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  • If someone has physical access to a system, expect them to also have full access to the contents on the hard drive. This is independent of operating system. Encrypt things you don't want to get out, or keep your computer locked down.
  • Quote: Originally posted by kim kap sol Why is it that there's always something odd with the windows in those screenshots. In that screenshot, there are 2 active windows...the Doom 3 window and the About Doom 3 window. This is actually stand…
  • Well, he could be telling the truth.. http://smaerty.tripod.com/Doom3.jpg (going to have to copy/paste with this host )
  • Usually there's a trace length reduction when chips are mounted diagonally, which can lead to greater performance, less power usage, etc. There's actually a
  • I found a here (near the bottom, the ones on sockets) that look like a good way to get an overall idea of some aspects. Any book/article about BSD sockets should be useful, because it'll work in OS X.
  • I've shots of both my windows machine (which is currently in a box; moving is fun), and of my new powerbook
  • I just started using dvorak last night because of this thread and
  • [quote]Originally posted by Falcon: Sorry for the late reply but dose anyone know how to do the TM symbol on a PC? I think it's Alt-0153
  • This may sound harsh, but I'm going to be blunt. Who cares if you can't see the 342 smilies that Yahoo offers; she shouldn't. If she really is your girl (making you her boy), then this should be irrelevant. Approaching this by attempting to "con…
  • Could it possibly be a dying fan? Old fans sometimes come off the bearings slightly and start to wobble, making nifty chainsawesque sounds.
  • [quote]Originally posted by Matvei: Is launch speed really that important? Considering the stability of Windows and its applications, yes. Not really a problem with OS X, though. Some people just need something minor to bicker about.
  • He's completely correct. Quartz Extreme adds a lot; using it for only everyday tasks is like getting a GeForce4 and playing Wolfenstein on it. Doing graphics on the hardware level adds a lot in terms of what can be done in real-time. Transparency, c…
  • [quote]Originally posted by Kickaha: \tThe endianness of a PowerPC chip is set up at boot time and is immutable until the next reboot. Windows emulators are *not* able to take advantage of the little-endian behaviour of PowerPCs if running on …
  • PowerPC processors by default use big-endian, although the architecture allows for little-endian operation. As far as I know, the CPU can be started in either mode, and bytes can be swapped as necessary to handle the other format. I'd imagine it's s…
  • [quote]Originally posted by stunned: If i install a same prog three times, will the files just replace each other or it takes three times more disk space??? If you reinstall something, chances are it will just overwrite the previous installation…
  • [quote]Originally posted by wolfeye155: Hey, I'm taking my first computer programming class (learning Basic) and I'm using some program called True Basic 2.7 on the Macs running OS 8 at school. Basic?! That's a horrible language to learn program…
  • [quote]Originally posted by DisgruntledQS733Owner: Emacs, like VIM and g++.
  • [quote]Originally posted by gyc: they really should integrate Mail, iCal, and Address Book all into one app as an Entourage killer. Yeah, they really should integrate Mail, Address Book, iTunes, iCal, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, TextEdit and Calculat…
  • You could also use procmail to filter mail. Combined with fetchmail and a mail viewer, you've got very nice filtering. here as well.