Canon IXUS digital camera
Hi All, Canon IXUS, 2.1Mega Pixel, 2x zoom, 3.2 Digital Zoom. Awesome camera, brilliant photographs. Has served me extremely well. All cables, battery, charger, 8MB compact flash memory card. http://capitalhead.com.au/4sale/ixus.htm Asking: $350 -- Shemek Mob 0417952048
Safari and banks
Has anyone managed to get into their bank accounts using Safari 1.0 b2? Vlad James
Terminology again
I previously asked for advice on interpreting the error message The connection was terminated because the other side is not responding. While I received some suggestions on altering my dialup procedures, no one tackled the main issue. What does the message tell you about connection faults (other than you're disconnected). Using MacOS 10.2.6 512MB RAM PowerMail 4.1.3 Vlad James - previously sent - Often my dialup connection is terminated with the message ...because the other side is not responding. How should I interpret this? Can a fault on my set up be responsible, as opposed to the other side? I use Mozilla 1.4b most of the time, but I have similar terminations with iCab pre2.9(US) and Safari 1.0 b2 (which still crashes when it gets a whiff of the BankWest URL). Other data: iMac G4, internal modem using Zoom V-Series script. Suggestions? -
Re: Safari and banks
On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 09:41 AM, brett curtis wrote: Yes, I could get into my Westpac, but not do anything as buttons didn't respond. I sent a report to safari. Brett Safari does seem to have trouble with the main menu buttons on the front page of the Westpac site (www.westpac.com.au), which in effect prevents one from navigating to their log-in page. However, it you bypass the front page by directing Safari straight to the log-in page https://olb.westpac.com.au/ you should find that you can enter your details and access your accounts. From this point I concur with Keith in that I find I can use pretty much all the Westpac features, except the pay anyone option. I also find that the accounts page does not size properly (i.e is much wider than it should be). Occasionally this leads to some strange button behaviour where clicking on the centre of a button fails to produce a result. In these instances I find that clicking closer to the left hand edge of the button solves the problem. I presume this is something to do with the page sizing issue? Cheers, Matt. Matt Huitson Dept of Psychology University of Western Australia Nedlands, WA 6009 Work: +61 89380 3639 Mobile: 0414 294 770
restarting programming - thanks
thanks for the help/suggestions... I'll be looking in to some of these after I come back from a week away from computers :) -- ~ Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph#9380 1855 (ECEL) ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ ... the pupil is never educated to the degree of consciousness, but only to the degree of trust and reverence, and a child is not made a man, but kept a child. Henry David Thoreau Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO Hunter S Thompson(?)
rant warning copy protected CD's ...WTF?
(this makes me want to use language inappropriate to this list so please insert your own expletives if you wish for the full effect) I recently purchased the latest Ben Harper CD Diamonds on the Inside ... if I'm a fan of any artist at all I guess I could be called a Ben Harper fan as I have purchased all his albums. When I went to rip the album so I could listen to it on my Laptop/ at work /plane/ soon to be purchased iPod not only can I not rip it the PowerBook will not even accept the CD in the drive just spins it for a few seconds then spits it out... then I read that it's copy protected and needs Pentium what ever and windows this or that but no mention of Mac support or even the lack off... apart from ripping them via a Audio CD player via my iMic are there any hacks/patches etc for at least getting the cd to play even if I can't rip it? two ironies arise... 1:I have around 9000 songs on my play list from close to a 700 CD that I own... purchased... payed for ... gave them their legal due dues and now THEY are treating ME as a thief while depriving me of my legal right to listen to this album in the format I choose. What next? sheet music that spontaneously combusts when used to write MIDI files? 2: The US DigiPak issue has no copy protection - a work associate who got it on import lent me this before I purchased my copy so I could listen to it... I ripped it so that I wouldn't have to borrow it for more than a few minutes and liked it so I decided to buy it... just as well I didn't delete the original MP3's - I thumb my nose at the pig dog Australian distributors feeble attempt at stopping my so called piracy. -- ~ Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph#9380 1855 (ECEL) ECEL Computer Support Officer, University of Western Australia. CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ ... the pupil is never educated to the degree of consciousness, but only to the degree of trust and reverence, and a child is not made a man, but kept a child. Henry David Thoreau Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO Hunter S Thompson(?)
Re: rant warning copy protected CD's ...WTF?
