I lost some of the tags (album art only) associated information on about
600+
CDs on the 01-01-2011 turnover. It's easily rconstituted but it's a PITA.
This is XP Pro SP3 and WMP 11. Anyone have any idea why?
Is this in a table that didn't reset?
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Y2K strikes a bit late?
I don't think so, I think it's tempting to conclude that but it's like
all the graphical metadata was stripped off of the trailing bits of
the files. If I select a file and hit update it's all there but I think
it's
just going out there and getting it back. All of
I love my iPad and I love showing it off.
Well, that's honest. I certainly take pride of ownership in some
things I have, but unfortunately they aren't things that make even
a blip on popular culture's radar.
And I won't even speak of value here. Whatever floats your boat,
as they say.
I sent this Saturday evening, and it's just now showed up.
Some other emails seem to have never made it to the list
at all.
It seems to be an inconsistent delay. I'll usually see them all eventually,
but it's disconcerting to see replies quoted to a post that's a reply to
a post I made!
And
Generally, people who live in NoVa don't consider themselves residents
of Virginia and feel shamed when reminded.
Is that the general or the particular?
Don't consider themselves residents of Virginia?
Well, Richmond doesn't think so.
Don't be ashamed of being a Virginian, Tom, here's a
And the Governor of Virginia seys...
Don't get all bent out of shape, BHO was all for drilling until the
shit hit the fan. There are quite a few conservatives that are,
actually, pretty conservative WRT this. And were from the start.
That's why Sarah Palin wasn't acceptable to us. I speak
I do. Wanna see my collection of assault weapons and cruise missiles?
Seen 'em, thanks. But you do realize that contrary to your statement
what you suggest IS legal where you live.
http://vaguninfo.com/pages/opencarry.htm
The fact that most people don't do it has nothing to do with whether
It is not a perfect world, in any sense of the way.
There's an opinion piece in today's Post br Robert McDowell,
who is an FCC commissioner. It is noteworthy that he was
reappointed in June of last year, and was the first Republican
to be so appointed to an independent agency by BHO.
The Bushies reclassified them so they could more easily escape justice.
Actually Clinton signed the 1996 Act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
Read the paragraph under the Title VII bullet that begins:
The Act makes a significant distinction ...
That should
I heard the tail end of this story on Market Place this afternoon.
Then they said that Comcast's stock went *down*. What's up with
that?
It comes down to is an information service, as broadband is currently
classified, regulable as a telecommunications service, which is the
FCC's mandate.
If
Verizon DSL is 3mbps for $30 a month.
If you're within range, that is.
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On the downlink. On the uplink the speed is typically 1/10 of that as
the providers have found yet another excuse for charging their
customers extra if they want symmetric service.
Not really. Most of the traffic is server to client, not vice-versa. It's
a well accepted transport
Betty and Stewart will be waiting for Pedro, Jorge, and their amigos
to come along and dig up their neighborhoods.
Cheap shot. Well below your usual standard, Reid.
Many don't actually buy it, in fact, even if it's available.
If you're saying I'm using cheap contractors for the buildout,
Wow! Not out-sourcing the grunt work? I'm impressed.
Actually I am, I just was a little POed at Reid's statement.
But eveybody has to have papers.
The fact is we've fired contractors in the past for being undocumented.
Face it, the average VZ union employee is very extremely well paid
for
For those who say that USA has rotten broadband speeds because we
have such low population density, why is Canada ahead of US?
A variety of reasons. The real question is how you define broadband.
The speeds on the map are somewhat misleading. The FCC says that
anything over 768 kBPS
So things in the USA are really much worse than the map would
indicate. You are not making us feel better.
Farthest thing from my mind (to not make you feel better).
I'm saying that the data used to create that map is insufficiently
granular, that's all. I wouldn't be privy to the
I agree. We all have to stop living in the past.
No kidding. We can anticipate the iJack shortly.
Absolutely painless.
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Don't know if this is good or bad. Advice, please.
10 mbps is basic LAN speed. That's broadband in my book.
If that's what you're paying for that's what you should be getting.
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Yes but it still sucks,
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WHY DO I GET THE FEELING I'M ONLY SEEING HALF OF THIS
CONVERSATION?
