Re: [CGUYS] Miraculous Healing of Mouse
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Gail.Miller gail.mil...@comcast.netwrote: - Original Message - From: Rich Schinnell richnrockvi...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:13 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Miraculous Healing of Mouse At 08:07 PM 6/10/2009, you wrote: Date:Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:40:38 -0400 From:Gail.Miller gail.mil...@comcast.net Thanks so much for all your good advice on what to do about my dead mouse. Having tried all the fixes, including Tom's suggestion for Ultimate Boot Disk to no avail, I decided to bite the bullet and reformat. I downloaded a backup program, Acronis, and put it on the machine this morning, then rebooted, in addordance with instructions and went to get more coffee. When I returned, lo and behold, there he was, his little belly glowing red like a beacon in the night. Praise the Lord; the mouse is reborn! It's evident that you have a female mouse not a Male one.. G Of course you know the difference, don't you? rich ummm, no, and I'm almost afraid to ask -- but I will. What's the difference between a male and female mouse? TIA...Gail Balls -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Why Apple wins. every. time.
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:45 PM, mikexha...@gmail.com wrote: Right, netbooks aren't computers but iPHONES are not phones but computers... In reality, cell phones aren't really phones. They are actually two-way radios as far as the phone side of their usage is concerned. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
You missed a step. If someone has not yet purchased an Intel based Mac they have to now buy an Intel based Mac so it would be even more costly. Is this what you call Tomonomics? 29 + [cost of new Intel Mac] = 29 BTW, I think it's downright rude how we Windows people haven't heard one word of thanks from the Mac folks for their new, cheaper hardware and OS. I suppose it will take a while to pot down from the old ways of If you have to ask how much it costs... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
Vista-Ready New computer + cost of Vista + (oops!) new computer (that can actually run Vista and all of its marvels). WFBonomics, I suppose. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- Is this what you call Tomonomics? 29 + [cost of new Intel Mac] = 29 BTW, I think it's downright rude how we Windows people haven't heard one word of thanks from the Mac folks for their new, cheaper hardware and OS. I suppose it will take a while to pot down from the old ways of If you have to ask how much it costs... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
Vista-Ready New computer + cost of Vista + (oops!) new computer (that can actually run Vista and all of its marvels). WFBonomics, I suppose. Actually, that's Intelonomics (or maybe markting-troll-o'nomics), since they were the ones pushing for that idiotic monkier. Any WFB could have told you that MS caving to that demand was galactic-sized stupid. http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2008/03/the-vista-capable-debacle-intel -pushes-microsoft-bends.ars Thank you, Oh, it was nothing, really. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Windows XP active partitions question
I have discovered that some of my external hard drives have been marked as active when I converted them from FAT32 to NTSC. Each drive has one partition only, and there are no OS on these drives. Will having active partitions on multiple drive cause me a problem? If so, is there a way to make them non-active? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/jimmy-fallon-rocks-out-with-project-natal/#continued Jimmy on his late show playing natal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Windows XP active partitions question
I have discovered that some of my external hard drives have been marked as active when I converted them from FAT32 to NTSC. Each drive has one partition only, and there are no OS on these drives. Will having active partitions on multiple drive cause me a problem? If so, is there a way to make them non-active? Luckily, you didn't convert your disks to PAL. /jk That won't be a problem, as long as none of these drives are marked as the boot drive in your BIOS. If you have 2 partitions on the same disk, your C drive for example, and the one marked active doesn't have the OS installed on it, that will be a problem. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/0260f433-b882-4d26-8d54-90f4e7cd1ffd1033.mspx * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/jimmy-fallon-rocks-out-with-project- natal/#continued Jimmy on his late show playing natal. Jimmy Fallon, M$ minion. And, oh, so much for Tom's staged demo theory. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Nasty virus going around - others getting these today? Any fixes?
