Re: Need a good guitar tuning app
Hi! I use an app on the iPhone called talking tuner. It won't give you pitches but it speaks the note you're tuned to and how flat or sharp you are in cents so it's very accurate! I believe the martin guitar app and various other apps will at least give you an A 440 hertz tone you can tune your a string to then tune the rest of the guitar using harmonics etc. Cameron. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon"; target="_blank">https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"; alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" /> Virus-free. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link"; target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com On 5/28/17, Phil Halton wrote: > Looking for something that will generate string tones that I can match the > guitar strings to. Something like a pitchpipe but for guitar and with good > loud tones. > > Sent from my IPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Need a good guitar tuning app
Looking for something that will generate string tones that I can match the guitar strings to. Something like a pitchpipe but for guitar and with good loud tones. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: carbon copy cloaner
Super Duper is good but I had already paid for CCC so kept working with CCC and its developer who was very helpful. The more I used CCC the better it got. I have created several tasks and modified many. If you had posted questions, you would have gotten answers. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 5/28/2017 6:50 PM, jeff `greene wrote: Hi E.T. Well I couldn't get it to work today. Ended up uninstalling it and downloading super duper which works wonderful with VO. Maybe I missed something with CCC but think I'll stick with super duper. Jeff On 5/28/17, E.T. wrote: Sorry Jeff but CCC is still a great program. Two things that makes life easier. One, hide the sidebar. Two, turn on Quick Nav. There are some areas where you want to turn QN off like navigating lists to select files/folders etc. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 5/28/2017 6:23 PM, jeff `greene wrote: Hi not sure if the group knows this but here goes! I changed some programs on my mac and updated others so I wanted to make a new cloan. Well, carbon copy cloaner got updated and its really really not easy to use. I launched the program and source and destination were already populated but I wanted to use a different external drive because my old one was making clicking noises. Well, I couldn't change the destination at all. I finally figured out you have to route the mouse cursor to VO then use the VO mouse click key, but after that your disc choices aren't spoken. Great way to break a really good program. Anyway I downloaded Super Duper and its so easy to use I almost can't believe it. So stay away from CCC. Thanks Jeff -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: carbon copy cloaner
Hi E.T. Well I couldn't get it to work today. Ended up uninstalling it and downloading super duper which works wonderful with VO. Maybe I missed something with CCC but think I'll stick with super duper. Jeff On 5/28/17, E.T. wrote: > Sorry Jeff but CCC is still a great program. Two things that makes > life easier. One, hide the sidebar. Two, turn on Quick Nav. There are > some areas where you want to turn QN off like navigating lists to select > files/folders etc. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >"God for you is where you sweep away all the >mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 5/28/2017 6:23 PM, jeff `greene wrote: >> Hi not sure if the group knows this but here goes! I changed some >> programs on my mac and updated others so I wanted to make a new cloan. >> Well, carbon copy cloaner got updated and its really really not easy >> to use. I launched the program and source and destination were already >> populated but I wanted to use a different external drive because my >> old one was making clicking noises. Well, I couldn't change the >> destination at all. I finally figured out you have to route the mouse >> cursor to VO then use the VO mouse click key, but after that your disc >> choices aren't spoken. Great way to break a really good program. >> Anyway I downloaded Super Duper and its so easy to use I almost can't >> believe it. So stay away from CCC. >> Thanks Jeff >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: carbon copy cloaner
Sorry Jeff but CCC is still a great program. Two things that makes life easier. One, hide the sidebar. Two, turn on Quick Nav. There are some areas where you want to turn QN off like navigating lists to select files/folders etc. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 5/28/2017 6:23 PM, jeff `greene wrote: Hi not sure if the group knows this but here goes! I changed some programs on my mac and updated others so I wanted to make a new cloan. Well, carbon copy cloaner got updated and its really really not easy to use. I launched the program and source and destination were already populated but I wanted to use a different external drive because my old one was making clicking noises. Well, I couldn't change the destination at all. I finally figured out you have to route the mouse cursor to VO then use the VO mouse click key, but after that your disc choices aren't spoken. Great way to break a really good program. Anyway I downloaded Super Duper and its so easy to use I almost can't believe it. So stay away from CCC. Thanks Jeff -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
carbon copy cloaner
Hi not sure if the group knows this but here goes! I changed some programs on my mac and updated others so I wanted to make a new cloan. Well, carbon copy cloaner got updated and its really really not easy to use. I launched the program and source and destination were already populated but I wanted to use a different external drive because my old one was making clicking noises. Well, I couldn't change the destination at all. I finally figured out you have to route the mouse cursor to VO then use the VO mouse click key, but after that your disc choices aren't spoken. Great way to break a really good program. Anyway I downloaded Super Duper and its so easy to use I almost can't believe it. So stay away from CCC. Thanks Jeff -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker?
