Banco – Word of the Day
banco (exclam.) - used in baccarat, chemin de fer, and similar games to express a player\’s willingness to meet the banker\’s whole stake single-handed.ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via French from Italian.
Month: March 2012
Microsoft SMSG is banning Apple Hardware…
Well, it\’s that much of a surprise that Microsoft would ban the purchase of Apple hardware with company funds from the Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, and Operations Group (SMSG). But, what is more surprising is that the groups that make up the SMSG, appear to be roughly 40,966 employees. Â In other words, roughly 45% of […]
A Logical Breakdown of Why the Mass Effect 3 Ending Makes No Sense
A well thought out and crowd sourced document that explains where Mass Effect 3\’s ending breaks down… A Logical Breakdown of Why the Mass Effect 3 Ending Makes No Sense
NPR This American Life episode partially fabricated
The Unofficial Apple Weblog is reporting that NPR\’s \”This American Life\” episode that covered the FoxConn iPad factories was partially fabricated. This American Life host Ira Glass was understandably upset, saying that \”Daisey lied to me and to This American Life producer Brian Reed during the fact checking we did on the story, before it […]
How to uninstall Tivo Desktop for the Macintosh
Here\’s how to uninstall the Tivo Desktop application…. Turn Off the Tivo Desktop application Open System Preferences Open Tivo Desktop (It is listed in the \”Other\” category) Check to see if it is turned Off, if not, click on the Stop button. Close System Preferences Uninstall the Tivo Desktop Preference Pane / application Remove the […]
How-to Uninstall Firefox
Of course, the first step is obvious… Exit Firefox completely. Â Close the application, and all firefox windows. On Mac OS X: Drag the Firefox application to the Trash. (optional) Remove the Firefox .plist file, from ~/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox.plist (optional) Remove the User data and settings (Bookmarks, extensions, etc) from ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox On Linux: Remove the firefox installation […]
The Good, The Bad, & The Weird – Official Trailer
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.
How to uninstall Cisco\’s VPN Client on the Macintosh
The following Terminal Commands, will uninstall the Cisco VPN Client. Â This will work with any version of the Cisco VPN Client, both command line and GUI based…. To uninstall the VPN Client for Mac OS X: Step 1 Open a terminal window. Step 2 Run the following command: sudo /usr/local/bin/vpn_uninstall Step 3 Enter your password […]