With Macs, having the date revert to 1904 is usually the first signal
that the computer battery needs replacing. With "desktop" Macs,
replacement is quick and easy. With iMacs and laptops, not nearly so
easy.
Usual battery life is five years, plus/minus. YMMV.
Time to see your friendly repairman before the Mac refuses to start
up at all.
Harold Hungerford
On Sep 8, 2005, at 10:14 AM, david ritchie wrote:
On Sep 8, 2005, at 4:51 AM, Teemu Pyyluoma wrote:
The mail below is date stamped Fri, 01 Jan 1904 00:43:05 -0700 which I guess is 0 in some 32-bit calendar (range O1 Jan 1904 - 31 Dec 2035 is quite common in Microsoft products for example.)
To further complicate things, for some reason Yahoo when sorting mail somehow always thinks this is the newest, so I end up reading it over and over again. I'm actually starting to like it, someone should add messing up your system clock to tips for aspiring net poets
As a technique for getting read, this clearly can't be beat. As a technique for annoying people, it's very clear and neat, so I am today taking Tiger by the tail, bidding "adieu" to O.S. nine point tieu, and with some luck I'll maybe get the date right on all future mail.
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