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.…

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…

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…

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 …

Hey Simon Did they say when we could expect the New Models??? Looking to Upgrade my 30gb iPod to someting at least twice the size. It'll be Great if there $100 cheaper!!! Might ge…

I'm glad, just because I prefer the readability of the color screens over the monochrome ones. I'll be snagging a new silver iPod mini as soon as they're available, fo' real.

I'm really looking forward to this iPod mini update. It's been well over a year now and an update is needed. I agree with a lot that is said in this thread. Does anyone think Apple…

Brad, it's just a rumor, so there's no real intro date - or at least we can't know for sure. ThinkSecret claims the mini updates could come as soon as Tuesday or the week after at …

Hey Simon Thanks for the Info!!! You guys have your Act together, thats why I come to this WebBoard. Info on here is pretty straight to the point for the most part, and your LOO…