Re: [CGUYS] Verizon TV Box

[John Mealey III]

http://www.lynxbroadband.com/

has a number of products that help in this area to move content without
having extra stb's.

John





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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Verizon TV Box


>Are there aftermarket boxes which will work?

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires that aftermarket boxes work.
They have to supply a "CableCARD" for a "nominal" fee. Like many other
laws under Bush, this requirement has not been effectively enforced. Nice
article on this at Wikipedia.

>Can we use one box and distribute it around the house to the other TV's?

Yes, but all sets would get the same channel as the box contains the
tuner.


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Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

[phartz...@gmail.com]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

> Take him to an Apple store. Check the schedule for the free classes they
> hold there. Get info on the one-on-one training (see posts here on that).
> Show him the Genius bar. Ask one of the store staff to explain Apple's
> support program. Show him a MacMini and note that you can get them for as
> little as $450 at Amazon.com ($499 at the Apple Online Store). Show him
> an iMac 20" (I just bought a new one for $850 through an Amazon
> affiliated dealer).

  I have ordered, from the Apple Store, a refurbed Mac mini for this
fellow as his first computer.  He has been convinced that he does not
have to have the same kind of computer that, as he put is, "everyone
else has."  The Mac mini was $419 and I also ordered from Apple a nice
Canon printer, the iP4800, which will be free courtesy of an Apple
rebate offer.  Free shipping on everything as well.  I have a nice
monitor, as well as a mouse and keyboard laying around that will
complete his system.

  I think he will be happy, and will hopefully be able to avoid a lot
of the issues that he obviously feared from all that he has been
hearing about from cohorts of his about viruses, spybots, malware,
setup issues, etc., all things that he has heard about that caused him
to think that he would need an army of support if he had a computer.

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Re: [CGUYS] Steve added you as a friend on MyLife!

[Rev. Stewart Marshall]

These are blue.

There is also Molson's Golden.

Stewart


At 12:41 AM 5/8/2009, you wrote:

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall <
popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Boy you are no fun.
>
> Make mine a Labatts.


You DRINK Lab rats? I thought you roast them on a stick.

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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Speed Improvement Was M$ B$

[Tom Piwowar]

>Don't start getting facts in the way of Tom's BS

Have you presented any facts yourself? No, just fanatical M$ B$.

I know: HOW DARE THEY RUN BENCHMARKS! They should just humbly genuflect.


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Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

[Tom Piwowar]

>I have ordered, from the Apple Store, a refurbed Mac mini for this
>fellow as his first computer.  He has been convinced that he does not
>have to have the same kind of computer that, as he put is, "everyone
>else has."  The Mac mini was $419 and I also ordered from Apple a nice
>Canon printer, the iP4800, which will be free courtesy of an Apple
>rebate offer.  Free shipping on everything as well.  I have a nice
>monitor, as well as a mouse and keyboard laying around that will
>complete his system.

LIAR! LIAR! We all know that you can't buy a Mac for less than a $grand. 
The free printer deal is an obvious tip off to your villainy.

Don't you know that Apple is going out of business?

Wait, wait, Win7 will be great. Really!

There is no software for Macintoshes. None. Zero!


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Re: [CGUYS] Verizon TV Box

[Michael Drabick]

Apparently, it is just a software change that would allow PIP on Verizon 
DVR and they choose not to install it.

http://forums.verizon.com/vrzn/board/message?board.id=FiOS_TV&message.id=1022

Verizon has a no frills box for $3 that only does channel surfing. It 
will NOT give you the channel info, lineup, OnDemmand/PPV.  Using this 
as a second tuner and feeding your TV with a second stream should give 
you the PIP ability.  The only catch is, the IF signal to change 
channels might be the same for both boxes and you would have to angle 
the device some how, so you don't change both Tuners.


Mike

MrMike6by9 wrote:

Just because they use the word "FiOS" doesn't mean the company
policies/motives differ from those of the cablecos. The laws and regs (they
helped to deveop them through lobbying, etc.) only mandate that you can get
a signal that works with your equipment but it doesn't require those firms
to give that signal to you for free. Thus, it is rare, if not impossible,
for you to be able to "purchase" an interface device that the provider is
"required" to let you use for free access to the provider's content. They
are free to charge you for that interface device on a recurring basis (aka
monthly rental) and are not required to sell it to you or to authorize your
privately acquired device(s) on their system. The old, analog OTA, was
grandfathered in but that is going away with the digital transition. Comcast
is converting the analog tier to digital because of the capacity competition
from Verizon. Up to 6 digital channels fit in the space required for 1
analog channel. Think "business model". It is not unlike the old days of the
Bell monopoly when you were required to rent their devices to use on their
systems to make/receive phone calls. Maybe something similar will happen
there ... we can only hope.

