MacGroup: temperary signoff

2004-12-10 Thread Neal Hammon
A Question: I enjoy all the questions and answers on the MacGroup email, but I am planning a little vacation this winter. To keep my unopened email at a minimum, I would like to shut down my McGroup connection temporarily. Instructions for shutting down are very clear; I shall send Majordomo

MacGroup: Macgroup: mirror agent

2004-12-14 Thread Neal Hammon
the problem by installing a UBS card in the computer. It is a little trouble to keep switching things around, but what the hell, I'm retired and have planty of time. Neal Hammon On Dec 13, 2004, at 20:13, Bill

MacGroup: OS 9

2004-12-07 Thread Neal Hammon
know, and maybe you could return same. Neal Hammon JansIdea at aol.com wrote: Anyone have for sell or borrow OS 9 disc. Would appreciate it to update. Jan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting

MacGroup: roxio toast and NPR

2006-01-08 Thread Neal Hammon
Is there anyone who lives in Shelbyville to plans to attend the meeting. Old guys like myself hates driving to Louisville by themselves. I personally don't mind the drive so much, but I hate missing dinner. Neal Hammon tom wrote: Then the meeting this week (2nd Tuesdays) is designed just

MacGroup: Control Freak

2006-01-11 Thread Neal Hammon
. Mujibar thought and then said, OK, I am ready. The phone goes green, green, I pink it up and say, Yellow, this is Mujibar. He now works in the Customer Service Department at Microsoft. Neal Hammon On Jan 8, 2006, at 10:53 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote: There used to be an application named

MacGroup: scanner problems

2006-01-15 Thread Neal Hammon
took out the HP factory software disk and installed the program again, still no recognition. What is my problem? The HP 7550 printer has always been flakey, but I have never had problems with the scanner before. Any ideas? Neal Hammon PS: Neither the HP printer or scanner seems to work

MacGroup: scanner problems

2006-01-16 Thread Neal Hammon
Jerry- Thanks. I did what you said, plus I fooled around with the control panel a little bit, and it started working again. Neal Jerry Freeman wrote: Plug the scanner in, turn it on and reboot. I lose the scanner driver ever so often myself...jf On Jan 15, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Neal Hammon

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Neal Hammon
, with this mechine, I can scan 35mm negitives. By the way, do any members know where I can purchase a simple OCR that with work with my system? Neal Hammon RobK wrote: Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddya got? Thanks, rob | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society

MacGroup: Printer

2005-12-06 Thread Neal Hammon
I have a good old quirkly, crashing, HP photosmart 7550, I will trade somebody. The doggone thing vibrates so much when it finally decides to print, that I am afraid it willl shake the legs off the table. Neal Hammon Anne Cartwright wrote: Jerry Freeman wrote: Anne Cartwright said: DEAD

MacGroup: Unicode?

2005-12-07 Thread Neal Hammon
Ed- It is often said, a preposition is a bad word to end a sentence with. Neal Marta Edie wrote: I checked with this Grammarian Program. They have dictionaries to spellcheck in many different languages, according to their email. http://linguisoft.com/downloads.html Marta On Dec 6,

MacGroup: Unicode?

2005-12-07 Thread Neal Hammon
, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Neal Hammon wrote: It is often said, a preposition is a bad word to end a sentence with. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address

MacGroup: Unicode?

2005-12-07 Thread Neal Hammon
Of course, in my books there are always a few typos, which distinguishes a human from a computer. Neal Ed Wiser wrote: It is often said; a preposition is a bad word to end a sentence with. Here is the output from Grammarian pro checking Neal's sentence. On Dec 7, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Neal

MacGroup: Design Software

2005-12-28 Thread Neal Hammon
can fill you in on that. Neal Hammon | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http

MacGroup: Design Software

2005-12-28 Thread Neal Hammon
the drawings on a CD and they will do the rest. Check with them on price- it's a lot cheaper than buying your own printer. Neal Hammon | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List

