Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Everybody would be required to learn Chinese and French. We plan to export this. Why French? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-23 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Tony B wrote: > ...leading to the question: How stupid would a lot of high school students > have to be to *not *cover the camera with a piece of tape? > > They threatened expulsion if you disabled the camera. It looks like it was a third party app with some othe

[CGUYS] Apple App Store Gets Really Silly

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
AppleInsider | Swimwear seller hit by Apple's removal of 'sexual' apps http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/23/swimwear_seller_hit_by_apples_removal_of_sexual_apps.html "It’s just women in bikinis" says the guy from the Simply Beach catalog store. What's next, mandatory burqas? But then

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:24 PM, mike wrote: Why would we expect the Fed to audit Madoff when they won't audit themselves. You appear to have signed up for the ignorance entitlement program. The Feds, if anything, audit themselves too much. *

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: Regulators like the SEC will never stop a Bernie Madoff. It's like expecting the police to intercept the burglar before he enters your home. Doesn't happen very often. You make Ronald Reagan proud, but that is wildly off the mark. It is the

[CGUYS] Are USB Drives Dangerous?

2010-02-23 Thread tjp
http://gcn.com/blogs/quick-study/2010/02/to-usb-or-not-to-usb.aspx?s=gcndaily_230210 "Those little USB thumb drives are very helpful little critters for transporting data easily between one computer and another, you have to admit. However, they are also very useful for introducing malware int

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Stewart Marshall
"Quis que se?" At 08:21 AM 2/23/2010, you wrote: On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Everybody would be required to learn Chinese and French. We plan to export this. Why French? * ** List info, subscript

Re: [CGUYS] Are USB Drives Dangerous?

2010-02-23 Thread Stewart Marshall
Great ban but stupid. Many of our high priced, and expensive pieces of machinery also use thumb drives and USB sticks to give their system programming information and they do not use windows on these devices. Stewart At 09:21 AM 2/23/2010, you wrote: http://gcn.com/blogs/quick-study/2010/0

Re: [CGUYS] Apple App Store Gets Really Silly

2010-02-23 Thread mike
I know with your ideological bent you'll never admit a dem can do anything less than pure but for anyone else.. Google Tipper Gore and video game violence. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:20 AM, tjpa wrote: > AppleInsider | Swimwear seller hit by Apple's removal of 'sexual' apps > > http://www.applei

Re: [CGUYS] Are USB Drives Dangerous?

2010-02-23 Thread John DeCarlo
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM, tjp wrote: > > http://gcn.com/blogs/quick-study/2010/02/to-usb-or-not-to-usb.aspx?s=gcndaily_230210 > > "Those little USB thumb drives are very helpful little critters for > transporting data easily between one computer and another, you have to > admit. However,

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Stewart Marshall
Jawhol! Stewart At 09:59 AM 2/23/2010, you wrote: Q'est-ce que c'est? ?? At 10:41 AM 2/23/2010, Stewart Marshall wrote: >"Quis que se?" > >At 08:21 AM 2/23/2010, you wrote: >>On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: >>>Everybody would be required to learn Chinese and French. We >>>p

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Fred Holmes
Q'est-ce que c'est? ?? At 10:41 AM 2/23/2010, Stewart Marshall wrote: >"Quis que se?" > >At 08:21 AM 2/23/2010, you wrote: >>On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: >>>Everybody would be required to learn Chinese and French. We >>>plan to export this. >> >>Why French?

Re: [CGUYS] Apple App Store Gets Really Silly

2010-02-23 Thread Chris Dunford
> I know with your ideological bent you'll never admit a dem can do anything > less than pure but for anyone else.. > > Google Tipper Gore and video game violence. Well, I didn't remember anything about Tipper Gore and video game violence, so I did that and came up empty. What did Tipper ever a

Re: [CGUYS] Apple App Store Gets Really Silly

2010-02-23 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting mike : I know with your ideological bent you'll never admit a dem can do anything less than pure but for anyone else.. Google Tipper Gore and video game violence. Not surprising. She's one of The Mothers of Prevention that wanted to do away with bad words in music, or some such. Def

Re: [CGUYS] Apple App Store Gets Really Silly

2010-02-23 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting tjpa : AppleInsider | Swimwear seller hit by Apple's removal of 'sexual' apps "It’s just women in bikinis" says the guy from the Simply Beach catalog store. I guess this is an answer to your own question of 02-20-10: "Do any of you folks who chastised Apple for being too restricti

Re: [CGUYS] Are USB Drives Dangerous?

