date:20110305


At 5:50 PM -0700 3/5/2011, Brielle Bruns wrote:

On 3/5/11 5:28 PM, Dan wrote:

At 6:26 PM -0500 3/5/2011, M Christol wrote:

Was / am using (per Fuse instructions)
216.68.4.10


Broken.

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-APPLE-P2 <<>> @216.68.4.10 www.google.com
[snip]
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com. IN A
;; Query time: 46 msec
;; SERVER: 216.68.4.10#53(216.68.4.10)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 5 19:25:33 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 32

Notice that there's no answer section above! Notify your ISP of this
failure.


Except that if your not on a network that fuse considers 'trusted' 
for DNS queries your not going to get anything out of it.  Name 
servers these days for caching tend to only actually answer requests 
made by networks run by the network owner.


For example, try that query against 205.233.35.37 (one of my caching 
servers).  Because your not on one of my networks, you'll not get an 
actual answer from it.  Some server types will return REFUSED, 
others will return nothing at all.


I have never seen a dns that gave a partial response as above, 
containing both the response header *and* a trailer , that actually 
meant that I should fark off because I'm not a valid user.  There is 
a BIG difference between a lookup failure, such as seen, vs a 
connection refused error.


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Re: A Few Questions

3) Where are the Preferences for Trash so I can get it to stop  
asking me if I want to delete stuff?


Assuming there hasn't been a change to this rather basic function  
since Tiger, from the menu bar, Finder>Preferences>Advanced and then  
uncheck "Show warning..."


Sean

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A Few Questions

2011-03-05 Thread Stephen Conrad

I am on my new Mac (867 MHz PowerPC) running OS X 10.5.8 with 2 GB DDR
SDRAM. I have run all Software Updates and there are none left to DL.

Now my questions

1) The current Video Card is an NVIDIA GeForce4  MX
It says: Core Image Software
 Quartz Extreme: Supported

 My other Video Card I have is an ATI Radeon Pro 9000
 I don't believe it supports Core Image at all but it does
 support Quartz Extreme

Which is better?

2) I used CCC to clone my Quicksilver's HD onto a WD My Passport Essential.
How do I access the stuff I want (browser bookmarks, etc.)?

3) Where are the Preferences for Trash so I can get it to stop asking me if
I want to delete stuff?

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Re: The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching


I did find this, with a UPC that matches the one on the "ZO-52" label:

http://zogis.com/index.php?cont=products&id=127

No image where there should be one, though, just the "?" Scant info  
as well. Horrid-looking website. Yikes.


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Re: The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching

All my searches come up with it being a Biostar NVidia GeForce  
5200, My question is why is the fan missing?


Thank you, Albert. I wasn't sure how universal a UPC really was (yes,  
folks, I know what the "U" stands for). I considered that search and  
thought, 'nah, I'll have to sift through reams of irrevelant products.'


I don't know how reliable labels are, really. Especially as 2 of the  
labels seem to be either contradictory or redundant.


The card is currently packed for shipment to a secret testing  
laboratory. So I can't take another look. I suppose removing the heat  
sink could have revealed the 4 - RAM chips, right? - obscured by it,  
the possibility indicated by the Biostar, but for the heat sink to  
fit over those knobs - capacitors? - on the inside upper part of the  
card... well, I suppose the heat sink could have been formed to fit  
over them. I never thought to peer at it from that particular angle.  
I encountered the suggestion to remove the heat sink and look  
directly at the GPU, but at that point I was still thinking, man,  
there must be an easier way.


It seems to me that I've encountered that peculiar gigantic heat sink  
the card came with *somewhere* in my searching, on a card that didn't  
otherwise seem to match, but now I can't relocate it.


Thanks again for checking it out. It's a lead, better than I've come  
up myself with so far. Not that it rules anything out, but  
unfortunately, I couldn't find that Biostar here - http:// 
www.xgcdb.com/ - in pursuit of a little more info.


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Re: The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching

2011-03-05 Thread Albert Carter

Sean,

 All my searches come up with it being a Biostar NVidia GeForce 5200, My 
question is why is the fan missing?


Google Search based on UPC Code: 
http://www.google.com/search?q=upc+802700700095&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Best results that has specs: 
http://wize.com/graphics-cards/p308572-biostar-geforce-5200 (look on the left 
of the page and scroll down to see the specs click on More to get them all.

 Sorry I'm not good at flashing ROMs so can't really help you there. 
Hopefully the above helps you out though.


