[CGUYS] Capturing a video
I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. Is there a freeware version that will allow me to do that? The video is at this link: http://tbn.org/watch/files/index.php?file=2009_1_26_300k.wmvshow=92 http://tbn.org/watch/files/index.php?file=2009_1_26_300k.wmvshow=92 It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. RSVP ASAP Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Remote login tool /
Would LogMeIn work for what you want? At https://secure.logmein.com/ it says, Access your PCs or Macs from Anywhere. There is a free version. db wrote: Sorry that I am always asking for OS X recommendations but never the less ... here is another one: If I wanted to be able to login and remotely control an OS X iMac (Leopard) from a XP win PC is that possible and if so what application would be best for that purpose? (I think Timbucktu is only used for remote login between Macs?) db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Macbook Pro right mouse in XP?
What mouse are you using? I'm using the mouse on the trackpad. I found a setting in Bootcamp to enable the secondary mouse button so I now have right click functionality. Thanks. From: Matthew Taylor taylorsmatt...@gmail.com Date: Monday, April 13, 2009 08:49 pm Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Macbook Pro right mouse in XP? No special software should be needed. I use a logitech trackman marble (a track ball) and have used mice as well. They just worked. What mouse are you using? If you are doing a p2v conversion of an already activated copy it should not prove an issue. One good way is to hook up an external drive and p2v it under Windows (with VMware's free utility) to that drive. Then just copy the VM over to your Mac once back in OS X. Matthew * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Well there are google links that show you how to do it with VLC. http://forum.videohelp.com/topic316907.html I googled this but I have never used it http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_video_capture.html So I have no idea if the product works. I was able to capture the stream in linux using http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/mimms/ The url you posted points to a .asf file which then points to http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/tbn/behindthescenes/2009_1_26_300k.wvx; the url in the file mms://sos1557-1-wm.edgestreams.net/behindthescenes/.uid.McMCAQBH1t2ysQ2ptAa134f114d2cc1447dbd59b646a4dabee.2009_1_26_300k.wmv?auth=caEanbUbZdYaebLamb.b7aEaObycEbnb9dK-bj5hUU-eS-EDGokyrwtzHxqswoaifp=0001 in my case contains some sort of login which will allow you to stream it for a certain amount of time. I was then able to use mimms to capture the stream - it seems to be around 68 Mb or so. Good luck! On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 06:10:55AM -0400, Christopher Range wrote: I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. Is there a freeware version that will allow me to do that? The video is at this link: http://tbn.org/watch/files/index.php?file=2009_1_26_300k.wmvshow=92 http://tbn.org/watch/files/index.php?file=2009_1_26_300k.wmvshow=92 It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. RSVP ASAP Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
The reason I asked this is because a couple times a year, I'll get a publisher document. I have to use MS Windows (I use Virtual PC, since I have a PPC based Mac) in order to open it. I'm just trying to avoid MS Windows. If I had an Intel based Mac, I'd still be trying to avoid using MS Windows. If I open it with Publisher using Virtual PC I can make it into a PDF, but I'm trying to avoid opening it with Publisher using Virtual PC in the first place. Is there a Publisher reader for the Mac? Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better, in Word. Neither is WYSIWYG, but at least Word has standards. If you can get your clients/friends to give you Word documents instead, that's the better solution. Publisher is yet another example of Microsoft copying good programs, doing it very poorly, and making output proprietary so that it won't work with any other program or platform--and it can't produce a output for quality printing. Is that killing their competition, or shooting themselves in the foot/head, or plain incompetence, appealing to customers who don't have a reason to know better? At least Quark XPress and Adobe InDesign can import each others' files, and they're designed for real publishing. Pages can output PDFs. I've found that most Windows programs run very well in emulation. I used Virtual PC from v.2 through its demise [by Microsoft, naturally]. Darwine is a good solution too. It's not an emulator. It will run Windows programs without installing or running Windows by providing the APIs instead of the full OS. This is the Microsoft solution, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA102339061033.aspx. It might even work in WINE or Darwine. You'll like it. It involves downloading a free trial version of Pubisher, then throwing it away before it expires. Free is good [donate if you like the programs]! For Intel Macs, use WINE, http://www.winehq.org/. For PPC Macs, use Darwine, http://darwine.sourceforge.net/download.php Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
