Re: [CGUYS] Yahoo servers broken?

2008-06-02 Thread John Emmerling
Me parece que el problema se corrigió. On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:00 PM, b s-w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't send email through the Yahoo! SMTP servers in any of my accounts. I've changed the settings for SSL, and it still doesn't work. Has Yahoo made changes and not told their customers?

Re: [CGUYS] Here's some news...

2008-06-06 Thread John Emmerling
The latest Ubuntu version supports non-Intel Macs. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 6, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Steve Rigby wrote: Apple is said to be planning to make the latest upgrade, 10.6, of their Leopard OS an Intel ONLY version, cutting out the

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Vista?

2008-06-16 Thread John Emmerling
and proud of it. On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom is a fan BOI, not boy. Glitterati are bois, not boys. I stand corrected. It also explains why PC users are mostly busboys and not busbois.

Re: [CGUYS] Can't access a computer over the network.

2008-07-08 Thread John Emmerling
Does computer #2 have VPN software installed? I had a similar problem. It turned out that the VPN requires a security driver to be installed which can be disabled when editing connection properties (but then the VPN won't work). On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:57 PM, John DeCarlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [CGUYS] Can't access a computer over the network.

2008-07-09 Thread John Emmerling
Most likely, if you don't know what it is, you don't have it. However, if you work from home and have to enter a login id and password to access your company's internal network, then you are probably using a VPN (although I believe there are other products that have similar functionality). On

Re: [CGUYS] Can't access a computer over the network.

2008-07-09 Thread John Emmerling
In my case, I don't work on my office computer when using the VPN. The VPN software is installed on my home computer. Basically it puts me inside the corporate firewall. I could work on my office computer if I had the software necessary to remote to it, which I do not. It makes sense from a

Re: [CGUYS] New Desktop

2008-07-11 Thread John Emmerling
I just googled. These are ATI files left over from an ATI update. I would try downloading the latest version of your graphics driver, etc. and (re)installing. Is your laptop is under warranty? You might want to report the problem to the vendor. On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Rob Fleetwood

Re: [CGUYS] Best Rugged Mini PC

2008-07-12 Thread John Emmerling
Tom's answer was witty, but it ignores some concerns. Sure, passing a piece of paper around is easy/simple, but consider why you need to do this. If there is a formal requirement to maintain attendance records, then the piece of paper will have to be put somewhere that it can be found if the

Re: [CGUYS] Best Rugged Mini PC

2008-07-12 Thread John Emmerling
I agree about the hand-held electronic device. Here's an alternate solution (if it's any good, it's probably already been implemented. If not, then it's probably a lousy idea): Where I work, most important meetings include some attending remotely (by phone in our case, but other voice channels

Re: [CGUYS] installing itunes or firefox ... which one should I do?

2008-07-15 Thread John Emmerling
I would assume the OP means Safari. It seems to get installed as part of the package when you install or upgrade iTunes. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:43 AM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had nothing but trouble with iTunes the last time I tried it. But it uninstalled nicely. No question

Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business

2008-07-16 Thread John Emmerling
In my experience, Apple computers are the choice of those who are strongly opinionated. Doesn't matter which part of the political or cultural spectrum. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK so what does that say when Rush Limbuagh is a Mac

Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business

2008-07-18 Thread John Emmerling
Going forward, I predict we'll see a decline in market share of both Windows and Apple in this area, in favor of open-source *nix OSs (linux,etc.). There's absolutely no advantage to a proprietary OS in a turnkey system. On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 4: Price competitiveness

2008-07-23 Thread John Emmerling
There are many reasons for a large business to use mainframes. I don't think that being committed to a legacy COBOL code base is an important one of these. In fact, the need to maintain COBOL applications (legacy or otherwise) presents a problem because new COBOL programmers are not being

Re: [CGUYS] Macs in business...take 4: Price competitiveness

2008-07-23 Thread John Emmerling
To my understanding, supercomputers are not mainframes, and are generally used for different purposes. I quickly found a blog entry that seems to confirm my general understanding, here is a quote: supercomputers generally focus on problems which are limited by calculation speed while

Re: [CGUYS] GraphJam on Zune [Was: Puritans at the helm...]

2008-08-02 Thread John Emmerling
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Nevertheless I want youall to know that I am a moderate. For example I did not post Time Spent Using Zune http://graphjam.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/15.png Now, this just pisses me off. However, studies have

Re: [CGUYS] Puritans at the helm...

2008-08-04 Thread John Emmerling
Robert, As a fellow secularist, I have to point out that this type of confrontational arguing serves to discredit us in the eyes of most US citizens. Please try a different approach. --JE On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Robert Michael Abrams [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: ...

Re: [CGUYS] (spam) Test

2008-08-14 Thread John Emmerling
Another approach is to check these archives: http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-lr=1w=2 If the list is truly down (which has happened at least once this year) the lack of recent posts should be obvious. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:32 AM, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could always do the

Re: [CGUYS] Reminders [Was: (spam) Test] etc.

2008-08-15 Thread John Emmerling
This takes some getting used to and is easy to forget about if you post infrequently. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We should remind folks who use GMail that they will not see their post to the list until somebody replies. There is good logic to what

Re: [CGUYS] iPod - Zune

2008-08-16 Thread John Emmerling
Assuming it is germane to this discussion, It happens there is alternate software available to put plain-vanilla mp3s on an iPod. I have used Yamipod for this purpose. I even used it on Linux with some success. * ** List

[CGUYS] Latest Safari version for MacOS v10.3?

2008-08-26 Thread John Emmerling
What is the latest Safari version that will run under MacOS v10.3? The computer in question has Safari 1.x. It is unlikely the OS can be upgraded anytime soon. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] Latest Safari version for MacOS v10.3?

2008-08-26 Thread John Emmerling
I bought my computer in February 2004, which makes it roughly 4.5 years old. I currently run 2 OSes on it, Windows SP2 and Ubuntu 8.04. Since buying the computer, I have never had an OS upgrade for which I needed to pay anything. Compared to the computer I use at work (I am a J2EE developer) it

Re: [CGUYS] Tom Piwowar for President

2008-09-01 Thread John Emmerling
The on-air personalities seem to have trouble pronouncing Tom's name. On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Robert Michael Abrams [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=546f6d7c5069776f776172 * **

Re: [CGUYS] Tom Piwowar for President

2008-09-01 Thread John Emmerling
I would have assumed her name was pronounced the same as Michael Palin's. I hope she's as funny as he. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: The on-air personalities seem to have trouble pronouncing Tom's name. Not surprising. They weren't sure how to

Re: [CGUYS] Will HP Replace Windows with Its Own OS?

2008-09-16 Thread John Emmerling
Dude, the actual number is 7.5 per cent, or 24,600 jobs. http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/09/15/daily19.html?ana=yfcpc Although I can recall hearing on the radio that most of these would be in the US. On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:45 PM, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I admit I

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast puts on the brakes

2008-09-17 Thread John Emmerling
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Why should some fat cat who pays himself $1,000,000/day not be held [responsible?] snip! The pit bull with lipstick is gonna roll into DC and correct all of this with

[CGUYS] Downloading photos from Samsung mobile phone, Windows

2008-09-27 Thread John Emmerling
to use its Photo Downloader to retrieve the photos. It says No Device Found. Do I need the VCast Music Manager to do this? Should I try some other software besides Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition? Thanks! --John Emmerling

Re: [CGUYS] Downloading photos from Samsung mobile phone, Windows

2008-09-29 Thread John Emmerling
I found out about the Online Photo Album, also known as Galleries section of Picture Video Messaging, from reading the manual, although the information in the manual was somewhat misleading. But basically, if you're just dealing with one or more individual photos, you have the option to send

Re: [CGUYS] Comcast DVR

2008-10-01 Thread John Emmerling
We have had a TiVo DVR a couple of years. It was connected directly to Comcast cable using cable in. Now we want to connect it to a digital set-top box. I tried to connect the TiVo to the digital box with a coax using the same connection that had been used to connect directly to cable. This is

Re: [CGUYS] Ars- Future of Driving

2008-10-13 Thread John Emmerling
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They will start out with huge safety advantages and convenience (eat breakfast or nap while the car drives itself). (Please read the article before commenting. It is speculative by necessity, but the ideas it

Re: [CGUYS] Ars- Future of Driving

2008-10-14 Thread John Emmerling
I don't follow. As I would envision it, the car merges into the outermost lane of the highway. While in this lane, the system that controls traffic on the highway takes over, and the driver relinquishes control. The system will then move the car into the inner lanes according to some algorithm.

[CGUYS] TiVo question

2008-10-15 Thread John Emmerling
We have gone for a while with no contract, just monthly payments (at full freight). I would like to set up a contract, but before doing so, I would like to know what would happen if our current box were to fail or become woefully obsolete (I am assuming it can't handle HD) before the end of the

Re: [CGUYS] Ars- Future of Driving

2008-10-15 Thread John Emmerling
To be fair, you are overlooking: 1.) Nuclear 2.) Wind 3.) Solar* and with regard to transmission loss, don't forget that home solar power generators are already becoming practical, it wouldn't surprise me to see them in widespread use within 10 years. *see

Re: [CGUYS] TiVo question

2008-10-15 Thread John Emmerling
So if I replace the box, I can stay within the existing contract, even if I go to HD? Sorry if my original question was not well phrased. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are responsible for the box. I have two series 2's.

Re: [CGUYS] TiVo question

2008-10-15 Thread John Emmerling
TiVo most definitely works with Comcast. I just got a new set-top box (non-HD) from Comcast and set up our existing TiVo to work with it. I had previously done the same at a friend's house. Two things to know: 1.) You will need to attach two IR transmitters to your Comcast box which allow the

Re: [CGUYS] Ars- Future of Driving

2008-10-15 Thread John Emmerling
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Michael Drabick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Home Solar panels have to be manufactured in a plant that emits polluntants into the atmosphere Is the degree of pollution produced in the manufacture of a solar panel significant when you consider the amount of power

Re: [CGUYS] TiVo question

2008-10-15 Thread John Emmerling
Apparently some set-top boxes provided by satellite companies accept a serial connection from the TiVo by which they can be tuned. Why satellite supports this, but not cable, I don't know (some subtle difference in the business model?). I don't know about FiOS, however I believe the DVR comes

Re: [CGUYS] They're soooo COMCASTIC

2008-10-16 Thread John Emmerling
Are Comcast's business customers experiencing the same problem? On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Paula Minor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My main email is my comcast mail.and today I cannot get my mail because they have somehow managed to change my password without telling me AND can't give me

Re: [CGUYS] They're soooo COMCASTIC

2008-10-16 Thread John Emmerling
In the early days of Comcast (originally @Home) I think a lot of people used their Comcast e-mail just to let people know they had it, because it was the only broadband available. When I got it 5 years ago, it seemed natural to start using it for strictly personal e-mail, although I continued to

Re: [CGUYS] Info sought on blogging conundrums

2008-10-18 Thread John Emmerling
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 18, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Gayley Knight wrote: Morning - I am asked to do a 15 minute presentation as part of a panel on business blogging. Whether or not you are blogging, would you share one question or a thought or

Re: [CGUYS] MS-tastic

2008-10-18 Thread John Emmerling
The whole issue of taxes is complicated if you dig into it very deeply. At dinner last night, the only known McCain voter at the table, the part owner of a custom manufacturing business, was complaining bitterly that high taxes were destroying the entrepreneurial spirit in our country.

