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Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:18:22 AM4/20/05
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Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
following components:

iSync

For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798


Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)

--
bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Jim

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:26:47 AM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> following components:
>
> iSync
>
> For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
> http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
>
>
> Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)

Fixes that vuln (in mRouter) I told you about earlier in the year, where
running a very small program as a normal user gave you a root shell.

Welcome back BTW :-)

Jim
--
Find me at http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk AIM/iChatAV: JCAndrew2
"We deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the normal
laws of right and wrong break down; beyond those metaphysical
event horizons there exist ... special circumstances" - Use Of Weapons

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 3:23:45 AM4/20/05
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Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> > is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> > following components:
> >
> > iSync
> >
> > For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
> > http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
> >
> >
> > Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)
>
> Fixes that vuln (in mRouter) I told you about earlier in the year, where
> running a very small program as a normal user gave you a root shell.

For the record, while we're on updates etc, I noticed a slight speeding
up after 10.3.9, but that all went to hell a few hours later, as usual.

> Welcome back BTW :-)

Why thank you. Are we going to see The Infamous Birthday Card on your
server anytime soon? ;-)

Jim

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Apr 20, 2005, 3:32:37 AM4/20/05
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I've been ill recently but I intend to email everyone involved to get their
permission - then yes.

Jim
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"Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water."

PeterD

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Apr 20, 2005, 4:36:13 AM4/20/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> I've been ill recently

You shoulda said. We'd have beamed happy healing rainbow fairies at you.
Hope you're both all better now, and the vet's bill wasn't too much.

--
Pd

Jim

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Apr 20, 2005, 4:39:39 AM4/20/05
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Thank you, you're too..er...kind.

I _was_ on pain meds for a short time so I nearly got the rainbows :-)

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 5:58:00 AM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> following components:
>
> iSync
>
> For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
> http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
>
>
> Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)

hey welcome back, missy! any luck with the pointy boots?

gah i have about a trillion unsaved open files, will have to save them
meh!

roger

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 5:58:00 AM4/20/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> In article <1gvb9ai.ritkmw7jzsp1N%pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid>, PeterD wrote:
> > Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I've been ill recently
> >
> > You shoulda said. We'd have beamed happy healing rainbow fairies at you.
> > Hope you're both all better now, and the vet's bill wasn't too much.
> >
>
> Thank you, you're too..er...kind.
>
> I _was_ on pain meds for a short time so I nearly got the rainbows :-)
>
> Jim

0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....

roger

Jim

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Apr 20, 2005, 6:01:17 AM4/20/05
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It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 6:58:36 AM4/20/05
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Roger Merriman <NE...@wodger.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> > is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> > following components:
> >
> > iSync
> >
> > For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
> > http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
> >
> >
> > Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)
>
> hey welcome back, missy! any luck with the pointy boots?

Hey, thanks. They are at the manufacturer's now. The whole thing rests
on whether me having had them re-soled constitutes violation of the blah
blah and them therefore not being liable to fix them. We shall see...



> gah i have about a trillion unsaved open files, will have to save them
> meh!

I am so anal, I always close everything, and often quit as well.
MenuMeters has made me an obsessive!

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 6:58:37 AM4/20/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> In article <1gvbd3i.ra8h4m1ls5lbkN%NE...@wodger.demon.co.uk>, Roger
Merriman wrote:
> > Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <1gvb9ai.ritkmw7jzsp1N%pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid>, PeterD wrote:
> >> > Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I've been ill recently
> >> >
> >> > You shoulda said. We'd have beamed happy healing rainbow fairies at you.
> >> > Hope you're both all better now, and the vet's bill wasn't too much.
> >> >
> >> Thank you, you're too..er...kind.
> >>
> >> I _was_ on pain meds for a short time so I nearly got the rainbows :-)
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> > 0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....
>
> It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.

Ouch mate! I would have hung up a Special Crystal for you, if I'd known.

But I trust you haven't been watching too much Vanessa Feltz late at
night, and taken action where it really should not be taken. <runs>

PeterD

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:06:18 AM4/20/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> Think 'painfully swollen vein'.

Those haemorrhoids are a pain in the arse, eh.

