Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-16 Thread Jeff Miles
I have to mostly agree with this. Though those who can't afford it do get it, and this is what raises the cost for those who can afford it. In 2003 I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. At the time I had no health insurance and no job. I was treated anyway with several EKGs and

Re: [CGUYS] can't load site on Mac

2007-08-27 Thread Jeff Miles
It loaded just fine for me as well, using an iMac 1.8ghz and OS 10.4.whatever the latest is. Oh and also using Safari. This says a lot for who ever wrote the site. I've come across so many that require Windows/whatever and Explorer. When I come across these sites I know who to ignore and

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator

2007-10-16 Thread Jeff Miles
I don't get this first statement at all. I'm also a Mac and PC user. I always wait on the release of the latest OS. Generalizing people who jump on a band wagon is just stupid. How many upgraded to Vista on it's release? Percentage wise it might be as large, but then you have to ask

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator

2007-10-16 Thread Jeff Miles
the bitch? A person can run them both and make there own decision and not blame the machine but rather the OS. Jeff M On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:35 PM, mike wrote: Too bad you have all those iphone users mucking up your elitist non youtube world...shame. Mike On 10/16/07, Jeff Miles [EMAIL

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows

2007-10-18 Thread Jeff Miles
This is just garbage (that's a kind word for total CRAP). My new Powerbook is on it's way and I have no intention of installing Windows at all! Why put at risk a perfectly fantastic machine? Jeff M On Oct 18, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Tony B wrote: The problem with those figures is they don't

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]

2007-10-18 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm so glad I bought shares in Apple at around $50/share, and that was before they split. Nothing but smiles here. Jeff M On Oct 18, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Snyder, Mark wrote: Apple is growing its laptop business impressively AppleInsider.com is reporting that Apple is awaiting word from Intel

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Ignorance [Was: The Worst Thing about Macs

2007-10-24 Thread Jeff Miles
What are you talking about? I've got 3 different Macs in the last 2 years. I'll be it one was a Macbook Pro, but the other two iMacs didn't come with any 5 button mice. I've never even seen a 5 button Apple produced Mac mouse. Do these come with just certain Mac computers? Jeff M On Oct

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Ignorance [Was: The Worst Thing about Macs

2007-10-25 Thread Jeff Miles
No, realized my mistake seconds after hitting the send button. And to Tom, I realize the Macbooks don't come with mice. Just included it because it was the latest, about two weeks ago. But like the other poster asked, how do you define the last several years? My two iMac G5s aren't

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Ignorance [Was: The Worst Thing about Macs

2007-10-25 Thread Jeff Miles
On a side note, for any who have NASA TV and can watch the latest SST120 mission to the ISS, it might make you feel a little better about your Macs. Jeff M * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following

Re: [CGUYS] Update OS X 10.3.9 to 10.5?

2007-10-26 Thread Jeff Miles
Is 10.4.11 for the dual Macs? I have the updater set to run everyday and I'm only at 10.4.10 on my iMac G5. It's not a dual. Since I just got a new Powerbook I was able to order 10.5 for the price of shipping. After watching the movie on Apples website I'd say it is a major upgrade. Not

Re: [CGUYS] Standards Flash

2007-10-29 Thread Jeff Miles
It's very possible at MS. Their Office app. for Mac is considered better then that for Windows. They have a rather large Mac devision. I don't know if anyone clued into my jab at Windows when it came to the recent STS-120, but they've had nothing but problems with their software. It's

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

2007-11-01 Thread Jeff Miles
So far I've only got a few complaints. The Mail application has some flaws. When downloading an included attachment I like to choose my own folder. That works, but when I go to do it again I have to choose it again. Also if I hit the save button in the email itself, it doesn't. Or

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

2007-11-01 Thread Jeff Miles
old? Mike On 11/1/07, Jeff Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the positive side I have surfed sites that wouldn't work in the past that now do with Safari. The new finder option to view docs in a panorama scroll type thing is very handy and cool. But I had to manually add

Re: [CGUYS] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks

2007-11-08 Thread Jeff Miles
Excuse after excuse, it sounds like the person who refuses to buy a new car because the old one only has 250,000 miles on it. Back when I owned a computer with a floppy drive many of the disks I'd had laying around the house for years refused to work. I don't consider that media reliable

