refurbished phone. At least it will be like new.
Peter
Sent from my iPhone
On 18/04/2011, at 11:34 AM, Gordon Campbell seawol...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been having a weird problem with my 3GS where it just suddenly shut
off, as if the power has been cut from it. Most of the time when I try
Hi Hugh,
I've got Telstra Cable, pretty much for the same reason you're looking
at it. Even though I was eligible for ADSL, the speed was terrible
(2-3Mbps if I was lucky) and it would constantly drop out and be
generally unstable, requiring many reboots of the router. Telstra
Cable on the other
On 9 September 2010 10:41, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote:
Gordon, thanks for that, what is wrong with the NetGear?
The issue I had with the Netgear was regular rebooting. There's quite
a bit of discussion about this on Whirlpool and it has been traced
back to issues with the number of
Hi WAMUG,
My brother has a Late 2009 Macbook to sell. He bought it here and took
it with him overseas for six months, but doesn't have a need for a
laptop now he's back in Aus. It's in perfect condition and he still
has the box, discs etc. Looking to get $850. Specs below. Get in touch
with him
Hi WAMUG,
My brother has a Late 2009 Macbook to sell. He bought it here and took
it with him overseas for six months, but doesn't have a need for a
laptop now he's back in Aus. It's in perfect condition and he still
has the box, discs etc. Looking to get $900. Specs below. Get in touch
with him
Any word on if this final release has Atom support or not?
I don't need it myself, but I know a few people who use Hackintosh
netbooks that would be sad to see it go and I had been thinking about
going down the netbook route myself.
2009/11/10 Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com:
Hi WAMUGers,
Apple has
://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/09/intel_atom_support_officially_missing_from_mac_os_x_10_6_2.html
Cheers,
Ronni
17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Gordon Campbell wrote:
Any word on if this final release has Atom
Have a look on eBay as well, can be good for getting stuff that isn't
stocked in Aus. I got one of the Speck Candyshell cases off eBay for
about $40 including shipping.
http://www.speckproducts.com/products/candyshell/iphone-3g-iphone-3gs/162
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If you go to http://www.unlockit.co.nz/unlockit/ on your iPhone you
can customise some of your settings, including the APN that is used to
access the data network. You can just enter garbage into the APN field
and get the settings. Then your iPhone will be set to a data access
point that doesn't
It seems to be down for me as well.
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2009/7/14 Mervyn Giuliana Bond m...@iinet.net.au:
Has anyone been able to
Have a look at the pre-paid offers. The 'Talk Text' option is pretty
good and as long as you're willing to tweak things a bit by purchasing
packs when you need them it's actually pretty good value, not
outstanding, but certainly competative.
2009/7/4 Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au:
Thanks Dave
I've been looking at the different carriers myself and I think what
I'm going to do is to buy the phone outright and go onto Telstra
pre-paid. The pre-paid options for Telstra are not outstanding value,
but they're certainly not bad value either. That way I can get access
to the NextG network,
It would seem that Apple has decided that they are going to sell the
iPhone 3GS outright and unlocked from their retail stores. There's no
official press release, but a very long thread has emerged on
Whirlpool (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1228756)
in which numerous people
If you don't want to use the official one, I've been using CORD and
found it to be very good. (Get the Beta version)
http://cord.sourceforge.net/
2009/4/15 Rob Findlay r...@teamdigital.com.au:
There is a free remote deskop client for windows.
Hi Mailing List,
I've got a PowerPC Mac Mini for sale, it's a Mac Mini G4 1.42Ghz with
1GB of RAM, 80GB HDD, Combo Drive, Bluetooth, Airport and 56k modem.
The Apple specs page is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP65
It's in excellent condition, has the original discs and is perfect if
you're
You might also find this useful:
http://www.mobilechoice.com.au/compare-iphone3g-plans-spreadsheet
It compares all iPhone 3G plans available in Australia in an
understandable spreadsheet, so you're not wading through websites
trying to take notes about key features of different plans.
Gordon
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There's an early access preview of NeoOffice 3 going on at the moment,
so it might be worth donating to the project and having a look at it
if you're interested. There's a feature comparison on their wiki, but
it's a little out of date:
Hi Stuart,
Codeweavers provide an online user guide that is quite good:
http://www.codeweavers.com/support/docs/crossover-mac/
and there's quite a good description of bottles here:
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/bottles/
I've used Crossover for a while now and found that it's an
Hi Everyone,
I've got 2 PPC based computers that I'm not using anymore, so I'm
offering them up for sale. Both are in excellent condition.
