Re: [CGUYS] epson workforce 610

2010-01-11 Thread mike
you list are on our minds. Thanks for putting it out there. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:40 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Mike While AIO and wireless are attractive features, do you really need color? I just bought two laser cartridges for our printers, one was $25 for 2000+ copies

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

2010-01-11 Thread mike
Or are they answering a request by Ford etc? On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:40 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 11, 2010, at 1:12 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: One of the bigger news stories coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the huge emphasis on the part of car

Re: [CGUYS] epson workforce 610

2010-01-11 Thread mike
wrote: Mike While AIO and wireless are attractive features, do you really need color? I just bought two laser cartridges for our printers, one was $25 for 2000+ copies, the other was on sale for $20 for 2500+ copies. Color inkjet cartridges cost many times more. Is it worth it? Do you really

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

2010-01-10 Thread mike
It would be interesting to see what other users think of it. I activated two accounts just in the last week or so but have not used them. I know half a dozen people who use google voice and have not had any problems with it. I don't doubt his problems, I don't think google voice is ready for

[CGUYS] epson workforce 610

2010-01-10 Thread mike
http://www.amazon.com/Epson-Workforce-Wireless-Printer-C11CA50201/dp/B002JM1XOY That's 99 bux at fry's electronics, anyone have opinions? Any reason NOT to jump on this at that price? Replacing a tired one my wife uses almost exclusively for school. Any thoughts appreciated.

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys ( gal) Show

2010-01-09 Thread mike
If telecoms want to up their legendary status of customer no service, being nationalized and run by the fed would be the final route to godlike status. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:47 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Are you not making a strong case for nationalizing the telecoms? I can see all

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-09 Thread mike
Well it was his mistake that you'd help instead of going wacko on the thread. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:53 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Probably moot now. It looks like you folks have scared him off. * ** List

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

2010-01-08 Thread mike
: On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:22 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: But the point is they are all insecure, windows isn't more or less secure than say OS X, it just appears that way because OS X isn't attacked. Which of course is security by obscurity, but that wasn't what we are talking about

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-08 Thread mike
This is probably a stupid question...but how do you know he's on intel? The only thing I see indicating chipset is OS version...which runs on powerpc or intel. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:39 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:41 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: That is not

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

2010-01-08 Thread mike
As always change the subject to fit your argument, one way to always think you win. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:37 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: An interesting game of turn about your play here. So we should not blame M$ for producing a defective product, but instead we should blame the

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

2010-01-08 Thread mike
is used so much that it SHOWS it's defective nature...are they both defective or just the one? On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:29 PM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:56 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: As always change the subject to fit your argument, one way

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

2010-01-08 Thread mike
I figure any discourse lets other users know who we are for good and bad. I'm not too caught up..during the last few exchanges I've also built a new computer for my wife (smokin deal at fry's electronics..) installed the OS and lost three games of war with a kid. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:02 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Photoshop problems...

2010-01-08 Thread mike
is probably what are *you* smoking? On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:01 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 8, 2010, at 8:59 PM, mike wrote: This is probably a stupid question...but how do you know he's on intel? The only thing I see indicating chipset is OS version...which runs on powerpc

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

2010-01-08 Thread mike
Again not addressing the core issue...no surprise there. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:00 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 8, 2010, at 9:47 PM, mike wrote: Except windows isn't any more or less defective than OS X Nobody with any experience with computers would agree to that. If all

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

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Well if you looked at it from a reality standpoint it wouldn't seem that way. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:23 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

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

2010-01-07 Thread mike
If the youngsters were hip to what tech works well, they'd not be buying ipods for 'sound quality', ipods are not known for their fidelity. They look cool, they sync fairly easy...they play well enough. I know what I'm talking about...I've got six of them. I got mine not for sound quality but

Re: [CGUYS] Reality

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Well Tom says 9...you say 6...Tony says not above 5%. But you say already above 6...why not say it's nowhere near 9%? Maybe the better question is why can't anyone get the numbers? The difference between 6 and 9 is huge.

