Re: [Techno-Chat]: Chromebook Up And Running

[Travis Siegel]

I tried a chromebook last year, when I bought it for my daughter.  I found 
it usable, but extremely limited in what it can do.  It would appear that 
if you're looking to do anything online, (basically, anything browser 
based), then chrome os is a perfect fit for you.  If however, you're like 
me, and do nearly nothing on the web, the chrome book/os is not a good 
fit. Honestly, I see how it could be useful, it just isn't for me.


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RE: [Techno-Chat]: epub reader in testing

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If you're using jaws or NVDA, the reader should read each chapter when it 
loads it.  It won't read the next chapter automatically, and continue 
reading, but a simple alt-N keystroke will move to the next chapter and 
continue reading.  I don't have a read aloud function, but could probably 
add it if folks think it would be of use, (personally, I think the screen 
reader is a much better mode than any read aloud functionality), but that 
could be something sighted folks might want.
I did just update it to work better when searching for the index files, it 
was missing some if they were deep enough in the epub file tree structure.


As for the dirzip program, that is a good suggestion., and I can probably 
add that, since I already did the same thing for the reader program, it 
shouldn't be difficult to modify the dirzip program to include that 
behavior as well.

Thanks for the feedback.

On Sat, 14 Sep 2019, d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote:



I tried the Reader program. Thanks. Personally I quite like the ability to just 
put screenreader into read all and just sit back and listen. At the moment, if 
I am using the program correctly,  I think the only option is to hit a link for 
each chapter section?
I don't know how difficult it would be to provide a read through mode  option 
where you can just listen to chapters sequentially without having to load each 
chapter.
By the way thanks a lot for DirZip lwhich I downloaded and will be a useful 
addition, providing functionality that 7 Zip currently does not offer.  For 
perfect functionality it would be fantastic if you could use the program from 
the Explorer send to menu with the program opening with the focus already on 
the folder you have  launched Dirzip from.

Thanks again
David Griffith


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Subject: [Techno-Chat]: epub reader in testing

Anyone willing to take up the challenge is welcome to test my softcon reader 
epub reader.
You can find it at
http://www.softcon.comm/files/softconreader.exe
or you can just go to http://www.softcon.com/files/ and see it there, along 
with anything else that is currently out there for use.
It's not a standards compliant epub reader (yet), but as long as your epub file 
contains an index file with the .ncx extension, it whould work just fine.
Of course, if the index file is broken (as I've noticed so many are), it won't 
work well, but it certainly tries.
There is a url displayed on the control panel, so you can go to any file you 
like, to help alleviate the problem with malconfigured ncx files.
It won't handle opf content files, so that will limit the epubs it works on, 
but give it a try, if it doesn't work, no harm done.
It's a work in progress, so expect broken behavior from time to time.
I'd sure like to know about problems if you encounter any though, so I can at 
least be made aware of them, even if I don't manage to fix them.
Hope this helps.
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[Techno-Chat]: epub reader in testing

[Travis Siegel]

Anyone willing to take up the challenge is welcome to test my softcon 
reader epub reader.

You can find it at
http://www.softcon.comm/files/softconreader.exe
or you can just go to http://www.softcon.com/files/
and see it there, along with anything else that is currently out there for 
use.
It's not a standards compliant epub reader (yet), but as long as your epub 
file contains an index file with the .ncx extension, it whould work just 
fine.
Of course, if the index file is broken (as I've noticed so many are), it 
won't work well, but it certainly tries.
There is a url displayed on the control panel, so you can go to any file 
you like, to help alleviate the problem with malconfigured ncx files.
It won't handle opf content files, so that will limit the epubs it works 
on, but give it a try, if it doesn't work, no harm done.

It's a work in progress, so expect broken behavior from time to time.
I'd sure like to know about problems if you encounter any though, so I can 
at least be made aware of them, even if I don't manage to fix them.

Hope this helps.
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[Techno-Chat]: Trump orders kaspersky products removed from government networks

[Travis Siegel]

This should prove interesting.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-kaspersky/trump-administration-orders-purge-of-kaspersky-products-from-u-s-government-idUSKCN1BO2CH


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Re: [Techno-Chat]: Thinking Of Branching Out

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The raspberry pi is a nice little computer, and it can be made 
accessible.  However, you don't have to wait to own a pi to learn how to 
use one.  The raspberry pi uses a version of linux, so any linux machine 
will teach you how to use the pi as well.  I have multiple raspberry 
pis, and I even used a raspberry pi model 2 for nearly a whole year as 
my primary computer, and it worked just fine.  There's a raspberry pi 
list for vi folks if you're interested, I don't have the address handy, 
but just do a search for raspberry-vi and it should be findable without 
too much trouble.



On 9/5/2017 4:02 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:

Hello everybody

I’m thinking about getting involved in one, possibly even 2 new 
avenues of computing. Firstly, I am toying with the idea of treating 
myself to a Google ChromeBox, or one made by a third party. As you 
probably all know, they run CjromeOS, and rely on the Google Cloud to 
synchronise data across both other devices and just the cloud itself 
as a backup.


Cloud computing is something which I always had reservations about. 
But it appears that cloud solution providers are going to great 
lengths to implement data integrity and security for their customers.


In view of this, Think that perhaps the time has come now for me to 
expand my arsenal. This is probably enhanced by the fact that I hope 
very soon to be the CEO of an organisation which I am establishing to 
provide both local and online training for clients requiring my 
assistance.


I’ve been talking to the RNIB over here and they tell me that they 
would most likely use my services, so that’s a great foot in the door. 
I want to be able to provide the very best training experience that I 
can, and that means hands-on knowledge of the technologies.
The second avenue I am thinking about exploring, although not until 
the time is right, is the Rasbury Pie project. I don’t know whether I 
spelled that rightly. I’ve been doing some reading on that and it 
sounds like a very interesting project.


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Re: [Techno-Chat]: Reading ePub books

[Travis Siegel]

I know a lot of folks don't like this option, but for me, it works well.

An epub file is just a zip file with all the contents of the book 
compressed into a single file.


All you need to do to read an epub book is extract the file, then 
navigate to the html files, and read them with your browser of choice.  
I like this method, and it works for me, your mileage may vary.


Of course, this won't work if you have drm protected epubs, as the 
browser won't know how to decrypt the drm content, but under all other 
circumstances, it works just fine.




On 6/30/2017 1:54 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

I'm new to this format.

