Re: [CGUYS] Grabbing domain names of well-known persons?

[gerald]

At 10:07 AM 10/8/2007, you wrote:
>On 10/7/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >I also sort of assumed that .org meant a real nonprofit.  Otherwise,
>> various
>> >unscrupulous outfits and organizations might simply pose as being
>> >non-profits.  Could have the equivalent of, say, Microsoft.org
>>
>> Today anybody can get an org TLD. When the registrars went commercial any
>> effort to enforce qualifications went out the window. The only thing you
>> can't buy is gov and mil.
>
>
>so, can i ask, what's the point of all the different  domain extensions at
>this point?  is it like the propagation of area codes for phone lines
>because of the popularity of fax machines? 

I doubt if fax machines make up a very large percentage of the phone lines.  
probably under 10%.
cheap phone lines burned up all the numbers.  when I had my company, I started 
out with 2 lines + dedicated fax.  10 years later, had "MY" line 7 to the 
company, 1 for the alarm, 1 for ups, 1 for fax.  for a while had 4 for some 
kind of computer connection before cable & dsl.

put 4 in at home.  2 for wife, 1 for me, and one for fax.


> if i register a domain name,
>does it matter if i use .net or .org or .com or .name, etc etc etc.  in
>fact, looking on godaddy - it seems like i could buy a domain name with a
>.co.uk extension, and look as though i was located in England...
I think if all were on com, we would be to 8 or 9 or 10 character minimum.

businesses like to have a site that conveys their name.  my company was ppi.  
there are a lot of ppi's out there.  i have ppiusa.com & net & org(for 
different purposes)  had ppi.(whatever belieze is).  have 
pictureframes.something and photoframes.something.  never used them.  certainly 
a lot better than 7&gwpp€Vx£½.com, or 
aabb.com.

I think to have a system of  unique codes all in dot com, one would have to go 
to codes like those things to activate windows OS.



>also, in addition to .gov and .mil isn't .edu restricted - only educational
>institutions can own those??
>
>janaki

by the way,
janaki.tv and janaki.ws are available.


I am slawecki.com, and wife is slawecki.net(and never the email shall cross). 



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Re: [CGUYS] UPS Question

[gerald]

A UPS will also get unstable and noisy if the voltage goes up.  appliances and 
electronics will be unhappy also.  get a line meter from radio shack(i am not a 
part of radio shack).  

If the meter is bouncing up, and up a lot, call the power company, and tell 
they you have lost your neutral.  very big, and very dangerous problem.  keep 
punching buttons at power company till you get a human.  they should have 
people out within a couple of hours.

the way AC works is it is pushed on one wire and pulled on the other.  each run 
between +/-110 and ground.  if the neutral goes, that is one of the two wires, 
and the circuit is run between one of the power wires, and the ground(water 
pipe)  it is not a great conductor, so the +110 push can get up to 2-300 volts. 
 it kills electrics, and it kills people.

yes, we lost ours.  I got through at 7pm.  pepco showed up at 9 pm with a crew 
of 6-10, 2 backhoes, etc.etc.  they stayed for 3 days, destroyed the front lawn 
and driveway.  they pay for all killed equipment.




>Any help / advice / would be appreciated.
>
>Mical Wilmoth Carton
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Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator

[gerald]

info world aug 2007

In an ongoing alteration of the consumer PC landscape, Apple laptop sales have 
surged to a new all-time high over the past 90 days -- up from 12 percent in 
June to 17 percent currently. Apple desktop sales (7 percent; down from 8 
percent) have been solid but unspectacular during that same time period. 

from wired, may 2007

According to 
Bloomberg,
 Apple has captured 9.9 percent of the U.S. laptop market, just behind Toshiba 
(26.2 percent), Hewlett Packard (23.9 percent) and Gateway (13 percent).  

don't know if this is US or world data.  also, DELL is NOT included.

if you follow the numbers, the laptop market is twice as large as the desktop 
market.  I think these numbers are all screwed up, because they do not include 
direct sales.




At 12:38 PM 10/16/2007, you wrote:
>>Orwell lives!  Incorrect?  Only if you're one of the 3 percenters.  The
>>other 97% gets along just fine with these **cough** mistakes.
>
>21 percent of US laptops are Apple's. Nothing to cough at.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator

[gerald]

At 03:31 PM 10/16/2007, you wrote:
>info world aug 2007
>
>In an ongoing alteration of the consumer PC landscape, Apple laptop sales have 
>surged to a new all-time high over the past 90 days -- up from 12 percent in 
>June to 17 percent currently. Apple desktop sales (7 percent; down from 8 
>percent) have been solid but unspectacular during that same time period. 
>
>from wired, may 2007
>
>According to 
>Bloomberg,
> Apple has captured 9.9 percent of the U.S. laptop market, just behind Toshiba 
>(26.2 percent), Hewlett Packard (23.9 percent) and Gateway (13 percent).  
>
>don't know if this is US or world data.  also, DELL is NOT included.
>
>if you follow the numbers, the laptop market is twice as large as the desktop 
>market.  I think these numbers are all screwed up, because they do not include 
>direct sales.
>

When my wife worked for xerox, and they replaced all 10,000 or 20,000 or so 
laptops for $10,000,000 or 20m or so, it was a direct sale.  

that chart does also  show Lexmark selling about 3M in printers, and xerox does 
not make the 3m mark? the 6 big xerox machines to the IRS were over 3M 
total.

these numbers are the total of "one-zies" sales.


>At 12:38 PM 10/16/2007, you wrote:
>>>Orwell lives!  Incorrect?  Only if you're one of the 3 percenters.  The
>>>other 97% gets along just fine with these **cough** mistakes.
>>
>>21 percent of US laptops are Apple's. Nothing to cough at.
>>
>>
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Re: [CGUYS] Mac Administrator

[gerald]

>From Oct 17 Wall st journal:

Apple does a small fraction of the overall PC business, with a 3% share of new 
shipments globally during the second quarter.

In the US during the second quarter, Apple had a 5.9% share of new PC 
shipments

thru the end of august, mac sales accounted for 8.3% of the U.S. retail market 
this year

does not mention if these are dollars or units, 



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Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows

[gerald]

you want to meet my wife?  I just bought her an iMac.  she decided she wanted 
it because now it would run programs.

At 02:19 PM 10/18/2007, you wrote:
>I do not know anyone who bought a Mac to mostly run Windows, so how does
>the possibility of running Windows skew the numbers?  Have you
>discovered a secret cabal of Mac owners who mostly run Windows?  
>
>(Have you reported this group's drug use?)
>
>Thank you,
> 
>Mark Snyder
>-Original Message-
>The problem with those figures is they don't show OS share, only
>hardware.
>As has been obvious on this list for some time now, a lot of people are
>buying Macs and installing Windows. It's getting rare to find a Mac
>owner
>that doesn't run both OS's, thus seriously skewing the stats.
>
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Mac Market Share Grows [Was: Mac Administrator]

[gerald]

wrong.  that screws Apple number up, because it does not include any corporate 
or government or negoicated sales, which is where most PC's are sold.

At 11:11 AM 10/18/2007, you wrote:
>Apple is growing its laptop business impressively AppleInsider.com is
>reporting that Apple is awaiting word from Intel before announcing new
>Mac Pros with Penryn CPUs for media professionals.  I expect OS X 10.5
>to increase sales as well.  
>
>7-8% market share sounds small, but can be good revenue.  Apple's
>numbers are skewed downwards by most analysts because they don't include
>Apple's online or Apple Store sales, just third-party retail.
>
>Thank you,
> 
>Mark Snyder
>-Original Message-
>Third quarter figures for US computer sales have HP pushing Dell out of 
>1st place. Apple is in 3rd place with a 7.3% share. 
>
>http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138578-c,companynews/article.html
>
>I suppose most would agree that it is time for any company selling fewer
>
>computers than Apple to get out of the business. I don't agree. I'm just
>
>repeating wisdom I've gleaned from this list.
>
>
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[CGUYS] Mac OS UG's

[gerald]

Mac 10.5.0 arrives next week.  someone is selling it for $106.  when they fix 
it 6 months from now with 10.5.1, what will be the charge,another $106, or 
170??   or historically when mac went from 10.4.0 to.1.2.3.4, ect, what did 
they charge?

I sort of recall MS sending out the UG's which they called section 8's or some 
such, and did not charge.

from what I read on the mac/apple BB's, the anals are all confident that 10.5 
will not run right, but they got to have it. 



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[CGUYS] least invasive Anti Virus

[gerald]

I do not mind paying for an AV package, I just do not want one that bogs the 
system down, does not allow some activities, etc.  I have used a number of 
versions of norton and macafee, and both were very invasive.  they were cheap.  
but I would not mind paying for a decent piece of software. 



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Re: [CGUYS] Update OS X 10.3.9 to 10.5?

[gerald]

If 10.4 saved you 5 minutes a day, would it not be worth the $100 they want for 
it?  or is your time that invaluable?

10.5 is only $109, including S&H.  seems like a decent value to me.  why buy 
10.4 for 50?  or do g-4's not run 10.5?  I'm new to macs, and am not allowed to 
touch the thing i bought for my wife(other than to install more memory).

At 02:48 PM 10/26/2007, you wrote:
>I am hoping that the release of 10.5 will finally bring down the price of 10.4 
>on eBay, so I can upgrade my 10.3.9 G4 machine. People are paying what I 
>consider to be CRAZY prices for 10.4. I have set my price point at ~$50.
>-- 
>Roger
>Lovettsville, VA
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Re: [CGUYS] Wireless antenna question

[gerald]

buy one that you think might work from best buy or circuit city.  they give 
money back for a full month.

At 08:01 AM 10/29/2007, you wrote:
>On Oct 28, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>
>>With a little luck and a minimum of equipment you may be able to locate a
>>WiFi router upstairs that can be set to join that free network. Then your
>>computer downstairs will hopefully be in range of your upstairs WiFi
>>router.
>
>  Exactly as I envisioned.  There should be no range problem between a router 
> being used as a bridge upstairs and my computer located downstairs.  More 
> research needed, though.
>
>  Steve
>
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[CGUYS] iMac apple support

[gerald]

The AppleCare Protection Plan extends your computer's 90 days of complimentary 
support and one-year warranty to up to three years of world-class support. 
Price: $169.00 


comments for value received.  

it is a $1600 machine, so 10% for 3 years is not a lot, if they really will 
support the machine. 



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Re: [CGUYS] An XP clean install ?

[gerald]

I have a little trouble comprehending this post, but you are only allowed one 
machine for each C&PK.  It sounds to me like you have 3 xp certs, and 3 
machines running xp.   if you want to go from 3 XP to 5 xp, you have to have 5 
copies of xp.  if you decommission a machine, you can transfer the xp.

At 01:10 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
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> I'm running three machines with XP . They  each have their  
> Certificates  and  Product Key labels attached  , but I can't
>locate their original discs .
> I have two other machines running Win 2000 Pro which I would like 
> to have changed over to XP .
>  Is there some one in the Northern VA area who  can  use generic  
> XP discs  and my product  IDs to  change the  OSs
>for me ?
>  Thanks for any suggestions  ,
>   
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Re: [CGUYS] Reliable, free broadband speed test sites?

[gerald]

this is the same place

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1

I find it interesting that I get the same results, give or take 5 or 10% on 
most any of the sites, and most any time.  Indicates they(conmcast) have a 
limiter on my circuit, and the pipeline from my house to centeral processing is 
never full.  

get 8.0 and0.8 Mbps.

At 09:46 AM 11/2/2007, you wrote:
>Switching (hopefully) to RCN internet and phone today from Comcast and want to 
>do before and after speed test comparison.  Also want to test speed as loading 
>sites seems to have gotten much slower lately, getting back to dial-up type 
>speeds, it seems.  Tried a few free test sites - some no longer exist, one 
>keeps closing Firefox and SpeakEasy returns download speeds of around 27 kbp 
>(that Kilo, not Mega!), so suspect this isn't accurate.  Or maybe it is, with 
>experiencing these slower loading times.
>
>So 2 questions, really - a)  any good, reliable, hopefully free, sites to test 
>speeds?
>b)  any thoughts as to why loading might be getting significantly slower, even 
>if I close other applications?
>
>The guy from RCN just got here, so we'll see; keeping fingers crossed - 
>especially as to customer service.  Figure it really can't be too much worse 
>than Comcast's, right?
>
>Pretty good deal, incidentally, so it seems, for phone, internet and unlimited 
>long distance - all for $46, for one year.  For $75 could throw in cable, but 
>can't afford it and also can't really afford to be tempted to watch more tv 
>(not that I watch that much now).  Though saw flyer yesterday for $15 phone 
>(including long distance) service from Verizon yesterday.  Fine print was too 
>small to read, so not sure what the catches might be.
>
>Randall
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[CGUYS] iMac cheap

[gerald]

these guys :

http://www.electro-cheap.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/49/products_id/107

are offering a $1794 24" iMac for the special price of only

$1279.

do not expect delivery any time soon



all their prices on the millions of items offered are about 66% of real retail.

got to be scammers.  spent a lot on the website, too. 



