On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Once an hour at the Franklin Institute. I wonder if they still do this?
I lost a bunch of stuff from a lightning hit. It took out a
computer, which was unplugged and disconnected from the telephone line,
buy entering via the audio inputs
The prime suspect in the disappearance of bees all over the world are
telecommunication radiations in the higher frequencies. This applies
to cell phones and all sorts of other microwave propagation currently
in great vogue, including wireless computing.
A number of controlled tests have
On Apr 18, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Tony B wrote:
We can live without cell phones, but not bees. I vote we shut off cell
phones immediately, and limit wireless networks to low power.
Who knows at this point how any of this will eventually shake out,
but one can guess based upon prior
On Apr 18, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
Guess it boils down to: would you rather talk on your cellphone, or
eat?
Having knocked off most of the native pollinators with pesticides,
we're
dependent on bees to pollinate most crops that aren't wind-pollinated.
The disappearance of
On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Brian Jones wrote:
Surely we can reserve part of the spectrum for bees!
By the way, where did this theory start?
I do not know where the theory started, except to say that, as in
humans, part of the bee works electronically, tiny electrical impulses
sending
On Apr 18, 2007, at 7:01 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
True. The picture is going to be perfect or it isn't there at all.
But, the downside will be that in the future you will no longer be
able to watch another show from Baltimore, imperfect though the signal
may be today. No more of Maryland
On Apr 18, 2007, at 9:04 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Actually I've found that the margin has moved in my favor. Here in
NoVa I
get a nice, clear MPT signal where with SD it was sometimes good and
sometimes bad. But I have never caught any signal from Philadelphia
because that is over the horizon
On Apr 18, 2007, at 8:13 PM, John Settle wrote:
This is a repost with appropriate subject line.
Well, how about the below. No cell phones involved but sounds more
probable.
Whatever the reason(s), in the final analysis, I firmly believe that
it will be determined that human behavior is
On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Terry Kilburg wrote:
I live on a farm in Iowa, we have 8 bald eagles fly and perch in trees
in our pasture every year! The Mississippi river just in Iowa sees
over 100 every year!!!
But, back in the day there would have been thousands. They are
making a
On Apr 19, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
I see
VHF SD stations use the least watts
UHF SD stations use the most watts -- 10x the VHF stations
UHF HD stations are in the middle, but strange.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
There has always been a problem with television markets.
On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:35 AM, John H. Davis wrote:
I would look to polution, and invasive species long before I would
suspect Cell phones.
I agree with this. However, it could be that microwave telecom
signals, be that from cell phones, public safety and commercial radio
and telemetry
On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:27 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Yes. I have an 1100, 3595, 6010, 3220. I also have a Samsung flip
phone that I hate. All get good reception, but flip phones are
pointless--takes more effort to use--sliders aren't too bad, but candy
bar phones are easiest. Microphones and speakers
On Apr 25, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
What most reporting does is look for the hook or the grab line that
will grab every ones attention and use it as a come on, while the full
story might say something opposite.
The majors (print and broadcast) tend to do a little better
On Apr 25, 2007, at 7:38 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
The classic example of this was an 11 o'clock news teaser I saw on one
of the Baltimore TV
stations a few years ago: Is there snow in our future? Details at
11. The answer turned
out to be no.
Or, in the Washington Times today, front
On May 1, 2007, at 1:18 PM, David Turk wrote:
Scanner is a flatbed Epson Expression 1640XL...
I'm getting a thin red transparent streak all the way down on one side
(traveling the same direction as the lighting assembly). It's only
showing up at higher resolutions, like 600dpi. In my
We were discussing the tactics of Circuit City on this list a short
while ago. AS a follow up, I offer this portion of an article from the
WaPo today:
Circuit City's Job Cuts Backfiring, Analysts Say
By Amy Joyce
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 2, 2007; Page D01
Circuit City
On May 4, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Most broadband routers include a 4 port hub/switch. Will that suffice?