Can anyone recommend good Apps I could use to read ePub books?

I assume Voicedream reader on IOS will work so what about Windows PC, 
Mac and Android?


Thanks





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Re: [Techno-Chat]: MP3 Is Dead!

[Travis Siegel]

Ahh, the mp3 being dead is a misnomer.  Sure, the company that owns it 
isn't offering anymore licenses, but this is because their patents on 
the format is expiring.  This means it's no longer necessary to buy a 
license, to be able to create and distribute mp3 formatted files.


I figured this was the reason, but this article confirms it.

http://hackaday.com/2017/05/14/patents-on-mp3-format-due-to-expire/

For more detailed information, see here.

https://madfileformatscience.garymcgath.com/2016/04/05/mp3patent/

By the end of 2017, all of the current mp3 patents will be expired, and 
though it looks like the owners *could* make a case for extending the 
format lock, it appears they aren't going to bother (probably a wise 
decision).


As a result, I'd say this indicates that the mp3 format is far from 
dead, if anything, I'd expect to see even more support for it being 
built in to a wider array of products and programs.


I doubt this is anywhere near the end of life for mp3, it's just too 
popular.




On 5/16/2017 6:15 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Yep subject line says everything, the format is dead and no new 
licences will be issued to continue supporting or developing the format.


MP3 has had a truly remarkable run when you think about it, almost 20 
years and the format has ben at the heart of changing the way we 
listen to music.


Now there are more efficient formats such as AAC out there and 
Lossless compressed formats such as FLAC, storage space has increased 
and so it goes.


There will be people who use MP3 for a long time to come but those 
will become fewer as more people adopt other methods.







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Re: [Techno-Chat]: Andy, run Android on your Desktop

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Ok, this one works better.  The first link is for andy 64-bit, this one 
doesn't say 64-bit, so I'm assuming it's a 32-bit version.  I've not 
installed it yet, but I didn't get the message from chrome this time 
that it couldn't complete the install when I quit the installer, so I'm 
hoping that means this one doesn't have the irritating extras built-in.


http://bit.ly/2kJzjzp

will get you to another 200 character url that has been shortened to 
point to the andy emulator (version 4.6). HTH.




On 1/30/2017 5:31 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:


I don't know just how useful - or even accessible - this Windows/Mac 
App could or would be so I'm posting the link to it here so you're all 
aware of what's around.
If someone does have the time to play around with Andy then let us 
know what you think and what you found.
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Re: [Techno-Chat]: Andy, run Android on your Desktop

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Well, crap, never mind.  Even though I told it (twice) not to include 
the chrome search add-on, it apparently included it anyway.  When I ran 
the andy install program, chrome told me it was going to install the 
search bar I spent several minutes telling the site I didn't want.  I'm 
now going to hunt elsewhere for this emulator, and hopefully I can find 
it without additional junk tacked on.




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I don't know just how useful - or even accessible - this Windows/Mac 
App could or would be so I'm posting the link to it here so you're all 
aware of what's around.
If someone does have the time to play around with Andy then let us 
know what you think and what you found.
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Re: [Techno-Chat]: Andy, run Android on your Desktop

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Here ya go folks.  A direct url to the download of andy, without all the 
irritating crap they want to add to it.  I had to tell them no twice for 
the same add-on, but this (shortened) link will get you where you need 
to go if you want the andy program.


http://bit.ly/2klB5IY

It's quite a bit shorter than the huge url they sent to my browser for 
actual downloading.  I forgot to check the status at bit.ly, (it usually 
tells you how long the actual url was before it got shortened, I 
wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it was over 200 chars long.  
That's just insane, but I guess folks will do anything to prevent others 
from obtaining the software they want without added crap.




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I don't know just how useful - or even accessible - this Windows/Mac 
App could or would be so I'm posting the link to it here so you're all 
aware of what's around.
If someone does have the time to play around with Andy then let us 
know what you think and what you found.
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Re: [Techno-Chat]: RE: [Techno-Chat]: Article: Saying Goodbye to the Mac – Mosen Consulting

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I do not have a modern up to date mac, the newest one I have is a 2008 
macbook.  I've been increasingly puzzled by apple's propensity to remove 
functionality with each update of their hardware.  It seems to be a 
growing trend.  Back in 2005 when voiceover was first announced, I was 
very happy, and jumped into the mac with both feet.  However, at the 
time, I spoke (to multiple people) that I was afraid that this 
accessibility thing apple was doing was going to begin with a bang, then 
slowly fade out, leaving the mac unusable for any serious work.  It 
appears that is exactly what has happened, and I've not seen it, because 
I haven't been able to afford an upgrade to the newest macs, so still 
work on 10.6 and 10.7 with my ancient macbooks.  I've also spent the 
last 2 or 3 years macless, because all of mine had slowly broken down, 
and being unable to replace them, I simply moved to other devices.  
While IOS seems to be usable still, I have to wonder how deep this rot 
goes, and if it will infect the IOS brand of devices as it has the OSX 
brand of devices.  I sincerely hope not, but one thing that has always 
irked me to no end is the whole planned obsolescence thing.  Seriously, 
what's wrong with my 2008 macbook? Nothing at all, but it won't run the 
newer os versions, it won't run most newer software, it won't do half 
the things it used to do, and why? For no other reason than apple 
decided to make it that way.  Well, it's not all apple, but developers 
aren't going to support something that the parent company doesn't have 
any interest in anymore.  This doesn't just apply to apple, windows is 
guilty of this too, but that's neither here nor there.  I've been quite 
happy on my linux boxes every since I first installed linux way back in 
1995.  I've never been forced to update my linux box if I didn't want 
to, I could continue using the programs I had, continue using the setup 
I had, and it just worked, and none of this planned obsolescence 
nonsense to break my linux box because a new release came out.  I have 
of course updated over the years, and still update regularly, but rarely 
does a linux upgrade cause anything as significant as a program no 
longer working due to different os requirements.  Sure, upgrading from 
libc to glib broke some things, but those were easily recompiled, 
replaced, or updated.  Kernel versions sometimes require changes in 
code, but nonetheless, all the programs I like to use still work, and 
I'm pretty much still using the same programs in 2016 that I used in 
1995, albeit newer and more updated versions of said programs.  That 
just plain isn't possible on these commercial alternatives such as OSX 
and Windows.  Why is that? Well, there's lots of reasons, but it's 
largely the fault of the manufacturers of these operating systems.  You 
just can't use a windows 95 program on windows 10, and perhaps expecting 
that is silly, but I can still go get a copy of a program on linux that 
I compiled back in 1995, take the source, make a few updates to allow 
for different c compiler excentricities, and have a working program in a 
matter of minutes (or hours for some of the more stubborn conversions), 
and that just isn't possible under normal circumstances under windows or 
OSX (though if you're talking terminal apps on osx, it is still 
doable).  I understand progress, and I generally have no problem with 
progress, but (as I've said for years and years) removing functionality 
is not an upgrade, but that's exactly what most of these companies do.  
How many times have you updated a program only to find it no longer does 
this or that, while it adds many other things, what is wrong with 
keeping it behaving similar to the way it did before? I don't know why 
manufacturers feel this is necessary, and I honestly don't think it 
helps anybody (except the manufacturers), but it's become so ingrained 
in our population, folks have come to expect it.


