Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
I believe this is a pretty biased statement. I've bought some really great looking American junk. And I've bought some very long lasting Chinese products. I think it's company based and not nationality based when it comes to the quality of a product. Maydoff(sp) comes to mind. Regardless of the origin of the product, wouldn't you want to know you're making the best? That is unless your a soulless crook. For many, despite where they live, pride is still a factor. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Oct 3, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Besides when you order from China, you have to figure out if it's the real thing, No you don't. It's guaranteed to be junk, even if it's designed and supervised by European engineers. I'm guessing that won't be a popular statement. But I KNOW that Americans can do it better. Our audio products are better, our bicycle products are better. The only problem is that they are expensive because we actually pay good wages and don't use slaves (anymore). * ** 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] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
At 11:59 PM -0400 10/4/09, t.piwowar wrote: Are people out of their minds? This report says that 20% of Macs are now running Snow Leopard. That's insane. Apple has shipped its first updates to X.6.1 but there are still many reports of odd behavior. The one about fonts is a show stopper for me. Maybe it is the $25 price that got everyone moving. Has any one on the list upgraded to Snow Leopard? I'm waiting to install it until all my must-have apps are SL-ready. Looks like it will be Real Soon Now. -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:59 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Are people out of their minds? This report says that 20% of Macs are now running Snow Leopard. That's insane. Apple has shipped its first updates to X.6.1 but there are still many reports of odd behavior. The one about fonts is a show stopper for me. Maybe it is the $25 price that got everyone moving. Has any one on the list upgraded to Snow Leopard? I have not. I will not do so until certain apps I need are compatible and until updates correct certain problems. Actually, I never install an initial release of anything. Besides being a dubious thing to do, I am also not so anxiety ridden as to be so overly anxious that I cannot wait a bit for improvements to be made and bugs to be ironed out. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?
I just bought a refurbed Netgear from Newewgg, 39. Works great. Stewart At 12:45 AM 10/5/2009, you wrote: Was thinking of getting an inexpensive N wifi router for use with PCs. for use in an apt. Was looking at D-Link, Rosewill and Trendnet on NewEgg in the $25 to $35 range. Anybody have any particular recommendations? db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wireless Expander
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Frank Sestir fses...@verizon.net wrote: Thanks for your help. I was contacted by email, obviously I couldn't read the f 'in manual Tom. But I did get online to linksys and read their instructions. They were very similar to your responses. I'll give them a try when I go to set it up (and I WILL read the manual, ty.) Reading online it says that the autoconfig doesn't work if security is set up. The expander has to be set up manually. I find it amazing that some people can't be helpful and civil at the same time. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Frank Sestir fses...@verizon.net wrote: I have a friend using a Mac Power Book computer. They purchased a Linksys Wireless G Expander. Any suggestions on how to connect this to make it work with their wireless router. They were told by the store they purchased it from that all they had to do was to plug it in and it would work. TIA look at post 3 at this site. http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7585_102-0.html?threadID=49370 The basic outline of what they did to get it to work was: 1) Turn off WEP on your router 2) Plug the WRE54G in the same room as your router 3) Hit autoconfig button 4) Browse to 192.168.1.240 and make sure the settings match your router 5) Change the WRE54G SSID to something DIFFERENT than your router 6) Turn on WEP on the WRE54G 7) Turn back on WEP on your router RTFM is way too prevalent. Part of the context of the post I pointed you to was the manual was bloody awful. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wireless Expander
I still haven't seen the manual yet, but yes, I was told it was impossible to follow. Obviously, I wasn't addressing you with the RTFM issue. A simple don't bother me, read the manual or no response at all if you are too bothered to help, would be appropriate. Thanks again for your helpful response. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Frank Sestir fses...@verizon.net wrote: Thanks for your help. I was contacted by email, obviously I couldn't read the f 'in manual Tom. But I did get online to linksys and read their instructions. They were very similar to your responses. I'll give them a try when I go to set it up (and I WILL read the manual, ty.) Reading online it says that the autoconfig doesn't work if security is set up. The expander has to be set up manually. I find it amazing that some people can't be helpful and civil at the same time. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Frank Sestir fses...@verizon.net wrote: I have a friend using a Mac Power Book computer. They purchased a Linksys Wireless G Expander. Any suggestions on how to connect this to make it work with their wireless router. They were told by the store they purchased it from that all they had to do was to plug it in and it would work. TIA look at post 3 at this site. http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7585_102-0.html?threadID=49370 The basic outline of what they did to get it to work was: 1) Turn off WEP on your router 2) Plug the WRE54G in the same room as your router 3) Hit autoconfig button 4) Browse to 192.168.1.240 and make sure the settings match your router 5) Change the WRE54G SSID to something DIFFERENT than your router 6) Turn on WEP on the WRE54G 7) Turn back on WEP on your router RTFM is way too prevalent. Part of the context of the post I pointed you to was the manual was bloody awful. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:59 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Are people out of their minds? This report says that 20% of Macs are now running Snow Leopard. That's insane. Apple has shipped its first updates to X.6.1 but there are still many reports of odd behavior. The one about fonts is a show stopper for me. Maybe it is the $25 price that got everyone moving. Has any one on the list upgraded to Snow Leopard? Eighteen percent of Mac users are running Snow Leopard just one month after its release, according to Web metrics firm Net Applications. That’s a remarkable upgrade rate for the latest iteration of OS X, especially considering Snow Leopard is Intel only. Overall, OS X now represents 5.12 percent of the worldwide OS market, up from 4.87 percent in August. While that might seem like a small increase, it’s up 37 percent from a year ago, and the platform is seeing a continuing a steady rise. In contrast, Windows has now fallen below 93 percent, though the release of Windows 7 will likely result in a temporary spike. Nonetheless, OS X is moving up, as is iPhone OS. http://theappleblog.com/2009/10/01/snow-leopards-leaps-in-market-share/ 3 I've been running Snow Leopard since the weekend of the release. No real problems but I skipped up from Tiger and it was starting to act up. Most annoying thing is that the print options in most programs seem to have changed and there is no option in the File Menu for making a selection - it now is all or nothing. We had to update one peice of software. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] EVENT: Firefox and Firefox Extensions
=== FREE EVENT! Register for each event via e-mail to bc...@cpcug.org === Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) Entrepreneurs and Consultants Special Interest Group (EC SIG) (Meets the 3rd Saturday of most months) CLEVELAND PARK LIBRARY, 1st Floor, Large Meeting Room 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC ** NOTE: Time Change This Month--Late Start! Saturday, October 17, 2009, 2:30-4:30 pm FIREFOX AND FIREFOX EXTENSIONS Speaker: Steve Auerbach Independent Software Developer The best thing about Firefox is that there are thousands of extensions available to customize it--the very worst thing about Firefox is that there are thousands of extensions available. We will discuss the differences between add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions, and the extensions speaker Steve Auerbach has installed on his laptop. Assuming the Internet connectivity gods smile on us, we will explore the online Firefox extension library. Those already having strong opinions on extensions are urged to attend and share their experiences so we all benefit. Speaker: Steve Auerbach wrote his first computer program in 1962 for a high tech company in New York City: Macy's. After Macy's he spent 7 years with IBM in various sales offices doing technical support. He's been an independent software developer since 1975, and still does some coding. Steve volunteers at the Smithsonian Institution, helping out where he can at http://www.ResidentAssociates.org. Steve Auerbach has a BS from MIT and an MS from NYU, but, at age 72, he says his college education is really old news. * Cleveland Park Library, 1st Floor, Large Meeting Room 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (west side, between Macomb and Newark Streets) Metrorail: Cleveland Park Subway Station, Red Line Connecticut Avenue, NW Just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site Parking: Street For additional Information about the CPCUG EC SIG and its events (including any updates on topics, speakers, dates, times, and locations; agenda; area map; related Web links; and more), visit the CPCUG Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG Web pages-- http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/ These events are FREE and open to all. Advance RSVPs are requested for event planning. To RSVP: Send e-mail to Barbara Conn, bc...