You may be missing the Gmail invite link when using Firefox due to Google's persistent cookie being present in your Firefox session, but not when browsing in IE.
You might want to try clearing the cookie Google has set in Firefox, and trying again. Best of luck.
As an aside: I expect this one has long since been fixed. Macintosh, c1990, in a shared computer room environment: You'd start using a computer, and at some point the computer would demand that you insert some floppy disk. Said disk belonged to the previous user of the computer, who has left. The computer would refuse to do anything at all until you supplied the (unavailable) missing disk. The only solution I knew of to this was a reboot.
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Regarding this, on most Macintosh systems from Finder 1.0 on up you can dismiss most prompts (including the insert disk prompt) by typing Command-. (the period.)
Somewhat non-intuitive, but once you've learned it it's pretty handy.
I wouldn't hedge my bets. It is, after all Google -- they have a lot of machines (worldwide), networked together by a solid infrastructure (that many of us could only dream of) and all other things considered, disk space is pretty inexpensive.
Then again, even though there may be no problem with everyone fully utilizing the space that's available, Google may take offence at you violating their TOS in order to do so.:)
I've also got an Audrey running reliably night and day at 333MHz (it started at 200MHz). Didn't need a fan either, though it might fare better in the long term if I went and put one in there. (no short term issues or freezes... yet.) Just needs a couple smd resistors moved. Very small. Attempt only before having your morning coffee.:-D
Yes, I overclock everything in the house. (and I have a disdain for fans.) Where'd I put that Speak 'n Spell...
The Powerbooks work this way too, except that the resistors involved are smd type instead of the easier to fiddle with ones on the desktop. In fact, on the desktops, you can clock them with a Circuit Works pen and an X-Acto, if you'd prefer not to solder. I've been running my 1st generation iBook (300MHz) at 400MHz for almost 2 years now, and it has worked well since the day I 'clocked it. (processor temp went up an average of only 6F, which is good, since the iBook also doesn't have a fan).
The chart reviewing the various combinations of processor speeds and ratios available on the iBooks and Powerbooks is available at The Mystic Room, if you're curious. (or just want to see a 666MHz iBook in the Apple System Profiler, if only for a sec.)
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I suspect it is indirectly a browser issue.
You may be missing the Gmail invite link when using Firefox due to Google's persistent cookie being present in your Firefox session, but not when browsing in IE.
You might want to try clearing the cookie Google has set in Firefox, and trying again. Best of luck.
As an aside: I expect this one has long since been fixed. Macintosh,
c1990, in a shared computer room environment: You'd start using a
computer, and at some point the computer would demand that you insert
some floppy disk. Said disk belonged to the previous user of the
computer, who has left. The computer would refuse to do anything at all
until you supplied the (unavailable) missing disk. The only solution I
knew of to this was a reboot.
-----
Regarding this, on most Macintosh systems from Finder 1.0 on up you can dismiss most prompts (including the insert disk prompt) by typing Command-. (the period.)
Somewhat non-intuitive, but once you've learned it it's pretty handy.
jeffb / mac.com
Apple Certified Tech
I wouldn't hedge my bets. It is, after all Google -- they have a lot of machines (worldwide), networked together by a solid infrastructure (that many of us could only dream of) and all other things considered, disk space is pretty inexpensive.
:)
Then again, even though there may be no problem with everyone fully utilizing the space that's available, Google may take offence at you violating their TOS in order to do so.
Wow! I guess I wasn't the only one who read the spurious web site content while thinking to myself,
'hey, that sounds like something Durandal would say...'
(Durandal being the crazy AI in Marathon == Bungie circa '94)
Those wacky Bungie guys...
I've also got an Audrey running reliably night and day at 333MHz (it started at 200MHz). Didn't need a fan either, though it might fare better in the long term if I went and put one in there. (no short term issues or freezes... yet.) Just needs a couple smd resistors moved. Very small. Attempt only before having your morning coffee. :-D
Yes, I overclock everything in the house. (and I have a disdain for fans.) Where'd I put that Speak 'n Spell...
jeffb
Imagine a Beowolf cluster of... oh, nevermind.
The Powerbooks work this way too, except that the resistors involved are smd type instead of the easier to fiddle with ones on the desktop. In fact, on the desktops, you can clock them with a Circuit Works pen and an X-Acto, if you'd prefer not to solder. I've been running my 1st generation iBook (300MHz) at 400MHz for almost 2 years now, and it has worked well since the day I 'clocked it. (processor temp went up an average of only 6F, which is good, since the iBook also doesn't have a fan). The chart reviewing the various combinations of processor speeds and ratios available on the iBooks and Powerbooks is available at The Mystic Room, if you're curious. (or just want to see a 666MHz iBook in the Apple System Profiler, if only for a sec.)
:jeffb
Apple Certified Tech