Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

2009-05-24 Thread t.piwowar
I've heard runs hot, and slower than other Macs. No real experience on my part. The Air is the machine you give the hands off CEO who doesn't do all that much with it. The Air is a niche product, an ultra portable laptop. It was stripped of anything unnecessary so that it would be as

Re: [CGUYS] Color Calibration?

2009-05-24 Thread t.piwowar
Some who is not a good photographer (like me) needs more expensive equipment to get mediocre results! :-( There is a threshold. A really junky camera will take poor pictures even in the hands of a good photographer. But with today's technology you can get a camera that takes good pictures

Re: [CGUYS] MacBook Air [was: urgent query]

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
Who complained about it? Lauren complained bitterly. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Reid Katan wrote: The *netbook* is a niche product Accordingly, some posters have theorized that there are some netbooks out there that are not crap. They also quoted prices for such non- crappy netbooks that were close to the price of the MBA.

Re: [CGUYS] How many Mb of internet

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Jordan wrote: On the Mac, is there a way to see how much internet I am getting? Or is there a tool or program I can download? I'm thinking of getting one of the wireless devices from Verizon so I can have internet on the road and I want to see if I can get by

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 11:05 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: Main problem with many of the good newspapers has been conglomos-- ownership by corporate entities that have no interest in publications other than making a profit. A 10% profit for a newspaper is OK, but conglomos want 30% profit. Solutions?

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
It's not that the business model is failing and that consumers are divesting themselves of archaic information delivery methods and using other means of gathering information now, but that business owners wanted to see their investments fail and not make a positive return. It is not

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Reid Katan wrote: Yeah. That was Betty. An Apple-head. Yes, somebody who knows what they are talking about. Oh I forgot, the latest WFB mantra: anybody who knows what they are talking about is disqualified.

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: *All* the businesses in the same industry going under all at the same time? That's what happens when the spreadsheet guys do rollups. You get management that knows nothing about the business they pretend manage, excessive centralization, a

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Now you're just making things up. Of course, because I specialize in working with the publishing industry, by WFB rules I'm disqualified. Perhaps a new slogan for M$: only the ignorant need apply. Several newspapers and magazines that are

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

2009-05-25 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Reid Katan wrote: So what, indeed. My original gripe was with Tom. He whines about how useless netbooks are then lavishes glowing praise on the Air that fit perfectly with netbooks. He's the one that brought up pricing. I just reminded him who it was (the

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Now you're just making things up. This is the industry I specialize in. So I know that by WFB rules I'm disqualified. We definitely don't want somebody posting here who knows what they are writing about.

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 11:50 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: According to stats last year, 74 million people buy and read daily newspapers. That's not chump change. You really can't be well informed without reading the news. Radio, TV, Internet don't have the important details, especially for local news.

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 26, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Dead tree is on the way out, for all intents and purposes. The only question is who will be the last paper standing, and when. I thought newspapers were killed long ago by radio and then radio was wiped out by television. Now television is

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this peaked my interest

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
Or for $100 to $150 more I can get a Mac Mini which also comes with a better OS. application software, and strong tech support. I would get the Nettop for entertainment/tinkering, but not if I wanted a useful computer. Note the buyers comments that speak positively about the box, but

Re: [CGUYS] Software Development Tracking

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 26, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Arnold Kee wrote: Having been on both the development side (creating databases) and the client side, I've never been able to identify a reliable software/application development tracking tool. I've used an excel spreadsheet, and I tried developing a tool from

Re: [CGUYS] Is my computer finally crashing?

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 26, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Julie Kubal wrote: First Aid Failure: Disk Utility stopped verifying McIntosh HD because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit. Looks like you have disk drive problems. If you are lucky a quick fix may make it all

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 11:33 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Unfortunately it won't fit in my cargo pocket so it's not for me. A good tailor could solve your problem. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 25, 2009, at 11:58 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Truly amazing. Not your shaggy dog story, but your stubborn refusal to acknowledge reality and instead spin a mythos because they gored an ox near and dear to you. Sounds more like sour grapes than any concrete reality. Truly amazing. So

Re: [CGUYS] Slow-motion video

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
If you press the right or left cursor keys while QuickTime is playing you can step through the movie frame by frame. On May 26, 2009, at 9:10 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: A person does not have to be a professional to find a valid use for Slow-motion! For the record my wife is a