MacGroup: Help, please

2006-06-10 Thread Neal Hammon
and I. I'm running a Dual 2GHz power G5, Version 10.3.9, with 1.5 GB DOR SDRAM. I loaded up iPhoto again, and it has not failed since, but I suppose I had better keep backing it up frequently. Neal Hammon -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http

MacGroup: Classic mode in OS 10.3

2005-02-11 Thread Neal Hammon
G5, and I'm very happy how things turned out. Neal Hammon RWhite at neffpackaging.com wrote: My co-worker wants verification that if she buys a new G5, that she can still run her classic apps like Illustrator 8 and Quark 4 without having to buy the newer OS 10.3 versions. I told her that I am

MacGroup: US slips lower in programming contest

2005-04-11 Thread Neal Hammon
Speaking of drilling for oil, I have heard that the United States is the second largest producer of oil in he world, exceeded only by Saudi Arabia. Can any member confirm this fact? If so, why isn't my Exxon-Mobil stock going sky high? Neal Hammon Jerry Yeager wrote: On Apr 10, 2005, at 6

MacGroup: antique printers?

2005-04-21 Thread Neal Hammon
Jeff- I scrapped my dot matrix about twelve years ago, but I still have the first HP inkjet ever made. I paid about $850 for it, but I will let it go cheaper than that. Since your client seems to like antiques, maybe you could talk her into one of these.. Neal Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: I

MacGroup: Re: OS X 3.9 and print function

2005-04-26 Thread Neal Hammon
, and then it just disapears. In order to get it working again, I have to start over, and re-install the solfware. I started thinking that all HP equipment worked like that. I'm glad to have some confirmation. Neal Hammon | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS

MacGroup: Re: compling

2004-10-19 Thread Neal Hammon
is a new one to me, and I don't see it in the GraphicConverter list, which is pretty extensive. Forward one of these mails to my address and I'll seen if GC assigns some other suffix to the file and opens it. Bill Holt From: Neal Hammon nohammon at earthlink.net Reply-To: macgroup

MacGroup: more on iPod

2004-10-15 Thread Neal Hammon
. Second choice, check out Source Capital. Neal Hammon (be aware I am not a professional broker) Bill Holt wrote: I've been watching AAPL for quite a while, and have bought an sold it a few times ... well. It seems to me that the best time to buy AAPL is after you hear this is the end of Apple

MacGroup: Re: question

2004-10-19 Thread Neal Hammon
I have been receiving photos on my email that I can not capture and save- they end with emi- I have photoshop, and Vector 11, but neither will open these photos. Anyone have any suggestions? Neal | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be October 26. The LCS Web page

MacGroup: Agent Provocateur

2004-10-20 Thread Neal Hammon
Jerry- As Patrick Henry once said: Trust God and our better judgment to set us right thereafter, United we stand, divided we fall, Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs, Let us preserve our strength for the French, the English, the

MacGroup: Photo iPod

2004-10-26 Thread Neal Hammon
Remarkable- And I am old enough to remember when they use to sell dirty post cards on the boulevards of Paris. What will they think of next? Neal Rex Baldazo wrote: It's official--there is now a photo iPod: http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5427237.html http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/ ---

MacGroup: Re: another thought

2004-10-23 Thread Neal Hammon
Dan Crutcher: Re: your comments, 10/20/04. Dan: I found your comments about the legality of having a legal nuclear weapon in your basement, very interesting. I personally would have to agree with you, that anyone who gives the Second Amendment a simple, plain, literal reading will see the

MacGroup: Re: compling

2004-10-20 Thread Neal Hammon
From: Neal Hammon nohammon at earthlink.net Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:36:58 -0400 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Re: compling Bill- I shall forward you a photograph of Alexandra Kerry in a stunning dress

MacGroup: Journaling

2004-10-25 Thread Neal Hammon
I think we all learn from exchanges such as this. Neal What is Journaling? When journaling is turned on, a special file, called a journal (Hence journaling.) is created to track all transactions that change data on the disk. The journal file is set up in such a way that data not yet

MacGroup: PC 100 ram chips?

