[CGUYS] Dump adobe reader
I want to dump adobe reader and replace it with a program that NEVER calls home or even asks unless I suggest it. Any ideas? Be at Peace. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Dump adobe reader
foxit On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:50 PM, D Freye dfr...@fastmail.fm wrote: I want to dump adobe reader and replace it with a program that NEVER calls home or even asks unless I suggest it. Any ideas? Be at Peace. * ** 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] Dump adobe reader
D Freye wrote: I want to dump adobe reader and replace it with a program that NEVER calls home or even asks unless I suggest it. Any ideas? Be at Peace. I use Foxit Reader. PDF documents with many pages are better view by Adobe, however. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Wi-Fi foe sues neighbor for using electronics - The Santa Fe New Mexican
I'm not sure the retirees are the ones buying into this...'science'. To be honest, I don't know who would be the constituents for this...seems to be the same watermelons that are the on the fringe of the environmental movement. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:51 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: Real or not, Republicans in Florida are right on top of this growing phenomenon. If it'll garner a vote from the golf cart riding retirees in the state, then why not? FLORIDA GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS MAY 2009 AS ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSITIVITY (EMS) AWARENESS MONTH http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/100437 * ** 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] Free app
Thanks Mike, I did it. It took some doing to figure it out on the phone end, but I finally got it and now have a couple of cats on my phone Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...
This may be a little bit ahead of its time and thus may make some people upset. The author argues that these products and services will soon go the way of the dodo... http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/ConsumerActionGuide/10-things-not-to-buy-in-2010.aspx DVDs CDs Home telephone service External hard drives Smart-phone also-rans Compact digital cameras Newspaper magazine subscriptions New college textbooks Gas-guzzling autos Energy-inefficient homes and appliances * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...
I read this article some time ago and think he is off the mark. I was thinking about this the other day. CD's yes, but not DVD's. They are getting there, but I am not ready to upgrade my whole library of DVD's yet. It took me 20 years to accumulate the VHS library and it has been just 10 years, plus I have not seen any evidence that Blue Ray is worth the hype. If he had said CRT monitors and Tube TV's I would have agreed. (I still have a couple of CRT's and a few tube TV's was just in a parts dept for a car dealership and they still used CRT's.) External hard drives? Who is he kidding? Until SSD's come down in price not going to happen. Home telephone service is also off the mark. I think this guy spends way too much time on the coast. Get into the heartland and it does not make sense to not have a landline phone. In most disasters there are only two things that keep working. Telephone and Cell phone. My electric and cable go out far more frequently than my landline. Not everyone is ready for smartphone. My wife does not want one at all. My mother does not want one. So what would they get? Again not enough outside focus to see the big picture. (And if he is defining smartphone=Iphone, get real.) Compact Digital cameras who is he kidding? These are one of the biggest selling items around. Not many want or need DSLR's. I have to almost agree on magazine and newspaper subscriptions. We just cut back on our newspaper subscription and do not subscribe to many magazine subscriptions. I buy off the shelf when I want them. New college textbooks are one of the biggest rip offs around. We buy used when possible. Textbooks are being changed out way too frequently for monetary reasons and not content reasons. High markup, high profit item. But I do not think electronic is the answer either. (real question is why do professors require you to buy them when they infrequently use them) Gas Guzzling autos. Well for those who can afford them they will always exist. I live in a small town, 12K and just today I saw someone driving a Roll's. My brother bought a 08 Dodge Challenger SRT Hemi as his mid life crisis vehicle. He does not care about the mileage, it is his baby. (Single guy) Energy in-efficient homes and appliances. Most appliances sold today are much better energy wise than they have been. However the real key is cost effectiveness. Most lower income folks cannot go out upgrading, so it is a trickle down effect that will help this. As those who can afford the more expensive the lesser income will be able to get the new more efficient hand me down stuff. (I am one of those lesser income folks.) So again my whole comment on this guy is get out of your comfortable ensconced dwelling and get out into the real world. You might change your assessment a little. Stewart At 06:56 PM 1/17/2010, you wrote: This may be a little bit ahead of its time and thus may make some people upset. The author argues that these products and services will soon go the way of the dodo... http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/ConsumerActionGuide/10-things-not-to-buy-in-2010.aspx DVDs CDs Home telephone service External hard drives Smart-phone also-rans Compact digital cameras Newspaper magazine subscriptions New college textbooks Gas-guzzling autos Energy-inefficient homes and appliances * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...
