[CGUYS] Recommendation for MIDI to USB cable

2010-04-12 Thread Steve at Verizon
Any MIDI knowledgeable users in the group? Just got a keyboard and would like to connect to my laptop. Looking for a good MIDI to USB cable. See some very cheap (like $6); any good? Also any concern about the cable vis-a-vis drivers for Win 7 64-bit? Don't want to go further with MIDI help in

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: News Alert: Court Rules Against F.C.C. in 'Net Neutrality' Case

2010-04-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
, if it is to be regulated, not an FCC with political appointees who swing depending on the party in power. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: I thought the court's ruling stated that Congress authorized the FCC to regulate only

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: News Alert: Court Rules Against F.C.C. in 'Net Neutrality' Case

2010-04-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
to set its regulation, if it is to be regulated, not an FCC with political appointees who swing depending on the party in power. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: I thought the court's ruling stated that Congress authorized

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: News Alert: Court Rules Against F.C.C. in 'Net Neutrality' Case

2010-04-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
I thought the court's ruling stated that Congress authorized the FCC to regulate only Telecommunications. If Congress wishes for the FCC to regulate Broadband, then it should do so. Hence Comcast, not a Telecommunications company, but a Broadband company does not fall under the juristicion of

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: News Alert: Court Rules Against F.C.C. in 'Net Neutrality' Case

2010-04-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
b_s-wilk wrote: This is screaming for an update of the definition of telecommunications. With more people using VOIP and cellular services, of course telecommunications include cable services. It needs to be revised in the FCC's code. That was my point exactly, except that I would say it

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-03 Thread Steve at Verizon
Technically Canada has a low population density when you divide its population by the size of the country. However, it is highly concentrated. Over three quarters of its population lives within 90 miles of the US border. Also see this map of the distribution.

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for laptop computer advice sought

2010-03-05 Thread Steve at Verizon
I'm sure you and many readers here know about this, but most model laptops can plug in to a docking station, so that you can easily use a larger monitor and full keyboard and mouse of choice. Also externally attached HDs. mike wrote: We bought a laptop for my wife to do her school work, the

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for laptop computer advice sought

2010-03-05 Thread Steve at Verizon
we would do about her laptop. The cost of just building a solid system, I already had the case/keyboard/mouse/hard drives, and getting some kind of dock was not much different. Decided on the little tower instead. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability]

2010-03-02 Thread Steve at Verizon
At least in Medicare, there are quite a few costs which go into the overhead of private insurance which are not counted in Medicare. See: http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/08/26/medicare-more-efficient-than-private-insurance/ Analysis in this article demonstrates that the overhead is

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability]

2010-03-02 Thread Steve at Verizon
to the arguments on both sides of important issues. This article seems to make sense to me; please convince me where I go wrong, and I'll change my opinion. tjpa wrote: On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote: http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/08/26/medicare-more-efficient-than-private

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability]

2010-03-02 Thread Steve at Verizon
I know the name of the channel is Fox News, but there are two distinct components. Commentary and news. Commentary includes the very conservative Hannity, the populist O'Reilly, the libertarian Beck, and the running-for-president Huckabee. I don't live on their planet. News, for me, consists

Re: [CGUYS] popoz...@earthlink.net has shared: Apple iPad's Tiny SIM Is Just There to Mess With You

2010-02-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
On Feb 11, 2010, at 1:16 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I should have said, Never RUSH OUT and buy version 1.0 of anything. Many of us are quite happily running Windows 7 V1.0. Of course, many will say this is Windows Vista V3.0 :-)

Re: [CGUYS] Google: Damned if you do; damned if you don't

2010-01-24 Thread Steve at Verizon
There is a simple answer to this. The software should have a preference setting. One for, ask me: did you really mean to say the f word? One for, I'm a foul mouth, don't ask. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: One of the iPhone aps does the same thing. I think it is Dragon Naturally speaking. I would

Re: [CGUYS] STRANGE VIRUS?

