MacGroup: OpenOffice without X11
Thought this might be of interest--if anybody's going to be at the Apple Expo Paris next month there's going to be a demo of an Aqua-native version of OpenOffice. No X11 window manager required. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/30/aqua_openoffice_goes_public/ | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 26 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: $899 iMac for Education?
According to the News.com article: http://news.com.com/2110-1041_3-6090628.html the education iMac has half the hard drive space and a cheaper video chip system than the regular low-end 17 iMac. --- Rex. On 7/5/06, Greg Schoettmer Greg at knightsridgefarm.com wrote: Looks like Apple introduced an iMac for Education. It's a 17 for $899.00. Is there any difference between this and a normal 17 iMac? See: http://www.apple.com/education/imac/ Greg | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: iPod accessory stores go brick-and-mortar
Bucking a trend, apparently a number of iPod accessory stores are going brick-and-mortar instead of online: http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-1035_11-6045837.html (If you get a membership pop-up when you visit this link, just click the close button that appears in the upper-right corner of the pop-up). --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Photo gallery from yesterday's Apple announcement
A fairly lengthy photo gallery of shots taken at yesterday's Apple announcement: http://news.zdnet.com/2300-1040_22-6044137-1.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: PC case that looks like a giant iPod
In case you want to build a PC but have it look like a giant iPod, they've now got the case for you: http://news.com.com/2300-1042_3-6042476-1.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Problem for Safari Users
Just thought I'd mention on News.com urls you don't actually need to include the path. Our publishing platform actually only cares about the numbers at the end, the path is strictly for Google optimization (pages rank slightly better on Google results when keywords appear in the path as well as in the article itself). So the url you gave below: http://news.com.com/Windows+flaw+spawns+dozens+of+attacks/2100-7349_3-60 16140.html can actually be shortened to this: http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6016140.html You could in fact insert whatever (url-encoded) string you want into the path: http://news.com.com/I+love+Louisville/2100-7349_3-6016140.html --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:19 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Problem for Safari Users On Feb 22, 2006, at 5:52 AM, RobK wrote: If you need some frustrating entertainment, go to Google News and follow the OSX virus link. There are 45 related stories (as of this morning) relating the doom and gloom for Apple now that it's inundated with viruses. The most disheartening thing about all this press is that perhaps the most dangerous Windows flaw ever discovered appeared during January: the Windows Meta File exploit [1]. It got almost no press, even though it was apparently put into Windows on purpose by Microsoft as a hack to make up for some design limitations with printer drivers. People are so used to devastating worms under Windows that they just view them as another cost of doing business. [1] http://news.com.com/Windows+flaw+spawns+dozens+of+attacks/ 2100-7349_3-6016140.html | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Ipod Shuffle, Nano or ????
Agreed. I have a shuffle I bought for the gym, and if you're listening to audio books that would be fine. But I'm mostly listening to music so I find it a bit limiting to not have a screen I can look at to browse the music. Hadn't realized it would be such an issue but it is. So I'm also thinking about getting a Nano instead. One other consideration, depending on the fine-motor skills of your child, is that the buttons on the Shuffle are kinda small and close together. I wear mine on an arm band and I often accidentally hit the play/pause button instead of the next button when I reach over to change tunes. That could get kinda frustrating for a young child I would imagine. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Ungar Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 10:28 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Ipod Shuffle, Nano or books on tape are a great idea. and, for that, a VERY reasonable option is the shuffle. and, they just dropped the price on them. i have a shuffle and have been happy with it. i'm looking for something with a screen now, but that is only because i have a lot of music i want to have access too. -stuart Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their families. 502-426-5376 LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Reading DVDs
A lot of the PC's and laptops I've seen switch component manufacturers seemingly at will. Two supposedly identical laptops may both have, say, an 8X DVD bruner. But it turns out one is from Toshiba and the other from LiteOn or some other manufacturer. Don't know if that's the cause of your G5 troubles, but I assume Apple does component switching as well to get the best prices. Could be a light incompatibility between the two drives somehow. I've seen similar difficulties because users were't seating the disc firmly onto the spindle so the disc was ever so slighlty mis-aligned. The poor little drive motor couldn't spin it up to speed. But that was laptop drives -- a desktop drive doesn't have that little spindle issue to deal with. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Crutcher Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:01 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Reading DVDs I think I already know the answer to this question, but I'll ask it anyway: Does anyone know of any reason why a DVD I recently burned on my PowerBook (as a data backup disk, not a movie) can be read by all of the Macs I've tried it on except one: two eMacs, my PowerBook and a G5 tower can read it, but it can't be read by one other computer, a G5 tower that is identical to the other G5. I've checked system profiler to make sure that G5 has a SuperDrive, and it does. The G5 that can't read the DVD just spins it up for a little while -- based on the sound the drive makes, it doesn't sound like it's ever reaching the higher speed spin that is needed -- and then the tray pops out. No error message. Is this likely just a case of one drive being finicky? The DVD is a Memorex brand DVD-R. It seems like I'm running across more and more cases of one computer being able to read a CD or DVD that another, identical computer can't read. What's with that? Dan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Apple may be eliminating the iPod shuffle
Always dangerous to read the tea leaves over at Apple, but they've just dropped the prices on iPod shuffles and have pushed out a low-end 1 GB model of the iPod nano: http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6035974.html The speculation is that they intent to phase out the shuffle. So all iPods will once again have a screen of some sort. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: MIDI connection question
I've never used this device so I'm not vouching for it. But companies do make USB-to-Midi adapters like this one from Yamaha: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Recording/Computer/Hardware?sku=3 32007 Again, never had any need to use it so I can't tell you if it's any good or not. Simply that such a device does exist. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of RWhite at neffpackaging.com Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 9:17 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: MIDI connection question I have a Yamaha midi keyboard (piano). It has a round DIN plug which I used to plug into an adapter that plugged into my old PC's joystick/midi port. My new PC does not have a joystick/midi port. My question is how do I get the midi signal into this new PC? Or for that matter, how would I get it into a Mac as well? Ray White | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be February | 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: things to carry laptops in
I think those dual pocket contraptions are called panniers, or I've also heard them called saddle bags. Most of the ones I've seen are just fabric, they aren't generally padded to protect the contents. If you're gonna put a laptop in there you should probably first put the laptop in some kind of padded sleeve. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:14 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: things to carry laptops in Bill, I have, from my former bicycle days, a contraption that fits over the back wheel of the bike, pockets on both sides, pretty good space depthwise, but i don't know how long your laptop is. I haven't looked at bikes in many a year, but mine has behind the seat a piece of metal over which this contraption hangs, like saddle bags. You are welcome to it, in fact, I have two. I also have back packs, all sorts, sizes , shapes and colors just lying around waiting for someone who could use them as well as other carrying cases, from attach?s to shoulder bags. My hiking times are over. I plan to be at that Anf?nger meeting of the group, and I could bring those bicycle contraptions and some. And Jerry, Freeman ,that is, why do you test my brain so much!? - It took me several precious minutes to figure out the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I guess, when I was small, we took liverwurst Brote to school. The first peanut butter I came in contact with was through a Care package from a friend in America after WWII. And we just licked this precious paste teaspoon by teaspoon trying to make it last and last! Marta On Jan 26, 2006, at 21:07, Jerry Freeman wrote: Put your laptop bag inside your backpack? Below your PJ sammich...jf On Jan 26, 2006, at 8:59 PM, Bill Rising wrote: Hey folks, Does anyone have a recommendation for something which would be good for carrying a laptop around via bicycle? I'm thinking of biking to work once it starts getting lighter in the morning, and the laptop bag I have isn't really made for using on a bike. Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 24 | at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: MS Word lite?
