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Is your CD-ROM drive an Apple-brand drive? If so,...	2,947 Views / 5 Replies
Is your CD-ROM drive an Apple-brand drive? If so, you probably should get another one. If it isn't, then you should probably get an Apple drive. I have 5 computers in my house with Apple 2x CD-ROM...
Posted by etphonehome, on Sep 30, 2001 at 04:16 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Free Internet Service?	366 Views / 1 Replies
My family is getting high-speed internet access installed later this month, and we are cancelling our dial-up service. Does anybody know of a free dial-up internet service that works with Macs? I...
Posted by etphonehome, on Sep 1, 2001 at 08:40 PM, in Applications

Sounds great. However, there have been too many...	464 Views / 4 Replies
Sounds great. However, there have been too many people saying that they're Apple employees for me to be able to believe them. I'll believe it when I see it.
Posted by etphonehome, on Jul 16, 2001 at 05:03 PM, in MacNN Lounge

What's Going On???	451 Views / 2 Replies
I went on vacation for three weeks, and I got back on Sunday. Today is the first time I've visited the MacNN forums since before I left, and I want to know where all of the threads went. I selected...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jul 11, 2001 at 04:57 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Yet Another "Hey! I got another star today!" Thread	423 Views / 2 Replies
<---Look! 4 Stars! How about every time someone gets another star, they just put it in this thread, so that we don't have 100 different pointless threads (only one :D ). That way, everyone would...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 16, 2001 at 08:12 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Goodbye (for a while)	422 Views / 1 Replies
I'm going up to the woods for three weeks, so I won't be posting here for a while. I'll miss you guys. (j/k) :D Don't worry, I'll be back in three weeks.
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 16, 2001 at 08:08 AM, in MacNN Lounge

I'd do that if I had an iMac. Alas, I'm too poor....	494 Views / 3 Replies
I'd do that if I had an iMac. Alas, I'm too poor. :(
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 16, 2001 at 08:05 AM, in MacNN Lounge

You'll get to 100 in no time. You've been...	607 Views / 11 Replies
You'll get to 100 in no time. You've been registered for less than half a month, and you already have almost 50 posts. Now, 2000 will take a while but if you keep up posting at the rate you have...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 16, 2001 at 08:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge

It would be real nice to have access to info on...	619 Views / 17 Replies
It would be real nice to have access to info on all the top-secret Mac stuff, but I've heard horror stories about how working for Steve can be one of the worst experiences ever.
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 16, 2001 at 07:57 AM, in MacNN Lounge

That site is definitely not for a 56K modem. It...	605 Views / 4 Replies
That site is definitely not for a 56K modem. It took me forever to see your picture. You do sorta look like him, and you're still in first place. Does that mean you won, or is there still time left...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 16, 2001 at 07:50 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Steve's pay is just another example of the...	1,170 Views / 65 Replies
Steve's pay is just another example of the reality distortion field at work. Oh well, he (almost) earns it. :D
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 15, 2001 at 11:26 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Hey sonic, now that you have <font color =...	543 Views / 36 Replies
Hey sonic, now that you have <font color = blue>blue</font> stars, you should make all of the text of your messages <font color = blue>blue</font>. Then you would have everything but your name be...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 15, 2001 at 10:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Congratulations all. Now that mr_sonicblue...	543 Views / 36 Replies
Congratulations all. Now that mr_sonicblue is a moderator, does that mean that there are three from Minnesota? That's a lot. I wouldn't mind seeing it be four, though. ;)
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 15, 2001 at 10:49 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I use 8.6 on my old 6100 with 40 MB of RAM, and...	4,163 Views / 10 Replies
I use 8.6 on my old 6100 with 40 MB of RAM, and it works fine. It's kind of slow, but that's because it's an old computer, not because of the OS. I had 8.1 on it for a while, and there's no...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 14, 2001 at 10:18 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

