list FAQ, which explains the subscription
confirmation system and some other features, such as online
subscription management.
Dan Knight, listmom
Thanks, Dan!
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accepting your fate
in the fascist state
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, to the Haight, smoke dope, and write stories.
Those guys went on to the U of Chicago as part of carefully
negotiated career moves; I think the computer stuff was really
secondary to their ambitions.
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Hmm. I worked on the project that put SPSS together. Cards. Stacks of
cards. Hated keying those cards; probably two bad ones for every one
that came out right. Big IBM 360/67 in a building the size of
gymnasium. One day, I loaded a stack in, went into the snack bar, put
in change for a
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Andrew in Ann Arbor
Works, thank you. Now I can go on disturbing the comfortable—and
humorless geeks.
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arguments about Respect For The Law. I'm a crappy
consumer, not putting my shoulder to the wheel any more than
necessary. That's why I like low-end Mac — there are more than
enough sites and posts about high-end Mac.
Peter Webster
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for my blogs. It's a good example of something
that does what it needs to do. The page layout itself is dandy: good
for newsletters. Good substitute for the word processing in Appleworks.
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Rules are rules. To go against the rules is like disagreeing with the
president: unpatriotic. You're with us or against us.
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or is a Communist state
would said
tag line be true.
I was being ironic and cranky and anti-establishment at the same
time. As usual. But, yes, I took my meds and fingered out how to
bottom post.
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a week. Even student that don't
have a software program with their school would rather save the 200.00
on an app if they can use a office suite that is free.
My two cents again
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This is one of the dumbest threads ever to circulate. You all aren't
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FWIW Dept.
After consulting with you all, I was talking on the phone with a friend;
he asked if the USB card in the slot on my Wall Street had external
power. I'd never plugged it in.
I plugged it in.
Works fine, now.
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I just tried a Gizmo jump drive on my WallStreet II, sys 9.1, a Belkin
USB card. No icon for the drive. The system profiler shows mass storage
flash card on USB 0. I have a generic USB icon on the desktop, but I
can't drop anything into it.
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Many thanks!
JP wrote:
this is the URL:
http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm
you also might want to see:
http://home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/
good luck
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My friend lives in his van; that's probably against the law, too. I had
no idea he was such a law-breaker!
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At 11:43 AM +0800 04/04/2005, Lawrence Sarah Ballew wrote:
My latest PB is the first one with a wireless option. I'm pretty much
ignorant about how it works to
I have a friend with a airport extreme; he just parks outside libraries.
Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:
I am going to be traveling in the USA for a couple months this summer.
Could some of you recommend some ISP options which would provide me
with at least dial-up access in most major cities?
. Don't I need a password and stuff like that in
order to get on line?
Lawrence
On Apr 4, 2005, at 10:53, Jason wrote:
do alot of libraries have wireless now?
On Apr 3, 2005, at 18:41, peter webster wrote:
I have a friend with a airport extreme; he just parks outside libraries.
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Ya-teh-hay, Amber!
Con mucho gusto
Glad to have you
etc etc
Skinny Butt
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
act. -George Orwell, writer (1903-1950)
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Well...On my Wallstreet (with my Wallstreet, I should say) I use an
external Zip cd-rw, via a USB card, and it does what I need it to do. Takes
up a little extra space, but a used ext cd-rw isn't all that expensive.
At 2:33 PM +1100 3/3/05, Ben Dyer wrote:
On 3 Mar 2005, at 06:38, Malcolm
I saw a G3 all-in-one advertised-with a 30 day warranty-for $80 plus
shipping. I like to browse pawn shops. There are cheap functional Macs out
there. I know because I've bought a bunch of them through the years.
At 12:31 PM -0500 1/25/05, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 25/01/05 12:25, Amber [EMAIL
It's a new year. Let's not go down that what's-illegal-what's-legal road again.
At 7:32 PM -0500 1/17/05, Tim Collier wrote:
Hey Ben, that's somebody else's music! What you are suggesting is
tantamount to theft. Aase, put your OWN music in iTunes, the stuff that is
there now is NOT YOURS!
For
It's a new year. Let's not go down that what's-illegal-what's-legal road again.
