Re: [CGUYS] Where to buy XP computer?

2010-04-15 Thread rleesimon
Dell outlet...I have one... -Original Message- From: Richard P. [mailto:richs...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:02 PM Subject: Where to buy XP computer? A senior friend went out to a local electronics store and bought a new Dell, 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium computer to

Re: [CGUYS] vga port to port

2010-04-12 Thread rleesimon
) will it get amplified at the TV end enough to have adequate volume level, or do I need something for that? -Original Message- From: rleesimon [mailto:rleesi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:22 AM To: 'Chris Dunford' Cc: 'Stewart Marshall' Subject: RE: vga port to port Thanks ...you

Re: [CGUYS] vga port to port

2010-04-08 Thread rleesimon
Are the cords I show here good? I assume I need a sound cord and the second one has it integrated ...should that be the one? I assume SVGA cord will carry VGA, no? ...thanks!! -Original Message- From: Chris Dunford [mailto:seed...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:50 AM

[CGUYS] vga port to port

2010-04-07 Thread rleesimon
If I have a vga out port on my laptop can't I just get a simple vga monitor cable (http://tinyurl.com/yjnyy37) or even one that has an integrated sound cable on it (http://tinyurl.com/yfrxj5k) and show whatever from the computer on my TV since it has a VGA port without buying some folderol that

Re: [CGUYS] laptop to tv advice

2010-04-04 Thread rleesimon
My TV is lenco dtv-2421 Description/detail: TFT/LCD DVD combination/screen diagonal: 61 cm/sceen size: 24 tariff/display format: 16:9/dissolution: 1,920 x of 1,080 pixels/hp ready/Full hp/integrated devices: DVD player/connections: 1xHDMI, VGA (PC entrance), SCART, S-video-entrance, component

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-04 Thread rleesimon
I am flummoxed. First they promote the over the air digital TV signal and make you go out and get converters so you don't hafta buy a new TV ...then you find out you only get 2 channels where you live (I have a 30' tower with uhf/vhf antenna 1h road south of Philadelphia ...no mountains here).

Re: [CGUYS] play video from laptop to TV

2010-04-02 Thread rleesimon
My TV is lenco dtv-2421 Description/detail: TFT/LCD DVD combination/screen diagonal: 61 cm/sceen size: 24 tariff/display format: 16:9/dissolution: 1,920 x of 1,080 pixels/hp ready/Full hp/integrated devices: DVD player/connections: HDMI, VGA (PC entrance), SCART, S-video-entrance, component

Re: [CGUYS] Wozniak solves two iPhone problems

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
I have an IPAQ 3635 from 2001 that already multitasks many apps with PocketPC2002 and can take a cellphone card. I have a Motosurf a3100 wm6.1 fone that will run numerous tasks while talking, gps'ing, and wifi'ing and bluetooth'ing and whatever all at the same time. What is the big deal about

Re: [CGUYS] Wozniak solves two iPhone problems

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
Well, if he has his ipad with him and has an accident, he can't take a picture with it !! -Original Message- From: Stewart Marshall [mailto:revsamarsh...@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:04 PM Subject: Re: Wozniak solves two iPhone problems No he is the atypical

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Runs Out of iPads

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
I think they musta run outa the ipads cuz they are saving the parts for verII which will have a camera and maybe a handle to keep from dropping it and maybe a battery you can replace ...d'oh!! -Original Message- From: David K Watson [mailto:davidkirkwat...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday,

Re: [CGUYS] Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing}

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
Hey, rev...on what earth are you...it doesn't take the time to get it home to be outdated since it is sold with an outdated sticker on the box already... -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 12:05 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [CGUYS] Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing}

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
gear extinction is currently measured in picoseconds, rev ...get with the program ...everything is REVved up!! ;^) -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 3:35 PM To: rleesimon Cc: 'Computer Guys Discussion List