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Re: [CGUYS] Reliable, free broadband speed test sites?

[gerald]

>
>My results are here:
>http://msiad.visualware.com/myspeed/db/report?id=7566735
>
>It shows very good throughput and QOS.  Interestingly, this is a Comcast
>circuit.

What is "interestingly" about a comcast circuit?

I also have comcast, and have no idea what I am supposed to get.  either for 
cable speed, or on the cable network.  I did ask about cable channels, and got 
an incomprehensible answer.  do not have time to sit on hold and get a real 
answer.

http://msiad.visualware.com/myspeed/db/report?id=7567064




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Re: [CGUYS] Reliable, free broadband speed test sites?

[gerald]

some 3-4 years ago, our internet signal would fail a couple of times a day, as 
did many of our neighbors who also used Comcast internet.

onsite tech #4 or 5 or 6 connected a meter to the signal strength at the 
computor and declared it to be -2 or -3, and that it should be at least 
0.(there was a plus part to the scale).  He went out to the box on the side of 
the house and changed what he called a "filter".  this repair fixed the 
problem.  

about a week later, a couple of service techs arrived in the neighborhood and 
changed all the filter for all the comcast subscribers.

At 12:00 PM 11/3/2007, you wrote:
>I had the same problem with comcast and went thru the same customer service 
>ritual.  With stubbornness and by "going vertical" up the management ladder 
>until I was speaking with the local repair service supervisors, I eventually 
>got their procedural wheels to creakily turn and they replaced whatever 
>distribution/amplification gadget was on the pole in my neighborhood and the 
>recurrent service failure problem was solved.  It was a painful experience 
>that should not have been necessary but with time the memory of it fades
>
>db
>
>Jordan wrote:
>>I would guess that Comcast service, and the way they control or not control 
>>speed, varies widely. Especially where they have bought out other services.
>>Out here in the boonies beyond Gettysburg, PA we get a little less than what 
>>Jeff is getting. Plenty fast though. And I can change modems or routers and 
>>the internet is just there. This is an Adelphia infrastructure that Comcast 
>>took over. I think they might be regulating speed some now, so they can 
>>charge more for faster, but it still works well.
>>In FL we have Comcast as well. But it's a different company, and the 
>>difference in service is night and day. If I change routers, I have to call 
>>them and wait on hold to give them the new MAC #. If I change a modem, it 
>>will take a while finding a tech who knows how to make the adjustment in 
>>their system. And a good tech actually advised me not to do that because the 
>>setting is difficult to change. The service is also reliably unreliable. At 
>>high use times, the internet service often just dies. Sometimes late morning, 
>>but very likely in the evening, especially at peak tourist season. I've never 
>>been able to get them to admit that there is any problem with their system. 
>>They'll happily send out a tech guy to check the signal, but they are almost 
>>never there when the service is off. They often have told me that the problem 
>>is with the cable in my house and one guy even tried to convince me it was my 
>>Mac. No one seems to hear me when I ask why the service dies at the same time 
>>each night.
>>I assume that they don't want to spend the money to upgrade a system that 
>>works fine for 9 months of the year, so they just stonewall everyone during 
>>the winter.
>>
>>Thanks for reading my tedious sad story. Maybe I'll try DSL this year.
>>
>>>My results are here:
>>>http://msiad.visualware.com/myspeed/db/report?id=7566735
>>>
>>>It shows very good throughput and QOS.  Interestingly, this is a Comcast
>>>circuit.
>>
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[CGUYS] cloning iMac drive

[gerald]

bought wife an iMac last month.  bought a copy of 10.5 for her to load.  she 
wants to clone her drive with the 10.4.X on it before install of 10.5.

there is a recommendation of using an external firewire drive instead of an 
external USB drive.  I have a couple USB drives around, but do not have a 
firewire around.  is it really better or necessary  to use firewire?

will the 2.4ghz 24" support a second internal sata drive?  is the cable or 
connection for support already in the machine? 



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Re: [CGUYS] Trying something new...

[gerald]

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesstips.mspx

the laptop may also have a place to plug in an external antenna, which would be 
an easy resolution to the problem.

I gather the built in is built in, and not removable.

At 10:06 AM 11/2/2007, you wrote:
>My daughter now has a new Toshiba Laptop. I have a wireless network at home. 
>Her computer enters in the network OK but not in her
>room that is a little far way.
>
>Question, can I install a Network Adapter USB-2 in her computer and use it 
>instead of what she has built in? Will this help?
>Also, if I change from C to a G network will this help?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Marcio
>
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Re: [CGUYS] cloning iMac drive

[gerald]

on my peeceez, I buy a drive, find a cable and power floating around in the 
machine and connect the drive.  the drive hangs loose.  I can clone the C drive 
in a very short time.  I then just pull and label the drive and put it in a 
stack with other drives.  can this be done with an iMac?  I know there is no 
room in that case. but are there cables and power floating around?  took 
forever to write to the external, and I know she'll over write it.

I know its got to be tight inside the little box.  I don't understand how they 
cool the processor.  I have not opened the thing to look inside(wife's 
computer) and do not hear any fans running.

jer

At 06:46 AM 11/6/2007, you wrote:
>>bought wife an iMac last month.  bought a copy of 10.5 for her to load.  
>>she wants to clone her drive with the 10.4.X on it before install of 10.5.
>
>Good idea. No telling what the "dot oh" version will do.
>
>>there is a recommendation of using an external firewire drive instead of 
>>an external USB drive.  I have a couple USB drives around, but do not have 
>>a firewire around.  is it really better or necessary  to use firewire?
>
>I have found that USB2 works almost as well as FireWire. Things like 
>Migration Assistant want FireWire so you could find yourself locked out 
>without it. However, if at some time in the future it turns out you must 
>have FireWire you can get an ATA to FireWire box for little money. 
>
>>will the 2.4ghz 24" support a second internal sata drive?  is the cable or 
>>connection for support already in the machine? 
>
>There is no room inside the case for anything to be added. It is also not 
>easy to get in there.
>
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[CGUYS] Leopard and Linksys

[gerald]

most every time my wife runs Leopard thru the Linksys router, it goes down.  
she transmits from the iMac to a D-Link wireless, which is then connected to 
the Linksys router.  anyone hear of a known problem of leopard and linksys?  
she had a PC talking to the d-link and that was ok.  I run a PC thru the 
linksys, and it does not shut down.  



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Re: [CGUYS] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks

[gerald]

My new business program wants to see the old version before I load it.  I could 
just buy the new full version.  only about 12-15K.  the old verson is on 
floppy.  7" floppy, or whatever the size of that big one was.  I have a drive 
that I plug into the machine.  I have not done it for a while, so am not 
certain the bios will see the floppy if I have to transfer the thing by 
reloading.

I need foxpro.  the version I have is on a floppy.  it does not transfer and 
load with a dvd.

my payroll program wants to see the old payroll program to ug.  old is on a 
floppy.

one of my scanners runs on an oddball extra slow scsi.  funny plug.  I move the 
card.  the scanner is a 12 x 18 heidelberg that does about a zillion dpi.  
takes forever.  the program that runs it came as a box of floppies.  large box 
at that.

western electric and bell ran the NYC telephone system on pre war carbon 
switches in the mid 50's when I worked for them...Pre WWI  !!!.  

I think the FAA and the FBI are running on mainframes that are 20 or so years 
old, and use tape backups from the same era.

the DoD refused for years to use laser printing.

lots of flash drives do not survive the day.  would rather use something that I 
thought was reliable.

for play at home it's one thing to use the latest tecnology.  for real business 
apps, nice to have something with a track history so when the irs comes 
knocking, they do not want to her woops, it worked yesterday.

At 03:23 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
>I don't understand why anyone would need a floppy drive now days. Not  
>since flash drives are so cheap and hold so much more. I even have one  
>built into an ink pen.
>
>Jeff M
>
>
>On Nov 8, 2007, at 11:43 AM, mike wrote:
>
>>I got one of these at newegg for 15 dollars I believe.  Only reason I
>>needed it was to get the RAID drivers on my machine at home.  But when
>>you gotta have it...well you know.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks

[gerald]

Ah yes.  the Iomega Zip drive...and the chatter of death.  I threw all of my 
zip drives away after I had my data turned to powder a couple of times.  
shugate made working drives in the 60's or 70's and Iomega made chatter of 
death in the 90's.

I have 4 zip disks in original shrink wrap up on a shelf.  anyone want them, 
they are yours for the price of shipping.

I don't think anyone ever loaded software for sale on a zip disk.

At 05:15 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
>What about just emailing the file to yourself? I'm sure the computer  
>isn't so old that it doesn't have a slot that could be plugged into a  
>phone jack. But that's beside the point. I have 2 Zip drives that  
>haven't been used in years. A floppy drive? How useless is that with  
>their minimal storage space?
>I have a friend who trashed 17 PCs because the dump fee was cheaper  
>then keeping them running. With the price of PCs now, not having one  
>is just a waste of time as compared to crippling along on some ancient  
>thing. I do admit I do have one ancient one, but it only gets turned  
>on to play a version of Tomb Raider I have. No pun intended.
>
>Jeff M
>
>
>On Nov 8, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
>
>>"I don't understand why anyone would need a floppy drive now
>>days. Not
>>since flash drives are so cheap and hold so much more. I even have one
>>built into an ink pen."
>>
>>--Jeff M
>>
>>If there is stuff you need at work or at home that's only on floppies,
>>or if you're using a computer that has a floppy drive but no USB port
>>(and that might not be hooked up to a network you can use), then you
>>need a floppy drive.
>>
>>Example: At work, I have to get stuff out of a Windows NT box of the
>>pre-USB era.  It has a floppy drive.  I have to move the stuff into an
>>iMac and a Windows XP box that don't have floppy drives, but do have
>>USB.  Solution: a portable floppy drive that plugs into the USB  
>>ports of
>>the iMac and the Windows box.
>>
>>There are probably a lot of situations out there where, for some  
>>reason
>>or other, a piece of antiquated equipment is still in occasional
>>service, and there is no money to replace the old equipment or staff
>>time to systematically remove the data from it.
>>
>>--Constance Warner
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Epson third-party inks

[gerald]

does that not say that someone got busted for violating patent rights?


At 07:29 PM 11/9/2007, you wrote:
>  I just received this e-mail from my usual ink supplier:
>
>ITC Ruling affects Epson printer owners
>Lake Orion, Michigan - November 8, 2007
>
>MIS Associates, Inc. (www.inksupply.com) was recently provided a copy of a 
>ruling issued by the United States (ITC) International Trade Commission in 
>Washington DC, (http://www.usitc.gov/).
>
> This commission is an independent, quasi-judicial Federal agency with broad 
> investigative responsibilities on matters of trade. The agency investigates 
> the effects of dumped and subsidized imports on domestic industries and 
> conducts global safeguard investigations. The Commission also adjudicates 
> cases involving alleged infringement by imports of intellectual property 
> rights. Through such proceedings, the agency facilitates a rules-based 
> international trading system. The Commission also serves as a Federal 
> resource where trade data and other trade policy-related information are 
> gathered and analyzed. The information and analysis are provided to the 
> President, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and 
> Congress to facilitate the development of sound and informed U.S. trade 
> policy. The Commission makes most of its information and analysis available 
> to the public to promote understanding of international trade issues. 
> (http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/about_itc/index.htm)
>
>
>As some of you may be aware Epson America, Inc. filed a complaint with the 
>above named government agency as well as a lawsuit in U.S. District Court 
>against 24 companies that had been importing inkjet cartridges which Epson 
>argued violated U.S. patents held by Epson. The ITC ruled in favor of Epson on 
>all grounds, and issued a number of orders mandating compliance from 
>importers, resellers and other parties not named in the complaint or suit.
>
>You can read more about the ruling at the links below. In keeping with legal 
>and fair business practices, MIS Associates, Inc. will comply with the ITC 
>ruling and not sell infringing products. We have been notified by virtually 
>all of our previous and current suppliers that Epson compatible cartridges 
>will no longer be available in the US market.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Epson third-party inks

[gerald]

xerox has aggressively pursued control of toner refilling.  xerox replacement 
carts were/are expensive.

hp  does not pursue, as they have nothing controllable in their mix. it's cheap 
and crummy, or the cheap and crummy works well in an hp.  hp laser print rubs 
off as it is not well cured.  note the print on the back of the letter.  not 
very professional.



