Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:56 AM, mikexha...@gmail.com wrote: Well the bringing together only applies when you completely agree with the MFB's. Perhaps we can agree on this generality: Windows is the OS of the business and governmental world while Mac is the OS of the more artistic

Re: [CGUYS] Google's Sorry

2009-08-28 Thread Richard P.
That would explain it. Never been accused of being as fast as a computer before :)) Thanks for clearing this up. Richard P. On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:21 PM, TPiwowart...@tjpa.com wrote: On Aug 25, 2009, at 7:47 PM, Richard P. wrote: Is this legit? Has anyone else seen this before? Yes. If

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-28 Thread Stephen Brownfield
A client of mine got the 64-bit version of Windows Vista on his new computer and was no longer able to use his adaptive Keyboard (which by itself costs $395). I went to the website today and it still does not have 64-bit version. Steve TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 26, 2009, at 7:49 AM, Jeff

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
A client of mine got the 64-bit version of Windows Vista on his new computer and was no longer able to use his adaptive Keyboard (which by itself costs $395). I went to the website today and it still does not have 64-bit version. You'd think for a $400 peripheral, he would have made that

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-28 Thread Mark A. Metz
What make/model of keyboard? Jeff Wright wrote: A client of mine got the 64-bit version of Windows Vista on his new computer and was no longer able to use his adaptive Keyboard (which by itself costs $395). I went to the website today and it still does not have 64-bit version. You'd

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Dunford
Can any of our developers enlighten us as to how hard it is to port a driver from 32-bit to 64-bit, all other things being equal? It depends completely on how the original code was written. It can be pretty easy, or it can be quite difficult.

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Can any of our developers enlighten us as to how hard it is to port a driver from 32-bit to 64-bit, all other things being equal? Apple is making a big push on drivers and beefing up its software update process to include more drivers. In SL

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: What the heck are you talking about? Since when is targeted advertising (which is basically, all good advertising) vicious and reprehensible? You do know that ads like this are just make believe? This is not a real life scene

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/08/microsoft-002225.php Those miracle workers in Redmond have had a busy day. What will they think of next? Apple will never have to worry about such things, considering how their ads are unfailingly stuffed with lily-white actors. It's like a 1950's

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
Apple is making a big push on drivers and beefing up its software update process to include more drivers. In SL when you add a new peripheral, software update will go out and look for drivers. I guess I don't have to point out that Windows has been doing this since *at least* 2002 with the

[CGUYS] CPCUG EC SIG: How To Get Business With Social Media w/ The Social Media Swami Shashi Bellamkonda

2009-08-28 Thread Barbara Conn
=== FREE! Register for each event via e-mail to bc...@cpcug.org === 9/19/09: HOW TO GET BUSINESS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA Speaker: Shashi Bellamkonda, The Social Media

Re: [CGUYS] Subject: Will SL Finally FTFF?

2009-08-28 Thread David K Watson
Well, in the past you've linked to John Siracusa's critiques when discussing your problems with the finder. One of his big criticisms (which has always seemed very silly to me) is that the finder is a bad analogy or a mixed metaphor, in that it is not consistently spatial. Since the finder is

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread Tony B
I haven't been following the story closely, but I suspect it was just a random piece of clip art someone found. And it's unfair to now analyze the job so closely as to try to match the skin tone of the hand. Clip art is manipulated all the time; this really isn't a big story. Much funnier are the

Re: [CGUYS] Subject: Will SL Finally FTFF?

2009-08-28 Thread mike
Are these things difficult in the finder now? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:33 AM, David K Watson davidkirkwat...@gmail.comwrote: If your issues are with moving large numbers of files or putting trashed items back in their original places, then these have supposedly been fixed. I'll find out

[CGUYS] snow cat wiki compatibility list

2009-08-28 Thread mike
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ Looks pretty good for most apps... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Jeff Wrightjswri...@gmail.com wrote: Apple will never have to worry about such things, considering how their ads are unfailingly stuffed with lily-white actors.  It's like a 1950's Newport yacht club. Unfailingly? A bad choice for a word to describe Apple's

[CGUYS] taking control

2009-08-28 Thread mike
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html Looks like it's not just those neomicrosofticons that some are afraid of here that have desires of total control. Doesn't seem to make a difference who is in the whitehouse...those warrant less wiretaps continued unabated and now this.

Re: [CGUYS] mobo won't post

2009-08-28 Thread Ed Y
Take a look at your mobo manual. Generally speaking there are jumper settings that may need to be set. Make sure the CPU is seated correctly. I have also seen where the CMOS battery is dead but that shouldn't cause it not to POST. It's worth a try.