Re: [CGUYS] Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing}

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
PM To: rleesimon Cc: 'Computer Guys Discussion List' Subject: RE: Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing} Remember I deal in Eternity by trade. :-) Stewart * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing}

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
6.66€ ...is that good? -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 5:27 PM To: rleesimon Cc: 'Computer Guys Discussion List' Subject: RE: Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing

Re: [CGUYS] Wozniak solves two iPhone problems

2010-04-01 Thread rleesimon
Woz solves 2ifone problems for me from the getgo ...no battery change, no handle to keep from dropping it on the tarmac ...done deal !! -Original Message- From: David K Watson [mailto:davidkirkwat...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Wozniak solves two iPhone

Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy

2010-03-26 Thread rleesimon
I will need to make DVDs from AVI to watch on a typical TV DVD player both in the US Region I and in Belgium Region II where I have a built in DVD Region II player and a stand alone DVD player region free. What disks should I purchase to have the greatest ease of both recording the DVDs and

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-22 Thread rleesimon
: b_s-wilk [mailto:b1sun...@yahoo.es] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 11:51 PM Subject: Re: Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com escribió: Cellular internet in Belgium is around $90/mo and only around major cities do you get 3g ...the land line internet is around $60/mo

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread rleesimon
Cellular internet in Belgium is around $90/mo and only around major cities do you get 3g ...the land line internet is around $60/mo with basic TV (around 50 channels) and is DSL speed ...not that fast ...it is transited over the phone lines ...now they are saying it is bumped to 4down1up for only

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-17 Thread rleesimon
They want the $100 bucks regularly too... If the battery lasts 2 yrs, your unit cost goes up by 20% to keep it longer!! -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:revsamarsh...@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:40 PM Subject: Re: noPad4me There is another reason

Re: [CGUYS] PDF creation application

2010-03-17 Thread rleesimon
It was all wp4 or 5 and lotus 123 ...ah the good old days of fartzin'around with equations ... Self employment has one advantage... (the only one) -Original Message- From: Wayne Dernoncourt [mailto:way...@panix.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:55 PM To: rleesimon Subject: RE: PDF

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-17 Thread rleesimon
Even easier ...don't buy the ipad... -Original Message- From: Fred Holmes [mailto:f...@his.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:27 PM Subject: Re: noPad4me At 10:02 PM 3/15/2010, b_s-wilk wrote: This is easy. The iPad is a giant iPod Touch. We can open up the Touch to change the

Re: [CGUYS] Is Verizon giving up on building out FIOS?

2010-03-17 Thread rleesimon
fios ...yeah, right! Years ago a bunch of trucks came down our little private lane serving 10+ homes (now 12) and strung fiberoptic cable on the poles ...there it sits. We are too far from the switching point to get DSL. After many years boasting proudly that I had never been a cable customer,

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
Wing nuts want to provide broad band via those stinkin' ugly wires around all over the place. Finally, all that hardware gets jammed up with every neighbor downloadin' his daily dose of porn. The way to get broadband out is multivalent approaches where some get wires, some get over the electric

Re: [CGUYS] PDF creation application

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
I use this frequently http://download.cnet.com/PDF995-Printer-Driver/3000-6675_4-10068482.html . It just puts a pdf printer on your list and you print to it. It, for the freeware, opens an ad to view in a browser window each time. It is no biggie for me and you can just close the ad right away.

Re: [CGUYS] RIM on the Brink

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
I have only had one palm device ...a Palm IIIc ...wonderful device ...very nice for carrying around a database I needed professionally ...had good battery life ...could be backed up via an aftermarket thing that plugged into its port and had a storage subroutine ...had a snap on camera ...it was

Re: [CGUYS] AVG free update attack?