Re: [CGUYS] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks

2007-11-08 Thread Jeff Miles
What about just emailing the file to yourself? I'm sure the computer isn't so old that it doesn't have a slot that could be plugged into a phone jack. But that's beside the point. I have 2 Zip drives that haven't been used in years. A floppy drive? How useless is that with their minimal

Re: [CGUYS] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks

2007-11-08 Thread Jeff Miles
I don't understand why anyone would need a floppy drive now days. Not since flash drives are so cheap and hold so much more. I even have one built into an ink pen. Jeff M On Nov 8, 2007, at 11:43 AM, mike wrote: I got one of these at newegg for 15 dollars I believe. Only reason I

[CGUYS] iChat

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm having a problem with iChat. I loaded OS X.5 and wanted to play with the new video effects features, but they are grayed out. I'm running an iMac G5 1.8ghz with 512mb memory, just as the box says I need. Apple gives no info I can find as to why this feature would be grayed out and not

Re: [CGUYS] iChat

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm assuming yes. It says Hardware Accelerated . On Nov 18, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Roger D. Parish wrote: At 12:27 PM -0800 11/18/07, Jeff Miles wrote: I'm having a problem with iChat. I loaded OS X.5 and wanted to play with the new video effects features, but they are grayed out

Re: [CGUYS] iChat

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Miles
Thanks for your time. I couldn't find this. Sounds like I'm out of luck. It sounds like I have everything but that Intel processor. Why that's needed I have no idea. I seem to meet all the other requirements. The whole thing sounds a bit like false advertising as far as I'm concerned. I

Re: [CGUYS] Black Monday - to shop online or not?

2007-11-28 Thread Jeff Miles
Don't know about the below, but I just bought a Panasonic DMC-FZ18 (18 power optical zoom) for $350 at Buy.com. It was the best price I could find on the web for the black version of the camera. The silver version was a little cheaper, but I like the black color better. Jeff M On Nov

Re: [CGUYS] Two questions about Macbook Pro -- card reader ba

2007-12-01 Thread Jeff Miles
I agree with your comment on being bulkier. However, one thing I've found is bulkier isn't always a bad thing. I bought a 5 pack of flash drives from Costco for around $30 about a year ago. I can now only find one. God only knows where the other 4 have gone. They were to damn small to

Re: [CGUYS] I'm so confused...need simple instructions. was:Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

2007-12-15 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm the furthest from an expert, but in the past have dabbled in both the DSL and Cable. I've stuck with cable. I have absolutely no qualifications in this, but only what I've been told. Cable works in blocks and depending on how many people are connected to your block at the time you are

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-02 Thread Jeff Miles
And another question, aren't all TVs today digital, that is if I was to go out and buy a new one at K-Mart or where ever? To buy an analog TV wouldn't you have to buy an old used one? Jeff M On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Constance Warner wrote: Does anyone know if manufacturers are doing

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-02 Thread Jeff Miles
So how do you tell if you have a digital ready TV? I have quite a few TVs (7) one of which is also on it's last legs. It is 15-20 years old and assume it's not digital. My newest is a Sylvania 27 stereo with VCR and DVD recorder. I assume it is digital, but nothing in the paper work told

Re: [CGUYS] Just a silly observation: future???

2008-01-02 Thread Jeff Miles
Thanks, now I have another question. With my 7 TVs they are all hooked up to DirectTV, all with the DirectTV box. Do these boxes convert or use the digital signal, thus I wouldn't need the digital converter box needed for analog TVs? Jeff M On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Robert wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

2008-01-05 Thread Jeff Miles
Sorry, on that last post I said the Panasonic was a 35-504 zoom. I was wrong. It's a 28-504 zoom. Jeff M * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to:

Re: [CGUYS] Must see TV...Off Topic????

2008-01-11 Thread Jeff Miles
On Jan 11, 2008, at 12:30 PM, mike wrote: She claims we've used 1/3 of the total of earth's natural resource. In her fancy graphic she shows things like trees being cut down...wow a third of all forests are decimated? In 3 decades? wow. Oh wait...forested areas have remained relatively

Re: [CGUYS] Must see TV...Off Topic????

