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Very slow wifi connect from MacbookPro 3 95 (1/11/2009 9:13:04 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have a D-Link DI-524 router ... 802.11g. I used to use a Pismo (G3/Firewire) laptop to connect. It would always get a wifi connection right away as soon as it woke from sleep. I recently got a new MacBook ... fishfry

"This disc can not be erased in this drive" opening CD-R 4 55 (11/22/2008 9:14:49 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm trying to burn some jpgs onto a CD intended to be read on a PC. I have a bunch of brand new CD-R's. When I put one in, it's supposed to ask me what I want to do with it. Instead, the Disk Utility comes u... fishfry

Missing UFS option in disc utility 9 95 (10/28/2008 6:36:59 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Setting up a 2.5G MacBook Pro (ML14LL/A). Used my generic Leopard disc to partition it. The only fileysystem options are: Mac OS Extended journaled Mac OS Extended Mac OS Extended case-sensitve journaled Mac ... fishfry

How to listen to remote sound? 1 67 (9/21/2008 10:48:37 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I use OSVnc server and Chicken of the VNC client to get remote access. Lately I'm using it to watch videos ... but I can't get the sound! Does anyone know of a way I can transfer sound remotely to my client m... fishfry

Pismo won't charge battery 1 55 (7/25/2008 1:21:46 AM) comp.sys.mac.system It's a longshot, but does anyone know about this repair? I dropped my Pismo (I know, dumb). It works fine but now it won't charge battery. I tried different power cords but no dice. I'm thinking that I must... fishfry

Wacom tablet causes endless spinning beachballs 7 85 (7/17/2008 7:12:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.system On my G5 Power Mac running Tiger, I get a lengthy spinning beachball every time I click on a link in Safari. It's really been driving me nuts. When I disconnect my Wacom Intuos graphic tablet, the problem goe... fishfry

Latest 10.4.11 update reset sleep setting? 1 59 (4/9/2008 2:46:57 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm running 10.4.11. I just did a Software Update, getting the latest Java, Safari 3.1, and a security update. Following the update, my system started going to sleep after a few minutes of inactivity. I norm... fishfry

No Firewire; no ethernet. Air not for everyone. 25 49 (1/16/2008 8:05:57 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I could never use one. The absence of a FW port is strange. I suppose ethernet is old-school, everyone's wireless now. I can live with that. But Firewire? ... fishfry

Dead or dying Pismo 15 60 (12/18/2007 1:31:32 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I think one of my Pismos is giving it up. When I boot, sometimes the UI comes up but the cursor locks up shortly after. Other times it won't boot at all. For the past year this machine has been used a lot on... fishfry

Those ugly Leopard windows ... 72 66 (11/6/2007 10:04:14 AM) comp.sys.mac.system .... they look like greenbar computer paper from the 1960's!! ... fishfry

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10.5.7 is out 241 53 (5/12/2009 8:32:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Use Software Update -- m-m http://www.mhmyers.com ... nospam.m-m (371)

How can P equal N and Not P? 12 30 (6/17/2009 1:51:51 AM) comp.theory Begin with the set of counting numbers and define all prime numbers to P and non-prime numbers to NP. Here is the firs 10 terms of this set. 1=3DNP 2=3DP 3=3DP 4=3DNP 5=3DP 6=3DNP 7=3DP 8=3DNP 9=3DNP 10=3DNP ... MeAmI (137)

JSH: Perfect tweet, can it be re-done? 66 114 (7/5/2009 8:09:23 PM) comp.theory I posted a perfect tweet today, defined to be 140 characters that is grammatical, which defines itself. Can that accomplishment be matched? Here it is, the perfect tweet: In my opinion, crucial criteria for ... jstevh (409)

JSH: Thank you!!! 10 48 (7/5/2009 9:42:45 PM) comp.theory Thank you to posters arguing with me about the "perfect tweet" as I locked down another variant of the perfect tweet which defines itself in the tweet and then came up with another perfect tweet talking about i... jstevh (409)

These Three Insights 86 40 (7/18/2009 7:17:35 PM) comp.theory Dear USENET *Sci.Math*: One year ago tomorrow, July 19, 2008, Benedict XVI gave a speech in Sydney, Australia and it touched my heart, so much, these words he spoke of St. Augustine: "These three insights."Fr... scriber17 (149)

I'm not going to pay a lot for this muffler and other truths just as relevant as P Versus NP 1 32 (7/22/2009 6:49:48 PM) comp.theory 1. Washing Dogs 2. Windshield Wipers 3. Mechanical Wood Chippers 4. The Movie Fargo 5. The City Fargo 6. Any other movies that have ever been filmed in the city of Fargo. 7. Prince 8. David Bowie 9. Not David S... marty.musatov (1142)

calculating Math 'functions' 27 41 (8/26/2009 3:45:18 PM) comp.programming Hi folks.., How can a programming language's "math.h" librabry or any other package can find out the values for the Math functions. Examples : (1) sinx; cosx; logx; {for different x values} (2) d/dx co... matt6068 (9)

Not eating flowers is proof that Humans judge by form... 56 61 (10/16/2010 9:30:38 PM) comp.theory ....predominantly and not by other more complex criteria. Color, then form, are the main traits that Humans seek in Reality and use as judging/choice criteria. This is evidenced too by the scarce number (if any... syntotic (204)

A Guide for Cantor Cranks 312 56 (3/10/2011 7:03:50 AM) comp.theory Why create another refutation of Cantor when there are so many known refutations available? These are three tried and true arguments to debunk Cantor's Anti-Diagonal proof. 1) Prove the anti-diagonal number is... reasterly (337)

Supertasks 40 27 (5/14/2011 2:04:36 AM) comp.theory Suppose we have infinitely many balls and we want to put them in an urn. It takes 1/2 s to put in the first ball in the urn, 1/4 s the second ball, 1/8 s the third one etc. We can map the ball numbers onto time... newberryxy (112)