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Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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dcp - Jan 16, 2005 4:49:24 pm PST #1245 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
DCJensen - Jan 16, 2005 4:50:23 pm PST #1246 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I like Safari as a browser.
Maybe a Buffista can loan you a copy of OSX 10.3...
thegrommit - Jan 16, 2005 6:41:17 pm PST #1247 of 10003
Um.
Regarding HTML mail, please avoid using it if you know the recipient is on dial up. Messages are doubled in size as two versions are usually sent - the formatted HTML and a raw text version. Using background images (especially bitmaps) doesn't help either.
Fortunately, Thunderbird allows you to set a preference for each user as to how they'd like their mail formatted.
beekaytee - Jan 16, 2005 7:19:04 pm PST #1248 of 10003
Compassionately intolerant
Maybe a Buffista can loan you a copy of OSX 10.3...
If only. I'll check out Thunderbird...I'd love using it just for the name!
And Grommit, I understand your concerns. When I send my ezine out, the provider filters for text vs. html preferences. I suffered with dial-up for so long, I really get how irritating mondo-messages can be.
libkitty - Jan 17, 2005 7:43:36 pm PST #1249 of 10003
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Ok, I'm feeling stupid here, and hope someone here will take pity. I tried to load Literati at Yahooligans, and it says that I am missing Java, although I have Java and it's enabled. I assumed that it meant that I needed to upgrade. I followed the link, and found the instructions for downloading Java for Linux a bit confusing, but followed them as best I can. Something definitely happened, but I'm not 100% sure that everything is pointing where it should. In any case, I still get the error message at Literati: Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page. After clicking on the Install Missing Plugins link, I get: Sun Java J2SE50. Any suggestions?
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2005 5:32:34 am PST #1250 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If you've got your iPod connected to a Mac via Firewire and the Mac is asleep, does the iPod continue charging? I don't think it does on my Cube....
eta: Libkitty, I remember being confused when installing Java on a Linux box many years ago. I don't remember what I did.... but do you have to tell the browser the path to the Java runtime?
Rob - Jan 18, 2005 6:47:31 am PST #1251 of 10003
If you've got your iPod connected to a Mac via Firewire and the Mac is asleep, does the iPod continue charging?
Usually not, since most if not all Macs turn of power to the Firewire port when sleeping.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2005 8:01:19 am PST #1252 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Usually not, since most if not all Macs turn of power to the Firewire port when sleeping.
That makes sense. I've just never run into this before, as I used to sync the iPod to my iBook, which is not allowed to sleep because if it does it never wakes up.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2005 8:04:16 am PST #1253 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
which is not allowed to sleep because if it does it never wakes up.
Hmm. Perhaps *I* am an iBook, because I have the same problem. iTeppy.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2005 8:05:24 am PST #1254 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why can't PCs charge the iPods too, through Firewire? Or at least fall asleep when cabled. I almost always drain mine down by forgetting to remove it after I sync.