On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I suspect this is like anything..why can't they learn both? There are MUCH
larger problems with our eduction system than which OS to learn. I'd much
rather have them at a very young age begin to learn other languages, a more
I took delivery of a brand spanking new Vaio CW with Win 7 Pro earlier this
month and for the most part it's been great. Great except for the part
where it crashes overnight. I talked to a coworker and he thinks it's due
to the defragger running - I did have it scheduled to run 3 times a week
Quoting db db...@att.net:
That is why OS's need to and will eventually get over their
proprietaryness and look and work essentially the same.
Is homogenization really a Good Thing? Doesn't leave much room for innovation.
Defragging shouldn't cause crashing at any rate. But most users don't
need to defrag but maybe once or twice a year. I use MyDefrag
(formerly JKDefrag) (freeware) on some machines; on my own I use
PerfectDisk (pay).
I'd sure want to get to the cause of the crashes while the unit is
still under
I don't think it's a good thing, that's where you get things that are
unaccountable like government or windows mobile. Take your pick of evil.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
Quoting db db...@att.net:
That is why OS's need to and will eventually get over
Check your power options along with update schedule etc. A friend of mine
had a system crashing overnight due to power options and his RAID. He had
put the hard drives to never sleep on the main page of power options, but
deeper in, they were still being put to sleep. Could be something like
I believe that Apache IS the Operating System.
Windows would not be involved.
- B
- Original Message -
From: Joe Tseng joe_ts...@hotmail.com
Subject: [CGUYS] Apache on 64-bit Win 7
Is there any benefit of using 64-bit Apache on Windows or is installing it
a
waste of time? Is it
Apache is a webserver, open source. One of the most used on the net. I
don't think it would matter if it was 64 or 32bit...unless you are serving
massive pages and need loads of memory.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Brian Jones wjone...@carolina.rr.comwrote:
I believe that Apache IS the
Oh, good point. Win7 comes out of the box with very agressive power
saving features. These can all be adjusted in Control PanelPower. But
it's normal to come back to a machine and find it off.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:02 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
Check your power options along with
There's no benefit at all to someone that doesn't *need* Apache. Are
you a web developer? Do you write php code?
If not, then no, the average person doesn't need Apache. If yes then
you want to install 64 bit if you have a 64 bit system. I mean, define
benefit.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:41 AM,
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,
I've had fine experiences in mixed and non mixed environments. I'm
wondering...how would the scientists run their software on machines that
didn't run their software? This is precisely my point, this point has
nothing to do with windows or os x. Did they fire everyone and replace the
machines
/me intones...windows mobile...
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote:
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
Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com:
Except that just the other day it took three passes on a machine at work for
CCleaner to find no more problems. WinXP.
Maybe. But that doesn't excuse anything. Nor does it justify anything.
A better question would be: Did you see a marked, measurable
Quoting mike xha...@gmail.com:
would have people believe. My point isn't that there are no IT managers who
are biased, but that I don't think the whole IT field is as underhanded as
Tom would have people believe. IT managers also don't control costs, many
CFO's don't look years ahead to see
Not larger than under 2k users. I was speaking more to Tom's points of just
black balling all IT managers...but than that's his bad habit with most
anything.
Macs can run any os...but it would be beyond ridiculous to have a company
with windows only software buy a machine that is much more
Looking for list opinions. Yes, I know that it will be all over the place,
but that's what I'm looking for, I guess.
Currently I have two old Dell boxes. (1) Primary: Optiplex GX270 running
Ubuntu Linux. Yes, it is my primary as I'm a server admin and work with
remote servers all the time.
Innovation by definition happens in new areas ...
Given the same environment, I don't think you can significantly keep
developing something indefinitely. Eventually, ingenuity and options
have run their course.
Quill pens were replaced by pencils and pens ... they didn't keep
experimenting
Quoting Joe Tseng joe_ts...@hotmail.com:
I took delivery of a brand spanking new Vaio CW with Win 7 Pro earlier this
month and for the most part it's been great. Great except for the part
where it crashes overnight. I talked to a coworker and he thinks it's due
to the defragger running - I
Should work with ubuntu as the main box. I think they are talking about
more intensive video applications like gaming, because the VM os doesn't
have direct access to the hardware, but this should work for just streaming
video over IE..although I have not done it myself. I have my main machine
Quoting rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com:
[. . .]
as service (not serial port), checked it, told AS to sync via BT and
BAM .works like a charm. WTH happened? Was BT ever meant for we earthlings
to comprehend, or is it squarely in the domain of the high and holy within
20mi of Redmond or Santa
I was listening to a radio program on NPR the other day where they
talked about the problem with setting standards.
The new HD TV's have only 3 times as much resolution as the old
standard SDTV. Not much progress is there.
