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
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.
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.
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
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
Folks do not do this!
Sez the man who has never touched it.
Ignorance or real-world experience: I wonder which is more credible?
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
-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.
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
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
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?
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.
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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
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
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:
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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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.
BHO's CTO is home on leave pending resolution of the mess in his old DC
government office.
IS BHO's CTO a BOFH?
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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.
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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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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
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
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
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!
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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!
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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,
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,
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.
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.
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
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
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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.
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
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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
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
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
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
$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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Madam's Organ:
http://tinyurl.com/bbmktf
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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.
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.
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.
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
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
or get rid of all subsidies and see which technologies
survive longest.
Hear, hear!
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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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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.
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
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/
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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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