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

2010-01-07 Thread mike
Exploitable code is in EVERY single OS...EVERY single one. So is it MS's fault someone exploits it? I'm asking, not giving my answer. If you own a honda which is high on the theft list, should honda be buying better/more security for all their cars sold? Does the responsibility of a the buyer

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

2010-01-07 Thread mike
...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:59 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Your logic wrong because locks on os's are similar...one doesn't have crappy locks, one just gets stolen more. No it's just easier to steal because it is plentiful and insecure. If one gives you a hard time you

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-07 Thread mike
I'm sure there have been others...but the last true sci fi movie I can think of was Gatica. As far acting/writing went, I'd put DS9 up there with the best...nothing like Hawk commanding a base station. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: And you can

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

2010-01-07 Thread mike
issues as on any os. If we don't agree that human beings write these lines of code, then so be it. We'll agree to disagree. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote: On 01/08/2010 01:22 AM, mike wrote: But the point is they are all insecure, windows isn't more

Re: [CGUYS] new bank and a mint

2010-01-06 Thread mike
them to use at the bank sites. 24/7 security guards? Even if they have a guard dog, I don't want someone else storing my bank login credentials. So, this worries me. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:21 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: We are considering moving to a new bank, one small reason to do

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Guys ( gal) Show

2010-01-06 Thread mike
And if yer lucky you end up on Discovery's 'Hoarders' show. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:14 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: There is the old adage that if you throw it away today, damn if you're not

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

2010-01-06 Thread mike
Reasonable being the highest price on the market... On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:38 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

[CGUYS] mac gaming at it's best

2010-01-06 Thread mike
http://ny-image0.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.111064332.jpg And they say macs ain't got game. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

[CGUYS] new bank and a mint

2010-01-05 Thread mike
We are considering moving to a new bank, one small reason to do this is because our bank doesn't support mint.com, there are other larger reasons for the move but don't involve the tech side of things. So...anyone have thoughts on mint.com specifically and or banks they use to interface with

Re: [CGUYS] new bank and a mint

2010-01-05 Thread mike
Right. I was afraid I'd give the impression I was switching JUST for mint, but I'm not. I was trying to simply keep it in line with our subject matter in that the two main reasons I'm switching are not directly related to what we try to discuss here. I've never used Mint as my credit union

Re: [CGUYS] Windows God Mode

2010-01-04 Thread mike
Seems easier to just start typing what you want from the start menu. On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: It works, but oddly, it seems particularly useless. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1_3-0-20

Re: [CGUYS] Windows God Mode

2010-01-04 Thread mike
to change the cursor blink rate offhand? Wow. :) -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto: computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of mike Seems easier to just start typing what you want from the start menu. On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Tony B ton

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

2010-01-03 Thread mike
the fact that there are diehards who refuse to give up a hardware keyboard, some minds won't be changed on that front. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:19 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:34 PM, mike wrote: First hands on...seems like any other android phone. Apple haters

Re: [CGUYS] sound machine advice

2010-01-03 Thread mike
Yeah those NRA types are all over the news...right On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:49 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread mike
out with WindowsMobile6.5 upgrade for this device which is androidish but Motorola made a today screen overlay which is great with pages to the side via carousel etc. -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:35 PM Subject: Re

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-03 Thread mike
He'll go after the other basic freedoms later... On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:35 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-03 Thread mike
Malwarebytes is another good one. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Time for you to run some malware scans. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-free-online-malware-and-virus-scanners/ . Install Spybot as suggested and do the Immunize thing. I think the ultimate

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread mike
the idea is you can then take your free skype connection and walk around the house instead of being tied to the kitchen...or wherever you are keeping your computer. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:47 PM, rleesimon wrote: They make skype fones.

Re: [CGUYS] sound machine advice

2010-01-02 Thread mike
In a word, no. FBI just released recent crime stats...crime/murder down...gun ownership up. Gun ownership is the epitome of respect of law and order and defense of ones own property. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 1:33 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Tony B wrote: No, no,

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

2010-01-02 Thread mike
Not for any real reason...just because Tom hates windows... On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread mike
My mom is old...she skypes the daughter to see her and her grandson. Course old is always relative. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:06 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-02 Thread mike
I have the sprint version of the eris and I find it extremely usable and well made. Everything I've wanted to do I've been able to, the soft keyboard is good, but not quite iphone good. The apps are plentiful, I don't find myself missing anything in that department. The droid I have zero

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-02 Thread mike
Well if you want old twisted pair forever, move to qwest territory. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:32 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: When telcos upgrade their technology to serve everyone affordably and efficiently, then, and only then, will be the right time to get rid of old land lines.

