I got mildly lost a couple of weeks ago, a phone call to my
sister (lives in the area) provided no real help (rush hour
and construction). I use the term mildly lost in, I knew
where I was approximately but not precisely how to get where
I wanted to go. I was also looking to get a car but was
Wayne - my only advice, having used both, is to get satellite driven
GPS. The others are more like mapquest/google maps. Satellite seems
to be more accurate, and allows, at least mine does, a choice of
routes (quick, short, no freeway, etc.).
/gayley
Quoting Wayne Dernoncourt [EMAIL
I'm surprised that Jeff Bezos beat out Steve Jobs and that Jerry Yang
was as poorly regarded as Steve Balmer.
My biggest surprise was that Steve Balmer did not score a big negative.
I guess you folks are willing to give a bad manager more slack than I do.
Or is it that you see him as a
Check consumer reports.
Some of the newer TomTom's plan using the strategy that Gayley
mentioned. (plus they learn your habits.)
All of the units will replan the route once you deviate from their
assigned path. They key is to fond one that does it quickly.
But I know CR has done some
Okay, now. I think that I listed my Sinclair along with my Atari.
However, the poll asked about computers that are OWNED,
So I should have listed my OSI 100 with 128 bytes of RAM.
I thought the wide variety of computers owned by list members was
impressive.
buy a disposable(cheap) one. get a larger than the smallest screen.
look at the refurbs at ecost and buy.com
90-100 bucks. they work. we have a tom tom 1. works just fine. my syster
has a $1500 unit that came in the car. it works. her's does traffic.
i would worry about paying for
But I know CR has done some reviews and Tom Tom and Garmin usually
come out the best.
I don't know that I would rely on CR's opinion of anything technical.
You should not just look at the purchase price. Also factor in the annual
subscription price and/or the cost of software upgrades.
You
Drug him? I suspect that would take quite a tranq dart to take down a
ballmer in it's natrual habitat.
Mike
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:24 AM, Jeff Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was surprised as well. Apple is wholly dependent upon Jobs for its
success and MS desperately needs to shed
Rebooted?
In official Windows speak this is called restart. It is amazing how
often rebooting fixes things and how often people forget to try this
first.
Next is to try starting FFx in safe mode. Get to this via Start All
Programs Mozilla FireFox Mozilla FireFox (safe mode). This will offer
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:04 AM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
buy a disposable(cheap) one. get a larger than the smallest screen.
look at the refurbs at ecost and buy.com
90-100 bucks. they work. we have a tom tom 1. works just fine. my
syster has a $1500 unit that came in the car.
On Oct 12, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
I thought the wide variety of computers owned by list members was
impressive.
Agreed. I also found the high number of users of machines other
than Windows was similarly worthy of mention.
Steve
Maybe one of those rocket powered nets they used on Wild Kingdom would work.
Drug him? I suspect that would take quite a tranq dart to take down a
ballmer in it's natrual habitat.
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Lately when I boot up my computer I get a warning that says something like:
Warning - low system battery voltage, hit F1 to continue or F2 to run
utility Nothing happens when I hit F1 or F2 and the only way I can get
anything to happen is to turn power off and on. Today, I had to do this 3
times
First, go through your BIOS and snap a digital photo of each page. But
if the cmos battery needs replacing
(http://www.google.com/products?q=cmos+battery), it's probably fairly
easy to do, if you're handy with pliers.
Yes, if you're really worried about it you can leave it on, but
eventually you
So is there any advice out there about what to get and what
to avoid? I go on trips typically once or twice a year where
this would be useful, so I don't see this as being big on
features, but it shouldn't be stupid either.
I've used handheld GPS devices and own a Garmin 70CS.
In bicycle
I've used handheld GPS devices and own a Garmin 70CS
Sorry, 76C. Bad memory. Old age. But I know where I
am, I think.
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I got a matchbook-sized Bluetooth GPS receiver about the size of an XM
antenna (60 bucks) and subscribed to TeleNav on my Treo 650. As long as
you have a scent of a cell signal, you can get postion, directions,
compass... it's $10 a month. We also use it on my husband's BlackBerry.
