[CGUYS] vhs to dvd

A friend asked if I could convert a few VHS tapes to DVD. I've done many, so I said OK. One tape he gave me is a commercial movie--obscure, but one of his favorites--and it's never been released as a DVD. It has Macrovision. Is there a legal way to do this conversion without buying expensive

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

> > What do you really want/need? An ultra-mobile PC or a small notebook? > *That's a very good question and not really sure of the difference. Think > a small notebook though. * > * The original small hand-held PCs with 4 to 7 inch displays that came out at some 3 or 4 years ago were mo

Re: [CGUYS] Apple pushes unwanted enterprise tool to Windows users

Are you saying the HP you owned would install NEW software you did not already have installed or was updating software on your system already? Also, there is a very easy solution to these so called undocumented programs...hit the start button. The Windows PCs don't have a list of preinstalled s

Re: [CGUYS] Apple pushes unwanted enterprise tool to Windows users

Yet again. If this were MS pulling this stunt, they would certainly be pilloried. And probably sued by the EU. Where's the outrage here? I'm outraged that some Windows programs update without informing users! And our HP notebook came with dozens of undocumented programs installed, not even a l

Re: [CGUYS] Download previously downloaded gmail messages?

I download my gmail to Thunderbird. Something happened that caused Thunderbird to no longer recognize that my account existed along with folders containing hundreds of messages. Since nothing I tried fixed the problem, I ended up deleting my "default" folder and reloading from my previous week's

[CGUYS] Why not Dell?

Bad PC Sales Staff Exposed Barence writes "An undercover investigation has revealed how Dell's online sales staff take liberties with the truth when trying to sell customers new PCs. One member of staff told an undercover reporter that he would need a PC with a good graphics card to download d

[CGUYS] Brother HL- 2170W printer

Just got it. So far it's a loud paperweight. Loaded drivers and utilities on PCs and Macs. None can "see" or print to it. Ethernet cable makes lights blink on printer and router, utility finds it--nothing happens. Any tips for using this printer wirelessly or wired? Prefer to use wired or wir

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

Lack of an optical drive for burning DVDs isn't necessarily an obstacle in a 'netbook'. The SD card slot can make up for DVD burner and hard drive or small flash drive. You can save to the SD card the kinds of things you'd normally burn to disk, and your "drive space" is limited only by the num

Re: [CGUYS] Netbooks vs. Notebooks

Editing a photo does not take near the video ram a video does. Keyboards are keyboards. Want a full size one, plug it in. I can edit photos on my mobile phone. I can surf the 'net on my phone or iPod. Add a keyboard to a netbook and it isn't portable any more [rollups and virtual keyboard,

Re: [CGUYS] We're #22!!! and we're #15!!! [was: We're #19!!!}

Because we are no longer the home of the brave and land of the free. We are the home of the Corporate Entity and land of the Connected. Stewart Touché! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, priv

[CGUYS] We're #22!!! and we're #15!!! [was: We're #19!!!}

"phartz...@gmail.com" escribió: US Chamber of Commerce cites #19 rank, wants tougher IP laws http://tinyurl.com/lkcdsh IP laws won't be effective in the US until the copyright and patent laws are rewritten to be in compliance with Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Intellectual pro

Re: [CGUYS] Pogue Feeling Sorry for M$

Myself, I'd say generally positive is a better descriptionI agree with Pogue's statement that if the Zune HD existed in a world in which there were no iPod Touch, it would be a fantastic device. However, in this universe the Touch has been around for quite some time before the Zune HD, and it

Re: [CGUYS] ipod touch not the golden devil

HTC has been selling phones under the big carriers for quite awhile. An unlocked Hero would run 750 to 1000 dollars, it's 180 with the 2 year contract discount. HTC Hero US phones start around $500--$350 for a Euro model with 3G that doesn't work on US frequencies. You'll be paying a lot mor

Re: [CGUYS] ipod touch not the golden devil

What makes you think I believe it's a golden devil? iPod touch = the cool. Also on a related note of sorts. I emailed the list about choices in cell phones and service, and the comments were all helpful. I had almost decided for sure I was going to get the new mytouch from Tmobile. I had wan

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue (#2009-870)

> What I do find is that one side only mentions the problems with the other > side. For every Madoff there is a government bureaucrat like Geithner > ripping us off. For every wall street banker there are guys like Ted > Stevens or Charlie Rangel. Actually, what I think is that each side eithe

[CGUYS] Best voice to text iPhone app.?