2008-01-11 Thread Jeff Miles
On Jan 11, 2008, at 4:26 PM, mike wrote: Environmentalism to the tune of this type of video is a religion. As such I suppose you can keep your faith and I'll keep my lack of. As to the numbers, the Dept. of Agriculture has the forestry numbers. * http://tinyurl.com/2s9eht I think your

Re: [CGUYS] Must see TV...Off Topic????

2008-01-11 Thread Jeff Miles
On Jan 11, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: The US has more forests now than it did in the early 1900's. The greatest loss of forest land at present is occurring in the Brazilian rain forest due to both planed deforestation and poaching of lumber. (I have a charted forester

Re: [CGUYS] Must see TV...Off Topic????

2008-01-11 Thread Jeff Miles
Agreed, this was the reason for my last statement in my post. Stats can be shown to say anything depending on who's doing the interpreting. And how they spin the info. The last 7 years should be a prime example of that for any university class on the subject. Jeff M On Jan 11,

Re: [CGUYS] Must see TV...Off Topic????

2008-01-11 Thread Jeff Miles
I live in the Northwest, probably very different from Wisconsin when it comes to trees and types of forests I'm sure. We had a managed forest in Oregan that was mostly decimated by managed planting. The lumber companies only wanted the trees that would grow quickly and sell. Oops, a

Re: [CGUYS] Must see TV...Off Topic????

2008-01-14 Thread Jeff Miles
I just watched a show on the Science Channel, I think. Can't remember what it was called, but it had to do with 7 people of differing abilities who where at the top of their fields and then measuring their intelligence in different ways. However, one of the things brought out in the show

Re: [CGUYS] High quality brand SD card?

2008-01-14 Thread Jeff Miles
I'd also like to know this. I've been looking for a 10GB high speed SD card for my Panasonic DMC-FZ18, of course at a reasonable price. Good to know not to go with the A DATA cards I might find. Jeff M On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:48 PM, db wrote: I want to buy a DURABLE high quality brand of

Re: [CGUYS] High quality brand SD card?

2008-01-14 Thread Jeff Miles
Thank you. Now I'll run back to the manual and find out exactly what they say I should use (now I'm confused and not sure) and be back with the same questions about price, quality and where to find them. Jeff M On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:28 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: There is a

Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?

2008-01-15 Thread Jeff Miles
Don't make the mistake I made when I was a beginning professional photographer. Don't think you're only worth what a burger flipper makes. Charge high, very high! Either get it or turn it down and keep your prices high. When they pay it, it will make up for the jobs you loose and the

Re: [CGUYS] Gates as Robin Hood?

2008-01-26 Thread Jeff Miles
This is someone who obviously doesn't understand how monopolies are made. First lesson; grab the entire market, or as much as possible to sway all business your way, regardless of laws. The Japanese learned this and did it very well. Once this is learned we'll move on to the

Re: [CGUYS] Telephone companies and privacy

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm so glad this was corrected. This kind of mistakes bugs the hell out of me. Recently noticed it once again while watching Law and Order. A loose qoute; Do you not agree that you slept with the defendant!? Yes! Ok, yes what? They either did or didn't. Do I really need to

[CGUYS] start from an external

2008-03-15 Thread Jeff Miles
The hard drive in my iBook died. I'm trying to start from an external hard drive that has a fully operational OS X on it, but during start up it gets stuck with the message waiting for local disks. By this I'm assuming it's waiting for the internal hard drive to be recognized, which it

Re: [CGUYS] start from an external

2008-03-15 Thread Jeff Miles
It's connected through a firewire cable. And yes, it's a fully operation OS X. I'd assume it's a bootable disk since it was a drive out of a fully operation computer. It was just removed, put in an external case and then connected to the iBook via the firewire cable. Jeff M On Mar 15,

Re: [CGUYS] start from an external

2008-03-15 Thread Jeff Miles
A half hour on the longest try. I figure that's enough. Jeff M On Mar 15, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote: At 11:03 PM -0700 3/14/08, Jeff Miles wrote: The hard drive in my iBook died. I'm trying to start from an external hard drive that has a fully operational OS X

Re: [CGUYS] start from an external

2008-03-15 Thread Jeff Miles
Tried that, as mentioned in a previous reply. I've used all the key combo's mentioned on this page, http://www.davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html I just need to know what it means when it says waiting for local disks. The ibooks internal drive is fused solid. I can't hear it,

