Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: I want to handle one with the form factor of two facing pages in a book like shape. I've only seen a kindle up close once and had a quick look at the NookEBook at a Barnes and Noble. The nook looked too small. The reason most books

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Constance Warner wrote: Don't be silly. All the items you cite are paired with something other than a single letter. So you object to the single letter? Now who is being silly? * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: On the last part we will have to disagree. As I type this on my netbook, with a video out, 3 USB ports, and a SD card reader built in. (6 hours battery with wifi.) Netbooks will be seen the 8-track tape players of the early 21st

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:48 AM, mike wrote: The fact this doesn't have any ports is just further proof this is really just a giant ipod touch. Which is absolutely wonderful. The iPhone/iTouch have revolutionized how people use computers.

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
Prediction: Business suits will start to have cargo pants pockets. Thomas Pink already sells ties with a Nano pouch. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

[CGUYS] Consider Total Cost [Was: You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?]

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Stewart Marshall wrote: So at present I pay over $400 per month staying connected and you want me to add a 3G plan on top of that? If you lived in a higher rent district you would be getting connectivity of better quality and lower cost. But many of your other

Re: [CGUYS] Quality vs the Easy Button [Was: Dreamweaver version correction]

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Tony B wrote: Only in the sense that anyone working for a newspaper needs to buy their own printing press to put out a quality product. I disagree. A few should, but the vast majority of writers shouldn't have to know anything at all about a printing press or CSS.

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:45 AM, mike wrote: I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'. Where do these people live? Near a McDonalds. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] Bill Gates saves the world...well some of it

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:33 AM, mike wrote: Has anyone ever even come close to doing this much good with their money? It is my and your money money. We were cheated out of it. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Consider Total Cost [Was: You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?]

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: It just gets frustrating being told well because you live there, you deserve what happens to you. Do you have a restricted travel permit that won't let you visit the big city? Bit it ain't all roses here either... Golden

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: OK, why don't you tell us what's so intriguing about a midsize touchscreen that has no HD, no widescreen, no camera, no USB, no memory card slots, and no GPS, that can only get music and video from iTunes, that can only run what the suits

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:37 PM, katan wrote: I'm gonna go with not so much. Especially in light of the Mad TV skit already pointing out the obvious. Surely *someone* at Apple had seen that already. It is a brilliant name. The radio program I'm listening to has spent the last hour talking

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 4:44 PM, mike wrote: Tom has his Apple goggles turned up extra special bright of late. WFBs are certainly riled up as Apple hits another home run. You can take your Zune home and sulk. * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's homepage for ipad...how long till they fix it? Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:46 PM, mike wrote: As reported on Engadget and other blogs, Apple is currently running a promo on their website for the ipad showing it running flash from Adobe..which it can't do. So the ipad that can do it all, but not flash, has to lie about doing flash? How long

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: They have just come up to bat we will have to wait a few months to see how they swing and what type of ball has been hit. Back down a little and lets see how the filed goes. The ball has vanished over the left-field wall and we have

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread tjpa
On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:37 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: ... I can't mount the device on my desktop or view the drive anywhere except in limited view in limited apps. Real networking has to work before it's ready for release. ... What if you need two USB ports? Carry a hub? Bummer. What if you need USB

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 27, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: Re-reading this, does the filename include the quotes? No quotes. The file name is Icon\015 or Icon\r or Icon^M without the quotes depending on how you like to handle escapes.