Quick Voice ShoutOUT [soon?] http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10185457-1.html Jott I would appreciate recommendations for an iPhone app. where the text could perhaps be used in a note, email or SMS perhaps? Who are the contenders and are they ready for "prime time"? thanks in advance,

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

Energy is only as free as the technology to capture and distribute it. The advantages in manufacturing are cancelled out by the costs. Are the corporations that want to use microgravity for production going to absorb all the risks? Or is this yet another example of socializing risk with federa

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

Chris Dunford escribió: According to physicist Dr. Robert Park of UMd and the American Physical Society: You beat me to it. I was just about to post this. If, God forbid, a terrorist someday forces me to put on a Terps sweatshirt, I will be able to resist giving up the goods by telling myself

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

Yeh ... and the US announced something er other about wanting to shut the Space Station down in 2015 ... a mere years after completion so we can pay for manned missions going back to the moon or to Mars or just wandering around out in space...Why would that be? ...Anybody notice a striking commona

Re: [CGUYS] Insurance and National Security [was: Intensive care unit]

The reason that all the rest of the world who have universal health care has a 5% admin overhead and our non-universal health care has an admin overhead of 18-25% is exactly demonstrated by your experience with your wife's prescription... No matter how the world's varied universal health plans

Re: [CGUYS] the moon [and solar flares]

There's one satellite--the Advanced Composition Explorer--that would give us 15 minutes of warning to another Carrington Event, but it's 11 years old and past its planned life span. (Of course, we would need some kind of emergency plan to shut off all transformers to save them; but if we didn'

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy beyond its means. Nonesense. What are you comparing that number to? Your pay check? Properly you look at it as percent of GDP. A proper analysis is here: http://zfacts.c

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

Actually, there are quite a few reasons to be in space. In addition to GPS, weather satellites, and warnings of solar flares [which, if large enough, can fry your iPod, your computer, and the entire electrical grid], the space program can warn about continent-killing asteroids. And, if we do enou

Re: [CGUYS] Keyboard problem

On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Jordan wrote: The nice Apple keyboard that I use on the iMac has a problem. The cde and 3 keys have stopped working. Is there anything I can tinker with that might fix this? It's a couple years old, but does anyone think Apple will do anything for me on this? CDE

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue (#2009-870)

Jeff Morris escribió: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnc0CeUT-Lc There is an old saying, and judging by the posts on here it is 100% accurate: You can't reason people out of positions they didn't reason themselves into. Too many people are partisan without ever really thinking about things. .

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

Wow, when did Spirit and Opportunity learn to work on their own? I wonder if the people who get paid to drive them know this. If they are working on there own, what do you think they're thinking? "There's a rock, let's flip it over." Or maybe, "damn it's dusty today." Or maybe, "Hey Opportunity

Re: [CGUYS] the moon

Huh? I thought NASA's moon program is, unfortunately, still alive and sorta on schedule. We're abandoning our plans for a space station after our commitments are done and putting all our eggs into Ares/Orion. As of this moment, it still is alive. However, a White House panel of experts has re

[CGUYS] The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine

"...Oddly, though, there was no point-and-shoot analogue in video cameras...Home videocams were almost without exception expensive, complicated devices loaded with features like image stabilization, night-vision mode, and onboard color correction...even with tools like Apple's iMovie, it was a

Re: [CGUYS] Back to dial up

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 known

Re: [CGUYS] Keyboard problem

Have you tried popping off the keys to see what the problem might be? In the past I've found that keyboard malfunctions have been physical problems and not computer/circuit board problems. Notice the pattern? Did you spill something on your computer? Both the white and the black Apple keyboard

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

One side of it is that Doctors did not need to purchase it and did not. Professionals are notorious (I mean Doctors etc.) in keeping up with the latest technology. With all the doctors I get to see with my wife We have only seen one clinic (Othopods) who used tablets and kept all their records

Re: [CGUYS] Insurance and National Security [was: Intensive care unit]

> There's no free market. Never has been. Get over it. Deal with the > economy as it exists, not in some utopian, fear-inspired fantasy. Good > health, quality education, a stable economy with manufacturing, and a > clean environment are as important to our security as diplomacy and our > military

Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:16 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Futura is more attractive than Verdana. The real problem here is that IKEA switched to a M$ font. M$ a company that is not renown for really good design. Actually Verdana is one of two fonts that M$ had designed by Mathew Carter, who is ren

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

Actually, you will find the banks that survived were the ones who were more diversified in their holdings. The one that went tits up were the old investment houses that only recently started banking businesses. > And why does the federal government have Medicaid administered by the > states? Yo

