Re: [CGUYS] Disconnecting...

the modem and routers i have can be disconnected. in fact, the standard troubleshoot by the cable company is to have one disconnect the router and the modem to procure a new connection. yours may be different, so call and ask them. At 12:53 PM 11/27/2008, you wrote: >I have a Cablemodem and a

Re: [CGUYS] voip battery backup

if you just want to buy big and dumb, go to sams or costco. for some reason, they will have large units at half the price of any where else. they carry brand names recall trip and apc. look around they probably have an out of box unit for half of that. At 03:31 PM 11/26/2008, you wrote: >wh

Re: [CGUYS] cell phones

down from $200 to 20. At 05:30 PM 11/25/2008, you wrote: >>i am about 20 months into my contract, so phone is out of warrantee, and 4 >>months from free replacement. > >So your phone is old enough that it is probably not selling for top >dollar any more. Maybe you can find a new one on eBay for

[CGUYS] cell phones

for once, i agree with tom. i really like my nokia which does little. if i reviewed a crakbury, iphone or zune, i would say it is a horrible unusable piece of crap. while OT with cell phones, the power connector on my beloved Nokia has gone sour. it is very difficult for me to charge the bat

Re: [CGUYS] adjusting pdf rotation

do you have photoshop? At 02:44 PM 11/23/2008, you wrote: >I received some pdf files of pages that were scanned at slightly different >angles. I want to print each page so that it looks straight. >Are there any free or cheap tools (for Vista) that will let me adjust >rotations at angles other

[CGUYS] avg

i had 7.5 on the last computer. now all i can find is 8.0. i have heard that 8.0 comes with a lot of baggage. can the baggage be avoided. have vista OS. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, pr

Re: [CGUYS] dual core vs quad core processors

i bought an ACER 5100 with an AMD quad-core. was under $600 delivered, with most everything on it. came with good set of bells and whistles and an acceptable video card.. have little use for the quad core, or the speed, but at that price, it is difficult to buy much of anything for much less.

Re: [CGUYS] xm radio

2008 at 9:13 AM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> can xm radio track my listening habits? do they know how many are listening >> to howard stern? > > >* >** List info, subscription ma

[CGUYS] xm radio

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[CGUYS] wireless thermometer frequencies

my 433mhz wireless thermometers do not work in my house. i had read somewhere that there was a wireless frequency(cordless phone? or network frequency?) that could interfere with them. my search has found 868 mhz(european) and 915 mhz (lacrosse) thermometers. anybody know how to get the 433'

[CGUYS] Circuit City files for Chapter 11 protection

now them routers are going to be cheap. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** **

Re: [CGUYS] flat sound

depends upon your definition of decent. to a guy with a Klipsch theater system, nothing is close. flat or thin speakers and boxes tend not to do well. maybe somebody makes a flat panel with some electorstatics in it, but i doubt it. would be big At 09:50 PM 11/9/2008, you wrote: >what flat pan

Re: [CGUYS] cheap cable good or not?

those numbers are all too technical for me, other than the 25 bucks. plug into here: http://bluefield.speedtest.frontiernet.net/ and check numbers. i get 19.7/2.4meg on my fios 20 meg package. http://charlestown.speedtest.frontiernet.net/got 19.7/4.3meg here. the frontier numbers may not be p

[CGUYS] FIOS redoux

i could not figure out what tv packages i had from my verizon bill to the verizon site. the package names were changed and revised on Oct 6. there were some hd channels i wanted. so for $5 a month, i got the additional 20 or 30 or 50 hd channels. i was also told that my internet service was

[CGUYS] Circuit city closes 155 stores

The List of Stores: http://files.shareholder.com/downloa...ing%20List.pdf The Press Release:

[CGUYS] Back Up website

my website consists mainly of scanned antique boat catalogues, listed by page. how would i back up the entire site? would probably fit on a dvd. could i do this in a single pass? regards jer * ** List info, subscript

