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Name: Gnork Race: Gnome Class: Mage Level:... 2,531 Views / 47 Replies  
Name: Gnork
Race: Gnome
Class: Mage
Level: 14
Trades: Herbalism, First Aid, Alchemy


Name: Malia
Race: Undead
Class: Warlock
Posted by benh57, on May 31, 2004 at 03:21 AM, in Gaming
Any SDL-based app has a cocoa shell around it. ... 789 Views / 7 Replies  
Any SDL-based app has a cocoa shell around it.

For example, Armagetron (http://armagetron.sf.net/)
Posted by benh57, on Nov 17, 2003 at 12:34 AM, in Gaming
Also bidwatcher... 1,426 Views / 9 Replies  
Also bidwatcher (http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/bidwatcher) , which is available in Fink (http://fink.sf.net/). I have won several auctions with it at the last sec. It runs in X11,...
Posted by benh57, on Nov 11, 2003 at 11:03 PM, in macOS
Personally, i wouldn't cripple a G5 with 512Mb... 1,991 Views / 17 Replies  
Personally, i wouldn't cripple a G5 with 512Mb RAM.

And i really don't believe you when you say that 10.3 is slow on a G5. It flies on my dual g4/800.
Posted by benh57, on Nov 1, 2003 at 12:43 AM, in macOS
Yes i have seen this problem sometimes. Make sure... 598 Views / 1 Replies  
Yes i have seen this problem sometimes. Make sure you installed all the updates from their website.

However i now have a similar problem where my mac won't go TO sleep at all with 10.3 and the...
Posted by benh57, on Oct 31, 2003 at 02:23 AM, in macOS
forget everything else - Pather is fast.... 2,030 Views / 23 Replies  
forget everything else -

Pather is fast. Freakin' fast. Makes my mac feel like a new machine.

Worth it.
Posted by benh57, on Oct 25, 2003 at 01:31 AM, in macOS
They aren't that slow. This is due to bad drivers... 3,058 Views / 25 Replies  
They aren't that slow. This is due to bad drivers and DX interaction.

See Slashtot Story...
Posted by benh57, on Sep 14, 2003 at 01:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
I read a while back that there are more macs in... 3,303 Views / 34 Replies  
I read a while back that there are more macs in the Bush white house than ever before.

Can't find where I read it in google though. It was a few months after the 2000 election I believe.

Its...
Posted by benh57, on Sep 7, 2003 at 01:15 AM, in Mac Desktops
Oops. 4,845 Views / 42 Replies  
Oops.
Posted by benh57, on Jun 20, 2003 at 03:03 AM, in Mac Desktops
No new info there. 99 cents/song is too... 1,752 Views / 35 Replies  
No new info there.

99 cents/song is too much. I think it will be cheaper.
Posted by benh57, on Apr 27, 2003 at 03:14 PM, in Applications
Re: Fink Install - Shell Scripts 493 Views / 2 Replies  
That will work fine.
Posted by benh57, on Apr 27, 2003 at 03:13 PM, in Applications
Yes, i believe i read (perhaps here) that the P4... 1,249 Views / 9 Replies  
Yes, i believe i read (perhaps here) that the P4 uses the bus mhz less efficiently than the PPC architecture. If it didn't, our macs would be absolutely pathetically slow at 133, when in reality the...
Posted by benh57, on Mar 26, 2003 at 10:18 PM, in Mac Desktops
AMD may not even last long enough to release its... 4,560 Views / 81 Replies  
AMD may not even last long enough to release its 64-bit CPU, by some reports.

IBM WILL release the 970, this year. :) (and they aren't going broke)
Posted by benh57, on Feb 17, 2003 at 08:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
content-description is fixed! Great! Tracker... 2,077 Views / 48 Replies  
content-description is fixed! Great! Tracker attachments at sourceforge now get the correct filename. :)
Posted by benh57, on Feb 4, 2003 at 04:22 AM, in Applications
Crash safari.. 527 Views / 4 Replies  
Heh, i could include it directly here.. but that would be mean.

Click here to crash! (http://homepage.mac.com/bhines/crash.gif)

Will crash any NSImage using application, like mail, preview,...
Posted by benh57, on Jan 26, 2003 at 04:15 AM, in macOS
More links on the attack: Net status showing... 2,013 Views / 46 Replies  
More links on the attack:

Net status showing it well: http://average.matrix.net/
and the NANOG thread-
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/threads.html#06627
Posted by benh57, on Jan 25, 2003 at 07:39 AM, in macOS
flash killers 15,365 Views / 248 Replies  
Just discovered these http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html bookmarklets work in Safari.
Nice little things to put in the toolbar that will zap distracting flash ads.
Posted by benh57, on Jan 11, 2003 at 03:48 PM, in macOS
New Safari Out.. 5,308 Views / 105 Replies  
Safari Update 1.0 Beta (v51) 1-10-03 (http://www.apple.com/safari/download/)

Hopefully fixes the severe bugs that delete home directories and such. :)
Posted by benh57, on Jan 10, 2003 at 08:57 PM, in macOS
Yes, it should be in /Library/Logs/panic.log. ... 849 Views / 8 Replies  
Yes, it should be in /Library/Logs/panic.log.

