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Isolate wireless network from wired network 655 Views / 0 Replies  
Sort of a general networking question... The local coffee shop I hang out at has decided that it's time to catch up to the year 2002 and set up wifi access for their customers. They are wiling to do...
Posted by B.I.L, on Apr 16, 2006 at 01:53 PM, in Networking
VersaVision display rotation is an ATI feature. 40,275 Views / 280 Replies  
VersaVision display rotation is an ATI feature.
Posted by B.I.L, on May 1, 2005 at 11:57 AM, in macOS
Thanks, dtriska. Too bad that omega character is... 685 Views / 7 Replies  
Thanks, dtriska. Too bad that omega character is even more distracting than a "z".
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 26, 2004 at 03:29 PM, in macOS
Character at the end of the alphabet? 685 Views / 7 Replies  
What character can I put at the beginning of a filename so that it will go to the end of an alphabetically sorted finder window?

I know that on Mac OS 9 you could use the bullet character for...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 25, 2004 at 12:03 PM, in macOS
I remember in my readings about the Microsoft... 8,982 Views / 48 Replies  
I remember in my readings about the Microsoft antitrust case, that the major PC makers are (quietly) upset about the power and leverage that MS holds against them. I think HP saw an area where they...
Posted by B.I.L, on Aug 28, 2004 at 10:01 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Yeah, I had force quit (null); then later I had... 3,117 Views / 3 Replies  
Yeah, I had force quit (null); then later I had to start up Classic and just happened to pop open Activity Viewer while I was waiting, and there it was. Stupid Classic.
Posted by B.I.L, on May 7, 2004 at 05:02 PM, in macOS
:bump: I was also wondering about this...... 3,117 Views / 3 Replies  
:bump:

I was also wondering about this... thanks.
Posted by B.I.L, on May 7, 2004 at 10:47 AM, in macOS
My Alpine dealer explained the CD player... 4,755 Views / 28 Replies  
My Alpine dealer explained the CD player nomenclature to me: a CDA-XXXX indicates an Ai-Net (CD changer ready) unit, a CDM-XXXX has no Ai-Net changer interface and thus no option for an aux-in.

I...
Posted by B.I.L, on Apr 24, 2004 at 01:29 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
clicky on my siggy vvvvvvvvvv 2,153 Views / 33 Replies  
clicky on my siggy

vvvvvvvvvv
Posted by B.I.L, on Dec 13, 2003 at 02:28 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
I own this scanner also... I once helped someone... 2,532 Views / 12 Replies  
I own this scanner also... I once helped someone over at AppleInsider get his running; he didn't have PS7 to install into.

We ended up having him use GraphicConverter to install the plug-in into.
Posted by B.I.L, on Sep 11, 2003 at 11:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thought I'd add a few notes on this topic... ... 2,244 Views / 24 Replies  
Thought I'd add a few notes on this topic...

I have a setup that is doing a few of these things. My G4 is hooked up to my receiver with stereo audio cables and video through my Radeon 7000. I use...
Posted by B.I.L, on Aug 17, 2003 at 12:27 PM, in Mac Desktops
As a last resort you could take a screenshot of... 25,353 Views / 2 Replies  
As a last resort you could take a screenshot of iPhoto displaying the image.
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 9, 2003 at 03:27 AM, in Applications
When I put some artwork onto the wrong album... 980 Views / 3 Replies  
When I put some artwork onto the wrong album (doh!), I got rid of it by selecting all the tracks, Get Info, then the little spot for the artwork was blank. I checked the checkbox by the artwork spot...
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 9, 2003 at 03:24 AM, in Applications
This forum should have a sticky with info like... 694 Views / 4 Replies  
This forum should have a sticky with info like this. Links to themes, theme application and creation software as well as other GUI goodies like Silk, Visage and Skin-A-Dock.

Right now, it takes a...
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 8, 2003 at 02:16 PM, in GUI Customization
Not so much. FP iMac has 7200rpm ATA/66 just... 1,950 Views / 41 Replies  
Not so much.

FP iMac has 7200rpm ATA/66 just like my dual 533. (http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html)
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 7, 2003 at 01:33 PM, in Mac Desktops
This is from a little while ago, enjoy... ... 274,591 Views / 1,576 Replies  
This is from a little while ago, enjoy...

http://homepage.mac.com/billpendry/.Pictures/hanging-wide.jpg

Why not, it's just a $2500 computer, right?
...
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 6, 2003 at 12:41 AM, in Mac Desktops
I've got a PM dual 533, and my friend has a G4... 1,950 Views / 41 Replies  
I've got a PM dual 533, and my friend has a G4 iMac 800. These machines are fairly similar apart from the processors, and once you start trying to do 2 or 3 or more tasks at once, my PM just destroys...
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 6, 2003 at 12:01 AM, in Mac Desktops
I've noticed that most fonts have their baseline... 1,958 Views / 35 Replies  
I've noticed that most fonts have their baseline set below what Lucida Grand does. This causes the descenders on g's and y's to get clipped off in some instances.