At 01:22 PM 11/10/2007, you wrote:
>On Nov 10, 2007, at 8:29 AM, gerald wrote:
>
>>does that not say that someone got busted for violating patent rights?
>
>  Don't know the answer to that, but it does mean the end of inexpensive carts 
> for Epson printers in the United States, or at least many of the carts for 
> Epson printers.  They remain available elsewhere in the world, and the 
> prohibition does not extend to ink refills for Epson carts.
>
>  Perhaps other manufacturers will follow suit with similar legal action.
>
>  Steve
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Re: [CGUYS] Rip Van Winkle [Was: Looking for notebooks

[gerald]

At 01:37 AM 11/11/2007, you wrote:
>>My new business program wants to see the old version before I load it.  I 
>>could just buy the new full version.  only about 12-15K.  the old verson 
>>is on floppy.  7" floppy, or whatever the size of that big one was.  I 
>>have a drive that I plug into the machine.  I have not done it for a 
>>while, so am not certain the bios will see the floppy if I have to 
>>transfer the thing by reloading.
>
>This excuse is perfectly ridiculous. If you are paying a vendor $15,000 
>and they can't provide you with a modern method of program installation 
>you are working with a bad vendor. I wonder what other atrocious things 
>that are doing to you. Any small failure in this old hardware could put 
>you in a situation of being locked out of this software. Letting such a 
>situation persist is not good management.


maybe I'm not clear on this.  I buy the ug's for a grand or two.  I show it the 
old floppy, and load CD's with the new program.  the program wants the original 
purchase floppy to load.


>>I need foxpro.  the version I have is on a floppy.  it does not transfer 
>>and load with a dvd.
>
>No you don't need FoxPro.

No, I do not.  the program is a database program written in some version of 
foxpro, and comes with runtime foxpro.  however, if I wish to muck with it 
myself and pull unique reports, then I need foxpro.  maybe there is a psuedo 
fox pro out there that will work better, or I could learn how to program in C 
or B or D some such, and extract the outside information I want.


>>my payroll program wants to see the old payroll program to ug.  old is on 
>>a floppy.
>
>This gets worse and worse. Your business is hanging by a thread.


I could hire ADC and pay them $150 a month and a buck a check.  spend an hour 
putting together the information they want.  I've never missed a payroll.  
takes the office person 5 minutes to enter payroll, and another 5 to print the 
checks.  then 10 minutes to put them in envelopes and distribute them.  data is 
compiled and printed in couple minutes and goes to the accountant.  I can get a 
replacement of the same software for only $2000.  then I would not have to show 
the floppy, I would show the cd for the next year ug, or I could spring for 
another 2 grand and get a brand new 2008 cd of the data.

If I dump my business package, looks to me like the best swap is to the new 
greatplains now owned by microsoft and called ms small biz, or some such.  they 
will sell me a $10 package, and convert me over for another $10 of 
consulting fees.  

i cannot run peachtree or cougar or one of those things.  they for store fronts.

sounds to me like you are one of those guys who convinces a company that you 
can write something newer and better, and they end up married to him/her for 5 
years while he debugs and the company goes back to the old software so it can 
do business.  friend of mine did that.  took two years to give up.

I think the FAA & the FBI have had great difficulty switching from"old" 
technology to "new" technology.  too many bugs to even be able to run.  the 
library of congress will not archive to CD(good decision).

my software has had bugs, but I have always been able to get the job done in an 
extremely efficient manner.  paying $100 or 150 or 200 for the latest ug and 
having to use a floppy to load is not nearly as dumb as a small business 
spending a quarter mil to buy software that one has to learn, modify, and make 
work, or hiring a "consultant" to write something better for a complex 
diversified small company that need a lot of interactive modules.



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Re: [CGUYS] Short USB "extension cord"

[gerald]

these guys have a 31" A to B that rolls up.  either follow the company that 
makes it, or get a b to a adaptor from the same guys.

http://www.computergate.com/products/prodlist.cfm?prodseq=J3US01

At 02:34 PM 11/16/2007, you wrote:
>Has anyone seen for sale a short (6" or less) USB (A-male to A-female) 
>extension cord, just long enough to get a "bulky" USB device/adapter/connector 
>a couple of inches away from the chassis connector (where the chassis 
>connectors are closely spaced, and the bulky device blocks several nearby 
>ports)?
>
>TIA
>
>Fred Holmes
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Re: [CGUYS] FIOS and surge protection

[gerald]

how big is this surge protector.  I wanted one for my factory, but just did not 
have enough money to do a real job.

You should also worry about a "neutral" protector or notifier.  the neural in 
my house failed between house and street, and in house voltage ran up to 180 or 
200 or so.  not a surge.

At 04:02 PM 11/19/2007, you wrote:
>I just installed Verizon's FIOS service for both my
>phone and video service.  The CATV wire and the two
>copper telephone lines I had coming to my house have
>been removed.  I am having a whole house surge
>protector installed to protect my electrical service. 
>Do I need to worry about electrical surges coming in
>through the fiber optic line and destroying any
>equipment through that path or is the whole house
>surge protector enough, i.e., can surges come in on
>the FIOS?
>
>
>  
> 
>Be a better sports nut!  Let your teams follow you 
>with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.  
>http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ
>
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[CGUYS] display properties

[gerald]

I ran that wonderful FREE registry cleaner in pcmagazine.  cleaned registry, 
and a few other things.  never could get back to Zero.  machine would not boot. 
 with only oem win XP on a separate partition, was easiest just to overwrite 
XP. so I rebuilt the computer.  not that difficult.  is a crummy compaq with a 
an amd 3400+ semperon.

1.  I am unable to get the display adjustments to stick.  I change font/point 
sizes on the scroll bar, icons, fonts and they disappear when I reboot.  have 
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Re: [CGUYS] Stop Error Fixes?

[gerald]

I get about 1 a week.  I have usually gone out of my way to screw up to get the 
thing.  I do not think there is a repair for most of my stop errors, other than 
repair of the operator.  if you are getting more than one or two a week, then 
either there is something wrong with your system, or you are adventuring into 
the unknown much too often.

At 02:48 PM 11/24/2007, you wrote:
>Getting occasional stop errors on Win XP SP2 laptop. Besides the MS report 
>feedback which didn't help much, are there any real world suggestions you can 
>offer? Should go just go to the repair stage. Any feedback will be appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Richard P.
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Re: [CGUYS] LCD vs CRT Image Quality

[gerald]

I have a an AL1916W.  was a throwin in a package.  runs at 1440-960.  I thought 
it great.  replaced 24" Cornerstone with acer.  I'll trade you 2 cornerstones 
for the acer you don't like.  they are not the brightest screen on the block, 
but I do not use them in a sunshine environment.  the sun stopped shining on 
washington dc in 2000.

something is wrong with your setup.  if using a MS operating system, you can 
change fonts and sizes.

At 09:04 PM 11/25/2007, you wrote:
>I picked up a new Acer 19" widescreen LCD this weekend at a great price ($100 
>after rebates), but was disappointed with the clarity of the display when 
>compared to my "came-with-the computer" Compaq CRT. The small type looks 
>jagged in comparison plus it's not as sharp, despite going through all of the 
>adjustments. While I could get it to look somewhat better by increasing the 
>resolution to 1280x1024, the image was to small for my "mature" eyes. Is this 
>typical of LCD's in general and is there one out there that competes in 
>clarity and sharpness with a CRT? This is my first experience with a LCD at 
>home so I don't know if I'm expecting too much. In the meantime, this one is 
>going back to the store. Here is the link to the specs:
>
>http://us.acer.com/public/page9.do?sp=page4&dau34.oid=17458&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=-1&ctx4=United+States&crc=2910718424
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>Richard P.
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Re: [CGUYS] Stop Error Fixes?

[gerald]

You will be amazed how much cleaner and faster your machine will run, once you 
get rid of all traces of Norton anything.

At 10:38 AM 11/25/2007, you wrote:
>I would go to the Norton AntiVirus site and download the complete removal
>software (you would have to Google it, I don't know it off hand).   Print
>out the instructions and run it until it has removed all it can.
>
>That will undoubtedly help immensely.  Put on a free antivirus and see how
>long it can go now.
>
>
>-- 
>John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
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Re: [CGUYS] Black Monday - to shop online or not?

[gerald]

I have some Nokia unlock codes.  email me if you want them.  they did work for 
me.

At 01:18 AM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
>Every day is Black Monday [or Friday] on the Internets.
>
>I'm buying 4 basic things tomorrow [batteries, charger, etc]--maybe, on 
>eBay--but I didn't know about the "Black Monday" hype until my friend who 
>almost never buys anything online told me about it. She asked me to find a 
>camcorder. I didn't see anything that was any better deal for Monday compared 
>to any other time. Anyone got any hot deals on an unlocked Moto L7 or Nokia 
>6120 [or Nokia 8800--gold]?
>
>Betty
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Re: [CGUYS] LCD vs CRT Image Quality

[gerald]

in windows  rt click the screen>properties>settings>advanced>(depending upon 
card)>general>choose font size.  usually 96 or 120 DPI.  one can custom set, if 
enough card memory.  on my 24" monitors, I ran 1600 x 1200, and custom fonts of 
200 or 240 dpi.


>On Nov 25, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>
>>You will only get a sharp picture if you run the LCD at its native
>>resolution, which for your Acer is 1280x1024.
>>
>>If you need larger you should look for a 21" or 23" LCD that is 1280x1024.
>
>  He could obtain a smaller LCD, say a 17" unit at the normal aspect ratio 
> which I believe is 3:2, not a "widescreen" device.  At a native 1024 x 7638 
> resolution or even less, the type should appear larger and more readable even 
> though the screen is smaller, should it not?
>
>  Steve
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Re: [CGUYS] Black Monday - to shop online or not?

[gerald]

I got mine on time, and bought two  V7 22" lcd monitors for $185 each.

On Sunday, I went to the local Staples to buy a pair of the Kbyte 1gb pc2 DDR 
chips for around $100 total.  ther were none on the shelf.  I asked the asst 
manager, he went into the locked back room, and came out with a pair.  he did 
not put any on the shelf.

why are DDR's more expensive than DDR2's?

At 10:14 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
>FYI, at 10:00PM, I just now received, my Staples email advertisement for Black 
>Monday sales, for one day only. A little late... I suppose their servers were 
>all backed up.
>
>Richard P.
>
>
>>>Thus, web merchants are taking advantage of the perception that Black
>>>Monday brings bargains by raising their price.
>>>
>>
>>  
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Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth for cell phone - what to look for?

[gerald]

most are now compatible with all others.  ear comfort and being able to hear 
the thing are the two most important features.  most devices lay over the ear, 
including the very popular motorolas.  I cannot hear them.  I have a 
plantronics that has the "speaker" that sticks into the ear.

http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/cat1150057/cat5420035

check with somebody like buy.com

http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresults.asp?querytype=home&qu=blue+tooth&qxt=home&display=col&dclksa=1

they usually have a bunch for cheap.  

the return policy is important.

my wife's favorite cost something like $15.  worked well as a headphone.  
failed as a doorstop, and have not been able to replace it.

At 12:30 PM 11/27/2007, you wrote:
>Recently got a bluetooth compatible cellphone, but have never had blue tooth.  
>Notice that Staples has a sale on a blue tooth device - regular price $40 or 
>so, now on sale for appx. $14.  Going buy Staples today am thinking of getting 
>this, even with their ridiculous 14 return policy.  Before I do, a few 
>questions:  are all these bluetooth devices compatible with any cellphones?  
>Are there differences in quality (including sound quality - was talking to 
>friend recently who was using bluetooth and he sounded like he had hot 
>potatoes in his mouth) functionality or other things I should know about?  Is 
>this a case of you get what you pay for?  At the moment I can't afford to pay 
>$40 or more for bluetooth, so its this or nothing, unless and until I improve 
>my economic situation, so willing to not let the perfect or even the good be 
>the enemy of the "will get the job done."
>
>Thanks,
>
>Randall
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth for cell phone - what to look for?

[gerald]

for my devices, yes it is.  I have a nokia 6126 and a plantronics 655.  the 
plantronics has some noise reduction.  the mike is planted against my cheek, 
and the speaker is crammed in my ear.  

when it is on, neither the nokia speaker or mike are on.  

when using the nokia straight, I have trouble keeping the thing in the correct 
place to hear.  all outside noises are transmitted.

bluetooth is probably not superior to hard wire, but with active dogs in the 
car, hard wire can be a problem .

blue tooth is really great when driving on I95, trying to read a map, drink 
coffee, and take a message.

