Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread Victor Subervi
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com wrote: This is my point. Apple and Amazon *only* ship computers to the continental US. I would not use FedEx or UPS...way too expensive...they charge for

Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread Victor Subervi
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com wrote: This is my point. Apple and Amazon *only* ship computers to the continental US. I would not use FedEx or UPS...way too

Re: [CGUYS] : Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread rocky lee
On the Apple web site, look under Distributors in Latin America. http://latam.apple.com/buy/lae/find.php?r_type=macsr_pais=Virgin+Islands Date:    Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:59:32 -0400 From:    Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com Subject: Buying an iMac Pro Ok, you all convinced me. I'll

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:01 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: But I was writing about you. What you wrote was a clear example of Windows thinking. I hear from people who have recently gotten any iPody device, and I also overhear recent recipients telling others about their excitement, and

[CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread John DeCarlo
Hello, I just got an email with an ad for a free rootkit buster (I think from Trend Micro, based on the ad). http://free.antivirus.com/rootkit-buster/ I don't usually reboot into Windows, so I haven't had a chance to test this, but thought others might be interested. I'm sure we could all

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:14 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's? - BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/634709.html exposure to electromagnetic field prevented and even reversed brain impairment I can

Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com wrote: That's not the problem. The problem is I would like to get it ASAP. Ever since I returned from the Dominican Republic flat broke 5 months ago I've literally been working on borrowed computers or at people's places of

[CGUYS] Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo! Finance

2010-01-07 Thread popoz...@earthlink.net
From: popoz...@earthlink.net Subject: Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo! Finance -This page was sent to you by: popoz...@earthlink.net- Message from sender: The studios blackmail another company to get their cut.

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:38 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Again, I am not disparaging any Apple portable device, or any other brand for that matter. I am simply saying that issues of product quality, product specifications and additional technical parameters are not much of a factor when a

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Personal testimony. NO effect. Stewart At 08:47 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: I can see cellphone service providers raising their rates already, touting the health benefits of their services. Maybe they can find a link between guys keeping their cell phones in their pants pockets and the

Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:10 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: The problem isn't on our end. The problem is that either the vendors don't use USPS or refuse to ship to the VI based on a set of rules someone on top arbitrarily set, usually based on rules copied from other companies! I think they avoid

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:41 AM, John DeCarlo wrote: I just got an email with an ad for a free rootkit buster (I think from Trend Micro, based on the ad). Trend Micro bought HijackThis about a year ago. This may be the fruit of that transaction.

Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Lets step back for a second. It is not unreliable it is not perfect. I treid recently to have something shipped express mail. Company refused to do it, instead charging me twice as much for FEDEX, of which they get a kick back. So lets be honest here. Companies use UPS and FEDEX due to the

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Personal testimony.  NO effect. Try setting your phone to vibrate mode. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Mac sales figures dispute your theory. While just about everybody else in the industry had negative growth, Mac sales are up 16% year over year. Citing such stats may initiate a dispute, but does not negate my theory. Sales figures

Re: [CGUYS] Reality

2010-01-07 Thread Tony B
Since this thread is now about reality, I gotta ask: If this is true, how many years will it take to reach 100% of the market? How many to rise above 5%? On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Mac sales figures dispute your theory. While just about everybody else in the

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Fred Holmes
This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that scientists really do report what they find, even when it doesn't agree with expectations. Fred Holmes At 01:14 AM 1/7/2010, t.piwowar wrote: Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's? - BusinessWeek

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Tony B wrote: This isn't the free rootkit scanner we've been using for years? I admit, it's been over a year since I ran it last. And now I see at this link it won't work on any newer systems. Isn't this the thing about M$ strong-arming the anti-virus vendors out

Re: [CGUYS] : Buying an iMac Pro -the answer

2010-01-07 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I believe that Rocky may have stated the the real answer to the original question. rocky lee wrote: On the Apple web site, look under Distributors in Latin America. http://latam.apple.com/buy/lae/find.php?r_type=macsr_pais=Virgin+Islands Date:Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:59:32 -0400

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Stewart Marshall
Smiling Bob? Stewart At 10:01 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that scientists really do report what they find, even when it doesn't agree with expectations. Fred Holmes At 01:14 AM 1/7/2010, t.piwowar wrote: Could Your Cell Phone

