Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
http://www.flatpickerhangout.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5244 choose Window - Show A/V Controls or press Command K. Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:06:09 -0400 From: Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.net Subject: Slow-motion video My wife would like to watch videos (MP4s) in slow motion on her MacBook Pro (OS 10.5.7). Her default player is QuickTime. I know she can watch them in slow motion by slowing dragging the movie progress triangle, but is there a way to have it just play at a slower speed? Does she need to be using a different player/application? Thanks Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this peaked my interest
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167037 MSI Wind Nettop 100 Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System so for 149$ plus 90$ for 1 terabyte hard drive plus another 25$ for 2G ram plus another 25$ for a DVD burner so for around 300$ can get a dual core Linux system to tinker with. I already have a monitor and keyboard/mouse so I won't have to buy those. Granted, I won't be doing any graphic editing or heavy graphical game playing on it. Otherwise, I think I might order this setup and try Fedora 11 on it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this peaked my interest
Interesting... a computer with no PCI expansion slots, and one drive bay. It's like having a laptop in a desktop box! - Brian - Original Message - From: Paul Cannon pecan...@bellatlantic.net http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167037 MSI Wind Nettop 100 Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Is my computer finally crashing?
Well, after all that talk about choosing a new Mac Book Pro, I started getting some scary error messages on my old PowerBook G4 (which is still my only computer). Several applications just crashed and when I tried to relaunch them, I got a pop-up message Application Launch Failure: The application Photoshop could not be launched because of a shared library error: 'applicationapplicationCarbonLib. This didn't just happen for Photoshop but for several other applications as well. Apps like Mail and Firefox still seem to be able to launch. I found some tutorials online to try to fix the problem that will be a big pain in the a**. Just wondering if anyone has further insight. Is this the beginning of the demise of my PowerBook? Thanks, -Julie * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Is my computer finally crashing?
You should do the general routine maintenance on the computer in case it is a file corruption or permissions problem (Before you start you should backup your data just in case the situation gets worse) . To look for/ fix file corruption, run Disk Utility which is on your startup disk and in the Utilities folder of your computer. Other people on this list can probably give you better guidance on other maintenance routines and tools (but they will want to know what Ver: OS X) but here is some how to URL's http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2005041817191411 db Julie Kubal wrote: Well, after all that talk about choosing a new Mac Book Pro, I started getting some scary error messages on my old PowerBook G4 (which is still my only computer). Several applications just crashed and when I tried to relaunch them, I got a pop-up message Application Launch Failure: The application Photoshop could not be launched because of a shared library error: 'applicationapplicationCarbonLib. This didn't just happen for Photoshop but for several other applications as well. Apps like Mail and Firefox still seem to be able to launch. I found some tutorials online to try to fix the problem that will be a big pain in the a**. Just wondering if anyone has further insight. Is this the beginning of the demise of my PowerBook? Thanks, -Julie * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Is my computer finally crashing?
I'm running Max OSX v10.4.11 I ran Disk Utility and got a long message that ended with: Volume Bit Map needs minor repair Checking volume information. Volume Header needs minor repair The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired. Then I get another pop-up message that my DiskManagement Tool requires a password. When I enter my password, I get another error message: First Aid Failure: Disk Utility stopped verifying McIntosh HD because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit. :-( On 26 May 2009, at 14:20, db wrote: You should do the general routine maintenance on the computer in case it is a file corruption or permissions problem (Before you start you should backup your data just in case the situation gets worse) . To look for/ fix file corruption, run Disk Utility which is on your startup disk and in the Utilities folder of your computer. Other people on this list can probably give you better guidance on other maintenance routines and tools (but they will want to know what Ver: OS X) but here is some how to URL's http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2005041817191411 db Julie Kubal wrote: Well, after all that talk about choosing a new Mac Book Pro, I started getting some scary error messages on my old PowerBook G4 (which is still my only computer). Several applications just crashed and when I tried to relaunch them, I got a pop-up message Application Launch Failure: The application Photoshop could not be launched because of a shared library error: 'applicationapplicationCarbonLib. This didn't just happen for Photoshop but for several other applications as well. Apps like Mail and Firefox still seem to be able to launch. I found some tutorials online to try to fix the problem that will be a big pain in the a**. Just wondering if anyone has further insight. Is this the beginning of the demise of my PowerBook? Thanks, -Julie * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * ** *** ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** ** *** * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Form text software
