Hmmm... A later post on the same blog does not bode well....
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
Oz ,'Him'
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Jon B. - Dec 14, 2006 4:57:56 pm PST #9810 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - Dec 16, 2006 4:20:55 am PST #9811 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Success! A mysterious clue at Apple Support (see the Picture Zoom section near the bottom), led me to look again at the Display Preferences pane on the Mini. On the Options tab, there was a checked checkbox labeled Overscan. I unchecked the box and abracadabra -- I can now see the whole screen! Huzzah!!
This may be something that was added to Mac Minis this year, since the Apple Support page is titled "Using Mac mini (Early 2006) with a television". The guy I linked to above who blogged about it was using a 2005 Mini. My guess is that enough people complained so that Apple fixed the problem.
Anyhoo.... Huzzah!!!
NoiseDesign - Dec 16, 2006 6:37:27 am PST #9812 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yeah I'm pretty sure my original model Mac Mini doesn't have that option. Thankfully the Plasma TV it is hooked up to doesn't do that.
Jon B. - Dec 18, 2006 2:38:16 am PST #9813 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Google in 1960: [link]
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DXMachina - Dec 18, 2006 2:44:07 am PST #9814 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Snerk.
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2006 4:03:59 am PST #9815 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.
Google in 1960: [link]
Heh.
Although to be hyper-anal, I don't think zip-codes were used in 1960....
Laura - Dec 18, 2006 4:05:11 am PST #9816 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Always ahead of the curve, those Google dudes.
Fred Pete - Dec 18, 2006 4:23:52 am PST #9817 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2006 4:33:58 am PST #9818 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.
First implemented in 1963.
Huh. I did a very brief google but couldn't find anything. I had thought it was around 1970. But looking at the site:
In 1967, these were made mandatory for second- and third-class bulk mailers, and the system was soon adopted generally.
So I was probably thinking about the general implementation. I have vague memories as a child of the Postal Service having an ad campaign to convince people to use Zip codes - this would have been in the early '70s.
In recent years I remember noticing old ads for companies that had an address but no zip code - I think the latest I've seen this is '72?
Anyway, pro'lly no one else cares, but I find the widespread efforts made to get people to use Zip codes somewhat interesting - they had to change the habbits of most people in the US.
beth b - Dec 18, 2006 5:48:09 am PST #9819 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Born in 1963 - never didn't use a zipcode. But the zipcode of my childhood house, no longer exsists.