Re: [CGUYS] Apple entertainment...was:Anti-apple rant

2007-04-17 Thread Snyder, Mark
Tom, good point. I would call it communication and connectivity, since connectivity is the goal of electronic communications. Apple wants to enter and lead a connected products market, and yes, they are starting with entertainment products. Mark Snyder -Original Message- Don't neglect

Re: [CGUYS] Anti-apple rant

2007-04-17 Thread Pete Rozanski
Isn't that the reason people don't use Mac? The applications they need are available on Windows, not the Mac. Man, if my applications would run on a Mac, I would use them. No virus problems, and their ease of use is legendary, they practically run them selves. Who needs stupid users? As and

Re: [CGUYS] Anti-apple rant

2007-04-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
The cynic sez that all business have just one aim: Earn as much money as is possible. ...Hewlett-Packard realized that they were in the money business, and prospered. Does Hewlett-Packard still make instruments? I don't know, but I'll bet that they don't care, one way or the other. HP is an

Re: [CGUYS] Anti-apple rant

2007-04-17 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, John A. Newitt wrote: At 1:05 AM -0400 4/17/07, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Does Hewlett-Packard still make instruments? I don't know, but I'll bet that they don't care, one way or the other. While not for electrical engineers, HP did continue to make analytical instruments

[CGUYS] gmail.com vs. googlemail.com

2007-04-17 Thread Fred Holmes
A friend of mine gave me an e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not having seen this before, I sent a test message with two addressees, the one given and another @gmail.com. Neither one has bounced. Am I correct in assuming that one is just an alias for the other?

[CGUYS] TV Programming [Was: Apple entertainment...was:Anti-apple rant

2007-04-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
In some ways, the hardware IS a bargain. I am willing to shell out $2k for a new TV. I have not yet done so, as I am unwilling to shell out $1.2 per year for programming, most of which I don't want, just to get the small amount that I do want. What I did not realize when I bought a new TV was