Re: [CGUYS] ATT keeps whining, Apple attacks
On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: And here's another funny one. Two Apple stores allegedly refused to fix broken Macs because their owners smoke, thus making the Macs biohazards: Not so much biohazards as having the circuit boards gooped up with a conductive layer of tar. http://news.cnet.com/8618-17852_3-10402711.html?communityId=2101targetCommunityId=2101blogId=71messageId=8640348 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple
On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Jordan wrote: Again, yours is the perspective of the pure urban dweller. Some of us spend little or no time in densely populated areas, and are thankful for it. Don't I know it. Who's that standing at the top of the escalator *during rush hour* afraid to step on? I do not agree that we should therefore ban escalators. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Crunchgear Starts Pissing Contest Over Silly M$ Store Antics
This Microsoft store is trying too hard http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/17/this-microsoft-store-is-trying-too-hard/ This is embarrassing. Not only are the Microsoft Stores a clear copy of Apple Stores, but now the employees are trying to be spontaneous and stir up customer reactions with a weird bastardization of Improv Anywhere. Gosh they even have the same furniture as my Apple store. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple
On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:17 PM, mike wrote: Jordan doesn't want to ban escalators, he is just pointing out there are areas in the country that don't have any. Maybe we should have a government program: Escalators for Exurbans? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] This brings me to another question...
On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:13 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Does the accent in _escribió_ appear in this message? How about here: Looks fine here (Apple Mail on OS X Leopard). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple fixes your wagon...and yours
On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: With the logic you present below, MS should try to write code so that Windows won't run in any fashion on a Mac? Someone's business model is flawed? Why limit it to that? Why does not M$ write their code so that W7 only runs on HP hardware? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:58 PM, db wrote: Your point about the promenade of new software versions: that's an easy issue to deal with: Just stick with what you have got ... ignore new versions until it becomes obvious ... until you know a compelling reason for upgrading. The companies are doing it mainly to keep their revenue stream going so there is very little if nothing you really need and usually upgrading just makes your situation worse... you have to relearn the program and suffer it's new glitches. Oh so wrong. And Constance's complaint that there are only 24 hours in a day just compounds the error. I am constantly at client's sites and see first hand how people use computers at work. It is painful. People do not know how to use their computers efficiently and are totally clueless about the latest enhancements that would greatly improve their productivity. They feel overburdened and complain about having no time, but if they knew what they were doing they could get their work done in half the time -- actually often in much less then half the time. Sometimes I can't help myself and reach for somebody's mouse to fix something with a click or two. They are always so shocked, as if I were performing magic. If you spend your day on tasks that take you 10, 20, 30 minutes when they should be taking you 10, 20, 30 SECONDS you certainly will be complaining that there are only 24 hours in the day. If you don't know how to use the latest software features you are wasting huge amounts of time. Software developers work hard to earn the upgrade price by studying how their software is used and adding new features that boot productivity. I see nobody picked up on the rethinking of the file system. The way we store files is a real productivity killer. If Google fixes just that one thing it will be a huge accomplishment. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:25 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: It makes sense to use redundant remote storage for business. It's overkill for an individual to store all personal files remotely. It's also stupid. Why? The Internet isn't everywhere, so your files are locked away in the cloud until you can get them. Letting the perfect become the enemy of the good. It does not matter to me one whit that I can't get the cloud in the middle of the Kalahari, but as I travel to home and office and around town it would be a great convenience. Today I still use my PDA to carry all that with me. Soon it will be in the cloud and I'll be on cloud 9. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Christopher Range wrote: Buy a mac yuck Tom says: yuck, yuck, yuck. You could also try Chrome or Ubuntu or many other alternatives. I know of only one OS so severely defective that it requires propping up with 3rd-party security patches. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Fw: [CGUYS] CD differences (?)
On Nov 20, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Brian Jones wrote: My nephew purchased an audio CD recorder a few years ago to record music his band was playing. I too thought that any CD will do, but this unit looked for some marker on the CD to indicate that it was an Audio CD before it would write to it. It would reject standard data CD's. I did not know that this was being enforced by the hardware. Bummer! It is good to know that every blank disc has an information block that is read when the disc is inserted into a burner. This is why there is a bit of a delay when a disc is inserted into a burner as the burner has to figure out what you have fed it. Different discs are made with different materials and the burner has to adjust to the requirements of the disc. It is quite amazing how this complicated setup is handled so invisibly that most of us don't even know it is going on. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] 1and1.com is the best!
On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:12 PM, chrper...@aol.com wrote: After yet another disaster with my mailing list because of a problem that ez webhost had, rather than something I initiated, I took Tom's advice and signed on with 1and1.com despite the fact that my ez webhost account runs through May 2010. 1and1 has been incredibly helpful. I was on the phone doing set-up for about 2 hours with them last night. The gal who helped me (from the Philippines, no less) was polite, knowledgeable, and incredibly helpful. We uploaded all my web files to the site and set-up 2 mailing lists in that time. I'm really looking forward to working with them. Having telephone support is making my life much, much easier! I'm very grateful for having been pointed in 1and1.com's direction. It looks like they will really make my life and internet interaction easier. Thanks. I encourage you all to think of posting to the list when good things happen. We don't just want to hear from you when you have a problem. If you share your solutions with the List many of us can benefit from the good news. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Will Postfix talk to Thunderbird?
