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Jessica - Mar 08, 2005 6:49:33 am PST #1948 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is the printer connected to the network or to the Mac USB port? I've got an HP on my network that works with my Macs and PC's with no worries.

To the Mac's USB port.

If it is on the Mac do you have the "share this printer" option turned on?

And for the third time, yes, printer sharing is turned on.

DXMachina - Mar 08, 2005 6:57:54 am PST #1949 of 10003

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Nebbermind, figured it out.

§ ita § - Mar 08, 2005 7:59:18 am PST #1950 of 10003

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If I want to plow through archives for articles on Citrix -- which online trade pubs would be the best places to start?

shrift - Mar 08, 2005 9:57:58 am PST #1951 of 10003

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Jesus Christ. Anybody know how to fix a .pst on a Mac? Outlook 2001 helpfully did not include scanpst.exe, and I am adrift.

tommyrot - Mar 08, 2005 10:05:58 am PST #1952 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.

Anyone use The Gimp? Can anyone tell me how to make a certain color transparent on a .gif file? (I'm using The Gimp on a Windows XP machine at the moment.)

I have no Gimp help files, it seems.

eta: Nebber mind. Google was my friend.

The answer was on the non-intuitive side....

DCJensen - Mar 08, 2005 6:08:30 pm PST #1953 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

Jessica: [link]

Even if it doesn't work, you may be able to get a working solution from these people.

DCJensen - Mar 08, 2005 6:17:04 pm PST #1954 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

Interesting note from that site about speeding up XP/Mac network transfers: [link]

Gris - Mar 08, 2005 11:51:39 pm PST #1955 of 10003

Hey. New board.

tommyrot: If you did it a complicated way, then, for future reference, the easiest way is just using the "color->alpha" filter for that color. Anything that is purely alpha will get transformed into transparency during gif export - more flexible than "pick a color to pretend is transparent" in the long run as it allows for blending and such, but less intuitive than in simpler programs.

Does Photoshop (which I'm SURE works the same way, converting alpha sections to transparent after flattening) make it more intuitive than putting it in the "Filters" folder? I don't really know Photoshop very well.

Jesse - Mar 09, 2005 7:39:36 am PST #1956 of 10003

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Newbie question: I thought I'd try that "ripping" "music" thing you kids all seem to be on about, so I put a CD in my computer, and it wants me to pick from RealPlayer, iTunes, or Windows Media Player. I didn't know I even had iTunes -- usually when I play anything, it's from Windows Media Player. I have no iPod, no MP3 player, and I won't be getting one any time soon. So, does it matter which I choose?

§ ita § - Mar 09, 2005 7:41:47 am PST #1957 of 10003

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

does it matter which I choose?

Of your choices, iTunes is probably the best, because it's more sophisticated in terms of organisation and stuff.

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