Re: OT Order

2011-01-07 Thread David J Brooks
It's here.;-) Dave On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 4/1/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>What was nyour phone number again.?? > > Ni! > > -- > > > Cheers, >  Cotty > > > ___/\__ > ||   (O)  |     People, Places, Pastiche > --      http://www.cottysnaps

Re: OT Order

2011-01-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/1/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >What was nyour phone number again.?? Ni! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread mike wilson
On 04/01/2011, Rob Studdert wrote: > There are some pretty malicious and very clever rootkits circulating > now and they are hidden so well that most AV/malware applications > can't even detect them. Do you have a self booting o/s like BartPE > that you can use to back up your data and help root

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 January 2011 09:30, mike wilson wrote: > On 04/01/2011, John Francis wrote: >>I personally don't want to put financial and tax information on somebody >> else's hardware. > > I wouldn't mind as long as they accepted responsibility for it as > well.  My bank has asked me numerous times in the

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread mike wilson
On 04/01/2011, John Francis wrote: >I personally don't want to put financial and tax information on somebody > else's hardware. I wouldn't mind as long as they accepted responsibility for it as well. My bank has asked me numerous times in the last year to do internet banking. I always say that

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 4/1/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I owe them a LOT of drinks when/if we ever meet up. > > I'll be happy to take the cash now ;) What was nyour phone number again.?? Dave > > -- > > > Cheers, >  Cotty > > > ___/\__ > ||   (O)

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/4/2011 1:00 PM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jan 4, 2011, at 12:42 PM, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:23:41AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: I can say that Macs have a much longer practical lifespan and far fewer support issues than their PC counterparts. There are (many) good reas

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread pnstenquist
Ill take the drink. - Cotty wrote: > On 4/1/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I owe them a LOT of drinks when/if we ever meet up. > > I'll be happy to take the cash now ;) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > -- http

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 01:00:13PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2011, at 12:42 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:23:41AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: > >> > >> I can say that Macs have a much longer practical lifespan and far > >> fewer support issues than their

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/1/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >I owe them a LOT of drinks when/if we ever meet up. I'll be happy to take the cash now ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 4, 2011, at 12:42 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:23:41AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> I can say that Macs have a much longer practical lifespan and far >> fewer support issues than their PC counterparts. There are (many) good >> reasons that people swear BY Macs a

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:23:41AM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: > > I can say that Macs have a much longer practical lifespan and far > fewer support issues than their PC counterparts. There are (many) good > reasons that people swear BY Macs and swear AT PCs and its not just > because they are fanbo

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread Darren Addy
Did everyone forget that Apple's OS X *IS* unix (BSD)? You can use vi from the terminal to create your web sites, if you are the sort of person who enjoys driving screws into wood with a rock. Regarding the Oatmeal cartoon about Apple above, I am reminded of the Dr. Seuss story about the Star-bell

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread Steven Desjardins
I have a colleague in my dept., an organic chemist, who went to MIT in the late 80's. At that time their main computer system was the Unix-based Athena system, which was pretty hot stuff back then. When I asked her about it early one she told me she never used it. I was stunned. She told me "no

Re: OT Order

2011-01-04 Thread David J Brooks
for,;-) I owe them a LOT of drinks when/if we ever meet up. Dave > > > > - Original Message - From: "Bill Owens" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:35 PM > Subject: Re: OT Order > > > The Dell our son gave

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread David Mann
On Jan 4, 2011, at 7:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected > delivery Jan 10. > Now to disassemble the PC, get rid of the old desk and give my SO some > space back in the dinning room. > Excited. And so it begins. http://theoatmeal.co

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread Boris Liberman
As a well known folk saying goes: Unix is very user friendly, it is just as selective about who its friends are... On 1/4/2011 1:32 AM, Keith Whaley wrote: Larry Colen wrote: [...] Despite all of the annoyances, macs are pretty good systems, especially since for most things, if the gui is to

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread Christine Aguila
ot; Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:35 PM Subject: Re: OT Order The Dell our son gave Phyllis gave up the ghost back in November. Mine, on startup went to a black screen and after 39 minutes the wall paper came up but no icons. On December 22, we proceeded to the local Apple store and got this

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread Bill Owens
The Dell our son gave Phyllis gave up the ghost back in November. Mine, on startup went to a black screen and after 39 minutes the wall paper came up but no icons. On December 22, we proceeded to the local Apple store and got this MacBook and are so far quite happy with it. Bill On Mon, Jan 3,

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread Christine Aguila
From: "David J Brooks" Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected delivery Jan 10. Now to disassemble the PC, get rid of the old desk and give my SO some space back in the dinning room. Excited. Happy for you , Dave. I'll probably be right behind you contemplati

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread Keith Whaley
Larry Colen wrote: [...] Despite all of the annoyances, macs are pretty good systems, especially since for most things, if the gui is too confusing, you can always open up a terminal and get to the intuitive command line. Boy, I've heard the terminal called a lot of things, but...never THAT!

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread P. J. Alling
And my God have mercy on your soul... Sorry now Apple owns your soul. On 1/3/2011 1:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected delivery Jan 10. Now to disassemble the PC, get rid of the old desk and give my SO some space back in the dinning

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:09 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >>> Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected >>> delivery Jan 10. >>> Now to disassemble the PC, get ri

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 3, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected >> delivery Jan 10. >> Now to disassemble the PC, get rid of the old desk and give my SO some >> space back in the dinn

Re: OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected > delivery Jan 10. > Now to disassemble the PC, get rid of the old desk and give my SO some > space back in the dinning room. > Excited. Congratulations. Despite all of the

OT Order

2011-01-03 Thread David J Brooks
Just received my confirmation email, my iMac is confirmed. Projected delivery Jan 10. Now to disassemble the PC, get rid of the old desk and give my SO some space back in the dinning room. Excited. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blog