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Maxim
6-Feb-2007
[1799]
I only wish there where a safe way to implement local file sandbox 
within plugin.  AFAIK, the write and save commands do nothing...
Volker
6-Feb-2007
[1800x2]
AFAIK they work like desktop-sandbox. in another folder.
run a script  and show what-dir
Maxim
6-Feb-2007
[1802]
moving to plugin group.
Henrik
6-Feb-2007
[1803]
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/<-- Steve Jobs encourages 
the removal of DRM from music.
Graham
6-Feb-2007
[1804]
Anyone tried this http://www.siteadvisor.com/.. plugin for firefox 
and ie that tells you about a site's safety rating in terms of spyware, 
popups etc
Alan
7-Feb-2007
[1805]
firefox warned me not to install,it's a McAffee product
Graham
7-Feb-2007
[1806]
It was created by some guys who were then bought out by Macfee ...
MikeL
7-Feb-2007
[1807]
Site advisor works for me.
Oldes
8-Feb-2007
[1808]
http://www.break.com/index/awesome_folding_chair.html
BrianH
8-Feb-2007
[1809]
I want one, or a whole set!
Graham
8-Feb-2007
[1810]
Looks like an overgrown Xmas decoration
BrianH
8-Feb-2007
[1811]
I thought a Slinky.
Graham
8-Feb-2007
[1812x3]
those Xmas decorations that are flat, and you unfold them to form 
a cylindrical decoration
this is also known as "prior art"
ok, that was a bad pun
BrianH
8-Feb-2007
[1815]
:)
Graham
8-Feb-2007
[1816]
Have a look at http://mail.rebol.com/
Sunanda
8-Feb-2007
[1817]
What should it be?
The ML is at http://mail.rebol.net
Graham
8-Feb-2007
[1818]
Ahh...
Sunanda
8-Feb-2007
[1819]
Which was not to say it shouldn't be something other than it is, 
just that it isn't not what you thought it ought to be.
Maxim
8-Feb-2007
[1820]
how to properly load windows vista:  http://www.break.com/index/how_to_properly_load_vista.html?playall=1
Pekr
9-Feb-2007
[1821x2]
Apple's iPhone has got a competition. It it in no way revolutionary. 
Eugenia from OSNews has some nice blog about it. First there was 
LG, now there is Samsung - those companies surely had such products 
in development for quite some time. Here's first look at Samsungs 
machine. And it got keyboard!


http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/en/news-13261-When+the+Korean+GOD+awake%2C+he+gives+us...+the+Samsung+Ultra+Smart+F700.html
Hopefully the long link works ....
Maxim
9-Feb-2007
[1823x2]
apple did say somewhere they werent the manufacturers.
that is a really nice toy btw.
Pekr
9-Feb-2007
[1825]
LG Prada is another one, maybe even OpenMoko
Henrik
9-Feb-2007
[1826]
so, can you make calls on it?
Pekr
9-Feb-2007
[1827]
make calls on what?
Henrik
9-Feb-2007
[1828]
the samsung phone
Pekr
9-Feb-2007
[1829]
Samsung dunno, LG Prada should be out soon - it is being tested by 
various servers already
Henrik
9-Feb-2007
[1830]
it's ok. Calling on a phone is apparently unimportant anyway. :-)
Pekr
9-Feb-2007
[1831]
I don't understand - it is not a pda, it is a smartphone, so why 
should not be it possible to make calls on it?
Graham
9-Feb-2007
[1832]
it was a joke
Pekr
9-Feb-2007
[1833]
ah, joke not in a humour channel :-)
Maxim
9-Feb-2007
[1834]
not news, but this is like science fiction made true !!!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine
Tomc
9-Feb-2007
[1835]
http://wikileaks.org/index
Ingo
13-Feb-2007
[1836]
... first phones finally freed ... OpenMoko update: http://lwn.net/Articles/221821/
... http://www.openmoko.com... ;-)
Pekr
16-Feb-2007
[1837]
Taken from OSNews - so much for a "great" Apple:


Parallels recently made a definitive statement saying that the company 
won't be making it easy for users to run OS X in a virtual environment 
anytime soon. The reasoning behind this was because they don't want 
to put their users at risk of breaking the OS X EULA - unlike Windows 
Vista, there is no version of OS X that can be run under a virtual 
machine - and more importantly, they don't want to strain their (currently 
good) relationship with Apple. As a followup to that statement from 
Parallels, I was able to also get in touch with Srinivas Krishnamurti, 
VMWare's Director of Product Management and Market Development in 
order to get VMWare's official position on the matter. 

Apple does not currently allow running Mac OS X in a virtual machine," 
he said. "Apple is an important partner and VMware respects Apple's 
intellectual property."
BrianH
16-Feb-2007
[1838x3]
The license restriction in question is one stating that Mac OS can 
only be run on Apple hardware. This restriction has been in their 
licenses for a long time. It should be noted that restrictions like 
this are often illegal for them to enforce in most countries that 
have consumer protection laws, such as all "Western" countries.
Still, they can throw lawyers at you, and even if you are in the 
right, legal fees will likely bankrupt you. Legalized extortion.
In contrast, Windows licensing allows you to run in virtual machines 
as long as you own a license for the OS in the VM. This is even the 
case for Vista Home, despite "reports" to the contrary. With Vista 
Ultimate, you can reuse the license of the host in VMs running in 
the same computer.
Henrik
16-Feb-2007
[1841]
This is from the time where the Apple clones were killed, as Apple 
lost a lot of money to them, since they couldn't compete with them. 
Removing the clones and prohibiting use of MacOS on other than Apple 
hardware "solved" that problem.
Graham
16-Feb-2007
[1842]
So, what happens if you want to run Vista as your main OS on an Intel 
based Mac, and to run OSX virtually?
BrianH
16-Feb-2007
[1843]
No, that license restriction is in the earliest versions of the MacOS, 
even back in the 68k days. It might have been loosened in the clone 
days temporarily.
Henrik
16-Feb-2007
[1844]
graham, that would not make sense?
Graham
16-Feb-2007
[1845x2]
I'm sure the clone manufacturers lost a lot of money too when Apple 
pulled the plug
Why not?
BrianH
16-Feb-2007
[1847]
Graham, that may be within the license restrictions. No commercial 
virtualizer will implement this though.
Henrik
16-Feb-2007
[1848]
yes they did, but Apple would have been rammed into the ground, had 
the clones been kept.