When you set some standards innovation seems to lag.
People are
Huh?
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I agree with Mike.
I do all my Windows stuff in a VM inside Ubuntu, and it works much nicer in
64-bit, IMHO.
But here are some other thoughts.
a. Another option is to look at VMware. The newest Virtualbox (3.0?) is
very nice, but you can also do a lot with free VMware products like
vmplayer.
Quoting Michael Fernando michael@gmail.com:
Option 3: Please suggest.
(I must run 64-bit OSes, at least as the host OS, to take advantage of all
4Gigs of memory, correct?)
Thanks in advance for suggestions/opinions.
Other than the streaming video that requires IE can you do all your
What?
Quoting rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com:
Huh?
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
The new HD TV's have only 3 times as much resolution as the old standard
SDTV. Not much progress is there.
Considering the quality of programs on TV, for the most part, why
would anyone anguish over the
Indeed.
I do find myself glued to Dexter however.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM, phartz...@gmail.com
phartz...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
The new HD TV's have only 3 times as much resolution as the old standard
I don't see the connection you are making between mature product cycles
and government and WM.
To my mind, WM is an uninspired mediocre downscaled desktop OS product
from a provider with bad juju. Did it ever mature?
Governments ... have been both good and bad. The good ones were
probably
My point was that part of the problem is that when things get too big they
are unaccountable because they don't have to be. WM was untouched for years
because nothing challanged them...the post office is run like crap because
no matter what they know they will keep getting moneyunaccountable.
a. Another option is to look at VMware. The newest Virtualbox (3.0?) is
very nice, but you can also do a lot with free VMware products like
vmplayer. One or the other will have some feature you like better. I am
pretty darn sure VMware can give a VM direct access to hardware. I have
only
Other than the streaming video that requires IE can you do all your other
video watching in Ubuntu?
Yes, for instance, flash or watching DVDs works from Ubuntu.
They shouldn't be dictating your browser choices like that (which, I guess,
you already know :-).
Yeah, what's worse, I'm
Monocultures are almost always bad. Besides, without Macs, who would
Microsoft copy? With one OS and limited software, there are a lot of
tasks--and games--that won't get done as well as with several operating
systems and a variety of software.
You are wrong about government. YOU/WE are the
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:30:25 -0500, Michael Fernando wrote:
They shouldn't be dictating your browser choices like that (which, I guess,
you already know :-).
Yeah, what's worse, I'm paying for the content (international sports). They
said that they will fix, but I'm not holding my breath.
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Reid Katan wrote:
Quoting Michael Fernando michael@gmail.com:
Option 3: Please suggest.
(I must run 64-bit OSes, at least as the host OS, to take advantage of all
4Gigs of memory, correct?)
Thanks in advance for suggestions/opinions.
Other than the streaming video
That's why I was making my sacrilegious critique of some of Apple's OS
bad points that cause many people unnecessary difficulty. If the IT
literate don't/ can't see the problem, it will never be fixed and the
system remains unaccountable.
With some of the name calling and righteous huffing
In politics and computers, too many feel a different view is stupidity and
not just a different view.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:23 PM, db db...@att.net wrote:
That's why I was making my sacrilegious critique of some of Apple's OS bad
points that cause many people unnecessary difficulty. If
Why yes I am thanks for asking! So yes there IS a benefit to me to install
a local Apache instance. What I really wanted to do was get my Apache
instance to work with my Tomcat instance using mod_jk. I'm considering
using my VS.NET 08 to create a 64-bit version of PHP as well since .
In any
Yeah...bummer, anyone got a vid dld for me ...it's my only source of
vicariance these days septin'4 this board ...hehee ;^)
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Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: gawwd ...bluetooth!
Quoting rleesimon
Before we keep knocking the PO let us remember. They are mandated by
the government to deliver mail to each and every household in the
US. Plus they have to do this at the same price point no matter what.
They are not allowed to manage themselves.
Now this does not excuse misalignment, and
Relax. You only need the forms if you wrote a registry cleaner that
couldn't clean in one pass.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
I need to justify maintaining my computer?! To who? I don't even know where
to get the proper forms!
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the point is, you in good faith called and tried to fix the
situation, they in turn have been screwing around. This reminds me of that
problem when a student finds a teacher grades their paper wrong in the
students
No, 4g is the limit for 32 bit Windows. To use most versions of
Windows with more than 4g you need to go 64 bit. This is not a hard
limit, it's a business decision by MS.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Michael Fernando michael@gmail.com wrote:
(I must run 64-bit OSes, at least as the host
Well with friends like these..
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:05 PM, John Duncan Yoyo
johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the point is, you in good faith called and tried to fix the
situation, they in turn have been screwing
???
