Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
I am kinda getting tired of this who invented the internet crap. Yes! STOP! STOP! STOP! Any conclusive demonstration of the facts could cause adverse results. Reality go away. Out! Out! Out! Leave us alone in our land of fantasy. How's about talking about computers and much more related

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
Since whan is putting your money where your mouth is an indication of insincerity? Would you denounce a doctor who gave money to the Red Cross? CERF, VINTON ANNANDALE,VA 22003 WORLD COM 9/7/2000 $5,000 Assn of State Dem Chairs/Dollrs for Dems

Re: [CGUYS] Need advice on buying new desktop PC

2007-04-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
I have a Dell E510 (a year old) that I'm very happy with. Dell's E520 seems to be a direct update of mine and I believe it has everything he wants (big HDD, lots of RAM, built-in networking card, CD/DVD-RW, [duo-core processing -- I recommended that because it's what I have] and a 19 flat

Re: [CGUYS] Need advice on buying new desktop PC

2007-04-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Tom I think it depends on their line. I have a 3 year old Inspiron 1150. Built like a tank. I have upped the memory and the harddrive but it still runs great. The newer ones seem a little light but that is the trend on laptops. They are however giving them better ports as most of the new

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-23 Thread David K. Watson
I'd also like to dispute the snide implication by Jeff that Vint Cerf is a partisan shill and so shouldn't be listened to, as evidenced by Cerf's contributions to various Dems. In the list Jeff gave, the Cerf's contributions to Dems started in the Clinton administration, AFTER Gore was

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-23 Thread Tom Piwowar
Read and weap (but heavens no politics!). The Best and Worst Internet Laws Date: Apr 20, 2007 By Eric Goldman. Over the past dozen years, the lure of regulating the Internet has proven irresistible to legislators. For example, in the 109th Congress, almost 1,100

[CGUYS] iPhoto question

2007-04-23 Thread b_s-wilk
I received this question from a friend who takes a lot of photos and stores them in iPhoto on several Macs. I don't use iPhoto and could find only one shareware app that might help. Are there other choices than iPhoto Library Manager? The data is stored in several data files in the library,

Re: [CGUYS] The disappearance of bees...

2007-04-23 Thread Paul Meyer
Actually, the Wikipedia article specifically says that there was never an international ban per se and that DDT has always been available for mosquito control in the developing world. It was withdrawn voluntarily in many places because mosquitoes developed Can you guess? resistance and hence loss

Re: [CGUYS] Tinkerers in the treehouse

2007-04-23 Thread Paul Meyer
Betty, you mysterious and accomplished woman, you. My comment wasn't really meant to be part of a Mac vs. PC debate, just mentioning how incredible the availability of VB experiment packages used to be available, perhaps not surprising since VB is/was the most popular programming language. But

[CGUYS] DDT: was:Re: [CGUYS] The disappearance of bees...

2007-04-23 Thread mike
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/african-nations-lift-ddt-ban-to-fight-malaria/2006/05/30/1148956344979.html Not according to that article...says DDT is looking at a comeback because it's the best defense against malaria. Mike On 4/23/07, Paul Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, the

Re: [CGUYS] Tinkerers in the treehouse

2007-04-23 Thread b_s-wilk
But since you bring it up, I do get the argument about tinkering. If the Mac is a great platform well designed and responsive to a whole range of needs (which must be true if my MacMini is represenative) then buying a Mac to radically mod or adapt it is like buying a Caddy or Porsche when

Re: [CGUYS] How do I compress MPG files

2007-04-23 Thread Michael Lewis
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