With Carbon Copy can you boot directly from the external drive, with no need
to pop a CD into the computer?
I just did that today. Worked. Drive was crested by Carbon Copy Cloner.
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It likely also recognizes that the card wasn't formatted in a camera
Sometimes some camera features (like panorama) are available only if the
card was formatted by the camera.
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If it is Youtube and Google videos today, what content provider will
have their data being throttled tomorrow?
It is those Taser powered keyboards that I'm worrying about.
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I have a variety of firewire drives and have not encountered a
failure due to chipset. Yet! Thanks for the heads-up.
I saw one today that I suspect was chipset related. The drive booted the
iMac just fine, but I could not get Ethernet working. Under Network Port
Configuration the Ethernet
Video is one of the vertical markets Macs enjoy (along with
publishing), but I personally feel the system is very limiting,
basically confining users to a single video package (FCP).
Lies. FCP is not the only choice. It is merely a very good choice. Even
Adobe, after much work, is again trying
How smart are the kids? Putting the address in the hosts file like
127.0.0.1 www.lots-o-porn.com would deny access to the web site, but
not if the kid new the actual ip address
Kids typically set up proxy servers to get around blocks.
It is probably more effective to explain to the kids that
You mention a rendering speed increase of 8X. While that may be true
for some people, most won't be upgrading that far, and will only see
rendering speed increases of maybe 2X.
Rendering speed is not always such a big issue. For example FCP will
provide a quick render that is usually plenty good
Can anyone with a apple router tell him how to block the site? Unless there
is no one here that has one?
You mean give a poor answer just to pacify him so he goes away? I think
he would have to pay more money to get that level of support.
I have a usb dongle that allows me to connect the naked 2.5 drive to my
laptop...how do I migrate?
Does MS not offer something like Apple's Migration Assistant? This lovely
program comes free with OS X Tiger. Very useful.
What's the deal with iTunes updates? Every time I turn around, there's
another update waiting for download. I know I regularly use 5 computers,
but it seems like I've installed an update once a month on all of them.
Perhaps you should try product from a less dynamic company? Perhaps one
that
Thanks for the link to OpenDNS. It looks very interesting.
Interesting to note that one of the categories of sites blocked are sites
that provide information about proxy servers.
You can check URLs to see if they are blocked. I'm glad to see that
Reporters Without Borders (rsf.org)
...not to mention all the ancillary stuff iTunes installs. I recently
had to install it again to buy a tune I needed, but after a week I
just couldn't take it anymore and have uninstalled it.
Maybe we should take up a collection for Tony? If a few of us kick in a
couple of bucks we can get him a
I wouldn't use the service to block anything from children or anyone
else [I don't like any kind of censorship], but am noting that the
feature is available. Use it judiciously.
It is interesting to see them try to innovate the old DNS concept. In
addition to blocking they also provide
Bought wife a new iMac 2.4g 24. lots of questions. got parallels, now
she says she needs a(n) MS OS.
Unless she is a software developer needing to test applications on
specific platforms, the first question to ask is says who? Nine times
out of ten this is a bogus line given by some IT type
notice the prices are OEM, which is cheaper than the full retail
but not supported directly from microsoft, the oem must provide
support..
Is this not the stuff that is supposed to be sold only with a computer?
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I could buy an OEM to go along with the system I built this past
year. It would only be valid with that system and could not be
transferred over to any other system.
That is for people who are building systems for resale, not for their own
use.
Is there a video featuring a better-run company like Costco--not
including 'Idiocracy' or 'Employee of the Month' [although Mike Judge's
Idiocracy was funny]? There are plenty of companies that have management
with consciences, just not Walmart--one of the most expensive places to
shop.
I don't understand your point, Tom.
Are you saying they should market these to individuals? Maybe you are
right. But that goes against the philosophy of this program.
They are selling them to individuals starting November 12. The deal is
that they have doubled the price. They claim that for
I need recomendations for a service provider that has reliable mail
servers. I currently have an account with Toad.net, and they are
becoming a very unreliable mail service. I have e-mails that show up 5-
10 hours after they are sent (sometimes days), and when you trace the
path it is their
A happy employee is worth a ton of money! They help recruit business. I
know this as it is the same or similar model Churches use to grow.
The idea that the government should respond to social problems was a
product of the Reformation, part of the process of sidelining the church.
