patent #3,570,156 of March 16, 1971. But recently we've come across a very, very convincing document from 1July 11, 1968 showing US Patent #3,387,396. Read on!
US Patent #3,570,156
Although this type of motion lamp was invented in 1963 by Edward Craven Walker, and patented in England by his company in 1964, this US Patent dates to March 16, 1971. (Can you believe 8 years passed before the lamp was patented in the States?)
Of course, the patent itself is vague concerning proportions of ingredients. The lava component is said to consist of "a solidified globule of mineral oil such as Ondina 17 (R.T.M.) with a light paraffin, carbon tetrachloride, a dye and paraffin wax."
The clear liquid is roughly 70/30% (by volume) water and a liquid which will raise the coefficient of cubic thermal expansion and encourage the movement. The patent recommends slip agents such as propylene glycol for this. However, glycerol, ethylene glycol, and polyethylene glycol (aka PEG) are also mentioned as being sufficient. May did some research of these chemicals and found that these aren't cheap. The best prices she found are at VWR Scientific Products where 500ML of propylene glycol is 10.75 plus shipping. We never tried this formula (it seemed over our heads).
US Patent #3,387,396
Submitted by David George Smith of London on behalf of Craven Walker's Crestworh Company. The patent falls under Display Devices. The Abstract of the Disclosure reads, "A display device comprising a container having two substances therein, with one of the substances being of a heavier specific gravity and immiscible with the other substance, with the first substance being of such a nature that it is either substantially solid at room temperature or is so viscous at room temperature that neither will emulsify with the other liquid, and when heat is applied to the container, the first substance will become flowable and move about in the other substance.
...The liquid in which the globule is suspended is usually dyed water, but not necessarily so. The other liquid is chosen with very many considerations in mind, including the relative densities of the liquids at the desired operating temperature; the fact that the liquids must be immiscible; the fact that the surface tension must be such that the globule does not adhere to the walls of the container; the relative coefficients of thermal expansion of the liquids; and the shapes that are obtained during operation. A suitable liquid for the globule has been found to comprise mineral oil, paraffin, carbon tetrachloride and a dye or dyes. However, undue shaking or sharp impacts, especially during transport of the display device, can cause total or partial emulsification of the globule."
All my friends always ask what browser I'm using, since it seems really fast, doesn't freeze, and keeps pop-ups from appearing.. I'm usually running either Safari or Camino. However, since you're going to be running Linux and Windows, I have just one suggestion, for your choice of browser: Firebird. It's what I tell my Wintel-using friends to use instead of Internet Exploder. Every one of them has thanked me for the info and continues to use it as their browser of choice.
One of the many advantages to this choice would be a unified look of an app between platforms. (that is, if you intend that the family use Linux) The browser would look the same (unless someone decides to skin one of them without doing the other, a likely situation;)
"so I have to give him (like all mac users) shit whenever I can. And you proved my point"
Oh yeah, that's a great argument. You didn't *have* a point for me to prove, just proving you wrong.
Going to have to repost this from somewhere else on the board:
I can't express the depths of my dislike for those who feel the need to endlessly disparage my choice of computing platform...
This is a heartfelt plea...I have dealt with it for over a decade. It never ends. I don't know what drives these people to perpetually harp on about us 'Mac-Heads'...I have never gone out of my way to insult linux-users or Windows-users and have only done so sparingly, in response to trolls. How insecure is the rest of the computing population that they feel compelled to ridicule people who choose to use a Mac -- insulting them at every turn, and then accusing them of being elitist or some other B.S.
I use a Mac because I get my work done -- regardless of what it cost me...and that is my choice -- and a good one that has clothed, fed, and housed me for many years in the past, and (hopefully with a family) many years to come.
What part of the fabric of society has frayed to the point that abuse of a minority is fashionable...Grow up, back off, and let's just try to get along somewhere in the middle.
Yup, but you're free to put ANY multi-button mouse on there the instant you get it.
