Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
I've been using XP for years in my office and still am (they will upgrade to W7 in about 2012), but had never used Help. I tried each of the methods suggested and they work. I wouldn't have known, though without the suggestions. I have no idea how a newbie would guess them. Finding help on the Mac has always been obvious, even for newbies. It would be easy to show a newbie how to find help in Windows, just not necessary in OS X. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- S...you can find help on the mac keyboard...but not on the windows one? Does Apple spell HELP different than windows. HELP That's how it should look. Also when I press the start button and type that word just as it appears above, I get loads of help. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
My (company's) HP laptop keyboard (built-in and external) just have F1. Nothing says Help on it. When I click Start on the taskbar, I did see Help and Support near Log Off and Shut Down, but I did have to look for it. Office 2007 had enough annoying changes to make me hunt around to find things I knew in Office 2003. It took me about a week to remember most of the new stuff, which seem to be mostly changes in the way I get to the various functions of the old version more than seeing new ones. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- All my keyboards say 'F1' and 'HELP' underneath the F1...I think even noobs can get that. Or they can hit that big glowy button start and help is almost first on the list. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Swapping Boot Drives
Mike is right. Their screw-up, not yours. Let them jump through hoops, if they are willing to, to get their more expensive computer back. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- I think the point is, you in good faith called and tried to fix the situation, they in turn have been screwing around. This reminds me of that problem when a student finds a teacher grades their paper wrong in the students favor. Most my teachers said, if it happens, don't tell me. You made an honest effort, you don't have to bend over backwards to get what you paid for. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] DRM/DMCA Story
Interesting story at ARS Technica about stupid companies (garage-door opener and Lexmark printers) trying to use DRM and/or DMCA to prevent competition. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/what-is-drm-doing-in-my- garage.ars What is DRM doing in my garage? My new garage door opener comes with both DRM and a DMCA warning: don't even think about using a third-party remote. But didn't a federal court already say this sort of behavior was illegal years ago? Ars investigates. Thank you, Mark Snyder * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] XP Pro problems
On 12/16/2009 11:01 PM, mike wrote: Could be...Nvidia goes back a ways with drivers. And there are always third party sites that keep old drivers around. And if you are really adventurous you can download custom made drivers just for the card you have. Ok * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:29 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Nope. Not entertainment, but everything you need to do in life. They got your music. They got your cell phone. They got your pocket computer. And soon everything you need to read will be on the iPad. All one seamless integrated system. Am I being instructed by Apple Corp. as to what I need to do in life? I don't need their help to figure that out. This boy does not need music on the go. He may enjoy it thusly, but not nearly so much as when he is at home with his bombastic music system. I have music in the car if I want some travellin' tunes. Cell phone? Don't want one except for emergencies, real or perceived Mine stays solely in the car and I place or take no calls unless stopped and off the roadway or have mechanical troubles. Again, not a device for me to get anal about. Pocket computer? Ha! Don't need one now, and never did. If I get antsy about wanting to access some stream of data, it can wait until I get home. Patience is a virtue, and there are multitudes of other things to do in life beyond staring at screens and tapping keyboards throughout the day. Camera phones? I'm a pro, and those are but toys. Stealing from the Letterman Show, I poop on them! Now, if those things rolled out toilet paper, that could alter my perspective. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
Quoting b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es: Window's windows have Help on the menu bar too. Turns out, you can't hide/minimize *all* your windows in OSX anyway. Just tried it with Com-H and no matter what window way last, it wouldn't go away. Maybe there are other ways to do it, but. . . Why do you want to hide all windows? Does that include windows in a program you're using? *I* don't usually hie all my windows. db put fort the question what's a noob supposed to do if there are no windows open on the desktop (or something to that effect)? I'm just saying it's not easy to do in OSX. Almost *certainly* a noob isn't going to be able to do it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] need lots of PCI slots???