--
Pd

Jim

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:10:48 AM4/20/05
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<fervant nod>

Jim

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:10:30 AM4/20/05
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In article <1gvbds4.1mxod5z1tvh2y6N%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones wrote:
>> >> I _was_ on pain meds for a short time so I nearly got the rainbows :-)
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >
>> > 0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....
>>
>> It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.
>
> Ouch mate! I would have hung up a Special Crystal for you, if I'd known.
>
> But I trust you haven't been watching too much Vanessa Feltz late at
> night, and taken action where it really should not be taken. <runs>
>

Thankfully I have _no_ idea what you're talking about. Please don't
enlighten me.

Woody

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:15:13 AM4/20/05
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In article <1gvbdru.641bwn1kj73y8N%m...@privacy.net>, m...@privacy.net
says...

What has menumeters done to do that? Can't say I quit that much although
I don't have unsaved files (unlike sab who allways has unopened files
and I have to guess whether she wants them or not when I restart big
shiney!)


--
Woody

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:26:35 AM4/20/05
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Woody <use...@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

Because I can see if Something Big is happening when the little bar is
going up and down. It also means I can try and catch the machine at it
when one of the Mystery Processes is happening. I've convinced it keeps
indexing when it thinks I'm not looking.

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:29:27 AM4/20/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> In article <1gvbds4.1mxod5z1tvh2y6N%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones wrote:
> >> >> I _was_ on pain meds for a short time so I nearly got the rainbows :-)
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim
> >> >
> >> > 0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....
> >>
> >> It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.
> >
> > Ouch mate! I would have hung up a Special Crystal for you, if I'd known.
> >
> > But I trust you haven't been watching too much Vanessa Feltz late at
> > night, and taken action where it really should not be taken. <runs>
> >
>
> Thankfully I have _no_ idea what you're talking about. Please don't
> enlighten me.

Oh go on.
<http://www.five.tv/home/frameset/?content=11712466&>
Oddly, the blurb does not refer to the especially wince-making procedure
I was referring to above.

Noses

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Apr 20, 2005, 7:20:45 AM4/20/05
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Watakushi no kioku ga tashika naraba, Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)

http://members.cox.net/pfiore7/nerd.jpg

Might have positive side effects.


Noses.

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 8:22:24 AM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <1gvbds4.1mxod5z1tvh2y6N%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones wrote:

snips


> > > But I trust you haven't been watching too much Vanessa Feltz late at
> > > night, and taken action where it really should not be taken. <runs>
> > >
> >
> > Thankfully I have _no_ idea what you're talking about. Please don't
> > enlighten me.
>
> Oh go on.
> <http://www.five.tv/home/frameset/?content=11712466&>
> Oddly, the blurb does not refer to the especially wince-making procedure
> I was referring to above.

cosmetic surgry? mmmm extra lenth?

roger

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 8:22:23 AM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Roger Merriman <NE...@wodger.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> > > is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> > > following components:
> > >
> > > iSync
> > >
> > > For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
> > > http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
> > >
> > >
> > > Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)
> >
> > hey welcome back, missy! any luck with the pointy boots?
>
> Hey, thanks. They are at the manufacturer's now. The whole thing rests
> on whether me having had them re-soled constitutes violation of the blah
> blah and them therefore not being liable to fix them. We shall see...
>

ahh well best of luck, sure richard would miss being abile to touch your
boo.. ;-)

> > gah i have about a trillion unsaved open files, will have to save them
> > meh!
>
> I am so anal, I always close everything, and often quit as well.
> MenuMeters has made me an obsessive!

now had you had said that few weeks back that would of been on topic
there, not here but there heh!

roger

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 8:22:23 AM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

snips

> > > I am so anal, I always close everything, and often quit as well.
> > > MenuMeters has made me an obsessive!
> >
> > What has menumeters done to do that? Can't say I quit that much although
> > I don't have unsaved files (unlike sab who allways has unopened files
> > and I have to guess whether she wants them or not when I restart big
> > shiney!)
>
> Because I can see if Something Big is happening when the little bar is
> going up and down. It also means I can try and catch the machine at it
> when one of the Mystery Processes is happening. I've convinced it keeps
> indexing when it thinks I'm not looking.

