Re: [CGUYS] DRM
Quoting Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com: The thing is, I don't have many (or even any) songs that would sell for $1.29 if I bought them after the switch. The newest thing I have The question to ask is: what would MS do? With the Zune store they abandoned all their previous customers so Ya see, Tom, this is why (almost) nobody takes you seriously. Only *you* can turn a discussion about iTunes into MS bashing. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] P3 450 [Was: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest...]
Quoting Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com: One of these days I'm going to replace it. I'd like to put together a Hackintosh. That would be fun, but definitely something done for entertainment purposes. If you have several computers you can easy tolerate having one weird one. What's so weird about a computer that has the ability to run OSX? It doesn't *have to*. It'll still run Linux, or gasp Vista /gasp. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DRM
Quoting John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com: On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Stephen Brownfield steveei...@verizon.netwrote: I was given the option of upgrading a number of my songs for $.30 each. Some still aren't DRM free yet. That should be what happens when Apple gets it's DRM free model going. I wonder if they will let you choose or will it be all or nothing. That's what I found (a $.30 upgrade for some of my tunes). I had the option of upgrading about a dozen tunes (almost half of my bought-and-paid-for iTunes). I didn't see an obvious way to pick and choose, but then I didn't really look that hard. I'll probably just go ahead and upgrade. It won't break the bank or anything, though I *would* like the choice which ones to do. The thing is, I don't have many (or even any) songs that would sell for $1.29 if I bought them after the switch. The newest thing I have is from '07, and quite a few from the 80s. I'm sure they would sell for $.69. They should give me a credit! (-: Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] PC and MAC interchanges
Quoting Michael Wosnick mwosn...@rogers.com: Hi all, ---8--8- In short, if I bit the bullet and went Mac, what will be the advantages and what will be the hurdles I will face in needing to stay fully compatible and connected to my PC-based world out there? And, while I am pretty technically savvy, I am not really in the mood for a long learning curve either - how truly intuitive and easy will it be to re-transfer what I do with proficiency on my PCs and learn to do it on a Mac instead? No one says you have to give up the PCs to get a Mac. A Mac will play perfectly well on your (otherwise PC) network. And you don't even have to spend a lot of money on a Mac you may not like. Get something used/refurbed, or a Mac Mini (if you have an extra monitor hanging around). As others have said, Office/Mac should be pretty well compatible with Office/Win. If you're not sure about compatibility with work, you can take a Mac file to one of your own PCs to try it out. If you want to get off the MS bandwagon, there's always OpenOffice and Firefox/Thunderbird. All available on Mac and PC (and free). I'm not too sure about the OpenOffice compatibility with MS Office though. As far as usability goes, there certainly are differences. It'll take time to figure out the OSX way of doing things. I'm more of a keyboard short cut kind of user, and I still haven't found my way around Mac shortcuts. It took me the longest time to figure out that the symbol in the menu lists for the Option key was actually supposed to be the Option key. It looks sort of like 3/4 of an X and the key doesn't have that symbol on it. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MS Share Drops 19% YOY
Quoting mike xha...@gmail.com: I've helped half a dozen users with their home systems, reinstalling os's etc...If I've changed IE from the msn home page I'm told their machine is still brokenor at least IE is. THAT'S RIGHT! And don't you go messing with such vital system functions like IEs default search engine! Sheesh, what were you thinking? (-: (-where do I send the royalty fee?) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Help fuddy-duddy with VCR question
Quoting Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Question: can you tell an old fuddy-duddy where to learn about what options might be available for digital VCRs, that are actually owned by me instead of rented, to record off the satellite and off the coming digital signals? An ability to play analog VHS would be a plus. (So far I still have a Beta recorder.) You can get a VCR/DVD recorder combo (So maybe you can *finally* get around to digitizing the children :-). I just got a (crappy) one for $100. You can record both ways (tapeDVD or DVDtape), or over the air. Though mine doesn't have a tuner built in, you need to run it through a cable or satellite box. Can be found at Best Buy. Reid * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] IVR cheats (was: just one..)
