Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working just fine, I'll catch

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH GODDAMMIT Yeah, that's a cool line, even if it is one of the stupidest things

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread David Savage
On 10/31/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH GODDAMMIT Yeah, that's a

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Oct 31, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Christian wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH GODDAMMIT Yeah, that's a cool line,

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 10/31/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have no idea which movie it is. I've got to guess it's Apocalypse Now -Charles Ahhnever seen it. There was a TV sitcom here in the 1980s called Acropolis Now, set in a Greek cafe. Not the same thing at all, I expect...

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 31, 2007, at 6:38, David Savage wrote: On 10/31/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Bob W wrote: On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Christian
David Savage wrote: On 10/31/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH GODDAMMIT Yeah,

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Christian wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: SOLDIER IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH, IT'S SAFE TO SURF THIS BEACH GODDAMMIT

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-31 Thread David Savage
On 10/31/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: On 10/31/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's only one of the greatest movies ever made! I have no idea which movie it is. Cheers, Dave Apocalypse Now Ahh... For one reason or another, I've never

Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread David Mann
Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for a little while so I can sort out my computer without my email account filling up. I was getting ready to install Leopard when the system decided to throw a tantrum and refuse to boot. My attempts to fix it failed miserably so I tried installing the new system

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Ooops, that's too bad. I am (was?) considering moving to the Mac platform in order to avoid this kind of problems...(among other reasons). - Mensaje original De: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: pdml@pdml.net Enviado: martes, 30 de octubre, 2007 9:52:45 Asunto: Major computer meltdown

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Heal quickly, Dave! -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/07, Jaume Lahuerta, discombobulated, unleashed: Ooops, that's too bad. I am (was?) considering moving to the Mac platform in order to avoid this kind of problems...(among other reasons). It's these blasted Intel chips they have now. Bring back PowerPC I say! -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/07, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: After another evening's frustration I've managed to get a working base install of Tiger... Don't forget to repair your disk permissions after each install of software, system and 3rd party. Sorry - eggssuck. -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread David Savage
On 10/30/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/10/07, Jaume Lahuerta, discombobulated, unleashed: Ooops, that's too bad. I am (was?) considering moving to the Mac platform in order to avoid this kind of problems...(among other reasons). It's these blasted Intel chips they have now. Bring

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Major computer meltdown Sorry to hear of your troubles Dave. But you can take comfort in the fact that Mac crashes are so much trendier than those a PC's. That would be an iCrash? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 30, 2007, at 7:14, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Major computer meltdown Sorry to hear of your troubles Dave. But you can take comfort in the fact that Mac crashes are so much trendier than those a PC's. That would be an iCrash

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
I thought you did not have those kinds of problems with Apple computers... SEG David Mann wrote: Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for a little while so I can sort out my computer without my email account filling up. I was getting ready to install Leopard when the system decided to throw a

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:28, graywolf wrote: I thought you did not have those kinds of problems with Apple computers... SEG Heh. I'll just (in their defense) state that the number of times I've been forced to power-cycle the Powerbook I have is countable on one hand for the 4 years I've

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
octubre, 2007 9:52:45 Asunto: Major computer meltdown Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for a little while so I can sort out my computer without my email account filling up. I was getting ready to install Leopard when the system decided to throw a tantrum and refuse to boot. My attempts to fix

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Scott Loveless
P. J. Alling wrote: Every OS sucks... As a matter of fact: http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/video/ossuckscable.html~content -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread keith_w
PROTECTED] Para: pdml@pdml.net Enviado: martes, 30 de octubre, 2007 9:52:45 Asunto: Major computer meltdown Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for a little while so I can sort out my computer without my email account filling up. I was getting ready to install Leopard when the system decided

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Christian
P. J. Alling wrote: Every OS sucks... Dammit, Peter! That's MY line! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
For 13 years, one of the things I did as a matter of course, sideline to my job at Apple, was install and test new versions of the operating system. I also did this at Sun Microsystems for a couple of years. My experience is that operating system installations/upgrades/ etc on any platform

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Christian
Scott Loveless wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Every OS sucks... As a matter of fact: http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/video/ossuckscable.html~content Dammit, Scott! That's MY video! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread David J Brooks
On 10/30/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Every OS sucks... Dammit, Peter! That's MY line! Dammit Peter, I'm a doctor not a programmer. Blows and sucks at the same time, love it. Dave -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread pnstenquist
And I'm not going to make the leap to Leopard until Godders tells me that it's working fine on his machines:-). Seriously, it's waaay too soon for anyone who depends on their box for a living. When it gets to OSX 10.5.6, it should be okay to play. Paul -- Original message

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: I thought you did not have those kinds of problems with Apple computers... We didn't...until steve Jobs sold out to Intel!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll test a Leopard install on my laptop prior to doing any installation on the desktop system as well. I have a 2.4 Ghz MacBook Pro with 2gigs of Ram and a 7200 drive - it's for editing video. I won't be looking at Leopard until it

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 30, 2007, at 12:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I'm not going to make the leap to Leopard until Godders tells me that it's working fine on his machines:-). Seriously, it's waaay too soon for anyone who depends on their box for a living. When it gets to OSX 10.5.6, it should be

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I suspect it will be earlier than that as both Apple and third party developers have a lot more experience with Mac OS X paradigms now. Glitches in anything as complex as modern OS software and applications are inevitable. Godfrey On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Cotty wrote: On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll test a Leopard install on my laptop prior to doing any installation on the desktop system as well. I have a 2.4 Ghz MacBook Pro with 2gigs of Ram and a 7200 drive - it's for editing

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
a tale of one person's problems. - Mensaje original De: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: pdml@pdml.net Enviado: martes, 30 de octubre, 2007 9:52:45 Asunto: Major computer meltdown Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for a little while so I can sort out my computer without my email account

RE: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Bob W
I don't much care for the smug Mac snobbery where people insist that they are intuitive (they're not - you have to learn 'em just like any other platform) or never have any problems (they do have issues from time to time). Hear, hear. In about 25 years there have only been 3 systems

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working just fine, I'll catch the wave when the surf has settled to a nice

RE: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Bob W
On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working just fine, I'll catch the wave when the surf has settled to a

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Bob W wrote: On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working just fine, I'll catch the

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 30/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working just fine, I'll catch the wave when the surf has

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: It's always best to lay back and let the bleeding edge of the wave break on some other beach if you're trying to get some work done... Mac OS X v10.4 is working just fine, I'll catch the wave when the surf has settled to a nice steady roar.