I've had 3 panics this week caused i believe by EyeTV triggering IOHIDSystem bugs.. I don't blame the eyetv because the crash is actually in...
Posted by benh57, on Nov 6, 2002 at 09:04 AM, in macOS
No. ... 623 Views / 8 Replies  
No.
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Darwin/General/KernelProgramming/security/Security_Im_s_of_Paging.html

"Because wired memory can never be paged out (until it is unwired), wiring...
Posted by benh57, on Oct 13, 2002 at 09:04 AM, in macOS
Re: The one, the only, the perpetual GPUL (IBM chip) thread 20,167 Views / 392 Replies  
Why not just have one thread for the entire site then, eh? "This is the forum for any and all mac discussion. Any other threads will be locked".

Brainiac. Threads exist for a reason.
Posted by benh57, on Oct 4, 2002 at 04:23 AM, in Mac Desktops
Um, this is the main reason apple does not allow... 749 Views / 3 Replies  
Um, this is the main reason apple does not allow third party menu extras - they can crash the SystemUIServer. (which btw, does much more than handle menu extras in jaguar)

Remove them. They are...
Posted by benh57, on Oct 1, 2002 at 03:13 AM, in macOS
Re: Omg 1,675 Views / 27 Replies  
Only if you are an idiot.

You only hear from the users with problems.
Posted by benh57, on Sep 25, 2002 at 04:40 PM, in macOS
Dude, read the posts above. The Kernel that OS X... 3,548 Views / 40 Replies  
Dude, read the posts above. The Kernel that OS X runs on is **NOT** a microkernel *AT ALL*.

Period.

-B
Posted by benh57, on Sep 25, 2002 at 04:34 PM, in macOS
This is not true. ATA/66 and ATA/100 can both... 3,334 Views / 57 Replies  
This is not true. ATA/66 and ATA/100 can both support 48 Bit LBA's (large disks), whether they do or not is optional. In practice, you will find that you need ATA/133 for the support, though.
Posted by benh57, on Sep 23, 2002 at 07:43 PM, in macOS
Re: Apple apps no longer run some time after 10.2.1 586 Views / 7 Replies  
Um, why reinstall? You just need to restart to solve that. I had this earlier as well. The apps do eventually finish launching if you wait, and if you have Console open you will probably see the...
Posted by benh57, on Sep 22, 2002 at 10:21 PM, in macOS
Here's the bug: telnet://|ls%20-l (If... 1,121 Views / 18 Replies  
Here's the bug:

telnet://|ls%20-l

(If it doesn't work, thats supposed to be a telnet to "pipe ls -l" - pipe is the character above \)

Without the update clicking that url will do "ls -l" in...
Posted by benh57, on Sep 22, 2002 at 01:44 AM, in macOS
It isn't. Get your motherboard and/or RAM checked... 4,726 Views / 77 Replies  
It isn't. Get your motherboard and/or RAM checked out.

-Ben
Posted by benh57, on Sep 20, 2002 at 03:08 PM, in macOS
6D52 3,882 Views / 72 Replies  
6D52
Posted by benh57, on Sep 18, 2002 at 04:41 PM, in macOS
assword? :) 4,908 Views / 93 Replies  
assword? :)
Posted by benh57, on Sep 16, 2002 at 10:44 PM, in macOS
Yes... 1,348 Views / 15 Replies  
Yes (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2054092318)
Posted by benh57, on Sep 15, 2002 at 08:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
This is your example of not-colored text? That is... 1,242 Views / 17 Replies  
This is your example of not-colored text? That is like a rainbow. :)

The true solution for great antialiasing will be super-high DPI displays. I hope we see those within the next few years.
Posted by benh57, on Sep 10, 2002 at 09:12 AM, in macOS
Haven't booted 9 in at least 6 months+. No need... 3,181 Views / 89 Replies  
Haven't booted 9 in at least 6 months+. No need at all. Classic in jaguar is even better. Speedy.

Your old games are not "now worthless" since they still work just fine. How about: (Will be)...
Posted by benh57, on Sep 10, 2002 at 09:09 AM, in macOS
Yes. You do not want "Free" RAM. You WANT all... 1,460 Views / 28 Replies  
Yes. You do not want "Free" RAM. You WANT all your RAM to be used.

Pageouts are the ONLY thing to worry about, period..

