I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace my slow dual 450 giga. None the
less, I've spent the last few hours fighting a problem transferring data from
my old drive (80gb WD ata/100), to a Deskstar 80gb ata/100, and I figured it
would be best to ask the experts (you guys). The drive that
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace my slow dual 450 giga. None the
less, I've spent the last few hours fighting a problem transferring data from
my old drive (80gb WD ata/100), to a Deskstar 80gb ata/100, and I figured it
would be
At 8:56 AM -0700 2/20/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
I have NoScript and AdBlock Plus installed on FF
I go the BUSY SCRIPT or SCRIPT NOT RESPONDING warning box on this site
From: Chance Reecher cha...@reecher.net
Subject: Re: Hidden Remote Webcam activation is it in Firmware, HD, or PRAM?
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 6:42 PM
Dude, you're unbelievably paranoid.
It's not hidden in firmware, or in a special section of
the HD.
No perv is going to go as far as to invest in enterprise level
surveilence software just to peek.
And I gave a good answer. Sorry if my casual introduction ticked you
off.
Chance
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Chance
At 7:40 AM -0800 2/21/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote:
As is sometimes true with a public posting, too much info and it
does not get posted, too little and the reasons are not understood.
At the very least, this is not a discussion about how much I like
my Mac that was posted last week
Jonas,
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Dan wrote:
Bottom line: Whenever you get your paws on a used computer or HD,
ERASE the HD!
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You don't know, and you don't need to care.
On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Kasey Smith wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Dan wrote:
Bottom line: Whenever you get your paws on a used computer or HD, ERASE the
HD!
At 9:17 AM -0800 2/21/2010, John Carmonne wrote:
Whenever you get your paws on a used computer or HD, ERASE the HD!
Please erase the hard drive before Dan explodes!
You must want to see stuff on that HDD bad enough too try and get
off any spy stuff first??? Other wise you'd just do a zero
Dan writes,
I can't just zero a drive. I always have to look first! LOL
Now we KNOW why you kept saying just zero the HD in the prior posts --
and why I personally never gave away or otherwise discarded computers
without doing just that -- way before this webcam crap even existed.
LOL
On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Dan wrote:
At 9:17 AM -0800 2/21/2010, John Carmonne wrote:
Whenever you get your paws on a used computer or HD, ERASE the
HD!
Please erase the hard drive before Dan explodes!
You must want to see stuff on that HDD bad enough too try and get
off any spy
This is the best way to delete your data
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o
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On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:26 PM, McGrude wrote:
This is the best way to delete your data
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o
Thanks ... I needed that,. Should the lefty be wearing that watch?
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On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace my slow dual 450 giga.
None the less, I've spent the last few hours fighting a problem
transferring data from my old drive (80gb WD ata/100), to a Deskstar
80gb ata/100, and I figured it would be
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace my slow dual 450
giga. None the less, I've spent the last few hours fighting a
problem transferring data from my old drive (80gb WD ata/100), to
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
\
You must want to see stuff on that HDD bad enough too try and get
off any spy stuff first??? Other wise you'd just do a zero init and
move on:-(
I got a full copy of Spectre off of a Mac Performa I found in the
trash at the side of
On 2/21/10 10:58 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace my slow dual 450
giga.
None the less, I've spent the last few hours fighting a problem
transferring data
On 2/21/10 11:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
\
You must want to see stuff on that HDD bad enough too try and get off
any spy stuff first??? Other wise you'd just do a zero init and move
on:-(
I got a full copy of Spectre off of a Mac Performa
On Feb 21, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 2/21/10 10:58 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
I just picked up a dual 1.25 MDD to replace my slow dual 450
giga.
None the less, I've spent
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 8:56 AM -0700 2/20/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
I have NoScript and AdBlock Plus installed on FF
I go the BUSY SCRIPT or SCRIPT NOT RESPONDING warning box on this site
At 11:20 AM -0800 2/21/2010, Clark Martin wrote:
I got one machine from a local medical center with all sorts of
notes on treatment but none was patient data. I think if I had I
might have reported it. I do look at people's data, mostly out of
curiosity as to how careless people can be.
Thanks for the reply's everyone. I don't know if it matters, but the
Deskstar drive has 10.4 on it, where the drive with all my info is 10.2. I
don't own Diskwarrior, but I'm trying to search for a copy. I also
unfortunately don't own a 10.4 install disk (I got the drive with it already
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
I've gotten a whole slew of programs off systems I've acquired. I
never have gotten one from the side of the road or from dumpster
diving. I contemplated picking up an iMac at the dump when I was
dropping stuff off but it was no better
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote:
heh. Our home phone number is a logical transpo of a local doctor's
office. Once or twice a month, we get their faxes, usually from one
particular insurance company. The faxes include all sorts of
patient information, always with full names
List rules allow once removed question:
Webcam program search for Internet access, best or what
Acquired webcam and while at work wanted to check up on my dogs and any other
trespassers that just might be in my house. Got Skype, Messenger, and iChat -
do you know of any others?
