Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Roy Ackerman,Ph.D.,P.Ch.E.,E.A.
You need to go to computer management- disk management. Rename the drive FGHI (which are probably the builtin media drives) as LMNO. Shut down, restart with you USB drive in the device. It should now come up as F- if not, go to computer management-disk management and set it as F. Voila.

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Ralph
The next thing you'll want to do is nationalize the network. That ALWAYS works well. Who said anything about nationalization? How about a little Eurosocialist regulation? I'd be happy to have some of their broadband service, and their Eurosocialist prices. By the way, when the network was

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Fred Holmes
Yes, but Verizon (and others) needs to develop a way to power phones indefinitely when the electric grid goes down, i.e., with one big generator at the central office or something else that works as well. What's going to happen the first time there is a fire in a location where no phones are

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
You need to go to computer management- disk management. Rename the drive FGHI (which are probably the builtin media drives) as LMNO. Shut down, restart with you USB drive in the device. It should now come up as F- if not, go to computer management-disk management and set it as F. Why are

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
Who said anything about nationalization? How about a little Eurosocialist regulation? I'd be happy to have some of their broadband service, and their Eurosocialist prices. When A technological business gets taken over by non-technologists out to make a quick buck this is what happens. Not

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
Yes it's a huge risk, and telcos aren't generally known for taking risks. But a fiber network just makes sense, long-term. You should note that Verizon is an exception in the industry and Verizon's efforts to upgrade their network to fiber has been seen negatively by Wall Street. As

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Mike Sloane
When you start up an application in Windows, the operating system needs to know where to find the various components. If you happen to locate some components in other than the default locations, changing drive letters will cause those components to be not found. Other than that, it probably

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 9:22 AM -0400 3/27/08, Tom Piwowar wrote: Yes it's a huge risk, and telcos aren't generally known for taking risks. But a fiber network just makes sense, long-term. You should note that Verizon is an exception in the industry and Verizon's efforts to upgrade their network to fiber has

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Matthew Taylor
On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:15 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: So not only are large numbers of Americans being evicted from their homes, Mostly because they could not afford the home on the terms they agreed to and thus never should have purchased them. I can not afford a Rolls Royce, and no low teaser

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Fred Holmes
Every command has an underlying reference to a drive letter. In Windows, If a drive is mounted with a different drive letter, all shortcuts to files on the drive break. (Unless Vista has something new to automatically fix the problem in real time.) At 09:17 AM 3/27/2008, Tom Piwowar wrote:

[CGUYS] Elephant In the Room [Was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
Yes, but Verizon (and others) needs to develop a way to power phones indefinitely when the electric grid goes down, i.e., with one big generator at the central office or something else that works as well. What's going to happen the first time there is a fire in a location where no phones are

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
When you start up an application in Windows, the operating system needs to know where to find the various components. If you happen to locate some components in other than the default locations, Studying many years in the school of hard knocks I have found that locating any components in other

[CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread chad evans wyatt
Let me say this simple thing: there is no surprise greater than the first call on arriving in Europe, a shock of clarity unmatched here. That reception doesn't go away, whether in the mountains, or the metro. My limping unlocked mobil, which works with local sim cards all over Europe, suddenly

Re: [CGUYS] Elephant In the Room [Was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread mike
I've got a HAM op who lives nearby, I'll go scream fire to him. Mike On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but Verizon (and others) needs to develop a way to power phones indefinitely when the electric grid goes down, i.e., with one big generator at the

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread mike
I love what few programs are not tied to paths...completely installed and running all in one folder. I keep my mom on Eudora for this reason. The only other program I can think of off the top of my head is unreal tournament. Mike On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Tony B
Actually, it was the OP that mistakenly believed shuffling drive letters was his problem. So far this thread has gone off on a completely useless tangent, certainly not helpful to him at all. His question: How can I get my J external drive to show up in the [Win XP File and Settings Transfer

Re: [CGUYS] Elephant In the Room [Was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread Art Clemons
My understanding is that fiber cable already has a metal wire in it so Miss Utility can find a buried fiber cable. So I would think that with just a little bit of additional motivation the telcos could do the good socalist thing. May I suggest that a single wire suitable for running RF down to

Re: [CGUYS] Elephant In the Room [Was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread Art Clemons
I've got a HAM op who lives nearby, I'll go scream fire to him. I'm a ham, there's not guarantee I'ld be able to charge batteries or find some means of getting out when electrical power is available. Admittedly, cars can be used to either power a rig or to charge batteries, but I've been

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Fred Holmes
Hear, hear! At 10:42 AM 3/27/2008, mike wrote: I love what few programs are not tied to paths...completely installed and running all in one folder. I keep my mom on Eudora for this reason. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Ralph
If Eurosocialism is so great, why have more open economies out performed them over the long term for so long? Neither Eurosocialism nor capitalism its without its shortcomings, but to argue that the American cultural, economic and social systems have out performed other western nations, over

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Paul Meyer
Mostly because they could not afford the home on the terms they agreed to and thus never should have purchased them. Who is objectively supposed to assess which applicant's can and cannot afford a home? The banks always have before (is it a legal mandate or fiduciary responsibility, or

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Paul Meyer
That delivers care of sufficient quality (to those who can pay) that folks come here to get what they can not get from their national systems. Did you read the recent study about how many women in labor had to be turned away from British maternity wards for lack of beds? high

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread b_s-wilk
When you start up an application in Windows, the operating system needs to know where to find the various components. If you happen to locate some components in other than the default locations, Studying many years in the school of hard knocks I have found that locating any components in

[CGUYS] FIOS Backup [was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread b_s-wilk
Photovoltaic solar panels are the sensible answer to unlimited backup for FIOS. They can be standard equipment with FIOS boxes. PV solar panels are small and will keep the backup batteries charged indefinitely, even on rainy days. The price for those panels is lower than some of the new