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 10:53, Mark Secker wrote: called a Ben Harper fan as I have purchased all his albums. When I went to rip the album so I could listen to it on my Laptop/ at work /plane/ soon to be purchased iPod not only can I not rip it the PowerBook will not even accept the CD in the drive just spins it for a few seconds then spits it out... then I read that it's copy protected and needs Pentium what ever and windows this or that but no mention of Mac support or even the lack off... As a Ben Harper fan you can do the following three things: * Return the CD to place of purchase for a full refund, stating clearly that the reason for the refund is the copy protection. * Send a letter to the record company explaining your dissatisfaction with their product. * Send a letter to Ben Harper directly, explaining why he won't be getting the royalties from your purchase from this CD because it was copy protected. I'll leave it to your inventiveness to actually go to the store and draft the letters... Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 from S33:37'33 - E115:07'30 (Dunsborough, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
key commands
Can someone point me to any information about OSX finder key commands, especially the ability to change them!! so many of the finder commands conflict with critical software, it's very frustrating. Even F14 F15 are permanently tied to screen brightness... why?! why not just make them brightness keys?! anyway, cheers for any help cheers Greg
RE: rant warning copy protected CD's ...WTF?
-Original Message- From: Mark Secker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] apart from ripping them via a Audio CD player via my iMic are there any hacks/patches etc for at least getting the cd to play even if I can't rip it? two ironies arise... 1:I have around 9000 songs on my play list from close to a 700 CD that I own... purchased... payed for ... gave them their legal due dues and now THEY are treating ME as a thief while depriving me of my legal right to listen to this album in the format I choose. What next? sheet music that spontaneously combusts when used to write MIDI files? I guess I better prefix this with the I Am Not A Lawyer caveat: In Australia there is no right given to the purchaser of a music CD to rip its contents or copy it in any way. Music CDs are not covered in the same way as most software, where there exists a provision for making a backup. It is a false belief that if you own the original CD you can then record it onto other media - even making a tape is illegal. This does not mean that you shouldn't be able to play your CD in your computer, but does mean you cannot turn it into MP3s or create a CD-R copy (unless you are given explicit consent be the copyright holder). If the CD is not fit for your reason of purchase - won't play in your laptop - then you are probably due for a refund from the store. Ciao Anthony
Re: key commands
Hi Greg, As far as I am aware, there are a couple of different ways to achieve what you are asking and the one for you may depend on how brave you are feeling this morning: a) One solution I have seen involves using the terminal and a Hex-editor to modify the localized.rsrc file in the Finder.app. See the following link: http://www.macosxhints.com/ article.php?story=20020304093903824query=finder+key+shortcut b) If you are proficient with Interface Builder (free with Developer Tools) you can look into modifying the mainmenu.nib for the Finder. I forget exactly where this .nib is located in the system directory, but I'm sure a google search will help you track it down. NB. IF YOU INTEND PURSUING EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS ALWAYS REMEMBER TO WORK ON A BACKUP COPY OF THE SYSTEM FILE IN QUESTION. c) Perhaps the most user friendly option is to take a look for shareware/freeware apps at versiontracker like Keyboard Maestro, which amongst other things allow you to assign or reassign various functions to keyboard shortcuts at both a global and individual application (in your case Finder) level. HTH, Matt. On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 11:19 AM, Greg Hosking wrote: Can someone point me to any information about OSX finder key commands, especially the ability to change them!! so many of the finder commands conflict with critical software, it's very frustrating. Even F14 F15 are permanently tied to screen brightness... why?! why not just make them brightness keys?! anyway, cheers for any help cheers Greg Matt Huitson Dept of Psychology University of Western Australia Nedlands, WA 6009 Work: +61 89380 3639 Mobile: 0414 294 770
Re: Adobe Reader 6 Installation
I haven¹t had any luck either? Regards, Kent On 29/5/03 1:08 AM, Brad Helden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also have not been successful at getting Reader 6 to install [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Realist of the year
Windows XP user mad at Apple; wants his iTunes Music Store Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 09:07 AM EDT We received an email this morning from a Windows XP user, Michael P., that we feel sheds some light on how some Windows PC users feel about Apple. Here is the email in its entirety: To be perfectly honest, I don't understand why anybody would buy an Apple computer. It is non-standard (everybody uses Windows) and proprietary. Also, it seems to me that Apple is very desperate to sell computers, so much so that they will withhold products that many would want by making them Apple-only, in a bid to force people to buy an Apple in order to use these products. I am a music fan. Yes, I wanted an iPod when it first came out, but it was Apple-only, of course. So, I bought a Nomad Jukebox for use with my Windows system. But, still, it was obvious that the iPod was better, and I kept my eye on them over time, so when Apple finally gave up and made a Windows version, I got my new iPod only to find out that I was stuck with MusicMatch software and not iTunes. At this point, I would like to make it clear that I want a Windows XP version of iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, iChat, iDVD, Sherlock - yes, I've been all over Apple's site - these applications look great, but I can't find versions of them that run on Windows! Why would Apple bother to create all of these applications and not make versions that will run on 99% of the world's computers?! Instead, Apple would force me to buy an Apple computer to run these programs. Why is Apple so insecure? Why do they need to try to force sales of Apples? Obviously, nobody is buying them or they wouldn't have to try to make Apple-only reasons to try to force sales of computers. Which comes down to the reason I am writing: The iTunes Music Store. Why can't I buy songs on my Dell running Windows XP? What kind of a company would open a store that only 1% can shop? It's worse than opening a store catering only to left-handers - there's many times more left-handers in the world than there are Apple computer users! This is ridiculous!!! I would love to use my iPod with iTunes and the Music Store, but I cannot. All because Apple can't seem to sell computers and they are trying to force people to buy Apples. Why limit all of these applications and services to a tiny, insignificant speck of the market? Why not offer them to the majority standard platform and create Windows versions, so the rest of the world can use them, too? In closing, here I sit wanting to spend money at the Apple iTunes Music Store, wanting to run iTunes, iMovie and the rest (I'd even PAY for them), but I cannot. Apple needs to provide a solution for millions and millions of computer users like me! You can print this if you want and I'm sending this to Apple as well. Thank you. - Michael P. -- -- Sent from the Apple PowerBook G4 of: Phillip McGree Web: http://www.phil.net.au Perth, Western Australiahttp://chat.iinet.net.au Mobile Phone: 0418 922 500 Macs for sale - new and secondhand http://mac.iinet.net.au Disclaimer: This transmission is intended for people that have functioning eyesight and literacy. If you have no eyesight, or can't read, please disregard this email. Thank you.