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A google search brought up a list of IVR cheats on this site: http://www.widowpc.com/2005/11/bypass_phone_tr.php (scroll down past the white space) Not sure how accurate it is but have found that trying some combination of these things works on most IVR trees. Usually I just start shouting Operator and Assistance into the phone while alternately punching # and O buttons. Hope they're recording it :) And if that doesn't work, just feeding it stuff that it doesn't understand (or nothing at all) will get you to a real person. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] (no-spam) Test
Quoting Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There's nothing hostile about educating people on how mailing lists work. How are they supposed to learn if no one tells them? He _sent_ spam to the list, I _told_ him he sent spam to the list, and offered suggestions how to avoid same in future. No hostility intended or included; it's all in your mind. That may be, but I would hardly call it spam. He was (presumably) asking if the list was down. According to Wikipedia: Spam has several definitions, varying by the source. * Unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE)?unsolicited e-mail, sent in large quantities. * Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE)?this more restrictive definition is used by regulators whose mandate is to regulate commerce, such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. * Any email message that is fraudulent.[citation needed] * Any email message where the sender?s identity is forged, or messages sent though unprotected SMTP servers, unauthorized proxies, or botnets. Let's see: *He did send his message to *everybody* on the list. But so did you. *I didn't see a sales pitch in there. *Maybe he wasn't *really* trying to find out if the list was down. *He did use a Gmail account, so maybe he's not who he claims to be. Every time the list goes quiet the number of posts asking if the list is working rises exponentially daily, and there's no need for it. If that were the case, the list wouldn't really be quiet, now, would it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Test
Quoting Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just checking to see if this is coming through. Will someone please reply so I know that this is working? No. It failed miserably. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] FiOS installation
Quoting Bill L'Hommedieu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I live here in Arlington and will be moving into an apartment from a single family home. I want to get Fios (TV, internet, phone) service and wonder if its available in apartment complexes (all, some or none) or only single family homes. I'm doing my best to avoid Comcast. I've tried to get an answer from Verizon but no go. Choosing the apartment could depend on what hook up is available. Rabbit ears is my plan B. Any hunches, theories, experiences? Thanks in advance! I have friends in an apartment (in Annapolis) that has FiOS, so I'd have to say, yes, it is available. Whether or not you can find one in/near Arlington. . . Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?
Quoting Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yeah. Get a Mac. I realize that many folks think they are forever bound to a MS operating system of one flavor or another. Such a burden. Nobody suggested this. It's that the get a Mac response to almost any Windows question is old, tired, and not at all helpful. Well, he got about as much help as he gives in similar situations. And suggesting it to Tom Piwowar, Mac guy and king of the Apple fan-boys (if I may use his phrase), is surely carrying coals to Newcastle... Yes. It's ironical, isn't it. Steve Jobs love child asking how to get away from Vista. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a strategy for avoiding Vista? Yeah. Get a Mac. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Comcast bundle feedback
Quoting Bill L'Hommedieu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'll be moving into an apartment (don't know which yet) in Arlington from a single family home and wonder what options for cable/satellite exist. I suspect the Comcast is the only choice. If that's true, what's the service like on the bundle of TV, phone and internet. Is FiOS available in multi-unit rentals/condos? FiOS *is* available to multi-unit buildings. Some friends of mine have it (in Annapolis). I don't know if they have to build it in with the building (their's is a fairly new building), or if they can retrofit. It seems like apartments/condos would be fairly profitable pickin's for Verizon since the potential customers are--literally--right on top of each other. As for Comcast's bundle, I don't know, but you can tell them that you can get Verizon's Triple Play for $99 and see if they'll match it. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slate website
Quoting David Turk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I should have specified...I can get the home page to load, but frequently have trouble getting the various story pages to load. -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reid Katan No worries here. Firefox and Comcast. It just snapped right up. I tried some of the stories--probably a dozen or so--and didn't have any problems with any of them either (I see that mead is poised to make a come-back). Is it the same stories, or random? Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shared calendar?
Quoting db [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anyone have any personal experience or recommendations for sharing Google calendar or other calendar with several XP and Vista computers and a windows mobile 6 phone? I'm looking for a low cost or reasonable cost solution that has minimal overhead. I don't know how it will fit into your mobile requirements, but Yahoo! Groups has a calender. You can start a group and make it invite only to join. I've got one with a couple of people scheduling an airplane, and it works for us. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Slate website
Quoting Mason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Snapped right up here at home. I am using Verizon FiOS (yipee!).. Mason On Apr 9, 2008, at 3:58 PM, David Turk wrote: Does anyone have problems accessing Slate's website? I'm using Firefox, have no problems with other sites. Slate just seems to time out more than any other site. No worries here. Firefox and Comcast. It just snapped right up. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Firefox shortcuts (Was: Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking)
Quoting Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In Firefox, Alt-Enter automatically adds the http://www. at the beginning and the .org at the end to what ever is in the address bar. In this case, all I had to type in was whatsmyip instead of the whole URL. Richard P. no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? I've always used: ctl-ent for http://www...com shift-ent for http://www...net ctl-shift-ent for http://www...org Firefox is very convenient like that. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys Whopper Contest
Quoting Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's from when Kojo took over the show and they stopped calling it Public Interest. It originally said The Computer Guys First Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. on Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi The Sharpied in a 2 to make the time 12:00 and scratched out with and wrote in The and Show so it reads The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Do you know that they had a poor soul working for hours and hours with a Sharpie making those edits and they refused to distrubute any mousepads that had not been so edited? I can imagine some naive young volunteer showing up for his/her shift eager to collect mucho dinero for WAMU only to get sent to some cold dark room with a stinky Sharpie and told not to come out until the job was done. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys Whopper Contest
Quoting Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 8) First prize: A brand new and out of date Computer Guys mouse pad will be mailed to the first prize winner. My mouse is currently ashamed to be rolling around on a Computer Guys mouse pad. It's from when Kojo took over the show and they stopped calling it Public Interest. It originally said The Computer Guys First Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. on Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi The Sharpied in a 2 to make the time 12:00 and scratched out with and wrote in The and Show so it reads The Kojo Nnamdi Show. It's very classy. Katan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Torchwood (Was Re: [CGUYS] MS Yahoo!)
