Re: Lock your doors....

On 4/25/11 11:21 PM, Dan wrote: At 4:37 PM -0700 4/25/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: Kind of obvious advice for most folks, but they still leave the electronic ones open all the time. ROFLMAO People here in South Jersey still leave their doors and cars unlocked. G

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Yersinia wrote: On 4/25/11 11:21 PM, Dan wrote: At 4:37 PM -0700 4/25/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: Kind of obvious advice for most folks, but they still leave the electronic ones open all the time. ROFLMAO People here in South Jer

Re: iMac G4 questions

On Apr 24, 6:14 pm, Dan Ziegler wrote: > I have recently bought an iMac G4 (iLamp) off craigslist-it's the > original 17" model (800 MHz, SDRAM, 80 GB). Just an aside, as your main questions have already been addressed by others... There were two extremely similar models of 800MHz G4, 17" iLa

Re: Lock your doors....

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Yersinia wrote: > ... having "open" wi-fi didn't bother me at all (until recently), my wi-fi is > still > unlocked because I don't know frickin HOW to lock it up. Ignorance can truly be bliss, no doubt. As for HOW to lock it up, I'm sure you would get guidance a

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 26, 2011, at 9:36 AM, iJohn wrote: > The only thing worse than not securing your network is the poor folks > who THINK they've secured it but are using WEP. To my understanding > WEP is getting to be so laughably easy to hack that I would expect it > to be the next easiest way to steal Wi-

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > Thanks for the article ... and I love the "ROFLMAO" ... you used it b4, and I > like it as much now as then ... although it does imply a rather personal body > part ... maybe I should change my codes again to throw off the Feds ... > > ROFLM

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: Thanks for the article ... and I love the "ROFLMAO" ... you used it b4, and I like it as much now as then ... although it does imply a rather personal body part ... maybe I should change m

Re: iMac G4 questions

On 2011/04/26 09:41, t...@io.com so eloquently wrote: There were two extremely similar models of 800MHz G4, 17" iLamp. The first one will boot into OS 9.2. The second one will not.It's a bit like the difference between a regular MDD and a FW800 MDD, except harder to tell apart. Yours is pr

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the article ... and I love the "ROFLMAO" ... you used it b4, and >>> I like it as much now as then ... although

Re: Lock your doors....

On 2011/04/26 10:50, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 9:36 AM, iJohn wrote: > The only thing worse than not securing your network is the poor folks > who THINK they've secured it but are using WEP. To my understanding > WEP is getting to be so laughably easy to hack tha

Re: Carbon copy slow on G5 PM

On Apr 25, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Apr 24, 2011, at 5:19 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > >> I have a G5 PM Dual 2.7 and I'm copying a 1.1 TB folder from an internal 2TB >> drive to an external eSATA 2 TB drive it seems as though according to the >> progress bar that this will

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 25, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Kind of obvious advice for most folks, but they still leave the electronic > ones open all the time. > > Can you say, "Wired only!"??? JT -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: Lock your doors....

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Kind of obvious advice for most folks, but they still leave the electronic > ones open all the time. > > > > > And then we throw THIS monkey wrench into the cogworks... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/26/

OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

So there IS an easy way to name and secure my little network? If so, I would greatly appreciate it if one of you wifi locksmiths could provide me with step-by-step instructions. Here is the equipment list: Router: US Robotics MAXg, Model 5461. Computers: 1. G4 Quicksilver 867. Tiger 10.4.11.

Re: Carbon copy slow on G5 PM

On Apr 25, 2011, at 3:38 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > Where in console do I find this info? Activity Monitor said it was using 96% > of the CPU's and 99% of the RAM the fans and pumps blasted all night with > CPU temps above the max. It should be right there in the system log. (click the More L

Re: Lock your doors....

On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: >> >> >> And then we throw THIS monkey wrench into the cogworks... > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/26/cluster_based_steganography/ Not really applicable to stolen bandwidth, unless they're stealing your drive space as well to st

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On 2011/04/26 12:26, Yersinia so eloquently wrote: So there IS an easy way to name and secure my little network? If so, I would greatly appreciate it if one of you wifi locksmiths could provide me with step-by-step instructions. Here is the equipment list: Router: US Robotics MAXg, Model 5461.

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Yersinia wrote: > So there IS an easy way to name and secure my little network? If so, I would > greatly appreciate it if one of you wifi locksmiths could provide me with > step-by-step instructions. Here is the equipment list: > > Router: US Robotics MAXg, Model

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

> Just select the defaults of WPA2 and WPA (PSK), and TKIP & AES. > > Choose a good passphrase mixing letters and numbers: "Hey it's sn0w1ng > Macintoshes outside!" OTOH, use a passphrase which is a substring of an instance of a Gibson Research Corporation pseudo-random number generator output.

