OT: The Old Toad Quiz (Nov 27, 2006) - Eclectica
http://mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
Please check for typos or errors of fact.
This is a challenging, eclectic quiz...
Passing Scores:
Rochester NY: 50%
USA: 45%
ROTW: 40%
Thanks.
Mick.
Only 30%, though my interest in Yak's milk is now at an
all-time high. ;)
"Mick White" <[email protected]> wrote in
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http://mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
>
>
> Please check for typos or errors of fact.
> This is a challenging, eclectic quiz...
>
> Passing Scores:
> Rochester NY: 50%
> USA: 45%
> ROTW: 40%
>
> Thanks.
> Mick.
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OT: The Old Toad Quiz (Nov 20, 2006)- Not so tough.
http://mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
Please check for typos or errors of fact.
This is a gentle quiz...
Passing Scores:
USA: 50%
ROTW: 40%
Thanks.
MickPiece of cake.
Old Toad Quiz: October 23, 2006
Score: 100 %
Well done, you are bloody brilliant!
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http://www.mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
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> Please check for typos or errors of fact.
> This quiz may be easier than most.
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> Passing Scores:
> USA: 50%
> ROTW: 40%
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Re: OT: The Old Toad Quiz (Aug 21, 2006)-Real tough
Yeah. I'm not sure how keen I am on that, nor am I
particularly keen on
Charon. To me a planet should be an independently orbiting
body, but I
understand how I'm kinda splitting hairs there. Will we
eventually have
planets orbiting moons?
I don't get why they don't just call the small ones
"planetoids" and be done
with it. I know I sure don't want to have to remember 113
names of the
planets. ;)
Either way, what a fascinating time to be alive, when so many
fundamental
discoveries are being made. Just when we thought we knew it
all, it seems
like there's always an advanced course. :O)
(that dark matter stuff is pretty exiting, as well)
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>>And isn't that phenomenal? Talk about a once in a
lifetime thing -
>>y'know,
>>Alex, when I was a boy there was only 9 planets, not
26.... (or 7)
>>
>>Too cool
>
>
> Exactly. What's more, if the proposal that causes more
to be recognized
> is adopted, one widely respected astronomer has
suggested that we could
> wind up with hundreds.
>
> GaryPiece of cake.
Old Toad Quiz: October 23, 2006
Score: 100 %
Well done, you are bloody brilliant!
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http://www.mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
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Re: OT: The Old Toad Quiz (Aug 7, 2006) - A good one
That's great news, Mick. Even better than my 45% score, which
you have
effectively overshadowed.
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> > Did you get your flash drive?
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> >
> Are you Nostradamus or what? It arrived in the post just
5 minutes ago.
> And many thanks, it contains my medical history from my
birth until now.
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> BTW, my urologist declared me cancer-free, my PSA level
is undetectable.
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> MickMick White wrote:
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http://www.mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
60%
2. Correct spelling is Pygmalion. Macbeth is normally spelled
with a
lowercase b.
3. Correct spelling is Bodleian.
13. Answer is none of them. Mallorca (Majorca) is misspelled.
14. The correct answer is NOT misspelled.
15. Correct spelling is Irving Berlin.
17. Correct spelling is Reinheitsgeboten.
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OT: The Old Toad Quiz (Dec 18, 2006) -Eclectic mix of Q's
http://www.mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
Please check the quiz for typos and/or errors. Once again
*Team White*
prevailed in a tie breaker.
Passing Scores:
USA: 50%
ROTW: 45%
Thanks.
Mick.middletree wrote:
> I assume we won't see this next week so Merry Christmas,
and thanks for the
> quiz, Mick!
>
> I got 45%
>
>
Thanks, 'tree, and Season's greetings to you, too.
Mick -
OT: The Old Toad Quiz (Jan 7, 2007): Happy New Year!!
http://www.mickweb.com/quiz/index.html
Please check the quiz for typos and/or errors.
A down night for "Team White", however.
Passing Scores:
USA: 50%
ROTW: 45%
Thanks.
Mick.Hi
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Old Toad? -- Rebuild iPhoto Library and lose NOTHING!
Hi,
Any help will be very much appreciated (I'm particularly hoping the old toad will be hopping over to this thread)...
