Re: [CGUYS] DTV coupons

2008-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
The program to request coupons only started the first of the year how could you have ordered coupons already? On Jan 3, 2008 1:09 AM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Robert wrote: One possibility is that you checked the statement on the web site

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
You can check what they theoretically expect you to be able to get with an antenna at http://www.antennaweb.org. This takes your address and generates a list of receivable stations and a map of the direction each of those stations lay from your location. I know from experience I can now easily

Re: [CGUYS] perfection

2008-01-03 Thread Paul Meyer
To support Betty, I always understood that the transition from analog to CD resulted in a loss of details that any fan (for ex of the Beatles) would notice on DC if they were used to listening to a good condition LP on a decent stereo. One reason I have been waiting for the high quality DVD's

Re: [CGUYS] DTV coupons

2008-01-03 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 3, 2008, at 7:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: The program to request coupons only started the first of the year how could you have ordered coupons already? This is part of my puzzlement. The website as well as their telephone coupon request system tells me that I have already

[CGUYS] DTV converter coupons

2008-01-03 Thread Steve Rigby
Only some of the converter boxes that MAY become available can be obtained with coupons. Most retailers have no particular desire to offer converter boxes because to do so would likely reduce their sales of new digital televisions. Most retailers, at this point in time, have placed no

[CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

2008-01-03 Thread David Turk
I'm going to do some research on this, but off the top of anyone's heads, are there digital video cams with decent resolution stills? Our current JVC has an SD card slot that captures stills at around 9x14 at 72 dpi. I'd like at least 200-300 dpi. Thanks. david David Turk Manager,

Re: [CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

2008-01-03 Thread Tony B
Odd you should ask since I was just discussing this $250 camera on another list. It says it will do 5MP stills. http://www.aiptek.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=R-HDVCategory_Code=WN1Store_Code=AS Actually, any newer HD format camcorder will do better stills than the old SD

[CGUYS] Laptop Wireless Connection

2008-01-03 Thread Jay Montero
My daughter's new HP laptop with Vista works fine except when it goes to sleep it disconnects from the wireless router. She can reconnect manually no problem. But is there any way to reconnect automatically (or better yet stay connected)?

Re: [CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

2008-01-03 Thread gerald
THERE DOES NOT seem to be a camcorder site equal to dpreviews, but this one has a lot: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ it is a difficult site to navagate. this was there last big look http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/camcorderinfo-presents-the-great-hd-shootout.htm things have moved a lot

Re: [CGUYS] DTV converter coupons

2008-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
I suspect that I may end up get a 'converter' through the purchase of somethng like a VCR or a DVD recorder that has another purpose. I have an old TV that I have used a VCR as a tuner since the TV's tuner was incompatible with my former cable provider. It isn't wort replacing but may get

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-03 Thread Constance Warner
For that matter, digital signals in general are problematic if you're getting your TV over the air, without a cable or satellite hookup. The signals are more directional, so you have to have the antenna pointed EXACTLY the right way for each channel, or you're out of luck. The signals are also

[CGUYS] MS Worse than RIAA?

2008-01-03 Thread Tom Piwowar
While the RIAA tells us it is illegal to convert old-format media into new-format media, MS Office does them one better by blocking old file formats. Office SP3 disables the ability to open 24 file formats. Not only will Office SP3 stop opening formats from competitors, it blocks files

[CGUYS] Photographic slide/negative digitizer?

2008-01-03 Thread Fred Holmes
Anyone have any recommendations from actual use of a photographic slide/negative digitizer? Any experience with http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74083.asp?promo=slide For home use to convert family stuff. Reasonably convenient, but not high volume production. Thanks, Fred Holmes

Re: [CGUYS] MS Worse than RIAA?