I am not really in the loop as pertains to decisions in this
situation. I am asking these questions just to see if the powers that
be are going to make the right
On May 4, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
hardwired has a whole lot less problems involved than Wireless.
Too many things can and do interfere with Wireless.
If I could I would rather do a whole house with prewired outlets in
rooms, than doing wireless.
Also note so that you
On May 16, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Mike Sloane wrote:
So why didn't the two of you go halves on the 10 pack and split them
up?
Funny you should ask, because that is what I was thinking about but
only after having left the store. Even five disks DVD-RWs would have
been more than I needed. I
On May 16, 2007, at 10:53 PM, Robert wrote:
I don't know the answer to your question -- it seems today that only a
few DVD-RWs are needed. I've almost quit using them.
I only perceive the need for rewritables in order to do some testing
that could go bad and ruin disks. I do sometimes
On May 17, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
I'm seeing DVD-RWs priced just over $1. So why not buy a 5 pack and
immediately toss the three you don't need into the trash?
If I saw a five pack I'd get it. Best Buy had a 25 pack and Office
Depot had ten packs a couple of days ago as
On May 18, 2007, at 12:46 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It will probably be legacy equipment that I will need. Unless I know
model numbers it is impossible to research legacy equipment on
manufacturers sites.
You may want to contact some on-line vendors that specialize in Mac
On May 17, 2007, at 5:19 PM, John DeCarlo wrote:
Micro Center has 2 packs and 3 packs. At least they did two weeks ago.
Thank you for that info. I shall head over there and see what they
have.
Steve
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On May 17, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
Staples on L Street had five packs as recently as two weeks ago.
Thank you. I'll check the Staples in my neighborhood. I appreciate
the information.
Steve
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On May 28, 2007, at 2:48 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Is there a way to cover it so that it only works exactly when the
owner wants it to work and not by accident [like [passports with
chips]. Aluminum foil? Aluminum coated mylar? Matte knife through the
antenna?
I do not know. Perhaps a check on
I do not know if this is a Macintosh issue, or if it applies to other
platforms. There are some PDF files, seemingly created using Adobe
Acrobat, that cannot be coherently viewed using a PDF reader other than
Acrobat. Why is this? Is this condition avoidable by the creator of
said PDF
On May 30, 2007, at 10:00 PM, E. Riley Casey wrote:
What exactly does cannot be coherently viewed mean in your
experience ?
I mean that the PDF files are garbled. Incoherent. Alpha numeric
characters, but in a form that is nonsense. Graphic files are
reproduced just fine, but not the
On May 31, 2007, at 8:46 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
I don't like Adobe Reader either. Instead of using Adobe Reader, do
use have the SchubertIt PDF plugin to view PDFs in a browser? That
works pretty well too, and you can view and print from it.
http://schubertit.com/
Thanks for the tip on
On Jun 2, 2007, at 1:26 AM, David K. Watson wrote:
I don't want to sound like I
am playing the Blame the User game, but given your comments
regarding bloat, is it possible
you removed some fonts from your system? Or perhaps turned off the
needed fonts with a font
manager?
That is a
The Yahoo group pertinent to my digital camera is closing. It was
being operated by a fellow in Great Britain, and while there has been a
decline in group participation, the group owner has made it clear that
the policies of the Government of the United States also played a role
in his
On Jun 4, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Tony B wrote:
So, where's he taking the group? Or is anyone?
I do not know, in either case.
Steve
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On Jun 4, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Yep. I don't think many Americans know how hated the USA has become in
these last 6 years. Of course he could just move the group to a non-US
service. Or is he giving up on the Internet entirely because it was
developed by the US Defense
On Jun 5, 2007, at 12:26 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Minolta and Konica had decent SLR cameras, but there was nothing
special about them to make them stand out. Same for their digital
cameras. Not impressive--but OK.
