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Anyone having problems with the German Server? I haven't been able to
get any new postings from it all weekend.
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My aunt got one of the new Starbucks cards - a pre-pay credit-card type
thing, which she wanted me to register for her, but
<http://starbucks.co.uk/en-GB/_Card/_Registration/error.htm>
tell me

Does the x86 Knoppix linux live CD work on an Intel Mac, anyone know?
I tried to look it up, but the info that I found seemed to be several
months out of date and looked as though it wasn't fully functional.

Whilst trying to clear enough space in our Daughters room just now to
fit the fold_away bench (that I made for her full size MIDI keyboard
ages ago) I was wondering how well the (Intel, Duo 1.66) Mini would
make a 'TV' for her (her portable being her big sisters leftovers and

SHould I use this?
I've ripped about 30 minutes from a DVD; when there's horizontal
movement edges and planes seem to break up along horizontal lines.
Also I am surprised that it ripped in at a massive 3.2GB - is that

I've just finished reading Andy Hertzfeld's book 'Revolution In The Valley'
- his story of the creation of the Mac.
A really interesting read, and beautifully presented with contemporaneous
photos, notes and screenshots showing the evolution of the Mac, System and

Is there any app that monitors the amount downloaded/uploaded on a broadband
connection?. I have found some that monitor it whilst Mac is on, but go back
to zero if switched off/on as I always shutdown overnight. I would want one
that could display daily,weekly, monthly totals ...

I have a number of sound files that I would like to convert in to a
format I can listen to. Most are the old sound clipping format that you
could double click on and they would just play under OS 9.
Any ideas?

how on earth do I create a std txt file ? textedit only allows me to
save it as rtf ?
DC

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Well, do I?
I think I do.
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Here's an interesting thing:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=16535
In theory, this could pipe off some of that excess CPU heat and turn it
into power, thus extending your battery life.