Check New egg you can search by CPU etc. YOU can also read reviews of teh MB's. Another place to look is Toms Hardware. An 01 is extremely dated MB. Mine was just bought this year and I have a tendency to buy about a year old stuff so mine is probably vintage 08. Stewart At 12:15 AM 12/17/2009, you wrote: On 12/16/2009 11:37 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: How old is that MB? Sept.'01 The last MB I bought had HDMI Video, USB 2.0 and Firewire built onto the Motherboard. The audio is not half bad. (Oh Also 10/100/1000 ethernet) It doesn't have the capability of HDMI Video. The USB on the motherboard is, not only 1.1, it also only has two USB slots. No Ethernet connection. I cant remember but I think it had Nvidia chip set for Video. I am not sure about the video chipset. I don't game so not a big deal, but I still think it was 128 MB for video. I think the on-board VRAM is only 128MB There is usually some pretty good video on MB's sold today. What is a good motherboard search engine? Laptops tend to lowball video with an INtel video chipset. ok My work laptop has an ATI chip set. Stewart I am not sure what my Netbook has. But my tower has the V694T chipset. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * 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] need lots of PCI slots???
On 12/17/2009 9:44 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Check New egg you can search by CPU etc. YOU can also read reviews of teh MB's. Another place to look is Toms Hardware. An 01 is extremely dated MB. Mine was just bought this year and I have a tendency to buy about a year old stuff so mine is probably vintage 08. Stewart Will do * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:23 PM, db wrote: 1. Lock the infernal icons so that inexperienced users can't poof them Set up a managed account and uncheck the box for Can modify the Dock. 2. Make the dock superficially display icons for every window running whether it is maximized or not. The Dock normally displays an icon for every application, click on the icon to get a list of windows for that application. That does the job quite well. Your insisting that it has to function exactly in a particular way is like insisting that your MP3 player has to be brown. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:39 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: These are after market keyboards not the cheap included in a package ones. Not on my fancy KeyTronic event though it has a row of auxilary buttons for volume, mute, video controls, calculator, mail, etc. etc. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Start on the taskbar, I did see Help and Support near Log Off and Shut Down, but I did have to look for it. Not on my PC. When I started to type help as instructed here it launched Roxio CD Creator. Why? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Dec 17, 2009, at 7:52 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Am I being instructed by Apple Corp. as to what I need to do in life? I don't need their help to figure that out. This boy does not need music on the go. He may enjoy it thusly, but not nearly so much as when he is at home with his bombastic music system. I have music in the car if I want some travellin' tunes. Well not EVERYTHING. It is M$ that offers the prayer chain app (I forget its name). I can't say that M$ hasn't got a prayer. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:17 PM, db wrote: So no matter what I am willing or not willing to do for myself... I still constantly struggle with people who are struggling with these OSX (and increasing Win... ) issues I mentioned. I find that reading Apple's HDI docs is a useful place for an instructor to start. I don't teach the OS as much as I teach the HDI. A common comment I get from students is I was going to ask you how to do 'x, then I realized you had taught me how to figure that out for myself. My major gripe about OS X is that Apple's UNIX programmers never read the HDI. That makes for many more user interface problems and inconsistencies. OS 9 was much better in this regard. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
On Dec 16, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Reid Katan wrote: Frankly, I don't see how a noob is going to make the connection in OSX to click on an oval shaped white spot at the top right of the Finder window and type help into that. Frankly, I don't know why anyone would do that. That would be a silly way to get help. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] need lots of PCI slots???