Oh Scott, that I didn't know. Please tell me did you need to connect (was it the speaker) to your devices to make them all switch off when you wanted them to be switched off? I have a talking Thermostat which controls my heating and I have connected the thermostat to my phone by the Honeywell App, and can switch the system off if I'm half way round the world if I wanted to. Although the app isn't so good on my I phone and at times I end up shouting at the thermostat if it doesn't understand what I want. It's not the Beehive but it's the Honeywell one. I never switch lights on as I don't need them so my bill is more than halved. Kawal. > On 28 May 2017, at 12:06, Scott Granados wrote: > > Simon I will say this, switching over to smart home electronics has cut my > electric bill by 50%, that real enough for you? > > I can easily make sure the lights are turned off, the temperature management > is great because our environmental controls start to model themselves based > on our real usage and for example shut off the cooling when we leave and fire > it up a half hour before we get back so we don’t unnecessarily cool the house > when nobody is home. Also switches on and off lights randomly when we’re out > of town to make it look like the house is occupied. > > Energy savings right now is one of the big areas for the smart home > electronics. > > >> On May 26, 2017, at 5:54 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> Did you ever think that this is the way the world is going? >> >> Walk in to a room and say lights on, or tv on, Voice recognition is coming >> along with leaps and bounds so the echo and the siri speaker are things that >> we will sooner rather than later have in our homes to work with home >> automation >> >> It's just that apple and amozon are the ones leading the way currently >> >> But I also don't see myself at this oint getting one unless it's really >> going to be able to help with things such as paying my bills by giving it >> payment instructions or telling me what the answer to my top 10 questions in >> life are, >> >> >> But lets just wait and see what is coming. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >> Sent: Friday, 26 May 2017 10:22 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker? >> >> Kaeal, >> You are in point. What I was saying was, don't make a judgement before the >> facts are known. Saying "I will not buy this because Siri is not that good" >> falls flat. >> >> I also am not interested in an Echo. First, I do not see a reason for one. >> Second, my budget is not where I could splurge on it. Third, why on earth do >> I want to have a conversation with a box?! >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 5/25/2017 3:13 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>> Those of you who say that one should not speculate, about things, how about >>> if I said that speculation is what the whole world does. After all, and >>> I'll be blunt here, people speculate all the time, especially the media, as >>> they speculate every day when they write in their papers, they make >>> judgments all the time as to what might happen next. In fact, the human >>> race do live on speculation or the world would not be exciting. Life would >>> be dull if one did not speculate, if things were predictable, then life >>> would be boring! So I will not apologise when i say what I say about Apple. >>> >>> I have never been interested in an Amazon Echo as my phone can tell me what >>> I need to know even if it's a bit dim. Why do I need a speaker who will >>> have a conversation with me? I don't get why people are excited by an >>> echo. May be I am missing something? Please enlighten me. >>> >>> Kawal. On 24 May 2017, at 20:28, christopher hallsworth wrote: Hello, I agree with everything you say. Fascinating to speculate, but that is all. > On 23 May 2017, at 22:39, E.T. wrote: > > Kawal, > Being this product has not even been previewed at the WWDC yet, > speculation can be a fascinating day dream. Maybe Siri is not up to snuff > currently. Does not mean that it will remain so. Wait for the WWDC before > passing judgement. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, > all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind > off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 5/23/2017 1:16 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> It's got to do a lot more than that if I were to purchase anything like >> t
Re: Mac OS 10 not recognizing certain Types of URL
Have you tried the Team Talk cliant? It is more accessible on windows and IOS then it is on mac unfortunately. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Mac OS 10 not recognizing certain Types of URL
Hi, I’m trying to get into a community that uses teamtalk. I got a message that Safari could not open the page because OS 10 doesn’t recognize part of the address. Is there a work-around? Thanks, -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker?
