Is the 50 meg bandwith on My Go Daddy site a likely contributor to why it
takes so long to add anything to the site? If so, the Bluehost bandwidth
(is that the same as transfer rate?) is much greater.
No. It mostly depends on how heavily they load the server. If they put
1000s of virtual
BlueHost appears less expensive than the one Tom once recommended, A1A or
something like that.
Bluehost is $7/month. 11 has tiered plans at $4, $5, $10, and $20/month.
You need to look at the features chart to find the plan that works for
you. I have the $10 plan. If you are starting out the
Google on mail merge query options
Anyone know of a way I could insert a person's name in a Word document
and have that somehow trigger the pulling in of related data off some
database or spreadsheet? I know this is more of a database function
but the final document needs to be in a Word
First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you
end up at Google.
I work with individuals with disabilities. One young man needs to
run Windows 98, because that is the newest system that will run
some of his adaptive software. The home he lives in has
I have been told that iPods will not accept podcasts directly but from
iTunes. Is that correct? I would like to be able to download archived
podcasts that are available on many sites. What should I be looking for
in an iPod or similar devise?
I'm new to this technology.
You are getting your
If you mount the iPod as a disk the directories used by iTunes are
hidden. However there are several third-party programs that will give you
access to them. In fact, if you access the volume using FTP you can see
these directories too.
I pretty much only use my iPod for podcasts and I've
Didn't realize Google had this. Guess they now have everything or soon will
have!
Just like Yahoo, MSN, AOL, they try all sorts of things. This service
from Google is done quite well and they have yet to plaster it with
advertising. Enjoy it while you can.
Thanks for trying to answer my question but unfortunately your answer
needs some translation for this neophyte.
Those are all very good questions. My best advice to you is to ignore my
previous answer and stick to iTunes. Go back to my previous, previous
answer about using the Advanced menu in
Some podcasts aren't indexed very far back. I have some that go back over a
year, others go back a couple of weeks.
Podcasts are ephemeral. It is not like stamp collecting. Listen and
delete!
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If this is the problem and he's getting the wrong DNS address, how do I
correct it?
Quick solution is to manually enter the address of a known good DNS. I
use Open DNS for this. (Yes you can Google that, then copy/paste the
addresses.)
I just added a paragraph to cguys.org explaining how automatic deletion
from this list works. It is nice to have a place to write this stuff down.
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Someone tried to break into our house last week so I have been
researching this and other security stuff recently. There are many
options.
There are several brands of camera that have a built-in computer and web
server. This would be a simple unit that each homeowner could get
independently,
And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser?
I work with individuals with disabilities. One young man needs to run
Windows 98, because that is the newest system that will run some of
his adaptive software. The home he lives in has wireless internet.
He had a
As you point out, this is a nice indoor webcam, but useless for
perimeter security.
Without a detailed map you have no way to know that. I know that at least
from my home I can see everything that needs to be seen from one window
or another.
1) 802 wireless, with a web address
2) weatherproof
I want to remove all personal data from my iMac G4 PowerPC before
selling it. Will using the erase function in Dick Utility on the OS
X install disk be adequate? Can I then reinstall OS X
without including personal information so that I can demonstrate it
for a potential buyer?
For normal
No, that is not what I asked. Those are URLs. Very different.
Yes, I tried typing addresses like www.yahoo.com, www.aol.com,
www.msn.com. I don't know if I tried www.google.com.
Tom Piwowar wrote:
And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser
Best thing to do is
#1 Run Disk Utility from the CD that came with your machine.
#2 Reformat the hard drive using the original CD
Careful! A simple reformat just rewrites the disk directory, leaving the
data on the disk. You must go to Secure Delete Options to get effective
erasure.
I don't expect it to outperform a desktop or even equal it. I just have
trouble with how under performing most average laptops are these days.
(Even WITH adequate RAM)
I'm finding performance is not a problem with iBooks running applications
like InDesign and Photoshop. Even better, today
Probably time to split the threads, because comparatively, home
security is a breeze with cheap multicam systems with motion sensing,
email alerting, and several days of .mp4 recording readily available.
Too bad, it could have been a very interesting discussion. Okay...
Mac folks to the left.
Interesting revelations...
New behind-the-scenes emails just released in the Vista 'junk PC'
lawsuit shows that top Microsoft execs were not just upset and derisive
about the capabilities of Vista Capable PCs, but about the state of
Vista altogether the then just-named top Microsoft exec
Using higher quality cables (less resistance) can obtain for you a little
more distance.