Maybe this isn't clear. ANY multi-button mouse, NO DRIVERS, NO CONFIGURATION. Right-click works as it should (control-click), and scroll wheel works by default as well. If you click a middle mouse button on a mac on a web link, it will open in a new tab.
Getting quite sick of explaining this, but evidently feeble-minded trolls like you don't grasp it: One button is better for beginner users, they get less confused, as EVERYTHING you need to access is available through the menu bar, which is CONSISTENTLY at the top of the screen, no matter what program you're in.
Those of us who choose to use the alternative, more "power user" methods of getting around, can. Plug in a multi-button mouse? Works out of the box, no drivers necessary. Apple is happy to provide keyboard shortcuts for the whole OS and let you modify them and make your own. Mouse gestures, voice activation, any number of ways to control the Mac straight out of the box.
BTW, when I said to hold down the mouse button, that wouldn't be confusing to any mac user, as either they have a one-button mouse, or will assume you're talking about the left-click. This is another thing that makes doing tech support for the Mac over the phone easier than for Windows. (cannot be disputed. I've done both Win and Mac help desk duties, and I almost lost it trying to troubleshoot friggin' Dell pieces of crap every day)
...and built-in support for multi-button mice is actually BETTER than for *nix or Windows. Windows only recognizes 2 buttons and the scroll if you're lucky without 3rd party utilities.
So sick of these idiots.. do your own research already.
Yeah, it's either that he's a troll, with no idea of the Mac OS, or just a mac user that thinks he knows more than he does. Shame that the mods think he's right, although it is odd that he hasn't replied to this thread..
You better check your pref panes again.. autostart/autoplay doesn't exist in Mac OS X.
..and in OS 9, clicking on the cd icon in the Control Strip brought up a small pop-up menu that let you choose whether to Autoplay or not.
Geez, no wonder we can't convince anyone that power users use the Mac as well.. with people like you and the other Mac-user posts I've seen on this board, we really don't stand much of a chance if we come off as lusers that don't even know the ins and outs of our own system. Ugh.
(figured clearing up this crap was more important that modding it down)
(1) You can hold down the mouse button as the computer (any Mac) is booting to eject whatever's in the cd drive.
(2) The computer (any Mac), after looking on the CD for a "blessed", or valid System Folder to start up from, will spit the CD out before it begins to load the OS.
No service needed. (although if you were to bring in your Mac to our service dept we're happy to do it for no charge most of the time, whether it's a Power Management Unit that just needs to be reset or a stuck cd)
(1) You can hold down the mouse button as the computer (any Mac) is booting to eject whatever's in the cd drive.
(2) The computer (any Mac), after looking on the CD for a "blessed", or valid System Folder to start up from, will spit the CD out before it begins to load the OS.
No service needed. (although if you were to bring in your Mac to our service dept we're happy to do it for no charge most of the time, whether it's a Power Management Unit that just needs to be reset or a stuck cd)
Shocore is such a bad band.. if only they could do something original and change their name.. they might have a better chance. "Bonecracker" was their single for those who were wondering, and it was just as annoying as the rest of the album. Such bad karma floating around their camp..
huh? Chose to lose mod points on this discussion to respond to your silly post. This guy had lots to say, and the moderation reflects that. If there were ever a post ready to be modded into oblivion, it would be yours. If you're going to troll, don't do it while logged in, k?
They have settled. Twice, with the total coming to around $50 million. If Apple Corps (the greedy record company) needs more cash already, they must not be doing a very good job of spending it wisely.
Why does drdink not reply to this? Did he not find these links useful? I've been using themes on my Mac since 10.1 for a number of different reasons with great success.
This sounds like what he is looking for, but even though he posted another response five minutes before glowurm's comment, he didn't seem to catch this one.. odd.
Hopefully the links will help direct him to where he can find some help.
If you do catch this, drdink, the app that has worked for me with all the themes i can throw at it is called ThemeChanger. Find it here.