A long time ago, I had some OCR software that would allow me to insert fields and computer text into paper forms that I acquired with my scanner so that I didn't have to fill in the forms by hand but could copy and paste from text I already have.. I don't have that software anymore. Can anyone recommend software that has that capability? I have a one off use for such and don't want to invest in one of the expensive OCR packages so am hoping to find freeware or shareware. (I don't believe my MS Office 2003 has such a capability ...?) db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Software Development Tracking
Hello all: Having been on both the development side (creating databases) and the client side, I've never been able to identify a reliable software/application development tracking tool. I've used an excel spreadsheet, and I tried developing a tool from scratch in MS Access. The latter works, ok, but it is still a bit unwieldy. With what I created, I converted an RFP into sections that I can identify as active or completed. Then I can append notes to those development components. When I print a status report, it prints the development components with their status, and the notes that go with them. However, there are strange quirks that come, like some of the notes are repeated (despite engaging in the intuitive tweaking). Is anyone using something off-the-shelf, to achieve these same objectives? If I tried to build the same thing from scratch from Filemaker, would have been easier? I'm about to take a new job that will require doing more of this. I'd be willing to share what I created with anyone who's interested...again because it is marginally helpful--and for those of you who tinker, you might find it a launching off point for something else better crafted. Thanks, Arnold a...@expandingthecircle.org * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Form text software
Insert the scanned forms into an AppleWorks Draw document, lock then in place, then put text on top of the form. I wanted to do just that in NeoOffice, but it became complicated, and I wanted to get the job done quickly, so I went back to AppleWorks. On May 26, 2009, at 3:18 PM, db wrote: A long time ago, I had some OCR software that would allow me to insert fields and computer text into paper forms that I acquired with my scanner so that I didn't have to fill in the forms by hand but could copy and paste from text I already have.. I don't have that software anymore. Can anyone recommend software that has that capability? I have a one off use for such and don't want to invest in one of the expensive OCR packages so am hoping to find freeware or shareware. (I don't believe my MS Office 2003 has such a capability ...?) db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
Steve, Thanks. I think that is what she is looking for. Thanks again, Steve B phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.net wrote: My wife would like to watch videos (MP4s) in slow motion on her MacBook Pro (OS 10.5.7). Her default player is QuickTime. I know she can watch them in slow motion by slowing dragging the movie progress triangle, but is there a way to have it just play at a slower speed? Does she need to be using a different player/application? Unless I am mistaken, she can play the video using QuickTime by simply pressing the arrow key on her keyboard which will run the loaded video in slo-mo. Or she can click on WindowShowA/V Controls in the QuickTime menu bar on and select s slow speed at which to play the video. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this peaked my interest
Piqued. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=piqued On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Brian Jones wjone...@carolina.rr.com wrote: Interesting... a computer with no PCI expansion slots, and one drive bay. It's like having a laptop in a desktop box! - Brian - Original Message - From: Paul Cannon pecan...@bellatlantic.net http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167037 MSI Wind Nettop 100 Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability? Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do this (NLE's). On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.net wrote: Steve, Thanks. I think that is what she is looking for. Thanks again, My wife would like to watch videos (MP4s) in slow motion on her MacBook Pro (OS 10.5.7). Her default player is QuickTime. I know she can watch them in slow motion by slowing dragging the movie progress triangle, but is there a way to have it just play at a slower speed? Does she need to be using a different player/application? Unless I am mistaken, she can play the video using QuickTime by simply pressing the arrow key on her keyboard which will run the loaded video in slo-mo. Or she can click on WindowShowA/V Controls in the QuickTime menu bar on and select s slow speed at which to play the video. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
