[CGUYS]

2010-06-13 Thread Alvin Auerbach
It's spam. Get this guy off of the list. On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Jack Hand wrote: http://www.medsfirstrx.net/skeletonised * ** List info, subscription management, list

[CGUYS] McAfee vs. MS Security Essentials

2010-04-26 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Which is best for Windows 7: Run McAfee, run MS Security essentials, or run both? Thanks * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

[CGUYS] Verizon Webmail Security

2009-09-12 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I was using Verizon webmail today to adjust my account and subaccounts. All of the pages except one were unsecured, http pages. On the one page which was https, when I clicked submit, Safari came back and said this is an unsecured transmission. I discussed this with a Verizon fios tech

[CGUYS] Apple Answers the FCC’s Questions

2009-08-23 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Begin forwarded message: From: lists...@listserv.aol.com Date: August 23, 2009 8:07:35 AM EDT To: Alvin Auerbach alvin.auerb...@verizon.net Subject: Rejected posting to COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Your message cannot be distributed to the COMPUTERGUYS-L list because it exceeds

[CGUYS] Tony's Search [Was Google: 2nd hit. Bing: Not in 100 hits}

2009-08-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tony, I tried your suggestion, one percent own wealth Google said: No results found for one percent own wealth., Results for one percent own wealth (without quotes): Then all ten hits on the page were germane. - Bing said: We did not find any results for one

Re: [CGUYS] Tony's Search [Was Google: 2nd hit. Bing: Not in 100 hits}

2009-08-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
a site 'let me bing that for you' since some can't seem to use it. On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Alvin Auerbach alvin.auerb...@verizon.netwrote: Tony, I tried your suggestion, one percent own wealth Google said: No results found for one percent own wealth., Results for one percent own wealth

Re: [CGUYS] Tony's Search [Was Google: 2nd hit. Bing: Not in 100 hits}

2009-08-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
But that doesn't change the fact that the original search was incorrect... The test is not to see which person can parse his search in the most efficient manner for the search engine. The test is to see which search engine can respond in the most efficient manner for the person, even if

[CGUYS] Google: 2nd hit. Bing: Not in 100 hits.

2009-07-31 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Google: 2nd hit was what I wanted. I checked the first 100 hits from Bing, and found nothing. I did a find on each Bing page for 1% None of the first 100 Bing hits had that term. I then stopped checking. Search term: 1% own Google's second hit: World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth,

[CGUYS] Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System

2009-07-07 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?_r=1hp In a post on its company blog, Google said the operating system would initially be aimed at netbooks... It said the open-source software, called Chrome OS, would be

[CGUYS] Embedding Metadata in PDF (Was: Databases: Open Office Base?)

2009-06-20 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Embedding metadata in a PDF file: I was curious about this so I made a duplicate of a PDF file which I'd downloaded. Opened the duplicate file with Preview. Used ToolsInspector to add a nonsense keyword, and saved file. Searched for the keyword and found it immediately. Problem: File size of

[CGUYS] why they don't lease (was I Got 9)

2009-06-20 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I don't understand why... The usual answer to this type of question is Money. In our system of government, you get what you pay for. You didn't pay for government of the people, by the people, for the people, so you (and me and other taxpayers) don't get it. The special interests pay for

[CGUYS] Low price for MacBook 13.3 MB881LL/A

2009-06-16 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Micro Center is selling the MacBook 13.3 MB881LL/A for $900-($100 instant rebate)-($50 mail-in rebate)=$850 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map,

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-15 Thread Alvin Auerbach
AFAIK, All software is linked to an operating system. Apple software is not intricately linked; that is, it is very easy to run the OS without any other installed software; removing any application, even those supplied by Apple, is easy and does not adversely affect the OS.

[CGUYS] On Demand Books [Was: Blogging for marketing networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)

2009-06-05 Thread Alvin Auerbach
http://www.ondemandbooks.com/home.htm Amazing! They have a video of the machine in operation. Many years ago, before the digital age, my place of employment had a machine into which you could put a microfiche and receive a printed and stapled report. On Jun 5, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Rev.