SCSI is a very weird thing. On my old PowerBook...	4,145 Views / 10 Replies
SCSI is a very weird thing. On my old PowerBook 160, I have an external hard drive and CD-ROM drive that I attach when I'm at home. Anyway, when the hard drive is connected directly to the computer...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 14, 2001 at 10:12 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Sure it is, but there's an X in Phoenix. Where's...	900 Views / 25 Replies
Sure it is, but there's an X in Phoenix. Where's the X in Los Angeles? At my school, the name that you use to log onto the network with is the first six letters of your last name, followed by your...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 14, 2001 at 09:09 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm not in favor of the death penalty in all of...	859 Views / 35 Replies
I'm not in favor of the death penalty in all of the cases in which it was administered (the retarded boy in Texas is a prime example of this), but I think that Timothy McVeigh did deserve to die for...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 14, 2001 at 08:58 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I use my old SE/30 as a dedicated audio CD...	503 Views / 6 Replies
I use my old SE/30 as a dedicated audio CD player. I hooked up an old external CD-ROM drive and a pair of speakers to it. I turned off all of the extensions except for the CD-ROM driver (remember...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 14, 2001 at 08:38 PM, in MacNN Lounge

There are two reasons why I wear white socks...	611 Views / 29 Replies
There are two reasons why I wear white socks almost all of the time. 1)Everyone else wears them. 2)Whenever I wear colored socks, lint from the socks comes off on my feet, so my feet have little...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 14, 2001 at 08:09 PM, in MacNN Lounge

These people do have to take some real classes,...	1,309 Views / 62 Replies
These people do have to take some real classes, but not many. In my school district, all you really need to take during junior and senior years is an english class and a social studies class....
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 12, 2001 at 09:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge

The B-Tree has something to do with your hard...	9,824 Views / 5 Replies
The B-Tree has something to do with your hard drive's format. Try using Drive Setup to update the hard disk drivers. If you have a good hard disk diagnostic utility, use it, otherwise use Disk First...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 12, 2001 at 08:38 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Right after the <font color = green>green</font>...	1,130 Views / 62 Replies
Right after the <font color = green>green</font> ketchup came out, my dad bought a bottle of it. Nobody in my family ate it because we had <font color = red>red</font> ketchup and everyone wanted to...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 12, 2001 at 12:57 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I am generally a supporter of the death penalty....	1,432 Views / 97 Replies
I am generally a supporter of the death penalty. However, I don't believe that it was just in all cases where it was used, such as when that retarded boy was killed in Texas. In fact, I don't even...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 12, 2001 at 12:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge

If you can't find anything else to do with it,...	4,187 Views / 16 Replies
If you can't find anything else to do with it, your Quadra would make a very stylish clock! All you need is a screensaver (like AfterDark). However, there are many uses for a Quadra. You can use...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 12, 2001 at 11:56 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Do a clean install of your system software. Then...	9,824 Views / 5 Replies
Do a clean install of your system software. Then rebuild the desktop. This should solve most of your problems, and you should do it once in a while anyway even if there's nothing wrong with your...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 12, 2001 at 11:48 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

Thanks for the tip. That's surprisingly easy!	675 Views / 27 Replies
Thanks for the tip. That's surprisingly easy!
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 11:14 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Try giving them to schools to be used for typing...	710 Views / 13 Replies
Try giving them to schools to be used for typing classes only. You don't need an internet capable machine for simple word processing.
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:48 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Rafiki from The Lion King. It's just so fun to...	515 Views / 5 Replies
Rafiki from The Lion King. It's just so fun to say. :D
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:36 PM, in MacNN Lounge

You already have five stars. Maybe you meant to...	808 Views / 13 Replies
You already have five stars. Maybe you meant to say "5 <font color = green>green</font> stars." :p
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:34 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I can't believe unnatural animosity toward a...	675 Views / 27 Replies
I can't believe unnatural animosity toward a for-profit business causes people to obsessively check on the forums of said companie's supporters and at the same time try to make people want to switch...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:28 PM, in MacNN Lounge

What a great pic. :rolleyes: You'd have to have...	790 Views / 29 Replies
What a great pic. :rolleyes: You'd have to have some pretty distinctive feet to get anyone to recognize you from that. :D
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge

What's the easiest way to give a peecee a blue...	675 Views / 27 Replies
What's the easiest way to give a peecee a blue screen? Not that I'd ever do it or anything, ;) I'm just wondering.
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Dude, get a life! :p	544 Views / 21 Replies
Dude, get a life! :p
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I just finished my sophomore year of high school....	1,309 Views / 62 Replies
I just finished my sophomore year of high school. I have a 3.9 GPA so far, but I'm not even in the top 10% of my class. :mad: It's all the people who are taking the...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 07:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I agree that there are plenty of other options...	802 Views / 41 Replies
I agree that there are plenty of other options out there. However, there are probably millions of computer users who don't care enough to try to find other alternatives. These people will just assume...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 10, 2001 at 09:57 AM, in MacNN Lounge

