Re: [CGUYS] mac people say no to porn too..trojan on the loose

Yes, and that is what you have to do with legitimate items too ... there-in lies the problem. If it is well written most people will never suspect foul play until they discover it accomplished nothing and even then they may only be puzzled and not realize what happened. db mike wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] iMac apple support

>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

Re: [CGUYS] David Pogue on Ted.com

>http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/7 Thanks! Not just for this link but for the entire site. Good stuff! Also nice to see a site produced by good coders using good *standard* technologies: PHP, Flash, and mod_rewrite to keep the URLs simple. ***

[CGUYS] Leopard

It's been almost a week since Leopard was released. How are people liking (or not liking) it? Slate's got an article on it today: http://www.slate.com/id/2177073/nav/tap3/ david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis,

Re: [CGUYS] Using Second Life as a platform

>It was odd, as the welcoming area didn't drag too badly. But when I >went into the main areas it was unusable. LOL. I can't help laughing out loud given the context of your other posts. So you are probably running XP with a 10-year-old motherboard design. Maybe you should add another "Intel Ins

[CGUYS] Your Windows are dirty

An open letter to Steve Ballmer: [...] So we closed the deal, we got the order, we qualified the software, we got the machine shipped. In other word, we did our job. I understand the machine are being delivered right now. And then, today, we hear from the customer a totally different story: "we

Re: [CGUYS] Using Second Life as a platform

FWIW I've never been able to run SL at anything better than slideshow frame rates, despite having a good gaming machine that has no trouble with any of the latest gaming challenges. Online virtual worlds are nothing new, but SL is a poor implementation of it, despite all the press it generates on s

[CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

I just noticed an interesting sidebar in Shutterbug magazine (May, p 26). "many cameras will need firmware/software upgrades to be Vista compatible and some won't work at all..." "What's this got to do with Microsoft's plan to overthrow JPEG... They mention that some major camera makers have no

Re: [CGUYS] Company for creating graphics, computer programs

Something like this-- http://www.curatingthecity.org/map.jsp --but with more 3D graphics, & the ability to navigate in 3 dimensions. david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 232-4592 [EMAIL P

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

http://www.shutterbug.net/equipmentreviews/software_computers/0607microsoft/index.html Another shutterbug article from a software perspective. Doesn't seem to touch on any hardware difficulties. Mike On 11/1/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just noticed an interesting sidebar

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

<"many cameras will need firmware/software upgrades to be Vista compatible and some won't work at all..."> Just for the record, I have used six different cameras with Vista, and they were all compatible, including one that dates back to the previous century. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

So far I've only got a few complaints. The Mail application has some flaws. When downloading an included attachment I like to choose my own folder. That works, but when I go to do it again I have to choose it again. Also if I hit the save button in the email itself, it doesn't. Or a

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

I was thinking that the assertion that cameras would not work with vista was odd, but I haven't seen the whole article. I'd go to the newstand when i'm at the bookstore but it's from months ago. I was going to poke around on the net to see if I could find anything on it. Mike On 11/1/07, Chris

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

Is there a reason for this or is it done to make one more reason to upgrade? I mean even IE 7 of all things works on xp, why won't safari work on OS's just a couple years old? Mike On 11/1/07, Jeff Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On the positive side I have surfed sites that wou

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

It was on site in particular that safari had problems with, and I don't blame safari. It was iWon.com and their gaming section. Also other sites that want you to take surveys and then tell you you're not using a windows machine, or IE on a windows machine. I blame the web site designers. T

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Not Provide Safari 2.0.2, or 2.0.3, or 2

FWIW using the test Tom's post referenced below. Opera: CSS Selectors Is your browser compatible? From the 43 selectors 25 have passed, 3 are buggy and 15 are unsupported (Passed 346 out of 578 tests) Safari: CSS Selectors Is your browser compatible? From the 43 selectors 21 have passed,

Re: [CGUYS] Company for creating graphics, computer programs

>http://www.curatingthecity.org/map.jsp This is fairly standard Flash. The rollover buttons and panels are standard components with skins applied. The trick is to find someone who knows enough about Flash to make the most of components and skinning instead of building everything from scratch, w

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

>Is there a reason for this or is it done to make one more reason to >upgrade? I mean even IE 7 of all things works on xp, why won't safari work >on OS's just a couple years old? The new browsers depend on the operating system for some functions. If the OS can't supply those functions the browse

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard Party

Please share. ;^) On Oct 27, 2007, at 10:18 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: I asked questions about the X Server and he knew that too. He even gave me tips on saving money on the server. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Pu

Re: [CGUYS] Company for creating graphics, computer programs

As one of the Flash bashers, I will say that this example is definitely a great use of Flash. I guess I shouldn't be bashing Flash so much as the misuse and overuse of good product. Thanks for showing me a great site and application. Richard P. Tom Piwowar wrote: http://www.curatingthecity.o

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

>http://www.shutterbug.net/equipmentreviews/software_computers/0607microsof >t/index.html That guy had only a single camera and did not connect it to his computer. Sigh, for those who can't Google my link is... www.shutterbug.net/equipmentreviews/amateur_digital_slrs/0707digitalslr/ind ex1.html

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Not Provide Safari 2.0.2, or 2.0.3, or 2

>FWIW using the test Tom's post referenced below. Because this is a moving target you need to tell us which software build you were testing. Then we will chime in with "Oh that is old, there was a new build released 15 minutes ago." *

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard

Right...so it's about the dollar. Mike On 11/1/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Is there a reason for this or is it done to make one more reason to > >upgrade? I mean even IE 7 of all things works on xp, why won't safari > work > >on OS's just a couple years old? > > The new brow

[CGUYS] Keeping the Faith Strong [Was: Standards & Flash

>You're preaching to the choir; I've told them this much many times over as >has the Mac consultant I use. Talk to your fellow travelers. They're the >ones who think they know what they're doing and insist on doing this. > >Isn't that what a good IT manager is supposed to do in your book? Whatev

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard [OT]

>Right...so it's about the dollar. It is always about the dollar. This is Amerika where sick children, the poor, and the elderly are fed to the dogs. And you want to fuss over old software? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERE

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

So, as usual, you left just a few bits out. They mention "major" camera makers? They mention Sigma. They don't mention Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Kodak, Sony, Pentax, Panasonic, Fuji, Casio, HP, or Samsung. Or anyone else. Just Sigma. Translating "Sigma" as "some major camera makers" is just a wee

[CGUYS] CPCUG E&C SIG: Networking & Wi-Fi Security Sem & Demos

-- FREE EVENTS! RSVP via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 11/17/07 : WINDOWS NETWORKING AND WI-FI SECURITY: Installation and Setup For Small and Home Of

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard (browsers)

> The new browsers depend on the operating system for some functions. If > the OS can't supply those functions the browser breaks. To make the new > browser work in the old OS they would have to build the missing functions > into the browser. ** Apple hasn't ever released Safari se

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

At 11:34 AM 11/01/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote I just noticed an interesting sidebar in Shutterbug magazine (May, p 26). "many cameras will need firmware/software upgrades to be Vista compatible and some won't work at all..." "What's this got to do with Microsoft's plan to overthrow JPEG... Th

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

Funny, your guy on your article mentioned only two cameras and only one brand. Just more FUD. I like how you left out the full sentence in your quote. Changes it just slightly. It seems many cameras will need firmware/software upgrades to be Vista compatible and some won't work at all The part

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

Part of the article makes it sound like hardware (firmware) another part talks about the software. Could anyone care less about the software? The author also is very free with his accusastions, since two cameras from one maker don't work he assumes there will be many. Mike On Nov 1, 2007 3:05 P

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

Welll, that last paragraph got mangled in transmission. It was supposed to read: "[MS's replacement for JPEG] supports a wide range of features, including multiple color formats for display or print, fixed or floating point high-dynamic range, wide gamut image encoding, lossless or high-quality

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

>Excited yet? Vista fan boys do not detect the writer's use of sarcasm -- "We're from Microsoft and we're here to help you." Ho, ho, ho. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the bo

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

>Why won't cameras "work" with Vista? Are they talking here about the >actual camera files, or are they talking about the camera software that one >is encouraged to install? I don't use camera software. Just hook the >camera to the computer and grab the files off the camera drive, whatever >

Re: [CGUYS] Keeping the Faith Strong [Was: Standards & Flash

> Looks to me like neither you nor your Mac consultant have enough > credibility with the troops to get them to march to your tune. > Confidence takes years to develop and can be lost in very little time. No, it's just this one department; everyone else's confidence is just fine. They still think

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

The current version of the software for your 7-year old camera is Vista-compatible, and free. I guess you didn't bother to check the Olympus site? The magazine said nothing of the kind. There was not a single word about their "testing" any cameras at all, and it provided no shred of evidenc

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

Tom as a person who was trained with statistics, it is very poor writing to use an descriptive word that is undefined. I lump many in with my sons response to how much homework do you have left? Not much!!! (By the way in normal speak his not much means over 50%) Poor editorship on their p

Re: [CGUYS] Company for creating graphics, computer programs

very cool! David Turk wrote: Something like this-- http://www.curatingthecity.org/map.jsp --but with more 3D graphics, & the ability to navigate in 3 dimensions. david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, I

Re: [CGUYS] Leopard (browsers)

I am still on 10.4.10 and use Firefox almost exclusively after I found that Safari would not work the current Yahoo. YMMV > > Maybe I missed it, but I don't know why it's so important to get the new > Safari (when you don't have Leopard). Is it really that much more > desirable than Firefox (or

Re: [CGUYS] Vista Makes Photographers Cry

At 06:35 PM 11/01/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote >Why won't cameras "work" with Vista? Are they talking here about the >actual camera files, or are they talking about the camera software that one >is encouraged to install? I don't use camera software. Just hook the >camera to the computer and g

Re: [CGUYS] David Pogue on Ted.com

It is pretty awesome, considering the people that get to attend have to be invited and even so they are paying a non-trivial amount to do so. Did you check out Dean Kamen's talk and his work on artificial limbs? Rocky -- Date:Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:10:30 -0500 Fro

[CGUYS] Intego Virusbarrier X4 Dual Protection Win/Mac?

Any experience/opinions regarding Intego Virusbarrier X4 Dual Protection Win/Mac? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Jo

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

Just focused on this thread. Are you saying these laptops wouldn't be so good, nor much of a deal, for someone here, say who otherwise couldn't afford a computer? I ask, because it occurs that this might create an opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone if individuals or other funding sour

[CGUYS] Comcast Violates Net Neutrality. We Can Stop Them.

Received the following from "Timothy Karr, FreePress.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Comcast Violates Net Neutrality. We Can Stop Them. File Your Own FCC Complaint Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net Neutrality, and it's a chilling sight

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

Nope as I read the initial story behind this and the focus it is to get those who might not be able to have experience with computers to experience computers. The digital divide is also aggravating the financial divide. Stewart At 10:16 PM 11/1/2007, you wrote: Just focused on this thread. A