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  • Quote: Originally posted by iMac David PS Also with iTunes - my bought songs from ITMS are linked to the HD they were downloaded to, and not the actual computer. Isn't that ridiculous? Won't it mean that if I have 5 HD failures (unlikely I know),…
    in iPhoto and Backups Comment by towel August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by BRussell After doing just a little clicking around, it seems that quitting smoking can drop your chances of heart disease back down to the level of someone who has never smoked, but with lung cancer, you can reduce you…
    in Peter Jennings Dies of Lung Cancer Comment by towel August 2005
  • I thought all these schemes rely on AutoPlay being turned on in Windows. They need to install software that will prevent Windows (or Win-iTunes) from recognizing the CD as a regular CD. Which is why it still acts like a regular CD on a Mac. This …
    in New Foo Fighters Cd encryption Comment by towel August 2005
  • They're just shell scripts, and only mildly disruptive ones at that. Anyone could write something similar for any *NIX. MS sucks, and their shell implementation is about 30 years too late, but this is just FUD being spread by a company that profits …
    in Windows Vista: Viruses already Comment by towel August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by sunilraman Get this part of the article though... anybody feel like spending up to 1/3 of a trillion govt. dollars? Spread over 20 years, $200B isn't that much money. NASA's current budget is about $15B/yr, so $10B/…
    in Space Shuttle Launch Comment by towel August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by sammick Can someone give me detailed instructions how to transfer itunes music files from an ipod to a windows machine. Not usually worth doing. See my post in the other "iPod transfer" thread.
    in transferring files on Windows Comment by towel August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Chris Fitzgerald How hard is this to do? All of my tracks are "legal" (i.e. - ripped from my own CDs). Is this a copy protection thing? Yes, it is. Apple intentionally hides and obfuscates the file and directory n…
    in How to transfer iPod contents to a new iMac? Comment by towel August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me There are two ways to do this without AppleScript, Automator, or anything that requires even a minimum of thinking. Select the files that you want to print. Within the Finder, chose the File > Print menu sele…
    in Can Automator help with printing multiple Word files at once? Comment by towel August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Moe_in_Texas I'm not hearing anything good about this show from the troops... Sounds like they're mostly missing the forest for the trees, which any skilled professional would do after watching a Hollywood attempt …
    in Over There Comment by towel July 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by ibook911 Depends what you want to do, for me, yes. The iBook simply does not meet my needs. I need to use my big external Apple cinema display, and you cannot do that with the iBook. You know that display spannin…
    in Apple unveils faster iBooks Comment by towel July 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by quagmire 4) This was an expected update to the ibook. I never expected a widescreen ibook. I expected 512 MB ram standard. What I didn't expect was it being built in. 5)The ibooks are in a way better then the 12" P…
    in Apple unveils faster iBooks Comment by towel July 2005
  • I'm guessing the odds we'll ever see a G5 (970) laptop are somewhere between "none" and "not on your life". The next big update is going to be the switch to Intel, sometime next year - maybe even in January. But moving to a 2-ish GHz Pentium M, mayb…
    in G5 Laptops? Comment by towel July 2005