By far the most addictive game I've picked up since Rogue, Uplink on OS X (Linux and Windows versions available here)has brought a few things to light for me.
First, the graphics aren't that great, but they are exactly what you require for visual feedback. Everything is where it (so it seems) should be for quick and easy access. The audio feedback on things like the trace tracker is a nice bonus as well.
Ambrosia Software's port to the Mac is very well done, although it would be nice (as I mentioned on the Ambrosia boards) to be able to switch the game to windowed mode for the ability to check what's going on with the rest of your system during the game.
The thing is, most of my regular (read: non-geek) friends wouldn't get much of a thrill out of it. The lack of eye-candy and blood/boobs/bombs would probably turn them off, regardless of the fact that the game is very exciting to me, very immersive, and a lot of fun. They just wouldn't be able to see the "fun" in learning more and better ways to hack and crack..
The point is that it doesn't have to appeal to the mass-market, the ones that love all the Clear Channel crap that's on the radio, buying Windows boxes because "they're cheap" and watching reality shows until their own perception of reality erodes completely.
It's made for you and I. The ones who find this (all this geek stuff) fun. I think games should be more tailor-made to fit a certain group.. even though I hate the idea of market groups and stereotypes. Please don't let the developers dumb down everything to appease the masses.
This game has me really hooked. It's all done in a very immersive style, and presents itself like no other game on the market. Two green thumbs up.
Versions are out for Mac OS 9 and OS X, Linux (not sure what distros) and Windows.
Required Mac specs listed here:
OS 9, or OS X 10.1 or later
300 MHz G3 or higher
OpenGL compliant 3D video card required, OpenGL 1.2 or newer
CarbonLib 1.6 or newer
DrawSprocket 1.7.5 or newer
These are the Mac browsers I have on my computer right now:
Camino, iCab, Opera, Netscape, OmniWeb, Safari, Mozilla, Firebird, and IE.
My own browsers, developed using WebCore:
Hammerhead, Misery
I use Camino for the majority of my browsing, Safari to double my keychain for convenience, and IE for the occasional site that doesn't follow standards.
I experiment with the others, as well as using them for testing of my own sites.
Slashdot Mirror
good point. It should be added that this is also looking out for viruses/worms that could make their way to a running copy of Virtual PC, especially if it's running an older version of Windows. There have never been any issues of the sort with VPC, but now that MS is making it (previous versions were made by Connectix) I anticipate that holes will develop.
...and I die a little more every day.
:D
If you don't use Microsoft or Norton products, your Mac will run just fine. By now, any Mac power user has learned this from experience.
(Norton/SUM/SAM was/is essential in OS 9 and below, but makes such a mess of any drive with OS X installed on it that it becomes hell, literal Hell to troubleshoot and repair. Even the newest version doesn't seem to understand the concept of disk permissions. It's kind of lame; my customers suffer, and I have to battle with Norton if it is installed on a customer's machine.
Not really, though. Panther comes out tomorrow.
Windows users not hostile toward the Mac? Has Hell frozen over? ;)
If you must spout more FUD, please stay on Windows. iTunes is freeware, and it does its job simply and effectively, and not many pieces of Windows software can make that claim.
Apple doesn't need to "sway" people like you. You seem to have your mind made up already and only live to nitpick about things you don't understand.
here, try this: go to your iTunes prefs and choose the other option of how you want to use your iPod. (btw, why would you use anything else for ripping, unless you're ripping to WMA?) You can tell it to auto-sync with your library so that you don't need to re-specify your music folder.
If you really must use a different piece of software to rip the CD, just drag that album's folder into your iTunes library window or any playlist window. It will automatically be added, and sorted as necessary.
Please.. no more FUD from the MS camp.. please?
haha I'm still waiting to see if mine gets really hot sometime.. then I'll start to worry. ;)
Kind of like the notoriety of it
... every BBS, forum, etc. is a "bulletin board" to me. If you can't accept that, you've got much bigger problems than my use (or abuse) of the word.
