[CGUYS] iPhone/MS deal about to close?

2010-01-20 Thread mike
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100119_759795.htm BW is saying bing may become the default search engine on the iphonecan you hear Tom scream yet? * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone/MS deal about to close?

2010-01-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:46 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100119_759795.htm BW is saying bing may become the default search engine on the iphonecan you hear Tom scream yet? So the Apple has tricked the snake into the

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-20 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:24 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Several new cameras are taking their cues from the iPhone, sporting a huge LCD and a multi-touch interface.Controls are all virtual and much easier to access. Yes, but controls located within a menu, even with a touch-screen,

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-20 Thread Art Clemons
But if the electric car is only good for local computing, it then must be (in most cases) economic as an _additional_ car, not as a replacement for a car currently owned. Liquid fuels aren't going to go away for a long time yet. Hydrogen cars have approximately the same problem, there isn't

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:32 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Art Clemons wrote: The truth is that we need some method of rapid charging said batteries on the go. Ten minutes charging for let's say 200 minutes of driving would be reasonable presently (not

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-20 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Fred Holmes f...@his.com wrote: On many cameras, manual focus seems to mean merely not autofocus.  I.e., no camera sensor determines when the camera is focused.  But you still have to use the motor to move the lens elements.  There is no way to just twist

[CGUYS] Excel Pivot Tables

2010-01-20 Thread Jay Montero
Does anyone know how to get an Excel (2007) pivot table to accept a range as a criteria in a column heading? It will allow using a constant but I need it to allow a range of values as in 20 and 50. * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote: But if the electric car is only good for local computing, it then must be (in most cases) economic as an _additional_ car, not as a replacement for a car currently owned. Liquid fuels aren't going to go away for a long

[CGUYS] Why Firefox Will Flame Out - PC World

2010-01-20 Thread b_s-wilk
Huh? Is this a peecee thing? What's the replacement? Chrome is not ready for prime time, and IE sucks. http://www.pcworld.com/article/187222/why_firefox_will_flame_out.html * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-20 Thread b_s-wilk
EVIL looks very good, but still a bit expensive. By coincidence, I just received a review for The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You™ by Chase Jarvis. http://www.thebestcamera.com/book.html Excellent advice. The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You. That includes Brownie, box camera,

Re: [CGUYS] Spam:[CGUYS] Why Firefox Will Flame Out - PC World

2010-01-20 Thread David Turk
Speaking of Chrome, I've been running version 3.0.195.38 on WinXP off on for the last 2 weeks. No problems the first few days, but then several programs (Photoshop, Bridge) started hanging. Then today, my PowerDVD player started to hang. I happened to be using Chrome at the time. I haven't

Re: [CGUYS] Why Firefox Will Flame Out - PC World

2010-01-20 Thread Andy Gallant
FWIW, the (unscientific) results at this moment are 67 Yes and 377 No Recommends, or 84.9% against the article. -Andy On 1/20/2010 2:32 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Huh? Is this a peecee thing? What's the replacement? Chrome is not ready for prime time, and IE sucks.

Re: [CGUYS] Why Firefox Will Flame Out - PC World

2010-01-20 Thread tjpa
On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:32 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Huh? Is this a peecee thing? What's the replacement? Chrome is not ready for prime time, and IE sucks. The author is just bitching and moaning about the slowing of their upgrade cycle. This happens to every app eventually and it signals that it

Re: [CGUYS] Excel Pivot Tables

2010-01-20 Thread tjpa
On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Jay Montero wrote: Does anyone know how to get an Excel (2007) pivot table to accept a range as a criteria in a column heading? It will allow using a constant but I need it to allow a range of values as in 20 and 50. With my Excel 2004 (Mac) you right click on

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone/MS deal about to close?

2010-01-20 Thread tjpa
On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:46 AM, mike wrote: BW is saying bing may become the default search engine on the iphonecan you hear Tom scream yet? Sigh, not scream. M$ continues to be unable to compete on product quality so has to throw its money around to buy customers. An effective

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone/MS deal about to close?

2010-01-20 Thread mike
Good thing Apple is around to give MS their sheeple then I guess. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:36 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:46 AM, mike wrote: BW is saying bing may become the default search engine on the iphonecan you hear Tom scream yet? Sigh, not scream.

Re: [CGUYS] Excel Pivot Tables

2010-01-20 Thread Jay Montero
Thanks for the help. Much obliged. On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Jay Montero wrote: Does anyone know how to get an Excel (2007) pivot table to accept a  range as a criteria in a column heading?  It will allow using a  constant but I need it to allow a range of values as in 20 and

[CGUYS] Time Watching TV Linked to Greater Risk of Death, New Study Says - WSJ.com

2010-01-20 Thread betty
As seen in Robert L. Park's What's New newsletter at UMd physics site, http://www.bobpark.org/. He comments, Of course, it may be the programming rather than being sedentary that's bad for you. Watching TV Linked to Higher Risk of Death By RON WINSLOW If you're reading this sitting down,

Re: [CGUYS] Time Watching TV Linked to Greater Risk of Death, New Study Says - WSJ.com

2010-01-20 Thread mike
The best part of this study is that American dollars didn't go to this waste of time. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:35 PM, betty b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: As seen in Robert L. Park's What's New newsletter at UMd physics site, http://www.bobpark.org/. He comments, Of course, it may be the

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone/MS deal about to close?

2010-01-20 Thread MrMike6by9
Subject: iPhone/MS deal about to close? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100119_759795.htm BW is saying bing may become the default search engine on the iphonecan you hear Tom scream yet? I read the forums at www.everythingicafe.com several times a day. I

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-20 Thread Marcio
Back thereI received several prizes in photo contests with the Argus C3. Marcio -Original Message- From: b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es Sent: Jan 20, 2010 5:39 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag EVIL looks very good, but still a bit

Re: [CGUYS] Time Watching TV Linked to Greater Risk of Death, New Study Says - WSJ.com

2010-01-20 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:39 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: The best part of this study is that American dollars didn't go to this waste of time. I am going to suppose that the results of that research are correct. I've also gotta believe that folks who are waaayyy too sedentary are

Re: [CGUYS] Time Watching TV Linked to Greater Risk of Death, New Study Says - WSJ.com

2010-01-20 Thread mike
I love the studies...'we fed rats a dosage of big macs and fries equal to a human eating 54 pounds of the same food on a daily basis for 2 years and found the rats to be quite unhealthy after the experiment. we are studying the results to find out why.' On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:40 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Time Watching TV Linked to Greater Risk of Death, New Study Says - WSJ.com

2010-01-20 Thread Ranbo
H'.if there reason for the higher death rate is correct wouldn't this also apply to people who sit for prolonged periods in front of computer screens? Randall On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:35 PM, betty b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: As seen in Robert L. Park's What's New newsletter at UMd