2009-12-22 Thread Steve at Verizon
I'll second that. I just bought a new HP and it came already maxed out on memory. The MB could ONLY accomodate 8GB and memory is so cheap, that's what came with the machine. Hope it will be enough for a few yearsg. Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: More and more machines are coming with lots of

Re: [CGUYS] Google free DNS

2009-12-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
Every new president inherits policies with which he disagrees, especially when it is a party change. W complained about inheriting a recession which started in the latter year of the Clinton admin. W also inherited a national security structure which was inadequate to prevent 9/1, but didn't

Re: [CGUYS] Google Language Tools [was: Server restrictions]

2009-12-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
A good test of machine translation is to translate and then translate back to the original language. This can also be highly amusing. Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Betty translation sites lack the human factor. I recently did a English to German translation for a prayer. The result was

Re: [CGUYS] Google Language Tools [was: Server restrictions]

2009-12-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
I said nothing about English being one of the languages. chad evans wyatt wrote: Amusing for you, perhaps, but essential cross-cultural understanding for me, Steve. Sometimes, our US-centric orientation is unseemly. --- On Mon, 12/7/09, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.net wrote: From

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread Steve at Verizon
Not any longer. GE sold majority interest to Comcast this week. See: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Comcast-to-buy-controlling-apf-1002116126.html?x=0sec=topStoriespos=3asset=ccode= phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Now, is General Electric, the corporate giant and massive military/industrial complex

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag?

2009-11-29 Thread Steve at Verizon
As some wag put it, they are not called the Ten Suggestions. tjpa wrote: On Nov 27, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I also stated that business should be run in as ethically as possible. Do you consider that ethical? Definitely not. The as possible is a cop out. It is like

Re: [CGUYS] Dead desktop computer -- what is likely the matter?

2009-11-23 Thread Steve at Verizon
Don't know how long ago she got the HP, but I just purchased one and there is an HP provided utility to burn a 3 DVD set which will restore the machine to its factory settings; i.e. the OS and the other junkware programs. I know Lenovo does the same thing; no disks with the purchased machine,

Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines?

2009-11-12 Thread Steve at Verizon
While we are griping here, let me add the gripe of lack of or poor punctuation. A comma after Chimp would have fully clarified the headline. phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, please. He said it has the same legal status

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Done Good

2009-10-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
You misstate the position of the USCC. They DO recognize global warming and the need for strong federal and international legislation to combat it. However, they are against unilateral action and the Waxman Markey bill.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
I was replying to the complaints about how horrible flying was today and how much better it was when it used to be federally regulated. I was just pointing out who did the deregulation. t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: If you are referring

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
t.piwowar wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:50 PM, 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. t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM

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

2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
t.piwowar wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
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. t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
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 the fun ran out). And Franklin Raines made his 90 mil

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
Profit, no, but break even has a certain appeal. An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy beyond its means. t.piwowar wrote: 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

Re: [CGUYS] Insurance and National Security [was: Intensive care unit]

2009-09-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:59 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Government is nothing but a bunch of crooks. And while some people want to defend these crooks when they do have a vested interest is totally beyond me. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Jeff Miles

Re: [CGUYS] Insurance and National Security [was: Intensive care unit]

2009-09-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
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 everybody for the same cost. For life insurance you should pay

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
Then why are Cuban doctors fleeing to the US? See this article from the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04cuba.html?_r=1partner=rssemc=rsspagewanted=all phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Fred Holmesf...@his.com wrote: If you drive the drug companies

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
My point is that for Cubans, they pay a very high price for their free medical care, and that is a totalitarian government, human rights abuse, no free press, jails full of political prisoners, required listening to 5 hour speeches by Fidel (before his illness). And even their mass production

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
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 penalty for not providing health insurance. And, as I

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: You must have government mandate minimums. If they do not many companies will try and fly through with a bunch of worthless insurance. Herein lies the major problem. What constitutes 'minimum' coverage? Yearly physicals (not part of Medicare), cosmetic surgery,

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
And vice versa. The USPS uses FedEx and UPS to bulk ship US Mail via their planes and trucks to other USPS facilities for mailbox delivery. This has nothing to do with public option. It is called subcontracting. This two way subcontracting already exists in health insurance. Medicare

Re: [CGUYS] Not every cloud has a silver lining

2009-09-04 Thread Steve at Verizon
In general, I agree. But I also fondly remember being alone with a System 360 Mod 40 on third shift. Now THAT was a personal computer! t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:42 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: The tech press is full of people who want to tell you how completely awesome life is going to be

Re: [CGUYS] Turbo Tax help

2009-08-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
I don't think you can blame a tax program for not catching Daschle's tax evasion. Could you expect a program to ask Were you loaned a limousine and driver for free? I don't think you could expect a tax accountant to present a series of questions including that one. As a high ranking member of

