Comments for Heimic http://heimic.net Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Very poor form from Electronic Arts (EA) by Chazz http://heimic.net/2008/02/15/very-poor-form-from-electronic-arts-ea/#comment-575 Chazz Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:42:38 +0000 http://heimic.net/2008/02/15/very-poor-form-from-electronic-arts-ea/#comment-575 Damit to hell EA! Damit to hell EA!

]]> Comment on Very poor form from Electronic Arts (EA) by EA's promised support of OS X in the 2007 keynote - MacTalk Forums http://heimic.net/2008/02/15/very-poor-form-from-electronic-arts-ea/#comment-573 EA's promised support of OS X in the 2007 keynote - MacTalk Forums Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:16:58 +0000 http://heimic.net/2008/02/15/very-poor-form-from-electronic-arts-ea/#comment-573 [...] be damned if I buy another EA product... See here. __________________ iMac 20" 2.16Ghz C2D w/ 3Gb ram, 256Mb video ram 1Tb Time [...] [...] be damned if I buy another EA product… See here. __________________ iMac 20" 2.16Ghz C2D w/ 3Gb ram, 256Mb video ram 1Tb Time [...]

]]> Comment on wget 1.10.2 Universal Binary (OSX 10.4 only) by michaelf http://heimic.net/2007/07/06/wget-1102-universal-binary-osx-104-only/#comment-567 michaelf Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:23:34 +0000 http://heimic.net/2007/07/06/wget-1102-universal-binary-osx-104-only/#comment-567 I've made a newer version, which is available at the location below; http://heimic.net/2008/04/17/gnu-wget-1111-universal-binary-for-macos-x-105/ I’ve made a newer version, which is available at the location below;
http://heimic.net/2008/04/17/gnu-wget-1111-universal-binary-for-macos-x-105/

]]> Comment on wget 1.10.2 Universal Binary (OSX 10.4 only) by Mister H. http://heimic.net/2007/07/06/wget-1102-universal-binary-osx-104-only/#comment-566 Mister H. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:38:15 +0000 http://heimic.net/2007/07/06/wget-1102-universal-binary-osx-104-only/#comment-566 . . quick follow-up CAVEAT for those who copy'n'paste CLI commands from websites.. It appears as if this site's blog software is displaying/substituting the original double-hyphens which I used (as per the man pages) for single en-dashes or some suchlike character. You should use double hyphens where appropriate. HTH. :o) M. (Wales, UK) . . . .

quick follow-up CAVEAT for those who copy’n'paste CLI commands from websites..

It appears as if this site’s blog software is displaying/substituting the original double-hyphens which I used (as per the man pages) for single en-dashes or some suchlike character.

You should use double hyphens where appropriate.

HTH. :o)

M. (Wales, UK)

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]]> Comment on wget 1.10.2 Universal Binary (OSX 10.4 only) by Mister H. http://heimic.net/2007/07/06/wget-1102-universal-binary-osx-104-only/#comment-565 Mister H. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:25:16 +0000 http://heimic.net/2007/07/06/wget-1102-universal-binary-osx-104-only/#comment-565 . . Just to say a BIG THANKS. :o) Aiming to get the latest Fedora 9 DVD iso -- 3.3GB over 56k dialup, sigh, (yes I know, I know, but anyway..) -- so it'll be over many days, largely unattended, but my router cheerfully reconnects automatically so a robust & reliable downloader was/is/will be the final component. Neither Tiger 10.4.9's curl nor the previous pre-compiled binary (wget v 1.9) I'd found for Panther 10.3 would retry/resume/continue properly ... despite trialling various options and values, that version of wget always aborted with messages about xmalloc and ptr null Failed Assertions ... and though curl's retry did indeed kick in again successfully after the connection drops/resumes it stupidly re-downloads the SAME 35MB chunk as before the break, each and every time! Doh! In initial tests, your wget 1.10 seems to be working as intended. Yay!!! :D For reference, the two commands I'd settled on (but path-details abstracted) : 1] - CURL (which stupidly failed..) curl -C - --retry 1000 --retry-delay 20 --speed-limit 1 --speed-time 30 --output /Volumes/path/to/save/file/Linux/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso "ftp://ftp.blah.blah.blah.url.to.file.server/blah/blah/blah/iso/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso" 2] - WGET (seems to be working with your v 1.10.2 above) /usr/local/bin/wget -c --tries=inf --retry-connrefused --waitretry=180 --connect-timeout=10 --read-timeout=30 --passive-ftp --output-document=/Volumes/path/to/save/file/Linux/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso "ftp://ftp.blah.blah.blah.url.to.file.server/blah/blah/blah/iso/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso" So yes, just a big "thank you" so far.. :o) Now, fingers crossed for a fortnight LOL ;D M. (Wales, UK) . . . .