A lot of people say it's stupid to expect things to work now the same 
way they did 10 years ago, and if you use windows, you're right, but if 
you use linux, bsd, sunos, solaris, aix, or any other unix variant, 
guess what?  That's exactly what you can expect, and I'd wager, that's 
exactly why those operating systems are still around.


Agree or not, (and neither view makes any difference to me) you can't 
argue with the mere fact that windows and osx change considerably 
between releases, breaking lots and lots of software people 

[Techno-Chat]: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Review: RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme – The Last Portable Battery You’ll Ever Need?

[Travis Siegel]

I want to get one of these, and rig it up in a case of some sort with my 
raspberry pi.  I wonder how long it could power the pi.  Someone I saw 
online built a laptop into a case, and used a battery similar to this one, 
and it ran for about 2 days off of one charge of this battery.  I'd have 
to think that the pi would be good for a week or more on a single charge 
of such a battery.  I really need to look into getting meone of these 
things.  I use a power juice now, and it will run my pi for about an hour, 
which isn't a whole lot, but it's enough when I need to be away for just a 
little while, and still need access to a machine.



On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, Dane Trethowan wrote:


Review: RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme ? The Last Portable Battery You?ll Ever Need?
August 27, 2014


RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme

I?m starting to think I might have a problem. My interest in external batteries
may be turning into a fetish, but these energy stores are important to our
digital lifestyles. The latest electron pump to whet my appetite is the
RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme.

Xtreme is a clue to this units performance, this is one meaty power pack.
Weighing in at over half a kilo and with dimensions of 18.5 cms x 12.4 cms x
1.8 cms, this isn?t going to fit in your pocket. But its huge capacity is its
advantage and it?s still small enough to fit in pretty much any bag.

The 23,000mAh 5v output will, for example, fully recharge an iPhone around 12
times, a Galaxy S4 around 7 times and even an iPad Air from empty to full
twice over. In addition the battery can output a range of higher voltages to
power netbooks, notebooks and laptops too.

The Kit

As well as the battery itself, the kit comes with 4 charger tips for mobile
devices (Samsung, Nokia, mini and micro USB) as well as 2 x USB power leads,
plus a range of 10 charger tips for laptops (see below) and a DC lead to hook
them up. There?s also a felt carry case to pack it all into.

RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme Kit

Feel the Power

The little LCD screen gives the unit an air of quality and shows the remaining
power level of the cells (both visually in bars as well as a percentage
value). In addition the USB symbol appears when charging through either of the
USB ports.

RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme LCD Display

The upper aluminium body (plastic bottom half) helps with heat dissipation and
there are 4 ports along the top edge of the case. From left to right, first is
the input port, this is used to charge the battery from the supplied AC Mains
charger (15-24v 2A) which will work around the world as it?s 100-240V 50-60Hz.
It takes around 6 hours to fully charge.

RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme Ports

Next along is the USB 2 port, this is a 2.5A output that will charge an iPad
at full speed as well as those other power greedy devices like the Galaxy Tab
or Nexus 7. The USB 1 port is a standard 1.0A output for your iPhone, Android
smartphone, Portable Game Console etc. Finally the right-most port is the DC
Output for charging laptops and notebooks. 






Check the AC adaptor for your laptop to determine the voltage required, then
hold down the single function button until the voltage value begins to flash.
Press the button again to cycle through the output options (9, 12, 16, 19 and
20 volts). Once you arrive at the correct value leave it flashing for a few
seconds and it will stop and lock to that output.

Apple Magsafe Cord / CableThe 10 notebook tips included in the kit will
connect the battery to most units from Acer, Asus, Benq, Dell, HP, Lenovo,
Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.

Being a MacBook household there?s an obvious omission from that list, no doubt
because of Apple?s proprietary connector. However a quick search turns up these
inexpensive Apple Magsafe and Magesafe 2 cords so it may be possible to rig
something up for your Cupertino computer. But plug any Heath Robinson
contraption into your shiny, expensive MacBook at your own risk.

You can use both USB Smart Ports at once (3.5A max) and even simultaneously
charge 3 devices by adding your laptop at the same time (4.5A max total
output). The instructions allude to an 80% efficiency stating that the unit
will ??consume about 20% of the total capacity, including power loss from 
circuit
heat and voltage conversion?.

RAVPower say the Lithium-Polymer cells employed by their unit are more stable
and safer than Li-ion and they are good for over 500 recharge cycles. They are
keen to point out the other safety features of this unit too and quote
protection for overcharge, overvoltage, overcurrent, overtemperature and short
circuit with auto-shut down where required. In normal use the unit will auto
power off between 5 and 20 seconds after its been disconnected.