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
I use avast ...it works fine ...no ads ...updates are unobtrusive, but the voice that announces it was annoying so I edited the .wav file to keep just the ding and it works great... -Original Message- From: Tony B [mailto:ton...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:56 PM Subject:

Re: [CGUYS] PDF creation application

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
I loved wp... had such cool features ...like (of course in the late 1980s) could do delete from here to end of sentence which was a revelation back then... -Original Message- From: Wayne Dernoncourt [mailto:way...@panix.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:31 PM Subject: Re: PDF creation

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-15 Thread rleesimon
The apple offer to replace the ipad with another one if the battery doesn't hold a charge for $100 is a joke .so you get some refurb someone else slimed upon .why does everything else accommodate a battery change that you can get from china via ebay for around $5 and apple needs to have their

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

2010-03-08 Thread rleesimon
But, oh, so easy to lose in the snap of a finger ...viz ...spitzer/Paterson in ny and so many who we remember well back to tricky dick!! -Original Message- From: Jeff Miles [mailto:jmile...@charter.net] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:57 AM Subject: Re: Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-05 Thread rleesimon
It's dirt simple. The right to privacy in the home was breached. Looking at children via webcam or otherwise in a state of undress or susceptible to be so is illegal. They did it and the fact one student was sanctioned for having misbehaved on camera proves that. The thing has devolved into a

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for laptop computer advice sought

2010-03-05 Thread rleesimon
I faced this dilemma in late 2004 when my trusty win95 Toshiba laptop which I loved was too skimpy on max 20mb memory to go forth (that laptop had a scsi port on the back, very forward looking for the day, allowing me to attach an external zip drive that gave me lots of storage...I can still see

Re: [CGUYS] Help - computer seems infected, going crazy!

2010-02-26 Thread rleesimon
I usta hafta reinstall xp a few times a year ...now after dumping that silly Norton and starting to use Avast FREE version I have no longer had any trouble for a long time... -Original Message- From: David D Odell [mailto:waffenf...@atlanticbb.net] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 7:14 AM

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-20 Thread rleesimon
NASA is learning the ropes ...they just installed an observation deck ...stargazing platform for well heeled space tourists?? -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:revsamarsh...@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:46 PM Subject: Re: FCC head calls for

Re: [CGUYS] Password Keeper == Login King -- thoughts?

2010-02-20 Thread rleesimon
That brings to mind, how come banks (now they use 2 different passwords and a pictogram for the most part) don't give you a teaser email reminding you, periodically, to change your password... that would be a nice service. -Original Message- From: Tony B [mailto:ton...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-20 Thread rleesimon
FBI is all over them like a (their own maybe) cheap suit !! -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:15 PM Subject: Re: Creepy or what? Anyone involved in this scam should be fired, simple. On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
Here you go .you should all get this thing .it's gonna cook yer brainz !! http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/01/cellmate-headset-keeps-cell-phone-at-your -ear-if-it-really-exists-that-is.html You are guaranteed to be a veritable yoyo in as little as a week (depending on how much brain you

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ together with http://www.cell-mateus.com/aboutcell-mate.html ...let's start an investment fund!! -Original Message- From: John Duncan Yoyo [mailto:johnduncany...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 1:03 AM Subject: Re: Cell phone radiated power There was

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
Somebody hasta make the kiddie porn... some schools must have creative financing... -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:54 PM Subject: Creepy or what? Parents: school used webcam to spy on our kid at home By

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone radiated power

2010-02-19 Thread rleesimon
...you mean the name should be dumbphones ?? -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Cell phone radiated power On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: As Bob Park

Re: [CGUYS] What's wrong with Android

2010-02-18 Thread rleesimon
I think there are quite a few articles recently portraying a micro$oft smartfone push with a zunelike interface on the horizon ...I think apple has lotsa flare with its latest foray into ifone/ipad etc. but it is not a good idea, imho, to ignore m$ (the sleeping giant) with the longstanding

Re: [CGUYS] Cars and the CES...

2010-01-11 Thread rleesimon
Let the bumper cars game begin!! Wasn't there one company who wanted to put a holographic overlay on the windshield so you could drive and surf at the same time?? In this area, you can get a full ticket (not a secondary offense) for using the fone or having the phone in your hand (must be

Re: [CGUYS] Cars and the CES...

