[cross posting] - weird Postgres commit behavior with Perl DBI029 (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 practices6026 (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?032 (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 buyers025 (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
New Yorker article on spam035 (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 iMac832 (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
Quicktime security update035 (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 Processors3343 (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
Turn of Touchpad2425 (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 folder23177 (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? #21740 (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 drive2024 (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?1651 (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?540 (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?2725 (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 & iPhoto752 (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
iWork versus Office2824 (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)