[CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
OK to all you gadget gurus out there. My daughter is getting married this fall. My in-laws (Most of my wife's family actually) live in the northern reaches of Ontario and are showing a reluctance to traveling this far south. They wondered if I their techhy son-in-law could set up a laptop

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Matthew Taylor
I don't think you will find a web cam that will give you a decent wide angle shot in the lighting you are likely to have. They really are designed for more intimate purposes - web chats, etc., not live event feeds. Matthew On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: OK to

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread db
For better picture quality and light sensitivity, for the web cam you could substitute a digital or analog video camera, possibly a video capture card or other interface device and ICQ or Netmeeting etc but, it would still not be a full screen image and it would probably be realistically too

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
That sounds almost like what I will need. I am aware of the limitations this will be an almost type of setup. There is no way with my limited budget etc. to be able to set up and broadcast a movie quality cam of the event. (No matter what they show in the movies) I plan on recording it

[CGUYS] Sun Buys MySQL

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
$1,000,000,000 Who says you can't make money with open source software? Any comments on the future of a very critical piece of software? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
You mean that all of the sudden in Maryland there is now a 6% tax on computer consulting earnings? How, btw, is this even considered a sales tax? That is not how a sales tax works. You just add 6% at the bottom of the bill and collect it. From time to time you send the money over to the

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread db
An interesting project and capability though. Companies do it all the time with expensive specialized equipment... I'd like to have that capability using lesser tech myself . I'll be curious to know if you work out something... db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: That sounds almost like what I

Re: [CGUYS] SMTP server app?

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
Thanks, but these are both forum functions and they don't seem to be options (nor mods) in vBulletin. vBulletin is written in PHP so you should be able to modify anything you like. I would think adding parameters to a SendMail call would be a very simple modification.

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
That I am very aware of. However the church will be well lit, not dark. Stewart At 03:31 PM 1/17/2008, you wrote: I don't think you will find a web cam that will give you a decent wide angle shot in the lighting you are likely to have. They really are designed for more intimate purposes -

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
For better picture quality and light sensitivity, for the web cam you could substitute a digital or analog video camera, possibly a video capture card or other interface device and ICQ or Netmeeting etc Apple's iChat works with FireWire cameras. The best video cameras use FireWire so that

[CGUYS] Time Warner pay based on Data Usage?

2008-01-17 Thread Richard P.
Time Warner is floating a plan to pay for Internet based on usage in this Marketplace story: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/17/timewarner/ Text follows below. Richard P. Thursday, January 17, 2008 Time Warner Cable plans to test a system in which Internet subscribers

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread Randy
So if a client is going to pay, say, $50 an hour, I need to add 6% onto that for this tax? Who does it actually cover? The term computer consultant seems pretty vague and broad. Wouldn't call what I'll be doing that, though maybe someone else would. Randall On Jan 17, 2008 6:45 PM, Tom

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Not going to happen, thanks for the advice though. Stewart At 06:43 PM 1/17/2008, you wrote: For better picture quality and light sensitivity, for the web cam you could substitute a digital or analog video camera, possibly a video capture card or other interface device and ICQ or Netmeeting

[CGUYS] Voting machines, data mining, electoral fraud

2008-01-17 Thread Paul Meyer
http://www.opednews.com/articles/2/opedne_mark_cri_080116_what_to_expect_from_.htm Mark Crispin Miller's piece was posted recently about recounts in NH. You don't have to buy his thesis about the rigging of any particular election, but his point about the fact that the company programming the

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For the record (from http://www.marylandtaxes.com/special_session/default.asp): Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services - The special session of the Maryland General Assembly resulted in changes to the Maryland sales and use tax statutes. The legislature also extended the sales and use tax to

Re: [CGUYS] Time Warner pay based on Data Usage?

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
Time Warner is floating a plan to pay for Internet based on usage in this Marketplace story: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/17/timewarner/ I heard it and am tempted to write to Marketplace about a very poorly researched story. The assertion that there is a shortage of

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
Not going to happen, thanks for the advice though. It is interesting how much pain some people are willing to suffer to maintain their fealty to Bill Gates Co. What were we posting the other day about religion? * ==

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
So if a client is going to pay, say, $50 an hour, I need to add 6% onto that for this tax? Who does it actually cover? The term computer consultant seems pretty vague and broad. Wouldn't call what I'll be doing that, though maybe someone else would. How could it be that the concept of a sales

Re: [CGUYS] Internet Web Cam

2008-01-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Tom has more to do with unavailability. No one in my congregation has a Mac laptop (I have one member that has Mac's all desktop units) I don't know anyone with a Mac laptop so I have to make do with what I have. What I was thinking about doing though is to get a firewire card for my

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Be glad yours is only 6 in TN we paid 9.75 on everything (including groceries) and here in Alabama we pay 9 on everything. Oh and in Alabama churches are not tax exempt! Stewart At 08:40 PM 1/17/2008, you wrote: How could it be that the concept of a sales tax escapes you? Do you live in

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread Randy
Okay, but when the state of MD has this set amount of $ to pay for this contract and we are talking about getting paid X dollars per hour for a certain period, don't think they are thinking they have pay this extra 6%. But first I'll have to verify if this type of service would even be covered.

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-17 Thread Randy
Good point, why would the state tax the same state? Randall On 1/17/08, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Randall, I am not sure but I think a state entity (Anything run by the state) would be tax exempt. Check with them for sure. Stewart At 09:35 PM 1/17/2008, you wrote: