Re: [CGUYS] The IT dilemma (was not cool enough)

2009-03-30 Thread Jeff Wright
Having worked hardware support many eons ago, The biggest problem with getting things to work is not those who do not know what they are doing, but working with the individual who assumes they know everything. Yeah, there is that too. Our CEO came from a smaller organization where they

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-30 Thread Jeff Wright
This is pointless name calling. The Mac is the cheap seats. The Mac would come with the iWork productivity suite and iLife media suite. All excellent programs. That's called competing, and that's good. Apple is trying to create value for their customers and I won't criticize them for that.

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Jeff Wright
Or you say I need a compact one-piece computer that won't clutter my house with computer hardware. For that need an 8-pound laptop may be just fine. The 20-inch iMac would also be fine. My point is that saying it must be a laptop makes as much sense as saying your MP3 player must be brown.

Re: [CGUYS] Dino Dai Zovi [Was: Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-30 Thread Jeff Wright
Here Thomas, this one is from this century, and actually relevant: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pwn2own-mac-hack,2254.html It turns out that Miller, a Mac user, says what we PC Weenies have been saying all along: you rob banks because that's where the money is (oh, and Macs are safer

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread Jeff Wright
She could have bought an iMac with a 20-inch screen for $1099 by flashing her college ID. That is so close that the difference is mere quibbling. You seem to be confused Thomas, so let me help. A laptop (also known as a notebook) is a personal computer designed for mobile use small enough to

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread Jeff Wright
Folks do not do this! Sez the man who has never touched it. Ignorance or real-world experience: I wonder which is more credible? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy,

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread Jeff Wright
I thought you guys were joking. You fanbois are seriously trying to say that the ad is deceptive on some significant level because the girl may not have physically walked into the Apple store--which you can't even prove--despite the fact that its product claims are accurate? You actually

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread Jeff Wright
Those Windows haters over at PCMagazine weigh in with... Fact-checking Microsoft's Latest Anti-Apple Ads www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344017,00.asp Yep, MS hit this one out the park. The Macarazzi are going apoplectic! Next, they'll be whining that you can't hit a kid with glasses or

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread Jeff Wright
Those Windows haters over at PCMagazine weigh in with... Fact-checking Microsoft's Latest Anti-Apple Ads www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344017,00.asp The Go to: Everything Apple guy? Do you have any information that isn't solely fanboi authored? They point out that the DV7 she bought was an

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread Jeff Wright
Absolutely true. To repeat an earlier post: If I'm given $15,000 and I can't buy a BMW, but I can buy a Kia then the Kia is obviously better? Oh, buy a BMW, definitely. Because, unless you drive like a self-absorbed tool and piss off every driver around you for the last 25 miles, when you pull

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
MS has badly screwed up with the architecture of Office. We used to start training classes with a bird's eye view to give students a framework for what we were going to cover in class. So I know the problem from close observation and careful note taking. We kept having to edit the pages on

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
Well I only match Tom's sarcasm for fun. Indeed the 2k model is a midrange mac according to apple. Truly it's hard to compare macs to other pc's, if the large extra cost is worth the OS to those who buy it, then good for them, really, that's great. Some don't want the larger price for

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
Perhaps you may have been hoodwinked? This shopper was an actress (a real one: member of the Screen Actors Guild http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12003603), not a real shopper. We will probably never know how much of the dialog was improv vs. scripted. I'm sure MS has enrolled Lauren in the

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
ComputerWorld http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/13577/print has an interesting review of the computer Lauren supposedly bought. This is the kind of setup that sparked the 'Made for Vista' lawsuits. ...has the worst screen I have seen in my life. ...loaded up with trial crapware. Its

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters - and Silverlight

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
MS has cooperated with Flip4Mac to replace Windows Media Player, yet their Silverlight doesn't run. It's not universal like Flash or MPEG. What's the point of Silverlight? What kind of business model is that? Built-in failure or intimidation or just bad design? I'm betting that Flash wasn't

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
Perhaps you may have been hoodwinked? This shopper was an actress (a real one: member of the Screen Actors Guild http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12003603), not a real shopper. We will probably never know how much of the dialog was improv vs. scripted. John Hodgeman is *really* a PC and Justin

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
I looked at the video. Lauren didn't go into the Apple Store at all. She walked to the door, turned around and walked away. Same guy is walking past in both scenes. Wow! Another fake M$ ad with ACTORS! What a surprise! Or maybe, just maybe, it was a representation of an idea, that worked,