Re: [CGUYS] start from an external

2008-03-15 Thread Jeff Miles
Taylor wrote: How are you trying to start from the external? Using the standard option key method? Have you tried starting from the DVD? On Mar 15, 2008, at 2:03 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: How do I get the machine to start from the external and ignore the internal, or local disks

Re: [CGUYS] start from an external

2008-03-16 Thread Jeff Miles
Thanks Tom, that did it. I reinstalled OS X.2 and got the thing to work. The 20 gig hard drive would take X.5 and I can't find X.4 or 3. This place is such a mess. Interesting how old X.2 feels. I haven't dealt with classic in a long time. Not to mention OS 9, which I've been working with

Re: [CGUYS] Crash dump on Vista

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Miles
When was your Mac crashing and what kind of Mac? I still can't run Time Machine without my iMac G5 (the model just before they started installing the iSight camera) crashing. I called Apple and had the external drive reformatted to Jurnalled or something. Didn't fix the problem. And now

Re: [CGUYS] Signs of the arrival of FIOS

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Miles
Yes, what's that one advertised all the time? It has big buttons and is only a cell phone without all the gimmicks like camera and web access, etc. And they advertise it has plans as low as $9.95/mo. It's called the skipper, or some stupid name like that. I'll have to wait for the

Re: [CGUYS] Crash dump on Vista

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Miles
There are a whole bunch of logs, any clues as to which one to check? On Apr 15, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: PowerMac G5, but the kind of Mac really didn't matter. Did you check you logs? Are you up to date with your patches? TimeMachine is new and acting like your typical version

Re: [CGUYS] Signs of the arrival of FIOS

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Miles
I really should read ahead before responding to my own posts. You guys got it! Jeff M On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:06 PM, John Settle wrote: Yes, that's it. Here's a link: *http://tinyurl.com/5ztmz4* Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Jitter bug? Stewart At 05:40 PM 4/15/2008, you wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Miles
By the way, I just found an add for that cell phone I mentioned in another thread. It is in a Shell time share magazine. It's called the Jitterbug. The cheapest price listed in the add is $10/mo. But it also says call for their lowest price. 1-866-540-0297. I have no affiliation with them.

Re: [CGUYS] Was LCD Monitor Question, now tool size

2008-05-05 Thread Jeff Miles
I agree with Larry. Though I snipped the most of his post. I'd never go back to a CRT when it isn't necessary. And the bigger is most times always better, except in my case where it would block by view of the TV. I would love two monitors that could work together so when I ran

Re: [CGUYS] Free or inexpensive images

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Miles
Have you tried going to Google.com/images and typing in 12th-century sword in the search box? I did and came up with 36,700 images. Jeff M On May 22, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Constance Warner wrote: 12th-century sword Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir

Re: [CGUYS] OMG! Apple US Market Share for Premium PCs Hits 6

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Miles
What about IBM? On May 22, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote: Historically, PC makers have all (except Apple) migrated down to the low end of the market, squeezing the middle into oblivion, before going under themselves (or getting bought-out and subsumed by a larger

Re: [CGUYS] Free or inexpensive images

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Miles
projects that nobody except the instructor is ever going to see. For a publicity piece, which is what I want the sword image for, I'm going to be even more careful. --Constance Warner -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Miles

Re: [CGUYS] OMG! Apple US Market Share for Premium PCs Hits 6

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Miles
Oh yeah, I was going to say HP not making their own computers would come as a big surprise to an ex-girlfriend and her sister who both worked for HP in their Boise ID plant. And that was in the 80's. Jeff M On May 22, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Matthew Taylor wrote: They introduced their first

Re: [CGUYS] OMG! Apple US Market Share for Premium PCs Hits 6

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Miles
Now you're nitpicking. So what if they quit for awhile. Isn't IBM where MS basically got it's start? Don't get me wrong. I'm one of those Apple fan boys. But still, there have been other companies around for quite awhile. When did Compaq get started? And is Radio Shack still making their

Re: [CGUYS] Web users getting more selfish

2008-05-25 Thread Jeff Miles
Could someone explain to me what a tag is? I keep seeing this term around the web. And it just seemed to crop up not to long ago. If it's what I think it is, didn't we used to call these links? Jeff M On May 24, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: So is this the wave of the future? I