Tech has changed a lot in those few years. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Check New egg you can search by CPU etc. YOU can also read reviews of teh MB's. Another place to look is Toms Hardware. An 01 is extremely dated MB. Mine was just bought this year and I have a tendency to buy about a year old stuff so mine is probably vintage 08. Stewart At 12:15 AM 12/17/2009, you wrote: On 12/16/2009 11:37 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: How old is that MB? Sept.'01 The last MB I bought had HDMI Video, USB 2.0 and Firewire built onto the Motherboard. The audio is not half bad. (Oh Also 10/100/1000 ethernet) It doesn't have the capability of HDMI Video. The USB on the motherboard is, not only 1.1, it also only has two USB slots. No Ethernet connection. I cant remember but I think it had Nvidia chip set for Video. I am not sure about the video chipset. I don't game so not a big deal, but I still think it was 128 MB for video. I think the on-board VRAM is only 128MB There is usually some pretty good video on MB's sold today. What is a good motherboard search engine? Laptops tend to lowball video with an INtel video chipset. ok My work laptop has an ATI chip set. Stewart I am not sure what my Netbook has. But my tower has the V694T chipset. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * 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/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
I doubt they cared, google search on a windows box is horrible. It's slow, and the results are usually too stinted to matter. The built in search and also that third party utility I use do the same as search in OSX, begin giving you results as you type, the more you type the narrower the results become. Google search in windows was the bottom of the barrel as far as search goes compared to other third party apps like copernic and yahoo search etc. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:18 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:36 PM, mike wrote: I found search horrid in XP and win2k...vista better, 7 has been great but not perfect. I can open any program or utility, control panel, management tool I want right from the start menu. Easy. I have thousands of mp3's, loads and loads of pics etc...I run a program called everything that is small and all it does is index filenames...searches with this are done in real time, zero wait. After Google put up their own search tool for Windows, M$ kind of had to do something. No? * ** 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] DRM/DMCA Story
On Dec 17, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Interesting story at ARS Technica about stupid companies (garage-door opener and Lexmark printers) trying to use DRM and/or DMCA to prevent competition. Very interesting. Could this be a wedge to vacate many other nutty DRM restrictions? Like copying a DVD to my hard drive for viewing while traveling? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
You might have known if you were looking for it. You said you never even looked for it, I'm not sure how someone looking could miss the HELP in every application window and the HELP in the start menu. I mean start -- help. It's not that hard. BTW, I've known too many mac users to believe anything is obvious. Too many windows users too...the pendulum swings both ways. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: I've been using XP for years in my office and still am (they will upgrade to W7 in about 2012), but had never used Help. I tried each of the methods suggested and they work. I wouldn't have known, though without the suggestions. I have no idea how a newbie would guess them. Finding help on the Mac has always been obvious, even for newbies. It would be easy to show a newbie how to find help in Windows, just not necessary in OS X. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- S...you can find help on the mac keyboard...but not on the windows one? Does Apple spell HELP different than windows. HELP That's how it should look. Also when I press the start button and type that word just as it appears above, I get loads of help. * ** 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] DRM/DMCA Story
I don't think so, they did not pay near enough to congress to get preferential treatment. Stewart At 11:05 AM 12/17/2009, you wrote: Very interesting. Could this be a wedge to vacate many other nutty DRM restrictions? Like copying a DVD to my hard drive for viewing while traveling? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
b_s-wilk wrote: 1. Lock the infernal icons so that inexperienced users can't poof them 2. Make the dock superficially display icons for every window running whether it is maximized or not. Is your dock at the bottom of the screen? I've never poofed icons from the dock when it's on the left. I have done that in the sidebar of Finder windows, but that's easy to fix. It's just another D'Oh moment, though. It's not usually my dock... it's other's using computers I am responsible for... People are used to looking on the bottom and with Mac's it's very time consuming to mass load computers if you customize them all a lot... In the top menu, there's almost always a menu for Window which lists the open windows in a program. Yes, but that constantly requires a lot of extra mousing and clicking With many programs and windows open, it wouldn't help to have them in the Dock since the icons would be too small to see. I pretty much know