Here, you can try these instructions, they might work for you.
There's a few other ones you can try as well, the list is here.
Most of the instructions they provide work without having to acquire anything illegally. (trade secrets?)
The stuff?
...The liquid in which the globule is suspended is usually dyed water, but not necessarily so. The other liquid is chosen with very many considerations in mind, including the relative densities of the liquids at the desired operating temperature; the fact that the liquids must be immiscible; the fact that the surface tension must be such that the globule does not adhere to the walls of the container; the relative coefficients of thermal expansion of the liquids; and the shapes that are obtained during operation. A suitable liquid for the globule has been found to comprise mineral oil, paraffin, carbon tetrachloride and a dye or dyes. However, undue shaking or sharp impacts, especially during transport of the display device, can cause total or partial emulsification of the globule."
According to this place, this is the patent relating to the ingredients:
Controversy, Controversy, Controversy - Like most things having to do with lava, the official United States patent is a thing of uncertainty. For many years, we've been told that the US Patent for lava lamps was patent #3,570,156 of March 16, 1971. But recently we've come across a very, very convincing document from 1July 11, 1968 showing US Patent #3,387,396. Read on!
US Patent #3,570,156
Although this type of motion lamp was invented in 1963 by Edward Craven Walker, and patented in England by his company in 1964, this US Patent dates to March 16, 1971. (Can you believe 8 years passed before the lamp was patented in the States?)
Of course, the patent itself is vague concerning proportions of ingredients. The lava component is said to consist of "a solidified globule of mineral oil such as Ondina 17 (R.T.M.) with a light paraffin, carbon tetrachloride, a dye and paraffin wax."
The clear liquid is roughly 70/30% (by volume) water and a liquid which will raise the coefficient of cubic thermal expansion and encourage the movement. The patent recommends slip agents such as propylene glycol for this. However, glycerol, ethylene glycol, and polyethylene glycol (aka PEG) are also mentioned as being sufficient. May did some research of these chemicals and found that these aren't cheap. The best prices she found are at VWR Scientific Products where 500ML of propylene glycol is 10.75 plus shipping. We never tried this formula (it seemed over our heads).
US Patent #3,387,396
Submitted by David George Smith of London on behalf of Craven Walker's Crestworh Company. The patent falls under Display Devices. The Abstract of the Disclosure reads, "A display device comprising a container having two substances therein, with one of the substances being of a heavier specific gravity and immiscible with the other substance, with the first substance being of such a nature that it is either substantially solid at room temperature or is so viscous at room temperature that neither will emulsify with the other liquid, and when heat is applied to the container, the first substance will become flowable and move about in the other substance.
All my friends always ask what browser I'm using, since it seems really fast, doesn't freeze, and keeps pop-ups from appearing.. I'm usually running either Safari or Camino.
;)
However, since you're going to be running Linux and Windows, I have just one suggestion, for your choice of browser: Firebird. It's what I tell my Wintel-using friends to use instead of Internet Exploder. Every one of them has thanked me for the info and continues to use it as their browser of choice.
One of the many advantages to this choice would be a unified look of an app between platforms. (that is, if you intend that the family use Linux) The browser would look the same (unless someone decides to skin one of them without doing the other, a likely situation
"so I have to give him (like all mac users) shit whenever I can. And you proved my point"
Oh yeah, that's a great argument. You didn't *have* a point for me to prove, just proving you wrong.
Going to have to repost this from somewhere else on the board:
I can't express the depths of my dislike for those who feel the need to endlessly disparage my choice of computing platform...
This is a heartfelt plea...I have dealt with it for over a decade. It never ends. I don't know what drives these people to perpetually harp on about us 'Mac-Heads'...I have never gone out of my way to insult linux-users or Windows-users and have only done so sparingly, in response to trolls. How insecure is the rest of the computing population that they feel compelled to ridicule people who choose to use a Mac -- insulting them at every turn, and then accusing them of being elitist or some other B.S.