Yes, especially with earlier versions. The current release seems better, but I haven't used it that much on the Mac since installing the new version. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Holt Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:49 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: MS Word lite? Rex, Do you find that you have to fiddle with the display/font selection to get abiword to display correctly on screen? Bill Holt On Jan 24, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Rex Baldazo wrote: If all you're after is the word processor feature, NeoOffice may be a bit of overkill. For opening just basic MS Word documents, I find AbiWord more than capable: http://www.abiword.com/download/ Plus it's open source so it's free, and best of all cross-platform so you can have the same software running on your PC and Mac. -Original Message- From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Yeager Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:49 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: MS Word lite? NeoOffice works pretty well for those times when 'ya just gotten work with the dark side'. (It is free) http://www.neooffice.org/ Jerry On Jan 23, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: I thought someone on here may know the answer to this one. I need MS Word once in a while, pretty rarely, but still need it at times. Is there a lite version of MS WOrd? All I can see on the MS site is Office and I don't want to fork up a few hundred dollars to Mr. Gates. BTW, just bought a wireless mouse today. cool! -stuart Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their families. 502-426-5376 LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January | 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup --- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. In the mean time this next one will have to do: 'W' Is for wiretap. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January | 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 24 | at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: $17 printer at Target
Somewhat off-topic but I was at Target this weekend and they had a little Lexmark ink-jet printer, I think the model was Z517 or something like that, and it was on clearance for just $17. Of course the ink is what kills you--the combo pack that has both a black and a color cartridge runs about $35. It does come with one color cartridge to start you out, but no black cartridge. It's Mac and PC compatible, and if you're just looking for a cheap occasional-use printer this might be worth picking up. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: DVD/CD label question
I know this is not a good solution for you, but on PC's there's a new kind of burner called Lightscribe: http://www.lightscribe.com/ You know how the part of your DVD that's been recorded onto has a different color than the rest? Lightscribe uses the same basic effect to burn a label into the label side of your discs. Requires however both special software (currently PC-only) and special discs. Now in theory you can take a Lightscribe disc and burn the media side in your Mac, then take it to a PC with a Lightscribe drive and burn the label side on that machine. Tedious but you end up with a disc that has a label burned into the DVD. There's also printers capable of thermal printing directly onto a CD/DVD without requiring a separate paper label. Casio has a few for example: http://www.casio.com/products/Label_%26_Disk_Title_Printers/Disk_Title_P rinters/ --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of LuAnn Johnson Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:39 PM To: macgroup Subject: MacGroup: DVD/CD label question I read somewhere long ago that labels made on a home printer can get too hot in the DVD player and come loose and ruin the machine. For that reason I have only made labels for shorter DVDs because I figures 15 minutes or less wouldn't be long enough to get the label too hot. However, I now have some DVDs running close to 40 minutes that I want to give to friends, and don't want to ruin the looks of it by writing the labels with a marker using my sometimes nearly illegible writing. Has anyone else heard that labels can ruin the machine? Any other suggestions? Thanks. Luann | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 24 | at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Job Opening
Sorry, the link wrapped. Try this: http://careers.cnetnetworks.com:80/candidatebench/jobdetails.jsp?reqId= 14943type=ALLaccessKey=55!56!55!66!66!83*100!118*118!115*114!117!119 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Rex Baldazo Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:03 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Job Opening Just thought I'd pass along this job posting for our Louisville office: http://careers.cnetnetworks.com:80/candidatebench/jobdetails.jsp?reqId=1 4943type=ALLaccessKey=55!56!55!66!66!83*100!118*118!115*114!117!119 If you or anybody you know matches the qualifications, go ahead and apply thru the Web site but also drop me a line so I can mention you to HR. The job will not be a walk in the park. But it's a chance to put your stamp on a site that we're putting a lot of money into over the next few years, bnet.com. And thru that stamp you'll also be influencing features and integration with our other B2B sites like techrepublic.com and zdnet.com. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 24 | at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Any product plans for modern-era Duo-Dock?
If I had to make a bet I'd say you will never see similar products again. Simply because interfaces like USB 2, WiFi, and Bluetooth mean you can do most of that stuff over standard connectors rather than requiring a specialized dock. The economics of a two-piece computer like the old Duo just doesn't make sense these days. --- Rex. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of R. D. Preston Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:55 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Any product plans for modern-era Duo-Dock? To anyone with product foreknowledge (or a crystal ball in their pocket); Are there any product plans at Apple for a modern-era Duo-Dock? You know, that 'old fashioned' idea of a laptop with a desktop docking station for recharging, external devices, monitors, etc. ?? Why was the old one was discontinued, anyway? Regards, Russ Preston -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060112/77aa134e/attachment.html
MacGroup: apple store
Some analysts are expecting an Intel-based iBook. News.com has an article that will update as the keynote progresses, just reload the page periodically: http://news.com.com/2100-1040_3-6024731.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Ungar Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:21 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: apple store apple store is updating. something is a brewin' ! Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their families. 502-426-5376 LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com __ Yahoo! DSL - Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Diacritic marks
Unicode is an encoding that allows all characters from all languages to be identified uniquely: http://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html Remember that to a computer, these letters you're seeing are represented internally as just numbers. In the bad old days, what would happen is that different encodings might use the same number to represent different characters. So you might have the number 27 representing one character in the English alphabet while representing some other number in, say, the Cyrillic alphabet. Unicode does away with all that--every character in every language has a distinct and unique encoding. The number 27 represents one and only one character in the Unicode world. The one (minor) drawback is of course that you need a lot of bits to represent all those characters--Unicode requires up to 32 bits for each character. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Anne Cartwright Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 12:41 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Diacritic marks I have been waiting to see if Marta would ask, but she probably knows so I will ask. What is Unicode? In the increasingly complicated world of computers, one code sounds like a good idea. But I'm sure it's not simple. Anne Lee Larson wrote: On Dec 5, 2005, at 12:18 AM, Anne Cartwright reported: It doesn't seem to work in AppleWorks, and the macrons came through the mail after the vowels, but at least I know what it's called. I kind of expected it to fail in Appleworks. One of the reasons Apple is letting the program die is the lack of Unicode support. I am surprised Thunderbird is not Unicode-aware. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 24 | at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Bad capacitors in some iMacs
Apparently there are some new iMacs experiencing video failure and system shutdown problems related to some bad capacitors. Photo here to show how to identify the bad capacitors--their tops bulge up ever so slightly, instead of being flat like they should: http://news.com.com/2300-1041-5940552.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Apple tries to patent tamper-resistant software
Apple is filing a patent application for methods to ensure software runs on specific hardware: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5942107.html Clearly part of their plan to make sure the Intel-based OS X software only runs on Apple's Intel hardware, not generic (and cheaper) PC Intel hardware. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Ubuntu Linux for PowerPC
Just wanted to mention that if you have an old PowerMac that you're not using, you might experiment with loading a Linux distribution on it. I installed Ubuntu Linux on an old Blue-and-White G3 this weekend: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ This old G3 used to have OS X Panther on it, and I will say that Gnome (the GUI running on Ubuntu) is not as snappy on this machine as OS X was. The one advantage to Ubuntu is that it has a version for Intel as well as PowerPC. So you can have the same basic OS running on both platforms, though not all the apps run on both platforms yet. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Music moving to the Web
Thought this might be of interest--a lot of Apple's competitors in the music space have apparently decided to stop chasing the iTunes model. Instead of delivering their music thru an integrated application (a la iTunes), they're adopting Web-based music stores instead: http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5931944.html As part of this trend, AOL announced they've bought MusicNow and will be moving the entire AOL MusicNet service to the MusicNow platform, which is Web-based: http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5930749.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: strange event with iTune
I've had similar problems. One thing I found helpful was that I took the 60's Music smartlist which I never use anyway and changed the name to Recently Added. Then I changed the rule behind the smartlist so that it displays the last two week's worth of new music. That way if I come back and don't find the song where I expected it to be, it will at least be in the Recently Added folder and I can figure out from there if the name or whatever got messed up. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of LuAnn Johnson Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:20 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: strange event with iTune Next time I will definitely check files as they are imported. Thanks. Ed Wiser wrote: Song had incorrect tagging(it was not identified correctly). An audio file has meta data that iTunes reads if not correct you can get some strange results. I check files and hand correct some as I import. -Original Message- From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu]On Behalf Of LuAnn Johnson Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:24 PM To: macgroup Subject: MacGroup: strange event with iTune I imported into iTunes a song called Masterpiece by Sandi Patty. When I looked for it later to use in iMovie, I couldn't find it, so figured I must have just played it instead of imported it, so I imported it again. As it was importing, the song title/artist read I'm Outstanding by Shaquille O'Neal. It was then that I discovered that I had actually imported Sandi Patty's Masterpiece earlier, but hadn't realized it stored it as a different title/artist. Of course, I made the changes in iTunes - Shaquille O'Neal just isn't my cup of tea. But does this make sense? Or am I losing my mind? Luann | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September | 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October | 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 25 | at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be October 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Pix of the new Sony Walkman
Just FYI, photos of Sony's upcoming hard-drive based iPod competitor: http://www.atraclife.com/index.php?showtopic=242 --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: FW: fix for an annoying problem
This came across one of our internal Mac mailing lists, thought it might be of interest to some of you. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: Guy Ferraiolo Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:23 AM To: mac-users Subject: fix for an annoying problem Folks Something in a recent update made this much more frequent on my system. Between last Thursday and this Tuesday I rebooted my beloved dual G5 more often than I had since I got it. Now, all is well. From Macintouch John Bafford's Unlockupd 1.0 is a free utility designed to work around a bug in lookupd, a Mac OS X system service responsible for handling NetInfo, DNS, and other requests. The utility periodically checks lookupd's status and forces it to restart should it fail. The author describes the lookupd problem as follows: Lookupd has a bug (rdar://3632865) in its cache cleanup code that causes it to randomly crash. CrashReporter, the system crash log agent, does not properly handle lookupd crashes, and as a result, when lookupd crashes, the process is not terminated. Since lookupd has not terminated, mach_init does not respawn lookupd. From this point, any application that attempts to access lookupd, either directly or indirectly, will hang. http://www.dshadow.com/software/unlockupd/ FYI, Guy | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Internet Acronyms Dictionary
Another useful online resource for looking up computer terms is the Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:31 PM To: MacUser Group MacUserGroup Subject: MacGroup: Internet Acronyms Dictionary FWIW http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/?lookup=A Marta -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050916/266b9cc6/attachment.html
MacGroup: iPod Nano
The Apple.com site is a bit slow right now, probably being hammered by a lot of folks. Apple just announced a couple new products, the long-rumoured iPod phone and the iPod Nano, a super-small version of the iPod Mini: http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/mobile/ Here's the Engadget pages, in case Apple.com doesn't respond for you: iPod Nano: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000153057792/ Motorola Rockr: http://www.engadget.com/entry/123400051305/ | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Adobe CEO speaks about the Mac/Intel switch
A short QA with the CEO of Adobe, about the Mac/Intel switch: http://news.com.com/2100-1046_3-5844899.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Apple hints at big music announcement
Apple is inviting reporters to some kind of big event next week. Might be the video iPod: http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5844112.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Apple hints at big music announcement
Blast from the past! BTW, you can safely shorten News.com urls by deleting the title that's included as part of the path. So the link you had: http://news.com.com/Apples+iPod+spurs+mixed+reactions/2100-1040_3-274821 .html?tag=nl can be shortened to this: http://news.com.com/2100-1040_3-274821.html?tag=nl So that way you don't need to bother with getting a TinyUrl version. News.com and a few of our other sites put the article name in the path to help boost Google scores (when you search for a keyword in Google, if that word appears in the actual url it can boost slightly the relevance of the page). But physically our proxy server does not require that, it can return the correct page just from the filename at the end. --- Rex. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Kersting Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:26 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Apple hints at big music announcement Interesting story, but there's a much more fun link in the text: About halfway down when it talks about the introduction of the 5 gig iPod: http://tinyurl.com/by3wb rob Rex Baldazo wrote: Apple is inviting reporters to some kind of big event next week. Might be the video iPod: http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5844112.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org http://www.kymac.org . | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is . | List posting address: | List Web page: -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050831/752df6d5/attachment.html
MacGroup: Quake III Arena gpl
If you're into game programming, id software has just released under the GPL the source code for their old Quake III Arena game: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/19/news_6131614.html Includes a link to a page where you can download the ZIP file. Supposedly includes instructions how to compile for a variety of platforms, including OS X. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: 4GB flash iPod Mini?
