On Sep 6, 2009, at 4:33 PM, mike wrote:
You don't seem to have a full grasp on capitalism. If your letters
didn't
arrive you'd switch carriers and get them to arrive. It's called
Fedex and
UPS and DHL etc. Would one pizza shop across the nation be good?
There was a time when you had to s
On Sep 6, 2009, at 4:34 PM, mike wrote:
The UK and Canada are moving away from socialized medicine, not
towards it.
While this is definitely off topic, it is still very useful in the
general context of the List's discussions about computers and
technology. It gets us away from tainted topi
On Sep 6, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
We are being told that health care is a "right." I disagree.
Health care
is paramount, no doubt, but it is no more a right than food or a
place to
live.
If you encounter someone who is hungry and you don't feed them you are
not being nice.
On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
And the ones who will choose choice will be the employers, dumping
their health care, and then you, the employee, will have only one
choice, the public option. That is what is happening in
Massachusetts; the employers would rather pay the
On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:41 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
It may seem counterintuitive, but the reason you have home owner's
insurance is to benefit the mortgage carriers, not you; your car
insurance is to keep others' insurance from going up too high and
for the public agencies that cover the ininsured
On Sep 8, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
For the record, I will be pursuing this. Not to get special
treatment,
which I don't expect, but hopefully to raise awareness of how badly
I was treated, which I frankly didn't expect.
Take care that they don't run you over with their truck.
On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:16 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
Futura is more attractive than Verdana. The real problem here is
that IKEA
switched to a M$ font. M$ a company that is not renown for really
good
design.
Actually Verdana is one of two fonts that M$ had designed by Mathew
Carter, who
On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I have heard of some registration agents taking ownership of the
site when they register and then you are held hostage in the process.
I continue to be listed as the owner. They are listed as the technical
contact, as they should.
W
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
Ok, this is on both topics, health care and computers. Jim Clark
started Healtheon. MS bought it. It was supposed to be a system of
putting healthcare history of patients online to cut out waste.
Whatever happened with that?
Healtheon merged w
On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:26 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
I guess I don't get it. I sent a msg to myself and it immediately
appeared in my inbox with the from as "me". And, of course, I have an
outbound copy of that msg in my sent folder.
Have you read through the email headers to see how it was routed?
On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
So you are in favor of nationalizing, not just the health insurance
companies, but also life insurance and automobile insurance? Your
logic would apply to them as well. Or if not nationalize, make them
provide the same coverage to everybod
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:20 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Did M$ PAY Carter for his design? They neglected to pay for some of
the early fonts that they used.
They hired him to design a set of fonts for screen display. After he
completed two M$ got a case of the cheaps and sent him packing. M$
staff was
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Business Her Way wrote:
Are any of you using any of these storage/back up units? And if yes,
how is it working for you?
You did not state the application, but for 99 out of 100 it is
trouble. Almost nobody benefits from a RAID and a non-expert user can
g
On Sep 10, 2009, at 12:43 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
If my 81 year old mother has a DSL issue, is she calling India?
India does not have to be bad. One product I use, Quark XPress, used
to have US support and it was famously terrible. New owners moved much
of the company overseas and tech sup
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Jordan wrote:
The nice Apple keyboard that I use on the iMac has a problem. The
cde and 3 keys have stopped working. Is there anything I can tinker
with that might fix this? It's a couple years old, but does anyone
think Apple will do anything for me on this?
C
On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
One postscript on the GPS issue: don't get too used to relying on
your GPS unit. The satellites on which GPS depends are aging and
will need replacement very soon. No money has been appropriated for
any replacement satellites, and you c
On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Security researcher Brian Mastenbrook uncovered a cross-site
scripting vulnerability in Ruby on Rails and quickly had injected
Javascript code running in Twitter.
"An advisory from the Ruby developers has already been issued, along
with patc
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
The only thing I'm not seeing here is a point.
Precisely the point. You don't see much through your ideological haze
and trying to provoke thought is quite impossible.
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
I wonder what will be the predominant language of space exploration:
English, or Chinese?
Chinese, definitely. The American Century ended prematurely.
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On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
You can't "compete" with the govt. "Choice" with the state is a
bug, not a feature.
This has no basis in fact. You just keep chanting that wingnut mantra.
Keep your eyes shut real tight while you do.
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On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Nah, it's pretty much socialism when the Stupid Party does it too.
