Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Constance Warner
One of these Stranded Traveller messages got posted to another computer email list I subscribe to, last year. The message was specifically written to appeal to the kind of person on the email list (women, in IT, many of them young.) At the time, I pointed out that the lack of specific

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's iPad: Death knell for traditional Ma cintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread Constance Warner
restaurant (or Japanese, or Ethiopian, or whatever), and you'd look really cool doing it. But lots of us just can't afford iPhones--or Georgetown restaurants, either. --Constance Warner On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:38 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Chris

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's iPad: Death knell for traditional Ma cintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread Constance Warner
probably spend it on a more useful device, like a computer of some kind. Or even on food and rent. --Constance On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:09 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: At the present day, I just don't see itty

Re: [CGUYS] Apple’s iPad: Death knell for tra diti onal Macintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread Constance Warner
Well, maybe the young woman crossing the street while staring at her smartphone is trying to earn her Darwin Award. She does represent the market Apple and other smartphone purveyors are targeting: young, hip, earning decent money, and not concerned yet about saving for retirement. She's

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's iPad: Death knell for traditional Ma cintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread Constance Warner
more serious purposes than picking a restaurant. On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:38 AM, Constance Warner wrote: Sure, it would be convenient to walk through Georgetown, looking on your iPhone for the nearest Italian restaurant (or Japanese, or Ethiopian, or whatever), and you'd look really cool doing

Re: [CGUYS] Apple’s iPad: Death knell for tra diti onal Macintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread Constance Warner
your brother and his colleagues the best of luck, because it probably won't be easy. --Constance On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:13 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: Maybe it's time for programmers to get concerned about politics

Re: [CGUYS] Why I won't buy an Ipad...

2010-04-07 Thread Constance Warner
-level smart phone--and/or a Blackberry.) Plus, I'm still waiting for a small, portable word processor with Apple-type fit and finish. I probably couldn't afford it either right now, but I'd try a lot harder to find the money. --Constance Warner

[CGUYS] The Other Digital: Radio

2010-02-06 Thread Constance Warner
in the presence (or absence) of digital radio broadcasting in the National Capitol Area. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http

Re: [CGUYS] The Other Digital: Radio

2010-02-06 Thread Constance Warner
analog sources like CD, tape, LP, etc. Mike Constance Warner wrote: With all this discussion of digital communication frameworks, real and potential, there's one medium that hasn't yet been mentioned: digital radio. I'd like to know what experience, if any, list members have had

Re: [CGUYS] Digital humanity (was: apple-stanza-usb)

2010-02-05 Thread Constance Warner
2/4/10, Constance Warner wrote: [snippage] P.S.: And if you want to continue to use GPS, you might drop a note to your Congressperson about funding for NASA. GPS depends on a set of aging satellites and, AFAIK, there are no replacements in the pipeline. The GPS system is owned

Re: [CGUYS] Digital humanity (was: apple-stanza-usb)

2010-02-05 Thread Constance Warner
for military use only. But with the satellites up there, civilian companies started building GPS gear, and the rest is history. On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:23 PM, tjpa wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Constance Warner wrote: Then write your congressperson about the GPS system in general. And NASA

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-05 Thread Constance Warner
that's wired to the gills and that has lots of affluent customers willing to pay for high-end service. On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:36 PM, t.piwowar wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Constance Warner wrote: I've got a national provider and I'm still waiting for access in the subway. No plans

Re: [CGUYS] Digital humanity (was: apple-stanza-usb)

2010-02-04 Thread Constance Warner
A new type of human, thanks to the digital age? Well, not exactly. I agree that cellphones have made a HUGE difference in the third world. A Bangladeshi peasant can now check market prices for the agricultural products he/she is raising, so he/she can no longer be cheated by the

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-03 Thread Constance Warner
I listened. It was about what you would expect. The participants concluded that the iPad was a developmental stage beyond the iPod or iPhone, but not really revolutionary, at least for now. They agreed that there could be interesting developments in the future (involving the iPad and

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-03 Thread Constance Warner
plans and carry smartphones? Because students cheat by downloading a plot synopsis of Romeo and Juliet instead of getting it from Cliff's Notes? On Feb 4, 2010, at 12:36 AM, t.piwowar wrote: On Feb 4, 2010, at 12:20 AM, Constance Warner wrote: I listened. It was about what you would expect

[CGUYS] iPad on WAMU tomorrow

2010-02-02 Thread Constance Warner
FWIW, the Diane Rehm show [on WAMU-FM, an NPR station] will discuss the iPad and similar devices tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. (For those not in the national capitol area, the program will be available online.) 11:00Mobile Devices and the Next Computing Revolution Guest host: Susan Page How

Re: [CGUYS] Wait (was: You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?)

