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“Login” Is Not A Verb

If “login” were a real verb, it would not sound silly to say: “John is loginning.” You don’t need to be an English major to know that John is logging in, not loginning. The verb is “log” and “in” is just a preposition.

You Wouldn’t…

I just sat down to watch a 20th Century Fox movie DVD and it began with that oh-so-annoying “You wouldn’t steal …” video. “You wouldn’t steal a car, you wouldn’t steal a handbag, you wouldn’t steal a DVD… Piracy is a crime.” — the latter referring to downloading movies from the Internet. Now listen up, Fox. […]

Global Warming & UFOs

Ask me if I “believe in UFOs” and I’ll reply, “Sure.” Ask me if I “believe in global warming” and I’ll again reply in the affirmative. The first response will brand me a kook to many people while the second will hold me in good stead amongst the majority of Americans. Unfortunately, they misunderstand. Many […]

OS X Ultimate

Speaking today about the next version of Mac OS X (10.5, code named ‘Leopard’) Steve Jobs said, “We’ve got a basic version, which is going to cost $129. We’ve got a Premium version, which is gonna cost $129. We’ve got a business version, $129. We’ve got an enterprise version, $129. And we’ve got the ultimate […]

MacLockPick

You’ve probably seen the hoopla regarding MacLockPick — a USB device used for extracting passwords and such from a Mac running OS X. You can google MacLockPick or simply go to <http://www.subrosasoft.com/> to read about it. Couple of notes: To work, the software on MacLockPick must be run. That means someone has to gain physical access […]