Mac Linux users can ignore this ;-) In very large numbers we have been getting a very difficult virus that Norton Anti-virus does not fix. A colleague described the virus as a social engineering [attack which attempts to infect] . . . with the W32.Acktantta virus. This virus replicates by sending out emails from infected system disguised to look like invitations to join Twitter and other social networking sites, spurious Amazon.com orders, and e-cards from someone you know. . . .It seems to also infect the system with a Bloodhound variant. . . . difficult to remove as it has sabotaged [Symantec anti-virus]. Anyone know of this virus and if a fix is available. I think one of our machines is infected with it and have taken it offline. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
I've mentioned earlier here, that I put the Win 7 beta on my 3 year old Lenovo laptop back in Jan, and the RC when it came out, and it runs fabulously; even better than with XP3. I did invest $11 at Microcenter to take it to 2G. Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Win 7 actually will run on many XP computers out of the box. It does not have the bloat requirement that Vista does. One of the better features of 7. Stewart At 06:50 AM 6/11/2009, you wrote: Vista-Ready New computer + cost of Vista + (oops!) new computer (that can actually run Vista and all of its marvels). WFBonomics, I suppose. Thank you, Mark Snyder Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
The best we have to offer do not usually go into politics. Besides which I thought Elvis was not dead he just went home to his home planet. Stewart At 02:41 PM 6/11/2009, you wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Jeff Wrightjswri...@gmail.com wrote: 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong. They think he is still alive. Look at it another way. If this were a presidential election, what words would you use to describe the voting gap between 1st and 2nd place? Don't tell me you still have McGovern and Mondale bumper stickers tucked away. W won the two elections before Obama. Was he the best we had to offer? Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] DTV debacle
The Washington Post today, Thursday, June 11, has a good article about how the transition to digital television has missed virtually every single promised advantage over analog TV. The claims made by broadcasters and their lobbying organizations that were designed to ensure and garner public support for the transition never came to pass. For the most part, all we got is more of the same thing we have been seeing ever since the inception of the industry. The article points out that there was no incentive whatsoever for the industry to deliver on their early promises, and worse yet, the broadcasters never had the necessary creativity to fulfill their proposals in the first place. Why? Because the industry is run by people who are so stuck in the past and lacking in imagination that they were never going to allow anything creative to happen. Staus quo was and is their credo. Read the article. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Chris Dunfordseed...@gmail.com wrote: Well, he won one election, anyway. Actually, he won them both by hook or by crook. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
Jeff Wright Let's put this all into a certain perspective. Market forces have made it abundantly clear that the Windows operating system and the computers that come supplied with that OS are absolutely superior in every way, shape and form. The sales figures have made this an indisputable fact according to the marketplace, and the marketplace is the primary criteria by which all such things are determined in our capitalist system. End of argument? 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong. Look at it another way. If this were a presidential election, what words would you use to describe the voting gap between 1st and 2nd place? Don't tell me you still have McGovern and Mondale bumper stickers tucked away. That's ridiculous! Personal computers (small computers designed to be owned/used by an individual) have been around for what 25-30 years? Microsoft has been in the drivers seat for 20-25 of those years (since DOS 3.something?). MS acquired this dominance more through shrewd business tactics (bundling and discounting DOS and then Windows) -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly When your work SPEAKS for itself. ...Run * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Wayne Dernoncourtway...@panix.com wrote: That's ridiculous! Personal computers (small computers designed to be owned/used by an individual) have been around for what 25-30 years? Microsoft has been in the drivers seat for 20-25 of those years (since DOS 3.something?). MS acquired this dominance more through shrewd business tactics (bundling and discounting DOS and then Windows) But, doesn't marketplace dominance determine what is best? I thought that concept was the whole theory of how the almighty marketplace sorts out the wheat from the chaff. All I ever hear is how MS Windows commands over 90% of computer sales, and therefore that means computers with that OS installed at the time of purchase are the best. In addition to their cheap cost, don't most people buy Windows machines because everyone else has one? How can so many people possibly be wrong? As a little current and pertinent aside, let me say that when I arrived at work today the subject of great discussion was about how the computers were running very slowly. Needed apps resident on the hard drive were taking forever to load and the internet could not be accessed at all. Folks were, yet again, frantically trying to get the POS and other software to load and run. This was mentioned to me, but ever weary of this fairly routine conundrum, I told them that I had no comment on the situation and had nothing to offer. I did wonder, however, how can the best so often be so flaky? W32 virus this time? A lot of downtime was clearly going to be the order of the day. That prediction did not disappoint. Thank goodness I managed to get out of there early before tempers really started getting short. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