Mac Mini G4 1.42Ghz with 1GB of RAM, 80GB HDD, Combo Drive, Bluetooth,
Airport and 56k modem. Looking for $400
and
iBook G4 1.33Ghz with 512MB of RAM,
Their website says they have a Perth store too:
http://www.ricarda.com.au/
Dunno if they'd have the same stock though.
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:04 +0900, Robin Belford
rbelf...@highway1.com.au wrote:
Recently a member queried if Built NY laptop sleeves were available in
WA. I don't recall any
Give aMSN a try:
http://www.amsn-project.net/
It has webcam support for MSN on Mac, a few of my mates use it and it
seems to work well for them.
Gordon
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:00:41 +0800, Jon Davison
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Thanks Greg, for the reply. Don't have Windows installed, so yes I
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:58:30 +0800, Stephen Chape
Where as the Nokia's are well known for their durabilty in this area.
My general experience with the Nokias is that when dropped they tend to
fly apart in a horrifying fashion (battery flies out, case flies off
etc.) but once you push the case
On 07/10/2008, at 5:01 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote:
For bonus points - is there a way to get MMS on the iPhone yet?
What were
they thinking leaving that functionality out?
I have no idea what they were thinking, but if you have a Jailbroken
iPhone then SwirlyMMS is an option. Haven't
I'm fairly sure with 3 that when you stray out of their coverage and
roam on Telstra's GSM network all the charges remain the same except for
data, which is where the $1.65 per MB charge kicks in.
Glenn Nicholas wrote:
Not sure about 3 call plans. I only use their mobile broadband these days.
Which brand of powerline adapter are you using? I've got three Netgear
units and while they're great when they're working, I've had them less
than a year and had to replace two of them under warranty so far. Having
said that, there's no doubt they provide a far better network than
wireless.
On
Hope this new battery actually has the problem fixed, and isn't just a
replacement with the same problem. :P
Adam Hewitt wrote:
I spoke to AppleCare first and they were the ones who told me to take
the battery into NextByte to be sent off for testing. You were
obviously lucky.
I did,
Because I probably missed it somewhere in the thread, I do have an On
Topic question.
Is there any patch for Mac OS X to do this changeover automatically
(like is available for Windows XP) or are we stuck with fudging it
ourselves?
Paul wrote:
Malcolm McCallum wrote:
I will be the pony :-)
Does anyone know of a site within WAIX that mirrors the current
version of Xcode?
Gordon
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Give Paint.Net a try
http://www.getpaint.net/
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On 21/09/2006, at 9:45 AM, gary dorn wrote:
Hi everyone, on my
You may find though with MS Remote Desktop that you need to use Shift
+Ctrl click. You can change this in OptionsLocal Resources at the
bottom.
Gordon
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Oddly enough I had this problem with one of the guys I work with just
last week. I'll bet you're having problems printing too.
In my case something had happened to the permission on the /private/
tmp directory, cause Software Update and Printing and a number of
other things to be unable to
As it happens I'm using that exact config at home myself. I'm using a
DLink DI-524 and found it excellent, no probs at all. It has a built-
in client for Bigpond Cable and my iBook connects to it with no
problems at all.
Gordo
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I'll add Not Belkin as well. I've got a 2-port USB one with in
built cables at work and it's terrible. Sometimes it switches with no
warning and even when you do switch it takes about 5 seconds before
the keyboard and mouse work.
Gordon
On 25/08/2005, at 6:26 PM, Paul Sparrow wrote:
any
Since I know there are a few other staff/students at Curtin on the
mailing list, I thought I'd drop out the bit of news that Apple laptops
can now access Curtin's Wireless without requiring a special Cisco
PCMCIA card. There's details here
http://wireless.curtin.edu.au
The VPN client is no
Hi all,
I'm having a look around for car chargers/adapters for a current model
iBook. After something that's (hopefully) both light and cheap. Any
suggestions/personal experiences? Where's a good place to buy from?
Gordon
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I doubt we'll ever see WorldWind on Mac since it makes very heavy use of
DirectX, which is Microsoft's way of providing better hardware access for
these sort of apps. We're never going to see DirectX for MacOS since it's a
totally Windows thing, so even after the move to Intel, we're no more
One idea that no one here has floated so far is what if Apple is moving to
Intel, but not to x86? Perhaps they're going to move to Intel and get them
to make PPC for them.
