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Well...if you have ever read any of US Copyright... 1,594 Views / 19 Replies  
Well...if you have ever read any of US Copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/index.html) (and the same things seem to apply to Japanese Copyright law (http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/)), you...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Aug 25, 2002 at 02:13 AM, in macOS
Ok, so I'm easily amused. 852 Views / 6 Replies  
That gave me a good chuckle. :D

Is that a bug or a feature?
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Aug 14, 2002 at 12:43 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the response, and the link. I realize... 1,103 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks for the response, and the link. I realize that this isn't the best place for it, but I thought perhaps a few people could help out here (which you did. thanks :) )

I took a look at that...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Aug 12, 2002 at 08:18 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Acoustic/Electric Guitar advice... 1,103 Views / 3 Replies  
Hey all...this is my first post to this forum, but it seemed like the right place for this (and it does actually tie into the Mac). Since I am about to start performing in public, I'm in the market...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Aug 12, 2002 at 06:44 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
read the last paragraph of this... 638 Views / 4 Replies  
read the last paragraph of this (http://forums.macnn.com/announcement.php?s=&forumid=82)

HTH.
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Aug 6, 2002 at 08:19 AM, in Applications
Japanese Text in iTunes 3 and w/ a Creative Nomad II MG 508 Views / 0 Replies  
Hey all...does anyone know what kind of encoding iTunes 3 is using for Japanese text in ID3 tags? Also, what kind of encoding the Creative Nomad II MG can understand?

For some reason, even though...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Aug 6, 2002 at 06:15 AM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 663 Views / 28 Replies  
</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 Developer:
<strong>test:...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jul 23, 2002 at 12:57 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 663 Views / 28 Replies  
</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 bradr:
<strong>Anyone...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jul 23, 2002 at 12:30 AM, in macOS
This sounds similar to a problem I have had off... 573 Views / 5 Replies  
This sounds similar to a problem I have had off and on (haven't had it for awhile and I still don't know the cause). There were times when iTunes just wouldn't play anything at all for me.

I would...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jul 14, 2002 at 09:56 AM, in Applications
Just in case this might be useful to anyone who... 656 Views / 3 Replies  
Just in case this might be useful to anyone who is using a region free drive, I tracked down the culprit and found a solution.

The culprit was Quicktime 6 public preview. There were 3 potential...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jul 9, 2002 at 01:15 PM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 610 Views / 7 Replies  
</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 kvm_mkdb:
<strong>You can...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 27, 2002 at 10:27 PM, in Applications
Please tell me this is a problem w/ Region X 656 Views / 3 Replies  
Hey all...I just noticed something strange and potentially incredibly bothersome, and I would appreciate it if any of you w/ similar set-ups could see if you have the same problem. Here's my set-up:...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 27, 2002 at 07:11 AM, in Applications
Any way to convert realaudio files to something listenable? 610 Views / 7 Replies  
Ok, last night I went to an excellent live show in Shibuya, and one of the groups (I saw for the first time) was excellent. I bought the CD that they were selling, but it wasn't their album but...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 26, 2002 at 09:44 PM, in Applications
My only issue w/ the iBook is the lack of a PC... 433 Views / 6 Replies  
My only issue w/ the iBook is the lack of a PC card slot...but that might only affect users like me who live in Japan and have a mobile internet card (currently using DDI Pocket's AirH" 128kbps...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 21, 2002 at 05:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
In response to Chingwei: Yeah, I will probably... 527 Views / 10 Replies  
In response to Chingwei:
Yeah, I will probably have to install some additional software onto the 30GB drive (like the trackpad software, and probably some Powerbook specific stuff). That is no big...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 27, 2001 at 04:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Just thought I'd share this little tidbit...it... 951 Views / 8 Replies  
Just thought I'd share this little tidbit...it pretty much sums everything up (well, for me at least). KD5MDK over at ArsTechnica managed to dig this up...