Email mystery
I have a problem in receiving mail from one particular PC user in Queensland... The header and subject reads OK and I can receive attacments and replies quote the previous message fine BUT anything she types in as a new message is not received... All I get is the following in the body of the emails she sends: This e-mail has been scanned by RAV Antivirus. I am using a G4/867 10.2.6 and Mail version 1.2.5... This is the only sender I have this problem with and don't know what to suggest to her as being the problem or if indeed I have the problem this end. Any thoughts would be welcome. Regards, Phil IMPORTANT: The contents of this email transmission are confidential and may be protected by professional privilege. The contents are only intended for the named recipient/s of this email. If you have received this message in error please notify us immediately and destroy the original. Psychological Health Care 837 Beaufort Street Inglewood Western Australia 6052 Phone: 08- 93715455 Facsimile: 08-93715975 Mobile: 0402-033027 Car:0403-272198 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Email mystery
I have a problem in receiving mail from one particular PC user in Queensland... The header and subject reads OK and I can receive attacments and replies quote the previous message fine BUT anything she types in as a new message is not received... All I get is the following in the body of the emails she sends: This e-mail has been scanned by RAV Antivirus. I am using a G4/867 10.2.6 and Mail version 1.2.5... This is the only sender I have this problem with and don't know what to suggest to her as being the problem or if indeed I have the problem this end. Any thoughts would be welcome. Get her to send the e-mail to a PC user, and see if they can receive it intact. If not, then the problem is either with Mail, your Mac or the path the mail takes between your sender and the Mac. You could try using a different e-mail program and see if it too has the same problem (personally I use Eudora http://www.eudora.com/ as it's been around for a lot longer than Mail.app) Good luck, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Don't you fear the Yetis Opinions for hire [POQ] in Rio? [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord - The American Astronaut
Claris Home Page 2 problem
Will Home Page 2 allow you to link and therefore open MS Word files / PDF / RTF? When I try this the attachment does not show such files and there is no show all files pull down menu. Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz
Re: getting (re)started on programming
around 29/5/03 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] shared: On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 01:30 PM, Mark Secker wrote: Thinking about Java, C and C++ or equivalent languages... I've not done any programming for many years... well OK database stuff excluded... and was interested in getting back in to it more as a hobby thing. Obviously I'm thinking Mac and OSX stuff but You already have all the software you need on the Developer CD which came with MacOS X. O'Reilly Publishing have a growing list of excellent reference books on Cocoa programming, and Boffins Bookshop in Perth have a decent selection from other publishers as well. To get started, you could also check out Mike Beam's excellent series of articles at http://www.macdevcenter.com/. Hi All, Until recently I had an iMac, and had purchased a copy of OSX 10.1 which contained the Developer Tools CD, but I've traded up to an eMac and, as part of the deal, traded in my 10.1 as the eMac comes with 10.2. However the 10.2 CD doesn't seem to contain the Developer Tools CD, nor can I find any reference in the documentation how to get this ... Can anyone tell me how I can get a Developers CD? Thanks Richard
Re: getting (re)started on programming
Hi All, Until recently I had an iMac, and had purchased a copy of OSX 10.1 which contained the Developer Tools CD, but I've traded up to an eMac and, as part of the deal, traded in my 10.1 as the eMac comes with 10.2. However the 10.2 CD doesn't seem to contain the Developer Tools CD, nor can I find any reference in the documentation how to get this ... Can anyone tell me how I can get a Developers CD? It's available for download from developer.apple.com, or ask a local developer nicely :) They might even have them at the Apple Stores (not sure about that one). Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper, race the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2003 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
