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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Cipher13:
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Posted by sordid, on Jul 19, 2002 at 07:59 AM, in macOS
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by dkephart:
<strong>I'm...
Posted by sordid, on Jun 8, 2002 at 08:44 PM, in macOS
Yeah, if you type in "rm -rf /" it deletes all... 421 Views / 2 Replies  
Yeah, if you type in "rm -rf /" it deletes all the files on your hard drive. This is a particularly dangerous exploit! :rolleyes:
Posted by sordid, on Apr 20, 2002 at 07:07 AM, in macOS
And now for the top 10 reasons mac users and unix... 806 Views / 23 Replies  
And now for the top 10 reasons mac users and unix don't mix... ;)
Posted by sordid, on Apr 8, 2002 at 08:14 AM, in macOS
Yes it is definitley coming out for osx. 548 Views / 6 Replies  
Yes it is definitley coming out for osx.
Posted by sordid, on Mar 17, 2002 at 04:16 AM, in Applications
Can't you already save qt video streams with QT... 597 Views / 4 Replies  
Can't you already save qt video streams with QT pro?

btw.. streamripper is the best app for any mp3 stream ripping. There isnt anything else like it, only thing is you need to have the dev tools...
Posted by sordid, on Jan 4, 2002 at 02:31 AM, in Applications
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net ;) 597 Views / 4 Replies  
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net

;)
Posted by sordid, on Jan 3, 2002 at 06:05 PM, in Applications
If it was me writing that article I would have... 481 Views / 19 Replies  
If it was me writing that article I would have pointed out more than 4 things wrong with it OSX. I'm sick of listening to zealots crap on about how biased reviews like this are. Windows XP is a more...
Posted by sordid, on Jan 2, 2002 at 05:57 PM, in macOS
AaaaAAaaAaaaRRRrgGGGGGhhhh.. KERNEL &lt;-... 718 Views / 21 Replies  
AaaaAAaaAaaaRRRrgGGGGGhhhh..

KERNEL &lt;- correct spelling.

(yes, someone had to say this :D ).
Posted by sordid, on Dec 16, 2001 at 03:16 AM, in macOS
Help, what's this memory leak? 607 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi

I have an odd problem. Granted I'm not very good at C, I have come across this particular problem which only shows up on OSX.

When using sprintf, snprintf, fprintf etc etc I get a memory...
Posted by sordid, on Dec 16, 2001 at 03:08 AM, in Developer Center
You can run Dillo! *ugh* :D 728 Views / 10 Replies  
You can run Dillo! *ugh* :D
Posted by sordid, on Nov 23, 2001 at 12:07 AM, in macOS
Samba, which transfers at 300k/s on a 100 meg... 688 Views / 33 Replies  
Samba, which transfers at 300k/s on a 100 meg network. But at least it strips resource forks and backs them up in another file.. which is one very good thing!
Posted by sordid, on Nov 22, 2001 at 11:46 PM, in macOS
And now all we have to do is wait for Adrian... 558 Views / 12 Replies  
And now all we have to do is wait for Adrian Bourke's divx quicktime codec to come out which is much faster than jamby's... that is ONCE APPLE GET THEIR ASS INTO GEAR AND FIX THE DAMNED AUDIO BUG! :D
Posted by sordid, on Nov 22, 2001 at 05:37 AM, in macOS
or just copy your ultra cool Windows 9x desktop... 1,170 Views / 32 Replies  
or just copy your ultra cool Windows 9x desktop backgrounds to your mac ;)

[ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: sordid ]
Posted by sordid, on Nov 20, 2001 at 03:35 AM, in macOS
Thanks for the tips.. they have been very... 2,130 Views / 7 Replies  
Thanks for the tips.. they have been very helpful.

:)
Posted by sordid, on Nov 19, 2001 at 06:56 AM, in Developer Center
Personally I find using the C code just as easy... 2,130 Views / 7 Replies  
Personally I find using the C code just as easy for simple things. But there is absolutely no documentation on CFSocket I can find anywhere! No examples either!
Posted by sordid, on Nov 12, 2001 at 06:03 AM, in Developer Center
Actually... if you looked even harder.. it warns... 462 Views / 5 Replies  
Actually... if you looked even harder.. it warns you about not being able to do this and tells you what to do down the bottom when you select the local network thing.. see.
Posted by sordid, on Nov 12, 2001 at 05:48 AM, in macOS
Yeah I checked just then. If you try to select... 462 Views / 5 Replies  
Yeah I checked just then. If you try to select appletalk on the IP address ADSL is set up for (ive got adsl running atm) it greys out appletalk. But if you create another IP by clicking on the...
Posted by sordid, on Nov 12, 2001 at 05:46 AM, in macOS
are you sure? networking in osx does have IP... 462 Views / 5 Replies  
are you sure? networking in osx does have IP aliasing so you can have multiple IP addresses on the one interface. Have you tried setting this up?
Posted by sordid, on Nov 11, 2001 at 05:44 PM, in macOS
I find it more amusing than anything else :D ... 682 Views / 14 Replies  
I find it more amusing than anything else :D