ah the mystery process. of course! the obvous reasons ;-)

roger

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 8:22:23 AM4/20/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> In article <1gvbd3i.ra8h4m1ls5lbkN%NE...@wodger.demon.co.uk>, Roger
Merriman wrote:
> > Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <1gvb9ai.ritkmw7jzsp1N%pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid>, PeterD wrote:
> >> > Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I've been ill recently
> >> >
> >> > You shoulda said. We'd have beamed happy healing rainbow fairies at you.
> >> > Hope you're both all better now, and the vet's bill wasn't too much.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Thank you, you're too..er...kind.
> >>
> >> I _was_ on pain meds for a short time so I nearly got the rainbows :-)
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> > 0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....
> >
>
> It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.
>
> Jim

oooh ow!

roger

Sara Kirk

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Apr 20, 2005, 9:23:39 AM4/20/05
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In article <1gvb2p4.19wi4vu1qrmplsN%m...@privacy.net>, Bella Jones
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> following components:
>
> iSync
>
> For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
> http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
>
>
> Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)

Oo - 'ello! Nice to see you again.

--
Sara

Hugh Browton

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Apr 20, 2005, 10:03:16 AM4/20/05
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:20:45 +0100, Noses wrote
(in article <d45dud$3br$2...@news.bnc.net>):

> http://members.cox.net/pfiore7/nerd.jpg

<laugh>!

--
regards
hugh
hugh at clarity point uk point co
(by the sea) (using Hogwasher)

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 11:11:35 AM4/20/05
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Roger Merriman <NE...@wodger.demon.co.uk> wrote:

And girth. I could go into a long description but it would be off-topic
as well as disgusting!

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 11:16:03 AM4/20/05
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Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

The siren call of ucsm became all too much. Lurking just wasn't enough.
;-)

Bob Wardrope

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Apr 20, 2005, 11:44:45 AM4/20/05
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Bella Jones wrote:
<snip>

>
>
> And girth. I could go into a long description but it would be off-topic
> as well as disgusting!
>

3S :-)

Bob W

Bella Jones

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Apr 20, 2005, 12:33:16 PM4/20/05
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Bob Wardrope <newsby...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:

Expand, please.

[Recycled that one, sorry!]

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 1:15:21 PM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

0ooh wince... /me crosses legs....

roger

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 1:15:22 PM4/20/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Bob Wardrope <newsby...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Bella Jones wrote:
> > <snip>
> > >
> > >
> > > And girth. I could go into a long description but it would be off-topic
> > > as well as disgusting!
> > >
> >
> > 3S :-)
>
> Expand, please.
>

LOL! you say some of mine are bad ;-)
>
> [Recycled that one, sorry!]

roger

Huge's Powermac G3 Beige

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Apr 20, 2005, 1:56:24 PM4/20/05
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Does a g3 mini tower running os x 10.3.8 require security patches. I don't
use I sync as don't have bluetooth yet, so would I need to download it
anyway???

On 20/4/05 8:23 am, in article 1gvb5vl.5ipmif1hnzcviN%m...@privacy.net,
"Bella Jones" <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>

>>> Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
>>> is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
>>> following components:
>>>
>>> iSync
>>>
>>> For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website:
>>> http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798
>>>
>>>
>>> Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)
>>

>> Fixes that vuln (in mRouter) I told you about earlier in the year, where
>> running a very small program as a normal user gave you a root shell.
>
> For the record, while we're on updates etc, I noticed a slight speeding
> up after 10.3.9, but that all went to hell a few hours later, as usual.
>
>> Welcome back BTW :-)
>
> Why thank you. Are we going to see The Infamous Birthday Card on your
> server anytime soon? ;-)

Chris Ridd

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:02:47 PM4/20/05
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On 20/4/05 6:56 pm, in article BE8C5665.1926%hugem...@btopenworld.com,

"Huge's Powermac G3 Beige" <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Does a g3 mini tower running os x 10.3.8 require security patches. I don't

If Software Update thinks you need to download it, then yes. I'm sure a
security update came out post-10.3.8.

> use I sync as don't have bluetooth yet, so would I need to download it
> anyway???

