DVD checking2747 (2/23/2010 1:50:09 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I bought a copy of Civilization IV for the Mac, and was somewhat annoyed to discover that it requires you to have the DVD in the drive whenever you play it, despite having copied gigabytes of files onto the har... richard
cancel046 (4/10/2009 10:33:18 PM) comp.lang.c was cancelled from within trn. -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind. ... richard
isinf()949 (10/8/2008 2:11:29 PM) comp.lang.c The GNU Autoconf manual provides a work-around for missing isinf() and isnan() functions, which exist in C99 and many, but not all, pre-C99 implementations: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/autoconf... richard
E*544 (5/10/2008 9:12:28 PM) comp.lang.c 7.26.3 Errors Macros that begin with E and a digit or E and an uppercase letter may be added to the declarations in the header. May an implementation define an error macro EOF with a value differe... richard
Popular culture344 (3/3/2008 12:01:08 PM) comp.lang.c It's good to see that even cartoon characters know how to declare main(). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Foxtrot_chalkboard_ft031003.gif -- Richard -- :wq ... richard
Another sizeof question1739 (9/19/2007 12:16:49 AM) comp.lang.c Please excuse me if this has already been covered. Given char x[42]; is sizeof(x[999]) any kind of error? If so, since the expression is not evaluated, how would such an error be detected? What if ... richard
Trap representation #51042 (6/22/2007 5:51:19 PM) comp.lang.c May all-bits-zero be a trap representation for a pointer? What if I calloc() space for a structure containing pointers? -- Richard -- "Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters in... richard
Preview release of LTXML2030 (6/15/2007 12:11:19 PM) comp.text.xml I'm pleased to announce the first release of LTXML2, the new version of LTG's XML toolkit. This release is binary-only, for Mac and Linux. We intend to do a source release later in the year. The software can ... richard
Messing with intptr_t242 (10/10/2006 11:42:09 PM) comp.lang.c Is the following program legal? (I think it is, though it relies on the existence of intptr_t.) #include #include #include #include int main(void) { char *p; intptr_t i; if(!(p = malloc(10))... richard
(OT) anoopkammaran@gmail.com047 (11/10/2005 5:46:24 PM) comp.lang.c This cretin "anoopkammaran" has signed me up *again* for his Google group, so I am receiving mail telling me that people are trying to join it. Since complaining to Google evidently doesn't have eny effect, I'... richard
Is anyone using the W3C time text standard?235 (10/29/2011 11:32:48 PM) comp.text.xml Howdy, I was looking around for a video codec that would render a monochrome xterm fairly well, and after finding MPEG4-17, and some googling I stumbled in the W3C timed text standard. Now I'm totally confused... shrike(30)
n bits on of m bits2832 (12/17/2011 4:05:20 PM) comp.theory I want to loop over every number from 0 to (2^m-1) inclusive whos binary representation contains exactly n bits. ie for (int i = 0; i < (1<<m); i++) { int bits = 0; for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) ... andrew3888(270)
Broadband supply keeps failing1744 (1/8/2012 11:43:46 AM) comp.sys.mac.system My broadband supply keeps failing me. And I need to be able to advise my ISP how and when this happened. It occurred to me that there must be a log within OS X 10.6.8 that notes network activities and failure... peter171(46)
ATV2 - HDMI or TosLink?1127 (3/30/2012 9:16:03 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I realised today that if I want to I could connect my ATV2 to my AV amplifier using an optical connection (don't know why it took me so long to realiseā¦). Currently audio is transferred from the ATV2 over t... glawrie
XML Training Video - Part1436 (6/14/2012 12:23:37 PM) comp.text.xml Hello,
I build a first video about XML learning, this is a first part around XML
document and nodes
http://youtu.be/vrR0G_JCIBA
If you are interested, what did you like to have inside the next videos... contact2526(8)
Multiple Firefox versions on SL2819 (1/6/2013 9:11:38 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps I'm trying to run two different versions of Firefox on the same SL Mini.
According to all the websites I've seen, this should be perfectly
possible, so long as they don't both run at once. Moreover, I'm tryin... andrew15(16)