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Uuh, just like you want to use FPU operations when the FPU isn't available? Until we use programmable processors you will always have to check the CPU's ISA. Note: AltiVec is useful for non-vector operations as well. It's very flexible. Making your vector code modular doesn't necessarily...

I'm aware.

Not only will you fail to erase thumbnails, but also the resource fork, creation dates, file type/creators, comments, etc. A tool which approaches what you're looking for is Burn, but it hasn't been carbonized and is still written for 31 character filenames.

Furthermore you wouldn't be scrambling all the info. HFS+ supports more file attributes than 30yr old UNIX programs do.

What you should really do is join the FINK project and help them maintain their packages |-)

You can use the AltiVec C extensions |-) Optimization levels in gcc are a joke, gcc sucks. 3.1 is supposed to be better however, you can pull that from Apple's cvs. The improvement is supposed to be pretty good.

The benefit of a Mac is it allows you to get your work done in the least amount of time. Apple works on the most restrictive productivity bottleneck: the human<->computer one. PS: I will say that Mac OS is a bit harder to break than OS X in many ways. I can rename volumes, folders, and...

The problem with windows is it runs windows apps. A better idea would be to port key windows apps to OS X.

type 'cd ' into a terminal then drag a folder from the Finder into the terminal window |-) If you really want to impress them however, note that there are human interface guidelines for Mac OS X programming. Then point out that X11 apps are more chaotic than the command line (an impressive...

You can't get rid of a separate button bar leaving only the location or address bar. I'm not a fan of toolbars.

Your non-root volumes? I did qualify my statement.

The fork isn't the only data tar fails to preserve. Creation date will also be lost as well as type/creator. Other things like icon position, Finder flags, etc. will also be lost. The problem with tar and UNIX filesystems is they lack a generalized file fork/attribute API and so it will...

By the way here's another reason UNIX sucks. We're used to changing our volume names willy nilly and having everything 'just work'. Well no more. If you change non-root volume names you end up breaking any reference to a file by path. For example symlinks or if you're running TextEdit which is...

My hard drives are far more creative: 8 Gig HD 4 Gig SCA 4 Gig ATA 20 Gig HD 20 Gig BU Boy, I can't wait until terabyte drives. Oh the possibilities....

My suggestion is if at all possible don't use a modem

No accounting for taste... I don't suppose it's possible for any of these browsers to show a stand-alone URL field (location or address 'bar') without those stupid buttons. Pretty much exposes what a farce Mozilla 'themes' are. Oh well, Explorer still works |-)

The word you're looking for begins with "f" and ends with "ucked" BTW UNIX sucks...and claims another victim |-)

Filename extensions should have been made extinct by now. Heck, files should be extinct. Oh well, I don't see anybody asking what MPEG4's MIME type is

QuickTime may have cost more if it could handle MPEG2. Let's not forget who Apple has to license this stuff from. Nearly every legit use of the MPEG2 component involves other costs much more than $30. Most people who are whining appear to be pirates.

Oh come on guys, Apple just wants to sell some new macs.