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    All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare

    Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy

    DIY Secret Passage Adds Mystery to Your Home

    New Zealand Man Buys Thrift-Shop MP3 Player Full of US Army Classified Information

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    Image of back_at_it back_at_it
    11/06/09

    In reply to All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
    and this is how the command line dies: in the wake of a program that does less, but does it easier. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of housewarmer housewarmer
    11/06/09

    @back_at_it: Yeah, god knows there's no other reason to use Terminal. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of back_at_it back_at_it
    11/06/09

    @housewarmer: it takes more than one nail to seal a coffin, but once you've hammered in enough of them it's bound to stay shut. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of DontFeedTheTrolls DontFeedTheTrolls
    11/06/09

    @back_at_it: That's right, let these Terminal hugging hippies know we want our SSH sessions served up in preference panes from now on! #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/06/09

    In reply to All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
    Secrets pref pane works by scraping a public database at [secrets.blacktree.com] on start up to populate its GUI. Feels a bit chaotic to me. YMMV. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/06/09

    In reply to All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
    There's also a secret dipswitch setting which allows you to use Boot Camp to run early versions of Windows if you have 10.5.10 or higher installed.

    Right now, I have a partition for running DOS 5.0 with Windows 3.11 with Norton Desktop for Windows as well as a separate partition for Windows 95.

    The dipswitch is located underneath the fan assembly. You just removed the fan (although you'll have to resolder it back into place). Once there, you'll see a dipswitch panel. Change switches 3, 5, and 9 through 12 to up and then lower 14.

    It's pretty fun to see people's reactions to seeing Word 2.0 for Windows running on a MacBook Pro. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of tomsomething tomsomething
    11/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Oh man, I want to play with Windows 3 again. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That would be the dip switch alright. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of notfred notfred
    11/06/09

    @tomsomething: Virtual machines are your friend... #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/06/09

    @notfred: Anyone can do a virtual machine. Modding it is where it's at. People who are afraid to crack open their MacBooks are people with no sense of adventure. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of notfred notfred
    11/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: (I've actually had to replace the fan on my MBP, does that count?)
    I thought you were joking on the dipswitches. Google has been no help. I am intrigued, but still dubious. #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/06/09

    In reply to All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
    Legend has it that Steve embeds nude shots of himself as easter eggs, which this may unlock. Download at your own risk.
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/06/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Been watching the IT Crowd? #snowleopardhiddensettings
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    Image of Polinkinik Polinkinik
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Now the zombies will never find me!
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    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    We put one in our house 3 years ago, and it is truly worth every cent we paid. Unfortunately. we had to draw permits so it is on record as existing, so no real secret. It is a small 12'x16' soundproofed room with no windows, but we tied it into the HVAC and it is quite comfortable. We use it as a quiet room (I wanted a man-cave but was over-ruled) so it is perfect when the neighbors are mowing thier lawn or working on the cars. Adjustable LED lighting with color shifting bulbs and a small stero make this room everything we could ask (except for a quet place to smoke a cigar or play guitar privately).

    Yeah, I know, but we had the money and it was worth it.
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    08/21/09

    @Sicpup: how much did you pay?
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    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/22/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: we spent 1 kidney and our second child (we never did ike her).
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/22/09

    @Sicpup: The kidney was no problem though as I'm sure you now have plenty from stealing the neighborhood kids and chopping them up in your new soundproof room...
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    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/22/09

    @UnderLoK: I never said it was my kidney... and I would never chop up children in the quiet room- messy work is done in the garage where we have a floor sink and a pressure washer.
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    Edited by Sicpup at 08/22/09 2:05 PM Sicpup was starred Sicpup was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Muggles can also use that staircase room to hide their nasty wizard nephew.
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    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus:
    *sigh*
    Well at least I'm not the only one, whose mind immediately jumped to "Hey, like in Harry Potter!" at this story.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    I don't know Frooch, is that area big enough to hide all your porn, er gadgets?
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    Image of iwishiwasjeff iwishiwasjeff
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Uh, this would be where I would keep my my children that I would have incest sex with and impregnate. I would keep it from my wife and then eventually get caught.
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    Hello Mister Walrus promoted this comment iwishiwasjeff was starred iwishiwasjeff was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @iwishiwasjeff: Multiple posts referring to the same thing? Is this some creepo news story that I am not aware of?
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    Image of iwishiwasjeff iwishiwasjeff
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: This happened maybe six months to a year ago in Germany. Some old guy had a daughter, locked her up in a his basement, and had sex with her. She had three or four of his kids that never went out side.

    Funny thing is, when I was writing this comment, there were no comments listed yet. We must have posted at the same time.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @iwishiwasjeff: What the Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....?????
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: [gizmodo.com]

    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of Randy Hayward Randy Hayward
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    Alternatively, you can hide your daughter, and the six babies you had with her in there.
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    Hello Mister Walrus promoted this comment Randy Hayward was starred Randy Hayward was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @Randy Hayward: Say what now?
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    Image of doofusgumby doofusgumby
    08/21/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus:

    reference to a story out of germany last year.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/21/09

    @doofusgumby: What? To the Google chamber! (Meaning my cubicle with a computer)
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    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    08/21/09

    @Randy Hayward: I like the 6 babies + daughter idea better... lets go with that.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/21/09

    @doofusgumby: It was in Austria actually.

    [media.ebaumsworld.com]
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    Image of kearneybobs kearneybobs
    08/21/09

    @Randy Hayward: good old joe fritzl! the but of many-a-joke here in Europe
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    Image of reynwrap582 reynwrap582
    08/21/09

    In reply to Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy
    I feel bad for anybody who can't just whip it out in the living room anytime they want.
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    Keeping it Reil promoted this comment reynwrap582 was starred reynwrap582 was unstarred
    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    08/21/09

    @reynwrap582: You feel bad for the people who actually live with other people? Huh.
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    Image of reynwrap582 reynwrap582
    08/21/09

    @Keeping it Reil: Who says I don't live with other people?
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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    07/06/09

    In reply to DIY Secret Passage Adds Mystery to Your Home
    There must be a large gap on the right between bookcases in order to allow this to close. That will ruin the effect, I think. Or else they are off-set. Actually, if you look at the other photos, they do seem to be offset with respect to the right-hand bookcase. Not bad at all.
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    Image of bucklefilledbird bucklefilledbird
    07/06/09

    @Bandit: Plus, the liquor shelf is a Benno CD/DVD shelf which is half the depth of the Billy bookcases.


    Wonder what he's using underneath the bookcase to keep it rolling smoothly without marking up the hardwood floor...

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/06/09

    @bucklefilledbird: click through to the pictures. It's all explained
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/06/09

    In reply to DIY Secret Passage Adds Mystery to Your Home
    Shouldn't the liquor be inside the office?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/26/09

    In reply to New Zealand Man Buys Thrift-Shop MP3 Player Full of US Army Classified Information
    "Chris says he will return his new found treasure to the DOD if they so request'


    If they so request? Why not immediately return it like a responsible person?

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    Image of RoboChop RoboChop
    01/26/09

    In reply to New Zealand Man Buys Thrift-Shop MP3 Player Full of US Army Classified Information
    What would you do if you found something with information like this on it (in it)?
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    01/26/09

    @RoboChop: Document what I was looking at, send copies of it to a safe location/friend (just in case I somehow ended up in GITMO), alert CNN, and then alert DOD that I have it and that they should be more fucking careful.
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