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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:21 PM
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Subject: [CGUYS] back up question: what to back up and what doesn't need
backing up?
Have only done very sporadic
Tony,
Sounds good, but I'd have to first learn what you are talking about and how
to do it :)
After reading your response and Mike's this thought occurred to me:
Everyone who seems to know much about computers seems to advise that
everyone regularly back up their computer. The same for
The power button and its indicator light on my Dell 8300 computer are on the
front panel, easily accessible. However, the light is extremely tiny and I
often find it difficult to tell if the indicator is on or not. This has
long struck me as a design flaw - make the indicator larger or
(part 1, original was rejected as too long)
Thanks, a lot to chew over. I'm stuck for now
with my Dell Dimension 8300 PC, which was supposed to be a pretty good
computer based on the research I did and opinions I got on it when i bought
it 3-4 years ago. I don't have the Office 2007
(part 2)
One thing a computer should be good at - certainly better than a person -
is
monitoring and keeping track of things - upgrades, changes, differences in
performance today vs. 6 months ago, what should be done, when, etc. As much
as possible, it would be nice to have
the
results mean or what to do with them, this seems like yet another dilemma.
Randall
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From: b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Top ten lists:
Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió
The problem of integrity is even more basic. It has to do with the
inconvenient truth that truth is not really valued across the board,
despite all our rhetoric to the contrary. Valuing truth includes honesty
and therefore integrity. There are only 2 basic ways to value truth and
know the
My year special for Comcast internet expired Aug. 1, so spent considerable time
on phone with customer service re. options for internet and/or phone
(not to mention separately, with tech support re. log-in problem - this time
actually got someone who could do a little critical thinking).
Beginning to get jealous of people who live within close proximity to
Walgreens or Walmart! Didn't see my Dell 4 in 1 printer listed on list of
Dell printers that are refillable. Since two generic cartridges didn't
work, maybe there's a good reason.
Either Dell is lying when they
not to do so?
Randall
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From: b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: Walgreen's offers free ink refills]
Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
Beginning to get jealous
Trouble is that too many people--rich,
middle class and poor--are too shortsighted/greedy/ignorant to figure
that out. Thus they don't plan ahead and consider future
consequences--truly penny-wise and pound-foolish'
Bingo!...generalize the failure to consider consequences (and implications) to
Only recently have I begun to appreciate or even watch or pay attention to
religious figures as sources of great insight and wisdom; particularly these
mega preachers. Saw TJ Jakes (may have his initials wrong) on a few shows,
Dr. Phil yesterday, most recently. Also, recent shows of Joel
] Fw: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING
Like him, hate him, think him a loon or a wise man, but Ron Paul is
definitely not cut from the same cloth as the other candidates for
President.
On Sep 24, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Randy wrote:
Someone for real, fundamental change wouldn't run for President
What would be a real-world example of a government-run hospital, aside from
the VA, maybe Childrens or NIH? Can't think of any in D.C. area, Boston
area, Baltimore or otherwise, unless memory is failing me, which could
always be the case.
Randall
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From: Tom
Oh, I don't know about that; along with outsourcing other jobs, don't see
why we can't outsource the Congress, Supreme Ct and maybe even the White
House. After all, what can't you do from New Delhi that you can do from a
ranch in Texas?
Randall
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From: Tom
Supposedly the VA hospitals have improved greatly over their rather dismal
past; however still hear tales of woe from a few vets who use the one in
D.C., not to mention the various stories that broke last year about some VA
or other vet facilities.
Randall
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Imagine if they had gone with Gravenstein. So, how do you like your new
Gravenstein? Would undoubtedly have been shortened to something like Grave,
as in nice Grave you've got there!
Randall
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From: John Duncan Yoyo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Absolutely; I fully agree - just ignore the various asides, like my
commentary about the fundamental problem of humanity, in response to Betty's
observation about people not considering consequences. Computers, of course,
are products of people asking questions, including about implications,
whether and how computers can be
designed to more closely mimic how humans learn. For anyone who might
know, have they got very far with this in AI?
Randy, computers can't think as we do as human beings. Not
yet and maybe never, but never say never...
Computer programs and instrumentalites
Yep, right on! - automated backup - why not?!