Re: [CGUYS] MS emerg security update - anyone notice monitor pr

sleep mode, or off entirely is much more efficent for a mac in summer, as the air conditioning does not have to run nearly as much to maintain temp. At 12:07 PM 11/1/2008, you wrote: >>I vaguely recall a problem with waking from sleep 5 or more years ago >>but can't recall if it was on a Mac or

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

385 test sites. At 06:04 PM 10/31/2008, you wrote: >On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:50 PM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the upload does not sound fast enough >> > >Yep, I wonder what is up with that. This is a Mac computer wired directly >into the hub with about

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

the upload does not sound fast enough At 04:17 PM 10/31/2008, you wrote: >On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:10 PM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> up does not sound correct. i show 7.93/2.59mbps. > > >Oh yeah I pay $10 for faster speed. Forgot about that - I just go

Re: [CGUYS] Considering Verizon fios

up does not sound correct. i show 7.93/2.59mbps. >Run this speedtest . FIOS just >came in at 8.54 Mbps down (between T2 and Ethernet speeds) and 89kbps up. > > >They throw a few services into the package which are nice. Disney's >internet is the one I re

Re: [CGUYS] Power Supply.. weight=robust?

my old 286 or 8088 or something weighed about 40 lbs. wife's first computors weighed over 100, and came in pieces. the "hard drive" weighed a hundred. was about 1.5' in diameter. my new quad pole, double wizzie, ka-zing, bang bang hardly weighs 10 lbs. jer At 04:10 PM 10/30/2008, you wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] what router?

i'd look to see which modems these guys like. i'd look at modems on ebay. probably a lot of them on sale, what with fios and all. if you sign up at best buy or circuit city, if the same price, don't they throw in a modem? At 07:20 PM 10/26/2008, you wrote: >Furthermore, I have been googling a

Re: [CGUYS] new comcast install

you want their coax everywhere. i was surprised when FIOS came in and said that the cable in the house was the same as their cable, and did not recable the house. i presume they would have recabled if i requested. FIOS dug a new trench from about 2-300 feet west to someplace to the far east t

Re: [CGUYS] what router?

i did not know komkast had modem/routers. if you get one, make certain it is komkastick approved. i bought one a few years that was not approved. since people are very unhappy with comcast and switching to fios(we did it for cost -$50 a month), there should be tons of modems on ebay. "N" route

Re: [CGUYS] Nerd Boy

a nerd is a most honorable god position. just below zeus and helios, but above all the rest. have yet to see an mit man person who did not proudly consider himself a nerd. (bernake didn't go to mit, did he?) At 12:54 PM 10/21/2008, you wrote: >Today I passed a van for "Nerd Boy Computer

Re: [CGUYS] Two Percent Shift

if we're working on a 100% scale, that only leaves 1.48% using any third OS. seems very small to me. straight lining this rapid increase in Mac users, we should see equitity about the time the social security fund runs dry(2035). At 03:34 PM 10/18/2008, you wrote: >http://arstechnica.com/journ

Re: [CGUYS] FIOS-tastic

At 12:44 PM 10/17/2008, you wrote: >I was talking about FIOS with someone in Reston and was told an >interesting story... > >The distribution point for the neighborhood was a green box out in a >wooded area adjoining the property where the installation took place. The >FIOS installer ran the cab

Re: [CGUYS] LCD monitor problems

i had a big problem with the voltage in my house(lost the neutral). the constant voltage box did not work correctly. did not beep very often. house voltage was at 175-200V. got a plug in volt meter from radio shack little thing that centered at 120, and went from 90 to about 150. almost ben

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player question

you would need some program to fit in spaces, otherwise the frequency of the audio drops. sort of like an old vinyl starting up. mooo..up. they make one that speeds up speech by cutting out pieces of the advertisement. At 07:05 PM 10/17/2008, you wrote: >A friend

