Re: [CGUYS] Buying a Mac PowerBook Pro
I would plan to add 10.5, especially if you get an external drive(s) and would like automatic backup with TimeMachine, which comes with 10.5. But don't do it this month or next! * == 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] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks
This endless thread about old versus new computers with accessories assumes a healthy business with productivity being a goal. A few people not in this situation might find an old computer makes sense. Perhaps a failure to think clearly about technology is a contributing factor to not having a healthy business with productivity being a goal? Once one digs such a hole it gets harder and harder to dig out. * == 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] Thunderbird Quitting
I don't remember specific wording but at the end of the CCC process it put up a message that certain parts of the System could not be copied. It would seem that they might be critical parts of the OS. Sure looks like it. Faster than reinstalling the whole OS you might have succeeded by simply running the combo updater. It is good a replacing missing pieces. Of course that assumes that your missing pieces were included in an update. Since the combo includes updates for everything since dot-zero the odds are good that the parts you need are in there. * == 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] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks
You should also try a wee bit of research for recycling options (it's that thinking thing again). Service Source in Va. takes CRTs for $10 each. They even will come and get them. http://www.ourpeoplework.org/content.asp?contentid=381 Has anyone actually been to this place and managed to unload? When I called I repeatedly got the we are not accepting computers at this time routine. If their situation has changed that would be good. I had been planning to ship all my old CRTs to Jeff. * == 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] OLPC -- Innovative Customer Support
Here's an interesting note in the Terms and Conditions page: 9. Neither OLPC Foundation nor One Laptop per Child, Inc. has service facilities, a help desk or maintenance personnel in the United States or Canada. Although we believe you will love your XO laptop, you should understand that it is not a commercially available product and, if you want help using it, you will have to seek it from friends, family, and bloggers. * == 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] Transferring a font
It's Bradley Hand ITC Bold. I have regular Bradley on the PC, with a .TTF extension. The Bold version doesn't show an extension on my Mac, which I know will cause problems. When saving the file from my email to the PC, I did the (probably) heinous act of adding .TTF to the filename. I also tried just saving it as is; neither method worked. Looks like you have a piece of a PostScript font. Windows does not know what to do with Mac PostScript fonts. Just adding an extension does not accomplish anything useful. On the other hand, if you copy the Windows font to the Mac the Mac will use it (because Macs are smarter than PCs.) * == 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] Thunderbird Quitting
That didn't occur to me, but the OS was totally up to date. Is it possible to somehow force it to do an update it does not need? The combo updater will check and fix a version that is the same as the updates. * == 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 10.4.11
I see Apple has finally released 10.4.11. I am currently running 10.4.8. Should I just stick with it or should I upgrade 10.4.9 or 10.4.11? Well finally. This is the long-awaited update that I hope will fix the problems introduced by the X.4.10 update -- I hope it will introduce few others. I know that X.4.9 is okay except for a few obscure networking issues. I would wait a couple of weeks to see if any bad X.4.11 news develops. * == 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] Leopard.1
I have recently started using iTunes to rip CD's. The drive itself is fine, I can look at DVD's with no problem, CD's iTunes are another issue. It's not unusual for me to have to reboot. Force quit... I started doing this after I installed Leopard. Anyone who thinks they are going to bring off a large project after installing dot zero software is just being silly. The only reason to rush out to install dot zero software is to have a few weeks/months of entertainment discovering bugs. You should focus on enjoying that. Plan to start your big project in Jan or Feb '08. * == 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 issues
Tom Piwowar I have recently started using iTunes to rip CD's. The drive itself is fine, I can look at DVD's with no problem, CD's iTunes are another issue. It's not unusual for me to have to reboot. Force quit... I started doing this after I installed Leopard. For the record, these words attributed to me by Wayne were in fact the post I was responding to. I'm not having such problems. I have the Leopard caged in the box in which it arrived. I won't be taking it for a walk until X.5.2 at the earliest. * == 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] Tiger .11 [Was: Leopard.1]
Someone on the list said that they were going to wait until Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.1 came up before making a purchase. I'm actually more interested in the dot 11 update to Tiger. The dot 10 caused so much instability with Creative Suite that I wasn't using it. I sure hope that dot 11 fixes whatever was causing the problems. * == 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 G4 memory upgrade
I am thinking about upgrading the memory in my iMac G4 (700). I realize it is getting old and I won't be able to upgrade to Leopard, but I'm happy with Tiger. How hard is it to access the the RAM to change it? I've done it on other Macs, on PowerBooks, and on PCs, so I'm confident that I can do it. I just need to know how to access it. I also looked online for the price of memory. Crucial had 512MB for $104.99... while Memory-Up... has 512MB for $57.96. The difference in price makes wonder, do I need to beware of Memory-Up or is it just a good deal? The supplier I usually use (datamem.com) notes that your iMac has two memory slots. The 144-pin SODIMM slot is user friendly, the other slot is not recommended. I see that Memory-Up and Crucial also say this. The user friendly slot is easy to spot when you remove the bottom cover. Getting to the other slot requires you to remove the motherboard to get to the slot on the other side. Datamem wants $69 for this part. I see that today Memory-Up also lists it for $69. Crucial is simply overpriced. * == 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] G5 grace period question
Our G5 repair has resolved. We called Apple Should I buy a lottery ticket tomorrow or what? This is not an unusual story. Apple's excellent customer service will often bend over backwards to treat a customer right. So you should not generalize. You won't win the lottery and there are still PC vendors out there who will screw you at the slightest opportunity. * == 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] Tiger .11 [Was: Leopard.1]
I found this list of what it claims to fix at. www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/14/apple_releases_mac_os_x_10_4_11_up date_for_tiger_users.html That's the list from Apple's download page. It is amazing how brazenly the press just does a copy/paste/reformat and then claims the work as their own. Most of the fixes are so broadly written that I can't tell if they are going to fix a particular problem. I assume the OpenType-QuarkXpress fix will keep XPress from crashing as soon a you select an OpenType font. Only time will tell for the rest of 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] case feet
Does anyone have any idea on, how I can replace the feet on my full-tower case? For my PCs I use sticky-back felt circles from the hardware store. Actually, I don't think they are felt any more -- some mystery fiberous material. I have 20 towers in my classrooms that are constantly being moved around so I need to be able to slide them out easily while not scratching the furniture. We pull the rubber feet off and replace them with felt feet. If you don't want to slide easily you can get rubber feet too. A package with a dozen feet is around $2. The Macs come with teflon strips that slide easily and don't scratch. Thank-you Apple. * == 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] Leopard Stinks [Was: ITunes issues]
Tom, why so reluctant about X.5; are all of your computers used for production things? My copy of Leopard is also still in its shrink wrap, but I was only waiting for X.5.1 which is out. I am only waiting now to back everything up, probably over the upcoming four day weekend. And one more reason. I just read an Apple Tech Note that says most multimedia software will need to be reinstalled after upgrading to Leopard. That really stinks. Reminds me of the days when DOS upgrades required a hard disk formt. * == 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] IP camera osx
I'm looking for a wireless IP camera that can be config'd and managed by OSX v1.4.11... I've found cameras in the past that were supposed to run under OSX but needed first to be set up under Windows. As a result, I've never gotten one going. I'm casually following such cameras so I can't cite a specific brand, but I have noticd the situation has gotten better. Early cameras required Active-X for controls. Manufacturerers soon learned that this was not a good thing to do. Nice story at: www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/12/30/d-link-dcs-900-ip-camera-is -a-flipping-bargain * == 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] FIOS and surge protection
This paragraph explicitly cites a steel central member which is likely for tensile strength. Surge protection or lightning protection? I expect your connection will have enough insulation to protect against surges. Any metal armor or support wire isn't going to be directly connected to your circuit. Lightning is another matter. If this is an aerial cable it may be exposed to lightning and lightning could travel on the cable even if it was non-metallic. * == 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] What a mess...
Isn't that like how Microsoft has proclaimed Internet Explorer to be a standard so they don't need to follow what the standards setting body has set. I can find plenty to gripe about, but I don't think Cisco domination is one of those things. * == 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 G4 memory upgrade
You go right ahead and keep paying more for your cheap-o RAM; it makes no difference to me. I'll keep paying the lower prices I get from Crucial and being productive. I don't run my life on superstition. * == 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] Live (hyperlinked) TOC in Mac Word 2004? (OS 10.4)
My husband is creating a Word document (for a class that requires a Word doc as the final presentation) on his Macbook, which has MS Office 2004 loaded on it. Word will create a table of contents for the document, but does not automatically hyperlink the content entries, as it does in PC versions 2003 +. Does anyone know if this is just missing from the Mac version--in which case one must assign hyperlinks individually/manually--or whether we may have missed a pref or setting? Hyperlinks are created. However, in Word for Windows the link is the entire line, but in Word for Mac the link is just the page number. * == 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 G4 memory upgrade
Looking at the specs for my iMac G4, I see it can take an Airport Card. Can it take an Airport Extreme Card? I would not mind going wireless, however, I'd hate to give up the speed I have with the Ethernet. No. The Extreme Card is a different size. * == 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] Request to change email address
Also, are the posts archived somewhere for later reference? Have been saving many emails from this list, just for future reference, but this has amounted to a lot of emails. Perhaps going forward, with GMAIL, it won't really matter how many I save. Read the footer at the bottom of every post. * == 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] Opportunity for a Mac Fan
http://jobview.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=64930187 Risk of electrical shock * == 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] Black Monday - to shop online or not?