On May 25, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Now you're just making things up. This is the industry I specialize in. So I know that by WFB rules I'm disqualified. We definitely don't want somebody posting here who knows what they are writing about. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
On May 25, 2009, at 11:50 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: According to stats last year, 74 million people buy and read daily newspapers. That's not chump change. You really can't be well informed without reading the news. Radio, TV, Internet don't have the important details, especially for local news. Owning a newspaper can be a very profitable business, a 10 to 15 percent ROI in good times. The problem is that the greedy conglomerates that rolled-up one newspaper after another over the last couple of decades have Wall Street sized notions of what a reasonable return on investment is. When the newspapers could not meet these nutty profitability goals (30 percent ROI), they started slashing costs. Every dollar they slashed lost them over a dollar in revenues, but they were bad at math so they kept on slashing. They slashed themselves into negative profitability. Now they blame everybody, except themselves. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this peaked my interest
Quoting Paul Cannon pecan...@bellatlantic.net: MSI Wind Nettop 100 Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System [. . .] so for around 300$ can get a dual core Linux system to tinker with. I already have a monitor and keyboard/mouse so I won't have to buy those. Granted, I won't be doing any graphic editing or heavy graphical game playing on it. Otherwise, I think I might order this setup and try Fedora 11 on it. And there a number of sites that will show you how to run OSX on it. Y'know, if you want to. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com: We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability? Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do this (NLE's). My wife would like to watch videos (MP4s) in slow motion on her MacBook Pro A lay person? Does she need to be a professional to watch vids in slo-mo? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
On May 26, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Dead tree is on the way out, for all intents and purposes. The only question is who will be the last paper standing, and when. I thought newspapers were killed long ago by radio and then radio was wiped out by television. Now television is being wiped out by the internet. Or maybe not. Maybe that's just an ignorant notion about how media works. For Tom and Betty, a good explanation of what is happening with CQ and non-profit ownership: http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/03/bridge-to-nowhere-non-profit- press.html Did you keep reading past the initial rather shallow essay. The commentators were much more insightful. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this peaked my interest
Or for $100 to $150 more I can get a Mac Mini which also comes with a better OS. application software, and strong tech support. I would get the Nettop for entertainment/tinkering, but not if I wanted a useful computer. Note the buyers comments that speak positively about the box, but then mention that it arrived with various broken parts. On May 26, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Paul Cannon wrote: so for 149$ plus 90$ for 1 terabyte hard drive plus another 25$ for 2G ram plus another 25$ for a DVD burner so for around 300$ can get a dual core Linux system to tinker with. I already have a monitor and keyboard/mouse so I won't have to buy those. Granted, I won't be doing any graphic editing or heavy graphical game playing on it. Otherwise, I think I might order this setup and try Fedora 11 on it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Software Development Tracking
On May 26, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Arnold Kee wrote: Having been on both the development side (creating databases) and the client side, I've never been able to identify a reliable software/application development tracking tool. I've used an excel spreadsheet, and I tried developing a tool from scratch in MS Access. The latter works, ok, but it is still a bit unwieldy. FileMaker would have been been a lot faster and less flakey. How about the community edition (free) of Rally? http://www.rallydev.com/agile_products/editions/community/ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Is my computer finally crashing?
On May 26, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Julie Kubal wrote: First Aid Failure: Disk Utility stopped verifying McIntosh HD because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit. Looks like you have disk drive problems. If you are lucky a quick fix may make it all right again. If you are unlucky you have been running with a bad drive for to long and various parts have become scrambled. Hope for the best and try to fix it. First try booting from the X.4 DVD and run Disk Utility from there. That may fix it. If that fails you need to get something stronger, like Disk Warrior. This usually works. At the end of the Disk Warrior run you should print out the report and review it carefully. You want to see what was damaged. If you find that you have bunches of program files that have been scrambled you may find it easier to format the drive and start over. Usually it is just a disk structure problem, that DW can fix very well. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Is my computer finally crashing?