We have
I also found the high number of users of machines other
than Windows was similarly worthy of mention.
Yes indeed. This is a smart group (mostly).
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Eventually the battery will get so low that you will lose the stored
data. You can delay this by keeping the computer plugged in to power.
Delay long enough and the battery will leak and burn a hole through your
motherboard.
New battery is around $10. Radio Shack carries the common ones. Also
You have low system battery voltage.
You need to change the battery on your motherboard.
Likely it looks like a nickel or a quarter on your motherboard.
Radio Shack is your pal. If you enter your service tag number into
support.dell.com, you can find out what kind of battery you need.
First open the case and look the MB where you will find the battery.
Identify the
battery and buy the same. Replace. No pain.
Marcio
At 18:35 12/10/2008, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Eventually the battery will get so low that you will lose the stored
data. You can delay this by keeping the computer
Tom Piwowar
But I know CR has done some reviews and Tom Tom and Garmin
usually come out the best.
I don't know that I would rely on CR's opinion of anything
technical.
They're a start, they do have a built-in bias against Mac's,
it's silly but just realize the bias exists and try to account
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Piwowar
The one on my phone costs $3.50(??) a day, but you almost have
to pre-arrange for it. It's tough to do while you're lost in
the middle of Va. Beach.
Verizon offers a monthly price for their phone
in dc, one must use the hands free phone. how you get the map through your
earpiece?
At 08:05 PM 10/12/2008, you wrote:
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Piwowar
The one on my phone costs $3.50(??) a day, but you almost have
to pre-arrange for
They're a start, they do have a built-in bias against Mac's,
it's silly but just realize the bias exists and try to account
for it. Watch the opinions at cnet amazon.com as well.
They had strange biases long before there were Macs. Way back when I was
in college we electrical engineering
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:20 PM, gerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
in dc, one must use the hands free phone. how you get the map through your
earpiece?
I sat it on the instrument cluster with one of those sticky pads. The EnV
has a speaker phone and it talks the directions.
--
John Duncan
They had strange biases long before there were Macs. Way
back when I was in college we electrical engineering
students used to laugh about the electronics recommendations
in CR.
I don't trust CR for computer advice either, but I'm not sure that applies
to GPSs, which are pretty much
Thanks for your suggestion.? Yes, I did reboot, but that didn't help.? I
wasn't aware of the ability to start FF in safe mode, and I'll keep that in
mind for the future.?
However, when I ran Spybot SD it indicated that I had the malware
Smitfraud-C.gp and an infected C:\Windows\svchost.exe
Oops, my statement that restoring to a previous restore point eliminated the
Smitfraud-C.gp and svchost malware was premature.? Running Spybot again
identifies those items as still present.? But Firefox appears to be running
correctly now.? I still have to eliminate Smitfraud-C.gp and
They're a start, they do have a built-in bias against Mac's,
it's silly but just realize the bias exists and try to account
for it. Watch the opinions at cnet amazon.com as well.
They had strange biases long before there were Macs. Way back when I was
in college we electrical engineering
Hi! I'm thinking of purchasing an internet radio device like the Aluratek
AIRMM01F Internet Radio Alarm Clock with Built-in WiFi, for radio reception
is especially bad at my house. I've never understood, however, how these
things work. I know you need a wireless lan, which I have, and the computer
For the last thirty years that I know of their bias toward anything
other than American cars has been obvious. You can see where they
will give it good marks, but they trash it in their reviews.
Pointy headed twerps is all I can say about them in that area.
However in home appliances and
Thanks for all the advice. Do these batteries always eventually go?
Randall
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Marcio V. Pinheiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
First open the case and look the MB where you will find the battery.
Identify the
battery and buy the same. Replace. No pain.
Marcio
Yes,,, they always go, How do I know? The date and time in the
computer keeps falling behind...
Keep a couple of batteries at home and learn how to find it in the MB.
Marcio
At 00:50 13/10/2008, you wrote:
Thanks for all the advice. Do these batteries always eventually go?
Randall
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