Re: [CGUYS] MS-tastic

2008-10-18 Thread John Emmerling
Assuming the information on this site is accurate, I would say it goes a long way towards answering my question. What I mean is, (some) big corporations are able to dodge their tax responsibility, whereas Joe in Manufacturing from last night is probably paying every cent, because he is a little

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7

2008-10-29 Thread John Emmerling
How much a departure from NT was XP? How does the Vista - 7 migration path compare to NT - XP with regard to significant changes to the underlying technology? On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM, John Duncan Yoyo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Thurrott has talked and written about Windows 7.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7

2008-10-29 Thread John Emmerling
In HTTP the user agent for Windows XP shows as NT5.1. Apparently W2K is NT5.0. If Vista is 6.x, then Windows 7 is 7.x. If Vista is indeed 6.x, then saying that Windows 7 is the seventh version can be justified according to a well-established, if not well understood, Microsoft numbering system.

Re: [CGUYS] TiVo question

2008-10-30 Thread John Emmerling
How does this apply to contracts for a limited time period rather than lifetime? On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Brian Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been out of town... and missed this conversation... the responses were off track. The TiVo lifetime contract is a gamble... $300 and

Re: [CGUYS] Tivo problem

2008-10-31 Thread John Emmerling
I will repeat my earlier advice. Go all the way through Guided Setup. It won't cost anything (except time), and could help. Sorry if you already tried this! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Tivo problem

2008-10-31 Thread John Emmerling
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Larry Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will repeat my earlier advice. Go all the way through Guided Setup. It won't cost anything (except time), and could help. Sorry if you already tried this! No problem. I've gone through guided setup...twice so far

Re: [CGUYS] xm radio

2008-11-14 Thread John Emmerling
No. Howard Stern is on Sirius. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:13 AM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can xm radio track my listening habits? do they know how many are listening to howard stern? * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] We Are Not Being Ignored -- ObamaCTO.org

2008-11-15 Thread John Emmerling
Sorry, I can't see any obvious indication of an official connection to the Obama transition team. On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:36 PM, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is 'we' ? And when I look at that site, why do I suddenly get the feeling Kevin Rose is in the administration?

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-26 Thread John Emmerling
Hey, had you been paying attention to Tom all along, you would know this is not just some guy's blog. Barack reads this! I was thoroughly chastised for having doubted! On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:19 AM, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I'm supposed to go to some guys blog otherwise I can't

Re: [CGUYS] Gillis v Apple

2008-12-03 Thread John Emmerling
This from the UK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7749435.stm More lies and half-truths. The BBC is/are out of control. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is not his beef with the ATT network? I'm puzzled why Apple is getting dragged into this I

Re: [CGUYS] Gillis v Apple

2008-12-03 Thread John Emmerling
Could my previous comment been an example of...sarcasm??? On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This from the UK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7749435.stm More lies and half-truths. The BBC is/are out of control. I'm confused...how is the BBC out of

[CGUYS] President elect declares US broadband standing unacceptable

2008-12-06 Thread John Emmerling
http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_key_parts_of_the_jobs_plan/ He hasn't said exactly what he plans to do about it, but he's showing a heck of a lot more awareness of the problem than the current occupant ever did. * **

Re: [CGUYS] gmail

2008-12-08 Thread John Emmerling
POP is really archaic, IMAP has greater functionality. Using IMAP, there should be no need to erase the gmail when downloading. Seems to contradict the principle of maintaining multiple copies. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:01 PM, RLeeSimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: recently, I switched from ATT

Re: [CGUYS] When will Intrepid Ibex show up in Synaptic?

2008-12-15 Thread John Emmerling
I don't see a button like that. There is a button that says Mark All Upgrades. It is just to the right of the Reload button. Googling synaptic full upgrade also doesn't seem to find anything. Could you be more specific where to find this button? As I recall, for both Gutsy Gibbon and Hardy

Re: [CGUYS] When will Intrepid Ibex show up in Synaptic?