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-31 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tom, thank you for the URL for the David Simon testimony. The testimony was well written, with the ring of truth. I was just talking with a neighbor of mine, who was a manager at Sears, and he had a similar story to tell about Sears. Jeff, I don't really want to argue with you, because I

Re: [CGUYS] Form text software

2009-05-26 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Insert the scanned forms into an AppleWorks Draw document, lock then in place, then put text on top of the form. I wanted to do just that in NeoOffice, but it became complicated, and I wanted to get the job done quickly, so I went back to AppleWorks. On May 26, 2009, at 3:18 PM, db

Re: [CGUYS] Color Calibration?

2009-05-24 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Everyone, thanks for your replies; especially Tom for that extensive and educational post. IMO, someone who is a good photographer can get stunning results with inexpensive equipment; and of course get amazing results with expensive equipment. Some who is not a good photographer (like

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

2009-05-23 Thread Alvin Auerbach
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. On May 23, 2009, at 9:24 PM, tjpa wrote: The computer is for travel AND for research. I've done

[CGUYS] Color Calibration?

2009-05-22 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I'd really like the group's advice on the following: I'm a not very knowledgeable, low end snap shooter picture taker. Still, I'd like to have my camera, scanner, monitor (iMac), and both printers agree on what colors in photographs are supposed to look like. There is a hardware-software

[CGUYS] NeoOffice 3.0/Mac PPC or Intel vs. OpenOffice 2.4/Mac PPC vs. OpenOffice 3.1/Mac Intel ?

2009-05-17 Thread Alvin Auerbach
1. I have an iMac PPC. Some (day? year?) I'll buy an iMac Intel. 2. The latest version of NeoOffice is 3.0, and it runs on Mac PPC and Mac Intel. 3. The latest version of OpenOffice is 3.1, and it runs on Mac Intel but not Mac PPC. 4. The latest version of OpenOffice that runs on Mac PPC

[CGUYS] DiskWarrior Report

2009-05-12 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I restarted my computer and restarted DiskWarrior, and it ran for about 3-1/2 days and then reported that it couldn't rebuild the directory, but to email Alsoft and tell them error no. xxx. Alsoft asked me to contact them via iChat, and Marc had me open Terminal, and passed commands for me

[CGUYS] Cleaning the Inside of a Computer

2009-05-12 Thread Alvin Auerbach
My iMac is about 4 years old, and I think that the fan noise is louder than it was originally. I want to open it up and vacuum the dust out of it, but I recall reading that this may make a static electrical charge that could ruin some semiconductors. I would like to know if anyone has

Re: [CGUYS] Cleaning the Inside of a Computer

2009-05-12 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I opened it up: No dust. No clogged intake filter. No intake filter. No loose screws. No loose wires. No WD40 for me. No loud radio for me. WWDC should see Snow Leopard. If there's also a new iMac, that's the way I'll solve the problem. On May 12, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: My

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

2009-05-11 Thread Alvin Auerbach
In 1949, the money to be made from the widespread CONSTRUCTION of solar water heating was modest and diffuse. Shortly after, the money to be made SUPPRESSING solar water heating was large and concentrated and continuous: We had plenty of solar heated water (free heat): My parents' modest 2

[CGUYS] DiskWarrior Info Wanted

2009-05-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I'm using Alsoft's DiskWarrior 4.1.1 on a WD 1 TB USB hard drive, connected to a 2 GHz iMac G5 with 2 GB RAM. DiskWarrior has now been on for about 48 hours. Alsoft's support did not answer my questions. If you have experience with DiskWarrior, what's your opinion: 1. Is DiskWarrior still

Re: [CGUYS] DiskWarrior Info Wanted

2009-05-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Thanks Tom and db, for your advice. My Alsoft advice was from Marc Moorash, Alsoft Technical Support. I have no idea about what's in the drive, and I don't want to open it, as it belongs to a friend of mine, not to me. I will re-boot the iMac, and let my e-mail pile up on Verizon's

[CGUYS] Firewall Logging: Are these a problem?

2009-05-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I read an article about computer security, suggesting that firewall logging should be used. I had forgotten that I had turned it on in my iMac running Mac OS 10.5.6, so I inspected the log, but I really don't know the true meaning of the results. These entries seem ominous. Are they? Is

Re: [CGUYS] Firewall Logging: Are these a problem?

2009-05-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tom, thanks! Listening: I thought that someone on the outside was listening! Hard Drive: I use Time Machine and alternate between two external drives, so I should be OK there. The first iMac hardware upgrade after Snow Leopard I will probably buy a new iMac, thus using a new hard drive.

Re: [CGUYS] Firewall Logging: Are these a problem?