Bottom Line

We recently packed the RP-PB14 on a long family car journey and even though
there was USB power available in the car, the rear seat passengers preferred
to use the battery as it meant those (short) lightning and micro-USB cables
weren?t as stretched and restrictive as they were 

Re: [Techno-Chat]; Banana Pi

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I haven't tried a banana pi just yet, but I have been using a raspberry pi 
quite successfully for more than a year now.  I have it running raspbian 
(the raspberry version of debian linux).  But, from what I understand, the 
pi can use the sd cards created for the banana pi as well, though I've not 
got around to making an android version just yet.  I also have plans to 
test the FreeBSD version of the pi os, though currently, raspbian and 
windows IOT are the only ones I've tested, and  had good results with 
both, though I didn't keep the windows IOT very long, as I needed the 
card for other things.  Either way, the difference between the raspberry 
and the banana pi is that the banana has a better processor, though they 
both have 1gb of ram (if you have the pi2 or 3).  I'm using the pi 2, 
haven't gotten ahold of a pi 3 just yet, but do plan to do so in the near 
future, though I don't expect my user experience to change much, since 
it's nearly identical except for minor things besides the faster 
processor, which I don't know enough about to tell if it's equivalent to 
the banana or not.  Guess I'll find out when I get one. :)



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I=E2=80=99ve ordered a starter kit, the Banana Pi itself = comes with 1GB of
RAM.The kit includes the Pi along with = a pre-programmed 8GB SD card which of
course can be changed depending on = the user requirements.
The Pi comes with Android = v4.2 for some reason, perhaps this is the latest
version to be tested on = the Pi? I=E2=80=99ll have to do a little research on
that but again its = not a particular concern I wouldn=E2=80=99t have thought.
Other parts of the kit include the power supply and an = Ethernet cable.
I bought the kit from eBay and = I=E2=80=99ve written to the seller asking him
to if he wouldn=E2=80=99t = mind installing Google Talkback before shipping so
I may be in luck = there and if not? Well I=E2=80=99ll have to rely on another
paire of = eyeballs won=E2=80=99t i >smile>.

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Re: [Techno-Chat]; SMS Messages

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He could do the same thing using seri, it works exactly the same way, and 
the 4S does ineed have seri on it.

Puzzled why your friend found it problematic.

On Sat, 20 Aug 2016, Dane Trethowan wrote:

I was out and about yesterday and whilst traveling I had the pleasure of 
explaining to my friend the virtues of the Samsung Galaxy S6 of which there 
are many.


I was then given a task of sending a Text Message easily from my Samsung 
Galaxy s6 to my friend's Apple 4S iPhone, sending a Text Message easily 
whilst driving was something my friend claimed he couldn't do with his iPhone 
4S


Perhaps its just me but I fond using a touch screen keyboard an absolute 
menace when on the move so I decided to employ Google Now for the Text 
Message sending, I have the Google Now Launcher installed and running by 
default.


I double-tapped the "Voice Search" button at the top right of the screen 
below the notification panel and said "Send sms to friend saying hello".


The S6 responded with "Send SMS to Friend, change it or send it", I replied 
with "Send it" and my friend then had it on his phone's screen.


Yes, nothing much in the scheme of hthings I guess but even I was surprised 
just how well google now performed the task at hand given the heavy rain and 
other traffic noise that could be plainly heard.








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Very cool, thanks for sharing this one, I enjoyed it very much.




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Probably too late now, will try in the morning.


On Sun, 3 Jul 2016, Dane Trethowan wrote:


Yes that?s true but never mind that, I?m writing about something far more
important and that is the fact that I had my Bowers And Wilkins A7 Speaker
system delivered yesterday morning and what a fine looking and sounding beast
it is too sitting on the shelf here in the den though I could easily use it
anywhere.
I?ve had a number of different Bowers and Wilkins speaker systems in my time
ranging from the very affordable and nice sounding Z2 iPod dock/Airplay
speaker to the little brother of the A7, the A5.

What?s the difference then between the A5 and A7 systems? Well there are 2 main
differences and they are power and connectivity.

The A7 not only supports AirPlay but also can be connected to analogue/digital
sources such as the digital output of a CD player or TV. The user also has the
option of connecting the A7 to a Windows PC or Mac in the same way one would
connect an external sound card.

The DSP in this speaker system  does a superb job at separating the channels
and projecting the sound,  even more amazing when you consider the size of the
A7, about the size of a large loaf of bread.

Total power output of the A7 is 100 watts RMS, - 25 each for the 2 stereo
channels and 50 for the sub-woofer - and all controlled by separate Class D
digital amplifiers for the channels and sub-woofer  so this is a true
powerhouse and party animal type device projecting wonderful clear bass, mid
range and crisp highs around the room though at my place I think the
description of around the room needs to be modified somewhat so let?s say around
the house? I can hear the clarity of the A7 down the other end of my house
from where the A7 is sitting and not all speaker systems I have can do that.

The Bowers And Wilkins doesn?t come cheap but in my view the penny?s I saved to
buy one and the time it took to scrape them together was well worth it.

Luckily I bought mine on sale, a third of the regular Australian price of
$1299 so people in the U.S. might like to check with their local Bowers And
Wilkins dealer or agent to see what they can get it for in their region and I?ve
no doubt that the price will be more competitive than it is in Australia.

And a final note, I sold my Bowers And Wilkins A5 some time ago with the idea
of getting the A7 as quickly as possible though as is often said, ?The best laid
plans are the one?s planned to fail?, so I was without the A5 for a lot longer
than I?d anticipated and had to use my Denon Cocoon Home in its place, the sound
of the Cocoon is very good though it still doesn?t match the sound or the power
of the Bowers And Wilkins A5/A7 but a good and cheaper alternative.

Anyway once I had the A7 installed and working I could easily recall the great
sound Bowers And Wilkins offers through its speaker systems which had been
quickly forgotten once I had to use the Denon Cocoon which I?ll write about
 another time.


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Re: [Techno-Chat]; Passing Along A Suggestion

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I'd have to agree with the below statements here.  I think there's enough 
android lists already, but of course, it's up to you whether to make one 
or not, and see how/if it works.  I also agree on the list content, it's 
kind of nice knowing that basically anything goes, as long as it's tech 
related, there's not too many places to obtain that sort of cross section 
of postings, and I for one would not like to see that limited just because 
there's another list on the same server of another topic.



On Mon, 13 Jun 2016, Dane Trethowan wrote:



Whether or not we have another list devoted to Android is up to any individual
to create I guess.


I'm signed up to one list to do with Android already so I don't know whether
I'd sign up for another list, as I said in a previous post its all down to
trial and error so see what the market place wants in other words.


Having said all that I value the techno-chat list for one important reason and
that is for the general discussion of topics of a technical nature, Android,
Windows, Mac and the mechanics of washing machines all fall into this category
so the last thing I'd really want to see is for someone to say post a review
of a newly released Android phone only to be slapped down by a moderator
saying that this review should be posted to an android-access list.


Only my two cents worth.




On 13/06/2016 11:39 AM, Bill Deatherage wrote:
  I would also sign up to an android list. I use both the iPhone and
  android.

