I just went with FIOStv solely to screw comcast.
So far it actually works better and costs less. The DVR
is a little funkier but I have dvr playback in two rooms
and more movie channels for 10$ less a month. Though that
is just the cherry on the revenge cake.
(fyi Comcast's on-demand function
I sent in this question earlier, but it kind of got lost in the shuffle. It
boiled down to this: Does anyone have any suggestions for Windows files that
I can harmlessly eliminate to save disk space?
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On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Sorry, but this is not proof. What you are initially loading from
YouTube
is a play list. The playlist says 1st download file TheBigVideo and
when done download the file VideoTrailer. So if for any reason the
download of the 1st file is halted,
I wouldn't. I'd sooner buy a bigger hard drive - they're cheap.
On 9/16/07, Harvey Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I sent in this question earlier, but it kind of got lost in the shuffle. It
boiled down to this: Does anyone have any suggestions for Windows files that
I can harmlessly eliminate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/technology/16digi.html
The Mac's worldwide market share was 3 percent as of June 2007...
That forlorn number looks even worse compared with Apple's peak
worldwide share of 14 percent in 1984, the year the Macintosh was
introduced and sales of Apple II computers
I understand that an ISP will be loathe to admit to throttling
bandwidth out of fear of losing a paying customer.
Don't forget that they could be doing this unintentionally. You may be
their only dial up customer with the patience to use YouTube. Hence you
are the only one seeing a problem
On Sep 16, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Don't forget that they could be doing this unintentionally. You may be
their only dial up customer with the patience to use YouTube. Hence you
are the only one seeing a problem that is buried in some configuration
file.
I often had problems like
That is too complicated a question to answer easily.
There are free programs that will delete temporary files for you that
Windows doesn't.
In the Windows folder, you can delete those folders that were used to apply
updates / save files to back out updates.
If you have a \hibernat.* file for
I second that! Incredibly cheap! Put the new drive and data inn a $35
external USB case.
Windows as a proprietary OS isn't really a build it yourself system ...
run Linux if that's what you need.
db
Steve Rigby wrote:
On Sep 16, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Don't forget that
I sent in this question earlier, but it kind of got lost in the
shuffle. It boiled down to this: Does anyone have any suggestions for
Windows files that I can harmlessly eliminate to save disk space?
I have seen good reviews of ccleaner (www.ccleaner.com), but never used
it myself. New version
I've heard this refrain a few times recently. I guess soon they'll
start writing about the Mac taking over with the _next_ Windows
release?
This was a silly article. The author just doesn't get it. This is
something few Windows users understand. Mac users don't get personal
affirmation from
Tom,
Are you saying Windows users get satisfaction out of
being members of a great collective?
-P3281
- Original Message
From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:14:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] A Window of Opportunity for
Except the article isn't talking about users. He's talking about Apple as a
company possibly missing an opportunity. So it's not that the author of the
article doesn't get it, you are missing the point of the article. Macs have
often been compared to ferrari or bmw..companies not after 'market
No Windows users eat at those cheap places, buy lots of stuff ala
carte, and spend more than the Mac user in the high end place. Plus
they still left hungry.
On 9/16/07, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Except the article isn't talking about users. He's talking about Apple as a
company possibly
Actually I'd say they are left feeling BLOATED..heh
Mike
On 9/16/07, John Duncan Yoyo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Plus they still left hungry.
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I googled The G rate make-up stamp (an old postage stamp) and
came up with several weird sites with weird names (example below)
that have in them hundreds of seemingly random words and phrases
strung together, as:
...files dailymotion airport in bulgaria the g rate make up stamp
custom made
Except the article isn't talking about users. He's talking about Apple as a
company possibly missing an opportunity. So it's not that the author of the
article doesn't get it, you are missing the point of the article. Macs have
often been compared to ferrari or bmw..companies not after 'market
That's the two letter ISO (International Organization for
Standardization) country code for China. I'd guess that the characters
are being converted into the words you see.
I'm just spitballing here, but that's my guess.
The stamp is probably worth 3 ยข.
Alvin Auerbach wrote:
I googled The G
At Apple, doing something well is paramount. Apple demonstrates
that doing something well can be very profitable and Apple's stockholders
are very happy with their returns.
Good. Point.
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In case you are interested, here's what I found:
http://www.bcpl.net/~j1m5path/isocodes.html
http://postage.20m.com/0003550.htm
Alvin Auerbach wrote:
I googled The G rate make-up stamp (an old postage stamp) and came
up with several weird sites with weird names (example below) that have
in
That kind of random string of good English words in an e-mail (rather than on a
web page) is usually an attempt to sneak past the spam filter.
Fred Holmes
At 06:10 PM 9/16/2007, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
I googled The G rate make-up stamp (an old postage stamp) and came up with
several weird sites
A friend sent me a .mix file. Is there any way that I can open and view
this on my Mac? I have a G4 running OS 10.4.8.
Thanks,
Steve
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In contrast, Computerworld sez:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9033302intsrc=hm_list
When you subtract all the people in the third world who are inclined to
get the cheapest computer and use pirated software, you're left with a
totally
Except the article isn't talking about users. He's talking about
Apple as a
company possibly missing an opportunity. So it's not that the author
of the
article doesn't get it, you are missing the point of the article.
Macs have
often been compared to ferrari or bmw..companies not after
I never said it is paramount, you did. I said that there is no CEO that has
ever said, 'boy I hope we don't gain any market share'. Do you really think
Jobs says that at shareholders meetings? Perhaps he also says 'We hope this
quarter our market share will drop even more so we can get better
MIX is the file extension for the Picture file associated with Microsoft
PhotoDraw 2000 and Microsoft Picture-It! It is also the file extension for
Command Conquer game package file.
that from http://www.liutilities.com/
Tell em to send you a .jpg like everyone else.
Mike
On 9/16/07, Stephen
Every Mac owner should have the application GraphicConverter. Go to
http://www.lemkesoft.com and download it for free. Use it, you'll
love it, then pay the $35 bargain shareware fee.
GraphicConverter does not list .mix files as a format that it works
with. However, page 323 of the manual
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