While not being desirous of getting into any sort of 'flaming,' I
will defend
On Jun 12, 2007, at 7:00 PM, John DeCarlo wrote:
Also, I have some 6 year old laptops still in use and their LCD
screens look
fine - no degradation that I can see with the naked eye.
Of course I am not a graphics expert doing high level graphics with
color
matching, etc.
That is the
On Jun 15, 2007, at 3:07 PM, Tony B wrote:
I'm not having the problem, but I glanced at the thread you quoted and
FYI the renaming option should only be tried if the *better* option of
turning off the updater in Preferences doesn't work.
Adobe updater on my Mac launches itself only if I
On Jun 30, 2007, at 3:52 PM, gayley wrote:
Are any of you paying attention to this and if so, do you have any
thoughts to share on the pros/cons on this particularly and what, if
anything, this might do to open the door to other ways of charging for
Internet access?
This situation has
On Jun 30, 2007, at 7:52 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
One has nothing to with the other.
I did not imply that one had anything to do with the other. I merely
noted the coincidence.
In the first case, prices are being set by market players, which not
only
includes producers, but also
On Jun 30, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Tony B wrote:
This goes much deeper. Americans have been cowed. When the RIAA first
started running roughshod over our congress, we should have protested.
Instead, we sit like meek little sheep.
It has been reported, and I have read this, that entertainment is
On Jun 30, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
How will consumers be involved in initially setting the retail
prices?
Is there a price above that are not willing to pay for an item or
service?
Okay. That is about the only manner in which consumers will be taken
into consideration
On Jul 1, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Tony B wrote:
I think the ultimate solution is to outlaw lobbying and lobbyists. If
politicians need help forming an opinion, they should poll their
constituents, not go to a free lunch with lobbyists.
Since our manufacturing base has been moving to other
On Jul 3, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Smart phones that can access on-demand Web-based applications have the
potential to reshape the business landscape forever.
This isn't just about the iPhone. Information-technology departments
are
already supporting BlackBerrys and other smart
I had to give the Apple Store some grief yesterday when they told me
they do not carry any PRAM, or internal back-up batteries, for any
Macintosh desktop computers.
Steve
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On Jul 16, 2007, at 5:10 PM, rlsimon wrote:
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/store/customer/product.php?
productid=LHAA%20D
07997source=fr
$5
Thanks for the info. I know they are available on-line, and for less
than in a store. However, when you need it first thing in the morning,
On Jul 18, 2007, at 7:04 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
I don't know about exact dimensions, but the widely available CR2
lithium battery is 3.x volts and appears to be the diameter of and 1/2
the length of an AA battery. My wife's camera (35 mm, not digital)
uses two of them. I see them anywhere
Okay, this is not exactly about computers and computing, but this
subject did come to my attention as a result of computers and
computing.
I went to the website of Dominion Virginia Power this morning and was
greeted by their corporate slogan which was splashed across the top of
their
On Jul 21, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Fear comes from working with a system that constantly punishes its
user.
I could not agree more. I know that in this case the reluctance to
delve into a new type of operating system is predicated upon past
experiences which have been
On Jul 21, 2007, at 6:05 PM, mike wrote:
What system are they using where they are tortured or being punished?
The folks where I work have to use machines running Windows because
of software requirements. They have problems with those computers, and
spend a fair amount of downtime fixing
On Jul 26, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Color accurate LCDs pose many problems. I will not argue the CRT vs
LCD
debate. Suffice to say there are elements of a calibrated CRT that
still can't be matched by any LCD - available - and there are also
elements of LCD technology that exceed
On Jul 26, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Tony B wrote:
It's got to be particularly galling to Mac fanboys that in order to
gain any kind of market share Apple is having to phase out of the
computer OS business.