Thanks Tom. Based on the long report I got when I ran disk utility, it appears that several program files are indeed scrambled. My new external drives arrive tomorrow and as soon as I do a final back-up of the laptop, I'll try the fixes you suggested. On 26 May 2009, at 20:08, t.piwowar wrote: On May 26, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Julie Kubal wrote: First Aid Failure: Disk Utility stopped verifying McIntosh HD because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit. Looks like you have disk drive problems. If you are lucky a quick fix may make it all right again. If you are unlucky you have been running with a bad drive for to long and various parts have become scrambled. Hope for the best and try to fix it. First try booting from the X.4 DVD and run Disk Utility from there. That may fix it. If that fails you need to get something stronger, like Disk Warrior. This usually works. At the end of the Disk Warrior run you should print out the report and review it carefully. You want to see what was damaged. If you find that you have bunches of program files that have been scrambled you may find it easier to format the drive and start over. Usually it is just a disk structure problem, that DW can fix very well. ** *** ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** ** *** * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
Why are you repeating yourself? It's kind of early to start recycling your arguments. -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:COMPUTERGUYS- l...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of t.piwowar Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:37 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag? On May 25, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Now you're just making things up. This is the industry I specialize in. So I know that by WFB rules I'm disqualified. We definitely don't want somebody posting here who knows what they are writing about. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
She might be a pro. Law enforcement, or any number of professions. That's why I was asking. Aren't you curious at all? On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com: We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability? Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do this (NLE's). My wife would like to watch videos (MP4s) in slow motion on her MacBook Pro A lay person? Does she need to be a professional to watch vids in slo-mo? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
On May 25, 2009, at 11:33 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Unfortunately it won't fit in my cargo pocket so it's not for me. A good tailor could solve your problem. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
On May 25, 2009, at 11:58 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Truly amazing. Not your shaggy dog story, but your stubborn refusal to acknowledge reality and instead spin a mythos because they gored an ox near and dear to you. Sounds more like sour grapes than any concrete reality. Truly amazing. So you are an expert on the publishing industry too? Or is this the other side of the WFB rules? You have no idea about what you are pontificating about and are therefore eminently qualified. I was there. I am still there. I'm working to help publishers work their way out of the mess they find themselves in. So of course a recounting of what actually happened is derided by you as a shaggy dog story. Based on your conduct here I don't think I would accept your word on anything at all. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
A person does not have to be a professional to find a valid use for Slow-motion! For the record my wife is a competitive athlete (her hobby). She likes to study videos to see not only what she is doing right or wrong, but also how those who are better than her do it. We may be talking about what happens in a less than a second, slow-motion is needed for this. Steve Reid Katan wrote: Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com: We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability? Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do this (NLE's). My wife would like to watch videos (MP4s) in slow motion on her MacBook Pro A lay person? Does she need to be a professional to watch vids in slo-mo? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
Truly amazing. So you are an expert on the publishing industry too? Or is this the other side of the WFB rules? You have no idea about what you are pontificating about and are therefore eminently qualified. I was there. I am still there. I'm working to help publishers work their way out of the mess they find themselves in. So of course a recounting of what actually happened is derided by you as a shaggy dog story. Based on your conduct here I don't think I would accept your word on anything at all. See Tom's Rule of Social Interaction #1: Everyone else is quite stupid. You must be right, though. The whole Internet and entire news industry are just lying about industry conditions to make you look bad, since you figured out their cunning plan. Good thing we blew the lid off this conspiracy before it was too late. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
I thought newspapers were killed long ago by radio and then radio was wiped out by television. Now television is being wiped out by the internet. Or maybe not. Maybe that's just an ignorant notion about how media works. It's not my ignorance that's showing. All of the hysterical predictions you cite were just that: predictions. They were issued at the start of the new technologies. The effect of the Internet on newspapers is a long time coming and roof, as they say, is in the pudding. The recession was just the last push over the precipice. It's clear as glass to anyone looking at the situation that doesn't have an ideological narrative to push that this is most likely the beginning of the end for the newspaper industry as we know it. I've already said that some will undoubtedly survive, but the future for newspapers and newsmags is bleak. Did you keep reading past the initial rather shallow essay. The commentators were much more insightful. Do you mean where the Marxists show up and start citing McChesney about making newspapers little more than arms of party machines to dispense government propaganda, if they want the money to keep flowing? Oh yes, crackling good insight. The candle and buggy-whip maker unions would be quite pleased with such a plan to prop up their ailing industries. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