Rumour is that Samsung has offered to cut their price on flash memory to make it competitive with the little hard drives Apple uses today in the iPod Minis: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050819_164307.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: The last PowerPC PowerBooks?
Rumour of course, but the scuttlebutt is that we may have only one more upgrade to the PowerPC-based PowerBooks and then that's it, nothing until the Intel-based PowerBooks: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1229 I thought Apple wasn't planning on an Intel-based laptop until 2007, which would mean over a year without any new PowerBook models. That can't be right, I hope. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: The last PowerPC PowerBooks?
The rumour only mentioned the PowerBook. The claim is they aren't going to be able to push the G5 much faster and that's why the PowerBook upgrades will stop. The iBooks don't run the very fastest processors yet so presumably they could be upgraded a while longer, until they're running the same CPU as the current PowerBook generation. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:58 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: The last PowerPC PowerBooks? Does that go for the iBook, too? Marta On Aug 12, 2005, at 15:49, Jerry Freeman wrote: who knows what lurks in the tattered crevices of steve jobs mind :) a lot of people will choose to wait it out unless they have a legitimate need for a powerbook now, or for some reason can't stand the notion of an intel box...jf On Aug 12, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Rex Baldazo wrote: Rumour of course, but the scuttlebutt is that we may have only one more upgrade to the PowerPC-based PowerBooks and then that's it, nothing until the Intel-based PowerBooks: I thought Apple wasn't planning on an Intel-based laptop until 2007, which would mean over a year without any new PowerBook models. That can't be right, I hope. --- Rex. ubiquitous \yoo-BIK-wih-tuhs\, adjective: Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be August 25. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: The last PowerPC PowerBooks?
Sorry, that should of course have been G4 and not G5. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Rex Baldazo Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 4:01 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: RE: MacGroup: The last PowerPC PowerBooks? The rumour only mentioned the PowerBook. The claim is they aren't going to be able to push the G5 much faster and that's why the PowerBook upgrades will stop. The iBooks don't run the very fastest processors yet so presumably they could be upgraded a while longer, until they're running the same CPU as the current PowerBook generation. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:58 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: The last PowerPC PowerBooks? Does that go for the iBook, too? Marta On Aug 12, 2005, at 15:49, Jerry Freeman wrote: who knows what lurks in the tattered crevices of steve jobs mind :) a lot of people will choose to wait it out unless they have a legitimate need for a powerbook now, or for some reason can't stand the notion of an intel box...jf On Aug 12, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Rex Baldazo wrote: Rumour of course, but the scuttlebutt is that we may have only one more upgrade to the PowerPC-based PowerBooks and then that's it, nothing until the Intel-based PowerBooks: I thought Apple wasn't planning on an Intel-based laptop until 2007, which would mean over a year without any new PowerBook models. That can't be right, I hope. --- Rex. ubiquitous \yoo-BIK-wih-tuhs\, adjective: Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be August 25. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be August 25. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
Scroll wheel on laptop (was RE: MacGroup: Hell froze over again! (and More))
Now if only they would put the scroll wheel on the laptop too :) Haven't seen it on Apple products but my HP laptop has a mousepad where a narrow strip on the right is in fact a scroll strip. If you slide your finger vertically along the right-hand edge of the mousepad it scrolls the window just like a scroll wheel would. Works fairly well. I think it's a third-party manufacturer, not HP, so Apple could license the technology for their laptops. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Creative's latest effort against the iPod
Creative has started taking orders for the Creative Zen Vision, which supports video, photos, and music: http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5817467.html It supports TivoToGo for those of you who use Tivo. Couple photos of the device, must admit the screen looks pretty good but these are publicity photos so you never know for sure what the real screen is like: http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-5817477-1.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Hell froze over again!
ROFL is shorthand for Rolling on floor laughing. It's also sometimes ROTFL meaning Rolling on the floor laughing. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:07 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Hell froze over again! Hey, I am around, too . What is the secret language of ROFL and the other Jerry's widget? I also want to smile, even laugh in the shape I am in right now..- And by the way, Rob, I like mightily what you said as well as Neal's comments. The string just developed so fast and i had not had the chance to even look at the website.(one button mouse combined with slow body movement) I always thought learning to play the piano was doing more for the hand muscles and dexterity than a two button mouse, or now a multi-button and multi-tasking man and mouse combined team (according to JF .) When you have arthritic hands and a feeble mind it might be more progressive to slow the mouse down, give it a new shape, maybe snail or turtle. For the mighty mouse crowd: Squeaks might be nice, too, or a squeal when you press too hard. Marta On Aug 2, 2005, at 17:01, Jerry Yeager wrote: ROFL, yeah that would do it (smile). Jerry On Aug 02, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: iMM Widget #1007. On Aug 2, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: Any guesses as to how long before someone hacks this to replace the clicks with squeaks ? --- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050803/81d3e4f0/attachment.html
MacGroup: Mighty Mouse reviews
Engadget has collected links to a bunch of reviews, some from bloggers some from regular media, for the new Apple mighty mouse: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000450052910/ | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Screenshots of Windows Vista
If you're interested, screenshots from the beta release of Windows Vista (the Microsoft OS formerly known as Longhorn): http://news.zdnet.com/2300-9590_22-5806815-1.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Sony releases PSP update that supports AAC
It wasn't really clear to me that this means for sure you'll be able to play songs purchased from iTunes Music Store on a PSP, but apparently sony has released a patch (for the Japanese version only so far) that enables AAC playback on a PSP: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/27/news_6129825.html I would think if it really did enable iTMS playback, there would have been some kind of uproar from Apple by now. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Google Maps
I think the scary part with the Google Maps photos is how good they really are. Remember these are the ones that can be licensed for public use. Can you imagine the resolution they must be able to get in the top-secret military version of these photos? --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Fletcher Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:15 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: RE: MacGroup: Google Maps On Jul 23, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Ed Wiser EWiser at bakerychef.com wrote: Hey its Mactown http://maps.google.com/maps? q=Mactownll=38.239645,-85.722908sll=38.208668,-85.566471spn=0.15704 2,0.275928sspn=1.322081,2.323608t=hnum=1start=0hl=en Nope, that's an empty building. MacTown is now at 128 E. Breckenridge in St. Matthews. Try this: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=128+E.+Breckenridge+Lane, +40207spn=0.004362,0.007237t=hhl=en BTW, the Satellite photos in Google are not real up-to-date. There is a garage in the backyard of my neighbor that has been there for a few years that is not on the Satellite photo that Google uses for my area. Musta gotta deal on 'em. j. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: MSN Virtual Earth
Speaking of Google Maps, MSN has launched their competitor called Virtual Earth: http://virtualearth.msn.com/ I'm at work so I haven't been able to verify if this works on a Mac. It does work though in Firefox for Windows so at the very least it ought to work on Firefox for the Mac. I love the fact that they even bothered to go with Firefox compatibility. The Microsoft of old would never have wasted the effort, I think they're feeling some heat from the success of apps like Google Maps. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Yahoo acquires konfabulator
Konfabulator, which made those cool Mac gizmos that were clearly the inspiration for Tiger's Dashboard feature, has been purchased by Yahoo: http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5803092.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: .doc file
If those aren't able to open the .doc file, there are a couple free open-source options. I particularly like AbiWord, because you can download just the word processor: http://www.abiword.com/download/ There's also a fairly decent Mac version of OpenOffice now: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/index.html but as far as I know you have to download the whole office suite, you can't just grab the word processor part if that's all you need. Both of these should be able to open even complex .doc files, though AbiWord does have some problems with complicated table layouts from Word. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Freeman Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:42 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: .doc file Appleworks 6 amd MacWrite should open your file. Text Edit should open it but may loose some formating...jf On Jul 19, 2005, at 7:05 PM, S. Blake wrote: Hi, How do I open a .doc file? I'm running Jaguar 2.8. TIA, Suzanne | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Safari Emulation