I think that what you are seeing are long term Windows users buying
Macs so that they can
On Jul 26, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Tony B wrote:
This was true maybe 3-5 years ago. But no longer. Go to any trade show
- including graphics-oriented - and you'll find CRTs rare. On the rare
occasions I want someone else to look at my monitor, I move a bit; no
big deal. Certainly not worth hassling
On Jul 26, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Tony B wrote:
This is such a badly constructed sentence I can't be sure if you're
dissing Apple or Windows. :)
Okay. The sentence was not well put together. I was not dissing
either, but I was searching for the reason that Mac did not gain the
market share
On Jul 28, 2007, at 8:23 AM, Paul Meyer wrote:
Steve, WADR, none of your reasons sound even remotely right. I would
suggest:
I must tell you that I was being quite ridiculous on purpose to a
fair degree.
2. I have been pricing/buying pc's since the early 90's and never
bought a Mac.
On Jul 28, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
So true. The first word that comes into the mind of an Apple
cognoscenti
at the sight of a Windows PC is squalid.
Ouch!
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On Jul 28, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Paul Meyer wrote:
PS Exactly to your point, I also forgot to mention that yes another
difference between mac and
pc users.
Mac users often were established professionals looking for the
right tool, the best value. That implies that they were already
established
On Jul 28, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Did you see any of the TV interviews with the guy who did the cluster
analysis about how hanging with fat people will greatly increase the
odds
of your getting fat? Did you notice the brand of computer he used to
diaplay his cluster chart?
Did
On Jul 29, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Tom Campbell wrote:
Admittedly this is a small sample but my stat logs back
up what Tony claimed
I make signs. It is quite obvious to me that in the signmaking
business, Windows machines are hugely dominant. Rare is the sign shop
that uses Macs, and it is
On Jul 29, 2007, at 9:56 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Don't need MacJanitor any more. The Mac checks at startup to see if the
maintenance scripts ran overnight. If not, it runs them right then.
I think that is in OS 10.4 and above. I still run 10.3.9.
Steve
On Jul 30, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Actually if you read those scripts you will see that all they do is
rotate log files.
What is the exact meaning of the numerical values that are logged
within the MacJanitor window when I run that utility. They appear as
something similar
ATT censors Pearl Jam's anti-Bush lyrics
By Reuters
Story last modified Thu Aug 09 12:18:54 PDT 2007
Pearl Jam fans and Internet watchdogs were up in arms Thursday after it
was revealed that ATT censored portions of the rock band's live
concert cybercast on Sunday.
While performing
On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Tony B wrote:
What amazes me about this 'news' is that anyone actually believes
executives from ATT were monitoring the concert and either knew in
advance when to cut the sound, or were so fast on the ball they cut it
in time to do any censoring. Or that any of
On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Tony B wrote:
What amazes me about this 'news' is that anyone actually believes
executives from ATT were monitoring the concert and either knew in
advance when to cut the sound, or were so fast on the ball they cut it
in time to do any censoring.
Whoever was
On Aug 13, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Steve when you say ATT was involved one time before. Remember that
this ATT is not the same ATT that existed a number of years ago.
From what I recall hearing yesterday on the radio when this subject
was being discussed, it was
On Aug 14, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Stephen Meskin wrote:
Is there any good reason to spend 4 to 5 times as much for Epson
Inkjet cartridges than for compatibles? What about refurbished
cartridges
I use third party cartridges exclusively in my Epson. However, I
only buy cartridges that have
On Aug 15, 2007, at 6:10 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
It's getting hard to find reasons to buy a Windows PC, aside from
sheer
inertia. Windows PCs used to be far more cost-effective than Macs, but
no
longer. Macs can now compete hard with PCs on cost, for all but the
very
cheapest, sub-$600
On Aug 16, 2007, at 9:18 AM, mike wrote:
People are normally afraid of unknown items, give em time, sit them
down
and show them how to use it, the mac isn't going to show them how to
use
itself. The faxing seems to be a perfect example, explain you want the
wasting of paper to stop and use
On Aug 16, 2007, at 10:51 AM, mike wrote:
Uh oh...undesirables...next we'll hear we have to cull all pc users
from the
population. It's too bad those pesky pixar people are
undesirableusing
non macs to make cars...
