Kris Tilford wrote:
On Feb 3, 2009, at 2:35 AM, Bill Christensen wrote:
I still don't understand.
My OS X System has been continuously upgraded and/or transferred and
has a lineage going back many years. My Terminal NEVER has any mail
messages, and my var/mail/~user file is empty.
starrf...@valley.net wrote:
On Jan 22, 8:37 pm, Paul Twiddy ptwi...@comporium.net wrote:
Why don't you try straight from the modem to your modem.
Why not take your own WI FI router from their modem.
On Jan 22, 2009, at 9:15 AM, starrf...@valley.net wrote:
Their modem is
this. Newer PCs do it also (Macs don't use special network adapters).
Fred
From: Hunter Fuller hackmies...@gmail.com
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:34:12 AM
Subject: Re: InternetConnectionViaPC?
starrf...@valley.net
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Kris Tilford wrote:
Have you tried using an Eject button in the Menu Bar? To do this
I don't know about you, but this certainly sounds like a hardware issue
to me. This could be easily verified by putting the drive in another
box, or failing
2009/1/9 Ted Treen ted.tr...@btinternet.com:
Hi All,
Apologies if this is considered to be off-topic by the mods.
I frequently get emails at work (on Windows XP system) which have, as
attachments, MS Word (or sometimes Excel) docs which have an amusing Flash
animation embedded in them.
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Huh? I don't think OS X requires anything from 9.
2009/1/6 Jonas Lopez :
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2009/1/6 Dan :
Unlike Windoze, the memory management system in Unix is quite
efficient... So moving the swap files to a different hard drive will
improve overall system performance *ONLY* if your system is horribly
memory poor in the first place.
2009/1/6 Dan dantear...@gmail.com:
At 7:58 PM -0600 1/6/2009, Hunter Fuller wrote:
2009/1/6 Dan :
Unlike Windoze, the memory management system in Unix is quite
efficient... So moving the swap files to a different hard drive will
improve overall system performance *ONLY* if your system
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2009/1/5 D Stubbs :
I am trying to get my head around this concept - that a partition is not a
partition. Tried googling Understanding Partitions and What is a
Partition. All I found were basic descriptions of the fact. Even found a
recent blog
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2009/1/4 Charles Davis :
But as I sit here with 26 (yes Twenty six) partitions on the right
hand side of my screen, there are times when the amount of 'real
estate' is a bother, but on the other hand, I can see that I have 12
bootable systems
2009/1/4 Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net:
BUT Data is written on all of the #1 cylinders (tracks on the
disk), then writing moves to 'Cylinder #2', then Cylinder #3,.
This is wrong. On an 80 GiB disk, for instance, if I make two 40 GiB
partitions, and save a file to the second, it
2009/1/5 Dan dantear...@gmail.com:
At 8:50 AM -0600 1/5/2009, Hunter Fuller wrote:
The disk is partitioned in this manner:
Say you have multiple platters in a drive (the most common) and you
have an 80 GiB disk.
We will say it has four platters for simplicity.
When you partition it, let's say
2009/1/5 Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net:
At least from what I have seen, cylinder order *is* done by numbering
cylinders starting on one platter, then the next, etc.
Cylinderx SPAN platters, so they don't start on one platter, etc.
TRACKS start on one platter then the next and on to the next
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No, seek times are no issue here.
2009/1/4 Steve R :
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You made me chuckle.
2009/1/2 Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com:
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 12:43 PM -0500 1/2/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
At 11:40 AM -0500 1/2/2009, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
Apple Mac hardware
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OS X 10.2.8 and OS 9.1
--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Hunter Fuller hackmies...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Hunter Fuller hackmies...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: How many internal hard drives
To: g3-5-list
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2008/12/31 Charles Davis :
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2008/12/30 PeterH :
Using every possible combination, you can install six HDs: four IDEs
and two SCSIs.
But, you give up the optical do do that, and some versions of MacOS
will not react politely if the expected, and required optical drive
is
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2008/12/30 Charles Davis :
Since when has an optical drive been required? What OS are we talking
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2008/12/18 Dan :
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2008/12/18 Dan dantear...@gmail.com:
At 8:29 AM -0600 12/18/2008, Hunter Fuller wrote:
As for not needing QuickTime... Um... So you're saying that you NEVER
EVER view any graphics or video of any type in any application on
your Mac, except within VLC. Hint: It's all QuickTime. ALL
2008/12/18 Dan dantear...@gmail.com:
At 2:23 PM -0600 12/18/2008, Hunter Fuller wrote:
and I know Firefox doesn't use QuickTime to render anything.
Sorry. That is incorrect. The graphics libraries in OS X all use
primatives from QuickTime. That would be why Firefox has the
QuickTime
2008/12/15 Steve R mailing.lists.2...@gmail.com:
At 9:58 PM -0600 12/15/08, Hunter Fuller posted:
You can't rename a folder to . - it is definitely the root of the drive.
