Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

> Lots of things become "hidden in plain sight." It happens all the > time. Since I always use the keyboard shortcuts for these functions, > and occasionally the menu, I have no idea what the toolbar (ribbon) > button for cut, copy, paste look like. Most icons are not "intuitive" > to me on firs

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

> you'd see right on the Home tab to the left in big > size Paste, Cut, Copy, etc. All right out in the open, > not hidden away behind menus. I can't imagine what > would be easier for novices. Yes, Cut/Copy/Paste is a great example of something that is far more obvious in 2007 than in earlier v

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good (or always bad)

> The Global Warming alarmists etc. I used this as an analogy, not as a call for a new topic of discussion. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good (or always bad)

> Intuitive is just another word for, in with the new, same as the old. Yes. Not long ago I was engaged in a blog comment war about climate change and one of the critics said, "The global warming alarmists refuse to engage in the debate, that's how I know it's a hoax." Since climate scientists con

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

> I can't say I have ever heard anyone who prefers MS's latest offerings > over their earlier ones other than the security aspects.Many > people put up with them ... but that's about it. OK, so what you have is from your own experience only, and exclusively with people who used older versi

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

> MS is consistent in it's mediocrity and the public's opinion > is also notably consistent. Office 07, Vista, Explorer. > Needlessly confusing, bloated, slow... Do you have any data to confirm that the "public" thinks this, particularly of Office, which is what we're talking about?

Re: [CGUYS] What a pain... Sad.

> Frequently it told me "You have insufficient internal > resources. Save your file and close Organizer". Yes, I > still use Lotus Organizer 5 for my appointments. This really sounds like a bug in Organizer more than any real lack of resources in your PC. Might be time to find something new. The

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> A dumb way to do it. Rather a shame that actual users don't agree with you. Must...reeducate...users... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and mo

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> Is this true for _all_ kinds of users, e.g. basic users (produce/edit > only "simple" documents), intermediate users, and advanced users (use > all sorts of bells and whistles in the application? Is this true for > both folks who "spend all day" working with Word documents, and those > who use W

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> The F1 key is very useful, but remember some of us are trying to be > productive, and when you constantly have to hit the F1 key to figure > out soemthing that you knew how to do on the old system, it gets old, > and frustrating and you get rid of it. Constantly? That's what I don't get. I used

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> I expected the same reaction from both my wife and my boss when they > were first faced with the new layouts. Oddly, neither of them said a > thing to me or even asked my help with anything. In both cases it was > months later when I thought to ask them if they were having any > trouble and neith

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest

> So we don't really know if the crack is significant > or not. Or if the person quoted above is being overly > dramatic in his estimation of the ease of cracking > Mac OS X. Roger, I don't disagree with anything you said, except for that last sentence: since hacking appears to be the guy's raiso

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest

> It happens the same as it happens in every OS, errors > in code. Exploits written to take advantage of the errors That's true, but still the quote was pretty interesting. It didn't get much of a response here, so I wonder if it got sort of buried in the larger excerpt: "The things that Windows

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest

I noticed this quote in your link: "Before I could even pull my camera out, it was over within 2 minutes-and Charlie (coincidentally also last year's first winner of the day) is now the proud owner of yet another MacBook, and $5,000 from the Zero Day Initiative." Actually, it didn't take nearly t

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

> I am not sure why we make this stuff all so hard. > ... > For IE I go to the favorites directory and copy it to a memory stick > and again copy them to the new system in the favorites location there > and when Is tart up IE it finds all my books marks. I agree. This is what I said to do original

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

> Many thanks... I am looking for this folder "Favorites" and I can´t > find it. I have C: and D:. > Please advise > > Marcio If you are running XP, it should be C:\ Documents and Settings\\Favorites. For Vista, it's C:\Users\\Favorites. (Actually, in Vista you can just type "Favorites" in the

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

> Soon enough, Google will know where you are. You're assuming that they don't already. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.c

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

> Like so many other new things (Twitter, Facebook), I'm going to have > to be convinced. I already have a single phone number. Can this thing > automagically ring a cell phone if you're in the car, the home phone > when at home, and the work phone when at work? The site doesn't have all the detai