where things are by relative position... windows and programs I was using for a project are adjacent ... and I use Virtual Desktop Manager to segregate them into smaller groups where the icons are bigger Only minimized windows have Dock icons, and only for the program you're using at the time. Use Exposé to see or hide all windows. Nobody but the IT educated know what Expose is... where it is ... nor how to use it. It's one of the cludges I was referring to. Obviously it was developed because Apple was aware of the problem / need but they could have done that by fixing the Finder / Dock where that function would be readily apparent. But that probably would make Apple more like windows/ linux... so with these issues we're talking about they just pridefully continue cutting off their nose to spite their face in not providing a intuitive and comprehensive fix for the people who need it... the noobs. The world won't end because of it... but now nice it would be if they could make OS X shiny and complete. 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/ ** *
[CGUYS] AT$T, two tales...a carrot and stick
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004574600381410694794.html?mod=googlenews_wsj *A senior ATThttp://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djnsymbol=TInc. executive dismissed speculation that the telecommunications carrier is planning to change the way it prices data plans for its wireless customers, but said it will give customers incentives to limit their use of its wireless network for surfing the Internet or downloading mobile applications.* Another story has 'fakestevejobs' asking as many people to use their iphones for an hour at the same time to bring ATT to it's knees. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/12/15/fake-steve-declares-operation-chokehold-on-att/ *Fake Steve published a fictitious memo asking iPhone users to turn on data-intensive apps at noon Friday in an attempt to overwhelm ATT’s network. “The idea is we’ll create a digital flash mob,” he wrote.* Some believe of course this is just to drive people to the FSJ blog. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
No, I meant I never looked for the Help menu in XP. Since it is a company-configured OS, I had to look to see if it was there on this laptop. Since I never looked for it, I had no idea how to find it. I've known forever (since 1980's) where help was in Mac OS then OS X. Any sited person who can read couldn't miss it. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- You might have known if you were looking for it. You said you never even looked for it, I'm not sure how someone looking could miss the HELP in every application window and the HELP in the start menu. I mean start -- help. It's not that hard. BTW, I've known too many mac users to believe anything is obvious. Too many windows users too...the pendulum swings both ways. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
Right, just as any sighted person can't miss it in windows.. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: No, I meant I never looked for the Help menu in XP. Since it is a company-configured OS, I had to look to see if it was there on this laptop. Since I never looked for it, I had no idea how to find it. I've known forever (since 1980's) where help was in Mac OS then OS X. Any sited person who can read couldn't miss it. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- You might have known if you were looking for it. You said you never even looked for it, I'm not sure how someone looking could miss the HELP in every application window and the HELP in the start menu. I mean start -- help. It's not that hard. BTW, I've known too many mac users to believe anything is obvious. Too many windows users too...the pendulum swings both ways. * ** 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] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
It has been known since the creation of Windows 95 that pressing the F1 key brings up help. At one time CHM files were also help files. Stewart At 12:11 PM 12/17/2009, you wrote: No, I meant I never looked for the Help menu in XP. Since it is a company-configured OS, I had to look to see if it was there on this laptop. Since I never looked for it, I had no idea how to find it. I've known forever (since 1980's) where help was in Mac OS then OS X. Any sited person who can read couldn't miss it. Thank you, Mark Snyder * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DRM/DMCA Story
Probably, but only if someone can afford a lawyer good enough to convince high-level judges. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Very interesting. Could this be a wedge to vacate many other nutty DRM restrictions? Like copying a DVD to my hard drive for viewing while traveling? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption
Predator drones use less encryption than your TV, DVDs about an hour ago - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law Disorder Militants have been recording video from US Predator drones in Iraq and Afghanistan using laptops and $30 software, thanks to a total lack of encryption. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/predator-drones-use-less -encryption-than-your-tv.ars Thank you, Mark Snyder * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption
Are you sure this wasn't an April Fools story? This is ridiculous! Richard P. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: Predator drones use less encryption than your TV, DVDs about an hour ago - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law Disorder Militants have been recording video from US Predator drones in Iraq and Afghanistan using laptops and $30 software, thanks to a total lack of encryption. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/predator-drones-use-less -encryption-than-your-tv.ars Thank you, Mark Snyder * ** 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] US Military Ignoring Encryption
No it is not an Aprils Fool joke and of course it is a little more complicated than the media makes it out, There are layers you must go through to add encryption and make it work with equipment. One thing the military suffers under is competing services (three main branches plus Marines) that all procure equipment through separate channels. Plus the encryption has to be backwards compatible with different types of equipment. I am not forgiving the military for not getting this done, but it is not as simple as it is made out to be. They have known about this for a decade and in that time it should have been solved. Maybe all those Retired Generals living off the public/private nickel could donate some of their pensions to getting it solved instead of popping up on TV and spouting off. They are the ones who failed to get it fixed before they took their pensions so donate some of it back and fix it. Stewart At 01:17 PM 12/17/2009, you wrote: Are you sure this wasn't an April Fools story? This is ridiculous! Richard P. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: Predator drones use less encryption than your TV, DVDs about an hour ago - by Nate Anderson | Posted in: Law Disorder Militants have been recording video from US Predator drones in Iraq and Afghanistan using laptops and $30 software, thanks to a total lack of encryption. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/predator-drones-use-less -encryption-than-your-tv.ars Thank you, Mark Snyder * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
Use Exposé to see or hide all windows. Nobody but the IT educated know what Expose is... where it is ... nor how to use it. It's one of the cludges I was referring to. Obviously it was developed because Apple was aware of the problem / need but they could have done that by fixing the Finder / Dock where that function would be readily apparent. You don't need to be IT educated to find the Help menu at the top of the screen and input simple search terms. All you need is eyes and the ability to read. You seem to be making it more complicated than it actually is. Finder -- Help -- Search hide and show windows -- Show All Results... opens the Mac Help Viewer with the answers. Remember the good old days when we had manuals and tutorials? You may have to buy a manual, but Mac OS X has dozens of built-in and linked tutorials. Where? Finder -- Help -- Search tutorials -- Show All Results... Some tutorials are local and others need Internet connections. You can set up the computers so they can go to the online tutorials when users click on the articles in the Mac Help Viewer. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption
On Dec 17, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Militants have been recording video from US Predator drones in Iraq and Afghanistan using laptops and $30 software, thanks to a total lack of encryption. Or at least they think so. If I were running the operation I would certainly want the jihadis watching my unencrypted feed. He he. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] All other search providers removed: Required to use Bing
Having made nice with the EU, but unable to resist evil for more than one day Yesterday, all of the search providers that used to be available through the browser disappeared and bing is the only option. I hate bing. I no longer am able to search using Google, Dictionary.com, or Wikipedia from the Go to... page on my browser. http://community.vzw.com/t5/BlackBerry-Devices/All-other-search-providers-removed-required-to-use-bing/td-p/133060 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption
So the video feed is unencrypted, who cares? Not like you can take a predator on a top secret mission. Are we supposed to be worried they are watching this instead of Fox News? What I would hope is difficult to do is *take control* of the device. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption
All he other data feeds are encrypted. This is the only feed not encrypted. Stewart At 04:03 PM 12/17/2009, you wrote: So the video feed is unencrypted, who cares? Not like you can take a predator on a top secret mission. Are we supposed to be worried they are watching this instead of Fox News? What I would hope is difficult to do is *take control* of the device. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] All other search providers removed: Required to use Bing
It looks like Verizon Wireless is responsible. I don't remember them having any trouble with the EU? On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:57 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: Having made nice with the EU, but unable to resist evil for more than one day Yesterday, all of the search providers that used to be available through the browser disappeared and bing is the only option. I hate bing. I no longer am able to search using Google, Dictionary.com, or Wikipedia from the Go to... page on my browser. http://community.vzw.com/t5/BlackBerry-Devices/All-other-search-providers-removed-required-to-use-bing/td-p/133060 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile
http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/16/active.iphone.users.outnumber.win.mobile/ The number of active iPhone users in the US has passed that of Windows Mobile for the first time, new data from comScore shows. After just pulling even with Microsoft in July, Apple's smartphone platform jumped to an average of 8.97 million current users in October, well ahead of Microsoft's 7.13 million. The iPhone has regularly had higher market share now has also surpassed Windows Mobile devices in its actual user base. now has also surpassed Windows Mobile devices in its actual user base. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile
Bout time...WM sucks...bad... You can see Balmer being an idiot for that first week or so the iPhone was out after he laughed about Apple putting out a smartphone...but it took him what? Almost two years to kick some ass in the WM group and it's going to be another year before we see devices? And then WM might still suck? On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:09 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/12/16/active.iphone.users.outnumber.win.mobile/ The number of active iPhone users in the US has passed that of Windows Mobile for the first time, new data from comScore shows. After just pulling even with Microsoft in July, Apple's smartphone platform jumped to an average of 8.97 million current users in October, well ahead of Microsoft's 7.13 million. The iPhone has regularly had higher market share now has also surpassed Windows Mobile devices in its actual user base. now has also surpassed Windows Mobile devices in its actual user base. * ** 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] Answer to Old Question: Create a nearly invisible floating analog clock
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20091209181926436 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
b_s-wilk wrote: Use Exposé to see or hide all windows. Nobody but the IT educated know what Expose is... where it is ... nor how to use it. It's one of the cludges I was referring to. Obviously it was developed because Apple was aware of the problem / need but they could have done that by fixing the Finder / Dock where that function would be readily apparent. You don't need to be IT educated to find the Help menu at the top of the screen and input simple search terms. All you need is eyes and the ability to read. You seem to be making it more complicated than it actually is. I wasn't the person who started the help issue string. Although I resent having to look things up and do work around when it shouldn't be necessary, I easily can. And it's not complicated for you... you have long been an IT who loves to learn this stuff. The fact that IT people think and expect everyone else to be like them is the big geek disconnect that the rest of the world wonders about and makes fun of. Most people I know are busy and they just want to use their machine for simple tasks: email / browsing / writing letters / keeping accounts/ handling their music / movies. They dread having to spend the time to dig out an education from a machine ... they are not good at it and they just don't do it. They are people people not IT people. That was the whole concept behind GUI... computer operation for novices. My point is where the king of GUI's is not intuitive, THAT should be fixed. It only makes common sense and utility for those who depend on it to do so. If Apple would just let go of some of the pride thing, they could more completely and justly be worthy of that pride and the respect that goes with it. Seems to me a no-brainer... Finder -- Help -- Search hide and show windows -- Show All Results... opens the Mac Help Viewer with the answers. Remember the good old days when we had manuals and tutorials? You may have to buy a manual, but Mac OS X has dozens of built-in and linked tutorials. Where? Finder -- Help -- Search tutorials -- Show All Results... Some tutorials are local and others need Internet connections. You can set up the computers so they can go to the online tutorials when users click on the articles in the Mac Help Viewer. I know where all these things are... but that's exactly my point... I and others should not have to be doing so for things that by now could easily have been made drop dead simple. We have better things to do with our limited time. 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/ ** *
[CGUYS] OMG! Mac sales jump 16.4%
Mac sales jump 16.4%, help PC market return to growth in Q3 Led by the strength of the Mac, worldwide PC sales grew 2.3 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2009, bringing to an end three consecutive quarters of decline. New statistics released by research firm IDC Thursday show that the worldwide PC sales slump turned a corner in the third quarter. The company has forecast that it was only the start, with double-digit gains expected in the industry through 2013. Significantly outpacing the rest of the industry was Apple's lineup of Macs. The company had already noted in October that its record-setting third-quarter sales topped 3 million. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/17/mac_sales_jump_16_4_help_pc_market_return_to_growth_in_3q_2009.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] US Military Ignoring Encryption
