On 03/04/2010 07:14 PM, Tony B wrote:
The question is: Why don't *you* consider yourself paranoid? Or are you
actually doing something in front of the camera that's even remotely
interesting? And why void a warranty when a little piece of tape will work?
Or are you concerned there's a way to
On 03/04/2010 08:03 PM, John DeCarlo wrote:
If I were those worried parents, I would start a movement to prevent the
school from using any taxpayer money to defend themselves. That is the
rip-off, not the class action lawsuit.
What you're suggesting is not legally possible. If an entity or
On 03/04/2010 06:53 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Eh, the school board never told the parents about any strings
attached. The school system never revealed the fact that those
cameras would or could be activated remotely. This fact has been
verified by the school system, but they have yet
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote:
Once again, we aren't sure what really happened. We also know that the
District claims that only laptops reported missing or stolen were
activated ala the claims in the following URL:
Some of this syntax is peculiar to the find command. Here is a good intro:
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm
As far as how the -mtime option is used, I believe you are correct.
Whoever gave you this advice was probably short at least 12 oz. of
dark roast
On 3/4/2010 10:05 AM, Tony B wrote
I'm with the parents. You can't accept a free tool and then sue because it
came with strings attached.
Sir,
The tool in question was forced upon the students. The tool was
required for courses, had to use the school board supplied tool and
only that
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote:
I also note that the folks making the claim that the district should not
be sued likely would not quite feel that way if their darlings were
involved.
The thing is, some of their little darlings may have been involved,
The average net worth of Senators is about 9 million, not exactly average
joes.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:27 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Mar 4, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Yeah you really have to wonder why someone would blow 5 million $ running
for an office
You mean the millionaires club?
Senators have never been average and it is similar to the house of
Lords in England.
Titled individuals.
Stewart
At 08:15 AM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
The average net worth of Senators is about 9 million, not exactly average
joes.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:27
On Mar 5, 2010, at 6:12 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
You said you were cheap (and did not tell us what you want to use the
computer for), so that should be fine. A netbook would be even
cheaper.
Often people tell me they need a laptop, only to later discover that
it is so much less
I chose Toshiba because it had the delete key on the lower part of the
keyboard, unlike other brands, which have the delete key on the upper right.
Now
I understand that Toshiba has exiled the delete key to the upper right.
Anybody know of a laptop brand with the delete key down under?
(While
We bought a laptop for my wife to do her school work, the idea being to get
rid of a desk in our home and make some more room. After about 8 months she
just decided she wanted her desk back because while the laptop was full size
(numeric keypad etc) it was just not right for lots of home use. I
I'm sure you and many readers here know about this, but most model
laptops can plug in to a docking station, so that you can easily use a
larger monitor and full keyboard and mouse of choice. Also externally
attached HDs.
mike wrote:
We bought a laptop for my wife to do her school work, the
Or..don't buy one of the big dells...
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:38 AM, betty b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
Dell notebooks are heavy and clunky, but not too bad. Toshiba makes
excellent notebooks. If I were buying a Dell, I'd get the new Alien
notebook. Alien finally has a smaller, still powerful
That came up in our discussion on what we would do about her laptop. The
cost of just building a solid system, I already had the
case/keyboard/mouse/hard drives, and getting some kind of dock was not much
different. Decided on the little tower instead.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Steve at
Netbooks do not have full keyboards.
I ONLY use laptops with full keyboards (I do use a netbook for meetings; the
battery lasts about 8.6 h)- and have been doing so for almost a decade. I
am an engineer/accountant/medical professional with dire need of numeric
keys, symbol keys, foreign
Check out Circuit City on line I just saw a couple of Gateways on sale.
(They are a part of Tiger Direct be prepared to be bombarded with
extended warranties)
Also Geeks or Newegg.
Stewart
At 08:42 PM 2/28/2010, you wrote:
You forgot to tell us what you want to do. A netbook is great for
I bought one of the Compaqs from Walmart this summer and it had a
full keyboard including a 10 key. I have only seen these on some 17
before not a 15.4.