2010-01-31 Thread Constance Warner
? Better yet, wait for Version 2.0, which is sure to come. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-30 Thread Constance Warner
Very likely. I agree with your point. The lack of interfaces on the iPod probably saves a lot of money. When they make a useful device, I'll save up my nickels and buy it. Since the main use I have for a small, light-weight portable computer is to write very large (novel-length) text

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread Constance Warner
is really odd--I thought they wanted to sell as much product as they could, to as many customers as possible. As I said, a marketing blunder. On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:48 AM, tjpa wrote: On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Constance Warner wrote: Don't be silly. All the items you cite are paired

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread Constance Warner
Amen to that. I'm concerned that the cost of basic participation in the workforce-- and in society--is going up, with every new device we're expected to acquire and support. For example, when I go in for my next job interview, will I be expected to have a smartphone, a blackberry, or

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread Constance Warner
keyboard it was rumored to have. Oh, well, maybe next year. Since I'm still looking for a job, I don't have the money to buy an expensive auxiliary device right now anyway. --Constance Warner P.S.: and the name iPad is a gift to satirists and comedians everywhere. WHAT were they THINKING

[CGUYS] Dreamweaver 8 versus MX

2010-01-28 Thread Constance Warner
book when Big Software Company X comes out with a new version that, like as not, involves only microscopic changes. (But, hey, the shareholders and the executives gotta get paid.) --Constance Warner * ** List info

[CGUYS] Dreamweaver version correction

2010-01-28 Thread Constance Warner
Oops, I meant Dreamweaver CS3. The Dreamweaver 8 books are probably about as much use with CS3 as stone knives and bearskins, but it would be nice to verify my intuition in this respect. On the other hand, they might be of some use. --Constance

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread Constance Warner
Not to be too delicate about it, but for any adolescent or adult woman, something named iPad inspires, at best, discreet laughter. (Not to mention a mental picture you'd rather not contemplate.) Sorry about that, guys. Maybe they can extensively modify version 2.0 and call it something

Re: [CGUYS] Dreamweaver version correction

2010-01-28 Thread Constance Warner
Thanks. There used to be a joke that the world was sinking under the weight of old National Geographics. Now, I think it's old computer books. On Jan 28, 2010, at 6:09 PM, tjpa wrote: On Jan 28, 2010, at 5:14 PM, Constance Warner wrote: Oops, I meant Dreamweaver CS3. The Dreamweaver 8

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread Constance Warner
want Apple to stay in business; making stupid mistakes like that does not improve their chances of survival. On Jan 28, 2010, at 7:28 PM, tjpa wrote: On Jan 28, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Constance Warner wrote: Not to be too delicate about it, but for any adolescent or adult woman, something named

Re: [CGUYS] Ban mobile computing

2010-01-27 Thread Constance Warner
many safety improvements you put in the car. --Constance Warner On Jan 27, 2010, at 11:27 AM, George Carr wrote: Technology helped to create this problem but technology eventually will provide solutions such as safer cars, reliable crash-avoidance systems, and even vehicles that drive

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-18 Thread Constance Warner
the ride seem shorter. But, under the circumstances, the sound quality won't be the same as you'd get from a CD. (Which is why I'm going to continue buying them, even though it's an obsolete consumer product.) --Constance Warner On Jan 18, 2010, at 2:48 AM, mike wrote: Not all players

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-18 Thread Constance Warner
I totally agree--it's the photographer, not the fancy equipment, that makes the picture. Witness, for example, the cult of the Holga, a toy camera from China that comes in a wide variety of colors and retails for around $30. The Holga has quite a following among professional

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-18 Thread Constance Warner
The lens--that's the most critical part. You want a manufacturer with a good reputation for glass--reviews are generally available online. Generally, a company that's produced photographic equipment for many years will give you a better shot at getting a decent lens. --Constance On Jan

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-18 Thread Constance Warner
will not...but someone whose business is music should be educated enough to know. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: And I kind of doubt that the average consumer is going to educate himself/herself on the comparative quality of various types of digital music