This is from this letter...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 27, 2001 at 01:34 AM, in Developer Center
This happened to me today when I was trying to... 456 Views / 14 Replies  
This happened to me today when I was trying to mount a .dmg with DiskCopy...I found something that fixed it in my case, but I don't know if it is a global solution or not:

Well, I brought up the...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 27, 2001 at 01:24 AM, in macOS
Well...it does seem like a lot of work, but after... 527 Views / 10 Replies  
Well...it does seem like a lot of work, but after considering all of my alternatives to getting my computer to Japan and being without a computer for the shortest time, this is the best. Once I get...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 26, 2001 at 09:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Probably a stupid question regarding PBG3 Firewire 527 Views / 10 Replies  
Hello all,

I am moving to Japan next week, and as it stands, I will be borrowing my step-dad's PowerBook G3 Firewire for a couple of weeks until I can afford to ship my G4 tower (which costs...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 26, 2001 at 07:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, like DUH!! Of course it is slow on a Big... 1,689 Views / 132 Replies  
Well, like DUH!! Of course it is slow on a Big Mac. Its that special sauce that slows it down, I tell ya!!! If Apple would just get around the special sauce problem, I bet it would run just as fast...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 26, 2001 at 04:46 PM, in macOS
Carbon vs. Cocoa: Performance? 951 Views / 8 Replies  
This cross-posted from the ArsTechnica Mac forum (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=frm&s=50009562&f=8300945231). I'm posting it here because I thought this my be a good place for...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 25, 2001 at 09:09 PM, in Developer Center
That's pretty impressive considering the Mac is... 897 Views / 31 Replies  
That's pretty impressive considering the Mac is only 17 years old, and before Adobe there was Aldus. ;) However, I won't deny that Adobe is a big part of the reason that the Macintosh is still...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 23, 2001 at 01:25 PM, in macOS
Hrm...thanks for the sermon. So, do you... 1,338 Views / 106 Replies  
Hrm...thanks for the sermon.

So, do you happen to know where I can get a region free/infinitely region selectable DVD player for pretty cheap? Oh, and also a TV set, since I don't own one of...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 21, 2001 at 01:43 PM, in macOS
Yeah, I saw that too. :) I'm gonna check it out... 723 Views / 30 Replies  
Yeah, I saw that too. :) I'm gonna check it out tonight on some of my non-region coded DVDs...I think a few of my anime ones are not region coded.

I'm also gonna give it a shot with linux after...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 19, 2001 at 05:42 PM, in macOS
Uhhh, no. This has been well discussed in the... 723 Views / 30 Replies  
Uhhh, no. This has been well discussed in the past. If you try to take a screen shot of the DVD player with any DVD content on it (paused or playing, doesn't matter), all you will get is a slightly...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 19, 2001 at 11:50 AM, in macOS
you know, it is kind of funny...I look for a lot... 532 Views / 21 Replies  
you know, it is kind of funny...I look for a lot of Japanese music on napster, mostly from anime and games, but general music as well...

The funny thing is, I can still find most of it. I guess...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 17, 2001 at 09:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
What's the airspeed velocity of an unlaiden... 540 Views / 36 Replies  
What's the airspeed velocity of an unlaiden swallow?
:D :D :D

hehe...congrats mods. :)
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 15, 2001 at 06:52 PM, in MacNN Lounge
GAHHH!! my first DP. *sigh* [ 06-13-2001:... 690 Views / 20 Replies  
GAHHH!! my first DP. *sigh*

[ 06-13-2001: Message edited by: interactive_civilian ]
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 13, 2001 at 11:30 AM, in macOS
w00t! Another ProFTPd user...I love this server.... 690 Views / 20 Replies  
w00t! Another ProFTPd user...I love this server. For the kind of security I needed and ease of configuration, it beat out the default BSD FTPd with no contest (or I just wasn't looking in the right...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 13, 2001 at 11:28 AM, in macOS
Well, thanks for the sermon...Are you going to... 903 Views / 39 Replies  
Well, thanks for the sermon...Are you going to pay for it? Why don't you throw in a TV as well, because I don't have one of those. I don't watch TV, only DVDs. That is why I got a DVD-ROM drive in my...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 13, 2001 at 11:11 AM, in macOS
Simple. My computer is my DVD player. I watch... 903 Views / 39 Replies  
Simple. My computer is my DVD player. I watch DVDs randomly, but quite often (usually one every day or two). I often watch them on a whim, instead of planning to do so before hand. Having to reboot...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Jun 12, 2001 at 07:13 PM, in macOS
A couple of questions...first off: ... 564 Views / 18 Replies  
A couple of questions...first off:


Uhh...it comes with 600+ MB of MP3s?? Just out of curiosity, what kind of music? I would imagine a pretty hefty variety, and 600MB of MP3s is a pretty good...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 31, 2001 at 09:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
If you need to burn Data CDs, you will have to... 424 Views / 6 Replies  
If you need to burn Data CDs, you will have to wait a bit...the ever present Soon(tm).

