Re: Westnet bought by iinet

[Ronda Brown]

On 08/05/2008, at 1:42 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



My commiserations to our Westnet  based members

Bob




I don't agree with you here Bob, (hope I'm proved right in my  
understanding of Westnet's reasons) ;-)

I think this will be a good for WestNet Members.

Why is Westnet joining forces with iiNet:
Westnet Directors have chosen to join forces with iiNet in order to  
provide a greater range of products and services to existing and new  
members, to allow Westnet to strengthen its standing in the ISP market  
and for commercial reasons.


iiNet sees great value in Westnet's achievements as an internet  
service provider, notably, our strong levels of customer service, as  
rated by independent surveys. Operating the two businesses side by  
side will allow us to share the best elements of two independently  
successful companies.


What will happen to your current Westnet services?:
Nothing. For existing members and their services, its ‘business as  
usual'. Westnet will continue to operate these services into the future.


What will change?
Westnet aims to bring more products and services to our members, such  
as increased ADSL2+ availability, VoIP, and Naked DSL services. Apart  
from this, nothing will change from a customer perspective. You will  
continue to be served by the team at Westnet for your technical  
support, accounts service and for sales of additional products.





Cheers,
Ronni
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Re: Westnet bought by iinet

[Kyle Kreusch]

http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1790

On 5/8/08, Robert Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
>  Bob
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[Robert Howells]

My commiserations to our Westnet  based members

Bob




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Re: Compact Digital Cameras

[Kyle Kreusch]

How to Buy a Digital Camera and Ignore Expensive Hype


Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera


On 5/7/08, Kyle Kreusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Reg and all
>
>  Just remember now you can make pretty much any camera that takes a SD
>  memory card into a wireless camera < Eye-Fi 
>
>  I would recommend Canon cameras as well as I got to have a play around
>  one about a month ago.  they are so much better than the four Olympus
>  cameras we have here at the moment
>
>  But also still recommend some models from Olympus as well and FujiFilm
>
>  You also should take into account what kind of memory card's The
>  camera you plan on purchasing uses as well as the Cameras you already
>  have as Olympus and FujiFilm use XD memory cards and they can be a lot
>  more expensive than SD cards That Canon use and others
>
>  Reg - The camera you have quoted in your first E-mail
>
>  > Canon A470 with " 3.4x optical zoom, a large 2.5-inch LCD monitor, and 
> 7.1-megapixel CCD". This is advertised at around $130 which looks good.
>
>  the good guys have it on sale at the moment but I'm sure it would be
>  even cheaper if you ask for a cash price
>
>
>  Kyle
>
>  On 5/7/08, Paul K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Reg,
>  >
>  >  We have a Canon Powershot A460, bought for $135.
>  >  Excellent camera, the shots look stunning on our 24" iMac!
>  >  Our last camera was a Kodak which was a very good compact too but had
>  >  no macro or video and was quite slow in operation.
>  >   The sound in videos is quite good for such a tiny microphone.
>  >
>  >  I have fun with the macro by taking obscure closeups of backyard
>  >  things; leaves, bugs etc and have Vicki guess what they are.
>  >
>  >  Have fun
>  >
>  > Paul
>  >
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Re: SPAM? Malware?

[Adam hewitt]

It could be an email harvester.

If someone sends an email to an address that doesn't exist it will bounce
back saying "no such user". If they keep track of all the accounts they sent
emails to, then they can deduct the bounces and are left with a valid user
list. Unfortunately there is very little that can be done about it.

I get these from time to time as well.

Adam.