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Paul Meyer
contaminated food stuffs, Because those pesky consumers have largely valued low price above every other consideration. Makes about as much sense as the idea that smokers freely express their preference when buying cigarettes. There is no free choice in the face of inadequate information and

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Paul Meyer
What is right about the majority voting to tax the minority for the enefit of that majority? That is the very antithisis of liberty. The very anti-thesis? I would say the anti-thesis is the minority voting to tax the majority for the benefit of the minority is even more anti-thetical (which

[CGUYS] solar battery chargers

2008-03-27 Thread Tony B
Aren't we generalizing a bit? I'm under trees here, there's not nearly enough sunlight to charge batteries. People in apartment buildings would have the same trouble. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:56 PM, b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Photovoltaic solar panels are the sensible answer to

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Matthew Taylor
Both obviously. A mortgage contract has two parties. On Mar 27, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Paul Meyer wrote: Mostly because they could not afford the home on the terms they agreed to and thus never should have purchased them. Who is objectively supposed to assess which applicant's can and cannot

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Daniel Else
Both obviously. A mortgage contract has two parties. Maybe yes, but there's more. During the past several years, there have been three, not two, parties to the mortgage. Only two are present at closing, but that third is really calling the shots. In days of yore, banks (or other financial

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Matthew Taylor
To be rationed requires that there be a shortage of supply. There is no shortage of supply for those able to pay - if you can afford the procedure you will get the procedure in the US (organ donations being the exception where there is a shortage and the supply of which by law can not be

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Matthew Taylor
Sure. There are the folks that buy Windows, the folks that sell Windows, and Microsoft. That tracks with ignorance, greed, and corporate over reaching. On Mar 27, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Daniel Else wrote: So, I would suggest that all 3 acted irresponsibly. Now, how can we link this thread to

[CGUYS] drive labels

2008-03-27 Thread Tony B
WTF are you talking about? My point was clear - if you want to discuss drive labels then just change the subject. I don't know of anyone that particularly _likes_ the Windows way of labeling drives with single letters of the alphabet, so if you're trying to rile up controversy I doubt it will

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread katan
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:28:14 -0400, Matthew Taylor wrote: To be rationed requires that there be a shortage of supply. There is no shortage of supply for those able to pay - if you can afford the procedure you will get the procedure in the US (organ donations being And those that can't

Re: [CGUYS] solar battery chargers

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
Aren't we generalizing a bit? I'm under trees here, there's not nearly enough sunlight to charge batteries. People in apartment buildings would have the same trouble. And what about Windows users who are perpetually in the dark? The price for those panels is lower than some of the new

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Richard P.
Sorry I missed out on on the fun discussion today, I was unavoidably detained. Your point make me wary to change the drive letters even though the removable media Disks 2-5 (F-I) currently have no drives assigned to them other than it saying that they are removable and there is currently no

Re: [CGUYS] Elephant In the Room [Was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
I also note that the present telephone model came about because 48 volt batteries with large capacity worked and many homes likely to get phone service didn't have a source of power for phones. The accidental benefit that during a power failure the system continued to work was just a happy

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread katan
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:11:25 -0400, Richard P. wrote: What really throws me off is that Windows is telling me to transfer my settings to these non-existent drives and won't allow an option to save to existing drives. Is there a way around this? It is interesting to note that these F-I drives

Re: [CGUYS] Elephant In the Room [Was: Why not the US?]

2008-03-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
During natural disasters count on nothing, buy try everything. When everything else is falling down around you have plenty of batteries on hand. Stewart At 07:11 PM 3/27/2008, you wrote: I submit that anyone who accepts a communication system that will not work precisely at the time when it

Re: [CGUYS] Assigning permanent letter to external drive

2008-03-27 Thread Tony B
One of our laptops has a similar issue. Four reserved drive letters that do nothing at all. Just ignore them. At least until you use z: and really _need_ to free one up. I already told you a way around it. If you're dead set on using that brain-dead wizard, just save the files to eg c:/tmp/ then

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
I do not understand the idea that every improvement, no matter how expensive, must be affordable by all, and if not some injustice has occurred. I do not understand your belief that money is the criterion to use to determine who lives and who dies. Why not favor those with higher IQs? Why

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
Who is objectively supposed to assess which applicant's can and cannot afford a home? The banks always have before (is it a legal mandate or fiduciary responsibility, or both?) Seems a little simplistic to pin it on home buyers, especially since they have the least resources and no surfeit

Re: [CGUYS] solar battery chargers

2008-03-27 Thread betty
I've lived in a solar house since 1980. We have at least 100 trees. From my experience with passive and active systems, all you need is daylight--sun, clouds, rain or snowy weather, direct or reflected light--to produce enough electricity to run a battery charger, or produce enough electricity

Re: [CGUYS] Why not the US?

2008-03-27 Thread John DeCarlo
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Jeff Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is objectively supposed to assess which applicant's can and cannot afford a home? The banks always have before (is it a legal mandate or fiduciary responsibility, or both?) Seems a little simplistic to pin it on

Re: [CGUYS] solar battery chargers

2008-03-27 Thread betty
And what about Windows users who are perpetually in the dark? The price for those panels is lower than some of the new cable/DSL/ADSL modems. Searched online and found one that retails at $44.99, and another for $37.95; will be much less if bundled with FIOS service boxes. Betty: Is this

[CGUYS] Solar Energy (was solar battery chargers)

2008-03-27 Thread Alvin Auerbach
(My emphasis in Betty's message.) My parents built our home in Miami, FL in 1949. At that time, in that place (from my childhood memory), homes were built individually, and our home and the others in our neighborhood had solar water heaters. They were simple affairs, inexpensive, just a