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iCloud Keychain? I'm so there. 90 Views / 3 Replies  
iCloud Keychain? I'm so there.
Posted by jreades, on Jun 10, 2013 at 04:10 PM, in Tech News
Looks to me like they're making a wager that most... 565 Views / 33 Replies  
Looks to me like they're making a wager that most pros are already using massive external storage (Drobos, etc.) and would be more keen on something that doesn't require its own cart. There are...
Posted by jreades, on Jun 10, 2013 at 04:08 PM, in Tech News
Because... 123 Views / 4 Replies  
Nothing says "We innocents are being persecuted!" like launching the largest ever DDoS attack...
Posted by jreades, on Mar 27, 2013 at 06:18 PM, in Tech News
@The Vicar 294 Views / 6 Replies  
You might want to read up on how artists generally do under streaming schemes before claiming that Apple will be better than the existing model. Given what Apple is offering as a royalty payment...
Posted by jreades, on Mar 8, 2013 at 06:08 AM, in Tech News
Errr.... 117 Views / 2 Replies  
"However, with components made from 18K gold and 5.56 carats of black diamonds, the pricing rationale becomes clearer."

No, it really doesn't.
Posted by jreades, on Mar 7, 2013 at 07:09 AM, in Tech News
The High Court does not make law for the EU as a... 117 Views / 10 Replies  
The High Court does not make law for the EU as a whole, and if you look at the judgement you'll see some telling sections:



In other words, the High Court is applying European Community...
Posted by jreades, on Nov 19, 2012 at 07:23 AM, in Tech News
No, Apple posted materially misleading... 117 Views / 10 Replies  
No, Apple posted materially misleading information relating to a legal decision. The court is well within its rights to take issue with this. You do *not* piss on the courts, no matter how much money...
Posted by jreades, on Nov 12, 2012 at 02:57 AM, in Tech News
That's absurd. First, are you seriously... 117 Views / 10 Replies  
That's absurd. First, are you seriously suggesting that the rulings of the Eastern District of Texas court *promote* entrepreneurialism? Second, business method and user interface patents are an...
Posted by jreades, on Nov 12, 2012 at 02:55 AM, in Tech News
Wait, *he* was to blame for the changes to iCal... 97 Views / 7 Replies  
Wait, *he* was to blame for the changes to iCal and Notes? I really hope that means we're about to get back the versions that worked and didn't look like electronic versions of something I stopped...
Posted by jreades, on Oct 30, 2012 at 07:41 AM, in Tech News
Sigh, I wish I didn't need Java for most of the... 49 Views / 2 Replies  
Sigh, I wish I didn't need Java for most of the scientific research that I do.
Posted by jreades, on Sep 27, 2012 at 06:58 AM, in Mac News
I'm pretty sure that my company wasn't the only... 45 Views / 4 Replies  
I'm pretty sure that my company wasn't the only one involved in doing demographic-led banner advertising prior to the filing date of this patent (1998).

In fact, surely the mere mention of...
Posted by jreades, on Sep 25, 2012 at 06:57 AM, in Tech News
I know *why* Apple thinks it needs to be in maps... 153 Views / 6 Replies  
I know *why* Apple thinks it needs to be in maps -- if all phone owners are using Google maps to find services, then it doesn't matter if Google's Android has 5% or 95% share, they still 'own' the...
Posted by jreades, on Sep 20, 2012 at 09:29 PM, in Mac News
I suppose they might have changed the rules about... 109 Views / 7 Replies  
I suppose they might have changed the rules about new sign-ups, but I'd never in a million years have given Facebook my phone number. And if they were going to *insist* on that by checking... never...
Posted by jreades, on Aug 31, 2012 at 02:54 AM, in Tech News
That's a nice idea, but doesn't work so well when... 176 Views / 6 Replies  
That's a nice idea, but doesn't work so well when you need, say, Processing, MATLAB, or many scientific or enterprise-level apps. The particular weakness being exposed here also emphasises the value...
Posted by jreades, on Aug 29, 2012 at 06:37 AM, in Tech News
Ooooh, adaptor gets it working with EF lenses as... 95 Views / 3 Replies  
Ooooh, adaptor gets it working with EF lenses as well. This might be my next camera: one EF-M lens so that I've got something compact to carry around day-to-day, and the adapter to enable it to serve...
Posted by jreades, on Jul 23, 2012 at 11:23 PM, in Tech News
A few observations: 1. Citibank is an... 4,468 Views / 65 Replies  
A few observations:

1. Citibank is an excellent option for international transfers -- in fact, you can transfer money internationally (between Citibank UK and Citibank US) instantaneously as well,...
Posted by jreades, on Apr 20, 2007 at 10:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Would PC firmware work? 11,673 Views / 25 Replies  
Just a thought for the brave/desperate...

