Did I mention that I'm a big geek?
I dunno, don't you need some Linux on that laptop too?
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Gudanov - Nov 03, 2006 5:36:44 am PST #9394 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2006 5:41:15 am PST #9395 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.
I dunno, don't you need some Linux on that laptop too?
Heh. Yeah, actually I could easily do that. I could check out this 'Ubuntu' that all the kids are into these days. Or go all retro and install Slackware.
Come to think of it, my other Intel machine (HP) is kinda' flakey. I have Fedora on that but I never use it. So maybe I should stick Linux on the MacBook.
Gudanov - Nov 03, 2006 5:44:57 am PST #9396 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Fedora 6 is probably the best for MacBook one of the objectives of Fedora 6 was to improve support for Intel Macs.
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2006 5:56:17 am PST #9397 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.
Ooh, good to know. Thanks.
I wonder if using Parallels makes a difference, as with that the "guest OS" is running on a virtual machine instead of actual hardware....
le nubian - Nov 03, 2006 10:30:34 am PST #9398 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C, did you get your Outlook issue fixed? This may be very obvious, but did you enable pop access on your gmail acct? That is the main reason why most people I know can't download their email via pop using outlook.
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2006 10:31:58 am PST #9399 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.
What's a good company for dialup internet access where you only pay by the hour? (Or by the minute. Whatever.)
eta: Also, what's a good email hosting company?
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2006 10:41:21 am PST #9400 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.
By the looks of it, we'll need a new Tech thread in a few months. I propose:
Buffistatechnology 11, going on 100.
OK, that'll probably be too confusing. But it just popped into my head so I had to send it out over the internets.
Polter-Cow - Nov 03, 2006 10:45:05 am PST #9401 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, did you get your Outlook issue fixed? This may be very obvious, but did you enable pop access on your gmail acct? That is the main reason why most people I know can't download their email via pop using outlook.
I did do that!
Status: POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since 3/20/05
So I have no bleeding clue what's going on.
Also, my gmail account gets an impressive amount of spam given that I've never given out the address anywhere.
Kalshane - Nov 03, 2006 1:13:03 pm PST #9402 of 10003
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Also, my gmail account gets an impressive amount of spam given that I've never given out the address anywhere.
I've had the same issue. Only place I have it listed is here. The spam filter catches it all, but still annoying.
Theodosia - Nov 04, 2006 2:18:18 am PST #9403 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Tommyrot, I have a MaGlobe account that I use about twice a year or so, less so now that wireless access is a lot more common. I can't offhand remember how much it costs, but it's quite reasonable measured by my innate cheapitude.