Re: [CGUYS] Setting Up a Bootable External Drive
With Carbon Copy can you boot directly from the external drive, with no need to pop a CD into the computer? I just did that today. Worked. Drive was crested by Carbon Copy Cloner. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Camera Memory
It likely also recognizes that the card wasn't formatted in a camera Sometimes some camera features (like panorama) are available only if the card was formatted by the camera. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Youtube videos
If it is Youtube and Google videos today, what content provider will have their data being throttled tomorrow? It is those Taser powered keyboards that I'm worrying about. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Setting Up a Bootable External Drive
I have a variety of firewire drives and have not encountered a failure due to chipset. Yet! Thanks for the heads-up. I saw one today that I suspect was chipset related. The drive booted the iMac just fine, but I could not get Ethernet working. Under Network Port Configuration the Ethernet option was grayed out. Nothing I could do to make it work. If I get a chance I will try the same thing tomorrow on a G5 Mac. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Processor speed for video work
Video is one of the vertical markets Macs enjoy (along with publishing), but I personally feel the system is very limiting, basically confining users to a single video package (FCP). Lies. FCP is not the only choice. It is merely a very good choice. Even Adobe, after much work, is again trying to sell Premier for the Mac. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access
How smart are the kids? Putting the address in the hosts file like 127.0.0.1 www.lots-o-porn.com would deny access to the web site, but not if the kid new the actual ip address Kids typically set up proxy servers to get around blocks. It is probably more effective to explain to the kids that both your firewall router and the ISP keeps a log of all the sites they visit and that you can easily check what they have been doing on the Internet. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Processor speed for video work
You mention a rendering speed increase of 8X. While that may be true for some people, most won't be upgrading that far, and will only see rendering speed increases of maybe 2X. Rendering speed is not always such a big issue. For example FCP will provide a quick render that is usually plenty good enough for editing. You only have to do the full render when producing the final. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access
Can anyone with a apple router tell him how to block the site? Unless there is no one here that has one? You mean give a poor answer just to pacify him so he goes away? I think he would have to pay more money to get that level of support. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] HDD upgrade for ThinkPad
I have a usb dongle that allows me to connect the naked 2.5 drive to my laptop...how do I migrate? Does MS not offer something like Apple's Migration Assistant? This lovely program comes free with OS X Tiger. Very useful. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] iTunes updates
What's the deal with iTunes updates? Every time I turn around, there's another update waiting for download. I know I regularly use 5 computers, but it seems like I've installed an update once a month on all of them. Perhaps you should try product from a less dynamic company? Perhaps one that only ships major upgrades at 5-year intervals and has no interest in innovating? Anyone interested in a Zune? I only update my iTunes when the update looks interesting (or the one time Apple forced the issue). * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access
Thanks for the link to OpenDNS. It looks very interesting. Interesting to note that one of the categories of sites blocked are sites that provide information about proxy servers. You can check URLs to see if they are blocked. I'm glad to see that Reporters Without Borders (rsf.org) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org) are not blocked (yet) even though they have a lot of information about proxey servers. They should add a category for sites by sociopaths. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] iTunes updates
...not to mention all the ancillary stuff iTunes installs. I recently had to install it again to buy a tune I needed, but after a week I just couldn't take it anymore and have uninstalled it. Maybe we should take up a collection for Tony? If a few of us kick in a couple of bucks we can get him a 20 GB hard drive. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access
I wouldn't use the service to block anything from children or anyone else [I don't like any kind of censorship], but am noting that the feature is available. Use it judiciously. It is interesting to see them try to innovate the old DNS concept. In addition to blocking they also provide statistics about internet usage by tabulating requests by IP address. While I'm impressed, I wonder what use such data could be put to. Can anyone here suggest how such information could be put to practical use? As for the blocking, SaaS is a much better way to provide this. Everything is centrally managed. There is no need to install or maintain any software on the client computer. It is also harder to bypass if you can lock down the DNS address. Of course, a proxy server still steps around this easily. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista
Bought wife a new iMac 2.4g 24. lots of questions. got parallels, now she says she needs a(n) MS OS. Unless she is a software developer needing to test applications on specific platforms, the first question to ask is says who? Nine times out of ten this is a bogus line given by some IT type who just does not know much about computers. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista
notice the prices are OEM, which is cheaper than the full retail but not supported directly from microsoft, the oem must provide support.. Is this not the stuff that is supposed to be sold only with a computer? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista
I could buy an OEM to go along with the system I built this past year. It would only be valid with that system and could not be transferred over to any other system. That is for people who are building systems for resale, not for their own use. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!