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

Some other things you might want to consider. - Compare your firmware version to the latest (non-beta) one available from USR. Upgrading the firmware can fix bugs and, on occasion, improve your Wi-Fi performance. (Not by a huge amount, but they have been known to tweak things). - I'll leave it fo

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:23 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: > >> Just select the defaults of WPA2 and WPA (PSK), and TKIP & AES. >> >> Choose a good passphrase mixing letters and numbers: "Hey it's sn0w1ng >> Macintoshes outside!" > > OTOH, use a passphrase which is a substring of an instance of

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On Apr 26, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:23 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: Just select the defaults of WPA2 and WPA (PSK), and TKIP & AES. Choose a good passphrase mixing letters and numbers: "Hey it's sn0w1ng Macintoshes outside!" OTOH, use a passphr

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On 2011/04/26 13:39, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:23 PM,peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: Just select the defaults of WPA2 and WPA (PSK), and TKIP& AES. Choose a good passphrase mixing letters and numbers: "Hey it's sn0w1ng Macintoshes outside!" OTOH, use a passphra

Re: iMac G4 questions

On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/04/26 09:41, t...@io.com so eloquently wrote: There were two extremely similar models of 800MHz G4, 17" iLamp. The first one will boot into OS 9.2. The second one will not. It's a bit like the difference between a regular MDD and a F

Re: iMac G4 questions

On 2011/04/26 14:28, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Tina K. wrote: According to Mactracker both of the USB 1 17" iMacs use the GeForce4 MX but the earlier one came with 32 MB of VRAM whereas the second one came with 64 MB VRAM. Tina IMO EveryMac.com gives

Re: iMac G4 questions

On Apr 26, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/04/26 14:28, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Tina K. wrote: According to Mactracker both of the USB 1 17" iMacs use the GeForce4 MX but the earlier one came with 32 MB of VRAM whereas the second one came

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On 4/26/11 3:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Yersinia wrote: So there IS an easy way to name and secure my little network? If so, I would greatly appreciate it if one of you wifi locksmiths could provide me with step-by-step instructions. Here is the equipment list:

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On Apr 26, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Tina K. wrote: > > It doesn't have to be complex. Using a random generator such as RPG and > an *encrypted* password repository such as Pastor, PasswordWallet, > Keychain Access, 1Password, etc… provides good security without having > to resort to memorizing or writi

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Yersinia wrote: > owever, after I Googled to find out what all the security options in the > tutorial actually meant ("enough" anyway: I cannot claim to REALLY understand > wifi/wifi security tech: if I did, I wouldn't have this issue. Anyway, I > decided I didn't

Re: Fan issue on Powermac g3 400mh, 640 ram

Thank you to all! That makes me feel a lot better. I guess I'll just try to monitor in case of a fan failure. I really like this old Mac. It always makes me smile when I open the case and see the amazing interior. Giving it to my elderly parents and will try to teach them how to do email. I ha

USB 2 pci card for powermac G3

Hi again. Does anyone know if any ol' off the shelf windows PC USB2 PCI card will work in my g3 powermac? I'd like to upgrade it to USB 2 if possible. Thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particul

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

To add my $.02 to the conversation, I do seem to recall having to use some odd characters when connecting to a WEP router. Something like putting a '$' character in front of my 26 character long WEP hex key on Panther. Now that was a drag to remember... Eric -- You received this message because

Re: USB 2 pci card for powermac G3

On Apr 26, 2011, at 3:21 PM, crumvoc wrote: > Hi again. Does anyone know if any ol' off the shelf windows PC USB2 > PCI card will work in my g3 powermac? I'd like to upgrade it to USB 2 > if possible. Yes, USB2 in Windows also required OHCI so they're pretty much all compatible. Note that USB

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Yersinia wrote: > Anyway, I decided I didn't want those defaults. I want to use WEP open > because it's best for my Trailing Edge equipment. I don't want to even > try WPA2  because I'm scared sh*tless I'll end up locking myself out > of my own network.  Hell, I lo

Re: iMac G4 questions

Thanks for all the insight... now I'll have to check and see what GeForce it has!! ;-) This screen has plastic on the top as far as I can tell, the shame is all the pixels are nice and bright, only the top layer is scratched. Might just have to keep an eye out for dead iMacs with good screens. As

A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

How to open a finder window as root: 10.6 10.5 and lower Saved my butt today, fixing a department head's munged Powerbook...something ate his home directo

Re: A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

On Apr 26, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > Caveat! > > As with ANYTHING done as root, you can really screw up the system. Using > Finder like this is taking a heavy-duty power tool, removing all the safety > guards, duct taping it to your hands and supergluing the trigger to the

Re: A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

I agree this is a great tale and awesome and useful information. I'm not nitpicking here but wouldn't it have been quicker and easier to just restore from backup? Albert From: Jim Scott To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:17 PM Sub

Re: A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

On Apr 26, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Albert Carter wrote: > I agree this is a great tale and awesome and useful information. I'm not > nitpicking here but wouldn't it have been quicker and easier to just restore > from backup? Yes it would have been, had there been backups to restore from... "His e

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On 2011/04/26 16:35, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Tina K. wrote: It doesn't have to be complex. Using a random generator such as RPG and an*encrypted* password repository such as Pastor, PasswordWallet, Keychain Access, 1Password, etc… provides good security

Re: OK, I'll Try This Again. Locksmith Wanted (wifi).

On 2011/04/26 17:38, iJohn so eloquently wrote: To repeat for what it's worth, you simply can NOT permanently lock yourself out of your network. The worst you can do is forget and lose all the router passwords and need to go through the hassle of resetting the router back to the factory defaults

Lock doors

I have lived in rural Maine for almost 40 years and never locked my house or car until this past January. Doors smashed, things taken worth a lot. Prep took my insurance bought me new iPod touch and I find I at least 3 neighbors that were log on to my wifi. Have since used highest security and