I'm looking at the video in SeaMonkey on my Mac, using Flip4Mac. For this kind of video, I simply let it play through, then save the page, saving the video, since it's the only thing on the page. This is much easier than saving flash videos. You could also right-click on the originating link and select Save or Save Link Target As... Try doing this from webmail if you don't have the originating page URL. It will work, and it's easy. Don't make an easy task difficult by assuming that it will be hard to do. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better, in Word. Word only handles RGB colors and printing presses use CMYK inks. Publisher finally added the ability to use CMYK, but I believe it did not do it well. To use Word you would have to rely on work arounds, like printing to PDF and then converting colors in Acrobat. This can cause colors to shift, but anyone dumb enough to use Publisher is unlikely to notice. Microsoft claims Publisher is the #1 selling page layout program. Publisher is just one more example of low-quality Microsoft software lapped up by idiots. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. I hope you are not asking how to avoid Microsoft's DRM. Answering that would be criminal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] MS Publisher
Publisher is a low end publishing program. I use it all the time for small booklets and bulletins. I would never compare it to nor say it is a replacement for Adobe's Pagemaker or now Indesign. When I have complicated page layout/publishing requirements I go back to and use Pagemaker (I have never upgraded) Many low end companies do use Publisher as it is easy cheap and meets their requirements. Not everyone needs a Pagemaker/Indesign/Quark express to design some slick looking flyers etc. I knew one print shop that used Corel for their page layout program. I could never understand it. So Publisher is what it is nothing more nothing less. It is not a high end page layout program. Stewart At 09:56 AM 4/14/2009, you wrote: Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better, in Word. Word only handles RGB colors and printing presses use CMYK inks. Publisher finally added the ability to use CMYK, but I believe it did not do it well. To use Word you would have to rely on work arounds, like printing to PDF and then converting colors in Acrobat. This can cause colors to shift, but anyone dumb enough to use Publisher is unlikely to notice. Microsoft claims Publisher is the #1 selling page layout program. Publisher is just one more example of low-quality Microsoft software lapped up by idiots. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
Is there a Publisher reader for the Mac? Best solution is to save it as a PDF on the Windows PC. The open it in InDesign using a conversion plug in like PDF2ID. The InDesign User Group has a special offer: If you'd like to purchase PDF2ID at a discount, go to www.recosoft.com/pdf2id_dc_special.htm. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Um Tom, I understand that you are Mac Advocate. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc251059.aspx They have released the protocol. Please read http://sdp.ppona.com/ So what is MMS all about? MMS or ' Microsoft Media Server ' protocol is Microsoft's proprietary network streaming protocol. Microsoft never released a specification to describe how MMS actually works (until 2008), yet it is extensively used by their Microsoft media player software. MMS protocol can be used on top of TCP and UDP transport protocols over any network medium. Its primary use is to stream live or prerecorded audio and video content to your computer without any need to download a file before playing. Microsoft has now stopped using MMS in its newer software like Streaming server 2008 and Media player v11. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:59:21AM -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote: I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. I hope you are not asking how to avoid Microsoft's DRM. Answering that would be criminal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Careful of Tom's knees, they are at it again. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. I hope you are not asking how to avoid Microsoft's DRM. Answering that would be criminal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Um Tom, I understand that you are Mac Advocate. Hardly. I'm consistently a good product advocate. Our Microsoft minders want to change the subject and attack the messenger. I would be no less critical of attempts to break Apple's DRM, though Apple seems to be phasing it out -- even removing activation checks from iWork. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc251059.aspx They have released the protocol. I'm glad to know that has changed. For you to be critical of me for tyring to keep things legal does not reflect well on you. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
I admit I have little to no experience with Apple products. The one home computer that I have Vista pre-installed on works well and I have no complaints. I was lazy and bought that HP system, well I lied I do have one complaint the amount of trialware and other pre-installed s/w took me a significant amount of time to remove. I primarily use Fedora at home and RHEL at work; so I consider myself in the camp whatever tool works. I prefer open formats and specifications but I am a realist. Even Apple has done things that make me scratch my head, e.g. making it harder to download/save a movie trailer. I found the last few weeks of computerguys discussion, the whole netbook/macbook/laptop discussion was amusing to me since I doubt I would ever own such a device out of fear of dropping it. Perhaps this fear is misplaced... I was not trying to be critical of you, just replying factually that MS released the protocol information which you should be applauding (in my opinion). My attempt to check the facts reflects well on me or at least I hope so. As a Linux user, I probably break a few laws daily at home - playing purchased DVD's or playing mp3's ripped from 20 yr. old cd's. I am willing to take that risk. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:43:08PM -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote: Um Tom, I understand that you are Mac Advocate. Hardly. I'm consistently a good product advocate. Our Microsoft minders want to change the subject and attack the messenger. I would be no less critical of attempts to break Apple's DRM, though Apple seems to be phasing it out -- even removing activation checks from iWork. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc251059.aspx They have released the protocol. I'm glad to know that has changed. For you to be critical of me for tyring to keep things legal does not reflect well on you. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Im confused, the stereotype is for MS to spread FUD. I always considered Tom to be a Apple Advocate. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:47:32AM -0700, mike wrote: Careful of Tom's knees, they are at it again. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. I hope you are not asking how to avoid Microsoft's DRM. Answering that would be criminal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
I suppose these things are for you to figure out. Being a linux user what MS spreads is probably of little consequence to you, as for Tom, you'll get to know him over time. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Paul Cannon pecan...@bellatlantic.netwrote: Im confused, the stereotype is for MS to spread FUD. I always considered Tom to be a Apple Advocate. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:47:32AM -0700, mike wrote: Careful of Tom's knees, they are at it again. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: I am trying to capture a video that, is not on MySpace, Google or, YouTube. It will automatically start Windows Media Player to view the video and, the video is 30mins. long. I hope you are not asking how to avoid Microsoft's DRM. Answering that would be criminal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
I prefer open formats and specifications but I am a realist. Even Apple has done things that make me scratch my head, e.g. making it harder to download/save a movie trailer. Apple has been advocating against DRM for many years. Often that DRM is put there as the only way to get content owners to participate. In contrast MS has been pushing DRM for years and even made fundamental changes to Vista to keep computer owners locked out of their own computers. They have been a bit of a quisling, taking money from customers for their software and then delivering us up to the RIAA. I was not trying to be critical of you, just replying factually that MS released the protocol information which you should be applauding (in my opinion). That was very useful information that I had missed. I'm very supportive of MS changing their ways. Unfortunately they seem to have made the information public as they were also announcing that they were abandoning the format. My attempt to check the facts reflects well on me or at least I hope so. Very much appreciated. Facts are especially appreciated when they are true. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
Anything you can do in MS Publisher you can do as well, actually better, in Word. Word only handles RGB colors and printing presses use CMYK inks. Publisher finally added the ability to use CMYK, but I believe it did not do it well. To use Word you would have to rely on work arounds, like printing to PDF and then converting colors in Acrobat. This can cause colors to shift, but anyone dumb enough to use Publisher is unlikely to notice. Doesn't matter that Word only does RGB. People who use Publisher or Word will print it on an inkjet or laser printer, not an offset press. Those who think either are suitable for offset cause huge headaches for printers. In their own offices and homes, they use inkjets that have the embedded software or PPDs to convert from RGB to CMYK. You're answering this as a person who knows about printing, prepress, separations. Most people know nothing about printing except that they push the print button in the corner of the window to print, then reach over to retrieve the printed copy. Or they argue with the print shop that their file is good and what's wrong with the print shop!! Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
A good print shop either does it own color separations or prefers tog et them in a page layout format such as Pagemaker (now indesign) or Quark. At least that was the experience I had when I did years ago. I do most of my own printing nowadays and have no need for the separations. Stewart At 03:52 PM 4/14/2009, you wrote: Doesn't matter that Word only does RGB. People who use Publisher or Word will print it on an inkjet or laser printer, not an offset press. Those who think either are suitable for offset cause huge headaches for printers. In their own offices and homes, they use inkjets that have the embedded software or PPDs to convert from RGB to CMYK. You're answering this as a person who knows about printing, prepress, separations. Most people know nothing about printing except that they push the print button in the corner of the window to print, then reach over to retrieve the printed copy. Or they argue with the print shop that their file is good and what's wrong with the print shop!! Betty Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