Although I don't know exactly what was in the supply and development
contracts that Apple and IBM signed, I do know that IBM
[snip]
Be thankful they've even heard of Mozilla, Firefox and Safari!
[/snip]
Gotta give them credit for making an effort with this one to make sure it's
at least reasonably compatible with other browsers and OSes. Most major
corporate sites just tell you Use IE on Windows and if you're using
Be early or be pink!
Dropped by the City store yesterday arvo and they were sold out of every
colour, except one. Blue. Apparently Pink is quite popular. :P
Gordo
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I would say that these terms only apply to I've changed my mind type
returns, rather than the defective goods kind where you're protected by law
and covered by the statutory warranty, regardless of the terms and
conditions.
Gordo
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Anyone had a shot at using their Airport/Airport Extreme card with the
Curtin Uni wireless network and using the Cisco VPN client with it?
Any positive/horror stories? :)
Gordo
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Might have missed someone else mentioning this, but as I was walking
through the Carrilion in the city centre yesterday I noticed that
DigiLife has setup an Apple store at the end of the arcade closest to
Myer. Nice to have one in the city centre that's easy to access. Not
sure what services
I'm just having a play with Entourage 2004 and our Exchange 2000 server. The
problem I'm having is that it's slow to get the messages from the server. I
mean *really* slow. I'm on a 100mbps network and the server is in the next
room, but the speed is worse than a 56k modem. Has anyone else given
It may be impossible to get second-hand ones, but Apple still sells ones new
that are appropriate for G4 laptops, or you could try PBFixIt, which stocks
just about every component for Apple laptops that you can think of
http://www.pbfixit.com
Gordon
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snip
to be quite blunt I usually
ensure that any new mac here is purchased with a
3 or 5 button scroll wheel MS mouse (or
equivalent). my favorite trick with the 5 button
stroller mouse is to put expose´ on the two side
buttons and scroll button
/snip
Of all the things Microsoft
snip
So, basically, Apple's design
supports a greater number of functions in its default configuration.
My question is: why does the rest of the world not use a design as
functional as Apple's?
/snip
I always find it curious that Apple does have better functionality in
some areas and in
Unfortunately the typefaces are privileged information and they are
covered by copyright as is the Brand
WA logo. Regards
Hilarious. It's kinda hard to keep it secret if it's on every car in the
state!
Gordo
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As a curiosity about the iBooks, how scratch resistant have people found
them to be. I look at that pearly white finish and can see it getting
ruined in no time.
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Dudley Gager wrote:
1. They limit you to 100 recipients at a time
I send out a list using BigPond's mail-hub as well and I've never had
this problem. Although I stick all the recepients in BCC, maybe you
could try that and see if the server turns it back.
Gordo
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I can't see it being a problem. I ride the 72 myself sometimes and
there's nothing on that route (or any Transperth route for that matter)
that I can think of that would injure an active hard drive. The hard
drives in laptops tend to reasonably robust, even when active. If it was
a four-wheel
I'm pretty sure that OpenOffice can access Powerpoint presentations. Not
sure how good at it it is though.
http://www.openoffice.org
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At the very least, the customer should be offered the _option_ of
whether to pay extra, or have their access speed limited (or even
cut off) - with the default being no extra charges.
I'm actually a bit surprised to see this comment, since BigPond actually DO
offer this option, on both Cable and
I'd actually heard that all Dodo does is resell Comindico.
Gordo
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For the record Gordo, PLC isn't a Catholic school and I very much doubt
applicants for this job are going to be asked about horizontal folkdancing.
David
Most of the schools are pretty realistic about it, still it's worth asking
what they mean by it during an interview.
Gordo
Well, the 'memory effect' can safely be ruled out unless you've been taking
the thing into deep space. :P
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990312b.html
It may be that your indicator is simply wrong, they've never been very
accurate, so you might want to try simply pushing it and seeing how
-Original Message-
I like the support the aims and ethos of the church clause...
now as a lapsed pagan, lapsed Buddhist, now practicing atheist I guess
I've got no chance in hell of getting this job :(
A friend of mine once got a job interview for a Catholic school and was
asked during
Does anyone know which model of DVD drives the current G4 iBooks are
shipping with and if it's possible to make those drives region free? Any
experiences anyone has had with getting region free on Macs?
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Let's hope that no more stores fall by the wayside. And for those who
dislike the stores, boo hoo to you! The less these remaining stores
are supported, the less likely Joe Public will buy a Mac.. And we don't
really want that to happen!
I know this is probably gonna meet with some
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