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-02 Thread mike
Go into a store and use it a little bit, probably the best way to find out. I think verizon also had a deal, buy one eris get one free...and the eris is much cheaper. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Andy Gallant a...@agallant.com wrote: Mike, thanks for the comments - much appreciated. In fact

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread Mike Sloane
. This, of course, isn't the whole story, but just parts of the answer. Mike Constance Warner wrote: Well, if this is a nonstory, I'll be happy. Killing landlines would be a nuisance for most of us, a real hardship for some of us, and a bonanza for the phone companies. But while we're

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread mike
We rarely even lock our doors when we go out, makes coming back in so easy. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: No, you're thinking of the old landlines of the 50's and 60's. Today they're over-shared the same as everything else and are probably about as reliable in

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!...FUD

2010-01-01 Thread mike
We'd be cell only but DSL is the only thing that is available here and adding a landline decreases the total cost of service for the DSL so we keep it. I couldn't bring myself to pay full price for DSL nightmare. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread mike
I still await the data that a single drive performs better than RAID when multiple users are reading/writing. And by multiple I mean more than several hundred. This article you posted is an argument against certain types of RAID, not against RAID itself. There is also nothing here that offers

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread mike
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/raid5-vs-raid-10-safety-performance.html#comments RAID for safety and performance. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:17 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: There is actually a website devoted to the Battle Against Any Raid 'F'... http://miracleas.com/BAARF/ The reason for

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread mike
:24 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I still await the data that a single drive performs better than RAID when multiple users are reading/writing. And by multiple I mean more than several hundred. * ** List info

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread mike
Or now, SSD drives. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: RAID was designed for Enterprise, and business applications not home use. If a home user wants quicker starting Word or more FPS for games, get SCSI drives. Stewart At 12:29 PM

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread mike
are talking about. The drive is exactly the bottleneck in cases that I was speaking of. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:50 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-31 Thread mike
As I said, if you had any experience, you'd realize what you are saying is wrong. There are larger companies out there with more than just a few mac users as you my be used to working for. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 3:11 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 31, 2009, at 4:09 PM, mike wrote

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

2009-12-30 Thread mike
We haven't touched broadcast TV for over a decade at least. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.comwrote: Speaking personally, it does not matter to me if TV broadcasting is ended. With the switch from analog to digital, I am able to receive only two local

Re: [CGUYS] bing vs google

2009-12-30 Thread mike
...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:12 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: How are you surmising intent? Bing on left fully visible- google mostly hidden on the right. If they wanted to be fair about it they would have given them each a full half screen. On Tue, Dec 29, 2009

Re: [CGUYS] bing vs google

2009-12-29 Thread mike
How are you surmising intent? On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:46 PM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:50 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Found this as a firefox plug in...in case anyone was interested. http://bvsg.org/ It sure leaves me less

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Touch App Downloads Jump 1,000%

2009-12-28 Thread mike
Makes sense...course you can't compare the ipod touch to the iphone or android phones. But looks like good news for everyoneexcept those silly WM and Palm holdouts. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: In the on-going comparison to Android apps, Flurry noted that

[CGUYS] chrome

2009-12-27 Thread mike
http://gizmodo.com/5434741/can-googles-chrome-banner-change-the-course-of-the-browser-wars The article points out that with google's near monopoly on search, can a simple banner for chrome on their homepage change the course of the browser wars? *Would Mozilla whine about this now, like they did

Re: [CGUYS] chrome

2009-12-27 Thread mike
products on the home screen? I think some would answer differently if it was MS doing the same thing...or Apple. On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: *Would Mozilla whine about this now, like

[CGUYS] Media Center hacks

2009-12-27 Thread mike
I found a couple cool programs this weekend for media centers. XBMC is a freeware app that provides a full 1080p interface to your media. The provided skins are beautiful on a big full HD screen and allow you to easily access your pics, videos...online information. XBMC is available on OS X,

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-26 Thread mike
I had a couple PC motherboards that could do this, they had a secondary ROM chip I believe...you could flash the BIOS from these back to default. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: If I may. let me point out that to flash the BIOS on a Mac you have to shutdown the

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-26 Thread mike
In point of fact, I don't think Apple systems have BIOS any longer, they switched to EFI when they went to intel. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: If I may. let me point out that to flash the BIOS on a Mac you have to shutdown the computer, then start it up by

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-26 Thread mike
Changing the subject again and not answering the questions. To most home users uptime isn't critical. I don't use RAID at home, my main system if I had a hard drive failure of my boot drive would be back up in about 20 minutes from an acronis image I keep updated on an external drive. Uptime is

Re: [CGUYS] recovery boot device

2009-12-26 Thread mike
So you are installing linux then? On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:27 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: I find it is best to have a system that can be quickly installed on any hardware I have available (so installing Windows is out of the question). Then copy over the data and go online.