Attention K-MartI mean online shoppers! I hear that tomorrow is Black Monday, the Internet equivalent of brick and mortar's black Friday. An invention of the media. Internet shopping does not really get into full swing until the latter half of Dec. I usually start shopping at comparison sites like Google Products or Shopzilla. These lead me to smaller merchants that know they have to offer a good value to make the sale. I also try to get all my shopping done early so I don't have to worry as much about out-of-stock items and delivery delays. However, when I have made last minute purchases I have been pleasantly surprised with the quick delivery. Last year I made a last minute purchase from the Apple store on the Saturday before Christmas and had the product in my hands on Monday morning. * == 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] [CGUYS} TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppose the
When I have raised questions to retailers about this, they have told me that if any hardware is consumed to perform the labor portions of a job, such as screws or bolts, then . Do not say they are allowed to charge sales tax. It word should not be allowed it should be required. The merchant is required to pay the sales tax. If they make an error and fail to charge you they are still liable for the tax. If they are later audited and the error is discovered the merchant will have to pay the tax and a fine. On the other hand if they charge the tax incorrectly they have nothing to fear. * == 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] Poor Excuse [Was: Case feet]
I lost the replies to, the first time I asked(yes, I know I could request the archive for the group) when, I didn't backup my e-mail. Christopher--See here: List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ Our archive at mail-archive.com is directly accessible and searchable through your web browser. There really is no need to keep old posts. Everything is easily found there. * == 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] TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppose the co
I was all ready to point you to Snopes.com, but if this is actually true it's one of the wackiest laws I've ever heard of. It would certainly mean I'd have to charge tax if I looked at a computer, but not a washing machine.? I've been in the service industry all my life and we've never charged tax on labor, only parts. Actually it is even worse than that in DC. If I stand behind you giving directions as you fix your computer yourself, that is training and not taxable in DC. If I take your mouse and fix it for you, that is a computer-related service and therefore taxable. * == 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] [CGUYS} TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppos
Looks like they copied the DC tax. This bill extends the 6% sales tax to computer services including computer facilities management and operation, custom computer programming, computer system planning and design that integrate computer hardware, software and communication technologies, computer disaster recovery and data processing, storage and recovery as well as hardware or software installation or maintenance and repair. This provision is effective July 1, 2008 and sunsets June 30, 2013. * == 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] [CGUYS} TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppos
Now, if they collect a tax where they should not be collecting one, can they then retain that collected money for themselves as opposed to having to send it to the state? Where on earth did you see that in my post? * == 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] [CGUYS} TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppos
It was, I believe, located where one looks for what is not really stated in a direct manner, that being between the lines. A phantasm. * == 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] It should not be that hard ...
My experience is that vented metal fanless models like Speed Metal, in which four sides are wire mesh, last just as long as internal CPU case mounted drives do. I should have been clearer.It is not the drive that fries. It is the interface card. Probably a static charge issue as the external drive is plugged and unplugged. * == 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] It should not be that hard ...
I can find some all in one, but I was hoping for the option to swap drives without buying two full enclosures. I find that I'm replacing enclosures every year or two. Eventually they fry. * == 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] removing Norton
Millions use NAV because the manufacturers ship you their PC with it already installed. Millions smoke tobacco and other weeds. Millions are morbidly obese. Millions don't wear seat belts. Millions use Windows. What's your 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] removing Norton
I guess it is because I think buying a crappy, misconfigured computer is a CHOICE. Smoking, overeating, and not wearing seat belts are CHOICES that consumers are (mostly) free to make. Receiving a PC with AOL or NAV already installed is not a choice most computer buyers make. It's the path of least resistance. And that's my theory for why millions use NAV. If it didn't work that way, Norton/Symantec, McAfee, et al would not kick back to the manufacturers to preinstall their software, would they? * == 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] removing Norton
wadda y'all think about that? Save yourself some trouble and convert it to a hackintosh. Instructions for Leopard are already on the web. * == 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] wo questions about Macbook Pro -- card reader bac
Time Machine is not really a substitute for a full drive backup. Each backup strategy has its strong and weak spots. Together they are complementary. So I'm considering recommending both. With drives so cheap these days it is worth the small cost to get the added security. If you have to pick doing one or the other you have to decide which type of protection is the most likely to be useful in your specific case. I.e., individual file loss/corruption vs. total data loss/corruption. I got my daughter a pocket sized bus powered firewire and the shareware backup program SuperDuper. After the first backup the incremental backups take less than 15 minutes - often much less. And she will have an identical drive that she can boot any intel mac from and have it be indistinguishable from her original. I think that this is better than Time Machine (Which I have never used.), but if you get a drive that's twice as big as the laptop's you could do both. Your daughter must have upgraded to Leopard on the mac to get Time Machine. A few of the reviewers of Leopard have said how cool Time Machine is, but that they would still rely on SuperDuper for backups. * == 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] Two questions about Macbook Pro -- card reader ba
Stuart's suggestion of a single format, dual function device is short-term most practical, but may need replacement when the camera is replaced. Jeff'f suggestion of a multi-format adapter will let her take pictures from other cameras too. That might be handy for working with friend's cameras. But it is bulkier. The simple/easy solution is to use the USB cable that comes with the camera and Apple's wonderful iPhoto software. If Canon adheres to the PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) camera card standard (ISO 15740) there should be no issue of compatability. I would not buy a camera that did not support PTP, EXIF, etc. If Canon's web site is still not sure about supporting the previous version of the Mac OS I would hesitate to get such a camera. If they are not sure about such a simple thing, who knows what else they are not sure 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] Two questions about Macbook Pro -- card reader ba
I had no issue with transferring pictures directly from the camera to my computer. Until i realized transferring pictures this way was the fastest way bar none to draining batteries. All the cameras I have tried this with got their power over the USB wire, not using their batteries. One of my cameras won't even let me shut it off while it is connected to USB. * == 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] Christmas cards Mac address book
How do people do Christmas cards using a Mac? Do they still write them by hand? I send everyone an individual eCard via email. I did something like what you need for a cleint using FileMaker. The script had to figure out fairly complex family relationships: married, not married but living together, married but different last names, children with same/different last names, parents living with children, unrelated person living with family, etc. It was a real trip. * == 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] Blue tooth radiation?
