Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

Most products have at least a 50% markup [that means base cost is 50% of selling price, not including shipping, handling, storage, marketing, advertising, sales]. With some electronics it has been as low as 10% to cover costs and have a minimal profit. A net profit of 1.7% is hardly worth doing

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

>http://snipurl.com/flkdk $759 (assuming you pay for the OS) vs. $999 for a MacBook. That's way too much. I would spend the extra $240 just for the reliability factor. Heck if I wanted to go that way I could just go to the nearest college campus and steal a MacBook. The Dell and HP netbook

Re: [CGUYS] iPod digital audio

My Sennheisers do well enough and are very portable You probably said which ones they are some time back, but I overlooked it. Please tell! Mary I first bought the MX 500 earbuds a few years ago, then lost them last fall, and bought two more pairs from an Amazon store. They're somewhat be

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

I have Firefox set to "new pages should be opened in a new tab". This works fine if I click on a link in a new email. However, if I attempt to open a new site from my Personal Tool Bar, the new page opens in the tab that is currently open. Am I doing something wrong? The only way I can seem to

[CGUYS] Mac/PeeCee History [was: Another new Windows ad...]

> Classic mac OS was partially based on things coming out of > xerox. I believe Jobs hired on one or several? of the guys > who worked for xerox to work on the lisa OS. Someone here > might know that history better. Not really. The Mac team did interact with the Xerox team as they were near

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

A laptop? Strangely, everyone I know - myself included - drags around mice with their laptops, so I *always* have a middle mouse button available. As Tom said, if you don't mind using two hands there are hotkeys. You can also right-click and "open link in new tab". Thing is, you don't want EVERY

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful. Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. Really, the only options you might need to change for tabs is in the Tools>Options>Tabs. The about:config window is available when you type it into the URL locat

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

Can anyone recommend a "beginners" graphics layout program for the Apple platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher? There are several good choices that run on Leopard. "Pages" is part of Apple's $80 iWork suite. "The Print Shop 2.0" from Software MacKiev i

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

Can any of them open a MS Publisher document? Can Publisher print to PDF? Export as EPS? In layers? CMYK? What formats can Pages/Swift/Scribus import? Do any have a translator for [ugh] Publisher? * ** List info, subs

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

The reason I asked this is because a couple times a year, I'll get a publisher document. I have to use MS Windows (I use Virtual PC, since I have a PPC based Mac) in order to open it. I'm just trying to avoid MS Windows. If I had an Intel based Mac, I'd still be trying to avoid using MS Windows.

Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video

I'm looking at the video in SeaMonkey on my Mac, using Flip4Mac. For this kind of video, I simply let it play through, then save the page, saving the video, since it's the only thing on the page. This is much easier than saving flash videos. You could also right-click on the originating link a

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

>Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better, >in Word. Word only handles RGB colors and printing presses use CMYK inks. Publisher finally added the ability to use CMYK, but I believe it did not do it well. To use Word you would have to rely on work arounds, like

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

A good print shop either does it own color separations or prefers tog et them in a page layout format such as Pagemaker (now indesign) or Quark. At least that was the experience I had when I did years ago. I do most of my own printing nowadays and have no need for the separations. Sometimes go

Re: [CGUYS] Sun&Oracle: Ballmer:!??

> Ina Fried, CNET, > > reports that Ballmer was completely flat-foot surprised at Oracle buying > Sun after IBM turned their back on a deal. MS, Sun and Oracle (as well > as IBM) are long-term rivals. > > Does ignoring Sun show t

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail, "add to calendar", and Google calendar

Interesting. The .ics is a "native" calendar format for a variety of calendar apps. I used several .ics files last week when I transferred my calendar entries to my new iMac, and when I updated the online calendar links in iCal. It's easy to import. For one of the calendars I just dragged the

Re: [CGUYS] monitor cables

Monoprice has good phone support for cable orders. I needed a cable for my son's new Mac Mini recently and couldn't figure out which DVI to HDMI cable to buy. They gave links and product numbers so I could see what the cable looked like, and I found what I needed, then ordered a few other thing

Re: [CGUYS] Video formats for Final Cut

You are correct. FC demands .mov files. Unfortunately, .mov rarely seems to work right on PCs, where you'd want .mpg or .avi. Uh, no. The .mov files can be the output, not the input for FCP. .mov files are simply MPEG4 files in a wrapper, similar to .avi. I have no problem with them in Windows

Re: [CGUYS] Video formats for Final Cut

My only concern was the availability of the format. Istockphoto, for example, looks like a lot of their stuff is .mov. We're going to be drawing on a lot of pre-recorded clips. It's fine to use .mov files, but since you use a Mac, iMovie will be faster and easier than FCP. Uncompressed vi

Re: [CGUYS] No netbook for you!

At one time they would have been at the high middle. I wouldn't put Denon or Onkyo in the same category as McIntosh. B&O is probably closer to Apple in design philosopy and market niche, IMHO. So you are saying apple is for elitist snobs? Apple products are for people who want good quality e

Re: [CGUYS] APPL vs MSFT Stats

>iTouch/iPhone are fine machines, Tom, but they are emphatically NOT >netbooks. Until you can show me someone typing a document at full speed into >OpenOffice or an equivalent, I ain't buying that line for a second. My point is that a net book's keyboard is too small for serious typing. It is

Re: [CGUYS] Prepaid the Majority

I REALLY don't want to be found/availble 24/7. I have TracFone prepaid, and never use all the minutes before I have to renew yearly @ around $100/1000 minutes. What plan do you have that's mid $50's? I'd be interested! I keep the cell for outgoing when _I_ want it. Mine doesn't take pictures, a

Re: [CGUYS] What to look for in digital converter box?

> The two converter boxes that I bought have a "feature" that it turns itself off after one hour of use (the box, not the TV). What this means is that you can't use a VCR to record a program later because the box will be turned off by the time of the recording. I don't know if all are like t

Re: [CGUYS] Prepaid the Majority

We use the Verizon prepay. Same deal as far as paying $100 and and the minutes don't expire for a year. Good service and good coverage, important since I'm out in the boonies most of the time. It's our only long distance service so it took 6 or 7 months to go through those minutes. The most painfu

Re: [CGUYS] Microsoft DRM Infects FireFox?

Well, Tom, the DRM and Silverlight could have been installed by an streaming radio station. I tried disabling them and lo and behold tonight I couldn't get a connect to a streaming radio station I listen to online. I enabled them in order to get the streaming working. Are there radio streams t

Re: [CGUYS] Prepaid the Majority

Do you use your cell phone primarily at home for long distance? If you do, then using a calling card or dial-around number will save you a lot more than prepaid cellular. Use the cell away from home, use the card at home. We picked up a Verizon 700 minute calling card for $20 at Costco. It's

Re: [CGUYS] folder list

I sometimes browse my hard drive from a browser, especially the 'invisible' system files, like the Samba manual or CUPS, instead of using command line. On my Mac I can browse my home folders/directory by using this location, file:///Users/betty/. I drag and drop the folder I want to view to the

Re: [CGUYS] Prepaid the Majority

We picked up a Verizon 700 minute calling card for $20 at Costco. It's less than 3 cents a minute with no monthly or connection fee from land lines, no expiration. You have to read the fine print when you buy a card though. 10-4 that! You may find that in-state calls cost you twice as many "unit

Re: [CGUYS] Silverlight

> Can you name a single example of that? Probably not, because even > Windows itself runs just fine on e.g. Macs. Not so for OS X - well, > not easily anyway. > > Silverlight is still fairly new, but it works on all platforms. It's > specious to claim that someday in the future "when it becomes po

Re: [CGUYS] folder list

Mike Did you do this on a Mac or in Windows? Does it or something similar work in Windows? Betty Thanks for the advice, Betty, that worked for me. Mike On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:02 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > I sometimes browse my hard drive from a browser, especially the 'i

Re: [CGUYS] folder list

Tree command. DOS. It's been so long. Can't you use the terminal, or I forget what it's called in Windows [start menu, somewhere], and bring up the tree, then copy and paste or save it as a text file? I can do that in the OS X Terminal. Or print screen? Win 7, firefox, looks like you sai

Re: [CGUYS] Webhosting Question

>The main reason I didn't go with them for my sites is because they're >in Europe somewhere and on the rare occasion when something goes wrong >I want to be able to CALL a REAL person that speaks my own language. The parent company is German. Frankly, I would rather have a German than an Americ

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> http://www.pcworld.com/article/163961/new_apple_gizmos_coming_exclusive > ly_to_verizon.html > > > Everybody is guessing. I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is. No. Manufacturers have redefined their too-big notebooks as "netbooks" to confuse consumers as to what

Re: [CGUYS] Apple One to One Training

There are few NLEs that come close to Final Cut Pro. Maybe Avid, but it's even more confusing. Once you learn the basics of FCP, it has no rivals for professional video editing. And, yes, I've used quite a few apps/solutions over the past 15 years. No, I didn't have FCP training; RTFM and pract

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day computing. So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find restaurants? Directions? Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook? You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people think Mac users are elitist? My son has one. He does n

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

Netbooks existed several years before that site decided to "define" what they are--in 2009 yet. The ones I saw and tried ran Linux or Windows PE, and were about half the size of the so-called netbooks today. I've only seen a few of these in the US, more overseas. Americans tend to like "big" e

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

Netbooks existed several years before that site decided to "define" what they are--in 2009 yet. The ones I saw and tried ran Linux or Windows PE, and were about half the size of the so-called netbooks today. Unfortunately anything running Windows PE isn't going to offer a good computing experie

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

>Please don't keep spreading this nonsense. All *my* programs are backed up. >Many won't require reinstall even if I install a clean OS on my C drive, but >those that do - even the ones I've downloaded - will install in moments. All of my programs and data are backed up too. Commercial programs

Re: [CGUYS] Mail from MacBook through Mac mini Problem

Instead of connecting through another Mac or a PC, you should be connecting to the Internet directly through the wireless access point/router/modem, unless you have dialup. Your firewall settings are done there and not in the other computer. Do you have broadband access? Can you log in to your

Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

We have 3 PCs. I don't like the cheap [free] Compaq Presario notebook with Vista Home Premium. The HP notebook with Vista Business is a much better computer, but retails for twice as much as the Compaq. However, we got a display model for about the same price as the Compaq. We also have a ca. 2

[CGUYS] EMachines Recovery Disc cutoff date

I am trying to repair a wormy EMachines W3107 with a damaged recovery partition. I contacted tech support for a disc set, and they said: "We do not keep recovery disc images prior to March 2006." and they could not provide a set. This is a very disturbing development ... Comments? Help?; D

Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

> You don't say whether he wants a notebook or a desktop. I bought my > daughter a HP desktop PC computer for Xmas this past year for about > $350. It was not the cheapest: I wanted a dual-core processor. I am > amazed at the quality and value when the mail-order computer arrived > from HP. My

Re: [CGUYS] Phorm

The only protection is to toss all your cookies periodically. I have all my browsers set to delete cookies when I quit the programs. I also delete cookies when I'm online for a few hours. I don't care if that means I have to do a few extra clicks on web sites. No big deal. You still have no

Re: [CGUYS] OT: Cable & Digital TV

Is the choice of antenna something we'll just have to wait to see what the signals will be like in June when analog signals are turned off? Channels will move. Frequencies and power will change. A box or antenna that is so-so now could be just fine in the summer. I ordered a Tivax STB-T8 yeste