"Socialism" is simply "opposition to the untrammeled workings of the
economic market." Most of the world embraces "socialism." "Socialism"
is a good and virtuous thing. Anyone
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:19 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
What the hell came of creating the database/intranet of health
care? Who was against it? What happened to the waste cutting? Where
did it go? The company still exists, so.?
People were rightly nervous over such an operation being run by M$.
On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:04 PM, mike wrote:
Brilliant! Socialism is great till you run out of everyone elses
money.
But one doesn't. That is just a bogeyman invented by wing nuts who are
bad at math.
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On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Marcio wrote:
Hmmm I am considering this...going Gmail. But will I find all that
Eudore offers?
As time goes on I find that software does get smarter and better as
developers understand tasks better (except for M$ Office). New
software may do things differently,
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years ago was as
affordable as it is today.
Very true,except that today we have more information about fares.
You only get less for your $ today.
Today they can abuse their customers with impunit
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Jordan wrote:
_Oh, and by the way, these wingers who are against government
involvement in health care because it's not in the constitution? I
guess they are against Medicare too. Good luck with that.
I recall Trent Lott lecturing us while people were dying from t
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
How about if they break even? That would be a hoot.
What does that mean? You could try to make sense from time to time.
That would really be a hoot.
"Profit" and "break even" are not useful concepts for thinking about
how governments work. A
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:33 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
By expanding Medicare and returning to private nonprofits instead of
taking customers' premiums for shareholders, the costs of both
Medicare and private health care will go down, as it has in many
other countries with similar plans. Medicare costs
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Jeff Miles wrote:
I'm an ignorant ass because I don't agree with you and don't see why
you keep refusing to understand the word "option"?
Same thing happens with these folks when the topic is computers. They
simply refuse to acknowledge key facts and will argue ro
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Every year we work longer and longer to pay the guvmint our tax
burden and
every year we become less free as more laws are passed that restrict
our
freedom just a little bit more than last year.
False. What planet do you live on?
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:59 PM, mike wrote:
I heard someone saying on the radio or television, I don't recall
where,
that we should require when any new law goes on the books they
should have
to remove one also.
Probably Fox. Most of the utterly stupid commentary comes from there.
Only an idi
On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
As for letting the free market work for insurance companies, I'm all
for that. Let's stop requiring insurance for damn near everything.
Let's make it an option. Do you want to buy a house? You don't have
to buy fire insurance. You want to drive a
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It is called universal or one payer healthcare.
Nothing socialistic about it.
Nope. It is socialism through and through. It is the right thing to do.
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On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
For you to say that the health care in Cuba is better than the
United States may be the dumbest statement I have ever heard.
Given the choice...you mean to tell me that you would fly to Cuba to
have open heart surgery instead of having it done by
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:44 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
No one could compete with Freddy and Fanny because they had the
implied (turns out real) backing of the US Treasury and they could
borrow at rates lower than other financial institutions. That's how
they made those gobs of money (before t
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry,
the wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Congress.
See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act.
Are we talking policy or are you starting a Jimmy Carter fan cl
On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:46 AM, One Man wrote:
What's wrong with familiarity? why should users be required to
learn yet more s/w when they're already comfortable with what
they're familiar? Yes, call me a curmudgeon.
Why don't we still live in caves and bang rocks together to make tools?
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On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy
beyond its means.
Nonesense. What are you comparing that number to? Your pay check?
Properly you look at it as percent of GDP. A proper analysis is here: http://zfacts.c
On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
I find this to be true also: The greedy aren't the capitalists.
They are trying to make a living and I say power to them.
So you think the corporations who cancel your health insurance the
moment you get sick are fine upstanding examples of m
On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
One can draw some conclusions from the health care debate...this
chief among them: Obama is a radical liberal at best...a socialist
at worst. Same with Pelosi and Reid. I can't imagine any clear
thinking person anywhere wants our country run
On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
Obama claims that nationalizing health care will create jobs. The
only jobs that will be created are government jobs.
On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
Government produces no wealth and adds absolutely nothing to the
gross nation
On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:59 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
This is wrong. Competition only needs a winner and looser at the
end of the game. However during it both sides should stay
competitive. And yes, I'll worry, along with you, when the game is
over.
Eventually the Sun will go super nova and the
On Sep 11, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Stephen Brownfield wrote:
My wife emailed me an Excel database to merge into mailing labels.