If anyone listened to the public health academic who wrote The Secret History of the War On Cancer some of the most quoted studies done on cell phone radiation have severe methodological flaws and even if they were good might been inadequate for assessing the brain cancer risk 20 or 30 years out (which is the appropriate scale for the development of brain cancer) This topic and radiation from monitors seems to bring out the cranks. In years past similar vehemence was directed to electrification and telephones. The common theme seems to be fear of invisible forces. From what I have seen, you are correct to say there have not been any good studies. However, it should be emphasized that there have not been any good studies for either side of the issue: nothing to show that there is or is not a problem. What clinches it for me are the studies that identify the various sources of electromagnetic radiation exposure. In an office environment the #1 source is fluorescent lighting. Nothing else comes close. Another big source is commercial broadasting. So my thinking is that it is not worth stressing over minor sources when I can't do anything about the major sources. * == 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] Two questions about Macbook Pro -- card reader ba
The Mac just refused to recognize the camera. And Samsung's software driver download site was no help. No software drivers for Macs! This was probably one of those weird and far in-between situations. That is why it is important to make sure the camera manufacturer complies with PTP. Getting a camera that is noncompliant will be an endless headache. * == 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] Vista Hate
but at least being funny about it... http://www.youtube.com/v/oXcimfzLLoY http://www.youtube.com/v/ZRAUlK8_2VE http://www.youtube.com/v/PxLgBx3W9Ss http://www.youtube.com/v/sfCHuVrWHPk * == 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] Blue tooth radiation?
Tom, respectfully a UofPittsburgh professor of Public Health is not a crank, and her claims and arguments were quite reasonable when interviewed on NPR. I know plenty of professors who are cranks. In fact, I suspect the proportion of professors who are cranks is higher than it is in the general population. Tell me NPR does not interview cranks. Very funny. Flourescent lighting does not broadcast its energy an inch from your brain (actually I doubt the UV doesn't penetrate your skin). The issue is not distance it is power and duration of exposure. Anyone focusing on distance immediately loses creditability: sensationalism over science. Furthermore, I think that after only about 10 years of following the public exposure I have heard of studies (I don't know how large the samples) that cell phone usage increased risk of non-malignant brain tumors. Humans have been exposed to radio waves to a greater or lesser degree since 1895 (Marconi). I have not seen any studies that show people working or living around very powerful transmitters having a higher incidence of tumors. Have 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] MS IE 7
Before I move to a new piece of software, I want to know what features it provides that I really need. Most of the time the old software works just fine, and the new software doesn't provide the one or two features that I would really like to see to improve my work. The new features are designed to make the program easier to use by a neophyte computer user, but for someone who has already learned the old interface for the program, the new interface is just something requiring a lot of time to learn -- time that isn't productive. You sound very old Fred. Your expectation that new software will not be as good as what it replaces would be a sad state of affairs, if it were true. Go over to Wikipedia and read their entry on IE 7. It will give you a long list of reasons why 7 is better. You can even start a new section about why it is not better and see what develops. That would be really interesting. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
Brain-dead users like me cling to Windows 2000 (because it works, and because it supports the applications I use), which doesn't support IE7. The Internet changed all that. If you are still operating as a computer in isolation then we don't care if you are still running DOS. But if you are part of the internetwork you are part of a community. If IE users won't upgrade it makes it impossible for the rest of us to advance. The alternative is to throw the brain dead overboard: no Internet for you. It might come to 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] USB Turntable?
I was surprised to see a pair of turntables at Target last week. I think both had USB outputs, but one had a built in CD burner. I'm surprised that the RIAA is not suing them for selling burgler tools. * == 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] Programmer's Test Editor for Windows?
On Windows I have been using PSPad -- a full-featured programmer's text editor. I especially need GREP for search/replace and to extract lines that meet a certain pattern. I'm doing things like log analysis. My problem is that I'm working with some very large files (150 MB). PSPad gets unusably slow. On the Mac I'm using either BBEdit or TextWrangler. These programs have no problems with the large files, but it is a pain to be constantly transferring files between machines. So, does anyone know of a good text editor for Windows that does not bog down with large files? * == 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] USB Turntable?
apparently these things are not selling very well. Last Dec when I was checking Amazon's best seller list for the Zune I noticed that two models of USB turntable were selling better than the Zune. So don't call it not selling very well. * == 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] Blue tooth radiation?
Anectdotaly, the fellows who manned the pirate radio stations in England were known to have their hair fall out. That was MI5 using some of the left over powder the CIA had made for Castro. * == 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] MS IE 7
Why should I have to get used to IE7. It's only a browser... something that should be transparently invisible. When I borrow a friends car, do I have to go on an easter egg hunt to find the turn signal, brake, gas pedal,, steering wheel, or dashboard so I can pop down to the store to buy some groceries? It is not just about you, it is about the community. Using IE 6 is like borrowing a friend's car that had a big red inspection sticker on it that says rejected and your friend says it was something about the brakes. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
Such people don't have huge amounts of time--and probably don't have the knowledge--to mess around with tekkie things like downloading a new browser and spending hours delicately adjusting it so that it actually works. I leave it you to explain to the young couple in rural Virginia who are just getting their bed-and-breakfast off the ground why some people can't view their beautiful, 100%-correctly-coded web page and how they have to code a Holly Hack to fix it. Do it quick because their BB web site is failing to attract the business they need. * == 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] MS IE 7
However, please, please, please don't use IE 6. Broken piece of cr*p. Well okay. I can agree with that, but how come it has the most users? How can we make them stop? * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
I think Tom's point was that technology leaves the old stuff behind, eventually. For example, not many computers from the 1980's would be of much use today, if one wanted to use that computer to connect to the internet. Many web sites will also become unreadable by the oldest browsers, too. Not a question of fairness, but one of standards and capabilities. Draw a parallel to my DVR. I really love my DVR. I can't imagine watching TV any other way. My DVR works fine -- probably has years of life in it. I have a lifetime subscription to the programming service. Yet my DVR only knows the NTSC standard and NTSC is going away in 14 months. So I am unhappy about progress too. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
Is your dvr the tuner also? Alas, yes. It is a Replay. * == 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] USB Turntable?
