Notice the direction the zeppelin is heading? Hugo Eckener disliked the nazis, and when orderd to circle either Manhattan or Chicago (as the story goes, don't remember which one), he did so counterclockwise so the nazi symbol wouldn't be visible to the majority of the people.
He's my uncle of sorts -- distantly of course. My family's descended through his brother. Along with our helping to found Valdosta, Geo., he's the family claim to fame. Heh.
"Giant house-sized wads of cash money."
You know, I get so fuckin' tired of this lame meme. Feature for feature, Macs cost the same, slightly less, or slightly more than the other manufacturers. But people always want to take them to task for having the temerity not to offer a low-end cheap computer. Add in all the things that Macs come standard with, and the cost difference isn't much.
And don't forget the tons of free, superior software that comes bundled.
Sorry 'bout that, it wasn't meant by any means as a personal attack.
My format was NTFS, but using some bit or another of shareware allowed Windows to see the Mac volume no problem.
I've already deleted the partition though. Within five minutes of booting this morning I was presented with a BSOD, so I said to hell with it and went back to a modern OS. I swear to God, XP has the exact same feeling of fragility OS 9 did. Every time I use it I feel I have to baby it along to keep it running. OS X is nearly impossible to bring to its knees. Can you imagine stress-testing XP by selecting all applications on the HD and simultaneously launching them? I do this all the time on OS X machines. MS, to me, is in exactly the same place Apple was in 1999 in regards to having such an old core in their OS.
We installed Windows on an Intel iMac today at work. It was noted that it was the fastest, most painless installation of Windows ever seen.
It was damn weird seeing XP running on a Mac, but I have to say, Windows has never looked better than it did on that pretty box.
Apple's snarky comments are priceless though. The Boot Camp page takes several jabs at it. And then there's the icon: the Windows symbol is all gray, just as Apple's Human Interface Guidelines dictate all pedestrian utilities should be. Heh. Leave it to them to make the best looking WIndows icon ever, and it's hard to miss the fact the negative space on it makes a nice big 'X'.
I've seen these kids live in Vancouver. They are the cutest, sweetest husband and wife you'll meet. And the show is screamingly funny, especially when they pull a scared-looking frat-boy on stage to help out on their "Spank My Bottom" number.
How full is your hard drive? The fact that this takes a while to manifest makes me suspicous of VM files and room on the drive, but that's just a quick hunch, as the OS will usually specifically tell you when it's getting low on room to breath.
You might try grabbing all the com.apple.x.plist files from your Home/Library folder and moving them into another folder, or the trash -- anywhere to break the file path. It's a quick way to find out if one of the standard OS X apps from Apple is causing the issue. Emptying cache files is another quick and painless way to switftly troubleshoot. There are cache folders in both Macintosh HD/Library, and your Home/Library. (System/Library too, but you'd have to authenticate to toss those). Restart after trashing them.
Reminds me working at my college radio station. There was one album in particular we kept around and treated with reverence: Dick Hyman and His Fabulous Organ.
We were all convinced the record company just HAD to know about the double entendre when they released it.
He's right about most things in the article, but gets a main point of numer one completely wrong. The roar of the engines did not "just stop" when it exploded. By the time the Challenger exploded, the noise of liftoff had already faded to a background rumble. No one noticed any engines 'just stopping.' You also didn't hear the fireball.
I know. I was there, watching from my high school on the edge of Indian River directly across from the launch pads. I'd be more inclined to read him closely if he got that first bit right.
Actually, there's a much easier way to see what's running than firing up the terminal, and it will incidentally allow you to test and see if the Systat widget is the source of the lsof process.
Inside your utilities folder is an application called 'Activity Monitor' which will list running processes. You can launch it, find the lsof process, close the Systat widget, and see if the process stops. You can also double-click the lsof process in the Activity Monitor window, which will open a more detailed view of the process, and incidentally tell youat the top of it what its parent process is. Depending on what's calling it into action, this may or may not shed light as to what's causing it to run.
[As a side benefit, you can right/control click the Activity Monitor icon in the Dock, and choose to show CPU usage while it's running. I usually leave mine running doing just that -- it provides a useful visual cue when something spikes the processor, though I've noticed my own Mini will usually let me know on its own through the fan ramping up to speed when that occurs.]
Thanks again for all the advice, fellow monkeys. I am so incredibly sore, but had a blast. And I have to second the wrist guard suggestions. I nailed the ground so hard, so many times today, I pretty much destroyed the ones I'd picked up. Without them, I'd be facing some terribly sprained wrists, I am absolutely sure.
Notice the direction the zeppelin is heading? Hugo Eckener disliked the nazis, and when orderd to circle either Manhattan or Chicago (as the story goes, don't remember which one), he did so counterclockwise so the nazi symbol wouldn't be visible to the majority of the people.
posted by douggles 17 years ago
In "James K Polk - One Tough Mother!@#$%&! "
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Yes, in fact, we DO do Windows."
