Argumentum ad absurdum.

Nice to see Yale sum up my problems with cloud computing.

I wish this project was still alive and well, but it's not been updated since April 2008. :-(

http://code.google.com/p/encfsvault/downloads/list

Basically it automates the process of setting up your home dir to use EncFS. If someone could update it and add some features such as painless uninstall. It's pretty easy to disable if you're comfortable with the command line but I wouldn't feel right recommending it.

Maybe you should, you know, verify that fact before you vent your spleen. EncFS supports xattr, even on OS X. Apparently some people have trouble building the MacPorts version with xattr enabled.

http://www.arg0.net/encfs

Yeah, that works great for running all the Mac-specific stuff.

Honestly, if you can run Ubuntu, you can probably spring for a cheap PC too. Some aspects of running Linux on a PPC tend to be non-trivial, especially that whole thing of HFS+ not being resizeable unless you're running on an Intel Mac with a GUID partitioning scheme.

http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Version-10-5-6-Leopard/dp/B000FK88JK

Amazon has a list of retailers who sell 10.5.6. I'm sure you can find other sources. One good place to start a search for older Mac stuff is http://lowendmac.com/

I work in an office where we do page layout in Quark 4.11. Yes, 4.11. The previous company who owned us was interested mainly in merging and acquiring, and the current company snatched us up in time for the worst recession since the Great Depression. I have no idea when they're planning on upgrading, or even what their plan is (please let it be InDesign, please let it be InDesign, please let it be InDesign...) but on the plus side it's the last bit of Classic Mode software we need to get rid of in our production department. :-P

So...yeah, we're pretty much stuck with Tiger for the foreseeable future. Guess I'll be using Safari and Opera. *sigh*

If you have an Intel Mac, you can get Snow Leopard for around $30. If you're like us at this office and stuck with PPC for whatever reason, you may need to use Safari now. :-(

The most underreported thing is that the Mozilla team has actually been pretty nice about keeping Tiger from being obsoleted. A lot of the software we use here stopped supporting Tiger within a couple of months of Panther's release. If you wonder if I lose any sleep over all this outdated software running on production machines...well, I probably should. :->

For various reasons I'm stuck maintaining a building full of machines running Tiger. I can confirm that Safari 4 works just fine in Tiger (in fact, I'm posting this comment in Safari.)

With the economy improving we're hoping to start phasing out the pieces of software which keep us glued to PPC and OS X 10.4; having said that, we haven't even been completely successful in eradicating OS 8.6 and 9.2.2 yet. :-(

Yes.

I may not agree with absolutely everything you said, but it was well said, cts.

--regeya

I do this on occasion. It's been beneficial, imho. Stupid author is stupid.

"Scots are pigeon-hating perverts, but want to own monkeys, probably to fetch them fried food. No wonder we built a giant wall to keep them out of England."

Who wants a cockpunch?

You have some sort of problem with FREEDOM?

People should be able to make informed decisions based on what they're given, look into it, and if they fall for something stupid, take personal responsibility.

I've been having an increasing number of problems with each new release. I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty, so I'm using Arch Linux now.

I mean...there were times when I'd know what to do to fix a problem, and their #$%! automated tools would get in the way. Sadly, in some cases, this is what is coming to a Linux near you.

And don't get me started on Kubuntu. if you're like me and cut your teeth on distros like Slackware, but you want to use KDE4, give Arch Linux a serious look. The Chakra Project has a KDE4 repo that makes other offerings look ridiculous.

Someone wake me when Canonical starts busting heads, then I'll take another look at Ubuntu.