At 7:32 PM -0500 1/17/05, Tim Collier wrote:
Hey Ben, that's somebody else's music! What you are suggesting is
tantamount to theft. Aase, put your OWN music in iTunes, the stuff that is
there now is NOT YOURS!
For
I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word
attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they
claim they can't open them-and, often can't. Once in a while one will fly
through, open simply by the other end clicking on the attachment. But
mostly, they
Eudora 3.1. Any advantage into moving to the latest version (for doing this
sort of stuff)?
Really appreciate the help!
At 12:19 PM -0700 10/5/04, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote:
I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word
In the twelve years I've been around Macs, it's always been the flower
key--or, with newbies, that key with the thingy on it.
Skinny Butt
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I have a wallstreet, w/sys. 9.1. I just bought a lexmark z605 printer
(w/Lexmark software). When I try to print from any application (word 2001,
appleworks 6, etc.) everything locks up once I click on the Print button.
I just did a clean re-install, and reinstalled the Lex. software; it
printed
Close, but I'm running off AC. Damn.
I believe this is a USB only printer so I will through this one thought out.
A friend of mine had a WallStreet with a USB PC card and USB mouse. She
complained that it was freezing all of the time. When I looked at it, I
couldn't find a single problem, but
Well, of course! What else can a person do?
I will say that it's very very fortunate for Jobs that he's rich. Poor
people don't do as well with cancer treatments as do rich people. That's
because they often get different levels of care.
Yes, I saw it last night on the news. I'm sending my
Yes, I figured there might be unintended consequences--so I asked.
Thanks for the info!
I have OS 9.2 on my Wallstreet. Can I get rid of the keychain
foolishness by simply tossing everything in my sys folder that says
keychain? I don't need it.
I am not sure about OS 9, but if you did
I have OS 9.2 on my Wallstreet. Can I get rid of the keychain
foolishness by simply tossing everything in my sys folder that says
keychain? I don't need it.
Thanks in advance.
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It's a big province. To go from the major cities outside the prov.
would cost more than the fees.
At 12:42 PM -0700 05/08/2004, peter webster wrote:
Here's a good idea-- bound to set the manufacturers and dealers off
on multiple tirades, but it's about being responsible with our junk!
I'm
Well, you may be right. It's all kind of rhetorical, at least for me,
since I live in Oregon.
peter webster wrote,
(originally as an unedited top post, doubling up on
the ads which cause our lists to be spam-blocked):
At 12:42 PM -0700 05/08/2004, peter webster wrote:
Here's a good idea
Here's a good idea--bound to set the
manufacturers and dealers off on multiple
tirades, but it's about being responsible with
our junk!
C B C . C A N e w s - F u l l S t o r y :
Alberta sets electronic recycling fees
Last Updated Fri, 07 May 2004 15:16:38
EDMONTON - The Alberta
Small world: the email just before this one was from paypal too. I
automatically tossed it. Never have had a paypal account...Yeah, I am
a Luddite.
Buyer Beware (sorry in advance for the length): I received an email Monday
I thought was from PayPal ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) asking
It's a full moon. My W.S. is running fine, to keep on topic of G books.
Can you guys take the argument off list please? It's decreasing the
signal to noise ratio of this list by the minute.
Thanks
Steve Fuller
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I've been getting these forever--or so it seems--I toss them. Spam
like that deserves the Al-Anon approach: I didn't cause it and I
can't cure it.
That won't help either, as I have a e-mail address that I have never sent an
e-mail from and I still get tons of spam each day. Go figure!
Tom
I have a local service provider, since I'm disabled, I get a discount
from 19.95 to 9.95 per month. They're not real hip about Macs, but
then I don't have all that much trouble. I like the idea of the money
staying here in my community, something that's harder and harder to
accomplish. I just
I'm glad this topic came up. I have a bridge for sale
There was a similar ad that ran in Mac Addict last year..in the
summer for about 2 months or more IIRC...There was a lot of
discussion about it back then...I think it turned out to be a
pyramid scam...Haven't heard or seen anything
Yes, I did the same $17 + 4 routine and mine works, too. I also buy
my clothes at 2nd hand stores.
Okay, this does it... I LOVE MACINTOSH!!!