Can I ask an enormously stupid and off the wall question? Why is it that some folks seem to have nothing but problems with Windows and I have nary a problem? Granted I have had a problem or tow along the way. I have done real stupid stuff like do upgrade instead of clean installs, cloned drives instead of clean installation, and I have even had to reload windows a time or tow, but that is over the process of 15 years. So why is it that I seem to have very little problems running windows and some seem to have nothing but problems. By the way when my wife worked at the newspaper she would always complain about their computers, and problems they were having. Oh by the way they were an all Mac shop. Stewart At 04:28 PM 6/11/2009, you wrote: But, doesn't marketplace dominance determine what is best? I thought that concept was the whole theory of how the almighty marketplace sorts out the wheat from the chaff. All I ever hear is how MS Windows commands over 90% of computer sales, and therefore that means computers with that OS installed at the time of purchase are the best. In addition to their cheap cost, don't most people buy Windows machines because everyone else has one? How can so many people possibly be wrong? As a little current and pertinent aside, let me say that when I arrived at work today the subject of great discussion was about how the computers were running very slowly. Needed apps resident on the hard drive were taking forever to load and the internet could not be accessed at all. Folks were, yet again, frantically trying to get the POS and other software to load and run. This was mentioned to me, but ever weary of this fairly routine conundrum, I told them that I had no comment on the situation and had nothing to offer. I did wonder, however, how can the best so often be so flaky? W32 virus this time? A lot of downtime was clearly going to be the order of the day. That prediction did not disappoint. Thank goodness I managed to get out of there early before tempers really started getting short. Steve Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Jeff Wrightjswri...@gmail.com wrote: 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong. They think he is still alive. Look at it another way. If this were a presidential election, what words would you use to describe the voting gap between 1st and 2nd place? Don't tell me you still have McGovern and Mondale bumper stickers tucked away. W won the two elections before Obama. Was he the best we had to offer? Steve He might not have been the best we had to offer, but he is 1000 times better than Obama. Bill * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
What do you do with your windows computer? Do you install everything under the sun that looks neat? I do on my Mac. Why is it you have to only do clean installs? And why have you had to reload Windows a time or two? I've upgraded my OS on my Macs, but never had to reload the OS. My guess to your main question is you do very little with your PC running Windows. And what kind of problems was your wife having? Was it the whole department or just her? Jeff M P.S. Just got my new iMac 24 today. After working on an iBook for a month I feel like I'm now in a movie theater. This thing is huge, and very bright. I barely need to turn the lights on in the room. However, the external case that holds those drives I mentioned earlier in a different thread isn't showing up. I don't know why, it shows up on my other computers. And the hard drives I've tried are both from older iMacs. You'd think it would recognize it's elders. It might be nice, big, bright and shinny, but show some respect. On Jun 11, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Can I ask an enormously stupid and off the wall question? Why is it that some folks seem to have nothing but problems with Windows and I have nary a problem? Granted I have had a problem or tow along the way. I have done real stupid stuff like do upgrade instead of clean installs, cloned drives instead of clean installation, and I have even had to reload windows a time or tow, but that is over the process of 15 years. So why is it that I seem to have very little problems running windows and some seem to have nothing but problems. By the way when my wife worked at the newspaper she would always complain about their computers, and problems they were having. Oh by the way they were an all Mac shop. Stewart * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