2008-12-15 Thread John Emmerling
in previous releases). Or possibly because 8.04 is LTS. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:04 PM, John Emmerling jpemmerl...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see a button like that. There is a button that says Mark All Upgrades. It is just to the right of the Reload button. Googling synaptic full upgrade

Re: [CGUYS] Copying a tree of folders without the files enclosed in those folders

2008-12-16 Thread John Emmerling
Depending on the amount of data, you could create a zip archive of the tree, whack the files within the archive, then explode into the new location. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Andy Gallant a...@agallant.com wrote: You can try xcopy. I don't know how to do it with robocopy. Using the /L

Re: [CGUYS] New Vista computer experiences

2008-12-27 Thread John Emmerling
Just log in as admin, do what needs to be done, then log out. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Robert carrollcompu...@gmail.com wrote: This must be the problem that I have installing older software on a Vista 64-bit computer that I just bought. When I insert the application CD, a message

Re: [CGUYS] PC and MAC interchanges

2008-12-29 Thread John Emmerling
Win 98SE supported USB out of the box, but Win 98 (pre-SE) could be upgraded to do so. I did it with my last computer. On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: 98SE was the only one to support USB.

Re: [CGUYS] New Vista computer experiences

2008-12-29 Thread John Emmerling
I don't have access to a Vista system, however with XP Pro, there is a distinction between an account the user creates having administrative privileges, vs. the Administrator account which I believe is created automatically when Windows is installed. Some brain-dead software will only install

Re: [CGUYS] Tweaking WMP options

2008-12-29 Thread John Emmerling
I am running Ubuntu at the moment. I have been able to run WMP files in the past on Ubuntu, however now I get the suitable codec dialog with a search button which, when you click it, gives you another dialog which says you would need to install the gstreamer plug in which is illegal in the US. A

Re: [CGUYS] new apple laptops coming soon !

2009-01-05 Thread John Emmerling
Why does every news story on this site except the one about the macbook appear to be a parody? Or rather, why is a serious story mixed in with all these gags? On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:10 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: http://tinyurl.com/8x53o8

Re: [CGUYS] National IT priorities poll?

2009-01-11 Thread John Emmerling
http://ideas.obamacto.org/ On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:36 AM, db db...@att.net wrote: Can anyone tell me if it was on CGUYS that I saw reference to an national priorities IT poll a little while back? It was online and anyone could vote or add to it. If so, could someone point me to it?

Re: [CGUYS] yardsticks Re:Tandoori Chicken

2009-01-19 Thread John Emmerling
Is this a fairly straightforward recipe to double? On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: Tandoori Chicken (19+ / 0-) 1 Chicken, approximately 2 pounds (without skin), cut in serving sizes. Ingredients for marinade: 3 tbsp yogurt + 1 tbsp vinegar 1 tsp garam

Re: [CGUYS] suggestion

2009-01-19 Thread John Emmerling
Well, tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 would be more symbolic. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Andy I agree and think it is high time. Let's discuss something current. The 1st of January was two weeks ago. Stewart At 02:48 PM 1/19/2009,

Re: [CGUYS] Corporate Chaos Was: Re: Resodding the mall

2009-01-30 Thread John Emmerling
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/18/why-google-employees-quit/ http://advice.cio.com/meridith_levinson/lessons_learned_from_people_whove_quit_google On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Doesn't Google do that? Not that they give out buckets of money, but don't

[CGUYS] Computer dropped dead overnight

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Not much to say. A 4-year-old eMachines used by my wife (ironically I had been planning to replace it, but was hoping to wait for Windows 7) was on last night past midnight. When I saw it this morning, it was off and cannot be powered back on. The only power switch is a toggle on the front.

Re: [CGUYS] Computer dropped dead overnight

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Not externally. I looked for something plainly visible that might indicate the presence of a fuse. I didn't want to open it (never opened this one before) before asking for suggestions. Do such power supplies typically have fuses? On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Some general observations (I make some assertions without proof, feel free to provide contradictory data): 1.) Compared to other western countries, Americans are significantly more religious. Religious folk seem to see life's problems as being between themselves and God, and don't have much use

[CGUYS] Google weirdness and Firefox on Windows?

