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    network connections when a PowerBook sleeps

    Hello All I've noticed that when my PB goes to sleep (or, more critically, when I close the lid to walk around) I tend to lose the network connections on most of my networked apps. Is there any way I can defeat or modify this behavior? Case in point - this PB exists in a mostly Unix...
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    X11 doesn't seem to read my ~/.Xdefaults file

    Hello All Do I need to do something special to get X11 to read my personal .Xdefaults file?
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    Specifying a hostname for DHCP to request

    Hello All Any idea on how to specify a hostname for a DHCP connection? DHCP can request a hostname and it's up to the DHCP server to allow it. Is this what "Client ID" is in the DHCP setup? Be nice to have a hostname instead of a numeric DHCP address :-) Thanks - JB
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    AVI (Indeo5) on OSX?

    Hello All I have some videos of my nieces and nephews from my old (dead) Sony digital camera, recorded in indeo5 format. Can't find a way to play them on OSX. I've played them in Linux with xanim and mplayer (using the xanim DLLs). Are there any apps that will read/play/convert Indeo5 on OSX...
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    Line wrapping in OSX Mail

    Hello All Some emails I read provide sentence line lengths longer than the Mail window, requiring me to scroll sideways to read each sentence. Ugh, not nice at all. Any way to tell Mail to force line breaks (soft or hard) at the edges of the viewing window? Any pointers welcome. I like...
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