Actually this is common behavior, and also sad in a very frightening
way.
Yes. I could point out that DC has a law that prohibits use of
handheld cell phones when driving. It isn't, and can't be enforced.
I've bicycle commuted in downtown DC for 6 years, daily, and
obeyed the traffic laws. A
On Aug 17, 2007, at 10:35 PM, Dan Blum wrote:
Hello all:
After many years as a PC user, I've decided to move to a MacBook Pro.
I've
never used a Mac, so I don't really know the advantages of any
operating
system version over another. Given that, is it worth it to wait until
October for OSX 1
On 8/18/07, Steve Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Actually this is common behavior, and also sad in a very frightening
> way. To be distracted by various visual and audible devices while
> driving no longer appears to be an issue of concern for most motorists.
>
I agree. I regularly see
On Aug 17, 2007, at 2:39 PM, mike wrote:
After listening to her on TWIT, the truly frightening thing is she
admited
to talking and texting on the iPhone while driving.
Actually this is common behavior, and also sad in a very frightening
way. To be distracted by various visual and audible
Yes, it is even better...
Marcio
At 09:13 PM 8/17/2007, rlsimon wrote:
The model to follow is not Canada ...it's the Netherlands !!
-Original Message-
From: b s-w [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: Canada
Creating a less expensive, probably
I used to like all of the Mozilla family of programs until Firefox 2.x
was released last year without click-and-hold contextual menus. The easy
contextual menus were still there for Thunderbird and SeaMonkey until
today when I updated Thunderbird to version 2.x.
HORRORS! I had to use a two-but
Hello all:
After many years as a PC user, I've decided to move to a MacBook Pro. I've
never used a Mac, so I don't really know the advantages of any operating
system version over another. Given that, is it worth it to wait until
October for OSX 10.5 to come out, or should I go ahead and buy one n
I ran into the same resistance at the agency where I work. The boss, the
world's least likely podcast listener, didn't know anything about it, didn't
understand it, and didn't want to be bothered - besides, it sucks up assets
that are better used elsewhere. Sound familiar?
I've been looking for
Exactly!!! it is all driven by the end result!! Profit and giving
top executives hefty pay checks.
Stewart
At 06:18 PM 8/17/2007, you wrote:
But without the opportunity to fleece the sick and the aged how will the
top executives be able to scrape up the dough to pay their $50,000,000
salari
Anyone have experience with doing the videophone experience?
A colleague is trying to come up with a way to get his ancient auntie online
with a no-hassle version of a videoconferencing capability. Dear Auntie has no
computer skills or computer, nephew will take care of purchasing required
hard
The model to follow is not Canada ...it's the Netherlands !!
-Original Message-
From: b s-w [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: Canada
Creating a less expensive, probably single-payer, health care system that
nearly everybody wants isn't sociali
On 8/16/07, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Or you could listen to what the Executive VP said was the reason:
After all, we all know that Executive VPs only give the real scoop. They
would certainly never stoop to using marketing speak to obscure the truth.
Ultimately the decision was decid
But without the opportunity to fleece the sick and the aged how will the
top executives be able to scrape up the dough to pay their $50,000,000
salaries?
>Creating a less expensive, probably single-payer, health care system that
>nearly everybody wants isn't socialism. It isn't welfare, since
When I proposed to my boss that he podcast some of the resources of
the association for which I work, he turned me down. Podcasting
didn't work in the association world, he said; association members
didn't like it, so association members had quit doing it.
This surprised me; I thought that
I shake my head in great wonderment when the Christian right
advocates capitalism. They completely ignore the book of Acts which
showed that early Christians practiced a form of socialism or communalism.
Stewart
At 03:53 PM 8/17/2007, you wrote:
Sadly, I have to agree with you , Paul. Use
That is not an argument for abolishing the PO (inadvisable) but for
reforming politics (really hard,
but what else are you going do)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,HOOHHOHOHOHOHOHWHAAH!
That would require real effort on the part of the majority of
americans and they are just too "busy" t
Whatever the form univeral access takes it will require the
government restructuring of health care markets.
This will be attacked as socialist (and already is) no matter what
distinctions u.a. supporters will make.