Re: [CGUYS] tags

2008-05-25 Thread Jeff Miles
then search engines shouldn't need the help to find things. On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Jeff Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone explain to me what a tag is? I keep seeing this term around the web. And it just seemed to crop up not to long ago. If it's what I think it is, didn't

[CGUYS] Marathon

2008-06-04 Thread Jeff Miles
Does anyone know if they make the old game Marathon for the Mac OS-X? And if not, those who remember the game under OS-9, did you ever play an add on scenario where you were put in a place of old Italian(?) monks? And if so, any idea where I can find it? I've searched everything I could

[CGUYS] remapping a keyboard

2008-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
Does anyone know if there is an application out there for the Mac that would allow me to remap a Logitech keyboard? Awhile back I ruined yet another Mac keyboard, and in a crunch for both time and money, opted for the logitech wireless keyboard and mouse that was only $35 at Fred Meyer's.

Re: [CGUYS] large hadron collider

2008-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
I'd love to be the person who throws the switch on this sucker. Here, pull my finger. Jeff M On Sep 9, 2008, at 5:14 PM, mike wrote: So in a little over seven hours the Large Hadron Collider will be switched on...any takers on if we'll all survive? I've set up a google alert to my

Re: [CGUYS] MacBook Pro warranty

2008-09-12 Thread Jeff Miles
I'd say this is a pretty piss poor excuse for an Apple store. Or at least the employees they have working there are. Here on the west coast my only option in my town is an Apple certified reseller. Whenever I've had a problem that was under warrantee all I had to do was drop off the

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: Large hadron collider views...

2008-09-13 Thread Jeff Miles
Why not dismiss it? If I waited a few minutes would it matter? No pun intended. Jeff M On Sep 13, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: Subject: Large hadron collider views... http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html and so it goes... Be sure to wait a few seconds. Don't

[CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.

2008-11-02 Thread Jeff Miles
An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? Whenever I surf the web I run across web pages that activate this thing. All it seems to be doing is downloading streaming media or something from adds. Jeff M

Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.

2008-11-03 Thread Jeff Miles
Thanks for the input, but anymore productive answer then just get rid of it? Jeff M On Nov 2, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: An an iMac running OS-10.5.5, does anyone know how to shut off this Real Player download manager thing? Should never have allowed it to install in the first

Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.

2008-11-03 Thread Jeff Miles
Thanks for the help, but update isn't it. I also have that function. It just checks for a newer version of Real Player. This thing seems to be a program within a program that saves all video to some folder whenever it sees some kind of tag (I'm assuming here) on a web page. I use a site

Re: [CGUYS] Real Player download mngr.

2008-11-03 Thread Jeff Miles
at 6:33 PM, Jeff Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help, but update isn't it. I also have that function. It just checks for a newer version of Real Player. This thing seems to be a program within a program that saves all video to some folder whenever it sees some kind

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-26 Thread Jeff Miles
I'll admit, I've found Amazon to be great and is now my default for buying just about everything online. I've found beating the prices on Amazon difficult, unless I waste my time (which is money) to do so. Jeff M On Nov 26, 2008, at 9:46 AM, mike wrote: Walmart and Amazon both have

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-26 Thread Jeff Miles
The way I've heard and read about this bit of history is the night club owners started buy screwing the artists out of pay. This continued with the record labels screwing the artists out of royalties, then the artists screwing the labels back, who passed the love on to the vendors, who of

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-26 Thread Jeff Miles
I would have considered that a compliment, not an attack. Jeff M On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Not sure why I threw in the radical left, but then I'm not sure why you brought up the radical right. I'm starting to think with the sense you are making lately, that

Re: [CGUYS] Lie Online, Go to Jail

2008-12-01 Thread Jeff Miles
From what I've become to understand, lying to a federal investigator is a crime. I don't necessarily agree with this, but isn't it how Martha was convicted? Jeff M On Dec 1, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Steve Rigby wrote: On Dec 1, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote: Lying on line *with

Re: [CGUYS] Lie Online, Go to Jail

2008-12-01 Thread Jeff Miles
Totally agree! Unfortunately the most she'll probably get is a few months in jail (suspended) and maybe a small fine. Realistically she'll probably have to move. I can't imagine staying in that community and hope for any type of normal life. Jeff M On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:50 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Lie Online, Go to Jail

2008-12-01 Thread Jeff Miles
Agree. I would have been the lone holdout on the jury. I'm not sure what type of criminal intent could have been successfully charged, but my gut tells me she did something very, very wrong and is guilty for pushing a susceptible teen to suicide. But I'm not a lawyer and don't know how to

Re: [CGUYS] LP to CD turntable?