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-18 Thread Constance Warner
Wow. When I taught Shakespeare, the required texts (my choice) were five cheap mass-market paperbacks! (But then, you can't hire Shakespeare to write an extra act for King Lear or Macbeth, to make a new and more expensive edition.) Even when I taught speech (not my choice of textbook),

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-17 Thread Constance Warner
or bookstore. It's possible that these technologies may indeed go away in the near future, but that's no reason not to buy them while we can. --Constance Warner On Jan 17, 2010, at 7:56 PM, tjp wrote: This may be a little bit ahead of its time and thus may make some people upset. The author

Re: [CGUYS] An internet pioneer rethinks his position

2010-01-13 Thread Constance Warner
John Tierney is a columnist--writing opinion pieces--not a book reviewer. His intent is to provide editorial commentary. You can find more of his New York Times opinion pieces, as well as a discussion forum about this article, online. On Jan 13, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Tony B wrote: One of

Re: [CGUYS] An internet pioneer rethinks his position

2010-01-13 Thread Constance Warner
for a new hardcover edition in a bookstore. --Constance Warner On Jan 13, 2010, at 11:55 AM, mike wrote: I was thinking while reading this...some, if this were Dick Cheney type of a guy would be saying well now he's just being paid off by big Music and Movies. By the end that's what this seems

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-07 Thread Constance Warner
of the movies and books. Hand- waving is so much more fun!) --Constance Warner --Constance Warner On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:34 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone remember the Princess Phone? Remember how guys would have nothing to do with one of those. Guys would rather walk three blocks to a pay

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys ( gal) Show

2010-01-05 Thread Constance Warner
yet. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread Constance Warner
2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Constance Warner wrote: It's more like trying to maintain a basic level of civilization. Several questionable aspects here... 1) Does Internet = civilization? 2) Have you not made the choice to live away from civilization

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread Constance Warner
: On Jan 2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Constance Warner wrote: It helps everyone if there isn't an underclass that's excluded from basic participation in society, because something that's essential--like in this case a telephone--is no longer available. Access to basic services with only modest means

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread Constance Warner
To quote Ernestine, the telephone operator on Laugh-In, We don't care. We don't have to! We're the telephone company. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread Constance Warner
on everyday lives. Cutting off landline phone service has an immediate effect on a lot of lives. There will be repercussions--and retribution--if this goes forward. --Constance Warner * ** List info

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread Constance Warner
with any carrier, and why there are more sophisticated cellphone services (like cellphone banking) in the third world, than we have here in the U.S. --Constance Warner On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Tony B wrote: This is one of the worst trolls I've seen on the list in a while. Not quite as bad

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread Constance Warner
for near-universal cellphone service (including those listed above and in other postings), abolishing landlines is a major disservice to this country, and a trashing of the common good in favor of Big Telecom corporate profits. --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Here we go again....

2009-12-31 Thread Constance Warner
patterns, or disappears entirely.) --Constance Warner On Dec 31, 2009, at 8:52 AM, t.piwowar wrote: On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:43 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: I'm pretty close to where you were in Vienna. When the switch over happened we lost the OTA digital signals for 5, 7 and 9. Now 7

Re: [CGUYS] Here we go again....

2009-12-31 Thread Constance Warner
It is a stand-alone recorder that won't record Channel 7 (but, fortunately, does record most everything else). It just doesn't seem to accept the signal from Channel 7. --Constance On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:53 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-27 Thread Constance Warner
can look that up if you like--I'm sure Wikipedia has something on them.) --Constance Warner On Nov 26, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I cannot speak to the construction industry but can tell you about the food processing industry. When I worked for a major animal processing

[CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-27 Thread Constance Warner
Now let me get this straight. You are saying that employers should screw as much work out of their employees as they possibly can, regardless of labor laws, custom, the health of their workers, human decency, and the employers' long-term best interests and enlightened self-interest?

