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This is not an authoritative answer, but: ... 1,133 Views / 21 Replies  
This is not an authoritative answer, but:

Quick Takes on Real World Macintosh Performance (http://www.barefeats.com/quick.html)

"August 18th, 2006 -- New Apple 23" Cinema impresses. We ordered...
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 18, 2006 at 03:49 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The display is fantastic. It's week 29. 1,133 Views / 21 Replies  
The display is fantastic. It's week 29.
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 18, 2006 at 11:27 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Ah, I see. Well, the box doesn't have the specs... 1,133 Views / 21 Replies  
Ah, I see. Well, the box doesn't have the specs listed, nor are they listed anywhere inside the box. I just got one a couple of days ago. No idea whether it's updated or not.
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 17, 2006 at 09:45 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
How do you know it's the old specs vs new specs? 1,133 Views / 21 Replies  
How do you know it's the old specs vs new specs?
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 17, 2006 at 07:21 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Sunny skies, no rain. Read the FAQ. ... 24,111 Views / 321 Replies  
Sunny skies, no rain. Read the FAQ.

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/bts/bts_faq.html
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 8, 2006 at 11:42 AM, in Mac Desktops
Apps, applets, utilities like mail, dashboard,... 146,885 Views / 2,183 Replies  
Apps, applets, utilities like mail, dashboard, etc, are nice and all, but the way I see it is that they're just stuff bundled with the OS. Some of which are worth some of my money.

Major OS...
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 7, 2006 at 03:26 PM, in macOS
Time machine sounds pretty awesome. Instantly... 146,885 Views / 2,183 Replies  
Time machine sounds pretty awesome. Instantly reminds me of VAX/VMS file versioning.
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 7, 2006 at 03:07 PM, in macOS
Apple website now has info: ... 24,111 Views / 321 Replies  
Apple website now has info:

http://www.apple.com/macpro/

(and apple store back up)
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 7, 2006 at 02:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
Dell XPS 700, E6700 C2D, 1GB RAM, Dual 256MB... 24,111 Views / 321 Replies  
Dell XPS 700, E6700 C2D, 1GB RAM, Dual 256MB GeForce 7900 GS, 2x320GB SATA HDD, no monitor: $2869.

Notes: No preinstalled software, 2 yr warranty.

[I feel dirty for trying to compare Dell to...
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 7, 2006 at 01:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
buh bye ppc, don't let the door hit you in the... 24,111 Views / 321 Replies  
buh bye ppc, don't let the door hit you in the a55 on the way out! ;)

Anyone want a used Quicksilver 2002? :)
Posted by dudesteve, on Aug 7, 2006 at 01:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
The addition of 16-bit layers alone makes it... 853 Views / 8 Replies  
The addition of 16-bit layers alone makes it worth a whole version increase to some of us. But, if you're just playing with jpgs from your digital point and shoot, it's probably not a big deal.
...
Posted by dudesteve, on Dec 4, 2003 at 08:04 PM, in Applications
no playlists thru itunes integration! 665 Views / 6 Replies  
Rio's itunes integration is only so-so. It xfers songs just fine, but doesn't seem to allow for playlists to be created. A very big thing to be missing!
Posted by dudesteve, on Nov 19, 2003 at 02:30 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Google on something like "big little endian" and... 2,308 Views / 24 Replies  
Google on something like "big little endian" and you'll find that your understanding is not quite right.

And while x86 is little endian, PPC can be either, though I think it is always used big...
Posted by dudesteve, on Sep 5, 2003 at 10:17 PM, in Mac Desktops
doing a 'man jobs' brings up the tcsh man page,... 454 Views / 1 Replies  
doing a 'man jobs' brings up the tcsh man page, which states among other things:

The shell maintains a notion of the current and previous
jobs. In output pertaining to jobs,...
Posted by dudesteve, on Mar 4, 2003 at 01:52 AM, in macOS
It's probably better to do a 'kill -TERM' than a... 4,080 Views / 4 Replies  
It's probably better to do a 'kill -TERM' than a 'kill -KILL', but anyway...FYI, you can also specify the job number in a kill, ex:

% touch foo
% touch bar
% tail -f foo
^Z
Suspended
% tail...
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 25, 2003 at 07:14 PM, in macOS
just undo the move w/ cmd-z instead of searching... 1,697 Views / 12 Replies  
just undo the move w/ cmd-z instead of searching for it. Doesn't solve the problem, but at least you don't have to go searching for where you accidentally moved it.
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 23, 2003 at 12:16 AM, in macOS
hmm. well, that doesn't shed much light. ... 1,148 Views / 8 Replies  
hmm. well, that doesn't shed much light.