2008-12-03 Thread Jeff Miles
I bought a Crosley. If you enter crosley truntable into an amazon.com search you'll find a bunch of different ones. I bought the Crosley CR248 Songwriter CD Recorder. I haven't yet actually burned a CD with it, so I can't attest to the quality. But it looks and seems pretty strait

Re: [CGUYS] LP to CD turntable? revised

2008-12-03 Thread Jeff Miles
I recently sent a link to the turntable I bought from Crosley. I was wrong. It's actually this one, Songwriter CD Burner / Player with Turntable Cassette Player. It's the same model number, but includes the cassette player. The one I sent earlier didn't include the cassette player.

Re: [CGUYS] Time Machine

2008-12-06 Thread Jeff Miles
While it's been said here that firewire is best between external and computer for the use of Time Machine, it wasn't mentioned that it's necessary if you wish to put OS-X.5 on the external and start the computer from the external OS. You can't boot from an external drive that's only

Re: [CGUYS] Family Project

2009-01-15 Thread Jeff Miles
Im a Mac fan and also get tired at times of Tom's blah, blah, blah, But I have to remember why I joined this group. I left a list controlled by the having a hard time remembering now...the Kartel or something like that. Their restrictions and then not following their own restrictions

Re: [CGUYS] Family Project

2009-01-15 Thread Jeff Miles
On Jan 15, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: Tom Piwowar Yes, we know Tom, you hate windows. We know, you've flogged it to DEATH...we all know. It's not a secret. Everyone agrees with you now, you've beaten everyone to your side. Windows is horrid and terrible and a scourge. I

Re: [CGUYS] Family Project

2009-01-15 Thread Jeff Miles
Not really. At least on this thread, but what the hey, this thread was so off topic it's not like it mattered. On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Oh come on, the answer to this is easy. Doesn't MS have app. 90% market share? And if so, shouldn't they receive 90% of the

[CGUYS] Disk Utility

2009-01-19 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm running Disk Utility on my mom's iMac G5, an old one, not Intel based. Anyway, after repairing permissions I get an error when I try and verify her hard drive. It gives me the message Invalid Sibling Link. Does anyone have any idea what this is and why the verify keeps failing? Jeff

Re: [CGUYS] Disk Utility

2009-01-20 Thread Jeff Miles
Thanks for the tip. I got the tip to run, but not work. I had to take it in and it seems the drive is toast. Btw, have Disk Warrior, but it's for OS 9. I thought I'd updated that thing. Guess I was wrong. Jeff M On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: I'm running Disk Utility on

Re: [CGUYS] DMCA: was: [CGUYS] copying a DVD movie disc

2009-01-22 Thread Jeff Miles
Tom, While admire you as an avid Mac supporter, your a wimp on this issue. You are hardly an authority on law, if you were, I'd never hire you as my attorney. We live in America. It's the 2nd amendment for freedom of speech. No DMCA supersedes the constitution. A lot of people believe

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
Wow, I find myself agreeing with the PC guy! Home buyers victims of the evil banks? Give me a break. Oh wait, that's what the victims want for their own stupidity. Let me see if I get this strait. If I work at McDonalds and make $11/hr. I can afford a $4k, 5 bedroom home with a 3 car

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
Kind of like here with the bail out? Screw up the world...GIVE THEM A BONUS!!! On Jan 31, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Yeah but most of the people here are anti death penalty. In China those are mostly show executions. I bet the folks really responsible got off scot

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
History has a tendency of repeating itself. It seems only the music changes. Whichever country we're in when it comes to the middle east, it doesn't seem to matter. If you're there, you're in a mess. So, you have to decide. You either get dirty or you bury your head in the sand and

