Re: Posting to WAMUG

2002-02-05 Thread Paul S
snip I am doing what I believe all list subscribers have a responsibility to do, snip Great so you're going to unsubscribe are you? its a wonder that you have enough time to answer our lowly messages anyway, busy computer professional as you are. Please Onno, next time you feel compelled to

Re: Posting to WAMUG

2002-02-05 Thread Bob Howells
Heh Onno, That was rather insulting so please Ignore him. We enjoy your contributions' and I for one am veryy appreciative of your input. I imagine there are lots of others that do also. Thank you for your efforts. Bob Howells PS: If you feel compelled to not answer a request from '

Re: Netscape Bookmarks Problem

2002-02-05 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, February 4, 2002, at 10:42 AM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: I have truncated my Netscape Bookmarks. All the folders after 'G' are gone. I have an old version on my Powerbook. Is there a way in which I can attach the bottom half of the old file to the truncated file? It was caused

Re: E-mail responses - Grammar Question

2002-02-05 Thread Reg Whitely
Indeed Onno, here I hear and there I heard, or was it they're a herd? Reg here, here! agree wholeheartedly! This has bothered me for some time now, but am I correct in the understanding that this should read: Hear, hear! Referring to the other parties who are *listening* to the discussion

RFC: Posting Guidelines - v0.2

2002-02-05 Thread Onno Benschop
After more suggestions from members, here is a second attempt at posting guidelines. The subject reads: RFC, that means Request for Comment, so please feel free to comment. When posting a new message, ensure that: 1. You have attempted to resolve the problem yourself. 2. You have searched the

Re: Is There A Meeting Tonight

2002-02-05 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 07:20 AM, S. Newton wrote: I’m just enquiring to see if there’s a meeting tonight? I would like to go but I’ll have to give notice to my previous commitment that I’m unable to go, if there is a meeting. Rod's efforts on the WAMUG ROM, or the status of the

Back on topic!

2002-02-05 Thread Matthew Healey
Ok enough. We are getting a little bit too far off-topic here and some people are starting to make it personal. Please continue your discussions off-list. Regards Matthew Healey -- Matthew Healey Information Systems Western Orthopaedic Clinic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (08) 9423 8800 Fax:

Re: RFC: Posting Guidelines

2002-02-05 Thread John Taylor
on 4/2/02 1:36 PM, Onno Benschop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When responding to a message, ensure that: 9. If you respond to a message to the whole list, keep your replies brief, factual and to the topic. Don't repeat the question, or send remarks like I agree without adding to the thoughts.

Re: Netscape Bookmarks Problem - additional

2002-02-05 Thread Derek Ellerton
Hi WAMUG folks. One additional point about moving Netscape bookmarks; Make *sure* that Netscape is not open when you modify the Bookmark file. I have seen many people modify their Netscape bookmarks while Netscape is still running, only to find that they've lost all their changes. Cheers.

Re: Back on topic!

2002-02-05 Thread Onno Benschop
At 09:14 5/02/02 +0800, Matthew Healey wrote: Ok enough. We are getting a little bit too far off-topic here and some people are starting to make it personal. Please continue your discussions off-list. Running the risk of being misunderstood I'll pose the following: Our society needs to learn

weird fixes for macs was : [FREE] Mac Plus for parts

2002-02-05 Thread Mark Secker
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:09:31 +0800 From: Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FREE] Mac Plus for parts If anyone would like an old Mac Plus for parts or historical interest, please let me know. Note - it does actually run, but only if squeezed on both sides by a giant g-clamp so I

Re: 10.1.2, logout and internet connect via modem

2002-02-05 Thread Matt Huitson
Hi all, Given the current climate regarding correct netiquette and posting guidelines to WAMUG, I have decided to refloat a question I posted on Saturday (to which I received zero responses) in case my failure to state that I had first searched the usual web haunts without success (e.g.

Re: Back on topic!