I just switched from Comcast (Baltimore County) to Verizon 2 days ago.
because of the rebate for my bundle and the fact that Comcast had already
begun to "disable" my ability to use my DVDR's & Tivo's for
time-shifting/viewing WETA and the Cartoon Network. No jokes please, I
happen to like Adult Swim. I can eventually get cablecards for my Series 3
but, for now, I'm using the FiOS DVR's to see if I'd prefer use them
(rentals) vs. renting the cable cards needed for the Series 3 since cable
cards do not currently support OnDemand (which I occasionally use) and PPV
(never used).

In answer to the second question, you would get the same channel on all
outlets.

YMMV

PS - I miss my PiP, especially during intense sports seasons.

YMMV, part deux

---
This scotch tastes incredibly expensive . . . I can practically feel my bank
account being emptied with every subsequent dram . . . note the rich
character . . . he is now a poor character. . .


--
  

Subject: Verizon TV Box

Is it possible to buy the Verizon TV box rather than leasing them? I
would like to take advantage of the great deals Verizon is pushing
right now, but the leasing of a box for each TV is a deal killer.

Are there aftermarket boxes which will work?

Can we use one box and distribute it around the house to the other TV's?

Thanks in advance,






  




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Re: [CGUYS] Botnets

[Tom Piwowar]

>BTW, interesting last paragraph in the article.

I was more interested by the second to last paragraph. Banks and law 
enforcement were uninterested in what the researchers had learned.

That's why we have so much of this criminal activity going on.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Speed Improvement Was M$ B$

[Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)]

Ars has a nice article with the bizarre news that XP mode in W7 requires
_specific_ versions of AMD or Intel's processors:


Thank you,

Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
>Don't start getting facts in the way of Tom's BS

Have you presented any facts yourself? No, just fanatical M$ B$.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Chris Dunford]

> Ars has a nice article with the bizarre news that XP mode in W7
> requires _specific_ versions of AMD or Intel's processors:

XPM requires a virtualization mode that most, but not all, AMD and Intel
processors support. I don't follow exactly what you think is so "bizarre"
about this.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)]

Okay, Chris, so you didn't bother to read it.  You're a swordsman, not a
scholar: few clues (or cares).  

For those who aren't know-it-alls: In W7, XPM requires _specific_
versions of Intel's -VT processors or AMD-V processors.  My 2009 company
laptop does not qualify.

Thank you,

Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
> Ars has a nice article with the bizarre news that XP mode in W7 
> requires _specific_ versions of AMD or Intel's processors:

XPM requires a virtualization mode that most, but not all, AMD and Intel
processors support. I don't follow exactly what you think is so
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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Tom Piwowar]

>XPM requires a virtualization mode that most, but not all, AMD and Intel
>processors support. I don't follow exactly what you think is so "bizarre"
>about this.

The words "goof up" were chosen by Ars, not by list member Mike. Ars says 
most of AMD's processors won't support XPM and that Intel's support is 
"spotty."

Are you suggesting that the folks at Ars are all rabid anti Microsofties?

Is there anyone who is not out to get you? Probably not.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Chris Dunford]

> Okay, Chris, so you didn't bother to read it.  You're 
> a swordsman, not a scholar: few clues (or cares).
> 
> For those who aren't know-it-alls: In W7, XPM requires 
> _specific_ versions of Intel's -VT processors or AMD-V 
> processors.  My 2009 company laptop does not qualify.

I read it, Mark, even though I already knew about this. Then I asked you
what makes it "bizarre." In response, you repeat what you said the first
time, taking extra time only to add a gratuitous personal insult.


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[CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Tony B]

Hackers Want Millions For Data on Prescriptions:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050702515.html

Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat up as we
become more connected. It will be interesting to see how low they can
bargain the pirates. And what have they done with their website in the
meantime?

I suppose we can't send the navy after _these_ guys.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Speed Improvement Was M$ B$

[mike]

Actually if you'd been reading the posts you'd note I hadn't said anything
about MS BS, just your BS.  Maybe drink some tea or something, calm down,
take a walk?