She is running Office 2008 on her MacBook Pro running 10.5. I am
running Office X on my iMac running 10.4.11.
Oh gawd, Office X used to be the buggiest version of Off
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?8dpc
"Zune’s reputation as the player for weirdos and losers. Among the
under-25 set, “Zune” is a punch line"
Wow!
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On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:14 PM, mike wrote:
My other thought was...you are still using cds?
Vista won't read any of our HFS formatted thumb drives and we had a
pile of CDs handy.
Thanks for the other ideas. Zipping the directory looks most
promising. Zipping is built into Mac OS. I guess I
On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:18 PM, David K Watson wrote:
Myself, I'd say generally positive is a better description. By most
objective standards, to be considered overwhelmingly positive a
review would have to be very strong on its positives and contain
a very small number of very minor negatives.
On Sep 17, 2009, at 12:04 PM, mike wrote:
You need to read more. Geithner is monetizing our debt and Obama
and team
want to raise our debt ceiling again, this has been done several
times by
both parties. This isn't about some hated neocon vs liberal wackos,
this is
both parties ripping us
On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Saying that this isn't a positive review, now that is truly
delusional. It's practically psychotic.
It is not a positive review. It cites many positive features, but
concludes that these are insufficient. That is not a positive
conclusion.
On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:37 PM, mike wrote:
The full version of what happened surrounding GV being rejected (so
says
google) or not rejected (so says apple) was finally released. Google
released a redacted version of their side earlier but now the full
version
has been released and it says cl
On Sep 19, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
Based on my experience, I would advise against trusting a "thumb
drive" or a memory chip to store data over the long run. A month or
two, probably OK.
Yes indeed. Data stored on flash drives can vanish in a flash. Isn't
that why we call
On Sep 20, 2009, at 9:39 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
The Internet was born and and raised in the United States. Yet—
thanks to
slow speeds, inconsistent availability, and bandwidth caps—we now lag
the rest of the world when it comes to broadband Net access...
That is what "free markets" are designed t
On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:47 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
My first gen MBP has a free USB port on the right side and on the
left. The port on the left is close to the mag safe power plug but
only the port on the right can power my USB hard drive that I use for
backups and my iTunes collection. I use the por
On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Ranbo wrote:
I see some Netbooks at CompUSA for as little as $239, making it much
more
affordable. What do Netbooks typically lack that Notebooks have?
You get what you pay for. If what you want is just basic web and word
processing you'll be fine. You may find
On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Richard P. wrote:
A non-profit has a http website in which users are filling out
personal and private form information, and the non-profit would like
the get it secured with https. How can this be accomplished
economically? Is the code difficult to write?
HTTPS is j
On Sep 22, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Mike wrote:
Two days ago I got an email from Domain Trade LLC regarding a domain
I've
owned for a little over a year. I had actually forgotten I had
purchased
the domain until this email arrived. Domain Trade is claiming they
may want
to purchase my domain for
On Sep 24, 2009, at 7:36 PM, One Man wrote:
To access remotely my public library's online catalog, specifically
electronic resources, I am trying to download overdrive.com for
mac. It starts to download as ODMediaConsoleSetup.dmg, but I get
the message "Mounting failed"
Run DiskUtility an
On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Tony B wrote:
Well, *I* found it interesting anyway.
Me too. Thanks for the link.
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On Sep 28, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Tony B wrote:
Yet again. If this were MS pulling this stunt, they would certainly be
pilloried. And probably sued by the EU. Where's the outrage here?
You heard about it on Glenn Beck?
Apple is not pushing anything on anybody. It is providing a list of
currently
On Sep 28, 2009, at 5:59 PM, mike wrote:
Every company is going to sell itself. To expect different is to be
foolish. Those walking into the Apple store should be as equally
armed as
those in Best Buy or anywhere else.
I have found the staff at he Apple store to be very knowledgeable
abo
On Oct 4, 2009, at 11:04 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
We need more manufacturing here. Americans are very good
conscientious workers.
It is not the workers that are the problem, it is the managers. It is
the managers who decide that they can fatten their bonuses by making
crappy products. They can
Are people out of their minds? This report says that 20% of Macs are
now running Snow Leopard. That's insane. Apple has shipped its first
updates to X.6.1 but there are still many reports of odd behavior. The
one about fonts is a show stopper for me. Maybe it is the $25 price
that got every
On Oct 2, 2009, at 4:24 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
My guess is part of the speed up is them by passing IE's security
filters.
Bad guess.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/22/2138201/Google-Brings-Chrome-Renderer-Speedy-Javascript-To-IE
Try this...
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/
"Not yo
Verizon Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch said today that in the
coming years, wired broadband will likely be sold in packages based
on the amount of data a person wants to consume, much like wireless
broadband is sold today. In comments made to press at the 2009 Fiber
to the Home Confere
On Oct 4, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Frank Sestir wrote:
I have a friend using a Mac Power Book computer. They purchased a
Linksys Wireless G Expander. Any suggestions on how to connect this
to make it work with their wireless router. They were told by the
store they purchased it from that all the
On Oct 2, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
Finding web stores & sellers from other countries on Google search
in the U.S. produces unsatisfactory results for me. Specifying the
Google search domain from other countries has proved for me to
produce a limited number of links.
Easy. S
On Oct 4, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
I'm guessing that won't be a popular statement. But I KNOW that
Americans can do it better. Our audio products are better, our
bicycle products are better.
The prices of high-end audio equipment are particularly hard to
defend. It is a market
On Oct 2, 2009, at 4:24 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
My guess is part of the speed up is them by passing IE's security
filters.
"Microsoft says "hey, that thing just give malware more attach points
and makes our browser less secure" -- which cause a lot of chuckling
around the blogosphere.
On Oct 3, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Art Clemons wrote:
I also wonder whether someone with Fios for example is really costing
more if that individual downloads only three emails a day and surfs
once
a week to the Washington Post versus someone who downloads movies from
Netflix or some similar entity.
On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:46 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
How long will it take to fix Snow Leopard? It's only been out a month.
That's not the point. It was not broke and now it is. It represents
the generally slovenly attitude towards computing that the NeXTies
brought to Apple. The thing that makes M
On Oct 12, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Marcio wrote:
Insofar as administrator I am not sure what to do but I noticed that
when I enter in Safe Windows they gave me a choice of Administrator
or Marcio. But when I go straight it is only Marcio and I am the
administrator.
That's great. Looks like your
On Oct 13, 2009, at 12:06 AM, Art Clemons wrote:
In case you miss the obvious, read the last line! Note that fanboy is
an OS neutral term!
Cool!
(but expensive)
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On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:08 AM, mike wrote:
Well it's not a dirty trick, friend of mine on irc said it was
unethical.
It's not either, it's paying for a job to get done. But as I said,
they are
just screwing users in the end.
I figured your moral sense would not be up to perceiving that it i
On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:38 AM, Andy Gallant wrote:
I want the received TO field to be empty. But, when I send BCCs
only and leave TO (and CC) empty, somehow the received messages show
the TO field filled in with the same value as the FROM field. This
happens inside Outlook and that's not wha
On Nov 24, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Tony B wrote:
Around here it's got nothing to do with extra hours. It's construction
jobs being lost to 'Mexicans' (anyone that speaks spanish). I've heard
it from both sides though - the employers complain the local guys just
won't show up on time consistently (or a
On Nov 25, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
That is what Fox and the rest of the denier community wants you to
think, but it is not at all what the emails said. Unfortunately,
this isn't the right place to discuss it.
Fortunately Fox and the WSJ are soon to be walled off from reality t
I just got to spend a day with a new Mac with the new Magic Mouse. It
only took a few minutes to get used to operating the screen by gliding
my fingers across its surface. Today I'm back to using an Apple Mighty
Mouse and I must say I'm annoyed. The Magic Mouse makes computing so
much easie
On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Richard P. wrote:
Wikipedia shows signs of stalling as number of volunteers falls
sharply
I'm not surprised. Wikipedia has matured and really does need fewer
hands to maintain it. Meanwhile lots of new opportunities have
emerged. Some of the new venues have ev
On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Tony B wrote:
Dreamweaver only needs a key and the original disks to reinstall. But
it's also fairly useless these days for modern CMS-driven websites.
Unless she's taking web design courses, in which case she would need
the newest DW. I'd say don't obsess about it.
On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:02 PM, mike wrote:
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/12/02/firefox-overtakes-internet-explorer-in-germany/
"It will be interesting to see what if any effect this has on hacker
activity in the country. Defenders of Microsoft’s security record have
previously argued that virus
On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Tony B wrote:
Dumbest thing I've seen in ages. "On a tap the mouse will click, no
physical click required". Wow! No more onerous mouse clicking! Thank
god we're saved at last from the drudgery!