2002-02-05 Thread Shay Telfer
If we as a group of individuals cannot discuss how we would like to interact, then this list should become a moderated one in which the moderator decides what is appropriate. Actually, as the self-appointed WAMUG Listmom I was about to post the suggestion that we get back on topic when Matt

Re: 10.1.2, logout and internet connect via modem

2002-02-05 Thread Andrew Nielsen
The problem you described doesn't seem to occur on my machine running Mac OS X 10.1.2. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking

Re: 10.1.2, logout and internet connect via modem

2002-02-05 Thread Matthew Healey
On 5/2/02 10:21 AM, Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem you described doesn't seem to occur on my machine running Mac OS X 10.1.2. It is, however, a known bug which will be fixed in a forthcoming release of MacOSX. Unfortunately I am not able to say any more on the matter.

Re: Quicktime lacking something

2002-02-05 Thread argent41
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas appreciated. Colin Gordon Sounds like you're trying to play a DiVX compressed movie. Try downloading a codec from http://www.divx.com/ Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer

Re: Posting to WAMUG

2002-02-05 Thread Michael Anderson
To conclude, as a subscriber, never a moderator, I am doing what I believe all list subscribers have a responsibility to do, attempt to improve the quality of the list. You may well argue that it's great. I can tell you that it has been better. It can get better still and I believe that only the

Re: Quicktime lacking something

2002-02-05 Thread Rod Lavington
On 5/2/02 10:27 AM, argent41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Shay, I downloaded a Mac 'alpha test codec' from that site. Unfortunately it did nothing, but now for some reason when I opened an avi, quicktime prompted for 'Indeo video' from the quicktime site. I downloaded it and it now

Good bye all

2002-02-05 Thread Paul @ Expo
Dear group, This morning I posted a personally abusive email, and I apologize to the group for that. Since I have never done this before, and I feel it quite unnecessary, I feel that I should unsubscribe myself from the group. Hey life's too short to get upset over these quibbles So thanks,

Re: Subscription Payment

2002-02-05 Thread Matthew Healey
On 5/2/02 12:01 PM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Some time ago I raised the matter of payment of subscriptions and pointed out that payment in person or by cheque was inconvenient/costly. After much discussion the committee notified the list that BPay would be available for the

Re: Subscription Payment

2002-02-05 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi All, Some time ago I raised the matter of payment of subscriptions and pointed out that payment in person or by cheque was inconvenient/costly. After much discussion the committee notified the list that BPay would be available for the next annual subscription payment. The recent notification

Re: Good bye all

2002-02-05 Thread Onno Benschop
Since Paul indicated his intention to unsubscribe, I am CC'ing this message to him directly. At 11:55 5/02/02 +0800, Paul S wrote: This morning I posted a personally abusive email, and I apologize to the group for that. As one of the recipients of said email, I understood that you were upset

FS: Nikon Coolpix 990

2002-02-05 Thread rkevill
(Check this out before buying anything from Kodak!! B^) For Sale: Nikon Coolpix 990, 3.34 megapixel digital camera This is a top of the range digital camera by Nikon, in excellent condition, and includes a 64mb flash card as well as the original 16mb card. Asking $1490.00 For full details,

Different DVD/MP3 Problem...

2002-02-05 Thread Kevin Phyland
Hi every1, Santa brought me a nice new NEC DVD player to go with my new TV/stereo :)) However, although the specs say that it can play MP3s on CD it doesn't recognise any MP3 disks I put in it... :(( My questions: 1. Do MP3s have to be in any specific (i.e. I suspect non-Mac) format to play

deleting appleshare prep

2002-02-05 Thread argent41
Shay, I just noticed in one of your 'past posts' a suggestion to delete Appleshare. I have this hanging situation too at start up (at progress bar time). Are there any negative ramifications from deleting items from the prefs folder. Colin Gordon

mac for sale

2002-02-05 Thread Matthew Styles
Hi all I have an iBook ready for sale in Perth: Tangerine 300 mghz OS 9.1 256 ram maintained by mac service guys still under warranty! $1800 ono let me know if your interested! matt sorry -email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sale listings and reviews