> -Original Message-
> From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil
> Houghton
> Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2008 10:18 AM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: SPAM? Malware?
> 
> Just received an email with no content,  and apparently
> from
> no-one! If you view the message source it just shows:
> 
> > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Received: from nskntingx04p.mx.bigpond.com ([92.113.126.10])
> >   by nskntmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP
> >   id
> >
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> gpond.c
> > om>;
> >   Wed, 7 May 2008 20:09:29 +
> > Received: from 10-126-113-92.pool.ukrtel.net ([92.113.126.10])
> >   by nskntingx04p.mx.bigpond.com with SMTP
> >   id
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 92.pool.ukrtel
> > .net>;
> >   Wed, 7 May 2008 20:09:27 +
> > Received: from matrices.misstitty.com (helo mortify.host-offshore.com
> > [68.30.246.136])
> >by asus.com with SMTP id O[10
> > Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 20:09:29 +
> > Message-Id:
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 92.pool.ukrtel
> > .net>
> >
> 
> 
> None of which means much to me! But it got me thinking:
> 
> 1) - It wouldn't seem to be much use as SPAM because there is no
> subject or
> content to tempt anyone, there is no link to click, and even if you
> were
> curious enough (or stupid enough) to try and reply - there is no-one to
> reply to - if you DO hit the reply button the email program asks you
> for a
> "to" address.
> 
> 2) - Assuming that the "view source" shows you everything, it does not
> seem
> to contain anything which could be malicious (just a few headers)
> 
> 3) - Even though the "to" field is blank, hitting the reply button
> generates
> a blank reply from my bigpond account so I'm assuming it came in via
> this
> account (it has come from somewhere!).
> 
> Anybody got any thoughts/info on this - as I say, it appears pretty
> harmless
> but is there anything to worry about - could it be any sign of
> something
> lurking on my machine?
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> --
> Neil R. Houghton
> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
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SPAM? Malware?

[Neil Houghton]

Just received an email with no content,  and apparently from
no-one! If you view the message source it just shows:

> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Received: from nskntingx04p.mx.bigpond.com ([92.113.126.10])
>   by nskntmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP
>   id 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> om>;
>   Wed, 7 May 2008 20:09:29 +
> Received: from 10-126-113-92.pool.ukrtel.net ([92.113.126.10])
>   by nskntingx04p.mx.bigpond.com with SMTP
>   id 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> .net>;
>   Wed, 7 May 2008 20:09:27 +
> Received: from matrices.misstitty.com (helo mortify.host-offshore.com
> [68.30.246.136])
>by asus.com with SMTP id O[10
> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 20:09:29 +
> Message-Id: 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> .net>
> 


None of which means much to me! But it got me thinking:

1) - It wouldn't seem to be much use as SPAM because there is no subject or
content to tempt anyone, there is no link to click, and even if you were
curious enough (or stupid enough) to try and reply - there is no-one to
reply to - if you DO hit the reply button the email program asks you for a
"to" address.

2) - Assuming that the "view source" shows you everything, it does not seem
to contain anything which could be malicious (just a few headers)

3) - Even though the "to" field is blank, hitting the reply button generates
a blank reply from my bigpond account so I'm assuming it came in via this
account (it has come from somewhere!).

Anybody got any thoughts/info on this - as I say, it appears pretty harmless
but is there anything to worry about - could it be any sign of something
lurking on my machine?


Cheers


Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
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Re: Printing contact sheets in iPhoto

[Norman Leslie]

Many thanks to Ronni & Eugene who have solved the issue.

When you change the number of columns in the contact sheet -after you  
are in "print mode", the sort defaults to "date", despite the album  
being sorted "manually".


The appropriateness and speed of the support is greatly appreciated,  
nor taken for granted.


Cheers

Norm Leslie
Bunbury

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On 08/05/2008, at 8:34 AM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi Folks,

I have encountered a quirk when printing contact sheets in iPhoto. I  
wonder if others have encountered the phenomenon or can offer advice.


The first step is to press the print button in the bottom right hand  
corner of the window.
You then get the choice of how you want to print the photos -  
standard, contact sheet etc.

I select Contact Sheets, and the default setting is 3 columns.
There is an option to customize and change the number of columns -  
so far so good.
When I change the number of columns from the default setting of 3 to  
any greater number, the sequence of the images in the album changes  
to the sequence in which the photographs were taken, rather than the  
sequence I have them arranged in the album.


