Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy.

2010-01-26 Thread Chris Dunford
My initials tjp trigger tjpa and I'm #2 on the page. Regrettably, my initials are the same as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human equivalent of mad cow disease. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy…

2010-01-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:26 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/a-is-for-amazon-b-is-for-best-buy/?partner=yahoofinance Go to Google’s home page or browser toolbar and type a single letter into the search box. The search engine will then drop down a list of

Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy …

2010-01-26 Thread t.piwowar
On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:30 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I think that Google, as well as other search engines, will accept money from entities so that their names will appear at or near the the top of any such listings. G's is based on the popularity of the search term. Maybe you are thinking

Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy …

2010-01-26 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:54 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:30 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I think that Google, as well as other search engines, will accept money from entities so that their names will appear at or near the the top of any such listings. G's is

Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy …

2010-01-26 Thread tjpa
On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:42 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Well G does do both. Try searching Lawn Mower and you will get three Sears listings in orange. The top links are often paid links as well as all the ones on the right. Google at least indicates paid links on the top of the list with

Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy …

2010-01-26 Thread mike
As do MS and Yahoo. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:42 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: Well G does do both. Try searching Lawn Mower and you will get three Sears listings in orange. The top links are often paid links as well as all the ones on the right. Google at least

[CGUYS] CPCUG EC Event: Mobile Apps, Feb. 20, 2010

2010-01-26 Thread Barbara Conn
=== FREE! Register via e-mail to bc...@cpcug.org === Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) Entrepreneurs and Consultants Special Interest Group (EC SIG) (Meets the

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread tjpa
On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:37 AM, mike wrote: *Neither is better on an absolute basis. The choice depends on your application. Once you know your application the debate goes away. The debate only exists when people presume erroneously that someone else's needs mirror their own.* That was

[CGUYS] This is dedicated to all those spending big bucks on components

2010-01-26 Thread tjpa
Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/blu-ray-maker-re-boxes-500-player-charges-3500/ Lexicon simply bought a batch of Oppos and put them in new cases. Lest you think we are being picky here, or that Lexicon somehow took the guts of the

Re: [CGUYS] This is dedicated to all those spending big bucks on components

2010-01-26 Thread Eric S. Sande
Yep. At least four threads going right now about this on Audio Asylum, various forums. Lexicon is a division of Harman International, by the way. Caught red-handed. * ** List info, subscription management, list

[CGUYS] [Fwd: EFFector 23.3: Some Lessons from the ATT/Facebook Switcheroo]

2010-01-26 Thread b_s-wilk
~ Some Lessons from the ATT/Facebook Switcheroo EFFector Vol. 23, No. 3, January 26, 2010 edi...@eff.org A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424 : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : Over the weekend, there was an odd story about people using

Re: [CGUYS] This is dedicated to all those spending big bucks on components

2010-01-26 Thread Eric S. Sande
Take a look at some of this: http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/wadia%20WT%203200/WT3200.html http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/CYRUS/Cyrus%20DAD1.html http://www.lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/Meridian207/meridian207.html

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone numbers to be made public?

2010-01-26 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Ranbo ran...@gmail.com wrote: *I suppose the emails could even be a scam to get you to call the number to remain unlisted, thereby unwittingly giving the number to some unscrupulous party. Just hope the people who were sending these emails around, including

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:08 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: We know better now. Today Kodak is not making Kodachrome any more. Right. So Kodak dropped a venerable film from their product line. A large part of the reason was because of competition from Fuji. An awful lot of photographers

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Fuji, Kodak and I believe Ilford are all still producing film. One of the other reasons Kodachrome was dropped was it required special processing. Could not be done in, in store labs etc. Stewart At 08:54 PM 1/26/2010, you wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:08 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: EFFector 23.3: Some Lessons from the ATT/Facebook Switcheroo]

2010-01-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:16 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Over the weekend, there was an odd story about people using ATT's wireless network trying to log in to Facebook and suddenly finding themselves logged in to somebody else's Facebook account. What could have caused such a

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: One of the other reasons Kodachrome was dropped was it required special processing.  Could not be done in, in store labs etc. Quite so. A nice film, but over time, other formulations achieved

[CGUYS] Terms of (Ab)Use: US and UK Consumers Dance to Different iTunes

2010-01-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/terms-ab-use-dancing-different-itunes-differences- -- WARNING: Due to a Presidential Executive Order, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant or notice.

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread t.piwowar
On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Fuji, Kodak and I believe Ilford are all still producing film. ... and delivering it to customers via horse-drawn carriage. Here is a thoughtful post... In a recent conversation with one of the scientists/archivists at the Getty

Re: [CGUYS] This is dedicated to all those spending big bucks on components

2010-01-26 Thread chad evans wyatt
What a great read, fell off my chair reading this crazed guy!  The shell game he exposes (loved especially the denuding of the THETA)  just confirms my own position that I would rather hear live performance anytime.  Many thanks for posting this, Eric. --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Eric S. Sande

[CGUYS] pcAnywhere

2010-01-26 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I have a chance to get pcAnywhere 12.5, for our non-profit. Any thoughts on it Pro/Con. We primarily run Macs (laptop 10.5 and desktop 10.4) and have one linux box (laptop). Thanks Steve * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
Except Your Government insists on putting all their archival material on microfilm, even alongside the digital archives, and archival preservation of their paper. Your Government also is the world's largest user of vacuum tubes. - Original Message - From: t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread chad evans wyatt
This is one of the most off-track threads that I can recall.  But since Kodachrome has been mentioned, I thought to recall Kodachrome II, the greatest color film ever.  Disappeared during the rapacious Hunt brothers' execrable attempt to corner the silver market in the early 70's.  Probably the

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:57 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Fuji, Kodak and I believe Ilford are all still producing film. ... and delivering it to customers via horse-drawn carriage. That is a totally silly and childish and

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread mike
I would have said so Keith Olbermannish but other than that, this is wholly Tom P'ish. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:47 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:57 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:

[CGUYS] safari and new windows vs tabs

2010-01-26 Thread mike
I downloaded Safari to once again try it out. One thing is driving me absolutely batty...I click on some links and they open in new windows instead of just opening in the current window or at the least a new tab. I have checked the prefs and I can't find anything that seems to kill this from

Re: [CGUYS] digital camera shutter lag

2010-01-26 Thread t.piwowar
On Jan 26, 2010, at 11:13 PM, Ellen Rains Harris wrote: Your Government also is the world's largest user of vacuum tubes. Smart move. Vacuum tube circuits are resistant to EMP. * ** List info, subscription management,