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 26, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: See Tom's Rule of Social Interaction #1: Everyone else is quite stupid. Just fed up with you once again pontificating about something that you know nothing about. So you Googled and read a few blog posts. Wow, you are an instant expert. I'm

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

2009-05-26 Thread t.piwowar
On May 26, 2009, at 9:25 PM, mike wrote: I feel often as if I'm asking for advice on buying a nice family car only from those who buy jaguars and bmws. You keep beating the drum for that tired old M$ Laptop Hunters propaganda. As previously posted... Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel

Re: [CGUYS] MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design

2009-05-27 Thread t.piwowar
On May 27, 2009, at 1:01 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Bus stop 2020: A team at MIT has designed a bus stop of the future. Many of the commentators shared my first thought. The one I liked best was even a step ahead... Maybe they should incorporate some kind of lightning zapper device to shoot

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this piqued my interest

2009-05-27 Thread t.piwowar
On May 27, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Paul Cannon wrote: The least expensive new Mac Mini I saw was 599$ on apple's site. That is an extra 300$ not 100 or 150. I could purchase an additional machine for that price. Not my fault that your area poor shopper. I recently bought several at $450 so that

Re: [CGUYS] MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design

2009-05-27 Thread t.piwowar
On May 27, 2009, at 6:01 PM, db wrote: Expensive gee wiz bus tech gadgets ... will that help or make the $ problem worse? The bus stop near my house has a small scrolling display that shows arrival times for the next few buses. It has been in service for over a year and still working.

Re: [CGUYS] Was browsing newegg and this piqued my interest

2009-05-27 Thread t.piwowar
On May 27, 2009, at 6:29 PM, t.piwowar wrote: Not my fault that your area poor shopper. However it is my fault when I am a poor speller. What were my fingers thinking? * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista SP2 is out

2009-05-27 Thread t.piwowar
On May 27, 2009, at 11:25 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: Does Microsoft offer combo updates for Windows? Can I go directly from Vista [Business], no SP, to SP2 with a combo? Or do the service packs have to be installed separately? You bring up a painful topic. M$ rarely makes things cumulative.

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-27 Thread t.piwowar
On May 27, 2009, at 5:32 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, but this is the United States of America. We are steeped in our OWN culture, and avoid the contamination of others such as the French or of... Macintosh, which sounds kinda Scottish or something else that conjures images of Old

Re: [CGUYS] No Smiling

2009-05-29 Thread t.piwowar
On May 29, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Tony B wrote: Apparently you didn't read the story. Smiles and teeth in general just makes it more difficult for automatic face recognition software to work. Makes a lot of sense. I'm sure the apps will only get better. Somehow I just knew you would come to the

Re: [CGUYS] Mac or PC laptop?

2009-05-29 Thread t.piwowar
Ignore the few rabid Mac fans on the list. They're just upset their market share is still in the single digits. You mean like the 34% drop in PC sales http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/28/technology/dell/?postversion=2009052817

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-29 Thread t.piwowar
Newspapers are not managed by the brightest bulbs it seems... Executive recruiters likely do not swarm the industry for talent; certainly not in the same way they've gone after leaders at companies such as General Electric, Wells Fargo Bank or Microsoft over the years. Indeed, the June

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-31 Thread t.piwowar
On May 31, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: There are many ways in which things can be ruined, and they cannot all be measured by ratings or subscriber volume. Aren't we being a bit superficial here? I asserted that product A was declining because product A had declined in quality.

[CGUYS] Is M$ Going to Blow it Again?

2009-05-31 Thread t.piwowar
Computer World takes note that despite Win7 having fixed many of Vista's faults, there are still many ways for M$ to blow the deal. They seem to be getting ready to do so -- oh joy! http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=339666

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 1:37 AM, Marcio wrote: Oh! My... how much time I am going to spend with computers? Andmoney? M-A-C-I-N-T-O-S-H * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: I wasn't aware that having a Mac allowed one to overcome limits on the size of email attachments. That's good to know. Also lets you leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: I wasn't aware that having a Mac allowed one to overcome limits on the size of email attachments. That's good to know. Watching you guys fail to ask any of the right questions is quite funny. A clear-thinking Mac person would want to know...

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 2:52 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: What are the typical restraints upon the size of e-mail attachments? How much variation is there between providers of e-mail service? 20 MB for Gmail. Anyone providing less is a Rip Van Winkle.

[CGUYS] Belief Silos [Was: When I think know...]

