OS X nested Preference problems

2002-07-08 Thread Peter Johnson
This is a smidge off topic, but I'm having the problem on a Pismo 400 so maybe one of you folks can help me. I recently re-partitioned and re-installed OS X on my laptop. I started from 10.0.3, upgraded to 10.1 then did the slew of OS and security updates to get it fully up to date. Reinstalled

Re: OS X nested Preference problems

2002-07-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 08/07/02 10:38, Peter Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a smidge off topic, but I'm having the problem on a Pismo 400 so maybe one of you folks can help me. I recently re-partitioned and re-installed OS X on my laptop. I started from 10.0.3, upgraded to 10.1 then did the slew of

List Nanny MIA for a Bit

2002-07-08 Thread Jeremy Derr
Hey All, I just thought I'd give you all an FYI in that I will be MIA off-and-on for the next few weeks as I arrange an intrastate move to Houston. At the end of this week, I will be switching to Digest Mode and only checking my email once every few days (at most). Laurent is, as always, the

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
Actually, I never meant to dismiss your point. It's just that there are standards and there are habits and sometimes it takes very long for the first to overcome the latter if ever (Just have a look as the use of SI units). Or, taken another way- the habits often end up becoming the

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/8/02 8:12 PM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I talked to my friend at Symantec about this a few months back. Everyone calls it Virii. Pronounced Vye-Rye. You have friends in the know in every field don't you Kyle? Walt -- A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/8/02 8:12 PM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love McAfee. I am just going on what I know. I used to work for Apple. Ah yes, you told us this before. The 8500 right? Walt Never try to baptize a cat. -- Eileen, age 8 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: OS X nested Preference problems

2002-07-08 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
This is a smidge off topic, but I'm having the problem on a Pismo 400 so maybe one of you folks can help me. I recently re-partitioned and re-installed OS X on my laptop. I started from 10.0.3, upgraded to 10.1 then did the slew of OS and security updates to get it fully up to date.

Re: OS X nested Preference problems

2002-07-08 Thread John Haumann
Has anyone else tried running the repair permissions script more than once? When I ran it the second time, I figured that no new changes would have been made, but I figured wrong. One day had elapsed between the two. When I ran it a third time (a day later) more changes were reflected in

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Jonathan Gordon
FYIthis comes straight from McAfee's Virus Glossary. ยท Virus (plural viruses): A program that is capable of replicating with little or no user intervention, and the replicated program(s) also replicate further.

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Eugene Lee
viruses vs. virii... What's the point of proper spelling since we're talking about the English language? It seems so oxymoronic. -- Eugene Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: OS X nested Preference problems

2002-07-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 08/07/02 16:33, Peter Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a couple of problems at first with double clicking on files not properly launching applications. That seemed to have fixed itself. To answer your question about the Preference Panes, their kind is listed as Package. The

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook)

2002-07-08 Thread Jim Eddy
On 7/3/02 11:33 PM, Michael Bryan Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the biggest thing you can do is check your cable. A lot of devices ship with el cheapo cables which go bad after awhile. If you have another comp to try the device on, that'll let you know. It's a pretty expensive fix