Anyway, French is a perfectly civilized and reasonable language.
The fact that I don't speak it very well is beside the point, my post was
strictly tongue in cheek, intended to describe an idealized telecom
utopia.
No
Oui, exactemont mon point.
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From: John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look
On 2/23/2010 9:21 AM, tjpa wrote:
On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S
Not trying to put you on the spot.
But this is well worth reading, you probably all ready know about all of it.
FM-1 is probably the best management text I ever read,
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Does it really make any sense at all for there to be several mostly
identical broadband networks anywhere when all that's needed is
one good one?
Well, typically and ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier, e, g.
ATT, Qwest, VZ, Frontier, Alltel, CenturyLink, etc.) is only going to
build out in
We seem doomed unless we can get a benevolent dictator.
Be careful what you wish for.
I know what I'd do. But it would be likely to piss off a lot of really
powerful people and antagonize a lot more.
I'd nationalize telecom and reconstitute the Bell System.
Then I'd mandate standards across
The Interstate Highway System is pegged at $425 billion in 2006
dollars. So you are saying the unrolling fiber costs almost as much as
building a 6 lane national highway system?
Basically yes. If you want a chicken in every pot. Every local switch
and tandem switch has to be equipped.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Our-National-Broadband-Plan-Is-A-Bland-Boring-Mess-106979
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Then you must not be a REAL conservative.
No, well, I guess not. All I want to do is build something that's better
than what my forebears built, which was intrinsically good anyway.
When you stand on the shoulders of giants, it is easier to reach the sky,
or words to that effect.
To build a
I love you Eric, you naive son of a gun! :p
Don't kiss me now, mike, just be glad your freaking phone works.
:-)
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Regulators like the SEC will never stop a Bernie Madoff. It's like
expecting the police to intercept the burglar before he enters your home.
Doesn't happen very often.
Problem is that the SEC had all ready been tipped off that the guy was a
crook. Big time. And they didn't act on the
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Tranquility-node3.JPG
NASA is learning the ropes ...they just installed an observation deck
...stargazing platform for well heeled space tourists??
Not exactly. It was in the plans from the beginning. The cupola is
the part covered by the
Extrapolate for a national network.
OK, for a FiOS level network that can be leveraged as technology improves
with a 15-20 year time horizon, probably at least $300B. Based on our best
projections we're going to spend at least $35B in our footprint, which is
basically now the East coast
I wonder why it's not like that here. Oh, right, no national broadband
policy with conservatives fighting against it at every turn--for no good
reason, just to be against something.
I'm wondering who these hypothetical conservatives are that seem to be
the demons in this passion play. You
So, do you think it will take similar action to get broadband out to
everyone? Did the early telephone service providers similarly want to
only serve areas where they could maximize profits, thereby causing
government to mandate service for everyone? My guess is probably so.
I agree. It goes
We could easily legislate that ISPs provide physical service to everyone in
their geographical area at reasonable rates.
Easily? Not actually. You have to take into account that dereg has been
around for 26 years, just about the same time I've been in the business.
Here's a typical scenario,
I guess the hope is that this will get incumbent providers off their
rears.
If you pay for it I will build it. I can all ready do what they are
describing, and do. For the paying customers.
I'm disinclined to bankrupt myself under any circumstances.
Only if you have the infrastructure.
Actually my model is to build it on demand, in the gigabit
arena. In other words build to order. I can't do it any other
way. It's not inexpensive.
FiOs alone is a hugh investment. But we feel it's worthwhile in
high density areas.
If you want gigabit
Imagine an Internet Provider who bought access, and taped into that line to
offer service?
That opens up a can o' worms. The FCC says I HAVE to open the
copper network, which I built BTW, to alternative providers.
Part of the motivation to build a separate data network not subject to
those
They are building highways now with private contractors. Toll roads.
Yes. But if I charge my costs off to these contactors at full rate I still
won't recover my build expense. I mean I use contractors. If I used line
personnel it would be prohibitive. Yes I rely on the tolls to recover the
It is not unprecedented. It exists in Japan, Korea, and other places
I'm not going to look up.
I'm not going to cite numbers on how small physically Japan and Korea
are. Compared to the US.
I won't say how much their governments pay towards supporting
telecom.
