[4Sale] HDDs, Monitor, Speakers and More

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi All

Just clearing out some items I don't need anymore, or am "holding" in 
stock. If you are interested in anything or want more info please 
drop me an email or give me a call!


New Sarotech 3.5" "HardBox" Firewire Case (Oxford 911) The case by 
itself is worth $145. ;o)

With 10GB Hard Drive (ex upgrade) - $155
With 30GB Hard Drive (ex demo) - $195
With 45GB Hard Drive (ex demo) - $215

Likom 19" Flat CRT with 3 year warranty. - *** $250 ***

JBL Creature Speakers - Limited Stock - *** $250 ***

El Gato eyeTV - Limited Stock - *** $389 ***

Intego Internet Security Pack, Professional Edition - *** $259 ***
1 only (Retails for $299)

That's it at this stage. But if you're after something else, and you 
want a good price,...drop me an email!! All goods include GST and a 
GST Invoice!


Thanks heaps! Talk to you soon!

Kind Regards
Daniel Kerr
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Re: Linux 1, Microsoft nil

[John Currie]

>Not quite 1-0
>
>On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:54, Phillip McGree wrote:
>>
>>http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-07-13-microsoft-linux-m
>>unich_x.htm
>>
>> Linux took on Microsoft, and won big in Munich

Onno Benschop wrote

>Stories of the death of Microsoft were greatly overrated because the
>machines will be running VMware, which allows them to run Windows :-)

>While I'm no fan, reporting accurately appears to still be a challenge
>for some...

Accurate reporting is extremely rare. as is accurate comprehension. The
original article did not say Microsoft was dead, merely that it had an
attack of German measles which could possibly become leprous

John

Re: Linux 1, Microsoft nil

[Paul]

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 04:55 PM, Onno Benschop wrote:


Not quite 1-0

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:54, Phillip McGree wrote:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-07-13- 
microsoft-linux-munich_x.htm


Linux took on Microsoft, and won big in Munich


Stories of the death of Microsoft were greatly overrated because the
machines will be running VMware, which allows them to run Windows :-)




While I'm no fan, reporting accurately appears to still be a challenge
for some...


Onno Benschop


I tend to agree however with the sentiments of some of the other 
slashdot contributers; that the use of PC emulation software was to 
provide a stop gap rather than a compromise.


I feel this way mainly because I now have no windows PC at home and I 
use VirtualPC for a handful of win-only apps as I wait for OSX 
developers.
I also feel that as an administrator, I would be asking a lot of my 
users to make that particular *Leap Of Faith* in one jump.


You are indeed a hard man to please Onno :-)

Cheers
Paul

Trouble with Mac Help

[Brad Helden]

Recently the SEARCH text input box and button have disappeared from 
Help Centre through the Menu bar help. Also clicking on some of the 
topics just causes the spinning ball to go on and on and on. To top 
it off if I click a topic and actually get there, there is no Back 
button.


I'm sure trashing some pref might help but which one? Anybody else 
had this problem?


(I'm using OS 10.2.3 )

Thanks,

Brad
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Re: Linux 1, Microsoft nil

[Onno Benschop]

Not quite 1-0

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:54, Phillip McGree wrote:
> http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-07-13-microsoft-linux-munich_x.htm
> 
> Linux took on Microsoft, and won big in Munich 

Stories of the death of Microsoft were greatly overrated because the
machines will be running VMware, which allows them to run Windows :-)



While I'm no fan, reporting accurately appears to still be a challenge
for some...


Onno Benschop 

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Linux 1, Microsoft nil

[Phillip McGree]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-07-13-microsoft-linux-munich_x.htm

Linux took on Microsoft, and won big in Munich 

On the brink of losing a pivotal account to an ascending rival, Microsoft last 
March dispatched CEO Steve Ballmer to the rescue. 

The German city of Munich was balking at a $36.6 million proposal from 
Microsoft to upgrade 14,000 desktop PCs to the latest versions of Windows and 
Office. 

