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Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2005 6:18:54 am PST #1366 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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.


§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:20:12 am PST #1375 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's a Q promo? My company gets a bit of a discount on Apple stuff -- I was gonna wait a bit on the purchase if I go ahead with it, but if this Q thing is attractive enough, I might start looking longingly at employees ...

eta: Insent, Rob.