Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history

2009-02-15 Thread Eric S. Sande
Gotta have some incentive for most people--either carrot or stick. So you are buying into my model of how this works. For a liberal, you are remarkably conservative. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for OS X replicating software?

2009-02-15 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 2:39 PM -0800 2/14/09, db wrote: ... In looking at the reviews (mixed...) for Deja Vu just now, I came across another option ChronoSync ($40): http://www.econtechnologies.com/pages/cs/chrono_overview.html Anybody have experience re: good stability/ dependability with ChronoSync or the

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-15 Thread Chris Dunford
Ding! You win the prize for the obvious - the bills threatened the availability of abortion without consequences and had to be opposed - even if this meant tolerating infanticide Why are you ignoring the fact that this infanticide was already illegal?

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-15 Thread Matthew Taylor
You can not ignore what is not there. On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Ding! You win the prize for the obvious - the bills threatened the availability of abortion without consequences and had to be opposed - even if this meant tolerating infanticide Why are you ignoring the

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-15 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Matthew Taylor You can not ignore what is not there. On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Ding! You win the prize for the obvious - the bills threatened the availability of abortion without consequences and had to be opposed - even if this meant tolerating infanticide Why

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-15 Thread Matthew Taylor
You would think, but no, not in the cases in question. The issue related to failed abortions that resulted in the live delivery of an infant. Absent intense medical care this child would die. In most cases this child would probably die anyway. These children were not being given any

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-15 Thread Chris Dunford
Ding! You win the prize for the obvious - the bills threatened the availability of abortion without consequences and had to be opposed - even if this meant tolerating infanticide Why are you ignoring the fact that this infanticide was already illegal? Infanticide is legal?

[CGUYS] Politics Hour

2009-02-15 Thread gerald
i have no interest in the politics being discussed on this list. could the political discussion crowd agree on at least one thing. use a topic subject so i can dump all this stuff into spam before i have to trash it and them dump it. my recommended subject heading would be rush.

Re: [CGUYS] Politics Hour

2009-02-15 Thread mike
I was thinking about that...maybe every topic/thread with a header in the subject 'politics' or we could even branch out to 'movies' or something. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM, gerald ger...@slawecki.com wrote: i have no interest in the politics being discussed on this list. could the

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-15 Thread Chris Dunford
You would think, but no, not in the cases in question. The issue related to failed abortions that resulted in the live delivery of an infant. Absent intense medical care this child would die. In most cases this child would probably die anyway. These children were not being given any

[CGUYS] *STOP NOW* [Was: Politics Hour]

2009-02-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
i have no interest in the politics being discussed on this list. could the political discussion crowd agree on at least one thing. use a topic subject so i can dump all this stuff into spam before i have to trash it and them dump it. I agree. It has gotten to the point where even I read this

[CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have a computer question and it is aimed at the Do It Yourselfer. I was replacing a cooling fan/heat sink on a CPU last week and when I pulled off the old Heatsink it pulled the whole CPU out with it. When I put the CPU back in with the new heatsink/cooling fan, it bent (I mean really

Re: [CGUYS] Politics Hour

2009-02-15 Thread Constance Warner
I that the POLITICS header for the threads being discussed lately is a GREAT idea! I've noticed that this list wanders off into political subjects from time to time, but generally wanders back into computer topics after awhile--usually after everybody has figured out what everybody else

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Richard P.
While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop tubing with an inside diameter that will just slip over a good pin while still having clearance from the adjacent pins. Then slip it over the bent pins, straightening as

[CGUYS] One handedness

2009-02-15 Thread Matthew Taylor
I broke my hand a while back. I found that using a Logitech Trackman marble track ball was of great help. I already was partial to them, but a mouse would have been impossible to use with my hand. Matthew On Feb 15, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Constance Warner wrote: I'd like to hear from any list

Re: [CGUYS] Politics Hour

2009-02-15 Thread db
You got pluck gurl! ( I'm envisioning you pecking away with one hand :)) What did you end up with for a keyboard solution, if any ? db Constance Warner wrote: I that the POLITICS header for the threads being discussed lately is a GREAT idea! I've noticed that this list wanders

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Fred Holmes
There are no good solutions to your problem, and using some tool to unbend the pins is about the best of bad solutions. The real question is why did you try to replace the heat sink? That is a definite no-no unless you are both desperate and very experienced. While my own experience is with

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for OS X replicating software?

2009-02-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
Most people I know are happy with SuperDuper. Try it. I haven't tried Time Machine, but since my friends using Leopard still use SuperDuper, there must be some features missing in TM. Haven't tried it yet. Most of these utilities will not copy Time Machine files successfully. CCC's latest

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
Has any one ever had luck un bending pins on a newer CPU? Back when I was a lab tech in college I became the official pin straightener. That was back in the days of vacuum tubes! I'm partial to needle-nose pliers. They give you a tight grip, which is important to maintain control of the pin.

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for OS X replicating software?

2009-02-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
RSYNC and CRON are rock solid, the latter in use for several decades, the former for many years, thought not several decades. True, that is what CCC configures. My comments were not about that aspect. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for OS X replicating software?

2009-02-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
I agree that dependable is pretty much everything when it comes to backups When I need reliability I use an ugly program called Synchronize! Plus X (qdea.com, $30). I have used for over 10 years. It rarely gives me problems. It is completely self contained, has lots of flexible options,

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Jeff Wright
While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop tubing with an inside diameter that will just slip over a good pin while still having clearance from the adjacent pins. Then slip it over the bent pins, straightening as

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
First you have to get them high enough to catch but I can see that. .5,.7,.9 would work. Have to dig my old Pentel's out. Stewart At 04:18 PM 2/15/2009, you wrote: While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop

[CGUYS] Sharepoints

2009-02-15 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Does anyone know anything about the program/utility Sharepoints for the Mac? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/

[CGUYS] locating the pointer

2009-02-15 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I've recently started playing with Linux/Fedora. In it I can locate the pointer/cursor by pressing the control key. Is there anything like this for locating the pointer on a Mac or Windows machine? * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] locating the pointer

2009-02-15 Thread Fred Holmes
Not directly like it, but there are a whole bunch of options for the icon that is the mouse pointer, and you can pick one that is very large and easily picked up if you jiggle the mouse. It doesn't always work, since even then there are some circumstances in which the mouse pointer becomes a

Re: [CGUYS] Sharepoints

2009-02-15 Thread Tom Piwowar
Does anyone know anything about the program/utility Sharepoints for the Mac? It works great on Macs prior to OS X.5 (Leopard). It provides an easy GUI for configuring the Mac's NetInfo database to share files. It is free. It does not avoid the OS's limitation of 10 connections, for more you

Re: [CGUYS] locating the pointer

2009-02-15 Thread Tony B
In Windows it's Control PanelMousePointer Options Show location of mouse pointer when I press CTRL key. I've never found it useful though, as I prefer to set a larger cursor and maybe turn on cursor trails. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.net wrote: I've