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Issue #9      October 6, 2000      Can't get enough of your love, babe What's New News Flash! The BeGeistert 005 event will take place October 7-8 in Dusseldorf -- for those of you who can make it. BeGeistert is an international forum for users, developers and usergroups all about the Be Operating System. Users can check out the latest applications and developers can present their products, independent of their stage of development. The Hidden Question Last week's hidden question was, "What Russian won the gold in the first Olympics gold medal awarded in a trampoline event?" Unfortunately, I had no idea that there was a MEN'S trampoline competition (it honestly didn't occur to me), so I was looking for the female answer, although I didn't specify that in the question, obviously. The answer I was looking for was Irina Karavaeva, but I also accepted Alexandre Moskalenko, who also happened to be Russian. About 35 people answered correctly, and here are the lucky five who won fabulous Be baseball caps: Chris Hiszpanski -- California Jon Metherd -- Texas Mehmet Birgi -- Turkey Daniel Berkefeld -- Australia Vinay Ramaswamy -- India 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. Resetting Your Screen Settings An interesting feature of the BeOS' Screen preferences application, which allows you to set the resolution and color bit-depth of your screen, is that it allows you to set the screen refresh rate using a slider bar. This feature permits you to tune your refresh rate to the best possible rate for your monitor. It also allows you to totally confuse your monitor, which can (in a bad case) render your screen unviewable.* The worse thing is, if your screen is unviewable, you can't use the on-screen controls to turn your monitor back to something you can view. How do you get out of this situation? It turns out to be simple: Hold down the Alt (or Command), Control, and Shift keys. Press the F12 function key. Your screen will reset back to the default resolution for the BeOS, 640 by 480 pixels, with a 60 Hz refresh rate. Note that some fixed sync monitors do not support this resolution, and will go out of sync (become unviewable) when this happens. If you have a fixed sync monitor, don't use this shortcut! * Important Warning: You can make your monitor burst into flames (!) by setting the refresh rate too high. Read your monitor's instruction manual to determine the refresh rates supported on your monitor before you make changes to your refresh rate above 75 Hz. Check it Out Not only does Wildcard Design make great games for the BeOS, they are currently having a birthday sale to celebrate the birth of the CEO's daughter! So go get some cool games at sale prices. You could even win a free laptop. Horoscopes ARIES (March 21 - April 19): Getting out of things appears to be your forte these days, and you're not making any new friends. You might take care to say "no" sometimes, instead of saying "yes" and then regretting it. You're no politician. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Now that Venus, your ruling planet, is transiting the area of your chart that governs one-to-one relationships, you won't find it difficult to let loved ones and co-workers know how you feel. And they will be a lot more open with you. This could get really, really ugly. GEMINI (May 21 - June 21): Mystery is in the air. It is also on your television, weeknights at 9 p.m. on channel 33. The first TV remote control, called "Lazy Bones," was developed in 1950 by what corporation? CANCER (June 22 - July 22): Not everything that feels good is good for you. Just a thought as you embark on an interesting journey of alcohol-fueled boy band parties. LEO (July 23 - Aug 22): You are trying too hard to conform to the image you think you should have, and trying too hard to be a hero. But you're not a hero, you're a Leo -- shiny red cape notwithstanding. VIRGO (Aug 23 - Sept 22): Watch it, buster. I'm on to you. LIBRA (Sept 23 - Oct 23): Because Libra is an air sign, you get along with most people, but sometimes you are too nice for your own good, and that is something you are going to have to watch. Don't let others take anything that should rightly be yours. And if they do, take it back when they're not looking. SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 21): It's around now that you're going to discover who your true friends are. Unfortunately they aren't the good-looking ones. Oh, well. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21): You have so many balls in the air at the moment that you are beginning to think maybe you have overextended yourself. The fact is, you should have reached that conclusion a long time ago. Duh. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 19):M Gee, your skin is so dry these days. Get yourself some nice lotion. Perhaps something with aloe and scented with vanilla. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18): You don't make changes often, but when you do, you go all the way. In one or more areas of your life, you are about to throw the rule book out the window. Just make sure it doesn't hit anyone, because then you've got a lawsuit on your hands, and you know how those things go: You hire some sleazy lawyer to defend you, pay him too much money to get the facts all wrong, and then some sweet old lady with thick glasses acts as a witness on the plaintiff's behalf, telling the sob story of her poor sick Fluffy who needed to go to the vet and on her way to the bus stop with Fluffy she saw said plaintiff get struck on the head by your rule book, thus knocking the plaintiff unconscious and drooling on the sidewalk. You look to your lawyer, who will just furrow his brow in a vain attempt to understand the situation and then, ironically, you'll get the book thrown at YOU. PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20): Success, they say, is all in the head: If you think wealthy, you will be wealthy; if you think lucky, you'll be lucky; if you think positive, positive things will happen. Cupcakes, on the other hand, don't bake themselves. Get to it. Credits & Legal Stuff Editor, Writer, Alligator Wrestler: Wendy Hall Copyeditor, Shark Wrangler: 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. eep.

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