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NoiseDesign - Nov 09, 2007 1:36:41 am PST #3432 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

Handbrake.


Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2007 1:38:58 am PST #3433 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Will fsck do anything for me that Disk Utility can't?

Wouldn't hurt to try. At least it will give more verbose error messages.

How can I tell if this is hardware-related (ie don't buy Leopard and start from scratch)?

Look in /var/log/messages, (or use the Console.app utility), and see if there have been disk errors that have been logged.

Any recommendations on cheap/free software to rip DVDs so I can watch my movies on my pretty new Nano? I'm on a MacBook Pro.

HandBrake


NoiseDesign - Nov 09, 2007 1:52:07 am PST #3434 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

Wow. Middle of the night x-post.


DCJensen - Nov 09, 2007 4:17:50 am PST #3435 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.

After Making a mini maglight into a working laser, what do you do for an encore?

Make a Star Trek Phaser prop into a Blu-ray-powered laser, of course.


lori - Nov 09, 2007 5:09:39 am PST #3436 of 25497

Thanks guys!


Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2007 11:12:27 am PST #3437 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

MLB.com backtracks, after people made a big enough stink: [link]


tommyrot - Nov 09, 2007 11:13:42 am PST #3438 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

MLB.com backtracks, after people made a big enough stink:

I figured that would happen.


Sheryl - Nov 09, 2007 1:16:32 pm PST #3439 of 25497
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

I have a problem I hope someone here can help me with. In the last couple weeks when I read lj I frequently have computer freeze-ups or lose input from the keyboard(the mouse works fine). I don't know if it's a browser problem(I'm using Netscape 7.0 for the Mac) or a computer problem(I have a 6+ year old iMac running System 9.1).

If it's a browser problem, is there anything I can do about it, or are there any other/better browsers that will run on my computer?

(I really don't want to buy a new computer right now, as I've had a lot of expenses in the last few months that have eaten away at my bank account)


beekaytee - Nov 11, 2007 8:17:33 am PST #3440 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant

I've been having some weird freeze-ups when viewing tv in the 'net Sheryl, and I'm beginning to suspect my 6+ year old eMac's 700MHz processor of just being too darned slow.

I'm with you with the not buying a new machine right now, so I'm just opting for patience.

t /by no means a technical assessment


beekaytee - Nov 11, 2007 8:31:58 am PST #3441 of 25497
Compassionately intolerant

On a related note, I have a quick question regarding dinosaur adaptability.

In addition to my i & e Macs, I have a Powerbook g3 that has been on the shelf for years. Started right up just now, bless it.

My question is, how can I network the laptop and the eMac together? Or simply transfer files from the powerbook to the eMac?

I'm spending a lot of time away from home this week and would like to take the opportunity to get a huge writing project done for my new website.

I am fine with doing all the writing in simpletext on the laptop and then formatting everything on the eMac later.

Problem is, the laptop has no usb ports.

I've got an external zip disk and a smart disk reader, but both of them are usb.

My neworking cable has bits that don't plug into the eMac.

I also have a Sony Spresso, external cd, but can't figure out if it can be of any use.

And a Lacie d2 cd/dvd burner...but I can't see how that could help either.

Sidenote, the place I'll be staying has a only a decade old pc and a pokey dial-up, so emailing files might not work either.

Any ingenious workarounds possible?