Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: He might have been wanting to take screenshots You mean like on the iPhone and iPod Touch? That's build-in, no extra app needed. Can Droid do screenshots too? Can it select and save images? Betty * ** 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] droid self-photography?
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. Speaking of the coming of the Droids, here is what the Motley Fools say about the $100 million ad campaign recently launched on TV. They felt the same uneasy and shuddering feeling I have when I see the ads. Between the calculatedly folksy Americana, the loving depiction of military hardware, the mass destruction plunging from the heavens in trails of fire, and the transforming robots, someone at that ad agency has clearly seen way too many Michael Bay movies. (It lacks only shirtless, sweaty Marines and an American flag waving against a sunset.) Even if you ignore the ad's queasy combination of warfare and commerce -- I don't exactly want to buy a product being sold via a bombing run -- I simply can't understand how Motorola, Verizon, and Google think that positioning their product as a destructive, hostile menace is going to endear it to anyone. The iPhone's ads make it look cool, hip, and empowering. This Droid ad makes it seem poised to enslave us all. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] 'Clean Instal' W7 Upgrades Illegal
On Nov 8, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: So, once you have done an OS upgrade on your machine, you can no longer do an annual re-installation of the OS on a reformatted drive. And if the drive on which the upgrade was done suffers a hardware failure, it is illegal to install the upgrade OS on the new hard drive? (unless, of course, you first install the old OS and then perform an upgrade to it?) Why does MS insist that one go through the more lengthy process?? What is to be accomplished except harassing the customer? I bet they are ROTFLOL at the thought of your distress. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] MobileMe [Was COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest …]
On Nov 8, 2009, at 5:21 PM, David K Watson wrote: No, I think it was only Exchange support and some of the new MobileMe web apps that they had extended problems with when Apple was transitioning from .Mac to MobileMe. Mail, storage and syncing went almost completely unaffected and have remained so. Apple's failures were with new features that no one had yet come to rely on, unlike the Google, Sidekick and R.I.M. failures. Apple paid handsomely for its problems in rolling out new features by giving MobileMe customers 90 days free. But the bad server administration of those few new things apparently put Tom off MobileMe for everything. No. I think Apple has a long history of screwing up online services. The switch from dot Mac was clumsy and left customers high and dry when services they depended on were discontinued with very little notice. This bad management goes all the way back to the early days, eWorld users were all dumped with not much more than 30 days notice. I just don't trust Apple in this arena. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Chinese iPhone Has No Wi-Fi
Chinese iPhone Has No Wi-Fi --- by Glenn Fleishman gl...@tidbits.com The combination of mobile broadband and Wi-Fi in the iPhone has long been one of its selling points, and seamless data roaming between cell and Wi-Fi...Not so in China. The iPhone model for sale by China Unicom lacks Wi-Fi. This was widely rumored months before the deal was in place for China Unicom to offer the iPhone. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gLahWr8T0f1sDPIXmMEV4yoR5Z-AD9BL82BO0 The reason for this omission is the Chinese government's efforts... ...to promote a proprietary security standard for 802.11 devices called WAPI... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLAN_Authentication_and_Privacy_Infrastructure For the first few years, non-Chinese firms were required to partner with...Chinese companies that had access to the WAPI spec...many of these companies were tied to the Chinese military,...Foreign firms protested, because they would have had to disclose significant portions of their intellectual property in a country that has a mixed record in honoring patents and trade secrets...U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell raised WAPI in trade talks in 2004 because if required it would be a bar for U.S. firms to sell Wi-Fi products in the country... http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166725/china_to_propose_wlan_security_standard_for_global_use_again.html A second concern about WAPI...that one must presume that a proprietary standard that hasn't been subjected to full disclosure and outside scrutiny includes backdoors for government access to secured sessions...While WAPI may be completely secure, this can't be determined, nor does that conform with the Chinese government's history of Internet oversight... http://wifinetnews.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China article link: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10707 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
I must have missed that droid ad. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: You can take screenshots, don't think it's built in though. Speaking of the coming of the Droids, here is what the Motley Fools say about the $100 million ad campaign recently launched on TV. They felt the same uneasy and shuddering feeling I have when I see the ads. Between the calculatedly folksy Americana, the loving depiction of military hardware, the mass destruction plunging from the heavens in trails of fire, and the transforming robots, someone at that ad agency has clearly seen way too many Michael Bay movies. (It lacks only shirtless, sweaty Marines and an American flag waving against a sunset.) Even if you ignore the ad's queasy combination of warfare and commerce -- I don't exactly want to buy a product being sold via a bombing run -- I simply can't understand how Motorola, Verizon, and Google think that positioning their product as a destructive, hostile menace is going to endear it to anyone. The iPhone's ads make it look cool, hip, and empowering. This Droid ad makes it seem poised to enslave us all. Steve * ** 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/ ** *
[CGUYS] Windows Mail and Yahoo
Running Vista HP with Windows Mail, had a situation where my message to a friend with a Yahoo domain email address was never delivered, and a message from him to me (requested by phone) also never arrived. I've used Verizon as my mail server for over a year with this setup, and have had no problems until this one. Anyone aware of issues between Windows Mail and Yahoo as an email provider? Thanks, Alan * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I must have missed that droid ad. Watch just about any male oriented sports program on major network TV, football, NASCAR, anything macho, and you'll get to see the ad. It is big time jingoistic looking. When I first saw it, I was sure it was a trailer for a new over-the-top alien invasion type movie with the peaceful populous being bombarded by fiery earth burrowing projectiles containing some horrific space creatures. The ad will likely give young kids nightmares if they happen to see it. I am sure you can easily find it on Youtube. Droid Verizon should be all you will need to type in to have it pop up. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
Nope, at least not for me, all I get are a lot of reviews and the iDont commercial. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I must have missed that droid ad. Watch just about any male oriented sports program on major network TV, football, NASCAR, anything macho, and you'll get to see the ad. It is big time jingoistic looking. When I first saw it, I was sure it was a trailer for a new over-the-top alien invasion type movie with the peaceful populous being bombarded by fiery earth burrowing projectiles containing some horrific space creatures. The ad will likely give young kids nightmares if they happen to see it. I am sure you can easily find it on Youtube. Droid Verizon should be all you will need to type in to have it pop up. Steve * ** 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] droid self-photography?
Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does' commercials with a robot theme. Still no go on the ones you are referring to. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, at least not for me, all I get are a lot of reviews and the iDont commercial. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: I must have missed that droid ad. Watch just about any male oriented sports program on major network TV, football, NASCAR, anything macho, and you'll get to see the ad. It is big time jingoistic looking. When I first saw it, I was sure it was a trailer for a new over-the-top alien invasion type movie with the peaceful populous being bombarded by fiery earth burrowing projectiles containing some horrific space creatures. The ad will likely give young kids nightmares if they happen to see it. I am sure you can easily find it on Youtube. Droid Verizon should be all you will need to type in to have it pop up. Steve * ** 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] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)
At the time I posted about the M$ $idekick $crewup the story was that there was no backup and all user files were permanently lost. Only WFBs thought that was hokedokey. Who thought that, exactly? What quote can you provide to back that up? Here's part of my post: This was just horrendous mismanagement by MS. Now, who thought it was hokey-dokey, and what exactly did he or she say? We're still waiting. Can you back this up, or not? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:05:23 -0500, Chris Dunford wrote: Now, who thought it was hokey-dokey, and what exactly did he or she say? We're still waiting. Can you back this up, or not? Dude, man, when are you going to learn? -- R:\katan - SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)
Now, who thought it was hokey-dokey, and what exactly did he or she say? We're still waiting. Can you back this up, or not? Dude, man, when are you going to learn? Hope springs infernal. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] USB quandry
I have an HP Mini Notebook that I took on a trip with me recently. While at my destination, I bought a USB keyboard and, a USB mouse, to use with the Notebook, via the two USB ports. They worked fine. When I got home, I hooked the USB keyboard n' mouse, to my desktop, via a PCI USB/Firewire card. I already had my webcam attached and, working fine. But, When I attached the USB mouse n' keyboard to the card, the keyboard doesn't work, despite installing the driver software. What am I missing, apart from trying the USB ports on the motherboard(which are 1.1 instead of 2.0). Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry
You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Christopher Range lcms0...@comcast.net wrote: When I got home, I hooked the USB keyboard n' mouse, to my desktop, via a PCI USB/Firewire card. I already had my webcam attached and, working fine. But, When I attached the USB mouse n' keyboard to the card, the keyboard doesn't work, despite installing the driver software. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Saw three more linked off engadget, all 'droid does' commercials with a robot theme. Still no go on the ones you are referring to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_sOAhoc0o * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry
Tony B wrote: You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. I mentioned the version of the USB port, because, I have a USB cable connected to one of the USB ports on the motherboard, that I use for hotsync'ing my PDA and, downloading pictures from digital camera. Every time I download pictures from my digital camera, I get a message saying I could use a faster USB port. That is why I mentioned the difference. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry
Tony B wrote: You shouldn't have to install any driver software for a keyboard. First, make sure it's the only keyboard. Then make sure it shows up in Device Manager when you plug it in. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. Tony, I re-connected it and, the keyboard works now!!!(Grinning from ear-to-ear) Thanks, Your reply created the spark I needed, to think more closely, about the connections!!! Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] USB quandry
Well, perhaps your PDA can use the increased speed of USB2; that's not surprising. But neither your mouse nor keyboard can operate faster than USB1 speed. Also, USB 1.1 is fine for a keyboard or mouse. I mentioned the version of the USB port, because, I have a USB cable connected to one of the USB ports on the motherboard, that I use for hotsync'ing my PDA and, downloading pictures from digital camera. Every time I download pictures from my digital camera, I get a message saying I could use a faster USB port. That is why I mentioned the difference. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
