I still have some important punch cards. Most of them are in the right
order.
Paula Minor wrote:
s actually up and running on a working, plugged-in DOS machine. But
then, I'm a total pack rat.
I'm a pack rat too. I'll be holding on to my zip and floppy
drivesjust in case. They don't
scanning gets us
there; there are several labs that process film with scans.
--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com
Subject: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Monday, April 12, 2010
I want to be able to view the NEF files that are stored on my PC.
According to Irfanview, there is a plugin for NEF files (these are
similar to RAW files), but I downloaded the plugin executable from the
Irfanview web site and, after installing, Windows still does not
recognize NEF nor does
Reading the Broadband Speed Map message, I checked my speed at
http://www.wugnet.com/myspeed/speedtest.asp
Download Speed is 10.0 Mbps
Upload speed variable for 3 tests: 0.76 Mbps, 1.51 Mbps, and 1.6 Mbps.
Don't know if this is good or bad. Advice, please.
I have Verizon FIOS in Vienna,
, although I believe it actually is a Panasonic. I guess the bottom line is that I
like a nice, dark and crisp image; it's a matter of what is acceptable to each of us.
Perhaps I should try another brand of disc.
--- On Sat, 3/27/10, Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Robert
is at fault or that you are not
using lightscribe software to make the labels. Can't think of anything
else.
chad evans wyatt wrote:
Robert, may I tag along here? I have had some real problems labeling Memorex
lightscribe DVD's. Any thoughts?
--- On Fri, 3/26/10, Robert Carroll
There are differences in quality with DVDs. Some brands will not play
on older DVD players as well as other brands. What this means is that
if you are making a lot of DVDs, some brands will have more duds in a
box than will other brands.
For single-layer DVDs, I recommend the Taiyo Yuden
I bought a Sony 50-inch 1080p LCD HDTV about 6 months ago. The only
thing that I regret is that I should have bought a larger screen.
By positioning myself around in my viewing room, I guess that a viewing
distance of about 8 feet is best for my 50-inch screen. Much farther
from that and
I use WordPerfect also. She ought to upgrade to the latest version,
X3. It has an excellent PDF creator built in. WP has had this
capability for the last several versions, but the X3 version is most
complete.
Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:
John Duncan Yoyo
Open Office lets you print
I previously wrote the wrong latest version for WordPerfect. The latest
version is X4, not X3. I have both X4 X3 as well as many earlier
versions for WP. The last several versions of WP has PDF conversion
built-in, but X4 has the most extensive capability. For example, WP X4
can create
John Emmerling wrote:
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no
problem?
I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird for email. Very long web addresses are
broken when they wrap around to the next line.
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I have had good luck with Dell laptops.
But I stick with the Vostro or Latitude series.
Had an Compaq this summer. Not bad.
Stewart
Am I correct in thinking that these Dell series are no longer being made?
The Dell website shows Inspiron, Studio, Studio XPS,
Please advise: what is too cheap? Is the Dell Inspiron priced at $659
too cheap?
Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
You said you were cheap (and did not tell us what you want to use the
computer for), so that should be fine. A netbook would be even cheaper.
Don't be so cheap, though, that you
betty wrote:
Dell notebooks are heavy and clunky, but not too bad. Toshiba makes
excellent notebooks. If I were buying a Dell, I'd get the new Alien
notebook. Alien finally has a smaller, still powerful notebook for a
reasonable price. Apple also makes excellent PC notebooks, in case you
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Moderation in all things is good.
Stewart
I always liked this quotation. Particularly since it means that
moderation in following the advice of the quotation is tantamount to
permitting excess in all else.
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I really much prefer Augustine of Hippos comment.
Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet
Stewart
At 06:25 PM 3/1/2010, you wrote:
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Moderation in all things is good.
Stewart
I always liked this quotation. Particularly since
As usual, I get only some of the posts on this listserv. I did not get
the original post, only a replay that included two previous posts, none
that were original as far as I can tell.
I think the post involves trying to get secrets from organizations that
keep secrets by littering the
I am dubious about facial recognition by computer in regard to accuracy.
For some reason, I can recognize faces that I have ever seen -- those
that I don't know that sit in a restaurant, those who pass by in a food
supermarket or on a sidewalk, those that I see at a large concert, etc.
--
Marcio wrote:
I started with the Argus C3. Anyone remember?
Marcio
I remember, although I never owned the C3. I had an Argus C44, and
still do. This was followed by my first SLR, a Topcon RE Super. It had
a removable prism to change the view screen, and was the only camera
that
Marcio wrote:
I used Panasonic X film had smal grains. Then we had Plus X.