2008-01-03 Thread Site Guy
Unbelievable! - Original Message - From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:24 PM Subject: [CGUYS] MS Worse than RIAA? While the RIAA tells us it is illegal to convert old-format media into new-format media, MS Office

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-03 Thread Richard P.
It gets worse than that. I live only 12-15 miles from the transmitters and get a great signal (95% +), ... until the occasional reflection wipes out the signal temporarily. Out of the 20 DTV channels available, I can only get 4 on a dependable basis. In order to get the others, I will need to

[CGUYS] wireless on a new laptop

2008-01-03 Thread Jeff Myers
I just got a new Thinkpad for my wife, and the wireless connection seems to be very good. Nevertheless, when I try to connect to the internet (with IE), it will sometimes connect to the Lenovo homepage (but not always). It will never, however, connect to any other pages after that. The

[CGUYS] SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L

2008-01-03 Thread William Fedor
Please discontinue my subscription. Thank you, Bill Fedor * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE

Re: [CGUYS] wireless on a new laptop

2008-01-03 Thread Admiral Harris
Flush DNS? Can you ping Yahoo.com? - Original Message - From: Jeff Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:20 PM Subject: [CGUYS] wireless on a new laptop I just got a new Thinkpad for my wife, and the wireless connection

Re: [CGUYS] DTV converter coupons

2008-01-03 Thread katan
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:46:10 -0500, Steve Rigby wrote: As I have heard from other sources, the whole thing is a big, big mess, and it could well be that no converters will ever be available to anyone on any reasonable retail scale. Additionally, retailers and manufacturers do not view

Re: [CGUYS] SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L

2008-01-03 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 04:35 PM 1/3/2008, William Fedor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please discontinue my subscription. Hell, no! You're not running out now. WE tell YOU when you leave. YOU don't tell US. Who do you think you are, anyway? Thank you, Your superficial display of politesse doesn't

Re: [CGUYS] SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L

2008-01-03 Thread Eric S. Sande
Hell, no! You're not running out now. WE tell YOU when you leave. YOU don't tell US. Who do you think you are, anyway? :-) Anybody can leave or join at any time. That's the deal. There are some very awesomely knowledgeable people who post here. I would rank this list as having an extremely

[CGUYS] Foiled and Refoiled by MS Access

2008-01-03 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Happy New Year to you. For probably nine years I've been developing MS Access databases (without formal training) and have had success when I was the only one needing the DB.   The problem I'm finding as I mature as a coder is that few people outside of my bubble actually use or own

Re: [CGUYS] Foiled and Refoiled by MS Access

2008-01-03 Thread Tony B
Unless you plan to implement MS SQL, I think you're going to have to go with MySQL. http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/migrating-from-microsoft.html What would you do if you were in my position--that is, having a good sense of how to solve business problems with databases, capable

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-03 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 3, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Richard P. wrote: It gets worse than that. I live only 12-15 miles from the transmitters and get a great signal (95% +), ... until the occasional reflection wipes out the signal temporarily. Out of the 20 DTV channels available, I can only get 4 on a dependable

[CGUYS] Foiled and Refoiled by MS Access

2008-01-03 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks Tony B. I'm going to give it a try! Arnold * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE

Re: [CGUYS] wireless on a new laptop

2008-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
It could just be a piece of bad code on Lenovo's site. Try running another browser to visit the site. Firefox or Sea Monkey would be my choice. http://www.mozilla.org/ On Jan 3, 2008 8:04 PM, Admiral Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flush DNS? Can you ping Yahoo.com? - Original

Re: [CGUYS] MS Worse than RIAA?

2008-01-03 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
This apparently this is a security patch. http://www.news.com/Office-2003-update-blocks-older-file-formats/2100-1012_3-6224462.html Pretty stupid and poorly handled. A warning box and radio buttons would have been a better choice. I took the opportunity to leave a comment on the knowledge base

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-03 Thread Eric S. Sande
And the sales of rotators will soar. Don't know about that one. Would I actually invest in a steerable antenna array when I all ready have cable? Probably not, but if I were far from an ATSC signal I might. If I had to. As it is I can't get ANY over the air transmissions with any

Re: [CGUYS] Foiled and Refoiled by MS Access

2008-01-03 Thread db
I think the trend is towards using off the shelf specialized database programs and systems and not to hire someone to create a custom DB. It's the natural effect of having created a lot of code over the years and an increasingly specialized world. You might try to get on with one of the big