So what do you consider a well-managed alternative?
Richard P.
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I have said it before and I will say it again: Anyone who gets their
email through Comcast or Cox is asking for trouble.
With so many well-managed alternatives why do you let these idiots mess
up your emai
In today's New York Times
...
Open-Source File Format Is to Be a Part of Microsoft Office
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
Under pressure from European regulators and others,
Microsoft is to say it will give customers the ability to
use documents in Open Document Format -- the main rival to
th
>Unfortunately, spammers are causing perfectly rational companies to lose
>their minds when it comes to blocking spam. Caution is out the door and
>down the road. I could shift things over to my gmail account, but that gets
>over 5,000 spam/month. I don't even bother going through the spam folde
>I have run the Entourage Database Utility and repaired file permissions
>and ran Disk Warrior and all Apple and Microsoft Software updates have
>been installed.
What parts of the Entourage Database Utility did you run?
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>If every company published a SPF record and checked incoming mail against
>published SPF records, spam wouldn't be the problem that it is. Sadly, not
>enough do this to make a significant difference.
What are the details on publishing a SPF record? Got any good links?
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At 9:41 AM -0400 5/22/08, Fred Holmes wrote:
In today's New York Times
...
Open-Source File Format Is to Be a Part of Microsoft Office
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
Under pressure from European regulators and others,
Microsoft is to say it will give customers the ability to
use documents
>Or, more likely, the Mac fanboys are going to have a hard time
>accepting that the Mac is still such a small part of the market it's
>inconsequential.
66 percent is a big number. How to explain?
If I take a gourmet pie and cut in into three slices. I give you one
slice and a big bag of Hohos. I
On May 22, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
I used to be buried in spam because I get all the misdirected mail
sent
to my company's domain. I now route all of that to GMail and it passes
the ham on to me. Now I only get a couple of spams a day. So I
would say
that GMail is especially go
I'm on a Mac running Firefox and also had trouble viewing a couple pdfs
in the browser yesterday. I can't remember the last time I tried it, I
generally download pdfs and view with Preview. But it could be something
to do with the pdf. My Firefox viewer, which is the one Tony recommends,
is wor
At 09:53 AM 5/22/2008, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>Does anyone have experience with Postini (now owned by Google)?
his.com provides it -- at no additional charge with its ISP services. The
Postini web interface is slow and klunky, and there is a size limit on the
whitelist that I exceeded a long time a
Although I haven't experienced your problem, I have found firefox to be
problematic on various machines. Particularly in older installations or
older computers. It just loses functions. Often re installation doesn't
help.
db
Jordan wrote:
I'm on a Mac running Firefox and also had trouble v
At 10:05 AM 5/22/2008, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>If I take a gourmet pie and cut in into three slices. I give you one
>slice and a big bag of Hohos. I keep the other two slices for myself. Are
>you happy?
>
>Yes this is an IQ test.
I am not happy. I will get fatter!
Fred Holmes
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These sales numbers are always somewhat skewed by what they include and
what they leave out. In this case, the numbers don't include online
sales. Both Apple and Dell make many sales from their web sites. That
said, this is still a huge change in sales and accurately reflects Apple
gaining marke
Depends... what's a "gourmet pie"? That almost sounds like something
made with sweatbreads. If that's the case, then you can keep all the
"gourmet pie" for yourself. :-)
Mind you, I normally like to avoid these "which is better - mac or PC"
wars. Each system has its own good points and not so
I'm running FF 2.0.0.14 on an XP desktop & laptop and latest FF 2.x on a
MBP. I've noticed issues with the gmail inbox the past week or 2. Instead of
loading, it will "churn" for a few seconds until I close FF. I can load same
pages in IE or Opera (or Safari on MBP) without incident. I loaded the F
I use Firefox for almost everything, except my favorite weather source
Wunderground, which I view on Camino, and as I mentioned, I almost never
open a pdf in Firefox.
The only problem I routinely have with Firefox that bothers me is that
YouTube type video players disappear from the window. Inte
Perhaps the machine itself is at fault and not Firefox?
What debugging steps have you done - besides uninstalling/reinstalling?
I run and support it on a variety of machines. If these are Windows systems,
have you checked for the latest and greatest Windows updates? That seems to
resolve abou
I ran Verify, Compact and Rebuild on the Entourage Database Utility.
I did NOT run Set database preferences.
Phil Marchetti
On May 22, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
I have run the Entourage Database Utility and repaired file
permissions
and ran Disk Warrior and all Apple and Microsoft
When I'm at work, I've seen the gmail churn so I've started using the
"Basic HTML" version. We also monitor all web traffic too, so the
"basic HTML" version is actually better in a way since that doesn't
refresh itself every 30 seconds (or whatever the interval is). I
suspect with the basic HTML
Found the problem! It turns out the newly installed Skype Extension for
Firefox Add-on was preventing the PDF's from loading. Once I disabled
the Skype extension, the PDF's loaded normally. It's probably time to
uninstall Skype. By the way, should this be reported to Skype or Mozilla
and how is
For some reason, the real estate industry's MLS on the Web will work
only on IE on Windows. Is there a way to fool MLS, and make Safari on
a Mac "look" like IE on Windows?
Thanks,
Alvin
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Every time I start the computer (Dell running XP), the computer freezes as
soon as any activity begins (even opening a folder). Then, I have to
restart manually and begin again. I restored to the settings of a few days
ago, which didn't help. I'm in safe mode now, and everything seems to be
okay
>the somewhat obvious fact that the >$1,000 PC segment is Apple's by
>default, since Dell, HP, and Lenovo sell the bulk of their machines in
>the $500-$750 range, and Apple has only one model selling for less than
>$1,000.
That is why you were also given the bag of Hohos. Those are under $1000
PC
Historically, PC makers have all (except Apple) migrated down to the low
end of the market, squeezing the middle into oblivion, before going
under themselves (or getting bought-out and subsumed by a larger
competitor). Apple is the only remaining company that originated in or
before the eighties.
Have you tried going to Google.com/images and typing in 12th-century
sword in the search box? I did and came up with 36,700 images.
Jeff M
On May 22, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Constance Warner wrote:
12th-century sword
Don't be humble... you're not that great.
"Golda Meir"
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What about IBM?
On May 22, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote:
Historically, PC makers have all (except Apple) migrated down to the
low
end of the market, squeezing the middle into oblivion, before going
under themselves (or getting bought-out and subsumed by a larger
com
This might be slightly off-topic, but it is about computer graphics and
websites.
Does anyone know of any good sites where free or inexpensive images can
be had? I know about iStockphoto.com, and have gotten photo images
there in the past. But there have to be other sites out there with good
Ever heard of Hewlett Packard?
On May 22, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote:
Historically, PC makers have all (except Apple) migrated down to the
low
end of the market, squeezing the middle into oblivion, before going
under themselves (or getting bought-out and subsumed by a larg
IBM left the PC market (more than once). Sun has sold PCs, but never
really got into the PC market very long - they were traditionally
workstation and server focused.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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What about IBM?
On May 22, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ)
Ever seen a 1980's HP PC? HP did not sell PCs in the 80's. They were a
company that bought companies to get into the market.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Ever heard of Hewlett Packard?
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I did try Google Images for an image of a sword. The problem with
Google is that the images you find there, from many websites, are almost
certainly copyrighted.
Hence my quest for websites that offer free or inexpensive photo images.
You can get in BIG trouble if you use a copyrighted image tha
They introduced their first PC in 1980.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/timeline/hist_80s.html
On May 22, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote:
Ever seen a 1980's HP PC? HP did not sell PCs in the 80's. They
were a
company that bought companies to get into the market.
I agree, but if you find an image you like have you tried contacting
the owner for permission to use it. All it takes is an email..
Jeff M
On May 22, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Constance Warner wrote:
I did try Google Images for an image of a sword. The problem with
Google is that the images you fi
Oh yeah, I was going to say HP not making their own computers would
come as a big surprise to an ex-girlfriend and her sister who both
worked for HP in their Boise ID plant. And that was in the 80's.
Jeff M
On May 22, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Matthew Taylor wrote:
They introduced their first P
Now you're nitpicking. So what if they quit for awhile. Isn't IBM
where MS basically got it's start? Don't get me wrong. I'm one of
those Apple fan boys. But still, there have been other companies
around for quite awhile. When did Compaq get started? And is Radio
Shack still making their o
I need the image tonight--definitely not enough time to contact anyone
to ask for it. (And the really good images are usually sold, unless you
specifically find them on a free site.)
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I would start by looking at Windows Task Manager while in a normal
startup mode and see if anything is using too much CPU power. Also, are
you getting any error codes when it freezes?
Richard P.
Every time I start the computer (Dell running XP), the computer freezes as
soon as any activity b
Oh!! I didn't realize "under $1000 PCs" were the bag of HoHos. I
thought you meant the delicious treat from Hostess. This is rather
confusing. Why would you say "Hohos" when you were referring to
low-priced PCs? Do you also say 'cupcake' when referring to subcompact
cars???
If you're referrin
Alvin Auerbach sez:
>For some reason, the real estate industry's MLS on the Web will work
>only on IE on Windows. Is there a way to fool MLS, and make Safari on
>a Mac "look" like IE on Windows?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alvin
>
- Go to Preferences.
- Click to show the Advanced panel.
- At bottom, check
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-some-glamour-with-royalty-free-images/
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They just happen to own Gateway I believe. (Asus)
Stewart
At 03:11 PM 5/22/2008, you wrote:
In the market, there's primarily HP, Dell, Apple and the rest. I'm
intentionally dropping Asus into that market because most people
(outside of geeks) don't know who they are.
Rev. Stewart A. Marsha
Thanks Michael,
I will not be able to try using this for a while (although I've set it
up), as it's for when my GF uses my computer, and she will not be
doing this for a while. I hope it works, and I can show her that she
can use a Mac for her work!
Alvin
On May 22, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Mi
I think his point is that Apple is one of the few left that hasn't been
bought or sold. Compaq moved to HP, IBM to lenova...etc.
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Jeff Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now you're nitpicking. So what if they quit for awhile. Isn't IBM
> where MS basically
There are a number of wizards you can use, but I just asked my ISP to
publish it for me, since they handle our DNS as well.
http://www.openspf.org/
http://old.openspf.org/wizard.html
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/content/technologies/senderid/wizard/
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> What
> -Original Message-
> I used to be buried in spam because I get all the misdirected mail sent
> to my company's domain. I now route all of that to GMail and it passes
> the ham on to me. Now I only get a couple of spams a day. So I would
> say
> that GMail is especially good at spam filter
I'm seeing today that I didn't get several messages. I was wondering what
Constance was talking about, with the free images and all, until I realized
I never got the original post.
Grumble grumble Comcast grumble dipsticks mutter...
> -Original Message-
> I used to be buried in spam beca
Have to move this up to Level 2. Maybe the rest of the list has some
suggestions.
Some questions to ask yourself are what is the recent history of the
computer. Any symptoms, problems, slowdowns, installations, or upgrades
that you know about? The only other possible solutions I know of are:
While Driver Agent (http://driveragent.com), reports that drivers are
outdated, in order to see what they recommend, you have to join for $30,
so I can't compare. I was able to find one update for the display
adapter but it looks like it addresses gaming issues which doesn't
concern me at this
I had an issue over the weekend where my XP PC started being very wonky. So,
I ran chkdsk and defrag, which didn't help. I then did a system restore in
safe mode, previous to the time where I installed SP3 and AVG 8.0, 5 days
previous. Ran chkdsk and defraged (jkdrfrag--an excellent free utility)
Aaaauugh! I just checked the CGUYS archive and my message about messages
not coming through to me didn't come through to me!
I can't accuse the boobs at Comcast for not having a seriously warped sense
of humor.
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Jeff Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
Oh yeah, I was going to say HP not making their own computers would
come as a big surprise to an ex-girlfriend and her sister who both
worked for HP in their Boise ID plant. And that was in the 80's.
I worked on a robotics project at HP in 1990 in PA
For the marketing guru --
With the eeePC at the low end and Apple at the high end:
How quickly will the middle market ($500-$750) shrink?
It won't. But that isn't the middle market. That's the commodity
market.
How profitable will it be?
There is only profit there if costs are low and
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