it's the end of the world as we know it

[Allen Brunson]

i thought it was kind of strange that nobody has ever bugged me about running
pnews on intel macs before now. i know there aren't a lot of those machines
in circulation yet, but i figured there would be at least ONE guy SOMEWHERE.

so, how about this: i am using pnews on an intel mac right now. everybody in
my department at my new job just got 15-inch macbooks. and i have yet to run
into a single issue so far. it all seems to work just fine, without me ever
having tested the code on this platform at all.

i must be a better programmer than i thought.

[Michael Koenig]

Post by Allen Brunson
i thought it was kind of strange that nobody has ever bugged me about
running pnews on intel macs before now. i know there aren't a lot of those
machines in circulation yet, but i figured there would be at least ONE guy
SOMEWHERE.

I guess I won't buy one before there is an optimzed version of VirtualPC or
something similar. Apart from that my PowerMac G5 still does a fine job.
OK, a MacBook Pro would definately be better for WoW than my slow iBook, but I
hardly use it for WoW anyway.

Post by Allen Brunson
so, how about this: i am using pnews on an intel mac right now. everybody
in my department at my new job just got 15-inch macbooks.

Good to hear that you have a new job and with decent equipment as well.

Post by Allen Brunson
and i have yet to run into a single issue so far. it all seems to work just
fine, without me ever having tested the code on this platform at all.

Congrats.

Post by Allen Brunson
i must be a better programmer than i thought.

BTW, I've noticed a lot of postings lately where umlauts were replaced with
'?'. All of these postings were sent by Outlook Express with UTF-8 encoding. I
guess you didn't fiddle with the UTF-8 decoder, which probably means that OE
(or the users) seem to have switched to UTF-8 and its encoding is crap (which
is exactly what I would expect from Outlook Express)...

[Allen Brunson]

Post by Michael Koenig
OK, a MacBook Pro would definately be better for WoW than my slow iBook,
but I hardly use it for WoW anyway.

i am a lot more impressed with my macbook than i thought i would be. my
17-inch powerbook has a bigger screen of course, but i don't think it's got
enough bonus pixels to justify the extra weight. the macbook has two cpu
cores, it's a *lot* faster than my powerpc macs. the details are very good
for a one-dot-oh hardware product. i like the feel of the trackpad's button
better than the one on my powerbook. and the power brick has the magnetic
maglite connector, which is super-keen.

Post by Michael Koenig
Good to hear that you have a new job and with decent equipment as well.

there are some good days, some bad. if you were on my lj friends list, you
could read about it. but getting to use a mac at work is a big bonus, i have
to admit.

Post by Michael Koenig
BTW, I've noticed a lot of postings lately where umlauts were replaced
with '?'. All of these postings were sent by Outlook Express with UTF-8
encoding.

i'm pretty sure that there are some code paths within pnews where it will
replace invalid utf-8 with question marks. that's probably what you're
seeing. but generating the invalid utf-8 wasn't my fault. i'd bet a lot of
money on that.

[Allen Brunson]

[a bunch of stuff, then:]
--
NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth

gaah, newsguy is putting that stupid thing there against my will! what a crap
move! i'm going to try adding my own .signature, to see if that will suppress
it. if not, i'll be cancelling my newsguy account. that is just
unbelievable.

[t***@coldmail.nu]

I wondered about that but the fact I saw it reminded me that it was an
option. Budget budget budget.

I'm so tired of the money thing,

[t***@coldmail.nu]

Gotta get newsguy again (it's been 5+ years).

Cool that your NR works on the intel macs. Since I posted about getting
a Mac, my mother won an eMac while shopping for food at a nearby
military base (Norman lived there in the early 90's). She gave the
computer to my boys. They love it (my youngest has eMacs at his school
- the others use PCs).

I won't put a newsreader on that computer but the entry of a Mac into
our household increases the likelihood that we'll get an intel mac ...
sometime soon.

It sucks that budgeting is a reality.

[Allen Brunson]

Post by t***@coldmail.nu
I won't put a newsreader on that computer but the entry of a Mac into
our household increases the likelihood that we'll get an intel mac ...
sometime soon.
It sucks that budgeting is a reality.

what the HELL. are you STILL HERE? has it not dawned on you that the last
time i willfully had anything to do with you was over FIVE YEARS AGO?

and for the alert readers in the audience, notice i have to use that
qualifier, "willfully," because he keeps trying to insinuate himself into my
life anyway. back in december 2004, he made up a fake lj identity called
'jennahollister', pretending to be a teenaged girl. he claimed he was trying
to out me as a pedophile, when what he was really doing was trying to get my
attention again. he wrote about it here:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.angst/msg/241a5228d3659c9f

he often removes old messages from the google cache when he realizes he's been
too much of a sick pervert even for his standards, so here's the text:

"Yes all, I've moved into the livejournal world. My early reasons had a lot to
do with getting enough evidence to get a person I feel is a
sickfuckpedophile arrested. After a while, I realized that:

1) I'm not cut out for dealing with slimeballs up close and personal
2) There were some interesting people in livejournal land

and

3) heh heh - that's a sekrit"

and no, bob, you WILL NOT buy a copy of my newsreader. you might send the
money, but i am for damned sure not sending you a registration key. and if
anybody thinks i'm being harsh, that goes for anybody else who ever accuses me
of being a pedophile.

bob, you are one evil, nasty, manipulative, fucked-up asshole. i wouldn't let
you back into my life if you were the last living thing on this planet.

how long does it take for you to get a hint? GO AWAY.