The issue is more of noise rejection than it is resistance. Ethernet
cable is not shielded (to save money on long cable runs), instead using
twisting to neutralize outside noise and internal crosstalk.
Tom, from what you've seen, that your camera might work in a protected
carport? The neighborhood cars just got hit this weekend and police have
no evidence or clues.
That depends on where you are located. As an indoor camera it is rated for 41
to 104°F. So the carport is probably okay for
Some of the USB cables I get with appliances also include a graphite
choke to reduce interference.
Some Apple keyboards have a ferrite core on the end of the cable that
plugs into the computer. I think that is supposed to limit radiation FROM
the keyboard. Not to keep QRN out of the computer.
http://hfdesign.otg/tt120199.htm says they are used to prevent unwanted
emissions.
My understanding is that a wire (e.g. Ethernet, USB cable, etc.)
connected to a device that works at high frequencies (e.g. 2 GHz
computer) can act as a transmitting antenna. So in a desperate attempt to
get
This has nothing whatsoever to do with the problems of interference with
USB cables, which carry serial data streams, not packets, and are
subject to external electromagnetic interference.
I think you are mixing logical layer concepts (packets) with physical
layer concepts (stream of bits). At
Is this the 1st of April? I really need a reality check with this 1 bit
catching up to a 0 bit.
April 1st is only a few weeks away. This is a special time for the
Computer Guys as the first broadcast was on a first week of April and Tom
was sacked for not signing a vow of silence just before
I played for a few minutes with the Sony at Borders. I think it was not
as good as reading long articles on my Palm. Turning pages on the Sony
was annoying because it was too slow. The Palm was faster and scrolling
was more convenient than turning pages. My bet is that the iPhone and
similar
should i be confused?
YES!
The DTV Shoppers Guide page at dtv.gov will give you a start at sorting
things out. The formatting is terrible, but someone did a lot of work to
pull facts together. It does leave out some important details. Like...
A progressive image is about 30% sharper than an
Ok ...I don't use a mouse, so waddoIget??
Well I should hope not! Do you think I would relish the thought of you
running a mouse over my face all day long? I thought it would go without
saying that you prize is suitable for framing.
It's from when Kojo took over the show and they stopped calling it
Public Interest. It originally said The Computer Guys First Tuesday
of every month at 1 p.m. on Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi The
Sharpied in a 2 to make the time 12:00 and scratched out with and
wrote in The and Show so
I have been unable to find supporting links to show that the higher voltage
digital '1' travels faster than the lower voltage digital '0' through copper
wire.
Of course you haven't. Everybody should know that the zeros travel faster
than ones because they are lighter. It is just common sense.
Very disheartened I returned it to Circuit City, and have been looking
ever since for a non HD LCD set of a 19 size that will work and be
relatively inexpensive.
I am thinking of getting the Samsung 19 720P LCD HDTV(~$400), but am
unsure if it will give good results with a non Highdef signal.
Hmm... this is the problem with a forum where we have experts and novices in
various areas examining the same issue. When I try to simplify a response
to Cable Quality makes no difference, I get assaulted with suedo-technical
details.
Suedo-technical means facts that don't agree with what you
Go to www.crucial.com. Digit your motherboard and they will tell the
memmory you need. No problem.
Good people.
But prices often too high.
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Dell Optiplex GX240
1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache
Bus 100 MHz.
The consensus was that the computer was too old to try to upgrade memory.
A 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 is not too old except for gamers.
Win XP Pro SP2
2.15 GHz. AMD Athlon XP processor
ASUSTeK A7N8X-E Rev. 2.xx motherboard
I just compared CC to DataMem. DataMem had a good memory finder and was
$29 for 512. CC had no memory finder and did not have an exact match for
what I was looking for. They had something that should work, but that was
$38. Big difference in service and price.
Correction. CC does have
An hour or a month later
it is still at the paragraph where you left off and you will never
run out of reading material.
Where do you get content? Is it free or pay?
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Might want to look up fascists before you toss it around like a joke at a
party. Just a thought.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a
dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition
through terror and censorship, and typically a policy
From that snippet it not only sounds as if they can search computers on
local networks, as in, in the same office space for example but also any
computers networked anywhere. Doesn't this mean if they get one warrant for
a computer connected to the net, any computer in the entire country on the
Perhaps because with e-books, you can distribute, share, etc. with
thousands of people very easily?
Can is not the same as will.
