[CGUYS] Macs don't break ...was, Slow USB after update

2007-04-25 Thread rocky lee
Paula, It sounds like the USB has gone back a step. How much memory does the machine have? From your description, it sounds as if just the USB devices are affected, none of the other systems, right? Use the System Profiler and check that the USB subsystem chain is checking out at USB 2 speeds

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
Kinda makes my original point, don't ya think? Nope. Makes mine. When an authority in the field gives a first person account that contradicts one of your previous assertions and you immediately respond by attacking the credentials of that authority it is a bad sign. When the contortions

[CGUYS] More on bees and cellphones

2007-04-25 Thread Constance Warner
In the news: more on colony collapse syndrome. In Tuesday's New York Times science section, there was a long article on disappearing bees and the research to find the causes. The scientists quoted in the article seemed to think that the causes for the syndrome were probably insecticides or

[CGUYS] CanSecWest Mac Hacking Contest

2007-04-25 Thread John DeCarlo
This URL from ComputerWorld (including the comments) provides additional information. I also read another article I have lost the reference to, that I thought was amusing. After no one was able to win the original contest, they changed the rules. g

Re: [CGUYS] DVD-R or DVD+R recording blanks?

2007-04-25 Thread wjones27
Fred, DVD-R will work with old and new players. DVD+r should work in any players made in the last few years, and some before that. - Brian - Original Message - From: Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:40 am Subject: [CGUYS] DVD-R or DVD+R recording

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest Mac Hacking Contest

2007-04-25 Thread mike
From what I gather the only rule change was that the user had to surf to a website...show me a compromised pc that isn't on the net. Was their some other change? Mike On 4/25/07, John DeCarlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This URL from ComputerWorld (including the comments) provides additional

Re: [CGUYS] How do I compress MPG files

2007-04-25 Thread Paula Minor
Paula -- I think Handbrake is mainly a program for work with DVDs. I admit I haven't looked at it very closely, so my initial look could be fooling me. However, you should have everything you need on your Mac if you have iMovie or have purchased Quicktime Pro. Try what I've created at the

Re: [CGUYS] Macs don't break ...

2007-04-25 Thread Paula Minor
spent a couple hours at command line trying to make the folder visible. Then I did the simple, dumb thing: ran disk utility. That fixed everything. Thanks, Tom. Worth a try. I'm still learning how to troubleshoot on a Mac. I had no idea how to find out if the USB ports were working. But

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-25 Thread Jeff Wright
Umm, no, the original point was that Congress should not be trusted with anything to do with technology, since its record over the past decade or so is a sad and sorry tale. Did you forget that part already? I never realized that Gore fetishists could be so kinky with the mythos. I never

Re: [CGUYS] Macs don't break ...

2007-04-25 Thread Michael Lewis
Paula Minor sez: Thanks, Tom. Worth a try. I'm still learning how to troubleshoot on a Mac. I had no idea how to find out if the USB ports were working. But I could have on my pc. System Profiler in your Utilities folder (in Applications) should give you full information about your

Re: [CGUYS] Macs don't break ...

2007-04-25 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 5:51 PM -0400 4/25/07, Michael Lewis wrote: Paula Minor sez: Thanks, Tom. Worth a try. I'm still learning how to troubleshoot on  a Mac. I had no idea how to find out if the USB ports were working.   But I could have on my pc. System Profiler in your Utilities folder (in Applications)

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest Mac Hacking Contest

2007-04-25 Thread mike
Well the point was that ANY mac surfing to say the superbowl site would have been compromised, that was a big deal on windows machines, so i assume it would be a big deal on macs. This contest just proved someone could write a simple exploit for a mac in just a few hours the same as on a windows

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
Umm, no, the original point was that Congress should not be trusted with anything to do with technology, since its record over the past decade or so is a sad and sorry tale. Did you forget that part already? I started this thread so you telling me what the original point was is a bit odd. No?

Re: [CGUYS] More on bees and cellphones

2007-04-25 Thread Steve Rigby
On Apr 25, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: What most reporting does is look for the hook or the grab line that will grab every ones attention and use it as a come on, while the full story might say something opposite. The majors (print and broadcast) tend to do a little better

Re: [CGUYS] More on bees and cellphones

2007-04-25 Thread Steve Rigby
On Apr 25, 2007, at 7:38 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: The classic example of this was an 11 o'clock news teaser I saw on one of the Baltimore TV stations a few years ago: Is there snow in our future? Details at 11. The answer turned out to be no. Or, in the Washington Times today, front