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With these files, in Windows Media Player, the audio is consistently behind the video. In Winamp, they shift about, sometimes ahead, then behind, then nearly spot on.

This might just be how the files were encoded.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

PSFTP question. I want to upload and download multiple files from this server I'm connected to. They run everything through linux and I have the impression that there isn't a nice brainless drag and drop program to interact with a linux server. So--putty ftp.

The question: mput and mget aren't recognized by this ftp, it seems. So I've tried using the put and get request with a wildcard, and it responds "local: unable to open". "put C:\(pathnamestuff)\*.jpg" doesn't work, just * without the .jpg doesn't work...might there be some other way to convince the ftp to up/download multiple files? (please I really hope so...)

At least everything's working fine with uploading single files. I just have a lot of stuff to upload right now.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Some admins don't allow you to upload multiple files but this sounds like this is something that PuTTY does not like doing, it may just not recognise wildcards. I cannot believe that there isn't a graphical SFTP client for windows.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

RE: OSX/Bluetooth/phone hell
System Preferences->Bluetooth, use the setup thingummy

(Actually I'm running 10.8)

BUT I can't find anything under System Preferences that says Bluetooth..
In the iSyncb Window, the phone appears as a device
The computer appears as a linked device in the phone

Ideas?

Thanks :-)

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

10.8

Do you mean 10.1.8 or 10.2.8?

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

10.2.8

sorry typing moving faster than brain

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Silly question, Orbit: do you actually have Bluetooth on your computer? I noticed upthread that you mentioned you were pointing the blue light at the "infrared", and of course those are different technologies. You shouldn't actually have to point Bluetooth AT anything, you just have to be in range; but then you also have to have Bluetooth ON the computer to make it work.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

check you have the latest version of the software

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120275

and what Sean said. Anywhere in the room should be good enough for bluetooth.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, I see you're plugging it into USB (dang, shouldn't post while I'm feeling ill and non-clear-headed). Nevermind then.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm also assuming now that you installed the software for your Bluetooth adapter, yes? But do what Ed said anyhow, the latest version of drivers/software often cures these little things.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

No driver's required for bluetooth adapters with OS X if you have the apple software installed. There's only about 2 or three different USB->Bluetooth chips out there used by all the different manufacturers and they all obey the same standards.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I downloaded, installed, and restarted w/ software update.
when i say i pointed it at the infrared i mean at the back of the powerbook
yep, the bluetooth is in.
phone is "discoverable"

the drive spins, says it is updating, and then:

Can't synchronize contacts to OrbitT68i: device is not available
Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to OrbitT68i: device is not available

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

the phone can't "discover" the computer.
ARRRGGHH

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

maj: I have the discs for OS X and Jaguar, in case you need 'em

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

(Thanks Ed. It does seem to be a PuTTY prob. If anyone knows of a GUIish SFTP that can handle SSH well, I'd appreciate it. I've found a few that look like they might fit the bill but they're expensive. I haven't looked around too thoroughly yet though.)

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

How would I be able to scan a whole painting, say one that is 22 by 18 inches? Obviously, it won't all fit in an A-4 scanner. Is there some kind of hi-tech industrial scanning machine, or is a digital camera the answer?

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

how FAR shall i hurl the phone?

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know the Bluetooth client on the Mac, but do you have to set the Mac to be discoverable too? (Or have you already done that?)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

(See this is why I'm not a big fan of Bluetooth, really, though this keyboard I'm using is pretty cool.)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

iSync scans for a device and says "no device found".
Perhaps I should *crush* the phone instead.

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i know of one person who told me how to fix this once before--but i forgot how. it was something very simple.

i am staring at the phone as if it is a turd in the zen rock garden of computing.

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

first of all do you have a bluetooth preference pane in system preferences?

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

That was the key. I didn't. I downloaded, installed and restarted using the latest Apple Bluetooth. Finally I got a Bluetooth icon in the preferences pane. Then I enabled it, and paired the devices.

Some mysteries remain:
It had me enter a passcode for the phone and computer and when it did this the first time it said I wouldnn't have to remember it, that it need only be entered once. However everytime I sync, both the computer and the phone ask for the passcode. A minor thing, but puzzling.

I successfully synced with iCal, to the phone, Fabulous!