2010-01-11 Thread rleesimon
Anyone got Jupiter Jack? Is that thing any good? -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 1:13 PM Subject: Cars and the CES... One of the bigger news stories coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-09 Thread rleesimon
: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:56 AM To: rleesimon Subject: Re: Phones and guys, even Computer Guys On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:43 PM, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote: The new google fone is a big brick ...I have seen it described as a trough

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

2010-01-09 Thread rleesimon
Aw, barb, be a sport, take the guy in... -Original Message- From: b_s-wilk [mailto:b1sun...@yahoo.es] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: Wi-Fi foe sues neighbor for using electronics - The Santa Fe New Mexican Wi-Fi foe sues neighbor for using electronics Man says

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-09 Thread rleesimon
How about doing that with google voice? -Original Message- From: Michael Fernando [mailto:michael@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:41 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP Right now we are testing Skype's $5.95/mo one country

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-08 Thread rleesimon
The new google fone is a big brick ...I have seen it described as a trough ...sounds like it's just what you are augerin'4 ...rush right down to your T-Mobile store to get on line... ha! -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07,

Re: [CGUYS] Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain

2010-01-07 Thread rleesimon
Now I understand why I have a good memory... like a rodent!! -Original Message- From: Fred Holmes [mailto:f...@his.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Cell Phone Radiation Good for Your Brain This is a foul plot launched by the global warmists to demonstrate that

Re: [CGUYS] Droid/Eris questions

2010-01-03 Thread rleesimon
I found droid and brethren to be too big and square ...I like to one hand the fone and I opted for a slightly smaller screen device with great features and, the deal maker for me, triband 3g so I can use it in the EU as well as the USA (quad band 2g) ...it's the Motosurf a3100 ...I am accustomed

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-03 Thread rleesimon
:49 AM Subject: Re: MagicJack: a VoIP question I am not sure how this can be done. In the Magic Jack devise there is an outlet for the phone line. Marcio -Original Message- From: rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com Sent: Jan 2, 2010 5:30 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-03 Thread rleesimon
) for no charge!! I am pretty sure they will not ship abroad. You need a credit card. You simply have it mailed to a friend in the USA who forwards it to you!! -Original Message- From: Marcio [mailto:m...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:46 AM To: rleesimon Subject: RE

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
I have it. I used it in Europe with an IBM x31 notebook with dsl speed internet ...it is flawless! No fone needed, used computer speakers and mic ...but, of course, you need to have the computer on and connected to a wifi source to use it. I also have phonepower.com device at home. Computer

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
If you plug in magic jack on computer, internal mic and spkr are all you need (I have IBM Thinkpad). Needs no fone. Dial on screen with mouse or via phonebook. -Original Message- From: Fred Holmes [mailto:f...@his.com] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:21 PM Subject: Re: MagicJack: a

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
Messages from phonepower.com come as .wav file in email...also stored online on pwd protected site with usage, etc. -Original Message- From: Marcio [mailto:m...@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 10:44 PM Subject: Re: MagicJack: a VoIP question Yes, Fred I get the messages

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
All that confirmed. -Original Message- From: Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow [mailto:noodni...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:31 PM Subject: Re: MagicJack Stewart says: None of the major VOIP carriers offer a local number so it is of no use for incoming. As I already bundle my

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
Phonepower.com works without computer and the 911 feature works. -Original Message- From: Tony B [mailto:ton...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 10:42 PM Subject: Re: MagicJack: a VoIP question Actually, that's two questions. First, you may use your existing telephones with MJ,

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
I have uniden BT capable wireless fone and it is wired backwards via house wiring to phonepower.com modem ...gives me phone all over the house. Have one wired fone on it in case of loss of power. Phonepower.com will also work with old fashioned fax machine. Phonepower.com also has a cloned

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
Skype only free when recipient also has skype ... -Original Message- From: t.piwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 12:01 AM Subject: Re: MagicJack: a VoIP question Don't forget that you can also get VOIP services like Skype at zero cost.