[CGUYS] Honda Busts Out Programming Skilz In New Insight Ad

2009-03-27 Thread Jeff Wright
http://jalopnik.com/5186976/honda-busts-out-programming-skilz-in-new-insight -ad?autoplay=true Titled Let It Shine and set to the tune This Little Light Of Mine, the ad uses a huge field of Honda Insights, all hooked together in an array and using their headlights for some old-fashioned pixel

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

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Wright
-Original Message- I don't know what Microsoft did for backwards compatibility when it moved Win2K and XP, but you might be running into some limitation. Your only hope would be to move to a new program, or set an older computer aside with ME on it and use that just to run Organizer.

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Wright
You don't say *which* version, so I must suspect it isn't Office 2007, because if it was, 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. Of course, it's

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-24 Thread Jeff Wright
I have yet to meet a non IT person who doesn't strongly dislike MS's 07 versions. People just want to do their work ... not be forced to slow down to learn something in the process for no good reason. My experience has been the complete opposite. When I first started rolling it out to staff

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-24 Thread Jeff Wright
It is interesting that the cheerleaders for this latest interface travesty are the same two people who are always cheerleaders for whatever MS deigns to dish out. I'm sorry that you're having such a tough time with objective reality, Tom. Should I tell them that they're doing it all wrong?

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-24 Thread Jeff Wright
I am a MSfan boy according to Tom and I dislike them immensely for this change!!! That's the final straw! Turn in your badge and decoder ring at the door. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-24 Thread Jeff Wright
Here is kind of where you are right and wrong. And here is where I disagree with you. Corel is now marketing a version of Word Perfect, but that power house has now become a joke of a program. This is one case where MS used their monopolistic market muscle to force people into using

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-24 Thread Jeff Wright
That would be true in a free market. MS has insulated itself from market forces and hence is free to be as shoddy as it wants to be. Ah, the Sleepy Jackson stratagem: when reality is inconvenient and renders your point moot, cheat. I'm sure you will enlighten us with how they prevent anyone

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Jeff Wright
That's really pretty difficult to do for a Windows component. When I try it, I can only find an old update, which should have been installed automatically in 2007. And there's no listing in Add-Remove Programs. Huh? It's right here on the MS site:

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-17 Thread Jeff Wright
I'm not sure _what_ that is, but it seems to be for an older version of Windows. Vista comes with WMP11. That's odd that they don't have a d/l for Vista. I didn't even notice that. I would try to install it anyway. At worst it will bark at you that it's for XP.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-16 Thread Jeff Wright
Silly man. They don't. They will close down the Subway for serving you a cockroach sandwich and that would be right. Your radical philosophy leads to people dying from eating a peanut cookie. You may think that running a filthy plant is good free-market competition, but I think it is criminal.

Re: [CGUYS] multiple monitors

2009-03-16 Thread Jeff Wright
I'm not even sure why I keep this second monitor on my desktop, as I haven't turned it on for weeks. I can't remember what I was doing that day to prompt me to turn it on. I have 2 19 LCDs at work. I use one for email and sometimes browsing, the other for remoting into servers and whatever

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-16 Thread Jeff Wright
Have you tried d/l'ing and reinstalling? -Original Message- I appreciate all of the discussion under this title Meanwhile, I still don't get any audio on some WMV files and I do get sound on others -- using WMP 11. Still looking for any firm advice/how-to to fix this problem.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
No problem here in Vista, with all patches applied. Well, I've since powered down and rebooted. Still WMP has no sound from mp3s. Most odd. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
No there is evidence that M$ has been adjusting things in Windows to allow it to conform to the EU dictates. I expect that any big EU complaint will change Windows for the whole world. Microsoft created the Windows N version for Europe, Windows without WMP bundled, to comply with the EU's

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
These are democratically elected governments working to protect their citizens from the ravages of a predatory monopolist. They do not dictate they enforce the laws. No, they are appointed bureaucrats, with their own transparent, authoritarian agenda. Do you honestly think that public

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
MS was found guilty in US Federal court and necessary remedies were squashed by an administration that preferred illegitimate profits over law and order. Ever hear of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia? U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly? No? That explains a

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
If the US had not been run by corrupt leaders for the last 8 years the current economic crash would not have happened. We are now suffering the consequences of their malfeasance. At least you and I agree on that. Had the state not manipulated and interfered with a well-functioning market

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
Next you will be calliing them Old Europe. Why are you so terrified of government of the people, by the people, and for the people? The oligarchs you support have brought us nothing but ruin. Is the guillotine coming back in fashion on the continent, just in time for the summer? Too bad for

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
Even sports teams have referees. You have no proof that lawless anarchy will magically bring us paradise and current events amply demonstrate the ruination that laissez faire brings. Ah, I see you're from the school of no failure capitalism. It's always supposed to be spring flowers and

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
Yep, it actually seems to be improving Windows by making it more adjustable by the end user. Yes, change is good and it may, in fact, be a big winner in terms of Windows sales, but how much of this is utterly wasted capital in the form of the baker's window? If nothing else, a whole lotta

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread Jeff Wright
Is there really that much to be gained from being able to decide for myself what software is installed on *my* computer? You have got to be kidding. Talk about dictate. You obviously zoned out over the part about whether or not all of the public and private resources expended on the MS witch

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

2009-03-14 Thread Jeff Wright
What topic exactly? -Original Message- If I'm not mistaken, google has brought this topic up before several years ago. This explains why Google quietly changed their position on net neutrality in December, despite PR-numbed statements otherwise.

Re: [CGUYS] sxsw

2009-03-14 Thread Jeff Wright
I know this isn't quite a computer topic but it does relate to digital music so.. The South by Southwest music festival takes place soon and this link is to torrents to download almost 6 gigs of music to fill up your ipod...or really cheap player you may regret buying. I got all of it

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-14 Thread Jeff Wright
Yeah, you could say that about every company that ever was in business. Yes, you are darn right that I'll use every strength that I have to get an advantage. If Microsoft can't do the job I'll take my business elsewhere. Doesn't matter who sells me the technology, the mission is what's

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-14 Thread Jeff Wright
It is quite likely that at some point the product will be abandoned for something more profitable or changed to do obnoxious things to its users (draconian DRM etc.). Hey now. We're not talking about iTunes. * **

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

2009-03-13 Thread Jeff Wright
It will be interesting to watch Google terrorize complacent telecom providers. Do you think they will suddenly find they need to manage Google's traffic? This explains why Google quietly changed their position on net neutrality in December, despite PR-numbed statements otherwise.

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

2009-03-13 Thread Jeff Wright
BHO's CTO is home on leave pending resolution of the mess in his old DC government office. IS BHO's CTO a BOFH? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member

Re: [CGUYS] crazy fast

2009-03-10 Thread Jeff Wright
http://tinyurl.com/cp75bm These guys RAID'd 24 samsung ssd drives to get 2GB/s speed. Crazy fast. That is my idea of fun. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy,

Re: [CGUYS] crazy fast

2009-03-10 Thread Jeff Wright
Cool, The defrag was impressive. I hear you have to that a lot with SSD right now. I was looking at SSD prices recently and for a decent size they are above 10x the cost of a conventional drive. But it WAS very cool. WAY cool. I've read that you shouldn't defrag an SSD because A) it

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-03-09 Thread Jeff Wright
Does anybody know what is going on with MP3 players at ebay? If you search for players and sort by cost you will see 1000s of generic players offered for pennies with free shipping from Hong Kong. Over time they get bid up to $5 to $10, but some stay at pennies. This can't possibly be

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

2009-03-06 Thread Jeff Wright
Gosh, I knew I was on to something when I suggested that Win 7 was a terrible choice for netbooks, but I never expected to see so many folks placing real bets against MS. There are 4 new OSs in the works to replace Windows: Moblin (open source financed by Intel), JoliCloud (Linux with an

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Wright
WFBs are argumentative solely for the sake of being argumentative. Apologies, me' lord. I promise to you, sire, that I will never again point out the gaping flaws in your logic. I am but a humble servant to your ravings.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple and Netbooks

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Wright
Rev--Which brand did he buy? My son paid less than $300 for his (295) This article said 599 699, which is the high level of a netbook, and that the author (Who must be a MFB) would be willing to pay it for the premium of having a Mac Netbook.

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Wright
If you are only looking through the windshield you are looking for an accident. Now you are just being argumentative and silly. His analysis, and conclusion, of your half-baked analogy made crystal-clear sense. Your post made me think of doomed to repeat history. Well, mostly just doomed.

