Re: [CGUYS] dual SIM [was: WiFi mobile phone]

2008-09-05 Thread chad evans wyatt
In addition to Betty's excellent observations, local sim cards are inexpensive, they always come with bonus minutes, and it always pleases one's hosts to call them from within their own country's telecom system.  This is noticed, and earns respect. --- On Thu, 9/4/08, b_s-wilk [EMAIL

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi mobile phones

2008-09-05 Thread MrMike6by9
OS X users might want to look at Missing Sync http://www.markspace.com/. They claim support for WM phones, as well as for the Blackberry, Palm, and Symbian platforms. YMMV -- He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad,

Re: [CGUYS] Out of sync

2008-09-05 Thread gerald
is this an automated device, or one that must be adjusted by a human? i watched an event on tv last night that was off sync by close to a full second. At 06:51 PM 9/4/2008, you wrote: Yes, and it can be had for less than $8,000. Peanuts in the broadcast budget. See product notes below signature.

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi mobile phone

2008-09-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
OK but what about 5x7 or 8x10? They are still inadequate compared to the newer cameras. Only so much can be stuffed in a little box. Stewart At 12:12 AM 9/5/2008, you wrote: I have a hard time thinking that you can get a good camera into a good phone. The resulting appliance would be too

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi mobile phone

2008-09-05 Thread mike
There are 5+mp camera phones...I think samsung makes one that is 10. Quality may vary, but they seem to get fairly good reviews. Mike On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK but what about 5x7 or 8x10? They are still inadequate compared to the newer

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi mobile phone

2008-09-05 Thread chad evans wyatt
You may have misplaced requirement.  Few people enlarge greater than 4x6 for ordinary purposes, fewer still make prints at all from images created with their phones.  The end-use of mobilphone images usually is screen-quality viewing, that standard is very much lower. Phone images are a

Re: [CGUYS] AV Technology Refresh Refresher

2008-09-05 Thread Matthew Taylor
Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations at all? On Sep 4, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Matthew Taylor wrote: All; Time for the Taylor household to do an audio-visual technology refresh, and to do that I need a refresher from the knowledgeable folks on this list. What I currently have: Comcast

[CGUYS] bluetooth

2008-09-05 Thread rlsimon
I have a bluetooth usb device for my desktop and one for my laptop but am not having lots of success with them. Should I expect them to give me short distance functionality similar to wifi? i.e. should I be able to file/printer/internet share via bt? If so, where am I going wrong? Desktop

Re: [CGUYS] AV Technology Refresh Refresher

2008-09-05 Thread Tony B
If you can re-phrase the post to ask one specific question - preferably not about a specific brand or model of equipment - you stand a better chance of an answer. Nobody on the list is going to be able to draw you a diagram how to rig up your whole house. Contact your TV provider for those

Re: [CGUYS] bluetooth

2008-09-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Their distance is limited to about 30 FT. Stewart At 10:38 AM 9/5/2008, you wrote: I have a bluetooth usb device for my desktop and one for my laptop but am not having lots of success with them. Should I expect them to give me short distance functionality similar to wifi? i.e. should I be

Re: [CGUYS] AV Technology Refresh Refresher

2008-09-05 Thread Matthew Taylor
Household diagram not what I am asking for. I am looking to see what folks might have used themselves to accomplish similar goals - no different than the frequent how do I accomplish goal X questions on the list. I know how to do any of the things I have asked from a technical

Re: [CGUYS] Out of sync

2008-09-05 Thread Richard P.
This is adjusted by a human so it is subject to human error. Adjusting it is as simple as turning a knob. Predictive correction equipment is also made but only works reliably on talking heads. Richard P. is this an automated device, or one that must be adjusted by a human? i watched an event

Re: [CGUYS] failure notice

2008-09-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Connected to 12.102.252.75 but sender was rejected. Remote host said: 550-128.121.64.140 blocked by ldap:ou=rblmx,dc=att,dc=net 550 Error - Blocked for abuse. See http://att.net/blocks I guess it is not just Comcast and Cox that provide terrible service.

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon FIOS misinformation?

2008-09-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
I will say that anyone who works for Verizon that is found to badmouth a competitor is subject to discipline up to and including dismissal. I wish you would have a word with the Federal Election Commission. * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon FIOS misinformation?

2008-09-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
If you did that we would have no politicians left in Washington? Then again that would not be a bad an idea. Stewart At 03:38 PM 9/5/2008, you wrote: I wish you would have a word with the Federal Election Commission. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace

Re: [CGUYS] Data backup question

2008-09-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
Actually I don't think this is right. Hardware RAID does crc on the data, so corruption is almost impossible, the RAID would drop the bad drive off if it started returning errors. Of course this is moo as joey says if he is doing soft RAID. So the question is...hard or soft? You are still