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Comment on Snow Leopard breaks MySQL by Paul Corr

Paul Corr — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:18:49 +0000

If you are just doing one task requiring root privileges, like creating this symlink, couldn’t it be more simply done using ’sudo’?

$ cd /usr/local
$ sudo ln -s mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86 mysql
Password:

If you are in an administrator’s account, you give that password at the prompt and you should be good to go. (If it is the first time using it, you will see a warning asking if you know what you are doing. i.e., running a privileged command.)

Having an enabled root account would add some vulnerability as another avenue of attack, I would think and best avoided if possible.

Comment on Taming the West by Jim Hoadley

Jim Hoadley — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:19:50 +0000

Well, said John!

Comment on blog moving by Stuart Hertzog

Stuart Hertzog — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:30:15 +0000

If you had exported the old blog first, you could have re-imported it easily. This creates an XML file containing all posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, and tags.

Comment on Cocoa Sheets How To by nick

nick — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:21:38 +0000

You create the mySheet and myPanel in Interface Builder and then hook them to IBOutlets in your code. They are both NSPanel or NSWindow instances. It’s up to you.

Comment on Cocoa Sheets How To by Matt

Matt — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:14:03 +0000

where are mySheet and myPanel defined? are they NSWindow instances?

Comment on Actually Macs are Cheaper than PCs by Koenraad

Koenraad — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:53:59 +0000

After 20 years of Windows hassle, I have recently changed to Mac. Apple builds solid machines that are capable of handling office work and, in my opinion, are vastly superior to Windows machines. During these 20 years, I have spent thousands of Euros on software, add-ons, expensive software upgrades et cetera. Especially in the beginning (eighties) Windows software often was extremely expensive and very worrysome. Mac software, generally speaking, is much more reliable, cheeper and much more intelligent than Windows software. The price of the software should also be considered. It’s an integral part of the whole.

Comment on bug in Sqlite by Andy Matthews

Andy Matthews — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:08:31 +0000

Nick…

SQLLite includes the every so handy COALESCE method. Assuming your Userstable looked like this:

The above query would look like this:

SELECT id, name, COALESCE(favColor,’purple’) AS FavColor
FROM Users

And the resulting data set would look like this:

Comment on Actually Macs are Cheaper than PCs by David

David — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:56:14 +0000

Mac versus Dell or any Windows machine … no comparison. Absolutely none. If anyone wants to use a computer as a hassle-free and reliable creative tool, Mac is the only way to go. Otherwise, it is talking with Dell’s tech people in Berzerkistan.

Comment on Actually Macs are Cheaper than PCs by paul

paul — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:16:58 +0000

Actually, the mac does have a wireless keyboard and mouse…i got one.

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