Interesting. And, since you are an archivist, how do you store your raw images
for future use, say, five, ten years out? Or do you simply discard those on
which you have not performed post-production?
Sorry, but I'm a big RAW fan. I can do things with RAW images that tiffs
jpegs won't do.
Robert, I recommend you read this article by Ken Rockwell - indeed, anyone
attempting to use NEF files ought to be aware that Nikon, in all its wisdom,
does not have only one universal NEF file format, but several. And older ones
are not necessarily readable by newer software. Without getting
Should have added that I suspect the impulse toward raw and NEF comes
mostly from those of us who came to photography in the film era. We remember
that stepping up filmstock quality led to greater adjacency, overall sharpness,
evenness of gradation. raw does not answer that quest in digital,
OK, foolishly, I'll bite. Name one operation applicable only to NEF format in
Photoshop, save the labor of converting to a stable .tif or .png or .jpg. NEF
is not fixed, but a shifting proprietary Nikon file format that even Nikon
doesn't support universally. (The obverse of your Irfanview
More than partially plausible. The average rate doesn't jibe with my own
experience in places such as Poland, for example, which has terrific broadband
speed in urban areas, at least as fast as urban experience in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. And what to think of Finland, the most
..and look for Hyundais to contribute to other kinds of hits, in short order...
the iPad
will easily take care of that vexing problem. There are already a
number of vehicular mounts for the iPad, and you can bet that more
will hit the stores very soon.
Steve
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WARNING: Due to a
Craig's List works well for me - and in a broad range of discard
--- On Wed, 3/31/10, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Replacement large format scanner
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 6:14 PM
I have been using DC
Thanks for this advice, worth a second look...
--- On Mon, 3/29/10, Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
From: Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 11:32 PM
Not too
That's why I use lightscribe: to make clients happy. When I do the inevitable
second pass, registration can be slightly off, and the software is buggy, often
quits. A nice idea, but unrealised: should have ability to print on white,
instead of that off-putting gold color - or worse; should
I've always been told that inkjet images on discs are unstable (moisture the
principal problem). You disagree?
--- On Mon, 3/29/10, Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
From: Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy
To:
or that you are not using
lightscribe software to make the labels. Can't think of anything else.
chad evans wyatt wrote:
Robert, may I tag along here? I have had some real problems labeling Memorex
lightscribe DVD's. Any thoughts?
--- On Fri, 3/26/10, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com
Robert, may I tag along here? I have had some real problems labeling Memorex
lightscribe DVD's. Any thoughts?
--- On Fri, 3/26/10, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy
To:
Seems to me that Mike is owed a considered reply on this.
--- On Wed, 3/24/10, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 21 Mar 2010 to 22 Mar 2010
(#2010-38)
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 2:46 PM
On
Well, there goes the franchise.
Well, there goes the franchise. We quibble about the strange US fascination
for constructing
redundant telephone poles for our warring telecoms, the tax on our economic
health of anæmic high speed, about the flow of treasure into sands
and mountains
Sobering insight, Tom. Better to know this, than to jaunt down the road
unaware...
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From: tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Sue Me Sue You
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 3:54 PM
On Mar 10, 2010, at 9:04
Speaking in support of Mike's sentiment
, shouldn't we be looking at the current norm
of hack as reason for Apple's conservatism? An open web has proven
unsustainable, too many bad
actors. We read everywhere
accounts of those responsible for highly sensitive data not taking care of
Betts, I do this constantly with Acrobat, but you appear not to have that, and
I salute your rejection. An irritating program (no easy insertion of the
international characters essential to my activity, and do not even bring up
Illustrator). Tried to find a way to do your task with Preview,
Ditto, Betty - Went to the Mozilla page, no mention of masking.
--- On Wed, 3/3/10, John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com
Subject: [CGUYS] What's the name of that Firefox Ad-on?
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
, 5:58 PM
On 3/3/2010 4:16 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote:
Ditto, Betty - Went to the Mozilla page, no mention of masking.
Hi Chad,
Found it! Here's a link to User Agent Switcher Add-on
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
Exactly, Betty. Why can't they get together? We have propensity to deploy,
with faux-entrepreneurial ideal, the same multiple-gauge railroads that
bedeviled 19th century US commercial activity; that is our model, until it no
longer can be driven forward. We have what? 4, or is it 5 wireless
QED
--- On Mon, 2/22/10, Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net wrote:
From: Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 3:19 PM
Does it really make any sense at all for there to
No quarrel with this assessment, but I would add one factor: how adaptable is
the phone to multiple networks? To use an ancient analogy, place an LP vinyl
record on any brand of turntable, it plays.
