Re: [CGUYS] Iphone competition
The open-source Android based phones will starting popping up any time now. Google's in October for $199 from T-Mobile I think. db Tom Piwowar wrote: Of all the Iphone competitors out there this might be a worthy adversary. With Apple now on the third iteration of the iPhone you would think that somebody who was already in the cell phone business would have been able to develop a competitor. I just can't believe it is taking them so long. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] itunes and podcasts and backups
Is it me, or is there no way to export an XML etc of the podcasts itunes has subscribed to? Is there not an easy way to move your podcasts from one system to another, one install to another? Mike * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
It's really, really hard to take seriously anyone who espouses such a ridiculous point of view. You expect to have a serious and honest discussion with someone who's the epistemological equivalent of the Ministry of Silly Walks? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macs Produced Part of Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' Ads
AOL was never cool...never. That's right. The techies all used CompuServe. AOL was for the kids and granny and anyone who wasn't really interested in computers. Unfortunately, there were a lot more of them, and they ate CIS up... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
You going back to 1996? That was when some dust up occurred regarding bringing in pc's...but they weren't getting rid of macs out of engineering etc, just the office areas. On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new MS ad includes a NASA engineer. This is an especially a bitter pill because NASA was a Mac shop. They got a nutty new IT chief and he started to cart out the Macs. It got very ugly. So ugly that the NASA IG was brought in to look at his misconduct. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Another RAID data point
I've been thinking cost analysis hasn't been on the high list when talking about RAID. Not all firms can/will enjoy the bestest/strongest/fastest/mostest. Curiously the smart folks who do the job right are often also the ones who charge the least. Probably because they have fewer messes to clean up. The folks with the Brobdingnagian RAIDs never seem able to control costs. They need to stock all those duplicate controllers, drives, etc. and then scramble when the whole system is hosed. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
You going back to 1996? That was when some dust up occurred regarding bringing in pc's...but they weren't getting rid of macs out of engineering etc, just the office areas. Deny, deny, deny, blow smoke, obfuscate, question every fact, make personal attacks, ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer, jeer, obscure, etc., etc. It was not a dust up it was an outrage. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
No I'm not demonizing MS. This has nothing to do with MS directly, except their acknowledgement of it in their most recent advertising campaign. Could have fooled me. I'm also demonizing the MS minions: so-called IT professionals who coerce their professional staff with all the threats I cited previously. Well, I mean either you are or you aren't. I'm not privy to what goes on elsewhere, and I can respect your experience. If you say that the culture favors MSFT over AAPL then that's fine. That's the way it is. I get my business done on pretty basic Windows boxes talking to mainframes. The terminal equipment isn't really an issue in a business sense. I can do what I need to do on any VT100 capable platform. The mainframes are where the action is. They run Unix variants. It's a nice bonus to have edge devices that can talk to the net. But I am not extremely concerned about the flavor of the edge device. In terms of personal computing the Mac has some advantages. I would have speced a Mac for my mother if I didn't visit her regularly and wanted to play games while I was there. I really don't care for the Mac platforms because they don't do what I want well. I have a friend who is a Windows sysadmin that loves his Powerbook. OK, I don't get out much. But I know what sliced baloney looks like. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Lightning fast FIOS died again
disappointing ...I was almost on the verge of breaking down and ordering comcast cable for internet and for tv to get a combo deal and avoid lots of dongles and boxes all over the house for digital but now with the limit put on I have a sense they are using the limit as a mitigation of their not rolling out enough bandwidth to accommodate all the digital stuff and all the imbeciles downloading all the porn they can get resulting in sludge for we the poor fools who just wanna use the net and watch TV like humans!! -Original Message- From: gerald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 9:30 AM To: rlsimon Subject: RE: Lightning fast FIOS died again when i got comcast cable, it was a new fangled thing. had problems for the first year, then rock solid. got dsl verizon for my factory. they did not even have real working software to establish a connection in my factory. once they got it ironed out, worked great. today, i plan to buy a wireless desktop adaptor so i can hack into my neighborhood wireless networks. my wife has a mac, so she had no problem hacking in. regards jer At 03:34 PM 9/19/2008, you wrote: Say it ain't so, ger... -Original Message- From: gerald [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:28 PM Subject: Lightning fast FIOS died again Verizon has some major downtown hardware problems. couple months ago TV and telephone stayed, but internet died for 4 days. the tele and tel stayed on again, but internet died for 2 days. verizon is not too swift about it, they had 4 guys out here for better part of a day, and they could not tell if i had a signal to the house or not. they thought they could see the box outside from the central station, but it took a whole day for them to decide they did not have an internet connection from central station to here. they decided i was not the individual problem when they got about 10 or 20 other complaints from the area. amazing way to troubleshoot. contact with verizon is very ungood. hard to believe, but comcast is an order of magnitude better. i cannot believe i have said anything about comcast is good. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ http://www.cguys.org/%A0 ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Why Small business's and Non_profits buy PC's and Windows
