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  1. Re:fool me once... on Zune's Viral DRM Will Violate Creative Commons · · Score: 2, Informative

    I rip to 128kb VBR AAC because it's smaller and it makes the battery in my iPod last a bit longer than 192kb MP3.

  2. Re:So PC means no Mac? on Spore to be PC Only, For Now · · Score: 1

    That's the title I couldn't remember! I even own that one. Every time you quit the game a stern looking message would tell you that EA doesn't know you bought it for the Mac if you didn't register your copy.

  3. Re:So PC means no Mac? on Spore to be PC Only, For Now · · Score: 2, Informative

    Command and Conquer, Tiger Woods, Madden, F1 Championship, Harry Potter, Medal of Honor, Lord of the Rings, The Sims, 007 Nightfire, American McGee's Alice, and Battlefield are all EA properties that have been released on the Mac...

  4. Re:nice on Sony's PSP Memory Stick Entertainment Packs Shipping · · Score: 1

    This though pretty much points out what I think is the biggest issue with the PSP. You bought a whiz-bang handheld gaming console but you get your value from watching movies on it.

  5. "Disney" covers a lot of ground on Apple Movie Store Only Serving Disney Films? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Remember that Disney isn't just Disney as they pretty much own what AOL doesn't.

    Starting out with Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Hollywood Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Feature Animation wouldn't be half bad!

    They could have everything from Pulp Fiction, to Cars, to Snow White, to The Sixth Sense, to Starship Troopers and much more.

  6. Re:Why would one want to do this? on LDAP Authentication in Linux · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... All that sounds suspiciously like Mac OS X Server. OpenLDAP for the directory, Kerb for auth, and a SASL blackbox Password Server for things that don't know kerb.

    The difference is that Mac OS X Server is a one mouse click setup. :)

  7. Red bullseye on Target Advertising Used to Censor NY Times Article · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone else read the headline as if Target the retail chain was censoring advertising?

  8. Re:Well written, but on Windows vs Mac Security · · Score: 2, Informative
    I guess I'm struggling to see how yet another way to launch things is a revolution in security, given that it's a brand new (and therefore untested) codebase and already has reports of it "freaking out".

    Well, you need to take the timeframe in which I wrote that article into account. I started writing it back when launchd was brand new and had it share of issues. (FWIW, I think the reported SSH issues were due to a, now corrected, bug in lookupd.) My hesitant approach to it was due to a healthy dose of old fashioned administration by skepticism. For a while I was turning back to xinetd and cron, but now I use launchd where I can.

    Since then it has matured nicely to the point I would consider it a 1.0 product. It still has a few annoying limitations for sysadmin level folks, but overall is incredibly flexible and useful.

    If you want to look at the codebase you can. Apple has always released it under the ASPL, and as of WWDC has turned it out as an active OSS project under the Apache 2 license at http://www.macosforge.org./

    Personally I thought TFA was pretty lame, the author shows misunderstandings of some very basic Mac OS X facts.

  9. Re:Well written, but on Windows vs Mac Security · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pimping myself here a bit, but our article on launchd might be of more help to sysadmins. It later formed the basis for the wikipedia article and has thrilling Jordan Hubbard comments to boot!

  10. Re:I can't decide which image is more appropriate. on Smash Bros Brawl Creators Hint at Sonic · · Score: 1

    Sonic Rush on the NDS rocks though...

  11. Re:Enough with the americocentrism on 30th Anniversary of Viking Landing on Mars · · Score: 1

    The U.S.S.R. though did have the most extensive studio of Venus that has ever been done. It's not so much that they failed at Mars, but rather that they weren't that interested.

  12. Re:A less crappy list. on Most Influential People In Technical Mac Community · · Score: 1

    I'm going to go ahead and pimp the Michael Bartosh Memorial Scholarship here since there are so many MacWorld links in that anyway.

  13. Re:32MB of logs? on 1.50 Downgrader for 2.50/2.60 PSPs Released · · Score: 1

    Thanks captain literal. Yes, I'm kidding.

    But really, that seems like a lot of log for this. I mean how big is the FW even?

  14. Re:More Speculation on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August · · Score: 1

    Well, Entourage uses DAV to access the Exchange server, so it's HTTP(S) but not strictly OWA. I think that eventually MS will move Outlook to DAV as well, and each version of Exchange offers more DAV features.

    Remember that the Mac dev team is part of the entertainment group at MS and as a result they get to fly a bit under the radar as it is.

  15. Re:More Speculation on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mail.app uses IMAP for it's Exchange connectivity.

  16. 32MB of logs? on 1.50 Downgrader for 2.50/2.60 PSPs Released · · Score: 1

    What the heck can it be doing to fill 32 MB with log files? Does it write it all down in 1s and 0s?

  17. Re:I totally get it. on Quantifying the DS Lite's Japanese Dominance · · Score: 1

    Another sysadmin at work got a DS Lite this week and we have been playing on the bus everyday to and from work. The Lite is so much brighter than my launch DS it makes me drool. Brighter, sharper, more color saturation.

    It really is a huge difference.

  18. Re:obsession with eye candy... on Why There Are No Hit Indie Games · · Score: 1
    Me? I'm waiting for a decent new 2d platformer to come out

    Then you might want to check out The New Mario Bros. or Sonic the Hedgehog on the NDS.

  19. Re:Family complete? on Apple Unveils New Macbook · · Score: 1
    Um, why wouldn't you always arrive early and request an exit row seat? I always scout my seat on seatguru.com first, then show up a bit early and try to nab an exit seat from the self check-in kiosk.

    If I couldn't get a exit row there I always ask again at the gate counter as they often hold them back. The odds I'll enjoy that extra foot or so of space are much higher than the odds I'll need to operate the escape hatch...

  20. Re:The Wii has a conventional controller. on Controller Comparison - PlayStation 3 vs. Wii · · Score: 1

    Well, that and there is the fact that it has 4 GC controller sockets on it as well. Nintendo already said that that's going to be the preferred method for playing Smash Brothers for most players.

  21. Re:Interesting, but not new on Electric Car Faster Than A Ferrari or Porsche · · Score: 1

    Well it looks like it's an electric powered A7om. And while the A7om is one of the most kick-ass street/track day cars you can buy, it is a long long long way from a Formula 1 car.

  22. Re:Twenty-nine years of accumulated spoilers on Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD · · Score: 1

    My five year old daughter has been enjoying my copy of the Definitive Collection on LD with me. She's never seen the "Special" editions.

    And yes, there isn't much better than having your kids want to watch Star Wars and play video games with you.

  23. Re:Nintendo wins on Developers React To 'Wii' · · Score: 1

    How about a TiVO?

    I'm assuming that your post was a joke. I think MacBook Pro is a stupid name compared to PowerBook, but I'm posting from one right now. The essence of the machine is what it does, not the name.

  24. Re:Doesn't work on New Apple Campaign Target PC Flaws · · Score: 1

    The only other one I can think of was the SEGA Saturn/NiGHTS into Dreams commercial that ended with them dropping a Playstation off a building and saying, "Fly plaything! Fly!.".

    All that happened is people remembered seeing a PS1 on TV. The ad didn't work, no matter how good the game was.

  25. Re:This would help on Will Sun Open Source Java? · · Score: 1

    Holy crap! That's one fast typist!