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

> As one with family from Cuba and some friends remaining, I can assure > you that Jeff W. has no idea about Cuba, considering his comments. It's > their health care insurance system and outcomes that are better than > ours, not the high tech gadgets and expensive doctors. The Cuban > government,

Re: [CGUYS] Back to dial up

We have the same problem from time to time, but get much better service here in the boonies. It's usually not in our house. They can test the lines from the main office. I can test the lines at point of entry. Did they do a line test? I know there's a minor short somewhere in the house and will

[CGUYS] Insurance and National Security [was: Intensive care unit]

Where do you come up with these figures? Have they been fed to you or are they just off the top of your head? You did get to the meat of the problem however. We might have great medical care here in us. But getting it and being able to have access to it is a totally different story. And

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora

I use Gmail for one of my boxes, but can someone tell me why I constantly have to tell my Mac to accept the email when I restart the computer and or the mail program? It keeps telling me permissions aren't something or other. I can't remember exactly and don't feel like restarting at the mo

[CGUYS] Cuba [was: Intensive care unit]

> You are free to move to Cuba, collect your $3 a month wage and enjoy that health care. Travel restrictions have been lifted? You can travel to Cuba from Mexico, or on a European package tour from the UK, Germany, etc. Unless you can get permission from the US State Department, they won

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: > Sounds like paradise. Why aren't you living there? I was just waiting for the old "love it or leave it" bullshit to start. Why can't an intelligent and respectful conversation take place without descending into the pit of old worn out sa

[CGUYS] link correction, doctors for single payer program [was: Intensive Care Unit...]

Yes, Reverend... something like this. Look my old, very old web page: http://pw2.netcom.com/^mvp1/soloproviders1.htm I made it when I as working as MD under Managed Care in the USA. In case Marcio's link doesn't work, try this: http://home.netcom.com/~mvp1/soloproviders1.htm It's worth reading

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora

Hmmm I am considering this...going Gmail. But will I find all that Eudore offers? No. GMail is an email provider with both online webmail and POP/IMAP service for an email client of your choice on your computer[s]. The webmail interface is too limited for my use [i.e., how do I sort the mes

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

Do you have a link from a group that doesn't skew conservative? New Scientist is considerably more unbiased than party hacks like Rasmussen. Dueling links? http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/august_2009/32_favor_single_payer_health_care_57_oppose

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

Search youtube for obama single payer, should be the first hit posted by nakedemporer. I'd post the link but I still can't copy/paste. More misinformation. The single payer plan Obama supported was for Illinios, not nationwide--had nothing directly to do with current propose legislation other

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

I am also losing faith in Obama... he is not standing up for what he believes. He is afraid of big business. I understand, he is not independently wealthy like JFK. Marcio Let's all get a handle on this Mario, et al. You and others are losing faith in President Obama. Why? Because he may n

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

Tom is right in a way that conservatives have been wanting for a long time, but Mike is wrong--it's everybody's money except the wealthiest people who remain mostly untaxed. Social Security and Medicare are flat taxes, no exceptions, just what they love. However, there's a huge exception that n

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

FedEx and UPS have been using the US Postal Service for final delivery of many of their packages. This is private carriers using the _public option_ to save money. They ship long distance on their planes or trucks to the local or regional post office. Then the postal carriers deliver packages

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS

Eric S. Sande escribió: ..A friend of mine was on his way to Tierra del Fuego from Fairfax County, VA. On a motorcycle with a GPS. He got lost in the Atacama Desert, which isn't exactly good. He said later, "I knew exactly where I was, but I didn't know which way to go." Hence the map and co

[CGUYS] Not every cloud has a silver lining

ob·fus·cate * Synonyms: baffle, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, *cloud*, complicate, conceal, confound, darken, fog --- _Not every cloud has a silver lining_ There's something you won't see mentioned by too many advocates of cloud computing – the main attraction is making money from you

Re: [CGUYS] Power strip

Subject: Power strip Does anyone know of a power strip that has separate power switches for each outlet? Doesn't absolutely have to have surge suppression, although that would be a plus. The ones I can find are either all on or all off. Go to a music instrument store or look on line fo

Re: [CGUYS] Power strip

Interex is one that I have. Here's a newer model: http://gooeydoobooks.com/Interex-UMPC900TF-Surge-Suppressor/M/B001YS0EXK.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle The Kensington MasterPiece model was discontinued years ago. Will a used one still provide the protection th

