Re: [CGUYS] drupal for only 10 million

2009-08-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:19 PM, TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:30 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Dvorak was more annoyed with the quality of the school he went to. U Md has a very good Computer Science program. It is the best in this area, which has lots of schools with

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-20 Thread Jordan
I think Google is doing the a good job of making its Groups, on-line apps, and other tools accessible and easy to use, but as the article suggests, control and security are difficult and complicated. And then there's the resisting the urge to become another evil corporation thing. TPiwowar

[CGUYS] Windows Live Movie Maker

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Dunford
For those who are into such things, Windows Live Movie Maker has been released: http://download.live.com/moviemaker Among other improvements over the older versions, it supports full HD rendering (1080p). Vista/Win7 only. Free.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Live Movie Maker

2009-08-20 Thread Tony B
Interesting. And the installer actually includes a boatload of things they've been talking about for a while. All the extra options are checked by default, but it's all pretty open and lots of explanations so I can't imagine too many millions of people installing say, Window Live Mail or Toolbar

[CGUYS] syncing iPods

2009-08-20 Thread One Man
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 ...

Re: [CGUYS] syncing iPods

2009-08-20 Thread Jordan
I'm not a syncing expert. I've never sunk an iPod at all. But in iTunes/preferences/devices/ check Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and 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,

[CGUYS] GRRRRRRR. New Yahoo login

2009-08-20 Thread b_s-wilk
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

Re: [CGUYS] syncing iPods

2009-08-20 Thread b_s-wilk
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

Re: [CGUYS] Consumer Level Rechargeable Battery Technology / Thank you to All

2009-08-20 Thread John Settle
John Settle wrote: All, I'd like to get some advice. I am running a wireless mouse/keyboard combination. Mouse uses two AA's; Keyboard a single AAA. I'd like to reduce the batteries I send to the recycle by switching to rechargeables. Thank you to all who provided their invaluable advice.

Re: [CGUYS] drupal for only 10 million

2009-08-20 Thread mike
TWIT podcast this week also discussed Dvorak's column and the complaints about it all the way to the white house. It wasn't just the degree that set Dvorak off, it was also Kundra's behavior during an appearance at I believe was in front of some senators. His basic point being the guy was full

[CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Dunford
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

Re: [CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

2009-08-20 Thread b_s-wilk
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

Re: [CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

2009-08-20 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com: 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

Re: [CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

2009-08-20 Thread John Settle
Chris Dunford wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] drupal for only 10 million

2009-08-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:50 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: TWIT podcast this week also discussed Dvorak's column and the complaints about it all the way to the white house. It wasn't just the degree that set Dvorak off, it was also Kundra's behavior during an appearance at I believe was

Re: [CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Dunford
Does it matter if the laptop is running on battery power or the power brick? Sorry, I wasn't specific enough. It's a desktop, not a laptop. I'm thinking that the other two answers might be on the money. I'm going to replace the CMOS battery and see if that fixes it. That is, of course,

[CGUYS] Windows error reports question

2009-08-20 Thread Tony B
Running Disk Cleanup in Vista I was surprised when it cleaned a whopping 4gb of system queued windows error reporting last month. But now, a month later, it's reporting a whopping 7gb of them! I try to keep my C partition small, so these are a good 10% of the drive! I have system dumps turned off

Re: [CGUYS] Slow Dell startup

2009-08-20 Thread db
Use the Dell numbers on the case to find the manual on the dell site re: the case latch etc. db Chris Dunford wrote: Does it matter if the laptop is running on battery power or the power brick? Sorry, I wasn't specific enough. It's a desktop, not a laptop. I'm thinking that the other

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-20 Thread TPiwowar
On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Jordan wrote: I think Google is doing the a good job of making its Groups, on- line apps, and other tools accessible and easy to use, but as the article suggests, control and security are difficult and complicated. Is that fair? The article says In other words,

Re: [CGUYS] drupal for only 10 million

2009-08-20 Thread TPiwowar
On Aug 20, 2009, at 1:50 PM, mike wrote: It wasn't just the degree that set Dvorak off, it was also Kundra's behavior during an appearance at I believe was in front of some senators. His basic point being the guy was full of BS web 2.0 doubletalk that makes no sense when actually analyzed.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows error reports question

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Dunford
Running Disk Cleanup in Vista I was surprised when it cleaned a whopping 4gb of system queued windows error reporting last month. But now, a month later, it's reporting a whopping 7gb of them! I try to keep my C partition small, so these are a good 10% of the drive! I have system dumps

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

2009-08-20 Thread Christopher Range
b_s-wilk wrote: 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,