Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Mark Secker
Aurora wrote: It isn't the workers fault I know but they can't/or are not allowed to answer a question that isn't on their script. I don't mind spelling things or repeating answers but I would like them to be able to answer simple questions such as if I'll get a renewal notice. The whole "scrip

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Bill Currie
This trend is called Globalisation. Instead of competing with the cheapest product or service in Australia, we now compete for the cheapest in the world. Its why consumer appliances are so cheap and why labour costs are getting squeezed. Its also why John Howard wants to dismantle the minimum wage

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Kathy Quinlan
Craig Ringer wrote: I've never heard them tell anyone to use a provided "system restore CD" that reformats the computer and erases all data without even prompting the user, for example - unlike one big OEM with a 3-letter name. Craig, The number of letters does not matter, HP, Dell, Compaq

Re: mpg in Quicktime

2005-07-05 Thread Rob Davies
On 05/07/2005, at 3:29pm, Andrew wrote: How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? File > Open File > Select relevant file? or command+o with QT active then select relevant file. If it is greyed out chances are it is not QT compatible, no need for file types extensions thi

Re: Saving streamed M3U files

2005-07-05 Thread Craig Ringer
Paul wrote: Antony N. Lord wrote: I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me remember which one!

Re: Saving streamed M3U files

2005-07-05 Thread Paul
Antony N. Lord wrote: I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me remember which one! I suspected a

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Craig Ringer
Aurora wrote: It isn't the workers fault I know but they can't/or are not allowed to answer a question that isn't on their script. I don't mind spelling things or repeating answers but I would like them to be able to answer simple questions such as if I'll get a renewal notice. The whole "scr

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Craig Ringer
Greg Sharp wrote: On 5/7/05 2:51 PM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And what happened to the jobs of those at the Australian call centre? Apple did the same thing to TAC (who service techs call for help). There were some great guys in there who were very knowledgeable and helpful :-( I

Re: Saving streamed M3U files

2005-07-05 Thread Rod
On 05/07/2005, at 6:24 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me reme

re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Aurora
Hi, In reply and some how I feel like defense. I don't care where they are located if the service is good but it wasn't when HP went to India and from my call this morning Apple India isn't either. It isn't the workers fault I know but they can't/or are not allowed to answer a question that isn

Re: exe files

2005-07-05 Thread Paul
Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Thanks for the replies to my exe query. They are legit files, I know what's in them. I want to run them on my Mac. Looks like I'm out of luck. Thanks again to all who replied. Best wishes edward On 05/07/2005, at 10:04 AM, thefrogs wrote: Simply put: No! They are

Saving streamed M3U files

2005-07-05 Thread Antony N. Lord
I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC). One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was downloaded) - I can't for the life of me remember which one! I suspected an update somewhere along

Re: Old Gear.

2005-07-05 Thread Daniel Kerr
Yes we could certainly organise something like that I would think. Will discuss this tonight with some of the other committee members and see what we come up with. Kind Regards Daniel Kerr On 5/07/2005 6:07 PM, "Paul Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps some sort of WAMUG swap meet. We co

Old Gear.

2005-07-05 Thread Paul Doyle
Perhaps some sort of WAMUG swap meet. We could all bring a box full of old gear and take a different box of old gear home;-) On 05/07/2005, at 17:13, Andrew W. Hill wrote: I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plu

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Greg Sharp
On 5/7/05 2:51 PM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And what happened to the jobs of those at the Australian call > centre? Apple did the same thing to TAC (who service techs call for > help). There were some great guys in there who were very > knowledgeable and helpful :-( > > Its great t

Re: mpg in Quicktime

2005-07-05 Thread Andrew
Thanks Ronda. I'll give it a try. Andrew On 05/07/2005, at 3:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 05/07/2005, at 3:29 PM, Andrew wrote: How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. Do I need Quicktime Pro? Is there another way o

Re: [MEETING] Reminder - 7.30pm Tuesday 5th July - tonight

2005-07-05 Thread Andrew W. Hill
I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plus a couple of old printers, zip drives, external drives and some other bits. I've got a stack of stuff like this as well... Andrew

Re: Wireless/wired data transfer

2005-07-05 Thread grayb
. . . . while we're on this subject, what is the received wisdom regarding options for going wireless between a Netcomm 1300 plus 4 modem and g4 powerbook. Graham

Re: Wireless/wired data transfer

2005-07-05 Thread Greg Pennefather
Matt First things first - try to isolate the problem. Plug the 2 Macs into the Netcom modem and try the file copy, then plug them both into the Linksys, then one in the Netcom and one in the Linksys. If all works well then it is a wireless problem. So, turn off the Airport Express (APE) and con

Re: mpg in Quicktime

2005-07-05 Thread Ronda Brown
On 05/07/2005, at 3:29 PM, Andrew wrote: How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. Do I need Quicktime Pro? Is there another way other than burning a disc to play with Windows Media Player on my laptop? Andrew Hi

Re: [MEETING] Reminder - 7.30pm Tuesday 5th July - tonight

2005-07-05 Thread Paul Doyle
Hi All, I am having a clean out and looking at getting rid of all my old Mac gear. An old powerbook 520 and a performer 5400 plus a couple of old printers, zip drives, external drives and some other bits. Any advice on the best way to get rid of this gear would be appreciated. I would be d

mpg in Quicktime

2005-07-05 Thread Andrew
How do I play a downloaded .mpg file in Quicktime 7.0.1? I cannot find a way to select what file types it can play. Do I need Quicktime Pro? Is there another way other than burning a disc to play with Windows Media Player on my laptop? Andrew