[CGUYS] Google Voice

Word is that Google Voice (formerly GrandCentral) will be launching within a couple of weeks. It looks very, very cool (and free for domestic use). The idea is you have one phone number, which you pick, that you give out to everyone (business AND personal). Using caller ID, it will ring any of you

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

> I am changing computers. Finally will retire my old Compaq. I like to > save the "Favorites" file to use it in the IE in the new computer. > Where do I find the file to save it? How to install in the new IE? > Many, many thanks Favorites isn't a file, it's a folder. Look for it under your user f

Re: [CGUYS] Relinquishing copyright on Wikipedia photo

> Your attitude implies that it's OK to steal someone's work. > It's not OK, nor is it legal. Has your work ever been stolen? > Mine has, and it's a legal mess to try to get compensation. Just in case the original poster misses your note: I believe that his "Why not?" was referring to the photo

Re: [CGUYS] Wolfram Alpha

> Well now I have to agree with Tom on this one...although I lack his > hope > that any combo of letters will make it successful. > > > > > > Meanwhile, I hear that Live Search is about to undergo another > > > name change. The hope is that the right combination of letters > > > will suddenly make

Re: [CGUYS] Wolfram Alpha

> Actually Google is already doing something close to this. You > can put queries of that type into Google Spreadsheets and it > often does return an answer. Really? Google Spreadsheets can tell me the average rainfall in Boston last year or where the ISS is right now? > Meanwhile, I hear that

[CGUYS] Wolfram Alpha

This is pretty interesting, if it actually works. "It doesn't simply return documents that (might) contain the answers, like Google does, and it isn't just a giant database of knowledge, like the Wikipedia. It doesn't simply parse natural language and then use that to retrieve documents, like Powe

Re: [CGUYS] GreenBrowser Is Bursting With Browser Tab Features

> the first sentence of the write up says it is based on IE code I've seen similar statements in a couple of write-ups, and something doesn't sound right. Since IE is proprietary, how could GreenBrowser could be based on it? My hunch is that what they actually mean is that GB uses the MSHTML ren

Re: [CGUYS] 4 New OSs to Challemge Win 7

> >This is an odd commentary, considering that the article talks almost > >exclusively about XP ("Old school XP in a tiny machine does not work." > > So you predict that MS will contiune to supply XP even after Win 7 > starts > shipping? Or is this just another mindless defense of all things > Mi

Re: [CGUYS] 4 New OSs to Challemge Win 7

> From those who have run win 7 on a netbook, it is definitely > faster then vista on the same hardware, the question will end > up being how hamstrung will MS make the netbook version of 7? > To be fair however, it's not as if these netbooks are being > installed with full blown linux either,

Re: [CGUYS] 4 New OSs to Challemge Win 7

> Gosh, I knew I was on to something when I suggested that > Win 7 was a terrible choice for netbooks This is an odd commentary, considering that the article talks almost exclusively about XP ("Old school XP in a tiny machine does not work.", etc.) As you are no doubt aware from your extensive

Re: [CGUYS] security and who is to benefit - was: [CGUYS] Firef

> >10.4 is the old version? He'd have to travel through time to have > looked at > >reports for 10.5 > > Darn, I forgot he works for Microsoft, so he definitely would. However, > the rest of us are not living in the past and have been running X.5 for > the last 15 months. I got a fortune cookie

[CGUYS] Firefox

"A report by Secunia finds the vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox greatly outnumbered those in Internet Explorer, Apple Safari and other browsers in 2008" Now, don't anyone (yes, you) get all silly & sarcastic about WFBs and so forth. I use Firefox. I just thought it was interesting. http://tinyu

[CGUYS] iPhones & gestures

I notice in the iPhone ads that there is a lot of gesturing going on, and some of it I don't really understand. E.g., there's an app that you use to split a restaurant check or some such. It has a series of number wheels that you have to rotate by gesturing up or down. Without ever having used one

Re: [CGUYS] Netbook survey [was: Apple and Netbooks]

> 1. Do you have a netbook? Which one? Size? Dell Mini 9, 9", 1GB RAM, 16GB SSD.> > 2. What software and features do you use most? Do you need to print? Open Office, Firefox. Printing no problem via network printer on WLAN. > 3. Pros and cons of your netbook? Pros: Small, easy to travel, good b