The logic proceeding from the easy distribution assertion is no better
than claims about UFOs. It focuses on fictitious sales that might happen
if people had the
This would not work for me as I wold then have to go into the BIOS and
change things around and I am not even sure I could do this.
What do you think you would need to change? A modern BIOS will detect the
drive change at restart and put you in the BIOS setup screen. That screen
will autodetect
Although I agree with your general point, the analogy to UFOs is absurd.
There is no generally accepted verifiable factual evidence that UFOs exist.
There is plenty of evidence that at least some people will steal what they
can afford to buy if they can do so with an acceptable (to them) level of
Does anyone have a favorite program or website for tracking investments?
My preference would be for something simple. Need ability to compare how
different investments are performing. Also for making what if scenarios
for investigating alternative investments.
Software that runs on a web site
Since we have all the Macs set up together it is a good chnace to clean
up. I ran disk utility on them all and half needed repairs. One is still
giving me troubles.
After class Monday could you...
1) Clean the screens and the monititor bases
2) Whipe off the keyboards and blow out dust with
http://jott.com
One of my staff uses it a lot and was rhapsodizing about it. I started to
sign up yesterday. Then they demanded to know my cell number. That was a
deal breaker.
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No, Tom. Any supervisor worth their salt knows that could
isn't used in orders. It tends to confuse the people.
Sorry, I guess it is time to retire that email shortcut macro. That's
twice in recent weeks that you know more about my business than you
should.
And no, could will suffice. A boss
Call me crazy, but none of those steps seem like a good hardware repair
regimen. And, I draw the line at seat de-linting.
This, Jeff, gets to the crux of our differences. I treat computer users
very differently than you do. If I'm fixing a computer and notice that
the mouse needs repair or the
I'm sure when your users sit down to their freshly de-linted seat and their
ass slides effortlessly across it, your face is the first thing that comes
to mind.
My mental image of your work environment is as described by Dante
Alighieri.
What's wrong with having a good work environment? Do your
I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at
whatismyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web
sites before. Have others noticed such? Where?
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FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url.
Very interesting.
When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with
just my IP listed. Show source shows no HTML, just the IP number.
When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Mac) I get a colorful page
with my IP in
I will normally say I need you to do X, Y, Z, whatever, Please.
And you want to knock my management style? Could is not a
word in my vocabulary. I use what I have to take the objective.
I'm not knocking your management style, but banishing could is giving
up something valuable. When
For tracking investments, a spreadsheet and a web query would be as simple
and straight forward a tool for your needs that there is.
I like spreadsheets. Google Spreadsheets has a function for retrieving
information from the cloud. I wonder how well that would work on getting
financial
I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at
whatsmyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web
sites before. Have others noticed such? Where?
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i think the best known fund that tracks that is the Vangard index 500
fund. i think it is the sp 500 marketbasket, less about a half %
annually for expenses. since '76, shows 11.6% annual return. 10 year,
however, shows only 3.99% return. i do not recall exact numbers, but only
a modest
Can anyone confirm this as a likely fact, or does it sound as if that is
untrue or the customer service rep simply doesn't know what they were
talking about?
If you go to Verizon's web site and click on the Terms and Conditions
link you will see in several places that the terms require Verizon
You will always get a better deal if you get all the services one company
provides.
Is that really true, or just a come-on to get customers to sign an
expensive long-term contract? Are these plans not full of minimum
requirements and penalty clauses for early termination or even changes in
Hi - I am not getting emails from CG list. I just tested and am
subscribed as...
I'm also replying to the list because it is of general interest.
gayley,
No you have not been deleted, but the list has been unusually quiet. At
the moment 28 list members are on the watch list and a few days ago
If Gayley just wrote to the list, I never saw it on the list until Tom
replied. Did her message get bumped too or was it a PM to TP?
No she did not send to the list. I replied to her and the list for the
reason stated.
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whether or not speed varies may depend on lots of things (including how
many neighbors are using the service --- but, can't remember
whether that's cable think so or DSL)
DSL is not a shared line, so provides a fairly constant rate. Cable
promises the moon, but puts the entire
I was also thinking of terms. I was of the understanding that true
DSL...the swtiching of the digital to analog to run on long copper lines
maxes around 6mbit.
Nope. The newest format, VHDSL2, provides up to 250 Mbps full duplex over
twisted-pair copper. It was designed to work over POTS lines.