  Sent from my iPad

On Jun 12, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Debbie April Yuille
 wrote:

  I would definitely sign up to an android access mailing
  list. I?m about to purchase a Samsung Galaxy S7 and could use
  all the help with learning Android as I could get.

   

  Thanks

  Debbie

   

  From: Gordon Smith [mailto:gor...@mac-access.net]
  Sent: Monday, 13 June 2016 7:52 AM
  To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!
  
  Subject: [Techno-Chat]; Passing Along A Suggestion

 

Hello everybody

 

I?m just acting on one of the little ditties, (as Lynne called them)
and I see that there?s something she was going to mention to me
until other things got in the way.

 

In the likeness of Mac Access, does anybody think that there would
be a use, or demand for, an ?android-access? mailing list?  Yes, I
know that there are  some groups already out there.  But that?s also
the case with Mac Access and, thankfully, we are now picking up
again following our major crash last year.  It?s taken time because
of the personal issues which I won?t speak about here.  But I?m going
to be once again unemployed for a little while, an will therefore
have more time to kill.  On that subject, I have decided to go
freelance and offer my services as a Braille transcriber and I.T
trainer.  So I hope not to be one of those unfortunate visually
impaired people who finds it impossible to gain employment because
of his or her disability or disabilities.

 

Anyway, thoughts on the android-access group welcome.

 



 

My compliments and kindest regards

Gordon Smith:



 

Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.

Mobile/SMS:

+44 (0)7907 823971

 



 

 

 


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I've tried multiple times to use an android phone, and I've never been 
able to get it to work anywhere near as well as my iphone.  I've tried 
hard, and I've tried on multiple versions of android, and while some 
experiences were better than others, not a single one ended with me 
thinking it'd be a great idea for me to switch to android.  If anything, 
everytime I try it, it just makes me more  frustrated, because I know it 
works for some, but I just can't get the level of usability out of it I'd 
need to even consider switching to it full time.
I do have an android phone that I use as a backup, and for that, it works 
just fine, but as a primary device, for everyday use, it's just not 
practical.

Re: merging a folder with ncftp?

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Rget is intended to continue an interrupted transfer, not sync a  
folder that already exists.  I've actually not tried to sync folders  
via ftp the way you are doing.  Normally, a perl/bash script would be  
run on the host system (in this case, yours) comparing the two  
folders, then ftp is used to move just the needed files, but it's used  
as a separate process, not as an integrated whole solution.  However,  
it may be possible to use wget to do what you want, something like

wget -m -np
might do the trick, but that's off the top of my head, so case might  
be off (I.E. may need a capital m instead of lower case), and you may  
or may not need the -np parameter.  In any case, if wget won't do the  
job, you can always try a program called mirror, which is written in  
perl, and is used by folks all over the world to keep sites in sync,  
folks such as the project gutenberg, so you know it's in heavy use.
Mirror can be gotten from the perl cpan repository, or you can  
probably google it if you need it via a web download, but honestly,  
I'd expect one of those two solutions (wget or mirror) to do the trick  
for you.

hth.
On Sep 22, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:


Ok here you go with a bit of a challenge.

I have a folder I was coppying from my server to someone's linode,  
with their permission. I changed some of the folder's contents on my  
server but when I redoo get -R dirname it does not copy the newer  
folder's contents over. I verified thsi with an ls at the folder in  
which I made the change on this person's linode.  What do I need to  
do to do this with ncftp? I know I'm close but googling right now is  
not helping. Maybe because I'm kind of still a bit jetlaggy. lol!


Tc all.

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Re: Purchasing a laptop

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Check tigerdirect.com.  They're always running specials.  In fact, I  
got an email last week about a $249 laptop that was quite high quality  
for the price.  Sometimes, the stuff is refurbished instead of new,  
but for the price, I don't think you can do better.

Give them a look see.
Now, if it was apple you were wanting, I'd suggest powermax (http://www.powermax.com 
) They have new as well as used macs, and they even give guarantees on  
the used macs as well as the new ones.

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Ahh, yes, thank you Martin, I was hoping you'd pipe up with an  
explanation.  I knew it all made sense, I just didn't know why it  
worked as it does.  Glad you cleared that up for me. :)



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Re: Remembering a Big Solar Flare March 8, 1989

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On Mar 15, 2014, at 4:18 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

Do you think your heater's coil is a dynamic coil thereby picking up  
stuff like that?


It's possible, but I have no way of knowing without opening it up, and  
I'd rather not do that while it still works. *grin*
It's one of those round heaters, about 8-10 inches tall, and heat  
comes out near the top 360 degree coverage, so you can be standing  
behind it, and still get heat from it.  It's quite useful, though  
better suited for a center table than a shelf against the wall where I  
have it, but still, it works well.
This music thing is interesting, and I figure the fan motor's magnet  
is acting as a receiver or something similar, so it's not surprising,  
just odd, as I'd normally not expect a heater to have the required  
parts to act as a receiver, but I'm only partially versed in radio  
frequency knowledge, so although it makes sense to me, someone with a  
lot more know how would need to explain why it works, I just don't  
have the frame of reference to put it in understandable terms.  Or,  
for all I know, maybe the heater is acting as nothing more than an  
amplifier, and the radio two shelves down is the actual culpret, and  
the heater is just ramping up the output of the radio, even though  
it's off.
When we lived in Alabama, we had some wiring issues, and the radio  
alarm clock my son had in his room used to broadcast it's channel  
through the house wiring.  I could hear his radio (even though it was  
off) when I was laying in my bed, especially if I leaned over the side  
and got closer to the outlet.  It was very disconcerting to wake up in  
the middle of the night, and hear music until I figured out what was  
causing it.  Eventually, that socket burned out, and took the radio  
with it, and we never did replace it, (neither the plug or the radio)  
so I honestly don't know which one was the actual cause of the problem.



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Re: Remembering a Big Solar Flare March 8, 1989

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Martin, you mentioned electronic equipment getting out of whack, and  
strange things happening to it.  Well, I have a small heater I keep on  
a shelf in my bedroom for those nights it gets too cold for simple  
blankets and feather beds to cope.  What I find, is that during the  
times this heater is running, (generally around 2-4 am timeframe) I  
can hear a radio station faintly coming from the heater when it's  
running.  It's not loud enough to record, since the heater noise  
drowns it out mostly), but it is noticable, and although I have yet to  
hear a station id during the time it's been active, I find it  
interesting that it happens anyway.  I've been tempted a time or two  
to get my regular radio, and try to match the station before the  
heater turns off again, but being it happens in the middle of the  
night, and I'm usually too cold to crawl out of bed if I don't need  
to, it's remained only an idle thought.



