Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
Is it really a flaw? As I understand it from what I have read on the web, Safari will download what you tell it to where you have told it to. In the case of Windows, the default is the desktop, a fairly common choice. Unfortunately for windows users, the desktop is an unsafe location

Re: [CGUYS] a list problem

2008-06-04 Thread David K Watson
I wonder if this had anything to with the list problem: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/01/1715247 Customers hosting with ThePlanet, a major Texas hosting provider, are going through some tough times. Yesterday May 31 evening at 5:45 pm local time an electrical short caused a fire

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread mike
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145985-page,1/article.html?tk=synd_macworld A good explanation of the problem from a mac source. The bottom line is this apparently: The problem arises because the Safari browser cannot be configured to obtain the user's permission before it downloads a

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:13 AM, mike wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145985-page,1/article.html?tk=synd_macworld A good explanation of the problem from a mac source. The bottom line is this apparently: The problem arises because the Safari browser cannot be configured to obtain

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread mike
I suppose my problem is I'm going by several different experts in the field instead of deferring to hobbyists for my information. Mike On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:13 AM, mike wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
I am not saying Safari could not be better - it is my third favorite browser behind Opera and Firefox / Camino. I want to be asked by my browser at each step of the way - others do not. Matthew On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:59 PM, mike wrote: I suppose my problem is I'm going by several different

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Snyder, Mark (IT Civ)
Don't suppose your problems; examine them. Aside from the nasty proclivity to interpret expert as 'someone who agrees with me' maybe branch out a little and examine also your tendency to be unnecessarily snarky and defensive when you reply to posts on this list. Thank you, Mark Snyder

Re: [CGUYS] AVG dissatisfaction

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Jones
I have not had AVG8 reboot my computer since I installed it last month. Change your settings... have AVG scan at the end of the day, not on reboot. DON'T reboot when it asks. Finish your work and then reboot when you go to lunch. A greyed out AVG icon just means that the latest version is not

Re: [CGUYS] AVG dissatisfaction

2008-06-04 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Three apps may deal with things better than one swiss army program. I have all three on a swiss army knife but I would rather own a screwdriver, a kitchen knife and a can opener. On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:31 PM, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True...but why use three instead of one? Why

Re: [CGUYS] DSLR question (was over shooting

2008-06-04 Thread Paul Meyer
Camera newbie question.nbsp; I hate shutter lag in digital cameras.nbsp; The frames per secondnbsp; rate in the Nikon D70nbsp; 3 fps whereas the D40 specs claims 2.5 fps. Given that the D40 is about $500 less,nbsp; how adequate (e.g. for shooting pictures of one's children) is the D40'snbsp;

Re: [CGUYS] DSLR question (was over shooting

2008-06-04 Thread chad evans wyatt
Paul - Agonising over fps is what the marketing guys want you to do, right up there with obssesing about fake megapixel ratings. Get yourself to a store, try the D40, if you like it, buy it. The D70 is yesterday's great camera, not today's. Check this for more:

Re: [CGUYS] DSLR question (was over shooting

2008-06-04 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
If you have a sport setting on your cheap digital camera it has a less of a lag. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:10 PM, chad evans wyatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul - Agonising over fps is what the marketing guys want you to do, right up there with obssesing about fake megapixel ratings. Get

[CGUYS] Don't blame it on the operating system! [was Fool MLS: Make Safari look like IE on Windows?]

2008-06-04 Thread Michael Drabick
Don't blame it on the operating system, I have problems when trying to access websites that are coded for just IE. It is frustrating that some people do not even know that they are blocking many users when they use code specific to IE. Mike Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Jordan, I'll try

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
Snarky? I think your post qualified as you assume you know where and what I read and that it was all hobbyist. I read your suggested article (earlier) and others. They all boil down to it was a non problem if Windows did not allow such arbitrary code execution. Matthew On Jun 4, 2008,

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Tom Piwowar
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145985-page,1/article.html?tk=synd_macworld This article doesn't say much, but dropped enough names that I could Google for the real story. That is at www.dhanjani.com. I used Dhanjani's information to create a carpet bomb page and cgi as described. I tried it

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread mike
Or if Apple fixed it.. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Matthew Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They all boil down to it was a non problem if Windows did not allow such arbitrary code execution. Matthew * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
Apologies to you Mark - don't know where my head was. You were not even replying to me, leet alone the author of the below. Time for this old crank to take a nap I think... Matthew On Jun 4, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote: Don't suppose your problems; examine them. Aside

Re: [CGUYS] Next Version of Windows to Copy iPhone

2008-06-04 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
mike Most thorough news agencies are citing MS's surface, not the iphone for where MS is going with windows 7. They were released very close together..technically I think surface was first. Yeah, but like Aero, it needs special hardware to make it go? How many existing machines will have

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: Safari on the Windows Platform

2008-06-04 Thread mike
It's snooty, thank you. I can't really say I agree or disagree, I was just reading facts. In reality do I think the safari exploit matters in real world environment? Of course not, there is no money (yet) in attacking Apple products. This is if the tree falls in the forrest...if safari or os x

Re: [CGUYS] Next Version of Windows to Copy iPhone

2008-06-04 Thread mike
This will be a feature...use it if you have the hardware. Only real thing I could see using it for is on some special display in place of whiteboards. Mike On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mike Most thorough news agencies are citing MS's surface,

[CGUYS] Marathon

2008-06-04 Thread Jeff Miles
Does anyone know if they make the old game Marathon for the Mac OS-X? And if not, those who remember the game under OS-9, did you ever play an add on scenario where you were put in a place of old Italian(?) monks? And if so, any idea where I can find it? I've searched everything I could