I'm not sure what Bluetooth has got to do with it; the update only patches
/System/Library/SyncServices/SymbianConduit.bundle.

It is also quite a small update so there's really no reason not to install
it.

And please don't top post.

Cheers,

Chris

Bob Wardrope

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:11:32 PM4/20/05
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Bella Jones wrote:
> Bob Wardrope <newsby...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>Bella Jones wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>>>
>>>And girth. I could go into a long description but it would be off-topic
>>>as well as disgusting!
>>>
>>
>>3S :-)
>
>
> Expand, please.
>
>
Split, Stuff and Stitch.
>
> [Recycled that one, sorry!]
>
>
Apology accepted :-)

Bob W

Huge's Powermac G3 Beige

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:16:41 PM4/20/05
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On 20/4/05 7:02 pm, in article BE8C57D7.AD796%chri...@mac.com, "Chris
Ridd" <chri...@mac.com> wrote:

Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.
Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?

Huge

Roger Merriman

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:47:58 PM4/20/05
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Bob Wardrope <newsby...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
> > Bob Wardrope <newsby...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Bella Jones wrote:
> >><snip>
> >>

> >>>And girth. I could go into a long description but it would be off-topic
> >>>as well as disgusting!
> >>>

snips


> > Expand, please.
> >
> >
> Split, Stuff and Stitch.
> >

snips
>
> Bob W

i would be suprised if after that, that there was much if any
rasing.....

roger

PeterD

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Apr 20, 2005, 2:49:57 PM4/20/05
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Huge's Powermac G3 Beige <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?

No, but you can set the brain-finger interface to not top-post.

And remember, not top-posting is only half the battle. The other half is
snipping all the stuff that isn't relevant, and inserting your comments
after the appropriate quotes.

--
Pd

Chris Ridd

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Apr 20, 2005, 3:11:01 PM4/20/05
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On 20/4/05 7:16 pm, in article BE8C5B30.192C%hugem...@btopenworld.com,

"Huge's Powermac G3 Beige" <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.

I've always just used Software Update to keep up to date, and it has always
worked OK for me.

> Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?

It always sticks the cursor in at the top, so I just scroll down, and type
responses where appropriate and snip where appropriate. It works OK, though
to be honest the whole quoting/snipping/etc malarkey seems quite a primitive
way of working (in all mail/news apps). There's got to be a better way than
this, surely?

Cheers,

Chris

Noses

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Apr 20, 2005, 3:32:12 PM4/20/05
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Watakushi no kioku ga tashika naraba, Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote:
> > http://members.cox.net/pfiore7/nerd.jpg
> <laugh>!

You wouldn't laugh with uptimes around 500 days...


Noses.

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Tim Streater

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Apr 21, 2005, 4:37:33 AM4/21/05
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In article <BE8C5B30.192C%hugem...@btopenworld.com>,

Huge's Powermac G3 Beige <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> On 20/4/05 7:02 pm, in article BE8C57D7.AD796%chri...@mac.com, "Chris
> Ridd" <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > On 20/4/05 6:56 pm, in article BE8C5665.1926%hugem...@btopenworld.com,
> > "Huge's Powermac G3 Beige" <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Does a g3 mini tower running os x 10.3.8 require security patches. I don't
> >
> > If Software Update thinks you need to download it, then yes. I'm sure a
> > security update came out post-10.3.8.
> >
> >> use I sync as don't have bluetooth yet, so would I need to download it
> >> anyway???
> >
> > I'm not sure what Bluetooth has got to do with it; the update only patches
> > /System/Library/SyncServices/SymbianConduit.bundle.
> >
> > It is also quite a small update so there's really no reason not to install
> > it.
> >
> > And please don't top post.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.
> Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?

Top post if you feel like it, Huge. Pay no attention to the
self-appointed net.police.

-- tim

D.M. Procida

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Apr 21, 2005, 4:52:43 AM4/21/05
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Tim Streater <tim.st...@dante.org.uk> wrote:

> > Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.
> > Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?
>
> Top post if you feel like it, Huge. Pay no attention to the
> self-appointed net.police.

