But I would not expect a computer of any
manufacture that old to stream HD anyway. Are my machines anomalies
in that they handle youtube and other Flash sites just fine?
If one knows what to expect, one is never disappointed!
And I guess it makes a difference if you keep your Macs
Anyone knows how to suggest a feature for Google groups?
I’m on Digest for this group, and over the links in the email, I can
jump either to seeing the complete thread, or just to one post. But
usually what I want really is to see all new posts in a thread
starting from a certain one.
So I’m
Howdy,
I would not be shocked. I always setup the browser to not save any of
that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords,
either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be
disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important.
Good luck,
Ralph
On Mon,
At 8:43 PM -0700 3/20/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 20, 2011, at 8:52 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
Is there an application that will buffer a You Tube file as to
afford smooth play on the slower processors?
Yes, use some application to download the video, transcode it to dvd
and play it that
On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Ralph Green wrote:
And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be
disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important.
Because the Web circa 1993 was SO great
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Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
YouTube recently discontinued the fmt tags.
What does discontinued mean? I tried Googling about for some
announcement or other info on just Google did, but didn't come up with
anything.
Does Google just ignore this fmt tag now?
On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote:
I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and
Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had
and the 733mhz Digital Audio Power macs with basically stock
hardware.
A LOT of Youtube's content is now
I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not
all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p
and it runs fine. I think it might be partly people forgetting these
machines are several years old because they are still so capable at
everything else that
PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3. If I BCC someone in Mail and then
later go to review the mail I sent in my Sent box, I do not see the
people I BCC'd in the original. Is there any way for me to see who I
BCC'd?
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On Mar 21, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Daniel Stewart wrote:
I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not
all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p
and it runs fine.
LOTS of people don't recognize that you can dial it down. See also this classic
On Mar 16, 4:17 pm, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote:
Apple has no reason to support all the different hardware out there.
However, if you buy the right hardware, it's pretty simple to install
Leopard or Snow Leopard on a PC. I currently run two Hackintosh's, one a
desktop and one
gosh, and you haven't been thrown into a window-less (pun intended)
dungeon below SJ's house for EULA violations, yet?
Apple's Draconian EULA is essentially unenforceable against individual
end-users.
Sure, there is, indeed, case law against blatantly commercial violations
of its EULA
IN another thread,
At 12:00 PM -0700 3/21/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote:
I understand that more content is being posted
in HD but most if not all of what I watch has
the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p
and it runs fine.
LOTS of people don't recognize that you can dial
it down. See
On Mar 21, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:
PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3. If I BCC someone in Mail and then
later go to review the mail I sent in my Sent box, I do not see the
people I BCC'd in the original. Is there any way for me to see who I
BCC'd?
My version of Mail 3.6
On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:54 AM, ah...clem wrote:
none of which would have been so easy or even possible had they not
pretended that they were forced to switch to the grossly inferior
intel CPUs.
There was no pretense involved here at all.
IBM had no interest in making low-power,
At 12:56 PM -0400 3/21/2011, John Martz wrote:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
YouTube recently discontinued the fmt tags.
What does discontinued mean? I tried Googling about for some
announcement or other info on just Google did, but didn't come up
with
On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Dan wrote:
And to follow that theme... I tried a bit of an experiment the other day,
with Safari. First I ran with its cache disabled. Interesting but not much
performance boost. Then I tried using a small RAM Disk, 16 MB, and put the
Safari cache there.
We just posted an article on Low End Mac where Adam Rosen explains the
challenges of installing Mac OS 9.2.2 on the Mirrored Drive Doors
Power Mac G4. You need a special version of the 9.2.2 install disc,
and Adam shares a shortcut that's faster and easier than running the
installer.
IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors
for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of
computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind.
IBM did, indeed, make such processors.
They are now at G7-level, which is at least
At 1:44 PM -0700 3/21/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:
IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors
for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of
computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind.
IBM did, indeed, make such
On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Dan wrote:
At 1:44 PM -0700 3/21/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:
IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors
for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of
computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving
- Original Message
From: Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote:
I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and
Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had
and the 733mhz
I'm trying it on a MacPro running 10.6.6, although I was hesitant to
install anything with such an ugly icon. Despite that it seems to
work.
On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
wrote:
It works, yes. I've set up a 256mb one, and had it move the caches over. I'll
see
At 4:41 PM -0700 3/21/2011, glen wrote:
Like most have stated I have had no success with viewing streaming Youtube
videos. My best Mac is a 733 MHz DA and in streaming Youtube there are long
pauses with only a few seconds of play.
Sounds like you have a buffering problem. What speed is your
On 2011/03/21 06:58, Ralph Green so eloquently wrote:
I always setup the browser to not save any of
that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords,
either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be
disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important.
One
On 2011/03/21 14:02, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
I have the latest and greatest ever PPC laptop, an AlBook 1.67 ghz
system. compared to even the worst performing Macbook, it
scks. It's perfectly usable (it's in daily use) but I don't
make any pretense about it being a modern,
I would like to see AMD because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with
2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook
A1025 runs better running Tiger!!! I guess we will see if Apple jumps ship with
them???
I have a sentimental attachment to my PPC Macs, and
On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Richard Gerome wrote:
I would like to see AMD because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with
2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook
A1025 runs better running Tiger!!!
Then something is seriously wrong with your
I think with the comparison of the laptop G4s to current intel
offerings is a like comparing apples and oranges but that is a
different story. The point I am looking to make here is the Intel Mac
may be faster then the older PPC offerings but I would like to point
out that a friend of mine works
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