Computers are lame
I’m glad that in 2008 setting up network shares between computers is still completely fucked. In this case, the guilty parties are a PC running Microsoft Vista and a Mac running OS X Leopard. The question is which of the two is more fucked. Right now I’m inclined to think Leopard’s is fucked on creating shares for Vista to browse, but it could be that Vista’s share browsing is more fucked. So far I’ve been able to create a share on Vista that Leopard can browse, but not a share on Leopard that Vista can browse. The problem could be that I’m trying to make both shares anonymous because it’s all on the same local network.
Why would I try something apparently so impossible? I’m trying to make it possible to copy music files between the two. iTunes doesn’t make it possible (as far as I can tell) to share the same library on two computers (at least when one is a Mac and the other a PC), so I’ve let the Mac continue to be the central location for music, podcasts, etc. so that I can manage my iPod Touch through it. The problem is that I like to listen to music on the PC while playing WoW.
I’m glad this process is excruciating; it reminds me why I don’t enjoy messing with computers much anymore.