@cpcug.org ** Saturday, October 17, 2009, 2:30-4:30 pm FIREFOX AND FIREFOX EXTENSIONS Speaker: Steve Auerbach, Independent Software Developer http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/1009meet.html ** Dates/Times of Future Meetings: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 12:45-3:00 pm PRODUCTIVITY WITHOUT THE STEEP COST: An Overview of Free Open Source Software Speaker: Tom Gutnick, President and Chief Dragon Slayer, Sunny Banana IT Consulting http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/1109meet.html Saturday, December 12, 2009, 12:30-3:00 pm (NOTES: 2nd Saturday. Early start for refreshments and networking) RESEARCH SKILLS AND STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS: Do You Know What's Out There? Speakers: Jo Golden and Tracey Holinka, Principals, Chaos to Clarity LLC http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/1209meet.html Saturday, January 16, 2010, 12:45-3:15 pm [Meeting room booking for this date not yet confirmed.] TAXES: What Every Entrepreneur and Consultant Needs To Know Speaker: Jina Etienne, CPA, Etienne Associates, LLC http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/110meet.html Saturday, February 20, 2010, 12:45-3:00 pm [Meeting room booking for this date not yet confirmed.] INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY WITH MOBILE APPS Speaker: Barg Upender, mobomo.com, Founder, CEO *** Barbara Conn, bc...@cpcug.org Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) Users Helping Users Chair, CPCUG Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/ *** CONENT-D: CPCUG Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG list for event announcements and discussion of business, technology, and computer hardware and software selection, setup, installation, maintenance, and upgrade (usually low volume) To subscribe: http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/index.html#listsub *** CPCUG EC SIG Registration for FREE Events: Send e-mail to bc...@cpcug.org *** * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
I had a data cd that i saved a few documents, emails on and my email addys and favorites for about 2 yrs. Now when i load the cd, it's blank! I have the things on the 'puter so i can put 'em back on. I have an LCD monitor and i put the cd back in the case and set it a few inches away...is the a small magnetic force that eventually wipes the cd? I save them to the cd...would it be better if I burned them on instead or it doesn't matter? Terry Kilburg * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
Terry Kilburg wrote: I had a data cd that i saved a few documents, emails on and my email addys and favorites for about 2 yrs. Now when i load the cd, it's blank! I have the things on the 'puter so i can put 'em back on. I have an LCD monitor and i put the cd back in the case and set it a few inches away...is the a small magnetic force that eventually wipes the cd? I save them to the cd...would it be better if I burned them on instead or it doesn't matter? Terry Kilburg * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Hi Terry, It is by far better to burn data on a CD and make sure the disc is finalized. Using things like Nero's INCD and other methods leave you open to all sorts of problems like this. Might not be a matter of the disk erasing itself as the files were never really written to it in the first place. Windows delayed write is infamous for this. John Settle * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
I routinely receive client cds that won't play in one drive. I have two on my machine, but before I give up on a cd I try all the other drives I can find in the house first. Clean it off too; sometimes just a good belly rub will get one to read. You'll probably want to offload all the data as soon as you can get it to read. Burning another disk may be problematic, if indeed your drive is losing alignment. If it's not a lot, but important, consider cloud storage - that's the safest these days. CDs are optical, not magnetic, media. The dye on a cd can be corrupted by temperature and light, but not an old style CRT monitor with it's magnetic field. LCD monitors do not generate these types of fields anyway as there's no high voltage involved. On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net wrote: I had a data cd that i saved a few documents, emails on and my email addys and favorites for about 2 yrs. Now when i load the cd, it's blank! I have the things on the 'puter so i can put 'em back on. I have an LCD monitor and i put the cd back in the case and set it a few inches away...is the a small magnetic force that eventually wipes the cd? I save them to the cd...would it be better if I burned them on instead or it doesn't matter? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?
What is a single stream N router ... anybody know? A single antennae? db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I just bought a refurbed Netgear from Newewgg, 39. Works great. Stewart At 12:45 AM 10/5/2009, you wrote: Was thinking of getting an inexpensive N wifi router for use with PCs. for use in an apt. Was looking at D-Link, Rosewill and Trendnet on NewEgg in the $25 to $35 range. Anybody have any particular recommendations? db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** 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] Recommendations on Wifi N router?
db wrote: What is a single stream N router ... anybody know? A single antennae? db * One that does not have MIMO Technology to handle multiple inputs and outputs simultaneously. IE: More than one PC on the network at the same time. JJS * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?