Does anyone know how to retain the preferred sequence of photos,  
rather than the default?


Any and all advice welcome.

Norm Leslie
Bunbury
W.A.
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Re: Printing contact sheets in iPhoto

[Eugene]

Hi Norman,

using iPhoto 7.1.3 if you select say 5 columns and arrange your  
photos on the template they will be printed out in the arrangement  
you choose. If you then decide to change the format and go to say 4  
columns it will default back to the  arrangement set by the 'sort  
photos' under the 'view' menu in iPhoto.


Perhaps you need to set the 'sort photos' view to manual, then select  
the print template.


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 08/05/2008, at 9:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 08/05/2008, at 8:34 AM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi Folks,

I have encountered a quirk when printing contact sheets in iPhoto.  
I wonder if others have encountered the phenomenon or can offer  
advice.


The first step is to press the print button in the bottom right  
hand corner of the window.
You then get the choice of how you want to print the photos -  
standard, contact sheet etc.

I select Contact Sheets, and the default setting is 3 columns.
There is an option to customize and change the number of columns -  
so far so good.
When I change the number of columns from the default setting of 3  
to any greater number, the sequence of the images in the album  
changes to the sequence in which the photographs were taken,  
rather than the sequence I have them arranged in the album.


Does anyone know how to retain the preferred sequence of photos,  
rather than the default?


Hello Norman,

This has not happened to me using iPhoto'08. One thing I can think  
of for you to check is in the album you are wanting to print the 4  
columns contact sheet.

 Under View > Sort Photos do you have 'Manually' ticked or 'Date'?

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Printing contact sheets in iPhoto

[Ronda Brown]

On 08/05/2008, at 8:34 AM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi Folks,

I have encountered a quirk when printing contact sheets in iPhoto. I  
wonder if others have encountered the phenomenon or can offer advice.


The first step is to press the print button in the bottom right hand  
corner of the window.
You then get the choice of how you want to print the photos -  
standard, contact sheet etc.

I select Contact Sheets, and the default setting is 3 columns.
There is an option to customize and change the number of columns -  
so far so good.
When I change the number of columns from the default setting of 3 to  
any greater number, the sequence of the images in the album changes  
to the sequence in which the photographs were taken, rather than the  
sequence I have them arranged in the album.


Does anyone know how to retain the preferred sequence of photos,  
rather than the default?


Hello Norman,

This has not happened to me using iPhoto'08. One thing I can think of  
for you to check is in the album you are wanting to print the 4  
columns contact sheet.

 Under View > Sort Photos do you have 'Manually' ticked or 'Date'?

Cheers,
Ronni

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Printing contact sheets in iPhoto

[Norman Leslie]

Hi Folks,

I have encountered a quirk when printing contact sheets in iPhoto. I  
wonder if others have encountered the phenomenon or can offer advice.


The first step is to press the print button in the bottom right hand  
corner of the window.
You then get the choice of how you want to print the photos -  
standard, contact sheet etc.

I select Contact Sheets, and the default setting is 3 columns.
There is an option to customize and change the number of columns - so  
far so good.
When I change the number of columns from the default setting of 3 to  
any greater number, the sequence of the images in the album changes to  
the sequence in which the photographs were taken, rather than the  
sequence I have them arranged in the album.


Does anyone know how to retain the preferred sequence of photos,  
rather than the default?


Any and all advice welcome.

Norm Leslie
Bunbury
W.A.
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Re: Needed - pre-mag safe power adaptor for PowerBook / iBook

[Kyle Kreusch]

Forgot to mention you will require a Torx screwdrivers set

I also recommend ice cube trays to put the screws in I use them all
the time when I'm taking electrical appliances To pieces and have
never lost screws yet


Hard Drive Replacement Instructions I recommend the instructions at iFixit




I also recommend you take a look at a whole Heap of user guides as
well so you get a bit of an idea what you are about to do






On 5/8/08, Kyle Kreusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Steven
>
>  A new hard drive For a PowerBook would not be too expensive these days
>  You are probably looking out between $50 to 90 Depending on hard drive
>  capacity
>
>  Hard drive installation
>
>  Going on all the guides I have read online and previous experience it
>  is about a 30 minute job to replace the hard drive
>
>  I reckon someone with minimal experience taking Electrical appliances
>  to pieces could do it in about an hour and 40 minutes
>
>
>  The hard drive type in a PowerBook is a 2.5 Notebook Hard Drive ATA, IDE
>
>  There also may be a size limit to what capacity hard drive you can put
>  in the machine but I am not sure of this
>
>
>
>  Looking at the ads next to my e-mail in Gmail
>
>  
>
>
>  Regards Kyle
>
>
>  Kyle Kreusch (Webmaster)
>  This e-mail was Dictated Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9
>
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Re: Needed - pre-mag safe power adaptor for PowerBook / iBook

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi Steven

A new hard drive For a PowerBook would not be too expensive these days
You are probably looking out between $50 to 90 Depending on hard drive
capacity

Hard drive installation

Going on all the guides I have read online and previous experience it
is about a 30 minute job to replace the hard drive

I reckon someone with minimal experience taking Electrical appliances
to pieces could do it in about an hour and 40 minutes


The hard drive type in a PowerBook is a 2.5 Notebook Hard Drive ATA, IDE

There also may be a size limit to what capacity hard drive you can put
in the machine but I am not sure of this



Looking at the ads next to my e-mail in Gmail




Regards Kyle


Kyle Kreusch (Webmaster)
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Re: Needed - pre-mag safe power adaptor for PowerBook / iBook

[Rob Findlay]

http://stores.ebay.com.au/angel-edeal

On 07/05/2008, at 11:10 PM, Steven wrote:

Thanks Rob. Was that from seller szecom88 or Kylin's World, Rob? I  
see one
for sale now by that eBay seller, but at a Buy It Now price of  
$39.98 inc

postage.

Cheers


On 7/5/08 11:00 PM, "Rob Findlay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I recently bought an iBook power adaptor from an eBay store located  
in

Hong Kong. The total price with shipping was $26 and the adaptor
arrive as advertised in about a week.


On 07/05/2008, at 9:56 PM, Steven wrote:


Just to rub salt into the wounds of my hard disk woes, my PowerBook
and
iBook pre-magsafe piece-of-cr*p power adaptor has finally bit the  
dust

tonight as well. That's the 2nd one of these things to croak on me -
I guess
it doesn't help having kids ripping the connector in and out over
time. For
months now, two laptops have been sharing one power adaptor. Now
with the
near-death of the PowerBook, the iBook was getting excited about not
having
to share, but sadly for it, one of Apple's poorer designs has come
home to
roost :-(

Assuming no-one repairs these power adaptors any more economically
than a
replacement can be bought, anyone have an old one for sale or trade,
or know
anywhere that sells them? When I say trade, I have a 90-odd litre
tub full
of gadgets, cables of all descriptions, connectors, etc, most of
which were
bought for some once-only occasion and now are rarely or never used
- I
imagine many of you have the same collection though.

Actually, whilst on the subject of trade, maybe someone out there
with an
extra PowerBook hard disk might like to trade it for something I
have? I
don't think I can justify forking out the cash for a replacement
hard disk,
but I could probably justify handing over stuff I have but don't
need. All
good gear, and mostly had limited use. Let's see...Airport Extreme
dome base
station? Motorola cable modem? Dlink non-VoIP DSL router? Lantech 8-
port
ethernet hub? HP keyboard? Compaq keyboard? HP numeric keypad?  
Even an

analogue modem surely with museum value, and an HP 4MP LaserJet
printer (now
I'm pushing it).

I look forward to the flood of offers!