Is there a video featuring a better-run company like Costco--not including 'Idiocracy' or 'Employee of the Month' [although Mike Judge's Idiocracy was funny]? There are plenty of companies that have management with consciences, just not Walmart--one of the most expensive places to shop. About a year ago NPR interviewed the president of Costco and I was very impressed with his sense of responsibility. He insisted that by providing better conditions he could attract better employees and reduce turnover. He said that the incresed productivity would pay for the better conditions. He was specificially critical of the WalMart methods. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one
I don't understand your point, Tom. Are you saying they should market these to individuals? Maybe you are right. But that goes against the philosophy of this program. They are selling them to individuals starting November 12. The deal is that they have doubled the price. They claim that for each one bought they will give one away. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver
I need recomendations for a service provider that has reliable mail servers. I currently have an account with Toad.net, and they are becoming a very unreliable mail service. I have e-mails that show up 5- 10 hours after they are sent (sometimes days), and when you trace the path it is their internal servers that are not communicating properly. Toad hosted this list for about two weeks several years back and we soon found out that they were not a solid service provider. I am planning on using GoDaddy.com for Webpage hosting and Email, with either verizon or Speak Easy providing the actual DSL connection. GoDaddy is primairly a registrar, not a hosting provider. The thrust of their business is not providing the services you seek. Some (many?) services that GoDaddy lists end up being links to open source software that you have to figure out on your own. GoDaddy is also obnoxiously aggressive about marketing. Once you start with them they will drown you in sales offers. They will contact you with email that sounds techincal, but is really just attempts to sell you more. They will phone you with pitches. They are too aggressive for my taste. I want a host that is more technical and business like. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. My favorite right now is 1and1.com. If you look at hostcount.com you will see different flavors of 1and1 listed 4 times in their top 20 list so they probably are in sum the largest hosing company. They provide a wide range of services with great depth. Many things that you would need to do for yourself are already set up and easily configured from their control panel. Online help is extensive and usually very useful. Phone support often answers quickly (and sometimes is badly backed up) and is 24/7/365. They are usually very helpful (and sometimes not). You can get a good level of service for just $10/month, priced about the same as GoDaddy and the $10/mo includes domain registration fees for 3 (I think) domains. They are aggressive too, but not the GoDaddy way. They are aggressive in pricing and in providing services. I think they are looking to get business by word of mouth. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!
A happy employee is worth a ton of money! They help recruit business. I know this as it is the same or similar model Churches use to grow. The idea that the government should respond to social problems was a product of the Reformation, part of the process of sidelining the church. Then the neo-cons decided that big business was a better substitute for big religion. Events have amply demonstrated that business is not suited to the task. Given the choice of three hospitals and knowing only that one was run by a government agency, one was run by a for-profit corporation, and one was run by a religious-charitable organization, which would your choose? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Rename the List?
Computational Epistemology Discussion List? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] India outsourcing tech jobs
Thousands of Indians report to Infosys Technologies' campus here to learn the finer points of programming. Lately, though, packs of foreigners have been roaming the manicured lawns, too. Many of them are recent American college graduates, A news report by somebody who does not follow world news. Lack of electricity and water, not to mention violent ethnic clashes in which 100s die, put a severe damper on what the Indians can deliver. They have taken in about as much outsourcing work as they are going to be able to handle. End of story. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Fw: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!
I think too many list members have switched to OS X. Now they don't have any computer problems to gripe about. The rest of you need to get to work -- install Vista or some other harebrained piece of software so we can ponder the consequences. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Anti-virus
I stopped using ZA recently when it was blue screening my laptops when they connected to my .org's network through a VPN. Worked fine one night, then the next day, WHAM. Never could figure out what changed in ZA. Why not use a stateful hardware firewall for this kind of protection? Oops, I just read on Wikipedia that Vista does something that breaks stateful firewalls. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Stealth Windows Updates Come to Roost
While some will continue to defend MS's stealth patches, it is now revealed that sloppy programming creates a situation where the stealth patches block many (around 80) other patches to XP. The problem happens if you reinstall XP and then try to run Windows Update. Apparently the stealth patches are installed first and these block the other patches. Thus, those of us who must reinstall XP end up without the patches necessary to defend this insecure operating system. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137770-page,1/article.html * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: XP Gets Life Extension]
OK, here's what I need to know. A friend of mine has yet to enter the computer age. She is in her early 70's, and is beginning to have some physical problems that limit her social life. I really want to try and get her into a computer soon. Do I push her a little faster, or do I just make the leap into Vista? This is an application where Windows is inappropriate. She needs a computer to use, not a computer that provides endless opportunities for tinkering. Get her a computer that is attractive, easy to use, that works right out of the box and is not prone to failure. A computer that does not need anti-virus, anti-spyware, and patches every Tuesday. Getting her a Windows computer would be a triumph of ideology over good sense (leave that to the politicians). An iMac 20 would be perfect. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Scanner rec.
