Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
 Hello,
 Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers
 more than 100,000 manuals.
 Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not
 let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build
 your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never have to go
 searching for a manual again.

I've been doing something like this for years locally. Have a sort of local 
web site with pages for kitchen, laundry, outdoors, etc. Each page has 
pictures of things that link to their online
manuals or local PDFs. When we get a new gizmo I just add it. The whole thing 
is in a public folder, so it's available from anywhere on the network. Works 
great.


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
Reverend,  I understand the Social Security Number's role in employment
and taxes (the real reason banks started requiring it years ago).  

However, I cannot understand why people kowtow to consumer products
companies to initiate service contract and to buy things such as a cell
phone.  That is going well beyond the purpose.  

Would you give M$ or Apple your Social Security Number to buy a computer
and a service contract?  I see this as propelling identity theft,
because I don't trust the companies to keep the information secure, or
not using it themselves in some quasi-legal way to mine customer
information.

Thank you,

Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
It is required to open a bank account as they have to check with a
clearing house to see if you are safe.

To get a job they must check your immigration status (I-9) and possibly
if you are foreign sounding run your SS number to see if you are
eligible for employment.

There are SS #s that state not eligible for employment.

My wife is an Alien (Canadian) and has a SS card.  She is eligible for
employment.

She must show her alien card when she is hired and fills out an I-9
form.

The SS# has taken on a very big significance in the life of a person who
lives and works in the USA.

By the way in Canada it is called the SIN number.  (Social Insurance
Number)


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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Roger D. Parish

At 6:14 AM -0400 6/23/09, Chris Dunford wrote:


  Hello,

 Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers
 more than 100,000 manuals.
 Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not
 let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build
 your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never have to go
 searching for a manual again.


I've been doing something like this for years locally. Have a sort 
of local web site with pages for kitchen, laundry, outdoors, etc. 
Each page has pictures of things that link to their online
manuals or local PDFs. When we get a new gizmo I just add it. The 
whole thing is in a public folder, so it's available from anywhere 
on the network. Works great.


The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook 
she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the 
habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual. 
Very simple, very easy. Also works great.

--
Roger
Lovettsville, VA


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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
 The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook
 she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the
 habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual.
 Very simple, very easy. Also works great.

We used to keep them in hanging folders in a file cabinet but decided that we 
needed a better mousetrap when we couldn't fit them in one drawer any more. g

The other advantage to this is that PDF manuals are searchable.


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall

Do I like it?

Heavens no.  But it has become an ID# never the less.

Even the US government has not stopped it's use for this.

Stewart

At 05:50 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:

Reverend,  I understand the Social Security Number's role in employment
and taxes (the real reason banks started requiring it years ago).

However, I cannot understand why people kowtow to consumer products
companies to initiate service contract and to buy things such as a cell
phone.  That is going well beyond the purpose.

Would you give M$ or Apple your Social Security Number to buy a computer
and a service contract?  I see this as propelling identity theft,
because I don't trust the companies to keep the information secure, or
not using it themselves in some quasi-legal way to mine customer
information.

Thank you,

Mark Snyder


Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
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Re: [CGUYS] Embedding Metadata in PDF (Was: Databases: Open Office Base?)

2009-06-23 Thread Judy Cosler
thanks. that was VERY helpful!

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:

 On Jun 22, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Judy Cosler wrote:

 not necessarily.


 Well, of course, there are countless other ways to screw up.



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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Business Her Way
And if you don't know http://www.retrevo.com/, it is wonderful for  
locating old manuals. I've just retrieved two for stereo equipment  
from the 1960's.

/gayley



On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:


The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook
she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the
habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual.
Very simple, very easy. Also works great.


We used to keep them in hanging folders in a file cabinet but  
decided that we needed a better mousetrap when we couldn't fit them  
in one drawer any more. g


The other advantage to this is that PDF manuals are searchable.


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I agree it has become an ID number.  I always have laughed, though, 
because when I was younger the Social Security card used to state on it 
that it was NOT to be used as an ID.


Steve


Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:

Do I like it?

Heavens no.  But it has become an ID# never the less.



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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Stephen Brownfield
I discovered it back around  February when I was looking for a manual  
for a friends all in printer/fax/scanner ( I believe it was an HP).  The 
only cost appears to be periodic emails from them.


Steve

P.S. - It is one of the things I always liked about the Apple web site 
all the manuals, but it has always been limited just to theirs.




Tony B wrote:

The office called today and asked a technical question about one of
their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the
boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled
the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see
a real need for this type of service.

  

Hello,
Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers
more than 100,000 manuals.
Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not
let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build
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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall

Same here.

However I knew in the military it was our ID#.  It was required when 
you wrote a check at the PX or the comisary.


When you got food the sign in sheet asked for your last 4.

When you fill out a credit app. your SS# has to be on it.

It has become a defacto federal ID card.

In some foreign countries they issue ID cards.  The US has never had 
a universally recognized ID card.


I mentioned that up in Canada they issue everyone a SIN card which is 
similar to our SS#.  However It is not used the same (I do not think 
as an ID)  But the funny part is, it is issued on a hard plastic 
card.  While our SS cards are flimsy paper.