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have (it is always set to ring and vibrate as I cant hear that well.) I am a lost cause. Stewart At 10:02 AM 1/7/2010, you wrote: Try setting your phone to vibrate mode. Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:59 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Those same folks are not the ones that we were discussing. We were talking about folks who buy portable, mostly entertainment devices, and those folks are usually young, not all that sophisticated about how electronic devices work, and

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Well if you looked at it from a reality standpoint it wouldn't seem that way. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:23 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Tony B wrote: This isn't the free rootkit scanner we've been using for years? I admit, it's been over a year since I ran it

Re: [CGUYS] Reality

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Tony B wrote: Since this thread is now about reality, I gotta ask: If this is true, how many years will it take to reach 100% of the market? How many to rise above 5%? Apple has been above 5 for quite some time. I think they are at about 9 now. With Android

Re: [CGUYS] Reality

2010-01-07 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
According to Frank Cioffi of Market Watch, Apple's share is already at 6%. He further notes that Apple gets one of every five dollars from the home computing market, presumably in the US, but the article didn't say. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Since this thread is now

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread mike
If the youngsters were hip to what tech works well, they'd not be buying ipods for 'sound quality', ipods are not known for their fidelity. They look cool, they sync fairly easy...they play well enough. I know what I'm talking about...I've got six of them. I got mine not for sound quality but

Re: [CGUYS] Reality

2010-01-07 Thread Stewart Marshall
One of the reasons for the 20% of dollars is that their model is built on profits from hardware more than software. Plus they have a very diverse market. They do not loose any money on their Iphones. ATT takes all the risk. So Apple is a highly profitable company. Stewart At 10:39 AM

Re: [CGUYS] Reality

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Well Tom says 9...you say 6...Tony says not above 5%. But you say already above 6...why not say it's nowhere near 9%? Maybe the better question is why can't anyone get the numbers? The difference between 6 and 9 is huge.

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread katan
On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:59:39 -0500, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:23 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Mac sales figures dispute your theory. While just about everybody else in the industry had negative growth, Mac sales are up 16% year over year. Citing such stats may

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread rleesimon
Now I understand why I have a good memory... like a rodent!! -Original Message- From: Fred Holmes [mailto:f...@his.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that

Re: [CGUYS] Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo! Finance

2010-01-07 Thread MrMike6by9
You were saying -- The value of an idea has nothing to do with the honesty of the man expressing it. -- Oscar Wilde Date:    Thu, 7 Jan 2010 07:22:55 -0800 From:    popoz...@earthlink.net popoz...@earthlink.net Subject: Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo!

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:59 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Those same folks are not the ones that we were discussing.  We were talking about folks who buy portable, mostly entertainment devices, and those folks are usually young, not

Re: [CGUYS] Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo! Finance

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Well that worked well. what the article said is that Warner brothers has signed an agreement with Netflix that makes Netflix delay the release of new movies and such for one month for more access to allow viewing of Warner movies on line. It seems that they already have an agreement with

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread Stewart Marshall
Problem is even if it is flashing 12 it is still right twice a day. Secondly who still has VCR's hooked up to their system anyway? Stewart At 12:29 PM 1/7/2010, you wrote: It is the old geezers like you that still have 12:00 AM flashing on their VCRs. God! You have cut me to the core!

[CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-07 Thread Bill L'Hommedieu
I'm running OS 10.4.11 . When I open photoshop files 8 crashes on opening. Dropped back to 7 and the same thing happens. 6 opened the file but another problem showed up: I now can't access my scanner (Epson Perfection 1660) to import new pics. I've cleaned out the 7 and 8 versions and

Re: [CGUYS] Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo! Finance

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Give us good movies instead of schlock and you might make more money! Stewart, they are making a ton of money. Nothing to fret about in that regard. When the ground troops for the Hollywood moguls come to

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Bill L'Hommedieu lhomme...@comcast.net wrote: I'm running OS 10.4.11 . When I open photoshop files 8 crashes on opening. Dropped back to 7 and the same thing happens. 6 opened the file but another problem showed up: I now can't access my scanner  (Epson

Re: [CGUYS] Netflix to delay delivery of Warner#39;s latest DVDs - Yahoo! Finance

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: I am not worried about them making money.  I just wish they would stop strong arming everyone else. Oh, I know you are not worried about their financial status any more than I am. I was just making a

Re: [CGUYS] Reality [Was: Computer Guys ( gal) Show]

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote: Secondly who still has VCR's hooked up to their system anyway? I see you are getting closer to my point. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote: Where as I do not try and use it that much, keep my conversations short etc. and I remember stuff going way back. (Like an elephant) Or you think you are remembering stuff, but are actually just hallucinating.

