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| 2013/10/24-11/21 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:54747 Activity:nil |
9/19 "No, A Severed Finger Will Not Be Able to Access a Stolen iPhone 5S"
http://mashable.com/2013/09/15/severed-finger-iphone-5s
I'm sure the Apple QA department has tested extensively that a severed
finger will not be able to access a stolen iPhone 5S.
\_ It doesn't matter whether or not a severed finger can be used. It
matters whether or not a robber thinks that a severed finger can be
used.
\_ You don't even need a severed finger.
http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
\_ My concern is more simple that this. My wife can just wait
for me to fall asleep, and grab my hand to unlock my phone
and find pictures of me and all my mistresses! -- OP |
| 2013/8/1-9/14 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Industry/SiliconValley] UID:54721 Activity:nil |
8/1 Apple said if your phone was broken, "it was illegal for Apple to
replace a phone with a better phone."
link:www.csua.org/u/10um (http://www.linkedin.com |
| 2013/7/31-9/16 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Industry/SiliconValley] UID:54719 Activity:nil |
7/31 Hi, I am looking for a monitoring recommendation for use at home
with my MacMini and as a second monitor for my Airbook. At this
point I dont want to buy a fancy Apple monitor -- will probably
wait for then to announce a new one -- but price doesnt really
matter [office buy], but it doesnt seem like there is any need
to spend more than $500? Historically I've just gotten a decent
Samsung, if not top end Apple. Any recs or things to look for?
\_ I used to be pretty happy with my Dell Ultrasharp. Then
I got an Apple monitor at work, which blows it away.
\_ To give you a sense of my perspective, I have a strong preference
for IPS monitors, and have a pair of 30" Dell Ultrasharps on my
desk at home (the U3011). What I just bought for use at work are
a pair of QNIX QX2710LED monitors from Korea via Ebay. It's a 27"
IPS monitor, and it cost $310. You can get them for less, but the
sellers engage in binning, so I think it's worth it to pay slightly
more for one they tested and describe as "perfect pixel". Mine has
a matte screen, since I've got a lot of reflections to deal with.
I think these Korean IPS monitors are the current bang-for-the-buck
champs in big screens.
\_ Also, there are a bunch of other brands of Korean IPS monitors
available on ebay. QNIX, Catleap, Yamakasi, Crossover, etc.
They're all basically the same stuff. Read some reviews, you
should be fine. |
| 11/23 |
| 2012/12/12-30 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Industry/SiliconValley] UID:54556 Activity:nil |
12/12 "Australian police urge motorists to stay away from Apple Maps"
http://www.csua.org/u/yn5 |
| 2012/11/16-12/18 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Industry/SiliconValley] UID:54536 Activity:nil |
11/16 Apple iOS 6 Maps can't even get the location of their own store right.
http://www.csua.org/u/ye5 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk |
| 2012/2/9-14 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:54304 Activity:nil |
2/9 "FBI releases file on Apple cofounder Steve Jobs that details
acquaintances' negative perceptions"
http://www.mercurynews.com/remembering-steve-jobs/ci_19928013
It lists Job's SSN.
\_ YES! Now I just need to convince someone that Steve Jobs of
Cupertino is not dead, and I can totes open a credit card
using his name! |
| 2011/11/20-2012/2/6 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:54237 Activity:nil |
11/20 Are there tools that can justify a chunk of plain ASCII text by
replacing words with words of similar meaning and inserting/removing
commas into the text? I received a 40-line plain text mail where
all the lines are justified on left and right. Every word and comma
is followed by only one space, and every period is followed by two
spaces. The guy is my kid's karate instructor which I don't think is
a computer guy. The mail header reads "X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936)"
which I don't think does this either. Thx.
\_ This is sort of uberkerning, which is probably beyond the
ability of machines. Are you sure he didn't just do it by hand?
How long is the message?
\_ I don't know if he did it by hand, but who would manually do
such a thing? (I've shot mail to him asking about it and am
waiting for a reply.) The text is 40 lines. I saved the whole
text in /tmp/justified_mail.txt.
\_ Ummm, OCD perhaps? This is pretty odd, thanks for sharing.
\_ Maybe he used groff? Looks kind of like a manpage.
\_ Got words from the sender. It turns out that he indeed
did it by hand. Amazing. Thanks for all the responses.
\_ can you ask him if he has OCD? Does he like Star Trek? |
| 2011/5/9-7/13 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:54106 Activity:nil |
5/4 Any thoughts about apple switching to ARM for all machines?
\_ Could only have happened if the Mac App Store had been a wild, wild
success, and they were willing to give up Steam. Games/dual-booting
is strategically valuable to not driving people away from macs.
A new ARM iOS based device, or opening the Apple TV to iOS apps
(same thing, really) would be much more likely than sabotaging their
laptop line of computers. An ARM-enabled OS X makes no sense.
--toulouse
\_ funnyyou mention that.. Win8 supports arm, weird.
\_ I dont' know anyone who games on a mac. They have pc's for that.
(in addition to their macbooks) |
| 2010/2/22-3/12 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:53718 Activity:nil |
2/20 http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/20/app-store-rules-sexy wtf. \_ Hello China+Apple!!! Soon anti-communist rhetoric and anything suggestive of it will be banned on the iPhone apps as well. |
| 2009/8/3 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:53232 Activity:nil 70%like:53235 |
8/1 Where is the mac desktop going to go? It seems all the development
in sw/hw now is for the iphone, imac. What happened to the xserve? |
| 2009/7/31-8/11 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Finance/Shopping] UID:53226 Activity:high |
8/1 PCs are cheaper and offer more bang for bucks. So why do I still prefer
Apple? To signal reproductive suitability. The same reasons why
people buy stupid fancy cars and stupid name brand clothes.
\_ You and the women you're trying to get are iDiots of the Cult of
Steve. iPhones/iMacs don't last as long as Roles nor do they
Steve. iPhones/iMacs don't last as long as Rolexes nor do they
appreciate like Bentleys. Yet they are symbols of wealth?
Have you tried on a tailored armani? it feels GREAT. Unlike my
experience with Spotlight w/ ext raids or TimeCapsule.
people buy stupid fancy cars and stupid name brand clothes.
\_ I'm pretty sure the richest man in the world uses a PC not an Apple.
\- That is what is called a "signalling good". There are "weak"
singalling goods, and a Apple computer is at best a weak singalling
good, but is mostly "useful". A rolex watch is a little bit more
of a signalling good ... it's slightly higher quality in terms of
accuracy, it to some extent self-advertises [the rolex crown], but
is not super obvious about it [medium "bling" factor], but you
certainly get an acceptable time telling watch for much cheaper.
One reason people were excited about the "I am rich" app on the
iPhone is it was a rare "pure" signalling good ... it literally
had no other use than to say "i can burn a $1000". There is an
interesting study about minorities and singalling goods:
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1963
(BTW, there are obviously goods that signal things other than
wealth ... and arguably an apple laptop sends a stronger signal
about something other than income). --psb
\_ Lots of Burning Man camps are literally signalling "I can
burn $1000s" to peers and potential mates. -ausman
\_ I've never been to BM, what does this mean? I thought
a bunch of bums just go there to have fun and watch
naked women dance while drinking alcohol.
\_ BM is a mirror to your soul. You tend to get out of it
whatever you bring to it, I have found.
whatever you bring to it, I have discovered.
\_ I agree. Of course you could also say most of life
is like that! No one owes you a good time. --brain
\_ that's why it costs about 300 pound sterling to go.
\_ It means, that just like in the real world, women and
courtiers respond well to displays of wealth and power.
Note: displays aren't/don't have to be == to the reality.
\_ There is a whole field of game theory devoted to this.
\_ There is a whole branch of game theory devoted to this.
Needless to say, people are pretty good at distinguishing
between real and fake displays, for very important
reasons.
\_ not when they're rolling on E and doing a few lines.
\_ not when they're rolling on E and snorting a few lines
I think the people you're referring to are grown up
40 somethings who spend hours analyzing things. Not
the 20 somethings roaming around burning man.
\_ Actually, young women are pretty good about this,
not too surprisingly. Hence the literally burning
thousands of dollars comment. Nothing signals
reproductive fitness than spending thousands of
dollars on some cool toy you spent hundreds of
hours (or even better, got other's free labor) and
then burning it up.
hours building (or even better, got other's free labor)
and then burning it up.
hours building (or even better, got other's free
labor) and then burning it up.
\_ that's why young women shag guys running
startups.
\_ is this what happened to hotshot dans? |
| 2009/4/23-28 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:52898 Activity:low |
4/23 Apple takes down controversial 'Baby Shaker' iPhone app
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/45065
What about the other iPhone app that lets you shake boobs? Anybody
remembers that?
\_ Lame on apple's part.
\_ Fuck you, fucktard.
\_ You've convinced me.
\_ Had to come down to your level.
\_ http://www.csua.org/u/o3b (new phone) |
| 2009/4/13-15 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:52847 Activity:nil |
4/12 Will iPhone OS 3.0 work with my current iPhone?
\_ Yes.
\_ Do you code more efficiently post or pre orgasm? |
| 2009/3/16-23 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Memory] UID:52722 Activity:nil |
3/16 Does anyone know what type of flash is used in the iPhone and how many
5A writes the flash memory could handle before failing? I'm wondering why
MobileSafari doesn't support paging to flash "disk". As is, it reloads
pages all the time, which sucks. |
| 2009/1/18-23 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:52409 Activity:nil |
1/17 BOOBIES:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/16/apple_boobs_again
\_ Now if I just attach my iPhone to my Fleshlight, that'd make it an
awesome device! |
| 2008/11/14-26 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:51981 Activity:nil |
11/14 Angry sysadmin gets iPhone stolen out of his hands while riding Muni,
pummels
thief, retrieves phone, gets back on train
http://tinyurl.com/5poc89 (from http://valleywag.com)
\_ huh i know that guy. he's a KALX dj.
\_ Muni actually
\_ oops, tnx |
| 2008/8/8-13 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50820 Activity:nil |
8/8 Should I pwn/unlock my iPhone 3g? Anyone do this yet and regret it?
-scottyg
\_ pwn it. But don't upgrade to 2.0.1 firmware yet.
Do you want to customize your iPhone and put different icons on it? --oj
Do you want to customize your iPhone and put different icons on
it? --oj
\_ Too late on the upgrade...and yes I would like to customize it,
but more than just different icons. I was more interested in
running Python scripts or NES emulators. Thanks. -scottyg |
| 2008/8/5-10 [Academia/Berkeley/Classes, Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/Networking] UID:50780 Activity:nil |
8/4 http://iCrowdSurf.com - app available on Iphone app store.. if the library has a wifi you can use it to create instant chat rooms/groups and name the group by topic (ie: CS 152 midterm)..etc check it out.. \_ It's not free. \_ So this essentially turns your phone into an open server? I wonder what the security risks are? \_no..it's just a service that runs on the iPhone.. using a different protocol other than http or even tcp \_ iPhone does have a pretty good app sandbox. (More to keep people from jailbreaking the phones, but still...) \_ no..it's just a service that runs on the iPhone.. using a different protocol other than http or even tcp \_ Um, yes. An open server with a proprietary protocol. That *never* goes wrong. \_ apple tested it out and okayed it.. \_ Bwahahaha! |
| 2008/8/1-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50761 Activity:nil |
8/1 Apple U (University) is awesome! I downloaded a bunch of lectures
and I can view it on iTunes or iPhone. I'm currently learning how
to read Hebrew. I love Jewish people, they're the coolest in
the world. Try out Apple U! |
| 2008/7/22-28 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50651 Activity:nil |
7/22 Anyone have success with the new iPhone or iPhone software? What are
your first impressions?
\_ Takes 5 seconds for your address book to startup. Really
pisses me off. Safari crashes on a bunch of web sites.