Re: [CGUYS] Strange biases [was: Re: GPS advice]

japanese car. very hard to get parts from chrysler. later mitisubishi were not reliable. At 11:40 AM 10/14/2008, you wrote: >>The day I knew Consumers Reports was totally biased and clueless was >>when they reviewed an odd little car we owned, the 1980 Dodge Colt >>[Plymouth Champ]. > >We e

Re: [CGUYS] GPS advice

in dc, one must use the hands free phone. how you get the map through your earpiece? At 08:05 PM 10/12/2008, you wrote: >On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tom Piwowar >> >> >> The one on my phone costs $3.50(??) a day, but you almost have >> to pr

Re: [CGUYS] GPS advice

buy a disposable(cheap) one. get a larger than the smallest screen. look at the refurbs at ecost and buy.com 90-100 bucks. they work. we have a tom tom 1. works just fine. my syster has a $1500 unit that came in the car. it works. her's does traffic. i would worry about paying for traffi

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

-Original Message- >From: Computer Guys Discussion List >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gerald >Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:55 AM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem > >how big is the database portion of

Re: [CGUYS] MS Access problem

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Re: [CGUYS] Why Small business's and Non_profits buy PC's and W

At 04:59 PM 9/23/2008, you wrote: >On Sep 23, 2008, at 4:33 PM, gerald wrote: > >>this article is the biggest joke i have ever seen as an argument to >>put micks in to a biz app environment. >> >>1. get the files transfered for free >> >>woopee >Thi

Re: [CGUYS] Why Small business's and Non_profits buy PC's and W

this article is the biggest joke i have ever seen as an argument to put micks in to a biz app environment. 1. get the files transfered for free woopee 2.lepard is intuitive my wife has run OS's since before os existed(cpm), through all the xerox systems(alto,star,), windoz systems, . she ha

Re: [CGUYS] Diagnosis: noise of death or ?

and all the bad jokes when i said i saved the box on my externals so return would be easy. in maryland, the warantee sort of starts over. they cannot keep patching to get you through the two years or whatever. At 03:26 PM 9/23/2008, you wrote: >Contacted seagate and they were all too ready to

[CGUYS] Lightning fast FIOS died again

Verizon has some major downtown hardware problems. couple months ago TV and telephone stayed, but internet died for 4 days. the tele and tel stayed on again, but internet died for 2 days. verizon is not too swift about it, they had 4 guys out here for better part of a day, and they could not

Re: [CGUYS] Hard Drive manufacturers?

i have come to like maxtor. their turn around time on the failures is very short. we buy drives of the same physical shape, as maxtor wants the returns in the original packing * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

so it is less of an >issue (in theory). > >I have seen LCDs that support higher refresh rates, but I am not sure what >the difference is (to human eyes). > >On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:24 PM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> manual states max res is 1680 x 1050.

Re: [CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

t native 1680X1050? Unlike CRTs, >you want to set an LCD to it's exact resolution. Maybe the res you're >trying to enter is so far off it's getting rejected? > > >On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i have an ati radon 120

[CGUYS] Making Video Settings Stick

i have an ati radon 1200 with 256 meg of ram. run vista. both latest upgrades. have a V7 22" wide screen monitor. cheap Acer with quad core. installed ATI CCC(catalyst control center). i set the display to 1440 x 900. all is fine. when i shut down the computer and reboot, the display go

Re: [CGUYS] On-board Ethernet Connection (was:Re: Hard Drive Failure?)

i should recommend that you congure up michelson and morley, as the defined the non existance of ether. At 05:59 PM 9/9/2008, you wrote: >Thanks for all the helpful tips. I now have the computer up and >running, but a different problem has emerged. The on-board Ethernet >connection doesn't work.