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

> >Don't start getting facts in the way of Tom's BS
>
> Have you presented any facts yourself? No, just fanatical M$ B$.
>
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[CGUYS] DiskWarrior Info Wanted

[Alvin Auerbach]

I'm using Alsoft's DiskWarrior 4.1.1 on a WD 1 TB USB hard drive,  
connected to a 2 GHz iMac G5 with 2 GB RAM.

DiskWarrior has now been on for about 48 hours.

Alsoft's support did not answer my questions.
If you have experience with DiskWarrior, what's your opinion:

1. Is DiskWarrior still running?
2. What is the maximum time before a user should give up. I would like  
to know some idea of that. Is it 3 days? A week? A month? What?


Alsoft wants me to stop all other applications, but I have only one  
computer, and they don't give me any idea of the time involved in the  
process. I didn't ask for, as they said, "...the exact duration...". I  
asked for a very rough idea: "Is it 3 days? A week? A month? What?"


My understanding of the Mac OS is that if an application is running  
but not active, there's not a big hit to the resources of an active  
application. Therefore, I'm not "...exponentially slowing down the  
process." Am I correct in this?

=
My question to Alsoft's support:


Question_or_Problem: Console HangReporter reads:
2009-05-07-112345-DiskWarrior.hang

Looking at the DiskWarrior window, the "barber pole" is still turning
at Step 1. Is DiskWarrior hung or is it working? Is there a way to
know for sure?
Additionally: The Finder is not responding, and I tried to Re-Launch
it, but it didn't work. However, Firefox, Mail, and Console seem to
be working normally. I'm reluctant to reboot IF DiskWarrior is
running okay, as I'm working on a 1TB disk, and DiskWarrior has been
running for about 17 hours. Support indicates that it can take a long
time to do a disk this large, but gives no indication what the
maximum time is, before a user should give up. I would like to know
some idea of that. Is it 3 days? A week? A month? What?


Alsoft's Answer:

As I requested yesterday, please run DiskWarrior without any other
applications running.

As I stated yesterday, there are two many variables involved here to
give you the exact duration of the rebuilding process.  If you want your
files back, you will need to allow DiskWarrior to run to completion.

I can tell you, however, that as you continue to run other applications
while DiskWarrior is working, that you are exponentially slowing down
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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Chris Dunford]

> The words "goof up" were chosen by Ars, not by list 
> member Mike. Ars says most of AMD's processors won't 
> support XPM and that Intel's support is "spotty."
> 
> Are you suggesting that the folks at Ars are all rabid 
> anti Microsofties?

I simply asked Mark to explain why he thinks this is "bizarre", Tom. Where
do you get all this crap from?

As to "Ars says most of AMD's processors won't support XPM", you might want
to re-read the article. What Ars actually says is that the "vast majority"
of AMD's processors *will* support XPM.

> Is there anyone who is not out to get you? Probably not.

Is there any post you won't turn inside out? Probably not.


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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Tom Piwowar]

>Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat up as we
>become more connected. It will be interesting to see how low they can
>bargain the pirates. And what have they done with their website in the
>meantime?

How can one ransom back something that was copied and not actually taken?

How can someone "return" something that is just a copy?

How can crooks prove that no copy was retained by them?

Can't do it. There is no sane way to justify paying these crooks anything.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Tom Piwowar]

>As to "Ars says most of AMD's processors won't support XPM", you might want
>to re-read the article. What Ars actually says is that the "vast majority"
>of AMD's processors *will* support XPM.

No it says the Sempron won't. Sempron is AMD's budget chip and therefore 
should represent the bulk of AMD chips sold.

Don't you think about what the words mean while you are reading?


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Re: [CGUYS] DiskWarrior Info Wanted

[Tom Piwowar]

>I'm using Alsoft's DiskWarrior 4.1.1 on a WD 1 TB USB hard drive,  
>connected to a 2 GHz iMac G5 with 2 GB RAM.
>DiskWarrior has now been on for about 48 hours.

Tough question.

I have never seen DW run anything like this long. Step 1 usually runs 
quite quickly. Some of the following steps are the slow ones (and some 
are optional).

My first instinct is to follow their advice. They are a small company and 
there is a chance that you were getting advice directly from Al himself, 
but I can't imagine step 1 running that long. I would have halted it and 
started over.

Note that for this kind of program "application not responding" does not 
mean it is hung, just that it is busy with the drive.

Never do other work on the computer while DW is running. That is asking 
for trouble.

Running DW over USB is asking for trouble. You are sucking the data 
bi-directionally through a straw. USB is not good at 2-way traffic. I 
would halt DW, pop the drive case, and move the drive to an IDE or SATA 
connection. I know you can't do that with an iMac. Hopefully you have a 
friend with a tower model. I would use FireWire before I would use USB.

Is your 1 TB drive really a 1 TB drive or 2 500 TB drives with a RAID 
controller? If it is a RAID you may be in very bad shape.


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Chris Dunford]

> Don't you think about what the words mean while you are reading?

Well, I guess that when I read the "vast majority of AMD chips support XPM",
I don't interpret that to mean that "the vast majority of AMD chips don't
support XPM". 

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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Speed Improvement Was M$ B$

[Tom Piwowar]

>Actually if you'd been reading the posts you'd note I hadn't said anything
>about MS BS, just your BS.  Maybe drink some tea or something, calm down,
>take a walk?

Go watch the calming fishes that cguys.org so thoughtfully provides.


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Re: [CGUYS] DiskWarrior Info Wanted

[db]

You should shut down all other applications/ processes.
db

Alvin Auerbach wrote:
I'm using Alsoft's DiskWarrior 4.1.1 on a WD 1 TB USB hard drive, 
connected to a 2 GHz iMac G5 with 2 GB RAM.

DiskWarrior has now been on for about 48 hours.

Alsoft's support did not answer my questions.
If you have experience with DiskWarrior, what's your opinion:

1. Is DiskWarrior still running?
2. What is the maximum time before a user should give up. I would like 
to know some idea of that. Is it 3 days? A week? A month? What?


Alsoft wants me to stop all other applications, but I have only one 
computer, and they don't give me any idea of the time involved in the 
process. I didn't ask for, as they said, "...the exact duration...". I 
asked for a very rough idea: "Is it 3 days? A week? A month? What?"


My understanding of the Mac OS is that if an application is running 
but not active, there's not a big hit to the resources of an active 
application. Therefore, I'm not "...exponentially slowing down the 
process." Am I correct in this?

=
My question to Alsoft's support:


Question_or_Problem: Console HangReporter reads:
2009-05-07-112345-DiskWarrior.hang

Looking at the DiskWarrior window, the "barber pole" is still turning
at Step 1. Is DiskWarrior hung or is it working? Is there a way to
know for sure?
Additionally: The Finder is not responding, and I tried to Re-Launch
it, but it didn't work. However, Firefox, Mail, and Console seem to
be working normally. I'm reluctant to reboot IF DiskWarrior is
running okay, as I'm working on a 1TB disk, and DiskWarrior has been
running for about 17 hours. Support indicates that it can take a long
time to do a disk this large, but gives no indication what the
maximum time is, before a user should give up. I would like to know
some idea of that. Is it 3 days? A week? A month? What?


Alsoft's Answer:

As I requested yesterday, please run DiskWarrior without any other
applications running.

As I stated yesterday, there are two many variables involved here to
give you the exact duration of the rebuilding process.  If you want your
files back, you will need to allow DiskWarrior to run to completion.

I can tell you, however, that as you continue to run other applications
while DiskWarrior is working, that you are exponentially slowing down
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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[mike]

How can the RIAA sue for songs copied but not actually taken?

Some reports claim the perp wiped all backups after stealing the data.
Seems to be conflicting reports.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

> >Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat up as we
> >become more connected. It will be interesting to see how low they can
> >bargain the pirates. And what have they done with their website in the
> >meantime?
>
> How can one ransom back something that was copied and not actually taken?
>
> How can someone "return" something that is just a copy?
>
> How can crooks prove that no copy was retained by them?
>
> Can't do it. There is no sane way to justify paying these crooks anything.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[David K Watson]

Parallels is coming out with a XP virtualization tool for Windows 7.
That might work where MS's XP mode won't.

I've read a couple of reviews on XP mode in Windows 7 so far.
One class of reviews says essentially that XPM is great for its
very limited intended use, and the others say that XPM is awful
because it's too limited.  So far everyone agrees that XP mode
has some big limitations.  XP mode is based on VirtualPC which
MS purchased from elsewhere, and it is pretty clear that they
haven't put very much work into VirtualPC since they bought it.

