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Lion, 1Password, and FireFox 3 28 52 (7/20/2011 6:40:12 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I'm just starting to play with Lion. Bought it and am burning an install DVD as I'm typing this. My plan is to install a copy to a separate partition on my laptop so that I can have something to experiment with... nospam

Order of operations [OT] 6 101 (4/24/2011 10:41:41 PM) comp.lang.fortran Bah! Plumbing is much like Fortran in that order of operations is important. It is different in that I seem to be able to instinctively keep it straight in one case, but not the other. It is also different in t... nospam

Initial impressions of 27" iMac 13 47 (10/28/2009 9:38:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My 27" iMac arrived Monday (2 days before the estimate from Fedex). I obviously haven't had a lot of time with it yet, but I'll report a few initial impressions. The size seems just about right for me. Large e... nospam

10.4 to 10.6 upgrade 1 53 (9/2/2009 7:14:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Got my copy of Snow Leopard 2 days ago (Amazon beat their projected delivery date for my "free super-saver shipping" by a week). Just to see what would happen, I installed it as an upgrade from the 10.4 that wa... nospam

Fortran 2003 Handbook #2 20 58 (10/24/2008 7:54:54 PM) comp.lang.fortran Pardon the "advertisement." I'll keep it short and hypeless. Several people on the group have asked about "The Fortran 2003 Handbook", which I and several coauthors have been working on for a lot longer than it... nospam

specification-stmt 1 76 (8/8/2008 8:34:40 PM) comp.lang.fortran I'm not sure whether I can still send to thie J-3 list. We'll see... Apparently not, probably because I unsubscribed from recieving it. (Just too much there for me no longer being involved in the day-to-day wor... nospam

Intel Fortran on Mac? 4 74 (6/6/2005 9:21:31 PM) comp.lang.fortran So Steve, Do I understand correctly that I can expect to see an Intel Fortran for Mac OS X (on Intel)? Clearly, I don't mean to ask you to say anything that you can't. Sounded to me like plans for such a pr... Richard

Gfortran on slashdot front page 22 99 (3/14/2005 11:07:33 PM) comp.lang.fortran Hey, I see you GFortran folk got highlighted mention on the slashdot front page as a main feature of gcc 4.0 release. Way to go. And I notice that it dragged in a general plug for Fortran 95 on the side. -... Richard

6 gfortran bugs 37 67 (1/25/2005 9:56:18 PM) comp.lang.fortran Toone, Karl, whoever, Yes, I know I should submit them through bugzilla. Insert here a flimsy excuse about not wanting to put my real email address there, combined with the fascist firewall here blocking me ... Richard

testing gfortran on Mac 6 73 (1/24/2005 11:22:54 PM) comp.lang.fortran After some of the discussion here, and it being a bit of a slow day, I decided to try out the latest gfortran Mac binary. Found it quite easy to install (thanks). But I've run into an obstacle that will preve... Richard

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Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? 17 26 (1/28/2013 6:26:50 AM) comp.sys.mac.system When I try to pause, it asked me to enter an administrator account name and its password. Why? I could cancel without any problems. It doesn't make any sense. Thank you in advance. :) -- "This isn't a... ant (767)

Malware from the web? 14 16 (1/30/2013 7:36:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I suppose this is a FAQ; I got one of those emails that contained nothing but a link and I foolishly clicked on it this time. The resulting web page didn't look like I expected (couldn't tel what it was or w... RonTheGuy686 (66)

Unable to resume a paused printer with a standard Mac OS X level account? 34 89 (2/17/2013 7:08:39 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello again. Tonight, my client ran into an interesting problem with his HP DeskJet F4280 USB printer. It refused to print because it was in paused mode. Resuming it failed because it wanted administrato... ANTant (1288)

zip or gz? 14 16 (2/19/2013 5:13:06 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I've gotten involved with Open Street Map, and have been packing up sets of my "gpx" files and shipping them off for their database. It's just dawned on me that some archives I've made have "zip" for an ... isw (686)

up key? 111 21 (2/21/2013 2:09:07 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm relatively new to the Mac, so excuse my ignorance! Does the Mac have a key, or key-stroke combination, equivalent to Window's UP PG key? ... email915 (25)

Advise on Mountain Lion upgrade 15 18 (2/26/2013 5:33:53 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have a MacBook with the latest upgrade 10.6.8 and have been thinking about downloading the Mountain Lion upgrade. I have all of the software (cpu, ram etc) I need. But; Apple's faq on requirements states th... cab22 (21)

Safari can't reach some URLs 74 17 (3/24/2013 11:21:02 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Today I discovered that Safari can't access some common sites including Google, Bing, and Apple. There are a couple of bookmarked sites that I can reach, but many others can't be reached. Error message: ... newlamps (496)

Questions about RAM states 42 10 (3/27/2013 6:33:35 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi. Last week I got an app on sale in the app store called Memory Booster. Actually, it's normally a paid app but was being offered for free. It frees up/purges RAM that's not being used. I've being usin... not_my_email (37)

More Mac Geniuses w/Keyboard 36 11 (4/18/2013 4:41:35 PM) comp.sys.mac.system "It's dead, Jim", reminds me that the advice at Apple stores can be dicey. I recently went to the Apple store to see what keyboards they had to replace my current beloved Logitech S530 wireless. I had bee... xxx613 (1038)

Evil dictator's use Macs! 34 30 (3/29/2013 8:22:27 PM) comp.sys.mac.system http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/03/composite-ph= oto-kim-jong-un-battleplan-and-imac.jpg Map caption is "US Mainland Strike Plan" (Would be amusing if a Mac update could be us... alan.browne (3777)