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 27, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Michael Fernando wrote: 1) move everything else out of that directory. cd .. \rm -rf that directory name The dir was already empty, except this one file. On Jan 27, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Michael Fernando wrote: 2) I'm not sure if OSX comes with emacs, but I've used

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
Problem solved. I mounted the drive on XP. Windows was perfectly fine with blowing away the whole directory without regard to contents. So Windows is actually good for something. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad-first-impressions/ Pogue advises... My main message to fanboys is this: it’s too early to draw any conclusions. Apple hasn’t given the thing to any reviewers yet, there are no iPad-only apps yet (there will be), the e-bookstore hasn’t

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: I know this isn't Windows, but can you _move_ the file via drag/drop to a miscellaneous unused flash drive, and then reformat the flash drive to really kill it? Alas, it was not on a flash drive. It was on a server. This was a great example

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Paul Cannon wrote: Another option would be to open a terminal. cd to the direcory where the file resides. use the rm command and type the first few letters of the filename and press the tab key to let the shell complete the filename. That was the first thing I

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:47 AM, David K Watson wrote: To avoid this, in terminal, type rm -i I did that too. This was a severe case of one hand not knowing what the other was doing. rm -i would prompt me for the file, but after I typed yes if would respond no such file.

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:26 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: No USB is stupid. I have a cable with the iPod dock plug on one end and a USB plug on the other. Why do you think that won't be possible? * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 4:29 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote: And what a blunder of a dumb name. iPod was called dumb too. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member

Re: [CGUYS] Dreamweaver 8 versus MX

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Constance Warner wrote: So here's my naive question (I haven't looked at Dreamweaver for awhile): would a manual for Dreamweaver 8 be any use at all with the current MX version? Close enough with the online help filling in the gaps. Whether the differences

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: You missed the point. Jobs criticized netbooks for their small screens, then released a box with a screen that's as small as most netbooks and smaller than many. I was noting the irony, not complaining about the screen size. You were

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: It strikes me a bit disingenuous to try and sell it to folks saying we will make it better later, and then you can buy it again. I guess you would be happy if they never shipped, constantly waiting to add one more feature. What

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-28 Thread tjpa
On Jan 28, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Constance Warner wrote: Not to be too delicate about it, but for any adolescent or adult woman, something named iPad inspires, at best, discreet laughter. (Not to mention a mental picture you'd rather not contemplate.) Sorry about that, guys. That's taking a

[CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-27 Thread tjpa
I'm stumped. The dear folks from Adobe have produced a file on my Mac (OS X.5) named Icon\r which I can't delete or rename. rm -i * does prompt me with the file name, buy when I reply y it says no such file or directory. Any suggestions for deletion?

[CGUYS] What the Press Knows About Tech

2010-01-27 Thread tjpa
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2010/01/26/ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-27 Thread tjpa
On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:03 AM, John Emmerling wrote: rm -i Icon\\r rm -i 'Icon\\r' rm -i Icon\r rm -i 'Icon\r' Alas no. Even the dread rm * fails to conquer. The backslash is an escape character. The idiots actually have a control character in the filename.

Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy …

2010-01-26 Thread tjpa
On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:42 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Well G does do both. Try searching Lawn Mower and you will get three Sears listings in orange. The top links are often paid links as well as all the ones on the right. Google at least indicates paid links on the top of the list with

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread tjpa
On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:37 AM, mike wrote: *Neither is better on an absolute basis. The choice depends on your application. Once you know your application the debate goes away. The debate only exists when people presume erroneously that someone else's needs mirror their own.* That was

[CGUYS] This is dedicated to all those spending big bucks on components

2010-01-26 Thread tjpa
Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/blu-ray-maker-re-boxes-500-player-charges-3500/ Lexicon simply bought a batch of Oppos and put them in new cases. Lest you think we are being picky here, or that Lexicon somehow took the guts of the

Re: [CGUYS] Google: Damned if you do; damned if you don't

2010-01-24 Thread tjpa
On Jan 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, mike wrote: Or maybe it shouldn't be judgmental and just output the input. Did you read Google's explanation, which I think is a good one? They don't have enough confidence in the software. They want to avoid the situation where somebody said something

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-24 Thread tjpa
On Jan 24, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Robert Carroll wrote: My daughter three years ago took photography in high school. There they still use BW film in cameras and learn to develop and print in a darkroom. I loaned her my Pentax Super ME to take the class. I was quite upset to find that the

