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goddammit! how dare you get one over on me. ... 1,426 Views / 27 Replies  
goddammit! how dare you get one over on me. that wasnae in the script!:mad:
Posted by madra, on Oct 22, 2003 at 03:13 PM, in Developer Center
hmmm... i think this wan's quite a recent... 699 Views / 9 Replies  
hmmm... i think this wan's quite a recent incarnation as the email address in the profile is at least the second 'macnn' traceable one i've used. perhaps i need to dig a bit deeper...
Posted by madra, on Oct 20, 2003 at 10:06 AM, in MacNN Lounge
i know exactly what you mean. i had that happen... 546 Views / 2 Replies  
i know exactly what you mean. i had that happen once as well. my machine was generally pissing about at the time anyway, so i did a re-install. so that's two cases so far...
Posted by madra, on Sep 23, 2003 at 12:20 PM, in macOS
luckily there is... 6,519 Views / 108 Replies  
luckily there is (http://www.iview-multimedia.com)!
Posted by madra, on Sep 22, 2003 at 05:42 PM, in Applications
the only ones - another girl another planet ... 1,873 Views / 69 Replies  
the only ones - another girl another planet

perfect punk rock
Posted by madra, on Sep 22, 2003 at 03:53 PM, in MacNN Lounge
i'm fully prepared to admit when i'm wrong... it... 860 Views / 22 Replies  
i'm fully prepared to admit when i'm wrong... it just hasnae happened yet.
Posted by madra, on Sep 22, 2003 at 03:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge
macupdate doesn't censor your posts like VT does.... 6,519 Views / 108 Replies  
macupdate doesn't censor your posts like VT does.

after having versiontracker delete a post of mine once too often, i spent a boring but revengeful half hour one night, going through their DB...
Posted by madra, on Sep 22, 2003 at 03:01 PM, in Applications
haven't been in the lounge for years. is ca$h... 6,519 Views / 108 Replies  
haven't been in the lounge for years. is ca$h still making an arse of himself?... or did he get through puberty in the end?
Posted by madra, on Sep 22, 2003 at 12:21 PM, in Applications
jeez. you're right! in fact it's so malodorous,... 6,519 Views / 108 Replies  
jeez. you're right! in fact it's so malodorous, that i've dug down into the contents of a lot of my apps and placed the index for their help files into safari as bookmarks, so i can access their...
Posted by madra, on Sep 22, 2003 at 07:18 AM, in Applications
i think apple lost the right to lecture anyone... 8,037 Views / 51 Replies  
i think apple lost the right to lecture anyone else on interface design when, with OSX, they introduced the concepts of "icon as moving target" [finder column view] and "one app elbowing its way in...
Posted by madra, on Sep 21, 2003 at 12:20 PM, in Applications
who mentioned USB? if you think firewire... 6,519 Views / 108 Replies  
who mentioned USB?

if you think firewire connections are anywhere near as durable as SCSII [of which i have several examples on old 'gadgets' which are still working perfectly after nearly a...
Posted by madra, on Sep 20, 2003 at 03:08 PM, in Applications
any technology that can blow up due to an easily... 803 Views / 11 Replies  
any technology that can blow up due to an easily made oversight [ie. unplugging a firewire device and forgetting to unmount it first] is, IMHO bad technology.

apple should design hardware to be...
Posted by madra, on Sep 20, 2003 at 08:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks
over-rated tech 6,519 Views / 108 Replies  
slightly off-target, but i'd like to cast a vote for firewire as most over-rated technology of recent years.

well, to be fair, maybe it's not the technology in itself, but certainly apple's...
Posted by madra, on Sep 20, 2003 at 07:57 AM, in Applications
well, i'm afraid i can't be the bearer of any... 616 Views / 7 Replies  
well, i'm afraid i can't be the bearer of any good tidings. further to my keychain developing the abovementioned problem, nothing i tried worked and eventually i had to bite the bullet and do a full...
Posted by madra, on Sep 19, 2003 at 07:18 AM, in macOS
me too 616 Views / 7 Replies  
i've just developed exactly the same problem. but in my case it seems to be the result of a kernel panic while burning a CD with toast 5,2. i got locked out of my original keychain [ie. the proper...
Posted by madra, on Aug 21, 2003 at 06:19 AM, in macOS
he will. so will we all. ... 1,617 Views / 52 Replies  
he will.

so will we all.

