Re: [CGUYS] Wireless in the UK ?

2007-09-04 Thread Richard P.
I put this question out to relatives/friends in the UK and here is what came back: BT is the main phone line supplier through whose equipment almost all broadband services are run (some cable companies also run broadband, but only cover a small percentage of the market by comparison). BT Openzon

Re: [CGUYS] OS X bootable CD

2007-09-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
Thank you. I will give it a whirl. Matthew On Sep 4, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: DasBoot from SubRosaSoft does exactly this. (It is free.) Is there a non-trivial way to make a bootable CD from a working installation of OS X 10.4?

Re: [CGUYS] OS X 10.4 File Vault space optimization

2007-09-04 Thread Tom Piwowar
>It is not annoying per se. Owing to the general perversity of the >universe it only ever seems to ask to do it when I am shutting down >at the end of the work day and I am in a hurry. ;^( When I'm in a hurry I leave the computer on.

Re: [CGUYS] OS X 10.4 File Vault space optimization

2007-09-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
It is a MacBook Pro and I prefer not to schlep it around without turning it off first. On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: It is not annoying per se. Owing to the general perversity of the universe it only ever seems to ask to do it when I am shutting down at the end of the work d

Re: [CGUYS] OS X bootable CD

2007-09-04 Thread Matthew Taylor
Regretably DasBoot will not do what I need. From their documentation: "Can I use the OS X installer CD/DVD as the source disc?" "No. Only third party bootable CD/DVD discs such as SubRosaSoft’s FileSalvage, CopyCatX, VolumeWorks; Alsoft’s DiskWarrior; Prosoft Engineering’s Data Rescue II an

Re: [CGUYS] IP address lookup

2007-09-04 Thread Steve at Verizon
Thanks for mentioning this service. Did the install instructions using their DNS ip addresses on my ethernet connected desktop. But then I decided to try it in my Verizon router/modem. Works there as well. Suggest this method if you have wifi, as you don't need to configure the DNS in each mach

Re: [CGUYS] Will the iPhone Change Everything?

2007-09-04 Thread Tom Piwowar
http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/14066/iphone_leads_us_smartphone_s ales iPhone outsold all smartphones in July according to iSuppli. The iPhone accounted for 1.8 percent of all mobile handset sales in July. The iPhone outsold all other smartphones during the period this included all Bl

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

2007-09-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 08:08 AM 9/4/07, Tomás de Torquemoderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This list is moderated. If I don't like your posts we send thugs to your house. [snipparoonie] In any event, the offending party is never heard from again. So! Youse gonna send your thugs around, or what? I got

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

2007-09-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 06:01 AM 8/22/07, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did not take particular offense to your "rant" Mazel tov. Neither did I. Possibly because, your characterization notwithstanding, it wasn't a rant. and thought it reasonably harmless given that the person in question had lef

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

2007-09-04 Thread chad evans wyatt
OK, everyone. We've heard all of "bob's" variations. Time to ignore him. Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ ***

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

2007-09-04 Thread Jordman
If I had known this was going to get so interesting, I would not have deleted the original exchange last week. Jordan * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email &

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

2007-09-04 Thread mike
gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited. mike On 9/4/07, Jordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I had known this was going to get so interesting, I would not have > deleted the original exchange last week. > > Jordan > > > **

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

2007-09-04 Thread Jordman
That's OK, I dug through the trash to refresh my memory. I have gmail accounts, but I don't like dealing with web mail tools. I like doing email on my computer. Are we board enough? Jordan mike wrote: gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited. mike **

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

2007-09-04 Thread Jordman
OOps! Or perhaps my head is a bored board. mike wrote: gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited. mike * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the

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

2007-09-04 Thread mike
I used to like email on my main system, but it's a lot faster on theirs. heh Mike On 9/4/07, Jordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's OK, I dug through the trash to refresh my memory. > I have gmail accounts, but I don't like dealing with web mail tools. I > like doing email on my computer.

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

2007-09-04 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Use pop on a gmail account or forward through it to an account you use if you do not like the web tool. On 9/4/07, Jordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OOps! Or perhaps my head is a bored board. > > mike wrote: > > gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited. > > > >

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

2007-09-04 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
At 03:39 PM 9/4/07, chad evans wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK, everyone. We've heard all of "bob's" variations. Ignorantly and erroneously spoken. Boo! Time to ignore him. Arrogantly and presumptuously spoken. Yay! It appears that you have taken it upon yourself to dec

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

2007-09-04 Thread Jeff Wright
Dear Bobers, I really don't care any longer. I've said my piece in the matter and have no desire to waste any more time on your asinine pedantry. Really. Truly. Hug and kisses, Jeff * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE

Re: [CGUYS] Now I am in troubles...

2007-09-04 Thread Jeff Wright
Me! That was me. So, Microsoft is writing drivers and firmware updates for 3rd party routers and wireless NICs now? Whodathunk it? Other than crazy people, that is. > -Original Message- > Who was it who disputed that MS would find ways to force us to purchase > Vista? > > >We had a s

[CGUYS] lost email threads [ was: Re: Bill Nye...]

2007-09-04 Thread b_s-wilk
If I had known this was going to get so interesting, I would not have deleted the original exchange last week. Jordan not gone--archived: http://www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ That's OK, I dug through the trash to refresh my memory. I have gmail accounts, but I

Re: [CGUYS] Now I am in troubles...

2007-09-04 Thread mike
That's why i play it safe and flash my router with DDWRT. Bad MS...bad.. Mike On 9/4/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Me! That was me. > > So, Microsoft is writing drivers and firmware updates for 3rd party > routers > and wireless NICs now? > > Whodathunk it? Other than crazy p