Mike
On 8/16/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You might
On Aug 16, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Andy Gallant wrote:
different but maybe related - i've been getting messages out of order.
many times, i see the reply to a message before i receive the
original message. at least, it looks that way when i compare the
timestamps ... ymmv
I have seen that as
On Aug 16, 2007, at 3:32 PM, mike wrote:
What do they say they are afraid of?
If they have trouble with camera cards on any system, it sounds as if
they
aren't the brightest bulbs anyway. Is this your shop or is it owned by
another?
The shop is not mine. I just work there. The other
On Aug 16, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Admiral Harris wrote:
Steve,
I'm assuming from everything you've written that you don't have a lot
of experience in change management.
As much as you'd like to believe that its an evil M$ cult going on in
your shop, the truth is, if you required them to have
On Aug 16, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Robert wrote:
Occasionally I notice missing messages, but more frequently a reply to
a message shows up well before the original message arrives.
Ditto.
Steve
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On Aug 14, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Epson needs the money.
Didn't Epson have to make a big payout in that class action lawsuit
about a year ago concerning their ink cartridges and how they would
indicate Empty when they still had considerable ink remaining?
Steve
On Aug 17, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Stephen Meskin wrote:
What happens if you get air into the syste, how can you tell, and
what can you do about it? I always run my cartridges until the
printer won't print any more without a new one, which is usually 10 to
20 pages after I get a warning about the
On Aug 17, 2007, at 2:39 PM, mike wrote:
After listening to her on TWIT, the truly frightening thing is she
admited
to talking and texting on the iPhone while driving.
Actually this is common behavior, and also sad in a very frightening
way. To be distracted by various visual and audible
On Aug 18, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
But from what I see every day, it's getting worse as far as motorist
distraction is concerned.
A young lady that I knew of, but did not know personally, killed
herself while driving her car one night about a year or so ago. Her
cell phone
On Aug 18, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Tony B wrote:
The topic isn't 'computers', it's the Computer Guys show. The show no
longer exists(?), so unless we can figure out a way to kill off the
list, we're all stuck with the off-topic stuff.
I think the show still kinda exists. Actually, Tom was the
On Aug 16, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
You have to make it usefully important. I would make art-related
content
very accessible. This may not happen until you do get it displaying
your
art inventory.
I see that your message that was sent on August 16 finally hit my
inbox today,
On Aug 19, 2007, at 2:43 AM, mike wrote:
OK, I did click the link..it sent me to someone's blog. When I
clicked on
the trib article from Waco, I got an error page. So my question is has
anyone actually read the article?
Apparently so. The Waco newspaper appears to have deleted the
On Aug 20, 2007, at 12:03 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Why not start with using photos of the art as your screensaver. Select
a
folder of art so that the pictures will fade in and fade to the next
photo as people walk by. That could spark some curiosity. Tell them how
easy it is to do that, then show
On Aug 20, 2007, at 2:35 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
I mention this because it's important to discuss computers and
technology in relation to everything else. Where one technology is
denigrated, misrepresented, or worse, denied, others can also be
adversely affected.
I have been clobbered by your
On Aug 20, 2007, at 7:49 PM, b_s-wilk wrote
I used to throw soft-porn photos into preliminary slide presentations
to keep the viewers awake. heh heh. It worked.
I like the sound of that!
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On Aug 26, 2007, at 10:39 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
I had to use Windows just to look up information to repair a Mac!
Works for me using Camino.
Steve
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On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:04 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
I took my iBook to the Apple Store today and they don't have a
'special tool' to fix the broken plug tip. However, at our Mac club
meeting I got a terrific suggestion--dental tools. You know that scary
looking narrow curved hook think that they use
On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
In our area, we will be living with SD for a long time.
We are such small markets that no TV station has indicated that they
will be upgrading to HD. matter of fact they have said, No upgrade in
the foreseeable future.