-DVD's...Redbox and Netflix are hurting Blockbuster as much as anything else, and they both deal heavily on the actual DVD, not just content. -CD's...could be gone. -External Hard Drives..well if capacity keeps going up you might only need that 400tb HD that is *in* the computer. -Newspapers/Magazines subscriptions...an odd way to put it, these industries hope you will move your subscription to a kindle or like device. He probably meant actual paper delivered to your door...course that's not what he said. -New College Textbooks...um..yeah we've been doing this for *years* already...good prediction. -Smart-phone also rans...andoid has only been out a little over a year, and phones have just started coming out the last few months, I'm not sure I'd write android off basing on a few months of sales. The author also only notes how well/bad the mytouch has sold on tmobile, he ignores the rest of the market and the fact that android is coming to every carrier out there. Also while android doesn't have 100k in apps, 20k isn't bad for again, only a little over a year on the market. -Compact digital cams..just because DSLR is getting cheaper doesn't mean these little point and shoots are going anywhere. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:56 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: This may be a little bit ahead of its time and thus may make some people upset. The author argues that these products and services will soon go the way of the dodo... http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/ConsumerActionGuide/10-things-not-to-buy-in-2010.aspx DVDs CDs Home telephone service External hard drives Smart-phone also-rans Compact digital cameras Newspaper magazine subscriptions New college textbooks Gas-guzzling autos Energy-inefficient homes and appliances * ** 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] Obsolete consumer products...
At 07:56 PM 1/17/2010, tjp wrote: Newspaper magazine subscriptions Well since PC Magazine went to web only, I receive the e-mails but never read them. Just a subject line isn't enough to tickle my interest. PC World still comes as a magazine and I read it regularly -- in places where I wouldn't want to be bothered carrying an electronic device along. If the magazine gets lost, left behind, . . . I've lost little. Not so with a kindle. If there is an article I want to investigate further at a later time, I can turn down a page corner or rip out the page. What does a kindle do? I wouldn't want to carry something as expensive as an iPhone or Blackberry around. I'd just lose it. Mislay it anyway. If I mislay a magazine, I pick up a different one and read it. Fred Holmes * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...
Sounds like the latest stuff from very young computer fan-boys. Also sounds like replacing better products with worse. Examples: CD's: much better sound quality than MP3 files. And they won't go away if your hard drive crashes or you lose your iPod. I know someone who auditions groups for a classical music series: she insists on CD's from the artists who are trying to get the jobs. An MP3 player just won't tell her enough about the groups, and CD's are professional standard in cases like these. If you're willing to settle for less quality in your music, by all means don't buy CD's. DVD's: there when you want them. No subscription fees, no waiting, and no cable charges. Did anybody point out to this bozo that it's a lot cheaper to buy the three or four movies from this year's crop that you really want to see--from the discount rack at the checkout at Target--than it is to subscribe to Netflix or--much worse--sign up for cable (which a lot of us can't afford)? Home telephone service: given the quality (or rather lack of it) of a lot of current cellphone service, this one doesn't even rate a derisive comment. External hard drives: trust my manuscripts to the Cloud? Please, give me a break. The Cloud is, at best, an insecure second-line backup. Compact digital cameras: here's a news flash: not everyone can afford the latest multi-megapixel digital SLR with a lens as long as your forearm. A moderately-priced point-and-shoot will let you do serious photography on a budget. And if you only want snapshots of your vacation to email to your homeys, a compact digital camera will do the job just as well as a large, expensive SLR. As someone who grew up in a family with a couple of dozen cameras around the house at all times--my dad was a professional photographer--I can tell you that this guy definitely doesn't know what he is talking about. Magazine and newspaper subscriptions: Did anyone point out the severe limitations of the Kindle to this author? And the people I know who publish periodicals online actually make their money by selling print anthologies of the material afterwards, because print is easier to read and more permanent than online content. The author also seems to be confusing subscriptions with print media purchased under any circumstances, e.g. at the newsstand or bookstore. It's possible that these technologies may indeed go away in the near future, but that's no reason not to buy them while we can. --Constance Warner On Jan 17, 2010, at 7:56 PM, tjp wrote: This may be a little bit ahead of its time and thus may make some people upset. The author argues that these products and services will soon go the way of the dodo... http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/ ConsumerActionGuide/10-things-not-to-buy-in-2010.aspx DVDs CDs Home telephone service External hard drives Smart-phone also-rans Compact digital cameras Newspaper magazine subscriptions New college textbooks Gas-guzzling autos Energy-inefficient homes and appliances ** *** ** 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] Obsolete consumer products...
Not all players are alike...even the ipod will play lossless files. Other players on the market also have better sound than the ipod, and play FLAC or other lossless formats. It's all digital so it doesn't really make any difference. The point is more likely she's putting those cd's in a good quality sound system, the fact the digitized music is on a piece of plastic or on a hard drive or other data drive makes no difference in the sound. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote: Sounds like the latest stuff from very young computer fan-boys. Also sounds like replacing better products with worse. Examples: CD's: much better sound quality than MP3 files. And they won't go away if your hard drive crashes or you lose your iPod. I know someone who auditions groups for a classical music series: she insists on CD's from the artists who are trying to get the jobs. An MP3 player just won't tell her enough about the groups, and CD's are professional standard in cases like these. If you're willing to settle for less quality in your music, by all means don't buy CD's. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