1000 times better then Obama? What planet are you living on? I'm not one to bad mouth Elvis. I was never a fan but hand nothing against him. So he never qualified for my praise or condemnation. On the other hand Obama was elected to clean up the mess. And with a few exceptions I have, he's been doing a pretty good job considering what he's had to deal with. I used to be a staunch conservative. That was until the neocons took over things. These people are nuts. I totally agree with some news reporters I've heard that predict the independent party will be the next major party next to the democratic party. Jeff M On Jun 11, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Bill Wajert wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Jeff Wrightjswri...@gmail.com wrote: 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong. They think he is still alive. Look at it another way. If this were a presidential election, what words would you use to describe the voting gap between 1st and 2nd place? Don't tell me you still have McGovern and Mondale bumper stickers tucked away. W won the two elections before Obama. Was he the best we had to offer? Steve He might not have been the best we had to offer, but he is 1000 times better than Obama. Bill * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshallpopoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Can I ask an enormously stupid and off the wall question? Why is it that some folks seem to have nothing but problems with Windows and I have nary a problem? Dunno. I wonder the same thing. Some folks seem to have pretty smooth sailing, while others suffer from ill winds. Granted I have had a problem or tow along the way. I have done real stupid stuff like do upgrade instead of clean installs, cloned drives instead of clean installation, and I have even had to reload windows a time or tow, but that is over the process of 15 years. I have never had to reload an OS. Seven Macs over a similar amount of time. Five Macs still up and running, albeit three of them irregularly. One in storage and one died from a lightning strike. By the way when my wife worked at the newspaper she would always complain about their computers, and problems they were having. Oh by the way they were an all Mac shop. Now, that is hard to explain! Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Bill Wajertwrws...@swbell.net wrote: He might not have been the best we had to offer, but he is 1000 times better than Obama. Ouch!!! And the guy has only been at it for such a short time. He's even continuing a number of the Bush policies, yet he is already 1,000 times worse? Dude, you're gonna have a thrombosis before Obama is done if you don't calm down. Just to kinda keep on topic, Windows advocate? Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle
You forgot a link. But I'm not even sure what you're complaining about. 8vsb? ATSC? On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:05 PM, phartz...@gmail.comphartz...@gmail.com wrote: The Washington Post today, Thursday, June 11, has a good article about how the transition to digital television has missed virtually every single promised advantage over analog TV. The claims made by broadcasters and their lobbying organizations that were designed to ensure and garner public support for the transition never came to pass. For the most part, all we got is more of the same thing we have been seeing ever since the inception of the industry. The article points out that there was no incentive whatsoever for the industry to deliver on their early promises, and worse yet, the broadcasters never had the necessary creativity to fulfill their proposals in the first place. Why? Because the industry is run by people who are so stuck in the past and lacking in imagination that they were never going to allow anything creative to happen. Staus quo was and is their credo. Read the article. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle
Try this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060903144.html?wprss=rss_technology At 8:12 PM -0400 6/11/09, Tony B wrote: You forgot a link. But I'm not even sure what you're complaining about. 8vsb? ATSC? On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:05 PM, phartz...@gmail.comphartz...@gmail.com wrote: The Washington Post today, Thursday, June 11, has a good article about how the transition to digital television has missed virtually every single promised advantage over analog TV. The claims made by broadcasters and their lobbying organizations that were designed to ensure and garner public support for the transition never came to pass. For the most part, all we got is more of the same thing we have been seeing ever since the inception of the industry. The article points out that there was no incentive whatsoever for the industry to deliver on their early promises, and worse yet, the broadcasters never had the necessary creativity to fulfill their proposals in the first place. Why? Because the industry is run by people who are so stuck in the past and lacking in imagination that they were never going to allow anything creative to happen. Staus quo was and is their credo. Read the article. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal
On Jun 11, 2009, at 12:47 PM, mike wrote: Jimmy on his late show playing natal. And engadget says... Also, anyone notice Fallon asking Kudo if this would ship in 2010 and Kudo declining to answer... Need I say more? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
Can I ask an enormously stupid and off the wall question? Why is it that some folks seem to have nothing but problems with Windows and I have nary a problem? Stewart, Is that a rhetorical question? You're a techie and know what you're doing. You know enough to see a mistake BEFORE it happens. And you have God on your side. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle
The Washington Post today, Thursday, June 11, has a good article about how the transition to digital television has missed virtually every single promised advantage over analog TV. The claims made by broadcasters and their lobbying organizations that were designed to ensure and garner public support for the transition never came to pass...snip... We went from getting around 20 stations to 2. We have a new amplified antenna that doesn't help. This sucks. The switch to digital was a gift to cable, fiber and satellite companies, as well as electronics companies, and gives the customers no advantage with plenty to complain about. I feel like we've been mugged. pull quote from WaPo interview with FCC rep: ...With a weak analog signal you'll see snow and get sound or a fuzzy picture. With a weak digital signal, you won't see any picture... WaPo story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003978.html?sub=AR Latest promise is that after tomorrow the signals will be boosted. I'll take the status quo, thank you. Please direct your requests and flames to 1-888-CALL-FCC and www.dtv.gov, and your Congresscritters. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle
The Washington Post today, Thursday, June 11, has a good article about how the transition to digital television has missed virtually every single promised advantage over analog TV. The claims made by broadcasters and their lobbying organizations that were designed to ensure and garner public support for the transition never came to pass. It's a good bet that most broadcasters didn't want ATSC, it's an additional expense and new transmitters had to be bought or alternatively expensive alterations to existing ones had to be made. Other downsides are that coverage is often much less than NTSC and its analog effects. Digital is real nice if you can receive the signal but as many are finding out, many cannot or will have to go to extraordinary lengths to get a decent signal. that being said, if it does work, you get a better picture even with a converter/old tv setup. In most markets, those who can receive a signal will get more offeringgs, even if the extra offering is weather and short news or even worse infomercials. I'm neither in a panic nor enthused about ATSC. One more comment, the US would have been better off adopting the European DVB setup, technically it's a more developed system and predictions about coverage could have been more accurately made. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Jun 11, 2009, at 5:28 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: But, doesn't marketplace dominance determine what is best? I thought that concept was the whole theory of how the almighty marketplace sorts out the wheat from the chaff. Absolutely, I'll pick the $1 McDonalds burger over a sirloin steak every time. I positively love those soy fillers and bone chips. Yum! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:36 PM, mike wrote: As far what Tom is talking about, he can blame MS as he always does, but it's more of an ISP problem. Even if MS begs them to do this, they have to agree. Attempted obscuration (of course). Nevertheless it is M$ at the heart of this dirty deed. Just like Bush blaming a few bad eggs for the crimes he perpetrated. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
On Jun 11, 2009, at 5:49 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: So why is it that I seem to have very little problems running windows and some seem to have nothing but problems. It all depends on what you are comparing it to. This afternoon I ran into somebody who moved back to her home town a few years ago. She said she gave it a try for a few years, but having lived around here she now found her old town unbearable. The operative quote is... The people who still live there think its just fine, but they have never lived anywhere else. We are glad that you are just fine. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
24 iMac = old time drive-in movie theater Get a USB drive adapter and try connecting the bare drive to your iMac, http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php. Find one discounted at macsales.com or provantage.com. Or get a Thermaltake or Startech USB HD dock if you have SATA drives. P.S. Just got my new iMac 24 today. After working on an iBook for a month I feel like I'm now in a movie theater. This thing is huge, and very bright. I barely need to turn the lights on in the room. However, the external case that holds those drives I mentioned earlier in a different thread isn't showing up. I don't know why, it shows up on my other computers. And the hard drives I've tried are both from older iMacs. You'd think it would recognize it's elders. It might be nice, big, bright and shinny, but show some respect. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal
Actually, no, I didn't hear that question at all. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:01 PM, t.piwowart...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jun 11, 2009, at 12:47 PM, mike wrote: Jimmy on his late show playing natal. And engadget says... Also, anyone notice Fallon asking Kudo if this would ship in 2010 and Kudo declining to answer... Need I say more? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
