On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Art Clemonsartclem...@aol.com wrote:
That claim might have been true when Garmins, Tom Toms and the like were
a geek toy, but would you care to explain why most GPS units default to
a female voice?
You say, ...were a geek toy... Are you claiming that they
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:50:30 -0400, t.piwowar wrote:
America has its Dick Cheney. CGUYS has Chris Dunford.
Ever notice how The List can have a pleasant conversation, or even a
lively debate. . .until Tom joins in?
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That claim might have been true when Garmins, Tom Toms and the like were
a geek toy, but would you care to explain why most GPS units default to
a female voice?
I don't know about yours, but my TomTom has Homer Simpson as the voice.
I bought that one, but TomToms have several standard
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I have Fedora 11, Windows Vista and OS X 10.5.8 on home machines.
I use 10.5.8 on a hackintosh I recently put on a nettop.
I also have FC 11 on an identical nettop.
The majority of the in front of a computer time, I use FC11 from an older
mike wrote:
I hear a Tammy Wynette tune playing in the background..
What tune? Yes, I'm clueless.
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would you care to explain why most GPS units default to
a female voice?
Back in the day when I was working with the aerospace industry
developing a flybywire systems, we did research showing that the
testoserone laden jet jockeys, then pilots were exclusively male, would
take direction from
You say, ...were a geek toy... Are you claiming that they are no
longer geek toys? I say they most certainly are geek toys, which is
why it is mostly guys who are driving around with them as far as I can
see. Travel around a bit as a passenger so you can have time to look
around and
More times than I care to admit, I've had to search through a large number of
web pages in the browser history list for something that I'd seen recently but
couldn't remember where.
Has anyone run across seen an IE add-on (or a separate product) that will look
for text in the pages that are
katan wrote:
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:50:30 -0400, t.piwowar wrote:
America has its Dick Cheney. CGUYS has Chris Dunford.
Ever notice how The List can have a pleasant conversation, or even a
lively debate. . .until Tom joins in?
No.
Stand by your Man I assume :)
From: John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com
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Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 8:46:06 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Clueful Review of World's Greatest OS
mike wrote:
I hear a Tammy Wynette tune
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Art Clemonsartclem...@aol.com wrote:
Too many people rely on them, even when it doesn't make sense to do so.
They no longer qualify as something only geeks want or have, instead,
they've become mainstream.
From my recent observations, there is still a very
On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:22 PM Sep 3, Mike wrote:
Sorry, i went by what you wrote in your post, next time I won't
just take your word for it. Bad MS, bad.
Sometimes good (e.g. mice). Usually not (e.g. Vista). Why are you so
afraid to see things clearly?
On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:02 AM Sep 4, Art Clemons wrote:
Too many people rely on them, even when it doesn't make sense to do
so.
Someone (not me) came to work very tired last Monday morning. They
had made a long trip. Halfway back to home someone had fiddled with
the GPS and the infernal
On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:17 AM Sep 4, Chris Dunford wrote:
Has anyone run across seen an IE add-on (or a separate product)
that will look for text in the pages that are in the history list?
I found one (History Search), but it hasn't been updated in a long
time, the publisher has vanished, and
On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:20 PM Sep 3, Mike wrote:
Might want to actually read the link you posted, it gave fairly
detailed and valid reasons for not switching. Unless no application
support on the mac for the companies main business isn't validi
suppose they could change what they do for a
Gizmophilia trumps Gelotophobia ...the result ...Androphobia!
...however, I'd prefer being beset by any of those than to be afflicted
by Arachibutyrophobia !!
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From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:27 PM
Has anyone run across seen an IE add-on (or a separate product)
that will look for text in the pages that are in the history list?
I found one (History Search), but it hasn't been updated in a long
time, the publisher has vanished, and I'd be very surprised if it
still works.
The most
I use the GPS, but ignore its instructions.
Mason
On Sep 4, 2009, at 1:32 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Rev. Stewart
Marshallpopoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
I will be honest I use them usually on long trips so when I get off
the
interstate at an interchange
Those were your deep conclusions not theirs. I can't help if you can't
even read the links you post.
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On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:44 AM, TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:20 PM Sep 3, Mike wrote:
Might want to actually read the link you posted, it gave fairly
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Rev. Stewart
Marshallpopoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
I will be honest I use them usually on long trips so when I get off the
interstate at an interchange I am not familiar with it gets me back on
without getting lost. (It has been known to happen!)
Back
As I said I was going by what you wrote...I should know better if I
want clarity.
Sent from my iPod
On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:54 AM, TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:22 PM Sep 3, Mike wrote:
Sorry, i went by what you wrote in your post, next time I won't
just take your word
There are some days when I get to the office or to somewhere I was
going to travel that I simply cannot remember the trip! It is semi
automatic driving.
This scared me when I was a young driver. Did I check when I changed lanes, or
not? But then I read something in a James Bond: He switched
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:18 PM, One Manone911...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have coaxial cable (Time Warner) coming from the wall that I want to split
to provide cable to the tv and tuner. My tuner is older and has no need of
replacement. When I split the cable to the tuner my only option appears
I have coaxial cable (Time Warner) coming from the wall that I want to split to
provide cable to the tv and tuner. My tuner is older and has no need of
replacement. When I split the cable to the tuner my only option appears to be
Antenna on the back of the tuner, which requires a raw wire
My husband the pilot argues with all these women who speak to him. Better
them than me.
He calls them all, collectively, Bitchin' Betty.
(Sorry, Betty!)
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From: Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Friday,
(I have a theory about the ask-for-directions issue, by the way: Most of the
time, we don't think we're actually lost. Whatever we're looking for is just
over the next hill or around the next bend,
and, if not, our sense of direction will find it eventually. Women's
navigation does not
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Mason Millermil...@sitewelder.com wrote:
I use the GPS, but ignore its instructions.