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I actually participated in this kickstarter.  I thought this would be  
an excellent way for me to build prototypes, project boxes, and  
missing parts for various toys we have around the house that  
constantly need fixing.  I did pledge at the lowest level, and was  
promised my pen by january 2014.  Unfortunately, I had the funds when  
pledging, but kickstarters work on the premace that they don't take  
the funds until they're ready to begin production.  By the time they  
were ready, the money I'd set aside for it had been used for some  
emergency or other, and I no longer had it sigh I still want one of  
these though, so thanks for pointing this out, I'll be ordering myself  
one just as soon as I can.



On Feb 19, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:


http://recode.net/2014/02/19/doodles-with-dimension-3-d-printing-simplified/



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Re: Braille

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My understanding of the english vs. american braille is that your  
system uses the first possible contraction, regardless of where it  
falls in the word.  So, as you said, appear would have the ea symbol,  
followed by the r.  American braille doesn't break up sylabols,  
(though that doesn't hold in your example) but we'd use the ar symbol  
as you pointed out.
Unfortunately, I'm coming up blank on examples of english vs american  
braille for cross sylable splits, but I do remember seeing them when I  
read a book written in english braille many many years ago, and it  
confused me quite a bit until I got used to it. :)
I haven't read the specs for this universal braille yet, so can't  
comment on how it's doing things, but my understanding was that they  
wanted a single code to replace all the various systems, computer,  
nemeth, english, american, and foreign languages.  I'm not sure  
they've managed to cover all of those basis, especially since the  
whole computer braille code was specifically designed to be an exact 1  
for 1 match for the ascii character set, and nemeth has it's own way  
of doing things, but if they've managed to pull it off, I'd be  
surprised.  Are they planning next to unify the written alphabet as  
well, so russian, chineese, arabic and african languages all use the  
same set of symbols?  It's silly to contemplate such a thing, because  
each language has symbols denoting sounds in that particular  
language.  I submit braille codes served the same purpose, and except  
for the english vs american codes, I don't understand how they plan to  
squeeze all the others into a single unified code.  It's specifically  
because each code was designed for something different that made them  
the way they were, and throwing that all away, just because someone  
somewhere didn't like learning different codes seems silly to me, but  
then again, except for a short survey I participated in a couple years  
ago, nobody asked my opinion about it all, so what's a person to do?



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Re: Next Generation Braille Notetaker Just Released

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On Nov 2, 2013, at 6:16 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:



I count myself extremely lucky and I don't mind admitting that I  
just happened to be in the very right place at the very right time,  
there was someone I knew who was going to do away with his Voice  
Sense, he'd switched to IOS devices.  I asked him would he take some  
cash rather than throw the Voice Sense away so that's the story,  
someone's trash is someone elses treasure, no doubt about it.


Yeah, and this is one thing I've never understood.  Why in the world  
do folks just junk older items, even when they're working prefectly  
well?
I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say oh, this is  
old, I can't use it anymore, or it's old, I got a new one, so this one  
is useless.
Someone really ought to smack these folks and get them to wake up.   
Especially when it comes to adaptive technology.  I shutter at the  
shear number of adaptive devices that wind up in landfills when  
they're still perfectly functional, just because someone doesn't want/ 
need them anymore.  It's a real shame.  folks don't think that maybe  
someome else might want or need it.  Instead of tossing it, folks  
should really offer it up for others to purchase, so that someone who  
can't afford to purchase new stuff could get a device that will help  
them out.
Unfortunately though, there's no way to get through to some of these  
folks, they assume that since it's older, nobody wants it, or worse  
yet, they figure since it didn't cost them anything, it's not worth  
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Re: In Google we Trust

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Thanks for the mp3 link.
Anyone these days who thinks their internet surfing is their own needs  
a reality check.  There's absolutely no way to completely cover your  
tracks.  You can make it harder though.  Generally I use lynx on a  
linux box when doing most of my internet searches.  I tell lynx to  
ignore all cookies, and since it doesn't run any java script, I don't  
really have to worry about it passing info to other places.  If I do a  
search on safari (as often I am required to do for various reasons) I  
do not click on the google provided link.  Instead, I copy the link,  
then remove all the google portions before pasting it back into my url  
field.  Call me paranoid if you like, but folks already know too much  
about me for my comfort, I don't see any reason to make it easier for  
them.
I'm honestly of the opinion all this sort of thing should be illegal,  
but you'll never get commercial entities to agree to that, so we have  
to do the best we can at least to make their job harder if nothing  
else. :)
Of course, this coming from someone who hasn't done anything more  
shady than download a few ebooks with questionable parentage, but I  
use the whole accessible format copyright loophole to cover that one.   
I also make it a practice to delete such books after I've read them,  
so that I cannot be accused of hoarding or passing along such  
materials.  Anyway, I sure hope this program make ssome folks wake up  
and realize just how much data they do produce, and how much of it  
will never go away.

Anyway, interesting documentary, thanks for sharing.

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Re: Small World

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I read an article somewhere (can't remember where, maybe science  
news) describing the process of patching the transatlantic cable.   
They used a ship (a rather large one) and it had hooks that dropped  
down to the bottom of the ocean, grabbed both ends of the broken  
cable, and brought it up to the surface.  They patched it (don't  
remember how) then dropped it again.  It fixed the cable, though the  
article didn't say for how long.  It's interesting though, how much  
technology has progressed since then.  These days, they can tell you  
not only that the cable is broken, but where it is broken, and that I  
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Re: Sparkle Radio: Update

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Ahh, yes, it works just fine now.  I use quicktime, but it works with  
the itunes link, so all is good.

Just thought you'd like to know.
It sounds ok, though I expected better quality now that we have a  
10MBPS connection, but such is life. :)


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Re: Is Anybody Up For Testing For Us? Our Radio Project

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Don't know if this is still up for testing, but if it is, it's not  
working. :)

Server is not responding. :)
I've very often considered creating something similar, having a show,  
or something like it.  Only thing is, I'm horrible with deadlines,  
and I'd never be able to keep to a schedule.  Also, I really hate  
hearing my own voice.  Loads of folks have told me I'd make an  
excellent radio announcer, but I really really don't like hearing my  
own voice, so everytime I get close to doing such a project, I  
remember how much I hate deadlines, voices, and streaming content,  
and that takes care of my urge for another 6-10 months or so. :)
But, good luck, and I hope it all works out for you, it's always fun  
to watch things like this one take off.