2010-02-23 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting tjp : "Those little USB thumb drives are very helpful little critters for transporting data easily between one computer and another, you have to admit. However, they are also very useful for introducing malware into a system. That was that the reason the Pentagon banned their

Re: [CGUYS] Apple App Store Gets Really Silly

2010-02-23 Thread Chris Dunford
> > Google Tipper Gore and video game violence. > > Not surprising. She's one of The Mothers of Prevention that wanted to > do away with bad words in music, or some such. Definitely a killjoy. "Some such"? Again, unless there's something else I can't find, "some such" amounted to labeling, not c

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-23 Thread Jeff Miles
I was wondering the same thing. But I've never heard of anyone accusing the majority of high school students as being exceptionally bright. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:03 PM, To

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: Q'est-ce que c'est? ?? WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Stewart Marshall
Warum? Stewart At 01:27 PM 2/23/2010, you wrote: On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: Q'est-ce que c'est? ?? WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE! * ** List info, subscription management, list

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-23 Thread Tony B
"Don't disable the camera" is not the same thing as "Don't put a post-it over the camera lens". The latter specifically implies they'll be watching you. The former just means they don't want you playing with the hardware or software. ***

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Eric S. Sande
WHY DO I GET THE FEELING I'M ONLY SEEING HALF OF THIS CONVERSATION? Anyway, French is a perfectly civilized and reasonable language. The fact that I don't speak it very well is beside the point, my post was strictly tongue in cheek, intended to describe an idealized telecom utopia. No significa

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Nicht Vahr? When it comes to your proposal I got it pretty clear. Socialism is not always a bad way to go, but it is easily corrupted and co-opted, such as capitalism. The problem with politicians is that they think they can keep everyone or a specific group happy. Problem is that is not al

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread John Settle
On 2/23/2010 9:21 AM, tjpa wrote: On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Everybody would be required to learn Chinese and French. We plan to export this. Why French? Il a eu l'intention de dire qu'aussi longtemps que nous allons être taxés comme les Français, nous pourrions auss

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Eric S. Sande
Governing means leading for the best for all people not just one constituency. (Try being a pastor, same problem). I can appreciate your position. Do pastors read Sun Tzu? * ** List info, subscription management, list r

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
No but I heard about him as I was also an Army Chaplain and I think (I did not get there) they did red him in the advanced course of Command and General Staff. I did 11 years as a Army Chaplain in the reserves. We go through separate but still army training. Stewart At 04:48 PM 2/23/2010,

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 11:27 AM 2/23/2010, Tom Piwowar wrote: WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE! ¡Porque! Bob I'm on the case, from outer space! OK End * ** List info, subscription management, list r

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Eric S. Sande
Oui, exactemont mon point. - Original Message - From: "John Settle" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look On 2/23/2010 9:21 AM, tjpa wrote: On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: Everybody would be required to learn Chi

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread John Settle
On 2/23/2010 2:27 PM, tjpa wrote: On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: Q'est-ce que c'est? ?? WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE! Nous ne parlons pas anglais ? Puisque nous sommes aucun gens ignorant qui pensent le haut-parleur plus fort n'est le même que le clair

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-23 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Tony B wrote: > ...leading to the question: How stupid would a lot of high school students > have to be to *not *cover the camera with a piece of tape? I believe that the school explained to curious students that the camera light periodically coming on was sim

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
One of the comments to the story made a wise point... "national strategic objectives are never served by industry alone - mainly since profits are not in the first year or two of a new network technology." http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223

[CGUYS] Scanner Software [Was: Creepy or what?]

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: And on a completely different subject, has anyone had any luck with a scanner on OS X? I have 3 and they all give me problems. 2 of them are all in one devices. Silverfast has many fans and supports a wide variety of scanners... http://www.silv

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
One of the huge problems with most American businesses has always been too much focus on short term profits not enough on long term. Even the US tax code has focused on short term profits instead of long term. Stewart At 06:09 PM 2/23/2010, you wrote: One of the comments to the story made a

[CGUYS] Interesting Poll: About Me... Maybe

2010-02-23 Thread tjpa
How much of the information you share about yourself online is true? http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=188252 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmne

Re: [CGUYS] This is worth a look

2010-02-23 Thread Eric S. Sande
Not trying to put you on the spot. But this is well worth reading, you probably all ready know about all of it. FM-1 is probably the best management text I ever read, * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, a

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-23 Thread Jeff Miles
Sad thing about this is I'm sure many believed them. Similar to that kind of pregnant thing. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:50 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 201

Re: [CGUYS] Scanner Software [Was: Creepy or what?]

2010-02-23 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
> On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: >> And on a completely different subject, has anyone had any luck with a >> scanner on OS X? I have 3 and they all give me problems. 2 of them are all >> in one devices. I have had good luck. A recent Epson scanner that was purchased runs beauti