Re: [CGUYS] Dell Announcement

2007-04-22 Thread Pete Rozanski
For business customers, the option for XP has never been withdrawn. The last time checked, I could order any computer I need with XP. There are sill many applications that do not work with XP, or Apple. Pete Rozanski QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-22 Thread Jeff Wright
> Exactly. I choose to listen to Vint Cerf, undisputed as one of the > Founding Fathers of the Internet who said of Al Gore while defending > him from that false "I invented the Internet" meme: Do you mean this Vint Cerf? I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he wrote an op-ed pimping and defen

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator? [Was: Email Security Contradictions

2007-04-22 Thread Jeff Wright
> These are the > people who provided early funding for and nurtured the Internet. They > deserve some credit. Al Gore did know what he was pushing for back > then, > just like today he is pushing for solving the greenhouse gas problem. Al Gore! He's so dreamy! Ah yes, the accidental one-hit-won

Re: [CGUYS] Toss You PC For Free Day (Sun in DC)

2007-04-22 Thread chad evans wyatt
Tom - Overlooking your slightly incorrect link, called the DC gummit about another matter today, and learned that they know nothing about the 22nd (Earth Day), although that is clearly listed on the website, instead promote a Saturday 21st dropoff at Carter Barron, 9am to 3pm. Caveat emtor, this

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator? [Was: Email Security Contradictions

2007-04-22 Thread Art Clemons
Jeff Wright: > Do you actually think Gore had the faintest idea of what was yet to come in > 1989? His bill was for a top-down researcher's network using > "supercomputers," something that is the exact opposite of the Internet > today. It was an appropriation that was eventually in the right plac

Re: [CGUYS] Toss You PC For Free Day (Sun in DC)

2007-04-22 Thread Tom Piwowar
Very easy. Very sweet people. Yesterday's TV news reported long lines at the Carter Barron recycling site sponsored by DC. So we got to Freedom Plaza 45 minutes before the start. There was no line. We were immediately directed to pull over to the curb and they helped us unload directly to the c

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-22 Thread Michael Lewis
Art Clemons sez: >Jeff Wright: >> Do you actually think Gore had the faintest idea of what was yet to come in >> 1989? His bill was for a top-down researcher's network using >> "supercomputers," something that is the exact opposite of the Internet >> today. It was an appropriation that was event

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator? [Was: Email Security Contradictions

2007-04-22 Thread Jeff Wright
No one is denying that Gore put through funding that, in retrospect, was well timed, but Gore saying the "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" is like George Westinghouse saying that he took the initiative in creating Emiril Lagasse. Scientists and researchers, decades before Gore star

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-22 Thread Jeff Wright
> Exactly. I choose to listen to Vint Cerf, undisputed as one of the > Founding Fathers of the Internet who said of Al Gore while defending > him from that false "I invented the Internet" meme: False? Not really. While the "invented" part was nothing more than a fish-in-the-barrel response from

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator? [Was: Email Security Contradictions

2007-04-22 Thread Tom Piwowar
Blinded by ideology, Jeff ranted... >No one is denying that Gore put through funding that, in retrospect, was >well timed, but Gore saying the "I took the initiative in creating the >Internet" is like George Westinghouse saying that he took the initiative in >creating Emiril Lagasse. "Al Gore and

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-22 Thread Rich Schinnell
I am kinda getting tired of this "who invented the internet" crap. How's about talking about computers and much more related subjects rather than peeing in the wind about political differences? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REF

Re: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-22 Thread Michael Lewis
Jeff Wright sez: >> Exactly. I choose to listen to Vint Cerf, undisputed as one of the >> Founding Fathers of the Internet who said of Al Gore while defending >> him from that false "I invented the Internet" meme: > >Do you mean this Vint Cerf? I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he wrote >an

[CGUYS] How do I compress MPG files

2007-04-22 Thread Paula Minor
While in Jerome,AZ I took some video of a band that I want to upload to YouTube. My MPG file is 500mb but Youtube limits you to 100 mb. How do I go about compressing the video so that it's small enough to upload? I'm on either an iMac G5 and I do have GarageBand if that worksor a Mac

[CGUYS] Why are we inside? was: [CGUYS] Savvy Senator?

2007-04-22 Thread mike
I'm building cabinets...just put 900 sqft of laminate in...now working on kitchen cabinets. I think I'd rather be outside.. Mike * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an

Re: [CGUYS] How do I compress MPG files

2007-04-22 Thread Mason Miller
Download a utility called Handbrake. You can find it on VersionTracker.com. Mason Paula Minor wrote: While in Jerome,AZ I took some video of a band that I want to upload to YouTube. My MPG file is 500mb but Youtube limits you to 100 mb. How do I go about compressing the video so that it's

Re: [CGUYS] How do I compress MPG files

2007-04-22 Thread Tom Piwowar
First thing to do is to frame the video to the size YouTube wants (320 x 240). If you have not already done this, it will make the file a lot smaller. Software, called a CODEC (COder-DECoder) does the compression. There are many different CODECs with different properties. The two basic types of

[CGUYS] Need advice on buying new desktop PC

2007-04-22 Thread GMiller
Hi ... I have a neighbor who wants to buy a new desktop computer. He now has a laptop but suddenly he can't get online with it. Comcast came today and checked out everything, finally concluding that it must be the computer (not the modem, the cables, etc.). I have a Dell E510 (a year old) th

Re: [CGUYS] Need advice on buying new desktop PC

2007-04-22 Thread Howard Wall
Without knowing what the computer will be used for I recommend the cheapest computer you can find. For somebody who isn't going to be doing anything more complicated than web browsing, e-mail, Quicken and MS Office almost any computer built in the last 5 years will be adequate to the task. Y

Re: [CGUYS] Need advice on buying new desktop PC

2007-04-22 Thread GMiller
Your neighbor could likely save himself money by taking the laptop to a decent repair shop and tell them he can't connect to the web. A good shop will be able to connect his laptop to a test network and see if there is a problem with his network adapter or with his network configuration. If it