Re: [CGUYS] XP sounds question -

2011-03-21 Thread Jordan
Turn the volume down all the way or set it to mute. On 3/21/11 11:37 AM, Tom Chambers wrote: List members - I hate computers that talk to me , so when I'm setting up a machine for my own use I always set it to no sounds in the control panel. That works for most sounds , but in

Re: [CGUYS] IE page failure

2010-12-13 Thread Jordan
I'm sorry you got no answers from the wizards of this group but I'll go out on a limb and say that that is because you answered your own question and solved your problem. Avoid IE and use one of the many alternatives. On 12/12/10 12:30 AM, D Freye wrote: This thursday while trying to reach a

Re: [CGUYS] Recs 4 hw support for netbook

2010-07-09 Thread Jordan
Just go to the home store and get a little piece of plexiglas the same size as the netbook.. One Man wrote: I 'm travelling and using a samsung netbook. I like the navy lid. I sit on the couch at my bro's, cross my legs and balance the netbook on a pillow. This can't be good as it blocks the

Re: [CGUYS] Cox Modem Troubleshooting

2010-05-09 Thread Jordan
I gave up on Comcast modems many years ago.(They might be better now) I got a Motorola Surfboard and it has been flawless. It still is, in spite of its age. I do keep a back-up on hand though. It just makes sense. Richard P. wrote: During the last week, my cable modem for Cox Cable loses its

Re: [CGUYS] iPad's in cars

2010-04-03 Thread Jordan
I was just catching up on some of the technology videos at the NY Times site: http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/technology/1194811622271/index.html I think it was the video of their 2nd day of CES coverage where they had a guy talking about a new Garmin unit that can communicate with a

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-22 Thread Jordan
, using a tool that I know well instead of spending the time figuring out how to make the scanner simple to use. Jordan Jeff Miles wrote: This says every laptop comes with a remote control. None of mine have. And I have a 17 Macbook Pro with the intel chip set. Not new as of in the last

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-06 Thread Jordan
b_s-wilk wrote: I have T-Mobile... There's another DC dead zone, I think along Rhode Island Avenue. Curious. I also have T-Mobile. My office is on Rhode Island Ave. No dead zone. The area is a couple of miles north of there, closer to where RI Av merges with Baltimore Av, in a

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-31 Thread Jordan
To me, for someone to choose implies that they are reasonably informed about the options. I believe that great masses of Windows users are not sufficiently aware of the Mac and OS X as a serious option. Do I even want to respond to this? Your response is incorrect. Prefer means tend to

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-31 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: To me, for someone to choose implies that they are reasonably informed about the options. I believe that great masses of Windows users are not sufficiently aware of the Mac and OS X as a serious

Re: [CGUYS] Wait

2010-01-31 Thread Jordan
Constance Warner wrote: At this point, why not WAIT AND SEE what happens when the iPad gets into the stores and people actually buy it and start using it? It seems to me that the discussion has gone about as far as it can go at this point, at this imperfect state of knowledge about the device

Re: [CGUYS] Wait

2010-01-31 Thread Jordan
tjpa wrote: On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Jordan wrote: More of us should have heeded David Pogue's advice quoted early in this discussion. Quote provided by Tom, but you didn't respond as suggested. I'm aware of that and appreciate it, (I read Pogue all the time) and I have

Re: [CGUYS] safari and new windows vs tabs

2010-01-30 Thread Jordan
John Duncan Yoyo wrote: FWIW Safari does the same things on a Snow Leopard Mac. I recently put Snow on my MacBook Pro and I have not seen this behavior. But maybe it only happens on some web sights. I would not use it if it did.

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread Jordan
A new improved model could be called a Maxipad. :-) Perhaps because of its ability to absorb so much umdata. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?

