As a sometimes Linux user, I agree with Cory re The Gimp.
Cinepaint does do 16 bit editing but it has that Gimp interface :-(
That *OLD* Gimp interface. It's got GTK-1.x interface as opposed
to the Gimpe 2.x stuff with the newer. Less irritating to use and less
clunky.
-Cory
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Oh, it is possible, but I seriously doubt you were using anything
particularly close to a commonly-available X Server. Probably running
Matrox cards with proprietary X Servers (which would be necessary to
get colour management in X) or possibly a commercial X distribution in
its entirety. I'm
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:58:11 -0500 (EST)
Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Even if you start with an 8 bit image, it's best to make it 16 bit
before making any adjustments--that way, you're not clamping values at
each step. The original point was, there's no way to do this in Gimp.
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:07:35 +1100
Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a sometimes Linux user, I agree with Cory re The Gimp.
Cinepaint does do 16 bit editing but it has that Gimp interface :-(
I rather like the interface. The thing you have to understand about the
interface. It
Even if you start with an 8 bit image, it's best to make it 16 bit
before making any adjustments--that way, you're not clamping values at
each step. The original point was, there's no way to do this in Gimp.
There is software that does do it on linux now. I would expect gimp to have
it
As a sometimes Linux user, I agree with Cory re The Gimp.
Cinepaint does do 16 bit editing but it has that Gimp interface :-(
Up until recently you could also do Raw conversion and 16 bit Linux
editing in Lightzone but since the upgrade to version 3 you can only
download a time-limited beta.
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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From: Brian Walters
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using
Cinepaint.
I haven't used it although I'd be prepared to give it a try if I
could
find
On Dec 25, 2007 3:44 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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From: Brian Walters
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using
Cinepaint.
I
Only if you have a two bit brain...
David J Brooks wrote:
On Dec 25, 2007 3:44 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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From: Brian Walters
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Actually, 16
On 23/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
HAHA invite me and some freinds along, we'll make it a gang rape.
Now that is simply crude.
Killfiled.
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Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 23/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
HAHA invite me and some freinds along, we'll make it a gang rape.
Now that is simply crude.
Killfiled.
Good, no use having freinds that can't take a joke. The last
On Dec 22, 2007 4:50 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't worry Dave, you can't totally convert a universal affirmative. In
other words: Just because all dickheads are poor spellers doesn't mean
that all poor spellers are dickheads. :)
Now i feel better.:-)
Dave
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Notice that he didn't say you weren't a dickhead...
David J Brooks wrote:
On Dec 22, 2007 4:50 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't worry Dave, you can't totally convert a universal affirmative. In
other words: Just because all dickheads are poor spellers doesn't mean
that all
On Dec 23, 2007 3:38 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Debian (which is the distro I suspect you were misspelling) is pretty
unsuited for desktop use. Nice server OS though. Ubuntu is a better
choice on the desktop.
Yep. Ubuntu made my 2000 vintage HP laptop live again. I don't use it
- Original Message -
From: Juan Buhler
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and
repeatable results from multiple printing options, Linux is Not There
Yet.
I do agree with that. Funny that someone who refuses
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:57:19 -0800
Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 23, 2007 3:38 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Debian (which is the distro I suspect you were misspelling) is pretty
unsuited for desktop use. Nice server OS though. Ubuntu is a better
choice on the
William Robb wrote:
From: Juan Buhler
For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and
repeatable results from multiple printing options, Linux is Not There
Yet.
I do agree with that. Funny that someone who refuses to use a lossy
compression format would process his images
Buhler
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and
repeatable results from multiple printing options, Linux is Not There
Yet.
I do agree with that. Funny that someone who refuses to use a lossy
compression format
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- Original Message -
From: Juan Buhler
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and
repeatable results from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Juan Buhler
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and
repeatable results from multiple printing options, Linux is Not There
Yet.
I do agree with that. Funny
it on linux now. I would expect gimp to have it
soon.
j (who this year got CS3 through a friend of a friend at Adobe--$60!)
On Dec 24, 2007 1:41 PM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Juan Buhler
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
On Dec 24, 2007 1:43 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Notice that he didn't say you weren't a dickhead...
Yes.
Dave
David J Brooks wrote:
On Dec 22, 2007 4:50 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't worry Dave, you can't totally convert a universal affirmative. In
Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using Cinepaint.
