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iTunes: Here's how to remove duplicate tracks 7 44 (12/13/2008 9:00:16 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps If you want to remove duplicate tracks from your iTunes library do it as follows. This works only on *consolidated* libraries that are organized by Artist and Album etc (check corresponding options in Preferenc... Markus

itunes: Switch from song in Genius list back to Music Library? 0 89 (12/13/2008 3:26:55 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps When I'm playing songs from the automatic Genius playlist, sometimes I like one song and want to listen to the other stuff from the same album / artist. So I want to hear it in the context of the whole Music Li... Markus

ipod: Don't want podcasts to show up in the Artists list 2 147 (12/13/2008 3:24:20 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I often go through the Artist list on the iPod to choose what music I want to listen to. But there are also Podcast Artists there, like "BBC World Service" and "The New York Times". That's really annoying, sinc... Markus

WMV video stream: bad in Firefox, but fine in Safari! 3 137 (12/1/2008 3:58:18 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps I'm trying to open a website with streaming WMV in Firefox (v3.0.4), but the video flickers badly. Here is the URL: http://farhatguitar.com/index.php?load=artista&band=17&song=24&part=106 It works fine in Saf... Markus

Spaces: It switches back and forth like crazy 1 65 (10/19/2008 8:18:20 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have Mac OS 10.5.5 and use Spaces. I activated switching between spaces with Ctrl+Arrow. Sometimes when I try to switch from one space to another it keeps switching back and forth like crazy, until I press C... Markus

Mac OS: audio problem with flash videos on CNN 2 40 (10/16/2008 12:58:24 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have Mac OS 10.5.5 and I'm trying to watch videos on CNN.com, but the audio keeps stuttering or spluttering, syllables are lost. The video signal is also slowed down. It almost seems it's constantly pre- load... Markus

What object files did linker actually use? 2 49 (8/23/2008 6:12:49 AM) comp.unix.programmer When I link my object files like this: g++ -o program obj1.o obj2.o obj3.o ... is there a way to find out (semi-)automatically what object files were actually needed and which ones I could have left out? Coul... Markus

alternative for virtual template function? 3 39 (7/23/2008 5:48:08 AM) comp.lang.c++ I have an abstract base class which contains a function that I would like to template, but virtual template functions are illegal. I put a mini code example below, which doesn't do anything great, but reflects ... Markus

hash_set: how to handle collisions? 5 33 (7/11/2008 1:20:27 AM) comp.lang.c++ Do I have to handle hash collisions in a hash_set myself? I did a test in which I use find() to look for objects in a hash_set. These objects are definitely not contained, but find() sometimes finds them anywa... Markus

Cannot install Fink: "ACL found but not expected" in Disk Repair 0 53 (6/28/2008 3:45:02 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I want to install Fink (from the binary for Power PC), but it says: You cannot install Fink on this volume. Cannot perform symlink test on this volume because of a permissions problem. Try performing the "Repa... Markus

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what app for keeping track of people I meet? 7 55 (4/28/2006 3:31:32 AM) comp.sys.mac.system What's a good OSX application for managing information on people I meet? Thanks. O. -- O. Hendersen ohendersen@yahoo.com ... ohendersen (59)

Bad PowerBook battery: only 2509 mAh left 4 34 (5/28/2006 3:24:36 AM) comp.sys.mac.system My PowerBook battery is pretty bad and runs for just about 2 hours. CoconutBattery says the max. capacity left is only 2509 mAh (57%) after 321 cycles. New batteries have 4400 mAh. This is not normal, right?... markus.dehmann (142)

make: cleanup on exit/interrupt? 2 65 (6/26/2007 10:50:05 AM) comp.unix.programmer For Makefiles, is there a special target that will be executed whenever make is interrupted, killed or the likes? Or, whenever it exits? I often create a temp directory in my Makefile: TMPDIR := $(shell mktemp... markus.dehmann (142)

how space-efficient is bit_vector? bitset? 8 27 (10/26/2007 5:32:22 AM) comp.lang.c++ I am planning to have tens of thousands of bit vectors (or bitsets). Each of them has about 20,000 bits, but it's sparse: In a given vector, only 20-30 bits will be set. What data structure would be best for sp... markus.dehmann (142)

hash function for std::vector<int> needed 3 87 (11/18/2007 2:23:59 AM) comp.lang.c++ Hi, I'd like to hash std::vector objects using hash_set, but I'm not sure what hash function to use. Does anybody have a suggestion? Thank you! Markus ... markus.dehmann (142)

pure virtual function with unspecified parameters? 4 43 (11/27/2007 3:55:40 PM) comp.lang.c++ I have an abstract base class called Data. It has a pure virtual function virtual void write(std::ostream& out) =0; which writes the internal data to a stream. Now the problem is that this is not appropriate ... markus.dehmann (142)

linker errors because external code is header-files-only 2 39 (12/7/2007 2:51:40 PM) comp.lang.c++ What to do if an external library is header-files-only (but you have to use it), and you get lots of linker errors? You will necessarily get linker errors "multiple definition of ..." if you try to separate in... markus.dehmann (142)

forward-decl for Singleton? 5 32 (12/20/2007 10:02:02 PM) comp.lang.c++ I need a Singleton for general program options so that all classes can access it. I use the code below (adapted from the Wikipedia singleton example). But the problem is if I change one variable in it, all my ... markus.dehmann (142)

x11 (xterm) does not start, no window appears 8 60 (2/26/2008 3:05:06 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi, I have Leopard and I installed X11 from the Leopard installation DVD. So, I can just type xterm in the terminal, and it will start X11 and xterm, right? But it doesn't work here. It's a fresh Leopard inst... markus.dehmann (142)

hash_set: how to handle collisions? 5 33 (7/11/2008 1:20:27 AM) comp.lang.c++ Do I have to handle hash collisions in a hash_set myself? I did a test in which I use find() to look for objects in a hash_set. These objects are definitely not contained, but find() sometimes finds them anywa... markus.dehmann (142)