[CGUYS] Net neutrality?

2008-07-21 Thread Jordan
Does anyone have any thoughts or incites on the company called NebuAd? http://tinyurl.com/64ol2h Thursday, July 17, 2008, 9:30 a.m., The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing on the one of the most dangerous threats to Internet neutrality, privacy, and the

Re: [CGUYS] Net neutrality? and related..usenet and freedom of speech.

2008-07-21 Thread mike
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo forced/coerced/asked ISP's to remove access to most or all of usenet. Three so far complied, sprint, verizon and Time Warner. TW apparently has removed ALL newsgroups while the others are removing access to

Re: [CGUYS] Net neutrality?

2008-07-21 Thread John DeCarlo
Steve Gibson does a podcast called Security Now. He has discussed Phorm and also talked about NebuAd in the most recent podcast (#153). http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm I am sure if you went to the forums at grc.com you could find all kinds of information posted there. I don't have the time

Re: [CGUYS] Net neutrality?

2008-07-21 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Jordan Does anyone have any thoughts or incites on the company called NebuAd? http://tinyurl.com/64ol2h This has been the subject of a couple of podcasts by Steve Gibson Leo LaPorte - see http://www.twit.tv http://www.grc.com/securitynow - the episodes were about phorming (as opposed to

Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 2

2008-07-21 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jul 18, 2008, at 3:25 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: I have heard of people in the 80s and 90s not sure of using a Mac, but have not run across anyone who wouldn't be willing to use a Mac in years. I am assumed that you are referring to the 1980's and 1990's as opposed to persons in their

Re: [CGUYS] The blessed ones [and more Eeepc info]

2008-07-21 Thread Constance Warner
Here's a link to the specs of the Eeepc: http://event.asus.com/eeepc/microsites/en/index.htm I got an Eeepc so I could carry it around in my knapsack, write on it when I'm on the subway or bus, and then download what I'd written when I got home. Data transfer is simple: I use a flash drive.

[CGUYS] UDF format

2008-07-21 Thread Steve Rigby
I have been given a few CD-R discs that contain JPEG images that are formatted UDF. My computer, a Macintosh, does not recognize them and will not mount them. They can be read on a Windows machine, but even Windows does not immediately recognize them as discs that contain images, and

Re: [CGUYS] UDF format

2008-07-21 Thread mike
UDF has been around awhile and has in a PITA for mac users for awhile. You might try asking the one who gave you the disks if they were finalized...this might be the issue also. The person who burned this might not even know it's UDF, let them know. Let them know of more compatible ways to burn

Re: [CGUYS] UDF format

2008-07-21 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jul 21, 2008, at 5:33 PM, mike wrote: UDF has been around awhile and has in a PITA for mac users for awhile. You might try asking the one who gave you the disks if they were finalized...this might be the issue also. The person who burned this might not even know it's UDF, let them

Re: [CGUYS] UDF format

2008-07-21 Thread Fred Holmes
IIRC UDF is the format used by Adaptec / Roxio EZ CD Creator for Drag to Disc formatting (packet writing) in which the CD disc appears to the computer like a disc drive. It's been a long while, but back in the Adaptec days, the EZ CD Creator came with a UDF Reader installer (.exe file) that

[CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?

2008-07-21 Thread Jordan
Has anybody else had trouble loading Google maps lately? I've had intermittant slow or no loads for a few days now and today it's almost stopped. Or maybe everyone is planning their vacations. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?

2008-07-21 Thread Tony B
Working real snappy here. Try clearing your browser cache. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody else had trouble loading Google maps lately? I've had intermittant slow or no loads for a few days now and today it's almost stopped. Or maybe everyone is

Re: [CGUYS] Google Maps slow or stopped?

2008-07-21 Thread Janaki Kuruppu
h - seems to load OK for me. maybe it's your connection? On Jul 21, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Jordan wrote: Has anybody else had trouble loading Google maps lately? I've had intermittant slow or no loads for a few days now and today it's almost stopped. Or maybe everyone is planning their

Re: [CGUYS] The blessed ones [and more Eeepc info]

2008-07-21 Thread Admiral Harris
Would one of those regular sized rollup USB keyboards work with an Eeepc? - Original Message - From: Constance Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] The blessed ones [and more Eeepc info] Here's a link

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 2.0.0.16 Upgrade

2008-07-21 Thread Richard P.
Follow up: I found this on the Mozilla Support Forum: * bnichols23 Wed 09 of Jul, 2008 19:03 PST The developers are aware of this issue. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next release. It's supposed to come out around the 15th.

Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 2

2008-07-21 Thread John DeCarlo
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 18, 2008, at 3:25 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: I have heard of people in the 80s and 90s not sure of using a Mac, but have not run across anyone who wouldn't be willing to use a Mac in years. I am assumed that you

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 bug or bad feature

2008-07-21 Thread John DeCarlo
So, what do you see when you cut and paste just the user name, then type in the password by hand? On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Colin Cody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An annoying feature came along with my installation of Firefox 3.0. I'm currently running ver 3.0.1 When going to a

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.0 bug or bad feature

2008-07-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Oh, and someone's gotta say it: with so many logins these days, trying to use a spreadsheet and copying/pasting is just ridiculous. If you can't afford to buy Roboform, try some sort of freeware like Keepass. Or use the fabulous Bugmenot add-in.