Is this the same as how you handle your wife or girlfriend? Just
joking, of course.
Steve
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Back before GPS was available, were you one of those typical males
who would be reluctant to consult a map out of fear of revealing a
lack of complete knowledge
See, I've never observed that to be much of a problem. I don't remember meeting
any male who wouldn't consult a map in an unknown
Years uggo when I got my first Cincinnati Microwave Passport radar detector,
it was provided with a reprint of an article recounting a study done (not by
them if I remember) showing drivers with radar detectors had FEWER accidents
than others ...wonder if it's been studied with GPS devices?
I turn on the GPS but when the sexy girl tells me turn around I do so in
hope of catching a glimpse of her to see if she looks as good as she
sounds!! Does that make me drive more safely??
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From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September
It's hard to beleive that tuner is so old it would need a 300 ohm
transformer! That would have to put it in the 80s or earlier. Unlikely
it could pick up anything on cable if it's that old. I mean, all
cable-compatible tuners had 75 ohm coax connectors.
Snap a picture.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at
ob·fus·cate
* Synonyms: baffle, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, *cloud*, complicate,
conceal, confound, darken, fog
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_Not every cloud has a silver lining_
There's something you won't see mentioned by too many advocates of cloud
computing – the main attraction is making money from you
Found a bunch of what you're probably looking for at:
http://www.minute-man.com/acatalog/Splitters___Matching_Transformers.html
Unfortunately, the store site requires a $20 minimum purchase so you
might want to look elsewhere. Use the search terms from their
description:
Matching 75-300 Ohm
I used to make delivers in a van from the main PO here to a credit
processing center around 12-2am. I had nights when staying awake was very
hard and other nights when I was fine. A couple of times when I wasn't
tired I found myself 6 or 7 miles from the last turn off without having any
memory
I've heard this all my life, but I've never met a guy who refused or didn't
like asking for directions.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:32 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Rev. Stewart
Marshallpopoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
I will be honest I use
The main attraction for companies is always to make money from you. If they
offer you a service worth that charge...
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
ob·fus·cate
* Synonyms: baffle, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, *cloud*, complicate,
conceal, confound, darken,
Do you cover your eyes and ears when you say that?
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
katan wrote:
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:50:30 -0400, t.piwowar wrote:
America has its Dick Cheney. CGUYS has Chris Dunford.
Ever notice how The List can have a pleasant
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 5:05 PM, mikexha...@gmail.com wrote:
I've heard this all my life, but I've never met a guy who refused or didn't
like asking for directions.
Ask just about any woman.
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Ask just about any woman.
Heh. I'll take the map and the compass every time. I'm not in
any sort of a competition, and I do have a handheld GPS device,
although I rarely carry it on my bicycle.
I must say I've gotten a lot of unintelligible and just plain wrong
directions, some even bizarre,
Those were your deep conclusions not theirs. I can't help if you can't
even read the links you post.
Mike--You're forgetting Tom's Rule of Social Intercourse #1: Everyone else
is quite stupid.
Everything flows from that.
On Sep 4, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Mike--You're forgetting Tom's Rule of Social Intercourse #1:
Everyone else
is quite stupid.
Definitely not everyone by a long shot, but I think those of you who
are truly retarded have been plainly identified.
However, I will not accept that
On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:42 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
The tech press is full of people who want to tell you how completely
awesome life is going to be when everything moves to the cloud –
that is, when all your important storage, processing and other needs
are handled by vast, professionally managed
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/09/02/snow-leopard-downgrades-secur
ity-misses-opportunity-improve/
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The accuracy of the data is IMPORTANT.
On the way to BurningMan one year, my friend's GPS steered us over a
Nevada Mt. in the middle of the night, very accurately ... what wasn't
accurate was the it said it was a paved road.
It started out paved but ended up a logging road for most of the
My instincts a long way back were we were being steered wrong
but my friend who owned the GPS was adamant about following
the GPS...
Oh, it's accurate. It will tell you exactly where you are. Within 30
feet anywhere on the planet. The maps are of course the issue.
Clinic for internet addicts opens in US
reSTART offers counseling and psychotherapy – and up to 45 days 'cold
turkey' away from the web
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/04/internet-addict-clinic
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In general, I agree. But I also fondly remember being alone with a
System 360 Mod 40 on third shift. Now THAT was a personal computer!
t.piwowar wrote:
On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:42 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
The tech press is full of people who want to tell you how completely
awesome life is going to be
Eric S. Sande escribió:
..A friend of mine was on his way to Tierra del Fuego from Fairfax
County, VA. On a motorcycle with a GPS. He got lost in the
Atacama Desert, which isn't exactly good. He said later, I knew
exactly where I was, but I didn't know which way to go.
Hence the map and
FWIW, Google [and most other] maps have lots of errors. [Any photos of
your lost friend in Atacama or Tierra del Fuego?]
He made it to Tierra del Fuego, I'll say that.
http://www.twowheelsgood.net/americas/americas.html
I'll defer to him for the details.
He's the adventurer of our bunch, I
On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:31 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Funny how the only people I saw rushing to the ramparts in that
article were
the Mac zealots in the comments rushing in to tell us why we're
supposed to
heed to the petulant demands of the 3 percenters.
Then there is the issue of WFBs being
On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/09/02/snow-leopard-downgrades-secur
ity-misses-opportunity-improve/
He says: If you are using Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac ensure you have
updated to version 7.0.5 or newer.
In truth If you are using
On Sep 4, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Mike wrote:
As I said I was going by what you wrote...I should know better if I
want clarity.
Oh yes, we have that reading proficiency problem. I will endeavor to
use simpler words.
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