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Yeah but Kryptonite will render them useless. After a particularly difficult caller on Science Friday the host remarked about Belief Silos -- clusters of unrelated beliefs that for some reason tend to be found together. I've been

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: This is why such people should be avoided when at all possible. They tend to overcomplicate simple problems. A has a video. He wants to send it to B over the Internet. He was provided the correct answer on how to send a large file: use a

Re: [CGUYS] Belief Silos [Was: When I think know...]

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: *pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it. Economics was one of my major fields in grad school. It was a top school -- one of our faculty won the Nobel Prize in Economics and was Carter's Economics advisor. I then spent

Re: [CGUYS] Belief Silos [Was: When I think know...]

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Well Tom you know the real world definition of a PhD don't you? I know what the bitterly ignorant like to call it. Di I care? * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Belief Silos [Was: When I think know...]

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: *pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it. Paul Krugman offers a great explaination today... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/opinion/01krugman.html

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Feel free to offer your advice to Marcio once you're done cat-calling. So now we need to seek your approval before we answer technical questions? His last post clearly indicated frustration with the try-it-again- harder type of advice he was

Re: [CGUYS] Is M$ Going to Blow it Again?

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:08 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Microsoft redefines netbooks yet again, so that they can write their software only for a predefined system--their CYA for when it doesn't run on YOUR new netbook. Linked from above story: I was thinking that M$ was seeking to define the specs

Re: [CGUYS] Belief Silos [Was: When I think know...]

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 8:57 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: I'm sure he does a fantastic job on your confirmation bias. He stopped being an economist long ago. You constantly reject insightful analysis by knowledgeable people in favor of magical thinking. That is your belief silo. Q.E.D.

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-01 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 1, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: You're going to make Marcio feel bad, fighting over him like this. I watch you guys mislead him for several days. I finally jumped in with 1 post to move things in a better direction and you attacked me. You are a troll.

Re: [CGUYS] When I think know...

2009-06-02 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Marcio wrote: Well good people, I never felt so important... gaining so much attention. Many, many thanks. But, let me confess. I captured the video with a Pinnacle program and I had the whole video transferred to a DVD. Guess the size: 954,842 KB. 954MB that

Re: [CGUYS] OT: how to incorporate yourself quickly?

2009-06-02 Thread t.piwowar
I hired a local attorney who did it for $200. He filled in a form on his computer screen and it spit out the papers. He filed with DC. He gave me a stock certificate. He gave me a 10 minute lecture on the things I had to do every year to keep the incorporation valid. He told me I needed a

Re: [CGUYS] Xbox Natal

2009-06-02 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Those who were going on about Wii being better than Xbox should look at the video of the MS's E3 press conference yesterday: Wii obviously has M$ terrified. Nintendo is making big bucks while M$ is investing big bucks, but losing money on

[CGUYS] Bing Bong

2009-06-02 Thread t.piwowar
I searched for Project Natal at Google and at Bing. The results were quite different. Bing showed me M$ press release stuff -- reviews by M$ minions who had nothing but praise and the party line. Google showed me a much more independent set of results -- reviewers who had tried Natal and

Re: [CGUYS] Capturing HD video from mini-DV tapes

2009-06-03 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:18 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: No matter what the imagined hassle, the project shouldn't be left unfinished for the client. It's also irresponsible to expect a client to buy a Blu-ray player. If they give unfinished video on tape, they should lend a camera to the client for

Re: [CGUYS] Xbox Natal

2009-06-03 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:56 PM, mike wrote: Well...it's kinda hard for you to start dictating the terms of the thread, especially when Chris started it and in the first email it was clear he was talking about something not yet on the shelf. WARNING: This thread is restricted to fawning praise

[CGUYS] Electronics Recycling Mont. Co. Sunday 6/7

2009-06-04 Thread t.piwowar
The MC Division of Solid Waster Services is holding a community drop- off at BCC High School this Sunday, June 7th, from noon to 4:00 for electronics: old TVs, computers, VCRs, fax machines, CDs, CD players, cell phones, digital cameras, typewriters, microwaves etc.

Re: [CGUYS] program for creating web pages

2009-06-05 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 5, 2009, at 5:32 AM, Jeffrey Myers wrote: I need to create a personal web page on my college's website. Any recommendations about which program to use? Start with something easy. CGUYS.ORG was created with Google Pages. It was easy and fun. Google replaced Pages with Google Sites. I

Re: [CGUYS] On Demand Books [Was: Blogging for marketing networking (was: Blogging: is it worth it?)

