(I've used a couple of other places too but now they're either a lot more expensive than Scan or don't stock the brands/models I was hoping for. Maybe I have to choose between good returns policy, competitive pricing and wide stock with good availability. But in the meantime, I'd be very grateful for any recommendations. Thanks!)
― Frazer, Wednesday, 21 May 2003 11:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 22 May 2003 20:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.dabs.com
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 22 May 2003 20:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 22 May 2003 21:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 23 May 2003 11:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, does PySoulSeek work?
Also, it says I need to right click and save on Gabba.net butbutbut Mac mice only have ONE BUTTON (WTF?!) how do I download the shizzing new Dizzy Rascal track from Gabba?
― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 23 May 2003 16:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
pYSoulSeek is apparently a bit tricky and Graham reported than it had stopped working for him entirely.
To right click on a Mac, sometimes holding it down longer works (always a bit confused by this) but if that fails then Ctrl+click will do it.
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
Ctrl+click works but I don't know how to download tracks from Gabba. It just ended up downloading some weird .asp file.
Ed, wake up.
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
First install the dev tools cd that came with your mac, get any updates from http://www.apple.com/developer
You need to get apple X11, and the X11 SDK availible from http://www.apple.com/macisx/x11
then you need to get fink from http://fink.sourceforge.net and install as instructed.
then you need to install the pysoulseek package in fink from the unstable tree
Launch the fink commander app and choose preferences fron the Fink Commander menu, check use unstable. Then from the commands menu choose selfupdate-cvs. Then choose update-all from the commands menu. Then select the pysoulseek package from the packages list and choose the Install command. Say yes to installing any other packages it may require, this may take a while.
Then open up the X11 application choose terminal from the application menu type in pysoulseek and press return, if that doesn't work type
cd /sw/src/pysl.......... the dots indicate the name of the pyslsk directory you can just type in pysls after the src and press tab, it will complete the name
in that folder type
python2.3 ./pyslsk
and press return
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Unfortunately, since the death of Audiogalaxy, there has been no Mac client that's great for obscurer stuff. Nothing as good as SoulSeek, anyway. It's the worst thing about Macs.
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
Right, I figured out how to download off Gabba but now I've lost the the "this is downloading; this is how much is downloaded thus far" box. Grr.
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
Unfortunately using pysoulseek means you have to leave the pretty and set of to the ugly dark side of OS X's unix core
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
iSwipe is about to introduce OpenFT support for non-registered users. Does anyone know about OpenFT - would it be really great if everyone used it? It seems to be in very early stages of development and thus generally requires the kind of tomfoolery Ed details above to get it up and running.
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― slutsky (slutsky), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
I feel like such an idiot. Thank you to everyone who's helped.
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― slutsky (slutsky), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― slutsky (slutsky), Saturday, 24 May 2003 17:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 24 May 2003 19:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 May 2003 19:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 24 May 2003 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 24 May 2003 20:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 24 May 2003 20:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 24 May 2003 21:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 24 May 2003 21:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 24 May 2003 21:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
I wish I could find a reviews and recommendations site for people like me who will buy recentish hardware but have no intention of overclocking it and then expecting it to run ice-cold for endless LAN parties and suchlike. They're all aimed at the hardcore gaming and overclocking crew, which leaves me with no idea how much cooling is the minimum to run safely and what PSU I'll need if I don't plan to fit six extra fans all going full-tilt and sapping the 12V line.
― Frazer, Saturday, 24 May 2003 21:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 24 May 2003 21:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 24 May 2003 21:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 May 2003 11:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Forwarding Burden, Monday, 26 May 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
go to Run (command prompt)
type msconfig
go to the startup tab
uncheck all the offending programs (anything that looks suspect)
when you close msconfig, it will prompt you to reboot. say yes. when windows comes back up, you'll get a message saying something along the lines of "windows is in selective startup mode" or something (i think - haven't done it in a while)
then you should be able to delete the files
you might have to go back into msconfig and move it back to normal startup
― ron (ron), Monday, 26 May 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ron (ron), Monday, 26 May 2003 18:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Forwarding Burden, Monday, 26 May 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Forwarding Burden, Monday, 26 May 2003 20:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
you could head for the registry, but be careful. save a copy of the branch you are going to edit, and all the usual warnings about fubar-ing your computer, etc...
have a look at this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
this should contain the startup programs.
what version of windows are you using?
― ron (ron), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 00:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
Command + H hides an application and all its windowsCommand + ~ cycles windows in a great many applications
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 06:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
Yeah, I know - but I usually have at least 3 apps open. I want something that will quickly clear the desktop of all windows, just like 'Minimize all windows' does in Windows.
― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 06:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 06:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 06:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
I no longer have any MP3centric jukebox-style software on my PC, so I was just going to do my usual method of prepping the WAVs individually in CoolEdit and saving to MP3 at reasonably high quality VBR, with the file name taking the form 'Artist - Title.mp3'. Do I need to bother with ID tags and the like?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 08:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 08:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 09:32 (twenty-one years ago) link