2009-05-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Here's what happened; what does it mean? Macintosh:~ Alvin$ netstat -an | grep LISTEN tcp6 0 0 fe80::1%lo0.631*.* LISTEN tcp4 0 0 *.3829 *.* LISTEN tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.631 *.*

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind [was Another new Windows ad...]

2009-04-10 Thread Alvin Auerbach
AC adaptor at either the AC input or the DC output, the noise goes away. Alvin On Apr 9, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: I have an MSI Wind which I use as my jukebox, with iTunes. I've read articles in which people describe how they put OS X on the machine, but it seems

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

2009-04-10 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Chronologically: Steve W. Steve J. came first. The hardware came first, then an OS to make the hardware do something useful in a relatively easy manner. Bill G. came last. It wasn't his hardware. The hardware was made by IBM. He didn't decide to sell an OS. IBM licensed QDOS from Bill,

[CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind [was Another new Windows ad...]

2009-04-09 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I have an MSI Wind which I use as my jukebox, with iTunes. I've read articles in which people describe how they put OS X on the machine, but it seems that one must be quite knowledgeable to do so. I'm not that knowledgeable. Has anyone heard of a turnkey solution? Alvin On Apr 9, 2009,

Re: [CGUYS] First Place? [Was: Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-04-05 Thread Alvin Auerbach
...from what I could tell. As individuals, our car yarns are anecdotes. When Consumer Reports (CR) collects all of those anecdotes, they become statistics. CR has auto test engineers who test the cars in CR's own lab and on CR's own test track. No individual can do all of that. No

[CGUYS] Make Disk Image In Mac OS 10 Use It In Win XP; How Can I?

2009-03-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I purchased a MSI Wind U100-432US netbook, mainly for use as a jukebox using iTunes. [It works great!] I've never had a Windows machine before, having used Macs since they were a Lisa. There is a data DVD that came with the netbook, that I'd like to put into the netbook. I tried using both

Re: [CGUYS] Make Disk Image In Mac OS 10 Use It In Win XP; How Can I?

2009-03-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
, mike wrote: Is it not possible to simply copy the files from the CD on the mac to the thumb drive? I know some installers won't work this way and NEED to be on the cd to work, but it may work this way also. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Alvin Auerbach alvin.auerb...@verizon.netwrote: I

Re: [CGUYS] Would like suggestions for 4-in-1 printer

2009-03-02 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I've used my Brother MFC9840CDW color laser multifunction machine for a little over a year, and I like it very much. It costs more than you like, but to me it's worth it. I think that Brother has similar machines with fewer functions for less money. One feature that I think is important in

Re: [CGUYS] Spam Blocker

2009-02-23 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I use the Mail program that came with Mac OS !0.5, and it picks up about 98% of the spam that I get and puts it into my Junk folder. On Feb 22, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Ellen Rains Harris wrote: Spambayes. Free download. Google is your friend. - Original Message - From: Gail.Miller

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for OS X replicating software?

2009-02-17 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I have two Firewire drives daisy chained, Time Machine 1 and Time Machine 2, and switch back and forth between them with no problem. The icon of the drive which I've selected to be active shows the special Time Machine icon and the other drive reverts to the generic Firewire drive icon.

Re: [CGUYS] Availability of Cell Phone Batteries

2009-01-11 Thread Alvin Auerbach
and replace the cells. Other batteries contain an aluminum pack. It is not unreasonable to replace this pack with a newer one. I did this with my iPod and the new pack had a much longer run time than the original. On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: There' s been a great deal

[CGUYS] Roxio Toast 10 and Toast 10 Pro: Opinions?

2009-01-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Any opinions about Roxio Toast 10 Titanium and Toast 10 Pro Titanium? I'm currently using Toast Titanium 7.1.3. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member

Re: [CGUYS] How to make a Mac computer view wmv files?

2009-01-03 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Go to http://www.telestream.net/telestream-products/desktop-products.htm and select Flip4Mac WMV Components for QuickTime - Make, edit, play WMV on your Mac Alvin On Jan 3, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Robert wrote: My daughter has a Macbook Pro laptop. She says she can't view WMV video files.

Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts

2008-11-05 Thread Alvin Auerbach
there. Matthew On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2 messages are still listed

Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts

2008-11-05 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Michael, Thanks for the ideas. I tried the previous suggestion first (from David K. Watson) and it worked. Alvin On Nov 4, 2008, at 2:46 AM, Michael Lewis wrote: Alvin Auerbach sez: Mathew, Thanks for the idea, but when I try to move the messages, they just bounce back to the Inbox

Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts

2008-11-05 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tom, Thanks for your suggestions. I'll turn off ClamXav. David K Watson sez: You are right that you can't rebuild the inbox. However, expand the inbox (click on the right-pointing triangle next to the inbox) and you should be able to rebuild each of the single account inboxes under the main

Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts

2008-11-05 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Betty, Thanks for your suggestions. This is the first time that I've had such a problem. I'll try Thunderbird when I have some time. Have you backed up your email files this month? week? ever? I use Time Machine, so backups are made every hour. Do you know where the preference/data files

[CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts

2008-11-03 Thread Alvin Auerbach
ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2 messages are still listed in the Inbox. box. When I open them, they are blank - ghosts!

Re: [CGUYS] Help! Apple Mail Ghosts

2008-11-03 Thread Alvin Auerbach
are not still on the server - if they are, delete them there. Matthew On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and the messages were moved to the computer's

[CGUYS] Selection of Browser to Print Entertainment Coupons

2008-10-27 Thread Alvin Auerbach
with. This is akin to saying You can't eat in my restaurant because I don't like the color of your skin. There is no excuse for this type of behavior. Please change your policy and accept any browser which adheres to internet standards. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Alvin Auerbach CC

[CGUYS] iPhone Unlock, Money Back Guarantee All Networks and All Applications

2008-09-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Is this real, or a scam? http://www.unlock.iphoneinfused.com * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

[CGUYS] Mount .sd2f Files Without Toast?

2008-08-07 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Roxio's Toast creates a disk image of an audio CD in a format called Sound Designer II (.Sd2f), and I've used it to back up many of my CDs. I've been thinking (worrying): If ever Toast was discontinued, and a future version of Mac OS 10 broke the old Toast, is there anything else that will

Re: [CGUYS] Mount .Sd2f Files Without Toast?

2008-08-07 Thread Alvin Auerbach
in open formats. Mike On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Alvin Auerbach [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Roxio's Toast creates a disk image of an audio CD in a format called Sound Designer II (.Sd2f), and I've used it to back up many of my CDs. I've been thinking (worrying): If ever Toast

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes mess

2008-07-23 Thread Alvin Auerbach
iTunes plays several formats, including mp3. No conversion is needed. On Jul 23, 2008, at 2:01 PM, gerald wrote: 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

[CGUYS] Lost Computer Recovery: On the Level, or a Back Door?

2008-07-14 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Lost Computer Recovery: On the Level, or a Back Door? Easily found and removed, or tenaciously holding on? Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops * ** List info,

[CGUYS] Tom: I just renewed my candy-bar Nokia 6010 for a year.

2008-07-14 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tom, Quite some time ago when the List was discussing cell phones, you mentioned that you had a no-contract phone, as it was the least expensive. I am interested in knowing the name of your current cell phone company, and why you made the switch (assuming that renewed indicates that

Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations ple

2008-06-23 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Hmmm! I'm sorry to hear about the power supply failures! As far as the temperature goes, my drive is just slightly warm. I hope that means that the PS is less likely to fail. On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: I'm been using a LaCie d2Quadra 750 GB drive for about 6 months

Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please

2008-06-20 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Yes, if you are using a Mac, FireWire USB is a good idea (IMO) as I don't think that USB will boot a Mac, but you may at some time want to connect it to a machine which has USB but not FireWire. FireWire will boot a Mac, but it's my understanding that some FireWire drives will not boot a

Re: [CGUYS] Fool MLS: Make Safari look like IE on Windows?

2008-05-23 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Thanks Jordan, I'll try that also. Alvin On May 23, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Jordan wrote: I don't know if this of any use to you , but the MLS site works fine on my iMac using Firefox. Jordan Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Michael, I will not be able to try using this for a while (although

Re: [CGUYS] Fool MLS: Make Safari look like IE on Windows?

