Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.

Lorne ,'Time Bomb'


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tommyrot - Jan 25, 2005 6:00:12 am PST #1365 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.

You can't change the default shell for OS X or for X11, you can change the default shell for a user.

Yeah, that's what I meant. Of course, I didn't say that, so thanks for the clarification....


Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2005 6:18:54 am PST #1366 of 10003
hwæt

So what was the question then?


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2005 6:20:27 am PST #1367 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.

Is there just one thing to change? i.e. does changing the default shell for a user in the regular OS X environment also change the default shell under X11?


Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2005 6:23:13 am PST #1368 of 10003
hwæt

Yes.


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2005 6:56:18 am PST #1369 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.

Oh, I was assuming that was not the case. That makes things easier. The link I gave above has instructions on how to change a user's shell that should work for Theo, then.


Betsy HP - Jan 25, 2005 7:17:59 am PST #1370 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

Has anybody networked two Tivos? What's the best way to do it cheaply? I'm willing to run Ethernet under the floor, and I hear that the throughput is substantially better.


NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 9:05:32 am PST #1371 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

So say I snapped entire and decided on a 15 or 17 inch jobbie. Would 512 be okay, or should it be 1GB?

Get 1GB. OS X Panther really likes to have elbow room in the memory department. If you are getting the 17" then you are pretty much getting all of the bells and whistles. I'm currently running a 1.33 GHz 17" Powerbook and it's been a nice solid machine for me with 1 GB of RAM.


§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:07:26 am PST #1372 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Get 1GB.

Did I hear people talking about not getting memory from Apple? Where would you recommend shopping?


NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 9:15:44 am PST #1373 of 10003
Our wings are not tired

Yes, do not get memory from Apple.

My preferred vendor for memory is Other World Computing.

Also, if you know anyone who works for Apple I think they might be doing a Q Promo on the Powerbooks right now and that's would save a good amount of money.


Rob - Jan 25, 2005 9:19:34 am PST #1374 of 10003

Also, if you know anyone who works for Apple

Send me email if you want the details.