Doesn't sound like a good feature. That's confusing , I thought N protocol essentially got its higher throughput via MIMO in the first place ... How can you tell from the specs whether an N router is single stream or not? db John Settle wrote: db wrote: What is a single stream N router ... anybody know? A single antennae? db * One that does not have MIMO Technology to handle multiple inputs and outputs simultaneously. IE: More than one PC on the network at the same time. JJS * ** 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] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
The day Snow Leopard came out, I looked at the compatibility list, didn't see any deal-breakers for me, and upgraded that day. Of course, I made very sure that my Time Machine was working and updated a clone of my hard drive just before upgrading just to be on the safe side. It was cheap, easy and safe for me to upgrade, so why not? Apparently, many users feel this way about it. I wasn't completely problem-free, but the problems were manageable enough that I didn't feel like I needed to revert, and all my issues seem to be fixed now. The main problem I had was with EyeTV which was listed as compatible but should have been listed as compatible with some issues. It would take so long to launch and get to the point of presenting a live TV window that for a while I thought it was hanging. Most users didn't have this problem, I was just unlucky. I eventually figured out that I needed to start the program a long time before I actually wanted it, and an update last week fixed the problem altogether. I really like Snow Leopard. To give just one example, I really like the control over Flash that I have in Safari on Snow Leopard. I can quit the Flash plugin process and not be bothered by annoying flash ads on any of my open pages. If I actually want flash content on a page, I just refresh the page. I don't regularly use layout or presentation software, so the font problem is not an issue for me, but it doesn't seem like a particularly big one for anyone. As I understand it, is only a problem with character spacing for Type 1 postscript fonts, and then essentially only for Keynote or QuarkXPress, and then only for documents created in Tiger or Leopard and moved to Snow Leopard. What other odd Snow Leopard behaviors have you been seeing or hearing about? On Oct 5, 2009, at 12:00 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: From:t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com Subject: Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard Are people out of their minds? This report says that 20% of Macs are now running Snow Leopard. That's insane. Apple has shipped its first updates to X.6.1 but there are still many reports of odd behavior. The one about fonts is a show stopper for me. Maybe it is the $25 price that got everyone moving. Has any one on the list upgraded to Snow Leopard? Eighteen percent of Mac users are running Snow Leopard just one month after its release, according to Web metrics firm Net Applications. That‚s a remarkable upgrade rate for the latest iteration of OS X, especially considering Snow Leopard is Intel only. Overall, OS X now represents 5.12 percent of the worldwide OS market, up from 4.87 percent in August. While that might seem like a small increase, it‚s up 37 percent from a year ago, and the platform is seeing a continuing a steady rise. In contrast, Windows has now fallen below 93 percent, though the release of Windows 7 will likely result in a temporary spike. Nonetheless, OS X is moving up, as is iPhone OS. http://theappleblog.com/2009/10/01/snow-leopards-leaps-in-market- share/ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
Is it really true that one should only write on a cd with a marker labeled CD/DVD marker? The Sharpie I bought for that purpose doesn't really seem any different than regular Fine and Ultra Fine Sharpies -- just more expensive! :) --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net wrote: From: Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net Subject: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself! To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 11:24 AM I had a data cd that i saved a few documents, emails on and my email addys and favorites for about 2 yrs. Now when i load the cd, it's blank! I have the things on the 'puter so i can put 'em back on. I have an LCD monitor and i put the cd back in the case and set it a few inches away...is the a small magnetic force that eventually wipes the cd? I save them to the cd...would it be better if I burned them on instead or it doesn't matter? Terry Kilburg * ** 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] Pages. ugh!
