Re: MacPorts and Facebook

2010-12-13 Thread yawg
Hi, Apparently some phishy things are going on on Facebook now. This is a screenshot of my son's FB and normally he is my guy in the know, sitting in front of his PeeCee almost 24/7 ... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=478584562551set=a.44263812551.52532.610327551 Cheers, Jörg. On 13

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-13 Thread James Therrault
On Dec 12, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Previously, Alex Barnes so eloquently wrote: The thing must've had terrible gas milage. Paul Stamsen replied: No big deal when gas was 25¢ a gallon or less! Nope! We want to party like it's 1999 again.

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-13 Thread James Therrault
On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Previously, Alex Barnes so eloquently wrote: The thing must've had terrible gas milage. Paul Stamsen replied: No big deal when gas was 25¢ a gallon or

Re: MacPorts and Facebook

2010-12-13 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 3:47 AM -0800 12/13/10, as yawg so eloquently wrote: Hi, Apparently some phishy things are going on on Facebook now. This is a screenshot of my son's FB and normally he is my guy in the know, sitting in front of his PeeCee almost 24/7 ...

RJ45 Aggravations

2010-12-13 Thread smac0031
I use the B setup. I always thought you were supposed the B setup for the straight through cables and one end A and the other B for a cross over cable. My problem is with the connections. I clip the wires down and from what I understand when you get a click and the excess wire falls off you

How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

2010-12-13 Thread t...@io.com
I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work. I've heard that on some MS products, (Windows?) the machine actually must connect to the internet and register the license with MS and then the license is stuck to that

Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

2010-12-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:20 PM, t...@io.com wrote: I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work. Do not bother, just get Libre Office:

Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

2010-12-13 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:20 AM, t...@io.com wrote: I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work. I've heard that on some MS products, (Windows?) the machine actually must connect to the internet and register the license

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Dan
At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom/what? and for what purpose? Are you talking about blocking access from other

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to whom/what? and for what purpose? If I let

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Yersinia
On 12/13/10 4:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to three of them. Can I do this? Block access to

Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

2010-12-13 Thread JoeTaxpayer
I have a legit copy of Office on my MDD. When I put it on a second machine (another MDD) it installed just fine, but I'm permitted to only run it on one machine at a time. I'm not complaining, just answering your question. If I upgrade, I'll get the family pack like I did with Leopard and iWork.

Re: How Do MS Office Licenses Work?

2010-12-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:20 PM, t...@io.com wrote: I am thinking about purchasing a used copy of MS Office 2004 for my MDD, however, I'm wondering how the licenses work. Do not bother, just get Libre Office:

Re: List Mom request-sorry, again

2010-12-13 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/12/10 11:26 PM, Charles Lenington of macso...@brightok.net sent On 12/12/10 1:30 PM, DLC wrote: *sigh* Hi all, Sorry to be so thick about this, but I can't yet see how to get a hold of specific List moms for a specific group list (I can get to Dan, but how does one contact the specific

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Jonas Ulrich
You could place a pasword protected disk image that is the size of the hard drive, on the hard drive and put everything in there. It's essentially a pasword protected hard drive -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 13, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Yersinia wrote: On 12/13/10 4:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual 2.7 It has 5 drives and I want to block access to

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 13, 2010, at 2:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Yersinia wrote: On 12/13/10 4:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0800 12/12/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I want to password protect certain HDD's in my G5 PM Dual

Re: Password protect

2010-12-13 Thread Dan
At 2:39 PM -0800 12/13/2010, John Carmonne wrote: Well I want others to be able to use my account but be restricted to certain drives, I need a solution similar to the password requirement to install software. Do a Get Info on your boot volume and examine the permissions. Notice that it's

Easy way to monitor network traffic?

2010-12-13 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I there a way that I can easily monitor my network traffic on my home LAN preferably without using the terminal? with a 3rd party software? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: Easy way to monitor network traffic?

2010-12-13 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I there a way that I can easily monitor my network traffic on my home LAN preferably without using the terminal? with a 3rd party software? Probably not. If the LAN is via a switch (which includes the one built into routers) then you can

Re: List Mom request-sorry, again

2010-12-13 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Dana Collins dlcatft...@frontier.comwrote: On 12/12/10 11:26 PM, Charles Lenington of macso...@brightok.net sent On 12/12/10 1:30 PM, DLC wrote: *sigh* Hi all, Sorry to be so thick about this, but I can't yet see how to get a hold of specific List moms

Re: Easy way to monitor network traffic?

2010-12-13 Thread Dan
At 8:20 PM -0800 12/13/2010, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I there a way that I can easily monitor my network traffic on my home LAN preferably without using the terminal? with a 3rd party software? Define monitor... Do you mean general throughput or packet sniffing? To/from your computer or on your

Re: Easy way to monitor network traffic?

2010-12-13 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Dan wrote: At 8:20 PM -0800 12/13/2010, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I there a way that I can easily monitor my network traffic on my home LAN preferably without using the terminal? with a 3rd party software? Define monitor... Do you mean general throughput or packet