If you want to run Word natively w/out using Classic, then you will have to wait for MS, which could be...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 08:49 PM, in macOS
Heh...that is funny. I often find myself running... 578 Views / 12 Replies  
Heh...that is funny. I often find myself running out of memory in OS 9.1 (which I am in quite often because I like to watch DVDs...) because I leave open many memory hungry apps and forget about them...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 08:40 PM, in macOS
BTW, this is the same way in MacOS 9.x. Cheers.... 426 Views / 6 Replies  
BTW, this is the same way in MacOS 9.x.
Cheers. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 08:35 PM, in macOS
hehe...I feel coke. ... 951 Views / 25 Replies  
hehe...I feel coke. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 08:30 PM, in macOS
I agree...I personally think that it really sucks... 532 Views / 12 Replies  
I agree...I personally think that it really sucks that the only current graphics card upgrade option that those of us w/ the 2xAGP G4 systems have is the ATI Radeon, unless we want to do some hacking...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 05:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
Slightly OT. Forgive my ignorance, but just out... 485 Views / 20 Replies  
Slightly OT. Forgive my ignorance, but just out of curiosity...

How much of an advantage is a 100MHz bus when you are dealing with a 4500RPM hard drive, only 128MB of RAM (unless you upgrade), and...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 05:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, actually is is supposed to be:... 539 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, actually is is supposed to be: www.domainname.com/~user (http://www.domainname.com/~user)
Notice the "~".

As far as controlling the webserver, I don't believe there is anyway to do all of...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 30, 2001 at 03:53 PM, in macOS
I thought it was 84.6%... 531 Views / 13 Replies  
I thought it was 84.6%...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 29, 2001 at 09:20 AM, in macOS
Just a little word of warning. The root account... 442 Views / 8 Replies  
Just a little word of warning. The root account is the god of the machine. The machine will never question anything that root does, no matter how serious a problem this could cause (e.g. the machine...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 27, 2001 at 11:01 AM, in macOS
Actually, this is an extremely valid point. My... 692 Views / 48 Replies  
Actually, this is an extremely valid point. My apologies. 8 years of broadband has spoiled me a bit. Oh well...

Cheers.
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 24, 2001 at 11:17 AM, in macOS
Bahhh...get back to work. ... 427 Views / 6 Replies  
Bahhh...get back to work. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif

Anyway, Developer said this:


This isn't a bad idea (except for the afore mentioned fact that option clicking already has a...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 24, 2001 at 10:38 AM, in macOS
I am pretty sure that he was referring to the... 692 Views / 48 Replies  
I am pretty sure that he was referring to the ways of downloading the software updates. With the Apple updates, you can either use the Software Update application or you can physically download the...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 24, 2001 at 10:29 AM, in macOS
Starting to drift OT... Don't you mean... 665 Views / 34 Replies  
Starting to drift OT...


Don't you mean Perl? http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif
And don't you still need the CSS decryption key? (not positive on this, but this was the impression...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 22, 2001 at 01:08 AM, in macOS
Anyone check out the "Mac OS X Server in Action"... 473 Views / 23 Replies  
Anyone check out the "Mac OS X Server in Action" section of this page: http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/
?

If not, do so. Watch the menus. No dissolving menus. They instantly appear and...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 21, 2001 at 08:49 PM, in macOS
Should Apple buy Be right now? No...it is too... 524 Views / 7 Replies  
Should Apple buy Be right now? No...it is too late for any good to come of that.

Should Apple have bought Be a few years ago? I personally think so. I don't know why, but I feel that things would...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 13, 2001 at 01:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge
See you at the end of the universe, Mr. Adams.... 648 Views / 32 Replies  
See you at the end of the universe, Mr. Adams. Save me a good seat at Milliways.

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Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 12, 2001 at 08:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I recommend trying with a fresh 9.1 system... 444 Views / 5 Replies  
I recommend trying with a fresh 9.1 system folder. I don't know what, if any problems exist w/ 10.0.x, but with the Public Beta, using my main OS 9.1 system folder for classic somehow killed my DVD...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on May 3, 2001 at 07:20 PM, in macOS
Your best bet may be to re-install. You should be... 557 Views / 6 Replies  
Your best bet may be to re-install. You should be able to re-install OS X over top of your hosed install and it should fix the broken things (can I be any less specific? ...
Posted by interactive_civilian, on Apr 26, 2001 at 12:02 PM, in macOS
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