The problem is
On 2/21/10, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
I've received HDs containing patient data several times. Each time I
contacted the *patient*, not the seller.
ha, I bought a se/30 off eBay and it turned out to have been
previously used by a secretary at kpmg and they hadn't erased the hard
drive
On Feb 21, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
Thanks for the reply's everyone. I don't know if it matters, but the
Deskstar drive has 10.4 on it, where the drive with all my info is 10.2. I
don't own Diskwarrior, but I'm trying to search for a copy. I also
unfortunately don't own a
I've done a little cleaning and GPU swapping in my dear old DA.
The first card I was using was the ATi retail AGP card that I liked,
but it's way slow for Leo, but is great for Panther and OS 9. Now I've
switched back to my Geforce4 ti 4600 that is way more snappy for Leo,
but doesn't play some
On 2/21/10 12:28 PM, John Musbach wrote:
On 2/21/10, Dandantear...@gmail.com wrote:
I've received HDs containing patient data several times. Each time I
contacted the *patient*, not the seller.
ha, I bought a se/30 off eBay and it turned out to have been
previously used by a secretary at
I then format the drive, I don't bother zeroing it, that's a waste of time.
And how exactly do you format these modern IDE and SATA drives?
with a sledgehammer.Actually I usually take the drive apart, those magnets
work great on the fridge. Than smash the remains.Found laptop
On 2/21/10 1:52 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote:
And how exactly do you format these modern IDE and SATA drives?
High level format as if you didn't know.
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If they are clients or friends I format the drives with a 5lb. Sledge Hammer
and tell then put a new drive in
Thanks for the idea. I gave it a try but no luck. I'm also getting a Keys
Out Of Order warning now from Disk utility. I also gave the FSCK command trick
a try, and ran it multiple times without luck. I have a feeling I'm left with
one option, formatting, and installing a new OS. Diskwarrior
I've heard that the big thing in Leo is Spaces, and its something i
wish Tiger had.
On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
Thanks for the idea. I gave it a try but no luck. I'm also
getting a Keys Out Of Order warning now from Disk utility. I also
gave the FSCK command trick a
On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
Thanks for the idea. I gave it a try but no luck. I'm also getting a Keys
Out Of Order warning now from Disk utility. I also gave the FSCK command
trick a try, and ran it multiple times without luck. I have a feeling I'm
left with one
On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
I've heard that the big thing in Leo is Spaces, and its something i wish
Tiger had.
On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
Thanks for the idea. I gave it a try but no luck. I'm also getting a Keys
Out Of Order warning now from
On 2/21/10 3:48 PM, Jake Zeppa wrote:
On a side note, since 10.4 and 10.5 cost the same
used, what are the pro's and cons of each on my dual 1.25 MDD (1gb of
ram)? I read I may take a slight hit in performance, but is this all,
and haw big of one? Does 10.5 offer me anything useful 10.4
Previously, at 12:09 pm -0800 2/21/10, Jonas Lopez wrote:
List rules allow once removed question:
Webcam program search for Internet access, best or what
Acquired webcam and while at work wanted to check up on my dogs and any other
trespassers that just might be in my house. Got Skype,
On Feb 21, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
Our old voice phone number was one off from a local lumber company.
Most of the calls were if they were open. I was awful tempted
sometimes to give them the wrong info.
LOL. I just remembered, my wife's number when she was a teen was
On Feb 21, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
I guess it's cheaper to shred the drive than to wipe it fully.
Cheaper, faster, and in some cases, for security reasons, mandatory.
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College of Pharmacy
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Institutions do not
On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Acquired webcam and while at work wanted to check up on my dogs and
any other trespassers that just might be in my house. Got Skype,
Messenger, and iChat - do you know of any others?
Go back in the earlier thread, I posted a link to a how to
It would be hard for Apple to have dropped ADB because, according to
this wikipedia article, the PowerBooks and iBooks up to 2005 (when
Tiger was released) used ADB for the keyboard and trackpad. I just
posted this because i had read somewhere on a page about the Grififn
iMate that Apple
On 2/21/10 5:47 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Acquired webcam and while at work wanted to check up on my dogs and
any other trespassers that just might be in my house. Got Skype,
Messenger, and iChat - do you know of any others?
