Re: [CGUYS] Phone or PDA

2007-08-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have a Samsung SCH-i700 (no longer sold by the majors) that has Wi-Fi built in. Does the 700 have wi-fi? Stewart At 06:42 AM 8/29/2007, you wrote: I'm trying to decide between something like a Treo 700 or a Palm TX. I currently use a Palm 500 and a Samsung cell phone. I like the idea of

Re: [CGUYS] Phone or PDA

2007-08-29 Thread Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
It may not be the unit- it is often your cellular provider that turns off WiFi- Verizon comes to mind. So, from what I recall, the 700 does have WiFi- if your vendor is NOT Verizon. I think you need to have ATT service or reprogram the device to have WiFi (NOTE: Verizon and Sprint refuse to

Re: [CGUYS] Change in Terminology AND broken ibooks

2007-08-29 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:04 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: I took my iBook to the Apple Store today and they don't have a 'special tool' to fix the broken plug tip. However, at our Mac club meeting I got a terrific suggestion--dental tools. You know that scary looking narrow curved hook think that they use

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Tony B
That just bears out what I said. We show 267 active members (out of 868), and in the month of July there were 4,308 posts! Of course, that doesn't count the shoutbox or chatroom or PMs. On 8/29/07, Alvin Auerbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony, thanks for your reply. We currently have over 340

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Here is a problem I run into that is not really Yahoogroups problem. Every now and then my ISP (earthlink) just drops emails. I mean they drop them, I don't get them and they go into the etherworld. (This happened with a few important notifications for payments I receive for a couple of

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Kelly Morris
Alvin - I run two lists on YahooGroups, one with about 700 subscribers. What has worked for me is to NOT moderate subscriptions but instead to moderate posts from all new members (I think that this lasts 6 months). When spammers and/or others who are inappropriate to the group post their first

[CGUYS] Change in Terminology AND broken ibooks

2007-08-29 Thread Arnold Kee
I don't know why anyone contributing or receiving this list could complain about the value of information we get. That said, I did it! As a tip to the other loyal viewers- like Betty suggested, frequent returns to the Apple store list are rewarded. By getting up early and returning to the site,

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Sue Cubic
At 04:29 PM 08/29/2007 +, Kelly Morris wrote Alvin - I run two lists on YahooGroups, one with about 700 subscribers. What has worked for me is to NOT moderate subscriptions but instead to moderate posts from all new members (I think that this lasts 6 months). Moderating members lasts

[CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread mike
Ok, the time may be upon me. My wife has finally at long last, after much debate, and silence on the subject agreed to go *look* at a new tv. A discontinued sharp aquos is looking like the likely buy. 1299 gets us a 42 lcd at max 1080p resolution. Any thoughts on real world lcd vs plasma is

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Oh you will be very surprised at how nicely the signal (ordinary) looks on a new LCD TV. We just got one this year and it is sharp and nice. (No HD just digital box, but even that is nice) DVD's look stupendous. We got a 32/37 (cant remember) for about half that, and it is still nice.

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread Robert
P.S. I should have mentioned that an LCD screen currently becomes very expensive if larger than about 40 - 45 inches. Thus, a plasma TV costs less for a larger screen than approximately this size. Second, I should have mentioned that the manufacturer of the rear projection TV that my

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Defender vs SpyBot Search Destroy

2007-08-29 Thread Stephen Meskin
Andy, Thanks for the reference but the article is about a test on Vista, not Windows XP SP2. Steve Andy Gallant wrote: fyi (ymmv) - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136205/article.html Stephen Meskin wrote: Does anyone have experience comparing these two? I have used Spybot for a couple

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I know that the message gets to yahoo because it's listed in the email commands! Here is a problem I run into that is not really Yahoogroups problem. Every now and then my ISP (earthlink) just drops emails. I mean they drop them, I don't get them and they go into the etherworld. (This

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread mike
Might want to check into the selling of local stations, out locals came with at the same cost. Course we never watch local anyway. Most of my HD content will be off my computer and dvd anyway. Mike On 8/29/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In our area, we will be living with

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: In our area, we will be living with SD for a long time. We are such small markets that no TV station has indicated that they will be upgrading to HD. matter of fact they have said, No upgrade in the foreseeable future. I have

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread mike
Thanks for the quick input...looks like i will be going for LCD. Now, who can come over and convince my wife? Mike On 8/29/07, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right. It is *not* SD that is being mandated, only that they replace their analog transmitters with 'digital' ones. However, by then

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Sue Cubic
At 08:06 PM 08/29/2007 -0400, Alvin Auerbach wrote It's not that we want to control what people write, after they're in the group. We want to control who gets in to the group. So we need to approve or deny, so we need the request to go to Pending. I understand--I have a closed group like that

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
No need for that Mike. Do this. Find out what you wife's favorite movie is. Take her to the store you are considering buying the TV at. Have them hook up the DVD player to both a SDTV (similar to what you have at home) and the LCD TV you are considering buying. Once she sees the difference

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Yes there is, you have to know how Yahoo does it. (Believe me they had me stumped too until the other moderator of our group caught it.) Go to invite people just like you normally would. Scroll down to the bottom. It says, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/daystar//group/daystar/subs_addAdd

Re: [CGUYS] lcd/dlp/plasma

2007-08-29 Thread Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow
In a message dated 8/29/2007 8:53:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been under the assumption that standard definition TV is required to cease being broadcast at a specified point in time. Those frequencies are supposed to be auctioned off. Are you

[CGUYS] Dental Tools

2007-08-29 Thread rocky lee
Harbor Freight Tools. mail order and in some locations retail stores. Rocky --Betty said--- I took my iBook to the Apple Store today and they don't have a 'special tool' to fix the broken plug tip. However, at our Mac club meeting I got =

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Sue, Potential members -- let's say potential households instead: 1300. We have a newsletter which we publish about 3 or 4 times per year in which stress the importance of joining the group. I want and need the Yahoo machinery to do its work, and keep my work at a minimum. I feel overloaded

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Finally!! A reply from Yahoo! This makes sense, so I guess that I'll stop worrying about it. If people want to join but don't follow the instructions there's nothing that I can do about it (except point it out to them). Thanks everyone for your assistance. Alvin ==Begin