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Re:Safari is only half finished... it will bloat on Mozilla Project Hurt by Apple's Decision to use KH · 2003-01-15 00:41 · Score: 2

Chimera is 20.6MB while Safari is 7.2MB and neither of them provide alternate localizations, afaik.

Just BTW - adding localisation to Safari should be incredibly trivial, thanks to how Cocoa handles it. And guess what - it's XML-based! I just took a look & the 'English.lproj' part of Safari is only 720K & you don't have to bundle all localisations ...

Re:Prices on What to Expect from Macworld Tomorrow · 2003-01-06 05:27 · Score: 3, Informative

Wrong on two counts - you can get a crap PC for $500. iBooks start at $999 which is not bad for a laptop. You can also buy a brand-new (non-swivel) iMac from $799

Re:MacroMedia, Borland, Rational on Microsoft To Acquire Macromedia? · 2002-12-23 02:40 · Score: 3, Interesting

I would think this would raise issues with the monopolies watchers

The monopolies watchers are asleep at the switch. Hadn't you noticed ... ?

Re:A smart mob / posse? on MacAddict Tracks Down eBay Scam Artist · 2002-12-12 10:16 · Score: 2

The discovery that Apple is in fact a religion is fairly recent.

And of those of us who work there?

Priesthood (and all its hierarchy)??

Devoted, brainwashed lackeys??

(I'm thinking the latter! It's 10:30pm where I am & I'm still here ... :-)

Re:This is good on Good Samaritans Choose Linux · 2002-12-05 04:33 · Score: 2

So their OS is free, now you want their services to be free as well? How will they make money, sell their shoes?

Read what I wrote. I'm not suggesting that at all. I'm suggesting that they provide (a limited?) free support service for *this* charity. Normal punters get to pay for support. Hence;

Business Model:
1. Develop Free Product
2. Charge for support.
3. Provide free support for a worthy cause.
4. Win karma points from the populace & sell more service contracts
2. ???????
3. Profit!

See?

Re:But the Samaritans take their name from the Bib on Good Samaritans Choose Linux · 2002-12-05 02:22 · Score: 5, Informative

Trolling or being blatantly sarcastic, whatever ...

http://www.samaritans.org/know/about_principles.sh tm

Seven principles 7. Samaritan volunteers are forbidden to impose their own convictions or to influence callers in regard to politics, philosophy or religion.

'nuff said.

Re:This is good on Good Samaritans Choose Linux · 2002-12-05 02:15 · Score: 5, Interesting

Of course, one hopes that they have a Linux expert (or at least somoene who knows what they are doing) on staff

Now, wouldn't this be an ideal opportunity for one of the big distros (Hi, Redhat!) to stand up and volunteer *free* tech support for this worthy charity? Free publicity and all that.... *hint, hint!*

ArsTechnica on Silly Kernel Panic in Mac OS X 10.2.2 · 2002-11-29 03:23 · Score: 5, Informative

.. have a thread going on this, too. Link here

Re:I hope you submited to Apple on Silly Kernel Panic in Mac OS X 10.2.2 · 2002-11-29 03:16 · Score: 5, Informative

Yep! The guys on MacNN posted feedback to Apple last week. Expect a kernel Software Update sometime soon, I guess.

They know .... on Silly Kernel Panic in Mac OS X 10.2.2 · 2002-11-29 03:13 · Score: 5, Informative

This was originally posted to the darwin-development mailing list, of which I'm a subscriber;

Here's the message (login: archives, pass: archives)

This list is teeming with Apple folks, so I'm sure someone's posted a RADAR bug already.

This problem also came up on MacNN and is discussed in detail here

Now here's the kicker - as the kernel is open-source (APSL - don't complain), someone's already traced the problem back to a recursive lock in the HFS+ subsystem (hfs_vnops.c). Kewl or wha'?

Not on a Mac on Only Thieves Block Pop-Ups · 2002-11-24 23:07 · Score: 2

Doesn't work on my Mac running Omniweb anyways. CTL-Click & save image or view sources. So much for that .....

Re:Time for a slashdot effect... on The Economics of Spam · 2002-11-13 03:38 · Score: 2

It's a cool idea but I'd much rather reduce my spam download (via my crappy ISDN connection) that double the b/w wasted on my connection.