Then the
Computational Epistemology Discussion List?
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Thousands of Indians report to Infosys Technologies'
campus here to learn the finer points of programming. Lately, though,
packs of foreigners have been roaming the manicured lawns, too.
Many of them are recent American college graduates,
A news report by somebody who does not follow world
I think too many list members have switched to OS X. Now they don't have
any computer problems to gripe about. The rest of you need to get to work
-- install Vista or some other harebrained piece of software so we can
ponder the consequences.
I stopped using ZA recently when it was blue screening my laptops when they
connected to my .org's network through a VPN. Worked fine one night, then
the next day, WHAM. Never could figure out what changed in ZA.
Why not use a stateful hardware firewall for this kind of protection?
Oops, I
While some will continue to defend MS's stealth patches, it is now
revealed that sloppy programming creates a situation where the stealth
patches block many (around 80) other patches to XP.
The problem happens if you reinstall XP and then try to run Windows
Update. Apparently the stealth
OK, here's what I need to know. A friend of mine has yet to enter the
computer age. She is in her early 70's, and is beginning to have some
physical problems that limit her social life. I really want to try and get
her into a computer soon.
Do I push her a little faster, or do I just make
We also have a 1XL, which is great. But, it has a physical feature on
it that is a problem for me. There is a small pop-up stem on the back
side that determines whether the transparency unit is installed or not.
Why not just remove the pop-up switch and locate a toggle switch to
control
A software update to Apple's iPhone on Friday disabled
third-party applications and rendered iPhones that had been
unlocked completely unusable.
Later news is that the phones were not made completely unusable, a new
SIMM card could revive the phones. Also, there are reports that some
methods of
Those who have had some problems running Windows on Intel Macs may want
to try again after installing the firmware patches that Apple released
yesterday. Long list of links at macintouch.com or just run software
updater.
And you're going to be right there with her to teach her to use this? Or
maybe kick in the extra $500 over the cost of a PC?
The price of crappy PCs has crept up as companies like Dell have found
that they can't be profitable at their former prices. And I was not
suggesting you get the
I have a 2gig chip coming(bought a wrong 2gig to start the week). will
give her 3gig.will another 1gig (swap out the 1gig with a 2gig) improve
performance much?
Hard to say in theory, but there is a way to check it in practice. With
the Mac running in a typical manner, start Activity Monitor
I was going to say, they already had phones that played music I believe.
With 200-20 vision of the past and 20-200 vision of the future I'm not
surprised that you now think so.
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George? It's one guys fault?
He says he is the decider. Having obtained a conviction they switched
the supervising judge (to guess who: the same judge they go to for
permission to spy on Americans) and changed the official in charge at
Justice (to guess who: Cheney's son in law).
Suppose
Microsoft Home Server is supposed to do that sort of backup. That
is-was due out last month-real soon now-
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_preview.asp
A Mini would be too expensive for this.
Prices for Linux-based home servers are incredibly low. OWC has the
NASPerform Network Storage
I use Adobe InDesign. InDesign gives lots of choices for export,
including prepress, crop marks, compressing images, embedding fonts
[default], compatibility with earlier versions of Acrobat Reader. Only
Postscript fonts can be embedded [? maybe]. A PDF/X file embeds lots of
extra information
By chance, discovered that a rather hot and prominent person (whose been
on Oprah twice fairly recently) actually does not have a website, at least
not one that shows up on GoDaddy, using the name and .com or .net.
There is a good chance that a cybersquatter has grabbed it as a
consequence of
Do you or anyone else who might know think it matters that
much at this point between .net and .com? I settled for a second choice
name (probably too long as well) in order to get .com. Unnecessary move?
In the early days of the 'net com was viewed with disdain. Today the
com are riding
Why would you do that? People have a right to their own
identity. If you're fucking with people, especially famous people,
you have to accept that there are likely to be consequences.
Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Randy is being
careful and asking the right
Well, ended up buying the .com domain for this person's name. Maybe I'll
just hold it for awhile and just see if she wants the name. If I do this or
go beyond this and start creating a website around the themes associated
with her name, just hope she sees this as neutral or positive rather
what your problem with godaddy? if you can't figure out how to get them
to take your money, what is your problem? If you can't get there in 30
min, have your kid do it. you say they are bad, but what is wrong with
them?