I think the reason someone called you an Apple-head is because within the question the she specifically said an air was too expensive, she wanted a netbook. Your answer was to ignore what she wanted and her price range and tell her to...get an Air. We've been here before, for some of us price actually is an issue. The mac lovers on this list can't seem to understand that some of the other users have budgets and cost is an important factor. I feel often as if I'm asking for advice on buying a nice family car only from those who buy jaguars and bmws. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:33 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: The *netbook* is a niche product Accordingly, some posters have theorized that there are some netbooks out there that are not crap. They also quoted prices for such non-crappy netbooks that were close to the price of the MBA. Yeah. That was Betty. An Apple-head. I'm not an Apple head, not even a MacHead. Silly. I use the best tool I can afford for the job--any platform. I use whatever works best, has the fewest problems, needs least tech support. Or I use whatever is given to me free. The MBA is a lightweight notebook [3 lb] that weighs less than the ASUS Eee 1000HE [3.25 lb], around the same as the HP Mini Note [depending on configuration], same as MSI Wind. Yes, you can have a lightweight computer that runs plenty of full versions of software without choking, and the screen/resolution is easy on the eyes too. Unfortunately it won't fit in my cargo pocket so it's not for me. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
If you press the right or left cursor keys while QuickTime is playing you can step through the movie frame by frame. On May 26, 2009, at 9:10 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: A person does not have to be a professional to find a valid use for Slow-motion! For the record my wife is a competitive athlete (her hobby). She likes to study videos to see not only what she is doing right or wrong, but also how those who are better than her do it. We may be talking about what happens in a less than a second, slow-motion is needed for this. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
Ah! Of course, the biggest problem with this use would be the slow frame rates the event was likely shot at (or rendered to later). Although some HD can go up to 60fps, many common web video formats drop that to only 15fps, which should leave little but a blur on faster athletics, no matter how much you slowed it down. Still, no question reviewing sporting events would be a valid use for special effects like forward and reverse slo-mo. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.net wrote: For the record my wife is a competitive athlete (her hobby). She likes to study videos to see not only what she is doing right or wrong, but also how those who are better than her do it. We may be talking about what happens in a less than a second, slow-motion is needed for this. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
On May 26, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: See Tom's Rule of Social Interaction #1: Everyone else is quite stupid. Just fed up with you once again pontificating about something that you know nothing about. So you Googled and read a few blog posts. Wow, you are an instant expert. I'm so impressed. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
On Tue, 26 May 2009 20:41:57 -0400, Tony B wrote: She might be a pro. Law enforcement, or any number of professions. That's why I was asking. Aren't you curious at all? On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com: We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability? Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do this (NLE's). A lay person? Does she need to be a professional to watch vids in slo-mo? She also might have some hot porno that she wants to catch all the action on. (-: But no, I can't say that I'm all that curious. -- R:\katan LET'S GO METS!! LET'S GO METS!! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
Much of what Tom saw about IT in the publishing business, I have seen in my own work environment (a county government agency). One such example: The IT department is proud of the fact that they have convinced school age section of our agency to abandon it's Mac for Windows machines. They say it will be easier if they (the students) don't have to to learn a new OS when they come to the adult program. I work in the adult program and have never had a client who had that problem. (I've been working with Adults computers for over 12 years - longer than anyone has been working in our IT dept.) I personally believe that person should know the basics of at least two OS. Much of it carries over from one to the other. Steve t.piwowar wrote: On May 25, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Now you're just making things up. Of course, because I specialize in working with the publishing industry, by WFB rules I'm disqualified. Perhaps a new slogan for M$: only the ignorant need apply. Several newspapers and magazines that are household names are/were my clients. I observed and assisted with their move to computerized production. In the early days I watched their existing staff take to the new technology with great enthusiasm. Getting the computer part right was not hard, they were buying Macintoshes and developing systems for themselves. Since they knew the business they knew what needed to be done and they did it. It was a golden age. Then I watched management get sold on the idea that IT professionals could do the job so much better. The publishing professionals were told to butt out. The IT professionals announced that Macs were toys and that real IT was done with PCs. I started getting calls from the publishing professionals screaming for help. The IT professionals were tossing out stuff that worked while putting in stuff that required huge effort to use. The IT pros even started turning away advertisers who were sending them Mac files. Their new systems would not work with nonstandard files and, of course, it was not PC style to interoperate. Productivity dropped, costs rose. The IT pros convinced management that the problem was all those