2008-05-22 Thread Alvin Auerbach
, Michael Lewis wrote: Alvin Auerbach sez: For some reason, the real estate industry's MLS on the Web will work only on IE on Windows. Is there a way to fool MLS, and make Safari on a Mac look like IE on Windows? Thanks, Alvin - Go to Preferences. - Click to show the Advanced panel

Re: [CGUYS] Need Help to Make a PDF with a Small File Size

2008-04-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Thanks Tom and Stewart, I will try to get her to update her Adobe Reader. Alvin On Apr 29, 2008, at 9:43 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Yeah but the age of the reader should have little to do with it. If anything, the older reader (5.x) will be faster and less buggy than newer versions. Reader

[CGUYS] Adobe Media Player

2008-04-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I went to Adobe.com to see what versions of Adobe Reader were available for Windows 2000, and I came across something called Adobe Media Player. I downloaded it for my iMac OS 10.5.2, and then the install process started, and displayed (among other things): System Access: Unrestricted This

Re: [CGUYS] Need Help to Make a PDF with a Small File Size

2008-04-28 Thread Alvin Auerbach
dialog. Jim On Apr 26, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Betty. It turns out that Apple had the the solution to the problem built in to OS 10! I just didn't realize it, but someone else told me about it. Thanks, Steve Jobs and Apple!! 1. Make the PDF as usual, using

Re: [CGUYS] Need Help to Make a PDF with a Small File Size

2008-04-28 Thread Alvin Auerbach
, Alvin, I'm just curious that the workflow would be on Apple's pages if it is faulty. Jim On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Thanks Jim. I tried it and it seemed to work, but when she received it on her Windows machine, she couldn't open it. When I used the routine built

Re: [CGUYS] Need Help to Make a PDF with a Small File Size

2008-04-26 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Thanks Betty. It turns out that Apple had the the solution to the problem built in to OS 10! I just didn't realize it, but someone else told me about it. Thanks, Steve Jobs and Apple!! 1. Make the PDF as usual, using the Print command and PDF Save as PDF... 2. Open the PDF in Preview,

[CGUYS] Need Help to Make a PDF with a Small File Size

2008-04-25 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I've made a Real Estate Fact Sheet PDF for my GF, which looks nice but is too large to email to her. The first page has five color photos and weighs in at 25 MB. My tools are a G5 iMac running Mac OS 10.5.2, AppleWorks, and GraphicConverter. Somehow, even though I've tried to bring down

[CGUYS] Solar Energy (was solar battery chargers)

2008-03-27 Thread Alvin Auerbach
(My emphasis in Betty's message.) My parents built our home in Miami, FL in 1949. At that time, in that place (from my childhood memory), homes were built individually, and our home and the others in our neighborhood had solar water heaters. They were simple affairs, inexpensive, just a

Re: [CGUYS] Neighborhood security cameras

2008-02-26 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Okay, let's say that you have the hardware - cameras, recording hardware, etc.; and the software. What useful information can you glean from the pictures? I was experimenting with cameras being sold at Costco, and one of the lenses had a wide enough field of view so that you could catch the

Re: [CGUYS] Neighborhood security cameras

2008-02-26 Thread Alvin Auerbach
:59 AM, Alvin Auerbach wrote: If I put up my own, with a camera disguised as a bird house, how long before it would be vandalized, or indeed recognized for what it was? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules

Re: [CGUYS] Make a Straight Through Paper Path for a Brother Printer?

2008-01-22 Thread Alvin Auerbach
it. -- Alvin Auerbach wrote: I'm interested in purchasing a Brother MFC 9840CDW Multifunction Printer, but I don't like the fact that it (and similar Brother printers) does not have a straight through paper path. However, the back of this printer opens to remove paper jams

Re: [CGUYS] Make a Straight Through Paper Path for a Brother Pr

2008-01-22 Thread Alvin Auerbach
You might be correct, but I don't think so. This Brother MFC9840CDW printer is of a fairly new design. It does not use a carousel. The four toner cartridges are parallel to each other, and I think that the paper makes only one pass over the cartridges. This is how the machine achieves a

[CGUYS] Make a Straight Through Paper Path for a Brother Printer?

2008-01-21 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I'm interested in purchasing a Brother MFC 9840CDW Multifunction Printer, but I don't like the fact that it (and similar Brother printers) does not have a straight through paper path. However, the back of this printer opens to remove paper jams, and it seems to me that if one could defeat

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-09 Thread Alvin Auerbach
We use words in our thoughts and propagandists like to give us the wrong words so that we will think the wrong thoughts. They repeatedly use the word Democracy to describe our form of government, and we all follow along and use Democracy also. The word Democracy makes us think that we have

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-08 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I like the system that we had in Montgomery County, Maryland, before we received the Diebold machines. It was a punch card system. No, not the notorious Florida system where you use a pencil to poke out previously scored circles. It was a system that used an IBM card and a hand pressed

[CGUYS] Intego Virusbarrier X4 Dual Protection Win/Mac?