New problem:
For some reason, even though I tell iSync to update all contacts, it doesn't. Now I am stuck with how to get iSync to grad all my contacts from the Address Book.

Thanks for listening to me scream :-)

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Julia, you could try using Mindterm.

― bert (bert), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

(thanks bnw a kind a accomplice has offered me 9 + 10 + jaguar + panther but i must first wait for my new memory to come in.)

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

stry looking at the pref's in address book and iSync, there are some governing syncing. I haven't got my computer with me soI can't tell you off the top of my head.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I cannot pierce the proxy

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 15 January 2004 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

That sounds almost Shakespearean.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 15 January 2004 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I have punctured, tunneled and pierced

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:36 (twenty-two years ago)

In the past few days every time I open Google another search engine opens as well. It is not a "pop-up" so my pop-up thing (from Panicware) doesn't prevent it. It is this website: "search-company.com"

How the hell do I get rid of these parasites as my Explorer has to close and I lose the stuff I'm writing regularly when it appears?

Any ideas, anyone?

― C J (C J), Saturday, 17 January 2004 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

tried ad-aware?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 17 January 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

try ad-aware for starters

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

xpost

― Ed (dali), Saturday, 17 January 2004 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

CJ - if you do a google search on "search-company.com" (maybe in conjunction with 'spyware') you'll find plenty of advice on getting rid of it.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 17 January 2004 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I now have a total of 320 RAM. After I get OS X and broadband, will I need firewall, or does it come included? Can I download it free anywhere? (Is it fairly safe to go without virus protection for the Mac, like the computer dude told me today?)

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 17 January 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)

OSX has a built in firewall, it is simple and easy to turn on.

― Ed (dali), Saturday, 17 January 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

If NYU doesn't offer you free or heavily discounted virus software, I'll eat your hat.

― Ed (dali), Saturday, 17 January 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

They said they would give it (virus software) to me for free, but that I didn't need it. Stingy bastards don't like to part with anything. Here is the Kangol.

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 18 January 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

macs are pretty virus free

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 18 January 2004 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

aren't there NO known OSX viruses? (yet?)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

that would be weird since there must be a fair number of UNIX viruses

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Sunday, 18 January 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Btw, you can 'stop' iTunes by hitting command - .

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 19 January 2004 06:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, I have a question! I run Windows XP, and my harddrive space has been getting pretty low. I had like about 1.2 GB left the other day, and then a few hours later I checked and I had 3.5 GB left! Uh oh. I don't remember deleting anything; certainly not something over a Gig in size. I want to know if there might be any sort of cache or something in windows that could reach a very large size. I remember once I turned off some sort of hidden folders option and found this folder with tons of stuff in it that I thought I had long-since thrown away, but I forgot how to find that folder again. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? :)

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Monday, 19 January 2004 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

OK I have 9 now -- I will have to get 10 from another benefactor. How do I install? Just insert and follow the directions?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 19 January 2004 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes. Dialog boxes will walk you through everything.

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 19 January 2004 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I have tried and tried and tried, under Jaguar and now under Panther, to install Soulseek. I install fink, and then "fink selfupdate", and it craps out. Here's the end of the transcript:

main.c: At top level:
main.c:351: warning: `okpassshortopts' defined but not used
make[2]: *** [main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-main] Error 2
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 2
### execution of failed, exit code 2
Failed: compiling dpkg-1.10.9-200 failed

Any idea what is going wrong or how I can fix it? I have deleted and reinstalled /sw several times now. Or can I just copy /sw from someone else who has it working?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 19 January 2004 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

weird. you did all the other proper steps, right?

did you try poking around the slsk boards to see if anyone else had the same problem?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 19 January 2004 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan, that's is swap files being deleted when no longer needed. Modern OSs like to keep a lot of HD space as 'virtual' memory.

Causistry, I'm working on yours.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 19 January 2004 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Causistry,

Try running

sudo apt-get update

then sudo apt-get upgrade

then sudo fink selfupdate-rsync

― Ed (dali), Monday, 19 January 2004 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I poked around the fink website, since it seemed like a problem with fink (I have tried to install nicotine after failing to update fink, but unsurprisingly it has failed).

Ed, thanks! I'll give it a whirl.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 19 January 2004 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

best place for help with fink is

http://forums.macosxhints.com/

― Ed (dali), Monday, 19 January 2004 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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