I'll say that it's apples and
There aren't any dead babies. A little perspective would be nice.
It isn't as bad as it looks. It's an OS, not a war crime.
Sure, a lot of people don't like it. A lot of people don't like a lot
of things. That doesn't invalidate Windows.
As far as the strategies, that's business.
Why
The area is a couple of miles north of there, closer to where RI Av merges
with Baltimore Av, in a residential neighborhood.
No problems with access on R.I. Ave NW, I'm at 15th and R.I. in
the District. My only issue is no satellite TV, due to line of sight, and
no FiOS. I'm not likely to get
What's wrong with making a buck off of a war, people do this.
I'm afraid you haven't got the message. I know there's a lot of
great companies that have done this. Bell Labs, for one.
Messerschmitt for another. Mitsubishi. Ford. General Motors.
Name the ones that haven't profited from war.
Actually the Russian space agency provides this service at lower cost and
greater accuracy (because it has not been deliberately dumbed
down by the generals).
Don't get too confused on this. GPS is a strategic necessity. Or something
like it is. The US doesn't depend on the Russians for
I don't understand how their marketing department could have let them
down so badly,
From Wikipedia, that well-known source of sometimes (not always)
misleading information:
Apple declared the 'i' in iMac to stand for Internet; it also represented
the product's focus as a personal device
Yep. At least four threads going right now about this on
Audio Asylum, various forums. Lexicon is a division of Harman
International, by the way.
Caught red-handed.
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Take a look at some of this:
http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/wadia%20WT%203200/WT3200.html
http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/CYRUS/Cyrus%20DAD1.html
http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/Meridian207/meridian207.html
I dont live in a high traffic area. (Southern Alabama lets get real)
I ride a bicycle in DC traffic. Have for years. Successfully, so far.
I see people yakking on handheld cells all the time (which is allegedly
illegal) while driving.
The cops don't do anything about it. A cyclist sees a
I don't determine quality of service available--neither do you.
Providers determine that. They also decide where and what kinds of
services they offer. As long as companies decide that nobody lives
here and don't provide service for us, we're stuck with the minimum.
Moving is not an option.
You
Are you not making a strong case for nationalizing the telecoms?
No. I don't think so, anyway. But that's one solution. The telco has
been nationalized in the past. It hardly hurt anyone and it benefitted
rural areas. That was universal service. As long as it was, pardon me,
landlines.
[ever been to Lappland?]
No. But technically DSL is a badly flawed technology from an
economic standpoint. It requres the maintenance of a copper
network which is very, very expensive. And becoming more so
because most of these facilities are nearing or past the end of their
service life.
So I wouldn't throw away that old compass just yet.
No, I wouldn't either. And I don't figure that most people have
completely lost their minds as far as their best interests are concerned.
Evidence to the contrary.
It's this kind of sloppy writing that makes the rest of us have to
learn useless new words. I've never in my life heard the word
wireline before today, and really can't see the need when landline
works so well.
In general usage wireline is equivalent to landline or POTS.
There are subtle
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
So if I decide I want to wire my outhouse for broadband, Eric should be
compelled to haul a cable or go to jail?
If you've got the casheesh to cover my costs, and you're in my territory,
I'll wire that joint like George Jetson.
But I'm not going to do it at a loss. I'm not a charity, I'm a
You could blame it on terrorists.
That's not fair. We lost people in the 9/11 attacks. Maybe you didn't know
that. They were on their jobs. I'm not forgetting that, ever.
We're somewhat of an extended family. What can I say about those
we lost? Probably not enough. I have nightmares
Guys, don't freak out. Local wired telephony is regulated at the state
level. It's a utility. Regardless of what I WANT to do with the network,
you all vote for the politicians that make the rules.
The Telco is regulated, beyond belief. It's not just the FCC, it's every
local and state
Most businesses, large and small, continue to use
landline phones extensively, in many cases almost exclusively, for
incoming and outgoing business calls. Ditto for all governmental
agencies nationwide.
We are quite professional.
No reason for worry.
Thanks for your concern,
The Phone
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To: Computer Guys Discussion List COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!
Verizon is helping out on their end.
Interesting. We still have a significant revenue
Verizon is helping out on their end.