2010-01-29 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: It's simple: try this i (change), etc. The idea of Obama always was government for the rest of us. Too simple, and isn't working. Steve It's not working because he's not doing it. *

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-14 Thread Jordan
Get real Tom! It's a Windows machine. t.piwowar wrote: On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Jordan wrote: Now the first result is the mail-archive for computerguys. A shame that it was not one of our brighter moments. Did that computer ever get fixed

Re: [CGUYS] bug

2010-01-13 Thread Jordan
Cool! Now the first result is the mail-archive for computerguys. Google is watching. On 1/2/10 2:48 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Christopher Rangelcms0...@comcast.netwrote: The address shown with the link, after the search, is not the address that comes up in

Re: [CGUYS] Wi-Fi foe sues neighbor for using electronics - The Santa Fe New Mexican

2010-01-09 Thread Jordan
Thank you Betty and all! This is one of the best posts in a while. Robert Michael Abrams wrote: On Jan 9, 2010, at 1:47 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Tom Sharpe | The New Mexican Posted: Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 1/8/10 A Santa Fe man who says he suffers from electromagnetic

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation (including Mac's) - help!

2009-12-22 Thread Jordan
Right. I don't know what the Dock does when it gets full. When you've got more icons than can fit in a given space (vertical or horizontal). Do the icons shrink to make more room? start a second row? They shrink. I like mine on the right. Humans eyes scan better in the horizontal plane. Maybe

[CGUYS] AAAHH, the old days

2009-12-22 Thread Jordan
, but the computer played Doom really well. Jordan Stewart said: |I remember my first Windows 98 machines had maybe 512 MB in them. Unthinkable now, |but this was the case for a long time. | |My fist PC had 64K in it and I had to replace all the chip banks to get it to 640K | |Stewart

Re: [CGUYS] Program start OS X

2009-12-06 Thread Jordan
By the way, if you go to System Preferences-Accounts and click on Login Items, you can see what's loading at startup and add or remove programs. I don't know a specific answer to the shortcuts question, but I think I read that more of this capability was added to Snow Leopard. Again, in System

Re: [CGUYS] Program start OS X

2009-12-06 Thread Jordan
I type slowly and only take my hand off the mouse when necessary, so I'm no authority on keyboard shortcuts. But in 10.4.11 at the bottom of keyboard Shortcuts, it appears as though you can add Apps and maybe assign shortcuts to them. Just guessing. Reid Katan wrote: I've looked through

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-04 Thread Jordan
where Newt was just middle of the road? tjpa wrote: On Dec 4, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Jordan wrote: Oh, please, please let the likes of Sara and Beck run for office. That would be interesting You mean Huck was not loony enough for your tastes? You should read more of his stuff

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread Jordan
I'm sorry for the misguidance about Firewire. I thought I had read somewhere that they were phasing it out, can't recall where, and then was looking for an inexpensive Mac notebook for a friend. The new MacBooks don't have Firewire but there was a $750 refurb that had it. I think he got one.

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag

2009-11-30 Thread Jordan
Adil Godrej wrote: P.S. Okay, I'm done. It's going to be a long week at work. I'll accept whatever you send my way, but I'm afraid I will not be able to respond. Yeah, I'm running away from the fight. It's only the ethical thing to do (being as I'm at work). (Did I just hear a collective

Re: [CGUYS] ATT keeps whining, Apple attacks

2009-11-25 Thread Jordan
John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:43 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I know plenty of smokers who didn't get lung cancer, doesn't mean smoking doesn't cause it. Yep, My point was that smoker's smoke may have caused lung cancer in people who never smoked. Or more

Re: [CGUYS] Death to M$; Death to Apple

2009-11-22 Thread Jordan
I do feel your pain. tjpa wrote: On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Jordan wrote: Again, yours is the perspective of the pure urban dweller. Some of us spend little or no time in densely populated areas, and are thankful for it. Don't I know it. Who's that standing at the top of the escalator

Re: [CGUYS] online storage --HIJACKED!!

2009-11-07 Thread Jordan
Clearly, you have not been reading Tom's posts very carefully. Rich Schinnell wrote: At 03:06 PM 11/7/2009, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Date:Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:05:15 -0500 From:tjpa t...@tjpa.com Subject: Re: online storage --HIJACKED!! For example I would not trust Apple. Repeat

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-07 Thread Jordan
Chris Dunford wrote: Windows fan bois; most of them don't see the PCs as anything more than a hammer. They couldn't care less who makes it as long as it can drive whatever nail it is that they have a use for. No one has said anything to me about any problems. Who was it that said MS

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-03 Thread Jordan
But shopping at Wal-Mart is a choice. If you are aware of the history and are a socially responsible and moral being, not shopping at Wal-Mart is a choice you can easily make. It's easier to avoid the evil we can see. Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: There are definitely more evil things in this

Re: [CGUYS] POP and MAPI...

