[CGUYS] Why Chrome OS was announced?

2009-07-10 Thread Chris Dunford
A theory emerges as to why Google announced Chrome OS on some seemingly random date in July, well before anything is actually ready to show off: MS may be announcing Office in the cloud on Monday.

Re: [CGUYS] What the ...

2009-07-10 Thread David K Watson
If you had dug a little deeper, you would have found that Apple EOLed AppleWorks two years ago. The links on that page are all for the updater, not AppleWorks itself. At 6:52 PM -0700 7/9/09, Jeff Miles wrote: You are quite right! I never really looked at it beyond it opening read

Re: [CGUYS] firewire

2009-07-10 Thread rleesimon
Then could I do the reverse? Power it from the usb and run the data through the firewire? -Original Message- From: t.piwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:01 PM Subject: Re: firewire Confirmed. 4-pin is the lame PC version of FireWire. Never missing the

Re: [CGUYS] firewire

2009-07-10 Thread chad evans wyatt
I have run LaCie ruggeds through both firewire 400 and USB on my Macs for the last four years, without problem.  Firewire 800 also works without hesitancy on my Powerbook for those units.  fwiw. --- On Fri, 7/10/09, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote: From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com

Re: [CGUYS] What the ...

2009-07-10 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 2:24 PM -0400 7/10/09, David K Watson wrote: If you had dug a little deeper, you would have found that Apple EOLed AppleWorks two years ago. The links on that page are all for the updater, not AppleWorks itself. Well, color me embarrassed! You're absolutely correct. I know that it has

Re: [CGUYS] beta no more?

2009-07-10 Thread Richard P.
In case you need it, Google Labs allows you show it as still in Beta if you want: Back to Beta by Darren Soothes the soul by putting the familiar beta sticker back on the Gmail logo. Just check the box. Looks like they try to think of everything Richard P. Gmail is finally out of beta! I

[CGUYS] Advertising for cell phones

2009-07-10 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
I think that many advertisements for cell phones attempt to suggest that anyone who is not filling every waking second of every day with activity is not experiencing the best that life has to offer. Those same ads also seem to reinforce to those who are already stretched to the limit that they

Re: [CGUYS] Advertising for cell phones

2009-07-10 Thread Stephen Brownfield
And people who think of me as a tech savvy guy don't understand why I don't have a cell phone. I am a man who like to slow down (and sometimes stop) and smell the roses . Steve B phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I think that many advertisements for cell phones attempt to suggest that anyone

Re: [CGUYS] firewire

2009-07-10 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Does the Firewire 800 port on the newer Macs carry power or are they lame also? t.piwowar wrote: Confirmed. 4-pin is the lame PC version of FireWire. Never missing the opportunity to build 'em cheaper and worse. On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:11 PM, mike wrote: I don't think the four pin firewire

Re: [CGUYS] firewire

2009-07-10 Thread mike
AFAIK, all macs use the six pin. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.netwrote: Does the Firewire 800 port on the newer Macs carry power or are they lame also? t.piwowar wrote: Confirmed. 4-pin is the lame PC version of FireWire. Never missing the

Re: [CGUYS] firewire

2009-07-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 10, 2009, at 2:13 PM, rleesimon wrote: Then could I do the reverse? Power it from the usb and run the data through the firewire? If the PC can deliver enough power that would work. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] firewire

2009-07-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 10, 2009, at 5:41 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: Does the Firewire 800 port on the newer Macs carry power or are they lame also? 9-pin connector delivers 7 watts. * ** List info, subscription management, list

[CGUYS] firewire = final solution

2009-07-10 Thread rleesimon
I guess I am convinced the mini firewire on my thinkpad x31 ainna gonna do me no good for this, so I have opted for a WD Passport 500GB which, according to the stuff they put out, runs off a single USB port .we'll see. .so thanks y'all for all yer gud help and comments .I done learnt lots!!

Re: [CGUYS] firewire = final solution

2009-07-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Unless your USB port is hincky that will work just fine. I have and my son has a few external 2.5 drives (also a few homemade) and they all work on the USB ports of our laptops. Stewart At 08:15 PM 7/10/2009, you wrote: I guess I am convinced the mini firewire on my thinkpad x31 ainna

Re: [CGUYS] error message challenge

2009-07-10 Thread Chris Dunford
I just had a problem - a program stopped working - and an error message appeared. It inspired me to propose this challenge, an invitation, really, to share error messages without necessarily getting into any possibly related issues, opinions, debates, or even solutions. Ran into a new

Re: [CGUYS] What the ...

2009-07-10 Thread betty
Love that 24 iMac! I have no trouble using Appleworks on my iMac; I saved it from an older Mac--runs fine. I also downloaded Smultron and Bean to replace TextEdit. Smultron is OK. Bean is good. iMac is good. Betty --- sonnenbrand!

[CGUYS] Video codec search

2009-07-10 Thread TracyF2
Just got a new camcorder. Shoots in MOV or MP4. MP4 not a problem to deal with BUT.the MOV clips (native to Final Cut Pro[Mac]) are posing a problem. I am using Vegas Pro 9 on my Windows Vista PC as a Non-Linear Editor and was told that transcoding away from the MOV files to

Re: [CGUYS] Video codec search

2009-07-10 Thread Tony B
No, don't bother trying to use .mov at all on a PC. It's never worked right for me, and will likely never work right for you. Stick with the AVC (mp4) format. On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:50 AM, trac...@aol.com wrote: Just got a new  camcorder.  Shoots in MOV or MP4.  MP4 not a problem to deal