2007-11-01 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Any experience/opinions regarding Intego Virusbarrier X4 Dual Protection Win/Mac? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join

[CGUYS] No Classic in Leopard! Help!

2007-10-28 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Sandbagged by an Apple with a Leopard in its mouth! What a Jobs! No mention by Apple that Leopard will not support Classic on my iMac G5, and I didn't heed your advice and ordered the thing from Amazon! :( [I was salivating over Time Machine and Spaces.] Does this seem okay? Partition my

[CGUYS] Tom Predicted That...

2007-10-04 Thread Alvin Auerbach
July 7, 2005; the Computer Guys on the Kojo Namdi Show Tom said: I'm expecting that somewhere down the road I'll be carrying an iPod that answers to the telephone ringing. I imagine it will not be long before you guys are carrying cell phones that play music. John Gilroy laughs at these

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Constance, Just addressing your one point below: If you recall, our Supreme Court ruled that a State could use its power of eminent domain to wrest real property from a citizen, then give that real property to a corporation, if in so doing, they would get more tax revenue from the

Re: [CGUYS] Setting Up a Bootable External Drive

2007-09-18 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Mac OS 10.5 is due out in a few weeks, with Time Machine, Apple's new backup software. Personally, I'm putting off any changes to my backup software and hardware, until I find out the details about Time Machine. I've been using Retrospect on a regular schedule to make a complete copy of

[CGUYS] Weird Sites With Weird Names

2007-09-16 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I googled The G rate make-up stamp (an old postage stamp) and came up with several weird sites with weird names (example below) that have in them hundreds of seemingly random words and phrases strung together, as: ...files dailymotion airport in bulgaria the g rate make up stamp custom made

Re: [CGUYS] .mix

2007-09-16 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Every Mac owner should have the application GraphicConverter. Go to http://www.lemkesoft.com and download it for free. Use it, you'll love it, then pay the $35 bargain shareware fee. GraphicConverter does not list .mix files as a format that it works with. However, page 323 of the manual

Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: Walgreen's offers free ink refills]

2007-09-12 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Couldn't find link to FREE but found Walgreens link that says Offer excludes Canon and Epson cartridges. [$10 black, $15 color] http://www.walgreens.com/printercartridge/ Free Ink? I like free. Original Message Subject: Walgreen's offers free ink refills Date: Tue, 11 Sep

Re: [CGUYS] Replacing Vista with XP

2007-09-02 Thread Alvin Auerbach
You know that eventually they will make it impossible for you to stay with OS 9. 1. Mac had a change of microprocessor. Windows did not. The change was because although at the introduction of the IBM PPC, it was superior to the Intel offering, over the years, Intel worked hard and pulled

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I know that the message gets to yahoo because it's listed in the email commands! Here is a problem I run into that is not really Yahoogroups problem. Every now and then my ISP (earthlink) just drops emails. I mean they drop them, I don't get them and they go into the etherworld. (This

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
already. :( Alvin At 08:06 PM 08/29/2007 -0400, Alvin Auerbach wrote It's not that we want to control what people write, after they're in the group. We want to control who gets in to the group. So we need to approve or deny, so we need the request to go to Pending. I understand--I have

Re: [CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-29 Thread Alvin Auerbach
if you have any further questions or concerns. Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Groups. Regards, Gidget ==End Message From Yahoo == At 9:15 PM -0400 8/28/07, Alvin Auerbach wrote: Part 1 Is anyone else a YahooGroups moderator in a group where

[CGUYS] YahooGroups Problem - Please Help

2007-08-28 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Part 1 Is anyone else a YahooGroups moderator in a group where the moderator must approve each applicant? If so, have you had this [see below] problem, where the email request for membership is received by yahoo, but is not transferred to the Pending page, where a moderator can deal with

Re: [CGUYS] Canvas Customer Exclusive! Reserve your copy of Canvas 11 for $99.99 and get ACDSee Pro

2007-08-16 Thread Alvin Auerbach
-intel, why are you doing this? Why are you throwing away your Mac customers? Alvin Auerbach From: ACD Systems Ltd. Canvas Customer Exclusive! Reserve your copy of Canvas 11 for only $99.99 and get ACDSee Pro included. Save over $300! Offer available only until