Re: [CGUYS] OT: Cable & Digital TV

>I ordered a Tivax STB-T8 yesterday. Has good reviews, customers and >review sites. I have it and much regret the purchase. Poor sensitivity. Crummy remote. Slow to change channels. Poor display of program info. Suspect they paid for good reviews or the other boxes must be really bad. The RCA

Re: [CGUYS] OT: Cable & Digital TV

Does anyone have any data on 12v converter boxes? Do you have an inverter? That way you can use an AC box instead of a 12v box. Does the boat [dock/marina] have a mailing address where you can get a DTV coupon? * **

Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

>Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat up as we >become more connected. It will be interesting to see how low they can >bargain the pirates. And what have they done with their website in the >meantime? How can one ransom back something that was copied and not actually tak

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

Wired Magazine's March issue had a story about netbooks that asked "What about Photoshop?" Their answer is http://fotoflexer.com/. Flickr.com also has photo editing tools. Betty My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer. I am

Re: [CGUYS] CD differences (?)

All CDs are data CDs. The difference is in the quality of materials used. A no-name disk probably won't last. I like Mitsui, Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim, the top versions of each. Some are rated at 30-50 years, but since computer CDs only date back about 20 years, it's hard to tell. We have a Techni

Re: [CGUYS] Are old LPs worth anything?

My two cents: depends on what the LP is. A couple of years ago I bought an LP on eBay for over $100, recorded around 1953. Most don't sell for so much. They are like comic books: the rare and sought after comic book fetches a high price, most are not of much value even if they are old. T

Re: [CGUYS] Are old LPs worth anything?

Re: Are old LPs worth anything? From: Tony B Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 21:07:46 -0400 Don't waste a lot of time, as most of these have probably been released digitally years ago. I especially can't imagine why you'd bother with tape, but even CD has been superceded by DVD, and now you _should_ be co

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

>WHERE the pics are is important because some of those pics should be >backed up. Ask the average Picasa user where their pictures are, and >you'll get an absurd answer like "They're in Picasa!". That is a perfectly sensible and correct answer. No better and no worse than saying that the files

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

Jeff Miles escribió: Graphicconverter is great. And it doesn't take a half minute to open. I'm still using it in nonpaid mode and it only takes about 10-15secs. to open. Due to Graphic Converter I've pretty much stopped using Photoshop, which does take about a full minute to open. GraphicCon

Re: [CGUYS] Shareware {WAS: Photo editing software]

I'm not familiar with GraphicConverter, and I don't see a copy of the shareware license on the GC site, but my *hunch* is that this "nonpaid mode" is actually a violation of the license agreement after a certain allowable trial period. Shareware licenses almost always allow you to use the software

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

That EU lawsuit against Microsoft started in the last century when IE was pushed onto Windows users and Netscape was dying because of it didn't have that kind of access. Ten years later IE market share is down because IE is an awful program and there are finally alternatives that aren't hidden

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

> ...If it weren't for the monopoly and misbehavior by MS, IE would > have died long ago. IOW, the market worked. The market didn't work at all. MS's monopoly prevented the market from working. Without competition, IE was everywhere. When competition was allowed, through lawsuits and legisla

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

Seriously? You're comparing a crash program for atomic weapons while we're at war to this? The article made the points very well I thought: giving an award to a program $600,000,000 over budget and 8 years behind schedule is a bit much to take, as is depending on politicians to advance science.

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

>That base is not nearly as broad as that of The Nation, >many whose supporters are not wealthy. Thank you. Why am I not surprised that I was being mislead? Maybe the cons/neocons predilection for enhanced interrogarion comes from their knowledge that they would otherwise never tell the truth.

