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Update- I've booted from a Mountain Lion...	349 Views / 8 Replies
Update- I've booted from a Mountain Lion rescue/install USB drive- same. It's hardware. I'll get to the apple store when I get some time to get it looked at. Apple has already swapped the...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 30, 2013 at 01:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Thanks- will give it a go.	349 Views / 8 Replies
Thanks- will give it a go.
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 24, 2013 at 04:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Thanks for the tips- it's not booting into safe...	349 Views / 8 Replies
Thanks for the tips- it's not booting into safe mode on its own- I did that in an attempt to diagnose /fix the issue. Will be trying a clean install of OS tomorrow, but please keep ideas coming.
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 23, 2013 at 08:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The trackpad button being stuck is an intersting...	349 Views / 8 Replies
The trackpad button being stuck is an intersting idea. I haven't made a new user account for two reasons- 1) Can't navigate enough of the UI without being able to click and 2) As the problem pops up...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 22, 2013 at 05:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks

MBA Mouse clicks not registering?	349 Views / 8 Replies
I've got a weird one with my son's MBA (2008), running Mountain Lion. It's not recognizing mouse clicks from either trackpad or external Magic Mouse. This is happening from boot- normal boot, safe...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 22, 2013 at 03:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I believe you- it is right there isn't it.	304 Views / 17 Replies
I believe you- it is right there isn't it.
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 21, 2013 at 02:23 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I remember! It was Dyson! I need a new cleaning...	304 Views / 17 Replies
I remember! It was Dyson! I need a new cleaning bit on my Dyson. Thanks for the help.
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 20, 2013 at 04:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Excellent advice- I know exactly where I was and...	304 Views / 17 Replies
Excellent advice- I know exactly where I was and what I was doing- out at the barn mucking out stables- had to take my gloves off to send the message. I remember the act clear as a bell- just have no...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 19, 2013 at 03:07 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Auto-correct cryptographers?	304 Views / 17 Replies
So yesterday I emailed myself a reminder that iPhone auto correct turned into: 'Replace stain head' I've completely forgotten what I was trying to remember- anyone with guesses? I'm fairly...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 19, 2013 at 06:12 AM, in MacNN Lounge

I agree- even a crap candidate could have won...	2,767 Views / 381 Replies
I agree- even a crap candidate could have won given the state of the economy/the world. Mitt was a special kind of terrible. The point is that I think a credible candidate would have a hard time...
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 7, 2012 at 08:03 AM, in Political/War Lounge

I bet if you broke down the white vote by age-...	2,767 Views / 381 Replies
I bet if you broke down the white vote by age- under 30s would look a lot like the Hispanic vote.
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 7, 2012 at 06:19 AM, in Political/War Lounge

I think the tide has officially turned. I don't...	2,767 Views / 381 Replies
I think the tide has officially turned. I don't think anyone with integrity can continue to claim the US is a 'center-right' country as defined by the republican party any more. The voting block...
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 7, 2012 at 06:06 AM, in Political/War Lounge

if only. Sadly my hose is not big enough- British...	190 Views / 13 Replies
if only. Sadly my hose is not big enough- British house tend to be on the small side compared to the US- and there is almost no storage. If I can't figure out a way to get them to leave it, it's...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 27, 2012 at 07:18 AM, in MacNN Lounge

I looked into it- best I could find is over...	190 Views / 13 Replies
I looked into it- best I could find is over £1000- that's money I'd rather not spend.
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 26, 2012 at 08:26 AM, in MacNN Lounge

To answer some questions: They are taking...	190 Views / 13 Replies
To answer some questions: They are taking for some unspecified construction project- likely to use as a lockup for tools during building. The issue is not the sape- we have a garage that has...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 26, 2012 at 08:06 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Casual Landlord/Tennant legal advice needed	190 Views / 13 Replies
Although I am well aware this is not a UK property legal advice forum, I'm hoping someone out there may have some thoughts. We have rented our house for the last 3.5 years from a charitable trust...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 26, 2012 at 02:01 AM, in MacNN Lounge

As I said above, I've set that up. She generally...	174 Views / 4 Replies
As I said above, I've set that up. She generally gets the reminder on her iPhone, dismisses it with the intention of sending the email, and the completely forgets about it. I need to take her out...
Posted by Paco500, on Jul 14, 2012 at 03:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Schedule future email?	174 Views / 4 Replies
My wife, lovely thing that she is, needs to send an identical email every month. Every month she forgets. I've been trying to find a way that this can be automated, but am having a difficult time...
Posted by Paco500, on Jul 14, 2012 at 11:23 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Not that it matters, but I drive a 2001 VW Golf...	1,293 Views / 121 Replies
Not that it matters, but I drive a 2001 VW Golf that I bought for cash and am debt free- we rent so no mortgage. I could be driving a new Lexus through a company car plan, but I rather packet/save...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 18, 2012 at 02:57 PM, in Political/War Lounge

