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Actually, I'm a programmer and a grad student in Philosophy. So any ability I have to avoid ticking people off and belittling them is purely accidental. ;-) Sometimes, I have noticed that kids (and yes, scr1p7 k1dd33z) often type oddly. I think maybe many feel as Neyo does, and they type in...

I've been reading these forums long enough to know that Ed's a nice guy, and that he's pretty smart, to boot. So, I would have to offer the hypothesis that he stubbed his toe, or had an argument with a close friend, or forgot to put the gas cap back on his car before speeding off, before he...

Yeah, Trip, if you know of a TiBook for 1000 dollars, please, by all means, show me the way ;-). [edit] One that works! :-P

Hi, I have a rather subtle question. With FAT, FAT32, and ext2 (linux), it is possible, though RISKY and NOT ADVISED IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, to repartition manually, without disk partition software, without losing existsing data. Here's how. First, use a disk optimization...

Hi all, I cannot resist the temptation to say what I think of discussions regarding the pros and cons of Macs and PCs. So first, some background. I have been an intermediate to expert level user on many different computer platforms. I started programming on a VIC4 (!), messed around with...

Hi, Vanguard: I suspect that if you activate multiple copies of XP with the same Serial # under VPC, that actually, you'll be fine. Here's why. My understanding of XP activation is that it links a Serial # to a hardware profile of your system. The most significant advantage this has is...

Hi all, What *I* thought Herve meant was that unlike Windows machines today, Mac OSX/OS9.x does not *seem* to have an out-of-the-box configuration for NATing -- that is, you can't just hook your Mac up, out of the box, to your local broadband connection and NAT out the rest of your network...

Hi, Since you have experience, perhaps you will know. I remember reading that disk defrag/optimization under OS9 was for some reason dangerous if you had an OSX on the same partition. This puzzled me, since I figured that if the whole thing is HFS+, then how could a file reorganization hurt...

Hi, The thing I have not yet figured out (just 3 weeks in, forgive me!) is how you'd launch GUI apps from the command line with sudo <command>. I enabled root partly because there were some apps that 'won't run in console mode' but needed to be root to do some of the things I wanted. I...

Hi, Hmm, I tried this, but now I'm thinking I was not clear. Okay. Here is what happens right after I hit the power on button: 1) I hear a swish sound and a nice Macintosh Chord 2) There is a tiny disk chatter *3) There is an 8 second pause 4) the screen goes gray and almost...

Hi all, I have a question regarding boot times. I don't know whether I'm paranoid in the sense that I am finding ghosts where there are none, so let me ask you these questions: Datum: I *thought* that when I first got my TiBook, that when I hit the power on switch, it would basically...

Hi all, I have a question regarding boot times. I don't know whether I'm paranoid in the sense that I am finding ghosts where there are none, so let me ask you these questions: Datum: I *thought* that when I first got my TiBook, that when I hit the power on switch, it would basically...

Hi, I'm a Mac newbie. I've heard everyone and his mother talk about SpringLoadedFolders, but don't know what they are. What are they?

Admin: you wouldn't happen to be running your Terminal with a transparent window effect, would you? I do, and I believe that slows things down a *tad*.

I agree with Admin -- I still love OSX and the last update, while slightly annoying re: boot times and some app startups (see my post in General for more details under ths OSX 10.1.2 thread), *does* speed up some apps, and likely has many nice perks that I don't even know yet (yes, I'm in my 2nd...

Hi, ddma: weird! I wonder if I have a funny setting set that causes this bug to manifest. Hmm. Anyone else? I posted under the troubleshooting thread a 'use case' to reproduce the bug (I work with QA all the time :)). Here is more info regarding my slower startup: 1. Listening to...

Hi, Someone with a TiBook 667, updated completely, including OSX 10.1.2 (or 10.1.1, it doesn't really matter), try this: Put a folder on your desktop. Add some files with many different sizes, and some folders, to that folder. Open the folder. Select the single-column-view (the...

Hi, I, too, have noticed a really substantial slowdown in Terminal load time in OSX 10.1.2. It used to take 4 bounces (or 6) on my TiBook 667. But after upgrading to OSX 10.1.2, it takes considerably, noticeably longer. My configuration is: TiBook 667 Standard 30 Gig model all latest...

Hi all, I want to (1) post my findings, (2) get advice about anything I might have done wrong, or (3) get advice about how I might improve something that might be slowing my system down. Because, it seems that after installing the OSX update, my system runs noticeably slower, for a few...