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Category Archive: Technology

Hatred of Hippocrates? The rise of a broken meme

I would never have dreamed that huge numbers of people would propagate an obvious malapropism. But search Twitter, or use any regular search engine like Google, for “hate hippocrates”, and step back in amazement.

June 8, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Enhancing Performance

Why don’t computer magazines have ads like “Chew KipperGum, its Omega 3 fatty acids will fuel your Photoshop work beyond Steve Caplin’s”, or “Evening Primrose Tea puts the fourth dimension into Lightwave”?

June 8, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

-14: Manually Installing Part of Mac OS or an Extension (in 2001)

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In comparison with OS X, Mac OS 8 and 9 were tiny and simple. Installing or replacing a component was a minor task; here is how we did it.

June 7, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Wayback Mac LC 475

A friend is giving me a Mac LC 475, but when it is powered up the display shows a white floppy disk with a flashing ? against it. What does that mean?

June 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Any Port in a Firewall

There are techniques allowing you to leave firewall ports open, or for opening up ports from outside, whilst retaining security.

June 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Fitting a pint drive into a quart Mac Pro

Can I install a 2.5” SATA hard disk in my Mac Pro and use that disk to augment the existing volume used as my Time Machine backup?

June 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

The Great Mail Robbery

Email needs to be turned into a robust service, with accountability and standards. How about it, OFCOM?

June 6, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Router user name

When I set up my iPad WiFi, it asks for a password and a user name. How can I find out what my user name is?

June 5, 2015 Macs, Technology

Popular vote or social engineering

Even the least money-motivated of us become tempted to play to the gallery, and their view statistics.

June 5, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

iOS security warning: One-click fraud attacks have started

Any user paying attention to what is going on should not fall for the scam.

June 4, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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