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  • Quote: Originally posted by dstranathan I use the "Apple + V" key a lot to watch the Mac boot. How can I make a Mac boot in verbose mode automatically everytime? Is there a sys config file or firmware hack to do this? It's impressive to see s…
  • Quote: Originally posted by satchmo We are a diverse, tolerant and modest people. Living next to the most powerful country in the world is not easy. Influences are bound to happen, but I think we've held our own pretty well. Yes, we sit on th…
  • The word is segue. SEGUE! But isn't "not precisely a smooth Segway" what Dubya said a few weeks ago when he fell off?
  • I refuse to have Realplayer on my Mac because of the fine print in their license. I don't want to use any software from a vendor that says it can invade my computer anytime it wants to download new versions, or whatever else... You can always bug…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Marcus Hmm, new mouse and keyboard with the Powermacs? [/B] The current models look so white and plastic next to that aluminum-clad G5...and Steeeeve was showing how easily you could manipulate Expose with a two-but…
  • Quote: Originally posted by allformac He loves Unix and loves playing around with it. Be sure you send him to the developer pages on the Apple site so he can read about X11. If he's a Sourceforge junkie, he'll be thrilled to see all those…
  • Quote: Originally posted by cybermonkey Not sure if anyone has noticed this or not and it would sure make a better alternative to fink. Gentoo Linux and portage for OSX Worth a discussion at least? The alliance of Fink, Darwinports and Ge…
  • Quote: Originally posted by MajorMatt It use to be in every issue of Macworld way, way back. Is there anything currently that shows all the prices of all Macs? SVM Mac lists prices, but since it's a French mag, that's not going to help you mu…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Fran441 As we all know, Apple has decided to not stream the keynote from WWDC this year via Quicktime. Instead, they will be broadcasting the speech from San Francisco via Sattelite to their stores. I believe that t…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Luca Rescigno That was an interesting read. My opinion on the Segway is basically that it's a stupid, overpriced toy for rich people who have so much money they don't know how to spend it. If you want to go a short …
  • Quote: Originally posted by mrmister I am thinking about getting my wife a CanoScan LiDE 50 printer, which comes out in July: http://www.usa.canon.com/html/conCpr...&section=10217 I can't fully parse all of the fine print to tell how ma…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Scott The common refrain of "the news is not reporting on this" is total crap. I agree, Scott, but it depends on where you read the news. The mainstream press is pretty cowardly these days, but there has been excel…
  • Quote: Originally posted by SDW2001 The things I hear tend to indicate he was a conservative. Funny, because I never got that impression AT ALL from him. What do you think? Edit: Just to be clear, I wasn't being sarcastic. I think Dav…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Defiant Yeah, I thought about that too when I read it. But the 'big service angle' part made me think that it must be another company. Maybe a phone company? At&T? How about Swisscom?
  • Quote: Originally posted by piwozniak What's Internet Explorer...? Fool: If thou wert my browser, nuncle, I'ld have thee beaten for being old before thy time. KING LEAR: How's that? Fool: Thou shouldst not have b…
  • Quote: Originally posted by badtz is cocktail a necessary app.? This time of year, I'd recommend the application of gin & tonics (it's a heat wave here in CH). Maybe while you're waiting for the re-prebinding, cache cleaning, and cron job…
  • Quote: Originally posted by aquafire There was a time when American Education was considered the model by which all other countries measured themselves.... Sad to say, most educators now look upon US education as the way NOT to go... And mo…
  • Quote: Originally posted by dstranathan Can you guys post screen caps/desktops of KDE and GNOME running on OS X? I would like to see Fink, X-11, OS X, KDE/GNOME all peacfully coexisting on your Mac. I was looking at the site for the Yello…
  • Quote: Originally posted by dstranathan You guys remember the old Batman TV show with Adam West? Remember Batgirl? Was she hot or what? I loved that metallic tight costume. It was kinda like the Star Trek costumes (same era), but a LOT tighter. A…
    in Batgirl Comment by anamac June 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Aquatic I used to think it was me hitting some weird key combination but today just mousing around, 10.2.6 changed to Czech layout on me! I have all the layouts in that menu because I like seeing the flags and I have …