publishing people on the staff. Management started cutting the people who knew about publishing and the ranks of the IT pros swelled because it was a lot of work to maintain their crummy IT systems. Management was terrified that everything could quickly collapse if the IT beast was not constantly fed. On the other hand forcing a popular columnist to retire early would not have such an instantly terrifying impact. So they kept trimming and trimming and trimming -- the soul of their enterprise gradually vanished. Then the web came along and the IT pros had an even easier time convincing management that it was all about computers. They claimed that everything would be automated. They told management that it was all about data entry and coding everything in XML. Then computers would then rewrite the data into multiple streams. Doing hardly any work the computers would produce a newspaper, a news magazine, specialized newsletters, and websites. Huge profits would roll in and nobody would be the wiser. There was only one problem: the IT professionals did not know what the hell they were talking about. Management now reaps the whirlwind. Conveniently they blame the economy. Bad managers always do. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
On May 26, 2009, at 9:25 PM, mike wrote: I feel often as if I'm asking for advice on buying a nice family car only from those who buy jaguars and bmws. You keep beating the drum for that tired old M$ Laptop Hunters propaganda. As previously posted... Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display 2GB memory 80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Built-in iSight Camera $999.00 http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB003LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw Even cheepo Lauren could have bought this one. So Woot was selling eeePCs for $159, but that would be like setting $159 afire. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
See Tom's Rule of Social Interaction #1: Everyone else is quite stupid. Just fed up with you once again pontificating about something that you know nothing about. So you Googled and read a few blog posts. Wow, you are an instant expert. I'm so impressed. Tom's Rule for Social Interaction #2: Lather, rinse, repeat. There is no Rule #3. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
Betty, I think the key was this sentence in your post: I use the best tool I can afford for the job You include the words can afford in the sentence but then seem to ignore them and recommend the expensive option for everyone. That's the way it comes across, anyway. The simple fact is that not everyone can afford an $1800 MBA. They may, however, be able to afford a $300 MSI or whatever. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
Reid, I was tempted to make a joke like that, but thought I might end up in trouble. I'm glad you said it. For the record, her sport is competitive handgun (shooting). katan wrote: On Tue, 26 May 2009 20:41:57 -0400, Tony B wrote: She might be a pro. Law enforcement, or any number of professions. That's why I was asking. Aren't you curious at all? On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com: We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability? Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do this (NLE's). A lay person? Does she need to be a professional to watch vids in slo-mo? She also might have some hot porno that she wants to catch all the action on. (-: But no, I can't say that I'm all that curious. -- R:\katan LET'S GO METS!! LET'S GO METS!! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
That seems to fit into the American culture of one size fits all. My cousin graduated from what we would call a Vo-Tech high school in Germany (Hochshule) and she was required to learn two different foreign languages along with her German studies. Here if they learn one foreign language you are lucky. (In Alabama to receive an Advanced Diploma you are required to have two years of a foreign language. It is not required for a regular HS diploma) So it just makes sense for the students to learn both. My wife did when she went back and got her HS diploma as an adult. Used her training to work at a Newspaper that ran Mac's. (which were not problem free.) Stewart At 09:09 PM 5/26/2009, you wrote: Much of what Tom saw about IT in the publishing business, I have seen in my own work environment (a county government agency). One such example: The IT department is proud of the fact that they have convinced school age section of our agency to abandon it's Mac for Windows machines. They say it will be easier if they (the students) don't have to to learn a new OS when they come to the adult program. I work in the adult program and have never had a client who had that problem. (I've been working with Adults computers for over 12 years - longer than anyone has been working in our IT dept.) I personally believe that person should know the basics of at least two OS. Much of it carries over from one to the other. Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
And if you just hold it down the cursor it will play in slow-motion. This is good enough for her at this time. t.piwowar wrote: If you press the right or left cursor keys while QuickTime is playing you can step through the movie frame by frame. On May 26, 2009, at 9:10 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: A person does not have to be a professional to find a valid use for Slow-motion! For the record my wife is a competitive athlete (her hobby). She likes to study videos to see not only what she is doing right or wrong, but also how those who are better than her do it. We may be talking about what happens in a less than a second, slow-motion is needed for this. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
That can be very interesting when you slow down vids. O course all I have ever seen is what I can get on the Discovery Channel, Mythbusters and a few other programs. Stewart At 09:14 PM 5/26/2009, you wrote: Reid, I was tempted to make a joke like that, but thought I might end up in trouble. I'm glad you said it. For the record, her sport is competitive handgun (shooting). katan wrote: On Tue, 26 May 2009 20:41:57 -0400, Tony B wrote: She might be a pro. Law enforcement, or any number of professions. That's why I was asking. Aren't you curious at all? Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?
