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  1. Re:DRM on iPod Dangerous When Wet · · Score: 1

    That's it! He must have had some Mission Impossible style message on there - "this iPod will self destruct..."

  2. Re:I was hoping for a better review. on Detailed Review of Mac OS X Tiger's New Features · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  3. Re:I was hoping for a better review. on Detailed Review of Mac OS X Tiger's New Features · · Score: 3, Informative

    HTML files are indexed by spotlight, I'm not sure where you could have heard otherwise (just searching for "html" finds several thousand HTML files on my iBook).

  4. Re:Yay ars! on Mac OS X Tiger Released and Analyzed · · Score: 3, Informative

    No need to clone it, from TFA:

    Apple has developed launchd as an open source project that it hopes will be adopted by the wider Unix community. To the average Unix hacker, launchd probably looks like a reinvention of the wheel. I think it addresses a problem the Unix community doesn't even know that it has. In this way it's much like Mac OS X itself. There was "Unix on the desktop," and then there was Mac OS X. You'd think that alone would have been a big enough wake-up call.
  5. Re: Apple envy on Apple Announces Tiger Release Date · · Score: 1

    And if holding the power button down doesn't work, press Option-Ctrl-Power and it'll reboot instantly (this is equivalent to pressing the reset button on a PC, so don't do it often ;)

  6. Re:Crap on Apple Announces Tiger Release Date · · Score: 1

    According to their site (can't find the link now, sorry) you should be able to pay a small fee for shipping and get Tiger for free when it's released.

  7. I've ordered mine :) on Apple Announces Tiger Release Date · · Score: 2, Funny

    I submitted this about an hour ago, and it was rejected. Should I be offended that they accept everyone else's dupes but not mine? Ah, well.

    It is interesting to note that, at least in the UK, Tiger is actually £10 cheaper than the current price for Panther (the previous release). They're also giving those who order now access to an exclusing "Online Seminar", which sounds quite interesting. I can't wait until next month when my copy arrives :)

  8. Re:I think this is more disturbing on Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps · · Score: 1

    Speaking of aliens, here's area 51.

  9. Re:Integrated Services on CaminoBrowser.org Launches · · Score: 1

    ravenspear was wrong, there is not support for spellchecking in Camino, precicely because it doesn't use truely native widgets with gecko. Spellcheck support was, until recently, planned for 0.9 but has since been pushed-back to a later version (along with other useful features, such as form auto-complete) because of how long it would take to finish - they want to release 0.9 sooner rather than later.

  10. Re:That's awhole lot of differences on Running Windows Viruses Under Linux · · Score: 1

    EITHER that Wine isn't 100% Microcrap or is more robust against viruses.

    Can you have one without the other?

  11. Re:Are you new here? on Hacker Penetrates T-Mobile Systems · · Score: 1

    Of course there's also the issue of how the crime is committed. It's hard for someone to get shot during insurance fraud...

  12. Re:Mirror? on Y2K: Hoax, Or Averted Disaster? · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's signed because it is necessary to deal with dates before 1970.

  13. wait... on The Sun Misfires Against Disney Over Swear in Game · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...are you telling me The Sun is not a reliable source of factual reporting?

  14. Re:No, no we're not. on ABC's 'People of the Year' - Bloggers · · Score: 1

    Face it, 99% of all the blog material out there is shit

    Actually, it's more like 90%. I would say that blogs are a case where Sturgeon's Law definitely applies.

  15. Re:Actually... on FreeBSD 4.X Lives On · · Score: 1

    /me waits to be called Troll for mentioning 'dead' in a post

    Troll :-P (only joking)

    there will be a slice of time where FreeBSD servers won't know what to do - stay with the dead but solid system, or move to the living but flaky one?

    Is there any reason not to "stay with" FreeBSD 4? If it's getting the job done, then security updates are all you really need. If it's not getting the job done, then you should be questioning why you were using it in the first place.

  16. Re:Mac, Linux and Windows on AbiWord 2.2 Unleashed · · Score: 1

    I agree completely - AppleWorks is exactly the same as Claris Works (which is a bad thing); it doesn't even use widgets that fit in with Aqua.

    I prefer OpenOffice to AbiWord, but with a Cocoa port years away AbiWord will do just fine for my day-to-day word processing needs. If there was a port of Gnumeric, and some equivalent of OOImpress I'd be all set.

  17. Re:I don't see it... on Apple Releases Mac OS X Patches · · Score: 1

    I'm in the UK too, so that's probably it.

  18. I don't see it... on Apple Releases Mac OS X Patches · · Score: 1

    I read about this on MacSlash (I think that was yesterday) and I still don't see any updates in Software Update. Am I missing something here?

  19. Re:Linux Popularity a Result of BSD/Unix Suit? on 1994 BSD/Unix Settlement Released On Groklaw · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what point you were making, but OS X's popularity comes from the old user base of OS 9 combined with the recent popularity of Apple's other products (i.e. the iPod). It's popularity has little to do with the inclusion of BSD code in the system.

  20. Re:So what does the comet think of this? on NASA's Deep Impact · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, they have Bruce Willis on speed dial, just incase.

  21. Re:The point? on Lunar Space Elevator Instead? · · Score: 1

    The point is that it would be easier to build it on the Moon, so we could concentrate on perfecting the technology (on a smaller scale). If we get it working on the Moon first, it'll be easier to do on Earth.

  22. Re:That's great, but... on Boeing Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Laser · · Score: 1

    This is very true; there is no chance you will be killed by a 'dirty bomb' (except maybe from the actual explosion, but the same is true of any bomb).

    This, and other interesting facts, were covered in a recent three-part documentary by the BBC called The Power of Nightmares.

  23. Database on What OSS Programs are Still Needed? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hate to say this, but a database frontend that's as good as MS Access would be nice - there are attempts at such applications currently in development, but nothing that's even close to usable.

  24. Re:Secret Weapon: discs on AOL to be Split into 4 Units · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you misspelled "coasters"

  25. Re:Doh! on AOL to be Split into 4 Units · · Score: 1

    You do realise that AOL already operated in Europe before this, right? I see their ads on TV all the time.