On Nov 20, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Paul Cannon wrote: Shows another method on how to setup an account to use Movemail. Thanks, but alas... Movemail support has been removed for OSX. The assumption appears to be that if you could configure a movemail account you can create a movemail.rdf file. See this article on ISP hooks. Hacking the profile.js is easier than creating an RDF. And I see some posts that the RDF route is actually broken. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Time Machine and a MacBook Pro
On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: I am assuming that best one for her to use would be the Firewire 800. Am I correct? Yes Also since she is using a MacBook Pro, it will not always be connected to the drive. Will this cause a problem? Nope. TM is smart about that. What else should I watch out for? This is my first attempt at using Time Machine. Be sure to reformat the drive using Mac format (i.e. HFS+). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Will Postfix talk to Thunderbird?
I need a dumb demo of sending and receiving email on a Mac (Unix) that is not connected to a network. I have Postfix running fine. Can Thunderbird pick up mail from the var/spool/postfix folder or do I need to add something? Telnet localhost 110 does not connect. What am I missing? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Will Postfix talk to Thunderbird?
On Nov 19, 2009, at 3:35 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: Postfix doesn't do POP or IMAP, just SMTP and such (AFAIK). I figured it out. sudo postfix start sudo chmod 777 /var/mail (So that Thunderbird can write its lock file.) Configure Thunderbird for POP using usern...@localhost for the account and localhost as the incoming and outgoing servers. Quit Thunderbird. Edit the user's Thunderbird profile.js to change the mail.server.server2.type from pop3 to movemail Start Thunderbird and enjoy. Can one do this with Win7? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?
On Nov 18, 2009, at 6:07 AM, Rich Schinnell wrote: Tom, Whatever gave you the notion that I was recommending NetSol for his site. I gave him the url for the Whois where he could figure out the information necessary for him to move or whatever he wanted to do with his domain. It is no wonder many people get disgusted with your negative comments. Rich, you bring your negativity with you. Nowhere in my post did I write anything critical about your post. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?
On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Marcio wrote: Thanks to both of you, each one in his own way and sorry for the misunderstandings. But to this date I have this Google Blogg with a domain that is good until Feb 13 and I am not sure if the domain will be renewed automatically, if Google will send me a notice to renew, or whatever. Again, you are not registered with Google. You are registered with GoDaddy. I am unaware that Google even offers that service. Be careful not to miss your renewal date as GoDaddy will charge you a big fee to get your registration back. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Dead desktop computer -- what is likely the matter?
On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I have had it happen more than once, the cord somehow becomes oxidized (contacts) and I need to switch out cords with the monitor to get it to boot back up. Unplugging and replugging the cables a few times can sometimes get rid of oxidation. If that is the problem. Cheap and easy solutions should always be tried first. Seems to me that the most likely cause of problem is a bad on-off switch or a bad power supply. How to test? What are other likely causes of the problem? Either way, considering the age of the computer, it is not worth bothering with. It's time to play Laptop Hunters. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?
On Nov 16, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Marcio wrote: How do I make sure to renew the domain for another year? I can´t find my way going Google. Where do I go so that they don´t take me off? This is a good lesson in making sure you know who your registrar really is. If one party hands you off to another party it can get mighty hard to determine who is responsible. Blogger says... You can buy a domain from the Settings | Publishing tab,. Just select the Custom Domain option, enter the domain name you'd like and click Check Availability. This will take you to the Google Apps domain purchase website, which will let you know if the domain is available and proceed with the registration if it is. Finally, you'll go to Google Checkout where you'll make your payment. Your domain is registered with one of our registration partners, either eNom or GoDaddy. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
On Nov 17, 2009, at 7:49 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for answering my questions. Your usage of eSata is a good example of when high rates of data transfer can be of note. My sole point was that, for the most part in daily computer use, it isn't really going to matter or be noticeable. It also demonstrated that WFBs have a tenuous grasp on technology. Why am I not surprised? The transfer rate for the latest FireWire and eSATA versions don't matter much because both are high enough to not be creating the data- transfer bottleneck. That is why faster versions of these standards have been proposed BUT NOT IMPLEMENTED. It would be a waste of effort to do so. If anybody bothered to look at the charts on tomshardware that I linked to they would have seen both FireWire and eSATA drives in mixed order at the top of the charts. This amply demonstrates that FireWire vs eSATA does not matter. Other parts of the data channel are what is limiting the data rate. One example. Both FireWire and SCSI control the data flow in hardware. ATA and eSATA have the CPU managing the data transfer. So FireWire and SCSI can maintain a high data rate irrespective of what is happening in the CPU and ATA and eSATA can't. That may account for the inconsistent eSATA results that were observed. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] How do I renew my domain?
On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Rich Schinnell wrote: Whois is a great place to start. http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp But not a great place to end. NetSol tends to charge much higher rates and doesn't offer services to match. Marcio's domain registrar is GoDaddy.com. They do have an easy to use interface for managing and renewing registrations and reasonable prices. They also spam their customers mercilessly, so I don't do business with them. My web hosting company includes 3 domain registrations free with my account so I let them take care of it for no additional cost. See if yours does too. Then you just transfer your registration to them. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] M$ Patents sudo
I pass this on with no comment. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009094923390 Lordy, lordy, lordy. They have no shame. It appears that Microsoft has just patented sudo, a personalized version of it. Here it is, patent number7617530. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a monopoly, a monopoly on something that's been in use since 1980 and wasn't invented by Microsoft. Here's Wikipedia's description of sudo, which you can meaningfully compare to Microsoft's description of its invention. This is why what the US Supreme Court does about software patents means so much. Hopefully they will address the topic in their decision on Bilski. Sudo is an integral part of the functioning of GNU/Linux systems, and you use it in Mac OSX also. Maybe the Supreme Court doesn't know that, and maybe the USPTO didn't realize it. But do you believe Microsoft knows it? Perhaps Microsoft would like everyone in the world to pay them a toll at least, even if they don't want to use Microsoft's software? Like SCO, but with more muscle behind the request? Or maybe it might be used as a barrier to competition? What do you personally believe Microsoft wants patents on things like sudo for? To make sure innovative new companies can compete on an even playing field with Microsoft? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] M$ Patents sudo
On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Tom, you should have looked at this a bit further. The M$ patent is more for a graphical interface used in the M$ utility to adjust user privileges; similar to UNIX's sudo - but M$ cannot patent sudo. Your source is crummy. This was settled on better tech sites yesterday. If you read to the end of the link I provided you would have read... the US Supreme Court wrote in the decision in KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.: We build and create by bringing to the tangible and palpable reality around us new works based on instinct, simple logic, ordinary inferences, extraordinary ideas, and sometimes even genius. These advances, once part of our shared knowledge, define a new threshold from which innovation starts once more. And as progress beginning from higher levels of achievement is expected in the normal course, the results of ordinary innovation are not the subject of exclusive rights under the patent laws. Were it otherwise patents might stifle, rather than promote, the progress of useful arts. See U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 8. These premises led to the bar on patents claiming obvious subject matter established in Hotchkiss and codified in §103. Application of the bar must not be confined within a test or formulation too constrained to serve its purpose. That's the problem. To repeat These premises led to the bar on patents claiming obvious subject matter... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CNET News.com: Gates: Apple is a 'force in doing good things' - CNET News
On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote: During a CNBC special in which he appeared with Warren Buffett, Microsoft's Bill Gates is effusive in his praise for Steve Jobs and Apple. Something bad is about to happen. I just know it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems
On Nov 16, 2009, at 8:09 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I realize that there are plenty of folks who, for whatever reason, want to keep their personal computers fully running on all cylinders at all times, never turning anything off or allowing any components go to sleep ever. Do these folks leave their cars idling overnight? TV always turned on 24 hours a day? In the non-Windows world 24/7 is normal. UNIX-based systems are not intended to be turned off. This caused some grief in the early days of OS X if Macs were turned off when clean-up scripts ran in the middle of the night. Recent versions of the OS will run these utilities at startup if they were not run overnight. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems
On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:05 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: Ok, I have a b**ch here. Has anyone else had a problem with burn in on their 24 intel iMacs? No, but I have read it can happen. Unlike CRT burn-in, it is a temporary situation. There are utility programs that can chase it away sooner. What store did you take your Mac to that was so unhelpful? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
On Nov 15, 2009, at 3:47 PM, mike wrote: ESATA also..makes firewire look like a red headed step child. I don't think an ESATA cable will stand up to constant unplugging and replugging. Nor does it provide power. It is intended for an entirely different purpose. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple and Something Bad
On Nov 16, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Apple has filed a patent that forces users to interact with an ad. They could just hold the patent and use it to prevent anyone from doing this bad. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:42 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: eSATA isn't used in peripherals other than storage. USB is a vastly inferior technology for video. How can you effectively edit HD video in real time without FireWire? Where are you going to put yet another power strip for eSATA. FW has its own power. Oh look, eSATA is not faster than FireWire... Transfer Rate - Review Tom's Hardware : Seagate 500 GB External Hard Drive Goes eSATA http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seagate-500-gb-external-hard-drive-esata,1307-5.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:00 PM, mike wrote: So now no one can build a square without it being a mac? Looks like a painted Mac Mini. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems
On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:18 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, but those UNIX systems that you are mentioning were or are mostly involved in business/professional operations, were they not? Mac folk who are not slackers? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems
On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: What would these utility programs be? I can't find one using Google. All I find are apps for keeping file info unchanged. How To Fix Image Persistence On LCD Displays http://www.syeager.org/misc/image_presistence.php * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Mac Monitor problems
On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: It's good to know this is something called persistence and will go away with time, as compared to permanent burn-in. I've already seen some of the cloudy persistence disappear, however the lines that look like horizontal scratches are back. Are you sure the monitor is running at its native resolution? Have you tried different scan frequencies? LCDs like 60 Hz. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
On Nov 16, 2009, at 7:04 PM, mike wrote: 800Mbps is often faster than 3.0Gbps...oh wait You don't know how to read specs. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
On Nov 16, 2009, at 8:59 PM, mike wrote: Well we've learned over time Tom's reality is different from others. I know Stewart knows how to read and interpret specs, but would rather follow the party line than correct Mike. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] SPDY: Google wants to speed up the web by ditching HTTP
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/11/spdy-google-wants-to-speed-up-the-web-by-ditching-http.ars Google's ability to zero in on projects that are truly useful is impressive. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Borrowing the Z OS from M$ and the design from Apple gets us what?