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
I have been running Ubuntu the last couple of days and just switched to Windows. Two weird problems with Google on Firefox (3.0.5): gmail would not load all the way in standard mode (html mode is OK). The progress bar goes to about 98% and hangs. Both my account and my wife's When doing a web

Re: [CGUYS] Google weirdness and Firefox on Windows?

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
XP Pro 32-bit (SP3). I don't think it matters what version of Windows. I think it's the Firefox version that matters (I would consider the linux version a different version). Probably Google is fixing this as I type. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:00 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Yes...very

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
This sort of hijacking has also occurred right here at home. Recent events have given me hope that this trend is coming to an end. The current occupant strikes me as an excellent example of someone who is devout and rational at the same time. (disclaimer: I am extremely secular and poorly

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
The situation in both Iraq and Afghanistan is very complicated. When campaigning, the president had to present a simplified view of this, so as to not leave the electorate behind. However I do believe he and his staff grasp the subtleties as least as well as you or I. I would like to think they

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Having just read the entire Joe the Plumber quote for the first time, the impression I get is he was saying that the economy functions best when there is prosperity at all levels. However, the phrase spread the wealth around, when taken out of context, does sound like socialism (which we in the US

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Please bring it to my attention the next time a US politician calls a colleague a socialist and means it as a compliment! On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: I for one do not mind a little bit of socialism. It sometimes is the only way people

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-01 Thread John Emmerling
Here I'm going to violate DRY: After reading the full Joe the Plumber quote, I am certain Obama only intended to say that the economy works best when there is prosperity at all levels. However, I think his choice of the phrase spread the wealth around was ill-considered, and he probably regrets

Re: [CGUYS] What is a good free DVD Player PC software?

2009-02-01 Thread John Emmerling
If it's region-free, how is it legal? On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM, johnleehol...@gmail.com johnleehol...@gmail.com wrote: I've also had good experience with VLC; and it plays region free. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-02 Thread John Emmerling
Then why didn't you vote for Bob Barr? He supported all your views. On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Matthew S. Taylor taylorsmatt...@gmail.com wrote: I am curious - why Wow? 1. I favor a limited government of enumerated powers (gov't may only do what it is expressly permitted rather than

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-02 Thread John Emmerling
Whoa! Way off topic! On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: OK, now back to computers. My PowerMac G5 had a BSOD yesterday. Painful, UGLY, until my husband told me he installed a ca. 2002 utility that hasn't worked since Jagwire, and G5 has Leopard. Went into

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-06 Thread John Emmerling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7875171.stm * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

[CGUYS] Windows Installation disk with new computer?

2009-02-07 Thread John Emmerling
When buying a new computer, how can you tell whether it will come with the Windows installation disk? When I bought a computer from a screwdriver shop, it had an installation disk, which proved handy. I also bought an eMachines computer which didn't have it. Fortunately the need never arose. I

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-09 Thread John Emmerling
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: Again, I was referring to contemporary usage of the terms liberal and conservative. If you looked at the link I gave, you will see that today

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-10 Thread John Emmerling
Hamas was launching rockets as recently a week ago (I won't vouch for the reliability of this NewsDaily site, so please corroborate for yourself): http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5100oy-us-palestinians-israel/ On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt way...@panix.com wrote: But

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-10 Thread John Emmerling
If you're talking about the recent unpleasantness in Gaza, then there are no disputed zones at issue. It is my impression that the rockets launched from Gaza (the stated provocation for the Israeli incursions into Gaza) have largely landed in neighboring parts of Israel e.g. Ashkelon. These

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-17 Thread John Emmerling
You probably need a fair number of amps to drive speakers to a reasonable volume. There's probably a good reason portable mp3 players don't usually come with them (maybe the really big ones could handle this). I think you need a boom box into which you can plug the output from an mp3 player,

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-17 Thread John Emmerling
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: Found them. Not fancy but OK for portability http://www.amazon.com/Cellular-Innovations-IP-SPK-100-Folding-Speakers/dp/B000BXSSAA For a nominal fee, you can have Microsoft beam the output from your Zune