We also have a 1XL, which is great. But, it has a physical feature on it that is a problem for me. There is a small pop-up stem on the back side that determines whether the transparency unit is installed or not. Why not just remove the pop-up switch and locate a toggle switch to control this from another location? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: NYT: Altered iPhones Freeze Up
A software update to Apple's iPhone on Friday disabled third-party applications and rendered iPhones that had been unlocked completely unusable. Later news is that the phones were not made completely unusable, a new SIMM card could revive the phones. Also, there are reports that some methods of unlocking continued to work. Most third-party applications did stop working, but we don't know if the cause was deliberate or incidental. When OS X first shipped there were many things that Apple told developers not to try. Those that did not listen to Apple's advice found that Apple's updates frequently killed their applications. Looking back on this from 5 years perspective we now know that many parts of OS X were barely working and Apple knew that much work lay ahead. Apple knew that these parts of the OS would get major revisions. Apple did not want the added responsibility of making sure existing third-party software continued to work. Apple knew it probably would not. So Apple tried to warn off developers and let them know that they would not have Apple's support. Over time, these restrictions lessened and Apple told developers when various parts of the OS were stable enough for third-party development. Let's hope the same will happen with the iPhone/iPods. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Mac Firmware Patches
Those who have had some problems running Windows on Intel Macs may want to try again after installing the firmware patches that Apple released yesterday. Long list of links at macintouch.com or just run software updater. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: XP Gets Life Extension]
And you're going to be right there with her to teach her to use this? Or maybe kick in the extra $500 over the cost of a PC? The price of crappy PCs has crept up as companies like Dell have found that they can't be profitable at their former prices. And I was not suggesting you get the cheapest Mac either. I was suggesting the model that is most likely to be successful. The iMac 20 is $1200. Your description of the computer user did not suggest that a crappy PC would be acceptable. Many people do not want to turn a corner of their home into something resembling Dr. Frankenstein's lab. A computer that looks intimidating is likely to be a computer that does not get used. The Mac OS has VNC built in. To do that with Vi$$$ta you will need to buy a more expensive version. That would be a waste of money. I would be her only teacher, and I know absolutely nothing about a Mac. I can do the necessary updates and sort out the messes on a PC. I don't think ignorance is an acceptable defense. What if her doctor did not prescribe an important new treatment because keeping up with medical advances was too much trouble? You have a fiduciary responsibility to make the best selection for her, not for you. Instead of taking upon yourself the responsibility to sort out the messes why not get a computer that won't have the messes? You can then direct your efforts to the real challenge: teaching her how to use the computer. She is not an adventurous type of person. Sounds like a Mac owner. Her big hangup has been that she doesn't know how to type. Tell her that many computer users do not know how to type. We hunt and peck. Over time we hunt less and peck more. Considering all of this, I think she'd be safest with a cable connection behind a firewall Depends on what is more reliable in her area. I think DSL is usually more reliable. all desktop icons hidden except for a word processor, My Documents, Firefox and a stand-alone email icon. What does she need a word processor for? What does she need an email program for? Keep it simple. Set her up with Gmail. If she must print out a letter she can type it in Gmail and print from there. I would have the computer automatically launch FireFox and make the home page Gmail. Put some icons at the bookmarks toolbar for the other things she needs. Keep it simple. Anything more than that, and she will throw her hands in the air and be done. Exactly my point. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] iMac memory
I have a 2gig chip coming(bought a wrong 2gig to start the week). will give her 3gig.will another 1gig (swap out the 1gig with a 2gig) improve performance much? Hard to say in theory, but there is a way to check it in practice. With the Mac running in a typical manner, start Activity Monitor and perform some actions that you would expect need lots of RAM. Then check Activity Monitor's System Memory panel for page outs (the second number in the pair). If the page outs are under 400,000 you will not benefit much from adding RAM. The higher this number the more you will benefit by adding RAM. This is worth revisiting after you upgrade software or change your style of working. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Tom Predicted That...
I was going to say, they already had phones that played music I believe. With 200-20 vision of the past and 20-200 vision of the future I'm not surprised that you now think so. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Tom Predicted That...
George? It's one guys fault? He says he is the decider. Having obtained a conviction they switched the supervising judge (to guess who: the same judge they go to for permission to spy on Americans) and changed the official in charge at Justice (to guess who: Cheney's son in law). Suppose we'll have to buy all our software in Europe. More likely China or India. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Home Server [Was: MacMini [Was: XP Gets Life Extension]
Microsoft Home Server is supposed to do that sort of backup. That is-was due out last month-real soon now- http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_preview.asp A Mini would be too expensive for this. Prices for Linux-based home servers are incredibly low. OWC has the NASPerform Network Storage Solution with 500GB storage going for $210. I have been using the Linksys NSLU2 for a couple of years now. That sells for $60 (without disks). The Microsoft Home Server runs Windows Server 2003 which I don't think any sensible person would pick for trouble-free operation. However, the price looks to be competitive. LaCie promises a version for later this month with 500GB storage for $199. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Acrobat .pdf file durability