Dell Inspiron Zino HD Desktop http://www.dell.com/us/en/corp/desktops/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino-hds=corp Innovation means picking a different color than Apple's case. Has fewer ports too. I guess Intel was not providing any reference designs with more ports. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More
On Nov 13, 2009, at 8:29 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: It's not simply labor and materials. There's RD, design, production, salaries, benefits, advertising, marketing, transportation, wholesale/retail, online/stores, support, feedback-- and profits. The real cost isn't just the physical phone, like the iPhone contract vs full retail price, http://bit.ly/pOkXz. PC vendors don't do RD. Intel provides them with designs and M$ provides the OS. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!
On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Tony B wrote: The ridiculously popular Carbonite (Peace of Mind backup) is only $4.60/mo unlimited; clearly a ton of people don't find that too expensive. True, but they use part of their profits to support wacky neocon politics. I will stay away. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter
Apparently there is a black hole into which IPs are disappearing. When blocks of IPs get blacklisted the blacklisting lasts forever. There is no mechanism for removing IPs from blacklists. Blacklists often copy from each other and there are so many different blacklists that it would be tough to track them all down. So if an ISP should try to recycle a blacklisted IP the poor soul who gets the IP will find it is not usable. As the bad guys constantly acquire new IPs and these IPs get blacklisted the process eats up more and more available IPs. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter
There was a link on that I forgot to include... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/a_year_later_a_look_back_at_mc.html On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:08 AM, tjpa wrote: Apparently there is a black hole into which IPs are disappearing. When blocks of IPs get blacklisted the blacklisting lasts forever. There is no mechanism for removing IPs from blacklists. Blacklists often copy from each other and there are so many different blacklists that it would be tough to track them all down. So if an ISP should try to recycle a blacklisted IP the poor soul who gets the IP will find it is not usable. As the bad guys constantly acquire new IPs and these IPs get blacklisted the process eats up more and more available IPs. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter
On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: An opportunity for someone to market a blacklist cleaner - once blacklists get large enough to become too big? Great idea. I'll market it via spam and won't actually do any cleaning. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: I agree, Betty. Reliable tech news is limited. The W Post and NY Times have some good tech writers, but that is about as far as I go for general US news media. Even NPR does not have a good tech reporter (except for Science Friday, but that is mostly science, not tech news). Most general print and broadcast reporters don't know enough to report tech news reliably. I have also cultivated some reliable online sources, such as Ars Technica, Slashdot and a few others. APM'a Future Tense daily is quick, fun, and usually of good quality. He used to be a bit too gullible on malware stories promoted by the security vultures, but I think his listeners straightened him out on that because he has started to ask critical questions. I would not say that tech news is limited. What is missing is good reviews and analysis. These days when I want a product review I go first to Amazon's customer comments. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More
On Nov 13, 2009, at 12:38 PM, mike wrote: Does anyone know the real cost of these smart phones? I realize dev costs are in the initial price, but when phones have been out for some time like the iPhone, costs are extremely low. Apple will sell you a phone without a contract so that tells you the real retail price. The Mac tear-down sites will give you an estimate of the cost to build. So much better when you are not posting distracted. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT responds with our EDGE is good enough for you!
On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:48 PM, mike wrote: Now to Tom, stating truth is underhanded. How often are you using your cell phone for net access, Tom? It is not the truth. The ads show people getting no bars as if that were commonly the case. It isn't. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Water Cooling
On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Roger D. Parish wrote: I saw an article in Maximum PC about a computer whose ENTIRE case was filled with some sort of coolant solution. That'll keep out the salt! They used mineral oil. The PC was in a fish tank. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More
On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:33 PM, mike wrote: Everyone knows the retail price, I'm asking actual cost. Oh, there he goes again! ^c^c^c * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Water Cooling
On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: I live on a boat. Salt air is notorious for killing electronics. I'm building a new computer. I'm adding a water cooling system so I can eliminate fans (not for speed). Now I'm wondering if I can seal the box up so no air enters. Ideas? Anybody tried this? Nope. Have you considered a Twinhead Durabook or Panasonic Toughbook? Or http://www.marinepc.com/Pages/Products.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: When does it air in the DC area? Podcast. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT responds with our EDGE is good enough for you!
On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:32 PM, mike wrote: I have too many friends on ATT to believe you. I don't believe you. You can't possibly have any friends. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT responds with our EDGE is good enough for you!