Now, if there was a sendmail patch .... :-)

Re:Time for a slashdot effect... on The Economics of Spam · 2002-11-13 03:24 · Score: 5, Funny

That's terrible!! Now her email address is going to get harvested by some spambot. Don't you know she needs that for her WORK ???

laura@dataresourceconsulting.com

Just as well you didn't post her her phone number

Re:mars.raketti.net on Trojan Found in libpcap and tcpdump · 2002-11-13 01:47 · Score: 2

Chances are, it's some other hapless admin's r00ted box .....

Re:Wow on Microsoft .NET CLI · 2002-11-12 03:45 · Score: 3, Informative

Not only that, but that previous article was also a duplicate of this article previously posted!

A re-run of a re-run! What next .....

Re:The market decides... on Boosting Battery Life For RISC Processors · 2002-11-12 02:07 · Score: 2

The only one left is the PowerPC family

And, hey, don't forget the IBM Power4, which is not strictly a PowerPC chip ....

Re:Advocacy howto on Microsoft Responds to Leaked Memo · 2002-11-11 09:14 · Score: 2

Yeah, I see your point. The 'New MS' .... However, I think they've a *looong* way to go as they've lost a lot of credibility over their sustained FUD campaign.

Re:Advocacy howto on Microsoft Responds to Leaked Memo · 2002-11-11 08:55 · Score: 2

Really, is the Microsoft memo so different from this [datasync.com] and similar documents?

Well ... yes, actually. Let's take a look;

Avoid hyperbole and unsubstantiated claims at all costs. It's unprofessional and will result in unproductive discussions.

Nope! Doesn't sound like MS.

Focus on what Linux has to offer. There is no need to bash the competition. Linux is a good, solid product that stands on its own.

Nope again! MS have declared war on Linux, declaring OpenSource S/W to be like a 'cancer'. And so on ...

Respect the use of other operating systems. While Linux is a wonderful platform, it does not meet everyone's needs.

Phbbbt! :%s/Linux/Windows. Can you believe they'd say that???

There will be cases where Linux is not the answer. Be the first to recognize this and offer another solution.

*ahem* And so on ... you get the picture!

Re:Yes, you are wrong on 10.2.2 Is Coming · 2002-11-11 07:48 · Score: 3, Informative

Let's see ....

[dhcp1i174:build] pcassidy# diskutil disableJournal / Journaling disabled on / Journaling has been disabled on /

That's all. Exciting stuff .... ;-)

Re:question on 10.2.2 Is Coming · 2002-11-11 07:45 · Score: 3, Informative

Permanent! You can turn it back off at any time with 'diskutil disableJournal /' & back off it goes.

Not sure what use this is to the average single-small-drive user other than the fast reboot after a dodgy shutdown. I tried this & fsck automatically does journal replays (and FAST!)

Re:Java 1.4.1 included? on 10.2.2 Is Coming · 2002-11-11 04:25 · Score: 2

Nope ...

Re:Yes, you are wrong on 10.2.2 Is Coming · 2002-11-11 04:23 · Score: 5, Informative

I just ran it;

[dhcp1i174:build] pcassidy# diskutil enableJournal / Allocated 8192K for journal file. Journaling has been enabled on /

.... and ....

[dhcp1i174:build] pcassidy# diskutil information / Device Node: /dev/disk0s9 Device Identifier: disk0s9 Mount Point: / Volume Name: Falcon File System: HFS+ (Journaled) Partition Type: Apple_HFS Media Type: Generic Protocol: ATA Total Size: 18.6 GB Free Space: 8.2 GB Read Only: No Ejectable: No

Cool!

Re:Excellent on Just One Page a Day · 2002-11-08 03:11 · Score: 3, Funny

in order to correct inadvertent spelling mistakes and story duplicity

Not to mention malapropisms!! :-)

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=duplicity&d b=*

I like the first definition better!

Re:Um, no on Apple Updates SuperDrive Firmware · 2002-11-08 01:52 · Score: 2

It was the quickest path to get a vendor from illegally distributing iDVD, which is Apple proprietary material, with OEM CD-RW/DVD-RW drives.

Not just iDVD, but a patched version of it. No wonder Apple were pissed off ....

Re:DRM on Apple Updates SuperDrive Firmware · 2002-11-08 01:42 · Score: 5, Informative

Copy-protected (read 'broken') CDs had a reputation for getting stuck in Mac CD-ROM drives. Check out this old story for more detail. Why would you want to turn this off?

As for DRM - I'll believe it when I see it ....

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