2005-05-03 Thread Neal Hammon
on these old Performa's appears to be better than my aluminum G5, but of course, that old work horse is slower than molasses. Neal Hammon Jonathan Fletcher wrote: Sorry, Ray, but MY maxed-out G3 Beige is running Panther headless (without a monitor) in the closet and serving as a power hungry

MacGroup: Tracing Software

2005-06-12 Thread Neal Hammon
the original someplace else. As I recall, I paid something in the neighborhood of $750 for my original program, plus a hundred or so to update it when I got my G5. Of course, you can probably do as much or more in altering an original scanned image in photoshop. Neal Hammon Greg Schoettmer wrote

MacGroup: Norton SymOSXKernelUtilities.kext

2005-06-20 Thread Neal Hammon
it was unpacked, but was unable to correct said problems. It still tells me the same thing. However, it does seem able to de-fragment the hard drive to some extent. Neal Hammon Bill Holt wrote: I wonder, has anyone had good experience with Norton in the recent past? So far as I know

MacGroup: Re: new flag on menu

2005-01-11 Thread Neal Hammon
on the flag I get a Character Palette, with math symbols, or else a Japanese Kana Palette, or other type symbols, etc. Who was the little gremlin who installed the American flag on my computer. Neal Hammon | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS

MacGroup: Re: new flag on menu

2005-01-11 Thread Neal Hammon
Thanks for the information. The only problem is that the flag looks so good in the menu, that I may just keep it. Neal Hammon B.Eric Bradley wrote: It's the one that appears when you have more than one keyboard layout enabled. I'm not particularly sure how you'd have gotten more than one

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes iPod

2005-01-27 Thread Neal Hammon
in my library. Who wants the DVD first? Disclaimer: some tunes are from records and a little scratchy. Neal Hammon Rex Baldazo wrote: Interesting story on MIT's Technology Review, about the coming battle between Apple iTunes/iPod against Microsoft's Janus technology (a.k.a. Plays for Sure): http

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes iPod [faked-from]

2005-01-28 Thread Neal Hammon
use to copy the design of our houses all the time, and we had no recourse. Neal Hammon 139 Fox Run Road Shelbyville 40065 502-633-1222 Green, Cathy wrote: I was looking for the very thing! One of the history colleagues was asking for one of her units and it started a very lively

MacGroup: Sunday photographer

2005-08-08 Thread Neal Hammon
better. Neal Hammon | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup

MacGroup: Apple Updates

2005-08-30 Thread Neal Hammon
Apple also updated its keyboard to make it more user-friendly. Neal Jerry Yeager wrote: Oh by the way, Yesterday, Apple released an update to Safari for both Tigger and Panther users. Get it via SUPP or from their web-site. Jerry ---

MacGroup: MB

2006-07-18 Thread Neal Hammon
Dear Anne: Having published a few things, I always found it easier to send the text separate. Send the photos at 400 dpi. Then let the editor decide how to put them together. Neal Hammon Anne Cartwright wrote: I am trying to write some articles with photos and send them by e-mail

MacGroup: Mac Pro

2006-08-08 Thread Neal Hammon
Neal Hammon wrote: Just read the specs on this great mechine. What are we looking at- three big ones? ( or did they quit making those big bills? 3M) Anyhow, with gas prices at 3 bucks/gal., maybe if I stopped driving for a few weeks I would have enough money--- R. D. Preston wrote

MacGroup: Steve Job's Info.

