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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted May 28, 2004
riotact, just checking - was that a request to join? 
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TIMBOT2 Posted Oct 21, 2004
Hi guys,so many Macs in one place.
Is Bill Gates expecting rainhttp://www.h2g2.com/h2g2/skins/brunel/images/buttons/biggrin.gif
Got room for a couple of iMacs:15"LCD 800Mhz G4
& Bondi Blue G3/233Rev B. Gonna turn it into a music server, coz i still love my first lovehttp://www.h2g2.com/h2g2/skins/brunel/images/buttons/smooch.gif
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P.S.Anyone know how to get round Marcinta,Need an upgrade fasthttp://www.h2g2.com/h2g2/skins/brunel/images/buttons/biggrin.gif
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TIMBOT2 Posted Oct 21, 2004
P.P.S Scuse my ignorance,but how do you get the smilies to work instead of text.?
New to this thingy thing,sorry
TIMBOT2
P.P.P.S Will i ever get this ship fixed?
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Scandrea Posted Oct 21, 2004
Hi Timbot!
Welcome to H2G2! I lurked on your space for a minute, and I saw you were new! An ACE (Assistant Community Editor) should be around shortly to help you drink from the proverbial firehose, and show you all kinds of cool stuff around here! Who knows, might be one of my friends 
Anyway, what I think you were trying to put in your last post were smileys- you can put the images in without the hyperlink. All you have to do is type the name of the smiley in <>. For example:
< stiffdrink > without the spaces is 
< biggrin > without the spaces is 
And my personal favorite for now, < somersault > without spaces is 
The ACE will tell you all this and more! Welcome to H2G2, and I hope you enjoy your time here!
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Scandrea Posted Oct 21, 2004
... And that is what we call a simulpost! 
(PS- move your mouse over the smiley, and it will link you to the name!)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 21, 2004
TIMBOT2, you're in. 
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walleye priestess Posted Nov 21, 2004
Hi!
I'd like to join The Orchard. Name is walleyepriestess, researcher # is: 187404
Thanks!
WP
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 21, 2004
You're in.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 30, 2005
Does that mean you want to join?
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Rod Hagen Posted May 4, 2005
Mmm. OK, so what has been happening since I was here last (in 2002)? 
Cheers
Rod
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R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) Posted Jun 11, 2005
I suppose I should join. I don't currently own a Mac, but I am getting one in a week or two.
Actually, I also have a question. I am split between a 12'' Powerbook and a 14'' iBook. Is there any reason, especially involving reliabilty or expected lifetime (I'm hoping it tolast my whole four years at university if possible.) that I should pick one over the other?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 11, 2005
80K? That's a little much. The CPU could only address 64K, and 16K of that was set aside for system ROM and mapped I/O. That meant a fully laden machine would have 48K of program RAM, and 6K of memory on the graphics card. 
(I have one lying about 9 feet from me, if you'd like me to take it apart and check... 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 11, 2005
Sorry about that, it's a delayed reply to Lentilla's post #20... 
Daneel, you're in!
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Jun 11, 2005
Better sign me up too Peet, seeing as how I've asking questions here for quite some time now
RDO, you might have better luck starting a new thread - there will be people subbed to the page but maybe not this thread? (I wouldn't have known about your question if I hadn't seen the Ask thread).
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jun 11, 2005
Just a note. If anyone is using Safari, beware of most of the travel booking sites. They seem not to recognise it very well.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 11, 2005
Kea, you're in.
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Rod Hagen Posted Jun 13, 2005
We have both PB12's and iBook G3's and G4's in the family, R. Daneel (and an IBM THinkpad X40).
Personally I think its hard to beat the PB12. Firstly its a bit faster than the iBook (not just because of the processor, but because of the bus speed and other things too). Secondly it is significantly more portable. THe difference in size and weight is noticeable even between the 12" variants.
Thirdly, you get a few extra bells and whistles - a significantly better graphics card, more video RAM, built in bluetooth, a faster HD, more RAM (if you get the iBook you should factor in the cost of increasing RAM to 512 Meg) , support for external screens (in DVI, not just VGA) up to 2048 x 1536 pixels with "spanning" rather than just mirroring, built in "audio in", better speakers, etc.
Fourthly, though, and perhaps most significantly given your own questions, I think you probably will end up with a more reliable computer. My PB 12 has lived a hard life over the last couple of years. I'm an anthropologist and it gets bounced around my backpack in 4 wheel drives and light planes, exposed to the heat, cold humidity , dryness and dust of the Australian outback and tropical areas etc etc. It hasn't missed a beat. Of the three ibooks in the family (all newer than my PB) two have had to go in for warranty repairs. People often assume that the iBook is the "tough" one. I think its the other way around!
Cheers
Rod
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jul 1, 2005
I've recently bought a PowerBook for a total transformation to Mac usage... can I join?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 1, 2005
Amy and kea, you're both in!
(Sorry about the delay, kea - I didn't spot your application... )
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- 381: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (May 28, 2004)
- 382: TIMBOT2 (Oct 21, 2004)
- 383: TIMBOT2 (Oct 21, 2004)
- 384: Scandrea (Oct 21, 2004)
- 385: Scandrea (Oct 21, 2004)
- 386: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Oct 21, 2004)
- 387: walleye priestess (Nov 21, 2004)
- 388: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 21, 2004)
- 389: Morbium (Apr 30, 2005)
- 390: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 30, 2005)
- 391: Rod Hagen (May 4, 2005)
- 392: R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) (Jun 11, 2005)
- 393: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jun 11, 2005)
- 394: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jun 11, 2005)
- 395: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jun 11, 2005)
- 396: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Jun 11, 2005)
- 397: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jun 11, 2005)
- 398: Rod Hagen (Jun 13, 2005)
- 399: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jul 1, 2005)
- 400: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 1, 2005)
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