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-27 Thread Constance Warner
everyone can think of examples.) --Constance Warner On Nov 27, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I don't know where you got that, but you cannot have a business unless you are making a profit. There is a difference between making a profit ethically and making a profit

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-26 Thread Constance Warner
people do likewise, you may get results. An organization as large as Walmart can do a lot of damage; but, turned around, it has the potential to do much good. --Constance Warner On Nov 3, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Than where do I shop? The local Walmart supports all

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-24 Thread Constance Warner
with a grudge can't do very much damage to a company--but a computer programmer? --Constance Warner On Nov 24, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Tony B wrote: Okay, I think I see the 'new' take on it. Or, at least I see it from Wired's perspective. Around here it's got nothing to do with extra hours. It's

Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple

2009-11-21 Thread Constance Warner
to do. So far, the Cloud isn't necessary to do that. --Constance Warner On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:55 AM, mike wrote: A little less of your ego and you might actually consider what I'm saying. We, you and I have no idea what technology will be here in a decade, two decades, longer

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-03 Thread Constance Warner
it to the emergency room if you have a medical crisis, but often it's far too late by the time you get there.) --Constance Warner Walmart concentration camps? The killing fields at walmart? On Nov 2, 2009 6:42 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 2, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Many

Re: [CGUYS] Portable Word Processors w/full-size keyboards

2009-09-24 Thread Constance Warner
don't have to worry about your $1600 top-of-the-line laptop crashing to the floor, with unfortunate results, if the bus makes a sudden stop. --Constance Warner On Sep 23, 2009, at 3:11 PM, J. Hoverman Stanley wrote: Constance cawar...@his.com -- [... hoping for a portable word processor I

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

2009-09-23 Thread Constance Warner
that are slightly larger-- even a little closer to a standard keyboard would be a big help. Recommendations, anyone? --Constance Warner On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:32 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: It depends on what you want to use it for. As a regular PC/ Notebook it would be a hassle. My Bishop

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

2009-09-23 Thread Constance Warner
if there are any of those netbooks I've heard about with slightly larger keyboards, I'd certainly like to know about them. --Constance Warner On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Constance was that a 7 or a 10 one.. I think most of the first Eee PC's were the smaller ones. the 10

Re: [CGUYS] USB hub question

2009-09-21 Thread Constance Warner
a powered hub on the expectation that it might work without plugging in the power supply. --Constance Warner On Sep 21, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Fred Jones wrote: Hi Guys - I would appreciate some info. I was wondering if a USB hub that comes with an AC adapter would work without the adapter? I

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-11 Thread Constance Warner
. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

2009-09-11 Thread Constance Warner
are great, but they are no substitute for humans. --Constance Warner On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Actually, there are quite a few reasons to be in space Constance, I might have missed something, but I didn't see anyone disagreeing with this. The disagreement is about the manned

Re: [CGUYS] the moon [and solar flares]

2009-09-11 Thread Constance Warner
I wouldn't bet on an iPod, or any other electronic device, working after an EMP in the vicinity. A solar flare, however, is a different kettle of fish. A historical case: in 1859, an unusually intense solar flare (the Carrington Event) induced high voltage in telegraph wires, disrupting

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS [and the moon]

2009-09-10 Thread Constance Warner
? --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-11 Thread Constance Warner
is not a guarantee of safety. If Armed Robbery Dude, Evil Guerilla Dude, or Army Death Squad Dude even SUSPECT that you are armed, they will shoot first and ask questions later.] --Constance Warner On Aug 11, 2009, at 2:55 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: I've known and feel safer around biker dudes

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-11 Thread Constance Warner
WHAT actual stats? Gathered by whom? --Constance Warner On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Mike wrote: All the very logical sounding arguments fall away when measured against actual stats. But the sure sound good. Sent from my iPod On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Constance Warner cawar

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-11 Thread Constance Warner
, and enjoy our parks. [In the one exception to this rule--the 2002 snipers--guns carried by honest citizens would not have helped. You can look up the details, if you want to verify this.] --Constance Warner On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: We should license good citizens to carry

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-09 Thread Constance Warner
situations didn't shake his faith in guns, however. He thought, for example, that people could arm themselves to keep from being killed by the Washington area snipers in 2002. --Constance Warner About a week ago I was in a quicktrip getting gas and a drink before work..it was probably 11.30

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-07 Thread Constance Warner
of allowing windshield-mounted GPS units. They're a distraction, however slight, and the difference between getting across the street safely and getting turned into something like Prego spaghetti sauce on the hood of a car can be just a fraction of a second. --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-05 Thread Constance Warner
actions against other kinds of electronic distractions. --Constance Warner On Aug 5, 2009, at 8:34 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Should drivers who are operating private vehicles with computerized gadgets affixed to windshields be subject to ticketing? Such devices, mounted to windshields