2006-08-09 Thread Neal Hammon
After reading about the great sales of the Mac products during the first half of 06, and looking at the stock price, maybe it would be time to buy a little. I sold 70 shares when it got to $80, kept 100, (so now I have 200) and maybe I can do it again. Neal Hammon | The next meeting

MacGroup: Re: exporting formats

2005-07-08 Thread Neal Hammon
Word, and JPEG. Neal Hammon | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup

MacGroup: Re: exporting formats

2005-07-09 Thread Neal Hammon
of years - they charged $10 per sheet to print on bond. To have it printed on velum, I had to supply the vellum. Can you talk about the book and what kind of maps you've put together? Bill On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 03:45 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: Bill: Where can I buy a copy

[MacGroup] Netscape Communicator

2007-07-06 Thread Neal Hammon
Beth- I'm no computer geek, but I use Netscape version 7.2 along with Safari version 1.3, with a G5 Mac on system 10.3, and I have no problems. My server is mindspring. Neal Hammon Beth Phillips wrote: Does anyone have any experience with Netscape Communicator? A co-worker uses it on his

[MacGroup] Vinyl conversion...

2007-08-28 Thread Neal Hammon
and only takes a few seconds to transfer to iTunes after you have recorded the songs. Neal Hammon R. D. Preston wrote: Hello, I'm planning to convert my vinyl LP collection to digital. I have a standard turntable with my stereo system, and a G4 Mac Mini w/ a combo-drive on hand. What other

[MacGroup] Scanner problems

2007-12-02 Thread Neal Hammon
wait until after Christmas before making serious inquiries at the computer stores. Neal Hammon On Dec 42, 1120072007, at 8:32 AM, George H. Yankey wrote: Matt, I tried that and it did not solve my problem. George On Dec 1, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Matt Frost wrote: some drivers are operating

Re: [MacGroup] pink hue on monitor

2008-01-10 Thread Neal Hammon
Bill: Once I had problems with an old TV set and the repair man used some kind of large magnet which cause it to return to normal. Neal Hammon On Jan 49, 1120082007, at 11:56 PM, Bill Rising wrote: Hey folks, Another remote computer fix-it question: My wife says that last night during

Re: [MacGroup] help with zip disk

2008-02-05 Thread Neal Hammon
Harry: That's great, but what was the best answer. Neal On Feb 44, 1120082007, at 11:23 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: Many of you replied off list and again, I thank you. I forwarded all the replies to my friend, Mark, and I assume he will contact one of you who offered help. What a great

Re: [MacGroup] saving iPhoto pics

2008-02-07 Thread Neal Hammon
pics into a single folder from different downloads, with the same number ! Is there any simple way to get around this. I would like to copy most of the pics to a disc or discs to save them, then afterwards deleat them from my computer, to fee up some space. Neal Hammon

Re: [MacGroup] pdfs and web pages

2008-03-25 Thread Neal Hammon
Use Photoshop to make corrections, save them in JPEG, go to image size and reduce them, and cut down on the dpi to make them load faster. Just fool around that way until they are the way you want them. Of course, there are limits to how small they get. If worse comes to worse, try

Re: [MacGroup] analog to digital converter boxes

2008-03-30 Thread Neal Hammon
ones. I think that sets attached to cable or satellites do not need the box. Neal Hammon On Mar 430, 1120082007, at 1:05 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: My understanding is that you don't need one unless you have an outside antenna. Is that true? I have an older set that is plugged directly

Re: [MacGroup] Looking for Scanner

2008-04-26 Thread Neal Hammon
Lee: A couple of weeks ago I purchased a Cannon 8800F from MacAuthority which cost about $240 including tax, I do not know if it can be networked or not, but otherwise it seems to be a pretty fair scanner and comes with some pretty nice software including a light version of Omni Page,

Re: [MacGroup] digital recorders

2008-05-10 Thread Neal Hammon
, if one of the tapes are poor, of if the record is poor, you can only filter out so much noise. Neal Hammon On May 410, 1120082007, at 5:39 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: Anyone have experience with digital recorders. I was interviewing someone for my upcoming Notes From the Motherboard

Re: [MacGroup] speech into text digital recorders

2008-05-13 Thread Neal Hammon
. Neal Hammon On May 412, 1120082007, at 11:12 PM, Bill Micou wrote: Harry- I didn't have an answer to your speech-to-text question the other day, but as I was listening to a podcast tonight, I may have found something. Well, maybe not. After I just typed that, I re-read the info about