No, don't. Tim is only saying that because he's in a lot of trouble and
wants to bring someone down with him, feeling in his twisted way that it
will somehow be better for him like that. As if! In fact, we're even
more annoyed with Tim for trying that on.

Daniele
--
Apple Juice Ltd
Chapter Arts Centre
Market Road www.apple-juice.co.uk
Cardiff CF5 1QE 029 2019 0140

Liz Gerard

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Apr 21, 2005, 7:34:28 AM4/21/05
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Chris Ridd wrote:
> On 20/4/05 7:16 pm, in article "Huge's Powermac G3 Beige"

> <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?
>
> It always sticks the cursor in at the top, so I just scroll down, and
> type responses where appropriate and snip where appropriate.

Or use Thunderbird - it automatically starts the reply after the quoted
text.

> though to be honest the whole quoting/snipping/etc malarkey
> seems quite a primitive way of working (in all mail/news apps).
> There's got to be a better way than this, surely?

No, it's netiquette, it's equivalent to not picking one's nose in public!

Liz

gutts

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Apr 21, 2005, 9:36:59 AM4/21/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> Security Update 2005-004 delivers a number of security enhancements and
> is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the
> following components:

strangely, this update hasn't shown up on my machine(s). Dunno why
but...


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Tim Auton

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Apr 21, 2005, 1:40:15 PM4/21/05
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Tim Streater <tim.st...@dante.org.uk> wrote:
>In article <BE8C5B30.192C%hugem...@btopenworld.com>,
> Huge's Powermac G3 Beige <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
[snip]

>> Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.
>> Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?
>
>Top post if you feel like it, Huge. Pay no attention to the
>self-appointed net.police.

Post any way you like. But difficult-to-read messages (top-posting,
broken shift-key etc.) tend to get skipped. At least some of those who
can't be bothered to decipher your message will be people who could
help with a problem or have something interesting to say. Some of them
(like me) are just self-righteous tits.


Tim
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TonyG

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Apr 21, 2005, 4:07:44 PM4/21/05
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In article <1gvdh6h.jc6tfvdateg6N%gutta...@gmail.com>,
gutta...@gmail.com (gutts) wrote:

> strangely, this update hasn't shown up on my machine(s). Dunno why
but...

Nor on mine - it appears you need to be using iSync.

Tony

gutts

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Apr 21, 2005, 5:06:02 PM4/21/05
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TonyG <ps...@mendacity.com> wrote:


I am, I do. Weird.

Only until May Day or thereabouts though, when I expect to have Tiger
in.

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Flavio Matani

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Apr 21, 2005, 7:14:46 PM4/21/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> > >
> > > Darn. And I did a restart only yesterday. :-)
> >
> > Oo - 'ello! Nice to see you again.
>
> The siren call of ucsm became all too much. Lurking just wasn't enough.


... :)

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Flavio Matani

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Apr 21, 2005, 7:14:46 PM4/21/05
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Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:

> On 20/4/05 7:16 pm, in article BE8C5B30.192C%hugem...@btopenworld.com,
> "Huge's Powermac G3 Beige" <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.
>
> I've always just used Software Update to keep up to date, and it has always
> worked OK for me.

Hm, I'm a bit wary -not from personal experience, but from seeing other
peeps' postings, so I often download the Combo update and wait a couple
of days before applying...

Flavio Matani

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Apr 21, 2005, 7:14:45 PM4/21/05
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Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> > > But I trust you haven't been watching too much Vanessa Feltz late at
> > > night, and taken action where it really should not be taken. <runs>
> > >
> >
> > Thankfully I have _no_ idea what you're talking about. Please don't
> > enlighten me.
>
> Oh go on.
> <http://www.five.tv/home/frameset/?content=11712466&>
> Oddly, the blurb does not refer to the especially wince-making procedure
> I was referring to above.

Yeaourgh....

Flavio Matani

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Apr 21, 2005, 7:14:46 PM4/21/05
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Huge's Powermac G3 Beige <hugem...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> >
> > And please don't top post.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> Sorry did not know that... Just downloading the 10.3.9 update now.
> Can I set entourage 2004 to not top post?