Interesting. We still have a significant revenue stream from landlines.
Very much so. But if you look at recent history we've basically sold off
all of the territories where it would be less profitable to deploy newer
technologies.
That's a business
Maybe not own it in the sense that you seem to have taken my
statement. There's nothing wrong with the primary ISP. I just want
the flexibility to adjust servers as appropriate.
The dialup is valuable because it's portable, almost infinitely if that's
not a contradiction in terms. Anywhere
Mail servers.
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Having two made it easier for me to figure out that it was VZ messing
with my email.
That would be the common factor, yes. I all ready know that they have
certain policy elements that would tend to suggest that off network
operation is not encouraged.
Trying to see if I can get out over this SMPT server. RCN apparently
doesn't want me to use their servers over a VZ connection.
Disregard if this goes through.
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What action should we take if it *doesn't* go through?
Uh, nothing in either case. Anyway, I think it works now, thanks.
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Formerly I was happy to have access over a different network that didn't
relate to my primary ISP. This would be in keeping with my belt and
suspenders approach to most technology. I reasoned that a backup
strategy would be preferred in the event, etc.
So I have a dialup account which I have
Go to amazon.fr and search on plume waterman.
Let me know if it works.
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Do you have an all US made computer?
No, because that's not possible right now. My point is that
there are still areas where it is possible, at least mostly.
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Toyota is a publicly held company with profits that go to its
shareholders who may be anywhere in the world.
Yeah, I own some of that stock. But last time I checked Japan
was a free democracy.
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The only thing that is domestically produced in large quantities is
food stuffs.
And historically the best wages come from manufacturing jobs, not
agricultural or service sectors.
Unless you have outsourced the manufacturing:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118677584137994489.html
Any town, state or country that becomes captivated by any type of income
producing work, will one day find themselves abandoned when someone finds
they can do it cheaper, better, or different somewhere else.
I agree generally but if it can be done better and differently, cheaper
doesn't
High end electronics are not made in the USA they are more
appropriately assembled in the US.
Not always. Magnepan for example buys raw materials in the
US and fabricates in-house. Even the resistors, inductors, and
capacitors in the crossovers are US made. White Bear Lake,
Minnesota.
BTW, the Australian dollar is 20-30% less than the US$.
Your point being?
I think we're talking about two different things.
High end audio consists of, well, high end products.
McIntosh, Magnepan, Benchmark, Bryston, stuff like that.
It doesn't matter what dollar scale you use, as long as
Besides when you order from China, you have to figure out if it's
the real thing,
No you don't. It's guaranteed to be junk, even if it's designed and
supervised by European engineers.
I'm guessing that won't be a popular statement. But I KNOW that
Americans can do it better. Our audio
Question: Is there a good way of finding web stores internationally?
Not really. It has to do with tariffs and trade, generally.
High ticket items (I don't know if that's your situation) always cost
more if they're imports and don't have production cost/volume
advantages versus the receiving
I don't think they do that in Europe, at least, not in France.
I'm pretty familiar with what US audio equipment goes for in
Japan and Australia. It's a 20-30% percent markup over US
list, that it gets bought says something for the quality of the
product.
Of course it's all high end specialty
So if there are any of those netbooks I've heard about with slightly
larger keyboards, I'd certainly like to know about them.
I hear that. Keyboard ergonomics is VERY important to me. Most
non full-sized keyboards I've used have been unsatisfactory for
touch typing. I'm pretty fast on a
Ready for a trip to Mars? Imagine riding a bicycle on Mars!
Uh, I've ridden on the Champs de Mars, does that count? Oh,
yeah, I'll take the ticket :-).
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With such US manned space flights, I think we're talking about
champagne tastes on a beer budget
You make good points. But it is not productive to say what we
CAN'T do. We have this huge pool of resources sitting just beyond
our local gravity well, and we're one of two nations that can
We don't own it. I think it's called the ISS for a reason. Hell, the
Russians are broke and seem to be docking there more often
then we are.
Yes, but as long as Russia is the gas station for western Europe
believe me they aren't broke. We (the US) paid for Zarya because
we could get it
Like what? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, it's a serious question. I've
yet to read about any really important research that is going on in the
space station and that couldn't be done any other
way.
