User: Mononoke

Re:Aqua

On: Apple's Illuminous (Aqua v2) to Compete with Aero

Hell even the single fact that when you are presented the logon screen, the pointer is on 10,10 and not at screencenter as on Windows, KDE or Gnome is an inconvenient. A little one but just a little thing here and a little thing there does a lot.

I've never ever used my "pointer" at the logon screen. Simply type the first letter of the user name and hit return. If a password is required the text entry box appears, empty and focused. Enter password, hit return again, and you're logged in.

Re:Why artists?

On: RIAA Wants Artist Royalties Lowered

For example, simply repeating "Let the bodies hit the floor" over and over again is not art. Because anyone can make up crap like that.

Then when do we expect to see you up on stage thanking all the little people for the songwriting awards you'll be winning?

Re:Why artists?

On: RIAA Wants Artist Royalties Lowered

It's faster than saying for example "the guy who moves his lips on the video while the ugly fattie we can't show sings on the sound track".

Let me say this real slowly for you: The article is NOT talking about all musicians. The article is talking about SONGWRITERS. There's a difference. Songwriters are artists. They create works of art.

Re:Why artists?

On: RIAA Wants Artist Royalties Lowered

Perhaps you should have said... Songwriting is a form of arwork. Not all songwriters are artists.

Because that would be wrong. Whether you appreciate their art or not, it's still artwork.

Re:Why artists?

On: RIAA Wants Artist Royalties Lowered

Paintings are a form of artwork.
Not all painters are artists.

Music is a form of artwork.
Not all musicians are artists.

That's said: This story is about songwriters, all of whom are artists.

Re:Good.

On: "Revenge of the Nerds" Remake Cancelled

How about "Attack of the Jocks"?

Ah yes, a "prequel," in the grand tradition of all those other well-loved "prequels."

Re:Hmm.

On: Going Pink For October

I redid mine last month ... but went with Brown.

Last month was colon cancer awareness month? How did I miss that?

Re:but I already have a TON of CD's

On: iPod Users Buy CDs, Shun iTunes

Well enjoy buying them each time your DRM fails to validate, your computer or iPod crashes etc.

Thanks for the warning, but some of us are smart enough to back up our data files.

Re:Why do you keep asking?

On: You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected?

The only thing they'll get from this is bad PR. And how does that help them?

Why do they care if they get bad PR? What we think has no impact on their jobs, their budgets, or their orders.

Re:Profiling is worse than random searches.

On: You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected?

But terrorists are muslims.

I never realized that Timothy McVeigh, Ted Kazinski, and Eric Rudolph were Muslim.

Re:This guy really is full of himself

On: Johnny Cache Breaks Silence On Wi-Fi Exploit

So what if he is? If his hack works, it works. Period.

It does? On a Mac? Using the internal wi-fi?

Go ahead and show us, then.

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We'll wait.

Re:something funny is going on here

On: Johnny Cache Breaks Silence On Wi-Fi Exploit

smears, cones and chafing? sounds just like apple

Or a hot date.

Re:Really Now!

On: Johnny Cache Breaks Silence On Wi-Fi Exploit

Really now, can anybody come up with a good reason for him to fake something like this?

He's playing the "bash Apple" game, and enjoying the publicity? Notice his comment about Mac bloggers "not understanding" his explanations. He just wants to bash Apple, and nothing more. Probably had an employment application ignored or something. Who knows what his true motive is behind this. He sure makes it obvious that it's more about hating Apple than actually helping the security community. If Apple were actually threatening him, he'd have a registered letter or two from real lawyers he'd be happy to share with us.

Re:"Implies" my fanny. He says it right out.

On: Johnny Cache Breaks Silence On Wi-Fi Exploit

So Apple is supposed to patch someone else's drivers for a wi-fi card that would never be used with a Mac?

Apple probably looked at these guys and laughed.

Next thing you know, these guys will be "discovering" cold fusion.

This guy really is full of himself

On: Johnny Cache Breaks Silence On Wi-Fi Exploit

He also went on to explain that while the debate was centered in the Mac blogger community, it made no sense to discuss it because most of them wouldn't understand the explanation if he gave it,

Most of any community is not going to understand it, including this community. He comes across as nothing more than an attention-whoring little hacker with an axe to grind against Apple.

"unlocking users from iPod's vendor lock-in."

On: Microsoft To Release 'iPod Killer' at Christmas?

"unlocking users from iPod's vendor lock-in."

There is no "iPod vendor lock-in." I can mp3s from any source. I can play AACs from any source. I can play WAV files. I can play AIFF files. Etc. Etc. Etc.

No, iPod users are not restricted to a single source for music. Period.

However, I should buy one of these from MS just so they can double-pay the licensing on the 1000+ songs I've bought from iTunes Music Store. Then I'll just sell the player on eBay, and we all win.

However

On: Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs

They'll be glad to send money for you to someone with a nice Anglo name, such as Timothy McVeigh.

Re:misquoted parent

On: Review - Apple's MacBook Pro

AS is the one suggesting that a computer aimed at audio processing (I take it to mean sound engineering) should have good internal speakers.

You're right. I screwed that up. I'll go back and edit it...oh, wait...

Speaker quality?

On: Review - Apple's MacBook Pro

TH: ...That's not unacceptable, but for a computer aimed at excellence in audio processing, this is a shortcoming, plain and simple.

No one who does audio processing on a computer uses the internal speakers, no matter what brand of computer it is.

That's just one of many misinformed statements TH makes about the machine.

Re:Why get the apple employees to let people out?

On: Jobs' Glass Elevator Locks in Group Customers

I always thought Apple zealots were willing to work for free..

No, that's the "I can build a PC for half that price!" crowd.

Re:Come again?

On: NASA Seeking Innovative Ideas from Public

"NASA is seeking proposals 'for creating and managing innovative activities, events, products, services, or other types of formal or informal education methods for the purpose of disseminating information nationally about NASA's projects and programs.'" Seriously, I have no idea what this sentence says.

It means cheerleader try-outs are next week.

Re:frustrated a few times with Windows limitations

On: Boot Camp For Suckers?

whereas mac closes off its systems so normal users cant screw it up.

I'll remember that next time I'm in Terminal (in OSX) on my Mac.

And the next time I'm trying to get a Windows laptop to talk to the outside world.

Re:Jealousy is a terrible thing. In the meantime..

On: Boot Camp For Suckers?

Seriously, why does this guy care so much?

From the synopsis: PC Magazine's Editor-in-Chief says...

He's got ad space to fill. Mac users don't read his crappy little rag.

Sounds like the legendary comments made by carriage-men as internal combustion began to catch on.

All your eggs...

On: A 1.2 Petabyte Hard Drive?

...in one basket.

No. Thank you.

Re:Why?

On: Give Mac Explorer to the People?

The stated reason in TFA is to allow use of IE-only sites.

I prefer to just NOT use IE-only sites. If some business is so stupid as to allow their site to be IE-only, then they are too stupid to deserve my money/time.