I use Adobe InDesign. InDesign gives lots of choices for export, including prepress, crop marks, compressing images, embedding fonts [default], compatibility with earlier versions of Acrobat Reader. Only Postscript fonts can be embedded [? maybe]. A PDF/X file embeds lots of extra information for offset printing, but I don't know if that includes fonts. It's a choice in the OS X print dialog box. Yes, PDF/X includes the fonts and they don't have to be PostScript. Simplicity is the point of this standard. It is a complete ready-to-print package. It is a dumbed-down version of PDF that includes only the features that have been proved to be bullet proof. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
By chance, discovered that a rather hot and prominent person (whose been on Oprah twice fairly recently) actually does not have a website, at least not one that shows up on GoDaddy, using the name and .com or .net. There is a good chance that a cybersquatter has grabbed it as a consequence of your search. There are bunches of sites that offer to check domain names, but are really gathering information for cybersquatters. Some people have claimed that this happens with GoDaddy's domain name check. Best policy is to never check unless you intend to register an available name immediately. One thing I'm thinking of is creating a site for or related to them or their interests, partly as a way of showing them the potential benefits of having their own site, and thus potentially reaching so many people. So given this context, would it still always be inappropriate to appropriate someone's name as a domain name? Using it for a fan site would be a very appropriate thing to do. Why isn't or shouldn't a name considered legally as if it was private property for certain purposes, including commercializing it? Many people share the same name. Some people apply for trademarks on their names. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Do you or anyone else who might know think it matters that much at this point between .net and .com? I settled for a second choice name (probably too long as well) in order to get .com. Unnecessary move? In the early days of the 'net com was viewed with disdain. Today the com are riding high. Most people assume com and will type com even if you are a net. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Why would you do that? People have a right to their own identity. If you're fucking with people, especially famous people, you have to accept that there are likely to be consequences. Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Randy is being careful and asking the right questions. If you have concerns you can state them in a respectful manner and help him work out the right thing to do. The web is full of well done, unofficial fan sites. Some of these sites even get support from the object of their adoration. There is nothing wrong with having one more fan site. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Well, ended up buying the .com domain for this person's name. Maybe I'll just hold it for awhile and just see if she wants the name. If I do this or go beyond this and start creating a website around the themes associated with her name, just hope she sees this as neutral or positive rather than creepy or causing hassles. If you are going to meet her then you can ask for her blessing. Let her know that if she ever wants to post anything you will do it right away. And if she ever has a problem with anything you will fix it right away. Let her know that legally she can ask for the domain to be transferred to her any time she wants so you can really only do this with her blessing. If she has a publicist you should ask to be added to their press list. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Printing pains and computer-induced sleep disorder
what your problem with godaddy? if you can't figure out how to get them to take your money, what is your problem? If you can't get there in 30 min, have your kid do it. you say they are bad, but what is wrong with them? The problem with GoDaddy is trying to figure out how to prevent them from taking ALL your money. Their sign up process is full of extra-cost come-ons and you have to know what you are doing to resist their scare tactic sales approach. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
I bet if she wanted to do this, she would have by now. Why do you think she needs your help? 30 million people watching Oprah isn't enough exposure for you? She's inundated with calls. I think everyone else interested is on to it. Typical Windows-style nails that stick out get hammered down mindset. Now that is creepy. A web site is a perfect way to answer people's questions without having a large staff. If her popularity is about to skyrocket, a web site will be essential. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Power Off?
Interesting poll at www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071003235748182 How Often Do You Turn Off the Power to Your Internet Connection? 2/3 say Never * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Ye-e-e-es, Thomas, hence if *she* wanted it by now, *she* would have done it. Yes Jeff, we know where you are coming from: If my users wanted decent computers they would have slaughtered me years ago -- so they must be happy with Windows. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Tom, OTOH, I picture as Yosemite Sam, stomping on his hat, when someone is productive using a PC. I spend a lot of my time making PC users as productive as possible and less of a burden on their Mac-using brethren. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Printing pains and computer-induced sleep disorder
Well, the other side of this is that their prices seem significantly lower than others I've seen, so if this is accurate, for people like myself, without much money, it's very tempting to go the el cheapo way, which this apparently is. So if you or anyone else knows of better alternatives that are not much more money, I'm, as Ross Perot used to say, all ears. I previously mentioned 1and1.com * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Power Off?
I have asked why they do not configure those computers to go into 'sleep' mode after a certain time of non-use has elapsed, or why they do not arrange for the drives to stop running when not needed. or why they do not hit the off button of the monitors and printers at the end of the day. The only answer I have ever gotten is a shrug or a How do you do that? Yikes The IT department frowns on Mac users flaunting their facility with the computer. You are going to get into a lot of trouble. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Power Off?
Actually, this isn't *strictly* true. Unless there's a design flaw, downstream devices should simply wait and keep trying. My router's often on with my modem off (when I'm resetting the modem). You are right. A properly designed device should keep trying so the order in which they are turned on should not matter. But then, too often it does. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] email header time stamps?