Re: [MacGroup] uninstall

2008-07-23 Thread Neal Hammon
, to go into the system and find what made it tic, and remove the stuff you did not need, like Chinese and Greek. Ah, those were the good old Mac days. (Except when it crashed- remember the crashes?) Neal Hammon ___ The next Louisville Computer

Re: [MacGroup] cassette tapes into Computer

2008-07-26 Thread Neal Hammon
the cassette saved the way you want it, you can push another button and send it to iTune, or save it in several other ways. Hope this help. Neal Hammon On Jul 426, 1120082007, at 2:06 PM, Nelsn Helm wrote: If you run the signal thru a speaker into a microfone, you will not like the result

Re: [MacGroup] cassette tapes into Computer

2008-07-26 Thread Neal Hammon
into all the old hi-fy stuff, (one for each L R channel). I am sure you can pick up one of these connectors anywhere. Neal Hammon On Jul 426, 1120082007, at 3:43 PM, Marta Edie wrote: I do have Roxio Toast, so as soon as I get back my , oh so needed balance, then I shall try that, probably

Re: [MacGroup] cassette tapes into Computer

2008-07-26 Thread Neal Hammon
into all the old hi-fy stuff, (one for each L R channel). I am sure you can pick up one of these connectors anywhere. Neal Hammon On Jul 426, 1120082007, at 3:43 PM, Marta Edie wrote: I do have Roxio Toast, so as soon as I get back my , oh so needed balance, then I shall try that, probably

Re: [MacGroup] GPS and computer question

2008-07-29 Thread Neal Hammon
years. Neal Hammon On Jul 429, 1120082007, at 9:33 AM, Michael Robertson wrote: Harry, I too am a fan of that show, and I would bet this falls under the artistic license category, but really have no clue as to that, just a guess. Mike On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote

Re: [MacGroup] Short survey

2008-08-14 Thread Neal Hammon
program, being a retired architect, is VectorCad version 11. Still not the latest version, but it works very well if you need working drawings for a twelve story building, or if you are doing something simple, such as just making a one page chart. Neal Hammon On Aug 413, 1120082007, at 10

Re: [MacGroup] Short survey

2008-08-14 Thread Neal Hammon
is quite flexible, and not just suited for money transactions. Neal Hammon On Aug 414, 1120082007, at 11:01 AM, b3studios wrote: I have simple needs for a fitness tracking program, but perhaps I just haven't been able to weed through the offerings and find one that I like. mostly I just need

Re: [MacGroup] printers

2008-08-21 Thread Neal Hammon
, but it is easier to install the toner than the HP cartridges, and if I remember correctly, cheaper because you need three or four for the HP ink jet, and also because the laser toner last longer. Get some of the gurus to fill you in on the price per page. Neal Hammon On Aug 421, 1120082007, at 1

Re: [MacGroup] levels of sons in itunes

2008-08-25 Thread Neal Hammon
Click on the tune or recording, then press Command i on the keyboard. Look around and you will discovered you can vary the volume of the already recorded tune there. Neal Hammon On Aug 425, 1120082007, at 9:37 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: I am putting together a music disc for my a friends

Re: [MacGroup] A Good Laugh

2008-09-15 Thread Neal Hammon
Bill Gates was just quoting Queen Elizabeth. She was the funny one. On Sep 415, 1120082007, at 8:52 AM, John A Humphries wrote: Hillir, heliour, helliour, er funny! - Original Message - From: Profile [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, September 15, 2008 0:30 Subject: [MacGroup] A Good

Re: [MacGroup] Question

2008-09-22 Thread Neal Hammon
I need a little information: I recently received the following message, not once but several times. [Macintosh HD] Allocation Overlap (-694) Reported by Tech Tool Pro 4 Diagnostics I have an early model Mac G5 running system 10.4.6 Neal Hammon Shelbyville __ The next Louisville

Re: [MacGroup] Question

2008-09-22 Thread Neal Hammon
Thank you Lee Larson and Jonathan Fletcher for the advice. I went back and had the TTP program check out my computer again, and they gave me an A+ Nevertheless I shall take Jonahan's advice, and back everything up. Thank again- Neal Hammon On Sep 422, 1120082007, at 11:03 AM, Jonathan