I understand that the new Zune lands pretty much in the doesn't suck real bad category. Microsoft 2007 = Apple 2001. Apple has moved well beyond that old design. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
While it's possible to code a site with all the excessive bells and whistles, commercial and nonprofit sites ultimately need to develop their pages to attract customers/clients, not the script-kiddies putting the sites together. It's not necessary to have lots of scripts and Flash to create an attractive a site, especially when basic HTML with a few simple extras will sell the product just as well. Techno-porn doesn't appeal to people who just want to get some information or to buy something. It belongs on game and video sites. You are out of your depth on this one. The problems with IE are fundamental errors with page geometry and how different page elements interact. It has nothing to do with scripts and Flash except that some developers use Flash as a way to avoid MS's bugs. Getting CSS to work properly would be a great boon to professional web authoring and save businesss a peck of dough. For example... http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html A liquid box has a float inside, and content that appears along side that float. All is well, until it's viewed in IE6. Wah? Where's my content?! You reload the page, and nothing. When you scroll down, or perhaps switch to another window, upon returning to the 'scene of the crime' there it all is, fat 'n sassy! Note: This long standing bug has been suppressed in IE7 (released in late 2006), so the Peekaboo Bug is finally on the way out. IE6 will still exist however, and as long as it does we'll need to fix it. This effect may turn up in a number of different contexts. We would try to list them here, but the page would become very long, and make our heads hurt. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
The only dodgey parts are whether the software will allow you to use the HD program guides and will they stop offering the guide since all this equipment is NTSC. My guess is that they will drop service at the earliest opportunity. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
But I bet that no one deigns to think of you as brain-dead just because you are embracing this less than cutting edge technology. It is cutting edge for another 14 months. If I hold on to it any longer I will be rightly called brain dead. * == 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] Marketshare [Was: USB Turntable?]
FWIW I heard that the Zune is number two in the market for MP3 players. It is the competition that makes them look bad- iPods are so dominant that they dwarf all the competition combined. NPD sez: Apple (75%) SanDisk (10%) Creative (4%) Samsung (2%) Sony (2%) Microsoft (2%) On the other hand, a news story today reports that MS estimates that 2 copies of XP get pirated for each copy of Vista. Perhaps this is why MS is baking off on Vista's copy protection? * == 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] Marketshare [Was: USB Turntable?]
Actually I think they mean hard disk mp3 players. Actually I think they mean hard disk mp3 players that are brown. And the market is shifting away from players with hard disks. * == 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] MS IE 7
I'm giving away 6 year old computers to staff Giving away these sad-sack computers so you won't get stuck with paying the $15 recycling fee. You are probably going to take a tax credit too. You are so unscrupulous. * == 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] No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
I'm not familiar with IE causing so much trouble for people who don't use it, but now it makes sense, sort of. The solution is for web authors to put a note on the page, viewed best with [name a good browser], and a warning that it may not work with IE. If that were done enough would sites lose viewers or would people take a hint. Take a look at webstandards.org to see how mad folks are about this 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
[CGUYS] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
So buy an ATSC converter intended for televisions and go on using your DVR which will likely quite happily accept the signal from the converter and record it, then play it back in glorious NTSC. If you wait, you can even get coupons likely to be worth $40-$50 to apply to the purchase of two different converters. Tivo now has HD units and recently introduced a lower-cost model at $299. My reading suggests that it has all the necessary features, but only enough storage for 20 hours. However, the new model has an eSATA port that lets you add a 2nd drive. With big drives selling for low prices this is very appealing. But I have read so many bad stories about Tivo. The one I'm most concerned about is that Tivo deletes stored shows after a few weeks and there is no setting to prevent this. I like to hold on to some shows for a long time. I often collect an entire mini-series to watch at one sitting and it may take me a couple of months to find the time to do that. If Tivo deletes shows as it pleases that won't work for me at all. Does anybody on the list use a Tivo? Or should I build my own MythTV box? * == 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] scrup-a-licous [was: MS IE 7]
Heck, the siren song's pull is so strong, even my MacZealot manager is getting one. DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID! * == 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] USB Turntable?
For the workout times I bought myself a cheap (as in 45 bux) 2 gig sony flash mp3 player with built in tuner. It's also water (sweat) resistant. So the only problem is the audible one...course there is always the library for some books just to work out with. I can think of plenty of up-tempo music for exercising, but I can't imagine what kind of audio book would be suitable! * == 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] TIVO?