Does anyone know if the times listed in email headers can be spoofed? Everything in an email header can be easily spoofed. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] GoDaddy's registration agreement - speaking of priv
I thought it was a bit creepy too. On the other hand, a domain is a valuable thing to be given for just a few dollars. With this should come some accountability. I can see having some of the info. public to avoid the situation of someone poaching someone else's name for a domain (as I did) and that person not being able to find out (or find out easily) who did this or why. But the idea that you would have to make your home address, etc. available to the world and for being sold in order to register a domain name if you are stupid enough to give your real address and other personal info. like I did, seems crazy to me. There has to be better ways to address both sets of concerns. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Ghosting Windows
I put out a proposal here at the office to get a number of notebooks and in order to keep them all in the same state, we'd ghost one and apply the image to the rest. My understanding is that a Windows license is mapped to a MAC address - is that true? Has anyone done this before where you'd still have a valid and uncrippled version of Windows for every unit? Doesn't work. MS knows about Ghost and Symantec cooperates with MS. MS has a tech note with the proper procedure for using Ghost with its products. You run a utility first to deactivate the license. Then after the copy you reactivate with new licenses. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] GoDaddy's registration agreement - speaking of priv
Don't think I should have to pay extra to buy a post office box address or these privacy add-ons, so will have to have a new address and maybe new phone # and take my chances. Having an online presence via a domain name website shouldn't have to mean having personal info. made public unless one pays extra to keep it private. Maybe I'll try 1600 Penn. Ave, D.C. Gee. And I thought you were a good guy. Now you want to do the RIAA thing with your name and submit fraudulent information to ICANN. Ho boy! * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Well, only a few days ago, I knew virtually nothing about this domain registration business. Yet I rather quickly came to the tentative conclusion that it doesn't make sense that people are allowed to register other people's names... So if it's illegal or clearly unethical, why is is allowed, done apparently frequently... and not called into question very much? Why. Unless you have it trademarked, your name is not protected. Why should it be? Why do you think your name belongs to you? You probably did not even create your name, your parents did. You are memerly the object to which it applies. You are taking IP to new extremes. If you meet someone on the street and they greet you by name will you sue them for using your name? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
If you can't see that then you haven't got a sense of basic fairness, which I got from the start. I think you are exhibiting an RIAA-like exaggerated notion of ownership. Are you going to sue Wikipedia if they post your *unauthorized* biography? Will you demand that people seek a waiver before uttering your name in a public place? You really are going overboard with your sense of entitlement. Locking things up that do not belong to you is just the opposite of fairness. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Unless you can tell me some legitimate purpose for registering and maybe using someone else's name without permission, there are too many ways this could exploit or hurt the person (as someone said, post things in the name of that person that would be embarrassing or worse). Happens all the time: George Washington, Robert E Lee, Uncle Ben, etc, * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] MacIgnorance [Was: Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
IMVHO, complaining that a Mac does not work exactly like a PC is a silly exercise. change the short name of the root admin... *40* steps to do this. 40. If you don't make things worse doing it. That is why those of us who know what we are doing use a widely-available script. The general rule is to Google first, bitch later. Windows+L on the PC does this in a fraction of a second. No such thing for a Mac; you pays your money and takes your chances. This is off by default. You need to check a box in the Security preference panel. Then set one of the hot corners to start the screen saver. P.S. If you open system preferences and use the Spotlight field, the Mac will guide you to the command you need. Nothing like this is available on Windows. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Unless he is harmed, in which case he could expect remedy (if he pays a lawyer to bring suit, fight the case and wins). So if the other guy named Tom Piwowar does something that I think reflects badly on our name can I sue him for damages? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] GoDaddy's registration agreement - speaking of priv
Using your logic we would all be wearing hoods or a chador when walking down the street. Don't you think you might have less of a problem with your privacy being invaded if you were able to readily discover who was doing the invading? Just the opposite of what you propose. Suppose making such info. so public led to a stalking situation, which led to some personal harm. Would the party who is harmed (from having their personal info. made so public) have any legal redress against ICAAN, the registration company, WHOIS or any other party? Just wondering. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] GoDaddy's registration /host file ?
Latest email from GoDaddy announces that they have a new GoDaddy girl. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Clearly, we could legislate that everyone at birth be given a UUID/GUID (Universally Unique ID/Globally Unique ID) and prevent anyone but that person from using that ID in a web site. Simple, just apply an RFID implant shortly after birth. What about the tompiwowarsucks.biz web site? We should probably legislate that no one who doesn't believe it to be true should be allowed to own that domain name. Otherwise people will start using satire, sarcasm, and who knows what else. Fer sure satire, sarcasm, and who knows what else should be strictly illegal. Possibly a capital crime or punishable by lobotomy at a minimum. Outrageous claims, like FriendsOfTheEarth.org, should also be prohibited. Clearly they lie. Oh, and to be fair, if one of them is rich or famous or has a company named after him, that person should jump to the front of the list and get the one without any numbers in it. Yes, that is how it usually works. And if parents divorce and have shared custody of the children, the same should apply to the children's domain names. It's only fair. That's why everyone gets numbered, not named. Keep it simple. You are on the *right* track. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] MacIgnorance
That's a given, but I keep coming upon issues on the Mac that are nothing but hoop jumping, compared to administering a PC. Change the admin name on a PC? That takes seconds. This is not just a name written in a box on the screen. You also must take care of things like file access permissions and the keychain. I guess since the Windows system is inherently insecure there is less involved in changing a username. The Apple memo is also written in baby steps like maybe they were writing it for a clueless Windows sysadmin. Instead of saying replace contents of B with A it says open window A open window B position both windows so you can see their contents select all in B drag B into the trash select all in A press the option key drag all from A to B close A etc. That's 9 steps that should have been one sentence. Frustration can happen when you don't understand how things really work. The builder estimated 3 months for our house addition. My wife insisted that it could not possibly require more than two weeks. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] File time stamps?