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Wright
Unfortunately for WFBs, the apple of their eye is a very badly managed company. Really? Google doesn't seem so bad to me. I do agree about MS, though. We need a Ballmerectomi! Stat! * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-03-01 Thread Jeff Wright
You got anything to say other than continuing to call people names? Sure. Here you go: -Original Message- From: Jeff Wright Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:45 PM To: 'Computer Guys Discussion List' Subject: RE: [CGUYS] Win 7: A Clear-Eyed Review (Tom wrote) Previous

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-03-01 Thread Jeff Wright
One of the points made in the article is exactly that: extreme arrogance on the part of MS makes them believe they can shovel out crap like Vista and minipulate Win7 feature sets and people will still pay and pay and pay. That has proven to be wrong. I always find accusations of arrogance

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-02-28 Thread Jeff Wright
This may be the reason for the missing components of even the regular versions of W7. We discussed that here a few weeks ago and our WFBs insisted that there was no nefarious motive for MS's omission. Actually, no, you were just flat out wrong by quoting a poorly researched and sloppily

Re: [CGUYS] Will Greed Kill Windows 7?

2009-02-28 Thread Jeff Wright
Interesting story at: roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/26/why-windows-7-on-netbooks-wont-save- Microsoft Oh heavens, noes! An torturously slanted, anti-Microsoft story at a masturbatory Apple fanboi site? Gadzooks! * **

Re: [CGUYS] Stereo Receiver Tech Considerations

2009-02-26 Thread Jeff Wright
Jeff, What was the model number/name? For grins, I currently use the $500 Bose Wave as a clock radio. HD-1. I'm on the bleeding edge, baby! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Norton revisited

2009-02-26 Thread Jeff Wright
To my surprise, the new Norton is extremely unobtrusive in its bootup times and operation. It has very little user tweaks and interaction, and seems to just do whatever it does transparently. The only glitch I've seen is one day it was unable to update after being off for a couple of weeks,

Re: [CGUYS] DSL answering machines/DSL phone service

2009-02-26 Thread Jeff Wright
Are there third party solar battery backups for FIOS? The backup battery included in the installation is lame--only lasts a few hours, instead of a few days. I'd hate to be in any of the areas that had ice storms this winter and lost their power for a week. Solar PV panels work on cloudy days,

Re: [CGUYS] Stereo Receiver Tech Considerations

2009-02-25 Thread Jeff Wright
Me too, but I have yet to find a radio that is as well made as the 20-year-old Yamaha I own. Yamaha still makes radios, but nothing like what I have. Plus I would not buy a new radio that did not include HD and Internet streaming. Put all those needs together and there is nothing available.

Re: [CGUYS] DSL answering machines/DSL phone service

2009-02-25 Thread Jeff Wright
Ours was cut right at the NID and left on the line. I watched my FIOS installation go in an he left the POTS line connected at the house and I don't think he disconnected us at the pole. I wonder if it was disconnected.

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Wright
A Smart Car I would use for local driving but not for highway, but as that above video shows it is a fairly safe car. Keep in mind that when cars are rated for crashworthiness, it's only for cars in the same weight class. The rating for the Honda Fit and the Audi Q7, both IIHS top picks, are

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Them Smart Cars are pretty tough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwk8f_5Yw00 Impressive, but it literally bounces off the larger car in this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZs1QuHerTUfeature=related * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 19 Feb 2009 (#2009-192)

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Note that if you are like me and want to use POP that doesn't stop you from using Gmail. Yes, I do know that. POP3 was just shorthand for saying staying with your crappy ISP, but obviously shorthand wasn't a good choice there. The best solution is to dump the ISP mail and use Gmail via IMAP.

