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    defrag the system drive

    Sorry I didn't make myself clear. Wouldn't fsck be more appropriate than defragging, if he is having hard drive problems? I have never had to defrag a unix machine, but fsck can be helpful correcting filesystem errors.
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    defrag the system drive

    another recently active thread (geek message) confirmed to me that osx has the old unix disk utility fsck. Would this be a solution for you?
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    bored with the Wii

    It's lighter and smaller than an ordinary ps2 at least from memory. I haven't moved either units in a while.
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    LAN based email

    mail.app is a client which interacts with a server. You would have to setup a mail server on one of your machines. Most of the software is already installed, but not configured. There are plenty of website that explain how to do this, but if you are unfamiliar with commandline I would suggest...
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    Fedora

    I ran away from redhat when the free dist went to fedora. I wasn't a fan of rpm. I like ubuntu/kubuntu, but upgrading from dapper to edgy to feisty should be easier than it is now. I'm comfortable with command line, so gentoo is my preferred linux OS if you have the horsepower. It...
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    ok, damage avoided...for now?

    see if you drank white wine more often, the alcohol wouldn't affect you as much and you wouldn't have spilt. That's the way I see it. ;) You don't know what damage it has done unless you open it up. How much life your macbook is going to be an unknown. I know the thinkpads have waterproof...
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    I finally did it!

    I used to work in a company that had windows and mac desktops. The main problems I heard about the macs were how they interloped with the windows server environment! Macs are unix machines and can be hard to hack (without using third person software) given the right user/admin. If macs...
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    Ok what the heck is this?

    maybe this will revitalize the tablet PC :rolleyes:
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    MacBook Pro line updated

    The nvidia graphics will really help those using linux as well. ATI support is not good for linux. I'm wondering how long it will be before the upgrades trickle to the macbook. I just bought one (doh!).
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    How to refresh a samba share

    linux and freebsd are not the same, though they may share many apps and gui desktop and gui applications.
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    My proposed home setup

    I agree with using cat6 and using a dedicated router over making the g3 as a gateway/router. In general, you don't want your server to be the gateway because it is harder to compromise your server.
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    How Old are You?

    Old is when all the aging effects you were fighting against become true. I play hockey regularly (sometimes against college kids) and yet I still have a gut (not too big though) and 15lbs heavier than I was pre 35.
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    Two computers, One monitor...

    You have to be careful if you are going to use a KVM switch and only switch between monitors. Most KVMs rely on the power from the USB or ps/2 keyboard. Make sure you get one with a power supply or that you can easily buy a power supply. I like the monitor with dual inputs answer, but...
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    troubles updating firmware on mac mini

    After I unplugged the griffin powermate, I was able to update the firmware. Thanks deltamac
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    troubles updating firmware on mac mini

    thanks, I did try about 3 times. I'll try again tonight with the extra directions
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    troubles updating firmware on mac mini

    I think I followed the directions. This is what I did: 1) I hit the firmware install program shutdown button to shutdown the system 2) the mini comes to a screen that tells me to hold the power button to poweroff 3) I press and hold the powerbutton to power the system on and hold it...
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    Open Office Stopped Loading After X11 update?!

    downloading new update to x11 and efi firmware
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    Not receiving incoming emails

    Have you tried disabling the firewall to see if that is blocking things?
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    Purge all iCal entries

    If it is all under "home" then just remove home and make a new one.
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    Change timestamp?

    I had always assumed it is becuase the timestamp is the only change to an existing file is why it got its name.
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