On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:44 PM, mike wrote: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/13/editorial-hey-atandt-drop-lawsuits-not-calls/ Lots of mumble, mumble followed with... To be fair, Verizon's taking a questionable angle in its advertising by trying to associate 3G coverage with call reliability -- in ATT's case, the two are totally, completely unrelated Q.E.D. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:07 PM, mike wrote: What about a guy like Mossberg who is seemingly revered in the review tech community. Has he been bought and sold by Apple? I agree that Mossberg is not that good, but I would never call him a shill. If you slow down and actually read his reviews you would see that what you just wrote is nonsense -- more aggressive distracted posting I guess. You really can't pay attention when you are also in three chat rooms, streaming youtube and hulu videos, shopping for gaiters at five different online stores, reading four other emails, playing a video game, and fighting off a real-life polar bear in your living room. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:06 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: As long as the readers don't care or demand quality, or pay for quality, it won't be there. Readers are voting with their feet by dropping paid sources with poor- quality for free sources with poor quality. The MBAs running newspapers today do not understand the value of their product and what they need to produce to make it worth paying for. So they cut the heart out of their newspapers and magazines and then blame the Internet for their loss of subscribers. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Tom, That seems overly broad. It only applies to some newspapers. As a long-term reader of newspapers, I cringe each time a good paper, such as the W Post or NY Times, loses an important feature or writer. Both papers seem to be run more from a journalistic perspective, than that of your evil MBA. Or it could be that I am closer to these events than you are. And now the new owners at CQ are running amok, swinging their axes at any unnecessary quality they encounter. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Clean up your act, get some real musical talent out and then see music sales jump. It's really that newfangled radio machine that is doing in the music business. They let you listen to music for free. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
On Nov 12, 2009, at 2:40 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: It is a lot more than that, Tom. For instance, discretionary spending. Good point. US consumer discretionary spending has been shrinking and their slice of the pie has been shrinking too as consumers are offered more appealing alternatives. When you have to pay that monthly iPhone bill that leaves less money to spend on other things. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] ATT responds with our EDGE is good enough for you!
On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:49 PM, mike wrote: With both 3G and EDGE coverage, customers can access the Internet, send e-mail, surf the Web, stream music, download videos, send photos, text, talk and more. *The only difference – with some data applications, 3G is faster than EDGE.* Precisely. To any normal consumer the difference matters not. To launch an attack against a competitor based on ignoring a large part of their network will probably be seen by most consumers as underhanded. Verizon risks significant backlash if the public figures out what they are up to. ATT will try hard to make sure they do. Verizon is playing with fire. They got bad advice on this campaign. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:44 AM, mike wrote: Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense of superiority? You seem to have a horrible view of people who aren't exactly like you. More aggressive distracted posting from Mike. He can't really pay attention to what you post because he's also in three chat rooms, streaming youtube and hulu videos, shopping for gaiters at five different online stores, reading four other emails, playing a video game, and fighting off a real-life polar bear that just broke into his living room. Just take no mind. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter
On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Ellen Rains Harris wrote: So does this mean I'm going to have to learn something about IPv6 or can we just steal some v4 from the less fortunate? That's a hard one. If Cheney were still running the show I'm sure we would be blockading Madagascar until they turned over their IPs to US. With the current namby-pamby administration I don't know. Somebody ought to be looking at assigned, but unused IPs. I commonly see ISPs providing customers with multiple static IPs when they really need only one or would do fine with a dynamic IP. I won't believe that there is really a shortage until I see an annual fee assessed per IP address where people get a real bill that lists their IPs and the charge. What is essentially free tends to get wasted. Does anybody know what the hold-up is with IPv6? Did they over engineer it or is that task of switching over more work than the community will bear? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DROID killer [was: It's monotheist versus pagan (It's a Windows Mobile killer)]
On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:32 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: First, I forgot that the Droid is by Motorola. Could this be that company's last gasp at mobile phones? Here's the answer... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=a8kvNu3Ufywcpos=7 Moto has decided to get going while the getting is good -- they are looking to sell off the unit that makes the Driod. The company, which posted losses of more than $4 billion last year, is betting on a series of smart phones based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system to revive growth, even as it plans to spin off the phone unit. This is not exactly a vote of confidence, is it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot
Microsoft Boots 1 Million Xbox 360 Players Over Piracy Fears http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/20091401DOWJONESDJONLINE000576_FORTUNE5.htm I make no comment. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On the malware front Win7 is even worse than I expected... Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/03/windows-7-vulnerable-8-10-viruses/ Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows, * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?