The map program hogs up power like hell. I turn off 3G
and that helps quite a bit. Overall the new shit isn't much
better than the old shit.
better than the old shit. -phuqU
\_ I got a new iphone. it's better than sex.
\_ No, seriously, I've heard a lot about buggy software, trouble in
the activation process, etc. -op
\_ I think you must be doing it wrong.
\_ I haven't had any problem with the phone itself. iTunes store craps
out every once in awhile. I think they are having problems with the
volume of downloads and DRM material that they have to deal with.
All in all I'm in love. -scottyg
k/21 motd boob guy do i have a video for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALl5RYIJuyk
\_ How does her shirt withstand the strain?
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080723/009677802_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080723/009677805_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080723/009677823_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
\_ I upgraded my original iPhone to the 2.0 software last night. So
far I have had no problems and the vpn and exchange email features
work perfectly. I don't know about the activation process b/c my
iPhone is unlocked. |
| 2008/7/18-23 [Science/Battery, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50618 Activity:nil |
7/18 iPhone battery life SUCKS. You'll probably have to spend another
$100 in a year to get it replaced. Here's a cheap way to do it:
http://video.gearlive.com/video/article/q407-replace-iphone-battery-tutorial
http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3036&p=3 (3G sucks,
literally. Sucks up 25% more power)
\_ no kidding. |
| 2008/7/17-23 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50605 Activity:nil |
7/16 Looking for iPhone 3G docking station that works with a case
on the phone. Docking stations today assume your iPhone
is always naked. Thanks. |
| 2008/7/16-23 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50598 Activity:nil |
7/16 Love fobs? Or should I say, FOBs? Here's your chance to meet
FOBs via your iPhone. Just download the iFob application!
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=449803 |
| 2008/7/15-23 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple, Recreation/Media] UID:50585 Activity:nil |
7/15 David Lynch on watching movies on the iPhone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcNLEwf2pOw
\_ Truer words have never been spoken
\_ Well you know, OLD PEOPLE are STUPID. Never trust anyone
over 30. That sort of thing. Never been truer. |
| 2008/7/15-23 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50582 Activity:nil |
7/15 Real Mac iPhone docking station costs too much. Where is a good place
to buy 3rd party docking stations that are GOOD? I'm a bit wary
of eBay after 2 incidents. Thanks for any advice.
\_ You spend 2-300 bucks on a phone and $70 a month on service and
the 50 dollar docking station is too much?
\_ It's only $70 a month? Where?
\_ It's always $70/month. I'm paying for $129.00/month
for 2 iPhones. It's always been like that. I have the
3G BTW. And you'll pay like $20 extra for tax, FCC,
anti-terrorist, and vote for GWB fees. Those stuff.
\_ Isn't the min plan 40 for voice and 30 for data? I never
even come close to 450/month non nights/weekends minutes so
all I need is the minimum voice plan. Then again I don't
own an iPhone so I may be confusing the plans. |
| 2008/7/12-16 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50546 Activity:nil |
7/11 iPhone applications no longer launch. Launch, wait 5 seconds,
go back to the main menu. What's going on? I tried rebooting,
reset data from Settings, etc. Argh!!!
\_ That happened to me after I restored by iPhone v1.0 backup to
my new v2.0 iPhone. I had to re-download the applications and
then they worked fine. --peterl |
| 2008/7/3-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:50462 Activity:nil |
7/3 I'm not much of an apple guy. Is there some legitimate reason an
OSX box would be trying to access the SNMP interface on a random
other box on the network? (Same class C) |
| 2008/6/9-12 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50192 Activity:nil |
6/9 new iPhone, 8GB with 3G network for $199
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-S1NyxLoDuvzCD9_YaYmAhI-Cbw |
| 2008/5/23-26 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50041 Activity:nil 66%like:50037 |
5/23 The true cost of an iPhone:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ypxpov [engadget]
\_ Wow, that's old enough it doesn't even have the right prices
or storage capacities. (Not to mention the shady -15/month
they took off for all non iPhones.) -not a iphone user but
DAMN if that isn't a crappy chart. |
| 2008/5/23 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50037 Activity:nil 66%like:50041 |
5/23 The true cost of an iPhone:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/26/how-does-the-iphone-stack-up-in-total-cost |
| 2008/1/31-2/2 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:49040 Activity:nil |
1/31 Just got a new iMac and am trying to transfer my iPhotos from my
old machine to this new one. Is it me or does the new iPhoto
suck? What are these "Events"? They suck. How are they any
better (or different) than Albums? Input appreciated. Thanks. |
| 2008/1/14-18 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Consumer/CellPhone] UID:48938 Activity:low |
1/14 Anyone have an iPhone? Like it? Hate it? I'm thinking about getting
one for the sake of getting the latest freeway traffic info online
in order to optimize my commute.
\_ Getting an iPhone for that? I just use my cell phone that I got
free with my plan to browse http://traffic.511.org/homepage.gif
\_ Keep in mind Apple will announce products that will make the iPhone
obsolete tomorrow. (I actually don't know about that, but Macworld
is this week.)
\_ I bought an iPhone about a month after they came out, because I
didn't like my treo. I wasn't expecting much, but I'm very happy
with it. It's very 1.0, obvious stuff (like sync'ing notes, or
transmitting contacts) is not there. Go play with one in the
store to decide if it's for you. -- Marco |
| 2007/11/5-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:48544 Activity:nil |
11/5 http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678542,00.html iPhone is THE INVENTION OF THE YEAR. \_ Yeah, like they know the diff between EDGE and HSDPA. |
| 2007/9/12-14 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Consumer/Audio] UID:48042 Activity:moderate |
9/12 My mother-in-law bought an iPhone. I have a CD she would like to
load onto her iPhone. I ripped the CD into MP3s and imported them
into iTunes. How can she listen to the CD on her iPhone w/o
blowing away the music she already had on there (from home) which
is what iTunes wants to do. I don't have access to her home
computer, which is the one the phone is registered with. How can I
do this? Why does Apple make these trivial things (copying a file
from one device to another) so effing difficult? It's not a DRM
issue. I own the CD!
\_ I copy files from one Apple device to another all the time.
What's so effing difficult? By the way, if you didn't do the
obvious thiing of just giving your inlaw the files on a USB
stick, CD, or even the iPhone itself, your effing answer is:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675
\_ This article talks about iPod. iPhone is not an iPod and
behaves differently. Do you have experience with iPhone?
AFAIK, you can only sync music to an iPhone from a single
computer. There is some 3rd party s/w which claims to do
this as a kludge by creating a new Library, but 1) That's
not the same thing and 2) That costs money. Your "obvious"
answer requires access to her home computer, which we don't
have right now. I am guessing you think you know more than
you know:
http://tinyurl.com/26xbjo
http://tinyurl.com/32n39m
I am getting really sick of Apple.
\_ huh what? I thought everything was supposed to be easy with Apple
products? |
| 2007/9/8-10 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:47955 Activity:nil |
9/8 Bitter Sexless Guy here. I was out last night with the internet
illuminati, and he said he bought an iphone when it first came out
for $600, and then amex price protection is giving him $200
because of the recent price drop, and Apple is giving him $100
in credit, so now he's pretty happy with his $300 iphone.
\_ Have you looked into SSRI? I'm on my 300th day without sex
and still feel alright!
\_ The problem for me is the cost of the service and not the cost
of the phone. |
| 2007/8/6 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:47545 Activity:kinda low 88%like:47550 |
8/6 Karl Rove + iPhone
http://www.time.com/time/politics/whitehouse/photos/0,27424,1650240,00.html
\_ Perhaps the Bush administration would like to know what most people
working at Apple (inluding their top executives) really think of the
Bush administration. Even Steve Jobs told his employees to vote
Democrat during a company-wide conference.
\_ Just because Steve told them to doesn't mean they did. Voting
is still anonymous in this country. |
| 2007/7/11-12 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Consumer/CellPhone] UID:47258 Activity:nil |
7/11 iPhone: Will it blend?
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone
\_ It's impressive that the LCD is still lit after the first few
encounters with the blades. |
| 2007/7/10-16 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:47242 Activity:high |
7/10 My girlfriend downloaded music from iTunes onto another computer,
which we do not have access to anymore. Apple has record of the
purchases through the "Purchase History" option, but their policy
is that you can only download once. I never realized that. WTF?!
Why would they have such a policy when they clearly know what she
bought? Has anyone sued them over this? We have so many songs in
our Library that we didn't realize we didn't have these few
missing songs for months. It makes me want to buy all my music on
CD from now on.
\_ Free market and Universal Privatization will solve this problem.
\_ It's your responsibility to backup your own music as Apple
recommends. Apple isn't obligated to serve their bandwidth
for you to lose your music. But they do offer a one-time
exception.
http://thecontent.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/itunes-lets-people
-re-download-all-your-music-once/
\_ I think if Apple provides a service then they should be
obligated. Either I have a right to the music or I do not.
I should only have to buy the same music once. Ever. Especially
if I have proof that I purchased it. Thanks for the link. In
it, the claim is made that Apple is the only online music
content provider that DOES NOT allow one to download as many
times as one wishes.
\_ Apple sells you something as is, warns you what you're
getting into, tells you to take precaution, and you
willfully purchase their goods. You then demand more
than what was originally agreed to and ask Apple to
wipe your ass. So Apple wipes your ass and you're still
complaining. Man, beggars can be choosers.
\_ While I agree with you, it's worth noting that if you lose a
CD, no one is going to send you a new one for free.
\_ I would argue that if the RIAA wants to sell content
then they should provide a CD for free - or for the
cost of materials - if you lose it.
\_ buy the un-drm'd versions, get it on CD, or pir8 it.
\_ Yeah, I like that Apple is now charging more for the music
without DRM, even though it's less work for them to do.
\_ But it has more value to the consumer. DRM-hampered files
*should* cost less than DRM-free.
\_ However, they cost more to produce. Apple is saying:
"Here is a product with no value-added. We will charge
you more for it than for the value-added version."
It's like when detergent companies remove the dyes and
perfumes from their products and then charge the same
(or more) for it.
\_ To be fair, the un-DRMed versions are also higher
bit rate. So there is /some/ extra cost.
\_ It does have higher value. To you. They are charging
you more to let you do anything with it. The crippled
version costs less. But you understood all that.
\_ The crippled version costs what it always costs
and around what other vendors charged. Then
Apple removes their value-added and charges
more. You might have a point if they came out
with a crippled version and charged less for it,
but that's not how it worked. Hey, it's a free
market, but I am just pointing out how, as
someone said earlier regarding the black laptops,
Apple charges more for something old and brands it as
new. Un-DRMed was the de facto standard, but now
it's 'iTunes Plus' and costs more.
\_ "More" and "less" are relative terms. The pricing
model is no secret. If you don't like it, don't
buy Apple's products. That was my solution.
\_ You don't seem to understand prices. They have
nothing to do with cost, they have to do with what
people will pay based on perceived worth. Cost
merely dictates profit or loss.
\_ I understand Apple's retarded marketing very well.
The only reason they can pull this off is
because most Apple users drink too much of the
Jobs Kool Aid. While the same public that
waits in line for 3 days to buy a phone might fall
for practices like this, I am turned off by it.
BTW, I complained to Apple about this and they
let me download my purchases again, except
for a whole bunch they claim they do not sell
anymore?!?! So kudos to Apple on doing the
right thing.
\_ Translation: "I didn't read the fine prints
and now my gf and I are fucked. I hate
Apple because they fucked up dumb people
who didn't read the fine prints. Fuck
Apple!!!"
\_ It has nothing to do with reading fine
print. I am complaining about Apple's
retarded policy. Whether it's in fine
print or not is irrelevant.
\_ Don't buy Apple products in the future
and let them know why. If enough other
people do the same the policy will
change. If you're the only one then at
least you're not getting screwed anymore.