You are so predictable. I'm surprised you are not still railing
agains
On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:27 PM, mike wrote:
"Apple's App Store police have again exhibited a brush with common
sense,
and allowed another iPhone app to display previously forbidden
images of
Cupertino hardware."
Just to make Mike feel all warm an fuzzy, the Sex App Shop offers porn
for the
Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming video app
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/steve-jobs-intervenes-approves-knocking-streaming-video-app.ars
"The approval is significant for several reasons. It's the first app
with verified use of private APIs that Apple has approved f
On Dec 6, 2009, at 9:09 PM, tjpa got this email that he sent: Date:
November 11, 2009 8:09:07 PM EST
This is quite annoying.
But don't think I'm responding to ancient emails.
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On Dec 6, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
I've noticed what look like a few old threads re-occurring over the
last couple of days. Must have been a few emails stuck at AOL?
Or we are being dragged into the past by the neocons.
On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:26 PM, mike wrote:
WOW...70 bux.
Mac owners earn more than WFBs so no problemo.
P.S. I sent this in 2 weeks ago and it gets delivered only now.
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On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Christopher Range wrote:
I already did update all the drivers.
Roll back your video driver. I have found that recent video driver
updates actually cause problems. When I rolled back video drivers my
crashing stopped.
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On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Michael Wosnick wrote:
Instead I have a Precision T7500 workstation that I neither want nor
ordered.
Why don't you just keep what you got? Looks like a fine PC.
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On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Christopher Range wrote:
I know that, a lot of the hardware on my computer needs to be
upgraded.
It looks fine to me. Should be able to run XP just fine as it is.
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On Dec 15, 2009, at 12:46 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Maybe you could use David Pogue's Missing Manuals.
And a careful reading of "Tog on Interface."
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On Dec 14, 2009, at 3:23 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
For some time now, it has been my opinion that Apple has shifted its
gaze toward portable devices designed primarily for entertainment
purposes or an entertainment/portable application device masquerading
as a phone. I still use and like th
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:58 PM, mike wrote:
As I stated, the TCO
of the pc's at this community college was lower than the
macs...because a
lot of the TCO that can be added has to do with maintenance on the
machines...AV work, etc...these machines have been locked down for
years and
have never
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
Another thing Tom doesn't seem to understand is that IT departments
*not* having problems are unlikely to call for his services, so, of
course he's going to see an inordinate number of problems. He's
never going to see the well run IT department
On Dec 19, 2009, at 3:42 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
You are wrong about government. YOU/WE are the government. When
elected representatives don't behave, fire them--vote for someone
who's better--campaign, inform if you have to do that. If government
is unaccountable, it's the fault of people who w
On Dec 19, 2009, at 3:14 PM, mike wrote:
My point was that part of the problem is that when things get too
big they
are unaccountable because they don't have to be. WM was untouched
for years
because nothing challanged them...the post office is run like crap
because
no matter what they know
On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:23 PM, db wrote:
That's why I was making my sacrilegious critique of some of Apple's
OS bad points that cause many people unnecessary difficulty. If
the IT literate don't/ can't see the problem, it will never be
fixed and the system remains unaccountable.
Except yo
On Dec 19, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Tony B wrote:
Relax. You only need the forms if you wrote a registry "cleaner"
that couldn't "clean" in one pass.
Carping about this just shows a lack of experience. M$'s registry
repair utility gave the same advice. Utilities that repair disk drives
do too. T
On Dec 19, 2009, at 9:13 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
Does any registry cleaner actually work in one pass? I thought it
was like
cleaning your desk. Every layer unearths a new layer of problems.
Good analogy.
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On Dec 19, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
Apparently the "new" security regime requires that all settings/
preferences be recorded in registry entries, rather than stored in
a .ini file, either in the program directory (where it belongs,
IMNSHO) or in the "Documents and Settings" folder
On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:27 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It is said that a "heavy user" may want the dock to the right or
left of the screen. I dunno exactly what a "heavy user" is
This is looking more and more like the well-known PBCAK situation.
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On Dec 21, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
But Tom and Betty both say the Dock *works better* (not "has more
functions", but "is more user friendly") on the side. And IIRC, Tom
intimated that no serious user would leave the Dock on the bottom.
So, what up widdat.
You can arm-chair the
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