--- On Thu, 2/18/10, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com
Subject:
grooves, so stuff that one.
--- On Thu, 2/18/10, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] What's wrong with Android
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 1:51 PM
On Feb 18, 2010, at 9:09 AM, chad evans wyatt wrote:
No quarrel
Don't we all dump inscrutable messages nowadays? What is the kerfuffle?
--- On Mon, 2/15/10, Fred Holmes f...@his.com wrote:
From: Fred Holmes f...@his.com
Subject: [CGUYS]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 10:41 AM
I didn't recognize Jack Hand (the sender)
Agree with the Nokia comment, and also suggest another obscure place where
network reception surpasses by far anything in the US. Worth a thought..
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=walbrzych,+poland,+europe
--- On Sat, 2/6/10, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
From: b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es
Brilliant post, Betty. I wonder how many millions sit on the sideline,
awaiting an iPhone for the rest of us. I have no quarrel with Apple preserving
its control over apps, fine. It will be interesting to see, once the contract
with ATT is ended, whether Apple will make its device more
Related: VLC is seamless in allowing region code free DVD playback.
--- On Fri, 2/5/10, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
From: b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] print simple list of albums with artist name without
folderol !! ...sheesh!
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date:
Thanks, Steve, for describing the obvious. Surely, part of the huge
popularity of Blackberry is that it fits in the hand so well. Count me among
those who do not welcome tiny/tinniness. No greater nightmare than losing a
miniscule sim card onto a train floorboard while crossing a frontier.
Mark, I would posit that a sim card, while obviously a component, also
straddles the line into device, in that, for some of us, it's a frequently
moved accessory.
--- On Tue, 2/2/10, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
From: Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com
Subject:
Points well-taken, Mark, and I don't for a moment think that own particular
usage will carry the day in the general market. I deal with people in multiple
countries, and all have finite resources. In addition to the courtesy of
having local phone numbers, I also allow my associates the
For some, change=improvement. Get a life. I am grateful, but alarmed at your
reporting, Betty. next-generation for new generation sims looks like sales
device, period paragraph. What benefit to consumers? The simplicity of
swapping sim cards has been a huge boon to my professional
Deconstructing: smaller, key parts, every year. Fine. And good for those who
crave koolaid. Now, let others of us get on with our purposes in life.
Selling the next smaller key parts every year is kinda dull. Is that all there
is? I haven't time or cash to devote to the bottom line of
I firmly endorse your thoughts, Constance. There is another consideration
about Apple that has troubled me. When it's important to the corporation,
minorities provide entertainment content to rollouts, and dork white guys
present substance. Perhaps this is the same for other digital
PM, chad evans wyatt
cewyattph...@yahoo.comwrote:
I firmly endorse your thoughts, Constance. There is another consideration
about Apple that has troubled me. When it's important to the corporation,
minorities provide entertainment content to rollouts, and dork white guys
present substance
Right on all counts, Betty. iPad, iDon't. Certainly not this v.1.0.
Entertainment is not the first imperative for me when on the road, getting work
done is. (Live performance is infinitely better, anyway.) And what a blunder
of a dumb name. I'm good with my Nokia and Touch; if I don't
a
mental picture you'd rather not contemplate.) Sorry about that, guys.
Maybe they can extensively modify version 2.0 and call it something else.
On Jan 28, 2010, at 5:12 PM, tjpa wrote:
On Jan 28, 2010, at 4:29 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote:
And what a blunder of a dumb name.
iPod was called dumb
It's simple: try this i (can), etc. The idea of Mac always was computing for
the rest of us. Simple, and works.
--- On Thu, 1/28/10, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
From: phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?
To:
What a great read, fell off my chair reading this crazed guy! The shell game
he exposes (loved especially the denuding of the THETA) just confirms my own
position that I would rather hear live performance anytime. Many thanks for
posting this, Eric.
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Eric S. Sande
This is one of the most off-track threads that I can recall. But since
Kodachrome has been mentioned, I thought to recall Kodachrome II, the greatest
color film ever. Disappeared during the rapacious Hunt brothers' execrable
attempt to corner the silver market in the early 70's. Probably the
Steve, meet the folks who would tell you that all you saw was a chimera,
dodging your gps-obsessed vaneer: http://www.ce.org/
--- On Mon, 1/11/10, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
From: phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Cars and the CES...