Re: [CGUYS] Gubmint computer grab

2009-08-03 Thread Constance Warner
of the cliff. --Constance Warner On Aug 2, 2009, at 9:59 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote: Reverend; If you don't think FDR is worshiped by many you are not paying attention. Matthew On Aug 2, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: There are differences between shines and monuments/memorials

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-28 Thread Constance Warner
. This is almost entirely a matter of luck. If you need medical care and don't have really good insurance, you are in BIG trouble. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] Batch downloading of bank check images

2009-07-16 Thread Constance Warner
object to this; they're paying for something they're not getting, and they have no choice in the matter. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness

Re: [CGUYS] Batch downloading of bank check images

2009-07-16 Thread Constance Warner
.] --Constance Warner On Jul 16, 2009, at 2:32 PM, t.piwowar wrote: On Jul 16, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: Because I need permanent paper records of investments. Computer data is just too volatile / fragile. Computer records are just backup, in case the paper records are destroyed

Re: [CGUYS] silvery

2009-07-15 Thread Constance Warner
on ammunition boxes in WW II, the idea being that the tape was as waterproof as ducks.) I have also heard of scan-proof wallets but have never investigated them. --Constance Warner On Jul 15, 2009, at 5:17 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: People steal identities all the time. It does not require reading

Re: [CGUYS] Advertising for cell phones

2009-07-11 Thread Constance Warner
that if you're a person of substance, you're carrying a handheld device with twice the computing power it took NASA to land Armstrong on the moon in 1969. Naturally, I don't tell anyone that I still write phone numbers and other vital information on index cards. --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Bing FAILS on Big News

2009-07-05 Thread Constance Warner
is Gene Kelley's solo in the rain in Singing in the Rain. It's PERFECT. (Not just my opinion, BTW.) --Constance Warner On Jul 5, 2009, at 1:48 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Michael was also known for his choreography skills. Well, that's a valid point. The greatest song and dance man of all time

Re: [CGUYS] Bing FAILS on Big News

2009-07-04 Thread Constance Warner
in years, and the style of pop music of which he espoused is no longer cutting edge. In one sense, you could say that he has already been dead for a long time. --Constance Warner On Jul 4, 2009, at 12:52 PM, t.piwowar wrote: On Jul 4, 2009, at 1:16 AM, Constance Warner wrote: Not a terrific

Re: [CGUYS] Bing FAILS on Big News

2009-07-03 Thread Constance Warner
, it's just NOT THAT IMPORTANT. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Indecent Language

2009-06-22 Thread Constance Warner
Wow. When I was a student radio host, they always warned us, NEVER say anything off-color in a studio or near a mike, no matter HOW sure you are that the mike isn't live! Looks like someone forgot --Cpnstance Warner On Jun 21, 2009, at 6:49 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-21 Thread Constance Warner
, in a strictly historical sense, Marie Antoinette may not have actually said it, other people have been saying it in one form or another ever since.) --Constance Warner On Jun 20, 2009, at 1:09 PM, t.piwowar wrote: On Jun 20, 2009, at 11:49 AM, mike wrote: This kind of thing is done

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread Constance Warner
clearer! Gee, fellas, I guess that makes it all worthwhile, missing stations and everything. BTW, I'm in inner Montgomery County and I get Channel 9--usually in little bits and pieces. --Constance Warner * ** List

[CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-19 Thread Constance Warner
Pro, which I've worked with for years and which can produce crash-proof databases. But it's kind of expensive. What do you think? --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-19 Thread Constance Warner
to offer them a few signposts. They're really brilliant, politically; they just haven't had the time to get really computer savvy, or the money for the latest computers, webmasters, or IT workers. --Constance Warner On Jun 19, 2009, at 10:49 AM, t.piwowar wrote: On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:15 AM

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-19 Thread Constance Warner
to be scanned: Im betting they have friends in other organizations with tray-feed scanners they can use, and interns to run them. These small political nonprofits tend to be cash-poor--which is why I'm hoping that Base will work for them--but they're connection-rich. --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] On Demand Books [Was: Blogging for marketing networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)

2009-06-07 Thread Constance Warner
. The chocolates were NOT poisoned, but some of them were very much better than others! BTW, the Dove chocolates won. --Constance Warner I just followed up on one of there books. I see that 2 years later the author updated the book and Peach Pit Press published it. I also see that he has gotten out

[CGUYS] Blogging: is it worth it?