I hate to side with a bank but I've been in their shoes and I understand their position. The testing matrix to support two browsers is large enough--the resources to test every darned browser would be too much for any organization. You have to pick which ones you support, generally the ones with the largest market share. If other browsers are close enough that they can work that's fine but they're unsupported. I helped build our upload.com site which does a lot of the security and https stuff that a bank site would do--it was so difficult because we had to test on different versions of IE and Netscape and on Linux, Mac, and Windows. I cannot imagine if we'd had to add more browsers into the testing matrix (Safari, Opera, etc.). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Robertson Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:20 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Safari Emulation John, I have had accounts with National City and Chase, do online bill pay and transfer funds to my kids accounts, and have had no problems with Safari doing this. Good luck. Mike Robertson On Jun 21, 2005, at 12:16 AM, John Robinson wrote: Thanks to all, and Jerry, you are so right. I fully intend to let them know how I feel about their support, I have three personal accounts and my business account. I will move them all if they make it difficult. I should NOT have to emulate any other browser, and they will soon know this. John R. On Jun 20, 2005, at 11:08 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: If you don't like using Terminal to muck around with the setting, then pop over to version tracker and get Safari Enhancer: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17776 This allows you to turn on the Debug menu in Safari. Once it is turned on, use it to change the User Agent to one that this bank will support. Personally though, I would send them an extremely strongly worded letter pointing out that their reaction to your request has the marks of some very poor customer relations. Not to mention requiring IE puts your money in the account in serious jeopardy since IE is so bad at security that the Department of Homeland Security tells computer users to use a different browser (uh, you do not need to mention that your are running a Mac OS). Also point out that many other banks doing business in this local area have absolutely no problems allowing customers to use Safari. Perhaps your money would be safer with them. Jerry On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:39 PM, Profile wrote: Help is more than appreciated! Is there a way? My bank will not allow me to establish an electronic account with them unless I use Internet Explorer, or Netscape. I have written to them concerning Safari, their reply was a simple NO. It wouldn't bother me to change banks, I may do so even if someone out there suggest a workaround (other than using one of the browsers they suggest, I feel Apple's products should have support). I recall there may have been a way to get Safari to emulate another browser, but I have looked everywhere and I just can't find where to turn this feature on, if it exist. I am running OS X 10.3.9. Any help would be appreciated. John Robinson | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup --- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Safari Emulation
A browser does a lot more than simply render HTML pages. For example, in the case of a bank's Web site the browser must also support the security protocol (if you watch the urls you'll see that on your banking site the prefix will be https://; instead of plain http://; That s at the end of the http indicates secure http). So when you're building a Web site like this you have to check that a browser does stuff like: 1. Render the HTML properly (tables, colors, styles, graphics, etc.) 2. Handles the security protocols properly (displays appropriate warning messages, displays the little locked icon, etc.) 3. Transmits cookie and session info properly (that's how the bank computer makes sure it sends the right account info back to the right computer) You also have to test that the log out process correctly deletes the cookies you expect it to delete. This isn't always the case--a browser may have a bug in how it handles cookie expiration and deleting. So you have to test that all these bits of the browser work with your Web application. It's simply not humanly possible to test all the parameters against all the possible browsers out there. Take Internet Explorer as an example--you have to test at least three versions: IE 5.5, IE 6 without Service Pack 2, and IE 6 with Service Pack 2. Later this summer there will be an IE 7 to add to that mix. Then there's at least a couple Netscape and Firefox/Mozilla versions you should test against, with the added complexity of testing on multiple platforms (Firefox on the Mac behaves a bit differently than Firefox on the PC). It's just too much to test every browser--you test as many as you can and then everybody else is unsupported. The other browsers might in fact still work with the site but it's unofficial support, it's not tested and verified to work with those other browsers. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:21 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Safari Emulation I had never any trouble with a number of banks here in Loisville, also with certain websites that actually tell you they do not support Safari. I did have issues with BBT bank at first, telling me my browser did not work on their website, but somehow the webmaster or whoever emailed me and asked me to click on continue anyhow, then a second log-in got me in.That extra log-in and warning has recently disappeared and one gets right in with the first and only click. I don't understand all this, but my question : if a browser is not supported, what does it do to me the user? In fact, what does support mean anyhow in this circumstance and what do these companies actually test in a browser to give their Amen to the one or ones they will allow you to use? ( Testing matrix?) Marta To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. -Henry Ward Beecher, preacher and writer (1813-1887) On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:50, Rex Baldazo wrote: I hate to side with a bank but I've been in their shoes and I understand their position. The testing matrix to support two browsers is large enough--the resources to test every darned browser would be too much for any organization. You have to pick which ones you support, generally the ones with the largest market share. If other browsers are close enough that they can work that's fine but they're unsupported. I helped build our upload.com site which does a lot of the security and https stuff that a bank site would do--it was so difficult because we had to test on different versions of IE and Netscape and on Linux, Mac, and Windows. I cannot imagine if we'd had to add more browsers into the testing matrix (Safari, Opera, etc.). -Original Message- From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Robertson Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:20 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Safari Emulation John, I have had accounts with National City and Chase, do online bill pay and transfer funds to my kids accounts, and have had no problems with Safari doing this. Good luck. Mike Robertson On Jun 21, 2005, at 12:16 AM, John Robinson wrote: Thanks to all, and Jerry, you are so right. I fully intend to let them know how I feel about their support, I have three personal accounts and my business account. I will move them all if they make it difficult. I should NOT have to emulate any other browser, and they will soon know this. John R. On Jun 20, 2005, at 11:08 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: If you don't like using Terminal to muck around with the setting, then pop over to version tracker and get Safari Enhancer: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17776 This allows you to turn on the Debug menu in Safari
MacGroup: Safari Emulation
-in and warning has recently disappeared and one gets right in with the first and only click. I don't understand all this, but my question : if a browser is not supported, what does it do to me the user? In fact, what does support mean anyhow in this circumstance and what do these companies actually test in a browser to give their Amen to the one or ones they will allow you to use? ( Testing matrix?) Marta To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. -Henry Ward Beecher, preacher and writer (1813-1887) On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:50, Rex Baldazo wrote: I hate to side with a bank but I've been in their shoes and I understand their position. The testing matrix to support two browsers is large enough--the resources to test every darned browser would be too much for any organization. You have to pick which ones you support, generally the ones with the largest market share. If other browsers are close enough that they can work that's fine but they're unsupported. I helped build our upload.com site which does a lot of the security and https stuff that a bank site would do--it was so difficult because we had to test on different versions of IE and Netscape and on Linux, Mac, and Windows. I cannot imagine if we'd had to add more browsers into the testing matrix (Safari, Opera, etc.). -Original Message- From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Robertson Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:20 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Safari Emulation John, I have had accounts with National City and Chase, do online bill pay and transfer funds to my kids accounts, and have had no problems with Safari doing this. Good luck. Mike Robertson On Jun 21, 2005, at 12:16 AM, John Robinson wrote: Thanks to all, and Jerry, you are so right. I fully intend to let them know how I feel about their support, I have three personal accounts and my business account. I will move them all if they make it difficult. I should NOT have to emulate any other browser, and they will soon know this. John R. On Jun 20, 2005, at 11:08 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: If you don't like using Terminal to muck around with the setting, then pop over to version tracker and get Safari Enhancer: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17776 This allows you to turn on the Debug menu in Safari. Once it is turned on, use it to change the User Agent to one that this bank will support. Personally though, I would send them an extremely strongly worded letter pointing out that their reaction to your request has the marks of some very poor customer relations. Not to mention requiring IE puts your money in the account in serious jeopardy since IE is so bad at security that the Department of Homeland Security tells computer users to use a different browser (uh, you do not need to mention that your are running a Mac OS). Also point out that many other banks doing business in this local area have absolutely no problems allowing customers to use Safari. Perhaps your money would be safer with them. Jerry On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:39 PM, Profile wrote: Help is more than appreciated! Is there a way? My bank will not allow me to establish an electronic account with them unless I use Internet Explorer, or Netscape. I have written to them concerning Safari, their reply was a simple NO. It wouldn't bother me to change banks, I may do so even if someone out there suggest a workaround (other than using one of the browsers they suggest, I feel Apple's products should have support). I recall there may have been a way to get Safari to emulate another browser, but I have looked everywhere and I just can't find where to turn this feature on, if it exist. I am running OS X 10.3.9. Any help would be appreciated. John Robinson | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup --- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: WebObjects free for Tiger Xcode users
Apple's Web application engine is now available free for Tiger's Xcode dev tools: http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=11860 --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Entourage question
Unfortunately the two easiest tools I could find that actually check email addresses are Perl or Visual Basic: http://www.codeguru.com/vb/vb_internet/article.php/c1629/ http://search.cpan.org/~ilyam/Mail-CheckUser-1.21/CheckUser.pm http://sps.clevernamehere.com/sps/manual/thirdparty/perl/Mail__CheckUse r.html I haven't tried it but I believe you can run the Perl module on a standard OS X system. Perl is definitely on my iBook, and I don't recall installing it myself so I assume it was already part of OS X on this box. Sorry, I'm not much of a Perl hack--I can run other people's scripts but I'm no good at writing one that could use this module to query all your email addresses. --- Rex. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Guenthner Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 7:33 AM To: Mac Group Subject: MacGroup: Entourage question Is there a way to check for valid eMail address? I made a few groups and when I send a message to one of the groups I get an ERROR message [SUSPEND] Mailbox currently suspended - Please contact correspondent directly I sure one of the address is some how in correct and stops the message from going to the others. Tom -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050616/19995116/attachment.html
MacGroup: What is a used iBook worth?
