Re: [CGUYS] Powerless Powerbook

2007-07-23 Thread Paul Meyer
Clearly from your navy days ; Admiral Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not Phil, but if there's a short in the battery, it eats up too much power in the short to power the motherboard. I would tell you how I know this, but then I'd have to prohibit you from spreding that information

[CGUYS] Firefox Freeze-Ups Update

2007-07-23 Thread Jay Montero
I wrote a few days back about a problem with my beloved Firefox freezing on me when I clicked on bookmarks. Here's an update:. Based on what I was reading from the list members, I deleted many of my bookmarks. I too many I guess, some of which were no longer useful or even valid. Now

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox Freeze-Ups Update

2007-07-23 Thread Mike Sloane
I routinely us a free dead link checker application that I found somewhere - it goes through your bookmarks and tries them all, pointing out 404 and other problems, as well as duplicates. This keeps the list somewhat cleaner, but it doesn't help with the useless links placed there for long

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox Freeze-Ups Update

2007-07-23 Thread Bert Brehm
Found it. Tried it. Works well on Firefox. http://aignes.com/deadlink.htm But there aren't as many dead links as I would have suspected. Roughly 5 percent. Plus it finds duplicate links. Now I suppose that I should reorganize my remaining bookmarks. Thank you Mike. -Original

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox Freeze-Ups Update

2007-07-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
I routinely us a free dead link checker application that I found somewhere - it goes through your bookmarks and tries them all, pointing out 404 and other problems I put most of my bookmarks in Google Bookmarks. This eliminates the too many problem. I can also do Google searches of just the

[CGUYS] DNS hijacking

2007-07-23 Thread mike
This from a slashdot link. Is this right? Would you want your ISP blocking *all* users from reaching a server because some users may be bots? Should one ISP have the right to hijack dns? I suppose this is one more reason to use freedns. Mike 'Internet service provider Cox Communications is

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Coverage

2007-07-23 Thread chad evans wyatt
Thanks, Betty, for your recent summary of cell phone experience here. I'm always stunned, the first call I make on my ancient Nokia when I return to Europe. Absolutely clear sound, never a dropped call, with utter ease in moving across the map, merely substitute local simcards, what a concept.