Re: LOL...

2003-01-24 Thread Jon Glass
on 1/23/03 2:47 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : RE; but why? depending on the country, and the industry,, metric isnt : standardized either,, How is the metric system not standard? I guess that for Americans, if they don't use it, it's not standard, even if anybody

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: Andrew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:53 AM Subject: Re: Reviving Pismo Battery? If you completely discharge your Li-Ion battery, (just for the sake of discharging only to then re-charge) you will

Re: new PB

2003-01-24 Thread Guy Masson
Given the times we live in - a very sobering signature file. GM -- Jon Glass Krakow, Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread Mark Kippert
Kent Wieland on 1/24/03 10:42 AM wrote: Has anyone heard a date for revised Ibooks? I'm considering picking one up but I don't want to jump the gun if speedbumped, or perhaps even G4-based, Ibooks are on the way. I doubt we'll see anything soon. I can't see them getting faster and with the

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread Luca Rescigno
Has anyone heard a date for revised Ibooks? I'm considering picking one up but I don't want to jump the gun if speedbumped, or perhaps even G4-based, Ibooks are on the way. I doubt we'll see anything soon. I can't see them getting faster and with the release of the 12 Aluminum G4, I

Re: LOL...

2003-01-24 Thread Mike Amato
on 1/24/03 1:06 AM, Rick Banuelos at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 06:16 PM, Mark Loeffler wrote: do you remember O rings ? Why were they so important in the ? WHAT?! Hm. No, really, WHAT?! Rick They were the cause of the crash of the space flight which had

Re: LOL... (OT)

2003-01-24 Thread Luca Rescigno
They were the cause of the crash of the space flight which had the teacher aboard. They became brittle in the extreme cold and cracked letting fuel out which then exploded killing the entire crew. Yep, the Challenger disaster. The reason this slipped through is because it was a

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread dograt
On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 07:42 AM, Kent Wieland wrote: Has anyone heard a date for revised Ibooks? I'm considering picking one up but I don't want to jump the gun if speedbumped, or perhaps even G4-based, Ibooks are on the way. They just bumped them in November. Usually Apple

Re: LOL... (OT)

2003-01-24 Thread Mike Amato
on 1/24/03 1:54 PM, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They were the cause of the crash of the space flight which had the teacher aboard. They became brittle in the extreme cold and cracked letting fuel out which then exploded killing the entire crew. Yep, the Challenger disaster.

Re: LOL... (OT)

2003-01-24 Thread Guy Masson
Correct. NASA was not at fault, per se - The manufacturer supplied them with bad information regarding possible issues with O-Rings and extreme low temps. Enough blame to go around. GM Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it (Or something like that...) -- From:

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 01:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 07:42 AM, Kent Wieland wrote: Has anyone heard a date for revised Ibooks? I'm considering picking one up but I don't want to jump the gun if speedbumped, or perhaps even G4-based, Ibooks

Re: LOL... (OT)

2003-01-24 Thread Luca Rescigno
Correct. NASA was not at fault, per se - The manufacturer supplied them with bad information regarding possible issues with O-Rings and extreme low temps. Enough blame to go around. GM Thanks for the clarification. I don't want to be caught throwing blame where it doesn't belong. --

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread Luca Rescigno
They just bumped them in November. Usually Apple does a minimum 6 month cycle, I think, between new releases. FWIW, I'm very pleased with my 800 MHz 12 combo drive. I applied the monitor- spanning hack and it is just the perfect 'Book for me. dave I don't think that's a very safe

Re: LOL... (OT)

2003-01-24 Thread K.
ClarificationThe manufacturer of the solid rocket booster that blew...Martin Thiokol had provided recommendations against launching when icing conditions were possible or occured before launch time. NASA was facing a limited launch window and the POLITICAL considerations drove the decision to

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Donald Keenan
On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 09:58 AM, Joe Ellis wrote: Just another note on battery care for the Pismo; if you have 2 batteries but tend to use only 1 at a time, like keeping the DVD/CD player in the other slot, you need to remember to rotate the batteries on a regular basis. The

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 24/01/03 22:18, Donald Keenan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 09:58 AM, Joe Ellis wrote: Just another note on battery care for the Pismo; if you have 2 batteries but tend to use only 1 at a time, like keeping the DVD/CD player in the other slot, you need to

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Gladys Pérez-Almiroty
I have left my spare battery out of my Pismo for much longer than three months. It should recharge once I plug in my adapter and let it sit in the bay, no? Donald donald: i don't want to sound like a party pooper, but i did the same thing and my battery is dead as a doornail. i even tried a

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 24/01/03 22:50, Gladys Pérez-Almiroty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have left my spare battery out of my Pismo for much longer than three months. It should recharge once I plug in my adapter and let it sit in the bay, no? Donald donald: i don't want to sound like a party pooper, but i

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Thomas Ethen
I also had problems with one of my Pismo batteries that I ignored for quite a while and when I finally tried to use it, it would not longer take a charge (10 min run time instead of the 2.5 hours it had before), so now I rotate them and have not had the same experience since. The one I had

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Joe Ellis
On 1/24/03 11:42 PM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also had problems with one of my Pismo batteries that I ignored for quite a while and when I finally tried to use it, it would not longer take a charge (10 min run time instead of the 2.5 hours it had before), so now I rotate them

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread wappling
Re; the most recent changes were just before Christmas,whats out now is current for awhile,whether they will make additional changes in the g3 i-books or-g4 PB line-up or intro the g5 next?purely a guess on our part.there is never a good time to buy a computer,but as it stands for the moment a

Re: new ibooks soon?

2003-01-24 Thread Donald Keenan
On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 12:33 AM, wappling wrote: Re; the most recent changes were just before Christmas,whats out now is current for awhile,whether they will make additional changes in the g3 i-books or-g4 PB line-up or intro the g5 next?purely a guess on our part.there is never a

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread Peter Sealy
On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Joe Ellis wrote: On 1/24/03 11:42 PM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Afraid I don't know who started this thread, I've lost track! However AppleCare Document [used to be the old Knowledge Base articles] 10571 has Apple's views on how

Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?

2003-01-24 Thread P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo
On 1/24/2003 10:13 PM Joe Ellis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall a post a while back where someone said he threw the battery at a dumpster; missed and picked it up; saw the first led had lit up, put it back in his computer and it took a charge and it's still working. Maybe a mechanical shock