Read the headline. Read the story. Tell me if this head fits on this body. Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google http://www.pcworld.com/article/181980/bing_now_a_serious_challenger_to_google.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:11 PM, mike wrote: As long as there are dollar signs attached to malware etc, as long as there are users like (your mom's name here) who don't know any better then to click on every link in her email box, and as long as windows has for all practical purposes almost the entire market, windows will be vulnerable. Why are you so willing to accept a defective product? Do I need to remind you that other computer operating systems do not have this problem? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:26 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_sOAhoc0o Interesting. iPhone ads are all about what the phone can do. Droid ads are all about everything and anything else. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal
On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:25 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: I keep hearing that advice as a method to make sure you have a virus free environment. Windows may be stable enough to run but it isn't secure enough to run for years. I tend to reinstall biannually due to the system degradation. Not so much viruses, I think, as registry rot. The registry will always get you in the end. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows Mail and Yahoo
On Nov 9, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Rosenberg, Alan [USA] wrote: Running Vista HP with Windows Mail, had a situation where my message to a friend with a Yahoo domain email address was never delivered, and a message from him to me (requested by phone) also never arrived. I've used Verizon as my mail server for over a year with this setup, and have had no problems until this one. Verizon, Comcast, Cox, etc. don't run their mail servers all that well. You should expect problems like this from time to time. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter
http://inetcore.com/project/ipv4ec/index_en.html The available supply of IPv4 Internet addresses for the United States, Canada and Atlantic region is expected to be exhausted within the next two years. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal
On Nov 8, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: So, once you have done an OS upgrade on your machine, you can no longer do an annual re-installation of the OS on a reformatted drive. And if the drive on which the upgrade was done suffers a hardware failure, it is illegal to install the upgrade OS on the new hard drive? (unless, of course, you first install the old OS and then perform an upgrade to it?) Why does MS insist that one go through the more lengthy process?? What is to be accomplished except harassing the customer? I bet they are ROTFLOL at the thought of your distress. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MobileMe [Was COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest …]
On Nov 8, 2009, at 5:21 PM, David K Watson wrote: No, I think it was only Exchange support and some of the new MobileMe web apps that they had extended problems with when Apple was transitioning from .Mac to MobileMe. Mail, storage and syncing went almost completely unaffected and have remained so. Apple's failures were with new features that no one had yet come to rely on, unlike the Google, Sidekick and R.I.M. failures. Apple paid handsomely for its problems in rolling out new features by giving MobileMe customers 90 days free. But the bad server administration of those few new things apparently put Tom off MobileMe for everything. No. I think Apple has a long history of screwing up online services. The switch from dot Mac was clumsy and left customers high and dry when services they depended on were discontinued with very little notice. This bad management goes all the way back to the early days, eWorld users were all dumped with not much more than 30 days notice. I just don't trust Apple in this arena. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)
On Nov 8, 2009, at 1:03 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Some of that is the duration of the outages. The Sidekick mess was a few a week or two, Mobileme was prolonged. Google was out for what a few hours? Every one is going to have server problems but the time it takes to remedy the situation should be part of the outrage level. At the time I posted about the M$ $idekick $crewup the story was that there was no backup and all user files were permanently lost. Only WFBs thought that was hokedokey. But this is a standard tactic of the radical right. Just look at how they go after Nancy Polosy. They hardly ever take her on over any specific issue. They attack her solely because she exists. In the technical discussions conducted on this list this tactic is especially idiotic. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 8, 2009, at 12:34 AM, David K Watson wrote: Don't be so hard on her, Tom. She has a brother to do all her computer service for her, for free. As I said, unwilling convert. This reminds me of a tearful phone call I took one Monday morning from a designer. Over the weekend her company's IT fools had removed her Mac and substituted a PC. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:06 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Implicit is not the same thing as making direct and unmistakable references to something. That difference is what I was pointing out in the current crop of televised Microsoft ads for Windows 7. It is a bit different in the case of M$ because Vista really sucked. Reviews of W7 seem to indicate that W7 is just Vista cleaned up. Some reviewers say things like What Vista should have been. That is a tepid endorsement and does not at all justify the high price that M$ is charging for what amounts to a service pack. Remember what Honest Abe opined: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 8, 2009, at 7:07 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Not at all. It is almost unheard of for a manufacturer to advertise the shortcomings of their product. In that vein I actually commend Microsoft for being so forthright, even if it is being done in order to promote and sell the new version of their operating system. That is a tough tactic to succeed with. Right now in DC the Safeway stores are running an ad campaign based on we've changed that touts their lower prices. My immediate reaction is: So you now admit that you have been ripping us off all these years. I don't know if I want to do business with a company that has such a bad history. Can I trust them? Will the lower prices come from selling spoiled goods? I still remember when Food Lion got caught pouring bleach on spoiled meat so they could keep trying to sell it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 8:48 PM, db wrote: T-Mobile does not have roll over minutes so $45 is for 1000 mins / mo ... use them or lose them. 1000 minutes/month. That would require that I spend around 4 per cent of my waking hours every single day yacking on the cell phone. Heck, I'm no teenager. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 8, 2009, at 2:14 PM, mike wrote: Sounds like she needs medication and maybe a life outside of her job. She probably realized after the fact she lost all her personal stuff she wasn't supposed to leave on her work machine in the first place. Ignorant remark. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 8:38 PM, mike wrote: I read carefully your uninformed bullshit. You cry someone misunderstands what you say just when you know they've got it exactly, stick and move, never admit you are wrong... Precisely my point. Asked to present facts, Mike responds with a long incoherent rant. Q.E.D. I me really hoping that Android is a success. Apple needs the competition and Google is known for doing good work. However I do think Verizon's ads are off the mark and anybody posting here about the Driod's super powers before the product even shipped was just being silly. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] iPhone multitasking
