Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense of superiority? You seem to have a horrible view of people who aren't exactly like you. On Nov 10, 2009 10:13 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:20 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
Mike, why the personal attack? This struck me as way over the top and I could see nothing in the post that would indicate your characterization? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
Did you miss the part where anyone not living in a big city was a rube? Just because someone works outside they are automatically stupid? On Nov 11, 2009 5:13 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: Mike, why the personal attack? This struck me as way over the top and I could see

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
No, I took it the same way I'd react to bumpkin. Why the super-sensitive reaction, response? Thank you, Mark Snyder Original Message- Did you miss the part where anyone not living in a big city was a rube? Just because someone works outside they are automatically stupid?

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Did you miss the part where anyone not living in a big city was a rube? Just because someone works outside they are automatically stupid? Hey, I live and work way out in the country myself, miles from any urban area!! Maybe that

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
I apologize if I read you wrong. I hadn't judged the people in the ad nor felt the ad had judged them. So I thought you were, not relating that you felt the ad itself was judging them. On Nov 11, 2009 6:12 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM,

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:44 AM, mike wrote: Is there a reason you think you are so much better than other people or is it just a general sense of superiority? You seem to have a horrible view of people who aren't exactly like you. More aggressive distracted posting from Mike. He can't really

Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Ellen Rains Harris wrote: So does this mean I'm going to have to learn something about IPv6 or can we just steal some v4 from the less fortunate? That's a hard one. If Cheney were still running the show I'm sure we would be blockading Madagascar until they

Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter

2009-11-11 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
If memory serves IPV6 is good to go. It is the effort to make the switch that is delaying it. (Disclaimer: I am not a network guru, but I do follow the tech press.) I also wonder what the motivation is for the internet service providers to make any effort? Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original

Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal

2009-11-11 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Can't be that old, we are told constantly by the mac glitterati that pc's don't last that long. You must mean five or six months :p Oh it is just as crappy as it was when I bought it. :-) I just have a high tolerance for pain.

Re: [CGUYS] IPv4 Exhaustion Counter

2009-11-11 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
I agree, because I have been guilty of such in the past. At one point it was cheaper for me to get individual IP addresses than it was to get a router-firewall to map them. Silly, especially since the hardware has gotten both cheaper and better Ellen H. - Original Message - From:

Re: [CGUYS] DROID killer [was: It's monotheist versus pagan (It's a Windows Mobile killer)]

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:32 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: First, I forgot that the Droid is by Motorola. Could this be that company's last gasp at mobile phones? Here's the answer... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=a8kvNu3Ufywcpos=7 Moto has decided to get going while the getting is

[CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
Microsoft Boots 1 Million Xbox 360 Players Over Piracy Fears http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/20091401DOWJONESDJONLINE000576_FORTUNE5.htm I make no comment. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
On the malware front Win7 is even worse than I expected... Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/03/windows-7-vulnerable-8-10-viruses/ Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows,

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread mike
Just how big does a company need to be to be able to treat it's customers this way and get away with it? There really is nowhere else for these players to go for the same experience. Knowing MS's track record for crap DRM checks like Genuine Advantage, it's safe to say a good portion of these

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-11 Thread mike
As long as there are dollar signs attached to malware etc, as long as there are users like (your mom's name here) who don't know any better then to click on every link in her email box, and as long as windows has for all practical purposes almost the entire market, windows will be vulnerable. On

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-11 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:41 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On the malware front Win7 is even worse than I expected... Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/03/windows-7-vulnerable-8-10-viruses/ Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims,

[CGUYS] Word 7 to word 3

2009-11-11 Thread Marcio
Here I am good guys. I sent to myself through e-mail a text I wrote in MS Word 7. O Tried to open with MS Word 3 and this was what I got: PK ! Ýü•7f [Content_Types].xml ¢ (

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread db
MS is just plain doing a good job at killing itself period.' It can't seem to do anything else... db mike wrote: Just how big does a company need to be to be able to treat it's customers this way and get away with it? There really is nowhere else for these players to go for the same

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread Tony B
It wasn't immediately clear how Microsoft uncovered the users' modifications. Until the technique is explained, there's not much to comment on. It's only half a story. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Microsoft Boots 1 Million Xbox 360 Players Over Piracy Fears

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread mike
What if Chevrolet put controls in their car so they knew how fast you were going. Then when they found out you went 10mph over the speed limit, they sent a /kill signal to your car and you were finished? Why is it any business of MS's if someone mods hardware they bought and *own*? This could

[CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
Read the headline. Read the story. Tell me if this head fits on this body. Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google http://www.pcworld.com/article/181980/bing_now_a_serious_challenger_to_google.html * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-11 Thread tjpa
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:11 PM, mike wrote: As long as there are dollar signs attached to malware etc, as long as there are users like (your mom's name here) who don't know any better then to click on every link in her email box, and as long as windows has for all practical purposes almost the

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread Tony B
Yes, with nearly 10 percent of the market to Google's 70%, I'd say the headline is accurate. After all, every time Apple market pushes 5% to MS's 90%, you proclaim the end of MS. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:00 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Read the headline. Read the story. Tell me if this head

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-11 Thread mike
Nope. OSX doesn't have this problem with their deffective product because they have very little share. OS X works great, looks great and is extremely costly for me. I haven't had a problem with malware etc in years, so the benefit of OSX for it's extra cost for me is zero. I may when someone

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
Actually, Chrysler did that- and said my warranty was not valid. Eschew Obfuscation This is a reply from: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread mike
This is a problem with every news site. Check NYT or LATIMES or any other news paper. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:00 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Read the headline. Read the story. Tell me if this head fits on this body. Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google

Re: [CGUYS] Word 7 to word 3

2009-11-11 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Is this a question? You made the mistake of saving from Word 7 as a .doc file. You need to save as a .txt (plain text) file if you want to be able to open it in Word 3. Would RTF work as well? -- John Duncan Yoyo

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: More aggressive distracted posting from Mike. He can't really pay attention to what you post because he's also in three chat rooms, streaming youtube and hulu videos, shopping for gaiters at five different online stores, reading four

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:36 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: This is a problem with every news site.  Check NYT or LATIMES or any other news paper. Agreed. I see this all the time. Steve * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-11-11 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:41 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: What if Chevrolet put controls in their car so they knew how fast you were going.  Then when they found out you went 10mph over the speed limit, they sent a /kill signal to your car and you were finished?  Why is it any business of

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting tjpa t...@tjpa.com: Read the headline. Read the story. Tell me if this head fits on this body. Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google http://www.pcworld.com/article/181980/bing_now_a_serious_challenger_to_google.html Never mind squaring the headline with the body, there doesn't seem

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-11 Thread b_s-wilk
mike xha...@gmail.com escribió: This is a problem with every news site. Check NYT or LATIMES or any other news paper. This is a somewhat recent phenomenon. I've worked on several newspapers and have done work for magazines and books. Newspaper headlines were edited carefully just as was

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-11 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I do not buy my dress pants at Walmart either. But it is a BS comparison. A decent pair of dress pants will run between 30-55.00 I used to work clothing retail and the mark up is awful. Plus what is not stated is very often they are made at the same plant on the same line just with a few