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  1. Now... on Is RSS Doomed by Popularity? · · Score: 1

    I wonder how long it takes to come into effect. Still just index.rss here.

  2. Well... on Is RSS Doomed by Popularity? · · Score: 1

    You've just made me a subscriber again!

  3. Down with Big Brother! on Going, Going, Gone: IBM Sells PC Group To Lenovo · · Score: 4, Funny

    IBM stopped making personal computer before Apple. I'm sure there's some kind of ironic victory here somewhere...

  4. Nintendo are the worst example possible. on Ask Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade · · Score: 3, Informative
    Given that Nintendo (for example) will not be making any money off of the original Super Mario 3 any more...
    Err, yes they will.
  5. But... on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 1
    "What you consider a feature I consider an annoyance. I don't want the damned overflow feature I want more tabs I can click on directly."
    But once they start overflowing in Firefox, you can't click on them directly... or at all!
  6. Re:Safari and Firefox both scale tabs in the same on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "Yes till about 15 tabs. Firefox can accomodate over 25 on my screen."
    Here's Safari with 25 tabs open -- each tab has enough space available to feature a meaningful label, and 'overflow' tabs are available in a pull-down menu.

    Here's Firefox with 25 tabs open -- each tab only has a favicon listed, which makes it difficult to determine what each tab is. Additionally, you can't access all the tabs at once -- it doesn't even offer a pull-down menu to access tabs past the edge.

    Safari manages to keep the visible tabs at a useable size, and provides a simple way to access the rest. Firefox shrinks tabs to the point of uselessness, and prevents you from accessing the overflow.
  7. Well... on Apple Announces New iBooks · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes it is.

    But is it two hundred dollars scarier?

  8. But... on Apple Announces New iBooks · · Score: 1

    Why the $200 more in Australia, when the prices are identical in the US?

  9. Safari and Firefox both scale tabs in the same way on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 1
    "As for the tabs It looks like they are taking up screen space instead of becoming smaller."
    Err, that image shows Safari with 3 tabs open, and then with 10 tabs open.

    Here's the same thing in FireFox -- it scales tabs exactly the same way.
  10. Safari tabs, OS X user accounts, add-ons. on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "In safari the tabs are fixed size. Once you have more tabs then can fit on your bar you have to use the stupid drop down. In firefox the tabs automatically resize temselves."
    Safari's tabs scale. Here's a demo I whipped up for you.
    "5) Profiles"
    Mac OS X has user account built-in. An application shouldn't have an independent way of managing users.

    And personally, I use Saft and PithHelmet to address your other concerns.
  11. Rest assured... on Apple Announces New iBooks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...that I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world.

    Here's a little maths for you:

    A 17-inch 1.8GHz iMac is $US1,499, or $AU2,499.
    A 1.8GHz Power Mac is $US1,499, or $AU2,699.

    So, why the $200?

  12. Permanent link. on InfiniBand Drivers Released for Xserve G5 Clusters · · Score: 3, Informative
  13. GIS? on Town Fights FOI Request for GIS Data and Images · · Score: 2, Funny

    We haven't seen that around here for far too long...

  14. However... on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 1

    Yahoo! Messenger for Mac only supports video chat, but not audio chat. So you can see your friend, but not hear them.

    I guess you could use Yahoo! and Skype at once if you really wanted to avoid using AIM, but iChat's video quality is much better...

  15. For just audio... on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You could also use Skype, which now has a Mac OS X client.

  16. Except that... on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 4, Informative
  17. Well... on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 2, Informative
    From the Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger preview page
    Based on the open source Jabber project, the new iChat server in Tiger Server lets your company protect its internal communications by defining its own namespace, and use SSL/TLS encryption to ensure privacy.
    So, you're going to get secure messaging, but it's not going to be GPG.
  18. Yes. on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 4, Informative

    iChat AV 2.1 can videoconference with AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.

  19. This was annouced at WWDC 2004... on Next iChat version to include Jabber support · · Score: 5, Informative
    And is mentioned on the Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger Preview page:
    New Services

    iChat Server. Host your own private and secure inside-the-firewall iChat server that uses your own namespace and works with both Tiger's iChat AV and popular Jabber clients available on Windows, Linux and PDAs.

    Additionally:
    Your Very Own iChat and Blog Servers

    You can now host your own iChat server. Instant Messaging serves as a vital means of communication for organizations of all sizes, so it's useful to deploy and run your own private and secure IM server. Based on the open source Jabber project, the new iChat server in Tiger Server lets your company protect its internal communications by defining its own namespace, and use SSL/TLS encryption to ensure privacy. The iChat server works with both the iChat client in Mac OS X Tiger and popular open source clients available for Windows, Linux and even PDAs.

    So, yes, we've known since WWDC that iChat will be able to speak to standard Jabber servers, mostly because Apple will be shipping a Jabber server with Tiger Server.

    There's a lot of cool stuff in Tiger Server, and that page is with checking out.
  20. Alternatively... on Apple Introduces New G5 iMac · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can grab the images from Apple's iMac G5 PR images page.

  21. Piracy? on Xbox, PS2 Get Near-Simultaneous European Price Cuts · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But you'd still need to spend money to buy eight or ten computer games.

    Unless you're trying to encourage piracy.

  22. You can't link to the Apple Store like that. on D-Link's USB-Powered Access Point · · Score: 3, Informative
  23. Industry insider. on RJ Mical On The DS, PSP, Current Game Hardware · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...Amiga luminary and 3DO and Lynx co-creator RJ Mical"

    Amiga.

    3DO.

    Lynx.

    Long chain of success there!

  24. Re:On in the US on Our Friend, The Meter · · Score: 1

    About as well as you spell "metre"!

  25. A water-cooled Half-Life 2 case mod? on Water-Cooled Half-Life 2 Case Mod · · Score: 4, Funny

    Be careful: It might leak.