Re: [CGUYS] Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linu

> >In fact, yes. I have two apps that I use every day that have not been > >updated in many years but still do exactly what I want with no fuss. > > Details? Do the apps have names? If you will pardon me, based on your > past history I don't put any stock in your vague assertions. These apps > are

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux > > >>>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use > >>>(or knew people who couldn't use) Vista because it did not > >>>support certain legacy apps that you (or they) need. But > >>>now, no rational system designer needs to suppor

Re: [CGUYS] Anyone for 8.3? [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

>Does anyone here have software still in use >that will only work if regular file names are >mapped into 8.3 format? In fact, yes. I have two apps that I use every day that have not been updated in many years but still do exactly what I want with no fuss. ***

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

>>B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use >>(or knew people who couldn't use) Vista because it did not >>support certain legacy apps that you (or they) need. But >>now, no rational system designer needs to support 8.3? > > B) Still defending Vista? Unbelievable! I think even

Re: [CGUYS] MS: The Ass [Was: MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux]

> For instance: Software giant Microsoft laid off 1,400 workers last > month. Yesterday, the company acknowledged that -- oops! -- it actually > overpaid severance to some of those workers. The unemployed workers > found this out recently in a letter from Microsoft, which was sitting > on cash rese

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

> Why would any rational system designer think they still > need to support 8.3? A) Relevance to the MS lawsuit, please? B) Not so very long ago you mentioned that you couldn't use (or knew people who couldn't use) Vista because it did not support certain legacy apps that you (or they) need. But

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

> Digital Research was created in the 70's to market > CP/M, and should hold the first patent for that > convention... if they had the foresight to patient such > a benign aspect of their creation! The article doesn't say specifically, but I strongly suspect that the patents are not on 8.3 file

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

>> Regardless of the merit of the suit, "MS Sues TomTom for >> Using Linux" is a thoroughly misleading description of it, >> based on your link. > > The story uses the phrase "implementation of Linux" I wrote > "using Linux." Yes, I was definitely misleading. Probably > criminally. > > Now igno

Re: [CGUYS] MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux

> Apparently MS thinks Linux belongs to them too. > > http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/does_microsof > ts_1.html Regardless of the merit of the suit, "MS Sues TomTom for Using Linux" is a thoroughly misleading description of it, based on your link. *

Re: [CGUYS] Google Accused of Massive Coverup

> It is interesting to see how other's see us: computer geeks possessing > vast resources with unlimited possibilities. Is there anything beyond > our capabilities? > > The best discoveries we keep to ourselves... > http://www.pcworld.com/article/160011/google_sinks_atlantis_discovery_b > uzz.html

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista download

> He may have had an image backed up somewhere that he could download. > But AFAIK MS doesn't sell the OS via download. Actually, they do. I assumed that he was looking for a free replacement copy, which is why I mentioned MSDN etc., but MS does sell Vista for downloading here: http://tinyurl.co

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista download

> Mark Minasi mentioned in his last newsletter that he 'downloaded' Vista > Premium SP1 to repair his computer on the road. Does anyone know where > that might be? He probably has a subscription to MSDN or something similar. I'm not aware of any other way to download Vista without paying for it.

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POLITICS! or something like it

> Fiat (Fix It Again Tony!), which used to be in the US > market, and could conceivably leverage their investment > in Chrysler to sell their cars here again Not just sell them here, they're talking about building most of them here (some in Mexico). See http://tinyurl.com/d522d9. I used to have

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> You would think, but no, not in the cases in question. > > The issue related to failed abortions that resulted > in the live delivery of an infant. Absent intense > medical care this child would die. In most cases > this child would probably die anyway. These children > were not being giv

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> >>> Ding! You win the prize for the obvious - the bills > >>> threatened the availability of abortion without > >>> consequences and had to be opposed - even if this > >>> meant tolerating infanticide > > >> Why are you ignoring the fact that this "infanticide" > >> was already illegal? > > In