At 09:08 PM 11/27/2007, you wrote:
>Thanks.  Cell phone company couldn't give me a straight answer so I'll try 
>this.  Is your sound quality as good as if just using the phone or with a 
>regular headpiece?
>
>Randall
>
>- Original Message - From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: 
>Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:29 PM
>Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth for cell phone - what to look for?
>
>
>>Usually look up the model and see if it has a compatibility list.
>>
>>I bought an Office Depot model (Ativa Office Depot store brand for cheap) and 
>>it works fine.
>>
>>Stewart
>>
>>
>>At 11:30 AM 11/27/2007, you wrote:
>>>Recently got a bluetooth compatible cellphone, but have never had blue 
>>>tooth.  Notice that Staples has a sale on a blue tooth device - regular 
>>>price $40 or so, now on sale for appx. $14.  Going buy Staples today am 
>>>thinking of getting this, even with their ridiculous 14 return policy. 
>>>Before I do, a few questions:  are all these bluetooth devices compatible 
>>>with any cellphones?  Are there differences in quality (including sound 
>>>quality - was talking to friend recently who was using bluetooth and he 
>>>sounded like he had hot potatoes in his mouth) functionality or other things 
>>>I should know about?  Is this a case of you get what you pay for? At the 
>>>moment I can't afford to pay $40 or more for bluetooth, so its this or 
>>>nothing, unless and until I improve my economic situation, so willing to not 
>>>let the perfect or even the good be the enemy of the "will get the job done."
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Randall
>>
>>Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
>>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
>>Ozark, AL  SL 82
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Re: [CGUYS] [CGUYS} TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppose the

[gerald]

>
>  So, you are apparently suggesting that these retailers are unsure about 
> whether or not to charge a tax on certain labor functions, so to cover their 
> asses, they are collecting a sales tax on those labor charges.  Now, if they 
> collect a tax where they should not be collecting one, can they then retain 
> that collected money for themselves as opposed to having to send it to the 
> state?
>
>  Steve

in the collection of sales tax, one is acting as a fiduciary agent for the 
state.  you collect it, you pay it.  you don't collect it, you pay it.  you 
collect it and you don't pay it, it is a felony.  not a misdemeanor.  not 
protected by corporate shield.  Maryland has argued that when I quoted $400 for 
a transmission(*long time ago) and then charged $300 for parts, and $100 for 
labor, not collecting sales tax on the $100 was incorrect.  AAmco came in and 
argued the case for us, and we won.  but splitting out installation may not 
work in most cases.

I had a company in Baltimore.  we sold a lot of product wholesale into Texas.  
I did not do a very good job of collecting reseller certs from the retailers.  
Last year Texas came after me for all uncollected sales tax on sales to anyone 
for whom I did not have a reseller cert.  they went back 7 full years, to 1999. 
 they are in the process of getting a judgement against me for $250,000 plus 
about $250,000 in penalties.  I(my company) cannot produce the paperwork, and 
those are the laws of the great state of Texas.




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Re: [CGUYS] TCM Member Alert - what you can do to oppose the co

[gerald]

>
>
>Italian merchants will insist that you take the register receipt and 
>carry it with you out of the store. Tax police may stop you to demand you 
>present proof of taxes paid.
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Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth radiation?

[gerald]

Most people I see with bluetooth and for that matter cell phones, and in 
particular iphones and blackburys seem to suffer from severe brain damage.

I also see similar damage to people who use airport rest rooms, where that 
little red lite shines on a person.

passing under power wires has radiation effects probably similar to cell phones.

monitors radiate, so do those wireless keyboards and mice.

I worry more about the cars that run red lights in my neighborhood.  For that 
reason and that one only, I drive a 5500 lb vehicle with full complement of 
airbag, ,,and do not use public toilets.

At 05:20 PM 11/30/2007, you wrote:
>I was in a store checking out bluetooth headsets for cell phone, ending up
>getting one on sale for $15.  However another customer I was talking to
>about cell phones, etc. said that bluetooth headpieces deliver as much
>radiation to the head as using the cellphone directly, near your head, maybe
>more.  Bluetooth is one thing, bluebrain is another; anyone know if this is
>true?  If so I may well return the bluetooth and just stick to regular,
>corded headpiece, which is admittedly less convenient. I vaguely recall this
>coming up here before but can't locate the posts.
>
>Randall
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth radiation?

[gerald]

the part that is 2-3mm from your ear is a speaker.  the radiation devise is 
housed elsewhere in the box.  you are attempting to determine the distance of 
the mechanical device, which has nothing to do with electric radiation.

I would presume the electronic portion of the blutooth device is much closer, 
as the whole thing is only a couple inches long.  the electronic transmitter in 
my folding cell phone is in the bottom portion of my cell phone, and at least 
4" from my ear.

presuming the device transmits non directionally in 3 dimensions, would not the 
signal reduce by the cube of the distance? if it were to transmit 
directionally, the square root estimate may not work.

most people in my neighbor hood hold the phone about 2' away, directly in front 
of themselves while driving down I95.  this is to transmit and view images of 
the telephone talkers. 

At 08:13 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
>Are bluetooth headphones actually closer than a cell phone
>against the ear? If we are talking about the difference between
>1/4 inch and 1/16 of an inch, equally powerful signals would
>have differ by a factor 16 (ie 4 squared).
>The power requirement to broadcast bluetooth 30feet compared to
>a cell phone 1 feet is different by a factor of  >90,000.
>
>Given that I would expect that the incident energy of bluetooth radiation 
>on your body is many times (10? 100? 1000?) less than that of a cell phone.
>
>
>Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did hear her on a few show while on her 
>book tour and noted her concern
>about the potential harm from cell phones and about the research on this to
>date.
>
>Re. bluetooth, is it definitely the case that it gives off much less
>radiation than cellphones?  Even if so I wonder about the effect of
>something that close to the head, closer than even cellphones are held.  But
>as far as the bigger picture, long-term risk, you are probably right in that
>cellphone use today probably wouldn't result in cancer for many years if not
>decades, though radiation damage is cumulative so who knows if there isn't
>some threshold tipping point.
>
>Randall
>
>
>On Dec 1, 2007 1:50 PM, Paul Meyer 
> wrote:
>
>> If anyone listened to the public health academic who wrote
>> "The Secret History of the War On Cancer" some of the most
>> quoted studies
>> done on cell phone radiation have severe methodological
>> flaws and even if they were good might been inadequate for
>> assessing the  brain cancer risk 20 or 30  years out (which is
>> the appropriate scale for the development of brain cancer)
>> One
>> reason minors should not have cell phones except for
>> emergency use.
>>
>> That said, bluetooth  would seem  to be a much less intense
>> radiation source and if it had 10 times less of cancer risk
>> than cell phones, I would not be surprised in the slightest.
>>
>> The same advice about avoiding cell phones for minors goes for aspartame.
>>
>> Randy  wrote: I was in a store checking out bluetooth
>> headsets for cell phone, ending up
>> getting one on sale for $15.  However another customer I was talking to
>> about cell phones, etc. said that bluetooth headpieces deliver as much
>> radiation to the head as using the cellphone directly, near your head,
>> maybe
>> more.  Bluetooth is one thing, bluebrain is another; anyone know if this
>> is
>> true?  If so I may well return the bluetooth and just stick to regular,
>> corded headpiece, which is admittedly less convenient. I vaguely recall
>> this
>> coming up here before but can't locate the posts.
>>
>> Randall
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Re: [CGUYS] USB Turntable?

[gerald]

audio technica is also a decent name.  any of the usb  turntable is probably 
adequate.  they may need a better cartridge.

how big a sale do you need?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-0048373-2615160?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=usb+turntable&x=9&y=14

apparently these things are not selling very well.

At 01:23 PM 12/3/2007, you wrote:
>I've heard the Ion USB turntable does a good job.  I'm just waiting for one
>to go on sale. 
>
>> -Original Message-
>> I'm looking to dub off some albums to CD and wanted to get
>> recommendations for the best way to do this. I've heard of  USB
>> turntable, USB turntable/cassette combo, and USB converter. I would
>> appreciate any thoughts and or recommendations.
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Re: [CGUYS] USB Turntable?

[gerald]

I think that just tells you about zuny sales, and their very special operating 
system.  maybe 12 yo's are smarter than we give them credit for.

At 03:40 PM 12/3/2007, you wrote:
>>apparently these things are not selling very well.
>
>Last Dec when I was checking Amazon's best seller list for the Zune I 
>noticed that two models of USB turntable were selling better than the 
>Zune. So don't call it "not selling very well."
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[CGUYS] Reader for SDHC media cards

[gerald]

I bought a new camera for me.  It has capability to use SDHC media.  I bought a 
4&8 gig media.  they are formatted differently.

when I plug the schc card into the correct slot for an SD media on my '06 
compaq amd, the computor locks up. screen is wiped.  get a message that control 
panel is not functioning on a cntl alt del.

same thing on an 06 ASUS amd.

now what?? 




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Re: [CGUYS] Reader for SDHC media cards

[gerald]

finally found it in a best buy ad.  could not find this line from google:

Compatible exclusively with digital cameras and camcorders that support Secure 
Digital High Capacity memory cards; Note: legacy Secure Digital devices are not 
compatible 

At 09:18 AM 12/8/2007, you wrote:
>I bought a new camera for me.  It has capability to use SDHC media.  I bought 
>a 4&8 gig media.  they are formatted differently.
>
>when I plug the schc card into the correct slot for an SD media on my '06 
>compaq amd, the computor locks up. screen is wiped.  get a message that 
>control panel is not functioning on a cntl alt del.
>
>same thing on an 06 ASUS amd.
>
>now what?? 
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Re: [CGUYS] Reader for SDHC media cards

[gerald]

I have a new panasonic.  however canon, fuji,nikon, all have adapted the new 
technology.  do a search on SDHC to find out about it.  formatted differently, 
and up to 32mb in size, and up to 6mb r/w speeds.  you can still use old chips 
in the cameras, but with the sd (2gig?) chip limit.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/pdf/sdhc.pdf

best buy has a skandisk 4 gig and a reader for $34.

Sony still uses stupid stick, and olympus, XD.

watch out tom, new technology roaring down the road.
you still using that  canon FDt from 1970 or do you have a pre war (II) leica 
rangefinder?

I've personally had enough new technology with my wife's glossy iMac monitor 
screen.  she blew blood vessels in both eyes.

http://slawecki.com/Photo%2051.jpg

she worked as a computer analyist for 37 years, and never blew one before.


At 10:42 AM 12/8/2007, you wrote:
>>Compatible exclusively with digital cameras and camcorders that support 
>>Secure Digital High Capacity memory cards; Note: legacy Secure Digital 
>>devices are not compatible 
>
>Please tell us what make and model camera so we can approach it with 
>caution.



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Re: [CGUYS] Reader for SDHC media cards

[gerald]

At 12:39 PM 12/8/2007, you wrote:
>>watch out tom, new technology roaring down the road.
>>you still using that  canon FDt from 1970 or do you have a pre war (II) 
>>leica rangefinder?
>
>Which war? Even my digital cameras can be called "pre war."


Please note " (II) "to designate what here in the united states is referred to 
as world war two.



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Re: [CGUYS] Reader for SDHC media cards

[gerald]

they eight bucks on amazon.

At 10:10 AM 12/10/2007, you wrote:
>I had to buy a new card reader that specifically states it can handle SD HC.  
>Other card readers wouldn't recognize the SD HC card.
>
>david
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>David Turk
>Manager, Preservation Imaging Services
>Indiana Historical Society
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>Subject: [CGUYS] Reader for SDHC media cards
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>I bought a new camera for me.  It has capability to use SDHC media.  I bought 
>a 4&8 gig media.  they are formatted differently.
>
>when I plug the schc card into the correct slot for an SD media on my '06 
>compaq amd, the computor locks up. screen is wiped.  get a message that 
>control panel is not functioning on a cntl alt del.
>
>same thing on an 06 ASUS amd.
>
>now what??
>
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[CGUYS] firefox crashing

[gerald]

I have firefox 2.0.0.11 loaded on an xp machine(oem compaq).  it is not very 
stable.  it goes down more than once a day.  this is sort of new.  the xp was 
reloaded not all that long ago.  nothing else seems to misbehave.  the only 
thing new is I got my wife an iMac. 



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[CGUYS] adobe vs apple

[gerald]

At 03:53 PM 12/20/2007, you wrote:
> ...snip...
>> instituted their onerous copy protection they
>> assured us that it would 
>> allow them to lower prices -- the liars.


Adobe:
Profit Margin (ttm):23.38%
Operating Margin (ttm):25.44%

apple:
Profit Margin (ttm):14.56%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.37%

however,

adobe
Return on Assets (ttm):8.25%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.20%


apple:
Return on Assets (ttm):12.95%
Return on Equity (ttm):28.52%

I guess apple is just smart, and adobe is a gouger




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Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

[gerald]

a new generation of flash memory has come out.  it is much faster, and not that 
much more expensive.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/pdf/sdhc.pdf

when I bought one of these from bestbuy on stupid sale:

Card-SDSDBR-409 SKU: 7956599

it came with a card reader.  an $8 value!!

it is not backward compatable with old sd.

At 08:02 AM 12/26/2007, you wrote:
>Get a 4GB flash drive, install it "permanently," and put the swap file on it.  
>Use it all for the swap file.  For that portion of the swap file, set the min 
>and max sizes of the swap file to be the size of the whole drive (as much as 
>Windows will allow, which is a few megabytes less than all of it).  Keep some 
>swap file on the installed hard drive, and set its minimum size as low as 
>possible.  Then, early use of the swap file should default to the flash drive, 
>but there is swap file available if the flash drive should fail or become 
>accidentally removed.
>
>Fred Holmes
>
>At 07:36 AM 12/26/2007, Quentin Fisher wrote:
>>As digital files get larger and more numerous, I find even simple sorting
>>and labeling tasks get more sluggish. I have a Dell Dimension Pentium 4
>>running XP. I have maxxed on RAM, and installed a SATA hard dive. Would
>>upgrading the video card make much of a difference, or have I gotten near
>>the limits of my processor and bus? Other suggestions?
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Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?