Albert




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Subject: The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching

Like puzzles? Good ("good") mysteries?

Look at these:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1042.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1043.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1051.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1063.JPG

Then:

a) Identify the card precisely. Extra points for providing a link that shows a 
matching image and specs.

b) Identify the correct Mac ROM - if there is such a thing - for the card. 
Extra points for revealing how you know and where to get it.

Sean

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Re: Clean My Mac: OnyX vs. MacJanitor

2011-03-05 Thread Anne Keller-Smith


How does OnyX differ from MacJanitor?

On Mar 5, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Mike wrote:

I personally wouldn't. The site looks nice enough, but it's not  
freeware, and Mac's don't need to be "defragged".


As far as Minecraft goes, I had a lot of freezing and crashing going  
on recently until I ran OnyX. I would recommend OnyX for any Mac.  
Being that Minecraft is unfortunately a Java game. Java is a very  
fickle creature.


A slower (1mb) connection is going to lag any newer game.

I'm with you, he shouldn't need admin privileges, heck, I barely  
need them and it's my own Mac!


Latest OnyX for Intel's can be had here: 
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html

Mike

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Anne Keller-Smith   
wrote:

My 13 y.o. wants to use this to speed up his Mac.
Is it kosher? It was going to defrag and my understanding
is that Macs don't need defragging.

He also wants admin privileges for his Mac. I say no cuz
I want to vet any software he gets it into his head to install.

I looked at his HD and About My Mac to do the fatiguing
exercise of ascertaining why the computer has lags from time
to time while he plays Minecraft online.

I didn't buy the computer for online gaming, and our cable
connection is only 1mbps. In addition I need to reduce
expenses, not add to them, so it's not likely to go up.

Anybody a gamer and can give some insight into what types
of things slow down a computer? He says it's a Java game.

Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo
1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5

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The strange world of graphics card ID and ROM matching


Like puzzles? Good ("good") mysteries?

Look at these:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1042.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1043.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1051.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22707686/DSCN1063.JPG

Then:

a) Identify the card precisely. Extra points for providing a link  
that shows a matching image and specs.


b) Identify the correct Mac ROM - if there is such a thing - for the  
card. Extra points for revealing how you know and where to get it.


Sean

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Re: Mount eSATA drives on the fly

2011-03-05 Thread Kris Tilford


On Mar 5, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Dan wrote:


I don't believe that the 1V4 supports hot swapping.





From your 2nd link above:

Three unique things come to mind after spending some time testing  
their products.
1. Hot-Swap (1VE4 only) - You can plug and unplug cables into your Mac  
without having to restart. This is true even if the cables go to a  
RAID set. This is a feature hitherto only available with FireWire  
storage. No other S-ATA card does that.



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Re: Mount eSATA drives on the fly


At 3:28 PM -0800 3/3/2011, John Carmonne wrote:
I have a couple of eSATA drives connected to my PM G5 Dual 2.7 and I 
frequently fail to power them up before I boot the machine The SATA 
card I have is a "SeriTek/1V4 v.5.1.3"  So I've been re booting each 
time I forget, a PITA. Is there a way to mount the drives after 
booting the machine like on the ATA IDE stuff?


I don't believe that the 1V4 supports hot swapping.




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Re: DNS Crap with Safari

2011-03-05 Thread Brielle Bruns


On 3/5/11 5:28 PM, Dan wrote:

At 6:26 PM -0500 3/5/2011, M Christol wrote:

Was / am using (per Fuse instructions)
216.68.4.10


Broken.

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-APPLE-P2 <<>> @216.68.4.10 www.google.com
[snip]
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com. IN A
;; Query time: 46 msec
;; SERVER: 216.68.4.10#53(216.68.4.10)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 5 19:25:33 2011
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 32

Notice that there's no answer section above! Notify your ISP of this
failure.




Except that if your not on a network that fuse considers 'trusted' for 
DNS queries your not going to get anything out of it.  Name servers 
these days for caching tend to only actually answer requests made by 
networks run by the network owner.


For example, try that query against 205.233.35.37 (one of my caching 
servers).  Because your not on one of my networks, you'll not get an 
actual answer from it.  Some server types will return REFUSED, others 
will return nothing at all.