Re: [MacGroup] Old softward discs

2008-09-25 Thread Neal Hammon
of the old Mac games were better than what is now available. Neal Hammon On Sep 424, 1120082007, at 9:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Group I have a box of old software disc from 1999 for mac. Any suggestions for recycling? what can I do with these. Jan ** Looking for simple

Re: [MacGroup] Arranging Files on HD

2008-09-28 Thread Neal Hammon
for animals. Keep all your files pertaining to finances under Debts, then you will know where they are. That will also discourage hackers who seek your secret information. Anything to do with your wife, file under pets- if you have a dog. That's for privacy. Neal Hammon On Sep 428, 1120082007

Re: [MacGroup] question

2008-10-05 Thread Neal Hammon
Question for the Mac Group About a year ago I though I had deleted all the Norton folders on my G5 Mac; however, I recently noticed that two Norton items were still in my file, two wit: Norton Utilities folder, containing DTDaemon Scheduler folder, containing SymSecondary Launch. I have

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): question

2008-10-06 Thread Neal Hammon
! Amazing. Neal Hammon On Oct 45, 1120082007, at 11:56 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: Try restarting your computer. If that doesn't work start in safe mode (hold down the shift key till you see the words safe boot) then empty the trash and restart your computer. Sunday, October 5, 200811:21 AMNeal

Re: [MacGroup] Card Program?

2008-10-28 Thread Neal Hammon
, but you can also used them to design airplanes, or buildings, or bridges. Neal Hammon On Oct 428, 1120082007, at 2:04 PM, Profile wrote: Folks I need suggestions if you have an idea of a good program for the Mac that will make customizable cards. I had been working for years to convert

Re: [MacGroup] opening old word files

2008-11-19 Thread Neal Hammon
Ann: Opening old files is quite a problem. With your permission I would like to expand this subject to include Word Perfect and other old programs. If any of the great gurus out there have some answers, please contribute. Neal Hammon On Nov 418, 1120082007, at 5:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MacGroup] opening old word files

2008-11-19 Thread Neal Hammon
Lee: I should read more and send less. Neal On Nov 418, 1120082007, at 8:03 PM, Lee Larson wrote: On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of software which will open document files created with Word 4.0e for Mac? Through about Word 6 for Mac it worked fine.

Re: [MacGroup] Excel Formula

2008-12-05 Thread Neal Hammon
Tom:You can only use the formula once every four years, and  the date has just past. Here is what they are saying now.  NealOn Dec 45, 1120082007, at 9:30 AM, Tom Guenthner wrote: All I’m looking at my stock spreadsheet. All the black numbers have turned to red. What formula do I use to turn the

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): Response to Sandra Schreiber's question about Appleworks.

2008-12-05 Thread Neal Hammon
Let's lighten up. I though it was a joke too. And not only that, the statement made a good joke. That's why I joined in. At my age, you have to start enjoying life a little. Neal On Dec 45, 1120082007, at 2:41 PM, Sandra Schreiber wrote: I won't make the same mistake twice. Actually,

Re: [MacGroup] To Ruin The New Year.....

2009-01-03 Thread Neal Hammon
Greg: I use the very versatile program, Microsoft Excell. When you learn how to use it, it will do most anything, For the IRS, all you need is separate income, deductible expenses, and sums that were neither. Neal Hammon On Jan 42, 1120092007, at 8:49 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: Happy

Re: [MacGroup] 24 hour time

2009-01-04 Thread Neal Hammon
Marta: Don't worry too much about seeing 8am and 8pm on your computer display. In reality, this is not the real celestial time anyhow. Aviators use Zulu time, (same as Greenwich time) which is perhaps the best way to go. For all you people in Louisville, perhaps you should know that