2009-11-02 Thread Jordan
Most internet services provide email that can be accessed from any computer, anywhere, called webmail. I think it's also safe to say that you have to go into your email services settings and change it to IMAP. It would not be IMAP by default. It is also my understanding that IMAP sort of

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-02 Thread Jordan
Costco also generally sells 8G drives and 4G flash drives in a 3 pack. I suggest going with one of those. A 16G flash drive is probably unnecessarily huge. Don't go to Wal-Mart. Jeff Miles wrote: I haven't really been paying attention to this thread, but now I think I should have. My son,

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-01 Thread Jordan
terminal did not work. Thanks again John DeCarlo wrote: Google U3 Removal. There are ways to get that space back. On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: I'm new to flash drives. The SanDisk flash I have loads a separate volume called U3 System which is clearly

Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-11-01 Thread Jordan
The SanDisks and the Cruzer ones I was working with had uninstalls on them. It was having to dig out my Windows computer to uninstall that I didn't like. Yes, I know I'm spoiled. tjpa wrote: On Nov 1, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Rich Schinnell wrote: Maybe I missed something but I have had flash drives

[CGUYS] Speaking of flash drives

2009-10-31 Thread Jordan
I'm new to flash drives. The SanDisk flash I have loads a separate volume called U3 System which is clearly meant for Windows users. Is there a way to get rid of this on the Mac? Thanks * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-18 Thread Jordan
Ahh, yes. But you sounded like you were looking for a replacement for printing web pages out. Fred Holmes wrote: At 07:36 PM 10/17/2009, Jordan wrote: Some of us suggested saving pages as a PDF. It's really the best alternative to printing out a web page. (it's a far superior solution

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-17 Thread Jordan
Some of us suggested saving pages as a PDF. It's really the best alternative to printing out a web page. (it's a far superior solution to me) Is this not possible with Windows? computerg...@att.net wrote: Hello all: Thank you everyone who replied to my post a while back. Briefly, I am

Re: [CGUYS] Snail Mail

2009-10-13 Thread Jordan
I have in the past, but not recently. It's a pain for me to track though because I have gmail sent to Thunderbird, so I don't know if my posts made it unless I check the archives, or someone responds. By the way, I'm one of those who bought the package with Snow Leopard, but I'm in no hurry to

[CGUYS] Saving Web Pages with Firefox-Followup

2009-10-12 Thread Jordan
I've been away and I don't know if anyone suggested this, but I think for some circumstances making a PDF of a web page is the best way to save the info. It's perfect for receipts. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Server settings and password

2009-09-24 Thread Jordan
Maybe some clarifications are in order to start: Bill L'Hommedieu wrote: I've my hi-speed broadband with Comcast and I cant access the Mac Mail through the server settings now set. Mac Mail meaning the Mail program on your Mac, or mail from Mobile Me, or what? The techies at Comcast seem to

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue (#2009-870)

2009-09-17 Thread Jordan
Fred Holmes wrote: At 02:46 AM 9/17/2009, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: It is insane to think that a faceless corporate bureaucrat is better than a faceless federal bureaucrat. If one doesn't like what the faceless corporate bureaucrat decides, one can drop the insurance and go with

Re: [CGUYS] Mac alternative spell checker

2009-09-16 Thread Jordan
TPiwowar wrote: On Sep 15, 2009, at 11:41 AM Sep 15, Jordan wrote: I'm looking into a better spell checker than the one that comes on the Mac. Sometimes the one on the Mac does a lousy job of guessing what I'm looking for. http://www.rainmakerinc.com/ OK. Thanks

[CGUYS] Mac alternative spell checker

2009-09-15 Thread Jordan
I'm looking into a better spell checker than the one that comes on the Mac. Sometimes the one on the Mac does a lousy job of guessing what I'm looking for. Does anyone have knowledge or experience with an alternative that the Mac can use instead of the native one? Thanks!