Stewart
At 09:45 AM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Netbooks do not have full keyboards.
I ONLY use laptops with full keyboards (I do use a netbook
It's dirt simple. The right to privacy in the home was breached. Looking
at children via webcam or otherwise in a state of undress or susceptible to
be so is illegal. They did it and the fact one student was sanctioned for
having misbehaved on camera proves that. The thing has devolved into a
I faced this dilemma in late 2004 when my trusty win95 Toshiba laptop which
I loved was too skimpy on max 20mb memory to go forth (that laptop had a
scsi port on the back, very forward looking for the day, allowing me to
attach an external zip drive that gave me lots of storage...I can still see
It seems you found the best solution for your needs. But some folks like
to use the same machine, for both home use and travel. With speeds,
memory sizes and HD sizes on laptops these days, they rival what
desktops had just a few years ago.
mike wrote:
That came up in our discussion on what
I have three machines that I actively use.
I have a desktop at home. Built out the way I like it. 1.25 TB hard
drive, Dual core, DBD burner, DVD Rom, Firewire etc. Nice case, it
is a powerhouse for me.
I have a work laptop. (Provided by me) it is a dockable Dell
Latitude AMD dual core
My wife likes her laptop as she can take it on trips and do her
thing, and I like cause she does not ask to use my laptop while we travel.
Stewart
At 11:16 AM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Right, I understand that. She only used the laptop because she could use it
at the kitchen table and put it
Apple is cleaning out Apps that provide little or no functionality
(their words, including an app that makes the iPhone quack like a duck,
make fart sounds and so on. So, I'd be one peeved developer if I saw my
fart App removed!
Not sure why you say it is for no reason. They have so many apps,
On Mar 5, 2010, at 11:39 AM, mike wrote:
*Apple removed several Wi-Fi apps commonly referred to as stumblers,
or apps
that seek out available Wi-Fi networks near your location...
If I was a developer I'd think twice about the environment Apple is
creating.
Removed for good reason. Nor did
On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:15 AM, mike wrote:
The average net worth of Senators is about 9 million, not exactly
average joes.
But the more significant median is about $890,000 (for Senators and
Reps in 2008). Anyone who owns a house in the metro DC area is
probably worth more than that. So at
You remind me of Adam Sandler in the water boy.
Maybe Apple could not approve apps if they seemingly violate some hidden
law? Apple knew what this app did when they approved it, they can keep
playing games with developers and users, but eventually I would think all
but the die hard MFB's like
Apple also just revamped its Mac developer program, modeling it on the
iPhone developer program, cutting the cost from $500/year to $99/year.
I don't think Apple has alienated many developers, Mike!
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
On Mar 5, 2010, at 11:39 AM, mike wrote:
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, t.piwowar wrote:
The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails
from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the
end of the line.
find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f '{}'
\;
should not +mtime
On Mar 5, 2010, at 2:08 PM, mike wrote:
Maybe Apple could not approve apps if they seemingly violate some
hidden
law? Apple knew what this app did when they approved it, they can
keep
playing games with developers and users, but eventually I would
think all
but the die hard MFB's like
So now you are saying they OK'd apps, then months later decided they were
'buggy and infested'...where are you getting this?
I'll get rid of my Apple stuff right away since you say Apple is buggy and
infested...good tip!
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:30 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Mar 5,
On Mar 5, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Michael Fernando wrote:
However, this is a dangerous command. Run the following first to
see what it does. If you like the output, run it with 'rm -f'
instead of 'ls -l'
Good advice that is.
Thanks JE and MF. I feel in control now.
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I have had good luck with Dell laptops.
But I stick with the Vostro or Latitude series.
Had an Compaq this summer. Not bad.
Stewart
Am I correct in thinking that these Dell series are no longer being made?