How was it before? I thought New Members were...	610 Views / 9 Replies
How was it before? I thought New Members were always 1-50
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 9, 2001 at 11:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I think that this illustrates perfectly the...	802 Views / 41 Replies
I think that this illustrates perfectly the difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple an Microsoft both include a digital music application with their operating systems, Apple has iTunes and MS...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 9, 2001 at 10:59 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm going to be leaving next Saturday for three...	763 Views / 12 Replies
I'm going to be leaving next Saturday for three weeks. I'm going to be a junior staff person at a YMCA camp by Ely, MN. The only bad thing about it is that there's no computers there. How will I get...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 9, 2001 at 10:08 PM, in MacNN Lounge

"Safe Shopper" is in the web address. Therefore,...	589 Views / 3 Replies
"Safe Shopper" is in the web address. Therefore, it must be safe, right? :p [edit:godd dam spellling] [ 06-09-2001: Message edited by: etphonehome ]
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 9, 2001 at 10:01 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I don't use the Instant Smilies thing very often...	534 Views / 14 Replies
I don't use the Instant Smilies thing very often because it always puts the smilie at the end of what you've posted, not where the little blinking line is. Usually, by the time I think of putting a...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 9, 2001 at 09:57 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I had tater tots, green beans, mac & cheese, and...	952 Views / 78 Replies
I had tater tots, green beans, mac & cheese, and a nice big glass of milk. It was a nice, big meal full of leftovers (except for the milk :p ).
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 8, 2001 at 10:19 PM, in MacNN Lounge

If I had a holodeck, there probably isn't much...	1,004 Views / 24 Replies
If I had a holodeck, there probably isn't much that I wouldn't do. I probably would do scary, dangerous things that I'm too scared to do in real life. I'd probably also take out some agression by...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 8, 2001 at 09:58 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Here's another reason why the AL is Republicans...	740 Views / 15 Replies
Here's another reason why the AL is Republicans and the NL is Democrats. The American League recently lost a team to the NL (Milwaukee Brewers). The Republicans recently had a senator defect from...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 8, 2001 at 04:53 PM, in MacNN Lounge

The National League has 16 teams, while the...	740 Views / 15 Replies
The National League has 16 teams, while the American League has 14. The Republicans would say that the "extra" two teams consitute "wasteful spending," so the AL is Republicans, while the NL is the...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 8, 2001 at 04:48 PM, in MacNN Lounge

It's not only rich, suburban kids. Students at an...	632 Views / 8 Replies
It's not only rich, suburban kids. Students at an urban high school in my area were recently given laptops as a result of some corporate donation or grant or something. Sorry I can't provide more...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 7, 2001 at 06:47 PM, in MacNN Lounge

<font color = red>J</font><font color =...	751 Views / 53 Replies
<font color = red>J</font><font color = blue>u</font><font color = green>s</font>t <font color = red>t</font><font color = blue>e</font><font color = green>s</font>t<font color = red>i</font><font...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 7, 2001 at 06:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Well, my name is Eric T. [last name not included...	1,332 Views / 72 Replies
Well, my name is Eric T. [last name not included at the request of my overprotective parents]. Anyway, E.T. is a pretty good movie, and E.T. says "E.T. phone home" a few times in the movie, so I...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 7, 2001 at 06:08 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I believe that you got a couple of the levels...	1,123 Views / 60 Replies
I believe that you got a couple of the levels wrong. I think that "New Member" was 1-49 and "Member" was 50-99. I should know. I went through those levels last month. :) If you want to change it,...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 7, 2001 at 05:52 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Where are you getting your information from?? I'd...	721 Views / 15 Replies
Where are you getting your information from?? I'd really like to be able to see a website showing all of the locations and when they're scheduled to open (at least in one person's opinion) Please,...
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 6, 2001 at 05:48 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Why do double posts happen? I don't think that...	485 Views / 11 Replies
Why do double posts happen? I don't think that I've ever had one. Why do they happen? WHY? WHY??? :p
Posted by etphonehome, on Jun 6, 2001 at 04:48 PM, in MacNN Lounge

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