and from that point on, even though I was on 190, no further points counted to I could not recover from the points dock that took me back up under the cap
@jmlumpkin yeah it does. I think you are lucky that you've been using macs for so long and never had to worry about viruses. Now that a lot of people are switching though, that may no longer be the case. I think I'm gonna keep using it though, because just the other day it found a virus from a link on Apple.SE. Had I not found it and removed it, someone browsing the site on a PC may have been infected.
@Senseful good point. Im a windows dev by day, so I do have experience with it, but not to the point of knowing much about them. I don't blame you for using it, and actually good that you found something.
34 °C - The commonly accepted average human skin temperature.
33.6 °C - The maximum temperature of your iPad 3 when you thrash it's brains out.
A problem? You decide... You can start by asking if you ever worried about burning yourself when you touched yourself. Have you ever got worried a...
I think it could be the new "monitor height" yardstick of utterly ridiculous yet perfectly valid answers
@gentmatt: good job pointing out the problems with the battery overheating on the new iPad. The first thing I noticed when I tried one out in the store was that it was hot, and I was thinking, "this can't be good for the battery."
The thing I hate most about all the hype about temperature is that so many articles say the percent hotter than previous devices. What do they think they're using, Kelvin?!
@stuffe if you want to send me pictures of this allegedly cuter than my niece daughter, I will subject her (photo) to the horrors of the GIMP and create a picture record of the process. Because that's what brothers do for one another.
I know that iOS has two partitions, but I've never found anywhere that gives clues as to where they split. Is one partition on / and the other on /var/mobile/, or are all the user profiles (/var/root/, /var/wireless/, etc) on the second partition (at /var)? Is it possible to resize these partitio...
(Actually those aren't real tags. They just onebox)
Probably our only silly tag (that I'm aware of) is untagged Yes, that is a real tag, but there's nothing there. Questions often are tagged with untagged, and they are removed as soon as possible.
I want to expand on my comment to Lauren.
Some of my remarks in the chat room of late might be interpreted to mean that I'm against the this contest. This is not true. I am very appreciative of the efforts that Lauren (and whomever else is deserving) put into creating and promoting the contest. ...
The 'harmonic noise' question has an accepted answer!
I am using a Tascam iM2 stereo mic connected to the dock of an iPhone 4S. When the peripheral device is connected directly, there is no problem. Hoever, when I use a dock extension cable, a strange harmonic noise is introduced. I have tried extension cables from different manufacturers, and even ...
@gentmatt Thanks. It was good to put it out there long form instead of using many quips (short remarks) here in chat and elsewhere. I'm still not happy about all that's going on, but I see light at the end of tunnel.
@AndrewLarsson The tag wiki for crystalmethpopcorn would read something like Originally the name given by @Stuffe to @jaberg's hot-sauce laden popcorn, the tag now refers to anythinginnocuousrendered near-lethal by adding insane amounts ofspice—for example insane script solutions for otherwise simple processes.
@gentmatt I was so happy to see that question answered. I'm also pleased that @DanielL worked out a solution to the hidden slide problem. I thought that if it was solvable, Applescript was going to be key. Even if the answer only solved that particular issue, it was good to see the question taken off of the unanswered pile.
Had I thought of it, I would have pinged @daviesgeek with my working definition of crystalmethpopcorn (which I'm pleased to say now autocompletes on my iPad) but I know that he'll see it anyway because nothing that happens here escapes his inquisition.
@daviesgeek untagged isn't a silly tag; it's a system generated one. It happens when something happens behind the scenes that results in a question not having any tags. It is a sign that someone needs to fix it, but it's not a joke; it's a call for someone to come in and retag the question.
@daviesgeek I'm entirely serious. I've disagreed with many of your suggestions on meta, so I was happy to be able to agree with you, because I don't like disagreeing with people.
Another safe boot revealed that the auto sleep mode actually is working. I believe that it would probably have worked the last time I've tried it as well - but, since the sleep occurs several minutes later than the time defined in the Energy Saver settings, I did not notice this.
What about the...
lol a bunch... dropbox, coffee break, PleaseSleep (since I can't get it to sleep any other way), and then a bunch which I hid their icons, so I don't recall off the top of my head.
So starting up in safe mode (by holding down shift during login) is the way to go and slowly enabling one by one of those programs?
@gentmatt alright, and how long did it actually take for your computer to go to sleep if everything went right? I know that the energy saver panel lies with the amount of time til it goes to sleep
@Senseful I'm not sure the panel "lies" per say, I think the difference is explained by the difference in time fom when you stop using the computer, and when it actually becomes inactive.