Those folks who fear "creeping socialism" will probably never
support u.a. G
I have never had any problems with health care in the United
States. NONE. My family has always received great care. We are
not rich, and we live in a rural area in the midwest. Our EMT's
are volunteers and our hospital is non-profit and operates in the
black.
Count yourself very very
Can't answer that one Marcio. Not sure how it should be done.
(I do know that Medicare has lengthened the life of our seniors and
made it dramatically better than it once was.)
Stewart
At 09:19 PM 8/15/2007, you wrote:
Stewart, something like Medicare (US) for all?...
Frankly, I think we
I have worked in many settings in the USA. After the employers and
insurers took over there have been
a lot of rationing in the USA. Dreadful. I could go on on
casualties that I witnessed.
Marcio
Oh, I do agree, Marcio. My husband has seen it over and over and
over. People want to blame
In the thirty years I lived in the USA, indeed I
was impressed by the distrust that Americans had
on anything done by government (except public
order and natural defense) and how things became
quite polarized. Instead of looking at the USA as
a capitalist country (laws of the market)
that would
I have a Canon inkjet, and I use compatible cartridges from Abacus ink.
http://www.abacus24-7.com/
I've never had any problems, and the prices are reasonable. They
also sell on ebay.
I've been using their cartridges for more than two years... I forget
how long. They also carry cleaning cartrid
I have just been told by my wife that our HP 2210xi 'all in one'
is possessed. It has a error message on the window saying
'memory card inserted backwards?' when none is there. However
when I have a card in the compact flash slot and turn it on, it works
fine.
An exhaustive search of the hp webs
Yup. Call phone company and shut off SMS.
John
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From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harvey Simon
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:53 AM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: [CGUYS] SMS Spam
I am receiving ap
After listening to her on TWIT, the truly frightening thing is she admited
to talking and texting on the iPhone while driving. How long till the
inevitable twitter update 'I just got in a car accident, back later.'
Mike
On 8/17/07, Daniel Else <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> They featured her on
The AT&T Web site offers a solution for SMS spam by providing a link to
www.upoc.com
But when I took a look at that site it appeared that I could only block
senders who were registered there. I doubt my spammer is. But, as you say,
maybe this is a way to set up a list of people I agree to get te
They featured her on All Things Considered last evening (she was jabbering away
while driving down the highway). She is a "life blogger," and one wonders (a)
why and (b) why anyone else would be interested in putting her and her doings
on line. Are there perhaps more interesting things to do wit
On Aug 17, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Stephen Meskin wrote:
Is that a good reason to buy OEM in jet cartridges, getting back to
the original question? The one seller of compatible Epson inkjet
cartridges recommended on this list a few days ago costs as much as
OEM.
I recommended MIS Associates wh
www.newegg.com has some relatively good prices on XPpro and Home.
Stewart
At 09:46 AM 8/17/2007, you wrote:
I have just ordered a MacBook Pro ( drum roll please ). Now that I
can actually use Windows where do I buy Windows? Vista is of no use
to me for compatibility with audio control prog
Yea, sure Mike. It's just that simple.
mike wrote:
And they do the said siphoning by offering one thing the PO can't get
right...getting a package where it's supposed to go, when it's supposed to
go. The PO would not be losing any of the money making end of delivery if
they could offer good pri
Let me correct a misnotion on USPS.
They have gotten much better over the years and a darn site better
than most (I would venture to say) any postal service in the world.
They handle by far the largest volume of mail of any nations postal
service, and do so at a relatively low price (Compare
And they do the said siphoning by offering one thing the PO can't get
right...getting a package where it's supposed to go, when it's supposed to
go. The PO would not be losing any of the money making end of delivery if
they could offer good prices, on time services and above all customer
service.
She's not a teenage girl. I'm surprised the PC article didn't mention who
it was. If you want to hear her talk about it, listen to the latest
macbreak weekly with Leo.
http://www.justin.tv/ijustineThat's one of the ways to see her. She
said on macbreak that the phone bill cost AT$T seven bu
Is that a good reason to buy OEM in jet cartridges, getting back to the
original question? The one seller of compatible Epson inkjet cartridges
recommended on this list a few days ago costs as much as OEM.