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
Relax. You only need the forms if you wrote a registry cleaner that
couldn't clean in one pass.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
I need to justify maintaining my computer?! To
I thought it was limited to 3.5 gigs?
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
No, 4g is the limit for 32 bit Windows. To use most versions of
Windows with more than 4g you need to go 64 bit. This is not a hard
limit, it's a business decision by MS.
On Sat, Dec 19,
??
Using 32 bits gives you the ability to directly address up to 4 GB of
memory.
Many OSs will do the same thing that Windows does - namely, reserve address
space for graphics, BIOS, etc.
Not that you couldn't use all 4 GB, but not directly.
But my experience so far is that you might need to
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I don't think so, they did not pay near enough to congress to get
preferential treatment.
No but the other bozos have money and they may see it as protecting
themselves.
--
John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
Relax. You only need the forms if you wrote a registry cleaner that
couldn't clean in one pass.
Does any registry cleaner actually work in one pass? I thought it was like
cleaning your desk. Every layer unearths a new layer of
After running a registry cleaner, I usually find that a couple of programs have
lost their settings/preferences and have gone back to default settings. The
list of stuff to be cleaned is so long and inscrutable that I've never been
able to audit it and select items to _not_ be cleaned.
No, I've never seen one that does. However that does not mean it's not
possible; it only means nobody has done it yet. And let's not
analogize too liberally; no dirt is actually being removed, so the
term cleaning is not particularly accurate. Sometimes when apps are
uninstalled they will leave
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:58 PM, mike wrote:
As I stated, the TCO
of the pc's at this community college was lower than the
macs...because a
lot of the TCO that can be added has to do with maintenance on the
machines...AV work, etc...these machines have been locked down for
years and
have never
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
Another thing Tom doesn't seem to understand is that IT departments
*not* having problems are unlikely to call for his services, so, of
course he's going to see an inordinate number of problems. He's
never going to see the well run IT
On Dec 19, 2009, at 3:42 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
You are wrong about government. YOU/WE are the government. When
elected representatives don't behave, fire them--vote for someone
who's better--campaign, inform if you have to do that. If government
is unaccountable, it's the fault of people who
uh huh.
Constant, neverending, denial. Not a fact to be seen..you are a funny man.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:34 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:58 PM, mike wrote:
As I stated, the TCO
of the pc's at this community college was lower than the macs...because a
lot of
On Dec 19, 2009, at 3:14 PM, mike wrote:
My point was that part of the problem is that when things get too
big they
are unaccountable because they don't have to be. WM was untouched
for years
because nothing challanged them...the post office is run like crap
because
no matter what they
You mean like the ordinary citizens?? Heaven forbid!
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:52 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Constant denigration of government is a strategy designed to discourage as
many citizens as possible from participating. That makes it easier for
private interests to control
On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:23 PM, db wrote:
That's why I was making my sacrilegious critique of some of Apple's
OS bad points that cause many people unnecessary difficulty. If
the IT literate don't/ can't see the problem, it will never be
fixed and the system remains unaccountable.
Except
On Dec 19, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Tony B wrote:
Relax. You only need the forms if you wrote a registry cleaner
that couldn't clean in one pass.
Carping about this just shows a lack of experience. M$'s registry
repair utility gave the same advice. Utilities that repair disk drives
do too.
On Dec 19, 2009, at 9:13 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
Does any registry cleaner actually work in one pass? I thought it
was like
cleaning your desk. Every layer unearths a new layer of problems.
Good analogy.
*
**
And do you want to remind us - when was that app discontinued? Back in
the days of WIn95 I think?
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:15 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Carping about this just shows a lack of experience. M$'s registry repair
utility gave the same advice. Utilities that repair disk
t.piwowar
Creative accounting and refusing to admit the real costs.
When you lock down a computer you have greatly reduced its
functionality. People can't do as much with a locked down
computer. Their productivity is lower. Their creativity
is lower.
It is not a fair comparison when that
On Dec 19, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
Apparently the new security regime requires that all settings/
preferences be recorded in registry entries, rather than stored in
a .ini file, either in the program directory (where it belongs,
IMNSHO) or in the Documents and Settings folder.
Tom won't care about pesky facts like every user can do exactly what they
want to do. He doesn't even bother to ask how they are locked down he just
assumes it's some horrible way that makes doing anything impossible. He
doesn't care about the truth, just advancing a MFB ideology.
On Sat, Dec
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Christopher Range lcms0...@comcast.netwrote:
On 12/16/2009 11:29 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
According to M$ you need to have installed either SP1a or SP2 before
installing SP3 on XP.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
To make life easier I downloaded
I agreed more in the early days when the registry was such a pita. But
I see the reasoning behind it. Programs need a common area to
communicate with each other. I dunno. Like I said, since WinXP the
registry really hasn't been something that needs any attention.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:36 PM,
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