This indicates that tail wasn't actually running when you ran the command.

You'd need to provide more info about the currently running processes when...
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 19, 2003 at 10:34 PM, in macOS
well, something is causing it to run, obviously. ... 1,148 Views / 8 Replies  
well, something is causing it to run, obviously.

Maybe it'll help to follow the ppid back to find out how it was called, starting with something like:

ps -O ppid `ps -auwwx | grep tail | awk...
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 19, 2003 at 04:07 PM, in macOS
cuz... 1,759 Views / 1 Replies  
'udp' needs to be escaped because udp is a keyword (RTF manpage).
'gre' doesn't need to because it isn't a keyword.

BTW, it also works if you drop the 'proto' keyword and the escape, ie:

...
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 17, 2003 at 03:07 PM, in macOS
Sounds like a USB device. Searching around,... 760 Views / 2 Replies  
Sounds like a USB device. Searching around, vendor ID 1193 is Canon, Inc.
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 7, 2003 at 09:31 PM, in macOS
Why don't you just use sftp and/or scp for file... 1,175 Views / 12 Replies  
Why don't you just use sftp and/or scp for file transfer and shut down ftp altogether?
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 30, 2002 at 12:20 AM, in macOS
you still need to escape the spaces: alias... 594 Views / 2 Replies  
you still need to escape the spaces:

alias msfolder "cd ~/Documents/Microsoft\ User\ Data"
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 28, 2002 at 04:13 PM, in macOS
Hi Yose... I don't quite follow you. What do... 867 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi Yose...

I don't quite follow you. What do you mean by "desktop" and "window" in this context?

You mean that you want it to show up on the Finder desktop (ie: the background of the Finder)...
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 26, 2002 at 10:54 PM, in macOS
The CLI is dead? heh. Oh, then I should have just... 691 Views / 4 Replies  
The CLI is dead? heh. Oh, then I should have just switched to Windows after all. :rolleyes: I stuck with the Mac largely because of the flexibility of a legitimate desktop OS coupled with a unix CLI...
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 25, 2002 at 01:10 PM, in macOS
ipfw list 658 Views / 2 Replies  
ipfw list
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 25, 2002 at 12:44 PM, in macOS
geez, use google, ppl... 1,115 Views / 16 Replies  
http://www.pocketmac.net/

Been considering pocketpc but worried about having to rely on 3rd party sync software. Waiting to check out the palm tungsten being introduced next week...
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 25, 2002 at 12:25 AM, in macOS
ah. you're going via smb. didn't realize that... 459 Views / 4 Replies  
ah. you're going via smb. didn't realize that (ok, in hindsight, that was probably pretty obvious).

It's probably the 'create mode' in smb.conf, then...can't really help cuz I'm not using samba at...
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 24, 2002 at 02:43 PM, in macOS
umask 459 Views / 4 Replies  
set umask as appropriate
---

umask [value]
Sets the file creation mask to value, which is
given in octal. Common values for the mask are
...
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 24, 2002 at 12:37 PM, in macOS
option: scp instead of tar/sftp 1,675 Views / 3 Replies  
If you don't want to do the tar/sftp thing, you can also just use scp on the directory you want to transfer:

scp -r <user>:<remote_directory> <local_destination>

-Steve
Posted by dudesteve, on Oct 22, 2002 at 02:03 PM, in macOS
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Posted by dudesteve, on Jul 20, 2002 at 04:31 AM, in macOS
Is this admin account's shell different from... 463 Views / 3 Replies  
Is this admin account's shell different from other users' shells?

Assuming it's tcsh, there are a couple of shell variables that control this that you can set in ~/.cshrc, ~/.tcshrc,...
Posted by dudesteve, on Mar 22, 2002 at 05:31 PM, in macOS
might also want to look for clues in... 520 Views / 5 Replies  
might also want to look for clues in /var/log/system.log while in single user mode.
Posted by dudesteve, on Mar 22, 2002 at 02:03 AM, in macOS
I assume it's by using bindkey... 681 Views / 13 Replies  
I assume it's by using bindkey...
Posted by dudesteve, on Mar 21, 2002 at 01:36 PM, in macOS
Well, there are settings in... 1,164 Views / 15 Replies  
Well, there are settings in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist

Editing this file, I can change the display sleep on the fly, but not hard drive or system sleep. I haven't figured...
Posted by dudesteve, on Feb 8, 2002 at 03:37 AM, in macOS
 
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