I got tired of seeing all these nifty USB2 devices, feeling trapped
inside my Powerbook. Yes, it's got firewire and USB 1.1, but
golley... digital
You mean, even I can write a bad sentence? Shocked, I am.
Erm,.. you used a pool cue to get the price down to $300?!?
You're meant to be bartering not battering...
I found my Wallstreet in a pawn shop. It was $300 with a nice
carrying case, the video adaptor, charger, and a battery that holds a
Think: Micro$oft.
I have received 4 bounce notices from the G-Books Admin in the last
10 hrsWhen I repliwd to each one, I got the notice that a
subscription had been entered under my addy...Anyone else get this??
Regards,
Mike
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I found my Wallstreet in a pawn shop. It was $300 with a nice
carrying case, the video adaptor, charger, and a battery that holds a
good charge. And a working PRAM battery. They wanted $350, but we got
it at $300 with a nifty pool cue. Check the pawn shops.
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It's it's it's
OK OK OK
I'm so sorry to have transmitted the same message three times. I
received mailer-daemon messages the first time, which were obviously
incorrect. Now I see that my message got through each time. Sorry,
sorry, sorry!
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I do, too. Works fine, relatively inexpensive, and fairly simple
technology (simple compared to a lot of current solutions.
Gavin Tiplady wrote:
I have a much loved and constantly used Wallstreet (256MB, 10Gb
running 10.2.6) which runs my Tomcat, Apache and Mail servers 24 x
7.
I'd like to
A few days ago I wrote about a problem w/maintaining connections on
my Wallstreet. I'm still having trouble, fwiw. My apple sys profiler
simply told me my modem was in use; no further information can be
gathered.
20031214
Setting up a WallStreet 300MHz, I've run into a curious problem:
I have a wallstreet I got out of a pawnshop. It has two quirks I want
to ask about:
1. If I restart, the desktop shifts around--that is, the aliases and
such change positions. I've reset the PRAM. Could this be the PRAM
battery? The time stays right on.
2. My internet connection is dialup,
Thanks for the help. I knew it would have to be something uniqueYeah, 9.1.
Peter,
Can't offer much help, since I've never heard about those problems. Is this
in 9? The first problem is likely a software problem, and I would be tempted
to say that the 2nd one is a hardware one, but I'm not
I can't resist:
The current president uses a Fisher-Price.
On 12/9/03 11:37 PM, Donald Keenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the
Cybertrough:
The current Onion www.theonion.com features a story on Bill Clinton
googling himself. The story is accompanied by a photo of him (?) sitting
in front of a
Then there are those of us who buy used machines off the swap list or
out of pawn shops and a G4 or a G5 is about as real a prospect as
Bush resigning in disgrace.
Also be advised the Powerlogix will be using G3/1000 chips beginning
sometime in January. They offered me the option of
Absolutely.
I need a reference to figure out whether to go with an Asante base
wireless, or an Apple Extreme Airport refurb with no antenna
jack---or buffalo tech--or another.
I think I want the Buffalo Tech repeater thingy, but it's not due
out till January.
I just want a cheap wireless
I prefer the little furniture feet solution, available at local
building supply stores, discount centers, etc.. Worked/works for me.
On Nov 18, 2003, at 4:36 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote:
Brent writes:
Does anyone else have a suggestion for a reasonably priced
source of black powerbook feet?
A:
So, happily making a filter (Eudora 6--but as I recall, it works in
earlier versions, too) that screens for improper off-list emails in
the subject line and deletes them, I say good-by to the topic.
Jeez--this was as bad as a debate between fundamentalist protestants
and atheists.
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I've lived over 65 years without iTunes. I plan on doing the same
thing for the second half.
On 10/28/03 10:22 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote:
Oh yeah...for those of you/us still running OS 9.It's been considered a
dead OS for a couple of years now. Get with the times or QYB. Apple
should not
You mean, gasp, those of us using old equipment just aren't all that
important in the scheme of things Mac? If we're not important to
Apple, then...what about our self-esteem???
At 10:45 AM -0600 10/29/03, David M. Ensteness wrote:
On Oct 29, 2003, at 9:14 AM, Lorraine Kerwood wrote:
Yes, I
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