Think about what you are saying. I have had...	1,293 Views / 121 Replies
Think about what you are saying. I have had cancer. I've been clear for over 8 years now, but there is a possibility it could return. If I move back to the states and AHCA is not fully implemented,...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 17, 2012 at 08:00 PM, in Political/War Lounge

A few off my most recent driving playlist-...	899 Views / 45 Replies
A few off my most recent driving playlist- apologies, no iTunes on this computer so no links. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult Mmmbopp - Hanson (no, really) Escribeme...
Posted by Paco500, on Apr 11, 2012 at 02:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I am shocked and rather appalled that this has...	9,609 Views / 907 Replies
I am shocked and rather appalled that this has turned into a right/left issue on this board and in the public dialog. I can't believe that any reasonable person could believe anything other than the...
Posted by Paco500, on Mar 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM, in Political/War Lounge

Interestingly, I have. We live about 5 min from...	770 Views / 26 Replies
Interestingly, I have. We live about 5 min from her parents. We saw her with a group of friends at a pub a few years ago. My wife has seen her out and about with William a few times- long before...
Posted by Paco500, on Mar 21, 2012 at 04:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge

If you have some money and are looking for...	284 Views / 8 Replies
If you have some money and are looking for unique, how about going to a designer and getting something bespoke. If you care about the quality of the diamond, buy the stones loose and have an artist...
Posted by Paco500, on Mar 15, 2012 at 05:10 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Tough one. Both my kids do "dangerous"...	876 Views / 57 Replies
Tough one. Both my kids do "dangerous" sports- my daughter show jumps competitively and my son plays rugby. The jumping is probably more dangerous as my son is only 10 and the rugby isn't that...
Posted by Paco500, on Mar 6, 2012 at 01:48 PM, in MacNN Lounge

It has FWD and AWD versions.	1,235 Views / 70 Replies
It has FWD and AWD versions.
Posted by Paco500, on Mar 5, 2012 at 07:00 AM, in MacNN Lounge

For what it's worth, my parents bought a Sorrento...	1,235 Views / 70 Replies
For what it's worth, my parents bought a Sorrento in the summer and have been very happy with it. I spend a week with them this past autumn and spent quite a bit of time driving it about and was, on...
Posted by Paco500, on Mar 5, 2012 at 03:35 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Not that it matters, even in the slightest, but...	2,166 Views / 241 Replies
Not that it matters, even in the slightest, but Mel Gibson was actually born in New York.
Posted by Paco500, on Feb 20, 2012 at 07:50 AM, in Political/War Lounge

There are a number of American stereotypes you...	1,067 Views / 38 Replies
There are a number of American stereotypes you brits have that just drive me nuts. Cheese is one of them. True, there is a vast, VAST amount of tasteless dreck consumed in the US they call cheese. ...
Posted by Paco500, on Feb 20, 2012 at 07:33 AM, in MacNN Lounge

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_abeQimvg_6U/TDx5tTsF0xI/...	1,043 Views / 52 Replies
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_abeQimvg_6U/TDx5tTsF0xI/AAAAAAAACj4/tyybm3zRf_U/s1600/4125239774_070582b8d5.jpg
Posted by Paco500, on Feb 14, 2012 at 11:33 AM, in Political/War Lounge

Being ignorant, I don't completely understand...	843 Views / 7 Replies
Being ignorant, I don't completely understand your post, but I think I have the gist and it may be an issue. He will be filming his sister jumping on pony, so he will be following a fairly quick...
Posted by Paco500, on Jan 23, 2012 at 01:13 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Great advice- thanks. How are they with...	843 Views / 7 Replies
Great advice- thanks. How are they with indoor lighting? There will not be an opportunity to use any additional lighting so it will have to be ambient.
Posted by Paco500, on Jan 22, 2012 at 03:51 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Digital Video Camera buying advice	843 Views / 7 Replies
Haven't seen much talk of this on the boards, but maybe someone out there knows something about it. I'm looking at upgrading my old DV camera to something a bit more modern. The primary reason...
Posted by Paco500, on Jan 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Fire resolution is 1024 x 600. What HD format do...	12,636 Views / 849 Replies
Fire resolution is 1024 x 600. What HD format do you think the fire can play?
Posted by Paco500, on Dec 20, 2011 at 07:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm all for sensible government regulation, but...	839 Views / 59 Replies
I'm all for sensible government regulation, but this story, to me at least, is an effective argument that it doesn't work. If I'm reading it correctly, it was primarily the negative publicity...
Posted by Paco500, on Dec 16, 2011 at 04:51 PM, in Political/War Lounge