I'm using pages to draft notes from a text. I type the page no. (non-consecutive), then the notes I want to write. Pages continues to try to make the List Style 1. a. i., no matter how often I select all and select the List Style None. What am I doing wrong? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
Theoretically the CD/DVD markers have a chemical composition which is more safe in the long term for putting on plastic. db One Man wrote: Is it really true that one should only write on a cd with a marker labeled CD/DVD marker? The Sharpie I bought for that purpose doesn't really seem any different than regular Fine and Ultra Fine Sharpies -- just more expensive! :) --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net wrote: From: Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net Subject: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself! To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 11:24 AM I had a data cd that i saved a few documents, emails on and my email addys and favorites for about 2 yrs. Now when i load the cd, it's blank! I have the things on the 'puter so i can put 'em back on. I have an LCD monitor and i put the cd back in the case and set it a few inches away...is the a small magnetic force that eventually wipes the cd? I save them to the cd...would it be better if I burned them on instead or it doesn't matter? Terry Kilburg * ** 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/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
Actually, it's Wrong to hijack other people's topics. You should have started a thread of your own with this question. Anyway, a quick correction. The tops of CD's aren't plastic, it's the actual foil on top. DVDs and BluRays have the foil snadwiched between plastic. I've used inkjet printable DVDs for the last few years, and am slowly switching to BluRay, but back when I used CDs I used Sharpies with no ill effects. On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:07 PM, db db...@att.net wrote: Theoretically the CD/DVD markers have a chemical composition which is more safe in the long term for putting on plastic. db One Man wrote: Is it really true that one should only write on a cd with a marker labeled CD/DVD marker? The Sharpie I bought for that purpose doesn't really seem any different than regular Fine and Ultra Fine Sharpies -- just more expensive! :) --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net wrote: From: Terry Kilburg kilb...@iowatelecom.net Subject: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself! To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 11:24 AM I had a data cd that i saved a few documents, emails on and my email addys and favorites for about 2 yrs. Now when i load the cd, it's blank! I have the things on the 'puter so i can put 'em back on. I have an LCD monitor and i put the cd back in the case and set it a few inches away...is the a small magnetic force that eventually wipes the cd? I save them to the cd...would it be better if I burned them on instead or it doesn't matter? Terry Kilburg * ** 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/ ** * * ** 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] Finding web stores overseas
High end electronics are not made in the USA they are more appropriately assembled in the US. Not always. Magnepan for example buys raw materials in the US and fabricates in-house. Even the resistors, inductors, and capacitors in the crossovers are US made. White Bear Lake, Minnesota. McIntosh (Binhamton, NY) and Cary (Cary, NC) also fabricate in-house. In Canada, Bryston Ltd (Ontario) does much the same, and offers a 20 year transferable warranty to boot. These aren't assemblers, they are factories, as in manufacturing facilities. These companies have been in business for a long time--37, 60, 20, and 35 years respectively. These companies (and others) have international reputations for quality craftsmanship and state of the art performance. This was formerly true of quite a few US industries, audio is one of the few survivors. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] CD just erased by itself!
Thanks John and Tony! When i load the cd and check the Properties of it on a right click, it shows all free space too. I know they were on there so maybe i will try it on my neighbors 'puter. Terry Kilburg * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] NPD: 12% of US computer owners have a Mac
... but 85% of them cancel out that figure by owning PCs also. This explains I suppose (?) why the figures someone recently posted only show a 5% Mac share. http://www.techspot.com/news/36456-npd-12-of-us-computer-owners-have-a-mac.html http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
Most annoying thing is that the print options in most programs seem to have changed and there is no option in the File Menu for making a selection - it now is all or nothing. We had to update one peice of software. I think that was a Leopard change, and only in some programs. In Preview, for example, the default mini dialog box shows the printer name, presets, and buttons for print, cancel, preview and PDF. When you click on the little triangle to the right of the printer name, the dialog expands to many more very useful details. Does that help? Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] NPD: 12% of US computer owners have a Mac
*Not only do 12 percent of all U.S. homes have an Apple computer.* * * *• Mac owners have more computers than the average consumer, including other types of electronics such as iPods and navigation systems.* * * *• There is also a high correlation among Apple owners and more affluent consumer households.* http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/05/apple_takes_double_digit_home_pc_market_share_study.html Mac owners are computer savvy and affluent. Vs. Laptop Hunters, which M$ portrays as computer clueless and unable to afford a good computer. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?