Just to say a BIG THANKS. :o)

Aiming to get the latest Fedora 9 DVD iso — 3.3GB over 56k dialup, sigh, (yes I know, I know, but anyway..) — so it’ll be over many days, largely unattended, but my router cheerfully reconnects automatically so a robust & reliable downloader was/is/will be the final component.

Neither Tiger 10.4.9’s curl nor the previous pre-compiled binary (wget v 1.9) I’d found for Panther 10.3 would retry/resume/continue properly … despite trialling various options and values, that version of wget always aborted with messages about xmalloc and ptr null Failed Assertions … and though curl’s retry did indeed kick in again successfully after the connection drops/resumes it stupidly re-downloads the SAME 35MB chunk as before the break, each and every time! Doh!

In initial tests, your wget 1.10 seems to be working as intended. Yay!!! :D

For reference, the two commands I’d settled on (but path-details abstracted) :

1] - CURL (which stupidly failed..)

curl -C - –retry 1000 –retry-delay 20 –speed-limit 1 –speed-time 30
–output /Volumes/path/to/save/file/Linux/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
“ftp://ftp.blah.blah.blah.url.to.file.server/blah/blah/blah/iso/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso”

2] - WGET (seems to be working with your v 1.10.2 above)

/usr/local/bin/wget -c –tries=inf –retry-connrefused –waitretry=180
–connect-timeout=10 –read-timeout=30 –passive-ftp
–output-document=/Volumes/path/to/save/file/Linux/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
“ftp://ftp.blah.blah.blah.url.to.file.server/blah/blah/blah/iso/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso”

So yes, just a big “thank you” so far.. :o)

Now, fingers crossed for a fortnight LOL ;D

M. (Wales, UK)

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]]> Comment on Finally caved in by michaelf http://heimic.net/2008/05/07/finally-caved-in/#comment-562 michaelf Fri, 09 May 2008 11:36:32 +0000 http://heimic.net/?p=106#comment-562 PS3 to TV works fine via HDMI and the digital audio lead to amp works great too.. DVD playback on the ps3 is great, as upscaling done is really good. Thumbs up. PS3 to TV works fine via HDMI and the digital audio lead to amp works great too..

DVD playback on the ps3 is great, as upscaling done is really good.

Thumbs up.

]]> Comment on Finally caved in by michaelf http://heimic.net/2008/05/07/finally-caved-in/#comment-560 michaelf Thu, 08 May 2008 12:02:45 +0000 http://heimic.net/?p=106#comment-560 Yes, I've read about this. I'll do a google in the morning to confirm it does. I am fairly sure it will. But I better check before I go and buy a hdmi cable for it. I could test it, but my hdmi cable is in use currently and wired into the amp which is hard to access. Yes, I’ve read about this. I’ll do a google in the morning to confirm it does. I am fairly sure it will. But I better check before I go and buy a hdmi cable for it. I could test it, but my hdmi cable is in use currently and wired into the amp which is hard to access.

]]> Comment on Finally caved in by Chris Samuel http://heimic.net/2008/05/07/finally-caved-in/#comment-559 Chris Samuel Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:51 +0000 http://heimic.net/?p=106#comment-559 Hopefully your TV can do HDCP as well as HDMI, otherwise (as a friend of mine has just found out) you get a whole lot of nothing.. :-( Hopefully your TV can do HDCP as well as HDMI, otherwise (as a friend of mine has just found out) you get a whole lot of nothing.. :-(

]]> Comment on Finally caved in by michaelf http://heimic.net/2008/05/07/finally-caved-in/#comment-558 michaelf Thu, 08 May 2008 00:30:05 +0000 http://heimic.net/?p=106#comment-558 I don't think I will be doing any sort of that hacking on the unit just yet. Although GTA IV is pretty damn good, and fun too. I don’t think I will be doing any sort of that hacking on the unit just yet.
Although GTA IV is pretty damn good, and fun too.

]]> Comment on Who do you think this mystery actress is? by michaelf http://heimic.net/2008/03/24/who-do-you-think-this-mystery-actress-is/#comment-557 michaelf Thu, 08 May 2008 00:27:15 +0000 http://heimic.net/2008/03/24/who-do-you-think-this-mystery-actress-is/#comment-557 That was my thoughts too. She is pretty hot (or at least was in her early actor career) That was my thoughts too. She is pretty hot (or at least was in her early actor career)

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