Re: [CGUYS] Keyboard problem

2009-09-11 Thread Jordan
b_s-wilk wrote: I agree that you probably need a new keyboard. Now that you have nothing to lose, open the keyboard and try to fix it yourself anyway. Betty Yes! I am that kind of person. I'll have to see if I can do it more gently than the guy in the link you gave. Heating it up a but

Re: [CGUYS] Keyboard problem

2009-09-10 Thread Jordan
This is the thin, low profile, full width, aluminum, $50 keyboard, which I love. I cover it when I'm not using it, nothing was spilled on it and the keys that failed are all in a row and failed the same day. Doesn't that suggest that the failure is electronic rather than a physical problem

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jordan
t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 6, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: That food, which uses a mixed but largely free market system, is so cheap and plentiful that even the poor can easily afford it, is lost on the socialized medicine proponents. Did you see the Time cover story about cheap food?

[CGUYS] Keyboard problem

2009-09-09 Thread Jordan
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? Thanks

Re: [CGUYS] Keyboard problem

2009-09-09 Thread Jordan
This is the thin, low profile, full width, aluminum, $50 keyboard, which I love. The keys that failed are all in a row and failed the same day, suggesting to me that the failure is electronic rather than a physical problem with individual keys. There has not been any foreign material near this

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-07 Thread Jordan
I hate to throw cold water on all this fun, but wasting time talking about all this fear and straw men is just what the right wing wants you to do. That little video posted a while back is enough for any rational person to get the picture.

Re: [CGUYS] Vark

2009-09-06 Thread Jordan
Jeff Miles wrote: I've found this list to be pretty quick at answering questions. Here, I'll test it. How do I get Safari to open when I click on a link in Mail? I've got it set to Firefox now, but want to change back to Safari. I used to know this, but this morning I couldn't find the

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-04 Thread Jordan
katan wrote: On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:50:30 -0400, t.piwowar wrote: America has its Dick Cheney. CGUYS has Chris Dunford. Ever notice how The List can have a pleasant conversation, or even a lively debate. . .until Tom joins in? No.

Re: [CGUYS] What really happens to the computers we recycle?

2009-09-01 Thread Jordan
Bill Wajert wrote: To put it straight we have not been the Land of the Free for decades. We have become the Land of the Regulated. We've had 8 years, really many more since it started before Reagan, of tearing down regulations. It doesn't work.(like we didn't already know that) Look where

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Lied?

2009-08-29 Thread Jordan
t.piwowar wrote: MacWorld's extensive coverage of Snow Leopard makes me think Apple lied. This upgrade offers many significant improvements. Maybe Apple marketing isn't impressed because they want big flashy additions (which I'll probably never use). In contrast in Snow Leopard I'm seeing

Re: [CGUYS] Snow Leopard Review

2009-08-29 Thread Jordan
I've read discussion of what you can update with the $30 version of Snow Leopard, but I have a specific question that I'm not sure about and have not seen anything written about. This notebook has Leopard, but I did a migration from My iMac when I got it. I'm thinking of getting a fresh start

Re: [CGUYS] NEWS FLASH: Apple adds date to menu bar !!!

2009-08-29 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:42 PM, One Manone911...@yahoo.com wrote: I lost interest when Dan Frakes began his review with a minor tweak ... *9* years in the making -- viewing the date in the menu bar. Come on. How difficult is it to click on the time for the

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Lied?

2009-08-29 Thread Jordan
David K Watson wrote: (sorry for forgetting to fix the subject line in the previous post) Well, I'm certainly happy so far. Everything I use works in the 32 bit kernel although EyeTV has a few issues and Office 2004 and some older games still need Rosetta to be installed. In the 64 bit

[CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jordan
Has anyone gotten a warning or seen anything about the Postcard virus? A friend of mine forwarded a big panic about not opening anything in an email entitled Postcard. As a Mac user I guess getting emails like this are the greatest threat. Here's what it says: *checked with Norton Anti-Virus,

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jordan
Tony B wrote: If you really looked this up at Snopes, you sure didn't read very well. If you trusted _someone else_ to look it up at Snopes and read it, shame on you. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp I didn't say I looked it up at Snopes or anywhere else. I would have no

Re: [CGUYS] Postcard virus

2009-08-27 Thread Jordan
t.piwowar wrote: WFBs can't detect that they are being mocked. Shh! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/

Re: [CGUYS] Mac Transition to 64-Bit

2009-08-25 Thread Jordan
This is interesting stuff. Some if the things I read in the late 90s and early 2000s seemed to suggest that the Linux and BSD type platforms were antiquated. Probably FUD. But Apple is still moving forward and further refining and updating the OS X core. TPiwowar wrote: This explains a lot.