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Them Smart Cars are pretty tough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwk8f_5Yw00 An even better video with a good explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz-s1sIoLhUNR=1 * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] wireless - no WEP or WPA / no VPN / SSL

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Wright
So if the webmail link says https (it does, btw) then the username and password login information *is* automatically protected even on a non-encrypted connection? Yes, assuming that the SSL cert is configured correctly on the back end and your browser supports the level of encryption being

Re: [CGUYS] Republican Bill Would Require Home Owners To Retain Internet Access Logs

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Wright
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341476,00.asp I'll set a link to the story from a less...political leaning site. Most people can't keep their family photos without help...not sure how they will mandate keeping this kind of data. Perhaps if they come up with a good plan it can be

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

2009-02-20 Thread Jeff Wright
As I said, I don't know. It does strike me though that if the market was so obvious, the demand so strong, that Fiat et. al. would already be shipping them here. That they are not indicates that there is a business reason for not doing so, as businesses will not typically long ignore pent

Re: [CGUYS] Spam Blocker

2009-02-19 Thread Jeff Wright
Except we have seen Comcast blocking good mail as spam. Turning up your settings will probably make that problem even worse. I would not trust Comcast at all. Agreed. Even with the spam filtering turned off, they still filter email and incompetently at that. I switched to Gmail and never

Re: [CGUYS] shrifted

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
$170 a month! They and you are out of your minds. That is just a crazy price. My FiOS is about $140/month with the 1 year teaser rate. That includes about $25 in taxes and is still less than I was paying for Comcast cable and Internet ($133 and going up constantly), phone ($42) and long

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

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
It's a Ford Fiesta ECOnetic--costs ~US$13,000. The Ford Fiesta will be sold in the US beginning late 2009, but it won't be diesel. http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/ford-will-give.html I read about a Ford Focus clean diesel that also gets 65 mpg, but that was on a Brit site, so it was

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
But the propaganda on this list was that I was paying a huge Apple tax and getting nothing for the extra cost. Who am I to believe? [Cut to: Elzar's Fine Cuisine. Leela strolls out of the kitchen, whistling casually. Elzar serves Zoidberg.] Elzar: Here you go, big spender. Foie gras and

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
I'm no Europhile, but it's a crime that we don't have access to these wonderfully made, small, fun cars that they do have in Europe. Im seeing lots of Smart cars on the street here in DC. Yes, but that's rather buying a Coby, no? No thanks.

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
Well that answers the question if you were wondering about the identity of our leading purveyor of disinformation. I was wondering when you'd get around to blaming someone else for you own torpid thinking. The blindingly craptacular decision you made was self-inflicted. I own an iPod and have

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
Even then scooter/,motorcycles are not all that efficient. Most motorcycles will get city MPG in the 40's. When my wife and I first started dating, she lived in Adams Morgan in DC, which has very little parking. Getting a space is dumb luck and not even a Smart car will save you. I got

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
I really need to visit the East coast. When you say Adams Morgan it sounds as if she lived at some guys house. In other words, I have no idea what you're talking about. As to the motorcycle idea. I'd feel comfortable with one if I lived in the country, but never in some place

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

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
Ok, so you refute some of my possibilities. Do you have any idea why we don't have them? If it is true that customers want them or it is recognized that they would want them, and their are no impediments in law to selling them then surely there are enough salesmen out their to figure it out

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
Madam's Organ: http://tinyurl.com/bbmktf -Original Message- Madam's Organ was around in the 70s, punk,. A punk lounge. Apparently it's still there (Adams Morgan is in NW section of D.C.), as a bar/restaurant. It's not what it used to be, but you've got to love the name.

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

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
I used to do the same thing with my Porsche 914 (aka wannabe Volkswagon, but designed by Porsche). That car was to much fun! 110 miles/hr racing a girl down I-84 in Oregon. Not smart, but fun. Ah yes, youth. I once got my Honda CBR600F up to 135 MPH before I thought, that's fast enough.

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

2009-02-18 Thread Jeff Wright
Not just sell them here, they're talking about building most of them here (some in Mexico). See http://tinyurl.com/d522d9. That's excellent news. I would love the chance to get an 500 Abarth, tho' I doubt they'll sell that here.

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-17 Thread Jeff Wright
After being pounded on this List for not considering alternatives to the iPod I foolishly succumbed and bought a player from Coby. I now appreciate the iPod more than ever. I wanted a player with a speaker, which Apple does not make. So I bought a Coby MP735, which has a pair of speakers for

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Question

2009-02-15 Thread Jeff Wright
While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop tubing with an inside diameter that will just slip over a good pin while still having clearance from the adjacent pins. Then slip it over the bent pins, straightening as

Re: [CGUYS] Solar Energy and Redefining history

2009-02-14 Thread Jeff Wright
or get rid of all subsidies and see which technologies survive longest. Hear, hear! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history