Randall
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From: Paul Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: XP Gets Life Extension]
As much as I like my macmini, computers
Well, sounds like Macs would be perfectly suited to build in a back up
device (or provide an external one) to make backing up as easy and automatic
as possible, with options for manual control for those who want or need
that. Since Apple has control over the hardware and the software, why not
configuration as closely as possible or is this built into
OSX?
PC be sold bundled in a home network with dedicated backup servers, routers,
ups
(dancing girls/boys and beer would be nice too).
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: [CGUYS] MacMini: [Was: XP Gets Life Extension]
Backup device will arrive in a few weeks -
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/timemachine.html
Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
Well, sounds like Macs would be perfectly suited to build in a back
up device (or provide an external one
Yes, with increasing use of cell phones, especially by those who have no
other phones (disproportionately younger folks so far) polling sampling
accuracy is becoming more problematic. Maybe this will ultimately be a good
thing, since polling now drives the political process as much as
Okay, here's an admittedly strange question: Is it always inherently wrong,
improper or maybe even illegal to register someone else's name as a domain
name, particularly if they are a prominent person?
By chance, discovered that a rather hot and prominent person (whose been on
Oprah twice
be a bad, passing first impression
someday. You go, daddy; I'm either going to sleep or going to go bananas. Now
maybe if I can crash as easily tonight as many computers seem so able to do!
Randy
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seem so able to do!
Randy
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From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?
There is a good chance that a cybersquatter has grabbed it as a
consequence of your
I spent a fair amount of time last night checking out various name
combinations and many of my top picks were taken as .com but available as
.net or others. Do you or anyone else who might know think it matters that
much at this point between .net and .com? I settled for a second choice
name
From: Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Printing pains and computer-induced sleep disorder
(CISD)
The deal I got from GoDaddy is webhosting (though just
I also sort of assumed that .org meant a real nonprofit. Otherwise, various
unscrupulous outfits and organizations might simply pose as being
non-profits. Could have the equivalent of, say, Microsoft.org
Randall
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From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Okay, thanks...didn't see this post before I wrote my most recent one. Can
I easily and cheaply transfer the name to her? The only reason for possibly
not telling her about the name or any site based on it would be to surprise
her with it, as a gift, but maybe that wouldn't be practical or
Trying not to say too much about this person to give away her identity (at
least easily), but she is a renowned expert on a very serious problem in the
mental health arena that causes a tremendous amount of pain, suffering and
even death to millions of people, here and everywhere. So she (and
of well-known persons?
I'm constantly amazed and pleased at the kindness and generosity of
strangers here, and around the world. Jeff, you miss so much by assuming
the worst when most likely the outcome will be neutral or positive.
Randy, there's a fine line between being a fanboy and being
Good question! Whatever the original rationale, what is the point currently
in having all these fine distinctions, most of which are either meaningless
or which apparently not many people grasp anyway? Guess it does create more
potential business for folks like GoDaddy and their ilk since
Yes, that's what I meant - the various things she has complement each other
synergistically, leading to both more money, more influence and more power.
I think she is at a point where making money is not the overwhelming goal,
that having influence to do things is, including, now, via political
there you go!so why not preserve one's name and some indentifier if
necessary to distinguish them from anyone else with the same name, from
being used by anyone else without their permission? Whether the person ever
registers or uses it would be up to them.
By the way, for those
Here is the portion of the GoDaddy registration agreement (for registering a
domain name) that gave me pause when I went to register my first name. Does
this mean what it appears to me to mean - that if you only have a residential
address this will be put in a public directory and can even be
Constance,
For all of these sort of considerations I will not create a site for or based
on this person, using her domain or otherwise. I think it would be, as Tom
suggested, a good idea for her to have a website, but if she wants to do this
at some point, she can do it. I'm sure Oprah, for
Well, only a few days ago, I knew virtually nothing about this domain
registration business. Yet I rather quickly came to the tentative
conclusion that it doesn't make sense that people are allowed to register
other people's names (aside from cases of the same name, which could be
worked
Not a great analogy. We are talking about people registering someone else's
name to presumably use for commercial benefit, including, in effect,
blackmailing them to pay to get a name that someone else has, as you say,
cybersquatted. Unless you can tell me some legitimate purpose for
The GoDaddy guy said all that is required is a legitimate address; doesn't
have to be your personal address. I would give a legitimate street address.
If you can tell me what legitimate societal purpose is served by ICANN not
only having my home address and other personal information but having
or other entities involved trace the information? For example, I once
was receiving threatening emails and the police got involved and worked with
Yahoo to identify the person, who never disclosed his identity.