Re: [CGUYS] Asking for prepaid cell phone recommendation

2009-08-24 Thread Jordan
David Cowdrill wrote: I live in No. Va. also and use T-Mobile pre-paid for uses like you describe. Advantages: - low cost: first year I paid $100 for 1000 min. Used 500 in first year, second year is $50 for another year. Hard to beat $4 per month. Disadvantages: T-Mobile coverage is spotty.

Re: [CGUYS] Asking for prepaid cell phone recommendation

2009-08-24 Thread Jordan
Sue Cubic wrote: That's what's nice about TracFone. They buy space on all of the major companies' towers. You get coverage from whatever tower you're nearest. I don't know how much I trust that. Tracfone won't show you a coverage map that you can zoom in on. I checked them out years ago

Re: [CGUYS] iMac problem

2009-08-23 Thread Jordan
TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Jordan wrote: My 2 year old intel iMac won't boot. I got a grey kernel crash screen yesterday, but it restarted and ran fine in the evening so I didn't take any time to investigate. This evening it started strangely, displayed properly, but would

Re: [CGUYS] Mysterious iChat / AIM messages transcripts appearing on iMac desktop ?

2009-08-23 Thread Jordan
db wrote: It's a new computer and the most he might have done was accidentally clicked on the iChat icon on the Dock (he says he didn't..) ... which could have launched the program. Somehow it got launched. (I think maybe iChat gets automatically launched if you access the camera or

[CGUYS] Logmein

2009-08-23 Thread Jordan
db or anyone else, how did the logmein work for you, and are there any other programs like that, that work for the Mac? Thanks * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy,

Re: [CGUYS] Logmein

2009-08-23 Thread Jordan
db wrote: LogMeIn is easy as cake... a great tool. Web based it takes all the tech out of setting up VNC / remote desktop login etc. The Free version does most of all you want. No SFTP or printing to the controlling computer that you get with Pro. A PC controlling a Mac won't have the

Re: [CGUYS] iMac problem

2009-08-23 Thread Jordan
OK, thanks for the confirmation! I've been kind of busy since this morning and was afraid to shut it down or let it go to sleep. TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 23, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Jordan wrote: I think I had tried that at one point last night, but in any case, it didn't start it just now when I

[CGUYS] iMac problem

2009-08-22 Thread Jordan
My 2 year old intel iMac won't boot. I got a grey kernel crash screen yesterday, but it restarted and ran fine in the evening so I didn't take any time to investigate. This evening it started strangely, displayed properly, but would not run Eye TV. I tried to restart it and now all it does is

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-21 Thread Jordan
TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Jordan wrote: I think Google is doing the a good job of making its Groups, on-line apps, and other tools accessible and easy to use, but as the article suggests, control and security are difficult and complicated. Is that fair? The article says

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-20 Thread Jordan
I think Google is doing the a good job of making its Groups, on-line apps, and other tools accessible and easy to use, but as the article suggests, control and security are difficult and complicated. And then there's the resisting the urge to become another evil corporation thing. TPiwowar

Re: [CGUYS] syncing iPods

2009-08-20 Thread Jordan
I'm not a syncing expert. I've never sunk an iPod at all. But in iTunes/preferences/devices/ check Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods. One Man wrote: I want to add some songs on my iTunes playlist to my friend's iPod, which is already synced to another iTunes How can I do this,

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon smtp and Port 25

2009-08-17 Thread Jordan
Fred Holmes wrote: No, I'm not running a mail server. I need to help someone set up his/her mail client for a third party POP/SMTP mail account, and he/she is connected via Verizon (dunno if FIOS or DSL, but I presume FIOS). I'm trying to find out what to expect, although a quick test

