Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-25 Thread themacuser
On 26/02/2006, at 5:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 26/02/06 01:49, Concetta Zito at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I'm really confused by now. Does the G-Books maclaunch list exist or not? My understanding is that it was 100% moved to Google. Why are people still posting to it? I hesitate

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-25 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 26/02/06 01:49, Concetta Zito at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, I'm really confused by now. > Does the G-Books maclaunch list exist or not? > My understanding is that it was 100% moved to Google. > Why are people still posting to it? > I hesitate to unsubscribe because of that! It still exi

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-25 Thread Concetta Zito
Sorry, I'm really confused by now. Does the G-Books maclaunch list exist or not? My understanding is that it was 100% moved to Google. Why are people still posting to it? I hesitate to unsubscribe because of that! Concetta Why am I still getting messages from maclaunch if the list has been switc

Re: OS upgrades

2006-02-25 Thread calebcupplessocialism
You must have a friend, somewhere, with broadband. Back in the Dark Ages (before I got some high-speed at home), I'd routinely pack up my Cube and just take it over to a friend's house. We'd have some beer & pizza, get the thing fully updated, and that'd be that. It's good to socialize, sometimes

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Tim
On Feb 25, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Terry McCune wrote: This sort of dialogue should be carried on off list. It's between 2 people and has NOTHING to do with the aims of the list. -- Terry McCune I thoroughly agree. I sent it to the list by accident and apologized for it. It is easy to see th

OS upgrades SOLVED

2006-02-25 Thread Ken Neff
Thanks for the kind offfers and advice. A wonderful list member has offered to burn it onto a cd for me. I hope I can return the favor someday. (As soon as I can get DSL in my neighboorhood.) Ken -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely differentÂ… -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Terry McCune
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Tim wrote: On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: > > Agreed, attitude *does* matter, but may I suggest it's a two way > street. "BUT" cancels out everything said before it Everything? I disagree. > It was a succession of belittling comments, an ov

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread phoenix
Quoth Amber Robey : > Sorry...we have asked people not to send test messages to the list > and they continue to do so. > There is not much we can do about it at this point except continue to > ask people not to send test messages to the group. As Dan Knight > recently noted, test messages waste

Re: OS upgrades

2006-02-25 Thread phoenix
Quoth Ken Neff : > Could anyone tell me if the free Apple OS upgrades are available on CD? > I have OS X 10.4 and want to upgrade to 10.4.5. Problem is that the > upgrade is 124 MB and I have a dial-up connection. Software update > informed me it would take from 12 to 18 hours to download. My spou

Re: OS upgrades

2006-02-25 Thread VICTORIA.DUGGAN
On Feb 25, 2006, at 4:21 PM, Ken Neff wrote: Hello, list. Could anyone tell me if the free Apple OS upgrades are available on CD? I have OS X 10.4 and want to upgrade to 10.4.5. Problem is that the upgrade is 124 MB and I have a dial-up connection. Software update informed me it would take

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Tim wrote: > On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: > > > > Agreed, attitude *does* matter, but may I suggest it's a two way > > street. > > "BUT" cancels out everything said before it Everything? I disagree. > > It was a succession of belittling comments, an

Re: OS upgrades

2006-02-25 Thread darm0k
At 11:21 AM -0500 02/25/2006, Ken Neff wrote: Could anyone tell me if the free Apple OS upgrades are available on CD? upgrade is 124 MB and I have a dial-up connection. I donno if Apple offers them any more. Check with a local Apple dealer or Apple Store. They'll probably be willing to bur

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread woodyduncan
On Feb 25, 2006, at 9:31 AM, Amber Robey wrote: I honestly appreciate the input of those members on the list who genuinely want to use it for the purpose for which it was intended - discussion of computer related topics. This is one of the primary reasons that we have list nannies/manag

Re: OS upgrades

2006-02-25 Thread woodyduncan
On Feb 25, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Ken Neff wrote: Could anyone tell me if the free Apple OS upgrades are available on CD? I have OS X 10.4 and want to upgrade to 10.4.5. Problem is that the upgrade is 124 MB and I have a dial-up connection. Software update informed me it would take from 12 to 18

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Amber Robey
Hello Woody, On 25-Feb-06, at 6:09 AM, woodyduncan wrote: Why am I still getting messages from maclaunch if the list has been switched to google ? You need to unsubscribe from the MacLaunch lists if you wish to leave them. To do so, all you have to do is look at the footer of this mess

OS upgrades

2006-02-25 Thread Ken Neff
Hello, list. Could anyone tell me if the free Apple OS upgrades are available on CD? I have OS X 10.4 and want to upgrade to 10.4.5. Problem is that the upgrade is 124 MB and I have a dial-up connection. Software update informed me it would take from 12 to 18 hours to download. My spouse and I ha

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread woodyduncan
Why am I still getting messages from maclaunch if the list has been switched to google ? I have four messages this morning from maclaunch, and none from google. Mostly what I get from google is test, test, test. Also, Why all this talk about who said what that was inappropriate back when ? I was

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Tim
On Feb 25, 2006, at 6:20 AM, Tim wrote: SHOW your respect then, Frank, or you will be banned from this and other lists as well. -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1st/pci-powermacs, G and swap-list nanny "Wear short sleeves! Support your right to bare arms!" Sorry, peeps that was supposed to

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Tim
On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: Agreed, attitude *does* matter, but may I suggest it's a two way street. "BUT" cancels out everything said before it It was a succession of belittling comments, an overtly condescending manner, and the use of derisive sarcasm by the n

Re: List Behaviour (Was: Moving to Google Groups)

2006-02-25 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: It was a succession of belittling comments, an overtly condescending manner, and the use of derisive sarcasm by the nanny in question towards listers - behaviour which had only days earlier been explicitly *prohibited* on the list - which