In our '00 Ford Focus we have several times on long trips run a ca. 2005 MacBook using the simple $30 Radio Shack inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter. As far as I can tell this was in no way related to the car dropping a cylinder head and dying, and the MacBook is still running just fine.
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flea - Aug 10, 2010 3:20:12 am PDT #14610 of 25501
information libertarian
Jon B. - Aug 10, 2010 4:08:55 pm PDT #14611 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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DCJensen - Aug 10, 2010 7:55:23 pm PDT #14612 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Bonnie, might want to Google your model of G5 Mac, It might have a "coin" cell type battery for newer models:
Snooping around a bit it looks like a standard CR2032 3v battery. If so, you can pick one up for under a buck, many places, or pay $30 for a Gen-u-ine official replacement.
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2010 5:17:46 am PDT #14613 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
According to this article, there is a yet another way in which the iPhone had an advantage over the competition.
beekaytee - Aug 11, 2010 7:29:23 am PDT #14614 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Thanks Daniel!
I'm going to look into a new battery today. I think you may be right on. The box tries to start but can't maintain the glow...so far more likely to be the battery than the memory.
beekaytee - Aug 11, 2010 12:07:30 pm PDT #14615 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
It has come to pass that Daniel was absolutely right. With a new battery, the old G5 tower booted up, slowly but surely.
The NEW problem is, the login name and password are long forgotten, as I assumed I'd be recycling this unit.
I found this description or bypassing the login on a G4 laptop.
Would the same process apply to my tower?
Turn on the iBook G4 and hold down "Command" and "S" on the keyboard as the computer starts up. Keep holding them down until you see text on the screen.
Step 2Type "/sbin/fsck --y/sbin/mount --uw /sh /etc/rc" at the first prompt. Press the "Return" key.
Step 3Type "passwd [username]" at the next prompt, replacing "Username" with the user name whose password you want to change. Remove the brackets when you type it in. Press "Return."
Step 4Enter the new password twice. Hit the "Return" key.
Step 5
Type "Reboot" and press "Return" when you finish entering the new password for your account.
Step 6Enter the new password at the login screen and you will be able to get onto the iBook Mac computer.
Or is there a better way?
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2010 12:27:44 pm PDT #14616 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I know this isn't news for anyone doing web development, but I've started working on a web application with a complicated UI.
OMG! I hate Internet Explorer, is there anything that doesn't have to be special-cased for it?
tommyrot - Aug 11, 2010 12:29:40 pm PDT #14617 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Are you gonna use XML on the client? There's some XML stuff that's specific to IE. (Which I realize is not the question you asked.)
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2010 12:33:27 pm PDT #14618 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Mostly using GWT toolkit and Javascript, there's XML involved but I'm not using it directly.
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2010 12:46:17 pm PDT #14619 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Once IE9 gets released there are going to be many, many websites that will be telling IE6-8 users that they need to upgrade to have the best user experience. I get the hype over HTML 5 now, it's going to change the game on what you can do with a browser. If I had the time, I'd like to try to the port of Quake II to HTML 5, that's just too cool.