[MacGroup] Re; typos

2009-01-04 Thread Neal Hammon
technologies have come in this goal of lifting up our beloved country from the dungeon into the light! And now my energies are exhausted! Marta On Jan 4, 2009, at 09:49 am, Neal Hammon wrote: Marta: Don't worry too much about seeing 8am and 8pm on your computer display. In reality

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-05 Thread Neal Hammon
guess what, with 4.1666, you are back to fractions again, and so using the metric system has helped you one bit! Neal Hammon On Jan 44, 1120092007, at 7:35 PM, Marta Edie wrote: We are going round and round. Why then are there 60 minutes in an hour and not 100 ? All those ancient

Re: [MacGroup] Time Zone

2009-01-05 Thread Neal Hammon
, and didn't have to worry about those kind of problems. Neal Hammon On Jan 45, 1120092007, at 2:28 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: Louisville used to be on Central time. In fact, along with a lot of other Louisville natives on here, I was born at 7:28 CST. I'm not sure when it changed, but that's what

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-05 Thread Neal Hammon
ever fly into Runway 27 at Chicago O'Hare, look out the left window, and you can see how some section lines were adjusted. Neal Hammon On Jan 45, 1120092007, at 3:31 PM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: So guess what, with 4.1666, you are back to fractions

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-06 Thread Neal Hammon
Very interesting. Where is Marquette County? How about getting Jefferson County to convert all their surveys to feet. Neal PS: Didn't you ever run into any 3:4:5 triangles? On Jan 46, 1120092007, at 8:35 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jan 5, at 4:06 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: Lee, you are certainly

Re: [MacGroup] surveys

2009-01-07 Thread Neal Hammon
Since everyone is now hip on surveys, here is one by the famous Daniel Boone. If anyone takes the time to plot this out, they will soon see that Daniel was a pretty good surveyor after all, considering the area surveyed was probably in a virgin forest. Of course, his spelling could be

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-07 Thread Neal Hammon
science based on assumptions. Neal Hammon On Jan 47, 1120092007, at 12:31 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: It's starting to remind me of the government engineer's rule of thumb: all computations should be made with the most obscure measurements possible such as furlongs per fortnight. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-07 Thread Neal Hammon
Bill: With paper, and assuming no ground absorption, it appears that one inch of rain per acre gives us 27,154.29 gallons of water. Am I close?Neal On Jan 46, 1120092007, at 1:00 PM, Bill Rising wrote: Hi all, My favorite acre computation is to figure out the amount of runoff from a

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-08 Thread Neal Hammon
. Of course, this assumes no absorption and no evaporation. Neal On Jan 47, 1120092007, at 6:05 PM, Bill Rising wrote: On Jan 7, 2009, at 15:25, Neal Hammon wrote: Bill: With paper, and assuming no ground absorption, it appears that one inch of rain per acre gives us 27,154.29 gallons

Re: [MacGroup] surveys

2009-01-08 Thread Neal Hammon
, Neal Hammon noham...@earthlink.net wrote: Since everyone is now hip on surveys, here is one by the famous Daniel Boone. If anyone takes the time to plot this out, they will soon see that Daniel was a pretty good surveyor after all, considering the area surveyed was probably in a virgin forest

Re: [MacGroup] scanning

2009-01-14 Thread Neal Hammon
, and at other time just as icons. I finally figured out that the horizontal photos were the thumbnail photos, and the vertical photos were the icons. Neal Hammon On Jan 414, 1120092007, at 2:50 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: Another question. Some of my scans end up with a generic JPG icon while others

Re: [MacGroup] scanning

2009-01-15 Thread Neal Hammon
. Thanks for your suggestion on the icons. Must keep working on this mysterious computer thing. Anne On Jan 14, 2009, at Jan 14, 2009 3:26 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: Anne: I have a different type of scanner, a Cannon 8800f. It has attachment trays which hold about twelve 35mm negatives in two rows

Re: [MacGroup] Question

2009-01-29 Thread Neal Hammon
flat on the ground. The place is a mess. Neal Hammon On Jan 429, 1120092007, at 9:06 AM, John Stone wrote: Yep, we have sent from work! I hate EON, we've lost power more since they've bought LGE, then in the 20 odd years LGE ran the show. John On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Tom