Instead, Munich - Germany's third-largest city and a technology hub for Central 
Europe - was leaning toward a switch to Linux, the upstart computer operating 
system whose open-source code is continually improved by volunteer programmers 
worldwide. 

A Linux victory in Munich would be a stunning blow. So Ballmer visited Mayor 
Christian Ude to assure him Microsoft would do what it takes to keep the city's 
business. Documents obtained by USA TODAY show Microsoft subsequently lowered 
its pricing to $31.9 million and then to $23.7 million - an overall 35% price 
cut. The discounts were for naught. 

On May 28, the city council approved a more expensive proposal - $35.7 million 
- from German Linux distributor SuSE and IBM, a big Linux backer. 

The vote wasn't just another win for Linux, as it continues to gobble chunks of 
the computer server software market - a market Microsoft does not dominate. 
Munich is about to become the largest tech user to deploy Linux for everyday 
use on desktop PCs, the wellspring of Microsoft's profits. 

USA TODAY obtained government and corporate documents that provide a rare 
insider's look at Microsoft's efforts to keep from losing a key customer. Among 
other things, it: 

* Agreed to let Munich go as long as six years, instead of the more normal 
three or four, without another expensive upgrade, a concession that runs 
against its bread-and-butter software upgrade strategy. 

* Offered to let the city buy only Microsoft Word for some PCs and strip off 
other applications. Such unbundling cuts against Microsoft's practice of 
selling PCs loaded with software. 

* Offered millions of dollars worth of training and support services free. 

The result in Munich shows that the world's largest software company is again 
under attack from a powerful outside force. But this time the encroacherisn't 
government antitrust lawyers or a rival tech giant. 

Instead, Microsoft is defending itself against the open-source-code movement. 
In the past two years, dozens of government agencies and schools across Asia, 
Europe, Australia and the Americas, along with financial institutionsand 
moviemakers, have helped establish open-source software on beefy computer 
servers that display Web pages and crunch numbers. Now they have begun 
embracing open-source software running on ordinary desktop computers. 

"What's striking about the Munich deal is the use of Linux on the desktop,"says 
Paul DeGroot, tech industry analyst at research firm Directions on Microsoft. 
"It's a threat to Microsoft's real source of strength, the desktop, where it 
has no competition and is used to winning all sorts of battles." 

Should its desktop software sales stagnate or, worse, decline, Microsoft's 
profit could plummet, and it could find itself with a diminished ability 
tobankroll promising, but costly, new ventures, such as tablet PCs, smart 
phones and online video games. 

Anchored by the Linux operating system, open-source software is the antithesis 
of Microsoft's proprietary codes. It includes a growing number of freely 
distributed applications, such as OpenOffice, a Microsoft Office clone, and 
Mozilla, a Web browser that can perform basic workplace tasks. Created and 
honed by volunteer programmers worldwide, open-source alternatives are 
generally cheaper to acquire and easier to customize, and cost nothing to 
upgrade. 

Though Microsoft underbid IBM and SuSE by $11.9 million in Munich, city 
officials were concerned about the unpredictable long-run cost of Microsoft 
upgrades, says Munich council member Christine Strobl, who championed the 
switch to Linux. And the more Microsoft discounted, the more it underscored the 
notion that as a sole supplier, Microsoft could - and has been - naming its own 
price, she says. 

"Microsoft's philosophy is to change our software every five years," 
Stroblsays. "With open-source, it is possible for us to make our own decision 
asto when to change our software." 

Munich must still prove that Linux is ready for prime time on the desktop. 
Research firm Gartner cautions it won't be until 2005 before it is known how 
well it works in Munich. 

Whether other big tech buyers follow Munich's lead remains to be seen. Analysts 
say Microsoft has the will and resources to vigorously defend its turf. Windows 
and Office run on more than 90% of the world's desktop computers and command 
gross profit margins of up to 80%. The company has $46 billion in cash and will 
spend $5.2 billion this year, up 20% from last year, on research to improve i

Re: More help needed!