To:
Amen, Tony
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Tony B ton...@gmail.com
Subject: [CGUYS] a new word?
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 11:45 AM
It's this kind of sloppy writing that makes the rest of us have to
learn useless new words. I've
In Tom's absence, that monthly show has devolved into comfort food wallpaper.
More about smooth talk than about true help. But that's what the station admin
and public want, I listen only with half an ear...
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
From:
Curious that no mention here of the passing of PC Magazine, crossed over after
the January issue into digital only. As Mac-centric, I nonetheless value the
opinions and information from a great publication, now left hardcopy after 20
years.
I guess Betty was right
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24166/
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I hold no particular brief about PC's, use them frequently during travel, with
only few problems, mostly due to my mac-user grammar (well, once I was saddled
with a box that was described as taken over by Mossad, but who knows?). PC's
have known issues, they are the dominant platform, thus
Rev –
Yo
Rev –
You've gotten finally to what for me is square one of any
phone, smart or not. The SIM
card. Any phone I carry must have
the ability to change its SIM card, so that I can use the network where I go.
In the US, I have a contract with
T-Mobil, but when
As one who has had to substitute phrase and idiom within translation over some
time, I would caution that close often is close enough. Precision lies
elsewhere, hence my comment that GoogleTranslate is valuable. Often, I have to
read through msgs from my correspondents swiftly, in order to
Amusing for you, perhaps, but essential cross-cultural understanding for me,
Steve. Sometimes, our US-centric orientation is unseemly.
--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.net wrote:
From: Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Google Language Tools
thing.
Stewart
At 12:20 PM 12/7/2009, you wrote:
On Dec 7, 2009, at 11:25 AM, chad evans wyatt wrote:
I would caution that close often is close enough.
It gets one from zero comprehension to as much as 90% comprehension.
That is quite an achievement and very useful.
Maybe a computer should
I would aver that Google Translate is getting better. Not yet quite good in
Slavic languages and Hungarian. But a great help.
--- On Sun, 12/6/09, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Server restrictions
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Sunday,
úspěšný
--- On Sat, 11/21/09, John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] This brings me to another question...
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:00 AM
tjpa wrote:
On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:13 PM,
Ooops, needed to say that this in on a g4 laptop, running Tiger. TIA
--- On Fri, 11/20/09, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
From: b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Region 2
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:15 AM
mike xha...@gmail.com
I am shortly to receive a set of DVD's of a theatre piece performed in Serbia.
That is Region 2, we are Region 1. Ideally, I would like to play these discs
on my g4 desktop and laptop. Anyone have luck with this problem?
Amen
--- On Sun, 10/18/09, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
From: phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] android takes on iphone
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 11:46 PM
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:02 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com
Steve, you are entirely right, and it is quite depressing to me how very many
cameras have been sold on the basis of augmented megapixels. The sensor is
key, and its size truly determines quality of image. Those of us who formerly
were dedicated to excellence in the film era have wandered in
I agree with the Rev that Betty has it right, at least for my needs. Here is
an exhaustive article that might be of some interest
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?scp=1sq=magazine%20infrastructure%20issuest=cse
--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Rev. Stewart Marshall
Ummm.. Equating thousands to billions?
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: mike xha...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue
(#2009-870)
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:30 AM
No, I
, this is a distraction and keeps
those screwing us happy because it keeps the spotlight off what they are
doing.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:21 AM, chad evans wyatt cewyattph...@yahoo.comwrote:
Ummm.. Equating thousands to billions?
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: mike xha
I'm not spitting, I'm just blowing raspberries at you.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM, chad evans wyatt
cewyattph...@yahoo.comwrote:
Mike, this site is about computer tech. I really want to know about
transferring data from one hd to another, why adobe has become such a scold,
what
to be comfortable to use.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM, chad evans wyatt
cewyattph...@yahoo.comwrote:
.Hey, and why do you have an iPod Touch, anyway? Isn't that the golden
devil?