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-26 Thread mike
Not really, but whatever. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:26 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 26, 2009, at 1:39 PM, mike wrote: In point of fact, I don't think Apple systems have BIOS any longer, they switched to EFI when they went to intel. A BIOS by any other name

Re: [CGUYS] recovery boot device

2009-12-26 Thread mike
Awesome, it will install on more systems than if you just used os x at least. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:38 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 26, 2009, at 1:46 PM, mike wrote: So you are installing linux then? BSD UNIX

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-26 Thread mike
As I said, you've clearly had zero experience in any kid of elevated environment where more than just a couple of macs were needed. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:38 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 26, 2009, at 1:43 PM, mike wrote: Uptime is important though to many businesses as the one I

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-26 Thread mike
...? On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:38 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 26, 2009, at 1:43 PM, mike wrote: Uptime is important though to many businesses as the one I mentioned. The thought of Mike being in charge of a nuclear reactor is really scary. I should also mention that RAID has not kept up

Re: [CGUYS] rain in the Cloud

2009-12-26 Thread mike
And it doesn't jive with what Tom said about Danger's problem with the sidekick. And recent outages with BB. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Fred Holmes f...@his.com wrote: At 02:23 PM 12/26/2009, tjpa wrote: Most useful was the quote from Google: clouds are more secure than whatever you're

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
Good story of people who are clueless...too bad for these idiots. People who don't know what RAID is for, shouldn't be using it, they might hurt themselves. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:09 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Here is a tale of woe recently posted at Macintouch... After a few months

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread mike
What are you talking about? I don't know, that's why I asked, if I can do it where is the place I input the time codes for access/no access? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Precisely right. I would only add that fast user switching can be used to quickly flip

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-24 Thread mike
I expected this...you find the dock useful because it contains information at a glance...but expecting that on the iPhone home screen is anti apple...uh right. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:25 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:03 PM, db wrote: Or they might just stick with their

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
keep talking about it? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:35 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 24, 2009, at 1:16 PM, mike wrote: Good story of people who are clueless...too bad for these idiots. People who don't know what RAID is for, shouldn't be using it, they might hurt themselves. If we

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
What does the job if RAID is so bad? What was the replacement? On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Or maybe because nobody can understand the question? :) On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:50 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I've been waiting...months? A year

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 24, 2009, at 5:16 PM, mike wrote: What does the job if RAID is so bad? What was the replacement? I suggest using a hard drive. Plain and simple. 2TB drives cost little more than $100

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-24 Thread mike
Um...it can't be...so... That's ok. Thanks. I'll take care of it via the router. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote: You can't. At least, not as far as I can see. I set up a test account with Parental Controls,

Re: [CGUYS] RAID Revisited

2009-12-24 Thread mike
I'd like to see the benchmarks, anything that works better is better. I just don't see how a single drive can keep up with hundreds and hundreds of users hitting the drive compared to RAID. Also to note is cost, there may be better things than RAID that cost 10x as much...so RAID is the answer

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-24 Thread mike
I've used these to fix the MBR more than once on vista...the windows rescue disk is useless in most cases. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Spoken like someone that has never heard of Windows XP, or all subsequent versions of Windows. Do you still have a floppy

[CGUYS] more google phone-ness

2009-12-23 Thread mike
Some of the tech sites are reporting the magical google phone will be Tmobile only, does this change the game and make it like every single other android phone out there? Will this be the rumored heavily subsidized google phone or just another offering? If not the openness of being on multiple

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-23 Thread mike
...@gmail.com wrote: At 8:28 AM -0700 12/23/09, mike wrote: That's what I thought, that I'd have to go to the router for such control. ...or use a parental controls application (e.g. Intego ContentBarrier). Open DNS would work for content. I found it a bit overly broad but it depends

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-23 Thread mike
PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: From:mike xha...@gmail.com Subject: os x and limiting net access I've got a friend with a os x machine and he wants to limit his sons internet time to 30 minutes...I'm not quite sure if or how to do this on the mac. He wants his son

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-23 Thread mike
The idea is there is a block of HD space that's been taken over and a normal install isn't wiping it out. Although that /kill disk utility should have wiped it. I have no experience with this type of problem though so... On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: Please

Re: [CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-23 Thread mike
then their Home screen. The collective good will make particular weaknesses bearable for most. But it begs the question ... why not fix the weaknesses? ... which is where this string started. db mike wrote: I found it annoying to hide the dock myself, although I found it worked just fine

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-22 Thread mike
What is your favorite color? What is your evidence that this is the best color? On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:36 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Reid Katan wrote: I'm not trying to arm-chair anything. Inquiring minds want to know. What are the obvious improvements?

