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Re: iPod universal dock with wireless remote. $1.00 + S&H - 14 years ago

Not bad for less than $8 total (if it works as advertised)... Product Description: The iConcepts Universal Docking Cradle and Wireless Remote for iPod is a lightweight, portable cradle perfect for charging and syncing your iPod with your PC or laptop. The cradle includes ports for both USB as well as FireWire, however we include only the USB cable to connect to you computer. a USB cable is

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Re: That Seldom Asked Question: What's a good Antivirus Software for the Mac? - 14 years ago

QuoteJoseph C. I just found this: It is free for the basic package. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks I've had iAntiVirus installed on 7 Macs here at work for a few months now. Our PC-centric IT dept insists that we have *some* kind of av software installed. It seems to be much more stable and less CPU-intensive than ClamXav, and happily gets out through the firewall to get

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Re: Can Tiger run on a 13in Alum Powerbook G4? - 14 years ago

It should. What speed (mhz) is it, and how much RAM does it have?

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Re: Wii vs PlayStation - 14 years ago

Quotekap QuoteztirffritzThe Wii requires that users get up off of the couch. Good benefit ... the adults need to trim their waist lines ;) Don't count on the kids doing that. Getting up off the couch is NOT required, as my teenage daughter and her friends quickly showed me... you can sit back and just flick your wrist to get the controller to do what's needed in many of the games. Yes, it's

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Re: calling all rummies - 14 years ago

What, they don't give free sample during the tour?

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Re: Quetion about Time Machine as backup for college student - 14 years ago

QuotergG Quotemikebw Since Time Machine is not a fully bootable backup if her hard drive ever fails or is wiped it will be necessary to also have the original system install discs on hand. No reason to do more than TM backups unless she doesn't have or is likely to lose the system restore discs. She just got the MBP, so we do have the original discs. Since where she is going to school is only

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Re: Is ANYTHING real/natural/as God intended, that you SEE on most adult, western women? - 14 years ago

QuoteBig Daddy Cool If you think most women don't color their hair (or at least highlight/lowlight) you are sadly mistaken. Ditto! I know very few women who do not color their hair in some way, if not completely, and the older they are the more gray they are trying to hide (including my wife). My mom is one of the few who I know that doesn't, but that was a recent thing, like within the last 5

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Quotelazydays I agree, men who insist on spraying the toilet seat are a big problem. As if they don't think they will ever need to sit down on that very same seat. I am also bothered by men who feel no need to double flush even when it is needed, leaving a nice surprise for the next person. Ditto! I would prefer not to see any remnants of the previous user, so I try to eliminate all traces that

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Quotegraylocks Quotemacbeergeek At home I routinely sit to pee... it's just easier... and no overspray to have to worry about having to clean or hear my wife and daughter complain... actually, last week my 15 year old told me he had come to this exact same conclusion except insert 'Mom' for 'wife and daughter.' also, he is responsible for cleaning that bathroom and he realized he was routinel

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Time for a poll?

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Quotegraylocks Quotemacbeergeek In a former life, at one of my jobs I had to clean the bathrooms at a marina... trust me... women are MUCH worse. The things they used to leave stuck to the stall walls made me want to puke. i disagree. i worked at a club in nyc. we routinely cleaned the men's bathroom with the strongest chemicals legally available. we never felt the women's bathroom needed tha

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Isn't this a fun thread? Woo-hoo!

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

QuoteDoc Quoteprymsnap...such are the joys of womanhood. Trust me. Men's room toilets are worse. In a former life, at one of my jobs I had to clean the bathrooms at a marina... trust me... women are MUCH worse. The things they used to leave stuck to the stall walls made me want to puke.

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Quoteprymsnap Quotemacbeergeek Quoteprymsnap Don't get me started on "sprinklers" in the ladies' washroom. I do not need to sit down on anybody else's pee, ever. How the heck can that happen? Are they "hovering" a couple feet away from the toilet??? Yes. I guess the concept is that the Sprinklers don't want to sit on a public toilet seat. So they hover and pee, leaving

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Re: Work related personal hygiene stories - 14 years ago

Quoteprymsnap Don't get me started on "sprinklers" in the ladies' washroom. I do not need to sit down on anybody else's pee, ever. How the heck can that happen? Are they "hovering" a couple feet away from the toilet???