Re: [CGUYS] Data backup question

that's called dilution. got 1 billion share out. issue 100 mil to purchase a new hot yacht, and a hot honey for decoration, and the stock depreciates by 10%. At 11:42 AM 9/8/2008, you wrote: >>>If a company comes in low for the quarter they are having a problem >>>and it leads to stock sell of

Re: [CGUYS] Back ups on computer if backing up on external drive?

you may want to back up to something that is 99.9% pure. that is not a single HD, and it is not using MS software. failure rates on hd's are much higher than the 0.001% per year claimed and MS software does not transfer from one os to another. a lot of fragments of the

Re: [CGUYS] Out of sync

is this an automated device, or one that must be adjusted by a human? i watched an event on tv last night that was off sync by close to a full second. At 06:51 PM 9/4/2008, you wrote: >Yes, and it can be had for less than $8,000. Peanuts in the broadcast >budget. See product notes below signature

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast Internet Cap

how much for the 5gb? how much to 250gb? heard that a single hd movie is around 25gb. comcast has a problem. internet sells of $40, cable sells for $100. At 09:31 PM 8/29/2008, you wrote: >250gb/mo is at least realistic. The local phone company (Frontiernet) >is talking about 5gb/mo. > >On Fri

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

i disagree. some things are higher. some are an excellent value. high end men's shoes xerox consumables faucets power boats boat parts some software can all be excellent value. lot of stuff, like power tools, computers, are lousy values there are also a lot of scams now on ebay. ebay polices,

Re: [CGUYS] my wife fixed it

right click the shortcut to eudora run as administrator tools>options>extra warnings>run eudora and it is not the default program>CLICK THE BOX!!! REBOOT. At 10:07 AM 8/25/2008, you wrote: >are jpgs a danger? > >i found that the images are being downloaded into the message, just not opened.

Re: [CGUYS] JPG Images imbedded in Eudora with Vista

are jpgs a danger? i found that the images are being downloaded into the message, just not opened. how do i get the jpgs to display? my Special does not have a Settings. nor is there a Fonts anywhere in Special. also no Display. eudora 7.1.0.9 sponsor mode. At 08:35 PM 8/15/2008, you wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

rasmus.com has the 5 minute extension. but while at it, why not complain about the minimum next allowable bid being to large or small. in most online auctions that i have seen, the next allowable minimum bid gets larger as the price goes up. in most live auctions i have attended for real estat

Re: [CGUYS] PCI slots

a lot of the services that required PCI slots are now contained on the MOBO, so the makers do not think you need 4. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/powerSearch.jsp?SecondCategoryCode=1112 it looks like you can use the "additional filters" on the left side to look at mb's with at least 4 pci slots

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

i don't know what is an RL auction. there are many types of auctions. this eBay system is one of the common ones. each auction i have ever been to has had a set of rules, but there does not seem to be a standard set of rules. At 11:48 PM 8/24/2008, you wrote: >Of course, this is an absurd wa

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

i just got this answer from a real person at eSnipe: The problem was that when you updated your bidding password on one of our servers our system did not update your status on our alternate server. I have done this for you now. eBay has verified your bidding information on both servers and ou

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

i should also point out to you that a very large number of these auctions end at 9 or 10pm..pacific time. i am a very elderly person living in gmt-5. i am long in bed when these auctions end. still jer At 01:57 PM 8/24/2008, you wrote: >>Handy not always necessary but can make the di

Re: [CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

tom, i have been to many an auction where bidding fever takes over. if he is willing to pay at least one million dollars(lets be serious), i decide i am willing to pay 1mil,10and 20 and thirty, etc clear up to two million, because did not someone else think the item worth that much.

[CGUYS] eSnipe failure. need replacement

i have used eSnipe for a couple three years. about 6 months ago, i started to get log on errors for my bids from them. "eBay Username or Password Problem eBay reports that the password or username you provided is not valid. It is too late for this bid, but you can fix it before your next bid.