I was just reading an article yesterday where insurance companies are
no longer going to pay for hospital goofs. Can you imagine
that Hospitals expected your and my insurance to cover them for
their mistakes
This is a new Bush administration policy promulgated through Medicare. If
DSL is not a shared line, so provides a fairly constant rate. Cable
promises the moon, but puts the entire neighborhood on the same wire so
it delivers dirt when too many people are using it
This is not true for all areas, may be true for the place you live, here the
complete opposite is true.
Our cable system can deliver 6 mps with better reliability than the
phone company can that is sad.
There is no technology that can not be made high cost and low quality by
bad management. Nevertheless it is worthwhile to consider what the
technology can accomplish so that we know how much the
No it is about our low expectations of service and care.
Where are the good ministers when we need them?
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If I'm stuck with bad management your assertions that 'this is true' doesn't
really matter. Reality matters, not what ifs. That's why I suggested
asking the neighbors for *real* experiences and not just going by so called
'truths of the system'.
You mean it is better to not even know that you
Today there are only 3 addresses on the watch list and nobody got
deleted. So I guess we are back to normal.
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I have helped several of my clients set up Internet service using
mobile broadband cards.
An interesting alternative.
So what data rate did you get for $60/mo. ADSL or SDSL?
Does the data rate drop when it is raining? (As happens with cellular
service.)
Is mobile broadband going to be
It's QwestI know I'm being shafted.
Quest's revenues and market value are way down. Stock price is less than
1/10th of what it was in 2000. I would think somebody would buy out these
yahoos and put them out of their misery.
Sometimes it is a juggling act as the owner/manager is told keep
labor costs down, but then serve everyone!
It gets hard juggling the different messages given.
That is why a manager needs to be careful about how they give
instructions and how they structure incentives.
For example, I find that
I concur with everything Matthew said. Don't pass up the chance to have
him analyze your resume. Targeting your resume correctly is essential.
1) What's required to get an entry-level IT position (e.g. maybe the guy
who's sole job is to install/update company software)?
I agree that it does
Like I said before, perhaps Qwest and Cox are backwards here, but I have
never seen my DSL speed go above my slotted speed of 1.5, and almost without
fail, my real speed is never above 1.1mbit. Does DSL in other areas, if you
pay for say 3mbit go up to 6 on a regular basis?
No. DSL does not work
How do I get the machine to start from the external and ignore the
internal, or local disks?
Immediately upon startup press the following 4 keys: Command, Option,
Shift, Delete (Backspace). This will lock out the local disk and should
allow the other disk to take over. Keep holding the keys
It means it can not boot from your FireWire drive. You wrote that this
drive worked previously to start up a Mac, but I do not recall you saying
that this drive was used to boot the Mac you have it currently connected
to. Apple keeps making hardware changes and these often cause old boot
disks
Note I said, one fiber optic cable. Initially threw me for a
loop [yes bad pun], but the tech said there were multiple wave
lenghts for transmit receive over the same fiber optic cable.
One optical cable can carry hundreds of different wavelengths of light
and the companies that make the
All this cable/DSL talk got me wondering: Is DSL any more secure/safer
than cable or vis-a-versa?
Depends on how it is connected. Old-style provisioning, that did not use
a router/firewall, had you sharing your home network with 500 neighbors.
So you could print stuff out on your neighbor's
After many
conversations with various Verizon Tech Support people, I am highly aware
that that DSL speed is highly dependent on distance from the local central
office. Therefore, other people may have a different average speed from
their DSL
We tend to forget that DSL is an amazing trick to get
Bottom line. The ceo waved my early termination fee and that was the last
I heard of it but he did say that the salesman was wrong. I could have
bought the phone without the data plan. but it was too late then.
The company stores seem to be terribly uninformed and tend to err on the
side of
Cable can do. Why else would Cox and Comcast be working with them to
implement the so called p4p. You seem to have the same problem with
spreading FUD about cable as you do about windows.
Please provide a link re Cox and Comcast. P4P does not work with cable's
architecture. As I have been
Unfortunately, that relies on security built-in to cable modems. Some
people have figured out how to put their cable modems into something
called promiscuous mode (ethernet cards support this as well), which
allows them to receive any packet being sent on the local wire (usually
a neighborhood).
Did you read your own link about P4P? Nowhere is it mentioned cable can't
do it, or that only DSL can.
Mike, Are you doing an it depends on what the meaning of is is number
on us?
