Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:15 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: IMAGINE that for $33 a month you could buy Internet service twice as fast as what you get from Verizon or Comcast, bundled with digital high-definition television, unlimited long distance and international calling to 70

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-21 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
It appears as though the reason that the Lower Merion School District failed to notify anyone about their willingness to employ surveillance through the use of the webcams on the computers that were provided to students has become clear. Here is a statement from the secondary LMSD network

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread tjpa
On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:37 AM, mike wrote: Charlie Miller, famous for taking down macs at the pwn2own contests says he is going to reveal no fewer than 20 zero day exploits in OS X at the next CanSecWest. WFBs take it as an article of faith that all computer operating systems must be as

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Yer right, guys who worked for the NSA doing computer security are probably know nothing hacks. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:56 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:37 AM, mike wrote: Charlie Miller, famous for taking down macs at the pwn2own contests says he is going to reveal

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Between that statement and the one from school admin about knowing who took the machine before they turned on the remote software, it looks like they are going to fry themselves. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:06 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: It appears as though the reason that

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread tjpa
On Mar 21, 2010, at 10:43 AM, mike wrote: Yer right, guys who worked for the NSA doing computer security are probably know nothing hacks. You bet I'm right. And there you go with an evasive answer. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread mike
There was no question in your last email...kinda hard to evade an answer when there is no question. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:30 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Mar 21, 2010, at 10:43 AM, mike wrote: Yer right, guys who worked for the NSA doing computer security are probably know nothing

[CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread mike
We may be on the cusp of a breakthrough ladies and gentlemen. I may be in the market for an HDTV. Any thoughts will be considered...who to stay away from, brand and or seller..who to go to first. We are looking for something LCD in type, not LED...42 or perhaps 46 inches. We are budget

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread mike
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-42PFL3704D-F7-42-Inch-1080p/dp/B001LP6LPG Something like that appears to be a good deal...under six bills at a local dealer. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:12 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: We may be on the cusp of a breakthrough ladies and gentlemen. I may be in

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread David D Odell
Vizio is indeed a good brand- I also like Sony, Samsung and Panasonic, but there are many good TV brands out there. The main things to consider are : 1080p (yes, 720p is less expensive, but there will be MUCH more 1080p content available over the next year or so) / at least 120mhz ( higher is

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread tjpa
On Mar 21, 2010, at 11:59 AM, mike wrote: There was no question in your last email...kinda hard to evade an answer when there is no question. I understand. Faith cannot be questioned. We just accept. All computer operating must be as buggy as Windows. It can not be any other way.

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-21 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:49 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Between that statement and the one from school admin about knowing who took the machine before they turned on the remote software, it looks like they are going to fry themselves. To determine if the student who was issued the

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread gerald slawecki
why you want an lcd instead of an led. the samsung(the only one i follow) led has about a 10x superior brightness or contrast ratio. At 01:12 PM 3/21/2010, you wrote: We may be on the cusp of a breakthrough ladies and gentlemen. I may be in the market for an HDTV. Any thoughts will be

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread mike
I guess I didn't need to be in on this thread at all..you seem to hit the right conclusion all talking to yourself. On Mar 21, 2010 11:51 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Mar 21, 2010, at 11:59 AM, mike wrote: There was no question in your last email...kinda hard ... I understand. Faith cannot

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:12 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: We may be on the cusp of a breakthrough ladies and gentlemen.  I may be in the market for an HDTV. Any thoughts will be considered...who to stay away from, brand and or seller..who to go to first.  We are looking for something LCD

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
We have two Philips HDTVs -- one 37 LCD [1080p] and one 42 plasma [1080i], both 4 years old and are excellent. We bought them before prices crashed, so we had to look hard for a decent price. The huge TVs, bigger than 46 are good if you have no life because they dominate the room and are

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread Robert Carroll
I bought a Sony 50-inch 1080p LCD HDTV about 6 months ago. The only thing that I regret is that I should have bought a larger screen. By positioning myself around in my viewing room, I guess that a viewing distance of about 8 feet is best for my 50-inch screen. Much farther from that and

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Walmart seems to have killer prices...avoid them because of service? On Mar 21, 2010 1:12 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: We have two Philips HDTVs -- one 37 LCD [1080p] and one 42 plasma [1080i], both 4 years old and are excellent. We bought them before prices crashed, so we had to look

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Cost is much higher also. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:14 PM, gerald slawecki ger...@slawecki.comwrote: why you want an lcd instead of an led. the samsung(the only one i follow) led has about a 10x superior brightness or contrast ratio. At 01:12 PM 3/21/2010, you wrote: We may be on the

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread tjpa
On Mar 21, 2010, at 4:06 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Buy locally, even from a big box store. Costco is OK; Sears has good sales; Beast Buy sometimes has good sales; Fry's too; avoid Walmart. DON'T BUY ONLINE OR HAVE IT SHIPPED!! That is unless you can be home to accept it AND have the delivery