I haven't used it although I'd be prepared to give it a try if I could find a
way of adequately calibrating my monitor under Linux. The brightness/contrast
controls on my monitor are next to useless and the video card doesn't
On Dec 25, 2007 7:38 AM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Of course, to paranoid-neurotic compression is for losers types,
whether you can *see* any difference is irrelevant.
Speaking of which.
Having set up my first ever killfile filter I'm quite enjoying the
peace quiet.
Cheers,
Dave
On Dec 25, 2007 8:45 AM, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
j (who this year got CS3 through a friend of a friend at Adobe--$60!)
Mate, the quality of your photos is bad enough without you having to
rub this kinda' stuff in.
:-)
Cheers,
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From: Brian Walters
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using Cinepaint.
I haven't used it although I'd be prepared to give it a try if I could
find a way of adequately calibrating my monitor under
You're more tolerant than I am, that point nearly made me barf...
Juan Buhler wrote:
On Dec 23, 2007 3:38 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Debian (which is the distro I suspect you were misspelling) is pretty
unsuited for desktop use. Nice server OS though. Ubuntu is a better
On 12/24/07, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 23, 2007 3:38 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Debian (which is the distro I suspect you were misspelling) is pretty
unsuited for desktop use. Nice server OS though. Ubuntu is a better
choice on the desktop.
Yep. Ubuntu made
, impossible in Linux.
Paul
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- Original Message -
From: Juan Buhler
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
For those of us who want actual control over their workflow
On 22/12/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed:
How many computers do you have?
I have three and there's 5 in the house.
Tragic ain't it.
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On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Power Computing clones were far superior to ANYTHING apple ever made.
The power of recognition is debatable.
To interested parties, a dog turd is far superior to anything Apple ever made.
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Cotty wrote:
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Power Computing clones were far superior to ANYTHING apple ever made.
The power of recognition is debatable.
To interested parties, a dog turd is far superior to anything Apple ever made.
Well, to another dog,
keith_w wrote:
Cotty wrote:
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Power Computing clones were far superior to ANYTHING apple ever made.
The power of recognition is debatable.
To interested parties, a dog turd is far superior to anything Apple ever
I bought a couple of clones for my office - don't remember which
variety. I recall a series of hardware and software incompatibilities
- finally was able to dump them and go back to genuine Apple.
stan
On Dec 22, 2007, at 8:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The agency I worked at in he
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The agency I worked at in he eighties had a mix of Macs and Power
Computing clones. The clones were always problematic, and they
eventually ended up on the trash heap. it was Apple's idea to license
the op sys to clones. It didn't work, and
On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The agency I worked at in he eighties had a mix of Macs and Power
Computing clones. The clones were always problematic, and they
eventually ended up on the trash heap. it was Apple's idea to
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:53:38 -0500 (EST)
Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The agency I worked at in he eighties had a mix of Macs and Power
Computing clones. The clones were always problematic, and they
eventually ended up on the
I see absolutely no point to the hackintosh stuff. It was *easy* to
run Mac OS X on generic Intel PC boxes when we were building it ... I
was directly involved in that project from 1999 to 2004, in various
capacities ... and to anyone with good engineering skills it would
not be
snip very interesting insider's look at Apple history
Apple hardware today is the best it's ever been and a good value for
dollar. The fact that you can use it to run three operating systems
(Mac OS X, Linux and Windows), all with screaming performance and
high reliability, makes it
Hey, wait a minute. JCO had a valid excuse, he was old, and flew off
the handle easily...
Bob W wrote:
Great. JCO's been carted off to a long-term convalescent home only to
be replaced by some other self-righteous dickhead.
Why is it that none of these people can ever spell properly?
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On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 09:00:16AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
The subject of OS licensing has a long and bitterly fought history at
Apple. I won't articulate my position on it as it doesn't matter at
all (of course I have an opinion...), but when all is said and done,
they must be
Well he has a point. I don't know how to help you I generally avoid RSS
feeds. Is there a possibility that you have a firewall enabled between
you device and the source? I think that may stop the RSS cold if it's
incorrectly configured.
Bob W wrote:
Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:19:59 -0500
P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well he has a point. I don't know how to help you I generally avoid RSS
feeds. Is there a possibility that you have a firewall enabled between
you device and the source? I think that may stop the RSS cold if it's
Actually the first attempts were in the middle ages. See how well
they've done.
graywolf wrote:
You're just retro, Dave. Spelling wasn't standardized until 1850 or so.