Among the many trade offs involved: You will only get half as much bandwidth for video if you encrypt. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: All he other data feeds are encrypted. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] OMG! Mac sales jump 16.4%
*In October, the 21.5-inch iMac was the best-selling desktophttp://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/04/apples_imac_macbook_pro_top_u_s_october_pc_sales.html, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro the best-selling laptop in the U.S. The 27-inch iMac was the third-best-selling desktop for the month, and Apple took four of the top 10 positions for notebook sales.* Wow Couple that with their extraordinary margins, stock holders will have a good year. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:27 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Mac sales jump 16.4%, help PC market return to growth in Q3 Led by the strength of the Mac, worldwide PC sales grew 2.3 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2009, bringing to an end three consecutive quarters of decline. New statistics released by research firm IDC Thursday show that the worldwide PC sales slump turned a corner in the third quarter. The company has forecast that it was only the start, with double-digit gains expected in the industry through 2013. Significantly outpacing the rest of the industry was Apple's lineup of Macs. The company had already noted in October that its record-setting third-quarter sales topped 3 million. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/17/mac_sales_jump_16_4_help_pc_market_return_to_growth_in_3q_2009.html * ** 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] InDesign - printing posters - tiled
I print huge documents so infrequently, I have to relearn how to do it each time. Since I don't have a huge printer at home, how do I print a 40 x 56 map in pieces on letter paper to tape/paste together. Help files don't mention tiling like I used to do often in Quark ,and before that in PageMaker when I designed billboards. Can I tile a large poster in Preview? Photoshop? Printer is a B/W laser. Last time I did this was 3 or 4 months ago [should have written down the steps, but didn't]. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] InDesign - printing posters - tiled
Never mind. Found it in faded grey in the dialog box. Not as evident as other user-hostile programs. Thanks anyway. I print huge documents so infrequently, I have to relearn how to do it each time. Since I don't have a huge printer at home, how do I print a 40 x 56 map in pieces on letter paper to tape/paste together. Help files don't mention tiling like I used to do often in Quark ,and before that in PageMaker when I designed billboards. Can I tile a large poster in Preview? Photoshop? Printer is a B/W laser. Last time I did this was 3 or 4 months ago [should have written down the steps, but didn't]. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
Quoting tjpa t...@tjpa.com: The Dock normally displays an icon for every application, click on the icon to get a list of windows for that application. That does the job quite well. Your insisting that it has to function exactly in a particular way is like insisting that your MP3 player has to be brown. And, of course, Task Bar is becoming more Dock-like. It has the option (I think the default) to combine the icons of programs and show all their windows when you hover over them. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
And it's not complicated for you... you have long been an IT who loves to learn this stuff. The fact that IT people think and expect everyone else to be like them is the big geek disconnect that the rest of the world wonders about and makes fun of. I'm not in IT. I'm an artist who has been using Macs and PCs since they were invented, workstations and mainframes before that. There were no classes, no IT, no certifications, no third party books, no Internet [only BBS], only friends, coworkers, user groups, some tech support, mostly from other users and pros. I've mostly worked alone or in small studios with long-distance clients. We had to help each other figure out how to do what we needed, including drawing, painting, illustrating, photo retouching, camera, layout, prepress, audio, video, networking. We learned it on our own and provided tech support for each other. When your work depends on knowing the software and hardware, you do whatever you can to learn how to use it. Thank goodness for friends and computer user groups. They've been most helpful. So has curiosity and patience, especially patience. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!
Quoting b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es: And it's not complicated for you... you have long been an IT who loves to learn this stuff. The fact that IT people think and expect everyone else to be like them is the big geek disconnect that the rest of the world wonders about and makes fun of. I'm an artist who has been using Macs and PCs since they were invented, workstations and mainframes before that. There were no classes, no IT, no certifications, no third party books, no Internet [only BBS], only friends, coworkers, user groups, some tech support, mostly from other users and pros. And I suspect it'll be increasingly harder to find people who have *no* experience with computers. So I would expect that most would have enough experience to get *started* using a computer. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