Where did you try haggis? It has been banned...	3,492 Views / 65 Replies
Where did you try haggis? It has been banned from import to many places around the world for years due to the whole mad cow thing back in the 80's so much of the haggis that was available outside...
Posted by Paco500, on Dec 12, 2011 at 03:42 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Don't know how much of the car will be Chrysler,...	1,390 Views / 111 Replies
Don't know how much of the car will be Chrysler, but if it looks like that, I'm on Mitchell's team. To me- at least in that picture- like a moderately skilled auto design students notion of what a...
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 29, 2011 at 02:55 AM, in MacNN Lounge

A great example of this is the Classic Mini vs. a...	1,390 Views / 111 Replies
A great example of this is the Classic Mini vs. a new Mini. The new Mini is two feet longer, a foot wider and almost twice the weight of the classic car, yet it has less rear leg room and about the...
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 28, 2011 at 04:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge

The current page is nothing to get excited about,...	485 Views / 14 Replies
The current page is nothing to get excited about, but the beta page is a travesty.
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 25, 2011 at 03:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge

This is nonsense. I can't imagine anyone on the...	2,106 Views / 169 Replies
This is nonsense. I can't imagine anyone on the left wouldn't love to see Cain in this until the end. Worst case, he's stirring things up for the candidates that actually have a snowballs chance in...
Posted by Paco500, on Nov 9, 2011 at 07:02 PM, in Political/War Lounge

It's generally crap. I agree that changing of...	511 Views / 14 Replies
It's generally crap. I agree that changing of ones mind on issues ca be a sign of thoughtful leadership and maturity. If I was a republican, I would not hold it against Rick Perry that he supported...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 26, 2011 at 08:15 AM, in Political/War Lounge

So I figured out my reminders issue- as my iPhone...	6,174 Views / 289 Replies
So I figured out my reminders issue- as my iPhone syncs with my companies exchange server- it was putting any new reminders in the "exchange tasks" list. Once I switched the reminder to my iCloud...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 12, 2011 at 07:04 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

Read on another forum you need to set up iCloud...	6,174 Views / 289 Replies
Read on another forum you need to set up iCloud for them to work. Apple's move from mobileMe to iCloud site seems to be f'ed right now so I can't test this. Annoyed.
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 12, 2011 at 06:24 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

Just tried to create a location based reminder-...	6,174 Views / 289 Replies
Just tried to create a location based reminder- on an iPhone 4. It doesn't give me the option- do I need to activate this in a setting somewhere?
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 12, 2011 at 05:32 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

Happened to me. Followed advice on Apple...	6,174 Views / 289 Replies
Happened to me. Followed advice on Apple knowledge base, which instructed me to reboot Mac. Tried again, worked fine.
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 12, 2011 at 04:47 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

This seems to me a classic case of blowing things...	773 Views / 61 Replies
This seems to me a classic case of blowing things way out of proportion. The way I read his comment, he was just saying that the two (Obama and Boehner) were polar opposites, like for example,...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 6, 2011 at 10:59 AM, in Political/War Lounge

Elementary and middle school were mostly...	574 Views / 51 Replies
Elementary and middle school were mostly brown-bagging it for me. I say brown bagging, but I was a child of the 70's and always got a boss new lunchbox every year. For high-school, I was at a...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 4, 2011 at 05:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I have a 10 year old son and my position on all...	442 Views / 32 Replies
I have a 10 year old son and my position on all of these is that he can have them when he is old enough to earn his own money and buy them, so realistically 14-15 I would think. I don't think him...
Posted by Paco500, on Oct 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM, in MacNN Lounge

And as for the original topic, I disagree with...	2,396 Views / 202 Replies
And as for the original topic, I disagree with the group but don't disagree at all with their tactics. They find it offensive and don't think it should be sold- perfectly reasonable for them to push...
Posted by Paco500, on Sep 23, 2011 at 11:48 AM, in Political/War Lounge

Can't really speak to the European rock...	2,396 Views / 202 Replies
Can't really speak to the European rock community, but vulgar, distasteful, misogynistic and violent language in music is not unique to American music- not by a long shot. And as far as offensive...
Posted by Paco500, on Sep 23, 2011 at 11:45 AM, in Political/War Lounge

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