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-24 Thread tjpa
On Jan 24, 2010, at 6:37 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: This isn't quite correct. I've been a professional photographer for almost 30 years. I retired from it professionally full time a few years back. Anyway, unless you lock up the mirror on your SLR you've got lag time. Many cheaper SLRs didn't

Re: [CGUYS] SOS -- Outlook Express Destroying Emails as soon as they're opened

2010-01-24 Thread tjpa
On Jan 24, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Suddenly -- this morning -- My Outlook Express destroys each email that it optns. It will show up in the search function (in a box) but it cannot open the file from there. We recently did a test and once opened it disappeared. It shows in the

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] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-19 Thread tjpa
On Jan 18, 2010, at 6:16 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: I'm not taking pictures of fast moving objects. I'm just trying to take a picture of unposed people at a wedding or some other party or gathering. By the time the shutter fires, good expressions have gone to bad ones, and heads have turned

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-19 Thread tjpa
On Jan 19, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Robert Carroll wrote: Small point-and-shoot cameras, those the size of a deck of cards, do not have the ability to focus manually nor do they have aperture- priority mode. New camera type that some are calling EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens)

Re: [CGUYS] Dump adobe reader

2010-01-18 Thread tjpa
On Jan 17, 2010, at 4:50 PM, D Freye wrote: I want to dump adobe reader and replace it with a program that NEVER calls home or even asks unless I suggest it. Any ideas? Would it not be better to keep Reader and block its bad habits. These days so many programs phone home that it is a

Re: [CGUYS] Better than a UPS

2010-01-16 Thread tjpa
On Jan 16, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Art Clemons wrote: Actually the Gizmodo article references an article on Physorg. The battery is supposed to supply an average Japanese house. So I extrapolate that it will run an average US house for about 6 hours.

Re: [CGUYS] Why Not Be Evil?

2010-01-15 Thread tjpa
On Jan 15, 2010, at 4:20 PM, mike wrote: Well..Android isn't only controlled by google, it's controlled by the open handset alliance. Did they get paid $500M too? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

[CGUYS] Will Adobe Eclipse Microsoft?

2010-01-15 Thread tjpa
http://rcpmag.com/articles/2010/01/13/adobe-eclipsing-microsoft-as-patch-concern.aspx After a solid year of security issues, Adobe's product security and secure product development practices are being seriously questioned, said Andrew Storms, director of security at nCircle. It's ironic to

Re: [CGUYS] Cars and the CES...

2010-01-14 Thread tjpa
On Jan 14, 2010, at 12:55 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Audi has decided to present a legal disclaimer on their dashboard computer screen every time a user activates it. The disclaimer says something to the effect that it is expected that the user will determine the safety of operating the

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-10 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, rleesimon wrote: In that case, what you want is the Skype To Go feature. Either with a subscription plan (which you have at 5.95/mo) or Skype credit, you can get a local phone number for free. The number they provide is a US number so I can access Skype from a

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-10 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, rleesimon wrote: How about doing that with google voice? From what I have read Google Voice offers a whole lot more and a whole lot less. So for now I'm going to pass on it. Officially, Google Voice is still available by invitation only, and I can tell why.

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-09 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: olsmeister writes MagicJack is demonstrating a [0]femtocell device at CES that will [1]allow any GSM phone (locked or unlocked) to place free phone calls over the internet using VOIP. The device costs $40 and includes free service for 1 year. It

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys ( gal) Show

2010-01-09 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:07 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: You have to get over the idea of provider and get with the idea of it doesn't profit me to serve you at the same level I would someone who would actually pay my costs. The machine is not working in your direction, girlfriend. Are you not

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-09 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 9:17 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Whether it was your intention or not, it appeared as though you were admonishing the gentleman for not having the latest version of Photoshop. One of the three sentences you wrote referencing his problem was pointing him in the direction of

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

2010-01-09 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 12:32 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: My point all along has been EVERY company should take that responsibility. M$ is a bigger target and they can be made to look like bigger idiots. It shouldn't be too much of problem for them to fund the work. Back when M$ was