I have
It is my suspicion that Youtube has recently begun a practice of
limiting the time allowed to a user to view any single video.
Beginning about two weeks ago, I have been unable to view more than
about 1:30 of any video that is any longer than around 2:00 or so in
length. This has never
On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:37 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
Comcast is cutting off customers who use too much bandwidth. Only,
they
won't tell you how much is too much, nor will they tell you how to
monitor
your bandwidth use.
Comcast is not alone.
Google is now doing the same thing with their
On Sep 8, 2007, at 8:03 AM, gerald wrote:
I am planning to purchase an iMac for my wife. I have only owned PC's
since jobs was in the garage, and have a few hardware questions.
we are getting this mainly because it fits well in the allocated
space, and because my wife generates and edits
On Sep 10, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Says who? It is much more likely that it is your ISP doing it. I can't
imagine Youtube having any financial incentive to throttle in this
manner.
So, how come I can download other files of huge size, much larger and
longer to download than
To respond a bit further to the suggestion that it is my ISP that is
limiting my time on Youtube, I would like to add the following. I can
quite successfully download and/or view videos from a number of other
sites with no limitations of any sort on the length of time I am online
doing so.
On Sep 11, 2007, at 12:40 AM, Christopher Range wrote:
Steve, I think YouTube is the problem because, just as you are
apparently being limited, I have seen some videos on YouTube are
completely out of sync where, the audio and, video do not match.
I am, at this point in time, quite
On Sep 11, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
That is a common problem with digital audio files (especially on PCs).
If I may return to my initial post about the truncation of videos
that I either attempt to view online or to download from Youtube via
dial-up connection, you had
On Sep 11, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Why would my ISP specifically limit my allowable time on
Youtube as opposed to other video sharing sites
Hysterical sysadmins know the name YouTube. It is a common target.
I have just spoken with a tech at my ISP, one who I have conversed
On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
I have been thinking if there was some way to artificially duplicate a
slow connection to test your theory. I have a FTP client that allows me
to throttle the data rate. I tried that, but YouTube would not let it
log
in.
Does anybody have any
On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Yes, Steve, you are all alone. Last man in the Universe with dial up. I
looked you up in the Guinness book.
I am honored...I think. As it is, it all works out for me. Plus, I
am seriously limited in but one choice, that being cable, for
On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
So an you try to view a clip that is over 5 minutes to see if you get
the
same treatment as Steve?
I explained the situation to him and asked him if he was willing to
try as you have suggested. I hope he will. If the same thing happens
On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Sorry, but this is not proof. What you are initially loading from
YouTube
is a play list. The playlist says 1st download file TheBigVideo and
when done download the file VideoTrailer. So if for any reason the
download of the 1st file is halted,
On Sep 16, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Don't forget that they could be doing this unintentionally. You may be
their only dial up customer with the patience to use YouTube. Hence you
are the only one seeing a problem that is buried in some configuration
file.
I often had problems like
My ISP has informed me that while they do not have any restrictions
of any sort placed upon any of their customers in terms of bandwidth
usage, there could be other limitations being imposed by the entities
that provide the wholesaling of content that my ISP buys from them.
Or, Youtube
On Sep 17, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
This is why network neutrality is essential to a free society and
probably why the neocons want to take it away from us. There is no end
to
the subtle and not so subtle mischief by which the self-appointed
gatekeepers of the Internet can control
On Sep 18, 2007, at 4:37 PM, mike wrote:
If the card is going to go bad, it seems you are arguing to hammer it
hoping
Cheap features? Ah more snobish remarks from the mac elite. Charge
Tom an
arm and a leg and possibly a pound of flesh for a card reader with the
apple
logo and he's happy.
A friend of mine is looking into a new computer for video work. I am
guessing she is making videos of some sort, probably high resolution
stuff, and is seeking something that runs at 2.66 GHz or faster. I
guess that faster is always better for video, but would she truly
require that fast a
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