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  • worthy of it. Sorry 'bout that.
    Benji had this to say on Feb 12, 2008 Posts: 927
    Apple Designs Make Work More Enjoyable
  • I think it’s safe to say that Apple designs some great looking hardware. Whether or not that improves productivity, I can’t say. Like overrated peddler of cynical pop culture shite JJ Abrams said, his powerbook asks him every day what he can write that's worthy of Perhaps if we swapped it for an Eee PC he might be tempted to produce some more genuine ouvres.
    Benji had this to say on Feb 12, 2008 Posts: 927
    Apple Designs Make Work More Enjoyable
  • BAM! Right in the kisser.
    Benji had this to say on Feb 05, 2008 Posts: 927
    Microsoft, Always a Source of Amusement
  • Everything points towards Nick being happy with terms. 'Nick Ciarelli, Think Secret's publisher, said "I'm pleased to have reached this amicable settlement' You'd have to be pretty retarded not to see what that means.
    Benji had this to say on Dec 30, 2007 Posts: 927
    Think Secret To Continue?
  • Why not start a company selling iPhone accessory gloves with hinged finger-caps for the thumb and index finger?
    Benji had this to say on Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 927
    iPhone Bytes
  • To often in the Mac community we take ourselves way to seriously !
    Benji had this to say on Nov 28, 2007 Posts: 927
    Sincere Apologies
  • It is a realisation that comes to all iPod owners eventually.
    Benji had this to say on Nov 24, 2007 Posts: 927
    Do We Only Buy iPods Because Our Poop Stinks?
  • The real question is what are you purchasing when you buy music? I agree with you, but what is your answer, flyboy?
    Benji had this to say on Nov 22, 2007 Posts: 927
    Lesson for the recording industry: Know what you're selling
  • It would be so much less fun without the secrecy.
    Benji had this to say on Nov 22, 2007 Posts: 927
    The Pros and Cons of Secrecy
  • The way goodwill towards the recording industry continues to reach new lows is intensely pleasing. cf
    Benji had this to say on Nov 19, 2007 Posts: 927
    Lesson for the recording industry: Know what you're selling
  • I feel your pain here, I recently took my Powerbook apart, though more for interest than anything else (and to see if upgrades were possible). I didn't have any problems, but it would make my month if Apple made hard drive upgrades easier. I definitely think an external drive for media content is probably the better solution. I agree with this, it's what I do, although it does make backing up, and just plain accessing your stuff, somewhat less than completely painless if you use a notebook as your main machine, as I do.
  • well, in Ben’s case it’s because that’s what Apple tells him he wants and that’s good enough for him [1] Jerk. Why in the world would you want to, by DEFAULT, include crap that you deleted to appear in your Spotlight search Well first of all that is the most definitively split infinitive I have ever seen. But in answer to your question, you don't, dummy, you want it to appear in searches BACK IN TIME for lost documents. Perhaps you don't understand how this feature works yet? If ordinary spotlight searches include Time Machine's stuff, then obviously that should be changed. [2] By the way, my new policy is simply to call you a jerk whenever you make a comment that appeals to a stereotyped a priori definition of your opponent, in place of rational argument. I heartily welcome everyone who joins with me in using this accurate technique to label Beeblebrox's vitriolic namecalling. It springs from the sudden realisation that this type of comment [1] is so plainly in opposition of the reality of the adversarial position [2], and those of most people he commonly uses them against, that against such juveline namecalling, no further justification or rebuttal is required.
    Benji had this to say on Nov 04, 2007 Posts: 927
    Where to Now for OS X?
  • Don't exclude your TM volume from Spotlight. For many people the volume with the Time Machine backup may contain other files as Time Machine only backs up to a folder on the drive. So if anything, exclude that folder from Spotlight. But still, don't exclude the folder from Spotlight, because if you do, you won't be able to use Time Machine on Spotlight searches. That means that apps you’ve deleted, maybe for security reasons, are really still there Hands up anyone here who's ever needed to delete an app for a security reason on a Mac. This is a non-issue. If you have stuff you don't want backed up, put it somewhere Time Machine isn't backing up.
    Benji had this to say on Nov 04, 2007 Posts: 927
    Where to Now for OS X?
  • I do not think and never really have thought it is fair to say that Vista was a knock-off of OS X, although many people, including Daniel Lyons (Fake Steve) have expressed that view firmly. I do however think it is overwhelmingly likely that the very reason we have seen the push towards tarting up in Vista was in direct response to the increasing critical praise that OS X has received from reviewers in major publications -- including those for whom in times past the Mac world barely figured. Transparency for instance is something that Apple brought to the table, starting with the first release of OS X (in menus especially), but increasingly with Dashboard, HUDs, etc, and is something I think Windows has been influenced by -- which is not a negative thing nor in any way a criticism of Windows, except that it suggests a lack of own initiative and leadership on the design front, which will come as news to nobody. All in all there is nothing in Leopard nor the situation in which it has come about that suggests a design influence flowing from Windows back to OS X. Incidentally this suggestion itself suggests two premises: 1. There are some bad choices in Leopard, design-wise (menubar, Dock); 2. They come from Vista. Seems to me people are being led to suggest OS X is copying Vista purely by their dislike of Leopard's visual tweaks.
    Benji had this to say on Nov 02, 2007 Posts: 927
    Mac OS X Leopard: Just a Pretty Vista Knockoff
  • Leopard isn’t revolutionary per se, but some things in it will cause a revolution in users’ practices I agree with that appraisal. In general, though, I would characterize 'causing a revolution' as 'being revolutionary'. :P Bye, mozart.
    Benji had this to say on Nov 02, 2007 Posts: 927
    Mac OS X Leopard: Just a Pretty Vista Knockoff