You're answering this as a person who knows about printing, prepress, separations. Most people know nothing about printing except that they push the print button in the corner of the window to print, then reach over to retrieve the printed copy. Or they argue with the print shop that their file is good and what's wrong with the print shop!! Just like I answer other questions here as a person who knows about technology. Not as a Lauren or a G or a WFB. You won't get far with me arguing that the world should be made to meet the needs of idiots. Following that sort of logic, the non-idiots from just over the hill will come over to your place and eat your lunch (while your idiots sit helplessy by watching you get screwed). Would you pick a surgeon who was an idiot? Or for the WFBs: Would you pick a surgeon who was an idiot because all the good surgeons charge too much? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Im confused, the stereotype is for MS to spread FUD. I always considered Tom to be a Apple Advocate. Nope, when Apple screws up I spear them just the same. It only looks like I favor Apple because they screw up less often, but that is not my fault. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Prepare for FUD.. Apple has been advocating against DRM for many years. Often that DRM is put there as the only way to get content owners to participate. In contrast MS has been pushing DRM for years and even made fundamental changes to Vista to keep computer owners locked out of their own computers. They have been a bit of a quisling, taking money from customers for their software and then delivering us up to the RIAA. Apple like any company pushes for DRM where it suits them. the RIAA and MPAA force the same standards on MS as on Apple. The reason you heard about vista and DRM is because MS wants the hardware windows runs on to be compliant to the MPAA standards so that their customers can play back 1080p on their televisions. The DRM built in between blu-ray and the motherboard to the video card and out HDMI to the monitor is not MS's doing. So the statement 'DRM is put there as the only way to get content owners to participate' applies in this case to MS...but again Tom puts a sinister bent on the MS side, and happy angel feet for Apple. Call me when Apple finally gets BR support on their hardware...rumors say 2010. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] e74 XBox Photo
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Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
Prepare for FUD.. Thanks for the warning. You should put it at the top of more of your posts. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
Would you pick a surgeon who was an idiot? Or for the WFBs: Would you pick a surgeon who was an idiot because all the good surgeons charge too much? RAAARGH!! STRAWMAN CRUSH!! I know I'm not going to waste any more time than needed to deal with your asinine argument. There, I'm done. Here's a question for the non-Bizarro world: Would you buy a comparable generic drug over the retail version, if it is shown to be as safe and effective and only 40% the cost? (That's 60% less for percentage-challenged Tom.) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Capturing a video
So now you are saying Apple has BR support? Explain which part of my post was inaccurate. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: Prepare for FUD.. Thanks for the warning. You should put it at the top of more of your posts. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
Some sketches and line drawings interspersed/ annotated with text mostly. Also maybe eventually designing a logo... which might alsorequire a simple illustrator type program. Is there such a critter as a similarly simple/ user friendly illustration program for OS X? db Ellen Rains Harris wrote: What do you want to lay out? - Original Message - From: db db...@att.net To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program? Can anyone recommend a beginners graphics layout program for the Apple platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher? db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simpl
Here's a question for the non-Bizarro world: Would you buy a comparable generic drug over the retail version, if it is shown to be as safe and effective and only 40% the cost? (That's 60% less for percentage-challenged Tom.) Then how good do you feel when you buy that store brand drug and open the package to discover a label inside that says Mfg. by Dr. Tom's Drug Emporium and Spa, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Interested in some low-cost baby formula fortified with melamine? Can I interest you in some discount peanut butter (no questions asked)? Or how about, drugs from a mafia-owned supplier who waters down the doses? Don't do business with convicted felons! This is the real world. Not some bizarro wing-nut world where miracle cures are freely handed out my Munchkins reclining on lotus petals. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
Would you pick a surgeon who was an idiot because all the good surgeons charge too much? Would you buy a comparable generic drug over the retail version, if it is shown to be as safe and effective and only 40% the cost? I'm pretty sure I'd take a bicycle over a fish if I needed to get to work and wasn't Aquaman. What in heck are you guys talking about? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
What in heck are you guys talking about? I was hoping you knew. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
What in heck are you guys talking about? I was hoping you knew. I'm not willing to devote the effort to a pointless discussion at this time. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]