Lion introduced a new feature called look up:
... which can be invoked by triple-tapping a word. This works fine most of the time, but I've noticed that it fails many times in Google Chrome (I'm running 18.0 beta).
For example, it works fine on this website, but fails on http://www.gigaom.com...
@gentmatt I think I have a failure to communcate, I'm not asking how you determined when it started sleeping, I was curious as to how you knew when to start your stopwatch and begin timing.
@gentmatt I disabled flash, launched gigaom, and I was able to use look-up. then i came to this tab, then went back to the gigaom tab and now it doesn't work anymore. I still have flash disabled.
@gentmatt I guess that's fair, but you do understand that it has to write a bunch of "state information" into virtual memory before it sleeps, right? That would create a difference between when the system says go to sleep and when sleep actually occurs.
Well, maybe the launchd(aemon) is screwed up then. It's not something I've ever bothered to check. The laptops seem to sleep more or less on schedule and the precision of a Swiss train seems unnecessary.
Speaking of sleep, finally I'm tired again (now that it's a reasonable wake up hour here) so I'm going to try to catch another hour or so of sleep before I actually do wake up.
When It goes to bed, the content is written the hard drive. As long as there's enough power, the Mac will wake up from RAM (sleep), if not it will wake up from the disk (safe sleep).
Sleep mode refers to a low power mode for electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices. These modes save significant electrical consumption compared to leaving a device fully on and idle, but allow the user to avoid having to reset programming codes or wait for a machine to reboot. Many devices signify this power mode by a pulsing LED power light.
Computers
Sleep
Sleep mode can go by many different names, including Stand By (for Microsoft Windows 98-Server 2003), Sleep (for Mac OS 8-Mac OS X, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008), and Suspend ...
@Senseful I'll take whatever sleep I can get, shallow, unsafe, whatever. Woke up at 2:30 and have been in a semi-conscious state ever since. So it goes. Catch you all on the other side.
@gentmatt I guess your right... but the reason I ask is because I have an SSD too and I was reading things about how it's not good to write to it too much, which is the whole reason I disabled hibernation mode in the first place
oh i'm guessing those are easier to service than the MBA (which is why you don't have to worry about the SSD as much). do they also have the pentalobe screws?
@jaberg Oh yeah (assuming light hearted). My comment right before was worded poorly, I was basically trying to say 'I used to do the same thing'. I actually don't remember why I started letting it actually go to sleep, I may change that. For a while it wouldn't, due to a weird time machine issue.
@jaberg but it was in a 'oh I used to do that too but don't any more', not in a 'I used to do that too but thats not the answer I am looking for'.
@jaberg It's the left brain/right brain thing. Ying and Yang. Fish and chips. Malt Whiskey and, er, another Malt Whiskey
Although I thought I was being generous offering you the answer on the basis that answers generally tick up faster than questions, but they are both popular.
Not at all. I have noticed that it is warmer when sitting for long periods (i.e. reading in iBooks, playing Hero Academy) but it is not a big deal and not even unpleasant except when the day is hot. If you look at this on a relative scale that I've just made up:
10 - 2007 MacBook Pro 17" playing...
I am looking for a shortcut to change desktop in Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I am used to awesome WM in which you can do + to go to desktop #
I am looking for a keyboard shortcut in MacOS X to do this. I tried to make one using jiTouch but I didn't succeed.
Note: I am not asking to show/display the curr...
@Senseful I hope you don't object to my having added a brief reference–and a pointer—to your answer (about freeing drive space) to my own in an attempt to make it more canonical. If you do object, please feel free to edit my answer or let me know and I'll remove the reference.
I often use RDP clients (like Microsoft Remote Desktop or CoRD) to access my work machines to use Visual Studio at work. This actually works pretty well, except for when it comes to using the Function keys (especially F10 and F11 for debugging).
As you can see, the problem is that the Mac OS no...
@gentmatt A little after 8am. I tried, but instead of sleeping I wrote an entire article for a local photo blog in my head. I'm about to have coffee, and then pick up the quill to commit it to paper. I'll sleep when I'm dead.
@gentmatt I don't know about all that, I was just quoting Warren Zevon lyrics.
@stuffe Which sentence would like split out. Anything for my fans.
I'm not a Gruber-level clicky-key aficionado, but after a week of using the MacBook Air (again) and using an Apple Bluetooth keyboard when I'm sitting at my desk really provides the contrast needed to recognize the keyboard on my MacBook Pro (2007) is a mushy, unresponsive pile of… Even the emoji won't do justice to this.