[gerald]

I have 3 of these 6 digit RSA randomizers that create same code on the little 
thingie I have , and another at eTrade.  two of them are for eTrade accounts.  
(one for me, one for my wife).  what with swapping accounts, I spend more time 
logging in than I do drinking any more.   

could I use a roboform?  does rsa or somebody else make randomizer that I could 
plug into usb port and use?

 .  i looked on both the rsa and the roboform website, and cannot figure out 
what, how, how much.

tg



At 05:09 PM 12/29/2007, you wrote:
>At 12:47 PM 12/29/2007, Tony B wrote:
>>Roboform (http://www.roboform.com) - one for my desktop and one for my
>>flash drive. Not only allows you to use maximum strength passwords,
>>but allows you to enter your own master password with your mouse (to
>>avoid keyloggers that are so common today). 
>
>I suspect it's only a matter of time before they write a 
>screenreader/mouselogger that will do the same thing as a keylogger.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Are Passwords Obsolete?

[gerald]

At 01:31 PM 12/30/2007, you wrote:
>No you can't change the battery you need to get a new one.  They are
>set at the factory and synced to a data base somewhere that checks the
>out put against what is expected.  These things are basically clocks
>that generate a random looking number for each 30 seconds of time.

I have been told that mine last about 3 years.  then are replaced.




>if you were to write down a number I guess it could be used to ascertain
>the time the number was generated.  I have heard reports that
>Paypal/verisign footballs give a sequential first digit if you keep
>pressing them every thirty seconds.   There is hope to make these an
>open id device that would work over a bunch of sites.

mine have a serial/id number on the back.  I call in and register that number 
for that login.  I have not yet tried to use the same device for 2 sites.  they 
do seem to change code at pretty much the same time.  i do not see how I could 
force the code change at paypal, with the unit in my hand, since the unit in my 
hand has no broadcast abilities.  it is only a clock of sorts that kicks out 
this unique time code every 30(?) or so sec.  the two units i currently have in 
hand seem to be sort of random between each other.
711895   831408
130634   854 421
378558   833565
585790   997123
964811   800750





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Re: [CGUYS] Audio Conversion?

[gerald]

I think you sent this to me, instead of to cgz.  

when I fly, i want to kill as much sound as possible.  i use shure isolation 
phones.  I cannot hear pilot or FA announcemsnts.  cannot hear those damned 
babies crying or those asshole conversations for hours on end.  i usually fly 
transatlantic, and would like to get 8 hrs sleep.

Bose made super noise reduction headphones for the people(rutan?) to do the 
around the world nonstop in a carbon phonebooth.  noise levels were apparantly 
extremely high.

normal NR headphones suck because they do not seal well, and they are hot as 
hell.  an amazingly high percentage of one's heat dump is through the ears.

regards

jer

At 11:40 PM 12/31/2007, you wrote:
>Fortunately or otherwise ( ;-) ), I still have most of my hearing. My 
>occasional job requires this as an audio technician. I use a great pair of 
>headphones for fieldwork which also work great at home. They block out the 
>external noise as described below. Remote Audio HN-7506 headphones:
>http://www.remoteaudio.com/hn7506.htm
>
>Richard P.
>
>Eric  wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Most of us have ears that are somewhat damaged and they will only be getting 
>>>worse as time goes by. So for a personal music collection it would be silly 
>>>to use any technology that is better than what one can hear.
>>
>>I never spent a lot of time at rock concerts in my younger days, actually
>>I'm not very fond of much rock,  anyway.  I'm also an occasional
>>shooter (firearms not films), and hearing protection is a huge issue in
>>that community.  I have several hearing protection devices, the best of
>>which is actively compensated in such a way that you can hear a normal
>>conversation but not the impulse noise of a gunshot.  That would work
>>well at a rock concert, because the degree of attenuation is adjustable.
>>
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Re: [CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

[gerald]

THERE DOES NOT seem to be a camcorder site equal to dpreviews, but this one has 
a lot:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/

it is a difficult site to navagate.

this was there last big look

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/camcorderinfo-presents-the-great-hd-shootout.htm

things have moved a lot since then.  panasonic has new models.  AVCHD is now 
acceptable, and will probably become the new standard. most shoot 1920 x 1080i 
video, some have a hard drive, newer use a sdhc chip.  
the jvc in this survey does 530k pixel with each color detector.  


At 11:04 AM 1/3/2008, you wrote:
>I'm going to do some research on this, but off the top of anyone's heads, are 
>there digital video cams with decent resolution stills?  Our current JVC has 
>an SD card slot that captures stills at around 9"x14" at 72 dpi.  I'd like at 
>least 200-300 dpi.  Thanks.
>
> david
>
>David Turk
>Manager, Preservation Imaging Services
>Indiana Historical Society
>450 W. Ohio St.
>Indianapolis, IN  46202
>(317) 232-4592
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[CGUYS] Office mac licenses

[gerald]

wife has new 24" iMac 2.4 with leopard

she said when she loaded office:mac...student teacher edition, it somehow ate 
two of the three licenses.  is this possible?  if so, how does she, or can she 
get one of them back? 



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Re: [CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

[gerald]

some of the jvc's do 2500 x 2000, which is about 200 dpi on a 9 x 14. 



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Re: [CGUYS] Camcorder with hi-res stills

[gerald]

At 04:14 PM 1/5/2008, you wrote:
>Now I just need a larger card. My 512mb ain't  
>going to cut it if I decide to start taking movies. Panasonic  
>recommends a 10mb high speed card, what ever that is. Anyway, this  
>camera has more features 


sdhc for the player, coach and fan:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/pdf/sdhc.pdf

I have an fz18 and the sdhc card works in it.  I do not know what  max sized 
card it will address.

it requires a unique reader to connect to the usb port.  best buy was selling a 
4 gig and a reader for very reasonable price.

there is another family of cards, the extreme.  sandisk is one of the makers. I 
cannot find information on that card, other than it can exceed the 4 gig sd 
limit, and is very fast.

searching pricewatch.com is one way to find low priced memory cards.  do not 
know if it is the best way.

the fz18 produces right decent pictures for an overblown point and shoot

http://slawecki.com/SHELLY/ 



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Re: [CGUYS] Aspire Laptop Comments?

[gerald]

bought an Asus laptop for wife for kitchen use.  bought it on price alone.  
added some ram.  still running fine after 2 years of hard use.  it is not 
transported, which is the real laptop killer.  sits on a countertop covered in 
flour, olive oil, etc.

when she was employed, she drug a laptop with her everywhere.  EDS set up a 
special shelf to rebuild her machine.  I know none of them  ever lasted 2 
months without a trip to the shop.  I wonder who bought those units she beat to 
death when EDS pulled them.

At 12:51 PM 1/6/2008, you wrote:
>>Looking at an Aspire laptop, AS5720-4126 at Microcenter:
>>http://tinyurl.com/2zxdzg
>>The specs have the basics of what is needed in a laptop and it looks and 
>>works nicely. Other than it being Vista as well as not being an Mac (Tom 
>>;-) ), is this a safe buy? I don't have any experience with Acer laptops.
>>Any comments will be appreciated
>
>I would not buy any kind of laptop until Apple rolls out its new line of 
>laptops in about a week. Even if you want to be bizarre and not buy a Mac 
>laptop, the apple of your eye my shrink by comparison and have to lower 
>its price.
>
>The last time I bought some store brand computers from MicroCenter I 
>returned them the next day. The build quality was poor.
>
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Re: [CGUYS] Final Cut vs. Premiere

[gerald]

the new format on HD consumer video cams is AVCHD.  does that influence the 
choice?  my wife's new camera, which has not yet arrived, is in that format.  
She has a new iMac 2.4.

At 03:33 PM 1/11/2008, you wrote:
>What would you be using this skil-set for? Is is basic editing or extensive 
>post production? And it might depend upon which format computer you're using. 
>What will be your material source? High def or standard def?
>
>Richard P.
>
>David wrote:
>>Can I get some feedback on which of these 2 people would recommend?  I'm 
>>adding Videographer to my skill-sets (like I needed another one!).  tia.
>>
>> 
>>  
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Re: [CGUYS] High quality brand SD card?

[gerald]

why not just get an sdhc?  what you got against sdhc?  what you consider a good 
price?  4 gig do 1000 pitchers.  

4's are 34 bucks all day long.  bought a 16gig  a data for wife's camcorder for 
80 bucks.  what's wrong with a data?  all made by same factory. in a fz 18, 
thats 4000 max rez images.  you gonna live that long?

At 06:11 PM 1/14/2008, you wrote:
>I'd also like to know this. I've been looking for a 10GB high speed  
>SD card for my Panasonic DMC-FZ18, of course at a reasonable price.  
>Good to know not to go with the A DATA cards I might find.
>
>Jeff M
>
>
>On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:48 PM, db wrote:
>
>>I want to buy a DURABLE high quality brand of SD card with medium  
>>speed RW capability (~9 mb/sec but don't need  the fastest speeds  
>>available).   (It's for for my Canon digital camera which can also  
>>shoot video but doesn't RW at the fastest speeds).
>>I have had a 512MB and a 2GB SANDISK Ultra II SD card for a while  
>>and they have been great.
>>More recently, I bought a A DATA 4 GB 133x SD card which has been  
>>lousy.  I had formatting problems and then the thinner plastic case  
>>fell apart.
>>
>>I am looking for another 4 GB medium speed SD card but my camera  
>>cannot use the new SDHC cards and it turns out SANDISK does not make  
>>anything bigger than the 2GB Ultra II SD cards.  Everything in  
>>larger sizes is the new SDHC format which my camera will not accept.
>>
>>Can anyone personally recommend another quality brand of SD cards  
>>other than SANDISK?
>
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Re: [CGUYS] High quality brand SD card?

[gerald]

we have an 8 gig mmc chip.  looks just like an SD at first glance.

http://www.jvcservice.com/store/ProductDetail.asp?part=QAM0467-002

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard


wonder if one of these will work.  seems it does sometimes.

the price sure is right.


At 01:09 PM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
>Ugh!!! I just took a look at the SD card standards description on Wikipedia 
>and it's not pretty!
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card
>
>It explains my mystery of not finding a mainstream non SDHC 4GB card. 
>Apparently, mainstream vendors moved to SDHC when manufacturing that size.  A 
>few fringe vendors apparently temporarily made a less compliant 4GB card. (not 
>sure if it used 1.0 or 1.1 standard or neither.) and that is apparently what 
>my frail AData card was.   (That also explains the fact, which I hadn't 
>mentioned, that the AData 4GB card wasn't readable by my Palm TX while my 
>Canon camera did.)
>
>It seems that SD has 3 standards:  1, 1.1  and 2.0 (SDHC).  DRM and SDIO 
>standards also complicate the issue.
>
>Several things can be clearly understood from the Wikipedia article:
>** All cards 1 GB and smaller are uncomplicated in their makeup and across the 
>board compatibility. (There should be no SD card/ SD device compatibility 
>problems)
>** 2GB to 4GB cards can be of different standards. (There can be SD card/ SD 
>device compatibility issues)
>** Some 4GB cards and all cards larger than 4GB are SDHC (SD 2.0) which can 
>only be used with newer SDHC compatible devices as they use a completely 
>different memory addressing scheme. (SDHC devices are supposed to be backward 
>compatible however ... they read 1.0 and 1.1 standard cards)
>** SDIO is an additional SD format that supports embedded devices such as GPS. 
> The SD slot device must be SDIO complaint for an SD card with such SDIO 
>embedded tech to work no matter whether it is otherwise 1.0, 1.1 or 2.0.
>
>It is also clear that Compact Flash standard and associated compatibility 
>issues ares less complex while the newer smaller XD and other card protocols 
>are even more complex than SD.
>
>Not sure I doped out the Wikipedia correctly.  Can anyone else add to the 
>above?
>
>db
>
>Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
>>There is a difference between SDHC and high speed.
>>
>>high speed refers to the writing time for the card to read and write there 
>>are differences between cards.
>>
>>SDHC refers to the standard of capacity the card can hold with SDHC being 
>>used for all cards (that meat the standard) 4GB and above.
>>
>>Stewart
>>
>>At 12:05 AM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
>>>Actually my 256mb sd card is good enough for me when it comes to just
>>>doing pics. But Panasonic recommends the high speed card (I'm assuming
>>>that is the sdhc?) for doing the quality video my camera is also
>>>capable of doing. Though the video it's doing now seems fine. I
>>>haven't tested it (timed it) but I guess I'm not going to get a very
>>>long video with only 256mb. So, if the price is right I might as well
>>>max it out to Panasonic specs if I can.
>>>
>>>Jeff M
>>
>>Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
>>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Prince of Peace
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[CGUYS] website parked

[gerald]

Among others, I own www.slawecki.com, and www.slawecki.net.

