Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 186

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 186. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Arrivals and departures was one more thing in 1999.

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AirPort

Arrivals and departures (an airport) was one more thing in 1999 (announced and demonstrated by Steve Jobs as ‘one more thing’ that year).

2: Volatile anaesthetic paid in full since 1991.

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Ethernet

Volatile anaesthetic (ether) paid in full (net, as in net price) since 1991 (first introduced with Quadra models).

3: Neighbourhood gossip from a twisted pair in 1985.

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LocalTalk

Neighbourhood (local) gossip (talk) from a twisted pair (cabling used by LocalTalk) in 1985 (first used to connect Macs to LaserWriter printers).

The common factor

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They’re network interfaces that have been built into Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

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Sad on January 18, 2023 at 10:09 pm

Your 4th of July blog post about virtualization on MacOS Monterey and Ventura leaves off with some info about Bridged networking requiring an entitlement. You might want to look at this and then, in root mode, conduct some speed tests, etc. https://github.com/lima-vm/socket_vmnet#why-does-socket_vmnet-require-root

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  hoakley on January 18, 2023 at 10:13 pm
  
  Thank you.
  I’m not sure why you have posted this here, and I’m not sure what this has to do with an entitlement that can only be given by Apple.
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1: Arrivals and departures was one more thing in 1999.

AirPort

2: Volatile anaesthetic paid in full since 1991.

Ethernet

3: Neighbourhood gossip from a twisted pair in 1985.

LocalTalk

The common factor

They’re network interfaces that have been built into Macs.

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