I'm going to be selling my old iBook and I'm trying to figure out what a reasonable asking price would be. It's a 3-1/2 year old dual-USB G3, 600 MHz, 640 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive, Airport card installed, DVD-ROM/CD-RW (tray-loading, not slot-loading). I'm seeing similar models on eBay that are coming in at $500 or more but that seems a little pricey for technology this old. What do you guys think is a reasonable price for a laptop like this? --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: MSN may seek right to clone any iTunes-purchase songs for you
This article is primarily about MSN's plans for a subscription-based music service, a la the new Napster: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39196413,00.htm Another case of Microsoft competing with their own partners. But buried in the article is one interesting tidbit--MSN may be negotiating with copyright holders to all them to generate a Microsoft-compatible copy of any iTunes song you've already purchased. So in other words, it would make switching off iPod easy by letting Microsoft give you a copy of all your iTunes-purchased songs to play on any of the various Microsoft-compatible players. May not come to pass due to all the agreements it would require. But it is interesting that they're considering this direct a frontal attack on iTunes Music Store. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Intel Inside
Your G5 won't ever run the MacTel stuff. The real question is, will new software be produced that still runs on PowerPC chips like the G5? The answer is yes, for a while. If the software you rely on gets re-compiled as a fat binary then it should run on both the PowerPC and the Intel versions of OS X. Most of the big vendors, like Adobe, are bound to produce fat binaries of their new apps at first. But eventually, they'll drop PowerPC support in favor of pure Intel support. It's just like the 68k-to-PowerPC transition was. I have an old version of MS Word at home that can run on both 68k and PowerPC, but obviously the current generations of Word can only run on PowerPC-based Macs. They supported both platforms for a while and then eventually switched fully to the new platform. Apple will also produce OS X for both platforms, at least for a while during the transition. Eventually they too will drop PowerPC support from future versions of the OS, just like they dropped 68k support from the old System software (was it System 8 when they finally ditched all 68k?). If I recall, depreciation for computer hardware is 3 years. Apple can't expect people who buy a G5 to replace it any sooner than 3 years later. So I'd expect they maintain some level of PowerPC support for 3 years after they stop producing the last PowerPC Mac. One other minor gotcha, for anybody who still relies on Classic software--the Intel version of OS X will not support Classic. Ir will be able to run OS X software compiled for the PowerPC, but not Classic software. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Ben Hershberg Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:08 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Intel Inside I know several people have addressed this already, but it's still not clear to me: is it definite a G5 I might buy this month will run the new mactel software when it's produced. How well will it run the new software? Another dumb question on an unrelated issue. Where can I find a CMOS battery? I've been to three or four likely places and they don't have them. --Ben Zion Hershberg On Jun 8, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Lee Larson wrote: | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be July 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: it's official! ... and it's a shame
I understand the aprehension and maybe I'm being a bit too optimistic about this but what I keep thinking about is power consumption. Even those badly-engineered laptops you were looking at probably had decent battery life--can you imagine how much battery life Apple's engineers will be able to squeeze out of that same Intel processor in an iBook? Intel already has set a goal with their partners for an 8-hour laptop by 2008, I bet Apple can get there by 2007. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Holt Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:15 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: it's official! ... and it's a shame Well Henri, I could be wrong and hope that I am, but I think that Apple finally, with this one, remembered to put the bullet in the gun before putting the gun to its head. Again, I would prefer to be wrong. But with the share of sales hovering in the 3% range, and the sales that are going to be lost because of this, I think that market share is likely to drop to the point that critical mass is lost. Heaven know, if you allow your life to be run by common perceptions, you're in for a lot of disappointment. But common perception is the meat of the market-place, and if common perception is that Apple can't hold more than a trivial share, common perception will be that Apple's not to be taken seriously. I hate it, because except for the Gil years, Apple's been the source of the best machines out there - when you factored in the OS. My PB5300 still serves me well. Heck I'm about to replace the screen on my Newton 2100 because it is so useful to me. But my lust for the duel G5 is dampened with apprehension ... it's not really an orphan already, but it will suffer some of the pain. My cad software will not be optimized to take advantage of the power of this unit. That's a big deal. And already, Filemaker Inc - wholly owned by Apple - gives the Mac portion of its buyers second tier treatment. I say this because there are some critical functions which have not worked on the Mac side since 7.0.0, and now that 7.0.3 is out, they still don't work. They've worked on the Windoze side since day one ... and the situation is critical to my work to the degree that I will probably have to rework all my marketing lit and actually go with a Windoze server approach. I can see it now. Instead of boasting about the stability of UNIX and data security, I'll have to write something like, Well, we're not proud to use Windoze, because it sucks, but at least it works. Today I had to make a trip to the office supply place and Breck and Dutchmans, whatever it's name is, and while I was there I looked at the line of notebooks they had on display. This was not lust, it was looking in the same way you can't help but look at an automobile accident as you drive by. Some of the units gave the impression of being of reasonable quality construction - a minority - but they were all running the current Windoze system ... and it surely does suck. From the moment I went for the Start button (XP - what an idiotic interface design!) I was reminded of how distinctly unresponsive it is (slow menu pops and button responses) and that it is actually ugly, in a 1957 Desoto sort of way. The only marriage of form and function is one of convenience, apparently made with the help of a shotgun. And finally, and Ill shut up after this, it's so frustrating for Apple to miss a real chance penetrate further into the market with this stupidity. As best as I can tell, it will be at least a year or two before the Intel chips can match current cost-performance of the PPC series. Sure, Intel has promised great things in the future, but I'm not overly impressed by their history of delivery. From what I've read, the AMD dual core is vastly superior to the Intel version, which was apparently hurried for the specific reason of creating the perception that they were in the lead ... that perception thing again. So, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity that M$ has presented with it's laggardly development schedule for the next generation of WinCrap, Apple ignores that very large opportunity and aligns itself to compete with companies that can eat it's lunch by selling things that look as good as Apple's machines, to the non-critical eye, for less money. And since some of the security problems on the Windoze side are due to the Intel architecture (http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=1232FPRC), in addition to the glitchy OS, I think switching to Intel is roughly equivalent to hiring a typhoid carrier to cook your meals. Bill Holt On Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at 08:34 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: On 6/6/05, Bill Holt billholt at iglou.com wrote: As a dedicated user and developer since March 1984, who's promoted the platform at almost every opportunity, I hate it that the following song is
MacGroup: it's official!
MacGroup: Early attempts at Mac-on-Intel
We've reprinted an excerpt from Apple Confidential 2.0 that details an early attempt about a decade ago to create an Intel version of System 7. It's fascinating reading if you have the time: http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-5734189.html It's four pages, so if you'd rather view it as one page there's the printer-friendly version: http://news.com.com/2102-1045_3-5734189.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Apple Intel rumors
I think the switch to Intel is going to happen. Stephen Shankland is reporting it on News.com and he's pretty hooked in to these kinds of things: http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5731398.html The open question is whether we're talking actual PC's (i.e., Intel chips, a compatible BIOS, etc.) or just Intel as the CPU with custom Apple stuff wrapped around. I'm hoping for the former because, as you say, it opens up the possibility of running OS X on cheaply available PC hardware. And cheaper laptops, which is where I think it could really be killer. If you've ever run XP on na Intel laptop you know it's okay but the suspend/awake feature is nowhere near as smooth and bulletproof as OS X. I'd love to be able to marry the $700 PC laptops out there with OS X as the operating system. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Bill Holt Sent: Sat 6/4/2005 10:46 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Apple Intel rumors Personally, I think the so-called experts who are predicting the change to Intel chips are full of it. As you note, there is a clear performance disadvantage. However, it would not surprise me to learn that Apple is finally going to (or is exploring) market the OS to the Intel crowd. After all, it looks like it's going to be a year or more until the next time M$ can make it's BS claim to have caught up. The features that M$ is promising are available now, in OSX. Perhaps the conversations are about how to key the OS to one machine. Frankly, I think this is way overdue and a potential source of more profit than Apple generates from selling computers. Imagine the market ... a relatively cheap Intel machine loaded with OSX and preloaded with open source software sufficient to eliminate the need for M$ Office. Bill Holt On Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 09:16 PM, Profile wrote: A question for the more informed of the group. If indeed Apple's claims that applications optimized for the 64 bit chip often run the program twice as fast as the best Wintel machine, then how will the advantages go with Apple if they adopt the same chip as the Windows guys? Apple's own website shows the Photoshop performance to be near double the best Windows machines, so does it seem wise to slow your system and lose your speed advantage. The Super Computers of Virginia, and the Military were chosen not because they had an affinity for Apple, rather they saw the potential of the G5 chip. Is this a wise move for Apple to do, if in fact it is true? Also, if true, why would I want to now purchase a new computer with a chip that will one day lose support from the software developers? I for one, don't want to see them become like the dark side. John R. On Jun 4, 2005, at 6:56 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: On the other hand this is also out: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1823273,00.asp So you have both sides of the rumors to choose from. It should indeed be an interesting Stevenote. Jerry On Jun 04, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: http://money.excite.com/ht/nw/bus/20050603/hle_bus-n03284709.html http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%2C+switch+to+Intel+chips/ 2100-1006_3-5731398.html?tag=nefd.lede Well the Stevenote looks interesting for Monday. Hope the Quicktime feed can hold up to the strain. I know I will be sitting at the computer on Monday around 1pm. --- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050604/97c670c4/attachment.html
MacGroup: Mac OS X Hints has been assimilated by MacWorld
If you didn't see the post last night, MacWorld has hired on the guy who runs Mac OS X Hints: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050601001239978 He'll apparently though keep running the site as a standalone entity, it won't be integrated directly into MacWorld.com. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: New address for MacTown?