Wireless/wired data transfer

2005-07-05 Thread matt
Hi all, Recently added a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router to my home ADSL network (Netcomm 1300 plus 4 modem) and then successfully managed to configure an Airport Express (using WDS) to extended its range. I now have a Mini Mac connected directly via ethernet to the Linksys router, and a

Re: iMac system 9

2005-07-05 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 5/07/2005 2:32 PM, "thefrogs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just managed to get an iMac 333 up and running but I get a > blue screen with a command line indicating a boot failure. > Otherwise I can get a screen up for about one and a half minutes > before it blanks out. > The Drive is goo

iMac system 9

2005-07-05 Thread thefrogs
I have just managed to get an iMac 333 up and running but I get a blue screen with a command line indicating a boot failure. Otherwise I can get a screen up for about one and a half minutes before it blanks out. The Drive is good. I can hear the CD spinning and loading but I cannot see what '

Re: Strange awakening

2005-07-05 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 5/07/2005 1:23 PM, "Severin Crisp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have five phone points in the house, four of these have phones > plugged in and the fifth is my computer connection. > My G4/400 OSX10.4.1 uses ethernet to a D-Link DSL-504 ADSL router > and via splitter and filter a phone link

Strange awakening

2005-07-05 Thread Severin Crisp
We have five phone points in the house, four of these have phones plugged in and the fifth is my computer connection. My G4/400 OSX10.4.1 uses ethernet to a D-Link DSL-504 ADSL router and via splitter and filter a phone link for computer fax is made to the modem port. The fax connection is

[MEETING] Reminder - 7.30pm Tuesday 5th July - tonight

2005-07-05 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All Just to let you know what is coming up for this month's meetingwhich is tonight, Tuesday 7th June, 7.30pm. Welcome to Members Normal Q&A Session Main Demonstrations for this meeting There will be a 5min demo on Podcasting. (Peter H or Matt H will be doing this.) Peter Hinchliffe is

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Rod
On 05/07/2005, at 10:53 AM, Paul Doyle wrote: Hi, Or from another point of view, good on them for improving the employment opportunities for Indians. I just finished reading a terrific book called Q and A by Vikas Swarup and it has left me feeling rather sympathetic. I wonder what Appl

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Kelly Duffy
I thought the same once when calling a help line, but I just happened to be talking to an Indian immigrant. It doesn't really worry me either way, as long as we get decent service, and as long as they pay the staff reasonable wages. Kind regards, Kelly On 7/5/05, Aurora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Paul Doyle
Hi, Or from another point of view, good on them for improving the employment opportunities for Indians. I just finished reading a terrific book called Q and A by Vikas Swarup and it has left me feeling rather sympathetic. I wonder what Apple sales are like in India? Cheers Paul On 05/07/2

Re: exe files

2005-07-05 Thread Edward Arrowsmith
Thanks for the replies to my exe query. They are legit files, I know what's in them. I want to run them on my Mac. Looks like I'm out of luck. Thanks again to all who replied. Best wishes edward On 05/07/2005, at 10:04 AM, thefrogs wrote: Simply put: No! They are Microsoft progs. You coul

Re: OS10.3 on 500mhz iMac

2005-07-05 Thread Robert Howells
On 05/07/2005, at 9:50 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: I have been trying to load OS10.3 on a 500mhz slot loader iMac without success. The CDs are genuine (purchased) and get about half way into the first CD before it all stalls and I have to restart and eject the CD. Currently on 10.2.8; plenty of

OS10.3 on 500mhz iMac

2005-07-05 Thread KEVIN Lock
I have been trying to load OS10.3 on a 500mhz slot loader iMac without success. The CDs are genuine (purchased) and get about half way into the first CD before it all stalls and I have to restart and eject the CD. Currently on 10.2.8; plenty of Ram. A previous attempt caused a kernel panic a

Recording of Vynils and audio cassettes onto CD

2005-07-05 Thread Ray Burns
Hi Anyone with ³professional quality turntable² and ³audio cassette recorder² who can record from LP records And ³audio cassettes² onto CD Happy to discuss a reasonable renumeration or access to my music collection. Regards Ray

Shock and horror

2005-07-05 Thread Aurora
Hi, Just called to register my new ibook for its apple care and guess what happened. The unthinkable... an Indian call centre. I have to admit it was better than HP's but still. Bit cheap there Mr Jobs - what happened to quality. What a way to start the morning. Smiles Aurora

Re: Satalite Map (satellite?)

2005-07-05 Thread Robert Howells
On 05/07/2005, at 7:03 AM, bill parker wrote: Nice system! Does not produce any results with Safari 1.2.4 except those blue Q:mark squares. However, Netscape is fine. OS 10.3.7. I like this system because with something like Multimap its easy to get "lost". HI Bill, I am running Sa

Re: exe files

2005-07-05 Thread James Devenish
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:51:31AM +0800, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: > Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please? A .exe file is generally a Windows programme. I would suggest that you treat an "animated .exe" as a virus unless proved otherwise, *e

exe files

2005-07-05 Thread Edward Arrowsmith
Good morning all Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please?

Re: Satalite Map (satellite?)

2005-07-05 Thread bill parker
Nice system! Does not produce any results with Safari 1.2.4 except those blue Q:mark squares. However, Netscape is fine. OS 10.3.7. I like this system because with something like Multimap its easy to get "lost". Bill -- Dr Bill Parker Editor "Solar Progress" The ANZSES Journal Box 3