Regards, Steven



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Re: Needed - pre-mag safe power adaptor for PowerBook / iBook

[mince and pud]

Steven

Whatever you do don't buy on ebay from a mob called comp_trader, 
somewhere out east. I bought an apple charger with a 30 day warranty - 
it conked on day 30 from receipt but nothing would induce them to reply 
to messages. Ebay were no help, either.


Good luck with your quest

Alastair



On 7 May 2008, at 16:10, Steven wrote:

Thanks Rob. Was that from seller szecom88 or Kylin's World, Rob? I see 
one
for sale now by that eBay seller, but at a Buy It Now price of $39.98 
inc

postage.

Cheers


On 7/5/08 11:00 PM, "Rob Findlay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I recently bought an iBook power adaptor from an eBay store located in
Hong Kong. The total price with shipping was $26 and the adaptor
arrive as advertised in about a week.


On 07/05/2008, at 9:56 PM, Steven wrote:


Just to rub salt into the wounds of my hard disk woes, my PowerBook
and
iBook pre-magsafe piece-of-cr*p power adaptor has finally bit the 
dust

tonight as well. That's the 2nd one of these things to croak on me -
I guess
it doesn't help having kids ripping the connector in and out over
time. For
months now, two laptops have been sharing one power adaptor. Now
with the
near-death of the PowerBook, the iBook was getting excited about not
having
to share, but sadly for it, one of Apple's poorer designs has come
home to
roost :-(

Assuming no-one repairs these power adaptors any more economically
than a
replacement can be bought, anyone have an old one for sale or trade,
or know
anywhere that sells them? When I say trade, I have a 90-odd litre
tub full
of gadgets, cables of all descriptions, connectors, etc, most of
which were
bought for some once-only occasion and now are rarely or never used
- I
imagine many of you have the same collection though.

Actually, whilst on the subject of trade, maybe someone out there
with an
extra PowerBook hard disk might like to trade it for something I
have? I
don't think I can justify forking out the cash for a replacement
hard disk,
but I could probably justify handing over stuff I have but don't
need. All
good gear, and mostly had limited use. Let's see...Airport Extreme
dome base
station? Motorola cable modem? Dlink non-VoIP DSL router? Lantech 8-
port
ethernet hub? HP keyboard? Compaq keyboard? HP numeric keypad? Even 
an

analogue modem surely with museum value, and an HP 4MP LaserJet
printer (now
I'm pushing it).

I look forward to the flood of offers!

Regards, Steven



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[Steven]

Thanks Rob. Was that from seller szecom88 or Kylin's World, Rob? I see one
for sale now by that eBay seller, but at a Buy It Now price of $39.98 inc
postage.

Cheers


On 7/5/08 11:00 PM, "Rob Findlay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I recently bought an iBook power adaptor from an eBay store located in
> Hong Kong. The total price with shipping was $26 and the adaptor
> arrive as advertised in about a week.
> 
> 
> On 07/05/2008, at 9:56 PM, Steven wrote:
> 
>> Just to rub salt into the wounds of my hard disk woes, my PowerBook
>> and
>> iBook pre-magsafe piece-of-cr*p power adaptor has finally bit the dust
>> tonight as well. That's the 2nd one of these things to croak on me -
>> I guess
>> it doesn't help having kids ripping the connector in and out over
>> time. For
>> months now, two laptops have been sharing one power adaptor. Now
>> with the
>> near-death of the PowerBook, the iBook was getting excited about not
>> having
>> to share, but sadly for it, one of Apple's poorer designs has come
>> home to
>> roost :-(
>> 
>> Assuming no-one repairs these power adaptors any more economically
>> than a
>> replacement can be bought, anyone have an old one for sale or trade,
>> or know
>> anywhere that sells them? When I say trade, I have a 90-odd litre
>> tub full
>> of gadgets, cables of all descriptions, connectors, etc, most of
>> which were
>> bought for some once-only occasion and now are rarely or never used
>> - I
>> imagine many of you have the same collection though.
>> 
>> Actually, whilst on the subject of trade, maybe someone out there
>> with an
>> extra PowerBook hard disk might like to trade it for something I
>> have? I
>> don't think I can justify forking out the cash for a replacement
>> hard disk,
>> but I could probably justify handing over stuff I have but don't
>> need. All
>> good gear, and mostly had limited use. Let's see...Airport Extreme
>> dome base
>> station? Motorola cable modem? Dlink non-VoIP DSL router? Lantech 8-
>> port
>> ethernet hub? HP keyboard? Compaq keyboard? HP numeric keypad? Even an
>> analogue modem surely with museum value, and an HP 4MP LaserJet
>> printer (now
>> I'm pushing it).
>> 
>> I look forward to the flood of offers!
>> 
>> Regards, Steven