localhost: [/var/log/httpd] $ grep -c '.exe' access_log
13248
Posted by sordid, on Nov 5, 2001 at 11:44 PM, in macOS
yeah and its threading is still up to sh!t 594 Views / 36 Replies  
yeah and its threading is still up to sh!t
Posted by sordid, on Oct 26, 2001 at 09:16 AM, in macOS
My sentiments exactly. 482 Views / 3 Replies  
My sentiments exactly.
Posted by sordid, on Oct 25, 2001 at 12:21 AM, in macOS
I'd learn C first because it gives you an... 841 Views / 17 Replies  
I'd learn C first because it gives you an understanding of how many derivateives of C (eg. Java) function when they compile code. If you don't understand how a line of code is compiled (from an...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 19, 2001 at 08:11 AM, in Developer Center
theres an even easier way to enable root. as... 699 Views / 9 Replies  
theres an even easier way to enable root.

as an administrator user type this in terminal.

sudo passwd root

thats it.
Posted by sordid, on Oct 19, 2001 at 07:58 AM, in macOS
DAMN RIGHT!! THIS RULEZ!@#!@#!@#!@#! I've... 505 Views / 4 Replies  
DAMN RIGHT!! THIS RULEZ!@#!@#!@#!@#!

I've been playing quake 1 tf once again. I gave this game up about a year ago when i got rid of my pc. The os9 version isnt as fast as this one. This one is...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 19, 2001 at 02:19 AM, in macOS
As I posted already back in those forums, Adrian... 610 Views / 8 Replies  
As I posted already back in those forums, Adrian Bourke has also made a divx quicktime component that is compatible with both os9 and osx. It's in beta testing at the moment, i'm guessing they are...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 16, 2001 at 06:41 PM, in macOS
All I want for Christmas is my SPRING LOADED... 3,170 Views / 217 Replies  
All I want for Christmas is my SPRING LOADED FOLDERS, my SPRING LOADED FOLDERS...

and a bunch of bug fixes.. like the stupid dsl mtu problem and the stupid fullscreen quake3 problem which are my...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 15, 2001 at 07:26 PM, in macOS
Could be the stupid problem 10.1 has with PPPoE... 454 Views / 2 Replies  
Could be the stupid problem 10.1 has with PPPoE when you have to change the mtu to 1492.

sudo ifconfig ppp0 mtu 1492

Just *ANOTHER* big bug in 10.1
Posted by sordid, on Oct 12, 2001 at 07:28 PM, in macOS
I have EXACTLY the same problem. No quake 3 or... 523 Views / 15 Replies  
I have EXACTLY the same problem. No quake 3 or wolf in full screen but works in a box. Quicktime can stuff up sometimes when going into fullscreen, as well as WMP (all the time). Though I can get...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 12, 2001 at 06:56 PM, in macOS
Well I guess I should have read the rest of the... 770 Views / 17 Replies  
Well I guess I should have read the rest of the messages first, especially since Greg said it does ;)
Posted by sordid, on Oct 10, 2001 at 03:56 AM, in macOS
The answer to this may be that XDarwin still... 770 Views / 17 Replies  
The answer to this may be that XDarwin still doesn't support remote sessions (but will only support local ones). When it was XAqua it didn't. I don't know if this has changed or not. Anyone know...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 10, 2001 at 03:46 AM, in macOS
Unless you use glibtool to link your object files... 554 Views / 4 Replies  
Unless you use glibtool to link your object files you cant make a .so (shared object) file. Also, the glibtool must be the latest version of GNU libtool. More about this problem is illustrated on the...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 10, 2001 at 03:40 AM, in macOS
Quake 3 wont work in 10.1 497 Views / 0 Replies  
I can't get quake 3 to work full screen in 10.1 (5G64). It seems to crash whilst waiting for the snapshot no matter what I do. However, it works if I take it out of full screen mode and run it in a...
Posted by sordid, on Oct 10, 2001 at 03:36 AM, in macOS
If you guys had been reading carefully this... 750 Views / 23 Replies  
If you guys had been reading carefully this affects *SOME* adsl providers and *NOT ALL* adsl providers.