The NYT story mentions Comcast just once. It does that to contrast
Comcast vs. DSL providers. The NYT notes that
That wasn't my short experience with ATT DSL. I started out paying
for the highest speed they offered and tested it several times a day
for a week. I never got the higher speed but the lowest speed I got
was the 'top' of the next level down so I called and switched to the
lower cost
Is it the list acting funky or my email? I sent this message days ago and
now it is freshly in my mail box once again? Is anybody else having
flashbacks?
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] start from an external
Sent:3/15/2008 8:53 PM
Received:3/18/2008 9:05 AM
From:Tom Piwowar
Vicky you prove my point.
I thought she proved mine. She is in effect in a straightjacket and this
prevents her getting DSL. Given complete freedon she would get DSL.
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I never knock the competition. All I can say is that in Verizon
territory, you pay for 3 mbps, you get 3 mbps, or a reasonable
facsimile.
That has been my experience with Verizon DSL.
I'm puzzled why Mike is so anti science. Knowing how something really
works means that you can figure out how
Subject: [SPAM] Artworks purcahse
The subject line starts with [SPAM]. If you look at the email's headers
(which you did not provide us) you will probably find some lines that
begin with X-Spam that have a score from your ISP's spam filters. When
that score is high enough many ISP's will add
It is also offensive, imo as someone who represented artists over
the years. Art can be bargained, but would you bargain your dinner
at a restaurant or your new suit at the department store?
Depends on which country I was in. In some countries everything is
negotiable. In the US most things
I was just wondering if it was reliable for photo storage. I have so
many external hard disks stacked on my desk for photo backup that
I'm running out of space...and sweating from the heat. ;-)
Why not Google's Picasa? It is specifically designed for photo storage
and has many useful
I found out how to enable JavaScript using the You Tube help. It was
already enabled. I still can't see this video nor any other video on
YouTube. What's wrong?
Most web sites that depend on Flash will employ some form of testing to
see if your setup meets their minimum requirements.
Bad news. Your browser test looks almost exactly like mine and nothing
looks wrong. I have an older version of Shockwave (10.1 vs. 10.2) and
newer version of QuickTime (7.04 vs. 7.2) than you do. That does not
explain your YouTube problem.
Does anyone see anything amiss in this report?
BTW,
I noticed that this past week Apple has released two updates: (1) a
security update and (2) a Safari update. Any thoughts on either of these?
Looks mostly harmless.
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Update...after windstorm ended, got about a dozen channels, some marginal,
most grouped decimal versions of 4 base channels. Only getting cbs for the
big4 not getting pbs or njn ...do get privately owned public broadcasting
station wytv phila...huh?
I find I have to adjust my antenna in the
That looks like a good direction for troubleshooting. First clear out any
and all preference settings and registry entries. If that fails I would
try a complete uninstall of all all Shockwave components followed with a
fresh install. You should be able to find a tech note at Adobe on these
Basically it's what Apple fanboys are clamoring for. Or seem to be. I
see it all the time on this list.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/business/22online.html?themc=th
A silly article of no consequence. More consequential is another shorter
story tagged on at the end: Comcast is experimenting
Yes, just buy a new hard drive and install to that. Keep the whole old
drive as a backup.
This is the only way to be truly sure you don't lose anything. Makes me
glad that drive prices have gotten so cheap.
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Don't mess with Java for now. Java keeps its old libraries around because
some apps want to call the older versions.
Most of the Adobe items listed are other Adobe programs. Focus on Flash
and Shockwave for now.
J2 SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 1
J2 SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 10
How do I remove JavaScript? (I have already Googled this question
without help.)
You don't. That is part of the browser, not an add-in. You can turn it
off via preferences, but not remove it.
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Most of the rights they want granted are necessary to permit them to
operate their service. The only odd one is about letting Google use your
content in its advertising. It is overly broad and could be a problem for
someone selling photography as a business. But a business would not be
using
Interestingly opera 9.50b browser puts up a warning for antennaweb.org as a
registered malware risk site...??
McAfee Site Advisor gives them a green check mark. As do I.
I went there and found my location and it shows only 2 digital channels none
of which is what I get ...it's inaccurate.
I
Sometimes I use safari for windows for a change of landscape ...I have 3.0.2
...is the 3.1 update needed (I have dialup and 39mb is gonna take days) ??
It is hard to call any update needed. I would call it interesting.
3.1 is twice as fast as the next fastest browser. The big deal is that
with
Brother HL-2170W Wireless Laser Printer for $90 + free shipping
Setting up a Brother printer can be hair raising. To get the low price
they have cobbled together a bunch of open source software for the
printer's controller and the documentation is slim. So if you are good
with Linux or know a
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