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
They make skype fones. Best solution is skype on your ifone or wm smartphone and pirate off neighbors unsecured wifi .hehee! ...after all is saiddone, when att and others get permission to get ridda pots ( some eyesore poles/wires), there may be a move afoot to make everyone who gets wifi for

Re: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question

2010-01-02 Thread rleesimon
: Re: MagicJack: a VoIP question On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:47 PM, rleesimon wrote: They make skype fones. I looked, but don't see the point. Computer has great mic and camera and big screen already built in. Why pay money for something that does so much less and still needs to be connected

Re: [CGUYS] New Dell handset sure to give iphone a run for it's money

2009-12-31 Thread rleesimon
Stopit ...my horse is very pleased with his ...he can hoof it on the run !! -Original Message- From: tjpa [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:55 PM Subject: Re: New Dell handset sure to give iphone a run for it's money On Dec 31, 2009, at 2:58 PM, mike wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] AAAHH, the old days

2009-12-26 Thread rleesimon
Yes, in 1965-66 as an undergraduate I took a computer course at NYU which comprised learned to program (entry level, PL-1) and my assigned project was writing a routine to alphabetize a list of names including all variants (multiple first, middle names, hyphenated, with degrees, etc.) ...which

[CGUYS] gawwd ...bluetooth!

2009-12-19 Thread rleesimon
I spent the whole evening (missed Friday nite smackdown!!) cuz my new winMobile6.1 fone lost its ability to sync via bluetooth .notably, the device was showing services list as serial port instead of activesync so it would not connect despite connecting fine via USB. Last nite I fumed, swore,

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 19 Dec 2009 - Special issue (#2009-1129)

2009-12-19 Thread rleesimon
Huh? From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:14 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 19 Dec 2009 - Special issue (#2009-1129)

Re: [CGUYS] gawwd ...bluetooth!

2009-12-19 Thread rleesimon
Yeah...bummer, anyone got a vid dld for me ...it's my only source of vicariance these days septin'4 this board ...hehee ;^) -Original Message- From: Reid Katan [mailto:ka...@his.com] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:19 PM Subject: Re: gawwd ...bluetooth! Quoting rleesimon rleesi

[CGUYS] fone gps trouble

2009-12-13 Thread rleesimon
Got a great Motorola Surf a3100 and put in 16gb microSDhc card and installed motonav (destinator) .but when I put the maps in, says they are not registered .saw where some say to use a patcher which I did (patches maps) .didn't help .ideas?

Re: [CGUYS] Android feedback

2009-12-09 Thread rleesimon
OK ...I just went through this. I looked at the Droid and brethren but settled on the Motorola Surf a3100 windows mobile 6.1 with a slick overlay with all those carousel features, etc. The app supply seems endless. It won my heart cuz it has not only quad 2g but triband 3g (850,1900,2100) which

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread rleesimon
Did you just say tom is droppin' acid (again)? -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:47 AM Subject: Re: IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly Why do you do this? READ the thread. Tom brought up security. You guys are like broken records,

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-05 Thread rleesimon
Hey ...leave Tom alone ...he got 'nuf cra'frum apr to last him... -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Intensive Care Unit... Do you cover your eyes and ears when you say that? On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 6:36 AM,

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS

2009-09-05 Thread rleesimon
What else have you done when half schnockker'd, rev? -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Guys and GPS I used to make delivers in a van from the main PO here to a credit processing center around 12-2am. I had

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS

2009-09-05 Thread rleesimon
Used a nuvi 210 or 270 or something like that free with rental car in Belgium ...when road had sharp curve, thing would tell me to turn left or turn right leading to screeching brakes and almost rear-enders ...didn't say street names ...crap! I have an off brand VideoSeven v7Nav-730 and bought

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS

2009-09-04 Thread rleesimon
Gizmophilia trumps Gelotophobia ...the result ...Androphobia! ...however, I'd prefer being beset by any of those than to be afflicted by Arachibutyrophobia !! -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:27 PM

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS

2009-09-04 Thread rleesimon
Years uggo when I got my first Cincinnati Microwave Passport radar detector, it was provided with a reprint of an article recounting a study done (not by them if I remember) showing drivers with radar detectors had FEWER accidents than others ...wonder if it's been studied with GPS devices?

Re: [CGUYS] Guys and GPS

2009-09-04 Thread rleesimon
I turn on the GPS but when the sexy girl tells me turn around I do so in hope of catching a glimpse of her to see if she looks as good as she sounds!! Does that make me drive more safely?? -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September

Re: [CGUYS] External keyboard for notebook computer

2009-08-15 Thread rleesimon
This. http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Space-Saver-II-Keyboard-RT3200-Black-Item-120_W0QQit emZ110424534478QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item19b5d0adce_t rksid=p3286.c0.m14 .I use it .has feet in the back that fold out to keep it a comfortable angle .would sit on top of any laptop (except if

Re: [CGUYS] disk tool..can't recall the name

2009-08-15 Thread rleesimon
Dunno what he wants... Maybe http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptslack.asp Or what?? -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 2:27 PM Subject: Re: disk tool..can't recall the name On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:24 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-11 Thread rleesimon
...bring on the wearable information system with wifi, bluetooth, ham radio, fm, skype, smoke signals, semifour, code talking, telegraphy, fax, and, of course, a built in 9mm berretta!! -Original Message- From: TPiwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:37 AM

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-11 Thread rleesimon
Little murders (1967) Jules Feiffer ...the primer on all this!! -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:57 AM Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Jeff Milesjmile...@charter.net wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-11 Thread rleesimon
.tjp augering for a nationwide gun law? -Original Message- From: TPiwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars On Aug 10, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Bill Wajert wrote: Let's be very clear about one thing. Gun Bans only affect law

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-10 Thread rleesimon
Frienda mine is'n old cop (had a 6 shooter) and he went through from academy to retirement and never shot at a suspect or was shot himself ...good career!! ...and others in his squad were involved in shootings or got tagged, so... I don't know where, but I have the idea statistics show most cops

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-10 Thread rleesimon
We live just beyond the county seat city limits and FIOS came there but not here ...we'll surely get FIOS in our card before we ever get it at our house, can't even get dsl, only cable... and I was so proud of having never been a cable customer, but got only 2 channels with a converter and 30'

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-09 Thread rleesimon
I thought yours sounded like Andy Rooney. My GPS, so far, the most useful has been to get me lost!! -Original Message- From: b_s-wilk [mailto:b1sun...@yahoo.es] Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:33 PM To: rleesimon Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars Is it Robert/Bob/Lee

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-09 Thread rleesimon
Tom, the gun is not a computer gadget, and a bus is not a car. Also, was that kid the only one who was safe on that bus? Third, were you safer on that bus or walking down the street? Fourth, what kinda gun do you carry? Last, does the computerized aiming mechanism with facial recognition and

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
The brain will train to see ahead with seemingly unblocked view despite objects in the way ...extrapolation and parallax compensates ...however, there is still a blind spot which is not really seen and it would be worthwhile to remove such objects to save one little kid... -Original

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
However, many cars now have a drop-angle hood specially to allow close view to the front of the car to avoid hitting little kids, etc. while having the whole windshield see ahead... my old Chevy s10 blazer showed me the whole hood, my Toyota highlander shows me none of the hood. -Original

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
My GPS is 3.5 which blocks less and is perfectly usable and auto zooms so I don't hafta focus on it to see. It has a night feature that lowers the brightness and uses a less colorful display to avoid night-blind effect of foreground contrast, and it has a safety feature where you set a speed