\_ Agreed. That's why prices for brown rice are
higher than for white rice. It used to be the
other way round in China a generation or two ago.
\_ that is why i HATE Apple products
\_ It's a free market, you're not forced to use Apple products.
\_ I think the DoJ should investigate Apple for cornering
the market on MP3 players and phones.
\_ They are nothing like a monopoly in the mp3 market and
certainly have not cornered anything. The DOJ has better
things to do than strong arm apple into giving you music
cheaper from your preferred vendor.
\_ Yeah they're busy denying the fuck out of
knowing who is running what inside the dept.
what the hell does the DOJ do anyway.
\_ I could say the same about M$ and yet it happened.
\_ You could say the same thing about MS but it would
not be true. The music industry has many options for
selling music. The hardware industry was strong
armed into selling windows-only and paying fees on
hardware that didn't even have windows on it. A very
big difference. No one is going out of business if
they choose not to sell music via Apple.
\_ I was talking about Windows and IE. There
were plenty of other browsers out there.
\_ Totally different case. Win+IE has nothing to
do with MP3 players+itunes. Music is not
locked to a particular company, device or
service and Apple is too small a player to
force anything on anyone. People do it
voluntarily because they drank the Steve Jobs
Koolaid which isn't an anti-trust violation.
\_ The Steve Shall Punish you, Sinner! |
| 2007/7/6-8 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:47184 Activity:nil |
7/5 URL name says all:
http://stupidiphonelady.com
\_ Uh, no. The young guy has all the time in the world and waited
12 hours to earn $800 (not bad), but maybe the stupid iphone
lady could earn much more than that in 12 hours. Granted she
couldn't buy more than 1 iPhone since she didn't read the rules,
but it sounds like she's wealthy enough to spend a lot of money to
not have to wait 12 excrutiating hours. It's no different than
seeing wealthy yuppies in Beverely Hills willing to pay $40 parking
tickets to buy $5 Pinkberry yogurt. Sounds like a win-win
situation to me |
| 2007/7/1-5 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:47143 Activity:high |
6/30 JOBS IS YOUR NEW iGOD
\- link:tinyurl.com/2sxpf4
\_ Here is the full article:
http://nymag.com/news/features/33524
\_ Maybe he will actually allow his OS to run in a VM some day.
I don't get all of the iPhone hype. It's a phone. It's a nice
phone, but it's a phone. It doesn't do anything existing
devices didn't do, do them cheaper, or possibly even better (I
haven't used one yet, so I can't say). Why is there so much
hype over a flipping phone? My coworker took off work yesterday
to go get one and when he did he had to spam us all with photos
of him in line, him opening the box, and so on. Give me a
break. I'm sure I'll have some similar device in a year or two
and it will be more featureful and cost half as much. Why is
this such a "must have" device that people will wait in line
to pay $600 for one? And I'm not talking Mac geeks here. I'm
talking 20 year old receptionists in Des Moines.
\_ let me guess, you also think most people are stupid right?
\_ Just people who wait in line for a new phone. -John
\_ I'm a well educated urbanite and I simply don't understand
why people want to live in Los Angeles! It is a total dump
because *I* hate LA and I don't see WHY anyone else wants
to live there!</sarcasm>
\_ What about iPod and Gucci and Louis Vouitton stuff? They are
completely useless shit yet people want them. Why? And what
and Porsche Cayenne and Chevy Suburban? Clearly they have
no values for 98% of the daily commutes in the US but people
want them. Why?
\_ People do not typically line up at 4am a day in advance
to buy a Gucci bag or a Suburban. My question is not:
"Why do people want a phone?" as much as "Why is this
particular phone so hyped?"
\- they might line up at 4am to get a Birkin Bag. It also
costs 10x - 100x what an iPhone costs. Yes, I am not
kidding ... a bag pricier than a Suburban.
\_ Purchacing one of these should be grounds for
institutionalization.
\- if you make me king for 6mos,
i will deal with them.
\_ Shithead.
\_ Welcome, King of Hearts.
\_ I think you mean Queen of Hearts: OFF WITH
THEIR HEADS! Partha, you know that you don't
hit people, right? You know, grade school
stuff. -- ilyas
\_ No, ilyas, I meant The King of Hearts,
with Alan Bates. If he's King of this lot,
trust me, the analogy is apt. --erikred
\_ My apologies, that's even funnier.
\_ I can't speak for the great unwashed since I didn't line
up to buy one, but I'm excited at the idea of an LCARS-
esque interface. I know the iPhone is not that, but it's a
step closer, and that's worth getting excited about. That
said, I don't have $500 for a toy right now.
\_ Well, iPods are the most popular mp3 players, so getting that
with a phone and google maps and whatever must be appealing.
It's a lot of money yeah. I don't know, a lot of people like
to spend money on gadgets and cars. If I travelled around a lot
I think this phone could be quite useful. My non-sexy phone
already plays mp3s fine though and cost nothing.
\_ I forgot to mention that you have to use Cingular's crappy
service. As a current Cingular customer that would seal
the deal for me *not* getting an iPhone right there.
\_ "Yes, but MINE is an apple!"
http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2005-05-08.shtml
\_ I was reading this, thinking "wow, what an amazingly
stupid person" then I realized it was OSC. Good for a laugh,
but boy is that guy clueless...
\_ I thought he was spot on.
Everybody else makes black notebook computers.
Apple decides to be different and makes white/silver ones
Apple later makes black ones just like everybody else
and now prices them $150 more than their white/silver
ones.
Apple fanbois are idiots.
\_ Do you really think that OS X has the same amount
of security and reliability flaws as Windows XP?
\_ Do you really think the addition of Randy Moss
significantly increases the odds of the Pats
winning the Super Bowl? What the hell does your
question have to do with the statement above?
Stupid Apple fanbois...
\_ Awesome: you'd rather have a cheaper, easier-
to-zombify machine. The irony is choking me.
\_ Your Alanis Morissette sense of irony is
choking me.
\_ I don't know about "easier-to-zombify", but
I, for one, would indeed rather have a
cheaper machine, all else being equal.
\_ I use both at work and home, so I have
no emotional investment here, but the
point seems to be that "all else" is not
equal.
\_ Ya think? Why do you think I said
"all else being equal"? Maybe because
I understand they aren't? The point is
that cost is not a virtue. (But if you
want to get into it, I find them equal
enough that what matters is the apps
available, and Windows wins there.)
\_ Did you even read OSC's rant? If you did, your
English comprehension skills are very poor. Or
maybe I should just follow your lead and say:
OSC fanbois are idiots.
\_ Yes I did read the rant. Did you? One of his
main points is that Apple fanbois seem to
always think that Apple invents stuff that
they just copy. I cited an actual example.
Everybody makes black notebooks. Apple at
first made white ones. Then when they decide
to "think different" and make black notebooks
like everyone else, the Apple fanbois are like
like everyone else, the Apple fanbois are all
OMG! Black! Must have! and Apple charges a
premium for a product that now looks like
everyone else. Now, idiot, please spell out
everything else. Now, idiot, please spell out
why this is untrue without an ad hominem
attack or bashing Microsoft/Sony/Motorola.
Fucking dumbass.
attack on the author (I don't even know who
OSC is other than that he wrote Ultimate
Iron Man which sucked) or bagging on
Microsoft/Sony/Motorola which was never
brought up by me or OSC. Fucking dumbass.
\_ Pretty amusing that the guy who says
"Apple fanbois are idiots" and "fucking
dumbass" now complains about ad hominem
\_ It's called a demonstration of real
irony, moron.
irony, you fucking turd burglar.
\_ Is the part where you claim there
is no reference to Windows in the
article supposed to be "irony" as
well? I am so confused, what part
of your argument is a genuine
attempt to make a point and what
part is just an attempt to
ironically make yourself look
clueless? Maybe you could use
markup tags next time.
attacks. Go back now and v-e-r-y
s-l-o-w-l-y read the part where OSC
says that Mac's are no better than
Windows because they have security
bugs, too! Perhaps you did not realize
this, but the line "just like Windows"
is a reference to a Microsoft operating
system (which you claim OSC never
brought up). He also explicitly mentions
Microsoft in the line "despite the best
efforts of Microsoft." Read more
carefully next time.
\_ Yeah, I find it totally amusing that
you're a total buffoon.
\_ I know you don't care, but your facts
are mostly wrong. Although the Mac
Portable could arguably be called white,
all powerbooks until the g3 era where
grey. In the g3 era, the powerbooks
were black and the iBooks were white
+ color (like the iMacs) (the first
all white iBook came in May 2001). The
black powerbooks were much loved amongst
the fan base. Many fans did not like the
switch to Ti and Al. It is for these
historic customers that Apple seems
to have reintroduced the black MacBook.
The assertion that Apple decided to
"think different" by copying others
is, therefore, mostly inaccurate.
I can understand that you may not
understand why someone would pay more
for a black MacBook than a white one.
That may be a valid argument, but
then again people seem to be willing
to pay more to buy cars and clothes in
specific colors and the use of such
colors, though common by some is still
regarded as "innovated" when adopted by
a major market participant - perhaps
as a reflection of the economic risk
involved.
specific colors.
\_ "I took History of English in grad school and followed the
familiar pattern -- attempt to explain how English got to
be the way it is today."
As a former English major, I find OSC harder and harder to
take seriously. Can he not afford an editor?
\_ I think Cingular went away didnt it |
| 2007/6/30-7/1 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Consumer/Audio] UID:47138 Activity:high |
6/30 JOBS IS YOUR NEW GOD
\_ Maybe he will actually allow his OS to run in a VM some day.
I don't get all of the iPhone hype. It's a phone. It's a nice
phone, but it's a phone. It doesn't do anything existing
devices didn't do, do them cheaper, or possibly even better (I
haven't used one yet, so I can't say). Why is there so much
hype over a flipping phone? My coworker took off work yesterday
to go get one and when he did he had to spam us all with photos
of him in line, him opening the box, and so on. Give me a
break. I'm sure I'll have some similar device in a year or two
and it will be more featureful and cost half as much. Why is
this such a "must have" device that people will wait in line
to pay $600 for one? And I'm not talking Mac geeks here. I'm
talking 20 year old receptionists in Des Moines.
\_ let me guess, you also think most people are stupid right?
\- THEY ARE.
\_ I'm a well educated urbanite and I simply don't understand
why people want to live in Los Angeles! It is a total dump
because *I* hate LA and I don't see WHY anyone else wants
to live there!</sarcasm>
\_ What about iPod and Gucci and Louis Vouitton stuff? They are
completely useless shit yet people want them. Why? And what
and Porsche Cayenne and Chevy Suburban? Clearly they have
no values for 98% of the daily commutes in the US but people
want them. Why?
\_ People do not typically line up at 4am a day in advance
to buy a Gucci bag or a Suburban. My question is not:
"Why do people want a phone?" as much as "Why is this
particular phone so hyped?"
\- they might line up at 4am to get a Birkin Bag. It also
costs 10x - 100x what an iPhone costs. Yes, I am not
kidding ... a bag pricier than a Suburban.
\_ Purchacing one of these should be grounds for
institutionalization.
\_ Well, iPods are the most popular mp3 players, so getting that
with a phone and google maps and whatever must be appealing.
It's a lot of money yeah. I don't know, a lot of people like
to spend money on gadgets and cars. If I travelled around a lot
I think this phone could be quite useful. My non-sexy phone
already plays mp3s fine though and cost nothing.
\_ I forgot to mention that you have to use Cingular's crappy
service. As a current Cingular customer that would seal
the deal for me *not* getting an iPhone right there.
\_ "Yes, but MINE is an apple!"
http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2005-05-08.shtml
\_ I was reading this, thinking "wow, what an amazingly
stupid person" then I realized it was OSC. Good for a laugh,
but boy is that guy clueless...
\_ I think Cingular went away didnt it |
| 2007/6/29-30 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:47116 Activity:nil |
6/29 libs hate the iphone
http://twitter.com/anildash/statuses/126304372 |
| 2007/5/14 [Health/Men, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:46618 Activity:kinda low |
5/14 NSFW. "... who cares what a vagina feels like when you can have your
hand whenever you want it? However, I do admit that like in the
\_ The problem with that is I never "want" my hand.
movie "American Pie," I have used an apple pie to please myself,
and it felt great! I have also tried using a microwaved banana
peel, but I liked the apple pie best. "
http://www.jackinworld.com/qow/q136.html
\_ I once tried a ripe papaya with the seeds removed.
\_ Ick. |
| 2007/2/1-6 [Science/GlobalWarming, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:45639 Activity:nil |
2/1 Boredcast Message from 'smurf': Thu Feb 1 14:36:36 2007
Cool exxon mobil made 4.5 million in profit per hour last quarter. Must
be nice.
\_ Their profit was 11%. Apple's was 14%. Are you going to call Apple
on it or not?
\_ It is cool, my XOM stock is up 21%!
\- i dont think you can really compare energy, healtcare,
phone, cable, utility etc providers with a computer and
consumer electronics company. [although apple might be
playing some games with price advertising. i forgot what the
practice is called but i think they offer companies money to
NOT advertise prices lower than a certain amount. but
potentially artificailly raising the price of a ipod by a bit
is different from artificially manipulating oil supply].
\_ The difference being, "ipods (and apple corp) are cool and
big oil is not, so apple is good, oil is bad.
\- no, that is not the difference. the difference is
apple doesnt have externalities or influence govt
policy on a comparable scale. the one somewhat suspect
thing is the price adverstising thing. also, there are
scale factors. e.g. you cant compare say growth rates
of china and the us ... a company can always sell off
parts of itself to raise it's profit percentage. [e.g.
ibm selling off storage, or ge doing this all the time]
re: ipod, YMWTGF: (minimum advertised price, MAP).
\_ What does any of this have to do with apple being cool
and thus getting a pass, and oil being evil and thus
not? |
| 2007/1/9-16 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:45543 Activity:nil |
1/9 Will kill for iPhone. Pass it on.
\_ Very cool, but I hope they'll continue developing the higher
capacity iPod models.
\_ You can view them and watch demonstrations on stage at
MacWorld Expo at Moscone Center, but they won't let you play
with one there. |
| 2006/10/28-30 [Science/GlobalWarming, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:45022 Activity:nil |
10/28 Why is it that activist have a hard time acting like decent civilized
people?
http://tinyurl.com/yaqals (macworld.co.uk)
\_ Because they're on a mission from God. (Or Gaia in this case.) |
| 2006/9/27-28 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:44570 Activity:nil |
9/27 http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/27/apple.wozniak.reut/index.html What's the difference between a nerdy leftist engineer (Wozniak) and an outgoing and outspoken leftist salesman (Jobs)? One is still living in the past and the other one has moved on and enjoying his celebrity status and wealth. \_ "he sold stock cheaply to other Apple engineers before the company's successful initial public offering in 1980 so that they could share in the wealth." Leftist philanthropy. |
| 2006/8/24-28 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:44133 Activity:nil |
8/24 Apple recalls iBook and PowerBook batteries:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06245.html
\_ So do we now jump on the "smash apple" bandwagon like we did dell?
\_ URL for ordering an exchange battery:
http://support.apple.com/batteryprogram |
| 2006/8/22-24 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:44092 Activity:nil |
8/21 Found an app called 'witch', nice MacOS cmd-tab "supplement." Lets
you also choose between minimized windows of an app. -John
\_ Try looking at mdfind (spotlight search). There are also
plenty of nifty built-in command-line utils at
http://www.matisse.net/OSX/darwin_commands.html |
| 2006/6/14-16 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:43382 Activity:nil |
6/14 I am thinking of getting a 17" Macbook Pro to replace my 17"
Powerbook G4. I haven't been following CPUs lately. Is there any
reason to wait (i.e. something better is just around the corner)?
\_ merom is supposed to be released around september. it will be
64 bit and use less power than the current chip. if you can wait
that long, you might as well.
\_ Do you think that is when Intel will be shipping the chips or
the chips will be shipping in products?
\_ that's when intel will release merom.
\_ that's when intel will ship merom.
\_ in an OEM world, yes. by the time a chip is shipped in
retail, many products will be shipping with chip in it.
Rather Mac has such deal with Intel or not is another story.
Rather you are willing to pay hundreds of dollars of premium
for a new chip is another story. And no, I don't see what is
the big deal of having 64bit CPU when OS and applications and
device drivers are all 32 bits. knharv
\_ merom? Looks pretty similar to 'yermom'
\_ Don't you think Apple might take a little longer to put the new
revision of MBPs out? The new chip isn't massively better than
the old so I'd expect them to put it in a regular product refresh
\_ Sounds like it might be a while. Will it be true 64 bit?
If so, does that mean there will be a 64 bit version of
MacOS X for Intel?
\_ http://tinyurl.com/kf27l
If it's true it looks like it should be a pretty simple
drop in replacement. |
| 2006/6/9-13 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:43334 Activity:nil |
6/9 Is there an easy way to get iPhoto to export all pictures in an
album into directories with the iPhoto folder names? -John
\_ this is the reason why I refused to use Apple's product :D
\_ Good point. Just found Canon imageviewer for the Mac, maybe
that'll do. I just hate that iphoto has some cool features,
but automatically saves images in date-sorted folders (which
are different from the in-application folders.) -John |
| 2006/3/27-29 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:42451 Activity:nil |
3/27 Any recommendation for a USB 2.0 PCMCIA card for an older
Powerbook with USB 1.1 builtin? Or should all cards be
about the same? |
| 2006/3/18-20 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:42308 Activity:nil |
3/18 Were any sodans involved in the apple hacking (getting XP to run on
a Mac) project?
\_ why you want to do that? don't you want to do other way around?
running OSx86 on a cheap laptop such as a Dell instead? |
| 2006/3/6-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:42105 Activity:kinda low |
3/6 arstechnica review of the mac mini:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macmini.ars/1
Conclusion: "The minis are across the board superior to their G4
predecessors. ... [B]etter specs all around make the mini's tiny
footprint even more enticing than it was 14 months ago."
\_ Are you going to believe arstechnica or tom@sodashardware?
\_ gee, a site that rates everything six or higher gave it an
eight. I'll go out and buy one right now! -tom
\_ I'm not sure I understand why anyone is hot n bothered by this
whole thing. The box either does what it is supposed to at a price
buyers find competitive with attractive looks or it just won't sell.
What is the issue?
\_ forget your kool-aid this morning? -tom
\_ what? how does "I don't get it" have anything to do with
being a kool-aid drinker? --baffled
\_ Kool-aid drinkers are hot and bothered that someone
is suggesting that $600 for a slow-ass machine without
a monitor, keyboard, or mouse, isn't a good deal. -tom
\_ uhm ok, well I never got hot n bothered and dont even
own a mac so sure, I guess I didn't drink mine this
morning....
\_ I completely agree. The new mini will have to sink or swim
in the mkt place. I posted the review, so that those interested
could read it and make up their own minds. [ I will admit that
that I chose to highlight the conclusion b/c I like the mini
(both PPC and x86) and think they are nice little machines. ]
-minifan |
| 2006/2/28-3/1 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:42031 Activity:nil |
2/28 Anyone tried running the hacked MacOS on generic wintel hardware?
Review?
\_ I did and the Steve showed up 10sec later and yelled,
"THIS IS MY BOOM STICK! Don't steal OSX!"
\_ was that really a shotgun he was holding? |
| 2006/1/21-24 [Computer/Domains, Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:41474 Activity:nil |
1/21 I'm setting up my mac on a subnet @ school. It doesn't recognize the
other computers on the subnet without typing in the full address.
How do I enable that?
\_ that's a function of dns or whatever naming service you're using.
it has nothing to do with machines being on the same subnet.
for dns, if macos uses /etc/resolv.conf, edit that, or do the equiv.
\_ equiv is to use System Preferences->Network, click on ethernet
and type in the nameserver in the DNS Servers text box. |
| 2006/1/10-12 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:41318 Activity:moderate |
1/10 http://www.apple.com/macbookpro So what happened to all those "G4 chips kick intel butt" folks? \_ 2 generations of cpus \_ They are also introducing a Intel iMac. Does that mean the G5 will be phase out? What I really want is a Intel MacMini. \ - !op \_ Yes! The G5 heats up your room nice and warm! \_ what is big deal about Mini? I thought it was designed to used up all the surplus G4 processors. \_ It's an iMac, except no built-in monitor. What's not to like? \_ Except the iMacs can have beefier cpus that generate more heat and non-laptop HD. Last version of iMac had G5 cpus. \_ yay. so happy i didn't buy a $1200 powerbook a few months ago. |
| 2005/9/28-29 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:39903 Activity:high |
9/28 Just bought a 12" Powerbook, and it's very poorly manufactured (case
parts not aligned, wobbles, etc.) and the vendor claims that Apple are
hardasses about replacing screwed up hardware if it's otherwise
working, and that they have no support. I really like the laptop,
but it's a bit disappointing that it's got such a badly assembled and
warped case--can someone from Apple confirm that it's this
difficult? -John
\_ That's really too bad. Most of the PowerBooks I've played with
were pretty well built. But like any manufacturing process,
there's always a percentage of fallout where the product isn't
manufactured to the tolerances set for whatever reason. It's
like the theory for car manufacturing. You never want to buy
a car that was built on a Friday or at the end of the work
day because that's when workers are thinking about other things.
\_ the only support problems I've had with apple products where
when I tried to deal with third party types (like
http://macconnection.com) instead of apple itself. -meyers
\_ Can I control that? How do I find out if a car is build on a
Friday?
\_ Mondays are bad too. Workers are just getting over their
break. I'd say Wednesday is optimal.
\_ Dealers have this information. Just ask for it. They
know the exact date on when the car was built.
\_ Friday car quality myth today
http://user.classifiedguys.com/sto/st120504.htm
\_ Not from Apple, but this doesn't match my personal consumer
experience with Apple. Call Apple support for confirmation.
\_ did you buy a decked out version or a middle-of-the-road version?
in my limited experience, companies like to save their nicely built
batch for the expensive ones with three years warranty, and their
batch for the expensive bundles with 3-years warranty, and their
crappy batches (a bad pixel there, things don't fit quite right)
for the budget brands with 1-year warranty. Same model notebook.
for the budget bundle with 1-year warranty. Same model notebook.
i've seen this for fujitsu S series (made in Osaka) and
thinkpad T42.
thinkpad T42 (China).
\_ Did you get AppleCare?
\- your apple is a lemon.
\_ Yeah--3 year support, but I'm being told that they pawn off all
support stuff to some outsourcer who "doesn't replace units."
It's registered with Apple--I'm just wondering whether this is
normal, or whether, if these guys are difficult about it, I can
just somehow go to Apple directly and get it done. I've just
gone through support hell with IBM (never again, fuckers) and
don't have the time or energy to constantly fight with laptop
mfgrs. or their peons. -John
\_ iLemonade
\_ Why not just give it a shot and report back to motd. I think
most of the Apple people on CSUA are engineers and dn't
know what's going on at ops and tech support (replacement
policy, etc.).
\- my powerbook has been back to apple like 5 times and
i think they have done a reasonable job of repairing.
the only think about by tibook i think is ass is the
powercharger and power charger connection ... the other
breakage was due to unusual stresses. oh i guess the latch
isnt that solid either.
\_ I think it's a warped body in this case. -John
\_ I dropped my wife's iPod Mini. We had AppleCare.
They replaced it, no questions asked.
\_ what kind of IBM support hell? I just had the mainboard of
my T41 replaced under warranty in a different country than
where I bought it using drop off service at the counter in
their office downtown. kept the drive for myself, and they
made no noises about the obvious corrosion of screws and
other signs of harsh operation!
\_ Treated like shit by their incompetent call center, not
allowed to park at service center where I went on my own
accord after being ignored by call center, told that it
would cost me ca. $1k to replace a MoBo on an X31 ca. 5
months out of warranty (which fried when I closed the lid),
lied to about the initial date of warranty, told that to
get a _cost estimate_ for the repair would cost me ca. $160,
had some smarmy customer service woman call me in response
to my utterly amazed complaint and have the chutzpah to
me to a 5% rebate deal they were having on their current
suggest a 5% rebate deal they were having on their current
models ("it has an airbag!") Told by the guy who runs IT at
my gf's company (which has a massive global contract with
IBM) that they've been treated worse. -John |
| 2005/9/7-9 [Computer/HW/Display, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:39539 Activity:nil |
9/7 I'm looking for a usb 2.0 pci card that allows a G5 to "deep sleep".
Does anyone have any recommendations? |
| 2005/8/7-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:39030 Activity:low |
8/7 My grandmother has an original iMac that she is donating. She
wants to erase the hard drive before it leaves her
house. What's the best/easiest software for doing this?
(she just upgraded to a iMac G5).
\_ Get a firewire cable and plug the old iMac into the new one.
Place the old iMac in firewire target-mode by holding the
Place the old iMac into firewire target-mode by holding the
letter "T" during boot. Then you can reformat the drive
by using Disk Util on the new iMac. On Tiger, there's an
option of wiping the disk with zeros several times over
but this will take a while.
\_ Original iMac doesn't have Firewire and can't run tiger.
I'm thinking maybe she can boot the debian installer CD
and run dd. Any ideas?
\_ You only need tiger on the host computer, not the
target. You could always just yank out the disk
and put it in another computer where you can run
a disk zeroing (or randomization) util on it.
\_ Wouldn't random bits be better than zeros?
\_ Can't she use the MacOS install boot disk and run disk utility?
\_ Does OS 8 Disk Utility have a way to zero the drive?
\_ I found knoppix for powerpc. It is a couple years old
but should be okay: http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/powerPC
\_ if you can boot a linux, *bsd, etc. off live CD, the "shred"
command is pretty convenient. it make sup to 25 passes, so
most likely you'd only let it go once or twice unless you
have extreme security concerns. works on block devices or
on regular files. |
| 2005/7/21 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:38751 Activity:nil |
7/21 Any recommendations for a car charger for a G4 Powerbook? |
| 2005/7/21-23 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Politics] UID:38745 Activity:low |
7/21 Any recommendations for G4 Powerbook car charger? How about solar?
You right wing crazies: do you want to overturn Mapp v. Ohio too
and go back to Weeks v. US or Wolf v CO.
\_ A friend of mine has the Kensignton universal adapter and he
likes it:
http://www.kensington.com/html/4103.html
Re Mapp - think that it was rightly decided b/c I fundamentally
mistrust the gov and think that the power of the gov over the
people should be very limited.
\_ I agree to a ceertain extent, but I would add that the purpose
of government is to protect the rights of the people against
the physical and economic tyranny of the few.
\_ What does economic tyranny mean? -- ilyas
\_ I'm guessing he means Big Bad Bill Gates forcing him
to run Windows in order to play DX10 games. |
| 2005/6/29-30 [Consumer/Camera, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:38360 Activity:nil |
6/29 I just upgraded to Tiger, and to I simply copied all my photos
and albums into iPhoto from saved versions (from the previous OS).
iPhoto has all the albums listed with their photos, but the
"Photo Library" at the very top doesn't contain anything. How can
I get all the photos from the subalbums to appear in Photo Library
too? Thanks. |
| 2005/6/25-28 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Consumer/Shipping] UID:38302 Activity:moderate |
6/24 Has anyone else had experience with FedEx's relatively new "Ground"
service? I ordered a brand new dual G5 from Apple which just vanished
into thin air after leaving a Sacramento facility the evening before
it was supposed to arrive. So far FedEx Ground seems to have no idea
what happened to it, and all they do when I call customer service is
tell me they are putting a "tracer" on it and that they will "call
back" (which never actually happens). Anyone have a clue what my
recourse is here? Basically I'm out $2400 and my computer has vanished
into thin air. I've heard that FedEx Ground's claim process takes
4-6 *weeks*. --lye
\_ Bug fedex every single day. Document each time/day and response
you get. Printout and also save all
screenshots/webpages of apple and fedex pages.
Contact/inform both fedex and apple. If no results in
reasonable time, also consider cancelling charges on
your credit card after consulting/informing apple.
Fuck that 4-6 weeks, give them 4-6 days.
\_ Call your credit card company (I assume you used a credit card) NOW
and reject the charge. The consumer is always right.
\_ In this situation, you're not FedEx's customer -- you're Apple's
customer. Apple is FedEx's customer; let Apple deal with FedEx.
You shouldn't be the one filing a claim with FedEx because you
didn't ship that package. Call Apple, tell them you didn't
receive your computer, point out that the company they contracted
with to deliver it to you seems to have misplaced it, and suggest
that Apple try it again (perhaps with a different shipper).
If Apple wants to delay shipping a replacement system while they
wait for FedEx's investigation, then insist that they refund your
money until either the original system is found or a new one is
shipped to replace the lost shipment.
\_ I shipped something for my mom via fedex ground last week and
it arrived w/o any problems. Given you situation, I agree w/
the other suggestions. BTW, any reason you picked ground shipping
for a g5 vs the other shipping options (apple has given me free
non-ground shipping on all my orders, including for my g5)?
\_ Apple did not say it was shipping ground. The "free shipping"
option simply said "FedEx," as far as I can recall. The other
choice was "expedited," but since I was adding memory and a hard
drive along with other things (thus delaying the ship time), that
seemed unnecessary. Since today is Monday, I'm trying to get the
ball rolling on the above suggestions. I will let you all know
how it goes. --lye
\_ It gets worse. Apparently since this computer was purchased
through the employee purchase program (long story), the Apple
store customer service people won't even talk to me.
Meanwhile, FedEx has absolutely no clue where the package went,
although they have a "trace agent" in Pittsburgh "looking into"
it. According to him, if the package was put on the wrong
truck it could literally be on its way to anywhere. Fuck
FedEx Ground - they have permanently lost my business.
Meanwhile, any idea what I should do with Apple? Oddly enough
I *was* able to deal with an EPP support guy on Friday, but
now that route is apparently closed to me. --lye
\_ Keep on Fedex, call your CC company to cancel, and call
Apple again but start from scratch since you hit a dead
end. Don't tell them it was EPP unless there's a specific
EPP complaint group you can talk to. I understand why
you're upset with Fedex, IMO you should be just as upset
with Apple and crawl all over them. They're the ones who
have your money but didn't deliver your product. Fedex is
just some middleman and not as important IMO.
\_ Well, I started from scratch with Apple and yelled a
lot, which seemed to get me further. They have now
opened their own investigation into the matter, and
say that they should be contacting me within 3 days.
As soon as they consider the shipment lost, they will
overnight me a replacement. We shall see where things
go for now. In the meantime, I would urge anyone
shipping via ground to avoid FedEx ground. Their
overnight service seems outstanding, but apparently the
ground service was originally a company called "RPS"
that FedEx bought and rebranded. I've looked around
and talked to people about them and have heard many
horror stories like this, all involving mysteriously
vanishing shipments.
\_ Similarly, "FedEx Kinko's" is Kinko's, not FedEx.
Today I got to hear a FedEx person rant about how
much time she spends tracking down the packages
that Kinko's loses. |
| 2005/6/20-22 [Computer/HW/CPU, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:38206 Activity:kinda low |
6/20 I was waiting for a powerbook G5 and then come this announcement
about a switch to intel. Now I'll just sit tight and see what
comes out. Anybody else doing the same? I'm wondering if I'll
be able to run windows on a intel-based powerbook (so that I don't
have to run virtualPC). Thanks.
\_ You will not be able to run Windows on Apple-branded hardware;
so says Apple. (And VirtualPC >> dual-booting anyway). -tom
\_ http://news.com.com/2100-7341_3-5733756.html
"That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They
probably will," [Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller] said.
"We won't do anything to preclude that."
\_ There is nothing that prevents Microsoft from making Windows
compatible with Apple's Intel boxes if they really wanted to.
Of course, to run it legally, you'll have to pay the full
price for Windows since it probably won't come with the machine.
\_ Where did you read this? The last thing I read said that they
wouldn't stop anyone from running Windows on an intel mac.
\_ How well does direct3d peform on VirtualPC?
\_ badly. Probably still badly when Apple switches to Intel
chips. If you want to run Windows direct3d applications, get
a Windows box. -tom
\_ So "VirtualPC >> dual-booting" means?
\_ Dual-booting is a major pain in the ass, no matter
what the two OSes are, but especially if one of them
is Windows. -tom
\_ Intel's new line of chips is supposed to support
VT technology so you can run two oses and switch
between then without a reboot. Should be nice
if it works.
\_ I wouldn't wait if I didn't have a laptop and if I needed one NOW.
But if you can wait and then buy one as soon as Apple comes up
with one, the only problem that I can think of is that probably not
all of third party commercial Mac software will be ported to Intel
by then.
\_ Some insider dirt: I heard that the Unreal Tournament guys got
a working universal binary port together in about two hours.
I'm thinking this transition will be a lot easier than 68k/PPC.
\_ Gee, UT was an engine that was orginally ported over from
x86 to PPC. Don't you think that's going to make porting
it back to x86 just a wee bit trivial?
\_ You still haven't told us if/how you fixed your PC networking
problem. You wanna share your experience?
\_ If you want to wait for an x86 PB/iBook plan on waiting more than
1 yr unless you are willing to deal w/ the curse of the rev 1 pb.
Personally I'm waiting for Apple to release an iBook w/ a Quartz
Extreme 2D compatible video card and I'm going to get that and
hold onto it until the kinks are worked out of the x86 line. The
reason I'm going w/ the iBook is that it is almost as light as
the pb and is significantly cheaper.
\_ thanks for the tip. The reason why I've been holding out for
a G5 PB is because I've heard that virtualPC runs very slow
on a G4. VirtualPC on an Intel is probably going to be a lot
faster. I don't play games so graphics performance is not an
issue for me. -op
\_ Go away pervert. Go hug a snuggy. |
| 2005/6/19-20 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:38193 Activity:nil |
6/19 I'm going to upgrade to Tiger, and I'll be backing up all my files
to do a fresh install. What is the best way (if there is a way) to
back up all my iPhoto images and then bring them into Tiger, still
in their original albums, subalbums, etc. Will a simple export and
import accomplish this? Thanks.
\_ I installed Tiger on a new HD, then I hooked up my old HD and
copied the iPhoto library over. This seemed to work.
\_ Thanks, but unfortunately I'll be installing Tiger onto
the same drive that currently has the old OS.
\_ copy your entire Pictures directory onto another
drive.
\_ I backed my dad's iPhoto library onto dvd using toast
and then copied it back over and it seemed to work okay.
If your library is bigger than 4 gb this won't work
though. |
| 2005/4/30-5/3 [Science/Electric, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:37438 Activity:low |
4/30 Any suggestions for a solar panel solution for running a g4 powerbook?
Do you need a special adapter/voltage controller or can you simply match
the voltage requirements and trickle charge it? -scottyg
\- if you are looking for something for nepal rather than car
camping, i feel the solar options have too high encumberance
[weight + bulkiness]
\_ actually looking for something to put on my bicycle trailer for
for long distance trips. I'm trying to decide between a flexible
solar panel or a Brunton 25watt trifold model. -scottyg
\_ I've asked about laptop solar panels on the motd before, and
no one seemed to know, but several people were interested.
Please let us know what you end up buying.
\_ ditto. am very interested, but don't know anybody who
has firsthand experience. -sax |
| 2005/4/6-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:37093 Activity:nil 66%like:37076 |
4/5 When will Apple release the Orgy?
\_ Will the Tiger pray the Longhorn? Tonight at eight on Discovery
Channel. |
| 2005/4/5-6 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:37076 Activity:nil 66%like:37093 |
4/5 When will Apple release the Tiger?
\_ Will the Tiger pray the Longhorn? Tonight at eight on Discovery
Channel. |
| 2005/4/1-3 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:37034 Activity:nil |
4/1 Jobs to take helm of IKEA:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/01/steve_jobs_joins_ikea
\_ He's keeping CEOship of Pixar and Apple. Jobs for Dictator
For Life! |
| 2005/3/19-21 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:36766 Activity:nil |
3/18 What's the best way to see if a certain kind of memory will work on
a Mac? I'm looking at
http://slickdeals.net/#p5870
and want to know if it'll work on my sister's iBook or my PowerBook.
TIA.
\_ http://www.kingston.com
\_ http://www.crucial.com Kingston memory that was supposed to
work in my G5 Tower most spectacularly did not. Crucial matched
with the right memory at reasonable prices, and now I'm
cooking with fire. |
| 2005/2/17 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Memory] UID:36223 Activity:nil |
2/17 I need to buy a computer for photo-processing. Currently, on a 3 GHz
P4, it takes Photoshop ~1min. to open up a 5-6MB raw file, and even
longer to do any processing. Are any PC-clones comparable to Apple's
Power Mac's in terms of photo-processing power? A Dual PowerMac1.8
w/1GB RAM, and 20" screen is $3300. Top-of-line PC's are much cheaper.
Suggestions? Advice? TIA.
\_ If you buy the G5 w/o the stock ram and just buy 1 GB of RAM
from fry's you can easily save $300 or so. Also, if you are price
conscious get the Dell 20" wide-screen lcd rather than the Apple,
you will save $300-$400 there as well.
Couple of other options to save money on a G5:
1. buy from amazon -> no tax
2. find a friend who is still in school and get a student discount
3. find a friend who has a apple employee purchase program (sun,
cisco, lockheed, &c. have such programs)
4. get a refurb from http://apple.com (I've bought several w/o any
issues)
If you want to stay on PC, perhaps you may want try a dual proc
board (PS on Mac is optimized for dual proc, probably is on pc
as well), perhaps a dual opteron w/ a 9800 or a X800. |
| 2005/2/11-12 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:36147 Activity:nil |
2/11 More links for Scrolling Trackpad iBook Dude:
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=245015
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/index.html
\_ what is 2-finger scrolling?
\_ Ask yermom, she likes it.
\_ clever. |
| 2005/1/19-20 [Computer/Companies/Ebay, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:35795 Activity:moderate |
1/19 Thinking of changing jobs. I asked about this before but my post
got trolled. And I won't post my name for obvious reasons. I'm
interested in a position at Ebay or Apple. I heard the bonuses
at Ebay are pretty good. How about Apple? Any current employees
would like to comment on the salary/bonus and general atmosphere?
Thanks.
\_ If you get married Steve Jobs has the right of first opportunity.
\_ It's called Prima Noctis. Ugh. Ignorant savages all of you.
\_ That was the case when my pixar-employee friend got married!
\_ What does it mean?
\_ During feudal times, the feudal lord had jus prima noctis,
the "right of the first night" with the brides of any of his serfs.
\_ During feudal times, the feudal lord had jus prima
noctis, the "right of the first night" with the
brides of any of his serfs.
\_ Wow! Better than the emperors in ancient China!
\_ Yep, that's so fucking uncivilized.
\_ It makes me want to rally the Scots and take on
the King of England!
\_ It's good to be the king!
\_ It never happened. Just a story. |
| 2005/1/19-20 [Computer/HW/CPU, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:35792 Activity:kinda low |
1/19 USB>>Firewire or Firewire>>USB? Give reasons and specs. Round 1 START!
\_ Yersister >> Yermom
\_ Yersisiter + Yermom >> Yersister
\_ Yersister + Yermom >> Yersister
\_ Firewire has a way better plug. USB upside-down looks the same
unless you look inside the plug. What a stupid design.
\_ From a usability perspective Firewire wins hands down. On
interface, on cpu load, etc. Unfortunately USB is cheaper.
\_ Firewire has less overhead and in practice is faster. |
| 2005/1/11-12 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:35661 Activity:low |
1/11 Can I install XP on an iMac Mini?
\_ You sick, sick human being.
\_ Think about this for a second: It's a G4 processor. Is there a
PowerPC version of WinXP? No. You could install VMWare on a mini
mac, and then put XP into that, but it'll be s-l-o-w.
\_ Microsoft bought Virtual PC to offer this kind of functionality,
which has been mostly stable on G4 for awhile. Yes, it's
very slow.
\_ You mean VirtualPC. VMware is x86 only and doesn't do emulation. |
| 2004/12/23-25 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/Graphics] UID:35421 Activity:nil |
12/23 What's a good program to convert an mov to an MP3? I've tried
Alive Video Converter and Audio Commander. Audio Commander
says "processing file" and then does nothing. Alive Video
Converter says that something is wrong with the mov file. It
plays fine in Quicktime, though. I tried another mov file that
also works fine in quicktime. Alive Video Converter is using most
of my CPU for quite a few minutes, but is still stuck on 0%
complete.
\_ ffmpeg --dbushong
\_ iTunes |
| 2004/12/13 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:35259 Activity:nil |
12/13 http://www.americanangst.com/dingfries.html \_ Plug your headphones in / turn down your speakers though. \_ Wow! Stupid AND boring! |
| 2004/11/24-26 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:35054 Activity:nil |
11/24 Anybody here have an iMac G5? How are you liking it?
\_ The 17 is louder than the 20, very easy access to insides,
rare for an Apple consumer machine, CPU isn't quite fast
enuff & non-gamer graphics if that's yer thing. I give it a B.
\_ 20 inch: beautiful screen. Great design. Weak speakers.
\_ Are there any consumer desktops with *good* speakers?
\_ My PC is good at making the ASCII 7 startup beep. |
| 2004/10/26 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:34346 Activity:nil |
10/26 please email me sodans working at apple computer corp. -dpetrou |
| 2004/10/19-21 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:34237 Activity:high |
10/19 I'm looking at an apple laptop, and I'd prefer something that can put
out high quality audio (I'm not the monster cable guy though)-- do the
ibook or powerbook have optical audio out? tia.
\_ no, neither of them does.
\_ If you want high-quality output from any computer, your best bet
is for an external DAC, which is usually connected by USB. You
might try looking for a CardBus optical out, don't know if they
exist.
\_ Strictly speaking, a USB->Optical out is not a DAC
Nevertheless, that's a good suggestion if OP can find one that
is supported in OSX.
\_ He was asking for high-quality audio, not necessarily
optical out. The USB DAC I was referring to is a DAC. More
info:
http://www.stereophile.com/digitalsourcereviews/731/index1.html
\_ The higher quality digitial audio interfaces are either
PCMCIA or Firewire -- they range from 600-1200, give or take.
There are plenty that work with OS X. Echo Audio, MOTU,
M-Audio, and Metric Halo all make nice ones. Stay away from
Digidesign, though.
\_ The best bang for buck Firewire interface at the moment, IMHO,
is the Edirol FA101:
http://www.edirol.com/products/info/fa101.html
--lye
\_ The hardware looks good, but how are the drivers?
I had an Edirol USB interface several years back, but
i couldn't use it at low latencies (below 256 frames [or
was it samples?] per buffer), because the drivers
introduced too much overhead. I've had a MOTU 828
since then. A bit pricier, but I've been very happy
with it. -pp
\_Only the g5 has an optical out. But there are plenty of USB DAC that\
work for the mac...also there is the Airport Express (with Monster cables).
\_ 828mkII is the STANDARD (!!11!) but I think its been
surpassed by the competing Metric Halo interface. As
for the Edirol, the FA101's drivers on OSX are reported
to be rock solid and fast. I don't own one personally
though, so that's secondhand information from a friend
who does serious semi-pro sound design work. Can't
speak for Windows, but then this question wasn't
originally about Windows.
\_ why would latency matter unless you are trying to do
realtime mixing or studio work?
\_ For music creators, it's nice to at least have
the option to get low latency, but if you just
want to play music off your laptop, then you are
right, latency doesn't matter (in fact, you can
set it as high as possible to minimize resource
utilization) -pp
\_ Only the g5 has an optical out. But there are plenty of USB DAC that
work for the mac...also there is the Airport Express (with Monster
cables).
\_ Does Mac OSX have issues with standard usb audio endpoints? I spent
about $70 on a USB->toslink optical adapter from a mail order shop
in Berkeley that markets to minidisc player owners. Works great
from my thinkpad to my Yamaha receiver, but this old model only
provided 2 channel 44.1 and 48 KHz. I use it with linux to play
MP3s and DVDs with downsampled dolby surround. |
| 2004/8/21-22 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:33067 Activity:high |
8/21 Desperately need apple core-er. jnat
\_ NO this is not a computer part! :) I need a device to remove the core
from actual apples, to make apple sauce, apple pies, apple wine, etc.
\_ NO this is not a computer part! :) I need a device to remove the
core from actual apples, to make apple sauce, apple pies, apple
wine, etc.
\_ get metal tube from home depot and sharpen edges. add hammer.
oh, and learn to format.
\_ Pampered chef has one that's mediocre. You might want to try a
hardware store. |
| 2004/8/11 [Computer, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:32833 Activity:nil |
8/11 Do USB or Firewire have any inherent advantages over Power over GigE?
\_ Broad compatability. |
| 2004/8/4 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:32682 Activity:high |
8/4 The new batmobile in action:
http://www.aintitcool.com/downloads/batmobile.mov
\_ If it's in quicktime, it ain't cool.
\_ why?
\_ Ignore him, he's still bitter about the one button mouse.
\_ I actually remember the first time I saw a computer
"crash." I'd been using the Apple ][e for several years
and all of a sudden there arose a demented cult of
zombie-like users who claimed that their piece of shit
doorstops had godlike powers even though there was no
command line, no decent games, you couldn't program
it, and it crashed all the time.
\_ But dad, its not 1984 anymore!
\_ You never had to do Ctrl-Reset to get out of a hang on
your ][e!? |
| 2004/7/28 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:32527 Activity:very high |
7/28 MacOS X Internet Connect.app vulnerability:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12157
\_ Does anyone use OSX?
\_ weak troll
\_ not really. whats its markeshare? under 1%?
\_ Among sodans, I'd guess that maybe 5-10% own at least one
Mac. 80% want one. And the rest are voting for Bush.
\_ What does voting for Bush have to do with owning a
Mac?
\_ Nothing. It was a weak troll.
\_ 3.7% in the US:
http://idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=pr2004_07_14_153325
\_ of course 90% of computer users are retarded. Everyone
knows that smarter users use macs.
\_ Smart users use command prompt to train their brains.:-) |
| 2004/7/20-21 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:32381 Activity:nil |
7/20 Does ipod work with usb 1.1 at all? with the apple usb adapter?
\_ my 2nd gen ipod works with usb 1.1 under windows xp
\_ My battery won't recharge when connected to a 1.1 port. |
| 2004/6/20-21 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:30920 Activity:high |
6/19 MacHelp: I have a G5 with an internal modem. I want to be able to
listen to audio from my phone line on my computer. How do I do this?
TIA. --erikred
\_ Go to Help->Mac Help and type "modem sound" into the question
box.