-Ben
Posted by benh57, on Sep 10, 2002 at 05:21 AM, in macOS
It is in the unstable section, but the program... 890 Views / 10 Replies  
It is in the unstable section, but the program itself is just fine. It being in the unstable section usually really just means that the maintainer doesn't have feedback. But in giFT's case, they have...
Posted by benh57, on Sep 4, 2002 at 02:54 AM, in Applications
Erm... Lets see, 1- wrong. 2- ok. Who needs scsi?... 1,250 Views / 26 Replies  
Erm... Lets see, 1- wrong. 2- ok. Who needs scsi? not me. 3- wrong.


You decide.
Posted by benh57, on Sep 2, 2002 at 06:05 PM, in macOS
An app with a broken info.plist can cause this to... 808 Views / 11 Replies  
An app with a broken info.plist can cause this to happen. The services discovery parser is fragile.
Posted by benh57, on Sep 1, 2002 at 03:36 PM, in macOS
Re: This crazy bastard actually figured out the BootX file! 4,464 Views / 61 Replies  
Um, its open source and easy to edit the file. You don't exactly need to be a god of geekdom to figure something out when you have the sourcecode for it... was only a matter of time till someone put...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 30, 2002 at 01:14 AM, in Applications
"woot", my mac will go slower! woot! Dude..... 1,486 Views / 41 Replies  
"woot", my mac will go slower! woot!

Dude.. inactive memory is a good thing. You WANT all your RAM to be used, at all times. That's cache. "free" memory in UNIX is wasted.
Posted by benh57, on Aug 30, 2002 at 01:05 AM, in Applications
lol, you are high. It is SO much faster, even on... 3,384 Views / 60 Replies  
lol, you are high. It is SO much faster, even on this dual 800.

The only reason it might be slow would be if your disks are not being properly unmounted, so fsck has to check them every time.
Posted by benh57, on Aug 29, 2002 at 11:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Jaguar Apps... 899 Views / 9 Replies  
Why not? Watson rocks, and is superior to Sherlock.

http://www.karelia.com/ - free download.
Posted by benh57, on Aug 24, 2002 at 12:07 PM, in Applications
gkrellm rocks! In fact, I did the OSX port. :) ... 717 Views / 7 Replies  
gkrellm rocks! In fact, I did the OSX port. :)

gkrellm works fine on 10.2. I reccomend getting it from Fink. The fink version has the latest patches you will need.

http://fink.sf.net/

-Ben
Posted by benh57, on Aug 24, 2002 at 09:55 AM, in Applications
Sorry, wrong. For general consumer use, duals win... 1,502 Views / 21 Replies  
Sorry, wrong. For general consumer use, duals win - in everything - on Mac OS X. This "few DP aware apps" thing applied only to OS9. Most people have more than one app doing things at once, and the...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 21, 2002 at 12:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
As others have mentioned, these tests were all... 4,371 Views / 76 Replies  
As others have mentioned, these tests were all CPU bound. That's not going to be faster. Duh. Same processor, same Mhz, same bus (from controller to CPU).


You will see improvements on stuff that...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 15, 2002 at 11:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
And the OS, Windows XP - the part you spend 100%... 2,104 Views / 29 Replies  
And the OS, Windows XP - the part you spend 100% of the life of the computer working with, is the biggest POS, rights-removing, ugly-ass, virus-prone, buggy, non UNIX shithole you've ever used.
...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 15, 2002 at 12:28 AM, in Mac Desktops
Well, if you visit the "test page" with omniweb... 848 Views / 7 Replies  
Well, if you visit the "test page" with omniweb it says it is vulnerable. It is not a real test however unless you also spoof the DNS of www.amazon.com. Anyone know how to set up dnsspoof?

Of...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 12, 2002 at 06:07 PM, in Applications
Re: Re: OmniWeb vulnerable to SSL chain attack? 848 Views / 7 Replies  
Yeah, i tried but it will not let me change the title. I can change it and it says it worked, but it in fact does not.
Posted by benh57, on Aug 12, 2002 at 07:14 AM, in Applications
Well if its a "little" too much then you are in... 1,528 Views / 15 Replies  
Well if its a "little" too much then you are in luck.

" if you purchase by August 30th, 2002. Only $375 for an
electronic copy:
https://www.sketch3d.com/order_form.html"


Anyway, from what I...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 12, 2002 at 06:18 AM, in Applications
Re: fink commander 603 Views / 3 Replies  
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Posted by benh57, on Aug 12, 2002 at 04:44 AM, in macOS
OmniWeb/etc vulnerable to SSL chain attack? 848 Views / 7 Replies  
OmniWeb appears to be vulnerable to this exploit:

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286290/2002-08-08/2002-08-14/2

>>> Edit.. Correction.. apparently https://www.thoughtcrime.org/ is...
Posted by benh57, on Aug 12, 2002 at 04:23 AM, in Applications
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