What is the new address for MacTown? Their Web site still shows the old address. Thanks, --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Tetris for iPod Photo
Rumour has it the next software update for you lucky iPod Photo owners will include a color version of Tetris: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1101 --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Apple exploring use of Intel chips
Apple is apparently again flirting with the idea of using Intel chips: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7951114/ http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/05/23.5.shtml Not clear though if this would be in addition to, or instead of, the IBM PowerPC chips they're using today. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: iTunes 4.8 changes iPod file names
Shouldn't really impact anybody, but interestingly the new iTunes 4.8 apparently changes the file names that it writes into the iPod: http://foodisworse.typepad.com/hackpod/2005/05/itunes_48_and_i.html The theory is that this might make directory look-ups more efficient since the new file names are now all exactly the same length (four characters). But it also makes sharing your tunes off the iPod a whole lot more difficult. That's probably the real motivation, the anti-piracy aspect. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: A PC that thinks its an iBook
I saw this at Best Buy this past weekend--it's a PC notebook that looks a lot like an iBook: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7134941type=productid=11 10263501821 Clearly a copy-cat product but for the money it's a pretty good deal--$1,200 gets you a DVD+/-RW. And something that's missing from the iBooks: a built-in memory card reader. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: A PC that thinks its an iBook
Sorry, yeah--it's the Akoya, by a company callend Medion. There's two models, again suspiciously like the iBook: a 12 and a 14 screen. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Hammitt Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:18 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: RE: MacGroup: A PC that thinks its an iBook Rex, the web page has expired, do you recall the name of the PC? From: Rex Baldazo Rex.Baldazo at cnet.com Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: A PC that thinks its an iBook Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 04:57:33 -0700 I saw this at Best Buy this past weekend--it's a PC notebook that looks a lot like an iBook: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7134941type=productid=1 1 10263501821 Clearly a copy-cat product but for the money it's a pretty good deal--$1,200 gets you a DVD+/-RW. And something that's missing from the iBooks: a built-in memory card reader. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be May 24. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be May 24. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Used PC parts?
When I was living out in the San Francisco Bay area they had a number of salvage-type stores where you could rummage for used PC parts. Is there anything similar here in the Louisville area? --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Elegant Mac IIsi
I bought a dead Mac Iisi at the flea market today because I wanted the case for a media PC project I'm gonna build. After gutting it this evening I just have to say that is perhaps the most elegant job of hardware engineering I've ever seen. Almost everything was custom-designed to snap together--there were no screws holding the motherboard or the drives, they just snapped into place. And the fan was amazing, another marvel of snap-in design. Must have made for great airflow on the motherboard since there were no cables or wires in the way. Even the fan snapped directly onto the motherboard instead of using a cable. I don't think anybody, not even Apple, makes computers this elegant anymore. Not when you want to be able to switch suppliers on a dime if you get a cheaper bid, you can't go with stuff like the custom fan that was in this Iisi. It's a nice reminder though of what can be done if a company wants to spend the time and money. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: A New Rule
I hope what I said vis-a-vis the Apple/CompUSA employees wasn't an ad hominem attack but if it was construed as such I do apologize. I was only trying to point out that CompUSA does have competent Mac sales support available. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:46 PM To: Macgroup Subject: MacGroup: A New Rule Some recent messages contained ad hominem attacks on local businesses and their employees. As the Czar of this forum, I declare any such messages inappropriate. Don't post any more! | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Tiger incompatible with Cisco VPN
If your employer uses Cisco VPN software, as mine does, you may want to hold off upgrading to the latest Tiger OS X release. There's a compatibility problem the companies are still working one: http://news.com.com/2100-1036_3-5688731.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: FW: Tiger release ad from CompUSA
Not to admit I actually shop at CompUSA on occasion, but sometimes there is an Apple employee in the Mac section. He doesn't work for CompUSA, he's some guy hired by Apple to be back there answering questions. I would say he didn't seem as knowledgeable as the MacTown folks but he is certainly better than the generic CompUSA employee. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Henri Yandell Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:12 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: FW: Tiger release ad from CompUSA Wow, the World Premier is in Louisville on Hurstborne? I'm stunned. CompUSA will open the doors as thousands poor in to head to the back 2 rows of Apple products where their eager and experienced sales staff will have the ever-useful answer of: I'm afraid I'm not really a Mac person, if you come in in the week our Mac guy will be here and I'm sure he can answer your question. *shudder* On Apr 27, 2005, at 4:39 PM, Tom Guenthner wrote: The User Group is invited to the World Premier of Tiger at CompUSA at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29th. There will be a seminar on Tiger by Klayton Cone. CompUSA will have a drawing for an iPod Shuffle Great deals on Mac Software! Tom -- Forwarded Message From: Klayton Cone kcone at apple.com Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:54:42 -0400 To: Tom at aye.net Subject: Tiger release ad from CompUSA Hi Tom I wanted to personally invite you and the rest of the User Group to the World Premier of Tiger at CompUSA at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29th. There will be a seminar on Tiger by me. CompUSA will have a drawing for an iPod Shuffle Great deals on Mac Software! I have attached the ad for the release event. Please let the rest of the group know. I hope to see you there. Klayton Cone Apple Solutions Consultant (502) 905-4625 Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on. Robert Plant (Stairway to Heaven) -- End of Forwarded Message | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup --- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April | 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: web page question
Depends a lot of course on the site, but one reason some sites do that is they really don't get a lot of traffic via the front door so they use that as a brand identity page. I've usually heard it called a splash page, kinda like how some apps display a splash window when they start up (Adobe Acrobat, for one). If the site gets most of its traffic thru Google then what happens is visitors will click from Google directly into a content page on that site. The theory is that this user, who perhaps has never heard of your site, might then click the Home link on the page to learn more about your site. Thus it makes sense to display brand-identity info on the Home page instead of actual content. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Micou Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:56 AM To: Louisville Computer Society (MAC) Society (MAC) Subject: MacGroup: web page question Not an urgent matter here, just a minor question to understand web pages better. Why is it when I'm surfing the net, some sites will have a main page, but I have to click on a section to enter the rest of it's pages? Why the enter page? Thanks as always to everyone's help. Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April 26. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Unauthorized bio of Steve Jobs
coming in May is an unauthorized bio of Steve Jobs. Seems Apple is upset--they've removed all books from the publisher in their stores: http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-5686487.html | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Photos of Longhorn
Bill Gates did a sneak peek of Longhorn, our reporter took a couple snapshots: http://news.com.com/2009-1016_3-5683877.html The scuttlebutt is that a lot of the Avalon graphics stuff looks a lot like what we've got already in Aqua. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: CSS encryption
CSS stands for Content Scrambling System. Not really sure how to do what you're after on the Mac, on the PC I think you'd use DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/ --- Rex. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Marta Edie Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 3:17 PM To: MacUser Group MacUserGroup Subject: MacGroup: CSS encryption First, what is a CSS encryption? second : I bought a DVD of which I want to make a disk image. I tried that but failed, probably because it seems to be copyrighted. I am sure I am allowed to make a disk image of that and need to know how to go about it. I have Mactheripper. I know this utility will clear the regions out and set them to be played everywhere. But it is the disk image I would like to make. Any help? Marta -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050425/b30118bf/attachment.html
MacGroup: iPod mini drawing
Just FYI, we are giving away six iPod mini's as part of our sixth anniversary celebration next month: http://techrepublic.com.com/1200-22-5672734.html There's no cost, you just need to complete your online member profile to enter the drawing. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: iPod mini drawing
Yeah, we're owned by CNET Networks (www.cnet.com). As for emails, yeah that's part of the membership but you can opt out. With this iPod giveaway we're really after getting folks to update their online profile data. The hope is that you will become a more engaged member of our online community, though I personally am not sure the promotion will do that. But it is cool I think that we chose to make Apple iPods as the main giveaway for this promo. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Bill Holt Sent: Mon 4/25/2005 6:18 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: iPod mini drawing Harry, Tech Republic is a big compu-publishng outfit, mainly serving IT people. They own, or or owned by, Zif, or ZDnet, of some such ... I'm pretty sure. My Sis, the computer nerd, used to work for TR. I still take the newsletter, but most of it is beyond me. Bill On Monday, April 25, 2005, at 04:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: Who is tech republic. And if I sign up will I then be getting mail that I don't want from the organization? :-) Thanks. Monday, April 25, 20053:50 PMRex BaldazoRex.Baldazo at cnet.com Just FYI, we are giving away six iPod mini's as part of our sixth anniversary celebration next month: http://techrepublic.com.com/1200-22-5672734.html There's no cost, you just need to complete your online member profile to enter the drawing. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050425/9de2c008/attachment.html
MacGroup: Java glitch in OS 10.3.9
If you've updated to the latest 10.3.9 release and are having Safari/Java problems you may have run into this bug: http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5675631.html Instructions for fixing the problem are listed here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301380 --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: All-in-one Mac?