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-13 Thread Jordan
I totally depends on what you expect and what you want to use it for. I've been out of the loop on the details of what is going on in the bike world for a few years, but I can safely say that this bike is a basic entry level bike. If you want a bike to get your feet wet in the mountain bike

Re: [CGUYS] Difference between a mailing list and a web forum

2009-08-10 Thread Jordan
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: The moon is made of green cheese, and Oh yeas Elvis is alive. I like the Men In Black version; He's alive but he just went home. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-09 Thread Jordan
Ahh! Thanks all. I should have thought of this. I've actually been on a couple of Yahoo groups. Good points Stewart. These are mostly low tech people. Gardeners and community organizers. Simple is better. I'm glad I don't have to digest those manuals. Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Depends on

Re: [CGUYS] Brutal Zune Review..and on to winmo

2009-08-08 Thread Jordan
Jeff Wright wrote: With 65,000 apps available for the iPhone and less than a dozen for the competitors it is going to be very hard to catch up. The competitors are still making some of the mistakes Apple made in its early days and they will need to fix those first. Right now Apple appears to be

Re: [CGUYS] Ford! Chevy! Lather, rinse, repeat [Finally an FCC that earns its keep]

2009-08-08 Thread Jordan
Jeff Wright wrote: Except this isn't true. You constantly talk derisively about the people you are supposed to support and save the greater portion on your spleen for those who are best able to do their work with Macs. That is what makes it an issue. I don't think I've ever known anyone

Re: [CGUYS] Brutal Zune Review..and on to winmo

2009-08-08 Thread Jordan
TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 8, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Jordan wrote: That said, I'm happy with a regular iPod and the simplest of phones. I can ooo and aaah over the latest iGadgets and Palms without really wanting one. I also don't have chunks of time, like a commute, where I could use one. Me too

Re: [CGUYS] Ford! Chevy! Lather, rinse, repeat [Finally an FCC that earns its keep]

2009-08-08 Thread Jordan
Jeff Wright wrote: Every right winger like yourself has a stronger reality distortion field. Now go back to your worship of Dick and Sara and leave the rational discussion to others. You know Jordan, I want to be nice to you, I really do. I an truly blessed! But then, you shoot your

[CGUYS] LISTSERV

2009-08-08 Thread Jordan
I don't know if this is just for Tom or if others have an understanding of this but: I'm considering starting List for a local food group I'm involved with. I've started looking at some manuals from L-Soft and AOL, and they are voluminous. The LISTSERV list owners guide looks like it will tell

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-07 Thread Jordan
For maybe 20 years I've been putting Beltronics remote radar detectors in my cars. Crutchfield used to sell them. I don't know if they still do. But the receiver was mounted behind the car grill and a tiny unit is mounted inside the car, preferably out of site. Nothing blocking the view.

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread Jordan
I agree with the comments made here on this subject but submit that the essence of the problem lies with the lack of common sense of most drivers. I have a GPS mounted on my windshield. But it is mounted such that it does not block my view of the road. And I am very careful about what kind of

Re: [CGUYS] A Computer Question ... Horrors!

2009-08-06 Thread Jordan
TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 5, 2009, at 7:57 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Safari sucks. Use Firefox or SeaMonkey. Some people get really bent out of shape about Safari, but Safari is innovating while others are not. While others boast of W3C compatibility, Safari is not only the first to achieve that, it

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Everyone who has such a device mounted to their windshield will say that it does not block their view. Would you really expect to hear anyone say otherwise? Agreed. It's still a lack of common sense thing. It would not surprise me at all to hear someone who has

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Jordanjor17...@gmail.com wrote: Exactly! Mine does not block my view anymore than that sticker. The road can not be seen through the part of the windshield it blocks. Actually, and I did not mention this previously so we

Re: [CGUYS] Road runner cable access with a third party router

2009-08-05 Thread Jordan
Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: Art Clemons Does any of that make sense? I understand that the local cable office does have a WAP version as well as a non-WAP version of the modem. One other approach when the cable company or other broadband ISP doesn't want to open up its firewall

Re: [CGUYS] Wireless remote control app for iPhone?

2009-08-03 Thread Jordan
db wrote: As another alternative solution re: my previous post ( Wireless keyboard w. built-in mouse/ pointer for mac?? ) about controlling a white tiger laptop attached to a digital TV, I am researching remote control apps for the iPhone. I see ones that will let you control iTunes. Does

Re: [CGUYS] Finally an FCC that earns its keep

2009-08-03 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Jeff Wrightjswri...@gmail.com wrote: Sunk costs is a reasonable ...er... reason for not investing in a new platform. Actually, it is an understandable rationale for not shelling out for a new platform. But if money is

Re: [CGUYS] Returned Mail that I never sent

2009-08-03 Thread Jordan
trac...@aol.com wrote: I have been receiving notices entitled Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender From MAILER-DAEMON. Does this mean that I have a virus and how can I get rid of it? I think it's more likely that someone is spoofing your address and you are getting some of the

Re: [CGUYS] Finally an FCC that earns its keep

2009-08-02 Thread Jordan
TPiwowar wrote: On Aug 2, 2009, at 2:16 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Yes, I'm sure the FCC is much more knowledgeable about running Apple than Apple is. The question is whether or not the FCC can squint its way past 1934. I'm not holding my breath, since it still has commissioners

Re: [CGUYS] Wireless keyboard w. built-in mouse/ pointer for mac??

2009-08-02 Thread Jordan
db wrote: Yes, but those are all PC keyboards mostly with separate mice except for the expensive ( $185 )one made by Apple and it has no integral pointer / mousepad. The reason I am looking for such is to turn a white Tiger macbook with a broken unreadable screen into a multimedia center

Re: [CGUYS] Wireless keyboard w. built-in mouse/ pointer for mac??

2009-08-02 Thread Jordan
To continue: I use the Logitech cordless optical trackman on the iMac that I use for EyeTV in the living room. I just checked it and with used batteries it was still working from 8 feet away. I could use one of the bluetooth keyboards, but I haven't sprung for that. db wrote: Yes, but those

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-29 Thread Jordan
Andy Gallant wrote: I strongly object to paragraphs five and seven of your posting, and in particular, to your use of highly objectionable terms and comparisons. Radical right Obama hate media can't resist such disgusting crap.

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-28 Thread Jordan
phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:20 PM, b_s-wilkb1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Single-payer did NOT prevent you from getting the care you need. Managed care did. Be informed and you can be better served. When I hear all the railing against a single-payer system, with

Re: [CGUYS] Health care debate

2009-07-28 Thread Jordan
Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow wrote: So what does all this healthcare debate on The Computer Guys listserv have to do with computers? Uumm... if we didn't have to pay so much for healthcare, we could get better computers. Not to mention better food and other good stuff. Well, some of us

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-27 Thread Jordan
Except for the specific problem with the multitude of audio files I mentioned, which I have a great solution for, I'm pretty happy with my filing system. I have little need for another system. That said, since a couple of these Mac apps insist on putting files in a big pile, and I'm starting to

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-27 Thread Jordan
Thanks, I do or have done some of what you describe. As I've said the joining files eliminates the multitude of tiny files, and adding names and labels in the various categories will keep things totally clear. I also take a step that takes the location of these files out of iTunes hands. For

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-27 Thread Jordan
Thanks, I'm OK on backups and I tried starting over with iTunes, and reimporting some files and there are still no dates. I'll start fresh again with this when I have another block of time, which may be soon if it keeps getting hot and steamy out. Again, because of the filing methods I've

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-27 Thread Jordan
b_s-wilk wrote: With audio books I generally have no problem listening to them in iTunes. On an iPod it's another story. I was listening to a collection by Neil Gaiman, with 70+ chapters. On my iPod they were out of order, but not in iTunes. I took the book and merged all of the chapters,

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-27 Thread Jordan
Here is an article from Macworld that I think nails this subject down pretty well: http://www.macworld.com/article/136824/2008/11/audiobooks.html George Carr wrote: As Jordan and Steve described, I also join all the tracks before importing an audiobook CD, then make a playlist of all the CD's

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-27 Thread Jordan
. If Jordan Gets Info on a track, does it show the Date Modified:? All this may be a moo point* since it sounds like maybe he's finding other alternatives. *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkJ4BUChxI * ** List info

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