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Re: MDD problem

2011-03-05 Thread theleaddog

I guess I didn't write well. There is the screw that goes through the
heatsink/cpu assembly and then there are several more screws that go
through the mobo...three IIRC. You'll notice there are a couple
chassis tangs at the edge of the board that it hooks or slides onto.
If you didn't remove the old thermal-conductive compound between the
heatsink and the cpu, you missed an opportunity. Pull up a flash file
and run it a few minutes to see how hot (Temperature Monitor.app) the
processors get. IF <143F, THEN okay, ELSE redo the compound.  :-)  The
dual processors are only useful if the application is written to use
them or you're multitasking. I think a flash video might use both
(Activity Monitor.app).

On Mar 3, 10:48 am, Jörg Duurkoop  wrote:
>
> Thanks for your input. I tried to remove the board, removed the
> heatsink and the one screw that is supposed to hold the mobo down and
> tried to slide the board out. It wouldn't budge so I left everything
> in place and only replaced the PSU and the fans, the main fan I have
> is a very quiet German Papst fan.

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No boot G4 MDD?

I'm dealing with a PM G4 MDD Dual 1.25 it's a solid daily driver. 2  
GB RAM  2 HDDs 2 optical drives. The machine stopped booting after  
the installation of an aftermarket CPU fan, Doesn't make too much  
sense being the wires are the same. When it tries to boot it will get  
to the Apple and gear and then shut off. It will some times get to  
the blue screen and shut down. It chimes as normal.
I've done all the obvious tricks I can think off. Total tear down,  
clean all connections, CUDA switch. Tried to boot with DVD same deal  
Apple and gear, no cigar also removed the HDDs and still no boot from  
DVD. The only thing I haven't done is try to boot from a Firewire  
drive. Any ideas?



JOHN CARMONNE
Yorba Linda USA
From TiBook 867




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Re: Apple Oompa Loompas!



On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:40 PM, James E. Therrault wrote:



On Mar 4, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Dan wrote:




And make sure you CRANK up the volume for the singing Oompas!




It started out great but just stopped about 15% of the way in.

JT

(Late 2009 Mac Mini)


Plays perfect in this town. very good little flick.

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Mount eSATA drives on the fly

I have a couple of eSATA drives connected to my PM G5 Dual 2.7 and I  
frequently fail to power them up before I boot the machine The SATA  
card I have is a "SeriTek/1V4 v.5.1.3"
So I've been re booting each time I forget, a PITA. Is there a way to  
mount the drives after booting the machine like on the ATA IDE stuff?






John Carmonne
Yorba Linda USA
From  PM G5 Dual 2.7



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Re: Should I put Leopard 5.0 om G4 flat screen iMac?





  If the "Flower Pot" you have has a 100 Bus it will be Slw.
Which machine do you have. IMHO Tiger is still the very fastest on
the PPC's except for the G5 PM's.

JOHN CARMONNE


John, the iMac has 80 gig hard drive, 768 mgs of RAM, 800 MHz speed
processor and 100 MHz Bus speed. He is going to use it for email,
games and hopefully homework . It's the games that had me thinking
to upgrade to 10.5. But i think I will leave it at Tiger.


I can assure you on that machine you're way better of with Tiger as  
long as it plays the games he wants the graphics on that bus are  
intolerable I don't care what video card you get.
As far as Time Machine goes ( a feature of 10.5) Carbon Copy Cloner  
works pretty well when using the saved task feature.
I just spent days trying to get decent performance with Leo on a G4  
Cube with a Sonnet 1.2 GHz processor and it came down to the Bus  
speed being a bottle neck on 10.5 as far as Tiger goes, on that  
machine it rocks. BTJM



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Re: Buying "old" Mac Pros

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Ramsowr


Morning All

Don't stop at Leopard 10.5, take the full leap and move on up to Snow  
Leopard 10.6 so you can enjoy it before Lion 10.7 hits the market


Rick

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On Mar 3, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:


Leopard 10.5


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Re: Apple Oompa Loompas!

2011-03-05 Thread ah...clem

plays immediately, without issues on QS'02 w/ transplanted 867 CPU and
stock vid card, 10.4.11 and Safari 4.1.2, using DSL internet
connection.  you must have bandwidth issues with your ISP.  UICW,
could only require intelmac if an app was involved.