Parallels is apparently betting that their product will be enough
better than XPM that people will be willing to pay for it.  It
sounds like a good bet, since XPM will only be available for
some of the more expensive versions of Windows 7 and
you will have to install XP into XP mode from scratch.  In
comparison, Parallels performs better, and it has a handy
migration tool for converting your real XP machine into
a virtual one, and you can run multiple OSs on it.



From:"Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)" 

Okay, Chris, so you didn't bother to read it.  You're a swordsman,  
not a

scholar: few clues (or cares).

For those who aren't know-it-alls: In W7, XPM requires _specific_
versions of Intel's -VT processors or AMD-V processors.  My 2009  
company

laptop does not qualify.

Thank you,

Mark Snyder
-Original Message-

Ars has a nice article with the bizarre news that XP mode in W7
requires _specific_ versions of AMD or Intel's processors:


XPM requires a virtualization mode that most, but not all, AMD and  
Intel

processors support. I don't follow exactly what you think is so
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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Tom Piwowar]

>Well, I guess that when I read the "vast majority of AMD chips support XPM",
>I don't interpret that to mean that "the vast majority of AMD chips don't
>support XPM". 
>
>But that's just me.

That's why I wrote "Don't you think about what the words mean while you 
are reading?" By excluding Semptron, probably the most popular type of 
AMD chip, that sentence was not really saying what it appeared to be 
saying.

Maybe if you were not so easily fooled you would not be such a WFB?


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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Tom Piwowar]

>How can the RIAA sue for songs copied but not actually taken?

How can the RIAA find so many people quietly enjoying music in the 
privacy of their own homes, but law enforcement can't track down people 
who are openly scamming for people to send them money?


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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[mike]

Probably...do you know which is the best seller?  Sounds like you are the
one with assumptions unless you have some data on AMD sales?

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

> >Well, I guess that when I read the "vast majority of AMD chips support
> XPM",
> >I don't interpret that to mean that "the vast majority of AMD chips don't
> >support XPM".
> >
> >But that's just me.
>
> That's why I wrote "Don't you think about what the words mean while you
> are reading?" By excluding Semptron, probably the most popular type of
> AMD chip, that sentence was not really saying what it appeared to be
> saying.
>
> Maybe if you were not so easily fooled you would not be such a WFB?
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Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

[Rev. Stewart Marshall]

Do you have a place where I can look that statistic up?

The Sempron was a lower end CPU.

I am pretty sure but I do not think I have ever had a Sempron and I 
am a big AMD fan.  (and my processor average is 1-10 for AMD in home 
owned computers)


It is similar to the Intel Celeron D.

Stewart


At 03:20 PM 5/8/2009, you wrote:

That's why I wrote "Don't you think about what the words mean while you
are reading?" By excluding Semptron, probably the most popular type of
AMD chip, that sentence was not really saying what it appeared to be
saying.

Maybe if you were not so easily fooled you would not be such a WFB?


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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Rev. Stewart Marshall]

Much like a puppy who only seems to find the highest priced and most 
liked shoe in your collection.


They never give up.

Cops have (Cyper ones) have many more cases to find plus their 
resources are limited.


Stewart


At 03:21 PM 5/8/2009, you wrote:


How can the RIAA find so many people quietly enjoying music in the
privacy of their own homes, but law enforcement can't track down people
who are openly scamming for people to send them money?


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Re: [CGUYS] DiskWarrior Info Wanted

[Alvin Auerbach]

Thanks Tom and db, for your advice.

My Alsoft advice was from Marc Moorash,  Alsoft Technical Support.

I have no idea about what's in the drive, and I don't want to open it,  
as it belongs to a friend of mine, not to me.


I will re-boot the iMac, and let my e-mail pile up on Verizon's  
server, and run only DiskWarrior. If it doesn't come out of Step 1 by  
Monday morning, I'll give the drive back to my friend. He may then  
need to just reformat and lose the data that's on it.


Ah, wait! I forgot about my lil' netbook, which I use only for iTunes  
with my audio system! I'll turn on the wifi on my router (normally  
off) and get my e-mail as web mail!


Alvin

On May 8, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:


I'm using Alsoft's DiskWarrior 4.1.1 on a WD 1 TB USB hard drive,
connected to a 2 GHz iMac G5 with 2 GB RAM.
DiskWarrior has now been on for about 48 hours.


Tough question.

I have never seen DW run anything like this long. Step 1 usually runs
quite quickly. Some of the following steps are the slow ones (and some
are optional).

My first instinct is to follow their advice. They are a small  
company and
there is a chance that you were getting advice directly from Al  
himself,
but I can't imagine step 1 running that long. I would have halted it  
and

started over.

Note that for this kind of program "application not responding" does  
not

mean it is hung, just that it is busy with the drive.

Never do other work on the computer while DW is running. That is  
asking

for trouble.

Running DW over USB is asking for trouble. You are sucking the data
bi-directionally through a straw. USB is not good at 2-way traffic. I
would halt DW, pop the drive case, and move the drive to an IDE or  
SATA
connection. I know you can't do that with an iMac. Hopefully you  
have a
friend with a tower model. I would use FireWire before I would use  
USB.


Is your 1 TB drive really a 1 TB drive or 2 500 TB drives with a RAID
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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Sue Cubic]

At 01:51 PM 5/8/2009 -0400, you wrote:

Hackers Want Millions For Data on Prescriptions:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050702515.html


Has anyone read the new Jeffrey Deaver novel about data mining?  It's 
most interesting.  He's one of my favorite authors, as he does seem 
to do his homework before writing.  "The Broken Window".


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[CGUYS] partition size limit

[rleesimon]

My motherboard has a 120gb limit for the internal ide drive (old dell 4400)
.does that also go for an external USB2 drive or does that obey some other
standard?  If I get a 1tb external usb2 drive, will I hafta divide it into 9
different drives (hassle) or can I keep 1 drive letter?

 

Main Circuit Board 2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4

8 kilobyte primary memory cache

512 kilobyte secondary memory cache   

Board: Intel Corporation D845PT AAA67834-304

Bus Clock: 100 megahertz

BIOS: Intel Corp. A06 06/12/2002

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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Tom Piwowar]

>Cops have (Cyper ones) have many more cases to find plus their 
>resources are limited.

I think they are not trying. Once a year they wake up and make a big 
hullabaloo over a single case, then go back asleep.


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Re: [CGUYS] partition size limit

[Tom Piwowar]

>My motherboard has a 120gb limit for the internal ide drive (old dell 4400)
>.does that also go for an external USB2 drive or does that obey some other
>standard? 

The drive enclosure has its own disk controller inside it. Your limit 
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[CGUYS] Photo editing software

[John Mealey III]

My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer.

I am at a loss at the moment having just tanked on the CCNA exam and
could use a good suggestion to get this purchased and off my
'honey do' list for this weekend.

It does not have to be free, open source, etc, needs to run on XP, and
can't break the bank (I E Photoshop full edition).

Elements OK?

THanks,

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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[b_s-wilk]

>Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat up as we
>become more connected. It will be interesting to see how low they can
>bargain the pirates. And what have they done with their website in the
>meantime?


How can one ransom back something that was copied and not actually taken?

How can someone "return" something that is just a copy?

How can crooks prove that no copy was retained by them?

Can't do it. There is no sane way to justify paying these crooks anything.


Whether or not the data was copied this time, it's still a good idea to 
insist, where possible, that all medical records use something other 
than a social security number as ID, for when the files really are 
compromised.


What's the point in paying the pirates anyway? They could give you their 
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Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

[mike]

What does she want to do?  Just get rid of red eye or is she a pro?  A pro
in the making?

Go with the free one first...if she has no preference..GIMP is a good
alternative.

2009/5/8 John Mealey III 

> My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer.
>
> I am at a loss at the moment having just tanked on the CCNA exam and
> could use a good suggestion to get this purchased and off my
> 'honey do' list for this weekend.
>
> It does not have to be free, open source, etc, needs to run on XP, and
> can't break the bank (I E Photoshop full edition).
>
> Elements OK?
>
> THanks,
>
> John Mealey
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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Tom Piwowar]

>Whether or not the data was copied this time, it's still a good idea to 
>insist, where possible, that all medical records use something other 
>than a social security number as ID, for when the files really are 
>compromised.

The right way to handle such data is to keep it in an encoded format all 
the time. Data is only decoded when it needs to be used and then 
immediately encoded again. That way when it is lost or stolen it is of no 
value. Should start our assuming that the data will be stolen at some 
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Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

[Tom Piwowar]

>It does not have to be free, open source, etc, needs to run on XP, and
>can't break the bank (I E Photoshop full edition).

