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I'm having the same problem with my Macbook and a... 13,816 Views / 11 Replies  
I'm having the same problem with my Macbook and a Treo 650, over Sprint wireless. The same setup worked fine with my iBook. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by Poogy, on Jun 3, 2006 at 10:58 AM, in Networking
You could be right, and I haven't tried putting... 2,158 Views / 28 Replies  
You could be right, and I haven't tried putting the laptop on my legs. (Feels with hands...) No, it still feels hot as heck. If it's better, it's only a little better.

My main worry is the CPU,...
Posted by Poogy, on May 18, 2006 at 01:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Just a note: I'm running the new firmware AND... 2,158 Views / 28 Replies  
Just a note: I'm running the new firmware AND CoreDuoTemp, and my CPU temp is at 63C, with CPU usage at only 13%, and clockspeed throttled to 1333Mhz. The firmware upgrade does NOT seem to have made...
Posted by Poogy, on May 18, 2006 at 01:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You'll have to explain what that statement is... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
You'll have to explain what that statement is supposed to mean. That and the following sentence don't appear to mean anything, AFAICT.



To discuss objectivism, you'll have to find a Randroid to...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 05:17 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Official statistics are not kept, of course--but... 3,706 Views / 132 Replies  
Official statistics are not kept, of course--but there is anecdotal evidence of significant numbes of votes cast by non-citizens, particularly in California and Florida. The so-called "motor voter"...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 01:03 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Self-defense is not the correct term here. If I... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
Self-defense is not the correct term here. If I enter your property with the intent of dragging you away against your will, I'm the aggressor. You are within your rights to defend yourself, even...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 12:36 PM, in Political/War Lounge
"if you see injustice around you and are not... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
"if you see injustice around you and are not doing anything, you certainly are a part of the oppression by not doing anything about it." --You



On the contrary, I'm replying that others can't...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 12:12 PM, in Political/War Lounge
You are asserting that I have a positive... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
You are asserting that I have a positive obligation to save you from oppression, and if I do not discharge that obligation then I am myself an oppressor. You need to justify your claim on me. I would...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 10:45 AM, in Political/War Lounge
You can be an oppressor whenever you use any... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
You can be an oppressor whenever you use any force: passivity can be a force when it maintains the status quo.
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You started out well, by quoting a legitimate definition. Then you blew it...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 08:51 AM, in Political/War Lounge
That clarification is helpful, thanks. ... 3,706 Views / 132 Replies  
That clarification is helpful, thanks.



Indeed. For example, married women are much more likely to vote Republican than single women. Unsurprisingly, the Democrat party has consistently...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 06:15 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Two points of contention: first, your statement... 3,706 Views / 132 Replies  
Two points of contention: first, your statement says that all Republicans fit that description. At most, a majority do. Second, and much more importantly, your statement above is usually used to draw...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 06:08 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Please complete that thought. Are you saying that... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
Please complete that thought. Are you saying that not hiring you is therefore an act of aggression against you? That every employer owes you a job? Or that only certain employers owe you a job? If...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 17, 2006 at 06:05 AM, in Political/War Lounge
You're still not being clear: you haven't made it... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
You're still not being clear: you haven't made it clear whether a person who uses no coercive force against another can still be considered an oppressor, by virtue of being rich while the other is...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 10:16 PM, in Political/War Lounge
It's interesting. Consider Dean's statement, that... 3,706 Views / 132 Replies  
It's interesting. Consider Dean's statement, that a Republican convention wouldn't have so many people of color in the room unless they got the hotel staff in. Although he thought he was accusing the...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 09:41 PM, in Political/War Lounge
So wait. You've said money is a means to get... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
So wait. You've said money is a means to get guns, which are a means to get money...

What you say is true, but only partially. US politicians always end up wealthy, so money is certainly part of...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 09:32 PM, in Political/War Lounge
It helps, but it isn't the only way. For... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
It helps, but it isn't the only way. For starters, I don't mean guns literally: the situation was the same before gunpowder was invented. If I want to control my village, I can start small, with...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 08:44 PM, in Political/War Lounge
You are aware that blacks are about 13% of the... 3,706 Views / 132 Replies  
You are aware that blacks are about 13% of the population, right? The Democrats are also a majority white party. A party with a majority of blacks would represent perhaps 15% of the electorate.