Stewart


At 08:02 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:
I agree it has become an ID number.  I always have laughed, though, 
because when I was younger the Social Security card used to state on 
it that it was NOT to be used as an ID.


Steve


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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
 And if you don't know http://www.retrevo.com/, it is wonderful for
 locating old manuals. I've just retrieved two for stereo equipment
 from the 1960's.
 /gayley

Yep, a mention of Retrevo is actually what started this discussion. Thanks.


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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Sue Cubic

At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote:

The office called today and asked a technical question about one of
their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the
boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled
the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see
a real need for this type of service.


Then there are items sold with NO manuals!  I have one of those 
remote sensor thermometers and needed to change the batteries last 
week.  I knew there was some sort of trick to setting them up.  I 
never throw ANY manual away, but seemed to remember we had to go 
online to find the instructions.


The web site is written on the back of the thermometer!  Very 
convenient--as long as one has access to a computer. :)  I did print 
off a couple of pages though, for the few things that I might really 
need to know in the future, and put them in the file with my other manuals.


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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
The new Palm Pre comes with NO manual.  If you search, you can find the PDF
on the website.

Eschew Obfuscation

This is a reply from: 
Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 
  Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services
for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization

  703.548.1343 voice 
  703.783.1340 fax 
  

From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we
are YOUR adjuvancy

-Original Message-
From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com]
On Behalf Of Sue Cubic
Sent: 06/23/2009 9:30 AM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote:
The office called today and asked a technical question about one of
their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the
boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled
the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see
a real need for this type of service.

Then there are items sold with NO manuals!  I have one of those 
remote sensor thermometers and needed to change the batteries last 
week.  I knew there was some sort of trick to setting them up.  I 
never throw ANY manual away, but seemed to remember we had to go 
online to find the instructions.

The web site is written on the back of the thermometer!  Very 
convenient--as long as one has access to a computer. :)  I did print 
off a couple of pages though, for the few things that I might really 
need to know in the future, and put them in the file with my other manuals.

Sue 


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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Most newer electronics do not come with manuals.  It is either on a 
CD or on line.  I prefer downloading them to my computer that way I 
know where they are.


Stewart


At 09:20 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:

The new Palm Pre comes with NO manual.  If you search, you can find the PDF
on the website.

Eschew Obfuscation

This is a reply from:
Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
  Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services
for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization

  703.548.1343 voice
  703.783.1340 fax


From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we
are YOUR adjuvancy


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
 It has become a defacto federal ID card.

Well, a little nitpicky, but not so much ID card as ID number. I've -never- 
been asked to provide the actual card as an ID. (I lost mine decades ago and 
have never bothered to replace it--have
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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Recently for Military service and other things we have been asked for 
the actual SS card, not a copy or a duplicate.


If you were to change jobs they might ask for the original SS card.

I know we get hung up on the number but the SS administration will 
tell you it is an official US document.  Not to be defaced or damaged.


Oh when you go to retire it is I think one of the documents they ask 
you to show that you are who you claim to be.  (I know of some folks 
that had a heck of a time getting some Government benefits as they 
could not show proof of who they were!)


Stewart


At 10:55 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:

 It has become a defacto federal ID card.

Well, a little nitpicky, but not so much ID card as ID number. 
I've -never- been asked to provide the actual card as an ID. (I lost 
mine decades ago and have never bothered to replace it--have

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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread mike
In a digital society, where the SS card is now mandatory at birth...id card
and id number still have the same effect as a national id.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:

  It has become a defacto federal ID card.

 Well, a little nitpicky, but not so much ID card as ID number. I've
 -never- been asked to provide the actual card as an ID. (I lost mine decades
 ago and have never bothered to replace it--have
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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Judy Cosler
you need original SS card to get driver's license in NC. I just moved here 
hope I can find it!

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:

  It has become a defacto federal ID card.

 Well, a little nitpicky, but not so much ID card as ID number. I've
 -never- been asked to provide the actual card as an ID. (I lost mine decades
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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I know when we moved from TN to AL we had to show that.  Apparently 
the DL Dbases have been hacked enough that they do not simply accept 
a DL from another state.  They want documented proof that you are who 
you say you are.


Our one daughter had to bring her Graduation Diploma from HS in order 
to get her DL.  In AL you need a slip of paper from the High School 
if you are under 19 or the diploma.


Stewart


At 11:12 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:

you need original SS card to get driver's license in NC. I just moved here 
hope I can find it!

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:

  It has become a defacto federal ID card.

 Well, a little nitpicky, but not so much ID card as ID number. I've
 -never- been asked to provide the actual card as an ID. (I lost 
mine decades

 ago and have never bothered to replace it--have
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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
You (all) are referring to things that derived from Real ID efforts
from the GWB administration for drivers' licenses - supposedly an old
dog-eared piece of paper, like a SSN card proves who you are because
they government ID documents.

In reality, all these new databases springing up with SSN just put PII
data at risk and us at a higher risk of identity theft.