While we are at it, shouldn't guns send off little messages with GPS locations and time stamps, with fingerprints collected off the handle, to law enforcement, every time someone fires a gun? Wow! You may just have something there. A plan that can keep us safe and keep the NRA happy too. I sent your idea off to Hillary's team. But instead of fingerprints we just need to read your RFID implant number. Keep it simple! * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] GoDaddy's registration agreement - speaking of priv
Nothing, I suppose, unless you were to be caught if they check. This is what GoDaddy indicated. I would use a real address; maybe not my personal home address, but a real one ( and one not belonging to a current resident of a home). You are going to register the a site named after a person who's permission you did not get using the address of another person who's permission you did not obtain. This gets worse and worse. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] MacIgnorance
No, Windows just takes care of these housekeeping chores for you. I might have to change the name on the profile folder, but that's about it. It's smart enough to know that the admin account name has been changed. Which only proves the point that Windows security is poor and that you are so sold on the MS way of doing things that you can't get your brain around the concept of better security. If you really want to make it easy, why not just change everybody's password to password? That would eliminate one big housekeeping chore for you. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator
It's been a while since I RTFM'd ADmitMac, but it's designed to work on the client, authenticating it with AD, not the other way around. I can log on as the domain admin, but I won't have admin rights on the Mac. Any non-local account runs as a non-root user. Just the same, I'll go over the docs again. AdmitMac is a useful crutch when faced with clueless Windows system admins. Rather than fighting with them to configure their network correctly we install AdmitMac and get the Mac to mimmic whatever mistakes they are running with. Thursby's tech support is very good. They are quick to answer the phone and really interested in making you a happy customer. So far I have not had a problem that stumped them. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] MacIgnorance
Windows' biggest problem is installing the default user as the admin. Don't run as an admin and security problems vanish. Now, if we can only get these idiot developers to stop coding their products to only run if the user is an admin. The problem is only partially idiot developers. I would say a bigger problem is idiot 'softies: 1) pretending they have a mulit-user OS when they really don't. This is demonstrated by your complaing of too many steps. Windows does not need these steps because there is no real security there. It is like a kid's computer you buy for $10 at Toys-R-Us: lots of dials and buttons, but nothing inside the box. 2) not providing a proper API for developers A good example is font management software because it has to heavily interact with the OS. Compare features in Suitcase for Mac with Suitcase for Windows. You can't argue that Extensis doesn't know what features are needed because they are in the Mac version of Suitcase. Yet the Windows version of Suitcase is bare bones. The reason is that the Windows API is severely deficient. Extensis can't get at the functions they need to program a decent product. On the Mac a regular user can run Suitcase -- not so on Windows. I use Extensis as an example because they are a leader in this category. If you test the other Windows font managers (as I have) you won't find these missing features there either. Font management under Windows is a decade behind the Mac's due to API defects. It is not just a problem with developers. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
Uncle Ben? thestraightdope.com reports that there really was an Uncle Ben -- a rice farmer from Houston. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] boot G4 or Intel Mac from flash drive?
Techtool Protoge is on a FireWire, not USB drive. http://micromat.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=34Itemid=49 That's right. I forgot that detail. Booting from FW has been built into the hardware for many years. Booting from USB is newer, but works for recent models (as previously noted). I would expect USB booting to be less reliable just because I generally find USB to be less reliable, but I have not tried it. I note that Apple's migration tool uses FW, not USB, even though Macs all come with USB2 these days. Haven't seen a tiny FW drive like that before. Can I get one without the TT software? They are rare, but if you google on firewire flash drive you will find them. Reviews say they are no faster than USB2 flash drives and a bit more expensive. Definitely a special-purpose only product. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [SPAM] Re: [CGUYS] Security Ignorance
You sure about that John? eWeek seems to agree with me. Now, I won't argue that running as a least privilege user will absolutely eliminate security exploits... You misapply the eWeek story. EWeek is comparing different settings of the same insecure OS. No one here is proposing that some settings are less dangerous than others. You don't make a good case for your position by trying to change the topic. The ease with which you can change these settings in Windows is prima facie proof of insecurity. The reason you have to jump through hoops to do this on a Mac is exactly because of the built-in security. Also note that that Apple procedure is not actually changing the name on an account. It is migrating the contents of an account to a new account and then changing security settings of the files that were moved. This does not really get you what you want. The 501 account has special privileges when running as administrator. This new account will not have those. Since you can log in using the long name I don't know why you insist on changing the short name. Why not just make all the long names the same and be happy? This is an artificial crisis. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Details on Apple's Time Machine
This is a long article and the first part is a history of backup strategies (something not everyone will find interesting). However, after that it goes into a lot of detail about Time Machine. This is a big deal for Apple and they have invested a lot in making it work by making a very interesting change to how its file system works. They have created a new type of alias (shortcut) that keeps a file around as long as any one of these new pointers exists and lets them stack up multiple instances of the same file. This allows them to make many snapshots of your files while automatically eliminating duplicates. Very interesting. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/12/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_time _machine.html * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Security Ignorance