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Bill L'Hommedieu wrote: I'm running OS 10.4.11 . When I open photoshop files 8 crashes on opening. Dropped back to 7 and the same thing happens. 6 opened the file but another problem showed up: I now can't access my scanner (Epson Perfection 1660) to import new

Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread tjpa
On Jan 7, 2010, at 6:15 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Glad to hear that you have found a way to solve the problem. And now you have discovered a solution to an important need and have a new business opportunity. *

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Tony B wrote: This isn't the free rootkit scanner we've been using for years? I admit, it's been over a year since I ran it last. And now I see at this link it won't work on any newer systems. Isn't

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Exploitable code is in EVERY single OS...EVERY single one. So is it MS's fault someone exploits it? I'm asking, not giving my answer. If you own a honda which is high on the theft list, should honda be buying better/more security for all their cars sold? Does the responsibility of a the buyer

Re: [CGUYS] Buying an iMac Pro

2010-01-07 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:10 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: The problem isn't on our end. The problem is that either the vendors don't use USPS or refuse to ship to the VI based on a set of rules someone on top arbitrarily set, usually based

[CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
Anyone remember the Princess Phone? Remember how guys would have nothing to do with one of those. Guys would rather walk three blocks to a pay phone back in the day if their only other choice was to use a Princess Phone. Their problem? It was a size thing. No real guy was going to use a

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-07 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:50 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Current version of PS is 11. Why are you using such old versions? That is not pertinent to the issue at hand. Don't give this guy crap. Maybe he has lost his job or something and simply cannot afford the newest release. Maybe he has

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys ( gal) Show

2010-01-07 Thread b_s-wilk
Well, they could talk about technologies that aren't widely available to the general public. I'd be happy to discuss high bandwidth solutions...That's not exactly their mission, though. It's a fact that they aren't going to discuss what I offer. It's way too expensive for anyone but big

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys ( gal) Show

2010-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
In my line of work I also am given such choices. If I determine I want to be a pastor of such and such a congregation will even be told where I am going to live (A provided parsonage) Availability of services and type was never a given option. You take what you are given. NO ifs ands or

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-07 Thread Constance Warner
Odd, isn't it, those teeny tiny cellphones? I just finished watching an episode of The Mentalist--which has some of the best writing on network TV--in which the big biker gang members, in full biker regalia and built like brick outhouses, are using dainty little cellphones to conduct

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:59 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Your logic wrong because locks on os's are similar...one doesn't have crappy locks, one just gets stolen more. No it's just easier to steal because it is plentiful and insecure. If one gives you a hard time you move on to the next

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread mike
But the point is they are all insecure, windows isn't more or less secure than say OS X, it just appears that way because OS X isn't attacked. Which of course is security by obscurity, but that wasn't what we are talking about. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM, John Duncan Yoyo

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-07 Thread mike
I'm sure there have been others...but the last true sci fi movie I can think of was Gatica. As far acting/writing went, I'd put DS9 up there with the best...nothing like Hawk commanding a base station. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: And you can

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread Art Clemons
On 01/08/2010 01:22 AM, mike wrote: But the point is they are all insecure, windows isn't more or less secure than say OS X, it just appears that way because OS X isn't attacked. Which of course is security by obscurity, but that wasn't what we are talking about. I'm not sure that OS X is

Re: [CGUYS] Rootkits and earlier request for help from Gail

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Godmode doesn't give a user elevated status..all it does is put a list of all the controls in one place...if your user doesn't have access to these before a godmode folder is created, they don't have access after either. Yes, during the security conferences the playing field and motivations are