Picasa is free and quite useful for basic editing and organizing. Online 
sharing is very useful.


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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[mike]

All those users, encoding/decoding...take a hell of a lot of power.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

> >Whether or not the data was copied this time, it's still a good idea to
> >insist, where possible, that all medical records use something other
> >than a social security number as ID, for when the files really are
> >compromised.
>
> The right way to handle such data is to keep it in an encoded format all
> the time. Data is only decoded when it needs to be used and then
> immediately encoded again. That way when it is lost or stolen it is of no
> value. Should start our assuming that the data will be stolen at some
> time or other.
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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Steve at Verizon]

Your sentiment is correct in theory, but every medical facility I've 
dealt with insists on SSN. Tried hard at the INOVA Blood Bank, but no 
SSN, no donation.


Even worse, is those on Medicare carry a card with their SSN on it. Yes, 
you should probably not carry it in your wallet/purse unless going to a 
medical facility, but I did lose my wallet on a visit to a hospital 
recently.


b_s-wilk wrote:


Whether or not the data was copied this time, it's still a good idea 
to insist, where possible, that all medical records use something 
other than a social security number as ID, for when the files really 
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Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

[Rev. Stewart Marshall]

Corel Paint Shop Pro.

Very good compared to Photoshop.

Stewart


At 07:28 PM 5/8/2009, you wrote:

My wife has requested photo editing software for her new computer.

I am at a loss at the moment having just tanked on the CCNA exam and
could use a good suggestion to get this purchased and off my
'honey do' list for this weekend.

It does not have to be free, open source, etc, needs to run on XP, and
can't break the bank (I E Photoshop full edition).

Elements OK?

THanks,

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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Tom Piwowar]

>All those users, encoding/decoding...take a hell of a lot of power.

Another good reason to use Macs.


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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[mike]

Yeah those i7's in macs are so much faster and better then the ones in other
machines...uh..yeah.  Macs use those magic i7's.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tom Piwowar  wrote:

> >All those users, encoding/decoding...take a hell of a lot of power.
>
> Another good reason to use Macs.
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Re: [CGUYS] partition size limit

[Fred Holmes]

My experience is that the limit isn't on the size of one of the partitions, but 
on the total size of the drive, and is determined by the number of bits 
allocated to (buffer size for) LBA (logical block addressing) by the firmware 
in the hard drive interface.  In the case of external hard drives connected by 
USB or Firewire, that LBA limit is in the external drive hardware and can be 
greater than the limit of the motherboard drive interface(s).  Any new 
USB/Firewire external drive interface is LBA 48-bit which is some huge number 
of terabytes or larger.  In the case of SATA / e-SATA, the interface for the 
external drive is on the motherboard or on a PCI (or other) interface expansion 
card, and the maximum size is thereby determined.

Yes, you can use a large hard drive in an external USB/Firewire case/interface 
on your old machine.  Even USB-1.

Fred Holmes

At 06:34 PM 5/8/2009, rleesimon wrote:
>My motherboard has a 120gb limit for the internal ide drive (old dell 4400)
>..does that also go for an external USB2 drive or does that obey some other
>standard?  If I get a 1tb external usb2 drive, will I hafta divide it into 9
>different drives (hassle) or can I keep 1 drive letter?
>
> 
>
>Main Circuit Board 2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
>
>8 kilobyte primary memory cache
>
>512 kilobyte secondary memory cache   
>
>Board: Intel Corporation D845PT AAA67834-304
>
>Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
>
>BIOS: Intel Corp. A06 06/12/2002
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Re: [CGUYS] cyber pirates

[Fred Holmes]

At 09:04 PM 5/8/2009, b_s-wilk wrote:
>Whether or not the data was copied this time, it's still a good idea to 
>insist, where possible, that all medical records use something other than a 
>social security number as ID, for when the files really are compromised.

But really we should stop using SSAN's for physical identification of people -- 
only use them for logical identification -- and consider all SSAN's to be well 
known (compromised).  SSAN's should be used the same way date of birth is used 
now.

Fred Holmes 


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Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

[db]

I would say start with Picasa because you can have it installed and 
running in 5 mins for free and it's use is so transparent.  If it isn't 
enough, move on.


db

Tom Piwowar wrote:

It does not have to be free, open source, etc, needs to run on XP, and
can't break the bank (I E Photoshop full edition).



Picasa is free and quite useful for basic editing and organizing. Online 
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