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Re: Needed - pre-mag safe power adaptor for PowerBook / iBook

[Rob Findlay]

I recently bought an iBook power adaptor from an eBay store located in  
Hong Kong. The total price with shipping was $26 and the adaptor  
arrive as advertised in about a week.



On 07/05/2008, at 9:56 PM, Steven wrote:

Just to rub salt into the wounds of my hard disk woes, my PowerBook  
and

iBook pre-magsafe piece-of-cr*p power adaptor has finally bit the dust
tonight as well. That's the 2nd one of these things to croak on me -  
I guess
it doesn't help having kids ripping the connector in and out over  
time. For
months now, two laptops have been sharing one power adaptor. Now  
with the
near-death of the PowerBook, the iBook was getting excited about not  
having
to share, but sadly for it, one of Apple's poorer designs has come  
home to

roost :-(

Assuming no-one repairs these power adaptors any more economically  
than a
replacement can be bought, anyone have an old one for sale or trade,  
or know
anywhere that sells them? When I say trade, I have a 90-odd litre  
tub full
of gadgets, cables of all descriptions, connectors, etc, most of  
which were
bought for some once-only occasion and now are rarely or never used  
- I

imagine many of you have the same collection though.

Actually, whilst on the subject of trade, maybe someone out there  
with an
extra PowerBook hard disk might like to trade it for something I  
have? I
don't think I can justify forking out the cash for a replacement  
hard disk,
but I could probably justify handing over stuff I have but don't  
need. All
good gear, and mostly had limited use. Let's see...Airport Extreme  
dome base
station? Motorola cable modem? Dlink non-VoIP DSL router? Lantech 8- 
port

ethernet hub? HP keyboard? Compaq keyboard? HP numeric keypad? Even an
analogue modem surely with museum value, and an HP 4MP LaserJet  
printer (now

I'm pushing it).

I look forward to the flood of offers!

Regards, Steven


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Re: nokia phone to Tiger

[Steven]

The 6111 is iSync compatible it seems. See...

http://www.nokia.com.au/A4630409

Cheers, Steven


On 7/5/08 10:04 PM, "tom samson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a nokia 6111 phone with usb data connection lead how can I
> make my g5 10,4.11 read it?


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nokia phone to Tiger

[tom samson]

I have a nokia 6111 phone with usb data connection lead how can I  
make my g5 10,4.11 read it?


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Needed - pre-mag safe power adaptor for PowerBook / iBook

[Steven]

Just to rub salt into the wounds of my hard disk woes, my PowerBook and
iBook pre-magsafe piece-of-cr*p power adaptor has finally bit the dust
tonight as well. That's the 2nd one of these things to croak on me - I guess
it doesn't help having kids ripping the connector in and out over time. For
months now, two laptops have been sharing one power adaptor. Now with the
near-death of the PowerBook, the iBook was getting excited about not having
to share, but sadly for it, one of Apple's poorer designs has come home to
roost :-(

Assuming no-one repairs these power adaptors any more economically than a
replacement can be bought, anyone have an old one for sale or trade, or know
anywhere that sells them? When I say trade, I have a 90-odd litre tub full
of gadgets, cables of all descriptions, connectors, etc, most of which were
bought for some once-only occasion and now are rarely or never used - I
imagine many of you have the same collection though.

