Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-03-01 Thread Fred Holmes
Without even watching the video, of course only two will do. Jesus said so. 1. Love thy God. . . 2. Love thy Neighbor. . . Fred Holmes At 11:27 AM 3/1/2010, Reid Katan wrote: You don't need ten. Apparently Two will do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkRYaMiP4K8

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-03-02 Thread Fred Holmes
At 05:06 PM 3/1/2010, Robert Michael Abrams wrote: And, since we don't live in a culture that's wandering in the desert for 40 years, Are you sure of that? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability]

2010-03-02 Thread Fred Holmes
can't do? Fred Holmes At 07:13 PM 3/1/2010, tjpa wrote: Bad math. Government run heath care (here and abroad) has overhead of around 3%. Private insurance companies in the US have overhead of around 30%. That difference is 27% of total premiums. Quite a big chunk of change

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability]

2010-03-02 Thread Fred Holmes
At 07:18 PM 3/1/2010, tjpa wrote: If bad doctors and hospitals were closed down, insurance rates would go down (provided that the insurance companies did not simply pocket the money). And the _government_ is going to do a better job of closing down bad doctors and hospitals? They could do

Re: [CGUYS] Your house is a dump!

2010-03-14 Thread Fred Holmes
At 10:25 PM 3/14/2010, Robert Michael Abrams wrote: http://vpike.com Each of the [two] addresses I have typed in, both with odd street numbers, show the house across the street instead of the numbered house??? I can get to the house I've selected by using the mouse to rotate the view by 180

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-16 Thread Fred Holmes
], spudger is less than $5, and you save the rest by doing it yourself, just like any other computer repair. We'll have to see who has OEM batteries. That leaves you with $52 for a nice dinner and a bottle of wine. The $50 battery is making money on the blades. Fred Holmes

Re: [CGUYS] PDF creation application

2010-03-16 Thread Fred Holmes
version 2.28 (2.xx). However, the one that I have is from back when it was issued. They may have added the annoyware to it since. Works like a charm once installed. You have to also download ghostwriter from the same web page. It's the actual .pdf file renderer. GPL licensed. Fred Holmes

Re: [CGUYS] PDF creation application

2010-03-16 Thread Fred Holmes
Later versions of WordPerfect have a print-to-PDF function built into it. I'm not sure which version that started with. It's certainly true of the most recent version. Fred Holmes At 07:32 PM 3/15/2010, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: Valerie insists on a PC with WordPerfect. Me, I use a Mac

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] McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs

2010-04-21 Thread Fred Holmes
This evening's Slashdot offering provides the following: http://brianseekford.com/index.php/2010/04/21/how-to-fix-the-mcafee-svchost-crash-from-the-virus-definition-update/ http://bit.ly/cbg4rm Fred Holmes At 06:45 PM 4/21/2010, tjpa wrote: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article

Re: [CGUYS] McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs

2010-04-23 Thread Fred Holmes
More info: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175928/The_McAfee_update_mess_explained http://service.mcafee.com/faqdocument.aspx?id=TS100969 Fred Holmes At 09:07 AM 4/23/2010, tjpa wrote: So I restored the missing svchost,exe file and restarted. All the many missing functions

Re: [CGUYS] Seek advice about removing programs

2010-04-23 Thread Fred Holmes
for it, and, apparently for IP reasons, other video players won't play it. Your Apple Software Update likely keeps it current. Fred Holmes * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness

Re: [CGUYS] Some of you will find this tragic

2010-04-26 Thread Fred Holmes
I still use floppies for certain purposes, but I would never need to purchase any. Have enough old ones available that can be used at any time. Fred Holmes At 08:28 AM 4/26/2010, John Emmerling wrote: At the store where my wife works, they just replaced a Windows98 based POS system from which

Re: [CGUYS] Some of you will find this tragic

2010-04-26 Thread Fred Holmes
Me too! Fred Holmes It's actually up and running on a working, plugged-in DOS machine. But then, I'm a total pack rat. At 05:42 AM 4/26/2010, Rich Schinnell wrote: I still have a dual 5.25 and a 3.5 drive that supports 360/1.2/1.4 meg diskettes. Maybe I should keep it for nostalgia or when

Re: [CGUYS] It's here...God help us

2010-05-01 Thread Fred Holmes
At 01:46 PM 5/1/2010, tjpa wrote: Almost cool enough to convince me to buy a car. How do you visit clients [clients' sites] if you don't have/drive a car [or truck]? Fred Holmes * ** List info, subscription

[CGUYS] XP -- indexing of external USB hard / flash drives

2010-05-03 Thread Fred Holmes
running a backup to that drive with third-party backup software. I suspect that this automated indexing (which presumably might proceed to automatically launching files) is the process that allows viruses to propagate on flash drives that are moved from one computer to another? Thanks, Fred

[CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] Mac OS X Problem Puts Up a Block To IPv6

2010-05-06 Thread Fred Holmes
Fwd: [Slashdot] Stories for 2010-05-05 +--+ | Mac OS X Problem Puts Up a Block To IPv6 | | from the twenty-five-or-six-to-four dept.

Re: [CGUYS] Cox Modem Troubleshooting

2010-05-09 Thread Fred Holmes
strength to the modem. etc. Fred Holmes At 11:47 PM 5/8/2010, Richard P. wrote: During the last week, my cable modem for Cox Cable loses its Internet connection about once or twice a day. When troubleshooting, the light that indicates the cable connection on the Linksys modem, model BEFCMU10

[CGUYS] The AOL LISTSERV is back up. Let's see if it works.

2010-06-12 Thread Fred Holmes
Well, if the AOL Listserv is back up, this message should be distributed. I've joined the Yahoo group, but have been only lurking. Fred Holmes * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] AOL ListServer is Back

2010-06-12 Thread Fred Holmes
At 03:45 PM 6/12/2010, tjpa wrote: I sent instructions to the old list about how to subscribe to the new list. Resend, maybe? (See http://www.cguys.org/) Fred Holmes * ** List info, subscription management, list rules

Re: [CGUYS] The AOL LISTSERV is back up. Let's see if it works.

2010-06-13 Thread Fred Holmes
a yahoo address. Note that I am using f...@his.com on both the AOL and the Yahoo LISTSERV accounts. Fred Holmes At 03:49 PM 6/13/2010, John Emmerling wrote: Not exactly. I meant to be signed up for the Yahoo group but be able to participate in discussion from the e-mail account I ordinarily use

Re: [CGUYS] more problems could be ahead for the iPad

2010-06-16 Thread Fred Holmes
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Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-22 Thread Fred Holmes
. Fred Holmes At 06:44 PM 3/21/2011, Jordan wrote: Turn the volume down all the way or set it to mute. On 3/21/11 11:37 AM, Tom Chambers wrote: List members - I hate computers that talk to me , so when I'm setting up a machine for my own use I always set it to no sounds in the control

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