I guess it is time to insert a little economy into the discussion of why people buy PC's with windows. 1. Most Non-Profits, like the one that I volunteer for seem to perpetually have a lack of funds to purchase PC's. Lots of what they get are second hand donations which makes the price correct. 2. Many small business's of 3-10 persons like law, medical and accounting offices purchase their PC's base on bang for the buck. which means price. I bought a client 4 Dell's from MicroCenter for $399 each, they came with XP Pro, 1gig Ram and 80 gig hard disks. And a keyboard and mouse included. No monitors but cheap LCD's abound. 3. Non-Profits can purchase software and hardware thru TechSoup, which MS sells their XP pro for around $8 a copy. And MS Office pro for about the same. Of course the Non-Profit that I volunteer for has around 120 workstations and 8 windows 2003 servers. No Apple products were available for them to purchase at a cheap price like Intel PC's and MS products. They did get a really good price break from Dell on their servers and switch's. (I don't think that the BOD would approve purchasing MAC's when they can get Windows PC's for a small amount of outlay.) Techsoup is the primary place for validated non-profit's to acquire hardware and software at real cheap prices. No Apple products seem to be visible. I understand that Apple does provide software/hardware in small amounts to some non-profits that jump thru the many-many hoops to get it. PS: I printed Tom's comments about the mental instability of their decisions for them to review and they all said to tell him to piss up a rope sorry but I guess I am among the unwashed.. G Rich Schinnell PPS: Chris, you seem to be peeing into the wind.. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
If you don't like my interpretation of the most recent MS I'm PC ads and how they relate to Apple's I'm a Mac ads you are invited to present your own. But just calling me names doesn't cut it. Specify when I ever called names. I have the utmost respect for all the participants on this list. If you can't handle what I have to say then you can choose to ignore it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Another RAID data point
The problem is the options given in place of RAID have cost more. On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking cost analysis hasn't been on the high list when talking about RAID. Not all firms can/will enjoy the bestest/strongest/fastest/mostest. Curiously the smart folks who do the job right are often also the ones who charge the least. Probably because they have fewer messes to clean up. The folks with the Brobdingnagian RAIDs never seem able to control costs. They need to stock all those duplicate controllers, drives, etc. and then scramble when the whole system is hosed. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
I just read an article in businessweek about it..um, yeah it wasn't an 'outrage'. On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You going back to 1996? That was when some dust up occurred regarding bringing in pc's...but they weren't getting rid of macs out of engineering etc, just the office areas. Deny, deny, deny, blow smoke, obfuscate, question every fact, make personal attacks, ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer, jeer, obscure, etc., etc. It was not a dust up it was an outrage. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Zune [was: iTunes 8 causing BSOD]
Deny, deny, deny, blow smoke, obfuscate, question every fact, make personal attacks, ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer, jeer, obscure, etc., etc. Tom! Did you really mean to forward your playbook to the list? Were you getting jealous about all the attention Palin was getting with her hacked Yahoo account? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Why Small business's and Non_profits buy PC's and Windows
3. Non-Profits can purchase software and hardware thru TechSoup, which MS sells their XP pro for around $8 a copy. And MS Office pro for about the same. Tech Soup rocks. Gifts in kind is good too, but not as broad an offering. Of course the Non-Profit that I volunteer for has around 120 workstations and 8 windows 2003 servers. No Apple products were available for them to purchase at a cheap price like Intel PC's and MS products. They did get a really good price break from Dell on their servers and switch's. These are all very valid points, which Tom will promptly ignore. Thanks for taking the time to write that up anyway, Rich. Another factor to consider is Apple's near-vacuum in enterprise support. Sure, if you slip them enough dough for what they call enterprise support, you might actually get an Apple tech on-site. Otherwise, get with the schleppin' to the mall to the nearest Apple store, or possibly even Delaware, as Betty has advised us. I call Dell and they are there, on-site that day or the next with the part, depending on what I call them about. They don't try and shake me down for more cash so that they'll actually show up. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Diagnosis: Hard Drive Failure
Better yet, have your wife take it in to the genius bar. She can sweetly ask them to show her how it's done. Might get them to do it free... Good thing it was a Betty writing this. It works, too. Men are so easy. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Another RAID data point
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:38 PM, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is the options given in place of RAID have cost more. Well, it depends on what cost you associate with losing data and down time. I still don't believe that extra servers are as expensive as you think - they don't need to be as high powered as the one server for everything approach you like for small businesses. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