Re: [MacGroup] A coward needs advice

2009-02-12 Thread Neal Hammon
, but will they work with the new system? Also, can I back up my present system 10.4.6 on a DVD so that I can re-install it if I do not like Leopard? How do I do that? Neal Hammon ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 24

Re: [MacGroup] A coward needs advice

2009-02-14 Thread Neal Hammon
an Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 that came with a new scanner that I have never used, and I might try that first. I guess I owe all you guys a beer. Neal Hammon On Feb 412, 1120092007, at 9:52 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: Well Neal you would have to buy a full version of Photoshop as Photoshop 7

Re: [MacGroup] Here is the stream of the SDK event from yesterday

2009-03-19 Thread Neal Hammon
to class. Then the snakes went into the little girl's desks, or if we could not arrange that, we just pitched them into their laps when the teacher was not looking. School was sometimes fun for little boys/ Neal Hammon On Mar 419, 1120092007, at 4:49 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Lee, you are so

Re: [MacGroup] Newsletter and Twilight Zone

2009-03-20 Thread Neal Hammon
Anne: I received this email which I am forwarding to you. It is not exactly geek stuff, but rather amusing. Neal Hammon The True Origin of the Internet In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot

Re: [MacGroup] Internet Origin ?

2009-03-20 Thread Neal Hammon
The True Origin of the Internet In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called 'Amazon Dot Com.' And she said

Re: [MacGroup] cordless phone

2009-03-21 Thread Neal Hammon
in the barn, about 250 feet from the house. If you are interested, I can test those I have now the same way. One of them is labeled Radio Shack 2.4 Ghz. Neal Hammon On Mar 421, 1120092007, at 10:44 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: Does anyone have a recommendation for a cordless phone. I'm

Re: [MacGroup] Convert email to text files?

2009-03-27 Thread Neal Hammon
Jane: If you have Microsoft Office, more specifically Word, just copy the email text and dump it into a Microsoft document. Neal Hammon On Mar 426, 1120092007, at 2:55 PM, Jane Blake wrote: Hello All, Does anyone know a reliable program that will automatically convert email to text files

Re: [MacGroup] Microsoft buys Apple

2009-04-01 Thread Neal Hammon
While we are on the subject of Microsoft, I heard that today-- April fools day -- all the Windows machines were going to melt down because of a virus. Has anyone heard if this rumor is true or not? Neal Hammon On Apr 41, 1120092007, at 11:39 AM, nprobasco wrote: Guys, you just gave me

Re: [MacGroup] Scanned Photo's vs 35mm film

2009-05-06 Thread Neal Hammon
John: One more bit of advice. When doing the scans, if you have the time, use the maximum dpi. It may take a little longer, but this will enable you to get larger clear prints if you decide they are needed. For publication, most editors want at least 400 dpi. Neal Hammon On May 46

Re: [MacGroup] Sync Problem

2009-05-13 Thread Neal Hammon
Thanks for the warning. I thought installing 10.5.6 on my G5 was a nightmare. What happened to the good old days- like when we were on system 6? But I suppose I should not complain. My Apple stock went up about four grand last month. Neal On May 413, 1120092007, at 7:34 AM, Rick Burnett

Re: [MacGroup] G3 software

2009-05-24 Thread Neal Hammon
If all else fails, I have old systems in a drawer going back to about 1989. Just decide which one you need, and I will see if I have it. Like most old people, I never throw anything away, but occasionally I loose things. Neal Hammon- Shelbyville. On May 423, 1120092007, at 6:06 PM, Mary

Re: [MacGroup] virus fishing?

2009-05-26 Thread Neal Hammon
Cousin Eric When you get that 4,200,000 Euros and the house on the Greek isle, don't forget your relatives. Cousin Neal Hammond (notice I used the D at the end of my name) PS My DNA tests show that my side of the family came from the northern shores of the Mediterranean. On May 426,

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