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--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Tony B ton...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] US broadband: could be worse
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:47 AM
This might actually work for us
Not sure where you are, here in the DC area, Heller Information Services is
responsive, consistent, reliable. http://info.his.com/
--- On Sat, 9/5/09, chrper...@aol.com chrper...@aol.com wrote:
From: chrper...@aol.com chrper...@aol.com
Subject: [CGUYS] Mac friendly web host recommendation
Sep 5, chad evans wyatt wrote:
Not sure where you are, here in the DC area, Heller Information Services is
responsive, consistent, reliable. http://info.his.com/
Not what it once was. They seem to have outsourced their support. I get too
many I don't knows and we'll call you backs from them
This is true, and, as a Mac user all my computing life, I've noticed this and
felt quite uncomfortable about it. The sense of community is rather skewered
toward white reps and users; entertainers of other ethnic origin qualify as
emblems only (eg Macy Gray).
--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Jeff
Thanks to both Betty and Mark for cool and dispassionate logic.
--- On Wed, 8/26/09, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
From: b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] A Lifeline to Frustrated PC Users
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 12:18 PM
I mean,
And, DC is code for? Tell you what: you carry your gun, grandma carries her
gun, the legislator next door carries his gun, and we all go into DC and show
people what real is real. Got my gun. Happiness is...
--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net wrote:
From: Jeff Miles
All of which is why you might consider a Mac in future. These are not problems
on that platform.
--- On Thu, 7/30/09, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote:
From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com
Subject: [CGUYS] foreign
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:09 PM
Likewise, in the Czech Republic - only for longer. There, families also have
maternity leave that can last for a year, with return to one's job. Two
years, but not to the same guaranteed position.
--- On Tue, 7/28/09, TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re:
version of the OS you are using. I don't have a mac
but I found this url
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1618
it applies to OS 9 so if you are using OS X then you might want to scour
apple's kbase.
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 05:55:19AM -0700, chad evans wyatt wrote:
Anyone able to identify error
Thanks, Tom! Next time, I'll keep it down to only 75 files...
--- On Fri, 7/17/09, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] error code
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 10:40 AM
On Jul 17, 2009, at 8:55 AM, chad evans
Seems complex. On my Mac, I simply summon up another language's native
keyboard, there are literally dozens of options. I use Czech, Slovak, Polish,
French, Hungarian, Lithuanian regularly, no fuss. Were it required, I could
go several kinds of Chinese, Afghan, Armenian, Norwegian, Persian,
@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 2:13 PM
Just an FYI, removing unneeded languages from OS X is one of the ways to
reclaim a small amount of HD space.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:14 AM, chad evans wyatt
cewyattph...@yahoo.comwrote:
Seems complex. On my Mac, I simply summon up another language's
I have run LaCie ruggeds through both firewire 400 and USB on my Macs for the
last four years, without problem. Firewire 800 also works without hesitancy on
my Powerbook for those units. fwiw.
--- On Fri, 7/10/09, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote:
From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com
Hugely important, if true. A link would have been welcome.
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/06/internet_surveillance_and_iran_a_primer.php
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
From: phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
Subject: [CGUYS] Nokia and Siemens and
Fine, no problem. You established fact, I wanted to see what that was. I did
your google for the rest of us, and provided link. Turns out, you were right
in your alert, but underpinning would have helped. Your subsequent
establishment of blamelessness is interesting, but the accepted form
This is the kind of guy needed right now. You advance it, demonstrate it.
Don't make me work to prove what you declare. It's only polite. And thank you.
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
From: Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com
Subject: Re:
Just a bit more for the mix: my mother lives in a retirement community. An
informal small sample survey: everyone I talked to was enduring terrible
trouble receiving more than 4-5 channels (of sometimes irrelevant content for
them), whether or not they have a dtv. Their facility attributes
My first LaCie Rugged hard drive three years back did seem relatively expensive
at the time, for 80gb. That modest capacity unit remains in service, as well
as four others from LaCie, none has failed (I also have read the reviews, but
haven't that experience of failure). The cost since has
Betty -
If you haven't yet gone there, iLounge has exhaustive iPods discussion
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-ipod-touch-second-generation-8gb-16gb-32gb/
...far more exhaustive than the shorthand responses you've gotten here. FWIW,
I use noise-canceling headphones with my
A broadcaster friend tells me that audio component sales have dropped, victim
certainly of the mp3 tsunami, it's just so convenient to place the whole farm
on a portable device. Rock/house sounds fine this way (I mean, who cares?),
but crafted music is utterly not listenable in that format. I
I concur with Betty's passion. But doing what is right often isn't even
perceived. My parents were musicians. Friends have offered ripped music
gratis, I always refused, to their disbelief. Unfortunately, the
internet has brought piracy that is not worth litigating. One of my photos was
Yup, you're right. I should be. Thanks to Betty and to Jordan, and to the
rest of you for lots of great information over the past years.