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
Hey...what about my purple dice and my rubber duckie not to mention my crystal that sparkles and my graduation tassel ...some people have a buncha stuff hangin'round the mirror!! -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:34 PM To: rleesimon Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:03 PM, rleesimonrleesi...@gmail.com wrote: Hey...what about my purple dice and my rubber duckie not to mention my

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

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
Silly me, and here I thought all the FCC did was to harass George Carlin and Gilda Radner (both dead) which albeit makes them completely useless now; thank goodness for TJP...now they have something to do!! -Original Message- From: TPiwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Thursday, August

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
I spent quite a bit of time in VA having worked in the Cumberland Gap (driving backforth to sNJ) and also in the eastern shore (down by the entry of the bridge-tunnel) backforth as well ...what with all the talk about jersey drivers I must say I found MD and VA drivers to be less predictable and

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
It's 4sure a DOS attack from all those guys in ILKton MD and such... -Original Message- From: TPiwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars On Aug 6, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: And how do you know that 90% of

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

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
Hehee... m$ pays Tom to harass them ...makes it seem like a level playing field !! -Original Message- From: Jeff Wright [mailto:jswri...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:41 PM Subject: Re: BOGO [was: Finally an FCC that earns its keep] M$ pays him to harass us. Nah. I do

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
Seems2me I recall, many moons ago, I bought an old fashioned original Passport radar detector (around 1980, was $300+ back then, but after I got nailed 3x in 1 week rushing to the hospital during my fellowship while on call, I bit the bullet...bought one offa ebay for the wife 2 yrs ago for $10

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
Sho nuf...dude ...about 6 years back we got rear-ended by some 16yo while we were stopped at a red light cuz the girl was chattin' up her bffs of which she had a carful ...local LE was friendly with her dad so nothing got done about it ...my wife suffered for coupl'a years from neck pain, had a

Re: [CGUYS] Computer gadgets in cars

2009-08-06 Thread rleesimon
prohibits you from holding the device in your hand even if you have a speakerphone, and sellers must sell the fone with an earpiece. Gimme some stats, man!! -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:43 PM To: rleesimon Subject

Re: [CGUYS] wifi router in Belgium

2009-08-04 Thread rleesimon
Where I will be, the internet may come from 1 of 2 sources .first is Belgacom which provides high speed DSL via telephone cables to homes with or without phone and TV. second is Voo which provides via coaxial cable separate from the phone (like here), but it seems I will NOT be in their coverage

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail issue

2009-07-31 Thread rleesimon
[mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:22 PM To: rleesimon Subject: Re: Gmail issue On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM, rleesimonrleesi...@gmail.com wrote: That's for sure...I get my gmail in my outlook and I have many archives ...just yesterday I had to go get some tax records

Re: [CGUYS] More computer humor

2009-07-31 Thread rleesimon
M$ has perfected the process whereby the hourglass is responsive to retinal orientation. -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: More computer humor More Murphy's Laws of Computing 1. To err is

[CGUYS] noiseheat

2009-07-31 Thread rleesimon
My laptop (ibm x31 winxpprosp3 pIVm1.4/2gb/120gb) sits most of the time on a dock which, instead of the battery has a sled in the ultrabay with the old 40mb HDD which started making noise today and doesn't show on the list.opened the bay and it's hot,hot. Is this the proverbial end of that? If

Re: [CGUYS] noiseheat

2009-07-31 Thread rleesimon
Cooled it off under fan and a/c ...got the data off ...I spoze it's curtains for that drive ...good I replaced it before it croaked (got the 120gb one in the notebook a while back)... thanks! -Original Message- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31,

[CGUYS] foreign

2009-07-30 Thread rleesimon
Ok.I'm getting usta keystroke combos for accented characters in French .but, they don't work in such things as dialog windows in browser pages, search boxes, and notepad .I have had2 resurrect WordPad to type the accented characters and then cut and paste into the boxes .I bought office 2007

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