Re: [CGUYS] Amazon.com

i placed and received 2 orders during the past week. i logged a return (broken sink top) and printed the barcode sheet for return. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calm

Re: [CGUYS] Images imbedded in Eudora with Vista

9 AM 8/15/2008, you wrote: >At 9:45 AM -0400 8/14/08, gerald wrote: > >>when someone like circuit city,ecost, buy.com include images in their emails, >>i get the images. when my email friends send pictures that they have >>imbedded, i get the area marked off, and a small red

[CGUYS] Images imbedded in Eudora with Vista

when someone like circuit city,ecost, buy.com include images in their emails, i get the images. when my email friends send pictures that they have imbedded, i get the area marked off, and a small red "x" in the upper left hand corner of the box. eudoria 7.1.xxx , foxfire 3 and vista with lates

[CGUYS] wash post on laptops

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303480.html guy is sort of a pc leaning person, really dumps on Vista. if i knew now how big a pain vista would be, i would have purchased a mac, in spite of the very large price difference. *

Re: [CGUYS] FiOS installation

order the fios. see if they will talk about install. then cancel. At 12:51 PM 8/6/2008, you wrote: >I live here in Arlington and will be moving into an apartment from a single >family home. I want to get Fios (TV, internet, phone) service and wonder if >its available in apartment complexes (al

Re: [CGUYS] Movies on PC DVD drives

we subscribe to blockbuster. i have a hundered dollar player that has a chip that upgrades the dvd to fill in some of the dots. dvd failures are less than one in a hundred. At 06:20 PM 8/5/2008, you wrote: >I have been having lots of bad luck viewing DVD's >sometimes straight out of the box (

[CGUYS] Eudora 8.0 beta in Vista

i tried to open eudora 7 help in vista, and it would not open. went to the eudora website, and see V8beta is available. is this a good choice to put in vista? or is it too early. when i loaded it, i was surprised that v8 did not overwrite 7, and it did not pick up filters, addresses, options

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

the home depot in oxon hill has had signs and cameras for about 6 months. they have cleared the loiters out of the store so they no longer approach customers when shopping, however, during any weekday, there are 20 to 30 day laborers loitering on the edges of the lot. they also have a single n

Re: [CGUYS] Newbie Excel HELP! needed

Maybe the wrong answer to the right question, but: from the last cell down that you wish to save, go to the cell below in the A column do control+shift>down and cntrl+shft left. then do edit>delete from the last cell that you wish to save, go to row 1 do the process again. there may be a c

[CGUYS] Eudora in Vista

i am running my new econoAcer with Vista. How long does it take before the typical 70yo stops hating Vista? The pictures imbedded in Eudora (terminal version) messages do not appear. is there a toggle somewhere for this? i do not seem to have an "attachments" folder in vista. xp had progra

Re: [CGUYS] Cuil Not Cool

one of my biggest complaints with google is that they frequently do not produce the website of the searched name. cuil does not seem to do any better. At 11:04 AM 7/29/2008, you wrote: >The stuff I was searching for was a little esoteric (my own website, my >husband's name) but Cuil found none

Re: [CGUYS] T-Mobile?

go here for information overload: http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=253b9c041bc57e66c559bcf81663c3c0&forumid=34 they know more about cell phones than cguys know about macs. and they are even more anal than cguys, if that is humanly possible(both groups may be a sub specie of human

[CGUYS] iTunes mess

i loaded itunes and do like it. it took all my mp3 files and converted them to itune format. i got my new acer econobox, and loaded everything i could. the folder with the mp3 files transfered, as did the file with the itune format files. itunes.exe did not transfer in an executable form, so

Re: [CGUYS] Secure IT Inventory & accounts DB record keeping software?

me strange kind of law software specialized. i just had a generic business. At 05:27 PM 7/17/2008, you wrote: >No, it is just a small law office, 2 servers, 8 computers, some networking >hardware etc. > >I think they do have quikbooks. Does that have a template for such? > &g

Re: [CGUYS] Secure IT Inventory & accounts DB record keeping software?

does this company have any size? how many accounts, how many skews, what is a business IT inventory? how many daily orders? how many daily transactions? does it need pos? want credit card processing? what's the password thing? what I'm really asking is how big is this company? almost

Re: [CGUYS] installing itunes or firefox ... which one should I do?