Jeff, I'm afraid you've missed earlier evidence of this. While he has now blasts Vista for jumping through hoops to support old apps, not so long ago he blasted it for breaking old apps. It's difficult to take this very seriously. You have poor memory. My complaint was about device drivers, not software. I may or may not complain about support for software. It all depends on how the transition gets managed. For example, Apple started making changes in OS 8 and OS 9 in preparation for the transition to OS X. Back then the changes were optional. They provided a path for developers to follow to get them closer to where they needed to be when these changes were no longer optional. When OS X arrived Apple provided a transitional crutch API, again to make it easier to transition. Apple also provided a parallel operating environment (Classic) to support applications that did not convert. Apple, a much smaller company than MS, made a 10 year effort to facilitate a transition. Has MS done anything like this? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] SD card isn't recognized in Windows Explorer
Thanks...tried that. Also tried disconnecting it as a network drive, but doesn't show up in list of options. Can you plug the camera directly into the computer to see if it works? And don't forget to restart the computer -- often works wonders. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator
Orwell lives! Incorrect? Only if you're one of the 3 percenters. The other 97% gets along just fine with these **cough** mistakes. 21 percent of US laptops are Apple's. Nothing to cough at. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
Does such a thing as a table top stand alone MP3 player exist? How about a Mac Mini? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Security Ignorance
1. Apple is very secretive about upcoming moves; where did you get this timeline? 2. Define small - Apple's market cap. is on track to over take IBM's. Oh my. I'm being attacked from both sides. I MUST BE RIGHT! * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
How about a Mac Mini? No ability to control the output without the whole keyboard / mouse / screen rig. I want this on a night-stand and such. It comes with a remote. And when you have to you can control it from another computer using remote access. So it does not need a keyboard or monitor. Just plug your speakers in. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator
Now you need to wait a few months to see that OSX.5 isn't a lemon. I'm waiting for February. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator
don't know if this is US or world data. also, DELL is NOT included. if you follow the numbers, the laptop market is twice as large as the desktop market. I think these numbers are all screwed up, because they do not include direct sales. Other than at trade shows I don't think I have ever seen a Dell laptop. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
The iRiver has an amazing number of models, some largish. Many also have a clock, alarm, and FM radio. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
Took a quick look at them. Can they be serious when they say: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Windows XP (SP2 or higher) - Windows Media Player 10 (or higher ) Yet if you search for USB MSC on their site you will find that (many/most of) their players do support MSC. Players with MSC will work just like any USB flash drive so you can just drag music files to it via the Finder. Maybe Jeff owns the company? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Security Ignorance
Make sure you don't offer any facts or anything whatsoever to back up what you say. You must be right cause you say so. Just keep whistling and skipping along. Good advice. Thank you. Time and time again the Computer Guys List comes through. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
A clock radio with a HD or clock radio + CD player with a HD just seems so obvious to me. I figure I am missing some consideration given the plethora or consumer electronic options out there - no shortage of folks looking to fill a niche. I have seen clock radios at Best Buy that have a socket into which an iPod can be plugged. I think their logic is that if you already have an iPod (and who doesn't) you won't want the bother of duplicating the music files in your clock radio. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
http://www.agoodic.com/viewproduct.asp?id=576 They claim to sell 2GB iPhones for $185 a pop. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]
All those iPhone users? How many are there? And how many are there that are Mac users? Well over a million sold at this point. They are selling at a much more rapid pace then iPods did when they were introduced. Perhaps they will take over the world. Reports are that many people buying iPhones pick up their first Macs at the same time. Why they would do this I don't know. Perhaps when they see how well they are treated at the Apple store they decide it is a good company to do business with? But they out priced themselves along with tagging themselves with ATT. If I could buy a reasonably priced iPhone that could hook up with a pay as Uuse it plan then maybe. But as is, it's not for me. That's Actually the costs are very much in line for the typical cell phone user. Obviously such costs will seem insane to a pay-go type user (like me), but for most people they seem perfectly normal. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
Tom Ipods have a tendency to be overpriced. Only if you assign no value to great engineering and great design. Different strokes for different folks. Some people wipe their hands on their shirt fronts, some don't. I would pay money to NOT use a brown Zune. All are very good MP3 players and oh by the way each of them have USER replaceable batteries!!! Oh I didn't know. Should I have not replaced the battery in my iPod? My 1st gen iPod is still going strong. I had to replace the battery just once. No big deal. When this battery goes I expect to buy a Touch. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
Ah Tom, most of these are first gen and I can replace and change out batteries very easily and also have plenty of extras. Again you seem to be a zealot for Apple which is always dangerous. (I understand that Ipods require a lot of work to change out the battery, Creatives just have a pop off back and replace the battery) Should we now call you Taliban Tom? :-) And you be Cheney Stu? I have looked long and hard at non-iPod players. Every time my buying decision came down to making a trade off. Every time I found either no price premium or such a small price premium that it wasn't worth putting up with second best. And there have been versions of the iPod I did not like. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Revisiting the truncated Youtube video issue...