I'm running iPhoto 6 and have been using iPhoto since version 3.0. I have a library of about 10,000 photos which I have meticulously organised and catalogued. I don't use albums, but eveything is organised by film rolls and every photo has keywords (names of those photographed, which I access via smart-albums), ratings, comments, and titles.
My iPhoto library, though working perfectly, is a complete mess. I can manually see dozens of duplicates (often whole folders) and it's driving me barmy...
In iTunes, I can simply copy all of my music files to a backup disc, delete all iTunes related stuff from my HD, then re-import. I lose star ratings, albums and playcounts but my careful cataloguing is preserved and I have a pristine library.
I have a feeling that old versions of iPhoto didn't allow such re-importing. How about now? Is there a way to just save the photo files, trash everything, and re-import. What would be lost? It would be a disaster of epic proportions if I lost (a) titles, (b) comments, (c) *most importantly* keywords...
I don't care about albums, and smart albums are easy to re-create. Is what I am suggesting possible?
Thanks in advance,
Steve.Steven:
The _2 is generated when a photo with the same name is added to a roll that already has a file by that name. If your camera has the option to turn off resetting the numbering process on each new set of photos I suggest you do so. That will avoid duplicate image file issues that can crop up when trying to export photos to a folder.
As far as the duplicates, the thumbnails don't take up much room and the modified files are only when you edit one. If you want to regain that space just do a Revert to Original and the modified file will be deleted. Many of the modified files are portrait orientated images that have been taken by a camera with the auto-rotate option. There's no way around it unless you turn off the option, upload to the desktop and then physically rotate with a 3rd party application before importing into iPhoto.
What with the low cost of external FW hard drives these days it's not expensive to have a decent sized backup drive that you can store older or not immediately needed photos in a separate library and then use iPhoto Library Manager to move between the two and copy photos between them without losing the keywords, comments, etc. Or you can use iPhoto in its alias mode with the source files on the external HD and only a very small library folder on your boot drive. I have 27,000 image files on my external HD and the library folder for it is only 1.7G. See these Tutorials for more about the alias type of library.,
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file. -
How do I know which Hard Drive to get for my MacBook 2006? The old Hard Drive is a Toshiba (MK8034GSX) S/N Z6APT2XUT 9H5 EC. A?
I've put a 250gb 7200rpm drive in an Early 2006 with no problems.
For a new hard drive try Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives&Order=PRICE
Or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here are instructions on replacing the hard drive in a MacBook with a removable battery. http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088
To transfer your current hard drive I like the free application Carbon Copy Cloner. It makes a bootable copy of everything on your hard drive http://www.bombich.com/index.html You'll need a cheap SATA external hard drive case. Put the new drive in the case then format and partition the new drive and clone your old drive to the new one. Check that it's set up right by booting up from the external drive. Then replace your old hard drive with the new one and put your old one in the external case.
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Old Toad! I'm Missing the expected DPI lines in iPhoto 6 .plist File
Old Toad:
Using Pref Setter to examine my iPhoto 6's com.apple.iPhoto.plist, I have discovered something very strange. Some of the lines you say we should edit are outright missing from the file. See below for lines present and not present in my plist:
BookTargetDPI - 300 (present)
BookTargetImageDPI - 150 (not present)
BookTargetMediumDPI-300 (present)
BookTargetMediumImage - 150 (not present)
BookTargetSmallDPI - 300 (present)
BookTargetSmallImageDPI - 300 (not present)
The "low DPI" lines are outright missing, even after searching with Pref Setter's nice search function. Could this be the very reason that so many people are complaining about books coming back from Apple with such low quality? Should these non-present lines be added into to our iPhoto 6 plist? This could resolve the book quality issue...My most recent book was lousy and I sent it back.
Thanks!
STEVESteve:
I just brought up my pref file for a new library and it is missing those particular keys also. Maybe the 6.0.2 update did away with them. It looks like iPhoto is assigning 300 dpi to all portions of the book uniformly and got rid of the image dpi settings. The three book target image keys is set at 300 and probably applies to images as well. -
I have quicken 2000 for mac on an old mac and wish to upgrade to a new laptop running snow leopard. Quicken 2006 on my new laptop runs, but will not recognize the old data qif files. What version of quicken for mac will recognize files from 2000? Or, is there a special procedure I should be following?
can't open Quicken 2000 files in classic mode on new MacBook Pro version 10.6.7
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IPhoto 6 not reading old iPhoto library - Old Toad?