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread chad evans wyatt
This is true, and, as a Mac user all my computing life, I've noticed this and felt quite uncomfortable about it.  The sense of community is rather skewered toward white reps and users; entertainers of other ethnic origin qualify as emblems only (eg Macy Gray).  --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Jeff

Re: [CGUYS] mobo won't post

2009-08-28 Thread Tony B
That's interesting. It didn't occur to me to test the battery, since the board is new. Now it's packed up for RMA ($11 shipping for a $60 part!). With these LGA775 sockets you really don't have any choice of how the cpu sits. It's either in the notches or it isn't. How the heck would I even know

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
This is true, and, as a Mac user all my computing life, I've noticed this and felt quite uncomfortable about it.  The sense of community is rather skewered toward white reps and users; entertainers of other ethnic origin qualify as emblems only (eg Macy Gray). Even then, they have

Re: [CGUYS] mobo won't post

2009-08-28 Thread Ed Y
That is a pretty clean board you got there! From looking at it (and the manual), it doesn't seem as though the one jumper block could cause the no POST. Since you have already checked the CPU, and are sure it is seated properly, I would verify the power supply. (If you don't have a voltmeter

Re: [CGUYS] Snow Leopard Review

2009-08-28 Thread Rich Schinnell
FYI: Quoted from: http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/08/yes_snow_leopard_includes_anti.php Yes, Snow Leopard Includes Antivirus Even a year or two ago, the inevitable responses on Mac lists to any mention of Mac malware were along the lines of: Mac viruses can't happen and

Re: [CGUYS] mobo won't post

2009-08-28 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Ed Y inbox1...@verizon.net: Take a look at your mobo manual. Generally speaking there are jumper settings that may need to be set. Make sure the CPU is seated correctly. I have also seen where the CMOS battery is dead but that shouldn't cause it not to POST. It's worth a try.

Re: [CGUYS] mobo won't post

2009-08-28 Thread Tony B
Yes, I tried a second power supply, and tested them both. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Ed Yinbox1...@verizon.net wrote: That is a pretty clean board you got there! From looking at it (and the manual), it doesn't seem as though the one jumper block could cause the no POST. Since you have

Re: [CGUYS] Snow Leopard Review

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Rich Schinnell wrote: Quoted from: http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/08/yes_snow_leopard_includes_anti.php There are exactly two specimens of malware in the list. Both relying on social engineering for distribution. That's all folks!

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:32 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: They should have just staged a similar photos for the other markets at hand instead of photoshopping in a new head. I think the head transplant was plain lazy given that they m Lazy, of course. Isnt that M$ MO through and through?

Re: [CGUYS] Headlines

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 28, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: Rare Photo of Snow Leopard in Afghanistan Apple legal demanded they embargo the photos until Friday. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't been following the story closely, but I suspect it was just a random piece of clip art someone found. And it's unfair to now analyze the job so closely as to try to match the skin tone of the hand. Clip art is

[CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/28/microsofts-secret-screw-google-meetings-in-d-c/ Nevertheless, one source familiar with the meetings says, Law Media Group has several people who work full-time on Google-bashing. Everybody knows Microsoft is trying to throw roadblocks at Google and

Re: [CGUYS] mobo won't post

2009-08-28 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net: At 03:10 PM 8/28/2009, you wrote: I've got a computer that just stopped working and was wondering if the CMOS battery was so dead as to cause it to not start. It sounds like Joe's problem. some lights some noise but no beeps and no video.

[CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-28 Thread Christopher Range
Has anyone had trouble with Windows Update, when using any of those versions? Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-28 Thread Tony B
Not yet. You trying to jinx us? :) On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Christopher Rangelcms0...@comcast.net wrote: Has anyone had trouble with Windows Update, when using any of those versions? * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-28 Thread Sue Cubic
At 11:03 PM 8/28/2009 -0400, you wrote: Has anyone had trouble with Windows Update, when using any of those versions? The only trouble I'm having is that MS seems to be pushing IE8--even after I've declined to install it 3 times now, and have hidden that update. I don't use IE (except for

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
This is textbook Microsoft, the source adds. Microsoft has got some of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington. Textbook? Hardly. MS didn't have any lobbyists until they were sued by the DOJ in the 90's in collusion with MS competitors whose lobbyists were deep in

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
Nope, to all 3. -Original Message- Has anyone had trouble with Windows Update, when using any of those versions? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-28 Thread Christopher Range
Jeff Wright wrote: Nope, to all 3. Ok, At least that tells me, it isn't exactly a widespread problem. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member