[/philosophical mode]
Posted by madra, on May 31, 2003 at 09:59 AM, in MacNN Lounge
i know i'm clutchin at straws here, and will have... 549 Views / 2 Replies  
i know i'm clutchin at straws here, and will have to buy a new battery eventually, but i've nursed that baby back up to 11% charge in a mere three days - woo! hoo!

i'm getting nearly three...
Posted by madra, on May 31, 2003 at 07:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks
andi*pandi must be an imposter. i'd... 1,617 Views / 52 Replies  
andi*pandi


must be an imposter. i'd never show my face around here again after that incident with the firewire port and the jar of vaseline.
Posted by madra, on May 29, 2003 at 07:04 PM, in MacNN Lounge
without wanting to seem like a troll, is it... 1,617 Views / 52 Replies  
without wanting to seem like a troll, is it really such an outrageous thing to say?

tyson might be a neanderthal psycho, but in this case he's being spock-like in his logic. if you look at it...
Posted by madra, on May 29, 2003 at 02:28 PM, in MacNN Lounge
battery - dead or sleeping? 549 Views / 2 Replies  
ok. my pismo battery has been on it's way out for a while now... drains to about 60-70% over about 30-45mins and then dies rapidly. however suddenly, a couple of days ago it seemed to die...
Posted by madra, on May 29, 2003 at 01:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
och. around and about. dinnae get in here much... 821 Views / 10 Replies  
och. around and about. dinnae get in here much these days. i think maybe i've finally got to grips with this whole OS X thing... or maybe i'm just all ranted out!:D
Posted by madra, on May 23, 2003 at 09:28 AM, in macOS
i agree with you. most of my tunes fall into... 821 Views / 10 Replies  
i agree with you. most of my tunes fall into about 3 or 4 categories i've coined myself... however and for example, if i go to set a tune's category to "rock'n'roll" [which i use to cover...
Posted by madra, on May 23, 2003 at 09:10 AM, in macOS
latest apple apps [devil's advocacy] 710 Views / 6 Replies  
for quite a while now it's been the done thing to slate micro$oft for their seemingly insatiable greed for cash [as if apple was some kind of 'hippy' corporation that wasn't so 'bread-headed']. in...
Posted by madra, on May 9, 2003 at 07:29 AM, in Applications
thought that's what it was 2,479 Views / 38 Replies  
i've had three of these now in about a month after upgrading to 10,2,5. the first kernel panics i've had since PB. maybe i've just been lucky?

[oh. and for all the M$ bashers- the frontmost...
Posted by madra, on May 8, 2003 at 09:57 AM, in macOS
i always kick myself if i forget to select... 558 Views / 8 Replies  
i always kick myself if i forget to select 'custom' and set the installer going in simple mode because it means i don't get the chance to turn off all the additional language localisations which seem...
Posted by madra, on Mar 8, 2003 at 10:32 AM, in macOS
safari - custom icons in address bar- how? 1,212 Views / 14 Replies  
browsing with safari i notice that with some sites, it puts a mini version of the site logo in the address bar [and also next to that site in favourites and history] whereas other sites just get a...
Posted by madra, on Jan 11, 2003 at 09:55 AM, in macOS
more useless info----- OK. i'm having the... 912 Views / 4 Replies  
more useless info-----

OK. i'm having the same problem with removable media [CDs]. they won't mount but appear as a folder in /volumes which is empty save for a zero k file called...
Posted by madra, on Nov 2, 2002 at 11:13 PM, in macOS
yes- they are valid image files. it happens with... 912 Views / 4 Replies  
yes- they are valid image files. it happens with every one i try to mount. [most of which i've used plenty of times before].
Posted by madra, on Nov 2, 2002 at 03:09 PM, in macOS
dmg files won't mount [error 95] 912 Views / 4 Replies  
thought i'd got off lightly with jag being [fairly] well behaved since i upgraded a month or two ago but last nite i suffered a load of major crashes. it started with the finder crashing every time...
Posted by madra, on Nov 2, 2002 at 02:40 PM, in macOS
oh no! i'm now officially a prick. because that... 617 Views / 6 Replies  
oh no! i'm now officially a prick. because that did actually make me er... "LOL" ....there. i've done the geeky acronym thing.
Posted by madra, on Dec 10, 2001 at 07:06 PM, in MacNN Lounge
so downloading the beta of phpBB2 and uploading... 651 Views / 10 Replies  
so downloading the beta of phpBB2 and uploading it to your web space constitutes "launching a site" does it?

what's to comment on?
Posted by madra, on Dec 10, 2001 at 07:03 PM, in MacNN Lounge
with a sig that gay you were either the 'other... 21,450 Views / 387 Replies  
with a sig that gay you were either the 'other chick' or liberace's even camper brother. :D


[new account/same madra]

aah! that's better. back to being a one-star footslogger again. i...
Posted by madra, on Dec 10, 2001 at 06:54 PM, in MacNN Lounge
 
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