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#11. Those who have it would be devastated if it was ever cut off.
#10. Those who have it think that those who don’t are somehow inferior.
#9. Those who don’t have it may agree that it’s neat, but think it’s not worth the fuss that those who have it make about it.
#8. Many of those who don’t have it would like to try it, a phenomenon psychologists call E-mail Envy.
#7. It’s more fun when it’s up, but this makes it hard to get any real work done.
#6. In the distant past, its only purpose was to
transmit information vital to the survival of the species. Some people
still think that’s the only thing it should be used for, but most folks
today use it mostly for fun.
#5. If you don’t take proper precautions, it can spread viruses.
#4. If you use it too much you’ll find it becomes more and more difficult to think coherently.
#3. We attach an importance to it that is far greater than its actual size and influence warrant.
#2. If you’re not careful what you do with it, it can get you into a lot of trouble.
AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY E-MAIL IS LIKE HAVING A PENIS:
#1. If you play with it too much, you can go blind.

Via Inluminent

Seen on Slashdot, an anonymous reader writes this question :

My Health Sciences Campus has about 8,000 desktop computers, and on any given night about half of them are left on. I know this because I track all the MAC addresses in case there is a virus outbreak. Aside from the current fad of ‘being green’, has anyone had any success in encouraging users to power-down at night? You could potentially eliminate running bots, protect yourself from the next virus outbreak, keep your data safe, etc. Do security concerns and power consumption issues matter enough to do this?”

He’s not wrong, not at all. When I was working at the University of Lausanne, I cannot count the number of Mac or Windows machines that were left on at night… for no reason. So, either they could be used for some grid computing projects (such a programm is being developped at the University of Lausanne) but if not, just shut’em down !

Inspired by the famous “I’m a Mac” ad campaign from Apple, this 3 episode series brings the idea to the snow sports world where telemarkers (or pinheads as some like to name us!).

I’m an alpine skier

I’m a snowboarder

Allez, je l’avoue. Même si je suis quand même moins “atteint” qu’il y’a quelques années, l’approche du Salon MacWorld qui se déroule dès la semaine prochaine à San Francisco me rends quand même impatient. Surtout en raison de la traditionnelle conférence inaugurale présentée par Steve Jobs et qui réserve généralement sont lot de belles surprises (pour rappel, iPhone y avait été présenté l’année dernière).

La tension est montée d’un cran supplémentaire cette semaine avec la présentation de la nouvelles gamme professionnelle (Xserve et Mac Pro) qui, selon certains observateurs, a été faite une semaine avant l’évènement (en plein CES) tout simplement pour laisser de la place aux nombreuses annonces qui seraient faites la semaine prochaine.

Gizmodo illustre d’ailleurs très bien tout ça :

In its February issue, Wired is publishing “The Untold Story” of the Apple iPhone. You can either read the whole article or go to Walleywag which get the essential of the whole story in a 300 words version.

Can you imagine Steve Jobs, being angry at you but, instead of screaming or whatever, just giving you a scary stare ? Just thinking of it makes me shiver !

C’est toujours amusant de voir deux très grosse sociétés en train de défendre leurs intérêts, d’autant plus quand il s’agit de Microsoft et Google.

Si le rachat de DoubleClick par Google a été accepté aux Etats-Unis, les discussions sont plus tendues en Europe et Microsoft y va de son grain de sel en expliquant de manière très intéressante le danger que cela représenterais pour l’industrie de la publicité en ligne.

Le plus intéressant est ce pdf qui illustre la façon dont laquelle Microsoft explique la position de monopole que pourrait avoir Google en rachetant DoubleClick

On se souvient de l’énorme procès intenté contre Microsoft à la fin des années 90 au sujet de l’exploitation de sa position dominante sur le marché des OS et on se demande si les avocats du géant de Redmond n’ont pas simplement réutilisé ce qui avait été fait à l’époque par les plaignants. Il suffirait de mettre quelques “Netscape”, “RealPlayer”, “QuickTime” ou encore “Java” à droite à gauche et on arriverait certainement à quelque chose de tout à fait cohérent.

Via Slashdot

The excellent Lifehacker just published a post about “How to Set Up Your New Computer” that you just got for the holidays. It’s about Windows, Linux and Mac but I’ll focuse here on the Mac side. A choice of 5 great articles that will let you know more about your brand new Mac.

Check out my Delicious links as well, I’ve published several links about Mac softwares, freewares, … that will help you as well.

• A Guide to Switching to a Mac
  “There’s no need for you to waste your precious time figuring out the minutia of a new operating system. To ease this transition for all of the new Mac owners out there, here’s a quick guide for Mac newbies making the big switch.”
• Build Your Mac with 20 Useful Downloads
  “So you got a new Mac running a fresh Leopard install, and now you’ve got to load your Mac up with all your essential software.”
• Top 10 Mac OS X Tweaks
  “Mac OS X is a great operating system out of the box, but a few simple customizations can make it even better.” Ed: This guide was written regarding Tiger, but most of it will still apply to Leopard.
• Top 10 Mac Utilities
  “The system utilities that add extra polish and convenience to your Mac’s working environment. Most (but not all) of these little suckers are free, many live in your Mac’s System Preferences pane and on the menubar, and all of them greatly enhance your overall Mac experience.”
• The Complete Guide to Mac/Windows Interoperability
  “Today Mac OS and Windows can work together in harmony on the same home network, sharing files and printers, mounting one another’s drives and using the same equipment, like wireless routers and USB drives.”

Is any comment  necessary ?

Via Gizmodo

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This has been published around and around in the last days but I can’t resist to publish it again as it’s really a stunning demonstration. Furthermore, it seems that Shai Avidan, co-creator of this development has joined Adobe so expect interesting new features in software such as Photoshop !

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