Actually ET, a lot of the stuff being made now is shipped from the factory much more secure than it used to be. Apple and Google both have very secure home control protocols. Nice use of strong cryptography so you don’t have to worry about the Russians or the Clintons changing your temperature or spying on you through your cameras. Unlike the Android side, Google is also very good at patching their home control products like the Nest if problems arise. I would be comfortable setting up any of the major systems for anyone in my family and not worry about their security. That doesn’t mean I’d encourage them to use every Chinese knock off camera and gadget out there but if my mother for example wanted to use Apple or Google in the home I wouldn’t lose sleep over it. > On May 26, 2017, at 6:20 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Hey Simon, > Who can ignore the fact that the world is going digital at the speed of > light? So fast that the bad guys find the holes faster than the good guys can > say Jack Robinson. That is really where the problem lies. Too many wanna be > geeks who install these things and do not take the time to read the > instructions. Wifi, there is at least one around here who is open secure, > meaning, I know the brand of router so since its owner did not change the > SSID, likely the user ID and password is still the defaults. > > Its wonderful technology but its not risk free. And yes Scott is a GEEK > which is why he does not get it. (smiles) > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 5/26/2017 2:54 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> Did you ever think that this is the way the world is going? >> >> Walk in to a room and say lights on, or tv on, Voice recognition is coming >> along with leaps and bounds so the echo and the siri speaker are things that >> we will sooner rather than later have in our homes to work with home >> automation >> >> It's just that apple and amozon are the ones leading the way currently >> >> But I also don't see myself at this oint getting one unless it's really >> going to be able to help with things such as paying my bills by giving it >> payment instructions or telling me what the answer to my top 10 questions in >> life are, >> >> >> But lets just wait and see what is coming. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >> Sent: Friday, 26 May 2017 10:22 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker? >> >> Kaeal, >>You are in point. What I was saying was, don't make a judgement before >> the facts are known. Saying "I will not buy this because Siri is not that >> good" falls flat. >> >>I also am not interested in an Echo. First, I do not see a reason for >> one. Second, my budget is not where I could splurge on it. Third, why on >> earth do I want to have a conversation with a box?! >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 5/25/2017 3:13 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>> Those of you who say that one should not speculate, about things, how about >>> if I said that speculation is what the whole world does. After all, and >>> I'll be blunt here, people speculate all the time, especially the media, as >>> they speculate every day when they write in their papers, they make >>> judgments all the time as to what might happen next. In fact, the human >>> race do live on speculation or the world would not be exciting. Life would >>> be dull if one did not speculate, if things were predictable, then life >>> would be boring! So I will not apologise when i say what I say about Apple. >>> >>> I have never been interested in an Amazon Echo as my phone can tell me what >>> I need to know even if it's a bit dim. Why do I need a speaker who will >>> have a conversation with me? I don't get why people are excited by an >>> echo. May be I am missing something? Please enlighten me. >>> >>> Kawal. On 24 May 2017, at 20:28, christopher hallsworth wrote: Hello, I agree with everything you say. Fascinating to speculate, but that is all. > On 23 May 2017, at 22:39, E.T. wrote: > > Kawal, > Being this product has not even been previewed at the WWDC yet, > speculation can be a fascinating day dream. Maybe Siri is not up to snuff > currently. Does not mean that it will remain so. Wait for the WWDC before > passing judgement. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God fo
Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker?
You’re good, you’re on the other hemisphere, the radiation won’t make it down there. Besides, a little radiation is good for you. I grew up next to a nuclear power plant, builds character. hahaha > On May 26, 2017, at 6:12 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Yeah crazy dickheads still running windows xp, > Oh and then Microsoft rushing out a patch for the wanna cry ransomware after > it had hit. > > As for the future, > Really I don't care that much about tomorrow > I'm just happy living for today, > Knowing who's in charge in the USA and north korea I I take each day as it > comes because you might be breathing radio active materials tomorrow > > > And if that happens I'm going out with a smile on my face having the best fun > I can at the time. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 6:01 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker? > > The blackout of NYC was not from a cyber attack. I’m not sure if this is for > general consumption but that blackout was caused by an experiment being done > in upstate New York up near Niagra Falls with a device that focuses a beam on > parts of the upper atmosphere to heat and effect different points. They > created a vacuum from the ionized layer of the atmosphere back down to the > emitter and bam, huge flow of electricity back in to the grid. > > Remember also, all the cases you mentioned were caused by folks not > patching and staying current with their security. Patch and stay current and > you’ll be much better off. > > > >> On May 26, 2017, at 11:54 AM, E.T. wrote: >> >> Just look at new laws being written for distracted walkers. And look at the >> mania surrounding Pokemon Go. How easily people become addicted to >> technology. And they have no idea they were assimilated. >> >> We already see people becoming part machine. Its incredible. But there must >> be a balance. And there are risks too. Look at how easily ransomware took >> thousands of computers hostage recently. And Russia's ongoing cyber warfare >> world wide. You recall the virus attack on Iran's centrifuges that destroyed >> thousands of them? And the vulnerability of infrastructure. Remember the >> blackout of NYC some years ago? How easily a country could be brought to >> its knees via the Internet. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, >> all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 5/26/2017 8:13 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >>> You definitely have watched to much twilight zone and terminator as that’s >>> not how it’s going to go. YOu’re smarter than that.;). You and I both know >>> that the machine revolution won’t be the machines trying to kill us, we’ll >>> convert over willingly because someone will make it a must have product. >>> The robots won’t need to kill us, we’ll willingly be having more and more >>> hardware installed until we eventually evolve in to a machine race. I know >>> you’re an alien guy, if you’d like to watch a good series that projects how >>> the singularity will take place you should watch a program called Alien >>> Encounters. The premise is that we’ll be contacted by an alien quantum >>> computer that convinces the population to plug in to it through brain >>> implants. Then our government builds a quantum computer to combat the alien >>> influence and the eventual result is we destroy the alien computer but ours >>> predicts the future, realizes the planet is going to die, finds the alien >>> home world and realizes it’s a machine planet as well and totally beams the >>> entire contents of every being and every device on the planet to this world >>> just before the planet is illuminated so our world persists. I don’t do it >>> justice it’s a very interesting show that they ran on the Science channel >>> speculating about our first contact and our relationship with technology. >>> You’d probably like it. I think something like this is much more likely >>> than a robot shaped like Arnold trying to find Sarah Conner. >>> >>> On May 26, 2017, at 10:49 M, E.T. wrote: Scott I am surprised that you have not mentioned the ultimate which is a personal assistant that can wait on you hand and foot. Why, you could stay in bed 24/7 and have all your needs met there. What better? And no I am not talking about a "human" personal assistant, that is archaic. And then all this wonderful technology becomes your worst nightmare when that personal assistant turns on you. Maybe I have watched too much Twilight Zone. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the wor
Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker?
Simon, yes, yes I am, proudly so.;) Geek proud and true. And I don’t know about all that, we let our friends across the pond in on the fun but then again we cowboys had to do something to make up for all that tea we tossed in to Boston Harbor.;) > On May 26, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Scott, > > I mean this with the ut most respect, > > You are a major geek! > That's geek with upper cases. > > Although if it wasn't for the needing to lose 25 Kg the where can I get ribs > from would be a great thing to know! > > Shame that wont work here in nz, cause you yanks don't like anyone outside > your own trump world. > > LOL > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 2:19 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker? > > Well, first, put me down in the pro speculators camp. I’m with you Kawal and > actually, I know people who make real money speculating.:). Oil speculation, > commodities, even betting. > > As for the digital assistance, I’m also on the other side of the coin than > you and E.T. I absolutely love having a way to interact with technology > through voice. I have three google home units in my house and will be adding > more. I can just say something like “play ancient aliens on master bedroom > TV” and bam E.T’s favorite show is streaming in 4K on my bedroom big screen. > If you’re sitting there and you wonder say what’s the closest places to get > ribs or where is the closest Chipotle you can just ask google and before you > could type the request you’re hearing the answer with the option to have the > map sent to your phone and a reservation made. If I’m cold I can just ask > google to increase the temperature 2 degrees or hey google, please turn off > all the first floor lights so if they get left on they can be easily turned > off and I don’t have to see them to know which light is on or off. Suppose > you’re trying a new recipe for macaroni and cheese, you can have the google > home talk you through it telling you what ingredients to use and how much so > you don’t have to stop and look it up or worry about reading while cooking. > Or how about this, something as simple as waking up and asking “Hey Google, > how’s my day look”. I’ll get a summary of the traffic on the way to work and > any delays, the morning’s weather, financial reports and even the latest news > from one of many sources (I personally use the BBC). The Google home also > recognizes voices so if my assistant asks google for what’s on his calendar > he gets his data, not mine because Google identifies who you are and uses the > correct data sources. I can write custom applications, one thing I use is a > system where I can say, “Hey google, I lost my phone” and it automatically > calls and rings my phone so I can find it. In other words, you can extend > it’s functions your self. > I guess bottom line I like interacting with machines in more ways than > just a keyboard or touch screen. Gives me that star ship enterprise vibe. > Speaking of the enterprise, I can say “hey google, give me some sounds to > sleep to” and I have it play a ten hour long recording of the sound of the > enterprise bridge complete with engine rumble and the occasional indicator > beep. These boxes are so very useful and it’s only going to grow as more and > more of our homes become equipped with artificial intelligence. Frankly, one > of the reasons I think you both have a hard Time getting your head around it > is because Siri is so bad and if that’s the only experience you’ve had I > don’t blame you. However, the rest of the world has moved way beyond Siri. > Google uses real neural net technology so it learns as it goes. > If you want to try a real deal digital assistant and you have the > chance definitely have a conversation with Watson. (The IBM deep machine > learning effort). When you start to talk to Watson you really understand what > Alan Turing meant by his test. > > >> On May 25, 2017, at 6:13 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> >> Those of you who say that one should not speculate, about things, how about >> if I said that speculation is what the whole world does. After all, and >> I'll be blunt here, people speculate all the time, especially the media, as >> they speculate every day when they write in their papers, they make >> judgments all the time as to what might happen next. In fact, the human >> race do live on speculation or the world would not be exciting. Life would >> be dull if one did not speculate, if things were predictable, then life >> would be boring! So I will not apologise when i say what I say about Apple. >> >> I have never been interested in an Amazon Echo as my phone can tell me what >> I need to know even if it's a bit dim. Why do I need
Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker?