2009-02-14 Thread Jeff Wright
Your arguments are valid, but kind of missing the point. People are going to have to change, period, in the way they think of energy usage. Or we're going to have to pour money and energy (pun intended) into changing what we use as energy. The easiest way to do this is for the state

Re: [CGUYS] Solar Energy and Redefining history

2009-02-14 Thread Jeff Wright
With regard to discontinuing subsidies, you have two chances: slim and none. Those subsidies were bought and paid for, and will be defended with great vigor. Oh, I'm under no such illusion that they ever will go away. The rush, these past few weeks, of the vested interests to step over one

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history

2009-02-14 Thread Jeff Wright
This is correct in terms of economic theory; the problem is that it isn't forward-looking. As long as oil prices remain low, there's little incentive for the private sector to invest a lot of capital in alternative sources, especially in carbon-neutral alternative sources. By the time there

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

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Wright
I've concluded after reading through this thread that you may be (and there are plenty of contenders) the winner of the Legend in His Own Mind award. I congratulate you. It's called a discussion Ray. It's when 2 or more people share their experiences, thoughts and ideas. I see that you have

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

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Wright
There's not much sense in trying to have a rational discussion with someone with blind faith. By George, Jordan, I think you finally have got it! Others can beat their heads against the unyielding wall of incurious partisanship, but me? Nah. Life's too short. Have a nice day.

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

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Wright
That's not a discussion; that's practicing medicine without a license. It's also snarky, by the way. Discussions can't be snarky? Are you sure? I operate by the following rule of thumb: Anyone who is certain that they are right, about something that cannot be proven, is in all

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! [was Redefining history]

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Wright
What have you done on your own? Do you recycle? Cycle? Why are you waiting for the gummint to tell you what you have to do? Forget scarcity. Think about your wallet and your future. Buy thoughtfully. Vote carefully. Bravo Betty. You and I agree on very little, but you do walk the walk. For

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

2009-02-12 Thread Jeff Wright
I've stayed out of this thread until now, because over the years I have learned the utter futility in having political discussions with hardcore liberals. It's simply not worth it. Conservatives sometimes have a somewhat better grip on reality and can actually have a discussion where it doesn't

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

2009-02-12 Thread Jeff Wright
One of the consistent trends of our recent political history is that the broadly conservative and libertarian thinks the left is badly misguided but educable, while the left thinks conservatives and libertarians are evil and selfish. IME, what most non-libertarians seem to think is that

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

2009-02-12 Thread Jeff Wright
I do not know which conservatives you have in mind, but once you are done with William Buckley, who unfortunately is no longer around to keep Conservatism honest and clean, the fold is mostly histrionic beyond all pale (starting with the current darling- Hannity, Palin, and Coulter). I'm

Re: [CGUYS] The Hallmark Virus

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Wright
Anyone have a fix for this Hallmark e-mail virus that's cropped up? Comes with a zipped attachment which some of my users have opened (okay, Lots of them did) and it rendered the Windows XP machine useless (don't even think it Tom). Also comes from Ikea, CocaCola, and others) Not sure

Re: [CGUYS] router security

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Wright
Tom is correct in that wireless encryption shouldn't do anything to your ports. If you can connect to the router via Ethernet cable, I would try that before goofing with wireless settings. If you still have the problem, then your router is doing something hinky. It may even be worth you time

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7: More Bad News for MS

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Wright
-Original Message- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10161620-56.html Looks like MS started its Windows 7 Doesn't Suck as Bad campaign too early. It is providing even more incentive for corporate IT to skip Vista entirely. Dog bites man. This isn't news to anyone who is in IT.

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

2009-02-05 Thread Jeff Wright
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: One of my first posts likened tax cuts to spreading money around randomly, with no purpose. Not to worry Tom, I'm sure that Obama will soon appoint an economy czar, who will determine what the correct number of turnips, tractors

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 31 Jan 2009 - Special issue (#2009-118)

2009-02-01 Thread Jeff Wright
Could you recommend an anti-virus/firewall/security package for my new computer that does not take up a huge amount of memory but is effective? I always recommend AVG. You can use it for free. http://free.avg.com/ * **

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

2009-01-31 Thread Jeff Wright
False. The poor pay a disproportionate percentage of their income to taxes. You conveniently forget that income tax is just one of many taxes paid. True, that poor do pay a larger portion of their income than the wealthier, but there is no federal sales tax. That is the basis for any tax

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