Yes. You can rename a folder with the leading (.) There is even an
app that makes it easy to (.) and un(.) for those
2008/12/16 MIKO .. miko.supp...@gmail.com:
On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
You do seem to have two identical '.' directories at the root of the
drive; no additional characters showed up.
What confuses me is why this problem wasn't found clearly and
obviously with Disk
'.' indicates the root of the drive, i.e., open up the hard drive
viewer and you are looking at '.' -- you can't delete that. You need
some program that cleans temporary files, someone on the list maybe
can suggest one?
2008/12/15 D Stubbs dsmn...@gmail.com:
Thankyou everyone!
Thanks to Tony
to trash it from Inventory X but it said I did not have permission
thanks, Del
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Hunter Fuller hackmies...@gmail.com
wrote:
'.' indicates the root of the drive, i.e., open up the hard drive
viewer and you are looking at '.' -- you can't delete that. You need
some
2008/12/3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have a G4 733 MHz, with 1.25 GB RAM, running 10.4.11, with its original
graphics card.
My eyes have tired of the 15 inch NEC LCD, so I bought a 19 inch LG LCD, but
now have a connector quandary, since the G4 has an ADC port and a VGA port,
while the LG
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2008/12/1 Gus [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If you open applications in the gui.. say textedit and mail and
excel.. is there any way to view these process via the terminal...
Run the command top
is
there a way to kill them via the terminal
Run the command killall TextEdit.app or similar. Depending
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2008/12/1 glen :
As said in the previous post run the command top (without quotes). This
will give you a list showing all processes running and their PID number
To kill a particular process or application find the PID (process ID) three
Sorry, but the reason that won't work is that the iPod you want to
sync is only supported on certain versions of iTunes, and Apple
doesn't allow those newer versions to run on 10.3 because that'd be
too much effort to backport. I suggest that you either just give up
and run it on Windows or that
2008/11/6 Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 10:14 AM -0800 11/5/2008, Tom wrote:
This is a sudden sound that wakes up people sleeping in nearby
bedrooms and irritates me as well.
1) You're booting that often?
2) Suppressing the BONG is, IMO, just NOT a good idea. That bong
indicates that the
2008/11/6 Wallace Adrian D'Alessio [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Jeffrey Engle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question: I have a need to put an external hard drive next to a UPS?
could there be adverse effects on the HD? Thanks in advance, Jeff
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2008/11/6 Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 12:48 PM -0600 11/6/2008, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
Error bongs stop bootup.
Certain fatal test results stop the boot. Others don't. eg:
Transient bus, cache, and memory errors.
In fact, I've got a Lombard here that has a dying cache
2008/11/5 Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Nov 5, 2008, at 9:34 AM, norm46 wrote:
My G4 Mac with a 1 ghz processor and 1 gig ram has worked very well
but as developed an annoying habit. When ever I try to click the lock
on a system preference I'm asked for an administration name and
2008/11/5 Doug Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:17 PM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
2008/11/5 Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Nov 5, 2008, at 9:34 AM, norm46 wrote:
My G4 Mac with a 1 ghz processor and 1 gig ram has worked very well
but as developed an annoying
and has
done so ever since. It drives me crazy! I thought I had screwed up
some settings or something. Is this busted circuitry a known issue?
i
On Nov 05, 2008, at 08:19 pm, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
2008/11/5 Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Thanks Kris! I downloaded and installed
Wow, thanks! I did not know about this.
2008/10/29 Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/aht.html
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2008/10/23 Charles Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
You end up with several 'cable ends' lying near the USB port, just
plug in the correct (wanted) one.
This is the only way to do this, I think. My situation is different.
My USB hub has my printer, MIDI cable, calculator link cable, and
Bluetooth
2008/10/24 Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted:
So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power
switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power. A
USB device that is not turned on like a printer or scanner with the
2008/10/24 Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote:
2008/10/24 Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted:
So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power
switch turned
2008/10/22 glen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have another variation:
http://www.geocities.com/glenstrek/dakpwrstrip.jpg
purchased from DAK industries many years (20?) years ago which I think are no
longer in business.
Very handy. Don't know what I do without it. --glen
Here is mine, I just took
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I'm using one of those right now! It's got my monitors, printer, and
USB hub (my Windows box won't boot with it connected, for some reason,
so I just turn off that switch during startup...)
2008/10/22 Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
2008/10/10 Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Howdy,
Most of my friends can read C++ code, but only a few actively write
it. I don't however think my sample is representative.
The comparison expressed is pretty delusional, since Linux passed OSX
in UI usability a while back. OSX is still
2008/10/9 Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
related as a number (otherwise the name of the operating system would
be 'oh ess ten ten point five', not 'oh ess eks ten point five' which
is what everyone calls it.)
Um, that's because they're wrong. Apple calls it Mac Oh Ess Ten and
I think Jobs
You're looking for WRT54G. I own one and it's awesome.
2008/9/12 R. A. Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Linksys Wsomethinsomthin54G works great for our mixed household.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:14 PM, BSugarberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Does anyone have any
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