FYI, there is a Save until I delete setting for what is recorded. That might do the trick, but I still wonder if the enforced deletion may be a feature that is tied to using the programming service. Unlike, you I find the programming service 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] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
If you are ready to jump Circuit city has a 5 hour deal today for a $239 Series 3 TiVO. Thanks, but if Circuit City has a deal for $239 I'm sure someone on the 'net will have it for $199. Circuit City I have never seen a good deal at Circuit City. * == 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] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
I've done both the kit from Weaknees and prepared my own harddrive and installed it. Weaknees has excellent instructions on the website for the installation of the disc drive in a variety of machines. That's one of the winning features of the Series 3: they have an eSATA port. From the user reports I read there is no hocus-pocus required, just plug in an eSATA drive and Tivo starts to use it. I upgraded the drive in my Replay, but that was a lot of work. I had to download a utility and UNIX distribution on floppy to boot my PC with. Then copy C: to D: -- I think that took about 10 hours. * == 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] RIP in printing
One of our departments just purchased a 60 HP plotter for a Mac system. The only software they got with it was the drivers. When I worked in a photo lab 10 years ago, we had to use a separate RIP program to send items to the printer. This printer is on our LAN. Every time they try to send a file directly to the printer, they get a wrong file message. I've looked through the Reference guide, it makes reference to the Embedded Web Server. Our IT guys are out until Friday, so I was trying to lend a hand. Any thoughts? tia. OS X will rasterize files so you may be fine without RIP software. Most printers today have an Embedded Web Server for configuration purposes. You can use Network Utility's send out a broadcast ping to 192.168.0.255 and 192.168.1.255 to see what answers. (To see all the different addresses tht answer you should run a set of 10 pings or so. If you only send 1 the utility will stop listening as soon as it gets 1 reply.) Then fire up your web browser and try the likely suspects. * == 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] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
Tivo's are set to erase programs after a set time to free up room on your DVR My Replay can be set to save a certain number of shows and will delete the oldest when a new show arrives. This is reserved space and is independent of anything else going on in the box. Can Tivo do this? I do this with stuff I have not had a chance to transfer to my PC to convert and burn or turn into MPG's. Yes that is the other neat thing I like about them. My Replay will let me output, but only using the RF port. That additional conversion degrades the signal too much. Does Tivo offer a less lossy option? What abd storeis have you eahrd about them? I read that they enforce a very broad interpretation of DRM. That Tivo enforces automatic deletion after you play a program. That the program owner can set it to automatically delete shows after 24 or 48 hours even if you don't watch them. That the program owner can disable the ability to fast forward during commercial breaks. That it monitors usage and uploads detailed usage data to the mothership. Any of this true? * == 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] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
Tom I have to correct myself All but the last is FALSE. Thank you. You had me scratching my head. This is good news. Most of the reasons I have been avoiding Tivo are not problems and I get some very useful new features. * == 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] DVRs [Was: No Internet for You [Was: MS IE 7]
There is a DRM option in the TiVO software for forced deletion after a fixed time determined by a flag set by the network programmers. It hasn't been used much There was a hullabaloo about it a few years ago when a few local programmers set it on a few programs. No one has said much about it since and I suspect that the programmers thought better of using it. Thanks for your experiences. It looks like the Tivo will be a fine replacement for my Replay. There is one feature that people either love or really loathe - Suggestions. Suggestions guesses what you might like based on your ratings up three thumbs up or down. It records these programs if there is extra space and they are the first to go if you have a show programmed to record. I find it gets things I want to watch about 20% of the time. It keeps rotating thing so you get new surprises. I have lots of hard drive space on three machines so it doesn't bother me. I have one machine that is largely shows for 7 year old and it gets things for kids without much other stuff. My Replay will let me match on words in the show title or description. So, for example, I have it set to record anything with the word Italy. This often leads to surprises that make my wife happy. I can also do text search on the program guide. I assume Tivo does that too. * == 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] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 1 Dec 2007 - Special issue
Conclusions - bet wary of tech support J If I had thought to use non Microsoft registry fix and uninstaller before hand, I probably could have avoid days of frustration and hours of work, yet on all the message boards I read of people with the same .NET errors, this never came up. Is there any sign that MS is going to give up on this stupid Registry thing? It is a colossal source of hard to solve problems. Neither Mac not Xnix use this kind of thing and they are both better off fof it. * == 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] thunderbird Q
Used to be that when somebody sent a link in an email, I could click on the link the site would open in Firefox. that no longer works. Nothing happens when I click on the link. do I need to reconfigure something? what? Today I had to fix that same thing with the Notes Email client. It was one of the preference settings and it had been pointing to a browser that was no longer installed. Looking at Thunderbird's settings I don'e see such an option. On the Mac setting the default browser in Safari's preferences actually has global impact. Perhaps that's the trick? I can't test it because I do not use Thunderbird. * == 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] recommendations for small business web hosting em
Can anyone recommend a suitable supplier of web hosting and email serving for a small business that has no in house tech support and is entirely Mac based? No not a graphics business, just Mac based computers . I realize that web hosting itself is entirely platform transparent but tech support often isn't. A Mac friendly ISP is HIS.com I favor 1and1.com due to their good prices and many included services. Their online documentation is extensive and they answer the phone 24/7. Service has been great. I am gradually moving my web hosting to 1and1. * == 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] recommendations for small business web hosting em