Go back in the
At 6:54 PM -0700 2/21/10, Kasey Smith wrote:
It would be hard for Apple to have dropped ADB because, according
to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_desktop_busthis wikipedia
article, the PowerBooks and iBooks up to 2005 (when Tiger was
released) used ADB for the keyboard and trackpad. I just
I hope you now have a better understanding of my motives and by the
way, thanks for all the good answers posted.
jml
I think we have a better understanding. Go fish somewhere else. Warm
regards, Rt
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On Feb 21, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
It would be hard for Apple to have dropped ADB because, according to this
wikipedia article, the PowerBooks and iBooks up to 2005 (when Tiger was
released) used ADB for the keyboard and trackpad. I just posted this because
i had read
On Feb 21, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Bob Whiton wrote:
At 6:54 PM -0700 2/21/10, Kasey Smith wrote:
It would be hard for Apple to have dropped ADB because, according
to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_desktop_busthis wikipedia
article, the PowerBooks and iBooks up to 2005 (when Tiger was
Need for list message morphing rule
Since I am the author of a post that has now morphed into an entirely
inappropriate commentary on how to kill a hd, and since this list is always
monitored and those Niamey's should refuse to publish such morphed replies, I
ask the question in keeping with
On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 21:38 -0500, Bob Whiton wrote:
Wrong. My 2004 iBook only has USB and Firewire. I've never seen a
G4 Mac with ADB.
Check the Apple web site for machine specs, not Wikipedia.
Bob
Bob,
The internal interface for the keyboard and trackpad were ADB, even
though the
This is, and should remain an unmoderated list. It keeps the playing field
level.
If you don't like it, take your questions/comments elsewhere. Don't whine
and complain.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote:
Need for list message morphing rule
Since I am
Previously, at 11:09 pm -0500 2/21/10, Chance Reecher wrote:
This is, and should remain an unmoderated list. It keeps the playing field
level.
If you don't like it, take your questions/comments elsewhere. Don't whine and
complain.
I beg your pardon:
From
I understand that we have nannies overseeing the group.
What I mean by unmoderated is that when someone posts, their post doesn't
have to be approved, as is the case on the Swaplist.
The OP is suggesting that this list be moderated, so their threads don't get
off-topic.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at
On 2/21/10, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote:
Need for list message morphing rule
Since I am the author of a post that has now morphed into an entirely
inappropriate commentary on how to kill a hd, and since this list is always
monitored and those Niamey's should refuse to publish such
On 2/21/10 7:18 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Bob Whiton wrote:
At 6:54 PM -0700 2/21/10, Kasey Smith wrote:
It would be hard for Apple to have dropped ADB because, according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_desktop_busthis wikipedia
article, the PowerBooks and
Previously, at 11:50 pm -0500 2/21/10, Chance Reecher wrote:
I understand that we have nannies overseeing the group.
What I mean by unmoderated is that when someone posts, their post doesn't have
to be approved, as is the case on the Swaplist.
The OP is suggesting that this list be moderated, so
On 2/21/10 8:38 PM, Bruce Johnson of john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu sent
On Feb 21, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
Our old voice phone number was one off from a local lumber company.
Most of the calls were if they were open. I was awful tempted
sometimes to give them the wrong
On Feb 22, 2010, at 12:36 AM, Dana Collins wrote:
Our old voice phone number was one off from a local lumber company.
Most of the calls were if they were open. I was awful tempted
sometimes to give them the wrong info.
LOL. I just remembered, my wife's number when she was a teen was one
Hello,
Anyone out there?
I'm thinking maybe the ATi 7000 or the 9200 AGP cards might fit the
bill.
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At 5:01 PM -0500 2/21/10, Samuel Macomber wrote:
with a sledgehammer.Actually I usually take the drive apart,
those magnets work great on the fridge. Than smash the remains.
Found laptop drive are the best for protecting your data, the
platters are plastic so they shatter into a
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Bill Christensen wrote:
At 5:01 PM -0500 2/21/10, Samuel Macomber wrote:
with a sledgehammer.Actually I usually take the drive apart,
those magnets work great on the fridge. Than smash the remains.
Found laptop drive are the best for protecting your
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 2/21/10 7:18 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Bob Whiton wrote:
It didn't have an external ADB plug, it was purely to run the
*internal*
keyboard and trackpad.
My G4 iBook running Leopard shows no USB devices,
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:09 AM, Chance Reecher cha...@reecher.net wrote:
This is, and should remain an unmoderated list. It keeps the playing field
level.
If you don't like it, take your questions/comments elsewhere. Don't whine
and complain.
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On 2/21/10 9:57 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
Im wondering how plastic platters hold data as hard drives are a
magnetic based storage medium o.O
Metal hard drive platters are aluminum (non-magnetic). In either case
they use a sputtered magnetic metal coating.
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Redwood City, CA,
On 22 Feb 2010, at 06:00, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 2/21/10 7:18 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Bob Whiton wrote:
It didn't have an external ADB plug, it was purely to run the
*internal*
keyboard and
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