Comments on: Bluetooth Proximity Detection on OS X http://roclar.net/archives/1161 Random links, thoughts, etc. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tommy http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-458 Tommy Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:48:41 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-458 And now the latest update to Parallels is crashing anytime I try to do something non-trivial in Wondows 2000. And now the latest update to Parallels is crashing anytime I try to do something non-trivial in Wondows 2000.

]]> By: Tommy http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-456 Tommy Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:19:43 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-456 Sounds like someone is suffering from general Mac envy. BTW, our Macs do plenty wrong. The iLife apps, in particular, seem to crash surprisingly often. Sounds like someone is suffering from general Mac envy.

BTW, our Macs do plenty wrong. The iLife apps, in particular, seem to crash surprisingly often.

]]> By: roclar http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-455 roclar Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:13:42 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-455 Its been doable on the Mac as well for a while (according to <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/08/13/bluetooth_osx.html" rel="nofollow">O'Reilly</a> OS X got Bluetooth support in 10.2 in '02), I just never fiddled with it before. One of my co-workers even implemented this a couple of years ago, but the range of Bluetooth and the proximity of those willing to use his unlocked machine even when he was two rooms away as a "teachable moment" made it inpractical. Its been doable on the Mac as well for a while (according to O’Reilly OS X got Bluetooth support in 10.2 in ‘02), I just never fiddled with it before. One of my co-workers even implemented this a couple of years ago, but the range of Bluetooth and the proximity of those willing to use his unlocked machine even when he was two rooms away as a “teachable moment” made it inpractical.

]]> By: DrFaulken http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-454 DrFaulken Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:48:48 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1161#comment-454 No offense to the shall-do-no-wrong Mac community, but how is this different from what one of your Windows co-workers was doing several years ago? When he walked away from his desk, WXP would lock. When he returned, it would unlock. Is this a new to Macs, and if so, shouldn't it be shameful news instead of an OMG NEW FEATURE FOR MACS?? No offense to the shall-do-no-wrong Mac community, but how is this different from what one of your Windows co-workers was doing several years ago? When he walked away from his desk, WXP would lock. When he returned, it would unlock. Is this a new to Macs, and if so, shouldn’t it be shameful news instead of an OMG NEW FEATURE FOR MACS??

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