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> Ding! You win the prize for the obvious - the bills threatened the > availability of abortion without consequences and had to be opposed - > even if this meant tolerating infanticide Why are you ignoring the fact that this "infanticide" was already illegal? ***

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history

> But we are not doing that now - we subsidize oil prices heavily by > spending other tax dollars on deployments to the Gulf to keep the > market stable, and the price down. I think many of us are hoping that the new administration is a little smarter about this kind of thing and doesn't regard sc

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history

> Anyway, back to your comments and something someone else wrote. I > truly believe in hydrogen research. It's global warming friendly. And > I don't know why that other someone said it was foolish. In fact was > also wondering why they called biodiesel foolish. A friend uses it > with no problems

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history

> Oil, coal and gas will eventually be replaced as > primary energy generation sources when other energy > sources become either economically (I'm looking at > you, solar) or technologically (fusion) viable and > also as consumers increase demand for alternative > energy sources This is correc

Re: [CGUYS] "Discussion" Rules [was: Redefining history]

> Interesting. A rule powered by its own irony. Priceless! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural > _resources/article3207311.ece > > > That's a ridiculous headline ("World Not Running Out Of Oil"). I can > see "World Not Running Out Of Oil As Quickly As Predicted", or even > "World Not Running Out Of Oil In This Centur

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> It is not illegal at the present time is the problem. No, it is homicide. Homicide is illegal. > The bill was in part an attempt to make it illegal, as > the practice was ongoing in Illinois hospitals. This is an overstatement of Homeric proportion. There was an allegation that this occurr

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> I am corrrected, I took your statement about MM documenting everything > as meaning they document both the right and left disinformation. They > take no pains at all to check left wing disinformation. No, they don't, but why should they? That's like saying that firefighters never check for embe

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> At the end of the day it was legal in Illinois for living > infants to be allowed to die with no medical or pallitive > assistance See, this is wrong. I guess you are saying this because the final bill did not contain language making this practice illegal. You're right; it did not. But neith

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> Actually one of the time honored smear tactics is to stick to the > facts, meticulously, but SELECTIVELY reported, and devoid of important > context. In my experience both the left and right excel at this, of > late the left more consistently. It doesn't sound like you've spent much quality ti

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> Sorry Chris but you are wrong on this one, MM is a left > wing/progressive site, it does NOT monitor all news, > only what it considers as 'right wing' disinformation. Mike, of course it is a left wing site. It does not pretend to be anything else. That does not, however, make it a *smear* site

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

>If you are so limiting your news source I can understand how you come by your viewpoints. > >> If you read on the left blogosphere, Media Matters, TPM Muckraker, and >> Huffington Post you'll typically see links to legitimate researched >> reports. Didn't notice him saying that he "limited" his

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> And it was 7 Justices who overruled the Fla Supreme Courts > decision (The 5-4 vote was for remanding it back to them). No, the 5-4 decision was the one that really mattered. The 7-2 decision said that the statewide recount violated equal protection clauses because the various localities were i

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> let their demand for small/weak federal government (or against > "activist judges") try to justify their bigotry. Yeah, and, as a side note, it's always interesting to note that judges are only "activist" if they do stuff that the conservatives don't like. There's apparently nothing "activist" a

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

> I can't help but notice you did not address the question - why do most > liberals appear to prefer progressive? Pretty simple answer: because Limbaugh and the rest of the neocon media comedians have managed to turn "liberal" into something akin to "communist" in the fifties--an unpatriotic Amer

[CGUYS] CNN P2P installation

If you used CNN's live feed to watch any of the inauguration on your PC or Mac, CNN probably installed (with your not-so-informed permission) a P2P package called Octoshape, and your machine was used to feed the video to others. Details, including removal instructions, here: http://tinyurl.com/czg

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> Remember Sam Kinison? "Get in the trucks - you live in a freaking > desert - we are taking you to where the food is" I laughed so hard I > cried. I remember this--it was very funny advice, but not real practical. * ** L

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> McCain was a tempting candidate for a short time. Then he opened > his mouth. Then he picked a running mate for VP. That pretty much > sealed the deal. > > Before I get slammed, Ha. No slamming here--you are one right-thinking dude. Check my little blog: http://justweirdstuff.blogspot.com/