Since it's the firmware that needs updating... for people with a PC partition wouldn't it be possible to upgrade the firmware from the PC side instead of...
Posted by jreades, on Oct 23, 2006 at 02:14 PM, in Mac Desktops
On Wiping Hard Drives 3,140 Views / 40 Replies  
Just as an aside, this wasn't a dumb question -- I had an IBM ThinkPad from work that had a dead video card. Sent it in for replacement to an IBM-certified dealer and it came back with a wiped hard...
Posted by jreades, on Aug 2, 2006 at 04:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks
That's part of my worry too, although glossy... 27,306 Views / 51 Replies  
That's part of my worry too, although glossy screens are becoming more common, they certainly aren't yet widespread. I guess an external (non-glossy) monitor could cover this issue to some extent. I...
Posted by jreades, on Jul 10, 2006 at 04:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks
For Design? 27,306 Views / 51 Replies  
I notice that no-one has talked about design issues with a glossy screen -- I would *expect* that print and web designers would stick to matte, but am kind of curious if that's the case. I have a...
Posted by jreades, on Jul 8, 2006 at 02:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Just One Reason To Update... 12,757 Views / 74 Replies  
For me it was all about Spotlight.

After nine years in the tech sector I went back to grad school for urban planning. These days, most research journal articles are available for download as PDFs....
Posted by jreades, on Dec 24, 2005 at 09:43 AM, in Mac OS X
I agree with the people who suggest there's a... 12,069 Views / 103 Replies  
I agree with the people who suggest there's a hardware issue in there somewhere. I'm writing this from a three year old TiBook that is rock solid *except* when hardware issues come into play. May I...
Posted by jreades, on Aug 2, 2005 at 05:32 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Does anyone partition their drive in this day and... 8,423 Views / 53 Replies  
Does anyone partition their drive in this day and age? Maybe I'm old school or something, but my 60GB laptop drive is in 3 partitions: Home (20GB), Scratch (5GB for PS), and Data (35 GB). My thinking...
Posted by jreades, on May 15, 2005 at 04:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
External DVD +/- RW Recommendations 472 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm looking for recommendations/reviews of external DVD +/- RW burners... however I must confess that my understanding of some of the issues is a little patchy:

1. I believe that there are new...
Posted by jreades, on Sep 13, 2004 at 05:37 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Recovery 1,193 Views / 23 Replies  
The 2GB limit is a product of a 32-bit address space, unless I miss my guess. It's the same as goes for RAM (think G5 64-bit addressing vs. G4 32-bit addressing in memory) and so is not specifically...
Posted by jreades, on Sep 9, 2004 at 10:33 AM, in Applications
Routes and Virtual IPs 290 Views / 0 Replies  
I'm trying to connect across a VPN to a subnet that can only route packets that appear to originate on a specific subnet. So if the destination network is 192.168.1.0/24 and I set up my home network...
Posted by jreades, on Jul 25, 2004 at 09:04 AM, in Mac OS X
Insurance 2,733 Views / 18 Replies  
Since your laptop is now functional I don't really see any reason why insurance would be willing to replace it. And, since you're covered by another set of insurance anyway, it doesn't seem to be...
Posted by jreades, on Jul 21, 2004 at 03:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Battery Saving Tips? 37,992 Views / 290 Replies  
On a two year-old battert from a Ti667 I get:

"Capacity"=3355,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=3265

Since *most* of the time my TiBook sits around on my desk connected to mains, I've taken to just...
Posted by jreades, on Jul 16, 2004 at 01:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ultimately, it's up to you 11,279 Views / 88 Replies  
Apparently, there are a lot of opinionated people in this forum ;) , and in all the back-and-forth it's easy to forget that this is really your decision based on the features you need and want.
...
Posted by jreades, on Jan 25, 2004 at 12:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Freezes, Overheating, Logic Boards, Oh My! 964 Views / 3 Replies  
I'm wondering if anyone else has seen these symptoms and, if so, what the cause was:

1. On an intermitten basis (say once every three to four weeks) my PB G4 667 will completely lock up -- the...
Posted by jreades, on Jan 7, 2004 at 04:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Sticky: Top Few 175,574 Views / 545 Replies  
1. Racoon (IPSec VPNs)
2. Konfabulator
3. Apache with mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl
Posted by jreades, on Nov 2, 2003 at 06:00 AM, in Applications
Make apple script wait for UNIX process to complete 1,410 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm working on a little script to scp my calendar ICS files to a remote web server when I log in each morning.

Unfortunately, I'm finding the AppleScript syntax a little confusing, so what's below...
Posted by jreades, on Nov 30, 2002 at 09:40 AM, in Developer Center
HELP: digital input has gone dead on SGI Multilink 288 Views / 0 Replies  
I trully have no idea what might have happened... about two days ago, I ceased being able to use my SGI monitor as the second head for my powerbook since the picture is completely gone.

A little...
Posted by jreades, on Oct 11, 2002 at 02:02 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Well that explains that... 1,403 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks for the clear, to-the-point response, and for saving me a quite a few bucks... ;)

jon
Posted by jreades, on Oct 3, 2002 at 01:04 AM, in Networking
Printing via Bluetooth/Non-DLink Bluetooth cards 1,403 Views / 5 Replies  
Having had no end of problems with other D-Link products, I'm in no rush to spend my money on the only "approved" Bluetooth adapter...