Sorry I deleted the email and can't find it--if the person who was looking for an old all-in-one Mac still needs it, could you drop me a line to my work email, rexb at cnet.com? I have what I think is a Performa 5200: http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/5200.shtml Got it at the Mac sale a few months back, I did a clean install of OS 8 and a copy of Microsoft Works which I bought thru eBay. Decent enough little machine but now that I've played with it for a while I don't think I'll really use it for anything. So if you still need one of these things lemme know. Thanks, --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: US slips lower in programming contest
This could be a bad sign--US students are scoring lower and lower in a major world programming contest: http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-10548_11-5659116.html Software is pretty much what defines technology today. Think about gadgets like the iPod--yes the hardware is nice but it's really the software (iTunes, etc.) that define the product. It could really hurt us economically if we aren't competitive in software development. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: US slips lower in programming contest
Oh, sorry thanks for sending the direct link. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Rising Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:00 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: US slips lower in programming contest On Apr 8, 2005, at 9:36, Rex Baldazo wrote: This could be a bad sign--US students are scoring lower and lower in a major world programming contest: http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-10548_11-5659116.html oops - need a login Here's the direct link to the article: http://news.com.com/2100-1022_3-5659116.html Here's a link to the discussion on slashdot, for what it is worth: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/07/ 1437242tid=156tid=146tid=14 Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Possible wide-screen iBook
Rumour is that the Taiwanese manufacture of the iBook has received an order for a wide-screen version: http://news.com.com/2061-10793-5660146.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Part-time Quality Control Agent
If you know anybody looking for part-time work, somebody very detail-oriented who can work 4-hours a day looking thru spreadsheets of data, we're hiring for a quality control agent. I'll pass it along as a tinyurl because the original link is very long: http://tinyurl.com/4cvhf If you do know somebody have them contact me (rexb at cnet.com) and I can put them in tough with the hiring manager. Thanks, --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: How big a machine do I need for video work?
So I got my Sony PSP last week, and over the weekend I was using ffmpegX to convert some DVD's into a format that would play on the PSP memory stick: http://homepage.mac.com/major4/ But it was god-awful slow--on my ancient iBook (600 MHz G3 w/ 640 MB RAM) it took upwards of 8 hours to convert one 2-hour DVD into the MP4 format that the PSP accepts. Made me wonder--how much horsepower would I need to do this kind of video conversion in a reasonable time? Basically I'm wondering if I have to spend the coin for a big G5 box to make these conversions happen in an hour or so, compared to the 8 hours it's taking now. Or could I get by with maybe a used G4 instead for this kind of task? --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Any cheap way to get a fast USB 2.0 port for an older iBook?
Unfortunately these old iBooks don't have any externally-accessible slots. Only the one internal slot where the AirPort card slides into (under the keyboard). --- Rex. -Original Message- From: Jeff @ SLYN Systems [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:58 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Cc: Rex Baldazo Subject: Re: MacGroup: Any cheap way to get a fast USB 2.0 port for an older iBook? Rex, Do you have an open PC Card/PCMCIA slot in the iBook? The USB 2.0 adapters are very reasonably priced. Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:29:04 -0800 Rex Baldazo Rex.Baldazo at cnet.com writes: I've got an older dual-USB iBook, I think maybe 3 years old. I'm picking up one of those Sony PSP handheld games that supports the high-speed USB 2.0 but the iBook only has USB 1.1 ports, and of course the FireWire 400 port. Does anybody know of any cheap gizmo that plugs into the FireWire 400 port to emulate a high-speed USB 2.0? Just wondering if I'm gonna be stuck downloading files to the PSP over my slow USB 1.1 connection. I could use my PC at work, which has USB 2.0, but I'd rather do stuff thru the iBook if I could. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Google's homage to OS X
From a friend of mine at Google: http://labs.google.com/googlex/ Hover over the icons and behold their homage to our beloved OS X. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Hand-powered iPod shuffle
If you haven't seen it, here's a project to take an old pencil sharpener and a tiny motor to build a hand-cranked recharger for the iPod shuffle: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/03/hand_powered_ip.html Kinda useless yet kinda cool at the same time. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: FW: Coupon, 20 LCD TV under $400, iPods, Digital Cameras, Hard Drive..
No idea about quality on this unit, but check out the offer from Buy.com for those of you who were looking at buying LCD TV/monitors. They've got a 20 model for $399.99. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: Buy.com Coupon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:08 AM To: Rex Baldazo Subject: Coupon, 20 LCD TV under $400, iPods, Digital Cameras, Hard Drive.. 5% OFF your Buy.com purchase Orders must be placed on or before 3/8/2005 11:59:00 PM PT. (Some Restrictions apply. See site for details.) http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk4l0G4 Limited Quantities! SVA VR-20 20 LCD TV Buy.com price: $399.99 List price: $1,799.95 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BkC80GS PRICE DROP! Apple iPod Photo 40GB FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $20 Instant Rebate (not valid with coupons) http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bj8n0GA Hot Bundle!! Canon Pixma iP3000 Color Photo Printer PowerShot A400 3.2 MegaPixel Digital Camera Bundle FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $70.00 Mail-in Rebate $159.99 After Rebate Buy.com price: $229.99 List price: $249.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BjMi0GQ PRICE DROP! Acer 17 LCD Flat Panel Display - Black SAVE $49.01 FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $219.99 List price: $269.00 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BheC0GA PRICE DROP! Acer AL1715SMD 17 LCD Display w/Speakers 500:1 12ms 1280X1024 Analog/Digital (DVI) SAVE $30.01 FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $238.99 List price: $269.00 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk4k0G3 Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB Hard Drive - Standard - 3.5 FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: Special Price! http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BhK70GW Rio Karma MP3 Player w/ 20GB Hard Drive SAVE $419.96 Buy.com price: $179.99 List price: $599.95 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk7V0Gk Rio Chiba 256MB MP3 Player SAVE $259.96 FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $69.99 List price: $329.95 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BjVh0GY PRICE DROP! Canon PowerShot SD300 Digital Camera 4.0MP FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $319.99 List Price: $499.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk4Y0Gk Exclusive Rebate! Sony SDM-S93/B 19 LCD Monitor w/ 600:1 Contrast Ratio! FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $25.00 Mail-in Rebate! $374.99 After Rebate! Buy.com price: $399.99 List price: $450.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk4j0G2 Viking 256MB Secure Digital Flash Card FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $16.00 Mail-in Rebate $9.99 After Rebate Buy.com price: $25.99 List price: $247.98 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Be7p0G5 PRICE DROP! Canon PowerShot A95 - Digital Camera - 5MP FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $294.99 List Price: $499.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BiuL0Ga PRICE DROP! Apple iPod Photo 60GB FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $20 Instant Rebate (not valid with coupons) http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bkks0G6 HUGE PRICE DROP! Sony 16X Double Layer Internal DVD?RW FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $83.98 List price: $129.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BiWc0GT Cables To Go Port Authority2 MP3 to FM Stereo Adapter FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $10.00 Mail-in Rebate $19.99 After Rebate Buy.com price: $29.99 List price: $42.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk7W0Gl Viking - 512MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Kit Contains 2-256MB USB Flash Drives FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $15.00 Mail-in Rebate $29.99 After Rebate Buy.com price: $44.99 List price: $52.33 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk4Z0Gl Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router SAVE $41.00 FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! Buy.com price: $118.99 List price: $159.99 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bjm20G2 Viking 1GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Kit Contains 2-512MB USB Flash Drives FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $15.00 Mail-in Rebate $59.99 After Rebate Buy.com price: $74.99 List price: $88.73 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0Bk7X0Gm Viking 256MB CompactFlash Card FREE BUDGET SHIPPING! $16.00 Mail-in Rebate $9.99 After Rebate Buy.com price: $25.99 List price: $136.51 http://enews.buy.com/cgi-bin5/DM/y/eb760DzfB40Fhl0BfcD0G6 Uniden TRU-448/2 Cordless
MacGroup: Dissecting the iPod Shuffle
An IDC analyst dissects the iPod shuffle, based on her analysis Apple is making a decent profit. She thinks that it costs Apple $59 to make the 512 MB model, the most expensive part is $31 for the flash memory. As flash memory prices decline, Apple's margin will go even higher. http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5590430.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Cascading style sheets
Eric Meyer publishes a lot of stuff on his blog that might be what you're after. I found this for examle showing a CSS dropdown menu (works on Firefox, I did not test Safari): http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/menus/demo.html --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Crutcher Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:13 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Cascading style sheets Someone who works for me is trying to create a Web page that uses popdown navigation menus on the page but is having trouble controlling the font and size of type of the popdown menu items. She knows how to create these menus correctly using HTML directly on the page, but she is is trying to learn how to use cascading style sheet to control most of the elements on the Web site. She would prefer to have the elements that make up the popdown menus defined in the style sheet, but when she tries to do that the fonts/sizes of the menu items are not displaying properly. Since I know very little about HTML programming and nothing about style sheets, I may not have described the problem very precisely or in sufficient detail, but if someone out there knows how to do this sort of programming and could give us some advice, I would be most appreciative. You can reply off list to dcrutcher at loumag.com. Thanks. Dan Crutcher | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be February | 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Newest iPods include a USB 2.0 cable, but not a Firewire cable
Seems to have stirred a bit of controversy, though it makes sense given the much wider penetration of USB ports on the PC side: http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5587951.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Graphic wierdness in Safari?
