Re: [CGUYS] Building Your Own TIVO

2008-01-07 Thread Jay Montero
My 6200 has DVI out which I connect to my TV's HDMI port.for video. For surround sound I use my sound card directly into my amp. My HD5000 card was the only item on which I overspent. I paid $100 new online for it and could have paid half that on eBay. If I were to set up a gigabit network in m

Re: [CGUYS] Building Your Own TIVO

2008-01-07 Thread Tony B
I think this topic is wandering now and I'm getting confused with several different people talking about different systems.? Anyway, if you've been watching the news from CES, it looks like several manufacturers are showing wireless HDMI, and I don't think any of it requires gigabit. But details a

[CGUYS] Epson inks

2008-01-07 Thread David Turk
Can anyone recommend a source for Epson inks that's cheaper than this: http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/IM52853K/ tia. david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 232-4592 [EMAIL PROTECTED] **

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2008-01-07 Thread Quentin Fisher
A delayed update. I got rid of Spysweeper which I long suspected of bogging down the computer, and voila things are better. But the question still stands, would there be any incemental improvement with a heftier video card? Quentin Fisher Bethesda, MD

Re: [CGUYS] USB Audio Interface

2008-01-07 Thread E. Riley Casey
Behringer has a very checkered reputation in the pro audio world ( see these for just the tip of the iceberg : http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.4-track/msg/9704c7a572f3d6a0?q=behringer+lawsuit&start=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=12 ). One of the more laughable instances of product piracy w

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2008-01-07 Thread Richard P.
I don't have your answer but I will ask this before the others do, what are the details? Operating system, type monitor, current amount of memory, what you are trying to run or do that's so slow, what other programs are running all the time such as antivirus and firewall... If you aren't sure w

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade the video card?

2008-01-07 Thread Tony B
I forget the details now too, but in general: A new video card might help 3D games. For office apps and internet browsing, you will see no improvement at all. On Jan 7, 2008 2:46 PM, Quentin Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A delayed update. I got rid of Spysweeper which I long suspected of > b

Re: [CGUYS] possible eBay scam: what to do?

2008-01-07 Thread Robert
Wonder of wonders -- the software showed up today in the mail. This is more than a month after purchase, and three weeks after eBay closed the store. Robert wrote: I purchased a software program from a "Buy it Now" sale at an eBay store. The store had 100% positive rating. The software is

Re: [CGUYS] possible eBay scam: what to do?

2008-01-07 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Praise Allah and pass the wine. let it be a lesson to you. However It is very possible you might get contacted later by one of the governmental agencies or ebay about the scam they were running. I bought (years ago) Office 97 CD's off of Ebay. Sometime later I was contacted by Ebay

Re: [CGUYS] possible eBay scam: what to do?

2008-01-07 Thread Richard P.
Is anything on it? ;-) You must be one of the lucky ones. Time to play the lottery. Richard P. Wonder of wonders -- the software showed up today in the mail. This is more than a month after purchase, and three weeks after eBay closed the store. *

Re: [CGUYS] Epson inks

2008-01-07 Thread Stephen Brownfield
Try 123inkjets.com I have good luck with them in the past when I used an Epson printer. Steve David Turk wrote: Can anyone recommend a source for Epson inks that's cheaper than this: http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/IM52853K/ tia. david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Servic

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-07 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Tom Piwowar > Great long article in the NY Times... > Can You Count on Voting Machines? I saw an article ... somewhere ... about a proposal to make vote verification much simpler. After voting, you would be given a copy of a randomly selected ballot that wasn't yours. The ballot would have a

Re: [CGUYS] possible eBay scam: what to do?

2008-01-07 Thread rlsimon
With your luck, you might as well run for president of the usa ...you have at least as gudda chance as the bunch I watched on the toob last night ...scary buncha goons out to get anyone and everyone worldwide on our tab ...depressing!! -Original Message- From: Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [CGUYS] Voting Perfection

2008-01-07 Thread Michael Fernando
> > Can You Count on Voting Machines? > > I would like two things from the voting machines: 1) The process has to be transparent. That means no proprietary HW or software that can't be examined to see that they