Re: [CGUYS] Sicko -- discussion location (off topic)

2007-08-16 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Most people do not understand that we have only one political party in this nation. It's the Corporation Party. It has two wings, the Democratic Wing and the Republican Wing. Each wing draws voter support from a different base, but what counts is money support, and for each wing, that comes

[CGUYS] Terminal Message Quandry

2007-08-07 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Below is a Terminal message that I received after activating the ClamXav file named REMOVE_engine.command. Does the message mean that: 1. The file was found, removed, then the machine was checked to see if it was removed, and it was. OR 2. The file was never found. Thanks.

Re: [CGUYS] shredding services

2007-07-27 Thread Alvin Auerbach
documents. We did not give them to anyone else for shredding, even if they had a security clearance. The shredder was an advanced model which turned the paper into dust particles smaller than a period at the end of a sentence. how big a risk do you consider this to be? Alvin Auerbach wrote

Re: [CGUYS] shredding services

2007-07-27 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Note that the shedding is not done in front of your eyes. They load your papers on a truck and take them away, so you're trusting all of the people who handle your papers. Judy Cosler next one is mid to late Sept community shred http://www.nbc4.com/sponsors/5340872/detail.html Thank you

Re: [CGUYS] Powerless Powerbook

2007-07-10 Thread Alvin Auerbach
The Apple Powerbook ac adaptors are known to have problems with the dc cable and the dc connector. Try to borrow a known good ac adaptor to determine if it's the adaptor or something else. I have an Apple Powerbook, it's a G4, 857mgh, 15 inch model. It wont run when using the ac adaptor and

Re: [CGUYS] Will the iPhone Change Everything?

2007-07-09 Thread Alvin Auerbach
At 5:05 PM -0400 7/9/07, Constance Warner wrote: EXAMPLE: I've spent many, many hours on websites and the phone lately, trying to track down, among other things, the answer to why my cellphone suddenly stopped working in critical parts of town. This is a standard business question. It will

[CGUYS] Eudora and MIME

2007-07-03 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I use Eudora 6.2.4 for Mac OS 10. I just received a message containing this note: -- This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you might want to consider changing to a mail reader that understands how to properly display MIME multipart

Re: [CGUYS] Eudora and MIME

2007-07-03 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Thanks, Vicky. Alvin On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Alvin Auerbach wrote: I use Eudora 6.2.4 for Mac OS 10. I just received a message containing this note: -- This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you might want to consider changing to a mail

[CGUYS] PDF Printing Problem

2007-06-28 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I made a simple AppleWorks Draw document, containing a (originally) tiff file from GraphicConverter, and some lines drawn with the AW line tool. This document prints without any problem from my HP 4ML laser printer. I wanted to email the document to someone, so I made a pdf file using the

[CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-13 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tom, I'm thinking ahead about Mac OS 10.5. It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall the OS, applications, and data. Do you still recommend this? I was thinking that if I'm going to do this, then the

Re: [CGUYS] Acrobat and Silverlight (was PDF files in a Macintosh environment)

2007-06-02 Thread Alvin Auerbach
At 4:05 PM -0400 6/2/07, Jeff Wright wrote: You have to marvel at the irony of someone who crows on and on about monopolies to cry about competition in dominant media formats. It's a different situation. As I understand it, there are applications other than Adobe's which can create PDF's.

Re: [CGUYS] *dishwasher-safe* keyboard

2007-05-17 Thread Alvin Auerbach
My understanding is that a long time ago when printed circuit boards were manufactured, at the end of the process they were cleaned with some sort of solvent. This became too damaging to people and the environment, so most manufacturers switched to a process that allowed the boards to be

Re: [CGUYS] quickest way to learn CSS

2007-05-17 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Safari can't open the page http://www.metalaxis.com/references/css.html; because it can't find the server www.metalaxis.com. I have always coded my webpages using a text editor, but now find I just can't keep up with everything, especially CSS. I will probably purchase Contribute which I

Re: [CGUYS] recommendations for Mac compatible printer

2007-05-15 Thread Alvin Auerbach
I still have two HP 4ML printers. One for me and one for my daughter. They were originally almost $1k. Slow as molasses by today's standard, but excellent text print and very reliable. It is getting difficult to get good rebuilt cartridges, and the new ones, if you can find them, cost a

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