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread mike
People make the same argument for extended warranties, completely a waste of money for people who have bought them...unless they needed one. I'm not advocating either one, extended warranties or buying online, but for those who have been burned it's hard to change their mind. On Sun, Mar 21,

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread rleesimon
Cellular internet in Belgium is around $90/mo and only around major cities do you get 3g ...the land line internet is around $60/mo with basic TV (around 50 channels) and is DSL speed ...not that fast ...it is transited over the phone lines ...now they are saying it is bumped to 4down1up for only

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread gerald slawecki
i bought a 55 samsung led from buy.com a couple of years ago. buy.com was a front for samsung in CA. the set came with some form of a 12 month return policy. the set arrived by fedex 2 days after purchase(they flew it to dc). the saving was about $1000. i see no such saving presently, so

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread Fred Holmes
At 03:36 PM 3/15/2010, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Anyone want to talk about New Orleans and the aftermath of Katrina. (Problems essentially caused by fouled up Corps of Engineers projects.) And substantially all of those foul-ups were caused by lack of Congressional appropriations to fund

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread tjpa
On Mar 21, 2010, at 7:45 PM, betty wrote: You'll see why you might want to spend more if the TV arrives broken, left on your doorstep, and you either can't return it or have to jump through hoops to get an RMA. Yes there are good online retailers and delivery services, but you take a ig

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread tjpa
On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:53 PM, mike wrote: People make the same argument for extended warranties, completely a waste of money for people who have bought them...unless they needed one. I'm not advocating either one, extended warranties or buying online, but for those who have been burned

[CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread tjp
The claim is that the iPad will soon be pwned. Time for WFBs to put up or shut up. Let's see what happens. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031905613.html The iPad is expected to be a target for credit-card thieves and online scammers of all types.

Re: [CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
The claim is that the iPad will soon be pwned. Time for WFBs to put up or shut up. Let's see what happens. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031905613.html The iPad is expected to be a target for credit-card thieves and online scammers of all types. The

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
This looks more like he took advantage of a badly written browser, not the OS--and it's been fixed since then. That was over two years ago. Nothing happened. No serious exploits of OS X since then. I think there were a few problems with Windows, though. What's your point? Mike, you use Macs.

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread mike
And what advice did I give? I didn't say to get one or not get one...so no advice was given big guy. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 5:19 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:53 PM, mike wrote: People make the same argument for extended warranties, completely a waste of money for

Re: [CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Put up or shut up what? We already know what happens when macs are gone after. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 5:24 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: The claim is that the iPad will soon be pwned. Time for WFBs to put up or shut up. Let's see what happens.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread mike
*He also goes on to reemphasize something he's been screaming for years: Mac OS X is like living in a farmhouse in the country with no locks, and Windows is living in a house with bars on the windows in the bad part of town. In other words, Apple users are safer (due to the lack of work that goes

Re: [CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
I read the article and came away with a different take. The spammers want to make people think they might win an iPad (or other Apple product) so much they will go to a web site and enter their credit card information. Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- From: Computer Guys

Re: [CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Could be, it's been done with ipods etc. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: I read the article and came away with a different take. The spammers want to make people think they might win an iPad (or other Apple product) so much they will go to

Re: [CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread mike
Yer right Mark...think Tom was too caught up and typed before he read again. *Antivirus software company McAfee is already warning consumers not to fall for e-mails or ads promising a free or reduced-price iPad if they enter an address . . . and a credit card number. * Obviously it's what you

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
My friend, Kurt, has one of those Samsung TVs. It's LCD with LED backlight. It's beautiful. It's ridiculously thin. I think it's 46. I want one. He bought it online and made sure that he was home for delivery. First TV had broken screen; second TV was also damaged; third is fine. He's lucky

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Who is he ordering from? What idiot company is delivering? Granted I have picked up all my flat screen TV's. Stewart At 09:45 PM 3/21/2010, you wrote: My friend, Kurt, has one of those Samsung TVs. It's LCD with LED backlight. It's beautiful. It's ridiculously thin. I think it's 46. I want

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com escribió: Cellular internet in Belgium is around $90/mo and only around major cities do you get 3g ...the land line internet is around $60/mo with basic TV (around 50 channels) and is DSL speed ...not that fast ...it is transited over the phone lines ...now they

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
My in-laws in Canada do the same thing. Prepaid. Stewart At 10:50 PM 3/21/2010, you wrote: I can get a prepaid SIM card for 3G data from Vodafone in Spain, 250 MB, 29 euros; 400 MB, 49 euros. Fits in phone or PC card adapter for notebooks. Good for basic surfing while traveling. For phones