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Re: Screen-Readers

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Gordon, it seems their standard operating procedure is the same no  
matter what product you're talking about.  I'd bought a used braille  
printer (a versapoint bp some or other) and freedom scientific/blazie  
had just bought enabling technologies, the original makers of that  
particular model printer.  When I contacted them about sending it in  
for repair, because it didn't work when I received it, I was told  
that they would not repair the printer, but would be happy to sell me  
a new one.
I uh, said something quite inappropriate for a public forum, and  
promptly hung up and took the printer apart.  It turns out one of the  
circuit boards had come out of it's socket during shipping.  I simply  
reseated the board, and that printer is still producing braille  
materials for me today, and that was close to 8 or 9 years ago if I  
recall correctly.
That was my one and only experience with their hardware support, and  
I have no desire to repeat it.  I now refuse to purchase anything  
with an fs logo on it, and even used equipment, I have to think real  
hard about before I will drop anything for it, and even then, it'd  
better be one heck of a deal, or I'm walking.  I can't stand the way  
all these adaptive technology companies treat people who honestly  
have a need for the products they make, especially if they can't  
afford to purchase the latest and greatest copy of whatever it is  
they're pushing this week.
I'm currently expanding my knowledge of circuits, diy kits, and hobby  
circuit board makers, so that I can (in some way) reduce the reliance  
on such companies for all blind/visually impaired folks.  I intend to  
release kits folks can build themselves (or preassembled if desired)  
to take up the slack of everyday items that these so-called adaptive  
companies have foisted on their unsuspecting users for years, just  
because the poor people don't know there's options, and wouldn't know  
where to find them if they did.
Several things are whirling around in my brain, as well as in various  
stages of prototyping, and when each project is complete, I plan to  
post them for anyone who wants them, the first of which will be a  
talking thermostat that cost less than 100 us dollars.  An external  
speech synthesizer (in the same price range) for those who are tired  
of wasting cpu cycles to those horrible software synthes), and all  
sorts of other things that may or may not be practical, (won't know  
until I give them a shot) but they'll all be built with off-the-shelf  
items any electronic hobbiest can lay their hands on, and build  
themselves if they so choose to do so.


I honestly believe it's something like this that will be the only  
thing to force these rediculous prices back down to something the  
average user can afford.
Who knows, likely it won't change a thing, but if it inspires only  
one person to build their own solution instead of purchasing an  
overpriced adaptive item that cost 3 times the price, and does only  
half as much as the comparable commercially available item, then I  
figure it's a good days work.



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Re: Closed Captions Was the good old days of TV

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I always wondered why nobody ever built a box that could read these  
closed caption streams.  I realize that to some, this would seem  
silly, if you can hear the dialog, then why use the cc being read via  
computer? Well, I'm thinking more in the vain of foreign language  
broadcasts that have the native language being streamed as a cc at  
the bottom of the screen.  It always seemed to me that it would be a  
trivial thing to do, but yet, it was never done.  Curious how  
difficult something like this would be for someone to do on their  
own, it sounds like an interesting project.



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C64 and pc xt (was Closed Captions)

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I used the c64 myself, my brother had one, and although I don't  
remember what the name of the speech synthesizer was called, I do  
remember that it cost 60 bucks, and came on a cartridge, so you had  
to plug the cartridge into the keyboard, then anything that came up  
on the screen would talk, as long as it was text.  That's where I  
started playing the infocom games.  It was a very robotic sounding  
voice, and I know we had to buy at least two of them before the c64  
finally gave up the ghost, and we switched over to a goold old PC XT  
machine put out by ids which actually ran an necv20 cpu, which  
incorporated an 80186 commandset, so it ran about 50 percent faster  
than a standard xt, and it also had a turbo mode which would double  
it's speed from 4.77 mhz to over 8mhz, making it quite speedy for  
it's time (circa 1986) It even was able to run (some) 286 specific  
software, which allowed me to use it long after everyone had given up  
on their old xts, and moved on.  I think it was somewhere around 1990  
or 91 before I actually took the plunge and purchased a 286 machine  
which only ran at 12 MHZ. :)

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Re: the good old days of TV

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Interesting Martin.  You mention that the 2 Meter band goes from 144  
to 148 here, but then that means my little handheld radio I bought at  
Radio shack some 10+ years ago is a bit more than it claims.  It goes  
from 144 all the way up to somewhere beyond 163 or so.  Any idea why  
it was labeled a 2 meter radio if it's range was that large?
Recently, it's had issues in that it now only access stations I'd  
already preprogrammed into it, and no longer will change freqs using  
it's up/down buttons, though hitting the preset freq buttons works  
just fine.
I did find a fellow here in town who claims he works on such radios,  
so I'm thinking I'll drop by his place and see if it's fixable, but I  
don't hold out much hope, considering on how old it is.  It's built  
pretty solid though, it's been dropped many many times, and only in  
the last year or so has began misbehaving, so if it can be made to  
work again, I'd sure appreciate having it operational again, it was  
great to be able to pick up the weather stations when we lived in  
Alabama, since there was almost always tornado or rough weather  
warnings being sent out.  It was nice to be able to turn on that  
little handheld unit and get all the details in a few minutes, as  
opposed to wading through commercial radio, andhaving to wait a half  
hour or more for the same info.



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Re: the good old days of TV

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On May 24, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Gordon Smith wrote:


Hi Travis

I can confirm the 2 meter amateur band is 144 to 148 MHZ in the  
Americas.  What you'll probably find above that range is PMR,  
(Public Mobile Radio).



Ahh, that is probably quite accurate, used to listen to police, fire,  
ambulance, and the like, as well as weather stations directly from  
noaa.  It sure is a handy little radio, and I've not been able to  
find anything like it in current offerings.