On Mar 4, 2:15 pm, Yersinia  wrote:
> On 3/4/11 10:10 AM, Dan wrote:> 
>
> > And make sure you CRANK up the volume for the singing Oompas!
>
> > - Dan.
>
> Hmmm, is this something which requires Leopard, Snow Leopard or an Intel
> Mac? All I got (G4 867 QS/Tiger 10.4.11/Safari 4.1.3), for as long as I
> was willing to put up with it (not long!) was a black screen and really
> annoying interrupted dialog. I never got to see or hear anybody singing
> anything because I didn't have the patience to put up with the "crappy
> reception" long enough to make it that far. (on this note I also just
> plain stopped even trying to watch Accuweather.com videos awhile back
> for similar reasons; I got the video (out of sync but got it) but the
> interrupted stop-go-on-off audio crap drove me totally up the wall!)
>
> Oh well

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Re: DNS Crap with Safari


At 6:26 PM -0500 3/5/2011, M Christol wrote:

Was / am using (per Fuse instructions)
216.68.4.10


Broken.

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-APPLE-P2 <<>> @216.68.4.10 www.google.com
[snip]
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com.IN  A
;; Query time: 46 msec
;; SERVER: 216.68.4.10#53(216.68.4.10)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar  5 19:25:33 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 32

Notice that there's no answer section above!  Notify your ISP of this failure.

Here's what it should look like:

; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-APPLE-P2 <<>> @4.2.2.1 www.google.com
[snip]
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com.IN  A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.google.com. 30555   IN  CNAME   www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com.   262 IN  A   72.14.204.104
www.l.google.com.   262 IN  A   72.14.204.147
www.l.google.com.   262 IN  A   72.14.204.99
www.l.google.com.   262 IN  A   72.14.204.103
;; Query time: 41 msec
;; SERVER: 4.2.2.1#53(4.2.2.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar  5 19:25:25 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 116

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Re: Clean My Mac

2011-03-05 Thread Justin The Cynical

On 3/5/11 3:24 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

> He also wants admin privileges for his Mac. I say no cuz
> I want to vet any software he gets it into his head to install.

Good idea.  :-)  The few bits of malware for the Mac OS that exist still
need admin permissions to install, and they are getting better at
looking like a legitimate request for admin level privileges.

> I looked at his HD and About My Mac to do the fatiguing
> exercise of ascertaining why the computer has lags from time
> to time while he plays Minecraft online.

I play minecraft as well, let me see what I can offer...

> Anybody a gamer and can give some insight into what types
> of things slow down a computer? He says it's a Java game.
> 
> Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo
> 1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5

Ok.  Minecraft is written in java, true.  You only have a gig of RAM,
that's a potential problem.

Java is infamous for wanting RAM, and lots of it, and Minecraft, due to
the size of the worlds than it generates (the engine can generate a
world that is about eight times the size of the earth), wants a /LOT/ of
memory.  Also, Minecraft is still beta (not finished and potentially has
bugs), so lag, especially when playing online, is often unavoidable and
often due to the server more than the client.  The minecraft forums are
full of people having issues with lag.

If you spend money on anything, upgrade your RAM and perhaps look at
upgrading to 10.6, but even then, he's probably going to still have the
occasional bout of lag.

I've got the equivalent of a Winter 2009 24" iMac (2.93GHz Intel Core 2
Duo) with three gigs of RAM with a 16/2 'business class' cable
connection, and I get lag at times.

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Re: Clean My Mac

2011-03-05 Thread Yersinia


On 3/5/11 6:35 PM, Mike wrote:

I personally wouldn't. The site looks nice enough, but it's not freeware,
and Mac's don't need to be "defragged".

As far as Minecraft goes, I had a lot of freezing and crashing going on
recently until I ran OnyX. I would recommend OnyX for any Mac.


Right on about the defragging -- no need, indeed. I don't play Minecraft 
or *online* games, but Macs DO sometimes get slow and need to be 
"cleaned up." In fact, I had to run OnyX on my own G4 867 Quicksilver 
today. Run all the Cleaning and Maintenance tasks -- MCH better! :-D



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Re: Clean My Mac

2011-03-05 Thread Mike

I personally wouldn't. The site looks nice enough, but it's not freeware,
and Mac's don't need to be "defragged".

As far as Minecraft goes, I had a lot of freezing and crashing going on
recently until I ran OnyX. I would recommend OnyX for any Mac. Being that
Minecraft is unfortunately a Java game. Java is a very fickle creature.

A slower (1mb) connection is going to lag any newer game.

I'm with you, he shouldn't need admin privileges, heck, I barely need them
and it's my own Mac!