You can see this by going into...
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 4, 2003 at 02:20 AM, in GUI Customization
I only have the OS X default fonts installed... 1,958 Views / 35 Replies  
I only have the OS X default fonts installed right now, and I think Arial Rounded Bold looks nice... now to dig through my big stockpile o' fonts to find something cooler!
Posted by B.I.L, on Jun 3, 2003 at 07:12 PM, in GUI Customization
Gouge Away I just looked, and to my suprise,... 2,114 Views / 33 Replies  
Gouge Away

I just looked, and to my suprise, it's got the highest play count in my 15,800-track-strong iTunes library, with 16 plays.

I also dig Where Is My Mind, Debaser, Caribou...
Posted by B.I.L, on May 29, 2003 at 02:30 AM, in MacNN Lounge
you blew out the hightlights... blue?... 879 Views / 18 Replies  
you blew out the hightlights...

blue? bubbles? is it underwater now?
Posted by B.I.L, on May 18, 2003 at 01:44 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
An actual answer to your question... 1,165 Views / 11 Replies  
I have installed a combo update over an incremental update for the same version. I believe it was for 10.2.4. My friend's iMac was exhibiting the HP Communications CPU over-usage issue. This was...
Posted by B.I.L, on May 8, 2003 at 05:34 PM, in macOS
Yepper 1,368 Views / 8 Replies  
Yepper
Posted by B.I.L, on Apr 10, 2003 at 01:32 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
Good advice in these replys. Use Illustrator or... 1,088 Views / 30 Replies  
Good advice in these replys. Use Illustrator or Freehand. I would start with just the intials, maybe stacked like
MQ
HS
to make a square, with the MQ bigger (taller). I would prefer a sans-serif...
Posted by B.I.L, on Apr 4, 2003 at 05:45 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
Where I work we deal with .plt's and .hpg's from... 15,223 Views / 6 Replies  
Where I work we deal with .plt's and .hpg's from architects. They seem to sort of like the .ps files you'd get by doing a print to file; that is they are somewhat tied to the printer driver they are...
Posted by B.I.L, on Apr 4, 2003 at 05:26 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
For circles you'll just need to draw a circle... 1,368 Views / 8 Replies  
For circles you'll just need to draw a circle with the oval marquee tool, then apply a stroke to that.

If you want a 2 point frame set the stroke location to inside and width to 2 point. I don't...
Posted by B.I.L, on Apr 4, 2003 at 05:10 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
That was funny. 2,169 Views / 36 Replies  
That was funny.
Posted by B.I.L, on Nov 6, 2002 at 10:21 PM, in Applications
Try pasting a new icon on the drive and then log... 641 Views / 9 Replies  
Try pasting a new icon on the drive and then log out and back in.

My startup drive has had a custom icon on it for a while... I remember when I did it, the icon just showed blank until I logged...
Posted by B.I.L, on Sep 15, 2002 at 11:32 AM, in macOS
Realtime EQ? 586 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm looking for a realtime graphic equalizer of some sort, so I can listen to tracks on a couple of albums I'm mixing/mastering and have the playback change as I adjust the EQ, then apply that EQ...
Posted by B.I.L, on Aug 6, 2002 at 12:00 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Yeah sometimes my MS IME goes dead after i've... 859 Views / 12 Replies  
Yeah sometimes my MS IME goes dead after i've installed USB OD X. Have to unplug/plug to get it back.
Posted by B.I.L, on Feb 15, 2002 at 01:36 AM, in Applications
Yeah. 488 Views / 3 Replies  
Yeah.
Posted by B.I.L, on Feb 5, 2002 at 04:09 AM, in Feedback
faster mouse custom dock separators preview... 1,517 Views / 73 Replies  
faster mouse
custom dock separators
preview pane for list view
information when emptying trash
when asking "replace file" in finder, show comparison of file info
labels
make cpu monitor better...
Posted by B.I.L, on Dec 10, 2001 at 03:56 AM, in macOS
The answer is... VersionTracker... 650 Views / 16 Replies  
The answer is... VersionTracker (http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx)