Quoting Paul Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any Doctor Who fans following Torchwood? Me me me. I don't like it as much as Dr Who. Cap'n Jack was so much better in his couple of Dr Who episodes. He's too serious now. I liked the one where them three people came through the rift from WWII era. Then again, I don't like the new Who as much as the old Who. The inside of the Tardis is just wrong, and they spend too much time in Cardiff. And what's with the romantic involvement between The Doctor and his companion? Never had that before. They even romanticized the relationship between him and Sarah Jane. Katan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] MS Yahoo!
Well that didn't work as planned. What I *meant* to say was: Quoting Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I wonder what would be left of Yahoo! if MS did gobble it up. The services offered by Yahoo! and MSN are for the most part identical. It would make no sense to offer identical services for very long. So MS would be paying $45 Billion to merely eliminate a competitor. When that happens would the public and advertisers migrate to the MSN product or the Google product? This particular public will certainly be migrating to the Goolge product. I've spent a *lot* of time avoiding Microsoft products except for OSes because I'm too lazy to learn Linux and too cheap to buy a Mac. Katan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] iTunes Can't Find Files Problem?
Quoting Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What is the proper/best sequence to get the music into iTunes so that it will stay there? WinXP, iTunes 7.5.0.20 Well, to start with, an exclamation point means that iTunes couldn't find the tune in the location that it's looking. So if you copied your file to My music told iTunes where it was, then moved it, then it can't find it any more. Unless you have iTunes organizing your iTunes folder, it just copies the location, and leaves the file in place. What you probably want to do is have iTunes keep your iTunes folder organized. In Windoze, it's: EditPreferencesAdvanced tabGeneral. Make sure that Keep iTunes Music folder organized is checked. That will move any file(s) that you want to add to your iTunes library to your iTunes folder (which you can specify if you want to keep it on an external drive), and put it into the proper sub-folders. You don't need to import each song one at a time. You can grab whole folders to import. (It's an Apple product. Of course it's smart enough to do that.) Katan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Quickbooks and MD taxes
Many of you living in Maryland know that the sales tax rate is going up from 5% to 6%. Those of you that don't: SURPRISE! I've been tasked with changing the rate in Quickbooks. While I can change the rate--it's easy enough--Maryland's tax table doesn't exactly jibe with a real 6% rate. MD says, for instance, that the tax on $1.01-$1.16 is $.07. Quickbooks, however, says that $.07 tax is between $1.09-$1.24. Is there any way to make Quickbooks conform to Maryland's math? Thanks Katan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Millennial Computer Guys Archive Online
Quoting Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How about the first post ever? Does someone still have that one? I still have my email when I joined the list with my current email address, but I had an AOL account for several years before that. I'm sure I still have mine. I keep all my welcome messages at least until I unsub from a list. Of course I've been on this list at three or four different addresses. I think I joined within a couple months of it's creation. I don't know that we will every find the first post, but I wonder who A number of years ago, the guy that sent the first post re-posted it (maybe it was an anniversary of some sort?) I'm thinking it was John DeCarlo, but that's probably wrong. I know it was a fellow OS/2 user. (-: will have the oldest post. The oldest post I saved was from Mike Magruder with a fine reply to Paul Thomas' I want more stability: Win95 to NT 4 Migration... [. . .] software but I am hating this crap. Win 95 has its own set of problems, Netscape has its own set of problems, I am sick and tired of it all! Seeking more stability in my computing life, I want to migrate to Windows NT 4 Workstation. I see this was from the old days when Microsoft's operating systems were not very reliable. Do you think I told him to get a Mac and started a flame war? I would be shocked! Katan * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Finally joined the 20th century.
I know this has been covered ad nauseum, but hey, look at the bright side. Now it'll get archived. Somebody finally recognized North Beach as a town worthy of broadband access (Comcast), and I got myself hooked up. Yay! Rather than rent Comcast's modem (Motorola SurfBoard), I'd rather buy one of my own. I guess I might as well get a modem/router with WiFi. Or would it be better to get separate modem and router? Being a broadband noob, I'd appreciate any recommendations. Thanks Reid * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