You can also look at pair.com Last time I used pair.com (a few years ago) I observed serious performance problems. If it were not for the slowness they would be fine. Can anyone comment on their recent performance? * == 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] Antec KS188 re: case feet
Here is a picture of my case: Antec KS188 http://www.antec.com/us/support_productInfo_details.php?ProdID=11193# A case with a face that only its motherboard could love. So why so much fuss over feet? I don't get it. * == 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] thunderbird Q
PC You are doomed. * == 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] Tbird glitch
At Mozilla HELP it told me I should be able to bring up the Profile Manager and create a new Profile. I double click the Tbird icon while holding down the Option key, but all that accomplishes is that it toggles the Mail News groups window hidden and visible.??? My experience with FireFox is that keybpard gymnastics are often ineffective. I have to launch it via the command line so I can specify the switches. Pergaps TBird has the same issue. I also have some other minor but aggravating issues with this Mac and I realize that I will soon need to upgrade the OS or move up to a newer machine. Caution on upgrading when your system is not squeaky clean. Ungrade in place can make matters worse. Use clean install or archive and install to drive out the gremlins. I have a dual 1.8 G5 but the processors are not Intel and my guess is that a lot of the newer features will probably not work farther down the line. Leopard should work fine. X.6 will probably be the end of the line 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] Reader for SDHC media cards
Compatible exclusively with digital cameras and camcorders that support Secure Digital High Capacity memory cards; Note: legacy Secure Digital devices are not compatible Please tell us what make and model camera so we can approach it with caution. * == 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] Reader for SDHC media cards
watch out tom, new technology roaring down the road. you still using that canon FDt from 1970 or do you have a pre war (II) leica rangefinder? Which war? Even my digital cameras can be called pre war. * == 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] recommendations for small business web hosting em
I've tried 1and1 and they are also good. I have dropped them in favor of bluehost.com -- they are similar. My experience is bluehost's support is more knowledgeable. Thanks gayley. I just took a look at BlueHost and it does look good. Their control panel is very clear and easy to use. Lots of services available. I was impressed by their helpful suggestions. They just pointed me to DadaMail, which I did not know about. I think Dada is going to solve a problem for one of my clients. This has been a productive morning. * == 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] Reader for SDHC media cards
http://www.steves-digicams.com/pdf/sdhc.pdf Thanks for the link. This is a piece of new technology I missed. Another reason this list is so valuable. * == 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] Reader for SDHC media cards
Manual focus on today's cameras is still motorized (slow) and doesn't have any fine adjustment. The merest tap on the manual focusing control (and the zoom control as well) moves the adjustment a considerable distance, often too far. With digital displays as coarse as they are you have to depend on the autofocus. At first I though it was just my old eyes having trouble, but they work just fine with my old SLR and rangefinder cameras. Digital still has a long way to go. * == 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] Internet Radio Beats Digital
Interesting story. Has anyone tried either alternative? http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/tes t_bench/article3016102.ece With all the fuss about digital radio (DAB), it has been easy to miss the arrival of a new technology that offers even greater choice: the wi-fi radio. Technically, these excellent gadgets are not radios at all. Rather than picking up the radio-wave signals of terrestrial stations -- be they analogue or digital -- a wi-fi radio uses a broadband connection to receive audio signals from internet-based stations all over the world.,, And the sound is often better too... * == 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] Foot Fetish [Was: Antec KS188 re: case feet
Ok. I do have one quandry on the 'air circulation' issue. I was reading the other day that, leaving the case open while using the computer would actually allow more dust to get on the iinside of the computer yet, that is what one person mentioned, that they do. Who cares? Why do you think a dusty computer will not work as well as a clean one? Do you have any data to back this strange idea? * == 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: The Elite Apple Corps
The Elite Apple Corps A Hundred Million Strong, Every One of Them Cool. By Hank Stuever Washington Post Staff Writer Silly story. Is this Hank the guy from King of the Hill and living on another planet? The Apple store he kept mentioning is my neighborhood Apple store (Clarendon). He is right to say the store is full of people, but that is not any kind of problem. I recently wrote to this list about how well the Clarendon store handled the stampede during the Leopard rollout. Despite the mob it did not feel over crowded and I was not neglected by the staff. I have been in many non-Apple stores where the service collapses if they have more than 3 customers. Apple handled 100s with aplomb. This was not out of my comfort zone, not theirs. Soon the only ones using Windows will be the corporate drones. * == 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] ATT DSL ok?
I had to call ATT for a question about my phone bill and they talked me into trying out their DSL internet. It was cheaper than comcast cable so I agreed to try it out. Does anyone have any experience with it? I use Verizon at home and office. Works fine. My impression is that the kinks have been worked out of the system. Getting DSL is not the problem it used to be (at least in the DC area). * == 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] ATT DSL ok?
I have DSL but not ATT DSL. DSL is slower then cable, so if speed is what you are after I'd stick with cable. DSL *can be* faster. In practice it is often a lot slower. DSL bandwith is dedicated to you and is throttled back to give you the speed you pay for. Cable is shared so your speed depends on who you are sharing with. As we have seen recently with Comcast, it can also be limited in various ways. DSL is usually more reliable. Also in my case, the line noise filters don't work very well. So go buy yourself a better filter. They don't cost much. * == 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] ATT DSL ok?