Quoting John Emmerling jpemmerl...@gmail.com: Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term Windoze? You used it 3 Really? Tom spews anti-Microsoft vitriol and FUD no end, and you complain about this? Well I am a bit of a reluctant Wind*ows* user (left over from my OS/2 days). My laziness to learn a new OS is trumping my desire to make a change. Probably Linux 'cause Macs are *too expensive*. (-: it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as I can imagine. How about Winblows? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]
Quoting Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com: What do you suppose that is? I've got it running on three different versions of Windoze (2K, XP, 7) with no problems whatsoever. It's slower than molasses on the 2K computer (P3 450), but it runs. As to why Apple hasn't fixed it: I don't know that either, but if I were a certain other list member, and it was MS not fixing a broken Mac version of its software, I would undoubtedly have some very dark claims about its being intentional. Maybe they should spend less on advertising and more on software engineering. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
Not totally. Recently (within the last 6 months) a number of generics have been recalled and pulled off the market. (one of them my high blood pressure drugs) It runs out that all of these are extended or sustained release drugs. The companies can duplicate the medication contained within the medication is fine, but the sustained release mechanism (encapsulation I believe it is called) is not working properly. This was first noticed on some generic version of Wellbutrin Sr in which patients were complaining that they did not feel as if their symptoms were being controlled the same as they were under the name brand drug. When studies were undertaken it turned out that the generics were not time releasing properly and in many cases were giving too much of the drug at the beginning and tapering off too fast. This happened with my Blood pressure meds this year. I found out and got a letter from my prescription plan that they could not supply my meds. They did not tell me why just that they were unavailable, and that I should find a local supply, and then alter on I got a \letter telling me to either get back on the name brand or change meds. I undertook the job of finding out why this transpired. No notice from the FDA, not recall notice from the drug company nor any explanation other than what I got in the mail. Oh if any one says well just go back on the name brand, my prescription plan penalizes me if I do so. It costs me 2.5 times the amount a generic costs me if I choose a name brand. I also cannot get a prescription taht is not on my plan or they penalize me even more. (I attempted to get a prescription for some well known drugs and I was told my cost for a 14 day supply was $196 needless to say I did not get it.) You just have to know what you are getting and do some checking before you get it. Stewart At 09:37 PM 4/14/2009, you wrote: This is not a good analogy. Once the patent expires and market exclusivity ends in the pharmaceutical world (at least for the US), a generic drug can't come to market until the company can prove to an independent regulatory agency (the FDA) that the drug is equally efficacious, has equivalent absorption, pharmacokinetic properties, etc. So the consumer can be confident that he is getting something equivalent for a lesser price. I would not have the same level of confidence in cheaper computer hardware and software until there is a CSA (Computer and Software Administration) evaluating all new hardware and software, which of course, is just silly. - John Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] CompUSA, the Phoenix
CompUSA Comes Back From the Dead http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/compusa-back-fr.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Bandwidth cap mumbo-jumbo?
Time Warner Cable Earnings Refute Bandwidth Cap Economics http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/04/time-warner-cab.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simple OSX layout
You just have to know what you are getting and do some checking before you get it. Eat fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts and some grain products and olive oil. Drink a little beer and wine and get lots of clean water. Ride a bicycle daily. Don't get into gunfights and treat people well. You won't need any of that pharmaceutical crap. Maybe an aspirin or two on rare occasion. I plan to live to be 100 years old and irritate the hell out of my relatives. If I'm not killed in a bicycle accident or a shooting before then. 47 years to go, I think I can do that. :-) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?
A good print shop either does it own color separations or prefers tog et them in a page layout format such as Pagemaker (now indesign) or Quark. At least that was the experience I had when I did years ago. I do most of my own printing nowadays and have no need for the separations. Sometimes good print shops get bad files from customers and have to redo them almost completely. Then they get hell from the customer who gave them a Publisher or Word file, wanting to know why it's so expensive to print their files. More than a few printers I know either completely turn down Publisher files or insist on doing the work in-house from scratch instead of repairing bad documents. The files can be fixed but the purpose of having digital files is so that they're mostly camera ready, ready to make plates and print. For things that aren't prepared for press, printers are now using digital color printers or photocopiers, but without the high quality output they usually do on presses or the 2400 dpi digital printers. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