Re: [CGUYS] Kindle Sighting

A friend of ours loves it and won't do without it. We prefer non-electronic books ourselves. Easier to read and they don't break when you fall asleep reading and drop them : )) Paperbacks don't break when they get wet either, or when they get sand or dirt inside. I like to read books, then trad

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs error

>When I right click on a link that turns out to be dead... >and tell it to open in a new tab, it opens up a "Can't find this page" >message... on every open window I have. Broadbandreports.com has a list of DNS servers you can use. Switch DNS. I have several "Locati

Re: [CGUYS] I wonder

And where are your surveys that they stay in service for twice as long? The Gartner Group has done several detailed studies and reports for creative professionals comparing TCO of Mac and Windows computers. The Macs have always had lower TCO and longer usable life.

Re: [CGUYS] How do I change the sizes pf the partirions?

Marcio wrote: Computers are more or less like womem. When they are working well... wonderfull but when they refuse to respond to our needs...it is very hard to understand... We like it that way. Thanks for noticing. * **

[CGUYS] Sony Pondering Downloadable Game Rental Service For the PSP

Could be "try before you buy" or just a ripoff. Good or bad for gamers? http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/21/0542218 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmn

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

Marcia, A netbook will probably not do what you need. They're very limited. MS Office--forget it. There's a good reason why they're called netbooks instead of notebooks, although they're much bigger than the netbooks two years ago, some of which could use SIM cards. Consider this first: *How wil

Re: [CGUYS] Which MacBook Pro?

Julie Kubal I'm about to purchase a new MacBook Pro. I'm planning to use this computer for as long as possible, basically until it dies. My current PowerBook G4 that I bought back in 04 is still running in fact, but it's now too slow for my needs. I primarily need to run Photoshop CS4 and Ligh

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> Betty how familiar are you with a Netbook? My son has one it runs just about everything I can run on my Dell full size. They are very versatile and work very well. I tried one of the early netbooks in Europe. They were excellent. I'm very disappointed at the merely crippled small cheap no

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

That's right. Americans don't like to pay for quality, so they buy cheap little notebooks that don't do much and have keyboards that aren't much better than the smaller, more powerful devices. I'd rather save up and buy a quality device, quality bicycle, quality car, quality SW, quality anythin

[CGUYS] Second thoughts [was: urgent query]

>Betty, that recommendation is based on YOUR needs and priorities. Yes I understand how the fact that Betty ACTUALLY DOES what is being discussed and has FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE certainly disqualifies her observations on the matter. The computer is for travel AND for research. I've done a lot

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> ...I'd love the > MacAir but not for $1800 for the flimsy version (solid state for > $3000), since, as I said, I mainly work at my Imac, which I adore; by > the way most tech-minded folks I know recommend against the Air, but > if it were cheaper by half, I'd buy it in a heartbeat... Why not us

Re: [CGUYS] external hard drives

>As I stated, I currently have all Lacie drives, but they are more >expensive than Western Digital. It's tempting just to go with Lacie >again due to familiarity and also tempting to go with a cheaper >alternative. I have used Lacie drives for years with good results. However thay have a t

Re: [CGUYS] Which MacBook Pro?

No, Apple hasn't ceased with the 17" anti-glare. What I meant to say was that the 15" does not have that option, so that would be one advantage of the 17". It seems to me that the glossy screen of the 15" would show a lot of glare and be really annoying. I had an iBook with a matte screen. Now

Re: [CGUYS] Second thoughts [was: urgent query]

Livescribe :: Never Miss A Word http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/desktop.html Pulse Smartpen Electronic pen. Records what you write and what it hears. Dumps info to Windows or Mac via USB. I've seen them. They tend to create GIGO. It's best to edit before putting into a doc, where you will

[CGUYS] MacBook Air [was: urgent query]

> > It may be more than enough machine for a journalist. I was listing the > complaints I heard elsewhere. David Pogue tests software, lots of it. He doesn't just observe and write about tech. He was in on the ground floor. He's also a composer, writing music, and scores for shows--on his Mac