Thank you,

Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
I know when we moved from TN to AL we had to show that.  Apparently the
DL Dbases have been hacked enough that they do not simply accept a DL
from another state.  They want documented proof that you are who you say
you are.

Our one daughter had to bring her Graduation Diploma from HS in order to
get her DL.  In AL you need a slip of paper from the High School if you
are under 19 or the diploma.

Stewart


At 11:12 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:
you need original SS card to get driver's license in NC. I just moved 
here  hope I can find it!

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com
wrote:

   It has become a defacto federal ID card.
 
  Well, a little nitpicky, but not so much ID card as ID number. 
  I've
  -never- been asked to provide the actual card as an ID. (I lost
 mine decades
  ago and have never bothered to replace it--have never needed it.)
 
 
 

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Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online

2009-06-23 Thread Brian Jones

Most of my new electronics come with a manual on CD...
I just copy it to MY DOCUMENTS\MANUALS\ folder.
When I move to a new computer, all my manuals come with me.
Keeping up with the CD is too much trouble.

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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall

SS#s for Bank accounts have been around much longer.

The Drivers License bit was in 2003 when I moved from TN to AL.

Stewart


At 11:55 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote:

You (all) are referring to things that derived from Real ID efforts
from the GWB administration for drivers' licenses - supposedly an old
dog-eared piece of paper, like a SSN card proves who you are because
they government ID documents.

In reality, all these new databases springing up with SSN just put PII
data at risk and us at a higher risk of identity theft.

Thank you,

Mark Snyder


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[CGUYS] indescent, d'oh!

2009-06-23 Thread rleesimon
Was george carlin on wamu?  .or have I missed something?

 



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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
 SS#s for Bank accounts have been around much longer.
 
 The Drivers License bit was in 2003 when I moved from TN to AL.

The driver's license for opening bank accounts is required by the USA PATRIOT 
Act, which was cleverly named so as to make opposing it appear treasonous. 
(I've always wondered how long it took someone
to come up with words to match the preselected acronym: Uniting and 
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 
Obstruct Terrorism.)


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread t.piwowar

On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
The SS# has taken on a very big significance in the life of a  
person who lives and works in the USA.


That's right. Otherwise the country is going to be over run with  
furriners.


M$ doesn't want your SSN, they want you to show your M$ Passport.  
That is much better.


Just don't you dare ask me for a SSN when I'm buying an AK at the gun  
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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I really do not worry about furriners seeing as though I am married 
to one of them.


Stewart


At 03:08 PM 6/23/2009, you wrote:
That's right. Otherwise the country is going to be over run with

furriners.

M$ doesn't want your SSN, they want you to show your M$ Passport.
That is much better.

Just don't you dare ask me for a SSN when I'm buying an AK at the gun
show.


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Re: [CGUYS] Killing flat rate?

2009-06-23 Thread t.piwowar

On Jun 21, 2009, at 11:39 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is- 
About-To-Get-Ugly-103043
Interesting story on how the industry wants to kill flat rate  
billing for the Internet.


the push began in earnest this week, with a flood of astroturfers  
and paid policy goofs flooding Internet message boards with the  
gospel of their handlers.


Well we here certainly know what that looks like.


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Re: [CGUYS] Notebook Normal Operating Temperature

2009-06-23 Thread Tony B
Generally, you always determine this by just running the computer for
a while. You get to know what it will do under different conditions.
You can find charts of maximum CPU temps online, but it's unlikely
you'll get anywhere near those before the thing just shuts down.

Our old Dell laptop was slowing down after it warmed up. At first I
thought it might be a bad wireless card, but I tried a USB receiver
and it did the same. Like molasses after an hour. I pulled the
heatsink off the cpu, cleaned up both sides, and applied a fresh bead
of heatsink compound. Runs good now. Luckily ours was fairly easy to
do this. I just googled the instructions.


On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Edward
Yarboroughedwardyarboro...@jhu.edu wrote:
 Does anyone know or have an idea on how I can find the normal operating temp 
 of a Dell D600 notebook? They have made it extremely hard to find.


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Dunford
 I really do not worry about furriners seeing as though I am married
 to one of them.

I used to be married to one of them Canadians too. She told me that they didn't 
count as furriners because they speak English, sort of, and their only agenda 
was finding enough Molson's, eh?


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Re: [CGUYS] Sprint Requires SSN to Open Acct, buy Pre

2009-06-23 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:

   When I started college they issued us an ID number which was sort of
  alphabetical derived.  About halfway through they changed the ID number
 to
  our SSN

 Out of curiosity, how long ago was this? A lot of organizations that at one
 time used SSNs for IDs have stopped doing so. My Blue Cross ID, for example,
 used to be my SSN, but they changed it maybe
 four or five years ago for privacy reasons.


I started in college 1979 and they changed to SSNs a couple of years later.
I would hope they have changed back since then.  I knew it was a bad idea
then.

VA has changed drivers license numbers to it's own number.  I had a clinic
ask for my SSN last week.


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Re: [CGUYS] indescent, d'oh!

2009-06-23 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:25 PM, rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com wrote:

 Was george carlin on wamu?  .or have I missed something?


It was open mike night.

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