Actually, whilst on the subject of trade, maybe someone out there with an
extra PowerBook hard disk might like to trade it for something I have? I
don't think I can justify forking out the cash for a replacement hard disk,
but I could probably justify handing over stuff I have but don't need. All
good gear, and mostly had limited use. Let's see...Airport Extreme dome base
station? Motorola cable modem? Dlink non-VoIP DSL router? Lantech 8-port
ethernet hub? HP keyboard? Compaq keyboard? HP numeric keypad? Even an
analogue modem surely with museum value, and an HP 4MP LaserJet printer (now
I'm pushing it).

I look forward to the flood of offers!

Regards, Steven


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Re: Booting from DiskWarrior CD forces restart of Mac ?

[Steven]

Thanks all for all the good suggestions once again. For those who asked, I
have rev 42 of DiskWarrior I think, which Severin mentioned is for Leopard,
so maybe that was the problem. I'm using Tiger on a 17" 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2
Duo MacBook Pro. Anyway, I got round it via Greg's suggestion of connecting
two machines via FireWire.

Cheers!

On 7/5/08 10:07 AM, "Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Since I was playing about with DiskWarrior to fix a PowerBook problem, I
> thought I might as well give DiskWarrior a run on my MacBook Pro (both
> laptops run 10.4.11).
> 
> On both counts, I booted from the DiskWarrior CD. The PowerBook worked fine,
> but part way through the booting process on the MacBook Pro, the process
> stops a message on the screen asks to restart the Mac by holding down the
> power button.
> 
> I'm wondering whether this has something to do with the fact that the
> MacBook Pro has at the moment only about 3.75Gb of free disk space (it's a
> 160Gb hard disk), and if so, what would be the minimum free disk space
> required for it to work?
> 
> And I know, I need to address that disk space problem.
> 
> Regards, Steven


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Re: Re CD on iMac

[Bill Cole]

Hi Bob,
		 not found the answer yet, awaiting a reply from the husband of a  
friend who we do volunteer work with ( Mac trained apparently) they  
live in the next suburb ( a little nearer) if its still no go, I'd  
like to take you up on your offer if it's still available, if / when  
I get it  resolved I'll advise everyone ( they must be waiting with  
bated breath !! )


		In the mean time I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed,  
and although they didn't solve the problem I, and I'm sure a lot on  
the list, have learnt a lot through their input.  Thanks a lot.


Bill

On 07/05/2008, at 6:05 PM, Robert Howells wrote:


Hi Bill ,

We are hanging out wondering whether you have found the answer yet ?

Cheers

Bob



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Re: isopropyl alcohol

[Paul K]

True, but you cannot squirt them into the air and ignite the spray...
A safer version is to fold citrus skin and ignite the spraying oils.
Dried citrus skin makes excellent fire lighters.
Yes yes, I know I'm a pyromaniac. Fire is our friend ;-)

Cheers
Paul

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Re: Organizational Chart Application

[James / Hans Kunz]

neo office is similar to m$ office & can do the job.hey  
it's 100% free, donation appreciated

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
120 meg download!!!
cheers James


On 07/05/2008, at 10:52, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote:

Graham needs to draw a few organisational charts. Nothing fancy,  
just boxes of text which may be joined by lines


G5 iMac PPC 1.8 GHz, 1 G RAM, OS 10.3.9

Can anyone recommend a free or cheap program to do this, please?

Diana

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Re: isopropyl alcohol

[pweaver]

You can buy boxes of relatively inexpensive, individually packaged
pre-injection isopropyl alcohol swabs from pharmacies.  They're handy
for cleaning all sorts of things.  The swabs are safer and more
convenient than having bottles of the stuff lying about.

Cheers, Paul.


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