On Nov 8, 2009, at 2:43 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote: Just a brief comment. If I switch to another app on the iPhone from a Apple native app such as Safari, Safari will bring up the last page viewed when I return to it. The iPod player works the same way. Non-native apps start from the beginning. I can listen to a radio station with Ootunes on the phone but I cannot read my email at the same time. When I return to Ootunes, it does resume that last station but it cannot play in the background while I'm viewing email. The Sirius app has the same limitation. The iPhone does multitask but only with the default, native apps. I suspect this is a marketing tactic. Apple adds features to its iPods and iPhones quite regularly, but seems to be in no hurry. I guess they don't need to hurry as long as they have no real competition. Instead they make each successive mode a little more appealing than the previous. This encourages people to upgrade. Put another way: Apple's only competition is Apple so they can manage the introduction of features at a rate that benefits them the most. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 8, 2009, at 2:43 PM, mike wrote: For those who do support by phone, this isn't anything. An hour a day in a ten hour workday spent on the phone is 1200 minutes a month. I do Mac support. Don't need that many minutes. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 8, 2009, at 2:32 PM, mike wrote: Safeway customers now just feel reinforced in their belief Safeway is the place to be. And they were happy to be ripped off by Safeway. That tells you something about their smarts. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal
Always doing its best to be helpful, M$ wants to let you know that if you want to install W7 on a new drive you are a dirty rotten crook. Windows 7 upgrade 'hacks' not legal, Microsoft suggests http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/02/windows-7-upgrade-hacks-not-legal.aspx?s=gcndaily_041109 Over the past several days, there have been various posts…[showing] that a Windows 7 Upgrade disc can perform a 'clean' installation of Windows 7 on a blank drive from a technical perspective, Ligman wrote last week in a Microsoft small-to-medium business blog. Of course, from the posts I saw, they often forgot to mention a very basic, yet very important, piece of information 'Technically possible' does not always mean legal. WFBs will of course take umbrage at the site of us ROTFLOLing, but we just can't help it. You dirty rotten crooks! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] macheist bundle for free
On Nov 8, 2009, at 3:48 PM, mike wrote: macheist.com is adverting a pack of free programs, some of you mac users might be interested. This is real software. I guess their hope is to get you hooked and then you'll pay for the next upgrade. Life is especially tough these days for small developers. Budgets are tight and there is so much FOSS competition. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 11:44 AM, mike wrote: Indeed this is a given, but not always with some cell phones. In several reviews including the last moto droid one, the poor call quality of the iPhone was brought up again. This has always been the weakest part of the iPhone, it does most other things very well...calling not so good. Lots of people were telling me I was an idiot for signing up with t- Mobile because they had terrible coverage. But so far the only place I've not been able to use my cell phone is underground in the Metro. This month they started wiring the Metro so that is being fixed too. It all depends on how you use the device. I would have been an idiot if I had paid for all kinds of service that I did not need. I'm waiting for the iTablet with great anticipation. Perhaps it will make smart phones obsolete? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 12:17 AM, mike wrote: Some people need or want different things from their cell phone. For me the killer feature is multitasking, I don't believe you. Multi-tasking makes no sense on such a tiny screen. Just try to convince us that you are going to watch a streaming video while simultaneously checking your email on such a tiny screen. Just bs. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Tony B wrote: Did I miss something? Its strictly for narcissistic backwoods droids. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 7, 2009, at 1:06 PM, mike wrote: Don't know what it's worth, but 7 is being picked up at a rate of over 200% greater than Vista in the same time period. Standard M$ agitprop. M$ planted the same kind of stories about Vista. More recently they did the same for Zune and Bing. Just M$ B$. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 7, 2009, at 1:26 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: The Microsoft television ads I have seen for Windows 7 clearly imply that previous versions of Windows have been problematic for users of the Windows OS. Again the same old same old from M$. The current product is always claimed to be solid and trouble free. Then the new one ships and they start running ads that reveal that the previous version was a piece of crap. I posted something very much like this message back when Vista was released and our WFBs were fawning over it. I don't upgrade because the previous OS was a piece of crap. I upgrade because the new OS gives me new capabilities that will increase my productivity or at least show me a good time. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 7, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: The people I know who are using Win7 run the gamut from professional geeks (like me) to business users to my sister, who knows nothing about computers. Some upgraded from Vista, some did clean installs from XP, some are new PCs. Most are not, as Tom declared without any evidence, Windows fan bois; most of them don't see the PCs as anything more than a hammer. They couldn't care less Sometimes our WFBs get so over hyperventilated that their own posts are the best evidence against them. Tell me again: So you sister who knows nothing about computers and could care less, nevertheless rushed out to be among the first to install Windows 7. You must have put a gun to her head. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!
On Nov 3, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Tony B wrote: Yes, I suppose Google et al, could announce tomorrow that they'll be charging for gmail. But why live life based around what some company *might* do in the future? Especially Google. Google has been especially clever at finding opportunities that nobody else saw and turning them into big revenue streams while keeping everybody happy. They give away search for free and mix paid content into it in a way that is not only not objectionable, but actually welcome. When I want to buy things I go to Google, knowing that the paid content will lead me to sites that are eager to sell. As a seller I am happy to give Google money because they bring customers to me. They have an excellent system for managing my online advertising and for measuring the effectiveness of my advertising. So I think I'm quite safe assuming that Google is not going away and is not planning to pick my pocket. I think Amazon's service is probably a safe bet too. On the other hand I do have serious doubts about many of the other online storage services. For example I would not trust Apple. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 7, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: The other possibility is that she just got a new PC. Which one do you think it might be? And which one of us is hyperventilating? Oh, an unwilling convert nevertheless. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!