Does anybody else have problems in Safari viewing certain little graphics in Web sites? For example, the little star ratings on Amazon.com, in Safari they're all messed up so I can't tell what the rating is. I can tell the graphic is there but it's got a bunch of horizontal lines thru it, almost like static. The little graphics render fine in IE and iCab, it's only Safari meeing them up on my Mac. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: iPod news...
Not quite the built-in bluetooth stereo you want, but there is apparently a bluetooth-enabled casette adapter due on the market soon: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000127032903/ --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Ungar Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:23 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: iPod news... the apple store online is updating... today is supposed to be the big day for big iPod line update news... Boy, seems like Apple is kicking a** these days! Now we just need iPod bluetooth and car stereos that can recognize them. -stuart = Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their families. 502-426-5376 LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Graphic wierdness in Safari?
Sigh, yeah those are the graphics that don't look right in Safari. Okay, guess this means no Amazon shopping for me while using Safari. Thanks for taking a look. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:25 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Graphic wierdness in Safari? On Feb 23, 2005, at 8:09 AM, Rex Baldazo complained: Does anybody else have problems in Safari viewing certain little graphics in Web sites? For example, the little star ratings on Amazon.com, in Safari they're all messed up so I can't tell what the rating is. I can tell the graphic is there but it's got a bunch of horizontal lines thru it, almost like static. I just happened to have an Amazon window open when your message hit. If you're talking about what I'm seeing, then I have no problem in Safari. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Graphic wierdness in Safari?
I'll be damned--that fixed it. Would have never occurred to me to try cache-clearing on a Mac--on a PC I have to do that a lot at least with IE. Thanks! --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:41 AM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Graphic wierdness in Safari? On Feb 23, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Rex Baldazo wrote: Sigh, yeah those are the graphics that don't look right in Safari. Okay, guess this means no Amazon shopping for me while using Safari. Try emptying Safari's cache. Maybe you have bad copies in there for some mysterious reason. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: dish
Now, if I would even buy a Tivo, would I not be charged a monthly fee anyhow, or could I then do as I please. Right now Dish gives you the machine, but charges you $ 5.00 a month to do your recordings for so many hours. Yeah, there is a monthly charge for TiVo as well. You'r subscribing to the channel guide service, essentially it's like buying a subscription to TV Guide. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Web browsers
Somebody on the list mentioned iCab to me earlier, and I've tried it. It's www.icab.de (yes, the company is German apparently but the Web site is mostly in English and they have an English version of the software). On my hardware, it's not all that fast a browser but it does seem to be good enough to support pages like My Yahoo which are pretty complicated these days. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of JansIdea at aol.com Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:22 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Web browsers Group What are the latest web browsers that 8.5 can use. I have seen Safari among and others, but they say at least OS 10. I may just have to get another computer to be able to get online anymore! Thanks Jan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be February | 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: PowerBook 100 the greatest gadget ever?
Mobile PC apparently came up with a list of the greatest gadgets ever, and the PowerBook 100 topped the list: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4284501.stm --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: dish
I've also got Dish and it definitely does depend on how good your installer is. I got mine done thru HH Gregg and at the guy who did mine was very well trained. My house has old cable wiring built-in and when he connected the Dish to that wiring we had problems with higher channels. This installer knew immediately how to run the diagnostics and identified the problem in minutes (my cabling was the type that can't handle the full bandwidth used in Dish systems, it was attenuating the signal above a certain frequency. So he had to run a new line straight to the box on my TV instead of relying on the existing cabling.) There are also two caveats I always warn people about Dish-- 1. It will go out at the exact moment you need it most, during thunderstorm/tornado weather. The satellite signal can't get thru all the electrical interference from a big storm. Make sure you have rabbit ears to pull in the local stations so you can watch the weather reports during tornado season. 2. The DVR feature they offer isn't anywhere near as smart as TiVo. It can't automagically be configured to record your favorite shows, you have to manually set it up to record just like you would a VCR. --- Rex. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Fletcher Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 6:20 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: dish Marta, w have Dish and love it. The guys who installed it knew exactly what they were doing (it's all they do) and the service is great. They have a promotion for new subscribers that basically gets you the installation free and a $50 service credit (the better part of two months for me). The person who referred you gets a few bucks off their bill for a year, too. ::-) You can get two TVs hooked up for free with two remotes and one set-top box. They have a TiVo-like offering, too, for extra money a month. The remotes are universal remotes so they work your TVs too. It's worked out great for us. Another interesting thing is that they offer ALL the local broadcast channels. I wanted one that wasn't on the main satellite, so they installed a second dish for free. The people who installed it are the area franchisees, a company named HPTS (High Power Technical Services). The only time the service has gotten flaky so far is in a bad ice storm. The rest of the time it's fabulous. I haven't had to call them for anything, so I don't know how responsive they are, other than the fact that they install it fast. I have a couple of the promotional packages. They give them out like candy if you call them. If you want one, send me your address off-list and I'll send you one. Or I can just email you the info off the card and you can call them. Piece of cake! jonathan P.S. I have several if anyone else is interested. ;;-) On Feb 18, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Marta Edie martaedie at mac.com wrote: Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:04:12 -0500 From: Marta Edie martaedie at mac.com Subject: Re: MacGroup: dish Thanks so much for your answer,Jeff. The trouble I have is that this German Channel can only be gotten through the Dish Network, since our sweet Insight does not want to bother with that channel, since it does not bring them revenue, I suppose. I have spoken to I don't know how many local installers. They all promise me the moon when I talk to them. The dish network itself will install it, too, meaning they will use a local installer. They told me they use CompUSA, but that was once upon its time. They are of of the Dish realm totally. The people of Satellite Dish there on Preston Highway were so nice on the phone. I talked to a Terry Burnett for a couple of hours one afternoon and he was knowledeable, but when I finally tried to get them to answer my phone call to really install the thing, I did hear nothing, I made at least ten phone calls, no return call ever, I finally sent a letter telling them I would call the Better Business Bureau for not even having the courtesy to return a phone call. So they are out for me, and perhaps for any of you all, too. Right now I am negotiating with a person from Camelot Satellite. I also spoke with someone at HighPower Technical Services. I try to pin them down for what they all really know about anything. And when I press them, I get all these caveats. I already know too much for them, and I really know nothing. Go figure that one out. So any input from you all is very much appreciated. And I am not quite finished with Insight yet, either. Marta On Feb 18, 2005, at 14:25, Jeffrey C Smith wrote: Marta, The local dish network folks leave a lot to be desired. We had it set up a year ago by circuit city and the installer had no clue what he was doing. We went through three different guys before we finally got one that was even willing to try and set ours up. Our roof was covered by the tree canopy
MacGroup: Help with symbols
Generally, the circle means off. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Anne Cartwright Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:12 AM To: LCS Cc: Anne Cartwright Subject: MacGroup: Help with symbols I have a toggle switch (you push down one side for on the other side for off. My problem is which symbol (the open circle-like or the straight line) is on? Also I guess if I can't tell by trying both, I have a bigger problem. But why can't symbols be obvious? Anne | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be February | 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Steve Jobs, Napster nemesis
Interesting little piece that says it was Steve Jobs himself who forwarded links to music executives showing them how Napster-protected songs could be hacked: http://news.com.com/2061-1027-5578827.html Looks like Steve is definitely watching the iTunes/iPod competitors closely. --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: RedHat Linux for PowerPC
Not clear to me if this means it will run on Apple PowerPC's or strictly on IBM PowerPC servers, but RedHat has announced an upcoming version of RedHat Linux for the PowerPC CPU: http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5576163.html --- Rex. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