On Oct 5, 2009, at 2:00 PM, db wrote: How can you tell from the specs whether an N router is single stream or not? Yes, it is very confusing. Single-stream means it is not MIMO. N is supposed to require MIMO, but vendors got exceptions written into the standard. I have read that single-stream devices may not always interoperate with other N devices. A real mess. When you have a lot of spare time, read this:http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30620/100/ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
On Oct 5, 2009, at 2:43 PM, David K Watson wrote: I don't regularly use layout or presentation software, so the font problem is not an issue for me, but it doesn't seem like a particularly big one for anyone. As I understand it, is only a problem with character spacing for Type 1 postscript fonts, and then essentially only for Keynote or QuarkXPress, and then only for documents created in Tiger or Leopard and moved to Snow Leopard. The font problem is worse than you report. It messes up TrueType and OpenType fonts too. Some apologists for Apple say that you can just adjust the type specs to get spacing back to right, but these are hopeless programmers who know nothing about typography. The numbers that they say to randomly adjust have meaning, they are not random. A professional knows what these numbers should be. Apple has fundamentally broken the system by which type is specified. Clueless NeXTies have struck again. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wireless Expander
On Oct 5, 2009, at 1:07 AM, Frank Sestir wrote: I was contacted by email, obviously I couldn't read the f 'in manual Tom... I find it amazing that some people can't be helpful and civil at the same time. Hypersensitive? Instead of giving you a fish I encouraged you to fish for yourself. That makes me a bad guy? There is a good reason why the acronym RTFM was invented. The manual is easily viewed online. As you later discovered there are many network specific conditions that call for different configurations. If you read the manual yourself, you can quickly get the right answer for your particular situation. Asking us to read the manual to you only leads to a long unnecessary back and forth. If there is something in the manual that you do not understand or that does not work as you expect then by all means ask here. Capish? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Finding web stores overseas
On Oct 5, 2009, at 4:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: Regardless of the origin of the product, wouldn't you want to know you're making the best? That is unless your a soulless crook. For many, despite where they live, pride is still a factor. Pride is still a factor and it gives me joy to see it. Many times I have opened a white-box that I bought for the lowest possible price and discovered a useful unique feature. Someone had thought about how the product was being used and took the trouble to be helpful. They did not have to do it. Since the feature was not advertised they got no benefit from their extra effort, but they did it anyway. This is a human, not a national trait. Of late the USA has had more than its share of soulless crooks. Notice how they howl as they are now being called to account. Got to clean house! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations on Wifi N router?
Actually I had already read that... it's what came up when I googled the issue. But, other than the particular single stream models the article mentions, it still doesn't make it clear how to tell what's a single stream router when you are ordering from NewEgg or wherever... If the specs say the words Draft N compliant specifically does that mean it's MIMO N ? In the cheaper models I am looking at I am afraid I'll get single stream... I guess if it has two or three antennae I guess that would mean it is not single steam N ? Funny how many of the N's don't have a print or drive USB port also... db Tom Piwowar wrote: On Oct 5, 2009, at 2:00 PM, db wrote: How can you tell from the specs whether an N router is single stream or not? Yes, it is very confusing. Single-stream means it is not MIMO. N is supposed to require MIMO, but vendors got exceptions written into the standard. I have read that single-stream devices may not always interoperate with other N devices. A real mess. When you have a lot of spare time, read this:http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30620/100/ * ** 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] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
The font problem is worse than you report. It messes up TrueType and OpenType fonts too. Some apologists for Apple say that you can just adjust the type specs to get spacing back to right, but these are hopeless programmers who know nothing about typography. The numbers that they say to randomly adjust have meaning, they are not random. A professional knows what these numbers should be. Apple has fundamentally broken the system by which type is specified. Clueless NeXTies have struck again. No matter how much it ruins your day, and mine, few people understand fonts or even need to be concerned. The death of print media has been announced prematurely. Font problems have been with us since monotype, no, since calligraphy, and persist in digital form, crashing apps, making layouts barely legible. Since it affects so few of us directly, the problems are fixed slowly, even though it has huge influence over any media that will be read--print or virtual. Hardly anyone notices except that things will be harder to read. Eh! Americans don't read much anyway, so they don't care. How long will it take to fix Snow Leopard? It's only been out a month. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Crazy Adoption Rate for Snow Leopard
On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:46 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: How long will it take to fix Snow Leopard? It's only been out a month. That's not the point. It was not broke and now it is. It represents the generally slovenly attitude towards computing that the NeXTies brought to Apple. The thing that makes M$ products so repulsive is that they are created by eighty-percenters. Apple used to be a company that would always sweat the details. They don't anymore. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
