Spoke to Seagate tech support today re. External hard drive. He denied
that the light going out and the drive stopping to spin when unplugging it
from USB on computer means it is getting it power from the computer's power
supply and checked with some others at tech support who agreed. Then it
oc
> That is fairly meaningless.
Only if you can't count anything above single digits.
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> Are any of those unfixed? Frequent security patches is the sign of a
> good product you can trust.
Like Microsoft? You may have a point there.
> It is the vendors who don't patch quickly enough that leave their
> customers in horrible shape.
Like Apple? Like leaving serious Quicktime and D
>Found: 67 Secunia Security Advisories
>http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=safari
That is fairly meaningless.
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I have a couple of old Powerbook G3 hard drives. Is there anyway that I
can make them into a small portable external hard drive?
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What "serious problems?" Perhaps you have not looked at it recently? Or
> > maybe you are reading reviews written by WFBs? Safari is fine. The same
> > code base (Web Kit) is also used by Google's Chrome.
>
> What's a litt
> What "serious problems?" Perhaps you have not looked at it recently? Or
> maybe you are reading reviews written by WFBs? Safari is fine. The same
> code base (Web Kit) is also used by Google's Chrome.
What's a little carpet bombing among friends?
Found: 67 Secunia Security Advisories
http://sec
>I avoid Safari because it has a lot of serious problems,
What "serious problems?" Perhaps you have not looked at it recently? Or
maybe you are reading reviews written by WFBs? Safari is fine. The same
code base (Web Kit) is also used by Google's Chrome.
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>can't I just have a cable modem (for instance:TERAYON TJ615 DOCSIS) and
>just set up the wifi twixt my laptop and desktop and use zone alarm
>firewall ...baddabing,baddaboom ...no router?
You certainly can. But a hardware firewall is going to be more secure.
Configuring the whole thing will al
My default browser is Mozilla SeaMonkey. I also use Firefox and Camino,
sometimes Opera. I avoid Safari because it has a lot of serious
problems, unless I need to hide my browser type and OS. For
Entertainment coupons, I print to Preview from SeaMonkey, and view the
coupon. It's usually OK from
The router is the item that assigns the different IP addresses to
each user using DHCP.
Normally modems cannot do this.
If you want to use more than one computer with the modem you must use
a router to route each to the modem.
You do not have to file share at all. Matter of fact you must tu
Does your cable modem include a router? If not you need a router to "attach"
two computers to one IP address. The modem itself only supplies one IP address
to the WAN (Wide Area Network, aka Internet). You really want to have a router
on broadband with only one computer, in order to take adva
TERAYON TJ615 DOCSIS seems to be a good modem. One thing is it cannot be
reset from the firmware webpage but requires you to go and shut it off or
unplug it ...is that important? It seems some other brands like motorola
allow reset from the firmware webpage.
as for my Xterasys XN-2133G 802.11g/b Wireless Adapter, the only detraction
is it doesn't have WPA, only has WEP ...but I could start with that and look
into an upgrade ...this b/g adapter would let me establish an ad-hoc network
with my a/b/g notebook to get going ...
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ok...I have a usb2 2.0 b/g wireless adapter for my desktop (Xterasys
XN-2133G) and my laptop has an internal a/b/g wifi (IBM x31) ...so if I have
cable internet service, why do I need a router at all just to do fileshare
and internet share from my laptop around the house to the desktop ...can't I
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At 08:37 AM 10/28/2008, you wrote:
At 10:22 AM 10/27/2008, Ranbo wrote:
>bonus question: Should I forget the whole thing and find way to buy a
>laptop, which, I think, is what I really want anyway?
Depends on whether you believe that troubleshooting is
At 10:22 AM 10/27/2008, Ranbo wrote:
>bonus question: Should I forget the whole thing and find way to buy a
>laptop, which, I think, is what I really want anyway?
Depends on whether you believe that troubleshooting is a interesting and fun
challenge.
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That is one of the reasons I choose the Latitude series of notebooks for work.
The docks can be had for less than $20 on Ebay, plus you can buy one
that will accept drives. Depends on how much you want to pay.
Plus the laptop locks into the dock.
To Laptop or not is a serious question. For
I have my laptop in a dock at work. Pop it in, use monitor and
keyboard with mouse. Pop it out take it home.
For me that is the best solution.
Stewart
At 10:40 PM 10/27/2008, you wrote:
Actually, laptops tend to pose more ergonomic problems than desktops..
The angle between keyboard and
Each device needs power. In some cases via certain conduits (Like
USB), the power can be alternatively supplied from the computer's larger
power supply but doing so can easily overload the computer power
supply's capacity.
It seems that has happened in your case and the power supply is now
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