The problem with GoDaddy is trying to figure out how to prevent them
I bet if she wanted to do this, she would have by now. Why do you think she
needs your help? 30 million people watching Oprah isn't enough exposure for
you? She's inundated with calls. I think everyone else interested is on
to it.
Typical Windows-style nails that stick out get hammered down
Interesting poll at
www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071003235748182
How Often Do You Turn Off the Power to Your Internet Connection?
2/3 say Never
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Ye-e-e-es, Thomas, hence if *she* wanted it by now, *she* would have done
it.
Yes Jeff, we know where you are coming from: If my users wanted decent
computers they would have slaughtered me years ago -- so they must be
happy with Windows.
Tom, OTOH, I picture as Yosemite Sam, stomping on his hat, when someone is
productive using a PC.
I spend a lot of my time making PC users as productive as possible and
less of a burden on their Mac-using brethren.
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Well, the other side of this is that their prices seem significantly lower
than others I've seen, so if this is accurate, for people like myself,
without much money, it's very tempting to go the el cheapo way, which this
apparently is. So if you or anyone else knows of better alternatives that
I have asked why they do not configure those computers to go into
'sleep' mode after a certain time of non-use has elapsed, or why they
do not arrange for the drives to stop running when not needed. or why
they do not hit the off button of the monitors and printers at the
end of the day. The
Actually, this isn't *strictly* true. Unless there's a design flaw,
downstream devices should simply wait and keep trying. My router's often on
with my modem off (when I'm resetting the modem).
You are right. A properly designed device should keep trying so the order
in which they are turned on
Does anyone know if the times listed in email headers can be spoofed?
Everything in an email header can be easily spoofed.
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I thought it was a bit creepy too. On the other hand, a domain is a
valuable thing to be given for just a few dollars. With this should come
some accountability.
I can see having some of the info. public to avoid the situation of someone
poaching someone else's name for a domain (as I did) and
I put out a proposal here at the office to get a number of notebooks and
in order to keep them all in the same state, we'd ghost one and apply the
image to the rest. My understanding is that a Windows license is mapped
to a MAC address - is that true? Has anyone done this before where you'd
Don't think
I should have to pay extra to buy a post office box address or these privacy
add-ons, so will have to have a new address and maybe new phone # and take
my chances. Having an online presence via a domain name website
shouldn't have to mean having personal info. made public unless
Well, only a few days ago, I knew virtually nothing about this domain
registration business. Yet I rather quickly came to the tentative
conclusion that it doesn't make sense that people are allowed to register
other people's names...
So if it's illegal or clearly unethical, why is is allowed,
If you can't see that then you haven't got a sense of basic fairness, which
I got from the start.
I think you are exhibiting an RIAA-like exaggerated notion of ownership.
Are you going to sue Wikipedia if they post your *unauthorized*
biography? Will you demand that people seek a waiver before
Unless you can tell me some legitimate purpose for
registering and maybe using someone else's name without permission, there
are too many ways this could exploit or hurt the person (as someone said,
post things in the name of that person that would be embarrassing or worse).
Happens all the
IMVHO, complaining that a Mac does not work exactly like a PC is a silly
exercise.
change the short name of the root admin...
*40* steps to do this. 40. If you don't make things worse doing it.
That is why those of us who know what we are doing use a widely-available
script. The general rule
Unless he is harmed, in which case he could expect remedy (if he pays
a lawyer to bring suit, fight the case and wins).
So if the other guy named Tom Piwowar does something that I think
reflects badly on our name can I sue him for damages
Using your logic we would all be wearing hoods or a chador when walking
down the street.
Don't you think you might have less of a problem with your privacy being
invaded if you were able to readily discover who was doing the invading?
Just the opposite of what you propose.
Suppose making such
Latest email from GoDaddy announces that they have a new GoDaddy girl.
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Clearly, we could legislate that everyone at birth be given a UUID/GUID
(Universally Unique ID/Globally Unique ID) and prevent anyone but that
person from using that ID in a web site.
Simple, just apply an RFID implant shortly after birth.
What about the tompiwowarsucks.biz web site? We should
That's a given, but I keep coming upon issues on the Mac that are nothing
but hoop jumping, compared to administering a PC. Change the admin name on
a PC? That takes seconds.