Re: [CGUYS] Turbo Tax help

2009-08-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
adjuvancy -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Steve at Verizon Sent: 08/10/2009 9:12 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Turbo Tax help I don't think you can blame a tax program for not catching

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
Like the children of Lake Wobegon. Chris Dunford wrote: And how do you know that 90% of drivers AREN'T above average? Math. Joke. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-05 Thread Steve at Verizon
This thread reminds me of the story I got from a Volvo salesman. I had had several over the years and was looking for a new one in the late 1980's. Volvo was one of the last makes to not have coffee cup holders. The excuse I got from the salesman was that their Swedish engineers were adamant

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-29 Thread Steve at Verizon
This non-radical right Obama disagreer agrees with you. For those of you not aware of Godwin's Law, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law Part of the entry states: For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-28 Thread Steve at Verizon
For one who constantly rails against the MS monopoly, I am surprised that you advocate a monopoly on the buying side of health care (and a government monopoly at that). TPiwowar wrote: On Jul 26, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: Absolutely wrong. There must always be choices. The

Re: [CGUYS] Healthcare

2009-07-28 Thread Steve at Verizon
low as to drive providers out of business. I'm in the camp that multiple sellers and buyers in a market is the best way to determine prices. TPiwowar wrote: On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: For one who constantly rails against the MS monopoly, I am surprised that you advocate

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes problem

2009-07-26 Thread Steve at Verizon
I use my iPods almost exclusively for audiobooks. My method for ensuring proper sequencing is: In iTunes preferences, for the When insert CD option, I chose Show CD (instead of start importing). Then if the CDDB database doesn't have the tracks and/or disks differentiated, I select all and,

Re: [CGUYS] STOP THE PEE TAX - was Batch downloading of bank check images

2009-07-16 Thread Steve at Verizon
This here con supports that slogan. Have you seen that the State of Virginia wants to close its highway rest stops and offload the maintenance of rest rooms on McDonalds and other businesses along its highways. Why should a private business need to support a tour bus stopping for all to pee

Re: [CGUYS] online bill paying when you're dead

2009-07-16 Thread Steve at Verizon
My wife and I both use Firefox and know how to access Saved Passwords in the Security tab of Options. Also handy when you revisit a site whose pw you have forgotten. Tony B wrote: I think a much better solution would be to get them their own accounts. Writing down and sharing a password is a

Re: [CGUYS] online bill paying when you're dead

2009-07-16 Thread Steve at Verizon
MozBackup to thumb drives and other external HD. mike wrote: And just where is this info backed up in case your computer gets hit by a blimp? On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: My wife and I both use Firefox and know how to access Saved Passwords

Re: [CGUYS] Batch downloading of bank check images

2009-07-16 Thread Steve at Verizon
Good one, Tom! t.piwowar wrote: On Jul 16, 2009, at 4:50 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I use cash whenever possible. No trail. I don't shop at *those* kinds of stores. * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] STOP THE PEE TAX - was Batch downloading of bank check images

2009-07-16 Thread Steve at Verizon
Moot point for us cons. With our loss of exec and legislative branches, the Dems could finally get their SCHIP program through and now the sick children are safe from the wrath of con. t.piwowar wrote: On Jul 16, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote: I guess, as a free market con, I

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-21 Thread Steve at Verizon
There's a lot of this going on these days, and not just at the Fed level. Many states are selling the rights to the future income from the tobacco settlement and from their toll road tolls. And it's not ideology, just shortsighted desire by both parties for revenue to spend . t.piwowar

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-21 Thread Steve at Verizon
Thank you Tom. However, I committed the unpardonable sin of omitting my OS. Am looking for a Windows app. t.piwowar wrote: On Jun 21, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: Sounds pretty good. However, I just want to copy tracks manually, not sync. Does it handle that? I use

[CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-20 Thread Steve at Verizon
I understand why Apple didn't put this feature in iTunes, but there appear to be many apps out there which do this. Can anyone recommend a good reliable app; willing to pay for it if it is good. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-20 Thread Steve at Verizon
Sounds pretty good. However, I just want to copy tracks manually, not sync. Does it handle that? John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: I understand why Apple didn't put this feature in iTunes, but there appear to be many apps