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POLITICS! or something like it

2009-02-18 Thread John Emmerling
Marketing is Apple's biggest strength. Which reminds me of an incident about 2 decades ago. My wife and I had a Japanese student at our house for a home stay of 3 weeks. His English was relatively good for a Japanese student. Anyway, we had watched TV with him on several occasions. One

Re: [CGUYS] DC or suburbs rec

2009-02-24 Thread John Emmerling
I recommend going to a MarketPro computer show. If you can't find a screwdriver shop there, there aren't any. I just checked the website for the shop that, 5 years ago, built the computer I still use. The company, as such, still exists, but it doesn't appear as though they build boxes anymore.

Re: [CGUYS] DSL answering machines/DSL phone service

2009-02-27 Thread John Emmerling
Well, $15 will buy you at least 2 decent meals where I live. This gives me an idea (I'm serious about this). If anybody knows a young person who wants an idea for a service project of some sort, perhaps volunteering to help working folks apply for rebates would qualify. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at

Re: [CGUYS] Linux newbie question

2009-03-01 Thread John Emmerling
If you've got adequate privilege On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Michael Fernando michael@gmail.comwrote: (sudo will ask for YOUR password, and having confirmed your identity, it will run the command as root.)

[CGUYS] Obama picks US information chief

2009-03-06 Thread John Emmerling
For those not aware: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7927944.stm * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] toast

2009-03-31 Thread John Emmerling
For free, I can get you one that toasts both sides at once! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:57 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: snip! I like toast. I have a 10 dollar toaster oven I got at a garage sale, looks brand new. I could have bought a 150 dollar toaster oven at some shop that did toast

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

2009-04-13 Thread John Emmerling
Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term Windoze? You used it 3 times in your last post. I assume this is a reference to the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems (it would be pronounced the same). If it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as I can

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

2009-04-13 Thread John Emmerling
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.comwrote: I'm not quite sure who you intended that for, John, but those were in material that I quoted--they aren't mine. With all due respect, it was Reid Katan.

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

2009-04-15 Thread John Emmerling
This comes across as highly biased and judgmental. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting John Emmerling jpemmerl...@gmail.com: Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term Windoze? You used it 3 How about Winblows

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Wind

2009-04-15 Thread John Emmerling
Tom, I will grant you this. Perhaps this should accepted as a list standard. I would also suggest we proscribe the use of a dollar sign in place of an s or S when writing Microsoft or abbreviating same as MS. As well as any analogous abuse of the terms Apple, OSX, Mac, etc. On Wed, Apr 15,

Re: [CGUYS] Behind the Office ribbon

2009-04-20 Thread John Emmerling
I think this refers to features that have redundant implementations that behave differently. Not the same as having multiple launch points for the same features. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Fred Holmes f...@his.com wrote: The article, and Larson-Green, slam confusingly redundant features

Re: [CGUYS] SunOracle: Ballmer:!??

2009-04-21 Thread John Emmerling
To my understanding, Ora¢le's only purpose in buying MySQL would be to remove them as a competitor. I haven't followed the gossip to a sufficient extent to have a sense of whether they would actually do that. However, the combination of Oracle and Sun could be quite powerful. They have highly

[CGUYS] Gmail, add to calendar, and Google calendar

2009-04-22 Thread John Emmerling
. Anybody know? Thanks! --John Emmerling * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail, add to calendar, and Google calendar

2009-04-22 Thread John Emmerling
Well, I think I might know what's going on. The add to calendar link in this case is really a button included in the HTML formatted e-mail whose purpose it is to download the ICS file. If that makes any sense. On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: You're not alone.

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail, add to calendar, and Google calendar

2009-04-23 Thread John Emmerling
Well this is interesting. I tried importing the ICS into Google Calendar, but it seemed nothing was showing. I also put a Calendar gadget on my gmail screen. This morning, the event is displayed (unfortunately, of 2 events, I seem to have imported one of them twice rather than each once, but it

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