2009-06-06 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 6, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Constance Warner wrote: Published--that's a little harder. Or if getting published is easy for anyone, please let me in on your secret! I know people with work a lot better than mine who languish for years without selling anything more than a short story or

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3

2009-06-06 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:59 PM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote: I am not sure how unbiased this persons comments are but it kind of tells the story of E3. Nintendo and Sony look to be using technologies appropriate for the home. M$ looks to be taking a price is no object approach. Something

[CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-06 Thread t.piwowar
Why am I not surprised? http://www.pcworld.com/article/166024/ microsoft_tries_to_force_you_to_use_bing.html? loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r10:c0.023904:b24935762 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 6, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Have not seen anything on this and I guess that is what my earlier rants were about. This is all pre beta stuff. They introduced the technology and now it has to be out into games. Could make a huge difference in how games are

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 8:45 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: This isn't nearly so bad as M$'s stealth Firefox plugin for *Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0*http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc716877.aspxthat enabled one click in Firefox. It was installed in January as part of a M$ tuesday

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 11:43 AM, mike wrote: soo...you have any proof of you conspiracy (once again against MS shock!) or is this just more baseless stuff from your attic? And when this comes out, are we going to get treated with your admitting you were wr...wro...wrr Do you really know

Re: [CGUYS] Bing Fraud [Was: Forced to Bing Against Their Will]

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: That many tech writers, who *might* be out of college by now and have *zero* journalistic training beyond cutting and pasting from other web sites, have dueling facts and/or use poor sources for information on a particularly hot topic isn't

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 4:23 PM, mike wrote: I was thinking...great lengths seems to be hitting the 'uninstall' button in the extensions of firefox for that extension. Whew...I'm tuckered out after that ordeal. I had to *restart* firefox too. If you had bothered to check before posting you

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 2:25 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: “This update adds to Firefox one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities present in all versions of Internet Explorer: the ability for websites to easily and quietly install software on your PC. Since this design flaw is one of the reasons

Re: [CGUYS] BAD MOUSE! [was: Computer Guys Pls Help me get this to List ...]

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Gail—That's the standard response when they have no idea what the problem is. It sounds like it could be something as simple as a mouse driver. Have you tried plugging in the mouse to other USB ports or a known, good mouse to the original

Re: [CGUYS] Yet one more reason why only fools run Windows.

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Rich Schinnell wrote: So: is this the definition of being a fool? Ah yes, the everybody's doing it argument rears its head once again. There was a time when just about everybody smoked. When I would interrupt smokes with Excuse me, this is not a smoking area I

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Marcio wrote: Here in Brazil the news are in the papers. Microsoft will start selling Windows 7 on October 22. To my dismay no upgrade from XP. Only from Vista. And I have a brasilian XP Home and a US XP Professional. I have a Vista to put on the top of the XP

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-07 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 7, 2009, at 9:11 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: So I should trust them because they are only incompetent and not malicious? Incompetent vs. malicious. That is a tough call. Or are the maliciously acting like they are incompetent when they really are not? So many choices! In either

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 6:50 AM, Roy Ackerman,Ph.D.,P.Ch.E.,E.A. wrote: I know the logic about clean installs- but it would take more than 20 hours for me to reinstall my programs (and that assumes I can still find the install disks- and NOT have to install an older version followed by the

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: I can hear Tom now at home now, whimpering like Dr. Smith from Lost in Space, Oh, Will, the pain, the pain. I simply can't bear to try it Correction, if you are a computer hobbyist in need to massive entertainment then by all means go

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:53 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Bonjour is a component of iTunes. ,Net isn't a component of Firefox. Good point. This is the discovery mechanism that iTunes uses to share music on the subnet. If the iTunes installer starting dropping patches into other applications

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:53 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: It's the EU they take this portion of law enforcement seriously. They already told MS not to do similar things. Yeah it should get some attention at least a phone call. I think the new administration will bring a return to law and order.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Yes there is. Please tell us. This would be very useful for many of us (even me!). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. wrote: For those of us who work - with real things- we do employ Windows. Financial, Science, and Engineering (ok, the first doesn't make anything either)- rely on Windows Apps. I also tell Mac folks to not adopt new versions too

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Agreed, except that unless you have set yourself up to run as a non-admin, Win7 is far more secure than XP out of the box. This is just advertising for a operating system that is still in beta. You have no way to know that it is true. Spouting

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Except that I have no need for this and Apple thinks it below them to even deign to ask the lowly user if they don't want to install Bonjour. You are not installing Bonjour. You are installing iTunes. To do that you had to download iTunes and

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
Okay, so it is buzzword compliant. But how does it work in the real world? You don't know and I don't know. All I have to go on is the company's past track record of broken promises about security. All you have to go on is a list of buzzwords from their PR department and some limited

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 pain

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: O Rlly? You and others keep telling us how 7 is little more than Vista 2nd Ed. and Vista is many times more secure out of the box than XP. We do not define security by comparing said new version to XP. That is setting the bar much too low.

[CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
Snow Leopard vs Leopard looks to be more of an SE type of upgrade, much like Win7 vs. Vista. Accordingly Apple will charge $29 for the upgrade. How many zeros will we need to add to that to get M$'s Win7 price? * **

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Apple makes money on two different components. Hardware and Software. They sell their OS for a smaller amount as they make more money (I have never seen a comparison but I bet it is provable) on their hardware. (I was told by an

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: But yet, you'll continue to trust another company which has such shitty QA *on their own OS on their own hardware*, that you have to skip iterative releases and major upgrades for fear of major snafus. I see things as they are. WFBs can't get

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:27 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: You, on the other hand, are allowed to make a definitive statement about Snow Leopard based on what? Apple PR and a couple YouTube videos? You completely miss the point. Why an I not surprised? The only definitive statement I made was $29.

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 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] 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.

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] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 8:43 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: The cheapo Win7 releases at Best Buy seem to be 50 and 100 for upgrades. I heard it was from Vista only. The Apple upgrade is from any version and not for a crippled version of the OS. Since most people would be upgrading from XP and

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

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 9, 2009, at 10:59 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I also have noted in those MS ads that the buyers are making their decisions solely predicated upon two factors: The cheaper cost and the advice of Best Buy salespersons. Would anyone on this list rely upon those two criteria when making

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

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
This is called battered spouse syndrome. It needs intervention and possibly arrest of the guilty party. On Jun 10, 2009, at 1:07 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: However, as much as they might complain about their balky machines, they think that they have no choice but to keep using Windows

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

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
I think they refer to you as target audience. On Jun 10, 2009, at 11:11 AM, mike wrote: Where do you meet these people? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

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

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
Yes, savvy buyers will get Macs, but there is also a very large group of people who know little about computers. These are graphic artists. They typically point to their computer and call them the hard drive. (I have never been able to understand the consistency with which they use the

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
Exchange is just one more proof of un-savvyness. Big, bulky, expensive, and fragile. The only reason to buy it is to keep upper management terrified of what will happen if IT is not around to constantly tend it. (I guess that is a perverse form of savvy.) On Jun 10, 2009, at 1:19 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Miraculous Healing of Mouse

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
Very odd. If the mouse did mot work under UBD it should not have worked after a reformat. Windows is so unscientific. Maybe you should have smeared chicken blood on the case? On Jun 10, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Gail.Miller wrote: Thanks so much for all your good advice on what to do about my dead

[CGUYS] Why Apple wins. every. time.

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
A story those who don't know what a real MFB looks like (not like me)... http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/06/08/why-apple-wins-every-time/ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: They insist on running Outlook 2001 in classic mode to get similar functionality. (Psst, hey Jeff. It's 2009, going on 2010. You can't fake being savvy if you don't know that.)

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 10, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: I don't think my Mac users are even trying to fake being savvy any more. We call that learned helplessness. What can I say? They just insist on being troglodytes. You have worn them down, just like you try (and fail) to do here.

Re: [CGUYS] Forced to Bing Against Their Will

2009-06-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 10, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: I'll be honest, I have not been really been following this thread. Today, however, I noticed that if a person typed an incorrect web site address or forgot the .com .org etc at the end Bing was used to help them find the correct site.

Re: [CGUYS] jimmy fallon and natal

2009-06-11 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 11, 2009, at 12:47 PM, mike wrote: Jimmy on his late show playing natal. And engadget says... Also, anyone notice Fallon asking Kudo if this would ship in 2010 and Kudo declining to answer... Need I say more?

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Does it Right

2009-06-11 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 11, 2009, at 5:28 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: But, doesn't marketplace dominance determine what is best? I thought that concept was the whole theory of how the almighty marketplace sorts out the wheat from the chaff. Absolutely, I'll pick the $1 McDonalds burger over a sirloin steak

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