Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-08 Thread Mike Sloane
Our county uses Sequoia machines that run on Windows 2000. They produce: a count on the hard drive, a CD-R, a count on a memory stick, and a paper ballot (that is stored in a sealed bin). The paper ballot can be viewed through a Plexi-glass window prior to the voter pressing the key for the

Re: [CGUYS] MS Worse than RIAA?

2008-01-08 Thread Jeff Wright
I'm not surprised that MS is backing down; it would have been an easy prediction that they would offer a fix toot sweet. You'd think, though, they'd get tired of all the ice cream cone to the forehead events. We weren't affected by it, but I could see it coming up eventually as people with SP3

Re: [CGUYS] USB Audio Interface

2008-01-08 Thread Richard P.
FYI, I managed a work-a-round for the problem on not getting audio through the computer speakers while recording a cassette through the Behringer UCA202 USB interface. I had to run a separate pair of speakers out of the headphone port on the UCA202 in order to get external audio. Apparently

Re: [CGUYS] Filemaker personal for $49.00

2008-01-08 Thread Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA)
Yes, FileMaker announced their Bento database product today. Many Mac sites, such as this one from Macnn, have articles. $50 for single license, $100 for family (5) license. 10.5 is required. http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/08/01/08/filemaker.ships.bento/ Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original

Re: [CGUYS] Filemaker personal for $49.00

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Lewis
Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA) sez: Yes, FileMaker announced their Bento database product today. Many Mac sites, such as this one from Macnn, have articles. $50 for single license, $100 for family (5) license. 10.5 is required. http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/08/01/08/filemaker.ships.bento/ Thank

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I like the system that we had in Montgomery County, Maryland, before we received the Diebold machines. It was a punch card system. No, not the notorious Florida system where you use a pencil to poke out previously scored circles. It was a system that used an IBM card and a hand pressed

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
Digital TV doesn't carry as far as analog. We get ZERO channels using the digital tuners. A few months back I saw a chart of the power used for the different channels. In almost all cases the power on the HD channels was much less than for the old analog channels. Perhaps when they drop

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-08 Thread Tony B
Unlikely. Stations are licensed by the FCC for a specific power on a specific frequency, and getting approval for more power is almost unheard of since they'll always be stepping on someone else's toes. They're spending small fortunes to buy new transmitters, and it seems unlikely they'll buy one

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-08 Thread db
I think you have captured the essence of the problem accurately. It's all about the money... db Alvin Auerbach wrote: I like the system that we had in Montgomery County, Maryland, before we received the Diebold machines. It was a punch card system. No, not the notorious Florida system

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-08 Thread mike
But it's not SD vs HD, it's analog vs digital. Every single show is not going to be suddenly HD, it will simply be broadcast in digital. Sorry no widescreen HD gilligan's island for you tom. Mike On Jan 6, 2008 10:54 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The answer avoids an important

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-08 Thread Richard P.
For comparison of signals when I was running satellite trucks, the analog signal power range was between 50 - 200 watts with it usually ending up around 75 (200 was during a hurricane). Last I remember, digital transmissions were in the 25 watt range. Signal bleed was a huge problem in both

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
It was a system that used an IBM card and a hand pressed punch, with no electricity required. The card was inserted in the simple machine. You could see the card at all times. You slid a pointer down until it was next to your choice of candidate or issue. You then pressed down I used to

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-08 Thread mike
Ginger and Maryann in HD? Glorious. Mike On Jan 8, 2008 4:20 PM, John Duncan Yoyo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What there is HD Star Trek TOS. Things that were done on actual film can be upgraded to HD. HD Gilligans could happen. On Jan 8, 2008 6:01 PM, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-08 Thread db
I wonder what the brand of puncher was ... does anyone know? In googling, I see reference mostly to the Votomatic that was problematically used in Florida. There is an older Coyle model shown in a photo in the following link: http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/punchcard.html

[CGUYS] Apple Update question

2008-01-08 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I use Apple Software Update to see if there are any updates I need to install. I then go to the Apple site, download it and manually install it. I did this with Security Update 2007-009, however Software Update still says I need to install Security Update 2007-009 version 1.1. What is

Re: [CGUYS] DTV future

2008-01-08 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jan 8, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Digital TV doesn't carry as far as analog. We get ZERO channels using the digital tuners. A few months back I saw a chart of the power used for the different channels. In almost all cases the power on the HD channels was much less than for the

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Update question

2008-01-08 Thread Tom Piwowar
I use Apple Software Update to see if there are any updates I need to install. I then go to the Apple site, download it and manually install it. I did this with Security Update 2007-009, however Software Update still says I need to install Security Update 2007-009 version 1.1. What is

Re: [CGUYS] Filemaker personal for $49.00

2008-01-08 Thread b_s-wilk
Sounds like the AppleWorks database. That was fairly useful for small offices and home. Is Bento flat file or relational? This is decidedly a 'lite' version, meant to replace spreadsheet 'databases' and not a replacement for a full database. It is only $50, though and FM Pro 9 sells for