Stop ranting on about how it works for you. :rolleyes:
Posted by sordid, on Oct 3, 2001 at 07:10 PM, in macOS
This fixed my problem with my isp (Telstra... 750 Views / 23 Replies  
This fixed my problem with my isp (Telstra bigpond ADSL). I only wish it was possible for either Apple to put a fix in the software update or find someway to change one of the config files.
Posted by sordid, on Oct 3, 2001 at 01:13 AM, in macOS
roaring penguine works fine on 5g48 here 750 Views / 23 Replies  
roaring penguine works fine on 5g48 here
Posted by sordid, on Sep 22, 2001 at 11:08 AM, in macOS
Why not choose the most sophisticated mouse... 684 Views / 17 Replies  
Why not choose the most sophisticated mouse available, Apple's one button mouse! :p
Posted by sordid, on Sep 19, 2001 at 05:23 AM, in macOS
I totally agree, networking with the finder (with... 521 Views / 3 Replies  
I totally agree, networking with the finder (with thing such as iDisk) is rediculous. How many years will it take for Apple to implement seperate threading for these tasks?

And how many years of...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 14, 2001 at 04:42 AM, in macOS
I'm really not talking about paid propaganda, I'm... 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
I'm really not talking about paid propaganda, I'm talking more about how they act and how things are co-ordinated within the government so that the media has something interesting to talk about while...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 11:20 PM, in macOS
For me, I think that something like this... 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
For me, I think that something like this happening to the US is worse. The reason is it shakes at the foundations of what the propaganda has built. I believe that the US and first world countries...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 11:15 PM, in macOS
heck even Apple use it all the time! ;) 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
heck even Apple use it all the time! ;)
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 11:02 PM, in macOS
Its very true, left wing and marxist and right... 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
Its very true, left wing and marxist and right wing groups always take advantage of the media in this respect. I think it is quite evident in my country (Australia) as well.

Communist countrys...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 10:58 PM, in macOS
Just look at how China keeps its country... 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
Just look at how China keeps its country together, its complete propaganda through the media. And its effective!!!

They even admit to this!

I think propaganda and the media can be used as a...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 10:43 PM, in macOS
You know I think the Israeli people have been... 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
You know I think the Israeli people have been fighting the wrong battle. It is important for them to elimitate the threat, but really all they are doing is building a pressure cooker so each time...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 10:27 PM, in macOS
They may think that the US are terrorists, so... 2,151 Views / 86 Replies  
They may think that the US are terrorists, so they try and act out a simplisticly minded revengeful attack.

By simplistically minded I mean that this is one of the flaws of human beings. People...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 09:22 PM, in macOS
or get 10.1 when it comes out ;) 739 Views / 24 Replies  
or get 10.1 when it comes out ;)
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 08:45 PM, in macOS
Zone 1 restriction? what plannet are you on? im... 681 Views / 35 Replies  
Zone 1 restriction? what plannet are you on? im playing zone 4 dvd's fine in it
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Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 07:48 AM, in macOS
Well the dvd player (for me) is TOTALLY awesome!... 660 Views / 30 Replies  
Well the dvd player (for me) is TOTALLY awesome! I think it is much much much much better than the dvd player in os9. I'm on an imac dv 400 with 512 meg ram and 5g48. PPPoE doesnt work for me tho,...
Posted by sordid, on Sep 12, 2001 at 07:41 AM, in macOS
Yeah, I know Adrian, he has been working on the... 729 Views / 12 Replies  
Yeah, I know Adrian, he has been working on the plugin for quicktime for a while now and he has also been able to play microsoft encoded divx files for about a month now in osx. I am assuming when he...
Posted by sordid, on Aug 31, 2001 at 07:57 AM, in macOS
I have an alcatel speed touch home modem and... 566 Views / 8 Replies  
I have an alcatel speed touch home modem and pppoe works better on OSX than it does on os9 with the NTS software. The NTS software on os9 seems to always be problematic. I have got 1.2 on os9 and...
Posted by sordid, on Aug 22, 2001 at 08:49 PM, in macOS
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