What is there to stop them from using this flag for other uses? During shows, for example. Suddenly, they'll prevent you from turning off American Idol. Yay!
Oh well... at least we'll get indications when commericals start. If someone makes a hack for the TV, we could use this flag for other purposes. To switch to another channel automatically, perhaps. So maybe this isn't that bad, after all.;-)
It'd be much cooler if the LCD display showed how much money is left on the account (that the card is connected to). It could be updated whenever the card is used, so it shows an approximate number.
Google Blog Search doesn't find my blog. But when I search for my name, a post on the Apple Carbon-Dev mailing list shows up. I didn't know that was a blog.:-)
It's not my picture; it's from someone at 419eater. The site is down though, so I can't find it. However, try searching for "milk" in their forums when the site comes back up.:-)
Scambaiting is a fun hobby, but it takes time and patience. Often, the first few responses from the scammer are made from templates. However, when you start to talk about more specific areas, the man has to write you the emails himself. It's very clear when this happens; the language goes from quite proper and polite to sloppy and personal. To take the thread to this point can take weeks in the worst cases.
Some scammers have also become used to scambaiters, and stop the conversation when you start asking strange things. But it's amazing how far you can get these people to go. Fooling them to travel to another continent and being shown on public webcams is nice.
On the other hand, scambaiting can be rewarding. Getting a picture you requested of the scammer bathing in milk with a goat is pretty priceless!:-D
> " Just like video players today use special OS features to open a video port directly to the graphics card without routing it through the windowing system"
Just FYI, video in Mac OS X goes through Quartz, and not straight to the video card. This is great, because it allows for taking screenshots of movies and DVDs, and having transparent windows over video.:-)
I did the same thing a couple of years ago at my school, with Windows 2000. However, the ctrl-alt-delete login keystroke is protected in Windows, so I made it so that the login window was always present. It was a pretty lame imitation that didn't really look that much like the original, but just about everyone trusted it. I don't think the IT admin every figured out what it was, but he knew I was up to something...
> "fears from Microsoft that tabbed browsing might scare off too many users"
Why don't they turn tab support off as the default, with an easy way to turn them on (or ask user first time)? Safari has tabs turned off as default, and has a preference option to turn them on.
What's also interesting is that the Music Engine supports XSPF, and open playlist standard. XSPF is not yet very widespread, but Yahoo's player has the potential to accomplish that.
Absolutely. And the storage system in Mail has changed a lot; meta-data is stored in an SQLite database, and MIME data in files. Before, metdata was stored in table_of_contents (a proprietary format) and the contents in boring mbox files.
Doesn't need it? I'd say this is a quite good use of XML.
It's easily read and written by both humans (with only a text editor) and programs. I presume (but I haven't checked) that the XML is in plist format, which maps nicely to CoreFoundation/NS data types. This makes it even simpler for programs to read the format.
AppleWorks 1.0? Don't you mean ClarisWorks 1.0? Or MacWrite 1.0?
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Hell some numbers suggest that there actually are more linux desktops than mac desktops.
I have heard this too, but I think it's a bit strange. Steve Jobs said in 2002 (IIRC) that Apple was the largest "Unix" vendor in the world. This would suggest that there are more Mac OS X boxes than Linux boxes. And... only about 60% of all Macs run Mac OS X. So how can there be more linux desktops than Macs?:-)
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Display with 1280-by-1024-pixel resolution and 24-bit color
MacBook doesn't have that.
What does Apple have to do with this?
It would be nice if in addition to that, it were possible to use measurements of centimeters or inches
It's part of CSS 2.
What is there to stop them from using this flag for other uses? During shows, for example. Suddenly, they'll prevent you from turning off American Idol. Yay!
;-)
Oh well... at least we'll get indications when commericals start. If someone makes a hack for the TV, we could use this flag for other purposes. To switch to another channel automatically, perhaps. So maybe this isn't that bad, after all.
It'd be much cooler if the LCD display showed how much money is left on the account (that the card is connected to). It could be updated whenever the card is used, so it shows an approximate number.
Yes, but this is a terabit, not a terabyte.
Google Blog Search doesn't find my blog. But when I search for my name, a post on the Apple Carbon-Dev mailing list shows up. I didn't know that was a blog. :-)
It's not my picture; it's from someone at 419eater. The site is down though, so I can't find it. However, try searching for "milk" in their forums when the site comes back up. :-)
Scambaiting is a fun hobby, but it takes time and patience. Often, the first few responses from the scammer are made from templates. However, when you start to talk about more specific areas, the man has to write you the emails himself. It's very clear when this happens; the language goes from quite proper and polite to sloppy and personal. To take the thread to this point can take weeks in the worst cases.
:-D
Some scammers have also become used to scambaiters, and stop the conversation when you start asking strange things. But it's amazing how far you can get these people to go. Fooling them to travel to another continent and being shown on public webcams is nice.
On the other hand, scambaiting can be rewarding. Getting a picture you requested of the scammer bathing in milk with a goat is pretty priceless!
I think it's a Formac monitor.
http://www.formac.com/
> "I'm tempted to downgrade the iPod to the bottom because the only format they support that's not proprietary is MP3 "
What? Have you ever heard of something called AAC?
Ah, finally someone who got it, heh! :-)
Could this open some eyes and increase interest in alternative (Linux, Mac) offerings?
> " Just like video players today use special OS features to open a video port directly to the graphics card without routing it through the windowing system"
:-)
Just FYI, video in Mac OS X goes through Quartz, and not straight to the video card. This is great, because it allows for taking screenshots of movies and DVDs, and having transparent windows over video.
I did the same thing a couple of years ago at my school, with Windows 2000. However, the ctrl-alt-delete login keystroke is protected in Windows, so I made it so that the login window was always present. It was a pretty lame imitation that didn't really look that much like the original, but just about everyone trusted it. I don't think the IT admin every figured out what it was, but he knew I was up to something...
Here's the app if anyone wants it... http://www.lightheadsw.com/~old/bdn/login.exe
> "fears from Microsoft that tabbed browsing might scare off too many users"
Why don't they turn tab support off as the default, with an easy way to turn them on (or ask user first time)? Safari has tabs turned off as default, and has a preference option to turn them on.
No, Slashdot's big news source is itself. :-)
What's also interesting is that the Music Engine supports XSPF, and open playlist standard. XSPF is not yet very widespread, but Yahoo's player has the potential to accomplish that.
See http://www.xspf.org/
Whoo, nice, heh.
Prior to joining HRC in 1995, Elizabeth was worldwide director of litigation for Apple Computer...
Absolutely. And the storage system in Mail has changed a lot; meta-data is stored in an SQLite database, and MIME data in files. Before, metdata was stored in table_of_contents (a proprietary format) and the contents in boring mbox files.
Doesn't need it? I'd say this is a quite good use of XML.
It's easily read and written by both humans (with only a text editor) and programs. I presume (but I haven't checked) that the XML is in plist format, which maps nicely to CoreFoundation/NS data types. This makes it even simpler for programs to read the format.
FYI, this works perfectly in Apple Mail on OS X.
AppleWorks 1.0?
Don't you mean ClarisWorks 1.0?
Or MacWrite 1.0?
Hell some numbers suggest that there actually are more linux desktops than mac desktops.
:-)
I have heard this too, but I think it's a bit strange. Steve Jobs said in 2002 (IIRC) that Apple was the largest "Unix" vendor in the world. This would suggest that there are more Mac OS X boxes than Linux boxes. And... only about 60% of all Macs run Mac OS X. So how can there be more linux desktops than Macs?
An Apple Xserve G5 does 30+ gigaflops.