Thanks, but I guess my question kind of still dangles out there. They are SATA drives that came out of earlier iMacs. With this external Antec it shows up on the laptops, but not on the new iMac. I'm just wondering why. The whole reason for buying the thing was to make transferring old files on to the new computer easier. Jeff M On Jun 11, 2009, at 6:21 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: 24 iMac = old time drive-in movie theater Get a USB drive adapter and try connecting the bare drive to your iMac, http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php. Find one discounted at macsales.com or provantage.com. Or get a Thermaltake or Startech USB HD dock if you have SATA drives. P.S. Just got my new iMac 24 today. After working on an iBook for a month I feel like I'm now in a movie theater. This thing is huge, and very bright. I barely need to turn the lights on in the room. However, the external case that holds those drives I mentioned earlier in a different thread isn't showing up. I don't know why, it shows up on my other computers. And the hard drives I've tried are both from older iMacs. You'd think it would recognize it's elders. It might be nice, big, bright and shinny, but show some respect. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release
So much smarter than those regulators from Old Europe, M$ has announced that the European version of Win 7 will ship with no software to access the Internet. Take that you croissant eaters who think you would simply download FireFox. Maybe you'll be able to get a copy via the post? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10263101-56.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
Which USB port are you plugging the external enclosure into? It might be a low-power port that can't power the disks. At 7:05 PM -0700 6/11/09, Jeff Miles wrote: Thanks, but I guess my question kind of still dangles out there. They are SATA drives that came out of earlier iMacs. With this external Antec it shows up on the laptops, but not on the new iMac. I'm just wondering why. The whole reason for buying the thing was to make transferring old files on to the new computer easier. Jeff M On Jun 11, 2009, at 6:21 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: 24 iMac = old time drive-in movie theater Get a USB drive adapter and try connecting the bare drive to your iMac, http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php. Find one discounted at macsales.com or provantage.com. Or get a Thermaltake or Startech USB HD dock if you have SATA drives. P.S. Just got my new iMac 24 today. After working on an iBook for a month I feel like I'm now in a movie theater. This thing is huge, and very bright. I barely need to turn the lights on in the room. However, the external case that holds those drives I mentioned earlier in a different thread isn't showing up. I don't know why, it shows up on my other computers. And the hard drives I've tried are both from older iMacs. You'd think it would recognize it's elders. It might be nice, big, bright and shinny, but show some respect. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
Well dang, that was it. I didn't know there was a difference. Of course in my excitement over getting the new computer and setting it up, I didn't bother reading the book. Jeff M On Jun 11, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Roger D. Parish wrote: Which USB port are you plugging the external enclosure into? It might be a low-power port that can't power the disks. At 7:05 PM -0700 6/11/09, Jeff Miles wrote: Thanks, but I guess my question kind of still dangles out there. They are SATA drives that came out of earlier iMacs. With this external Antec it shows up on the laptops, but not on the new iMac. I'm just wondering why. The whole reason for buying the thing was to make transferring old files on to the new computer easier. Jeff M On Jun 11, 2009, at 6:21 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: 24 iMac = old time drive-in movie theater Get a USB drive adapter and try connecting the bare drive to your iMac, http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php. Find one discounted at macsales.com or provantage.com. Or get a Thermaltake or Startech USB HD dock if you have SATA drives. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal
On Jun 11, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Tony B wrote: Actually, no, I didn't hear that question at all. Why am I not surprised? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:22 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: Well dang, that was it. I didn't know there was a difference. Of course in my excitement over getting the new computer and setting it up, I didn't bother reading the book. I really hate it when I have to connect via USB instead of FireWire. USB just can't deliver enough juice. I have to use a second USB port with a USB to power plug cable to get the drive to spin up. USB is a designed for PCs technology so follows the old rule that it has to be inferior. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net escribió: I will go with the last part before any of the other. (Although I seriously wonder if anyone has God on their side. I would much prefer to be on his side than have him on my side. theological diatribe here. Just kidding. I like your answer. I also help out a lot of folks that do not seem to have problems except home made ones. (Removing a menu out of a program, bad net card etc.) I have one person I help using logmein (long distance) that has CP and has to use an old MS Easy Ball, and the biggest problem she ever experiences is the moving menus and not being able to right click. (The Easy Ball has only one clicker) At least they have someone for support. But don't they have malware issues? But to tell you what kind of person I am I also owned two Vega's (Both used) And put many, many miles on them. I had a Vega. It retired at 65 [thousand miles]. Little part broke -- cam shaft -- wrecked the engine. Aluminum engine couldn't handle my driving style [too fast]. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right