Steve
-- Original message --
From: Steve Rigby <[EMAIL
> I am receiving approximately 10 spam SMS text messages on my cell
phone each
> day. They say they are coming from telephone number (000)000-.
AT&T,
> my cellular provider, suggested sending the message, ³Stop² as a reply
> message. Of course, the telephone number is invalid, so this didn
Anywhere
If you mean where you can buy it cheaply? Then, if you want it now,
MicroCenter is having a sale. If you want it in four or five months, then
it will be on sale everywhere.
Eschew Obfuscation
This is a reply from:
Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
Financ
On Aug 17, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Stephen Meskin wrote:
What happens if you get "air into the syste", how can you tell, and
what can you do about it? I always run my cartridges until the
printer won't print any more without a new one, which is usually 10 to
20 pages after I get a warning about the
I have just ordered a MacBook Pro ( drum roll please ). Now that I
can actually use Windows where do I buy Windows? Vista is of no use
to me for compatibility with audio control programs that I need to
use. Thanks for any suggestions.
--
E. Riley Casey
Silver Spring MD
301-608-2180 ph
301-60
Creating a less expensive, probably single-payer, health care system that
nearly everybody wants isn't socialism. It isn't welfare, since we will be
paying for it, only we will pay significantly less than with the current
for-profit system. It's smart fiscal policy when you can improve service a
>What happens if you get "air into the syste", how can you tell, and what
>can you do about it? I always run my cartridges until the printer won't
>print any more without a new one, which is usually 10 to 20 pages after I
>get a warning about the ink being low?
It is not the warning that is of
Tom, I guess when it comes to teenage girls, that number is not too high
(for them). From their point of view we are fogeys, too.
Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
But the recipient of one of these bills claims to send 30,000 text
messages a month. That's 1,000 per day, or assuming she does
I am receiving approximately 10 spam SMS text messages on my cell phone each
day. They say they are coming from telephone number (000)000-. AT&T,
my cellular provider, suggested sending the message, ³Stop² as a reply
message. Of course, the telephone number is invalid, so this didn¹t work.
T
What happens if you get "air into the syste", how can you tell, and what can
you do about it? I always run my cartridges until the printer won't print any
more without a new one, which is usually 10 to 20 pages after I get a warning
about the ink being low?
Steve
-- Original messag
They are making fun of AT&T for sending out 300-page bills to iPhone
users.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136068/article.html
But the recipient of one of these bills claims to send 30,000 text
messages a month. That's 1,000 per day, or assuming she does sleep
occasionally, about 1 per minut
Keep in mind, Fed-Ex and UPS syphon off the money making elements of
delivering stuff, leaving the USPS to soldier on with what is left.
Jeff Morris wrote:
Socializing the health care industry would be biggest mistake this country has
ever made. Post Office vs Fed Ex. Enough said.
**
>Didn't Epson have to make a big payout in that class action lawsuit
>about a year ago concerning their ink cartridges and how they would
>indicate "Empty" when they still had considerable ink remaining?
I don't think so. The printer does not actually measure the amount of ink
remaining. It est
In that area they are making progress.
pretty much every Insurance company uses a standard form, with
standard codes. It is what they do with it that makes heads spin.
The Doctors offices have to deal with a myriad of companies and a
variety of reimbursement types.
In my own case, I have w
Also, some ridiculous portion of doctor costs go to navigating all the existing
plans and corresponding forms.
It is like an industry unto itself.
- Original Message
From: Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:0
I agree though we actually have Zero political parties in the formal sense. A
real\
parliamentary party can throw somebody out for not following the party platform
and end their political career. Neither GOP or dems have that right to formally
throw out their members. (the GOP has
a bit greater
Duh, the only reason there can be a Fed Ex is because the Post Office handles
the bulk of the mail.
The PO obviously could be better, but it really needs a more democratic
political system,
so that it's users could pressure it through Congress. The existing system is
just not that democratic.
Admission of Interest:Paula, I AM a socialist, hopefullly a thoughful and
knowledgeable one. I personally
think that national healtcare is too important to use a means of scoring cheap
political points
towards a larger agenda. Even so, I have some observations on is nat.health
care 'as' soci
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