Re: [CGUYS] dtv converter box choice

2008-03-19 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
You can apply to get two $40 coupons for converter boxes at https://www.dtv2009.gov/. It takes a while to process. There is a long list of approved boxes on the site. One of the things to look for is a box that will pass through the RF signal when the box is off. This will allow you to use the

Re: [CGUYS] dtv converter box choice

2008-03-19 Thread Kyle R. Graybeal
Just curious. If you have a antenna with more than one TV connected to it through a splitter, do you need a converter for each TV or will one suffice? Thanks Kyle Graybeal At 05:21 AM 3/19/2008, you wrote: You can apply to get two $40 coupons for converter boxes at https://www.dtv2009.gov/.

[CGUYS] ubuntu and gnucash

2008-03-19 Thread mike
I'm considering moving my mom from windows xp pro to ubuntu. She has just one too many friends forwarding her every email they find on the web I believe and I can't seem to get her to stop opening them. The only app I'm not sure about replacing is her quicken. I've read on the gnucash website

[CGUYS] Recommendation

2008-03-19 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
I am becoming interested in Home Networking. I wonder which book I should read first that will teach me how to set the network, connect to the Internet, share a printer, etc. I have 3 computers with Windows XP, one with WIndows ME and a lap top with Windows Vista, all connected to the network

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation

2008-03-19 Thread Matthew Taylor
The Lynksis manual would be a good start ... Beyond that some probable useful texts here: http://safari.oreilly.com/browse?category=itbooks.network.home On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Marcio V. Pinheiro wrote: I am becoming interested in Home Networking. I wonder which book I should read

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation

2008-03-19 Thread Fred Holmes
I'd start with a Google of home networking and read what the on-screen articles provide. go to http://www.howstuffworks.com/ and search on home networking Do you have a bookshelf with room for another book on it? Fred Holmes At 12:08 PM 3/19/2008, Marcio V. Pinheiro wrote: I am becoming

Re: [CGUYS] ebook readers - end of story for now

2008-03-19 Thread Andy Gallant
Thanks for all the replies and the interesting reading - sorry to take so long to sum up. In brief: I gave a bunch of good books. I wanted to try a Kindle but they're not in stores, they're back-ordered, and the same amount of money buys a lot of books. Also, the giftee prefers books to

[CGUYS] CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-19 Thread gerald
i have my accounts and my wife's accounts with etrade. i get in with password and rsa time code device. i can get into mine, or my wife's account, but not both at once. since the passcode for her account seems to be about twenty digits or so, it is a real pain to log out and log back in.

Re: [CGUYS] CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-19 Thread Fred Holmes
Use something like password safe (http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/) to store your password and copy/paste the username and password to log on. Fred Holmes At 03:09 PM 3/19/2008, gerald wrote: i have my accounts and my wife's accounts with etrade. i get in with password and rsa time code

Re: [CGUYS] dtv converter box choice

2008-03-19 Thread Steve Rigby
On Mar 19, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Kyle R. Graybeal wrote: Just curious. If you have a antenna with more than one TV connected to it through a splitter, do you need a converter for each TV or will one suffice? The converter box accepts an antenna connection via a standard television RF

Re: [CGUYS] dtv converter box choice

2008-03-19 Thread rlsimon
www.dtv2009.gov I have read these things: Walmart has one listed by thompson/RCA that stands up on its edge and has a better remote for the same price but not in stock at any walmart around here...magnavox they have some say the remote is flimsy and not full featured. Others say if you are

Re: [CGUYS] dtv converter box choice

2008-03-19 Thread Kyle R. Graybeal
Steve, Well that's not the answer I was hoping to hear, but thanks for the info. Kyle At 04:40 PM 3/19/2008, you wrote: On Mar 19, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Kyle R. Graybeal wrote: Just curious. If you have a antenna with more than one TV connected to it through a splitter, do you need a converter

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon DSL Service Dry Loop

2008-03-19 Thread Fred Holmes
At 01:56 PM 3/17/2008, Rich Schinnell wrote: POTS no longer supplies your phone power as they can't figure out a way to pump electricity down the fibre line. :) This is a real bummer. During hurricane Isabel my neighborhood in Annandale lost power for just under three days (66 hrs o/a). The

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon DSL Service Dry Loop

2008-03-19 Thread katan
At 01:56 PM 3/17/2008, Rich Schinnell wrote: POTS no longer supplies your phone power as they can't figure out a way to pump electricity down the fibre line. :) Well that doesn't sound right. I don't plug *any* of my phones into an electric outlet, and they work just fine. So either they're

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon DSL Service Dry Loop

2008-03-19 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
If you have FIOS there is a box that plugs into the wall that powers the box that converts the fiber to phone, and passed power to your local phones. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:57 PM, katan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:56 PM 3/17/2008, Rich Schinnell wrote: POTS no longer supplies your

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon DSL Service Dry Loop

2008-03-19 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
No the POTS has power. Having gotten a shock or two from a phone line in my time. On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:38 AM, katan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:23:31 -0400, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: If you have FIOS there is a box that plugs into the wall that powers the box that

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-19 Thread b_s-wilk
I open different browsers together to get into different accounts with the same company. Helps with viewing credit card transactions where we both have cards, different acct #s, at our CU and Chase. Works for me using Safari, Firefox and SeaMonkey simultaneously. It's in the cookies. [_these_