Link: 10.5: Install a hidden Archive settings preference pane
In the Finder, navigate to /System > Library > CoreServices > Archive Utility.app > Contents > Resources, or just copy (triple-click then Command-C) and paste this path into the Finder’s Go > Go to Folder box: /System/…
Link: 10.5: Learn more from the Dictionary
Open Dictionary.app, and then select Go > Front/Back Matter from the menus. You’ll then see a list of helpful items, each of which can be explored with a click. Here are some of the more interesting sections: Language Guid…
Link: Causes of Death Linked To Weight
An anonymous reader writes to mention that while a couple of years ago researchers found that overweight people have a lower death rate than people with a normal weight, it may be more complicated than that. “Now, investigating further, they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group. Linking, for the first time, causes of death to specific weights, they report that overweight people have a lower death rate because they are much less likely to die from a…
Link: 10.5: How to set the Windows Workgroup
The Windows workgroup that the mac uses is now set in the Network System Preferences pane by clicking the pop-up menu next to the Location combo-box and selecting Edit Locations. You can then add a new location with the name …
Link: The Implications of a Facebook Society
FloatsomNJetsom writes “The site Switched.com is taking a look at the slow death of privacy at the hands of social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace with a link to a report on the creepy practice of Facebook employees monitoring what pages you look at and a thought-provoking video interview with social media expert Clay Shirky — who says that social networks are profoundly changing our ability to keep our private lives private. ‘Eventually, Shirky theorizes, society will have to create a…
Link: NASA Performs Zero-G Robot Surgery for Mars, Iraq
An anonymous reader writes “With rapid-response surgery needed in Iraq and super-long-distance medicine a far-off necessity for a manned trip to Mars, NASA recently sent eight astronauts, roboticists and surgeons on its ‘Vomit Comet,’ pitting real doctors against new robotic ones. As if the prospect of a portable robo-OR deploying to Iraq by 2009 weren’t enticing enough, one of the surgeons on board promised this in his flight blog: ‘So far, surgery by hand is still the most efficient way to…
Link: Be cautious of that serious data loss bug in Leopard
Moving files from your Leopard Finder to remote storage may be riskier than you thought. Read up on this bug to make sure data loss doesn’t happen to you.
Link: 10.5: Use public keys with SSH in 10.5
Leopard has now a built-in support for SSH authentication with public keys. Just open Terminal and ssh to your public-key-enabled server. A Keychain window appears, proposing you to enter the pass phrase, and then rememberin…
Link: Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard
An anonymous reader writes “Leopard’s Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in progress. This author first came across it when Samba crashed while he was moving a directory from his desktop over to a Samba mount on his FreeBSD server.”
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Link: Former Intel CEO Rips Medical Research
Himuanam writes “Former Intel CEO Grove rips on the medical research community, contrasting their lack of progress with the tech industry’s juggernaut of breakthroughs over the past half-century or so. ‘On Sunday afternoon, Grove is unleashing a scathing critique of the nation’s biomedical establishment. In a speech at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, he challenges big pharma companies, many of which haven’t had an important new compound approved in ages, and academic…