Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Technophobic_Tom
On 9/30/08, diane wrote: My zip code *is* my location. And I don't see how asking for full name/zip is going to weed out bad apples. If someone wants to be a crooked buyer/seller, they are going to do it no matter what. Same argument I presented a long while back. The logic seems to go over

Re: MDD startup problem and solution, and a question.

2008-09-29 Thread Technophobic_Tom
On Sep 28, 8:03 am, Aaron wrote: And how do you measure the amperage of a battery? If you have a DVM with a milli-amp capability that is greater than that which you expect is being drawn from the battery, you might try hooking it up in series with the battery circuit. Put a jumper across

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-29 Thread Technophobic_Tom
On 9/29/08, diane wrote: I rejoined the LEM Swaplist Somewhere along the lines they now require a full name and city/state when posting to the list I do not feel like posting that much info to over 3000 people on the off chance that someone may be interested in my obscure items. Give a

Re: I was just given a G4 733 tower

2008-09-24 Thread Technophobic_Tom
On 9/24/08, PeterH wrote: Any of the later Pioneer drives is good: DVR-109 (which you already have), DVR-110, DVR-111. Under OS X (which you say you don't run) all of the above can be supported using PatchBurn, or, depending upon which version of OS X you may have in the future, they will be

Re: Acronym Clarification

2008-09-13 Thread Technophobic_Tom
Lyle wrote: JWinter wrote: BTDT. HTTS. Sounds like you've been given good advice. What does HTTS stand for? Been There Done That. Have The Tee Shirt. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a

Re: Warning about Some LEM Folks

2008-09-06 Thread Technophobic_Tom
If you are perceived as rude by a lister, they may send a copy to the Nannie. The Nannies for each list are posted on that list's information page under Who oversees the ___ List As of last November: LEMlistsAmber Robey and Malcolm Cornelius LEM SwapBeverly Woods, Kyle

Re: Ideas That Will Never Die

2008-08-31 Thread Technophobic_Tom
Paul Beard wrote: John Gruber wrote: ...the idea that Apple must or should license Mac OS X to other makers will never die. thing you can do from here: Subscribe to Daring Fireall using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to esily keep up with all your favorite sites. Wah, I

Re: Anti Trust Hackin' back . Psystar answers and stands firm.

2008-08-29 Thread Technophobic_Tom
Bruce Johnson wrote: Apple is doing JUST FINE the way they are; just because they're not doing what YOU want does not mean they're failing. Ted Treen wrote: All these people who know where Apple's going wrong...I wonder how many of them are CEO's of successful IT companies. BINGO !!!

Re: Anti Trust Hackin' back . Psystar answers and stands firm.

2008-08-29 Thread Technophobic_Tom
Starting to feel like we're feeding a troll here . . Trolls are insulting people who insist there view is right. They call people names and rant without reasoning. From Wikipedia: An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and irrelevant

Re: Anti Trust Hackin' back . Psystar answers and stands firm.

2008-08-29 Thread Technophobic_Tom
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Tom wrote: Wallace wrote: Trolls are insulting people who insist there view is right. They call people names and rant without reasoning. From Wikipedia: An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and