Graywolf
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Cotty wrote:
I freely admit to being an idiot
Mark!
(I know it's quoted out of context. But hell it's fun!)
Cotty wrote:
On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
I freely admit to being an idiot with computers!!
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Go die of testicular cancer, you halfwit.
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On Dec 23, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Polyhead wrote:
[nothing of any consequence]
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On Dec 23, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
Not all PCs are junk. If one is handy, spec'ing out a machine and
building it from quality components can result in a machine that has
better performance than anything from Apple. Lots of effort, and
you lose
the best part of MacOS (shit
Cotty wrote:
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, apparently very discombobulated, unleashed:
In 2002 I was working with a company called genesi on their then new
Pegasus board. It was a standard MATX form PPC board with an open
firmware system. During benchmarking, we found that our 500mhz g3
machine
John, I didn't say it did. I did say they must be doing something
right, which you carefully elided in your quote.
G
On Dec 23, 2007, at 12:28 PM, John Francis wrote:
Success in the marketplace has very little to do with product quality.
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I think Microsoft is doing a great job of that themselves with the
Vista release. ;-)
Talking about that.
Is there any way of configuring Vista to not treat the user like they have
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:21:10 -0800
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 23, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
Not all PCs are junk. If one is handy, spec'ing out a machine and
building it from quality components can result in a machine that has
better performance than
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:19:20 -0500
Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cotty wrote:
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, apparently very discombobulated, unleashed:
In 2002 I was working with a company called genesi on their then new
Pegasus board. It was a standard MATX form PPC board with an
On 23/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
fuck apple
Believe me, if I could, I would.
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Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Believe me, if I could, I would.
First you have to core the thing.
WW
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:28:02 -0600
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I think Microsoft is doing a great job of that themselves with the
Vista release. ;-)
Talking about
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Cotty
Sent: 23 December 2007 22:46
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
On 23/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
fuck apple
Believe me, if I could, I would
)
-Adam
On 12/23/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I think Microsoft is doing a great job of that themselves with the
Vista release. ;-)
Talking about that.
Is there any way
On 12/23/07, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:28:02 -0600
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I think Microsoft is doing a great job of that themselves
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:45:57 +
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 23/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
fuck apple
Believe me, if I could, I would.
HAHA invite me and some freinds along, we'll make it a gang rape.
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On 12/23/07, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:28:02 -0600
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:38:07 -0500
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/23/07, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:28:02 -0600
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world
You'd get something crusty and then something else would fall off...
Cotty wrote:
On 23/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
fuck apple
Believe me, if I could, I would.
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A union with the Bavarian
- Original Message -
From: Adam Maas
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Yes, you can turn User Account Controls off. It's what causes those
warnings, and is the first thing I turn off on a Vista machine. It can
be accessed via the User Accounts control panel (In Classic
On 12/23/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Adam Maas
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
Yes, you can turn User Account Controls off. It's what causes those
warnings, and is the first thing I turn off on a Vista machine. It can
It was so much simpler when we all had our own orchestra, and a team
of relay runners to bring news of the outside world to our remote
estates. Nowadays it's all RSS feeds and podcasts.
I gave in to the lure of digital radio, and have bought myself a
portable gadget which combines a DAB digital
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:34:30 -
Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was so much simpler when we all had our own orchestra, and a team
of relay runners to bring news of the outside world to our remote
estates. Nowadays it's all RSS feeds and podcasts.
I gave in to the lure of digital radio,
Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that?
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The simplest fix for allot of issues is to not use IE.
You'll fix more than piss poor way it handles rss feeds.
Give yourself a break, and go download firefox.
http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
You'll
On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that?
Yeah Bob- come on man - wake up.
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On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that?
Yeah Bob- come on man - wake up.
I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
Bob
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Choose to use buggy software, choose to use non standards compleint software,
and get what you deserve.
On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that?
Yeah Bob- come on man - wake up.
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Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Gee, thanks, that's really helpful. Why didn't I think of that?
Yeah Bob- come on man - wake up.
I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
Well .. they are,
On Dec 22, 2007 8:30 PM, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Choose to use buggy software, choose to use non standards compleint software,
and get what you deserve.
Same can be said about choosing to use non standard web design principals.
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Great. JCO's been carted off to a long-term convalescent home only to
be replaced by some other self-righteous dickhead.