Simon I will say this, switching over to smart home electronics has cut my electric bill by 50%, that real enough for you? I can easily make sure the lights are turned off, the temperature management is great because our environmental controls start to model themselves based on our real usage and for example shut off the cooling when we leave and fire it up a half hour before we get back so we don’t unnecessarily cool the house when nobody is home. Also switches on and off lights randomly when we’re out of town to make it look like the house is occupied. Energy savings right now is one of the big areas for the smart home electronics. > On May 26, 2017, at 5:54 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hey guys, > > Did you ever think that this is the way the world is going? > > Walk in to a room and say lights on, or tv on, Voice recognition is coming > along with leaps and bounds so the echo and the siri speaker are things that > we will sooner rather than later have in our homes to work with home > automation > > It's just that apple and amozon are the ones leading the way currently > > But I also don't see myself at this oint getting one unless it's really going > to be able to help with things such as paying my bills by giving it payment > instructions or telling me what the answer to my top 10 questions in life are, > > > But lets just wait and see what is coming. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. > Sent: Friday, 26 May 2017 10:22 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How about nte new Apple Speaker? > > Kaeal, >You are in point. What I was saying was, don't make a judgement before the > facts are known. Saying "I will not buy this because Siri is not that good" > falls flat. > >I also am not interested in an Echo. First, I do not see a reason for one. > Second, my budget is not where I could splurge on it. Third, why on earth do > I want to have a conversation with a box?! > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 5/25/2017 3:13 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> Those of you who say that one should not speculate, about things, how about >> if I said that speculation is what the whole world does. After all, and >> I'll be blunt here, people speculate all the time, especially the media, as >> they speculate every day when they write in their papers, they make >> judgments all the time as to what might happen next. In fact, the human >> race do live on speculation or the world would not be exciting. Life would >> be dull if one did not speculate, if things were predictable, then life >> would be boring! So I will not apologise when i say what I say about Apple. >> >> I have never been interested in an Amazon Echo as my phone can tell me what >> I need to know even if it's a bit dim. Why do I need a speaker who will >> have a conversation with me? I don't get why people are excited by an echo. >> May be I am missing something? Please enlighten me. >> >> Kawal. >>> On 24 May 2017, at 20:28, christopher hallsworth >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, I agree with everything you say. Fascinating to speculate, but that >>> is all. On 23 May 2017, at 22:39, E.T. wrote: Kawal, Being this product has not even been previewed at the WWDC yet, speculation can be a fascinating day dream. Maybe Siri is not up to snuff currently. Does not mean that it will remain so. Wait for the WWDC before passing judgement. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 5/23/2017 1:16 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > It's got to do a lot more than that if I were to purchase anything like > that. If it's just a play back device with a few features added and > (Siri not as good as having conversations with you), then I can't see > anyone buying the speakers. > > Kawal. >> On 23 May 2017, at 14:43, Scott Granados >> wrote: >> >> Simon, it’s basically Siri in a box and from what I’ve read the box has >> some higher end audio features as well so it can double as an audio >> playback device. >> >> >>> On May 23, 2017, at 2:52 AM, Simon Fogarty wro >>> device. >> >>> te: >>> >>> Yes but what features will it have >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brent >>> Harding >>> Sent: Monday, 22 May 2
Re: Accessibility of constant contact
I can’t speak for the software but I can say they are willing to hire blind engineers so that’s something. I interviewed over there and ended up taking a different offer but it does seem like a great bunch of folks. > On May 26, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Laura Bratton wrote: > > Hi all, > Has anyone used constant contact to send emails out to a group? Is it > accessible? > > I need to create an email distribution list for work so trying to find > something that is accessible. > Thank you for any help, > Laura > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP
