Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
No, Tom. Any supervisor worth their salt knows that could isn't used in orders. It tends to confuse the people. Sorry, I guess it is time to retire that email shortcut macro. That's twice in recent weeks that you know more about my business than you should. And no, could will suffice. A boss

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
Call me crazy, but none of those steps seem like a good hardware repair regimen. And, I draw the line at seat de-linting. This, Jeff, gets to the crux of our differences. I treat computer users very differently than you do. If I'm fixing a computer and notice that the mouse needs repair or the

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Tom that cuts across user base. It has more to do with unacceptable low standards of customer service than anything else. When I was doing repairs etc. I always did way more than I billed for. Better to be complete, than cheap. However in all sorts of customer service venues the concept

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Jeff Wright
I'm sure when your users sit down to their freshly de-linted seat and their ass slides effortlessly across it, your face is the first thing that comes to mind. Seriously Thomas, it was a throw-away line. Next you'll reading my palm and telling my why I have DNS issues. -Original

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
I'm sure when your users sit down to their freshly de-linted seat and their ass slides effortlessly across it, your face is the first thing that comes to mind. My mental image of your work environment is as described by Dante Alighieri. What's wrong with having a good work environment? Do your

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Chris Dunford
Boy, you Apple fanboys sure can take a funny comment seriously. -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:15 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom I'm

[CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at whatismyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others noticed such? Where? * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Tony B
FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at whatismyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Tom Piwowar wrote: I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at whatismyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others noticed such? Where? I don't see it. However, I have heard that some ISPs have begun

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with just my IP listed. Show source shows no HTML, just the IP number. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Mac) I get a colorful page with my IP in

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Tom Piwowar wrote: FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with just my IP listed. Show source shows no HTML, just the IP number. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Hmmm I got a big white page with my IP in the upper left corner in both Firefox and Safari on my iMac. On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Richard P.
If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below. If I type in the complete address: http://whatsmyip.org/ , or type in whatsmyip and Alt-Enter, it comes up with the correct home

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Charles Ballinger
Same with my OSX firefox 2.0.0.11. I can't wait to hear an explanation. Chaels On Mar 10, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below.

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Judy Cosler
no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below. If I type in the

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Steve Rigby
On Mar 10, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Mac) I get a colorful page with my IP in big type, a What's New blog, a sidebar full of other services, and another sidebar full of Google ads. I do not get anything such as you describe except for

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I just used IE and got everything, including the Obama 08 in the upper left. Stewart At 09:22 PM 3/10/2008, you wrote: no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-10 Thread John McDonald
For tracking investments, a spreadsheet and a web query would be as simple and straight forward a tool for your needs that there is. As for researching stocks, you might want to read Beating the Street or Learn to Earn both by Peter Lynch. Those books contain a lot of insight into managing

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I used Opera and Firefox and got the exact same results. Stewart At 09:22 PM 3/10/2008, you wrote: no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Steve Rigby
On Mar 10, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below. If I type in the complete address: http://whatsmyip.org/ , or type in whatsmyip

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Eric S. Sande
...type in whatsmyip and Alt-Enter, it comes up with the correct home page. It is an unexpected result, to say the least but I don't know why. Confirmed in IE 7. It's there. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-10 Thread Eric S. Sande
And no, could will suffice. A boss that needs to give people orders either has an ego problem or a staff that is not behind them. It was merely an observation. I find that requests (I won't say orders, but if you work in a top-down command structure that's what they are) should be couched in

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Richard P.
In Firefox, Alt-Enter automatically adds the http://www. at the beginning and the .org at the end to what ever is in the address bar. In this case, all I had to type in was whatsmyip instead of the whole URL. Richard P. no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant)