Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Dunford
The design is still being developed. Features being considered: wind-up and solar power, wifi, flash memory instead of hard drive, adjustable integrated antennae; sturdy, light, portable, attractive, child-friendly design. I think this came from an old source. It has all of those features,

Re: [CGUYS] Fw: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-25 Thread Matthew Taylor
Like him, hate him, think him a loon or a wise man, but Ron Paul is definitely not cut from the same cloth as the other candidates for President. On Sep 24, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Randy wrote: Someone for real, fundamental change wouldn't run for President

Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access

2007-09-25 Thread Matthew Taylor
I can speak to the effectiveness and ease of use of Astaro as recently as a year ago. I used it for years under its free educational license as the firewall at my prior job, and it worked very, very, well. Matthew On Sep 22, 2007, at 7:27 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: If you have an old

[CGUYS] Windows OEM License Restrictions

2007-09-25 Thread John DeCarlo
The Windows Secrets newsletter had a series of comments about who can legally use OEM licensed Windows OSes. This issue sums it up fairly well: http://windowssecrets.com/links/ro6hca8gvq3fd/3aa7fbh/ro6hca8gvq3fu/94676-12050r/?url=WindowsSecrets.com%2Fissue%2F070510%2F%3Fu%3D%24P20 Here are some

[CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Drabick
I need recomendations for a service provider that has reliable mail servers. I currently have an account with Toad.net, and they are becoming a very unreliable mail service. I have e-mails that show up 5- 10 hours after they are sent (sometimes days), and when you trace the path it is their

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

2007-09-25 Thread John DeCarlo
On 9/24/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The New York Times article describes a program in which you can pay for one computer for a child, and get one shipped to you by Christmas. I think it's cool, and I might get one. I'm posting this in case somebody here wants one, too. The

Re: [CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver

2007-09-25 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:26 PM 09/25/2007 -0400, Michael Drabick wrote I need recomendations for a service provider that has reliable mail servers. I currently have an account with Toad.net, and they are becoming a very unreliable mail service. I have e-mails that show up 5- 10 hours after they are sent

Re: [CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver

2007-09-25 Thread db
I have used ATT.net for 12 years without problem. I get 5 accounts and pay $5.95 / mo. as don't use direct access ... I use Comcast cablemodem to access the ATT service via the net. They are corporate but they are inexpensive, stable and predictable over time and if I move or change my

Re: [CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver

2007-09-25 Thread Sue Cubic
At 03:04 PM 09/25/2007 -0700, db wrote I have used ATT.net for 12 years without problem. I get 5 accounts and pay $5.95 / mo. as don't use direct access ... I use Comcast cablemodem to access the ATT service via the net. How much do you pay/mo to Comcast? I'm assuming this is the same

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

2007-09-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
I don't understand your point, Tom. Are you saying they should market these to individuals? Maybe you are right. But that goes against the philosophy of this program. They are selling them to individuals starting November 12. The deal is that they have doubled the price. They claim that for

Re: [CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver

2007-09-25 Thread db
My Comcast broadband = $40 something/ mo.. I don't use the 5 comcast email addresses I get because they will change when I move or change broadband providers. I want to be free to take a better broadband deal if one ever comes to this area... db Sue Cubic wrote: At 03:04 PM 09/25/2007

Re: [CGUYS] ISP with a reliable mailserver

2007-09-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
I need recomendations for a service provider that has reliable mail servers. I currently have an account with Toad.net, and they are becoming a very unreliable mail service. I have e-mails that show up 5- 10 hours after they are sent (sometimes days), and when you trace the path it is their

Re: [CGUYS] IP address Identification

2007-09-25 Thread mike
If you are on windows open a command window and type tracert and the destination IP. This will give you a list of each hop. On mac open a terminal window and type the same. Mike tracert 71.168.25.202 for example. On 9/25/07, Christopher Range [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike wrote:

[CGUYS] Bingo! - you hit on the fundamental problem of humanity, and its implied solution (was Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!)

2007-09-25 Thread Randy
Trouble is that too many people--rich, middle class and poor--are too shortsighted/greedy/ignorant to figure that out. Thus they don't plan ahead and consider future consequences--truly penny-wise and pound-foolish' Bingo!...generalize the failure to consider consequences (and implications) to

Re: [CGUYS] IP address Identification

2007-09-25 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, mike wrote: If you are on windows open a command window and type tracert and the destination IP. This will give you a list of each hop. On mac open a terminal window and type the same. tracert 71.168.25.202 for example. I think Chris is looking for info on the

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-25 Thread Randy
Only recently have I begun to appreciate or even watch or pay attention to religious figures as sources of great insight and wisdom; particularly these mega preachers. Saw TJ Jakes (may have his initials wrong) on a few shows, Dr. Phil yesterday, most recently. Also, recent shows of Joel

Re: [CGUYS] Fw: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-25 Thread Randy
I don't know that much about him, though he seems intriguing, from what the little I have heard. I am certainly troubled by the way the process essentially shuts someone like him out from real contention in many ways; a point made, ironically, by the Iranian president on Charlie Rose last