The cheapo Win7 releases at Best Buy seem to be 50 and 100 for upgrades. I heard it was from Vista only. Apparently you can upgrade from XP, only thing is that win 7 will not use your apps and settings, it will instead make your old windows folder into something that is saved (you likely can boot from it too). Then a new windows 7 installation is made.Considering all of the crud, I'm not sure that upgrades keeping old settings and software are really the way to go anyway. I note incidentally that I don't normally run any version of Windows anymore. I have however played with Win7, it appears to be the best Windows version yet (what do I know, I thought WFWG 3.11 was the best way back when too), * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
You plugged it into the keyboard? an unpowerd hub? HAHAHAHAHA! Dang! Try a powered hub, http://tinyurl.com/lp8ydu. Well dang, that was it. I didn't know there was a difference. Of course in my excitement over getting the new computer and setting it up, I didn't bother reading the book. Jeff M * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
I'm surprised you don't think MS was at the heart of the Bush 'crimes'hmm, maybe you do. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:12 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:36 PM, mike wrote: As far what Tom is talking about, he can blame MS as he always does, but it's more of an ISP problem. Even if MS begs them to do this, they have to agree. Attempted obscuration (of course). Nevertheless it is M$ at the heart of this dirty deed. Just like Bush blaming a few bad eggs for the crimes he perpetrated. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Tony Bton...@gmail.com wrote: You forgot a link. But I'm not even sure what you're complaining about. 8vsb? ATSC? Who's complaining? I was merely paraphrasing and pointing out a Washington Post article about how digital television is not delivering what had been promised to the public. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Shiny new iMac [was: Apple Does it Right]
No, I had the keyboard plugged into the first USB slot. I had the external plugged into the 3rd slot. I switched them and now everything is working fine. The mouse is the only thing I have plugged into the keyboard USB slots. By the way, this small little keyboard is a pain in the butt. I think I'll go back to my Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. I like the wheel better then the little dot anyway. Or maybe one of my other Apple keyboards. I've got 3 or 4 from past Macs. I knew there was a reason I didn't want an iPhone or one of those little blueberry things. It's always looked like you'd need a toothpick to type on them. I almost feel that way with this dinky little keyboard. The screen is huge on this thing, but the keyboard could almost fit in my pants pocket. Jeff M On Jun 11, 2009, at 9:28 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: You plugged it into the keyboard? an unpowerd hub? HAHAHAHAHA! Dang! Try a powered hub, http://tinyurl.com/lp8ydu. Well dang, that was it. I didn't know there was a difference. Of course in my excitement over getting the new computer and setting it up, I didn't bother reading the book. Jeff M * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Art Clemonsartclem...@aol.com wrote: It's a good bet that most broadcasters didn't want ATSC, it's an additional expense and new transmitters had to be bought or alternatively expensive alterations to existing ones had to be made. To the best of my knowledge, broadcasters who choose not to use all of their alloted bandwidth for thier own purposes can lease out their unused bandwidth to commercial interests. This can be a lucrative revenue stream for broadcasters. Broadcasters can probably make more money from leasing unused bandwidth than they can make by using that bandwidth themselves for broadcasting purposes. Every aspect of the switch to NTSC is all about the money. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will
Gates didn't have enough money for Bush to squander. Why use one guy when you can use a whole country? On Jun 11, 2009, at 9:20 PM, mike wrote: I'm surprised you don't think MS was at the heart of the Bush 'crimes'hmm, maybe you do. On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:12 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:36 PM, mike wrote: As far what Tom is talking about, he can blame MS as he always does, but it's more of an ISP problem. Even if MS begs them to do this, they have to agree. Attempted obscuration (of course). Nevertheless it is M$ at the heart of this dirty deed. Just like Bush blaming a few bad eggs for the crimes he perpetrated. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal
On Jun 12, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Well, yeah. You might say why you're apparently assuming that declining to talk about the release date really means won't ship in 2010. Did you notice that in order to get the system to work they all had to wear red jump suits and stand within a rectangle taped on the floor of approximately 2 x 5 feet? Looks like PR BS to me. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *