Re: [CGUYS] 30,000 Text Messages a Month?

2007-08-18 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 18, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote: But from what I see every day, it's getting worse as far as motorist distraction is concerned. A young lady that I knew of, but did not know personally, killed herself while driving her car one night about a year or so ago. Her cell phone

Re: [CGUYS] Channeling Videophones

2007-08-18 Thread Michel Lowe
Dan, I use Skype with a web cam and it works pretty well. Discounting Skype's outage this past week it has been extremely reliable. I used it on a recent trip to China to keep in touch with my family here in the states. Voice quality suffers if either end has bandwidth constraints and I assume

Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God Science Guy

2007-08-18 Thread Tony B
The lesser light referred to is moonshine. I see no contradiction. The person to be ashamed here is the people's pastors, who clearly haven't made much effort to teach them how to read the bible. Then again, some modern day countries are run by people like those, so I guess it's our duty to try

[CGUYS] Channeling Videophones

2007-08-18 Thread Harvey Simon
iChat. It's built into every Mac. As is the camera. It's essentially one-click teleconferencing. -- Forwarded Message From: Daniel Else [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:12:12 -0400 Subject: Channeling Videophones Anyone have experience with doing the videophone experience?

Re: [CGUYS] Advice about a Mac

2007-08-18 Thread mike
I'd wait, if for nothing else to make sure you get the newest os at the cheapest price. If you do decide to get it now, upgrading the OS in X is painless and easy. Mike On 8/18/07, Harvey Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...a 1997 car (even in mint condition) is clearly distinguishable from a

Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God Science Guy

2007-08-18 Thread Jeff Morris
I'm going to remove myself from membership from this list. I was a member years ago and what a great list it was. I enjoy helping people with computer problems when I can...but more importantly, I learned a lot from the members of this list. I haven't been a member for a few years and

Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God Science Guy

2007-08-18 Thread Jeff Myers
Some moder day countries...--our own comes to mind. Jeff Myers -Original Message- From: Tony B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:11 PM Subject: Re: Bill Nye, the anti-God Science Guy The lesser light referred to is moonshine. I see no contradiction. The

Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God Science Guy

2007-08-18 Thread Eric S. Sande
I think he enjoyed the computer talk here, but didn't like some of the people. Well, he seems to prefer orthodoxy to anarchy. I don't think the medicine discussion belongs here either, and what they do or don't do in Waco is a matter of supreme indifference to me. But I know how to read

[CGUYS] staying on-topic

2007-08-18 Thread Tony B
The topic isn't 'computers', it's the Computer Guys show. The show no longer exists(?), so unless we can figure out a way to kill off the list, we're all stuck with the off-topic stuff. But I know how to read selectively, and for the most part this list stays on topic.

Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God Science Guy

2007-08-18 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
As the resident theologian or heretic (depending on who you ask) let me comment. I have not read the article that was pulled from the Waco paper, but it does not surprise me. The acceptance of technology is difficult in a culture that wants to stay uninformed and uneducated (Oh by the way I

Re: [CGUYS] staying on-topic

2007-08-18 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 18, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Tony B wrote: The topic isn't 'computers', it's the Computer Guys show. The show no longer exists(?), so unless we can figure out a way to kill off the list, we're all stuck with the off-topic stuff. I think the show still kinda exists. Actually, Tom was the

Re: [CGUYS] staying on-topic

2007-08-18 Thread Eric S. Sande
I also think that we can talk about computers and computing without having to strictly discuss only hardware and software issues. Agreed. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the