i use foxpro 3 as a browser. have been using those products since ver 0.XXX days. like it a lot better than explorer, but am used to it. i loaded earlier iTunes, and thought it sucked. my wife convinced me to load the latest version of iTunes. safari did not load onto my pc. the latest ver

[CGUYS] transfering programs and data from one to another

ok, i'm sold. now, what are my choices to transfer programs and data from a compaq with xp to an acer with vista. is there a way to transfer them without reloading them(registry problems), or do i just copy eveything onto an external, then load what i want onto the new machine? i have acronis

Re: [CGUYS] XP or Vista

At 11:41 AM 7/13/2008, you wrote: >That depends on you (and the machine). There's nothing "wrong" with Vista >per se, it's a good OS, but it's biggest crime is just being underwhelming >for a 5-year effort. It can be frustrating at times to find where MS has >moved functionality, but as with any

Re: [CGUYS] When to buy a new PC?

At 09:35 PM 7/12/2008, you wrote: >1gig of RAM isn't likely enough and is the primary cause of your >delays. Double it or remove some of your startup stuff. you are at least 1 gig short of a full deck, maybe more. you may have to buy a pair of 1 gig chips if that machine only has two slots.

[CGUYS] XP or Vista

i just purchased a new ACER AMD econobox. it came with Vista. do i want to keep Vista, or do i want to reformat and load XP? i have run xp machines since day one, and have yet to run a vista machine. the only thing i have done so far is decrapify the box to the best of my ability. some st

[CGUYS] Ebay Scams..how do they do that?

I do not understand how the listing part of the scam works. An item is offered for BUY IT NOW price of say $5000. item trades at say $7-8000. item is sitting at bid price of couple hundred dollars. not many bidders. the seller seems completely legal. has 98-100% favorable rating, 100-200 r

Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer?

At 07:46 PM 7/9/2008, you wrote: >>"I thought Tom's recent post was even more derisive than normal. It >>felt to me, as if it touched some sort of nerve with him." > >My writing that Mac owners are more emotionally attached to their >computers and therefore less likely to be careless with them wa

Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer?

could you elaborate on that for me, as in my opinion, the whole purpose of advertising is to sell people what they don't need. At 01:53 PM 7/8/2008, you wrote: > That fact has not gone unnoticed. However, since laptop tracking >systems are going to fast become one of the "new" things to o

Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer?

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147739/laptops_lost_like_hot_cakes_at_us_airports.html_ the study was funded by dell, who is introducing a new laptop tracking system!! * ** List info, subscription ma

Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer?

i think that to be incorrect. the life of corporate individual is within the carried computer. At 06:36 PM 7/7/2008, you wrote: >On Jul 7, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >>A Mac owner would not do this, but not so if you are lugging around a >>misbehaving PC that some driod in IT decided

Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer?

that number sounds about right. i get to DCA an hour ahead of my flight. i hear the call for the passenger to pick up their computer at tsa once every 2 or 3 times i sit. i have never heard a call for abandon computer at DFW(dallas). At 02:38 PM 7/7/2008, you wrote: >>Study says more than 1

[CGUYS] cancelling Comcast

anyone have experience cancelling comcast. both internet and TV. I have had comcast since the day they arrived in my area a few years ago. it finally works. i have decided to go to FIOS. i had verizon high speed internet at my factory. they answered the phone better than comcast. lead tim

Re: [CGUYS] AVG Error

i still use 7.5, and it visits me automattically. At 01:24 PM 7/3/2008, you wrote: >Sounds like too many people trying to upgrade / update all at once and >overloading the server. > >At 12:56 PM 7/3/2008, Richard P. wrote: >>I just checked again and it finally went through OK. It's been down sin

[CGUYS] Switching to Fios and Verizon Wireless

I think FIOS arrived on my front lawn. Verizon is calling, and offering attractive packages to combine TV, internet, hardwire phone, and cell phone. From what i gather, verizon has finally shifted wireless from tdma to cdma, while the rest of the world has moved on to GSM. I have an ATT Nokia