[Ken Chan]

Opening Print Centre [ Applications>Utilities>Print Centre]

and Print Centre > Preferences

allows u to change the system-wide Paper format.

Ken

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 02:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:



OK, I'm sure that someone has probably asked this already...but how
in the world do I change the default settings in OSX to print in A4
size paper rather than US size?

Help!

Cal Conkey

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Re: More help needed!

[Shay Telfer]

OK, I'm sure that someone has probably asked this already...but how
in the world do I change the default settings in OSX to print in A4
size paper rather than US size?

Help!

Cal Conkey


* Open "Print Center"
* Choose the Print Center->Preferences menu
* Set the default to A4

Have fun,
Shay
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More help needed!

[info]

OK, I'm sure that someone has probably asked this already...but how 
in the world do I change the default settings in OSX to print in A4 
size paper rather than US size?


Help!

Cal Conkey

Re: Connecting via Bluetooth and GPRS

[Onno Benschop]

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 13:54, Shay Telfer wrote:
> The magic number you're meant to use in Australia is *99***1# (at 
> least on Telstra).

Optus requires a different number: *99# and the only way I could get it
to actually work is to setup my phone to have an access point called
internet and setup my clie to connect to that with a dialup script. Very
evil.

But it works great, I can now ssh on my clie...


Onno Benschop 

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Connecting via Bluetooth and GPRS

[Shay Telfer]

Hi...

If you want to connect to the internet using your GPRS capable mobile 
phone and connecting to that via Bluetooth, you may want to check out




The magic number you're meant to use in Australia is *99***1# (at 
least on Telstra).


It's all a bit odd, as despite it all being packet based you still 
need to enter the above number as the dialup phone number, which was 
somewhat unintuitive.


If you're checking your e-mail after a long break I recommend using 
IMAP instead of POP :) as that way you can only download the messages 
you're interested in.


Have fun,
Shay (still awaiting the phone bill :)
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Spam auto-identification - update

[Paul Weaver]

Fellow internet travellers might recall my tongue-in-cheek comments about
automatic spam ID.

It appears some stooge has passed my comment on because now I have been
deleted from the PM's media email list, and they refuse to reinstate me.

The PM email system is supposedly available to any Australian citizen who is
interested enough to subscribe through his government website at
http://www.pm.gov.au/ and then consider the plethora of spin material it
spews out. It is funded by the Australian taxpayer.

However it seems now only to be available to those who have the correct
political viewpoint.

I would be obliged if the stooge could pass on my remarks.

Cheers, Paul.



I originally said:

Since my ISP has started using Spam Assassin most spam comes down with a
spam tag which enables me to quickly dump it in bulk.

One problem is that some Federal govt departments insist on using the type
of formats and setouts beloved by spammers. One of the worst offenders are
media releases from the PM's dept. These never have anything in the subject
line and presumably this suggests to Spam Assassin the message is useless
propaganda garbage deserving to be trashed.

My theory is the subject headings are not included in the PM's releases
because it creates difficulty in back-checking on his earlier political
utterances. Part of the "dumbing down of the nation" plan?

So far the Australian PM's Dept is the only organisation I have found on the
internet which deliberately does not include information in the subject line
of routine press releases.

Re: Setting up Bigpond (or what size hammer do I need?)

[Paul Weaver]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 16 Jul 2003
> 11:07:41 - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Digest Number 1348
> 
> Subject: Seting up Bigpond (or what size hammer do I need?)
> 
A few years ago I purchased a Telstra Bigpond pay-up-front disk, but could
never make the account work despite countless consulting calls with their
on-line experts. I gave up and went to another ISP and instant success.
One of the Telstra experts gave me an address to make a written complaint,
and I am still awaiting a reply.

Cheers, Paul.