No you misunderstand. The MBA keyboard is very nice. The BT keyboard is very nice. It's the keyboard on my MBP that's slow, unresponsive and painful to use.
@DanielL I can say the same about the Unibody MBP with SSDs. It's amazing! In fact, the keyboard backlight noise (don't know what causes that) is louder than idle fans.
The difference in key travel between the MBA and my MBP is approximately equal to the difference in clutch travel between myUUC Motorworks clutch stop equipped 318i(now sadly sold) and that of a stock model. It's long way to go for the same result.
And the sun will never set on the empire. Yeah, we have a lot of that attitude over here too.
I can drive both, but for sitting in traffic, towing, and even most offroading situations, I'll take a modern slush box. (The last took a lot of convincing, and a long weekend of training at a very good expedition driving school before I believed it.)
At the track, I know the car shifts faster than I can—and I'm probably in the 85-90%tile.
(But growing slower every year. Damn you fast twitch response, why'd you have to get so old?)
It's the only place right now that I know has some pics up. It's my old one too, I have a much better one of me holding up a Ford GT round Donnington Park :)
All I know that over here the Elise is the car that my Ferrari buddies buy to beat upon at the track—because replacing the whole car is cheaper than a body panel for their real car. ;)
There are huge differences, the complete lack of any driver aids like ABS etc,as I said not even a servo on the brakes. Also, a smaller engine, different box, generally much more mechanical all round.
Reminds me of my 318 being chased around by the guys in the M3s. They'd all zip pass me on the long straightaway (Lime Rock) and I'd stick to them like glue get a wave-to-pass from each and everyone of those yay-hoos as we got to the twisty bits, then they'd all have to pass me on the straight again.
@gentmatt I assumed that was a clipped version. I read the headline, but didn't read the text or follow the link. I'm judgey like that.
The problem with answering a bunch of questions in the middle of the night is that they've all fallen down the stack by the time America awakens. Guess it's time to add somescreenshots! ;)
Bunch of twenty-somethings who though being able to afford an M meant they could drive an M. (I considered at an M but chose my 318 as being more suitable to my needs, primarily as reliable, change oil, turn key, drive, transport while I was putting a new engine in my Series IIa.)
@stuffe Did you keep your lunch down?
Almost time to post some links too. 5 shares away from Level 2.
@jaberg There is a saying around a lot of UK tracks about the 911 cars
"Turbo nutter barge"
every track day I have had has included a warning to the turbo nutter barges that they can expect to be slower in the corners than the elise and varients, and not to get annoyed when your 70000 sports car get's it's ass kicked by a fiberglass kit car.
@jaberg That was driven by an official Lotus test driver. Oh my...
@jaberg Maybe the audience is different over here. It's very much a superiority complex car, anyone concerned with being a good driver at a track day generally has a much cheaper, or much more expensive car. It's the untilmate in lazy "run what you brung" racing
@stuffe I've wanted one since before I could (legally) drive. It may never happen, particularly as they're now somewhat "collectable", but I'd still enjoy it. Probably wouldn't even spend much time at the track—if I wanted to do that a Mini Cooper or a SPECK Miata would be more bang for the buck.
And, despite what my father always said, experience with the BMW indicates that such a car might provide a deciding factor for that little muse I have my eye on at the local.
34 °C - The commonly accepted average human skin temperature.
33.6 °C - The maximum temperature of your iPad 3 when you thrash it's brains out.
A problem? You decide... You can start by asking if you ever worried about burning yourself when you touched yourself. Have you ever got worried a...
Another safe boot revealed that the auto sleep mode actually is working. I believe that it would probably have worked the last time I've tried it as well - but, since the sleep occurs several minutes later than the time defined in the Energy Saver settings, I did not notice this.
What about the...
Lion introduced a new feature called look up:
... which can be invoked by triple-tapping a word. This works fine most of the time, but I've noticed that it fails many times in Google Chrome (I'm running 18.0 beta).
For example, it works fine on this website, but fails on http://www.gigaom.com...
I often use RDP clients (like Microsoft Remote Desktop or CoRD) to access my work machines to use Visual Studio at work. This actually works pretty well, except for when it comes to using the Function keys (especially F10 and F11 for debugging).
As you can see, the problem is that the Mac OS no...
I have a late 2011 15" Macbook Pro with thunderbolt / mini display port. What cable do I need which will transmit audio AND video?