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

some dlp units require factory replacement of the bulb. others are a do it your self. the do it yourself cost is around $1-200. bulb life is frequently only 2-3000hrs. 1000 hrs is 6 weeks. you turn your tv on first thing in the morning and turn it off when go to bed, the bulb lasts less tha

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

3:47 PM 6/28/2008, you wrote: >>Unless somthing has changed, there is no 1080p broadcasts yet. >> >>Mike >> >>On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:14 PM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Wimbledon is currently on nbc hd and espn2hd. >>> >>

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

Wimbledon is currently on nbc hd and espn2hd. nbc is probably 1080p espn is maybe 540. i can see the net strings clearly on nbc. the scoreboard is clear when looking from 100' away. fine looking images. on espn, the net is a gray smear, and the scoreboard is fuzzy. the two feeds are differen

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights IS with Lies

At 09:50 AM 6/27/2008, you wrote: >I haven't been paying attention, but I think it's a bit of a leap to >say that FIOS is inferior to cable (if anyone has?). Cable seems >capable of faster speeds, but will they offer those better speeds at >better prices is the question. maybe faster internet in th

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

> > >Let the product do the talking and let the marketplace decide is >my philosophy. Here in the united states, the entire effort of the advertising industry is to convince the marketplace that an inferior product is the product of need. get a logo, a color, and a jingle. start with GM and for

Re: [CGUYS] Cable Fights FIOS with Lies

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/03/31/comcast-degrades-hd.html http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1008271 i have comcast in dc. my sister has fios in dallas, which was very much better. the differences i saw in the tv images was considerable. almost the same as the spread b

Re: [CGUYS] third party xp-Vista backup software

i see Genie Backup Manager 8 is the recommended software from pc magazine anyone have any comments on it, or some other program that: 1. does not do backup written to the sky(i want cd/dvd/tape in hand) 2. costs less than 100 bucks 3. does not do an image backup(i have Acronis and dislike i

[CGUYS] third party xp-Vista backup software

I have used "Backup myPC" software for windows machines for about 10 or 15 years and through 10 name changes and a half a dozen owners. it is fast, easy, and ran on everything from windows 95 to xp. it was cheap. it does not seem to run on Vista. what is the backup software of choice to run

[CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

I would like to put a second internal HD in my desktop pc and connect it for backup. Once the backup is complete i would disconnect it. Machine has easy to remove side plate, and it is easy to connect the hd. no external connections, no external boxes, etc. sata to sata is very fast. What's

Re: [CGUYS] DOS system Help

i still have an addonics external CD reader. think it is a 1 speed. it connects through the parallel or serial port. i forgot which. i do not know if i threw the interconnect cable away or not. i used it in the past to load operating systems on laptops that did not have a floppy drive. you

Re: [CGUYS] FireFox 3 download day starts at 13:00 ET

these people are pretty competent. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=831611 At 12:27 PM 6/17/2008, you wrote: >If you plan to download Firefox 3 today, I would appreciate reviews. XP >or OS X, please specify. I will wait awhile before updating the FF >running in XP on my company's

Re: [CGUYS] Email Scam?

there are a lot of counterfit cashiers checks out there. if a bad one comes from out of the country, the bank has about a year or so to cancel funds in your account. wire transfer should be clean. At 09:46 AM 3/20/2008, you wrote: >The bad grammar points I agree with. The Gallery page has the

Re: [CGUYS] Email Scam?

does not sound to me like a person with English as a first language. maybe a Nigerian who has moved to SA. for the past 20 years, my company sold and shipped to many foreign countries. stuff was a bit bulky, so we frequently shipped to freight forwarders in miami, nj, texas, etc. cash equiva

[CGUYS] CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

i have my accounts and my wife's accounts with etrade. i get in with password and rsa time code device. i can get into mine, or my wife's account, but not both at once. since the passcode for her account seems to be about twenty digits or so, it is a real pain to log out and log back in. w

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