This is not just a name written in a box on the screen. You also must
take care of things like file access permissions
While we are at it, shouldn't guns send off little messages with GPS
locations and time stamps, with fingerprints collected off the handle, to
law enforcement, every time someone fires a gun?
Wow! You may just have something there. A plan that can keep us safe and
keep the NRA happy too. I sent
Nothing, I suppose, unless you were to be caught if they check. This is
what GoDaddy indicated. I would use a real address; maybe not my personal
home address, but a real one ( and one not belonging to a current resident
of a home).
You are going to register the a site named after a person
No, Windows just takes care of these housekeeping chores for you. I might
have to change the name on the profile folder, but that's about it. It's
smart enough to know that the admin account name has been changed.
Which only proves the point that Windows security is poor and that you
are so
It's been a while since I RTFM'd ADmitMac, but it's designed to work on the
client, authenticating it with AD, not the other way around. I can log on
as the domain admin, but I won't have admin rights on the Mac. Any
non-local account runs as a non-root user. Just the same, I'll go over the
docs
Windows' biggest problem is installing the default user as the admin. Don't
run as an admin and security problems vanish. Now, if we can only get these
idiot developers to stop coding their products to only run if the user is an
admin.
The problem is only partially idiot developers. I would
Uncle Ben?
thestraightdope.com reports that there really was an Uncle Ben -- a rice
farmer from Houston.
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Techtool Protoge is on a FireWire, not USB drive.
http://micromat.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=34Itemid=49
That's right. I forgot that detail. Booting from FW has been built into
the hardware for many years. Booting from USB is newer, but works for
recent models (as previously
You sure about that John? eWeek seems to agree with me. Now, I won't argue
that running as a least privilege user will absolutely eliminate security
exploits...
You misapply the eWeek story. EWeek is comparing different settings of
the same insecure OS. No one here is proposing that some
This is a long article and the first part is a history of backup
strategies (something not everyone will find interesting). However, after
that it goes into a lot of detail about Time Machine. This is a big
deal for Apple and they have invested a lot in making it work by making a
very
Jeff, I'm afraid you've missed earlier evidence of this. While he has now
blasts Vista for jumping through hoops to support old apps, not so long ago
he blasted it for breaking old apps. It's difficult to take this very
seriously.
You have poor memory. My complaint was about device drivers, not
Thanks...tried that. Also tried disconnecting it as a network drive, but
doesn't show up in list of options.
Can you plug the camera directly into the computer to see if it works?
And don't forget to restart the computer -- often works wonders.
Orwell lives! Incorrect? Only if you're one of the 3 percenters. The
other 97% gets along just fine with these **cough** mistakes.
21 percent of US laptops are Apple's. Nothing to cough at.
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Does such a thing as a table top stand alone MP3 player exist?
How about a Mac Mini?
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1. Apple is very secretive about upcoming moves; where did you get this
timeline?
2. Define small - Apple's market cap. is on track to over take IBM's.
Oh my. I'm being attacked from both sides. I MUST BE RIGHT!
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How about a Mac Mini?
No ability to control the output without the whole keyboard / mouse /
screen rig. I want this on a night-stand and such.
It comes with a remote.
And when you have to you can control it from another computer using
remote access. So it does not need a keyboard or
Now you need to wait a few months to see that OSX.5 isn't a lemon.
I'm waiting for February.
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don't know if this is US or world data. also, DELL is NOT included.
if you follow the numbers, the laptop market is twice as large as the
desktop market. I think these numbers are all screwed up, because they do
not include direct sales.
Other than at trade shows I don't think I have ever
The iRiver has an amazing number of models, some largish. Many also have
a clock, alarm, and FM radio.
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Took a quick look at them. Can they be serious when they say:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Windows XP (SP2 or higher)
- Windows Media Player 10 (or higher )
Yet if you search for USB MSC on their site you will find that (many/most
of) their players do support MSC. Players with MSC will work just like
Make sure you don't offer any facts or anything whatsoever to back up what
you say. You must be right cause you say so. Just keep whistling and
skipping along.
Good advice. Thank you. Time and time again the Computer Guys List comes
through.
A clock radio with a HD or clock radio + CD player with a HD just
seems so obvious to me. I figure I am missing some consideration
given the plethora or consumer electronic options out there - no
shortage of folks looking to fill a niche.