Good old days. When color came in I no longer could work in the lab.What a pain.
Marcio
I think the fine-grain BW film was Kodak Panatomic. Speed ASA 25.
Plus X had speed 100, Tri-X speed 400.
I like shooting
Roger D. Parish wrote:
At 11:47 AM -0500 1/24/10, Robert Carroll wrote:
[snippage]
I can't remember the name of a Kodak color slide film that rendered
false colors. For example, a blue sky would appear reddish pink, and
nearly every color was replaced by a greatly differing color
phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Sue Cubic scu...@earthlink.net wrote:
Shutter lag is a problem with my Nikon Coolpix. But I bought it in 2001, so
I can't complain too much. I've had much fun with it over the years.
Shutter lag can be compensated for in
D Freye wrote:
I want to dump adobe reader and replace it with a program that
NEVER calls home or even asks unless I suggest it. Any ideas?
Be at Peace.
I use Foxit Reader.
PDF documents with many pages are better view by Adobe, however.
rocky lee wrote:
I have a Canon i9900 that is printing reds and pinks where it should be
printing grays. I tried flipping and switching color space and profiles, but
what it came down to was paper selection.
If 'plain' paper is chosen, the colors print pretty close to what I see.
If any
In the 2010 February issue of Consumer Reports, there are tests of 15
items sold on TV infomercials that use hard-sell language. As one may
suspect, most items did not live up to the claims made therein. But one
got a favorable review, the MagicJack for connecting to VoIP. The
review
Speaking personally, it does not matter to me if TV broadcasting is
ended. With the switch from analog to digital, I am able to receive
only two local digital broadcasts despite having a very large VHF-UHF
antenna mounted 10 feet above the roof of my 2-story house. I dwell in
Vienna, VA,
Sounds like the DVD player isn't able to read the DVD disk. Some older
players are not compatible with some kinds of computer DVD disks.
Best advice for older players is to use a DVD+R disk. The brand of DVD
disk also might be important. I had an older DVD player for which some
brands of
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I remember way back when memory sold for $60 a MB. (We sold a custom
machine where the man wanted 16 MB of ram, cost him $640 a lone for
the ram.)
Stewart
I remember when memory was $450 per MB. I had a Zenith PC and it had
proprietary memory. Some time
My daughter wants a wireless keyboard and mouse for her desktop computer
(Windows Vista) at Xmas. Quite a number of these at Newegg.
Question, for a separate purchase of wireless RF keyboard RF mouse,
will the two interfere with each other?
Looking at Logitech K350 keyboard and Microsoft
This happened just now, and has happened a few times before.
Immediately after switching profiles on my DESKTOP computer using
Windows XP Pro, I get a balloon with a critical battery warning saying
that I must soon switch to to electrical power. There is no power
battery in my desktop, and
My aunt, who smoked, favored a corn-cob pipe. The tobacco (which she
grew) never hurt her, and the pipe greatly enhanced her image with the
students that she taught.
Jordan wrote:
John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:43 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I know plenty of
Update on dead computer -- a HP desktop with Windows XP Home. Daughter
bought a power supply for $20, installed it, and the computer runs.
She mentioned afterwards that a downloaded iTunes video would play only
very slowly. I asked her about her antivirus software -- she had none.
I
that the same
disk OS would be installed on only one computer at the same time.
Robert Carroll wrote:
Update on dead computer -- a HP desktop with Windows XP Home.
Daughter bought a power supply for $20, installed it, and the computer
runs.
She mentioned afterwards that a downloaded
No help can I offer, but to say that I have installed AVG on Windows XP
and used for years without any problems. Perhaps you ought to try a
free virus scan of your computer -- the free scan won't fix the problem
but can detect if one exists.
I would also search the web for a forum that
mike wrote:
I really wouldn't start telling these old folks about the cloud...
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Fred Holmes f...@his.com wrote:
At 05:25 PM 10/15/2009, Sue Cubic wrote:
I want to know---what is the cloud?
Why not?
Old folks are simply old, not stupid. Some
No, but I know who coined the term snail mail.
Edward Lear, who depicted a letter written on a snail's shell in 1864:
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/snail.html
Tom Piwowar wrote:
An email I sent October 7th just showed up on the List. Has anyone
else noticed this kind of thing?
b_s-wilk wrote:
Go to amazon.fr and search on plume waterman.
Let me know if it works.