Chad
--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
From: Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audio transfer
To:
At the risk of incurring wrath by discussing something digital on this forum, I
have a question: I've used Audacity to transfer tape recording to digital, and
the results are quite good. However, in Mac I don't seem to have full access
to the program's controls. No complaints whatsoever
Brilliant matchbox tutorial, why can't everything digital be explained with
this level of lucidity? Thanks, Betty
--- On Fri, 1/30/09, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
From: b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Scanned
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Friday, January 30,
Penzion Balbin, Balbínova 26, very close to Václavské náměstí (Wencelas Square)
011 420 222 250 660. Clean, inexpensive, decent breakfast included, tell David
I sent you. He can set you up with a good translator. Nice folks.
http://balbin.euweb.cz/contact.html
--- On Sat, 1/31/09, b_s-wilk
Now this is example of why I hang with the list, overlooking the bloviating
discussion that seems to have overwhelmed the original exchange of information.
I have rushed to my InDesign disc, to learn these features, many thanks,
Betty. Image quality was really fine with my voodoo improvisation
I have another take on the .pdf's, and take some issue with Tom. I have
scanned my letterhead to a pretty high resolution .tif file. I can then type
in photoshop my correspondance, then convert to .pdf - clunky, but it works.
Files go from 37mb down to a manageable 500kb for e-mail. I am
An honor to be dope-slapped. Equal opportunity. You did see the file
reduction, right? Of course I tried .jpg compression first, but that printed
very badly @500kb. I wanted a file that would both reduce, but print well, if
needed. .pdf conversion worked, trial and error, not sorcery. I
Trust me, your Nokia is capable of surpassing sound. It's the network that's
crappy. My Nokias overseas have such startling sound, there is practically no
difference between them and landline.
--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Same OS, same result: sleep numerous times a day, hard drive spun down. Never
a problem.
--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS emerg security update - anyone notice monitor pr
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Betty -
I applaud all of your instincts, they are good. However, when on the road for
a client, finding obscure sites to make photographs, the locals haven't much
to say, but the GPS works beautifully. Restaurant suggestions, etc, take
second place to my getting to the right place, and on
On behalf of the rest of us who are quite tired of this shouting match of the
deaf, thank you.
--- On Wed, 9/10/08, John DeCarlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: John DeCarlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Replication (was Re: [CGUYS] Back ups on computer i
To:
In addition to Betty's excellent observations, local sim cards are inexpensive,
they always come with bonus minutes, and it always pleases one's hosts to call
them from within their own country's telecom system. This is noticed, and
earns respect.
--- On Thu, 9/4/08, b_s-wilk [EMAIL
You may have misplaced requirement. Few people enlarge greater than 4x6 for
ordinary purposes, fewer still make prints at all from images created with
their phones. The end-use of mobilphone images usually is screen-quality
viewing, that standard is very much lower. Phone images are a
Palm T/X has wi-fi, bluetooth, sync for mac, and allows browsing the web.
--- On Thu, 9/4/08, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] WiFi mobile phone
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, September 4,
Not a feature, what's missing is unlocked universal use. Tied to ATT (same
model overseas, tied to one carrier), the iPhone is useful only to those who
wish to spend, rather than use. That's the problem, Tom. Betty is trying to
get there without shackles.
--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Tom
$700 in the Czech Republic, without subscription. $690 in Britain. $628 in
Germany. All the 8gb version. Could make sense, given the contract
obligations here.
--- On Wed, 9/3/08, maru ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: maru ca [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] WiFi mobile phone
To:
Well, the islands quote may be yours, but John Kenneth Galbraith got there
first in 1958, with his private splendor, public squalor remark in the
Affluent Society.
--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] really bad
Ditto. Three DVD's last week, no problems.
Has anyone tried unsuccessfully placing orders at Amazon.com recently?
I'm trying to order a few odds n ends but keep getting errors in
Firefox and IE6 - for about two weeks now.
I ordered two books yesterday, no problems.
Wow! Be sure to get AppleCare, if you are eligible. You'll have another three
years of happiness.
Chad
--- On Fri, 8/8/08, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Friday, August 8,
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