I use a Mac because I get my work done -- regardless of what it cost me...and that is my choice -- and a good one that has clothed, fed, and housed me for many years in the past, and (hopefully with a family) many years to come.
What part of the fabric of society has frayed to the point that abuse of a minority is fashionable...Grow up, back off, and let's just try to get along somewhere in the middle.
Thank you for listening...
Yup, but you're free to put ANY multi-button mouse on there the instant you get it.
...and built-in support for multi-button mice is actually BETTER than for *nix or Windows. Windows only recognizes 2 buttons and the scroll if you're lucky without 3rd party utilities.
Maybe this isn't clear. ANY multi-button mouse, NO DRIVERS, NO CONFIGURATION. Right-click works as it should (control-click), and scroll wheel works by default as well. If you click a middle mouse button on a mac on a web link, it will open in a new tab.
Getting quite sick of explaining this, but evidently feeble-minded trolls like you don't grasp it: One button is better for beginner users, they get less confused, as EVERYTHING you need to access is available through the menu bar, which is CONSISTENTLY at the top of the screen, no matter what program you're in.
Those of us who choose to use the alternative, more "power user" methods of getting around, can. Plug in a multi-button mouse? Works out of the box, no drivers necessary. Apple is happy to provide keyboard shortcuts for the whole OS and let you modify them and make your own. Mouse gestures, voice activation, any number of ways to control the Mac straight out of the box.
BTW, when I said to hold down the mouse button, that wouldn't be confusing to any mac user, as either they have a one-button mouse, or will assume you're talking about the left-click. This is another thing that makes doing tech support for the Mac over the phone easier than for Windows. (cannot be disputed. I've done both Win and Mac help desk duties, and I almost lost it trying to troubleshoot friggin' Dell pieces of crap every day)
So sick of these idiots.. do your own research already.
Yeah, it's either that he's a troll, with no idea of the Mac OS, or just a mac user that thinks he knows more than he does. Shame that the mods think he's right, although it is odd that he hasn't replied to this thread..
You better check your pref panes again.. autostart/autoplay doesn't exist in Mac OS X.
..and in OS 9, clicking on the cd icon in the Control Strip brought up a small pop-up menu that let you choose whether to Autoplay or not.
Geez, no wonder we can't convince anyone that power users use the Mac as well.. with people like you and the other Mac-user posts I've seen on this board, we really don't stand much of a chance if we come off as lusers that don't even know the ins and outs of our own system. Ugh.
(figured clearing up this crap was more important that modding it down)
Nope, Autostart doesn't exist in Mac OS X.
..and in OS 9, clicking on the cd icon in the Control Strip brought up a small pop-up menu that let you choose whether to Autoplay or not.
Actually..
(1) You can hold down the mouse button as the computer (any Mac) is booting to eject whatever's in the cd drive.
(2) The computer (any Mac), after looking on the CD for a "blessed", or valid System Folder to start up from, will spit the CD out before it begins to load the OS.
No service needed. (although if you were to bring in your Mac to our service dept we're happy to do it for no charge most of the time, whether it's a Power Management Unit that just needs to be reset or a stuck cd)
Actually..
(1) You can hold down the mouse button as the computer (any Mac) is booting to eject whatever's in the cd drive.
(2) The computer (any Mac), after looking on the CD for a "blessed", or valid System Folder to start up from, will spit the CD out before it begins to load the OS.
No service needed. (although if you were to bring in your Mac to our service dept we're happy to do it for no charge most of the time, whether it's a Power Management Unit that just needs to be reset or a stuck cd)
Only for Windows users. Nobody else. Thank God.