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> And everybody still seems to be ignoring the fact that tax cuts are > about the least effective way to help the economy. I'm not disputing that (and Obama's tax plans were not about remedying this crisis, by the way--they were in place before it really started). I'm just pointing out that it's

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> l...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Steve at Verizon > > I have no complaint with a progressive tax system. > The difference is that in the past we collected less > income tax from the poor and now we don't collect any > income tax from the poor but give our income tax money > to them. Well,

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:COMPUTERGUYS- > l...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of mike > > I can't help but wonder why Obama can't be taken at his word. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck Context is everything. This is seven-year-old academic discussion of the civil

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>> By taking from the rich to give to the poor via the tax code. I'd >> like to hear your Clintonian parsing of the difference between this >> and wealth redistribution. > > And I'd like to hear where this is any different from what we've been > doing since 1913, when progressive tax rates were

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> OK, I stand corrected. I'll rephrase that. Obama > changed his position to the Bush approach four > months BEFORE the election, when he wanted to > distance himself from the quick withdrawal and > move toward the center. I don't see where there is this big change of position. The Act that you

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> By taking from the rich to give to the poor via the tax code. I'd like > to hear your Clintonian parsing of the difference between this and > wealth redistribution. And I'd like to hear where this is any different from what we've been doing since 1913, when progressive tax rates were introduced.

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> He just said they should spread it around as I recall. > > > And the other part of this is the conservative media myth that Obama > > said that the government should redistribute wealth. In fact, he has > > never said any such thing... No, he didn't say that "they" (by which I assume you mean t

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> The change in position you cite, was not part of his campaign as he > already had the nomination locked up last July Oh, I thought that there was still an election he was campaigning for. :) The fact of the matter is, you really can't say "Now that he is president, he seems to see the wisdom in

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> Obama said, "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from > the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. If you've got a > plumbing business, you're gonna be better off if you're gonna be better > off if you've got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire > you, > and rig

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> So you agree with Bush on the unwinding of the Iraq war, that it should > be done responsibly, not the hasty withdrawal that Obama campaigned on. What hasty withdrawal? Here is what Obama said in an NYT op-ed last July: "As I've said many times, we must be as careful getting out of Iraq as we

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> > Giving a poor person a hand up becomes "income > > redistribution." > This reminds me of a fact that few of us in the US seem to grasp: When > the poor can do better and thrive, it benefits society as a whole. This is true. And the other part of this is the conservative media myth that Obama

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> If you don't pay any federal income tax, you shouldn't > expect any form of a rebate in return. If the goal is > to just hand out checks to citizens, then that's just > a handout. Jeff, that's true, and that is the plan--as long as you drop the word "income" from the sentence. It should read "

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> If you object to the amount of taxes the working > poor do pay, then lower those taxes Did you reply to the wrong message? I didn't object to anything, just noted that there are no payments going to people who pay no taxes, contrary to some conservatives' claims. *

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> That was my point, it was starting to go up again > till the war hit... Well, I don't think it's accurate to say that "it was starting to go up again till the war hit". It went up once, in 1938, then started declining again. And the reason for the 1938 increase wasn't that the New Deal was fail

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> Sending money to someone who pays no taxes is not a cut. You can't > cut less than 0. That is a handout, pure and simple. Please see my earlier response to Mike on this. No one who "pays no taxes" is getting a payment. *

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> True, if you count sales tax, SS/medicare...they won't get > back more then they put in...but in fed tax, they will get > back more then they put in. My understanding has been that no one gets back more than they paid in federal taxes (income tax + Social Security + Medicare). If this is incorr

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> the jobless rate went up in 38, not down. I hate having to disagree with you, Mike, but that's cherry picking. Here are the unemployment rates from the start of the New Deal to WWII: 1933 24.75 1934 21.60 1935 19.97 1936 16.80 1937 14.18 1938 18.91 1939 17.05 1940 14.45

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> p.s. One case where I agree with you; tax cuts are indeed spending when > you send IRS payments to people who paid no income tax. I keep hearing Fox "journalists" and others say this, but it's quite misleading. "People who paid no income tax" is not the same as "people who paid no tax at all". T

