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$6k US. Might this help out the fledgling format? An early complaint was how extraordinarily difficult it was to author for the format. .< 7:10:01 PM  >AI's CWoB: YellowText: ""Yes, but is it possible that I have Canadian enemies?" Those two words were in itself amusing enough. What do you have to do to acquire a Canadian Enemy?" .< 4:53:33 PM >John Adams Delivers a Commissioned Work on 9/11. John Adams, who was chosen by the New York Philharmonic to create a score memorializing 9/11, says he has faith in the power of art to transcend the moment. By John Rockwell. [New York Times: Arts] .< 4:51:11 PM >Apple releases Mac OS 10.2.1 update [The Macintosh News Network] Looks like it's for real this time. If you run Software Update you'll have a16.9 MB download for this updateer and you'll find a 5.8 MB update to iTunes 3. In either case a restart is required. .< 4:46:23 PM >Add Hide and Hide Others to dock menus [Mac OS X Hints] Read the discussion. Lots of keyboard navigation hints with no hacking necessary! .< 4:29:13 PM >The Sunday Herald reports that President Bush planned an Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President. The Herald claims it uncovereda 'blueprint for pax americana' drawn up by veep Dick Cheney. A choice quote: "The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] Axis of evil? .< 4:17:30 PM >Digidesign Announces MediaDock Removable Storage Read more [Digital Pro Sound News] .< 3:23:32 PM >NSAppleScript is cool.... ...says Michael McCracken. “It’s like OS X is just a great big tube of glue waiting for you to throw things together.” [ranchero.com] .< 2:13:37 PM >Navigate list view finders with one keystroke [Mac OS X Hints] Very useful tip. .< 2:09:45 PM >View expanded help tags in certain apps [Mac OS X Hints] .< 1:34:22 PM >Who's Running the Digital Show?. Imagine a home entertainment system that works like an iMac: plug it in, turn it on and it's show time. It's coming. But in exchange, digital media companies want control over what consumers do with content. By Brad King. [Wired News] .< 1:16:57 PM >Going to the Opera in Houston, but Watching It on TV. The Houston Grand Opera is the first opera company in the country to bring video inside the theater. By Cynthia Greenwood. [New York Times: Technology] .< 2:31:55 AM >Digigram Showing New Products and OS X Sound Card Drivers at AES Read more [Digital Pro Sound News] .< 2:30:40 AM >Getting to the root cause of pro-American toadyism: "These are difficult political times for my age group. I'm old enough to remember when Canada was denounced in the U.S. as a Communist satellite for opening relations with China; as a false friend for our lack of enthusiasm for the war in Vietnam; and as a haven for traitors, draft-dodgers and deserters. I suppose, were Mr. Mulroney in power in 1968, he would have deported the scum -- for, as loyal Americans knew at the time, the root cause of draft-dodging is a lack of patriotism. Maybe I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem to me that any of those exercises in independent statesmanship turned out all that badly, for either country. Would Nixon's summit with Mao in 1972 have gone so smoothly had Canada not preceded him? Would America be better off today had thousands of college students rotted in jail until Jimmy Carter got around to declaring an amnesty in 1977?" Sorry for the long quote but this is important. .< 2:25:19 AM >The Globe and Mail: More Canadians likely to be loners: "While almost a quarter of Canadians say they wish they had more time to themselves, the study also found that people who spend a lot of time by themselves are less likely to be very happy than those who spend little time alone." Time to change jobs? .< 2:03:45 AM >Worse than Enron, worse than WorldCom: The Pentagon. Chaotic accounting systems have caused the military to lose track of more than a million chemical-protection suits -- and that's just the beginning. Why does the country continue to tolerate such disgraceful financial incompetence? [Salon.com] .< 1:52:08 AM >First Canadian-borne West Nile death is confirmed An autopsy has confirmed that an elderly man from Mississauga, Ont., has died from the West Nile virus. [CBC News] .< 1:32:50 AM >Dolby Reference Decoder Ships San Francisco, CA (September 18, 2002)--Dolby is shipping its DP564 multichannel audio decoder. The DP564 is able to decode every Dolby consumer format. [ProSound News] |
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