On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Rich Schinnell wrote: For example I would not trust Apple. I can't believe what I am reading that. What an epiphany or is it a revelation? No it is the same consistent, honest observation of the industry that you get from me every day. You fan bois should not assume that everyone acts like you do. I'm not blindly rooting for a local team or political party. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:04 PM, mike wrote: Yes of course. You know better then everyone else what they need. Oh wait that's not right, yer just an arrogant snob who thinks he knows better No. You just said something silly and I called you on it. Your failure to respond with anything factual is duly noted Q.E.D. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 5:02 PM, David K Watson wrote: What kind of multitasking is it that you want to do on a small handheld that is so crucial? I don't have have an iPhone, but I do have an iPod Touch, and I can surf the web or compose an email, etc. while listening to music, and you can do more than one thing at a time of this sort with the iPhone, too. I'm not as advanced as you. I'm still using my Palm Tungsten. I use it heavily for all my daily scheduling and storing all the key information on my clients, work notes, and just about anything else that I need to recall. It only runs a single task, but it quickly switches from task to task. With no annoying delay it really does not matter if it is multitasking or not. Multitasking is just geek speak. How the device functions is what matters. Can we have some examples to prove me wrong? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 5:39 PM, mike wrote: In answer to your specific question, at the time I sent the last email where I said I want to be able to multitask, I was answering an email, on three IRC networks (talking in two channels actively), on IM with a friend in London and checking twitter for a search I'd done. If I'm on IRC on the iphone, I can't switch back and forth to IM without shutting down the other app...I can't answer an email without shutting down other apps. Disconnecting from IM and IRC every time I want to read an email would be tiresome, On Nov 7, 2009, at 5:39 PM, mike wrote: Make no mistake, none of it is crucial. But If I can get a phone that lets me do it, why would I not get that phone? I'm not one of those users as Tom is who assumes whatever *I* do is all that anyone ever has to do and anything else is shite. Well this explains a lot. You have so much stuff running at the same time that you can't focus. You impute things into my posts that are not there. You are not reading carefully. I guess this is the email equivalent of distracted driving. Or maybe aggressive distracted driving. One thing I think I missed. On which cell phone are you answering an email, on three IRC networks (talking in two channels actively), on IM with a friend in London and checking twitter for a search I'd done? I did not know that there was anything like this available. Sorry if you told us this before and I missed it. What cell phone should I be looking at? Still based on your past performance I don't think this is a good idea. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
On Nov 7, 2009, at 5:26 PM, db wrote: Yeh... and you might like to know that since Feb, T-Mobile has an unadvertised minutes plan called Loyalty that gives customers, who have been with them for a while, UNLIMITED prime time minutes for $49. ( I used to pay $45 for 1000 mins...). That's good. I'm paying $100 for 1150 minutes. Will the 1000 minutes for $45 last me the whole year and rollover (like mine do) or do they expire more quickly? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Primer on RAID
On Nov 7, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Michael Wosnick wrote: I will be taking delivery of a new Intel i7-920 Win 7 PC shorty and it will come with 12 G of DDRR3 RAM and a 1TB HD to which I intend to add a 2nd 1TB drive that I just bought for a PC that is no longer going to be used. I have never used any RAID or similar configuration and am wondering what are the pros and cons. Need to know your motivation. Are you running an NLE on this gear or just hacking hardware for entertainment or what? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko
Pogue says... Still, the Droid’s multitasking pays off in two situations: when you want to listen to Internet radio while you work in other apps, and when you’re switching between programs a lot. Since they’re already open, you don’t have to wait for them to start up again with each switch. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/personaltech/05pogue.html The Motorola Droid, Latest Entry in the ‘App Phone’ Races I ask Pogue: 1) Is it really a good idea to listen to Internet radio on a cell phone? That's quite an expensive radio. 2) How many apps can I expect to have running at once? Even though I have multi-GB of RAM in my desktop computer I still see a noticeable delay what I have too much open at once and the computer has to page in memory for an application before I can use it. So even on my multi- tasking desktop that are definite limits to multi-tasking. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] It's monotheist versus pagan (It's a Windows Mobile killer)
What a vote of confidence, to welcome the arrival of the Droid Verizon is doubling the penalty for early termination. With a whole new line of smart phones coming onto the market, Verizon Wireless said that starting November 15 it is doubling to $350 the penalty fees for subscribers who leave their contracts early. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/04/AR2009110404720.html?hpid=sec-tech Once the Droid grabs you it won't let you go! I guess they expect to have lots of unhappy customers wanting to flee. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Quality control?
On Nov 3, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Sue Cubic wrote: Let us not get into what brands of clothes wear better! Designer jeans are a joke compared to Lee and Levi--both found at Walmart. :) Or quality subversion? It is not the brand it is how its made. When Walmart tells a supplier to deliver a cheaper product you get the label on an inferior product that is not sold elsewhere. The old plumber we have worked with for decades warned me off of buying anything from Home Depot for the same reason. At these stores the brand name is no guarantee of quality. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear
On Nov 3, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Reid Katan wrote: And how was *your* experience with Win7? About the same as my experience with electrocution. I'm running XP. I don't know any serious person who runs Vista or W7. I expect I'll be taking a serious look at W7 sometime around 2012. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