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-13 Thread Steve at Verizon
Just a reminder that you may have to run the scan for all channels several times. Did so yesterday, but then lost some and had to run again today. Seems the broadcasters a shifting frequencies at different times. (And relocating from where they were originally.) betty wrote: It *was* broke,

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
I've mentioned earlier here, that I put the Win 7 beta on my 3 year old Lenovo laptop back in Jan, and the RC when it came out, and it runs fabulously; even better than with XP3. I did invest $11 at Microcenter to take it to 2G. Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Win 7 actually will run on many XP

Re: [CGUYS] Kindle Sighting

2009-05-21 Thread Steve at Verizon
I still have a real IBM 360 'Green Card circa 1969 in my collection. Anyone remember those? Eric S. Sande wrote: I used to carry a half dozen reference cards, most of what I needed was there. Now 30 years later I still pull out one of those cards about once a year. I can relate to that.

Re: [CGUYS] Kindle Sighting

2009-05-20 Thread Steve at Verizon
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Books on the other hand are something that has to be read. Not so. I have books read to me, sometimes by the author. I read a book only when it is not available in an unabridged audiobook format. Most are ripped from CD audiobooks in our county library but I

Re: [CGUYS] Kindle Sighting

2009-05-20 Thread Steve at Verizon
: On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve at Verizon wrote: Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Books on the other hand are something that has to be read. Not so. I have books read to me, sometimes by the author. I read a book only when it is not available in an unabridged audiobook format

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

2009-05-13 Thread Steve at Verizon
Correction. The problem was that Madoff never bought a damn thing. All he did was shovel money from new investors to previous investors, the definition of a Ponzi scheme. Jeff Miles wrote: I did say 9+years. I wasn't sure how long he'd been ripping a lot of us off. But anyway, that was

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
If you are not a regular user of Picassa, you may not know that a right mouse click on a photo provides an option to Locate On Disk which pops up the folder in which the photo resides. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Did no one

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
Did no one read my post of a few days ago? The pictures are not in Picassa. They are in: Tools=Options=General Save Imported Pictures in ... And (for Windows) if you don't modify with the above after installing Picassa, the default is the My Pictures folder in My Documents. How much

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
I'll admit to being folder centric. Yes, I've heard about new ways of organizing photos by characteristics, but for me, it makes sense to know where all my photos are and that they can be backed up easily just by copying My Pictures to another external HD. Over a long IT career, I did go from

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

2009-05-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
Won't address your other criticisms, but File Management couldn't be easier. Tools=Options=General Save Imported Pictures in I manage all in a My Pictures folder on an external HD. Tony B wrote: If we're taking a vote, I'd put Picasa at the bottom of any list. Yes, it simplifies things,

Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

2009-05-08 Thread Steve at Verizon
Your sentiment is correct in theory, but every medical facility I've dealt with insists on SSN. Tried hard at the INOVA Blood Bank, but no SSN, no donation. Even worse, is those on Medicare carry a card with their SSN on it. Yes, you should probably not carry it in your wallet/purse unless

Re: [CGUYS] Steve added you as a friend on MyLife!

2009-05-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
Apologies. I was unaware that My Life is a VIRUS. I received and invite and make the mistake of signing up. BIG MISTAKE. It grabs your address book and invites EVERYONE who is in it. And I don't know why you are, as I don't recognize your name (sorry). Steve Ken Board wrote: Thanks for the

[CGUYS] Apologies for the invite from My Space

2009-05-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
Apologies. I was unaware that My Life is a VIRUS. I received an invite and make the mistake of signing up. BIG MISTAKE. It grabs your address book and invites EVERYONE who is in it. Please disregard, and DO NOT make my mistake of signing up, unless you want to do what I did. Steve

Re: [CGUYS] Saving Web pages in Firefox my os

2009-05-05 Thread Steve at Verizon
Saving web pages in Firefox is exactly what the Scrapbook Add-on does. My wife uses it a lot. You can invoke a sidebar with th saved pages to review. They are saved in a folder and can be exported when changing machines. Check it out. Richard P. wrote: I use XP also, but Firefox is 3.0.10.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

2009-04-29 Thread Steve at Verizon
Spiro T. didn't attack the elite, but the effete; as in: He once described a group of opponents as an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. (From the wiki on Spiro). Tom Piwowar wrote: Certain elements of society like to take words that mean perfectly

Re: [CGUYS] Microsoft DRM Infects FireFox?

2009-04-27 Thread Steve at Verizon
MS suffered a big blow last year when Major League Baseball dropped Silverlight and are using Adobe Flash this year for the MLB streaming of games. It is a noticeable improvement. And Netflix switched from WMP to Silverlight last fall for its Watch Instantly streaming of movies. Many users

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

2009-04-04 Thread Steve at Verizon
Are you referring to Obama, who believes there are 57 states, not including Hawaii and Alaska? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrsBKGpwi58 Tom Piwowar wrote: Would this logic apply to voting? If someone can't read or doesn't know the 3 branches of federal government or what continent

[CGUYS] NYT: Laptops? So Yesterday

2009-04-02 Thread Steve at Verizon
This article will make Tom happy. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/technology/02netbooks.html?emc=eta1 The paper edition title is: Laptops? So Yesterday Point of article is netbooks are really hot and growing. Bad news for Intel and MS; they use cellphone processors and Linux. MS posted

Re: [CGUYS] NYT: Laptops? So Yesterday

2009-04-02 Thread Steve at Verizon
will usually get you increased capacity, speed and function at cheaper prices. Ranbo wrote: Thanks for posting this. Guess I should think about waiting a little while before getting a laptop? Randall On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: This article

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-04-01 Thread Steve at Verizon
You got it. The ad says, if you are on a budget. You are correct that it says nothing about if you are not on a budget, therefore nothing about the converse. Your placement of the ONLY at the start of the sentence claims the converse. That is why I am correcting your statement. It does not

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-04-01 Thread Steve at Verizon
Again, I agree with you. If you quickly recognized that the ad was for those who wanted a laptop and were on a budget, and you weren't, then you rightly should have tuned it out. Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: That is fine, but when did advertising start using linear logical proofs? I was

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-04-01 Thread Steve at Verizon
, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.net wrote: Actually, MS is in no way touting their operating system in this commercial, which is aimed at an audience which is indifferent to operating systems (hard to believe for this newsgroup there are so many of them out there) and are just

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread Steve at Verizon
Faulty logic. The statement: If you are on a budget, you buy a PC laptop is not equivalent to the statement Only if you are on a budget, you buy a PC laptop Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: So, assuming this ad is successful, the only reason to buy a Windows computer is because you're on

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread Steve at Verizon
Not true. Your problem is with the placement of the word only. It is true that MS is advertising themselves as the _only_ alternative for people on a tight budget. Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: And that is my Point! MS is _only_ advertizing themselves as the alternative for people on a

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread Steve at Verizon
Yes, that is true. What I am seeing, that is not in the ad, is the statement _Only_ if you are on a tight budget would you want to buy hardware with an MS operating system. What I do see is _If_ you are on a tight budget, etc Didn't you take logic in some math course where you learned the

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread Steve at Verizon
Right, but your solution to the gal who wanted a laptop was an iMac which is not. Tom Piwowar wrote: Tom, read the subject line! I wrote that subject line. It belongs to me. It is the title of the commercial, not a reference to a type of computer.

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-30 Thread Steve at Verizon
MS doesn't offer laptops. They offer an operating system that runs on low end laptops (and, in addition, midrange and high end). Apple offers an OS and hardware only in the midrange and high end. Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: If all MS has to offer is cheap (and only mention purchase price),

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Steve at Verizon
Now you get the point of the commercial! She couldn't seriously consider a Mac, as there were zero options, given her budget and requirements. She obviously didn't know that, else why would she have traveled to the Apple Store. So she must have learned that fact there, hence the short visit.

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Steve at Verizon
Tom, read the subject line! Tom Piwowar wrote: Constance, if she only has $1,000, she only has $1,000. 20-inch iMac is $999 at the Apple Online Store today. Right on the home page. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread Steve at Verizon
She wanted a LAPTOP!!! Do you not understand that some people need a machine they can use in the classroom, or on a plane, or working from their hotel room when traveling. Surely you are not ignorant of the many reasons for the use of a laptop. Why do you repeated tell her she can't have

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes purchases

2009-03-23 Thread Steve at Verizon
You need to physically copy the folders with the purchased music to your other machines. You bring them in to the new iTunes via FileAdd New Folder to Library. Make sure you have the Copy Files to iTunes Music Folder When Adding to Library option checked in PreferencesAdvanced. When you first

Re: [CGUYS] Silly but important question...

2009-03-17 Thread Steve at Verizon
And for you Firefox (and Thunderbird) users, MozBackup is a very easy backup/restore utility. I use it to sync with my laptop (does not only bookmarks, but your Bookmark Toolbar, saved logon passwords, etc.) Terry Kilburg wrote: The fastest way is to go to your Internet Browser if it is IE,

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POL

2009-02-18 Thread Steve at Verizon
Although Tom and I duked it out on the political front, I wholeheartedly agree with him on the iPod front. For the first few years, I was an Apple rebel and tried several mp3 players like Rio and several iRivers, but finally succumbed to the mini and shuffle a couple of years ago. Good

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake - Earphone Cord Problem

2009-02-17 Thread Steve at Verizon
If your listening media are conducive to the iPod Shuffle (in my case, it is audiobooks while working out), and don't like the earphone cord getting in the way, you might want to check out the Arriva iPod Shuffle:

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-12 Thread Steve at Verizon
What makes you think that libertarians aren't generous? The difference is that they are generous with their own money. Liberals are generous with other peoples money. Jordan wrote: Jeff Wright wrote: libertarians There are many fine elements to the libertarian point of view. They are also

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
You keep forgetting that we do not elect a president by popular vote. Get the Constitution changed if you want it that way. And it was 7 Justices who overruled the Fla Supreme Courts decision (The 5-4 vote was for remanding it back to them). Chris Dunford wrote: let their demand for

Re: [CGUYS] Redefining history [was: Taxes and good life]

2009-02-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
I guess I shouldn't have delved into the tricky definitions of these terms. Let me try to clarify. From that site I referenced, I thought we could all agree with items 1-6, in that, most of us are small l liberal. I.e. we all agree with the same ends; equality under the law, equal opportunity,

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
Again, I was referring to contemporary usage of the terms liberal and conservative. If you looked at the link I gave, you will see that today the term liberal usually refers to Modern Liberal as described there. I cannot think of any modern conservatives who would side with the Tories. Modern

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-09 Thread Steve at Verizon
OK, now you've done it. Your post is so riddled with factual untruths I couldn't respond to all of them. But here a a few 1. Al-Qaeda declared war on the US in 1996 under the Clinton admin. 2. It was the Clinton administration who knew that Saddam had WMD and called for regime change 3. The

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-08 Thread Steve at Verizon
I agree with the USA part, but most actions were left/right united, as in WWI, and WWII. But mostly the right in winning the Cold War. And, if I may be so bold, the neocons can take credit for ousting a totalitarian regime and establishing a multi-party representative government in Iraq. Yes,

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-08 Thread Steve at Verizon
In todays categorization of the terms, in general, I consider conservatives to believe in limited government involvement in our lives and liberals to want more, especially at the federal level. Thus the battles over National Health Care, federal funding of all kinds of social programs, using

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Installation disk with new computer?

2009-02-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
I know about Lenovo. No Windows install disk, but they come with a utility to burn restore disks from which you can rebuild your windows system. I.e. on a replaced or reformatted HD. Also, the Microcenter PowerSpec systems I've had (including present one) don't have one, but do include a DVD

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-07 Thread Steve at Verizon
Depends if you consider Communists liberal (and before anyone complains that I used those two words in the same sentence, the converse is NOT necessarily the case) Then we have Russia (yes, serfdom was terrible, but Stalin killed 30 million of his own people), China (the glorious Cultural

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-05 Thread Steve at Verizon
From today's New York Times Agency Says Hamas Took Aid Intended for Needy JERUSALEM — The United Nations http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/united_nations/index.html?inline=nyt-org agency that provides assistance to Palestinian

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-04 Thread Steve at Verizon
On top of which some expect the government to pay for the loss of property so foolishly placed. Matthew Taylor wrote: You are correct there. The flood plains of the Mississippi river basin were as fertile as they were in part because they were flood plains. Our insistence that we build

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-02 Thread Steve at Verizon
No, I think he meant that you shouldn't be prosecuted for violating the Good Samaritan law for which the Seinfeld 4 were found guilty in the last episode of the show. Tom Piwowar wrote: Ethically, I believe I am compelled to help my neighbor in time of need. I reject any notion that I have

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