"Giant house-sized wads of cash money." You know, I get so fuckin' tired of this lame meme. Feature for feature, Macs cost the same, slightly less, or slightly more than the other manufacturers. But people always want to take them to task for having the temerity not to offer a low-end cheap computer. Add in all the things that Macs come standard with, and the cost difference isn't much. And don't forget the tons of free, superior software that comes bundled. Sorry 'bout that, it wasn't meant by any means as a personal attack.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
My format was NTFS, but using some bit or another of shareware allowed Windows to see the Mac volume no problem. I've already deleted the partition though. Within five minutes of booting this morning I was presented with a BSOD, so I said to hell with it and went back to a modern OS. I swear to God, XP has the exact same feeling of fragility OS 9 did. Every time I use it I feel I have to baby it along to keep it running. OS X is nearly impossible to bring to its knees. Can you imagine stress-testing XP by selecting all applications on the HD and simultaneously launching them? I do this all the time on OS X machines. MS, to me, is in exactly the same place Apple was in 1999 in regards to having such an old core in their OS.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
We installed Windows on an Intel iMac today at work. It was noted that it was the fastest, most painless installation of Windows ever seen. It was damn weird seeing XP running on a Mac, but I have to say, Windows has never looked better than it did on that pretty box. Apple's snarky comments are priceless though. The Boot Camp page takes several jabs at it. And then there's the icon: the Windows symbol is all gray, just as Apple's Human Interface Guidelines dictate all pedestrian utilities should be. Heh. Leave it to them to make the best looking WIndows icon ever, and it's hard to miss the fact the negative space on it makes a nice big 'X'.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Why 70's variety shows don't exist anymore."
Nobody, but nobody could croon like der Bingo. …But you'd never know it from this little excrescence. Sweet Jesus on a pogo stick but that was bad.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Do you take it?"
I've seen these kids live in Vancouver. They are the cutest, sweetest husband and wife you'll meet. And the show is screamingly funny, especially when they pull a scared-looking frat-boy on stage to help out on their "Spank My Bottom" number.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Curious George: Mac OS X error -10810"
How full is your hard drive? The fact that this takes a while to manifest makes me suspicous of VM files and room on the drive, but that's just a quick hunch, as the OS will usually specifically tell you when it's getting low on room to breath. You might try grabbing all the com.apple.x.plist files from your Home/Library folder and moving them into another folder, or the trash -- anywhere to break the file path. It's a quick way to find out if one of the standard OS X apps from Apple is causing the issue. Emptying cache files is another quick and painless way to switftly troubleshoot. There are cache folders in both Macintosh HD/Library, and your Home/Library. (System/Library too, but you'd have to authenticate to toss those). Restart after trashing them.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Okay, it's juvenile."
Reminds me working at my college radio station. There was one album in particular we kept around and treated with reverence: Dick Hyman and His Fabulous Organ. We were all convinced the record company just HAD to know about the double entendre when they released it.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "All George W. Bush, All The Time?"
I don't think anyone really wants another FDR. And I say that as an admirerd of his work and time in office.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Shock jock asks Ryan Seacrest if he's teh ghey."
Never heard of him. Is he cute? Should I care?
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Seven myths"
He's right about most things in the article, but gets a main point of numer one completely wrong. The roar of the engines did not "just stop" when it exploded. By the time the Challenger exploded, the noise of liftoff had already faded to a background rumble. No one noticed any engines 'just stopping.' You also didn't hear the fireball. I know. I was there, watching from my high school on the edge of Indian River directly across from the launch pads. I'd be more inclined to read him closely if he got that first bit right.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Holy Crap. The Most Annoying Girl In The World."
Either that, or an Afghan hound that's learned to talk, sort of.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
Our republic is doomed.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In ""
Shrimps and rice! They're very nice!
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Corbu was completely batshit loco. "
Glad to see someone finally found a use for dogs.
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Sony catches teh ghey."
Yay, just what I've always wanted, to be once again marginalized into a gay ghetto! Thanks, Sony!
posted by douggles 18 years ago
In "Curious George"
Actually, there's a much easier way to see what's running than firing up the terminal, and it will incidentally allow you to test and see if the Systat widget is the source of the lsof process. Inside your utilities folder is an application called 'Activity Monitor' which will list running processes. You can launch it, find the lsof process, close the Systat widget, and see if the process stops. You can also double-click the lsof process in the Activity Monitor window, which will open a more detailed view of the process, and incidentally tell youat the top of it what its parent process is. Depending on what's calling it into action, this may or may not shed light as to what's causing it to run. [As a side benefit, you can right/control click the Activity Monitor icon in the Dock, and choose to show CPU usage while it's running. I usually leave mine running doing just that -- it provides a useful visual cue when something spikes the processor, though I've noticed my own Mini will usually let me know on its own through the fan ramping up to speed when that occurs.]
posted by douggles 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Monkey on a Board"
Thanks again for all the advice, fellow monkeys. I am so incredibly sore, but had a blast. And I have to second the wrist guard suggestions. I nailed the ground so hard, so many times today, I pretty much destroyed the ones I'd picked up. Without them, I'd be facing some terribly sprained wrists, I am absolutely sure.
posted by douggles 19 years ago
Thanks, monkeys! I'm really looking forward to this, but I already know I'm gonna be hatin' life on Monday morning. C'est la vie.
posted by douggles 19 years ago
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