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2

...(Yes, I have gone to the "tools" menu and made all the changes, but they have been ignored - it is as if the ability to change the various options have all been locked out.) I am afraid that my only choice may be to uninstall Firefox and start all over from scratch, but I don't want to loose my

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2

I had a similar issue after I upgraded where I got an error message stating that Firefox was already open, and I needed to close before I could open a new browser. Booted in safe mode and still had the issue. I ended having to uninstall (delete files option), delete the registry keys under HKLM

Re: [CGUYS] Thunderbird Word Wrap Broken

That's yet another reason to send email as plain text and avoid HTML email like the plague. Thunderbird has a Options/ Composition word wrap setting for Plain text (72 characters is what I put there) but for HTML I don't see any options except the manual "Edit/ rewrap" command for a particular

Re: [CGUYS] Thunderbird Word Wrap Broken

I've just noticed that when I forward some messages in Thunderbird (version 2.0.0.23 ), that the word-wrap is broken and there's no way to get it rewrap. Anyone else notice this and is there a way to get it to word-wrap all the time. The problem emails are ones that are automatically forwarded to

Re: [CGUYS] A Lifeline to Frustrated PC Users

I mean, if someone buys a Mac and runs their PC on it, are they a Windows user or a Mac user? YES! We can do both. We are 'ambidextrous'. We have Macs. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, priv

Re: [CGUYS] Asking for prepaid cell phone recommendation

Actually, that's $8.33/mo the first year. Hard to say how long you could keep renewing minutes after that as the networks change and to get the better coverage you may need a new phone. Still, $4.15/mo for 10 minutes of phone calls is pretty bad. Not so long ago that used to cost about $0.25 cent

Re: [CGUYS] Asking for prepaid cell phone recommendation

I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you describe. Advantages: - low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first year, second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month. Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty. OK here. Non-existent

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

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. Internally only. Plenty of other companies do the same including ones where I've worked. When a company has a unique product or a special formula, they

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

Eric S. Sande escribió: > They're as secretive about their projects as the NSA. How do you know? Friends at both NSA and Apple. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy,

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

And yet still things leak. The leakers have been fired. One of the things that Apple does is to spread a lot of false rumors. When one of those rumors gets out, they know exactly who is responsible and fire them. There's a huge difference between leaks and rumors. The leak about the large tou

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

> Time for a REAL reality check. Apple has rejected many apps that it > later accepted. They're not lying. They're being cautious. Apple > developers prefer to delay a questionable app until it will work nicely > with other apps and the OS. Google Voice does neither. They'll work it > out like the

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

> Time for a reality check: > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/21/the-simple-truth-whats-really-going-on- > with-apple-google-att-and-the-fcc/ > > "Our sources at Google tell us in no uncertain terms that Apple rejected the > application. And we have an independent third party app developer

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

So if you are using Google voice across the data plan as you describe does that essentially free you from the expensive daytime minutes restriction? Can you get a cell phone with a data plan AND WITHOUT a talk plan? Dan Yes, it's called T-Mobile's SideKick--also Blackberry, other PDAs, Sprint

Re: [CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

Apple's response to the DOJ inquiry looks a lot more plausible than the explanations proffered by the conspiracy theorists. In a nutshell, adding Google Voice to an iPhone significantly changes the operation of the iPhone. It replaces so many of the iPhone's functions that it left Apple wondering

[CGUYS] [Fwd: PCMag Analysis: Apple, AT&T and Google Voice]

*Analysis: Apple, AT&T and Google Voice* 08.21.09 by Sascha Segan PCMag.com Apple on Friday posted its response to the Federal Communications Commission's Google Voice iPhone app inquiry on their Web site, and the company finally made it clear what they have against Google Voice-type apps: Apple

[CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

OPINION AUGUST 19, 2009 Why AT&T Killed Google Voice By ANDY KESSLER Earlier this month, Apple rejected an application for the iPhone called Google Voice. The uproar set off a chain of events—Google's CEO Eric Schmidt resigning from Apple's board, and the Federal Communications Commission (F

[CGUYS] WSJ.com | Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

OPINION AUGUST 19, 2009 Why AT&T Killed Google Voice By ANDY KESSLER Earlier this month, Apple rejected an application for the iPhone called Google Voice. The uproar set off a chain of events—Google's CEO Eric Schmidt resigning from Apple's board, and the Federal Communications Commission (F

Re: [CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

I've got an older Dell that hasn't been used much for a year or so, but now I need it. It works fine, but after I hit the power button it takes a couple of minutes before it starts the boot process. It just sits there, its little power light flashing rapidly, for about two minutes, then it start