In France you're likely to get more returns at Kelkoo, same search
terms, http://tinyurl.com/ylyt7qr. Many of the items are in Amazon
marketplace, but many are elsewhere too.
Try
I started this thread by asking how to find fountain pen stores in France.
For many products made overseas, an importer will make an agreement with
the manufacturer to be the sole importer of that product. This means
that a contract is struck: the manufacturer agrees not to sell its
product
Below is a Background section -- it explains only my motivation for my
question, so skip it to the actual question following unless you like to
read stuff.
BACKGROUND =
I am a devotee of the fountain pen since my second grade in public
school. Write a lot, tried many
Ok, changing the subject about Google Chrome:
I am webmaster of a site that offers download playing of music for
those who want to hear it.
I have tested the web site on all major browsers, but only Chrome fails
to open the music for playing. I sent a complaint to Google about this
when
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.
I had a SD card with student grade spreadsheets for two or three years
of classes plus other data. The card was in a pocket PC. One day the
mike wrote:
I've heard this all my life, but I've never met a guy who refused or didn't
like asking for directions.
We haven't met. I remember vividly the day, decades ago, when I swore I
would never again stop my car to ask directions.
That story is too long to tell here, but the usual
Eric S. Sande wrote:
Apple and MS both do this to make sure people do not complain that it
makes their systems run like a dog not realizing that the hardware
was never designed for it to begin with.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
So far I have resisted getting a cell phone for myself. Wife
daughters insist on having one, so that I am paying about $150/month for
same. Don't want to add on to my plan since it requires another 2-year
contract, plus wifey will be constantly calling me for help, for
chitchat, and for no
Speaking as a university professor of about 35 years, I don't want
students in my classes to have guns. There have been several instances
of disturbed students who have obtained a gun and threatened me and
other faculty with being shot. We call the FBI who come quickly. So
far none of the
Since I got a DVR from Verizon Fios, I have recorded watched old
episodes of Maverick. Everyone (except some females) carry guns on
that program and use them profusely. Seems to work for them, so why not
for us today? Maybe every walk down a sidewalk -- better said, for
today, a drive in
Constance Warner wrote:
As a pedestrian in the Washington, D.C. area, I'm in favor of anything
that will improve my odds of survival, even by just a few percentage
points. If windshield-mounted GPS units and similar devices make it
more likely for pedestrians to get mowed down by vehicles,
Constance Warner wrote:
Great essay! I'd be in favor of ticketing drivers who mount GPS units
and other such devices on their windshields, and I hope it soon
becomes similarly illegal to mount laptop support brackets inside
cars--a truly terrifying prospect.
This is another black or white
Sue Cubic wrote:
I've not travelled much out of my area since my husband died, but I'm
thinking I might like a GPS. Please tell me that I can get one that
talks?
You'd be surprised what you can stick on your dashboard.
Sue
As far as I know, nearly all GPS systems talk. I prefer to follow
FDR??? Herbert Hoover is closer to the mark for that one. But
methinks, hiding in shrubbery, is a President who might be named that
is more contemporary.
OK, maybe choosing FDR is a satirical poke at someone's belief.
Matthew Taylor wrote:
FDR
On Aug 2, 2009, at 5:36 PM,
b_s-wilk wrote:
Yes, it's me, even when I send email from Spanish or UK servers or the
United Transnational Republics, even when it's uʍop ǝpısdn.
Betty
How do you make text appear upside down?
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t.piwowar wrote:
I know a newly-wed Mac user who switched to Windows because that is
what his wife insisted on, he wanted to save money, and he figured it
could not be as bad as the stories he had heard. Shortly thereafter he
was screaming about how much worse it was than he had imagined.
SSN came way before zip codes.
John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
My dads began with a 0 means east coast.
Not all east coast. I grew up in NY and mine starts with 1. My wife grew up
around DC and hers starts with 2.
My wife was born in Connecticut. SSN starts with 0.
I was born in NC. My SSN starts with 2.
Chris Dunford wrote:
My dads began with a 0 means east coast.
Not all east coast. I grew up in NY and mine starts with 1. My wife grew up
around DC and hers starts with 2.
Don't forget ALGOL. Predecessor of Fortran. Contemporary of Cobal.
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
That pretty much coincides with what I know.
ATT came up with the big bear of them all UNIX.
The first two popular ones I remember (and this is only from reading)
was FORTRAN and COBAL.
I am in Vienna, VA. and can't get channels 7 and 9. I have an Antennas
Direct model DB2 external antenna (UHF) as well as an amplified UHF/VHF
rabbit ear antenna, plus several non-amplified ones. None provides any
picture at all on the two channels.
I was aware but paid little attention to
. Using those
lower-numbered channels will give them better range.
This is why we are being told to rescan for channels after the
switchover.
On Jun 13, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
Latest problem with digital TV in DC area. Couldn't get local
digital channels with a digital LCD TV
P.P.S.
The USB external hard drive that I want to give to my daughter is called
either 500 GB or 465 GB, depending on who is doing the calling.
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b_s-wilk wrote:
We went from getting around 20 stations to 2. We have a new amplified
antenna that doesn't help. This sucks. The switch to digital was a
gift to cable, fiber and satellite companies, as well as electronics
companies, and gives the customers no advantage with plenty to
I have discovered that some of my external hard drives have been marked
as active when I converted them from FAT32 to NTSC. Each drive has one
partition only, and there are no OS on these drives.
Will having active partitions on multiple drive cause me a problem? If
so, is there a way to
I'm considering buying a laptop. All my programs for my desktop are for
PC, and these I will most likely use on a laptop.
My question is: is it better to buy a PC to run PC programs, or a Mac to
run PC programs?
Please don't tell me that I can get as good as or better results using
about the differences
between the PC and the Mac until I have tried both at some length.
Jeff Miles wrote:
On May 28, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
I'm considering buying a laptop. All my programs for my desktop are
for PC, and these I will most likely use on a laptop.
My question
Don't know about Spyder3Pro, but there are some free programs that might
help.
For info, visit
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html#QuickGamma
For a free program to adjust gamma, visit http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html
Alvin Auerbach wrote:
I'd really like the group's advice
Don't know about Spyder3Pro, but there are some free programs that might
help.
For info, visit
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
http://www.normankoren.com/color_management.html
For a free program to adjust gamma, visit http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html
Alvin Auerbach wrote:
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
I do remember him saying render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and
unto God that which is God's. .
Unfortunately for the rest of us, I don't think he mentioned which was
which ...
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Reverend,
I respect you your religion. Not being a Christian myself, I have
trouble understanding your reply. Can you elucidate?
I know this is a computer -- whatever -- so if my question is out of
line I apologize, and no response is necessary from you.
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It is my belief that there is no difference at all between a music CD
and a data CD except the price. There is a royalty paid to ASCAP for
each music CD sold because the intent is to store music on the CD that
has a royalty attached.
Whereas DVDs, in my experience, differ greatly in quality
My two cents: depends on what the LP is.
A couple of years ago I bought an LP on eBay for over $100, recorded
around 1953. Most don't sell for so much.
They are like comic books: the rare and sought after comic book fetches
a high price, most are not of much value even if they are old.
b_s-wilk wrote:
As an aside to your daughter, if she expects to work in video or
graphic design, the good studios all use Macs or other Unix. Magazines
and newspapers, good web developers, even credit card companies, use
Macs. Local and national TV stations use Macs. Locally, JP Morgan
A minor correction: 3 db is twice power, not 1 db.
The formula is: db = 10 log(P2 / P1) = 20 log (v2 / v1) where P is
power and v is voltage.
12 db is an increase in power of about 15.8.
Tom Piwowar wrote:
SolidSignal.com has good info. Note new Channel Master model 4228HD
covers down
You don't say whether he wants a notebook or a desktop.
I bought my daughter a HP desktop PC computer for Xmas this past year
for about $350. It was not the cheapest: I wanted a dual-core
processor. I am amazed at the quality and value when the mail-order
computer arrived from HP. My
Hear, Hear!
Two months ago my boot disk on my PC failed, I opted to do a clean
install of Windows XP Pro on a new disk instead of a disk image backup
of the failed disk. Reason: the computer had become so slow to operate
that I was fretting. With a clean install, the computer now has a
b_s-wilk wrote:
The two converter boxes that I bought have a feature that it
turns itself off after one hour of use (the box, not the TV). What
this means is that you can't use a VCR to record a program later
because the box will be turned off by the time of the recording. I
don't know if
My Klipsch 2.1 computer speakers no longer work. Don't know why. Power
is on, and cheapie speakers play OK when inserted into the same audio
output jack that the 2.1 speakers use. Also, have checked Device
Manager Play Control to see that all reports OK (Windows XP Pro).
Two questions:
OK, I using AGV free. What reason should I switch to Norton?
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Have to say that so far I am actually very impressed, and I had a big
anti-Norton bias to get back over.
I find the company's MO is to start with a great product (often obtained
by buying another company)
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