I've tried 3 different filters. No go. Maybe something else is going wrong? This is just a simple low pass filter that keeps the high frequency signal away from the phones. At my house instead of fussing with lots of filters I just used one at the head end to split off POTS from the data line. To use the filter with a punch-down block I had to take the filter apart. I found the arrangement of wires mattered more for the filter than it did for regular POTS. The phone would work, but the filter would not. Perhaps you have some of your POTS wires flipped? * == 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] Windows to Apple migration?
A friend who has used Windows forever is looking to move to an Apple laptop. Any recommendations and how difficult is it to transfer files between the two? I know they use MS Word/Excel a lot. No problem at all. I use both Mac and Windows all the time, accessing the same MS Office files off the server. Just set the PC to share files and have the Mac log into the PC. (Not the other way around. The PC will not access the Mac as easily.) Copy the files over before sending the PC to the dumpster. * == 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] External hard drives: brand comparison
I'm looking for opinions on the reliability of brands of external hard drives, the moderate-sized multi-MB stationary ones that are designed for storage and backups. I have been using hard drives for backup for over 10 years with results that are much better than when I was using tape. The hard drives require less maintenance and are more reliable. Specifically, I have a 320 MB La Cie Firewire/USB2 drive (one of the cute little ones designed by Porsche) and a Crossfire brand drive of similar capacity that weighs twice as much... I started doing this with 20 GB La Cie Firewire/USB2 drives back when they were quite expensive. Three of them to use in rotation cost about as much as a good quality tape drive ($1200). Those drives were very reliable and worked until they ran out of capacity. I swapped the drives out of the cases and used those until they filled up too. I then moved the drives to a less demanding task. I do not like the designed by Porsche La Cie drives. They run hot and I think that reduces their reliability. I have a client who has a bunch of them and they fail regularly. This client was having weekly kernel panics that I eventually traced to some of these drives. My favorite external drive series at the moment is Fantom (by MicroNet). This company has specialized in disk drives for 20 years. I have talked to the owner and saw he knows the technology and sweats the details. The Fantom line is a very good value. I just specified a bunch of 500GB external Firewire/USB2 drives for a client at $140 each with a $40 rebate. I find that price amazing. All drives should be checked regularly. I use a utility that tests SMART satus every few minutes and will issue a warning if that fails. I also run a disk utility about once a month. I check the backup logs almost every day. Rotating several drives also increases your security. * == 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] external SMART
Last I heard it was not possible to check SMART via USB2 or 1394? You are right. Can't get the SMART status through the FireWire interface. So my SMART utility is not polling my backup drive. One more reason my next set of drives will be eSATA. * == 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] Windows to Apple migration?
Is it ok to go with the low-end model ($1099), with the 80GB drive/1GB RAM or does that create future upgrade issues? It depends. It has 2 memory slots. Only one is easy to get to. So ideally you want it to come with 1024 in the hard-to-get-to slot and the easy one empty so you can eventually get 2GB. If it comes 512 + 512 you will have to discard the 512 to put in 1024 to max out at 1.5GB. So if you can't get 1024 + 0 you it may be wiser to order 1024 + 1024. * == 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] External hard drives: brand comparison
The nice thing about using a hard drive as backup media is that incremental backups are consolidated (by copying new/newer files) into a directory tree that is current and complete. Copying can be with or without replicating deletions so that old stuff can be preserved in the backup. The backup can be readily tested, since the files appear on an ordinary hard drive. And it is quick to find and restore a single file or two. I'm looking forward to seeing how Apple's TimeMachine changes my backup routine. * == 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] Windows to Apple migration?
How difficult is it to get to the hard-to-get-to memory slot? Does it require taking apart more of the case or is it just difficult to access through the main opening? Major disassembly. * == 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] Windows to Apple migration?
Is this not the proper instruction set for the MacBook in question? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303721 Yes. I was wrong. (About a Mac no less.) I missed the news that the new laptops had a major change. This eliminates a major problem that the previous models had. Sorry. * == 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] IT Managers
Lies, damn lies and...well you know. When we describe actual IT horrors they call it anecdotal and dismiss it. When we show survey results they make fun of statistics. I would say the bad guys are in deep, deep denial. They are severely damaging their organizations and want to continue to do so. I was at a client earlier this week and saw it happening once more. IT aggressively dug in, clinging to the wrong answers. Telling the money-making departments that they have to dance to IT's tune and it is just too bad if it damages their productivity. Thanks for the link. I'm spreading it around in the hope that it does some good. It is hard to push back against IT. They snow top management with technical-sounding mumbo jumbo that is mostly bull shit and non-technical managers are flummoxed. Perhaps this will help break 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] IT Managers
Through past IT non-involvement, I've had to acquire quite a few IT skills myself, consequently don't need IT assistance often (in part because of all of you on this listserv). Yet, I enjoy working with the staff, so I don't think working with computers all day alone can make one anti-social. I'm sure there are lots of friendly, cooperative IT people out there; I just haven't seen them. I have seen them and enjoy working with them. I tell them they are doing a great job. I tell them about the horrors I see other places. They shake their heads and often offer suggestions. IT management does not have to be horrible. * == 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
