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Issue #5      August 11, 2000      Shaken, Not Stirred What's New This week, we have an open letter from Steve Sakoman, COO of Be, Inc. to the Be community on the state of Be. A good read. The Hidden Question Last week's hidden question was in the form of a sentence instead of a question -- ain't I sly? It was, "On Wednesday, July 26, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued a preliminary injunction requested by the Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA) against this company." The answer is Napster. About 40 people answered, and all of you got it correct. Five of you were randomly selected to win dashing new Be T-shirts: Matt Speer, Virginia Ken Callan, Australia Steve Kilmurray, United Kingdom Eric Heinz, Oregon Jeff Barkstrom, New Hampshire The Hidden Question Rules: Somewhere in the newsletter there will be a hidden trivia question. If you've registered your copy of BeOS 5, send an e-mail to hidden@be.com with the correct answer (and your name and address, please -- don't worry, I promise you won't get stalked) and you will be entered into a drawing to win some nifty BeOS swag. PLUS your name will be announced in the next newsletter as one of the Big Winners. That is all. Reusing Your Queries One of the wonderful things about the BeOS is how fast and powerful the Find command is. In case you don't know how to get at that Find command, here goes: Under the Be menu you can click Find OR just press Alt-F. Then go crazy with all those pull-down menu options. Just don't sprain anything. Although you cannot find on the contents of a file, as you can see, you can search for almost any other criteria, and you can search on extra attributes depending on what kind of object you're searching. However, it can take a minute or two to set up a complicated set of find criteria. It sure is time-consuming to have to re-create them every time you want to run the same search. Wouldn't it be nice to save your queries, so you could use them again and again? Well, howdy-ho, you can! And it's easy to do, too. Here's how: Bring up the Find dialog. Notice the little triangle underneath the blank box. Click and it expands the box so you can name it ("next to Query name"), and uncheck the temporary box. Name the query something that will remind you what it does, like "All HTML Files" or "Love Letters to Cher." If you wish, move the query file someplace more convenient than the /home/queries folder. Good candidates are the Be menu (which you learned how to do in the last newsletter) or the Desktop. The end result of this process is a file you can double-click and it will "open," showing you all of the files that match your original query criteria. It's like having a custom folder, with all of the right documents in it. Oooh la-la! Check it Out If you want hilarious Be stories, icon tarot, interviews, original Be haikus and JLG quotes (JLG = Jean-Louis Gassee, chairman and CEO of Be Inc. and quite a character), I strongly recommend you check out Be Dope, a website dedicated to all that is nutty and unique about Be. Take the poll, read a questionable article about Bill Gates' previously unknown twin sister, Willemina Gates.... You just may learn something about Be, and maybe even -- just perhaps -- yourself. Horoscopes ARIES (March 21 - April 19): The most important thing today is that you don't think of yourself as a failure just because something you attempted went wrong. That makes you a loser, not a failure. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): This is an excellent time for all forms of communication, and whether you pick up a pen or pick up the phone, you will make a big impression on whoever reads or hears your words of wisdom. So I guess call someone up and say something smart. GEMINI (May 21 - June 21): Now is one of the most important times of the year for you as Saturn moves into your birth sign. That might not sound like such a big deal, but the things you learn from Saturn are the things that stay with you for the rest of your life; things you'll be glad to know. Never underestimate the value of knowing where the closest liquor store is. CANCER (June 22 - July 22): Something pretty unsettling is likely to happen today, but it won't actually do you any harm as long as you stay cool and don't overreact. Okay, it is a swarm of bees, but I'm pretty sure they're just Carpenter bees. What's the scientific term for those things anyway? LEO (July 23 - Aug 22): A new love will soon enter your life. VIRGO (Aug 23 - Sept 22): Stick with your wife. LIBRA (Sept 23 - Oct 23): With Venus, your ruler, aspecting Pluto, planet of passion, and a full moon to boot, this could be a rather tense and emotional week. You'll most likely sprout fur, claws, big sharp teeth and have a sudden thirst for human blood. Try not to say anything you might regret later. SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 21): Don't throw yourself at the first challenge that comes along today because, in all probability, there is an even better challenge coming. Translation: Don't stress out about one problem because there is an even bigger problem coming up. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21): You will take on extra responsibility when someone comes to you for help. Although it's a major pain, you are too kind -hearted to turn anyone away. But make sure he knows that once you've helped him, he is on his own. Otherwise, he'll never leave you alone. You'll be stuck washing his cat every dang week. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 19): Saturn, your ruler, is changing signs, and because the area of your chart it moves into is associated with matters of work and health, you are strongly advised to conserve your energy and not start anything new. Your best bet is to watch TV and wait. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18): You have the talent and ambition to reach the top. Do you believe that? You should, because it's true. You're a star, baby. The best. No one can sing and dance like you. And those eyes -- those beautiful eyes! Why, there's not a person on this planet who can out-do you -- you're on top, king of the mountain! Don't worry, kid. From here on in it's smooth sailing. No more fights with bar owners and begging in doorways pretending to have no legs. It's nothing but first-class hotels and four-star restaurants from now on! You're gonna have it all, kid, just as soon as we get this court thing cleared up. As soon as I get outta here we're hittin' the road, going for broke! But we'll never be broke again because you've got it, baby -- you're the best. We'll spend our first million on a mansion just for you. You're not gonna testify against me, right? You know I didn't do it, right, kid? You won't send your old pal down the river, will ya? PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20): You can ask almost anything of anyone this week and it won't be refused. Heh-heh. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Credits & Legal Stuff Editor, Writer, Scrambled: Wendy Hall Copyeditor, Poached: Mike Popovic To answer that hidden question, send e-mail to hidden@be.com To write a nice note to Wendy, send e-mail to wendy@be.com The BeOS User Newsletter Copyright (c) 2000 by Be, Inc. All rights reserved. Be, Inc. 800 El Camino Real, Suite 400 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 462-4100 Fax: (650) 462-4129 Web: http://www.be.com/ Be, BeOS and BeIA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Be Incorporated in the United States and other countries. Other brand product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All rights reserved. And there you have it.

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