Randy
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From: Vicky Staubly [EMAIL PROTECTED
I would rather that, say, my home address and phone # not be plastered in a
public database in the first place. If someone did post this or other
harmful material about myself should still be possible to go to whoever
manages the site and have them track down who did it, just as, say, Yahoo
Nothing, I suppose, unless you were to be caught if they check. This is
what GoDaddy indicated. I would use a real address; maybe not my personal
home address, but a real one ( and one not belonging to a current resident
of a home).
Randall
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From: db [EMAIL
Yep, and these all have in common the fact that they are not living or never
existed. Could see making that distinction.
Randall
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From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS]
Uncle Ben?
I do a mean Darth Vader impression; maybe I should set up a Darth Vader
podcast, if name isn't taken or protected by Lucas or others.
Randall
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From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:09
No, a residential address of a building I happen to know is unihabited;
either that or take my chance with a fictitious address (unless someone can
give me a good reason why they need a real home address, AND for this to be
available to the public). I'm not going to use that other person's
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From: Eric S. Sande [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Anecdotal Comparison of Broadband Service Worldwide
Hilton, I've found, is like MacDonalds. It may not be the best
in town,
Reverend,
Since you mentioned being in Houston and given your profession, just curious
if you've ever been to Lakewood church or have met Joel Osteen? Just
discovered his show by accident a few months ago and find myself watching it
now rather than the political show I used to watch that is
Attention K-MartI mean online shoppers! I hear that tomorrow is Black
Monday, the Internet equivalent of brick and mortar's black Friday. I'm not
much on conspicuous consumption, but do have a fair amount of pent-up need
for this and that, aside from gift shopping. So wondering if anyone
By sheer serendipity I recently discovered a nearby store that sells
batteries and some other things quite cheap. Got 16 AA batteries for about
$2, compared to maybe 4 times that much at, say, CVS. Store is called
Dollar Power and much of the merchandise has only Chinese writing on it or
the
I was in a store checking out bluetooth headsets for cell phone, ending up
getting one on sale for $15. However another customer I was talking to
about cell phones, etc. said that bluetooth headpieces deliver as much
radiation to the head as using the cellphone directly, near your head, maybe
to be a much less intense
radiation source and if it had 10 times less of cancer risk
than cell phones, I would not be surprised in the slightest.
The same advice about avoiding cell phones for minors goes for aspartame.
Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was in a store checking out bluetooth
headsets
I find this whole thing confusing. I took a workshop on consulting a few
years ago. The teacher worked through a scenario in which a consultant
wished to make $60k/year (or maintain that amount if coming from a salaried
position). After going through all the added expenses and the reduced time
I live and work in MD and the client is in MD (the state of MD, actually).
What's the deal with this new tax? Not sure this would fall under the
definition of computer consulting, so how strictly is this defined?
Thanks
Randall
On Jan 16, 2008 11:49 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You mean that all of the sudden in Maryland there is now a 6% tax on
computer consulting earnings? How, btw, is this even considered a sales
tax?
Randall
On Jan 16, 2008 11:49 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The OP made reference to the DC area. If this work is to take place in
So if a client is going to pay, say, $50 an hour, I need to add 6% onto that
for this tax? Who does it actually cover? The term computer consultant
seems pretty vague and broad. Wouldn't call what I'll be doing that, though
maybe someone else would.
Randall
On Jan 17, 2008 6:45 PM, Tom
Okay, but when the state of MD has this set amount of $ to pay for this
contract and we are talking about getting paid X dollars per hour for a
certain period, don't think they are thinking they have pay this extra 6%.
But first I'll have to verify if this type of service would even be covered.
Good point, why would the state tax the same state?
Randall
On 1/17/08, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Randall, I am not sure but I think a state entity (Anything run by
the state) would be tax exempt. Check with them for sure.
Stewart
At 09:35 PM 1/17/2008, you wrote:
Luckily, Maryland may be reconsidering this; according to a news report
today
On Jan 18, 2008 12:57 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Depends on state law.
In the state of Alabama if have not been granted tax exempt status by
the state legislature, you do not have it.
through the phone book or your local chamber of commerce.
Roni
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From: Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jan 19, 2008 12:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] What to charge for contract to develop web content?
Luckily, Maryland may
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