No. The Do Not Call List specifically targets commercial marketing.
Non-profits are also exempt; not just political campaigns. Stop jumping
like puppets!
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Politicians are not stupid. They always exempt themselves from the
same laws they
No, the underlying source of Mac OS X is FreeBSD UNIX; open source.
SCO-scum never attacked Apple.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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One correction Betty.
The underlying OS for Apple is not Linux, but Unix which is not Open
Source. Linux is very similar to Unix. There are a
Oops, indeed... Hmmm, you need a third button to verify your one button
send. When you press a button for CG or to the office mgr you need a
prompt: send this to the list? Send this to office mgr? Ideally, they
would be different color prompts displaying the message to be sent. We
really don't
Not going to happen Apple owes its success to controlling the hardware
and the software. It is a key reason why everything just works
(usually). That may eventually change as VM improves, but I'm not
holding my breath - even then will require a hack to do that.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
Yes, Tom, my mind corrected it for me as I read it, so I missed the
mistake. I agree. Who said those who give up their rights hoping for
security end up with neither? Our rights under our constitution are our
only real guarantee of security!
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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I would bet that it would violate ATT's agreement with Apple.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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I know of one individual who wanted to get an Iphone on his ATT
business plan but they would not sell it to him.
Apparently they did not want to support the Iphone with business
Wow - an ignorant and an inflammatory statement indeed. Was your intent
to start a flame war? Apple's sales were over $9B and profit was up 56%
- not a story for a bail out. Educate yourself even a bit before you
write; avoid posting buffoonery like that! We expect more on this list.
Thank
According to the filemaker web site http://www.filemaker.com it looks
like it just organizes information from Address Book, iCal, iWork, CSV
data, etc. Does not look like a real database application to me.
Requires Leopard.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Sounds like the
Ars has a preliminary review here:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/01/08/bento-1-0-for-mac-o
s-x-released-out-of-beta
Says it uses SQLite, is not scriptable.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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According to the filemaker web site http://www.filemaker.com it looks
Yes, FileMaker announced their Bento database product today. Many Mac
sites, such as this one from Macnn, have articles. $50 for single
license, $100 for family (5) license. 10.5 is required.
http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/08/01/08/filemaker.ships.bento/
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Bill,
Check out Thunderbird at Mozilla's web site. Firefox 2.0 split the
email from the browser functions. Both do their (separated) functions
better that way.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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I upgraded to Firefox 2 from a previous version of Firefox and
downloading my
Part of this, too, is IT fighting to keep its comfort-level. The IT
support and OM folks I deal with are afraid of anything not from
Microsoft, since so much is. They blame any problem on the non-M$
product in a mix of 99% M$ products and mostly dread Linux or UNIX,
which they seldom see. I
Betty,
I am looking at the Rokland RoakAir USB model at http://www.rokland.com
for my TiBook, which says it does not have an airport card (died?). It
says it is backwards compatible to USB 1.1 and 802.11 g or b (OS 10.3 or
10.4) - does that the iMac?
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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The stock battery in the current laptops is fine. When it gets old,
there are third party companies that will sell you a replacement that
exceeds original specs.
If you are comfortable working within the confines of a laptop (opening
the case) and replacing a hard drive to increase its capacity,
Yes, they can keep any money that the Govv't does not require them to
collect. Their customers are insuring their sales tax liability. If no
claim is made by the government, they keep all premiums.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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cover their asses, they are collecting a
Tom, why so reluctant about X.5; are all of your computers used for
production things? My copy of Leopard is also still in its shrink wrap,
but I was only waiting for X.5.1 which is out. I am only waiting now to
back everything up, probably over the upcoming four day weekend.
Thank you,
Mark
It is out, available via Apple's update menu or from Apple's web site
(110 MB):
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/15/apple_releases_mac_os_x_10
_5_1_update_for_leopard_users.html
This is the first maintenance and security update for 10.5.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
: Re: [CGUYS] Buying a Mac PowerBook Pro
Thanks for your reply. The info you asked about is below.
Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA) wrote:
If this is not a new laptop, you will need to tell us the model before
I
can tell you its limits.
Apple 15.4 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Notebook
http
By next month 10.5.1 should be out. It is being developer-tested now.
I have 10.5 and am waiting, but expect to upgrade to 10.5 (then 10.5.1)
by sometime next month. I am also tracking 10.5 issues on MacFixit
while I wait.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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I would plan to add
If this is not a new laptop, you will need to tell us the model before I
can tell you its limits. You are correct that you will need fewer ports
and get less internal disk capacity in a laptop. Pay attention to how
many USB ports (USB 2) and FireWire ports it has and what you plan to
connect at
A business replacing 1/3 of their laptops/desktops is about right. That
eliminates most obsolescence and introduces new technologies at a
manageable pace. Even better is to know the direction of the industry
to be able to plan how to move from older to newer and to aim at getting
the newer
It is foolish to continue to buy into obsolete technologies such as the
old serial and parallel interfaces or floppy drives.
I have no problem with someone continuing to use a product that still
works that relies on an obsolete technology. So long as they realize
that it will need to be
By foolish, I mean buying new gear with outmoded interfaces or other
technologies, such as the ones I listed. That equipment is more
limited. I agree that sometimes it is necessary, but the buying should
always be limited and considered carefully, always with an eye for
alternatives that aren't
No, my comments were more along the lines of buying another plotter (and
computer) with a serial interface. If your existing plotter does the
job for you, by all means keep it.
But you know you need to plan for the day when it turns to obsolete junk
once that serial interface dies.
Fifteen
Computers configured with serial ports and floppy drives are like
getting an eight track tape or cassette tape with the documentation on
it. USB can and will replace serial port. Buying computers with
obsolete technology is ridiculous. Depending on peripherals that
require it (for servers, no
You can probably still find, but this is a drill of chasing
obsolescence. USB replaced serial ports for many reasons. If you have
something that requires serial ports, it too is obsolete. You will need
to move on, and find its USB replacement and start testing that. It
does not often pay to
10.4.11 has not yet been released, but is imminent. Last update for
10.4 (planned anyway).
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Is 10.4.11 for the dual Macs? I have the updater set to run
everyday
and I'm only at 10.4.10 on my iMac G5. It's not a dual. Since I just
got
Apple charges for the major releases, such as 10.4, 10.5. The minor
updates are a free download.
Apple's major OS X major releases have been pretty good since 10.3; most
of the problems have been relatively minor.
Thank you,
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Mac 10.5.0 arrives next week. someone is
Except when the Taskbar loses the application, which it does
occasionally. Clicking for the next row of applications on the task bar
is stupid, too.
OS X 10.5 has a nice looking stacking method in the Dock, which may help
in finding things more quickly. I haven't experienced the problem,
My days go back to punch cards and an IBM 360. I too remember using
dumb terminals to UNIX. I remember early Sun UNIX workstations, Xerox
6085 workstations that used windowing.
What the heck has all that to do with Mac OS? I'm sure not leaving Mac
OS X to go back to that crap, not matter how
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