Microgravity offers real advanages in alloy and semiconductor
maufacturing, also
Here's another example: the space station, where not much
science is getting done by the three-person crew.
Up to six now. There are currently two Soyuz spacecraft on station
at a given time, since May 29, 2009. To be precise, TMA-14 and
TMA-15 are docked at the Pirs nadir port and the
Yeh ... and the US announced something er other about wanting to
shut the Space Station down in 2015...
Ain't going to happen. The Russkies have the operations stuff
down pat, they've got a LOT of on orbit expertise, and the ESA
and JAXA have a lot of money invested in those labs.
Now that
Did they do a line test?
Allegedly. But as I was all ready aware, the problem wasn't with
the line per se. I had clean dial tone and could establish a dial up
connection at 48-50 kbps, meaning that the line wasn't
compromised.
I all ready knew it wasn't the router, since I have a second
I've had excellent results with local--more or less--Verizon CSRs.
They've been very helpful and generous with credits and offers. It pays
to be persistent, as my friend was.
I expect no less. Hence my surprise. My customers would not be
happy with outsourced tech support, in fact they'd
Lost DSL sync on Monday. Reset, regained sync for a few minutes,
then it dropped again. Had the same problem two months ago.
It was fixed rapidly last time. This time, I called India. It took, no
kidding, I timed it, 45 minutes to run through the call center script.
All of which was
They bring their guns to those events not for protection - there are
plenty of police at these functions - but rather to convey a veiled
threat of death to those who oppose their views. Note than some of
them carry a sign that harkens back to the Revolutionary War about how the
tree of liberty
But Americans will alwways do the right thing, after trying everything
else.
Yes, the system is supposed to be self-correcting.
But it is naiive to suppose that institutions that have stakes in the
game will leave the table.
Ask just about any woman.
Heh. I'll take the map and the compass every time. I'm not in
any sort of a competition, and I do have a handheld GPS device,
although I rarely carry it on my bicycle.
I must say I've gotten a lot of unintelligible and just plain wrong
directions, some even bizarre,
My instincts a long way back were we were being steered wrong
but my friend who owned the GPS was adamant about following
the GPS...
Oh, it's accurate. It will tell you exactly where you are. Within 30
feet anywhere on the planet. The maps are of course the issue.
FWIW, Google [and most other] maps have lots of errors. [Any photos of
your lost friend in Atacama or Tierra del Fuego?]
He made it to Tierra del Fuego, I'll say that.
http://www.twowheelsgood.net/americas/americas.html
I'll defer to him for the details.
He's the adventurer of our bunch, I
Not Mark Twain, but Groucho Marx.
You're right, of course.
Old age is my defense.
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Apple and MS both do this to make sure people do not complain that it
makes their systems run like a dog not realizing that the hardware was
never designed for it to begin with.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
--Mark Twain
Congratulations on being the first to be so rejected.
Clearly I should speak longer.
I thought I was too wordy by far, now that you say there's
a limit I can aspire to exceeding it.
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They're as secretive about their projects as the NSA.
How do you know?
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Since you asked I'll give you my take on it. Get the cheapest
possible cell phone with a pay as you go plan. Even then you
won't use it. It will be another inconveniece in your life.
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One of the things that Apple does is to spread a lot of false rumors.
Deliberately? I'd question the ethics of a company that did this.
I will say rhat any company can have proprietary information.
But that isn't the issue. I'll TELL you what I'm doing and planning,
I have to. Any
Well mr moneybags, 2500 dollars to listen to a ten dollar cd is cost
prohibitive to a lot of people.
OK, I'll accept that. But consider it from a different perspective.
If you bought one $10 CD a week for 30 years, you'd have 1500
CDs, which is a respectable but not even close to impressive
In case you missed this:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/05/13/Verizon-Frontier-agree-to-86B-sale/UPI-64691242244299/
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Wow I did!
It ain't exactly news.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/03/30/fairpoint_verizon_deal_comes_to_a_close_on_monday/
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A lot people of any generation, the cost is prohibitive.
Beg to differ. One of the fastest growing and most innovative areas
of hi-fi is in headphone systems. The youngsters all ready use Ipods
and Zunes, they all ready have computers.
They may not have the scratch for a full blown rig, but
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