Re: So I heard you like to reboot?

2008-03-19 Thread Peter da Silva
On 2008-03-18, at 23:06, Joshua Juran wrote: Sadly, OS X dishonors this noble heritage by requiring a reboot merely to update video codecs. Well, sorta. I haven't had any problem force-quitting after a quicktime upgrade. On the other hand, I really wish I could switch virtual consoles or

Re: So I heard you like to reboot?

2008-03-19 Thread Benjamin Reed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joshua Juran wrote: | And so it is with the Modem menulet. I said to Disconnect from the | Bluetooth modem provided by my cell phone, and then I reset the phone | itself since it was starting to flake out. (Palm OS is its own hate.) | The marquee-a

Re: So I heard you like to reboot?

2008-03-19 Thread Joshua Juran
On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:32 AM, Michael G Schwern wrote: Joshua Juran wrote: Remember waiting several minutes for the Finder to figure out that the AppleShare server is GONE, and it's NOT coming back? Well, lose a Bluetooth peer and you get to wait FOREVER. Or until you reboot. That's funn

Re: So I heard you like to reboot?

2008-03-19 Thread Michael G Schwern
Joshua Juran wrote: Remember waiting several minutes for the Finder to figure out that the AppleShare server is GONE, and it's NOT coming back? Well, lose a Bluetooth peer and you get to wait FOREVER. Or until you reboot. That's funny because just an hour ago I woke my laptop up from sleep

So I heard you like to reboot?

2008-03-19 Thread Joshua Juran
One of the great triumphs of Mac OS X is that it's based on Unix. And anyone familiar with, say, Linux recognizes the power and flexibility of Unix, allowing you, without rebooting, to change just about any aspect of the system's configuration except for actually running a different kernel