Serving all your "where can I download?" needs.
Posted by B.I.L, on Dec 10, 2001 at 03:24 AM, in Applications
One little feature that I think would be cool,... 6,795 Views / 602 Replies  
One little feature that I think would be cool, and be a fun way to one-up IE, would be to implement the little bookmark icons that IE for Windows has for the favorites bar. IE for Mac can't do them.
Posted by B.I.L, on Nov 27, 2001 at 06:43 PM, in macOS
One little feature that I think would be cool,... 11,223 Views / 858 Replies  
One little feature that I think would be cool, and be a fun way to one-up IE, would be to implement the little bookmark icons that IE for Windows has for the favorites bar. IE for Mac can't do them.
Posted by B.I.L, on Nov 27, 2001 at 06:43 PM, in Applications
Yo just click anywhere on the "Name" column... 456 Views / 7 Replies  
Yo just click anywhere on the "Name" column header. There is a little arrow pointing up or down indicating ascending/descending.
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 29, 2001 at 10:20 PM, in macOS
Here is the thread I started in the OS 9 forum... 536 Views / 5 Replies  
Here is the thread I started in the OS 9 forum when I was working on this problem:

QuickTime launch is glacial... what's wrong?...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 29, 2001 at 10:17 PM, in macOS
Yeah I had this problem too, like a minute or... 536 Views / 5 Replies  
Yeah I had this problem too, like a minute or more to launch QTP. But the movies played fine.

It seemed to possibly be related to iTunes somehow. I remember that sometimes if I used QTP after a...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 29, 2001 at 10:06 PM, in macOS
MacSatellite X not sending shares?!?! 528 Views / 0 Replies  
I have been running MacSatellite X 1.4 for about a week now and it has performed quite well. However in the last couple of days my shared files no longer show up on my Audiogalaxy homepage. With no...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 19, 2001 at 05:47 PM, in Applications
I like it, though it is still weird to see... 722 Views / 24 Replies  
I like it, though it is still weird to see headlines on MacNN. I'm used to just skimming the articles... headlines ruin the suspense. But they are good.

My gripe is that the little yellow stripe...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 18, 2001 at 07:44 PM, in Feedback
iMic sound out in X? 380 Views / 0 Replies  
Has anyone been able to get the sound output working on the Griffin iMic USB Audio adapter in OS X 10.1? The sound input works...

I want to have two sound outputs from my G4, one for the speakers...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 15, 2001 at 04:13 PM, in macOS
I notice that iTunes in particular can be very... 550 Views / 12 Replies  
I notice that iTunes in particular can be very unresponsive at times with almost every function (buttons, double-clicking to play a song, trying to enter text). But basically every other app on my...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 14, 2001 at 01:08 PM, in macOS
At least in the US that is absolutely true. This... 2,769 Views / 155 Replies  
At least in the US that is absolutely true. This is because many men, who are dominant in our society, have decided that that lesbian activity is OK. But male homosexuality doesn't interest them....
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 12, 2001 at 04:06 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I second the comments that the right button is no... 738 Views / 29 Replies  
I second the comments that the right button is no good for beginners, and that keeping the mouse limited to only one makes developers design better interface.

I work at a copy shop, where I am the...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 12, 2001 at 03:18 PM, in macOS
I'm holding off on critiquing 4.1 until an... 11,223 Views / 858 Replies  
I'm holding off on critiquing 4.1 until an official release is out, but one thing really sticks out. Why is the download manager window so big now? It has a huge empty space at the bottom...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 10, 2001 at 07:08 PM, in Applications
I'm holding off on critiquing 4.1 until an... 6,795 Views / 602 Replies  
I'm holding off on critiquing 4.1 until an official release is out, but one thing really sticks out. Why is the download manager window so big now? It has a huge empty space at the bottom...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 10, 2001 at 07:08 PM, in macOS
Maybe this is a dual-specific problem as I have... 875 Views / 38 Replies  
Maybe this is a dual-specific problem as I have it on my 533x2. It began after updating to 10.1.

I get it a lot when using the scroll wheel in OminiWeb. All my MP3's are on their own drive so...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 10, 2001 at 11:08 AM, in macOS
i'm a jerk. test. 2,658 Views / 80 Replies  
i'm a jerk. test.
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 3, 2001 at 02:36 AM, in MacNN Lounge
test. sorry. coffee is good. 2,658 Views / 80 Replies  
test. sorry. coffee is good.
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 3, 2001 at 02:25 AM, in MacNN Lounge
"How do we use the .icns files generated by... 598 Views / 7 Replies  
"How do we use the .icns files generated by iconographer to customise a folder icon (apart from copypaste)"


To make normal icons that you can copy-paste onto folders, have Iconographer save as...
Posted by B.I.L, on Oct 3, 2001 at 01:42 AM, in macOS
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