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-22 Thread mike
Votre arrogance m'étonne même parfois. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:58 AM, mike wrote: What is your favorite color? What is your evidence that this is the best color? Just like I figured. You don't know much about interface design. I

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-22 Thread mike
Anyone who doesn't back Tom's fascist OS view is biased. Get in line you dolts! On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Reid Katan wrote: Tom. I tried it. The icons bounce a different direction. Big deal. The right click menu is the same. I

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-22 Thread mike
Brilliant! On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Allen Firstenberg cg...@addventure.comwrote: Red. No, blue! On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:58 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: What is your favorite color? What is your evidence that this is the best color? On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:36 AM

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS? AGAIN

2009-12-22 Thread mike
Not sure if Gail got run off or got busy. But, there are still a few who had questions that may have been lost in the maze of the thread that started this..so What exactly is the computer doing that you think it has a virus? I've seen bad hardware behave strangely, this may be the issue this

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-22 Thread mike
I'd like to see this system, I've never seen a system sold with so little ram it wouldn't boot. That would be a defective machine by any standard..like buying a car with no tires. Perhaps I don't frequent these shops you do so I've never seen it. When anyone with the will can build and sell

[CGUYS] Docks and information Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-22 Thread mike
I found it annoying to hide the dock myself, although I found it worked just fine at the bottom. I always made it as small as I could and still see it and let it grow rather large when I wanted it. It's interesting to note about showing you information in the dock, this is one of the complaints

[CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-22 Thread mike
I've got a friend with a os x machine and he wants to limit his sons internet time to 30 minutes...I'm not quite sure if or how to do this on the mac. He wants his son to have full access to the machine 24/7, but limit internet connectivity to a specified time period. Any advice appreciated.

Re: [CGUYS] os x and limiting net access

2009-12-22 Thread mike
Thanks, I don't have the box in front of me ATM and I wasn't sure you could get that precise as to set a time for access to the net. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:30 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:03 PM, mike wrote: I've got a friend with a os x machine and he wants

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-21 Thread mike
It doesn't make it better, which is to say it might make it better for you, but not everyone. I didn't like it on the sides, bottom or the top for me. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting tjpa t...@tjpa.com: about what is already there, but I think if you

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-21 Thread mike
With how rare this happens, I'd wager a small earthquake would hit the desk and take the mac out. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:08 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 4:19 PM, db wrote: Sorry for the bad news. It's unlikely that there is an easy or quick solution to your problem.

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-21 Thread mike
How much RAM was in the machine? On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Sue Cubic scu...@earthlink.net wrote: Ya know, I'm just a simple Windows user here. I have a few experiences under my belt, which people on this

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-21 Thread mike
More passing off opinion as if it's fact. Self importance doesn't make many points. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:10 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Reid Katan wrote: But Tom and Betty both say the Dock *works better* (not has more functions, but is more user

Re: [CGUYS] Dock placement: [Was: Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation]

2009-12-21 Thread mike
This seems very odd...the bottoms on all my screens..and all imacs for that matter...are all wider than they are tall. Why would the dock fit in less room than more? On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: The bottom is getting crowded, so I have my ObjectDock on the

Re: [CGUYS] .Net Framework

2009-12-20 Thread mike
Not unless you are running anything that needs .net. On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Clair Esch claire...@starpower.net wrote: Windows Update failed to install an automatic update to .net framework 2.0 with .net framework 3.5. A solution was to uninstall 2.0 and reinstall. That didn't work.

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-19 Thread mike
I don't think it's a good thing, that's where you get things that are unaccountable like government or windows mobile. Take your pick of evil. On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting db db...@att.net: That is why OS's need to and will eventually get over

Re: [CGUYS] Brand new Win 7 laptop crashing

2009-12-19 Thread mike
Check your power options along with update schedule etc. A friend of mine had a system crashing overnight due to power options and his RAID. He had put the hard drives to never sleep on the main page of power options, but deeper in, they were still being put to sleep. Could be something like

Re: [CGUYS] Apache on 64-bit Win 7

2009-12-19 Thread mike
Apache is a webserver, open source. One of the most used on the net. I don't think it would matter if it was 64 or 32bit...unless you are serving massive pages and need loads of memory. On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Brian Jones wjone...@carolina.rr.comwrote: I believe that Apache IS the

Re: [CGUYS] gawwd ...bluetooth!

2009-12-19 Thread mike
/me intones...windows mobile... On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote: I spent the whole evening (missed Friday nite smackdown!!) cuz my new winMobile6.1 fone lost its ability to sync via bluetooth .notably, the device was showing services list as serial port

Re: [CGUYS] Right computer OS [was: [CGUYS] Consternation...]

2009-12-19 Thread mike
with windows and let them sit there? One of the local community colleges here runs it's entire IT department by itself...they build machines, service machines, install the os...everything. This has saved them immense amounts of money. Mike - Do you have experience with large multinationals

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