Latest OnyX for Intel's can be had here:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html

Mike

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Anne Keller-Smith  wrote:

> My 13 y.o. wants to use this to speed up his Mac.
> Is it kosher? It was going to defrag and my understanding
> is that Macs don't need defragging.
>
> He also wants admin privileges for his Mac. I say no cuz
> I want to vet any software he gets it into his head to install.
>
> I looked at his HD and About My Mac to do the fatiguing
> exercise of ascertaining why the computer has lags from time
> to time while he plays Minecraft online.
>
> I didn't buy the computer for online gaming, and our cable
> connection is only 1mbps. In addition I need to reduce
> expenses, not add to them, so it's not likely to go up.
>
> Anybody a gamer and can give some insight into what types
> of things slow down a computer? He says it's a Java game.
>
> Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo
> 1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5
>
> mailto:earth...@ptd.net
> http://www.downtoearthweb.com
>

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Re: DNS Crap with Safari

2011-03-05 Thread M Christol


On 3/5/11 3:41 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote:

On 3/5/11 11:03 AM, M Christol wrote:

I was getting hangs & lags when loading sites with Safari. It was
suggested that I put OpenDNS addresses in my network settings to fix the
problem. It worked.
Problem with that, tho, is that every so often OpenDNS blocks all sorts
of stuff. YouTube, Vimeo, PhotoBucket, Flickr, FaceBook, MySpace,
PirateBay, anything with naked people.
Taking out the OpenDNS addresses fixes that but now I am back to the
hangs & lags.
Any ideas?



You could try using either google (8.8.8.8) or Level3/Verizon's at 
4.2.2.1/2/3/4...  But using those means that content providers won't 
always delivery traffic to you from a nearby location...



Looking at the headers, it seems you are on fuse.net?   These are ones 
that may be appropriate for you to use:


216.68.1.100
216.68.2.100
216.68.4.10
216.68.5.10

But, lacking that, if your on a static IP, I could always open up one 
of my caching servers for querying.




Was / am using (per Fuse instructions)
216.68.4.10
216.68.5.10
This gets stalls but only in Safari.
adding
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
cures stalls but gets the intermittent blockages.
Will try Google.
Not a static IP but it doesn't get changed too often. Just when I count 
on it.

:-)

thanks

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Clean My Mac

2011-03-05 Thread Anne Keller-Smith


My 13 y.o. wants to use this to speed up his Mac.
Is it kosher? It was going to defrag and my understanding
is that Macs don't need defragging.

He also wants admin privileges for his Mac. I say no cuz
I want to vet any software he gets it into his head to install.

I looked at his HD and About My Mac to do the fatiguing
exercise of ascertaining why the computer has lags from time
to time while he plays Minecraft online.

I didn't buy the computer for online gaming, and our cable
connection is only 1mbps. In addition I need to reduce
expenses, not add to them, so it's not likely to go up.

Anybody a gamer and can give some insight into what types
of things slow down a computer? He says it's a Java game.

Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo
1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5

mailto:earth...@ptd.net
http://www.downtoearthweb.com



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Re: Converting wmv to mpeg or other mac compatible file


At 4:13 PM -0600 3/5/2011, Fred and Janet Thiel wrote:
Is there a freeware or relatively inexpensive shareware application 
that will convert wmv formatted movie files to mpeg? I have some 
that I can view with VLC OK, but some are choppy on my Quicksilver 
733 OSX 10.4.11 1.5GB RAM.


Yes.  Use ffmpeg (free, open source).  It will transcode to anything you want.

It's a bit complicated to build, so I cheat... I use the build that's 
included in FFmpegX or in Burn.app.


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Converting wmv to mpeg or other mac compatible file

2011-03-05 Thread Fred and Janet Thiel

Is there a freeware or relatively inexpensive shareware application  
that will convert wmv formatted movie files to mpeg? I have some that  
I can view with VLC OK, but some are choppy on my Quicksilver 733 OSX  
10.4.11 1.5GB RAM.


Thanks
Fred

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Re: Apple Oompa Loompas!

2011-03-05 Thread Yersinia

On 3/5/11 4:41 PM, Geke wrote:

Sorry it doesn't work on your Mac, Yersinia.
Somehow it works OK on my G4 2x500.
Maybe the hype is over by now? I'm on digest...

Anyway, I think it's nice but not fabulous. The best part is where the
guy rejects Bill Gates' offer!
I recorded the thing with RealAudio, if you want you can download it
from my Dropbox. It's 15 MB:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18327560/Charlie%20and%20the%20Apple%20Factory%20-%20CollegeHumor%20video.mp4

OK OK OK, guess what -- I just saw it -- on my QS 867!