Re: [CGUYS] syncing iPods

One Man wrote: I want to add some songs on my iTunes playlist to my friend's iPod, which is already synced to another iTunes How can I do this, as I keep getting the message that iTunes will erase the friend's iPod in order to sync? With thanks in advance ... Before attac

[CGUYS] GRRRRRRR. New Yahoo login

I have several Yahoo email accounts. Since I usually retrieve my email with Thunderbird, I didn't notice that the online email now requires using the full email address instead of the user ID for login. Flipped through 3 accounts before I bothered to read the new rules on my online-only account

Re: [CGUYS] Flush With Cash and Fearing Rules, Major Carriers Tell Rural America to Get Lost

Plus, when broadband-neglected communities try to "roll their own" broadband [example: Lafayette, LA, http://lafayetteprofiber.com], the Telcos fight it tooth and nail, secretly funding "no socialism" campaigns (much like the health insurance industry is now doing nationally.) All the more eviden

Re: [CGUYS] Flush With Cash and Fearing Rules, Major Carriers Tell Rural America to Get Lost

Where did all this money come from that they can so cavalierly pass on $4.7 billion. Are we being overcharged? Of course we are being overcharged. I am sure that you already know that. To wit, we pay, on average, five times what users in the Netherlands pay, and our broadband bills are typica

Re: [CGUYS] Consumer Level Rechargeable Battery Technology

The important info on NiMH batteries is mAh, milliampere-hour--the charge that a battery will hold. An 850 mAh battery will hold a charge for much less time than a battery labeled as 2600 mAh. I keep a variety of brands for AA and AAA batteries--Duracell Ray-o-Vac, Radio Shack, EverReady, Tecs

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon smtp and Port 25

Port 25 is often blocked for security reasons. For SMTP, we've been using port 465 SSL for smtp.correo.yahoo.es, port 465 TLS for smtp.gmail.com, port 587 TLS for outgoing.verizon.net. I can send from any of my email accounts through all three, but the gmail SMTP server renames the sender with my

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Getting Really Creepy

There are no reports that these dots activate in humid weather, or at least that there is any inherent problem with that. Perhaps--depends on how sensitive these dots are. What if the shock detector [sudden motion sensor] in your MacBook Pro gets set off when you drop your laptop bag after 6 m

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Getting Really Creepy

Your cell phone already has the water detector..works find in humidity. Cavan's cell phone didn't work after he dropped it into a Big Gulp. His iPod didn't work after he dropped it into water. Those kinds of mishaps cause the malfunctions that people try to get fixed or replaced under warrant

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Getting Really Creepy

> Apple cooks up a scheme so creepy that it would give me second thoughts > about buying one of their products. A built-in system of sensors to monitor > and log "customer abuse" which apparently includes jailbreaking your iphone > that has the ability to shut down the product and void the warrant

Re: [CGUYS] External keyboard for notebook computer

What's missing from the keyboard other than a numbers pad--and comfort? Is the keyboard just annoying as it is? Do you also want to use an external mouse? You can get a separate numbers keypad that plugs into USB. Or you can raise the notebook closer to eye level and put a keyboard underneath

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

I live in a small town with a full cross-section of people. It wouldn't do any good to say one car is better than another, any more than to say a chainsaw or a computer or a bicycle or motorcycle or a rifle is better than another. It's important to keep in mind what's appropriate for each pers

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

They don't carry guns? Of course the cops carry guns. Many don't have to shoot them, ever. They know the neighborhoods, and the residents. They use diplomacy. It often works. * ** List info, subscription management, li

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

We used to have neighbors who took out their guns and shot each other when they had family feuds. Most of them ended up in the ER with treatable wounds. A couple were killed. Doesn't make us feel safe to have any neighbors like that whether we have our own guns/rifles ourselves. Stray bullets c

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

I have a question. If guns are such a menace, why do we require cops to carry them? And please don't use the excuse they're trained to use them. I'm thinking of the 49 shots at the guy in New York where only 17 hit. And he was cornered in a porch. Wasn't that an innocent man who asked an off-dut

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

But gun control only takes guns away from the victims. It doesn't take guns away from the criminals. Fact of life. Au contraire. Gun control makes it harder to buy guns, legally or illegally. That decreases the number of guns available to both criminals and victims. So they use knives and

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:22 AM, rleesimon wrote: > > We live just beyond the county seat city limits and FIOS came there but not > > here ...we'll surely get FIOS in our card before we ever get it at our > > house, can't even get dsl, only cable... and I was so proud of having never > > be

Re: [CGUYS] how does iTunes work?