Why is it that none of these people can ever spell properly?
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Choose to use buggy software, choose to use non standards
compleint software, and get what you
No spell checker when you're a Luddite...
On Dec 22, 2007 6:12 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Great. JCO's been carted off to a long-term convalescent home only to
be replaced by some other self-righteous dickhead.
Why is it that none of these people can ever spell properly?
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Please don't paint the poor spellers among us (me included) with the
same tainted brush as those jokers.
Cheers,
Dave
On Dec 22, 2007 10:51 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No spell checker when you're a Luddite...
On Dec 22, 2007 6:12 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Great.
Sorry Dave. I know you're not one of those folks, just a poor speller.
I skipped reading and spelling, but they made me go back and learn to read.
For spelling, I was lost until computers and spell checker.
(Ever use a thesaurus to find links back to what you can't spell?)
You know when your a
On Dec 22, 2007 9:34 AM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry Dave. I know you're not one of those folks, just a poor speller.
I skipped reading and spelling, but they made me go back and learn to read.
For spelling, I was lost until computers and spell checker.
(Ever use a thesaurus
Bob W wrote:
Why is it that none of these people can ever spell properly?
As a self-righteous dickhead, I take offense at that. :-)
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On 22/12/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
I freely admit to being an idiot with computers!!
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I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
Well .. they are, in a way... but uhh... designed for idiots that buy
hype over performance.
Not only do I admit to being an idiot, but I also enjoy hype over performance.
My iPhone is absolute
On 22/12/07, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed:
As a self-righteous dickhead, I take offense at that. :-)
Damn you beat me to it Doug 8-D
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You're just retro, Dave. Spelling wasn't standardized until 1850 or so.
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On Dec 22, 2007 9:34 AM, Bob
Because you are not 16?
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On Dec 22, 2007 12:28 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I should be flagelated with the business end of a cattle prod.
I know people who could help you on that.
Dave
Poly wanna cracker?
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On Dec 23, 2007 2:51 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 22, 2007 12:28 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I should be flagelated with the business end of a cattle prod.
I know people who could help you on that.
It probably needs to be done just on principal.
Cheers,
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
Well .. they are, in a way... but uhh... designed for idiots that
buy
hype over performance.
Not only do I admit to being
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, apparently very discombobulated, unleashed:
In 2002 I was working with a company called genesi on their then new
Pegasus board. It was a standard MATX form PPC board with an open
firmware system. During benchmarking, we found that our 500mhz g3
machine was 30% faster than
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:28:13 +
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll get a Mac. They're designed for idiots.
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, discombobulated, unleashed:
Well .. they are, in a way... but uhh... designed for idiots that buy
hype over performance.
Not only do I admit to
David J Brooks wrote:
On Dec 22, 2007 9:34 AM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry Dave. I know you're not one of those folks, just a poor speller.
I skipped reading and spelling, but they made me go back and learn to
read.
For spelling, I was lost until computers and spell checker.
In 2002 Apple was shipping systems a heck of a lot faster than a
500MHz G3. You also had the advantage of much faster silicon for your
north bridges as well, since you were comparing against circa-1999
designs (Plus the fact that the BW G3 had Apple's worst MB design,
non-DMA Firewire and all).
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From: Cotty
Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
I freely admit to being an idiot with computers!!
How many computers do you have?
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:07:06 +
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 22/12/07, Polyhead, apparently very discombobulated, unleashed:
In 2002 I was working with a company called genesi on their then new
Pegasus board. It was a standard MATX form PPC board with an open
firmware system.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:55:47 -0500
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In 2002 Apple was shipping systems a heck of a lot faster than a
500MHz G3. You also had the advantage of much faster silicon for your
north bridges as well, since you were comparing against circa-1999
designs (Plus the
The agency I worked at in he eighties had a mix of Macs and Power Computing
clones. The clones were always problematic, and they eventually ended up on the
trash heap. it was Apple's idea to license the op sys to clones. It didn't
work, and they went back to being exclusive. Looking at the
On 12/22/07, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:55:47 -0500
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In 2002 Apple was shipping systems a heck of a lot faster than a
500MHz G3. You also had the advantage of much faster silicon for your
north bridges as well, since you were
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:14:56 -0500
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/22/07, Polyhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:55:47 -0500
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In 2002 Apple was shipping systems a heck of a lot faster than a
500MHz G3. You also had the
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