I use .com, and have put the items i wish on it.

my wife uses .net...She decided to put those items near and dear to her on 
slawecki.net  should be no problem, as we have a contract with allnet to allow 
30gign on their server.  however, godaddy.com has parked their standard 
advertising on the site.  how do I get that garbage off of there?

i checked the registration, and unless in the very fine print, i have not given 
them permission to post on the site.  i also have not specifically denied them 
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Re: [CGUYS] Make a Straight Through Paper Path for a Brother Pr

[gerald]

the bigger xerox printers (really big) have a number of separate color print 
stations.  their path is straight.  the alignment of the paper is part of the 
problem.  as tom said, they are very long. i have a couple of relatively 
expensive xerox color laser printers.  they do loop the loop with the paper.


At 01:15 PM 1/22/2008, you wrote:
>>Straight through is so valuable, and monochrome laser printers have  
>>it. Perhaps it's more difficult to achieve with color laser printers.  
>>However, if the back opens... (As I started out saying...)
>
>You are missing the point. The paper in the printer has to do a loop the 
>loop four times inside the printer. To get what you want the printer 
>would have to be unfolded and that woule make it about three feet long. 
>That is not how these printers are made.
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Re: [CGUYS] State Taxes

[gerald]

At 10:59 AM 1/23/2008, you wrote:
>It seems to me that MD's sales tax on services is an attempt to grab some 
>income from Virginia based consultants.
>A Va. consultant would go into MD, perform services, and only pay tax on his 
>income to Virginia.  By imposing a 'sales' tax, then MD can get a cut of the 
>action that takes place on their soil.

what is your big aversion to paying taxes.  do you get 1099's from your 
customers?  if not, you should be filing and paying withholding tax both state 
and federal monthly.




>I do some consulting work here in NC, and investigated reselling equipment at 
>a profit.  NC requires quite a bit of detail in the monthly reports in 
>addition to a reseller's license.  I would have to file this report monthly 
>even if I sell just one item or less.  My solution is to simply pay the sales 
>tax at the time that I purchase the equipment, then pass on the exact cost to 
>the client. This eliminates negotiating with vendors for a tax exempt status, 
>and making sure that I get it with every purchase (an additional headache), 
>and all the record keeping and reporting as well.  I don't think this violates 
>any laws here... would it in DC and Maryland?


if you are buying in one state, and paying the state taxes there, then 
transfering the equipment and title to another state and another owner, i'd bet 
just about anything that is a no no.  you could probably act at their 
purchasing agent and purchase the equipment for them and.

37 states have franchise taxes.  you gotta pay a tax to practice in that state. 
wait til you guys get hit with them.  and the forms.  makes sales tax a 
piece of cake.

sales tax on labor has always been a middlie thing that varies from state to 
state.  i think VA does not charge tax on food(did not back in the 70's), but 
md does.  the gas tax and the cigarette tax in va is less than md.  it is a 
state right.  va does not charge the taxes, and the services suck.

texas apparently does not have an income tax, so the state is broke.  they 
cannot build toll roads, so they are going to have private companies build 
their tollways.

you have to pay to live in a civilized society.  in VA, you can carry a gun 
anywhere.  just can't drive anywhere to get the job done.



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Re: [CGUYS] website parked

[gerald]

i eliminated the password requirement.


>PS I can't get through to .com either. It's asking for a login.
>
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>On Jan 22, 2008 9:29 AM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Among others, I own www.slawecki.com, and www.slawecki.net.
>>
>> I use .com, and have put the items i wish on it.
>>
>> my wife uses .net...She decided to put those items near and dear to her on 
>> slawecki.net  should be no problem, as we have a contract with allnet to 
>> allow 30gign on their server.  however, godaddy.com has parked their 
>> standard advertising on the site.  how do I get that garbage off of there?
>>
>> i checked the registration, and unless in the very fine print, i have not 
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[CGUYS] ebay experiences

[gerald]

1. my ebay password is very unstable.  as long as firefox holds it in memory, 
it works.  if I try to enter it, it does not.  

2. ebay sends me a notice about every 3 months stating that i must change my 
password.

3.  i recently made a purchase of "final cut express 4" and got the following 
message from ebay:

The following is a notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding: 

Item Number - 320209653865 

Item Title - FINAL CUT EXPRESS 4 HD VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE NEW $199

Our records show that you were a bidder or buyer of one or more of this 
seller's items. We recently removed this seller's active listings and suspended 
the seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we cannot share 
further details about this seller.

If the seller asks you to complete this transaction outside of eBay, we 
strongly recommend that you do not proceed with the transaction. Transactions 
for items listed on eBay but then completed off of the eBay platform are not 
covered by buyer protection programs offered by eBay and can be highly 
indicative of fraud. For more information on Offers to Buy or Sell Outside of 
eBay, copy and past the following Help Page link into your browser: 
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html.
 

If you have already paid for this item but have not received it, you should 
take all possible steps to receive reimbursement. 

4.  this person had a positive rating of 98.5% on about 150 replies.

5.  i went to paypal for dispute resolution, and my payment was refunded in one 
day???

i have purchased probably a thousand items off of ebay.  somewhere around 7-8 
years ago, someone stiffed me out of $50.  i have twice gotten merchandise that 
was not quite up to snuff. 






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Re: [CGUYS] ebay experiences

[gerald]

I'm pretty certain that all the mucking about is being done by ebay.

after notify, i cannot get into my account with my password.

my inquires to ebay have indicated they changed the password.

maybe happens with fairly active accounts.  i buy (only buy) at least 200 and 
maybe bid seriously(am frequently the underbidder)on 4-500 items a year.

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>You are almost certainly a recipient of phishing,
>notify eBay, and change your password.
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>Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page. 
>http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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Re: [CGUYS] Not reconizing the slave drive

[gerald]

to beat it to death, set the jumpers on the master to master, the slave to 
slave.  plug the master into the end of the tape and the slave in the middle 
connector.

At 11:24 AM 1/31/2008, you wrote:
> 
>I recently installed a second h/d on my pc and it is not reconizing it
>also it not in the BIOS.  It is not a new drive and I checked the
>settings and the jumpers were set.  Any guesses?
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Re: [CGUYS] .org sites

[gerald]

I do/did own a number of dot orgs, including slawecki.org,ppiusa.org, 
photoframes.org, thegerald.org and a bunch more.  did them on godaddy as it was 
easy and i had an account.  i think most of them have expired, as i did not use 
them.  you can also register to foreign countries, if you really want a special 
site and it is not available in the net,org,com, 

At 08:38 AM 2/4/2008, you wrote:
>Register it!
>
>It is that easy.  There are no longer checks to see if you are non profit or 
>not, and many non profits have abandoned them.
>
>go to www.directnic.com check and see if it is available and pay for it.
>
>Stewart
>
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>At 07:24 AM 2/4/2008, you wrote:
>>I am wondering how one goes about getting a domain with a ".org" url.
>>I am looking for one for a small non-profit volunteer group.
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>Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Prince of Peace
>Ozark, AL  SL 82
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Re: [CGUYS] Using Laptop in England -Thanks for the reassurance

[gerald]

buy the thing here.  you'll spend too much time in uk trying to find one.   if 
you are just going to use the laptop for generic purposes, there are a huge 
number of large  compounds to connect and monitor email.  easy comes to mind.

the plug is quite big.  you can look at one on ebay by searching for

uk adaptor plug

At 12:07 PM 2/12/2008, you wrote:
>Daniel Else wrote:
>>>I have been told that I just need a plug adapter (3 prong UK to 3 prong US). 
>>> My HP charger is rated 100-240 volts so that seems OK but the wire from the 
>>>wall outlet that plugs into the charger says 120 volts!  Do I need to get a 
>>>new wire?  Can I get it at Radio Shack?
>>>
>>
>>Radio Shack should have plug adapters for travel through Europe and the UK. 
>>There may be different plugs in different locations, with the UK being the 
>>most idiosyncratic.
>> 
>>Your US wiring is fine - in fact overengineered - for 240 volts. The lower 
>>the voltage, the bigger the gauge needed to carry the necessary current, so 
>>you will notice that European wiring seems awfully flimsy. The critical thing 
>>is the transformer. I've never seen a computer power supply that could not 
>>handle both voltages, 120 for here and 240 for virtually everywhere else. All 
>>you need should be the plug adapter. Buy the "travel set."
>> 
>>And happy traveling!
>> 
>>Dan
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[CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus?

[gerald]

i have a process named isass.exe at 1252kb running.  is it a virus.  google 
replies seem to think maybe.  avg does not see it.  when i download the 
"download this program" soultions to remove isass, they go through my registry 
and state 500 bad entries and want to delete all 500 entries.  i am not 
comfortable with wacking 500 registry entries using some freeware.

is this a virus, and if so, how do i remove it? 



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Re: [CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus?

[gerald]

you are correct.  is not an I, but an l .  better, is an ell, not an eye...

thanks  

At 02:04 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote:
>Lsass.exe, not isass.exe!
>
>lsass.exe is a system process of the Microsoft Windows security mechanisms. It 
>specifically deals with local security and login policies. This program is 
>important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be 
>terminated.
>
> - Brian
>
>- Original Message - From: "gerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus?
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>>i have a process named isass.exe at 1252kb running.  is it a virus.  google 
>>replies seem to think maybe.  avg does not see it.  when i download the 
>>"download this program" soultions to remove isass, they go through my 
>>registry and state 500 bad entries and want to delete all 500 entries.  i am 
>>not comfortable with wacking 500 registry entries using some freeware.
>>
>>is this a virus, and if so, how do i remove it?
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Re: [CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus?

[gerald]

can I change the tahoma or whatever that ms uses for display to some form of 
serf font(san-san-serf font.)?

At 03:04 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote:
>That is why I like the comic fonts - they feel more natural and are to  
>my eye less confusing.
>
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>On Feb 13, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
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>>>Lsass.exe, not isass.exe!
>>
>>The trick is that most displays use a sans-serif font where it is  
>>tough
>>to tell an "l" (low case L) from an "I" (up case i). So you have to be
>>very carefil about this one.
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Re: [CGUYS] is isass.exe a virus?

[gerald]

this I/lsass falls between explorer and MDM..exe.  that is an i and an L in 
that first word.  i am certain that mac does it better...maybe they use 
a different alphabet.

At 07:46 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote:
>Or put it in alphabetical order..
>
>Mike
>
>On Feb 13, 2008 4:00 PM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> can I change the tahoma or whatever that ms uses for display to some form
>> of serf font(san-san-serf font.)?
>>
>> At 03:04 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote:
>> >That is why I like the comic fonts - they feel more natural and are to
>> >my eye less confusing.
>> >
>> >
>> >On Feb 13, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>> >
>> >>>Lsass.exe, not isass.exe!
>> >>
>> >>The trick is that most displays use a sans-serif font where it is
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[CGUYS] hijacking address for spam

[gerald]

My address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was hijacked for spam. wher xxx is a varitey of 
both names and nonsense. why do spammers need an address?  one of my addresses 
gets hijacked about every 8 weeks.

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[CGUYS] No call list

[gerald]

the two canidates in my district, wynn and donna ? got about 2.5 million 
dollars for the house primary campaign,  they spent most of it on deamon 
dialers to call residents in the area, and bad mouth the other guy.  we got 
8-10+ calls a day.  all from 877(800) numbers and with a recorded message.

my phone is listed for no call.  all home phone.  never got a call on either 
cell, or on the dedicated fax line.  is political campaign calling not part of 
the no call?  as I recall, if the calls originate from within the state, i 
cannot stop them.  if that the case, how do i figure out if a particular 800 
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Re: [CGUYS] Do Not Call Lists

[gerald]

I think one of the reasons this recorded message from an 800 number is so 
popular is that it is really cheap.

a hundred 800 number lines probably are no more than $3-4000, and all the 
equipment is reusable.

hundred lines, is easily 3000 calls an hour.30,000+ calls a day.  million calls 
in a month.  i know edwards reported 1.7 mil in donations.  lotta calls.

At 05:02 PM 2/19/2008, you wrote:
>>We get no unsolicited calls at all on our VOIP line. I think I'm on
>>the Do Not Call list, but that wouldn't explain the lack of calls from
>>political candidates. Maybe the DC area code misleads them? But then,
>>why don't I get calls from DC area candidates?
>
>*Everybody* in DC got an automated recorded call last week from our kid 
>mayor telling us about his support of Obama.
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Re: [CGUYS] RAM

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I have a couple of machines that have video chip on board.  One cheap compaq 
and one cheap ACER.  I stuck a couple of cheap memory chips in both, and both 
work quite nicely.  the compaq I am using right now has an ATI radon express 
200 and is happy doing 1600 x 1050 32bit at 60hertz.  must go to 1440 x 900 to 
do 75 hz.

trying to run a pc with 512 and shared video is not a pc problem.  feed it some 
ram.


