they call them iPod killers because that makes people read the article. If the review was titled "satellite radio mobile player - sucks compared to your iPod" do you really think …

The only iPod not rated with a 9 rating is the Shuffle. It's their favorite mp3 player by far.

Hey it only makes them look stupid as people love the iPod.

Quote: Originally posted by Dalhectar: The only iPod not rated with a 9 rating is the Shuffle. It's their favorite mp3 player by far. Exactly. They love the iPod.…

i was playing around with iphoto. exported a slide presentation to idvd only as an example. after some play with idvd quited both programs, maybe idvd was still doing something. s…

more data.. i got into activity monitor. locate the perl process, wich belongs to the system, and try to force quit. asks for pw, and i force quit it. a few seconds later it starts…

update... i think i finally killed it. started to kill every single root process wiith a perl name or similar, it started again but did it faster until i got rid of them. now the…

What was the name of the perl script and from where was it being run? You say it was being run as root? Unless there was a root compromise, which would be big news, it's safer to a…

If you go in through the command line and use ps -aux, you get a list of all the process and their parents -that is, the processes which spawned them. You get all this information …

hi again. the powerbook (1.25) is ok now. the perl process didnt activate again. i'm afraid is too late to recap info on what happened. i dont know much about unix yet. is there a…

It may have been a maintenance task, depending on what time it was. Probably could have let it run.

A perl task does not sound like something that would be performing maintenance. jindrich was right to be suspicious.

Quote: Originally posted by Thinine: It may have been a maintenance task, depending on what time it was. Probably could have let it run. i have never ever seen a si…

Quote: Originally posted by Big Mac: A perl task does not sound like something that would be performing maintenance. jindrich was right to be suspicious. Actually, …

Quote: Originally posted by Millennium: Actually, many Unix sysadmins use perl and its ilk to perform system maintenance, as it makes excellent "glue" between other tool…

Hey guys, I just wanted to say I am a newbie to the forums and a new Ibook user. Well I the only person in my hometown that uses a apple so I get alot of the itunes caps (town of …

no idea on how to win an ipod. But for database needs FileMaker Pro should handle your needs. It is extremely flexible.

Your odds are probably more than 1:250 and if thats the case your looking at spending a dollar a bottle which would mean that you would probably pay more than $250 to win one, and …

Quote: Originally posted by iranfromthezoo: Well I the only person in my hometown that uses a apple so I get alot of the itunes caps (town of about 300). ummm... don'…

they know it works with windows. Most of them dont have 2000 or XP and most rather download the music illegally. So thats one thing about them. One guy won a ipod mini through gi…

ThinkSecret today spilled the beans about the new iPod mini. I guess just like everybody expected, it's supposed to come with a 5 GB Seagate HDD. It's could be announced as early a…

Quote: Originally posted by Simon: The really surprising part is that it's expected to get a color screen. They kinda have to, what with iRiver's 5gb player having…

Quote: Originally posted by Wiskedjak: They kinda have to, what with iRiver's 5gb player having a colour screen and being only $20 more than the 4gb, monochrome mini. …

Quote: Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO: But it gives less of a reason to buy the damn expensive iPod photo. Well, the 'damn expensive' iPod photo wi…

I have to say that a 5 or 6 GB iPod mini with a colour screen and (hopefully) photo support would be perfect for many people: carry your music with you, but have just enough space …