\_ Not exactly what I was looking for, but a step in the right
direction. Thanks. --erikred
\_ don't have a mac, so I don't know how it works, but if the modem
itself has a speaker, or a line to your sound, lookup the hayes
command set... If I remember correctly, you'll want ATM1 and ATL4
you can stick that into the modem init string (M1L4), or set it
once, and then write it to its settings with at&w |
| 2004/5/21 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Consumer/Audio] UID:30337 Activity:insanely high |
5/21 Why apple has an iPod division:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040520.html
\_ silly speculation. -tom
\_ How's that kool-aid tasting?
\_ I own a Mac, but I certainly haven't drunk the kool-aid.
Apple has significant challenges going forward, and the
biggest one is that they are still massively reliant on the
desktop hardware business; getting rid of it is not really
possible. -tom
\_ Because the iPod makes them lots of money. Duh.
\_ This from the same guy who has zip understanding of MMORPGs but
wrote a column on their economies. |
| 2004/5/8-10 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:30102 Activity:nil |
5/8 To the person who was asking about multi-bay Firewire enclosures
yesterday: http://csua.org/u/77z --jameslin |
| 2004/5/4 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:29997 Activity:nil |
5/4 M$ patents a new apple:
http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-5205574.html?tag=nefd.top
\?_ Wow, they really are planning to take over _everything_.
\_ Trying to license FAT format?
\_ Actually, the new LO-FAT format. |
| 2004/4/8 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/IO] UID:13079 Activity:nil |
4/7 I would appreciate recommendation of a fully Mac compatible USB
keyboard. Of course there is Apple Pro, but by experience it must
be more expensive than it needs to be. tia.
\_ what timing. from yesterday's /.:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/07/1630208
\_ I have a Mac and wanted the same thing. I ended up buying the
Apple Pro keyboard. I'm glad I did. First, it's a very nice
keyboard. Second, it's just really nice to have the Mac keys
on it ... a real Apple key, volume up/down/off, eject ... sure,
you could map them to something else, I guess, but I am glad I
spent the extra money to get the real thing. |
| 2004/2/16-17 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Display] UID:12277 Activity:moderate |
2/16 What's the name (or type) of the adaptor for converting
a PC-style computer monitor plug to one that's compatible
with the new Apple's?
\_ Apple uses the ADC (Apple Display Connector) connector
which integrates power, dvi and usb. Most Mac's come
with a video card that supports both ADC and DVI, so
you can hook up a non-apple flat panel to a Mac. They
should also come with a DVI to VGA adapter that allows
you to hook up a VGA monitor to the DVI port.
\_ I love how you can't use Apple monitors with Apple
laptops without a $100 adapter. -Apple Fan
\_ Actually there is just one recent model that can't, and that
is the one I own. Anyway Apple monitors are more expensive
than other brand even w/o the adapter.
\_ Actually there is just one recent model that need the 100+
adapter, and that is the one I own. But anyway I wouldn't
want to buy an overpriced Apple monitor. |
| 2004/1/27 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:11951 Activity:nil |
1/26 Anyone know of a good place online to buy/bid for used or
refurbished Macs (similar to http://dellauction.com)? Thanks.
\_ http://www.allmac.com
\_ How recent a mac?
\_ No older than a G4.
\_ http://csua.org/u/5q8 (MacWorld article on where to buy macs) |
| 2003/12/12-13 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:11434 Activity:nil |
12/12 Apple Store opens in Ginza, Tokyo, check out the line:
http://homepage.mac.com/hsk/applejapan.html
\_ some guy had a sars mask on (30' from end of line)
\_ wearing a mask is common if you have a cold there
\_ So if you sneeze and cough, stuff just kind of builds up
under there?
\_ yeah, so that it doesn't make other people sick
\_ wtf is wrong with those people??
\_ Apple's technology rules: http://trollaxor.com/text/inkwell.html
\_ obtheremustbefreetentaclepornatthefront
\_ Is it the first time Apple reaches Japan???
\_ No, but it's the first Apple Store, and in a very trendy shopping
district.
\_ it's their rodeo drive. overpriced.
\_ Walkin' down the Ginza
I heard someone blowin' a cadenza.
......
Well the music hit me
As hard as a case of influenza.
...... |
| 2003/8/13-14 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:29334 Activity:high |
8/13 I want to get the 17" powerbook with 1 gig of ram. But it's still
way too expensive. $3500+ Any apple employees or rumors on when the
next generation powerbook with G5 will come out? I'm waiting for the
price to drop on the current batch of powerbooks when the G5 version
comes out.
\_ I don't think you'll see G5 laptops for a while, but rumors say
Mac is planning PB updates soon. http://www.macosrumors.com
\_ The 17" powerbook is really a ridiculous machine, unless you're
never going to move it (in which case, why get a "portable"?)
It's big as a coffee table. -tom
\_ You get it to save space, so you can move it from home to work,
etc. Most people don't use their laptops on the road anyway.
It's a lot better than having to squint at a 14" screen.
\_ you could get a machine at home and one at work, with
better monitors, for the price. -tom
\_ You can also drive two ford escorts for the price of a
BMW. And you completely missed the point about it
saving space, but then you are very good at missing
the point in most regards on almost all topics...
\_ Is nice if yer working on ProTools or FinalCut.
\_ But it looks so cool in the commercial where the midget has
the big laptop and the chinese basketball player has the
tiny one. I was totally sold and bought a complete set of
each for everyone in my entire company!
\_ Do you guys know if the PB trackpads are customizable? ie, can
you doubleclick and scroll and do all sorts of fancy stuff with it
like you can in some of the newer PC notebooks? I played with one
at the Apple Store, but all I was able to do was move the pointer.
\_ It's all about the driver
\_ You can set clicking, dragging and drag lock with
the default drivers in the Mouse SysPrefs.
\_ I have one of these in that configuration. I like it a lot, BUT
it has already been back to Apple for repair under warranty. The
motherboard and SuperDrive were replaced. I do not know why they
replaced the drive. The problem was that it would not boot. Anyway,
I heard that a LOT of these were returned for this and other defects
(e.g. too many bad pixels). I am glad work paid for it, because as
much as I like it I'd be pissed if it was my $4K. --dim |
| 2003/8/5-6 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:29241 Activity:very high |
8/5 I have a friend who is trying to send a PDF attachment, but it
comes encoded as: Application/MAC-BINHEX40 instead of
Application/PDF. She's using Eudora 5.2 and Mac OS 10.2.6. She says
that the choices for encoding attachments in Eudora are: Apple
Double (MIME), Apple Single, BinHex, and Uuencode data fork. and
BinHex is checked. Why would MIME not be the default?
\_ Again (somehow my previous post got deleted) Use Stuffit Expander,
that should be able to decode a Mac BinHex format to something you
can read. Yes, they have a PC version. It's shareware.
\_ Do they make a Linux version?
\_ Duh, because Apple is a proprietary company.
\_ What is the best encoding to use?
\_ Something that as many other people as possible will have such
as UU or MIME. The point of encoding is to make sure other
people can decode it at the other end, yes? So it doesn't
help if you use some encoding method that's a few % smaller
in transit but the other side can't do anything with.
\_ BinHex preserves the resource fork along with the data. Yes, it's
specific to Apple, but there should be translators (i.e., data
extractors) available for other OSes.
\_ I shouldn't need an "extractor" to read a PDF attachment.
\_ you do, it just is built into your mail reader. P.S. using
the apple mail client you don't have this problem.
\_ That's the solution, EVERYBODY USE THE SAME OS!
\_ I meant if you send mail with the apple mail client you
\_ You write so clearly and accurately. How can I
("you") send mail with the apple mail cient w/o
buying the apple OS? Do you mean if "she" sends it
with "the apple mail client", instead of eudora?
pathetic moron.
\_ How can I send mail with the apple mail cient
w/o buying the apple OS? Do you mean if "she" sends
it with "the apple mail client", instead of eudora?
When you say "you", who are you referring to?
\_ The answer is: Apple Single. Apple Double encodes both the data
and resource forks as separate MIME attachments. Apple Single
just encodes the data fork. Why can't you Apple people just give
a straight answer? Is it because you cling to the useless resource
fork, or because you're inbred and none of you use any other OS?
\_ Thank YOU! People like you keep the world moving. Apple people
can't give a straight answer because they don't understand
how their computers work. Apple should understand this and make
their computers "play well with others" by default.
\_ actually Apple has thought of this. Resource fork
is optional on the new OS X... |
| 2003/6/17-18 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:28749 Activity:nil |
6/17 I've got some old 3.5" Apple ][ disks that I'd like to read. I
remember that old Macs (SE, LCII, etc.) could read Apple ][ disks,
but I haven't been able to find any. Anyone know where I can find
one to use for a few minutes? Thanks. -- mikeym
\_ Same question applies for 5.25 ][e disks -!op
\_ maybe weirdstuff? probably sell you one for next to nothing. |
| 2003/5/8-9 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:28381 Activity:moderate |
5/8 Slashdot reminded me that I have a bunch of old Apple IIe floppies.
Has anybody had any luck recovering some of that data without paying
through the nose?
\_ You can probably find external drives on ebay for $20 and then
you just need drivers for it. I'm sure someone has made
drivers for linux, PC, Mac, etc.
\_ Just curious but what could possibly be on A2e floppies that you'd
care about except maybe a working copy of Bilestoad?
\_ Robot Odyssey
\_ Wizardry! |
| 2002/12/8-9 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer] UID:26753 Activity:nil |
12/8 Can iPods interface with USB? I'd hate to buy a $70 Firewire card
for my PC...
\_ suck it up. --aaron
\_ Firewire cards are cheap. You can buy one for #20-30. For $70,
you should be getting a USB2/Firewire combo card. Besides,
do you really want to transfer gigabytes of MP3s over USB1.1? |
| 2002/10/5-6 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:26108 Activity:high |
10/5 It's all about the Woz, kids. Just keep the Woz in mind and you'll
be ok. http://www.brianhennessy.ch/woz.htm
\_ that rules. it's all been downhill since the Apple IIc.
I fucking hated the IIgs and knew apple was doomed when I saw
that evil mac-loving piece of shit.
\_ what was wrong with the IIgs??? I loved that thing... it
was the first hard-drive I ever used.
\_ I guess it's just personal. the computer teacher at my
junior high was obsesesd with that thing, and i hated
him deeply. he was also obscessed with the mac, which
i still hate.
\_ displacement, anyone? maybe you should call him. Deal
with these feelings you're having... |
| 2002/10/4-5 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/Networking] UID:26105 Activity:high |
10/4 Anyone need a firewire hub?
http://charismac.com/Products/firedino
\_ I liked it better when it was called Hubzilla. |
| 2002/8/5-6 [Computer/HW/Display, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:25499 Activity:moderate |
8/5 How many people have a sexy 23" Apple Cinema display, 1900x1280,
with a DVI to ADC converter?
\_ I'd like to know as I'm thinking about getting one,
or a similar panel, but I hear it's too slow for games. -ax
\_ the converter slow or the LCD slow?
\_ Only games LCDs are too slow for are FPS, mebbie some
fast top scrolling RTS. I use 15" LCD fine on FPS and
don't suffer too much of a hit vs CRT, but it depends
greatly on the quality of opponent.
\_ A friend of mine has one. It's gorgeous. I've seen him play FPS
and other fast games on it with no problem. Seen dvd movies on it
too. |
| 2001/12/30-31 [Computer/SW/Languages, Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/Printer] UID:23403 Activity:moderate |
12/30 I'm setting up a new Sparc box connected via switch to
a pre-existing Apple desktop. Would like to print to the printer
that is already connected (via parallel port) to the Apple.
What the best way to enable that? Can I turn the Apple into a
print-server? But this means I need to keep it powered up? Ideas?
\_ is the printer networkable? Sorry, dunno anything about apples.
\_ Um, mac's don't have parallel ports.