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

Yes, it's related to computers, sortakinda. The print media scrambles to remain relevant in the information singularity age. Michael Kinsley moons Time magazine on the way out the door and posts an overly-long, but spot on, critique of Newsweek's new model, which is to tell the booges to piss of

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

The *netbook* is a niche product Accordingly, some posters have theorized that there are some netbooks out there that are not crap. They also quoted prices for such non-crappy netbooks that were close to the price of the MBA. Yeah. That was Betty. An Apple-head. I'm not an Apple head, not e

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

According to stats last year, 74 million people buy and read daily newspapers. That's not chump change. You really can't be well informed without reading the news. Radio, TV, Internet don't have the important details, especially for local news. I have several subscriptions--news, econ, tech, s

Re: [CGUYS] Software Development Tracking

OmniGroup.com has an excellent collection of project tracking software, but it's Mac-only. Have a look at it. Is this the kind of software you need? MS used to have MS Project, and it was very basic, but somewhat useful [is it still around?]. I'm sure there are better and more useful Windows prog

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

I think the reason someone called you an Apple-head is because within the question the she specifically said an air was too expensive, she wanted a netbook. Your answer was to ignore what she wanted and her price range and tell her to...get an Air. We've been here before, for some of us price a

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista SP2 is out

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd262148.aspx SP1 is required. I had Mac OS X, 10.5.3 on one of my computers. I downloaded a combo update that contained all of the updates from 10.5.4 to 10.5.7 and installed them in one package. Does Microsoft offer combo updates for Windows? Can

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this piqued my interest

The Applecare protection plan is 149$ and all the software I saw (filemaker, logic express, aperture, final cut, Iwork) had a price tag. Is this for pre-installation only or does Apple supply the media and let users install it for free? If I were to get a Mac, I would probably get a iMac and dre

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this piqued my interest

You'll never be a good MFB if you start worrying about cost. Being a good MFB is like joining scientology, you never worry about the high price of being pure. As expressed in another thread, the very idea of going into a computer store with a budget is not towing the line for Steve Jobs. Think

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this piqued my interest

Mark--You're getting drawn into the WFB reality distortion. Calm down. Macs are cheaper than PCs [TCO]. Don't be confused by comparisons with cults and scientology when the facts are in your favor. Mac owners are the ones with budgets that are written with long-term planning included. -- da bom

[CGUYS] MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design

GreaterGreaterWashington.com sez: Bus stop 2020: A team at MIT has designed a bus stop of the future. "Riders can plan a bus trip on an interactive map, surf the Web, monitor their real-time exposure to pollutants and use their mobile devices as an interface with the bus shelter. They can also

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this piqued my interest

I'm aware of TCO...but in this case she was asking for a 350 dollar choice and the only one she got from the mac fan crowd was 1000 to 1800. Did Marcia mention a price or price range? She mentioned netbooks because of the weight, and discounted the MacBook Air because she thought it was too

Re: [CGUYS] MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design

For mass transit to work and not be a net drain it has to be survivable at a market price. Yep. In DC we have a world-class system, in some ways, at a lowball price. Nice trains, which are SRO in the rush hour, nice environmentally friendly buses, and low prices. Yet the city is still jammed

Re: [CGUYS] MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design

Betty that is key to making it work. Make ares where Cars cannot travel. Make public transport simple and easy and you would be surprised how it works. The Europeans have us beat when it comes to most transportation ideas. Part of our problem stems back to Americas individualism and short term g

Re: [CGUYS] MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design

Yes, many cities have roads paid for by tax dollars that the citizens are not allowed to freely use. How is this consistent with principals of liberty? They're called pedestrian zones. Or public transit zones. Reduces pollution. Makes downtowns more user friendly. You have the liberty to walk a

Re: [CGUYS] Mac or PC laptop?

