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We are in daylight savings now, so, PDT :)

That was a very interesting post. As you mentioned, there are some disanalogies between the physical goods model and the software model. However, it does indeed get very complicated to see how that plays out. For example, there are costs not only in developing the software. After the...

Hi, Let me make this insanely clear: this post has nothing to do with themacko. It's not personal. I'm sure he's the swellest guy ever! But the argument implied by his post always irritates me in my shoes as a software developer. If I understand the implied argument correctly, it is the...

bighairydog: You should take a look at the showdown between a dual 1Ghz G4 vs. the fastest Athlon or P4 on the block at www.barefeats.com Illuminating stuff by a site dedicated to macs. -0

Spark would be a simple, free editor for the wav/aiff file. www.tcworks.de (might have to watch carefully what kind of aiff/wav you render your mp3 to; it doesn't transparently support all encoding rates it seems) Then, to render your mp3 to wav, I guess I'd use musicmatch jukebox...

am i right that this is not being offered through software update? -0

Hi, I would be very cautious, bordering on complete aversion, with respect to changing the permissions of /tmp. The permissions on that directory, while not necessarily crucial, are important, as many unix utilities expect a certain permissions level on that directory. Heh, in general, if...

Hi, Here is my grand plan. Maybe you will like it, too. (1) Acquire IBM TravelStar 60GB notebook harddrive (e.g. here) (2) Acquire "Cutie" or "911" FireWire Drive enclosure for notebook drives (ATA) (see here) (3) Attach item in 1 to item in 2, and plug into my firewire port on my...

P.s. Yes, I live and die by hfspax nowadays, and I was very happy to know I could restore these problem directories if I had to. I do hope to find time someday soon to put a GUI over gene's nice script. -0

Hi, Thanks very much testuser for putting your information up. It's fantastic. Luckily, I, unlike some others who have had worse problems, have been a unix user long enough to know not to do recursive directory permission changes unless I know exactly what I am doing. So the good news...

Hi! If the /System Folder folder has the wrong permissions, you can't start Classic. In particular, it seems that the *user* running classic *must* be able to *write* to that folder. My folder was root/wheel, writable only by root. My admin user is a member of the wheel group, and so by...

Hi, I messed up my System folder and System Folder folder in a fiasco I described elsewhere on this site. Now, as root, I *can* launch Classic, but as another Admin, I get Classic can't start: you don't have sufficient permission to start Classic from /System Folder. Can someone tell...

I must say, I just tried out the VPC 5.0.2 with Windows XP, Windows 2k and RH Linux 7, and man, under OSX, I can hardly notice a difference between the performance there and under OS9. That is a really impressive job Connectix has done. I can now do under OSX something that I could not do...

Hi RacerX, I admit, I did feel angry when I learned my TiBook had not been repaired. So it's quite possible I came across stronger than I intended. However, I am also surprised that the section of my earlier post that you quoted implied, in your mind, an angry, activist stance that was...

Hi, I agree 100% with themacko. If it were me, I might try taking a flat-headed pin or small tack, very lightly moistening the top with fast acting superglue, attaching it to the piece still inside the 'book (if the break was flat enough), and in an hour, slowly trying to pull it...

Hi, A point of clarification: the purpose of the website I am proposing is not to react to my particular issue. The point of the website I am proposing is to let people who have had problems write about them. Perhaps just lauding people to go to epinions is better, but I don't know. At any...

Hi, I recently posted in many places my very fine experience with Apple Care. But, now I must qualify that rosy picture. My TiBook *did* come back in record time. And the people on the phones were really open and helpful, and I knew what was happening all the time -- this is still a good...

Gentle readers, I have two questions I want to ask, and I am hoping that anyone who reads this, that has a TiBook, will take the time to briefly answer. 1. How easily does your TiBook pop open? I mean, does it pop open with almost no provocation? Does it generally pop open if it's...

Thanks, testuser. But do you know the answer to my remaining question: where is this 'edward\213scomputer' string coming from *in the first place* -- netinfo? Some config file? I believe \213 is unicode speak for some kind of apostrophe. -0

Hi, So check it out. I get back my Mac TiBook from Apple Care, as posted elsewhere, in record time. I am so happy, and it's like midnight tonight. So I boot up and it boots into my cute OS 9.2.2. Then I run software update and download the updates. It fails in the middle of the update...