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

>> I'm telling you what their user research says. You are >> preferring anecdotal evidence to research. Bad idea. >> Your personal stories notwithstanding, the ribbon >> interface is popular. > > It be double plus good! From the people who brought us Clippy. > > The good news is that you can f

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> I've seen people cry when they saw the new "improved" interface. I'm telling you what their user research says. You are preferring anecdotal evidence to research. Bad idea. Your personal stories notwithstanding, the ribbon interface is popular. *

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> The author slams the UI changes in Office, but my experience has been > positive. So has most other people's, the pundits notwithstanding. Whatever MS's faults may be, they are very good about finding out what their customers think (not always so good with doing something about what they find).

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> Some reviewers write about the big picture, some > focus on the small picture. The small picture being, apparently, what's good and not good about the OS. > However, Win7 looks pretty crappy from either vantage point. I am shocked--SHOCKED--to learn that this is your conclusion. I was so sure

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> And factual errors about the OS? It's certainly true that this review is more accurate than the other one, but there actually is one error, I think. He implies that the taskbar app thumbnails are new with Win7. They're improved, but not new--Vista had them, too. I'd also argue about "The Mac OS

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> Sounds like Windows 7 will not be luring many Mac switchers back to > Windows. - John > > Now -this- is an even-handed review. Compare and contrast with the earlier one, Tom. ***

Re: [CGUYS] IE8 Beta Out

> It is interesting to see the press reaction to IE8's beta rollout. > Instead of looking at the product they are commenting on the spam-like > campaign MS launched to get people to download the beta. Google on "IE8 > astroturf" to see a surprisingly large number of hits. As of now, all the links

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

> I scanned a document and all went well. I sent it by e-mail as > attachment but it arrived in a large size not only filling the whole > e-mail page but going much beyond (jpeg). How can I email the > documento in a size that fits the page? You can either rescan it at 72dpi or load it into an ima

Re: [CGUYS] fat32-ntfs part#2

>the volume label that i see on the my computer screen is: >drive_c_xp(c:) which will not be accepted nor will >variations, such as c_xp, c:, c:\ etc. >so, i ask again, what should i enter? >also, the site from mike, see below, says i should enter the >'volume serial number'. >i do not see that

Re: [CGUYS] Another...or the first..Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

> CEO of C[a]nonical in an interview with The Register said > windows 7 'looked great' after spending several hours with it. Just more fawning. The founder of Ubuntu is another MS minion, apparently. * ** List info, subscr

Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

> So it is just language? I have to write "that's a bunch of doodoo" and > not "that's a bunch of crap." That makes such a big difference. Forget it. You'll either never get it or you're willfully misrepresenting me. Either way, I'm done. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Is Google Herding Report Unfair?

> The report mentions Google's competitors including MS's "expensive" > offering and cheaper alternatives. > > Do any of you lobsters think this kind of reporting is unfair? Do you pay any attention at all? Do you even bother reading? Where did I say anything was unfair? *

Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

> The statement about herding is as controversial as writing that the sun > rises in the east and sets in the west. Everybody does it. It is a good > business practice. Why do you insist that it has to be hush hush? And why do you insist that I've said things that I never said? I don't, and have n

Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

> I'm not missing any point. You need to recalibrate. You are too > accustomed to fawning stories in fanzines and propaganda produced by MS > itself. You get all hyped up when you read something that is even- > handed and contains good analysis of what MS is up to. When the Times' > Pogue or the Po

Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

> You cut off the rest of my sentence so I would appear unreasonable. Sigh. Fine, here's the full quote: > "Herding users" is not "charged language", it is an > even-handed, accurate description. That is what vendors > do. Apple does it. Google does it. Macy's does it. MS > does it. To deny i

Re: [CGUYS] Will Obama delay switch to HD?

> It might be RS and not the USG. Years ago RS demanded my phone number > when I tried to pay cash for some batteries. I said no. I think they > still try to collect Zip codes. I was going to say the same thing. RS is very nosy.

Re: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review

> One set of rumors has Win7 running on a netbook - time > will tell. I can also confirm that it runs fine on a Dell netbook (1GB RAM, 16GB drive). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **

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