Shocore is such a bad band.. if only they could do something original and change their name.. they might have a better chance. "Bonecracker" was their single for those who were wondering, and it was just as annoying as the rest of the album. Such bad karma floating around their camp..
the scroll-bar thing they had to use in place of something actually usable like the (oops, patented) scroll wheel on the iPod?
You would end up with your finger or thumb just flicking wildly at it.. and looking somewhat psycho, stroking your little grey box madly.
It seems like some sort of resistant slider (like the ones on MIDI keyboards) would work for scrolling much better.
huh? Chose to lose mod points on this discussion to respond to your silly post. This guy had lots to say, and the moderation reflects that. If there were ever a post ready to be modded into oblivion, it would be yours. If you're going to troll, don't do it while logged in, k?
my dad wouldn't let me play it for a while cause it scared me..
haha wow that was like 20 years ago.. ouch.
Please post pics.
They have settled. Twice, with the total coming to around $50 million. If Apple Corps (the greedy record company) needs more cash already, they must not be doing a very good job of spending it wisely.
Why does drdink not reply to this? Did he not find these links useful? I've been using themes on my Mac since 10.1 for a number of different reasons with great success.
This sounds like what he is looking for, but even though he posted another response five minutes before glowurm's comment, he didn't seem to catch this one.. odd.
Hopefully the links will help direct him to where he can find some help.
If you do catch this, drdink, the app that has worked for me with all the themes i can throw at it is called ThemeChanger. Find it here.
...the right number of buttons.. the right number of buttons for a beginning user is one. (1)
;)
I, like many other Mac users, purchased a 3 button mouse almost immediately after getting each Mac I've owned.
Do you think it's time to get your head of that hole and stop with the "number of mouse buttons" complaints?
I don't understand why you just want to chime in and miss the joke entirely..
good luck with that, eh? maybe you'll eventually save up enough to get a Mac and not be so bitter.
By far the most addictive game I've picked up since Rogue, Uplink on OS X (Linux and Windows versions available here)has brought a few things to light for me.
First, the graphics aren't that great, but they are exactly what you require for visual feedback. Everything is where it (so it seems) should be for quick and easy access. The audio feedback on things like the trace tracker is a nice bonus as well.
Ambrosia Software's port to the Mac is very well done, although it would be nice (as I mentioned on the Ambrosia boards) to be able to switch the game to windowed mode for the ability to check what's going on with the rest of your system during the game.
The thing is, most of my regular (read: non-geek) friends wouldn't get much of a thrill out of it. The lack of eye-candy and blood/boobs/bombs would probably turn them off, regardless of the fact that the game is very exciting to me, very immersive, and a lot of fun. They just wouldn't be able to see the "fun" in learning more and better ways to hack and crack..
The point is that it doesn't have to appeal to the mass-market, the ones that love all the Clear Channel crap that's on the radio, buying Windows boxes because "they're cheap" and watching reality shows until their own perception of reality erodes completely.
It's made for you and I. The ones who find this (all this geek stuff) fun. I think games should be more tailor-made to fit a certain group.. even though I hate the idea of market groups and stereotypes. Please don't let the developers dumb down everything to appease the masses.
This game has me really hooked. It's all done in a very immersive style, and presents itself like no other game on the market. Two green thumbs up.
Versions are out for Mac OS 9 and OS X, Linux (not sure what distros) and Windows.
Required Mac specs listed here:
OS 9, or OS X 10.1 or later
300 MHz G3 or higher
OpenGL compliant 3D video card required, OpenGL 1.2 or newer
CarbonLib 1.6 or newer
DrawSprocket 1.7.5 or newer
Going back to play some more.
These are the Mac browsers I have on my computer right now:
Camino, iCab, Opera, Netscape, OmniWeb, Safari, Mozilla, Firebird, and IE.
My own browsers, developed using WebCore:
Hammerhead, Misery
I use Camino for the majority of my browsing, Safari to double my keychain for convenience, and IE for the occasional site that doesn't follow standards. I experiment with the others, as well as using them for testing of my own sites.