:blush:

My poor QS needed to be cleaned up bad with Onyx! I was thinking not
only was it bothering me to not be ABLE to see this video, but also how
I was getting tired of how painfully slow it's been lately. S

I updated my backups, ran everything Onyx had to offer in maintenance
and cleaning, and QS is running much better. For the heck of it I tried
to see the Apple Oompa Loompas again, and this time it worked.

And now that I've finally seen it, I gotta say I agree with Geke here --
it's funny, but not piss-your-pants hysterical. Oh, and my favorite part
was the Mac startup chime. LOL

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Re: Apple Oompa Loompas!

2011-03-05 Thread Geke

Sorry it doesn't work on your Mac, Yersinia.
Somehow it works OK on my G4 2x500.
Maybe the hype is over by now? I'm on digest...

Anyway, I think it's nice but not fabulous. The best part is where the
guy rejects Bill Gates' offer!
I recorded the thing with RealAudio, if you want you can download it
from my Dropbox. It's 15 MB:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18327560/Charlie%20and%20the%20Apple%20Factory%20-%20CollegeHumor%20video.mp4

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Fan failure on Dual 1.8 Ghz G-5

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Smallwood

I have a mid 2004 Dual 1.8 Ghz G-5 running Tiger 4.11. When I go to  
system logs on console I get a message (every second) that there is a  
fan failure.
I opened the computer and visually saw all 7 fans running: i.e. 2  
front fans, 1 by the front speaker, two exhaust fans, 1 cage fan by  
the hard drives and one fan on my ATI 9800 video card.
To make sure the blades were turning I stuck a thin paper tube in the  
blade area to see if they/it made a sound. They/it did.


I run temperature monitor and the CPU temps do not get above 129  
degrees F and when they get up that high there is an increase in fan  
speeds. I saw where there is some fan control by resetting the SMU,  
by shutting down and then pulling the power cord for two minutes then  
starting up a gain. This did seem to keep the temperatures down. I  
ran Applejack which also recorded fan failure, as well as Onyx,  
Macaroni, and MacJanitor.


I have seen where there are two fans on the 600W Power supply and I  
was wondering if one or both of these fans could be the one not  
working. I don't know if there are any other fans on the unit and if  
there is a software fix for this. I used external the hard drives  
from my dual 1.42Ghz G-4 MDD in this unit.


Any insights will be greatly appreciated.
Richard

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Re: DNS Crap with Safari

2011-03-05 Thread Brielle Bruns


On 3/5/11 11:03 AM, M Christol wrote:

I was getting hangs & lags when loading sites with Safari. It was
suggested that I put OpenDNS addresses in my network settings to fix the
problem. It worked.
Problem with that, tho, is that every so often OpenDNS blocks all sorts
of stuff. YouTube, Vimeo, PhotoBucket, Flickr, FaceBook, MySpace,
PirateBay, anything with naked people.
Taking out the OpenDNS addresses fixes that but now I am back to the
hangs & lags.
Any ideas?



You could try using either google (8.8.8.8) or Level3/Verizon's at 
4.2.2.1/2/3/4...  But using those means that content providers won't 
always delivery traffic to you from a nearby location...



Looking at the headers, it seems you are on fuse.net?   These are ones 
that may be appropriate for you to use:


216.68.1.100
216.68.2.100
216.68.4.10
216.68.5.10

But, lacking that, if your on a static IP, I could always open up one of 
my caching servers for querying.



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Re: DNS Crap with Safari


At 1:03 PM -0500 3/5/2011, M Christol wrote:
I was getting hangs & lags when loading sites with Safari. It was 
suggested that I put OpenDNS addresses in my network settings to fix 
the problem. It worked. Problem with that, tho, is that every so 
often OpenDNS blocks all sorts of stuff. YouTube, Vimeo PhotoBucket, 
Flickr, FaceBook, MySpace, PirateBay, anything with naked 
people.  Taking out the OpenDNS addresses fixes that but now I 
am back to the hangs & lags.


Sounds like your ISP-assigned domain name servers are hurting. 
Notify them, so they can fix it!


In the mean time, here are some alternatives:  Google's public DNS is 
at 8.8.8.8.  Then there's the big ones on Level 3's backbone, at 
4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2 (my favs).


Note that using a 3rd party / non-local dns can be an issue for 
services like YouTube sometimes.  That's because it blows the 
geo-location mechanisms, which normally would make the caching 
services hit you from more local farms instead of remote ones.


You can test your dns by issuing some dig commands in Terminal.

eg:
dig www.google.com
dig @208.67.220.220 www.google.com
dig @8.8.8.8 www.google.com

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Re: Apple Oompa Loompas!