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Re: Type/Design/Book question... Different Fonts or Same for Quoted Text? - 14 years ago

Make sure that you set up style sheets to use for styling all of the different kinds of text and headings, including those quotes. That way you can very easily change the style globally of different blocks of type that appear throughout the book.

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Re: I found a cheap wireless dongle that works with an old iBook - 14 years ago

Quotesilvarios Quotemacbeergeek Were you able to connect with a router that uses WPA encryption? I have an old G3 iBook with the original Airport card and it only does WEP. Not true if you are using OS X, there was an update that allowed the original Airport card to work with WPA. Nathan I think the newer routers use WPA2, which I think is what the Verizon router uses... and that's not

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Re: I found a cheap wireless dongle that works with an old iBook - 14 years ago

Quotesilvarios Quotemacbeergeek Were you able to connect with a router that uses WPA encryption? I have an old G3 iBook with the original Airport card and it only does WEP. Not true if you are using OS X, there was an update that allowed the original Airport card to work with WPA. Nathan In 10.3.9? I don't think so. If so, then it's not available as an encryption choice when I try to

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Re: I found a cheap wireless dongle that works with an old iBook - 14 years ago

Were you able to connect with a router that uses WPA encryption? I have an old G3 iBook with the original Airport card and it only does WEP. After we switched to Verizon FIOS I was no longer able to get on the internet wirelessly with it since Verizon supplies their own router that uses WPA. I've been thinking about setting up my old router to just act as a wireless repeater, since it did bot

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Re: What do you get the 10-year old who has everything? - 14 years ago

Get him a 12-year-old girl! Oh wait, that might cost a lot to ship, and then there's the upkeep.

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Re: Time machine is not very bright - 14 years ago

Quotemrlynn Quotebazookaman Quotedeckeda I get tired of it failing every few weeks for some stupid reason that's never well specified or dealt with gracefully. wow. you get a REASON??? TM just fails for me. No reason. No explanation. Just "Your TM backup has failed". Same here; it's annoying. For those of you experiencing the "Time Machine backup has failed" error, it

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Re: anyone ever install airport card into mac pro? hard 2 do? - 14 years ago

Here's some instructions with photos...

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Re: Nurse Jackie. Anyone going to watch the premiere? - 14 years ago

You can watch it for free on Showtime's website: When prompted, type the password "shifthappens". Looks like it's going to be a good show!

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Re: RYF!!! FREE converter box - 14 years ago

Only if you have your NTIA coupon in hand though!

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Re: You stink! Free degree deodorant sample - 14 years ago

Expired.

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Re: The 10.5.7 consensus is.... do it, from 10.5.6? - or does it have issues? - 14 years ago

Quotekap QuoteWHiiP I have it on my G4/1.0 GHz iMac. No problems. I would just recommend doing a Repair Permissions afterward. I did exactly that for my 2.4GHz MBP. No issues thus far. Same here, on a variety of Macs (G4, G5, Intel), some with Software Update, some with the downloaded installer (not the combo), all fine, no issues. Repaired permissions after all of them.

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Re: 'DEM that's got shall get..'DEM that's not shall lose..so the Bible said..!. . .reviews for 'Angels & DEMons'. . . - 14 years ago

That isn't saying very much. I generally have liked Tom Hanks in most of his movies, but I thought he was totally wrong for the part of Robert Langdon, and still do. He just doesn't come off as being "scholarly" enough.

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Re: small insect challenge - small flies/moths in the bathroom - 14 years ago

yup, we've got those, too. they come up from the downstairs stall shower drain. we don't see them anywhere else in the house except for that downstairs bathroom.

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Re: Zappa Plays Zappa - anybody been? - 14 years ago

I've seen them twice, both fantastic shows... highly recommended for Zappa fans! Dweezil has done an amazing job learning his dad's very complex guitar playing. Both shows had very different set lists, which was great, and different guest players showed up to each. Terry Bozzio and Steve Vai played at the first one in Upper Darby, PA!

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Re: Frank Zappa on digital file sharing ... 1983... - 14 years ago

Quotedeckeda But if she wants, let her drag that guy they interviewed into court, the one who used to be in Franks's band and who claims Frank told him on his deathbed he wanted his music played for new audiences. That's just what his son Dweezil has been doing for the last few years... Zappa Plays Zappa... I caught a couple of their shows... absolutely amazing.

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