No, it's asking which version of the cd to use Is there a preference in the import settings to use error correction when inserting a CD? If so, is it selected? Mac or Windows version of iTunes? * ** List info, subscrip

Re: [CGUYS] how does iTunes work?

I'm in the process of uploading my cd library into iTunes so I can download it into my iPod. Before the upload begins I'm often getting the question as to which version of the upload I want to use (for example). This sounds like I'm uploading the cds from iTunes, not from my cds, and iTunes i

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

And, a parking one: 3. Also, they could link the thing to one of those websites that does the parking lot thing and tell you where to park and if they're full or not before you get there and adjust your route accordingly so you don't waste time goin'round the block. Now THAT is a featur

Re: [CGUYS] Turbo Tax help

On Aug 9, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: I'm thinking we should go to a tax person to deal with this. Yes you should. I found that fighting the software distracted me from other important tax issues, causing a mess. I filed and then had to hire a human to refile a correct form.

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

About a week ago I was in a quicktrip getting gas and a drink before work..it was probably 11.30 at night. In front of me was a guy who clearly was a biker, had the whole outfit on including what looked like a nice 9mm at his side. I felt decidedly safer with him there...who is going to rob the

Re: [CGUYS] Difference between a mailing list and a web forum

Wow. What a wacky take on things. I think the distortions we're seeing are due to the fact that you're asking the question on a mailing list, which still has some members that have never done it any other way. But 'web' forums are much older than mailing lists (they used to be called 'bulletin boa

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

> I'm sorry I misunderstood. So you have an older dial-up connection > that's charged by the minute? Yes, that was the heyday of mailing > lists. They were actually designed around that type of scenario. But > since most everyone has unmetered connections, or always-on broadband > these days, that

Re: [CGUYS] Turn $30 Prepaid Nokia 3555 Into $1/day 3G Mobile Broadband Card

The website I was referring to is this: What is an SAR rating That site is ancient history, and mostly irrelevant if you're tethering your phone or using a wired headset. Most [none?] of those phones aren't being sold any more. I'd love to have a c

Re: [CGUYS] Turn $30 Prepaid Nokia 3555 Into $1/day 3G Mobile Broadband Card

Unlimited data for $30/mo., tethering to your PC or Mac. Is this a deal? I'm not getting it. The N3555 is a very uninteresting phone. Is the idea that I have to carry a laptop with me all the time to get the benefits of the data connection. Can I tether it to a smart phone that will make use of t

[CGUYS] Turn $30 Prepaid Nokia 3555 Into $1/day 3G Mobile Broadband Card

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Unlimited data for $30/mo., tethering to your PC or Mac. Is this a deal? I suppose you could do this with any unlocked 3G phone. Combine with DuoSIM, SIM Doubler, SIM Max cloner and/or WiFi, and use one provid

Re: [CGUYS] Ford! Chevy! Lather, rinse, repeat [Finally an FCC that earns its keep]

"Mark A. Metz" escribió: Thanks for the link to the article on the DC Bus iPhone app (Cavan any relation?). I use the Fairfax Connector so it doesn't help for me, but I'm sure it is advantageous for some. I used the commuterpages with my WM phone (free), but it doesn't seem to be supporte

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

I don't use GPS. I use a compass and map--not while I'm driving, usually. They don't talk, however some GPS units do, so you don't have to look at them. I have E-Z Pass as well as a bar code decal for the Susquehanna bridge on US 40. The E-Z Pass instructions show the pass attached to the winds

Re: [CGUYS] Ford! Chevy! Lather, rinse, repeat [Finally an FCC that earns its keep]

> It's your job to provide IT/network support. Yeah? So what? Tom's point was that he would have to hire additional staff to handle PCs. Your experience notwithstanding, my experience proves him decidedly wrong. Our businesses involve work other than IT. Your business is IT. Ours isn't.

[CGUYS] NextBus DC iPhone app review - Greater Greater Washington

For DC area residents and commuters who use iPhones/iPods, SMS, some PDAs: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3090 More: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=2595 http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=2586 http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1786 Tr

Re: [CGUYS] A Computer Question ... Horrors!

On Aug 5, 2009, at 7:57 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Safari sucks. Use Firefox or SeaMonkey. Some people get really bent out of shape about Safari, but Safari is innovating while others are not. While others boast of W3C compatibility, Safari is not only the first to achieve that, it also pushes W3C to

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