Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread mike
Did that security hole ever get compromised? That's the argument from the mac side, macs have big security holes that are never compromised so that equals good security, I hadn't seen that this extension caused one security problem. Perhaps it did and it didn't come up in my searches? On Mon,

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread Jeff Wright
So Apple is guilty of some of the crimes that the Redmond Menace is guilty of. Both are sinners and deserve a time out for it. Agreed, but that was in answer to Tom's assertion that Apple would NEVER do such a thing, when, in fact, it already has. The problem is that M$ did something that

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread mike
Since we have pirate day, can we have l33t speak day...Jeff already has a good start. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote: The web has been largely a OMG!!! M$ hAx0red FF!!!1! * **

[CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread Chris Dunford
http://blogs.computerworld.com/microsoft_ad_campaign_cleans_apples_clock The odd thing is that the Ad Age article that ComputerWorld references appears to have disappeared. All the links to it, including the ones on Ad Age's own site, come up with item not found. Maybe it's just a web site error.

[CGUYS] DTV Reception Maps

2009-06-09 Thread Richard P.
In light of the upcoming DTV transition, http://dtv.gov/ has a nice signal reception map. The direct link is: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/ Just plug in your address and it will let you know what kind of signal strength should be available at your location. If you click on station's

Re: [CGUYS] Cost to Purchase a Congressman

2009-06-09 Thread Jordan
Thanks! That's excellent! Alvin Auerbach wrote: I put houseofrepresentatives.gov into my browser, and OpenDNS came up with this Sponsored Link: Members of House of Representatives Compare prices on members of house of representatives at Smarter.com and shop smarter. www.smarter.com This

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread Jeff Wright
Note how blasé WFBs are about product defects. But there is a big difference here. If M$ wants to have gross defects in its own products that is their business, but when they go insert defects into competitor's products that is something completely different. That's a drive-by shooting. I'm

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread Jeff Wright
A real example please. Bonjour is not what you claim it to be. Actually, it is. I know, I know, your programming won't allow you to admit that. I don't blame you personally. Here, chew on these:

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: http://blogs.computerworld.com/ microsoft_ad_campaign_cleans_apples_clock The odd thing is that the Ad Age article that ComputerWorld references appears to have disappeared. All the links to it, including the ones on Ad Age's own site, come

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 2:34 AM, mike wrote: Did that security hole ever get compromised? That's the argument from the mac side, macs have big security holes that are never compromised so that equals good security, I hadn't seen that this extension caused one security problem. Perhaps it did

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread Chris Dunford
The links are dead because this is no longer current content. You just love to make stuff up, don't you? It turns out that the Ad Age piece is still there (and very current), but you have to pay to read it. All you can see without payment is part of the first paragraph: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) --

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: You just love to make stuff up, don't you? It turns out that the Ad Age piece is still there (and very current), but you have to pay to read it. All you can see without payment is part of the first paragraph: So, your statement about it

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-09 Thread Jeff Wright
You keep trying to change the subject. The issue is that this vulnerability was inserted into a competitor's product by M$. Sorry, but you haven't established yet that there actually is a vulnerability. Repeating it does not make it so. By doing so it removed a major advantage of using the

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-09 Thread Jeff Wright
I have used it successfully to move PC's from one machine to another with a clean install and the former install. I t does want two machines though, but it works great, only draw back is it is a once use program. Must buy a separate license each tome you move it. Limited and costly.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-09 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Then use what comes with Windows. http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!23641.entry And what about my applications? This does the easy part and leaves me stuck with the hard part.

[CGUYS] pentium d 945

2009-06-09 Thread mike
I've been googling (no bing for me) for a little bit but I haven't been able to find a good number. While transcoding video on CPU in the subject line, everest and cpuz reports that the temp is up over 70c. Is that possible? I'm worried, should I be real worried as in not use the CPU for such

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 7:28 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: To the best of my knowledge, Apple computers have always been seen as pricey. Nothing ground breaking about that. I have been hearing complaints about the cost of Apple machines for years, and also know it to be a fact. How do I know?

Re: [CGUYS] pentium d 945

2009-06-09 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 6:56 PM, mike wrote: I've been googling (no bing for me) for a little bit but I haven't been able to find a good number. While transcoding video on CPU in the subject line, everest and cpuz reports that the temp is up over 70c. Is that possible? I'm worried, should I be

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Chris Dunfordseed...@gmail.com wrote: Sure, but the point of the article was the rather startling turnaround in the perception of the MS and Apple brands in the 18-34 demo. Since late winter, Apple's rating has dropped from 70 to 12, and MS's has increased from

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread Chris Dunford
Now, MS is ahead 46-12. So, what does all of that actually mean? All it means is that the advertising campaigns appear to have been effective, which is all that I said it meant. There was considerable talk here that MS's ads were no good, but it seems that they were. No big deal.

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ads not so ineffective after all?

2009-06-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Chris Dunfordseed...@gmail.com wrote: All it means is that the advertising campaigns appear to have been effective, which is all that I said it meant. There was considerable talk here that MS's ads were no good, but it seems that they were. No big deal. The