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] 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] 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] 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] 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 [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. *

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

2010-01-06 Thread tjpa
On Jan 6, 2010, at 2:31 AM, Constance Warner wrote: In this case, I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that fancy cellphones have replaced computers as all-purpose communications devices. Cellphones are too small to display most of what's on the Web. For a lot of people, cellphones

Re: [CGUYS] new bank and a mint

2010-01-06 Thread tjpa
On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:40 AM, mike wrote: You eat out? Give your credit card or visa debit to the waitress making 2+tips an hour? Drive through at jack or mcds and give the card to the kid making 8 bucks an hour? Not to mention all the people who get their CC numbers etc stolen by hackers

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

2010-01-06 Thread tjpa
On Jan 6, 2010, at 2:06 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: A close friend got emails from three of her friends wherein they related Christmas gifts they had gotten this year. Two boasted of an iPod Touch, and one of an iPod. Nothing else mentioned. Just those items, as if you got one of those you

Re: [CGUYS] new bank and a mint

2010-01-06 Thread tjpa
On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: There was a significant problem not long ago, especially in major cities, with wait staff who had handheld card readers. They'd quietly swipe cards and sell the information. I don't know if this is Is this not an urban legend?

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

2010-01-06 Thread tjpa
On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:58 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Not out of touch, as you say. I understand that those folks who received the iPody devices are primarily thrilled because they now have what everybody else has. This is the lemming mentality. These gift recipients finally belong, no

Re: [CGUYS] PC Magazine

2010-01-05 Thread tjpa
On Jan 4, 2010, at 11:39 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote: Curious that no mention here of the passing of PC Magazine, crossed over after the January issue into digital only. As Mac-centric, I nonetheless value the opinions and information from a great publication, now left hardcopy after 20

Re: [CGUYS] a new word?

2010-01-05 Thread tjpa
On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Tony B wrote: It's this kind of sloppy writing that makes the rest of us have to learn useless new words. Tech folks need more words that non-tech folks because they need to make precise distinctions. E.g. Eskimos have dozens of words for what we just call

Re: [CGUYS] Windows God Mode

2010-01-05 Thread tjpa
On Jan 4, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Tony B wrote: It works, but oddly, it seems particularly useless. Windows 7? Yes indeed. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] new bank and a mint

2010-01-05 Thread tjpa
On Jan 5, 2010, at 2:47 AM, Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. wrote: Now that MINT is part of Intuit, I would presume more banks will be supporting the program... And fewer of us may be interested in signing up with mint.com. I was about to check them out and that news stopped me dead in my

Re: [CGUYS] a new word?

2010-01-05 Thread tjpa
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Re: [CGUYS] nexus one, the 'google' phone

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:34 PM, mike wrote: First hands on...seems like any other android phone. Apple haters are desperate to have an iPhone knock off to praise. Its been three years since Apple first introduced the iPhone. Frankly, I find it unbelievable that nobody has produced an effective

Re: [CGUYS] Here we go again....

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:10 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Ok that worked amazingly well. I now get a solid signal on both 5 and 9 with numbers in the high eighties. I had to put the pie pan on at a rakish angle and made a ring of tinfoil to hold up the pan. Good for you. Yes angles can be

Re: [CGUYS] sound machine advice

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 10:53 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Where I live people hunt all year around. Laws? What laws? They do target practice in their back yards. They use each other for target practice--really. BTW, most of these neighbors are from WV, VA, KY, but now live in MD. I was out for a stroll

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:32 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Ok I got as first up in googe http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=246912 and in bing I got Forget Bing, that's not the point. The point is that we need a common point of reference. When you click on the Google link you should

Re: [CGUYS] nexus one, the 'google' phone

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 11:00 AM, mike wrote: RIM has been doing this years, they are (for the most part) dependable and until recently the easiest best way to sync email which was it's most touted feature. As recent as 3.0 release iPhone didn't have full exchange support and those users with

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Constance Warner wrote: Hey, weren't YOU one of the people arguing FOR universal broadband access, as an essential qualification for participating in our modern economy? I still do. I'm just excluding gun owners.

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:23 AM, Constance Warner wrote: I'm mainly concerned for people who can't live in Montgomery County, but who must live in places where service is much poorer, is nonexistent, or is beyond the financial means of most inhabitants. So if I decide I want to wire my outhouse

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 2:47 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: 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. Not exactly true. You could sell off

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Christopher Range wrote: 1. I have no idea what 'pwned' is, unless that is a major spelling error. You could try reading the Wikipedia entry. * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] nexus one, the 'google' phone

2010-01-03 Thread tjpa
On Jan 3, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Allen Firstenberg wrote: All BBs, apparently, have a feature that lets the IT department shut down the phone in the event it is lost or stolen, while none of the others do. iPhone does. Also lets you locate the phone on a map, send messages to it, and erase its

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Christopher Range wrote: When I am in Firefox and, I do a search on Google, when I click on one of the links in the search, it goes to an entirely different address than, the address shown with the link. What could be the reason for this happening? When you

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Constance Warner wrote: This whole thing looks like the replacement of light rail with cars and GM-built buses in the 30's and 40's. Right now, municipalities are trying to rebuild what was destroyed in the name of corporate profits. Destroying low-cost public

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 4:46 AM, Marcio wrote: Yes but only Skype to Skype...for free. You old folks may not have noticed, but a modern household is going to have a small computer sitting where the telephone used to sit. It will be running Skype 24/7.

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 12:57 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Well there, you have said it yourself. An orderly plan. That is most assuredly what will be missing from the equation. When, as you say, the time comes, there will have been many vague promises and assurances made by the telcos about

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 12:57 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: My position is that they must FIRST be made to provide an alternative and reliable telephone system to every customer who would lose landline service BEFORE the wires are cut. No promises. They MUST do that FIRST. Why such rampant

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:47 PM, rleesimon wrote: They make skype fones. I looked, but don't see the point. Computer has great mic and camera and big screen already built in. Why pay money for something that does so much less and still needs to be connected to a computer?

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:40 PM, rleesimon wrote: Skype only free when recipient also has skype ... You think it takes a lot of arm twisting to get somebody to sign up for a service that is free and saves them money? * **

Re: [CGUYS] sound machine advice

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Tony B wrote: No, no, no. There are very strict laws against discharging firearms within x feet of a dwelling. You're no farther in the woods than I am in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and nobody around here would stand for that. There are very valid reasons not to

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:48 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: panjandrum continental Interesting discussion there. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Constance Warner wrote: It helps everyone if there isn't an underclass that's excluded from basic participation in society, because something that's essential-- like in this case a telephone--is no longer available. Access to basic services with only modest means

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Constance Warner wrote: It's more like trying to maintain a basic level of civilization. Several questionable aspects here... 1) Does Internet = civilization? 2) Have you not made the choice to live away from civilization?

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation...]

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: Continue to hold down the command key and you can tab through the bar. That requires only one hand. No doubt, but the point is getting the job done quickly. Tabbing through a list of a dozen icons, whose position constantly shuffles,

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 5:56 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, what if that computer is a Windows machine? Isn't it going to be locking up, crashing or falling victim to viruses all the time? How the heck could that thing possibly be up and running 24/7? Gosh, I wasn't thinking about Windows.

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-02 Thread tjpa
On Jan 2, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Christopher Range wrote: It sent me to this link: http://free-video-dictionary.com/ads/? You are pwned. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy,

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread tjpa
On Dec 31, 2009, at 1:54 PM, mike wrote: John brought it up near the start of the thread. Speed was the only reason we used RAID at the shop I was at, anyone who uses it for backup is an idiot. The speed advantage went away when the drive's magnetic domains got turned 90-degrees. With

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