At 02:33 PM 2/27/2008, you wrote:
>There is no separate video card in this machine, which is why, I detest using 
>this PC.  Mine is having some upgrading done to it.  Mine has a separate video 
>card.
>
>This PC is a 2.4Ghz piece of junk.
>
>Christopher
>
>-- Original message -- 
>From: Allen Firstenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
>
>> Without knowing details, it seems more likely to me that the "missing" 
>> 8M is being used as video memeory, and thus not available to the system. 
>> This is almsot certainly the case if there is no separate video card and 
>> the video is "on board". 
>> 
>> Sometimes you can configure this in the BIOS. 
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:23:39PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
>> > I am using a computer that has these specs: 
>> > 
>> > 2.4Ghz Acer 
>> > Win XP Pro 
>> > 512MB RAM 
>> > 149GB HD 
>> > 3.5" 1.44 FD 
>> > 
>> > Now, When I click on 'System', in the 'Control Panel', it consistently 
>> > tells 
>> me, there is only 504MB RAM. That says to me, that something is wrong with 
>> the 
>> RAM but, it isn't keeping the computer from running so, I would love some 
>> feedback on this. 
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Re: [CGUYS] RAM

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do you have the latest video software in it.  the big thing about later 
versions of video software is conflict resolution.

At 02:35 PM 2/27/2008, you wrote:
>It is utilizing on-board video.
>
>I would love to boost the video, along with do a bunch of other things to it.
>
>Christopher
>
>-- Original message -- 
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>
>> No it does not. 
>> 
>> What kind of video subsystem do you have? 
>> 
>> Is it sharing any of your ram? 
>> 
>> Many low end models of subsystems built on the motherboard that share 
>> the RAM you have installed so you end up with less Ram. 
>> 
>> Presently it shows you are giving it 8 MP ram. I bet it can be 
>> increased to 32 or 64 MB of ram. 
>> 
>> Install some more RAM and up your video. 
>> 
>> Stewart 
>> 
>> 
>> At 12:23 PM 2/27/2008, you wrote: 
>> >I am using a computer that has these specs: 
>> > 
>> >2.4Ghz Acer 
>> >Win XP Pro 
>> >512MB RAM 
>> >149GB HD 
>> >3.5" 1.44 FD 
>> > 
>> >Now, When I click on 'System', in the 'Control Panel', it 
>> >consistently tells me, there is only 504MB RAM. That says to me, 
>> >that something is wrong with the RAM but, it isn't keeping the 
>> >computer from running so, I would love some feedback on this. 
>> > 
>> >Christopher 
>> 
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Re: [CGUYS] RAM

[gerald]

it's a free download, should do it unless you are not allowed to muck with the 
machine.  i

At 04:00 PM 2/27/2008, you wrote:
>It doesn't have the latest software.
>
>Christopher
>
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>> do you have the latest video software in it. the big thing about later 
>> versions 
>> of video software is conflict resolution.
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Re: [CGUYS] LCD TVs

[gerald]

this is where most of the avs geeks live:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php

if it don't say hd, it ain't.  besides that, I think 720i(integrated) qualifies 
as hd.  then there is 720p and 1080i & p.  integrated means the gun paints 
every other line, then goes back and paints the in betweens.  p(forgot what 
it'scalled)  throws all 720 or 1080 down each pass.

i think almost all of them now come with the ability to receive and play HD 
broadcasts, but do not presume.  I think most broadcasts and cable is 720, not 
1080.  bluray is 1080, i think.  my wife's new camcorder is 1080.

now adays, 1080p is readily available and not for much extra.
 samsung(and maybe others by now sell a dlp led.  it is not thin.  not too 
thick.  has better contrast and brightness than an lcd.  lot cheaper also.  I 
think the buy.com deals on samsung probably come direct from samsung.  you can 
go to bestbuy or circuitcity to see and compare the various units.

I see that this week's special on samsung is $1150 delivered for the 56".  or 
the 61 with a stand is 1629 delivered.  that is a deal also, if you need a 
stand.  will have new specials in a week or so.

for the long of it, go to wikipedia.org

At 11:21 AM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
>trying to sort out the new (to me) TV definitions/specs etc.
>
>are all LCD high def? HDTV?
>
>are they all digital (capable of receiving digital transmissions).
>
>should i be confused?
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Re: [CGUYS] LCD TV

[gerald]

the $100 dvd upconverter boxes are amazing.  the tech  GuRu at the WSJ said he 
could not tell the difference between regular dvd up converted(to 1080p), and 
bluray.

from comcast, you have to rent the box and pay for hd content.  I am not 
certain but what you do not have to pay extra to get channels 200 to 275, which 
is where most of the hd content is placed.  channel 3-26 frequently are not hd, 
but the same program is on 200-275 in hd.  not a lot is in hd.  to get hd on 
sports, frequently they have to run at about 5 frames per second as they do not 
have enough light.  bonkiety bonkiety bonk. stop motion. 

most of the TV hd is in 1 or 2.0 sound.(one source or 2).  even rock concerts 
are single channel, or stereo at best.   the best productions that I have seen 
on a regular basis is NASCAR,  it's worth watching nascar to see what can be 
done.  they have cameras everywhere except the rest rooms.  from cars fwd, 
backward, and on the rite hand side of the car, photoing the driver.   there 
must be at least 50 active cameras.  they broadcast in 5.1(2 main, 2 side, i 
center, and wulfer).  if you can suck in the channels with an antenna, you can 
get hd for free.

the upconvert of standard to hd on my samsung sucks(for lack of a better word)


At 01:58 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
>This is where I ran into a problem with a very poor picture.
>
>If you supply your HD LCD TV with a standard non HD signal the tuner inside 
>has to up-convert to the native resolution of the TV(720p,1080i,1080p).
>Better tuners do a better job of up-converting, but I have yet to find a 
>source that will tell me who is using high quality tuners to do this.
>
>This all started at Christmas, I was going to replace my wifes trusty 13inch 
>CRT with a space saving 19" LCD($400 from Toshiba), Christmas morning with 
>baited breath I anxiously hooked up.  But to my dismay the picture was fuzzy.  
>I tried it on Comcast's digital tuner box, but then realized that the output 
>was Analog Channel 3(to get a  digital signal I will have to pay more per 
>month for the better box that outputs a digital signal.)
>
>Isn't it wonderful that the government is pushing this High Def junk 
>forgetting about all of the old TV's out there.
>
>Very disheartened I returned it to Circuit City, and have been looking ever 
>since for a non HD LCD set of a 19" size that will work and be relatively 
>inexpensive.
>I am thinking of getting the Samsung 19" 720P LCD HDTV(~$400), but am unsure 
>if it will give good results with a non Highdef signal.
>
>Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>Mike
>
>Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>>should i be confused?
>>>
>>
>>YES!
>>
>>The DTV Shoppers Guide page at dtv.gov will give you a start at sorting 
>>things out. The formatting is terrible, but someone did a lot of work to pull 
>>facts together. It does leave out some important details. Like...
>>
>>A progressive image is about 30% sharper than an interlaced image of the same 
>>resolution.
>>
>>Nobody is broadcasting at 1080p and maybe never will. This is because 
>>stations would rather use the extra bandwith for an additional channel. For 
>>the same reason, many current broadcasts are not even 1080i.   
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Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

[gerald]

more memory will help.  there are 4 common flavors these days. their is DDR and 
DDR2.  then each comes in "laptop" and "desktop", although a few desk tops use 
laptop(the new macs).  criterion will tell you what minimum speed you need.  
400mhz was mentioned by someone.  faster is acceptable.  sometimes the faster 
chips are cheaper???  particularly when they are on sale.  i have not had 
trouble with any off brands, and do cram in a lot of chips for friends.

I presume you can mix and match size and speed, since you have 3 slots.  

If unsure of what to get, i think circuit city and best buy are the best 
places, as they will accept returns, even on memory chips.  just keep 
everything.  there is also staples and office depot.   among the 4, at least 
one will usually have super cheap chips available.  staples will not put them 
on the floor.  ask the manager for the chips.

the prices on the web sites do NOT match the sunday brochure prices.  even with 
the same part number sometimes.  CC usually ships free for over $50 purchase.  
so does staples.  CC seems to be having a chip sale today.  $30 for a 1gig 
ofjust about everything.

chips are easy to install, if you cannot do it, ask your daughter.  all you 
need is a screw driver to take the screws off the back of the case, and a 
flashlite to see the guts of the machine.  if you live in an area with a CC, 
pull the chip and go down there for an exact match.  just remember faster is ok.

jer

At 09:48 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
>In a recent post on this listserv, I asked about increasing memory on an old 
>computer that my high school daughter was using.  That computer was:
>
>>Dell Optiplex GX240
>>1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache
>>Bus 100 MHz. 
>The consensus was that the computer was too old to try to upgrade memory.
>
>Now, my middle-aged daughter gave her old computer to my youngest daughter to 
>replace the older Dell computer.  This computer was built locally at my 
>specification about 4 years ago.  The info on this computer is (obtained from 
>BelArc Advisor):
>
>Win XP Pro SP2
>2.15 GHz. AMD Athlon XP processor
>ASUSTeK A7N8X-E Rev. 2.xx motherboard
>Bus 166 Mhz.
>
>The computer has 512 MB DIMM memory in one slot, two additional slots free.
>
>(1)  Is it advisable to add memory to speed up this computer?
>
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>sufficient?
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>graphic display with a female voice saying that something like all systems are 
>checked and found to be working.  The graphic splash display includes a 
>mention that the motherboard works at 400 MHz.  This contradicts the 
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Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

[gerald]

we talking memory chips here?  Is that how fast the chips run, or how fast they 
are capable of running?

i thought memory chips did not run, but only responded.

At 03:46 PM 3/5/2008, you wrote:
>The  board is capable of running both 33 and 400 with the 400 being the upper 
>limit.
>
>The AMD chips in the XP series (I think that is what they were called) came in 
>both 166 and 200 speeds.
>
>I had a board that topped out at 333 (166x2) so I could not run the faster 200 
>chips.
>
>His board will run the faster buss speeds chips so therefore he can put in a 
>faster chip and run the 400 memory.
>
>Stewart
>
>
>
>At 11:35 AM 3/5/2008, you wrote:
>>>(I noted Crucial sold both 333 and 400 memory for that
>>>Board.  Depending on the processor this will either be no effect or
>>>slow it down.)
>>
>>Ah! 333 makes more sense for answering the third question.
>>
>>>(3)  The motherboard on bootup displays first a BIOS-like menu, followed
>>>by a graphic display with a female voice saying that something like all
>>>systems are checked and found to be working.  The graphic splash display
>>>includes a mention that the motherboard works at 400 MHz.  This
>>>contradicts the information from BelArc Advisor that the bus is 166
>>>MHz.  Is there something set wrong in the BIOS?
>>
>>BelArc reports the bus is 166. With DDR (Double Data Rate) memory that
>>makes 166 x 2 = 332 a.k.a 333. But I still don't know where the 400 comes
>>from.
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Re: [CGUYS] New south wales law allows all computers on a network to be searched

[gerald]

Merriam-webster definition:

1often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of 
the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that 
stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, 
severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial 
control 


does not seem to me to be tou\o tough a shoe to fit.


At 02:04 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
>Might want to look up fascists before you toss it around like a joke at a
>party.  Just a thought.
>
>Mike
>
>On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Why, yes it does. The Bush fascists here would have thought of it
>> first, but I guess it must be assumed they're already doing it, so
>> they don't care.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:24 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/06/2182021.htm
>> >
>> >  From the article:
>> >  The proposed laws would allow police to search computers networked to
>> those
>> >  listed on a search warrant.   Police could also seize computer hard
>> drives
>> >  and memory sticks for up to seven days.   Police Minister David
>> Campbell
>> >  says police are currently only able to search computer hardware found
>> on a
>> >  premises named in a search warrant.
>> >
>> >  From that snippet it not only sounds as if they can search computers on
>> >  local networks, as in, in the same office space for example but also
>> any
>> >  computers networked anywhere.  Doesn't this mean if they get one
>> warrant for
>> >  a computer connected to the net, any computer in the entire country on
>> the
>> >  net is subject?
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Re: [CGUYS] New south wales law allows all computers on a netwo

[gerald]

would the USA invade Iran using internet invasion as an excuse?North  
Korea?,(probably not, no oil), Canada(maybe, have oil), Cuba(sure, nice 
beaches) 

At 03:50 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
>Would Venezuela invade Columbia if their internet was invaded?
>
>>
>>  Why not global?
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Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

[gerald]

i think the best known fund that tracks that is the Vangard index 500 fund.  i 
think it is the s&p 500 marketbasket, less about a half % annually  for 
expenses.  since '76, shows 11.6% annual return.  10 year, however, shows only 
3.99% return.  i do not recall exact numbers, but only a modest percentage 
(10%) of mutual funds beat the dow or the s&p500.

probably better than passbook, and more stable than common stock funds are AAA 
rated preferred stocks.  one can purchase one's own stocks for $10 for a 
purchase of 10k, 100k, or 1m.

the problem with all individual purchases is:

1. the bid-asked system of purchase.  small investors get the short end of the 
stick

2.  information chain.  the big guys know more, and get there firstist with the 
mostest.

3.  the small guy advantage, small positions are taken.  the big guy has to 
buy/sell 10+m for  a position.  this affects the market.

or buy berkshire hathaway, and live on buffett smarts


At 09:23 AM 3/11/2008, you wrote:
>>For tracking investments, a spreadsheet and a web query would be as simple
>>and straight forward a tool for your needs that there is.
>
>I like spreadsheets. Google Spreadsheets has a function for retrieving 
>information from the cloud. I wonder how well that would work on getting 
>financial statistics? That would certainly be a great way to leverage the 
>Web.
>
>>Or you can take the lazy man's approach and invest a set amount at regular
>>intervals in a stock index fund.
>
>I think that the stock index fund is no longer the no-brainer it used to 
>be. My intuition is that stocks are returning no better than a passbook 
>savings account. In recent years the value of stock as an investment has 
>changed as corporate managers drain away the profits for themselves. 
>Hence my motivation for running some scenarios.
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Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

[gerald]

most trades in T-bills to the common man  require a very large spread/discount. 
 the difference between the buy and sell price for modest quantities(under 
100k) cost one close to 1% of interest.  certainly 1/2% interest.  the best 
place to lookand buy  for smallest spread i have found is:

http://www.zionsbank.com/zd_bonds_about-guest.jsp

if you plan to buy new treasuries, then the federal givernment is the best deal

http://www.savingsbonds.gov/

you pay no discount to buy.



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>>I like spreadsheets. Google Spreadsheets has a function for retrieving 
>>information from the cloud. I wonder how well that would work on getting 
>>financial statistics? That would certainly be a great way to leverage the 
>>Web.
>
>I started to look at GoogleLookup and then noticed a GoogleFinance 
>function. It covers stocks and mutual funds. Apparently does not include 
>things like T Bills.
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[CGUYS] 6% md tax

[gerald]

the wall street journal weighs in:

High Tech Tax
March 15, 2008; Page A10

In the cinematic classic, "Revenge of the Nerds," a group of college outcasts 
fights back against the local campus bigshots to regain their place in the 
world. A real-life sequel is playing out in Maryland, where a new tax on 
computer services has business groups, techies and legislators rallying around 
the pocket-protector set.
[Martin O'Malley]

Under a bill passed in November, such tech services as Web design, computer 
repair and programming would all get hit with a 6% tax statewide. If the tax 
isn't repealed before it takes effect in July, it would be one of the most 
burdensome regimes in the nation on the growing industry. On Thursday, Governor 
Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who originally balked at repealing the tax, joined 
the chorus against it. The state's technology sector is critical, he said, and 
"not an advantage we want to weigh down."

Proponents say the $200 million in revenue the tax is projected to garner is 
indispensable when Maryland is already facing a budget shortfall. Senate 
President Mike Miller insists that "We can't afford to cede to businesses $200 
million in revenue without an alternative."

Wait until they see what happens to revenue when business begins to leave the 
state. Many Maryland companies and small businesses say they could be forced to 
relocate if the tax isn't repealed. And nearby states are courting potential 
departees: 70 Maryland computer services firms got a letter last month from 
Delaware economic director Judy McKinney-Cherry to encourage companies to 
"include Delaware when you are contemplating an expansion."

Other states have tried similar tax experiments -- with dismal results. In 
Pennsylvania, a 6% computer services tax was repealed after it handicapped the 
state's ability to compete with other states for business. Ditto Connecticut, 
which enacted a 6% computer consulting tax in the late 1980s, only to walk it 
back in 1997 as the importance of the computer industry became apparent, and 
business associations revolted.

The Tax Foundation ranks Maryland 24th among the 50 states in overall tax 
burden after a big individual income tax hike last year, but it is still 
seventh best in corporate taxes. The new tech levy won't help that reputation 
and in particular will hit the small businesses that drive its economy. While 
larger companies may simply move their IT operations to other states, small 
businesses will lose money on tighter margins, or watch clients bring their IT 
services in-house.

Maryland legislators won't control their spending habits, so they keep imposing 
tax increases that give more people an incentive to leave the state. That's the 
real revenge of the nerds.


in case you are not famaliar with the journal, there has never been a tax that 
they do not hate.

.  this editorial is full of holes.  taxes on md services to maryland entities 
would apply to in and out of state companies.  there should be no tax on 
services performed in maryland for non maryland companies. 


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Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

[gerald]

yea, like ireland or spain or italy.  they gotta bounce soon.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=IBEX:IND

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=MIB30:IND

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=ISEQ:IND

go dutch

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=AEX:IND

austia looks pretty ugly

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=ATX:IND

the pound ain't no treasure either

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=UKX:IND

france?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CAC:IND

course there's always germany. only a 20% drop lately.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=DAX:IND

makes the vangard -3.6% look good, even when you factor in a 10% increase in 
the value of the euro.


At 05:50 PM 3/13/2008, you wrote:
>That's right!
>It might be better to invest in euros in a european company or fund right now.
>
>Tom Piwowar wrote:
>>Today it is reporting a YTD return of -13% and a 1 year return of -3.6%. It 
>>would be better to put my dough in a mattress while spending 3% of my savings 
>>on wine, women, and song.
>>
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Re: [CGUYS] Win XP Pro Disks

[gerald]

if you have the old boxes and are the owner, you may have a chance to get the 
disks for $10 or so from ms.  the problem is in finding the number to call.

you gotta have pro??  look on ebay.  if the guy selling has a high rating, what 
he claims is what he's got.

At 10:06 PM 3/17/2008, you wrote:
>I need to reinstall Win XP Pro on a PC but I don't have the disks. Originally, 
>it was XP Home which got infected and it was upgraded to Win XP Pro during the 
>"exterminating" process. What's the best way to get this done? If I need to 
>buy XP Pro, where is the best and cheapest place to get it? FYI, this is more 
>for my own learning in conjunction with my IT classes, rather than trying to 
>salvage an old computer. Currently it is operable but I haven't been able to 
>upgrade it to SP2.
>
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[CGUYS] CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

[gerald]

i have my accounts and my wife's accounts with etrade.  i get in with password 
and rsa time code device.  i can get into mine, or my wife's account, but not 
both at once.  since the passcode for her account seems to be about twenty 
digits or so, it is a real pain to log out and log back in.  

what is a reasonable workaround?  if i partition the hd(i have plenty of room) 
and put one account on each 

never mind put one in mozilla and one in ms ie.  they don't see each other. 


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Re: [CGUYS] Email Scam?

[gerald]

does not sound to me like a person with English as a first language.  maybe a 
Nigerian who has moved to SA.

for the past 20 years, my company sold and shipped to many foreign countries.  
stuff was a bit bulky, so we frequently shipped to freight forwarders in miami, 
nj, texas, etc.  cash equivalent up front, including S&H.  issue what is called 
a pro forma invoice in the trade.

the prices are not listed on this website. most art sites also have a full 
disclosure of T&C.  person wants a discount on 3 pieces?

if scherer cannot sell the stuff, just throw it away, do not add the 
embarrassment of paying S&H charges to ship to another planet.

we got to the place that we did not offer free samples to any new customers.


At 08:14 AM 3/20/2008, you wrote:
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Re: [CGUYS] Email Scam?

[gerald]

there are a lot of counterfit cashiers checks out there.  if a bad one comes 
from out of the country, the bank has about a year or so to cancel funds in 
your account.  wire transfer should be clean.

At 09:46 AM 3/20/2008, you wrote:
>The bad grammar points I agree with.  The Gallery page has the  
>artist's phone number. Ask them to call you.  I doubt they will.   
>Worst case, take the offered cashiers check.
>
>Charles
>
>
>On Mar 20, 2008, at 8:14 AM, David Turk wrote:
>>My partner has a website advertising his artwork for sale.  He  
>>received this email Monday.  We're trying to ascertain whether this  
>>is a real person, & if the offer is legit.  There are several  
>>aspects that make it sound questionable (moving to South Africa,  
>>asking for discounts, taking out the shipping costs).  He's  
>>thinking of offering limited edition prints of the artwork, rather  
>>than the artwork itself.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>>
>>david
>>
>>[Begin email]
>>Subject: [SPAM] Artworks purcahse
>>From: Sarah Baptiste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Mon, March 17, 2008 6:29 pm
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Good day to you out there.
>>
>>I am so excited that I came across of your work on internet  
>>search,I am interested in purchasing some creative artworks from  
>>you namely...
>>
>>Heading Home.jpg,Serenity.jpg,Spring Announcement.jpg
>>
>>Let me know their various prices.and how much discounts are you  
>>going to give?I will be happy to have these selected artworks  
>>hanged in our new ho me in South Africa. As well, I want you to  
>>take out the shipping cost.I have been in touch with a shipping  
>>firm that will be shipping other house decoratives.
>>
>>We are travelling from our Dallas home to our new apartment as soon  
>>as possible.On Paying for the artworks,I will be glad to pay you  
>>with a Money Order or Cashier`s check in US funds that can be  
>>easily cashed at your local bank,please let me know on how to  
>>procced for the payment of the creative artworks.
>>
>>I will await your advise on how to proceed.Have a wonderful day.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Sarah Baptiste
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[CGUYS] copy of office not genuine

[gerald]

>i have rejoined cguys.  sorry if this has been addressed in the past.


i have office 2003. i just started getting this error message.  it states that 
this copy was from a large company.  

rather than try to fight ms, since i bought this copy at least 5 years ago on 
ebay(probably), i bought a copy of the new office2007 one surprise is that if i 
bought the copy after march5(i bought mine on march3), i will get an updated 
copy of office(2010) when it comes out, for free.

my question is, can i get away with overrighting office 2003 with 2007.  can i 
get away with that, or will i end up with a mess?


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[CGUYS] copy of office not genuine

[gerald]

>i have rejoined cguys.  sorry if this has been addressed in the past.


i have office 2003. i just started getting this error message.  it states that 
this copy is using  an authorization number from a large company

rather than try to fight ms, since i bought this copy at least 5 years ago on 
ebay(probably), i bought a copy of the new office2007 one surprise is that if i 
bought the copy after march5(i bought mine on march3), i will get an updated 
copy of office(2010) when it comes out, for free.

my question is, can i get away with overrighting office 2003 with 2007.  can i 
get away with that, or will i end up with a mess?


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[CGUYS] overwrite office 2003

[gerald]

>i have rejoined cguys.  sorry if this has been addressed in the past.
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>i have office 2003. i just started getting this error message.  it states that 
>myopy is using  an authorization number from a large company
>
>rather than try to fight ms, since i bought this copy at least 5 years ago on 
>ebay(probably), i bought a copy of the new office2007 one surprise is that if 
>i bought the copy after march5(i bought mine on march3), i will get an updated 
>copy of office(2010) when it comes out, for free.
>
>my question is, can i get away with overrighting office 2003 with 2007.  can i 
>get away with that, or will i end up with a mess?

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[CGUYS] 3.0 drives

[gerald]

i bought a 1T WD drive, and a 2T seagate.  the WD is terrible.  it is 
hard to load.  once loaded, it is difficult to find.  there is supposed 
to be software with it, but i cannot get to it.  i decided to send it 
back.  i downloaded the WD upgrade, and software for something.  i 
cannot delete it by standard delete techniques.  the seagate on the 
other hand loaded like a piece of cake.  i got an unnessary piece of 
software called memeo plus, or somesuch.  it has as many ads as norton.  
hope it goes away at the 30 day trial period.


i have purchased a 2T seagate 800/fw for wife's machine.  had to buy the 
800 f/w seagate interconnect.  was only $20, and with only 100 for the 
drive, all seems pretty reasonable to me.


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Re: [CGUYS] 3.0 drives

[gerald]

the f/w800 was an easy install.  after all, there is a f/w800 plug on 
the back of the screen.


the usb 3.0 is another matter.  MS does not support usb 3.0.  the pci 
card did not want to load.  the 3.0 driver did not want to load.  i 
think i finally have it loaded, but the device driver shows a 2/21/06 
MS2.0 driver in the disk driver section,


in the usb controllers>usb 3.0  root hub, it shows a "VIA 1/7/2011" driver.

when i tested drive speeds by dumping a gig of jpegs, looks like  i get 
about 1GB per minute.  the literature talks about 1 Gbit/sec.  i think i 
divide by 8 to get bites.  that's about 40 gb/minute.  need help to fix 
the problem


On 6/15/2011 3:52 PM, gerald wrote:
i bought a 1T WD drive, and a 2T seagate.  the WD is terrible.  it is 
hard to load.  once loaded, it is difficult to find.  there is 
supposed to be software with it, but i cannot get to it.  i decided to 
send it back.  i downloaded the WD upgrade, and software for 
something.  i cannot delete it by standard delete techniques.  the 
seagate on the other hand loaded like a piece of cake.  i got an 
unnessary piece of software called memeo plus, or somesuch.  it has as 
many ads as norton.  hope it goes away at the 30 day trial period.


i have purchased a 2T seagate 800/fw for wife's machine.  had to buy 
the 800 f/w seagate interconnect.  was only $20, and with only 100 for 
the drive, all seems pretty reasonable to me.





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