Hi folks, been reading the discussions but couldn't see this one answered, hope you can help!
I recently updated to OS 10.4.9 (from 10.3.9), taking the opportunity to format my Powerbook and install new versions of my applications. Naturally I backed up my user folder on an external HD.
After installing iPhoto 6.0.6, I dragged the contents of my Pictures folder back, including my iPhoto library from the old version of iPhoto (was it 4 or 5? - either way I believe the new directory structure differs, and may be part of my problem).
When I open iPhoto, there are no photos. I suspect they're there somewhere, but there's no Originals folder to be seen.
The contents of the folder are listed below FYI - and there are 'no entry' signs over all the year folders & the Albums folder (maybe insignificant but new to me as a X.4.9 newbie).
I've tried directing iPhoto to the old library but sense it needs to be imported or converted somehow...? Has it put a new library there next to the old one?
What makes me nervous is the external HD has failed and I've lost the backup... that's why I haven't tried any intervention yet.
Please help! I hope I haven't lost all my memories!
iPhoto Library contents:
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
AlbumData.xml
Albums
Dir.date
iPhoto.ipspot
iPhotoLock.data
iPod Photo Cache
Library.data
Library.iPhoto
Library6.iPhoto
Thumb32Segment.data
Thumb64Segment.data
ThumbJPGSegment.data
Anticipated thanks,
Tall_Paul.
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.9) Ext HD Maxtor 500GbPaul:
Do you have an original backup copy of your iPHoto Library folder? One that you haven't tried to update at all?
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file. -
i have one of the old macbooks and wish to hook it up to my tv. do i need a mini dvi to hdmi adapter plus a 3 rca phono lead with a jack for the sound. please help as im useless at this stuff. cheers
First we need to know which one of the 9 different models of MacBook you have. To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info (and then System Report if you’re running 10.7 Lion). When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The Late 2008 model 5,1 Aluminum Unibody and the Late 2009 model 6,1 and Mid 2010 model 7,1 White Unibody have a Mini DisplayPort. The Early 2006 model 1,1 through Early 2008 model 4,1s plus the Early and Mid 2009 model 5,2s have Mini-DVI ports. Each would take a different adapter to connect with the TV. -
I transferred the data from my old 2006 MacBook Pro 17". Thanks for the help on that. I thought that I was doing it right. Used a backup hard drive and time machine. Problem: Now my new macbook air thinks it is the old machine and that the remote disc is the mb air. Clicks want to take things to mobile me instead of iCloud, old applications launch instead of the new ones. How do I fix the mess I have made? Like I said before, I am a software user and don't really know what I am doing when I start into the guts of the software, but I am able to learn. Thanks for any help.
iTunes- How to move the library to an EHD
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How do i transfer all of my files, mail, data to my new macbook pro from the old one?
I'm about to finally upgrade and buy a MacBook Pro retinal display. Upgrading from a MacBook built in 2006 (running Lion & the best speed/memory it can do). How do I transfer everything from the old to new?
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Will the Airport from the new mini work in the old mini.
I have a MacMini (Intel 2008 model) and I don't use the Airport in it. I want to remove the Airport in that mini and install it in my old MacMini (PPC 2006 model) which doesn't have Airport right now it has a usb wireless stick. I gave that old mini to my mother and she keeps forgetting that the sick is for her internet and removing it. it will also free up that usb port since right now there is no free usb port. Will the Airport from the new mini work in the old mini. I'm not afraid opening them I already installed ram myself in both.
I assume the old PPC you have is a Mac Mini 1.42GHZ or 1.5GHZ G4 from 2005/2006, which should have shipped with AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR pre-installed. What happened to it?
Anyway, both Mac mini models support Airport Extreme cards, but looking at the repair guides from ifixit.com, the Airport extreme cards look to be different in size.
Mac Mini G4:
Mac Mini Intel:
For the PowerPC G4 model here is a guide on installing the Airport card: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-Mac-mini-PowerPC-AirPort-Extreme-C ard/271/1
For the Intel model: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-Mac-mini-Model-A1176-AirPort-Extre me/1112/1
I don't think they would fit, but Good luck.
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