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
Where's down here? And yes, I did mean 400k. That's the average price for the 5 bedroom home I was talking about up here. Up here is Washington state east of the cascade mountains. That means, not in the Seattle area. Of course, who'd want to live there? My son lives in San Diego. They've

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
And if he is using the tax code for wealth redistribution, I think that's a good thing. And it's about God damn time! The extremely wealthy wouldn't be wealthy if it weren't for the rest of us. But like I said earlier, history has a tendency to repeat itself. And I doubt that will ever

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
Dang, that's cheap! Here in Yakima Wa. it's about triple that. But a 3500 square foot home costs about 300K. I guess it all works its way out in the end. And they are thinking about raising the cigarette tax again here in Washington. A pack already costs about 5.50. I truly can't see how

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
in the end. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net wrote: And if he is using the tax code for wealth redistribution, I think that's a good thing. And it's about God damn time! The extremely wealthy wouldn't be wealthy if it weren't for the rest of us

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
No, I'm fond of political discussion, when not out of control. This is one of the few groups I've found that allows it. At least to a certain extent. The delete key is easy. The past has shown not knowing or hearing or listening to others is or can be very hard. Oh wait, we aren't talking

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
Please bring it to my attention the next time a politician compliments a colleague and means it. And by that I mean, beyond being a self serving voice box. Jeff M On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:11 PM, John Emmerling wrote: Please bring it to my attention the next time a US politician calls a

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
Jeez, that's a buy! $3.33/pack? You'd be selling them left and right illegally here in Washington. On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Cigarettes 10.95 a triple pack (Marlboro, what my son smokes) Alcohol is a similar story to yours. State stores, lousy hours,

Re: [CGUYS] political discussion

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Miles
at 11:32 PM, Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net wrote: No, I'm fond of political discussion, when not out of control. This is one of the few groups I've found that allows it. At least to a certain extent. * ** List info

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

2009-02-01 Thread Jeff Miles
I'll go into the rest of your argument later, but for now, what the hell does this mean? Maybe those willing to buy the product being produced? Excuse me, but frack your PLATIUDES AND SNARK remark. I won't throw the same. Jeff M On Jan 31, 2009, at 9:33 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote:

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

2009-02-01 Thread Jeff Miles
You need to double check who you're replying to. And when replying to more then one, make it obvious. Jeff M On Jan 31, 2009, at 9:33 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote: On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: It has everything with who the primary producer of wealth is. You have to get

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

2009-02-01 Thread Jeff Miles
Wow, someone else who's actually read Adam Smith! Jeff M On Feb 1, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: 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

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

2009-02-01 Thread Jeff Miles
What really gets me is people always seem to think government is this nefarious bunch out to ruin our lives. In the US the government is us. Self loathing isn't new. In fact I think a small amount of it is healthy. It keeps a person focused. I voted for Obama. Not because he's black, or

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

2009-02-02 Thread Jeff Miles
Kind of what I was thinking. Though not surprised by the comment considering it comes from a Reverend. Jeff M On Feb 2, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote: Now that is an interesting assertion. Also an interesting definition of god? Could you elaborate please? No one has ever

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

2009-02-03 Thread Jeff Miles
I don't know where you live, but here on the West Coast that's just wrong. Many of those so called liberals do run some of the larger cities. But as the neocons enjoy saying, most of the land in this country is controlled by smaller cities and towns usually run by mostly neocons. Here is

Re: [CGUYS] Talk about your mac vs. pc wars!

2009-02-09 Thread Jeff Miles
I thought this sounded more like Battlestar Galactica. Linking your defenses to a simple computer system? How stupid is that? Jeff M On Feb 8, 2009, at 7:13 PM, John A. Newitt wrote: At 8:33 PM -0500 2/8/09, Matthew Taylor wrote:

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

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Miles
And you have all this insider information how, Dr. Who? Jeff M On Feb 10, 2009, at 6:43 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Was Ben Franklin conservative? Thomas Jefferson? James Madison? Not hardly. Very different men. Two Southern slaveholders (although Jefferson saw the contradiction

Re: [CGUYS] router security

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm hardly as in the know as either Tom or Jeff W, but my experience has been, contrary to all the hype it gets, gmail is very unreliable. Thankfully I only have one address hooked to them and my mail program checks it at the same time it checks all the others. Gmail seems to have

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