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Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 06:35 PM, in Political/War Lounge
That's not a meaningful semantic quibble. If a... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
That's not a meaningful semantic quibble. If a slave tries to quit, people try to kill him. If a scab quits, nobody tries to kill him. One relationship involves the threat of force, and another...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 05:44 PM, in Political/War Lounge
People rule the world with guns. If you started... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
People rule the world with guns. If you started disobeying the US government, an accountant wouldn't show up with a check. An officer would show up with a gun and handcuffs.

Money is indeed...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 05:06 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Very true. Every government, from the smallest... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
Very true. Every government, from the smallest tribe of bushmen to the Third Reich, is "of the people", in that its power exists only because enough people either support it, or accept it passively....
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 04:58 PM, in Political/War Lounge
There is, but mercantilists today always claim to... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
There is, but mercantilists today always claim to be capitalists, and so muddy the waters. Capitalism, at least the laissez-faire variety, considers any voluntary transaction legitimate, and any...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 04:46 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Actually, the word "slave" is this context is... 1,906 Views / 91 Replies  
Actually, the word "slave" is this context is inappropriate. A "slave" is someone who can't quit, because he'll be hunted down and brought back to his employer in chains. A "scab" is not a "slave";...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 16, 2006 at 04:40 PM, in Political/War Lounge
It's a free country. 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
It's a free country.
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 8, 2006 at 12:59 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Thanks, that's very helpful. Very helpful. I... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Thanks, that's very helpful. Very helpful. I suspect, however, that folks interested in this thread are generally software engineers or similar, who are required as part of their work to use multiple...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 05:46 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
I was unable to use remapkey to simulate... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
I was unable to use remapkey to simulate right-clicks. It can, I believe, handle the other mappings I made.
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 04:07 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Here's another tip: my office WLAN uses LEAP,... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Here's another tip: my office WLAN uses LEAP, which doesn't work with XP's native wireless support. In order to get it working, I installed the AR5006X Client Utility, and it works great.

I had...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 01:57 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Nice! I found an alternate workaround: AutoHotkey... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Nice! I found an alternate workaround: AutoHotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/). It's a resident program that intercepts keystrokes and performs translations. I like it because it allows for more...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 01:47 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
I take it back. As near as I can tell, there's no... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
I take it back. As near as I can tell, there's no way to right-click. Further, remapkey doesn't know about the FN key, so it doesn't seem to give a way to remap them to get page-up and page-down.
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Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 11:10 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Next MS/keyboard question is: how do you do... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Next MS/keyboard question is: how do you do page-up, etc? The FN key appears simply not to work.
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 06:13 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Ctrl-Shift-Click works for right clicking. w00t!... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Ctrl-Shift-Click works for right clicking. w00t! Now I can play minesweeper!
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 7, 2006 at 06:07 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Haven't tried Ctrl-Alt-Del, but I have a question... 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Haven't tried Ctrl-Alt-Del, but I have a question too: how the heck do you right click?

I'm writing this using Firefox on XP on a Macbook Pro. WEEEEIRD.
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 6, 2006 at 11:56 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Boot Camp Experiences 9,776 Views / 45 Replies  
Hello all,

Yes, I'm afraid I'm installing XP on my Macbook Pro. :stick:

This thread is intended for people actually using Boot Camp and XP with their Intel-based Mac, to share their...
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 6, 2006 at 07:50 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Not sure why it works for me and not others, but... 723 Views / 4 Replies  
Not sure why it works for me and not others, but I did find this link (http://snipurl.com/om50), which claims to have a fix.
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 3, 2006 at 12:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
My office uses cisco access points with LEAP, and... 723 Views / 4 Replies  
My office uses cisco access points with LEAP, and I can connect just fine. What "issues" are you having exactly?
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 3, 2006 at 09:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Noticed something cool about my MBP: when I'm not... 2,291 Views / 24 Replies  
Noticed something cool about my MBP: when I'm not using Front Row, but running iTunes in the background, I can use the remote and it interacts directly with iTunes.
Posted by Poogy, on Apr 3, 2006 at 09:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
On a related note, does anyone know of a source... 473 Views / 1 Replies  
On a related note, does anyone know of a source of instructions for removing and replacing MBP keys? I'm afraid to mess with them, since I don't know how they're connected to the keyboard backlight...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 29, 2006 at 12:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
MBP--Sticky Keys? 473 Views / 1 Replies  
My MBP arrived today, and fortunately there's no whine, no flickering backlight or any other commonly reported problem. There is, however a stuck key: I have to hit the Z key pretty hard, or else no...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 29, 2006 at 12:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Got mine this morning, a whole day early! 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Got mine this morning, a whole day early!
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
That part would be practically enjoyable for me.... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
That part would be practically enjoyable for me. Once I know for sure it's signed, sealed and delivered, I can enjoy the anticipation. It's the worrying that someone, somewhere is going to screw up...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 25, 2006 at 10:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks
OK, feeling a bit better now. Apparently they do... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
OK, feeling a bit better now. Apparently they do work on Saturdays, because the Apple Store now has tracking information. FedEx says they "package information was transmitted" at 5:51pm on 3/25,...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 25, 2006 at 10:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Augh! I'm going to scream! My estimated ship date... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Augh! I'm going to scream! My estimated ship date is 3/27, and it most definitely did not ship on Friday--my card hasn't even been billed! In fact the lady at Apple made a point of reminding me that...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 25, 2006 at 07:23 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Laptops have been pretty hot since about 1996,... 7,394 Views / 112 Replies  
Laptops have been pretty hot since about 1996, when I burned my legs with a P75 Dell laptop. I don't expect that to change--at least, certainly not until they stop using hard drives with moving...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 23, 2006 at 06:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Here's a question: it's 21:00 in China right now... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Here's a question: it's 21:00 in China right now (at 08:00 EST). Does anyone know whether the Chinese facility is manned around the clock, or what its business hours are?

In other words, what is...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 22, 2006 at 08:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
When did you order? They do the transaction in... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
When did you order? They do the transaction in two parts. The day you order, they put a hold on that amount of money. Right before they ship, they put through the charge.
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 21, 2006 at 07:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Getting it Monday is better than getting it next... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Getting it Monday is better than getting it next Friday... but this is the weekend my wife and son are out of town, so I was really hoping to have the Macbook to fill the empty hours with...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 21, 2006 at 04:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
OK, this is getting to be too much! Ordered 3/4,... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
OK, this is getting to be too much! Ordered 3/4, est ship 3/27, but it seems like everyone else already has his Macbook...

So my question is, are there problems shipping units with 7200 RPM hard...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 21, 2006 at 12:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Did you get the expedited shipping? I did, since... 109,267 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Did you get the expedited shipping? I did, since (1) what's another $15 when you're spending thousands? And (2) I knew that, bad as the wait for shipment would be, another wait while it's in transit...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 19, 2006 at 03:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
His point is that instead of "2-3 weeks", the web... 738 Views / 5 Replies  
His point is that instead of "2-3 weeks", the web site is now saying, "7-10 days." Those of us who already ordered can only hope this means a boost in our shipping time.
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 19, 2006 at 08:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Sticky: Update: the Brenthaven messenger bags are... 759,044 Views / 1,155 Replies  
Update: the Brenthaven messenger bags are shipping today.
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 16, 2006 at 04:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Sticky: Just a note on the Brenthaven messenger bags: the... 759,044 Views / 1,155 Replies  
Just a note on the Brenthaven messenger bags: the web page said "pre-order for March 15 delivery." March 15 has come and gone, and the helpful person on the phone apologized, and said they're "really...
Posted by Poogy, on Mar 16, 2006 at 08:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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