Evidence found here:
...
Posted by jreades, on Oct 2, 2002 at 10:21 AM, in Networking
Lost Device options in Print Center 217 Views / 0 Replies  
I had a lovely SMB printer setup (HP 4050N shared via SMB from a Linux box) that I had configured from the "Advanced" section in the Print Center.

Then today, I discover that not only has the...
Posted by jreades, on Sep 18, 2002 at 04:33 AM, in Mac OS X
Virtual PC (W2K) not seeing/using my Airport card... 373 Views / 2 Replies  
All the posts that I've come across here and on Connectix's site refer to VirtualPC and the Airport card as if there's some transparent networking thing that happens when you have an Airport card...
Posted by jreades, on Aug 21, 2002 at 01:58 PM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 303 Views / 3 Replies  
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Posted by jreades, on Jul 29, 2002 at 11:53 AM, in Mac OS X
I want my /etc/rc3.d! 303 Views / 3 Replies  
Ugh, dumb Linux user question.

Where's the BSD-equivalent of /etc/rc3.d?

I installed postfix and want it to run on multi-user startup without having to fire it up from the Terminal App.

TIA.
Posted by jreades, on Jul 29, 2002 at 11:42 AM, in Mac OS X
Uh yes, I think it's useful to compare a 600MHz... 383 Views / 34 Replies  
Uh yes, I think it's useful to compare a 600MHz G3 to the UltraSparc processor. You might want to take a look at the specs (http://www.sun.com/sparc/UltraSPARC-III/) before coming up with this kind...
Posted by jreades, on Jan 12, 2001 at 09:46 AM, in Mac Desktops
Try this (works on Linux): 1. In your home... 1,439 Views / 205 Replies  
Try this (works on Linux):

1. In your home directory (just type 'cd' and you will be magically transported) type 'vi .bashrc' (assuming that you are using the bash shell -- likely -- and assuming...
Posted by jreades, on Oct 4, 2000 at 03:48 PM, in Mac OS X
That's NIS, not Samba -- if your NT shop is... 1,439 Views / 205 Replies  
That's NIS, not Samba -- if your NT shop is running NIS (network information service -- or something like that) then you'll be able to use a single password across both NT and *nix machines.
Posted by jreades, on Oct 4, 2000 at 03:37 PM, in Mac OS X
Let me preface this with a YMMV (your mileage may... 331 Views / 8 Replies  
Let me preface this with a YMMV (your mileage may vary).

Here's how the /etc/rc.d system works in Linux...

There are approximately six folders under /etc/rc.d/. They are:

1....
Posted by jreades, on Sep 22, 2000 at 10:46 AM, in Mac OS X
No, you cannot run mySQL/PHP under OS9. The... 137 Views / 7 Replies  
No, you cannot run mySQL/PHP under OS9.

The reasons for this go far beyond my technical expertise, but basically you're getting into all sort of issues related to the underlying operating...
Posted by jreades, on Sep 22, 2000 at 10:29 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Are you sure about this? I have a pair of Seagate... 252 Views / 4 Replies  
Are you sure about this? I have a pair of Seagate SCSI drives in my beige G3 that I installed when Apple's original was fried -- the drivers are updatable as if they were Apple-installed.

I *do*...
Posted by jreades, on Mar 21, 2000 at 05:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
QT4/Toast 3.5.6 Bug? 477 Views / 3 Replies  
Just upgraded to QT4 yesterday and Toast started bombing while burning (crash and burn :^> ) reporting, among other things, a "Buffer Underrun."

Restarting my G3/300 with all QT extensions...
Posted by jreades, on Apr 21, 1999 at 11:45 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
From your post, it's a little hard to know what... 384 Views / 1 Replies  
From your post, it's a little hard to know what the problem might be, but for reference, I've seen OSX Server running on an external UW/SCSI3 Medalist using BootX for switching between 8.5 and X...
Posted by jreades, on Apr 20, 1999 at 11:37 AM, in Mac OS X
Just a quick thank you for your input on this...... 514 Views / 11 Replies  
Just a quick thank you for your input on this... it's strange how much more difficult the decision gets once it's your money and not your employer's. ;^)

But to counter a couple of your points for...
Posted by jreades, on Apr 20, 1999 at 11:21 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
ORB vs. Jaz 514 Views / 11 Replies  
I've been looking into purchasing some kind of big (capacity) removable media drive for backing up high-res scans, updaters, and so on.

I had planned to go with a Jaz drive, but a little research...
Posted by jreades, on Apr 8, 1999 at 11:11 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I'm not sure if this is covered by the "Hot... 301 Views / 4 Replies  
I'm not sure if this is covered by the "Hot Spare," but I'd also have a small (500MB) partition to use as a swap for memory when you're running Photoshop, Quark, and the other big, bad boys of...
Posted by jreades, on Apr 7, 1999 at 02:29 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
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