I have seen clock radios at Best Buy that have a
http://www.agoodic.com/viewproduct.asp?id=576
They claim to sell 2GB iPhones for $185 a pop.
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All those iPhone users? How many are there? And how many are there
that are Mac users?
Well over a million sold at this point. They are selling at a much more
rapid pace then iPods did when they were introduced. Perhaps they will
take over the world.
Reports are that many people buying
Tom Ipods have a tendency to be overpriced.
Only if you assign no value to great engineering and great design.
Different strokes for different folks. Some people wipe their hands on
their shirt fronts, some don't. I would pay money to NOT use a brown Zune.
All are very good MP3 players and oh
Ah Tom, most of these are first gen and I can replace and change out
batteries very easily and also have plenty of extras. Again you seem
to be a zealot for Apple which is always dangerous. (I understand
that Ipods require a lot of work to change out the battery, Creatives
just have a pop
I do think that big outfits such as Google need to be more responsive to
lowly users who are merely trying to point out a problem. Instead, it
appears as though they waited until some entity that could create some
waves for them mentioned the problem before taking the issue seriously
and
IMHO, it's taking a long time to release an SDK for the iPhone because
the iPhone is more than just a phone, and more than just a PDA, it's a
computer plus phone plus WiFi device. Did Apple release the iPhone too
early, before the development kit was ready?
When the Mac was born I remember
Third quarter figures for US computer sales have HP pushing Dell out of
1st place. Apple is in 3rd place with a 7.3% share.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138578-c,companynews/article.html
I suppose most would agree that it is time for any company selling fewer
computers than Apple to get
Apple is growing its laptop business impressively AppleInsider.com is
reporting that Apple is awaiting word from Intel before announcing new
Mac Pros with Penryn CPUs for media professionals. I expect OS X 10.5
to increase sales as well.
I saw Intel's CEO interviewed a couple of weeks ago on a
You want the iTube Valve Dock Carbon Edition with Speakers
A vacuum tube amplifier with remote control for your iPod (not included).
$1,149.95 at Amazon.com (with free shipping)
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The problem with those figures is they don't show OS share, only hardware.
As has been obvious on this list for some time now, a lot of people are
buying Macs and installing Windows. It's getting rare to find a Mac owner
that doesn't run both OS's, thus seriously skewing the stats.
I put that in
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2193639,00.asp
This is what is known as an ad hominem attack. Instead of focusing on
the merits, he attacks the people who own Macs. He even attacks people
who own iPods. There is no tech in this issue of ExtremeTech. What
does this accomplish?
The
I have noticed that their new BTX format is not quite catching on in
the market. Is it going to go the way of IBM's MCA format?
Will PC makers contiune to cling to a 10-year-old ATX MoBo design? I will
place my bet on lack of innovation. That seems to be endemic in Windows
land.
Reread Mike's post. Read the last sentence most carefully. Then ask
yourself, during what part of the same time period was Vista in the
marketplace?
Apple OS X; 10 months; 7 flaws
MS Vista; 2 months; 6 flaws
Most of you will be able to do the math.
There were 18 security advisories from
How did he say apple was pushing them? Pushing them to do what?
You know, that thing that MS wants to stamp out... Innovate.
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I am surprised that Tom would mention Intel, they have been accused
of some of the same sins as MS and Bill Gates have.
The new boss man, Otellini, struck me as an interesting, smart man. Not a
thug like Gates or Ballmer. Time will tell.
You might want to go to the site to *see* what i'm talking about before you
write. The report on Secunia covers the first 8 months of 2007...
Vista was released at the end of January.
Reread Mike's post. Read the last sentence most carefully. Then ask
yourself, during what part of the same
I don't have an iPod and don't particularly want one.
So sad. ;(
Why is that?
Well there could be different motivations so the why part is not so
easy to analyze. Hovever I do think that the general term sad is an
accurate umbrella for all of them.
1) To hate Apple so much that one would
I got a non ipod because I needed something water resistant. And something
smaller then a nano but still with a screen. And something considerably
cheaper. And something with greater battery life.
It is okay if you tell us the make and model.
Someone just posted to macintouch.com a story about buying an iPod clone
that he said was almost indistinguishable from a real iPod. It was almost
half the price. It does not work with iTunes, but he does not care about
that. Alas he did not provide any information to locate the product.
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