Much of what Tom saw about IT in the publishing business, I have seen in my own work environment (a county government agency). Oh, I have no doubt that these things happened. I also don't have any doubt that Tom parsed it through his iFilter and exaggerated his claims. Moreover, I don't doubt that Tom has a narrative to push and damn the inconvenient facts that get in the way. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video
On Tue, 26 May 2009 22:14:22 -0400, Stephen Brownfield wrote: Reid, I was tempted to make a joke like that, but thought I might end up in trouble. I'm glad you said it. For the record, her sport is competitive handgun (shooting). Well I can see why you wouldn't want to air her proclivities all over the Internet then. (-: -- R:\katan LET'S GO METS!! LET'S GO METS!! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
It is silly of me to advise a sub 500 dollar computer when asked, obviously i should have told her she was too ignorant to know what she wanted and told her to buy a MBA. You are correct again, Tom. Apologies for my ignorance. Sent from my iPod On May 26, 2009, at 7:07 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On May 26, 2009, at 9:25 PM, mike wrote: I feel often as if I'm asking for advice on buying a nice family car only from those who buy jaguars and bmws. You keep beating the drum for that tired old M$ Laptop Hunters propaganda. As previously posted... Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display2GB memory 80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Built-in iSight Camera $999.00 http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB003LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw Even cheepo Lauren could have bought this one. So Woot was selling eeePCs for $159, but that would be like setting $159 afire. *** ** ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** *** ** * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
You keep beating the drum for that tired old M$ Laptop Hunters propaganda. As previously posted... Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display 2GB memory 80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Built-in iSight Camera $999.00 http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB003LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw Even cheepo Lauren could have bought this one. Ah, I see. Anyone can afford a thousand-dollar computer that is (to use your own words) stripped of features to make it more portable. Do you truly not see any difference between $325 and $1,000? You really don't understand that there are many who could afford $325 but not $1,000? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Software Development Tracking
OmniGroup.com has an excellent collection of project tracking software, but it's Mac-only. Have a look at it. Is this the kind of software you need? MS used to have MS Project, and it was very basic, but somewhat useful [is it still around?]. I'm sure there are better and more useful Windows programs if you search for project tracking. There's no need to develop it yourself since there are plenty of choices. Having been on both the development side (creating databases) and the client side, I've never been able to identify a reliable software/application development tracking tool. I've used an excel spreadsheet, and I tried developing a tool from scratch in MS Access. The latter works, ok, but it is still a bit unwieldy. ...Thanks, Arnold * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] urgent query
I think the reason someone called you an Apple-head is because within the question the she specifically said an air was too expensive, she wanted a netbook. Your answer was to ignore what she wanted and her price range and tell her to...get an Air. We've been here before, for some of us price actually is an issue. She said that the MacBook Air was too expensive because it cost at least $1800. I'm pointing out that she can get one for half that at the online Apple Store. She didn't say exactly what her budget was. Maybe, like Lauren, it's $1000. A netbook is awfully basic to use as a research computer. A full-sized notebook is better suited to the software she will need, but it's too heavy. A 1/2 price MacBook Air is an example of a compromise. There are PC notebooks that have better specs than netbooks--bigger, and/or more powerful, but light. Search for one. If Apple can do it, others can too. Look for Toshiba Portege, or the tiny Sony Vaio P530, not one of the cheap little netbooks. Both notebooks weigh less than 3 pounds. You get what you pay for, but sometimes you pay less for good stuff in the long run. Find a refurb or a sale or a leftover, however a refurb MacBook Air will cost about the same as either of those. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