\_ Let's just pretend you didn't say "the parallel port" and move on:
try CAP or Netatalk.. can't remember which works better, but
one of those should allow you to print to a properly shared
printer hooked to a Mac. --dbushong |
| 2001/11/5-6 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Recreation/Media] UID:22936 Activity:high |
11/5 Can somebody download the star wars II trailer and put it somewhere
on soda? I can't get through to http://starwars.com. The entire site
is pretty much hozed for me. Thanks.
\_ Why bother. It is going to suck. They circulated a memo
around ILM to stop making fun of the movie in dailies.
\_ Try http://www.imdb.com
\_ /csua/tmp/ep2_breathing_m640.mov
\_ Cannot play back the video stream: no suitable decompressor
could be found. (Error=80040255)
\_ Are you trying via Media Player? It needs the Quicktime 5
codec, which I don't believe MP has.
\_ right. Apple has an exclusive deal with Sorenson that
allows only QuickTime to view Sorenson-encoded video
streams. (Most modern QT files use Sorenson.)
\_ thanks!
\_ damn, how do i play this on my non-windows non-mac
machine?
\_ read /.
\_ so which actor playys Annakinn?
\_ Hayden Christensen. He's currently in Life as a House. |
| 2001/8/29 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:22283 Activity:high |
8/28 Cupertino Ranch 99 has pulled the lychee jello stuff. --paulwang
\_ is this related?
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/abc/20010816/ts/candy010816_1.html
\_ Probably. But you can choke this way with other things like
ice cube or pieces of apple too. Are we over-protecting our
kids?
\_ But apple chunks aren't super lubricated and most kids
couldn't swallow an ice cube because it's too cold,
hard, and big.
\_ Doesn't being less lubricated make apple chunks more
likely to stop at the throat, hence bigger likelihood
for choking?
\_ Apples don't have coagulents that stick to flesh and
negate the heimlich maneuver.
\_ much like my cock
\_ can you really choke on ice cudes? I Always thought
they'd melt before causing much bodily harm.
\_ But it takes a while to melt. Plus very cold ice sticks
to flesh.
\_ WTF, who eats ice cubes anyway? It's bad for your
teeth. That's kind of sadistic to feed them to kids.
Hey Billy, here's a treat, an f'n ice cube! oh boy!
\_ much like your cock |
| 2001/6/30 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:21680 Activity:very high |
6/29 "We will meet again in the place where there is no darkness"
\_ 1984, right?
\_ In 1984, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And
you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984.
\_ And it'll take 11 years for M$ to catch up with the look &
feel.
\_ And MS will have a market cap 50 times greater than Apple.
\_ It's called being over and undervalued.
\_ Yeah, doesn't it suck?
\_ Well, it's Apple's own fault. They were shortsighted
in their market strategy and now they lie in the bed
they made.
\_ M$ Wins! game over.
\_ FATALITY
\_ B5, perhaps?
\_ good guess, but google for it. it's 1984
\_ On a related note, I personally found "Brave New World"'s vision
of the future much more disturbing that 1984 (granted 1984's vision
isn't that good). It seemed like all that is good about humanity
was missing from the people in BNW. Anyone else see it the this way?
\_ Funny, I found BNW a wonderfully comforting view that
finally the alpha brains get to rule, as they should. |
| 2001/6/15 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:21534 Activity:high |
6/15 Apple opened its store in glendale, CA. there isn't even one in the
bay area. Is this a sign of the times?
\_ There's already an Apple store at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino.
and Scary Movie 2 (wayans bros and the chick from band camp) are
coming out this summer.
\_ on a brighter note, Apocalypse Now++, Kiss of the Dragon (jet li),
and Scary Movie 2 (wayans bros and some chick) are coming out this
summer.
\_ Monty Python & The Holy Grail Special Edition at the
Shattuck! link:www.pythonline.com/newstuff
\_ What do you mean by apple store? There is one that sells Apple
computers on Shattuk, TSW sells them too.
\_ "The Apple Store" http://www.apple.com/retail - this is
_not_ their online store. this is like apple's version of
the gateway store.
\_ Wow, kewl... this like, so rewls. I hope they partner with
Starbucks... cuz last time I was drinking my Chai Latte, I
was thinking how kewl it would be if I could simultaneously
browse for neat gizmos in kewl plastic cases for my cute new
iBook. |
| 2001/4/15 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/Networking, Computer/HW/Printer] UID:20985 Activity:nil |
4/14 Does there exist a converter allowing me to connect USB devices to
old Mac's with serial (modem/printer) ports?
\_ VST (and others) sell PCI cards which will give you USB and/or
FireWire ports on (for example) a beige G3. -tom |
| 2001/3/9 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:20736 Activity:nil |
3/9 And you thought that Apple was a retarded paranoid company when
it came to trademarks:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/17454.html |
| 2000/12/3-4 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:19983 Activity:moderate |
12/2 what is this apple webobjects shit?
\_ Very ugly. Avoid.
\_ dogfood. Steve Jobs eats it.
\_ Former NeXT product that apple inherited.
\_ Correction: Former [crap] NeXt product that Apple [got stuck
paying for when Steve screwed Apple shareholders].
\_ I'm not certain when SJ screwed shareholders. I got out
while Apple was showing stunning performance. The IMac,
Ibook, PB G3, G3/G4, the flat screen and flat panels were
all great moves by SJ. Now the Cube, that's a complete flop.
Hopefully OSX won't be. I like it so far. |
| 2000/9/6-8 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:19187 Activity:nil 50%like:19604 |
9/6 Come join Apple next monday for job opportunities and free food.
/csua/pub/jobs/Apple
\_ Only if I get a cube. The computing kind, not the not-an-office
kind. |
| 2000/5/16 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:18272 Activity:nil |
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| 1999/6/21-23 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/Rants] UID:15999 Activity:moderate |
6/21 Opinions on "Pirates of Silicon Valley"? I thought it was good, but
too short. We didn't see the official introduction of the Mac and
the subsequent decline of Apple. Plus it focuses too much on Jobs and
the baby girl he tried to disown. The image of bill gates doing
a Travolta "saturday night fever" was great though. :-)
\_ Plot line: Jobs is a bastard. Gates is a bigger bastard. Gates
won. Pity neither bastard, they're both scum.
\_ That wasn't really Steve. -someone who works for Steve.
\_ The casting was great for most of the characters, but the
story was poorly handled, poorly presented, and was missing too
much detail to appeal to anyone who knew the story and wasn't
coherent enough for people who didn't know it. But I didn't
expect anything else. They could have phrased Microsoft's Apple
stock purchase a little less misleadingly too. -cdaveb
\_ Darn! I missed it. Will there be a re-run it on TNT?
\_ tonight 11pm and weds. 8pm.
\_ Anyone offering a place to watch it? -jnat
\_ 306 soda. this weekend. If interested
email prole@soda |
| 1999/3/24-25 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:15640 Activity:low |
3/23 What do people here think of the Apple Darwin project
(http://www.publicsource.apple.com I know RMS is bitching
about it, but it seems to me that it's just sour grapes.
\_ what else would you expect from RMS?
\_ Bwah-hahahaaa.. They STILL can't pull off OS-X by themselves,
so they've decided, "Hey, if we make it 'opensource', it will
magically happen, and we won't even have to pay the coders!"
\_ I'm involved in a discussion on Apple's publicsource list. There
are a number of difficulties with the license, which I hope Apple
will resolve soon. See
http://perens.com/APSL.html
http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/apsl.html
Search for "Apple" on http://slashdot.org to find several articles with
discussions about the license (and other issues). -- schoen |
| 1999/1/6-7 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:15173 Activity:high |
1/5 Anyone go see the MacWorld exhibitions? Worth $40?
\_ only if you think colored computers will save a company
\_ If you have to pay for any computer convention, you
are a loser. It is worth a free pass to sit in the
3rd row and chant loudly: "I believe in Steve! I
believe in Steve! I believe in Steve!"
\_ troll deleted
\_ Tom, you prick.
\_ Intergraph got kicked out of MacWorld for displaying Wintel
computers. See:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990106S0008
\_ If you have to play Sony Playstation games on your PMac G3/iMac
today, you have no choice - it's the only place to buy virtual
playstation for now (see Wed. SF Chron business section or
http://www.sfgate.com for more info) |
| 1998/8/17-18 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:14471 Activity:very high |
8/17 Why does iMac contain both Nevigator and IE? Why would Apple want
to help MS's business?
\_ Does $500M in stock ring a bell?
\_ You mean MS pays Apple to put IE in iMac, not the other way
round? I see.
\_ why would anyone pay for IE?
\_ Not exactly. MS owns $500M of Apple stock.
\_actually, it's $150M in stock. When MS bought the
\_ seen AAPL's price lately? It's alm"ost $500M now.
stock (around this time last year, they signed an
agreement that:
-Cross-licensed all of the patents held by both
companies. (Hence ending the legal problems
of MS "stealing" the Mac OS interface.)
-MS agreed to make feature-equivalent Mac
OS versions of every rev of MS Office for the
next 5 years.
\_ which means they'll be discontinuing the development
of MS Office for a better package.
\_ Heh...
-Apple agreed to make MSIE the "default" browser
on the Mac OS
...among other things. -icrew
\_ there is something rotten in the core of apple.
\_ There is a worm whose name is Steve.
\_ there are bad puns being made.
\_ I BELIEVE IN STEVE
I BELIEVE IN STEVE
I BELIEVE IN STEVE
\_ and i believe that steve
believes in claude
that's me... |
| 1998/4/9-10 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:13929 Activity:nil |
4/9 I hear Apple is coming out with a new version of ProDOS. Pls confirm
\_ It's true -- the cornerstone of their new OS strategy! (Rhapsody
will be cancelled.) The Lisa 3 will also be coming out in July.
\_ Apple had a strategy? That would be a change!
\_ And what have people heard about the skunkworks project, "Gus"?
\_ For what platform? Apple ]['s? |
| 1997/1/8 [Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:32034 Activity:nil |
1/8 I can't believe Apple spent $400,000,000 to buy NeXT
and then had to lay off its own employees to cut costs!
\_ Do you not understand the concept of "restructuring"? You take
money which isn't being well spent and start spending it well.
\_ It's uh, the Apple Vision Thang. They had Jobs and The Woz at
their shibang in SF. They didn't actually say anything about how
they're going to fix their problems but the flash and glitz looked
good. In fact it looked so good that afterwards their stock only
dropped another $.50/share instead of the roughly $5/share from
last week. Way to turn it around apple! Eventually they may have
an OS as well developed as their followers misplaced sense of
loyalty. >Insert .gif of Mac Happy Bomb here<
>Insert RESTART button here< |
| 1996/10/9 [Computer/SW/Apps/Media, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:31930 Activity:nil |
10/8 Anyone know of any shareware/freeware MPEG players that don't
have a 1 Meg before registering restriction?
\_ Get XingMPEG player. URL: http://www.xingtech.com
\_ If this is for some odd Un*x or other, you shouldn't have
to ask. If this is a Mac/WinBlows thing, you don't want
to ask.
\_ Silly me, I meant for Win '95. I know, I know, but I must use it.
\_ I use VMPEG... It works nicely...
ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Windows95/Graphics/vmpeg17.exe
\_ The Apple Quicktime player plays both MPEG and Quicktime movies.
\_ I d/l'd the Apple Quicktime player and it plays .mov files real
well, but when I try to play my .mpg's the thing doesn't work,
even though it CLAIMS that it can handle MPEG's.
\_ Thanks for the suggestion, vmpeg works perfectly. |
| 1993/11/18 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:31431 Activity:nil |
11/18 In his inaugural Comdex address, Apple Chairman Michael Spindler
promised a RISC (reduced instruction-set computer) machine on every
desk, and a Newton for every pocket. |
| 1993/11/15 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:31425 Activity:nil |
11/15 The beginning of the end. Apple is now selling a Mac with a 486
and MS-DOS 6.2. Micro$oft will own the world soon. |
| 11/23 |