I do think that big outfits such as Google need to be more responsive to lowly users who are merely trying to point out a problem. Instead, it appears as though they waited until some entity that could create some waves for them mentioned the problem before taking the issue seriously and making corrections. What else is new? Congratulations on your success. With Google I'm a bit sympathetic because I know that the number of emails they get is huge. The strategy with a big organization is often to do a little research to find a place where your concerns might get noticed -- like a narrowly-defined support list or blog. Rob probably knew the right person to call. I'm feeling equally snubbed by a local ISP (HIS.COM) that I have previously recommended highly on this list. A small company like HIS ought to know that when they don't respond it is very easy to move business elsewhere. So it ain't just Google that snubs its customers. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: Letter From Steve Jobs]
IMHO, it's taking a long time to release an SDK for the iPhone because the iPhone is more than just a phone, and more than just a PDA, it's a computer plus phone plus WiFi device. Did Apple release the iPhone too early, before the development kit was ready? When the Mac was born I remember being surprised to see that some of the programmers documentation had be written many years earlier (I think I saw some that was 5 years old). It really does take a long time to get all the necessary information and tools in place. It took a long time of OS X too. I think they are right to ship the hardware first and let the rest catch up eventually. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]
Third quarter figures for US computer sales have HP pushing Dell out of 1st place. Apple is in 3rd place with a 7.3% share. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138578-c,companynews/article.html I suppose most would agree that it is time for any company selling fewer computers than Apple to get out of the business. I don't agree. I'm just repeating wisdom I've gleaned from this list. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]
Apple is growing its laptop business impressively AppleInsider.com is reporting that Apple is awaiting word from Intel before announcing new Mac Pros with Penryn CPUs for media professionals. I expect OS X 10.5 to increase sales as well. I saw Intel's CEO interviewed a couple of weeks ago on a PBS business show hosted by Jeff Greenfield (smart guy). Otellini was asked whether starting to work with Apple antogonized his existing clients. He said he didn't care because he thought Intel was getting stale and needed Apple to shake things up. Otellini said that Apple was pushing Intel to achieve more and he liked that. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
You want the iTube Valve Dock Carbon Edition with Speakers A vacuum tube amplifier with remote control for your iPod (not included). $1,149.95 at Amazon.com (with free shipping) * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows
The problem with those figures is they don't show OS share, only hardware. As has been obvious on this list for some time now, a lot of people are buying Macs and installing Windows. It's getting rare to find a Mac owner that doesn't run both OS's, thus seriously skewing the stats. I put that in the same bin as the one about virus writers ignoring Macs due to their market share. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] The Worst Thing about Macs
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2193639,00.asp This is what is known as an ad hominem attack. Instead of focusing on the merits, he attacks the people who own Macs. He even attacks people who own iPods. There is no tech in this issue of ExtremeTech. What does this accomplish? The worst thing about Macs is that they show clearly and deliberately that a better way is possible. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] BTX vs ATX [Was: Mac Market Share Grows]
I have noticed that their new BTX format is not quite catching on in the market. Is it going to go the way of IBM's MCA format? Will PC makers contiune to cling to a 10-year-old ATX MoBo design? I will place my bet on lack of innovation. That seems to be endemic in Windows land. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Security Fraud [Was: Mac Market Share Grows]
Reread Mike's post. Read the last sentence most carefully. Then ask yourself, during what part of the same time period was Vista in the marketplace? Apple OS X; 10 months; 7 flaws MS Vista; 2 months; 6 flaws Most of you will be able to do the math. There were 18 security advisories from Secunia for mac os x so far in 2007. Seven of these were rated highly critical meaning system level access, access to private files etc. The holes are there. Not long ago a hole in quicktime was exploited in just a few hours when the winner was offered 10k for doing so. I wouldn't go as far as saying mac os is less secure then windows, I would say it probably is more secure, but it's not some impregnable wall as some mac users believe. Seven critical flaws prove that. Interestingly, Vista had six in the same time period. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]
How did he say apple was pushing them? Pushing them to do what? You know, that thing that MS wants to stamp out... Innovate. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]
I am surprised that Tom would mention Intel, they have been accused of some of the same sins as MS and Bill Gates have. The new boss man, Otellini, struck me as an interesting, smart man. Not a thug like Gates or Ballmer. Time will tell. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Security Fraud [Was: Mac Market Share Grows]
You might want to go to the site to *see* what i'm talking about before you write. The report on Secunia covers the first 8 months of 2007... Vista was released at the end of January. Reread Mike's post. Read the last sentence most carefully. Then ask yourself, during what part of the same time period was Vista in the marketplace? Apple OS X; 10 months; 7 flaws MS Vista; 2 months; 6 flaws Mike, Having a product available for sale is not the same as being in the marketplace. It took months for Vista to be found on any significant number of computers. By my estimation that did not happen until Summer 2007. You could quibble about whether I should credit Vista with 2 months or 3 months, but to say that Vista was in the marketplace for any significant part of 2007 is simply not accurate. Software sitting in a warehouse, on a store shelf, or in an unopened box simply don't count. If I wanted to quibble I expect that I could easily argue that most, maybe all, of the flaws Secunia reported were insignificant. Note that none of the Secunia-reported Mac flaws resulted in any real exploit. The fact that you find it necessary to obsess over the Secunia reports and that Mac users pay no mind to these sky-is-falling reports says a lot about the state of computer security. Ultimately that is what really matters and we don't have to split hairs to establish these facts. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
I don't have an iPod and don't particularly want one. So sad. ;( Why is that? Well there could be different motivations so the why part is not so easy to analyze. Hovever I do think that the general term sad is an accurate umbrella for all of them. 1) To hate Apple so much that one would intentionally buy the inferior product is sad. It might even be called sick. 2) To lack the acuity to see the difference is sad. I suspect this handicap is MS's problem, their top managers simply lack the keen perception to identify a dud. 3) To lack the dough for a $150 nano is sad (but understandable). * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
I got a non ipod because I needed something water resistant. And something smaller then a nano but still with a screen. And something considerably cheaper. And something with greater battery life. It is okay if you tell us the make and model. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Table top stand alone MP3 player?
Someone just posted to macintouch.com a story about buying an iPod clone that he said was almost indistinguishable from a real iPod. It was almost half the price. It does not work with iTunes, but he does not care about that. Alas he did not provide any information to locate the product. Perhaps we now have an iPod alternative that is not sad? macintouch.com/readerreports/ipod/topic4686.html * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
