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  1. Re:AAC != MP3 != WMA != OGG on 5 Reasons Not to Buy an iPod · · Score: 1

    This was written for Joe Sixpack, who doesn't want the burden of actually having to understand 'all that technical stuff'.

    And you think Joe Sixpack will understand the title of your post?

  2. Re:And Apple's AAC with DRM is different.....how? on A netMD Solution for the Mac? · · Score: 1

    Do you even know what you're talking about?

    Can you burn WMAs to a CD? No.
    Can you rip that CD to MP3 or AIFF? No.
    Can you then use those files on just about any player? No.

    But you can do these things with iTunes, and this removes any DRM from the files.

    BTW, the DRM is ONLY for downloaded files from their music store, NOT from your own (or others) CDs.

    Hope that clears it up for you, since you don't seem to have all your facts straight.

  3. Re:christ already on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, a good marriage is common and trite. (Anonymous) Coward.

    Almost forgot, troll.

  4. Re:Other things they forgot on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, one morning, every other week, I'm in charge of my own time, and I need to let her know what I'm doing (and get approval) :-)

  5. Re:Other things they forgot on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    I want different logins from different computers to be both able to edit the iCal. So I can update my home calendar from both work & home. And, no, my wife can't have access to my admin account :-)

    Second option is just too much work. I'm lazy and want one iCal for 2 people. Shouldn't be THAT hard.

  6. Re:No, digest does work on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    I believe that I'm having issues with the digest mode on Mac OS X server then. See my other post about a WebDAV/iCal article on macdevcenter@ orielly.com (net?)

  7. Re:No security yet for shared calendars on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    Not with the default Apache in OS X.2

    WebDAV/iCal article

  8. Re:Other things they forgot on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    WebDAV also has DAVlocks enabled, with a 10 minute time out, so it does have a basic form of CVS.

    WebDAV/iCal article

  9. Re:Does dock icon keep up to date? on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tell ya tomorrow...

  10. Re:Other things they forgot on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    So I guess I want either an iCal server or WebDAV that actually has the V (for versioning).

    Still, a 2-way sync for a published calendar wouldn't be too hard, would it?

  11. Re:No security yet for shared calendars on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    Just curious, in your httpd.conf file, do you have these lines commented or uncommented?

    #LoadModule digest_module /usr/libexec/httpd/mod_digest.so

    #AddModule mod_digest.c

  12. Re:Other things they forgot on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    So, in FTP, I can't edit one file remotely, save it, then go to another computer and edit the same file remotely?

    That's all I want!

  13. Re:No security yet for shared calendars on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1

    Nope. This is part of my httpd_macosxserver.conf file:

    AuthName "calendar.domain.com"
    AuthType Basic

    Switched it to:

    AuthName "calendar.domain.com"
    AuthType Digest

    sudo apachectl restart, no publishing of iCal to the server. Set it back to Basic, works fine.

  14. Other things they forgot on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Publish to multiple places.

    Anyone have an internal work calendar and an external work calendar that would like them to be the same without duplicating each entry?

    Multiple authors.

    My wife(yes, I have one) & I share a family calendar, but only she can write to it. Isn't multiple authors the point of WebDAV?

  15. No security yet for shared calendars on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I submitted this as feedback for the first version of iCal. Guess it didn't make it.

    iCal doesn't support WebDAV in digest mode, so your password is passed in cleartext. Digest mode may not be the strongest encryption, but some is WAY better than none.

    Of course you could mount the WebDAV disk in digest and just copy it over, but that's not the easy integration Apple promotes. And even then, don't try it in the Finder...

  16. Re:Benchmarks with 8GB Ram on Apple's Dual 2GHz By The Numbers · · Score: 1

    If you want to show off 8GB of memory, you need either some high-end workstation applications or some server applications. The G5 should be able to run some of this stuff, though I don't know how widely available the software is. Try this:
    http://www.oracle.com/start/apple/intro.html

  17. Re:Lookupd slowness on Apple Releases Darwin 6.7, 6.8 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Make sure forward & reverse DNS are working correctly. If not, this will cause OS X to pause, I guess while it considers its options.

  18. Re:Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years on Teach Yourself AppleScript in 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    "Writing an efficient, lean, fast program" is not the goal of AppleScript either. You can do some very cool stuff very quickly using AppleScript. Hence the need for a book like this.

    Try changing a file name, ftping to a server, moving that file to a different folder, all in the GUI, with a GUI ftp app, so that the Windoze guy can understand what is going on. All in about 10 minutes, with no programming knowledge, or cli knowledge. That's the power of AppleScript.

  19. Faster? on Apple Updates Safari for Improved SSL Authentication · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Maybe it's just me, but it does seem a bit snappier, both in page display and page downloading. Opening tabs behind the displayed tab seems faster too. Just my $0.02

  20. Re:Betcha they bundle it with the iPod. on Apple is Porting iTunes to Windows · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They don't charge for iTunes on Mac, or for MusicMaker on Windows. What makes you think they're going to charge for iTunes on Windows?

  21. Re:Forever unemployed? on Unemployed? How Long Until You Find That Next Job · · Score: 1

    Heh, I've been in my support job for two years now. Still looking for a better job...with a Master's in IT Mgmt.