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Re: Our Blogs

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These sorts of things are exactly why I don't purchase domains from  
anyone but myself.  And, also why I don't use prehosted blog sites.   
You can install wordpress anywhere, it doesn't have to be on their  
servers, and you can handle your own domains, no reason to pay anyone  
to hand over a packaged deal for (likely) more money than it takes to  
do it yourself.
I realize these folks fill a nich, (a rather profitable one if they  
are to be believed) but I personally wouldn't use such services,  
unless I was out of options all across the board.
If they own the domain, nothing you can do.  if someone else  
registered it in the meantime, (again) nothing you can do.  If it got  
renewed, and is just waiting for you to reclaim it, then that's  
probably the only way you'll get it back.  (whois is your friend)  
check the whois record, and see who it's registered to, then you'll  
know which of the above scenarios *might* apply.
I always recomend to folks to handle their own domain registration,  
specifically to avoid such issues as this one, I can't tell you how  
many times folks have had domains stolen out from under them because  
some company insisted on registering the domain for them, then  
mishandled it afterowrds, or claimed it after the term was up, or any  
number of other things I've heard horror stories about.
It's possible though, that in this case, nothing has been done with  
it, and it's simply sitting in limbo waiting to be returned to the  
pool (ome registrars hold on to them longer than others) and a quick  
email to support will gather it up for you again, and all will be fine.
That does happen from time to time, but from where I'm sitting,  
that's only a small minority of cases.  Good luck with the domain and  
the blog.


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Re: Sharing data between Mac and Windows

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Mac has no problem sharing data with the mac, and vice versa.  On  
windows, you need to specifically share the folders in question where  
you want to put things you want to share, (right clicking on the file  
folder in windows explorer allows you to set the sharing status) and  
on mac, as long as you connect to the mac using samba, you can share  
anything you like.
No experience with android or iphone/ipod sharing directly, if I want  
something on my ipod, I just move it to a web directory on the mac,  
and download it directly on the ipod.

Don't have an android device though, so can't address that question.


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Re: Screen-Readers

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Uhh, I must correct one misconception in this email.
Ms *did* produce a screen reader years ago.
At that time, a few screenreader manufacturers blew their top,  
threatened all sorts of legal action, and (surprisingly enough) ms  
caved.
They didn't toss their efforts entirely though, they turned it into  
narrator, which still exists even in the latest version of windows.
So, in this case, don't blame ms.  This is actually the first (and in  
my opinion) one of the only times that ms actually tried to do the  
right thing, then gave in to bad pressure to do the wrong thing, and  
thus, the visually impaired market was once again left to the mercy  
of the large screen reader manufacturers.
Most things ms does don't make sense to me, and this one is no  
exception, but at least in this particular instance, ms isn't to  
blame here.



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Re: Window-Eyes

[Travis Siegel]

nvda is open source, it can't be taken away from the market, unless  
they somehow withdraw every single copy of the source they ever  
distributed.  Not possible.
And, even if they do, there's nothing stopping someone else from  
forking the source, and starting another version.

No worries on that front.


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Re: an html question

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I'm guessing you're stuck with it.  Just like vo says header level 1,  
or header level 2 when you use the h1 /h1 and h2 /h2 tags,  
it's built-in, so your out of luck.
I don't bother with blockquotes, I just separate the quotes with P  
tags, then quote them myself using standard double quote marks.  but  
even so, hearing blockquote wouldn't bother me anyhow, I'm used to  
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Re: News Radio

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KYW is an AM newsradio station based in Philadelphia, though I don't  
know if they have an internet feed anywhere.  I'm not in that area  
anymore (haven't been in many years) but I'd wager they're still  
around.  Fairly decent station for news, it's all news all the time.  
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Re: News Radio

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Ok, never mind, KYW was already mentioned.


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Alexander Graham Bell recordings

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This is pretty cool.  Some scientists have now managed to recover and  
play back some of the earliest recordings from the inventor of the  
telephone.  It's quite a good read, give it a look.
http://news.yahoo.com/alexander-graham-bell-recordings- 
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Re: I want to listen to KNX in Los Angelees

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Have you tried a google search for knx and listen? It will almost  
always turn up a web site/feed where you can listen online.



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Re: I want to listen to KNX in Los Angelees

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The url is:
http://player.radio.com/player/RadioPlayer.php? 
version=1.2.12495station=95


A pain to find, (at least in the source, but there it is, give that a  
try.



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Re: I want to listen to KNX in Los Angelees

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And, if it truly claims the feed is only for the us, there's ways  
around that too, a simple script to forward the page, and feed back  
the url would solve that problem nicely, though I doubt it's  
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Re: Tune-Up Utilities 2012 [Revisited]

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The simple fact of the matter is that most windows software does use  
tab and arrow keys to access things, so when one doesn't, it feels  
broken to folks who are used to the tab/arrow approach.  Much like  
apple tries to enforce certain standards for developers working on  
osx, because folks get used to the way things are supposed to work,  
and when they don't work that way, it causes confusion.  Many  
developers have run into this when they neglected the apple way of  
doing things, and went their own way.  I recall one particular  
instance, where the developer did such a horrible job, nobody bought  
the software,.  I have no idea what happened after that, if he fixed  
it or not, but when folks were asked why they didn't use the  
software, the overwhelming response was that it didn't work like a  
mac app should.
Folks get used to things, and if you're going to do things  
differently, it really should be for some reason other than I felt  
like it. :)



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Re: Review: WD My Passport Essential portable hard drive

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On Aug 19, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Gordon Smith wrote:

But I will say this about the large models, the power supplies are  
absolutely dreadful.  They die more frequently than the drives.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a common problem.
I've found the lacie
 external drives to be of excellent quality, especially the ones  
that are built specifically for the mac minis.  The only problem is I  
broke one of the pins off one of the power adapters some time ago,  
and I can't seem to find a replacement.  Apple doesn't stock them  
directly even though I bought the drive in the apple store.  Lacie's  
web site is not accessible enough for me to determine which power  
supply is the proper one for my drive, so at the moment, I'm reduced  
to running one or the other, but never both at once, which severely  
cuts into my storage capabilities. sigh
But, otherwise, they're excellent drives, and haven't given me any  
trouble at all, and I've had them running constantly for the last 2  
or 3 years.
They do cost a bit more, because of their unique design.  They're  
designed to sit under the mac mini, which makes the mini appear  
thicker, and they have firewire ports on them.  I have managed to  
burn out one of the firewire ports on one of them, but that was not  
the fault of the drive, I think it happened when doing an inordinate  
amount of swapping around a few months ago, and they got tired of all  
the restarts. :)

sigh
But, as I said above, other than that, these drives have been the  
perfect workhorses, and have worked flawlessly.


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