The Dell website shows Inspiron, Studio, Studio XPS,
Please advise: what is too cheap? Is the Dell Inspiron priced at $659
too cheap?
Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
You said you were cheap (and did not tell us what you want to use the
computer for), so that should be fine. A netbook would be even cheaper.
Don't be so cheap, though, that you
betty wrote:
Dell notebooks are heavy and clunky, but not too bad. Toshiba makes
excellent notebooks. If I were buying a Dell, I'd get the new Alien
notebook. Alien finally has a smaller, still powerful notebook for a
reasonable price. Apple also makes excellent PC notebooks, in case you
Vostro and Latitude are considered business laptops and are under the
small business section.
Stewart
At 04:18 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I have had good luck with Dell laptops.
But I stick with the Vostro or Latitude series.
Had an Compaq this summer. Not bad.
I am not sure but I think he considers any Windows machine cheap as
it is not a Mac.
I do not want to assume anything though.
Stewart
At 04:22 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Please advise: what is too cheap? Is the Dell Inspiron priced at
$659 too cheap?
Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
You
I'd really advise you get hands on with a laptop before you purchase, one
mans cheap is another mans bargain.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.comwrote:
Please advise: what is too cheap? Is the Dell Inspiron priced at $659 too
cheap?
Snyder, Mark - IdM
Alienware is Dell's gaming line. Yer gonna pay for it.
You could also check with cyberpower, they have their own line of laptops
and seem to get good reviews, their prices are reasonable.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.comwrote:
betty wrote:
Dell
The Alienware computers are considered top of the line gaming laptops.
The Inspiron is the entry level consumer laptop.
Next comes their Studio line and at the top is the Alienware (who
they bought by the way.)
In the business end is the Vostro and the Latitude.
Stewart
At 04:27 PM
Adamo is the top business class I suppose...
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
The Alienware computers are considered top of the line gaming laptops.
The Inspiron is the entry level consumer laptop.
Next comes their Studio line and at the
Yup. Is it out now?
I don't keep track as it is way out of my price range.
Stewart
At 04:58 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Adamo is the top business class I suppose...
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
The Alienware computers are considered top
Out long enough to drop in price actually.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
Yup. Is it out now?
I don't keep track as it is way out of my price range.
Stewart
At 04:58 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Adamo is the top business class I
It was supposed to be their slimmer, sleeker business line. Like I
said not really interested as it is way out of my price range.
Stewart
At 05:28 PM 3/5/2010, you wrote:
Out long enough to drop in price actually.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net
On Mar 5, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
I looked at the Alienware laptops on the Dell site and they are as
expensive as the Mac. Cheapest is $1200 going up to $1800.
Where do you get that? Apple laptops start at $999. Pro line starts at
$1199.
I see Windows laptops going for
Alienware starts at 800...goes up from there.
Like most things, that 1200 dollar 'pro' macbook is quite paltry. 1200 for
Alienware gets you quite a bit more hardware.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:26 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
I looked at the
Not to mention doubling your ram costs double for Apple than for the
Alienware laptop.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
Alienware starts at 800...goes up from there.
Like most things, that 1200 dollar 'pro' macbook is quite paltry. 1200 for
Alienware gets you
The base alienware is a great game machine. They were known for some
really awesome gaming machines a number of years ago. One of the
reasons Dell bought them. TO get its foot into the gaming machine end.
Of course true gamers still build their own.
My son was looking at Alienware machines
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote:
Once again, we aren't sure what really happened. We also know that the
District claims that only laptops reported missing or stolen were
activated ala the claims in the following URL:
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, t.piwowar wrote:
The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails
from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the
end of the line.
find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f '{}'
\;
should not +mtime
On 3/4/2010 10:05 AM, Tony B wrote:
That's a bit of a reach considering these were free laptops handed out with
specific instructions leading one to know the cams could be used at any
time. I don't recall anything like that happening during Jim Crow.
You can't accept a free tool and then sue
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