Yes, but only by hand, if I remember correctly

Tim Streater

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Apr 22, 2005, 4:58:31 AM4/22/05
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In article <27pf61p3jvto9vkv8...@4ax.com>,
Tim Auton <tim....@uton.groupSexWithoutTheY> wrote:

Agreed. It's when the response is "and please don't top post", without
explanation, as if the poor poster has farted in the lift, that I am
inclined to think, "what a w-anchor".

I also laugh at responses along the lines of "You're saying X? But in
post 123456 on such-and-such date you said X-bar". Well, shock, horror!

-- tim

PeterD

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Apr 22, 2005, 5:53:54 AM4/22/05
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Tim Streater <tim.st...@dante.org.uk> wrote:

> I also laugh at responses along the lines of "You're saying X? But in
> post 123456 on such-and-such date you said X-bar". Well, shock, horror!

Why? Surely consistency is the first prerequisite of logic.

Alternatively, if someone's changed their mind about something,
presumably some significant piece of information or event has come to
light, that would be worth relating.

Or am I missing your point entirely?

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Pd

Sak Wathanasin

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Apr 22, 2005, 7:16:16 AM4/22/05
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In article <1gvf24v.1q00dxn3dy2utN%pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid>,
pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD) wrote:

> Or am I missing your point entirely?

That's why we have Usenet.

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Tim Streater

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Apr 22, 2005, 9:07:10 AM4/22/05
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In article <1gvf24v.1q00dxn3dy2utN%pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid>,
pd....@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD) wrote:

> Tim Streater <tim.st...@dante.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > I also laugh at responses along the lines of "You're saying X? But in
> > post 123456 on such-and-such date you said X-bar". Well, shock, horror!
>
> Why? Surely consistency is the first prerequisite of logic.

:-)

> Alternatively, if someone's changed their mind about something,
> presumably some significant piece of information or event has come to
> light, that would be worth relating.

That's OK when it happens and is related in that manner. I am referring
to occasions when the response is rather more rabid.

> Or am I missing your point entirely?

My point, for what it's worth, is that debate via this medium is very
often little better than discussions down the pub (not that I ever have
any such). Personally I find it difficult to articulate all that I want
to say in a coherent manner when it has to be via a written medium such
as this. What I might term a good post usually takes me hours to cobble
together. Which is why my response to electronic dumpster divers [1]
will be "So sue me!".

[1] with apologies for the Americanism - not sure if we have an
equivalent.

-- tim

zoara

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Apr 22, 2005, 10:53:27 AM4/22/05
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Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> Roger Merriman wrote:

[Jim's illness]

> > 0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....
> >
>
> It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.

Er.....

-z-


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of weeds known for advancing sexual longing and performance, causing
an increase in sexual craving, a betterment in your volume and
execution, besides as increased energy and joy during sexual activeness.

Jim

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Apr 22, 2005, 10:52:32 AM4/22/05
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In article <1gvf27o.1x35xxc42jf2tN%m...@privacy.net>, zoara wrote:
> Jim <J...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Roger Merriman wrote:
>
> [Jim's illness]
>
>> > 0ooh sounds unpleasent to say the least....
>> >
>>
>> It was. Think 'painfully swollen vein'.
>
> Er.....
>

It was a right pain in the arse. Literally.

Jim
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zoara

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Apr 22, 2005, 11:46:38 AM4/22/05
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Tim Streater <tim.st...@dante.org.uk> wrote:

> Which is why my response to electronic dumpster divers [1]
> will be "So sue me!".
>
> [1] with apologies for the Americanism - not sure if we have an
> equivalent.

Bin burglars?

-zoara-

PeterD

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Apr 22, 2005, 6:41:28 PM4/22/05
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Tim Streater <tim.st...@dante.org.uk> wrote:

> Personally I find it difficult to articulate all that I want to say in a
> coherent manner when it has to be via a written medium such as this.

Oaky, but that's not what you said last month.

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Pd

Hugh Browton

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Apr 24, 2005, 2:04:26 AM4/24/05
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:32:12 +0100, Noses wrote
(in article <d46ans$le8$1...@news.bnc.net>):

> http://members.cox.net/pfiore7/nerd.jpg

I wasn't laughing at his sex to uptime ratio, but his cheerfulness in the
face of adversity!

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