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"the gender disparity in tech is shamefully...
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"the gender disparity in tech is shamefully imbalanced across the age spectrum". Who is to be shamed? The females who freely chose other interests? The central planners who didn't produce a more...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Mar 18, 2016 at 01:09 PM, in Mac News |
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I'm really enjoying this series. Even after...
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I'm really enjoying this series. Even after reading a few books on computer/Apple/Mac history and besides the fact I was a user through the vast majority of this history, I'm still learning things.
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Posted by JackWebb, on Feb 29, 2016 at 05:49 PM, in Mac News |
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We've had 20 years of warnings about Seagate...
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2,358 Views / 19 Replies |
We've had 20 years of warnings about Seagate drives failing. It's amazing this has been a problem all this time and quality never got fixed. My first two experiences with them were a 2GB and 9GB...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Feb 1, 2016 at 03:56 PM, in Mac News |
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That's good. I wish we could get more people to...
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541 Views / 4 Replies |
That's good. I wish we could get more people to do this so I have less chance of accidentally playing their music. And maybe we can get rid of all the promoting while we're at it so I don't have to...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Nov 21, 2015 at 12:55 PM, in Mac News |
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I use my Mac professionally, on it 10 hours a...
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1,644 Views / 15 Replies |
I use my Mac professionally, on it 10 hours a day. I used to always be chomping to get a new Mac after 2 years and always got there within 3 years. With my current Mac Pro early 2009, I brought it to...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Nov 5, 2015 at 04:34 PM, in Mac News |
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Serious question: Do the students who did the...
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2,136 Views / 12 Replies |
Serious question: Do the students who did the work for the original patent get anything for this? If not, did they know their work could be worth so much and did they sign off from receiving anything...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Oct 19, 2015 at 06:28 PM, in Mac News |
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I've always found the true story more compelling...
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394 Views / 4 Replies |
I've always found the true story more compelling than the artistic such as with the book Argo vs. the movie, the truth in the book was far more amazing. Movies make vivid pictures for us but they are...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Oct 19, 2015 at 06:19 PM, in Mac News |
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Sticking to peripherals it would be the less...
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1,755 Views / 16 Replies |
Sticking to peripherals it would be the less expensive GCC laser printer that was not postscript and hooked-up to the back of the Mac II via SCSI. Beginning with System 7, GCC began allowing...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Aug 26, 2015 at 01:54 PM, in Mac News |
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Over 12 years ago I was upgrading an OS X Server...
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Over 12 years ago I was upgrading an OS X Server to a new major version. I thought I had tape backups working with Retrospect and as my routine I backed the whole server up to a Firewire drive before...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Aug 15, 2015 at 03:16 PM, in Mac News |
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In order to have any list of tracks I like in...
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2,158 Views / 18 Replies |
In order to have any list of tracks I like in Apple Music I must turn on iCloud Music. The problem with that is I have hundreds of GB of tracks (mostly historical recordings) that can't be matched at...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Jul 28, 2015 at 09:19 AM, in Mac News |
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I knew the PowerMac 5500 requirement was wrong...
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1,504 Views / 10 Replies |
I knew the PowerMac 5500 requirement was wrong b/c I remember running 8.1 on 68K Macs. In fact System 7.5.5 would run on a Macintosh Plus from 1986 or in color on a Mac II from 1987, but I wouldn't...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Jun 24, 2015 at 03:50 AM, in Tech News |
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I agree a tool like this is more for the...
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430 Views / 1 Replies |
I agree a tool like this is more for the contributor (10%) and developer (1%) classes of users; not so much the consumers. It records an fps game perfectly at 1920x1200 30fps along with game sound...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Apr 21, 2015 at 02:39 PM, in Mac News |
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This completely confirms what I've seen. Every...
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1,750 Views / 11 Replies |
This completely confirms what I've seen. Every Seagate I've ever owned no longer works except for a couple I removed before they had a chance. None of my IBM/Hitachi/HGST have ever failed. I've...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Feb 4, 2015 at 02:12 PM, in Tech News |
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climacs: your first comment is ignorant...
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climacs: your first comment is ignorant demagoguery without any truthful basis. Give it up. Your 2nd comment is somewhat intelligent. The content of executive orders and their respect for...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Oct 20, 2014 at 04:47 PM, in Tech News |
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Carbon is good but I'm sure Carbon Dioxide is...
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Carbon is good but I'm sure Carbon Dioxide is what is meant. That's also good. I don't think there's enough of it. In the medieval warming period, CO2 levels were about triple what we have today and...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Sep 22, 2014 at 12:52 PM, in Mac News |
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There's a small indictment on the tax rates. Do...
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1,272 Views / 9 Replies |
There's a small indictment on the tax rates. Do they protest that? The job market is only ever hampered by government. $14-$16 is already above that but there are lots of costs to employing. If they...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Aug 29, 2014 at 01:35 PM, in Mac News |
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Do we bother accounting for the diversity of...
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Do we bother accounting for the diversity of people's interests and talents? I can try to get my daughter to be a programmer but she hates it. I can try to tell my son to give up programming and go...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Aug 12, 2014 at 02:55 PM, in Tech News |
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Spotify is shooting themselves down by the...
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Spotify is shooting themselves down by the elimination of stars and taking an okay app interface and making it horid--more modern but far less information all spread out and dark. Spotify is nearly...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Aug 7, 2014 at 02:46 PM, in Tech News |
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We'd just be transferring control over fairness...
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We'd just be transferring control over fairness from a very loose imperfect input through the voting of our dollars for those who can do that in areas that have competition to almost no control via...
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Posted by JackWebb, on May 15, 2014 at 01:06 PM, in Tech News |
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Bah! Then what's the point if I have to spend...
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Bah! Then what's the point if I have to spend $100/mo for 100+ channels I don't want and don't want to support. When this becomes a deal where I subscribe to just those channels I want, you have my...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Apr 15, 2014 at 02:32 PM, in Mac News |
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Where's the beef! Am I showing my age? I can...
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326 Views / 2 Replies |
Where's the beef! Am I showing my age? I can remember TV commercials from 30 years ago but I can't remember a single mobile ad. I know they are there. I don't think I've ever read them and if I have...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Apr 11, 2014 at 03:53 PM, in Tech News |
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In my experience it is difficult to come across...
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1,926 Views / 9 Replies |
In my experience it is difficult to come across anyone who can notice the difference between 256 AAC and Lossless, let alone more obvious bit rate differences that I'm actually able to notice. And...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Apr 11, 2014 at 02:09 PM, in Tech News |
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People (companies and their stockholders) make...
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2,341 Views / 19 Replies |
People (companies and their stockholders) make profits by serving other people with efficient production, service and acts of goodwill and go out of business when they fail at these... unless they...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Mar 1, 2014 at 04:08 AM, in Mac News |
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In the long run the stock will do fine if the...
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2,341 Views / 19 Replies |
In the long run the stock will do fine if the fundamentals do fine. Profit is important and without it you get no incentive to produce the things that we find valuable. But again, it's been...
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Posted by JackWebb, on Mar 1, 2014 at 02:39 AM, in Mac News |
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