[CGUYS] Music from MiniDisc to PC

2008-03-11 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
A friend of mine on another list came up with these links: http://www.sweetadelines.org.uk/docs/how_to_minidisc.pdf http://forums.minidisc.org/ Even though I'm still open to any other suggestions, the first link might just do the trick, and the second seems like a nice reso

[CGUYS] Music from Minidisc to PC

2008-03-11 Thread Robert Michael Abrams
Before I go to Best Buy or Circuit City with this issue, I'd like to bounce it off folks who I trust to give me reasonable answer, if they have one, and who will say so if they don't. Here goes: I run WinXP (SP2, IIRC) and have RealPlayer 11.01 (Build 6.0.14.794, but who's counting?)

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Chrperson
& when I access the site using FireFox (Version 2.0 on my iMac), I get just a blank screen with my IP number. Nothing else. Very weird. Mical Wilmoth Carton [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Very interesting. > > When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with > just my IP listed.

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-11 Thread gerald
most trades in T-bills to the common man require a very large spread/discount. the difference between the buy and sell price for modest quantities(under 100k) cost one close to 1% of interest. certainly 1/2% interest. the best place to lookand buy for smallest spread i have found is: http:

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
>i think the best known fund that tracks that is the Vangard index 500 >fund. i think it is the s&p 500 marketbasket, less about a half % >annually for expenses. since '76, shows 11.6% annual return. 10 year, >however, shows only 3.99% return. i do not recall exact numbers, but only >a mod

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I like spreadsheets. Google Spreadsheets has a function for retrieving >information from the cloud. I wonder how well that would work on getting >financial statistics? That would certainly be a great way to leverage the >Web. I started to look at GoogleLookup and then noticed a GoogleFinance

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Matthew Taylor
No, I can not say as I have noticed commercial sites take a political stance for a candidate. Seems kind of stupid as they risk alienating potential eyeballs and thus loosing future add revenue. On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: I just noticed a small "Obama 08" badge in the

[CGUYS] Verizon DSL Service Dry Loop

2008-03-11 Thread DC Cavalier
I have had for Verizon DSL for about six years now. Pretty much I have had no problem with the service. A little over a year and a half ago I changed my phone service to Vonage but kept the Verizon DSL. The DSL service has continued to work fine, but what I am paying for my DSL is still the same

[CGUYS] Firefox shortcuts (Was: Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking)

2008-03-11 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting "Richard P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: In Firefox, Alt-Enter automatically adds the http://www. at the beginning and the .org at the end to what ever is in the address bar. In this case, all I had to type in was whatsmyip instead of the whole URL. Richard P. no matter which i do, I get the

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-11 Thread gerald
i think the best known fund that tracks that is the Vangard index 500 fund. i think it is the s&p 500 marketbasket, less about a half % annually for expenses. since '76, shows 11.6% annual return. 10 year, however, shows only 3.99% return. i do not recall exact numbers, but only a modest pe

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-11 Thread Ken Stanley
Or like choosing your doctor, lawyer and accountant, find an investment manager you can trust and delegate while you specialize in your own profession and enjoy your hobbies and vacations without having to worry about what/when. Ken- (dare I say I happen to be in that field?). -Original Messa

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
I just noticed a small "Obama 08" badge in the corner of the home page at whatsmyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others noticed such? Where? * ** List info, subscription man

Re: [CGUYS] Investment Tracking Recommendations?

2008-03-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
>For tracking investments, a spreadsheet and a web query would be as simple >and straight forward a tool for your needs that there is. I like spreadsheets. Google Spreadsheets has a function for retrieving information from the cloud. I wonder how well that would work on getting financial statist

Re: [CGUYS] Nat Geo Classroom

2008-03-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I will normally say "I need you to do X, Y, Z", whatever, "Please." >And you want to knock my management style? "Could" is not a >word in my vocabulary. I use what I have to take the objective. I'm not knocking your management style, but banishing "could" is giving up something valuable. When

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Richard P.
Typo's, typo's typo's! Thanks for solving the mystery. That will teach me to cut and paste without looking carefully. Richard P. Brim wrote: Could it be that whatISmyip.org returns the white page with the ip address, but whatSmyip.org (no i) brings up the web page with the Obama add in the co

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://whatsmyip.org/ gives you the full page with the Obama ad. http://whatismyip.org/ gives you your IP address in the upper left hand corner of a white page. Count the letters. * ** List info, subscription management,