2009-06-05 Thread Constance Warner
, a job, advertising revenue, publicity for your nonprofit organization, a paycheck, help getting your work published, etc.? 3. Are you positive or negative about the whole blogging experience? --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Blogging for marketing networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)

2009-06-05 Thread Constance Warner
' publications departments, among other places, there's a certain overlap between the two categories That's why I asked about other list members' experiences with blogging; if they got anything out of it, and if it's worth the large investment of time. --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Blogging for marketing networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)

2009-06-05 Thread Constance Warner
a chance. Obviously, what's on your blog had better be pretty good. --Constance Warner On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:08 PM, One Man wrote: I thought the following was the point of blogging:I DON'T want to rant, emote, freely express myself, etc

[CGUYS] Vanishing Windows PC

2009-04-18 Thread Constance Warner
Windows machine, how can I get it back, and is it likely to be hazardous to anyone's health [by spreading viruses, becoming a bot, etc.]? --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives

Re: [CGUYS] Vanishing Windows PC RESULTS

2009-04-18 Thread Constance Warner
Well, back to the old drawing board. My husband reports that Disc Utility does not show the partition with Windows. He says that it might show up in 10.5 [which he says he's going to install on the computer eventually--and maybe sooner, now that this problem has cropped up]. I'm now on

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread Constance Warner
is featherweight and comes with an office suite. I'm not irritated by her personal choice; I just don't like the deceptive rhetoric and the silly attitudes of the commercial. It's true, the art of the commercial is the art of partial truth and distortion. --Constance Warner On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:13 PM

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Constance Warner
more than a low-end PC [though it actually cost less than the sleek light-weight PC that was its only rival, as far as I was concerned]. --Constance Warner Just won't give up, eh? You seem to always omit one of her requirements, accidentally I am sure. She specified a laptop. Last I checked

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Constance Warner
computer, but then a Tata Nano isn't a fake car, either. It's just not the same as a Toyota or a Honda, for which one can expect to pay a bit more. --Constance Warner On Mar 30, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Well, if she started out her quest [for a laptop] with a set of inflexible

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Constance Warner
. --Constance Warner On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: I still say, that going shopping with preconceived notions and requirements is fundamentally unrealistic Constance, if she only has $1,000, she only has $1,000. No amount of Mac is better fattens her wallet. McFans' protest

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Constance Warner
graphics on it, since the screen blemish was slight. You don't have to be rich to afford a Mac. But to demand the LATEST model, 17 laptop, for a Wal-Mart discount price? THAT'S unrealistic. --Constance Warner On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:39 AM, mike wrote: Constance, when you go shopping are you

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread Constance Warner
Hey, guys. You don't need to exaggerate to make your point. BTW, if you really believe that a BASIC Mac costs 2 K, then your idea of basic is very different from mine. [To be boringly factual, you can do well for a lot less.] --Constance Warner On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:11 PM, mike wrote

[CGUYS] Ergonomic keyboard: what actually happened

2009-03-12 Thread Constance Warner
situations that are comparable; in fact, many are much, MUCH worse. It's something to think about --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness

[CGUYS] New FCC chief favors broadband

2009-03-04 Thread Constance Warner
A NATIONWIDE BROADBAND PROGRAM. Stay tuned. --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

[CGUYS] Dragon engine, MacSpeech

2009-02-25 Thread Constance Warner
-recognition software) --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Iraqi attack imminent

2009-02-25 Thread Constance Warner
or jammed. I don't know who thought of the walkie-talkie idea--Vox Populi, maybe. I never had to test this idea, but in the spirit of the times, I think it might have worked. We later used ours to coordinate a convoy with my brother on a road trip to North Carolina --Constance Warner

Re: [CGUYS] Politics Hour

2009-02-15 Thread Constance Warner
not to do, etc. Because ANYBODY can fall on the ice (I didn't think I was going to fall until I was halfway down) and IT'S A REAL DRAG TYPING AN EMAIL WITH JUST ONE HAND, when you're used to two!! --Constance Warner On Feb 15, 2009, at 10:28 AM, gerald wrote: i have no interest

[CGUYS] Ergonomic keyboard for broken arm

2009-01-29 Thread Constance Warner
can you get them? Thanks! --Constance Warner * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] digital TV converter box

2008-10-15 Thread Constance Warner
for ferns and other delicate houseplants. I can't report on any DRM issues associated with this VCR, because I haven't yet tried to record anything on the digital side of the machine. The analog side will record any analog broadcast. --Constance Warner -Original Message- From: Computer

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