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[cross posting] - weird Postgres commit behavior with Perl DBI 0 29 (4/7/2011 4:53:40 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc Hi all, I apologize in advance for cross posting and for the rather long post. I am loading some big tables (three tables with ~580000, ~468000, and ~248000 rows) on Postgres 8.3 db with data retrieved from tw... Anselmo

Apple's monopolistic business practices 60 26 (7/3/2008 2:18:19 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc Per Mother Jones magazine, anyway. Apparently you can stream Netflix movies on a PC but not a Mac. We have to go through iTunes: http://motherjones.com/commentary/consumer_retorts/2008/consumer-retorts-apple-... John

Spotlight search contents of unmounted .dmg files? 0 32 (12/21/2007 12:23:29 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I searched the comp.sys.mac.* hierarchy and Apple and found nothing, although this seems like a useful feature. For example, Ziplight is a plugin for Spotlight to search zipped archives. Is there a plugin (or... John

Mac sales hit all-time record; 50% are first-time buyers 0 25 (10/23/2007 2:18:38 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc New York Times, October 23, 2007 Record Mac Sales Help Apple Earnings Climb 67% in Quarter By John Markoff SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 � Apple reported earnings on Monday that leapt ahead of analysts� already opt... John

NY Times article on how bad Wikipedia can get 10 34 (8/19/2007 3:35:30 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/technology/19wikipedia.html?hp -- John Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com ... John

New Yorker article on spam 0 35 (8/17/2007 5:39:20 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/06/070806fa_fact_specter -- John Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com ... John

Apple Unveils Redesigned iMac 8 32 (8/8/2007 12:38:16 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/business-apple-imac.html Apple Unveils Redesigned iMac By REUTERS Published: August 7, 2007 Filed at 2:20 p.m. ET CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) - Apple Inc. unvei... John

Make Apple TV into an OSX workstation 0 46 (4/2/2007 2:31:54 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6f9aqICvdk -- John Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com ... John

Quicktime security update 0 35 (3/6/2007 4:28:53 PM) comp.sys.mac.system http://www.playfuls.com/news_06415_Apple_Patches_8_Bugs_in_Its_QuickTime_Software ..html -- John Rethorst jrethorst at post dot com ... John

Multithreading on Multicore Processors 33 43 (1/13/2007 11:40:21 AM) comp.lang.fortran Greetings Fortran Fans, I am pleasantly surprised to find an active Fortran group on the net. This is my first post to this group and I am looking for some help regarding multithreading on multicore proces... Nobody

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Turn of Touchpad 24 25 (8/14/2009 7:39:29 PM) comp.sys.laptops The one thing I really miss about my old Compaq Presario Laptop is the little button just above the touchpad to turn on and off the touchpad while doing extended typing. It was so convenient. I have not fou... XXXXXXXX (48)

Simple Applescript to open files in folder 23 177 (6/24/2008 2:28:11 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi all, Please redirect me if there's a better place to post this. All I need is a simple applescript to open all the files in a specific folder. That's it. The contents of the folder change regularly, but ar... ljacobbi245 (35)

Printing from Classic? #2 17 40 (6/23/2008 5:00:55 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi all. If I get a new printer that is OSX compat, can I still print to it from an app in Classic mode such as ClarisWorks 4? Thanks. (Believe it or not, just switching to X.) ... michaelk (44)

Hardy install on a Thumb drive 20 24 (4/9/2008 3:41:21 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have an extra 4GB thumb drive. I was thinking of installing Linux on it for two purposes: 1) Use it as I would a linux computer. That means installing my favorite packages on it, creating all my family user... Ignoramus22864

IE 5 for Mac - downloadable? 16 51 (4/5/2008 12:43:59 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I know Micro$oft no longer supports IE 5 for Mac or has it available for download from its website. But is there another software archive somewhere that might have it available? Thanks in advance for any info.... larsen525 (3)

MacWrite to MS Word? 5 40 (4/1/2008 6:53:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Please forgive me up front - I'm sure this kind of question has been asked before but a quick search didn't reveal an answer. I have a broken Mac SE circa 1989. I have about 50 Mac diskettes containing documen... goldfadentroupe (2)

Word adds a space at the end of the line? 27 25 (3/28/2008 5:37:55 AM) comp.sys.mac.system When I highlight a line in Word it adds a space. But when I use Command_Right Arrow to get to hop to the end of the line the cursor shows there is no space. When I highlight with the shortcut Command_Shift_... noemailhere (606)

Aperture & iPhoto 7 52 (2/26/2008 8:38:15 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Recently I purchased Aperture because I thought it would meet my needs better than iPhoto which came with my Mac when I purchased it. However, I can see that although Aperture appears to be an excellent progra... Little

Wanted--Disappearing Menu Bar When Finder Is Active Application 48 43 (2/18/2008 5:04:09 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I would like Finder to have the same behavior in regards to the menu bar as does DVD Player when in full screen mode. That is, the menu bar appears based upon the position of the cursor, sliding down from the... taliesinsoft (1869)

iWork versus Office 28 24 (2/10/2008 2:27:51 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have had Office (2004) on my MacBook Pro since day one. I didn't pay much attention to the 30 day trial version of iWorks that came with my computer when i bought it. Recently, just for the heck of it I activ... ndale (82)