2002-02-05 Thread paul holland
Hello Wammugers, I know this topic has been raised before so I have duly spent an afternoon checking the archives. I just wanted to quickly get an idea on the current value of tangerine ibooks or laptops of a similar age. After several hours searching, i am non-the-wiser. Have checked low end

Re: RFC: Posting Guidelines - v0.2

2002-02-05 Thread John Bussell
Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/ To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SNIP] Message:

more on copy protected audio CDs

2002-02-05 Thread Mark Secker
Have to love the quote from Fred von Lohmann from Electronic Frontier Foundation. Copyright owners have been winning in part because they've been choosing opponents that are wildly overmatched. If a label like Universal were to sue Philips, that would be a fight between equals. So will they

Re: epson 3000s - non useful response

2002-02-05 Thread Phillip Arena
I'm all alone At 13:35 1/02/02 +0800, Craig Chappelle wrote: I'd love to swap stories Is that like swapping manly stories and baking waffles in the morning? -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN:

Re: Netscape Bookmarks Problem

2002-02-05 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Thanks to Peter and Derek the Bookmarks file is much longer again and I have got BBEdit Lite which will be very useful. For Onno: I did try putting the file together before asking for help though I did not search the archive! I used MS Word and saved it as a text file. But it did not look

Nikon Coolpix 990

2002-02-05 Thread Scott
(Check this out before buying anything from Kodak!! B^) For Sale: Nikon Coolpix 990, 3.34 megapixel digital camera This is a top of the range digital camera by Nikon, in excellent condition, and includes a 64mb flash card as well as the original 16mb card. Asking $1490.00 For full

Re: Quicktime lacking something

2002-02-05 Thread Scott
When I try to play an AVI movie I get the message; Quicktime is missing software required to perform this operation. Unfortunately it is not available on the quicktime server Then on subsequent try I get; You may experience problems playing a video track because the required

Re: Nikon Coolpix 990

2002-02-05 Thread Keith Palmer
And tomorrow we have price reductions right across the Fuji FinePix range. I bought myself a Fuji FinePix 6900z and yes it is simply a brilliant piece of gear. For Sale: Nikon Coolpix 990, 3.34 megapixel digital camera This is a top of the range digital camera by Nikon, in excellent

Re: Back on topic: Edification

2002-02-05 Thread Reg Whitely
Dear Shay and other WAMUGgers I'd prefer not to be edified, or should this be edificated? I do ask a question on the WAMUG list from time to time, relating to Apple computers and their use, at times on behalf of others. Sometimes my question may be incorrectly spelt or even spelled, or

Re: Posting to WAMUG

2002-02-05 Thread Stephen Chape
FOR GOODNESS SAKES ONNO ... FORGET IT !! On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 07:48 AM, Onno Benschop wrote: The intent of my contribution was to increase the value of the list to *all* subscribers, current and future. If this offends you, I am sorry. Running the risk of extending this thread

Re: Different DVD/MP3 Problem...

2002-02-05 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
Kevin Phyland wrote: Hi every1, Santa brought me a nice new NEC DVD player to go with my new TV/stereo :) However, although the specs say that it can play MP3s on CD it doesn't recognise any MP3 disks I put in it... :(( My questions: 1. Do MP3s have to be in any specific (i.e. I suspect

Redux

2002-02-05 Thread Rob Findlay
There is (was) a great little backup program called Redux. The company has folded, their website is gone the program is not to be found archived in any of the usual places (versiontracker, google, macfixit). If anyone has this program archived would email me a copy I would be ever so pleased.

Re: Redux (problem solved)

2002-02-05 Thread Rob Findlay
You are truly a champion:) Thank you Lara! PS I will CC this to WAMUG so I don't get other responses. Thanks again. Rob From: Lara Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 22:42:12 +0800 To: Rob Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Redux Rob Findlay wrote: There is (was) a great

Telstra Broadband

2002-02-05 Thread Bob
Hi All, Although long overdue, it is pleasing to read that Telstra broadband support staff are to receive training about OSX from Apple. http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,224997,20263311,00.htm Bob