> Thus, my question: can a Mac run PC programs well enough to make a Mac laptop a desirable choice, or is there no reason to prefer a Mac laptop over a PC laptop? > > Please note that I am not a PC or Mac partisan. I've never owned a laptop nor a Mac, so I have no opinion at all about the dif

[CGUYS] Free WiFi [was: MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design]

So scary! The MIT "futuristic" networked bus stop is overkill. The excess electronics are beyond what people need to take a bus. A map, an accurate schedule and basic protection from weather [for long waits] are about all that's needed. It's helpful to have announcements about the next bus or

Re: [CGUYS] External cases

Thank you for this timely response. I wanted to order one tonight. But I didn't want to waste time by getting the wrong one. Now that you've brought it up, I do remember the drives I used to use where IDE drives. I've heard the ones used now called ATA, but also heard a bunch of other things as we

Re: [CGUYS] External cases

SATA=Serial ATA (PATA is parallel). The new version of SATA has been ratified at 6 gigabits/second (gbs)as well; no reason to wait for USB3. The new SAS (serial SCSI) is also 6 gbs. How is USB faster? It's not faster. In real-time, USB gives less than half the reported speeds. Can you ho

Re: [CGUYS] Neo-Office form problem

> I've been sent a .doc form by email that I am supposed to print out, fill out, and send back via USPS. I don't use anything MS. > NeoOffice shows the document best, but the spacing in the form does not come out just right, so that the paging, which is important on this form, does not come out

Re: [CGUYS] Mac or PC laptop?

MacUpdate has a bundle of programs that includes Parallels Desktop 4 which retails at $80. Bundle of 11-13 programs is $50, original price individually is over $500. Parallels supports multiple virtual machines, multiple operating systems simultaneously. http://www.mupromo.com/ *

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

> Only in your twisted world is a first-person account by a participant > going to be branded an "ideological narrative." You don't "work" in publishing. You work *for* people who work in publishing. It's like my driving to work makes me an expert on asphalt. I worked in publishing--newspap

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

I have read newspapers for many years now and am not looking forward to the day I can't walk out my door each morning and get the daily paper. So how can newspapers survive; what are they doing wrong? I used to read the Wall Street Journal. It was an excellent news-paper. They've gotten lazy s

Re: [CGUYS] Is M$ Going to Blow it Again?

Computer World takes note that despite Win7 having fixed many of Vista's faults, there are still many ways for M$ to blow the deal. They seem to be getting ready to do so -- oh joy! http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=339666 Microsoft redefines n

Re: [CGUYS] Xbox Natal

I don't recall anyone saying Wii was better than Xbox? Cheaper than the clearly superior PS3. And most gaming is still vastly superior on a PC than all three. But I dunno, given the internet and enough time it's possible you found some rabid Wii fan site where they think Wii is superior to _someth

Re: [CGUYS] Capturing HD video from mini-DV tapes

We outsourced some video work, & they're providing us with High-Def video on mini-DV tapes. We have a Standard Def camcorder that uses mini-DV tapes, but I don't think we can play back HD tapes & retain the HD from it. I've seen some HD playback devices for sale; or should we just get an HD camc

Re: [CGUYS] Capturing HD video from mini-DV tapes

We'll probably output for several formats, for web use & for promotional DVD's. I wasn't in on the planning session, so I don't know how much they would charge to convert it to standard def. Why not ask them to output as high def DVD movie [UTF w/VIDEO_TS] on DL disks, and deliver the disks to

Re: [CGUYS] Capturing HD video from mini-DV tapes

mp4), usually delivered via the internet. But it's my impression the museum just hired shooters, so they have to do the ingesting themselves. If so, that means buying an HDV camcorder. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:02 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: >> We'll probably output for several formats,

Re: [CGUYS] Xbox Natal

I've been looking at the Nokia N79 to replace my mobile phone and camera. It has WiFi and GSM; the WiFi lets me use Skype, GSM for my T-Mobile account. Found it at Dell, of all places. I'll get a DuoSIM to hold two SIM cards. There are some combo smart phones that have GSM and CDMA, probably W

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