Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread mike
Must just be your walmart, the few times I've looked at cds...never bought any, I've seen the versions the artists were selling there were radio versions. This is also marked clearly on their website, not burried in a EULA at the bottom of a page. Mike On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:12 PM, b_s-wilk

Re: [CGUYS] Top 10 Website

2008-11-28 Thread David Turk
Thanks! David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 232-4592 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] O

[CGUYS] MS says its search will be better than Google soon

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
Microsoft says its search will be better than Google soon MS search to launch in six months David Lawsky http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,10 9104,00.html?source=NLT_PM&nid=109104 "March 1, 2006 (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp. will introduce a search engine th

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread mike
Do you have any urls about the matter? On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just because Apple asserts this is the case doesn't make it the case. > > All that I have read on the matter confirms this and I have read with > particular interest because of this

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Walmart and Amazon both have significant libraries that are DRM free. The >near monopoly Apple has(d) on digital tunes seems to have angered some of >the record companies and they have struck better deals elsewhere. Jealousy may be causing them to try sticking it to Apple. I wonder if Apple wil

Re: [CGUYS] MS Herding the Sheeple [Was: Windows 7]

2008-11-28 Thread mike
And they'll be free. Weren't you just complaining about MS adding stuff in like AV because of anti competitiveness? You aren't making any sense in multiple threads from one email to the next. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Tom, what are you saying wa

Re: [CGUYS] Help - very slow loading....again!

2008-11-28 Thread db
Why is the state of IT service so lacking? I know it's frustrating but don't be so surprised and plaintive. It's primitive because it is young and evolving technology. The cars you drive that work so relatively dependently so almost anyone can use one is a technology that has in development

Re: [CGUYS] Reinstalling Windows XP

2008-11-28 Thread Tony B
If the Windows boot disk isn't seen either, then the BIOS doesn't see the cd drive, and your troubleshooting has to head off in a different direction. Have you just tried an external USB cd drive until after school? On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now decide

Re: [CGUYS] Top 10 Website

2008-11-28 Thread mike
cracked.com has lists of top ten things.. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, David Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'm trying to find a website that's full of top 10 lists (& not David > Letterman's). Not having any luck with the search engines... > > david > > David Turk > Manager, Preservati

Re: [CGUYS] Help - very slow loading....again!

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I hate to sound ungrateful on Thanksgiving eve, but my computer is once >again taking forever to load every page. This, with FireFox, including with >creating a new profile. Last time, creating a new profile seemed to help; >now it doesn't. Further, can't even seem to use IE as alternative whic

Re: [CGUYS] MS Herding the Sheeple [Was: Windows 7]

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Tom, what are you saying was removed? I am not saying anything. Read what was reported here... http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art icleId=327354 "Microsoft's secret weapon in Windows 7 is not what features the operating system has, but instead what featu

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Just because Apple asserts this is the case doesn't make it the case. All that I have read on the matter confirms this and I have read with particular interest because of this List. The DMCA prohibits speech about circumvention. That is why we don't allow that here. It is just about the only t

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>So I'm supposed to go to some guys blog otherwise I can't complain? I >thought that's why I voted in real elections, not put some topics up on a >blog? You think your responsibilities begin and end with your casting a vote? Well then just say "Baa." ***

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Hey, had you been paying attention to Tom all along, you would know >this is not just "some guy's blog". Barack reads this! I was >thoroughly chastised for having doubted! Back in the "old days" I do know that the Computer Guys were playing on White House radios. I once made a negative on-air

Re: [CGUYS] Help - very slow loading....again!

2008-11-28 Thread Ranbo
I really don't know. What would be periodic bit torrent traffic? Wouldn't the RCN tech have been able to notice this when I called Wed. night? However, mysteriously, yesterday (Thursday) I suddenly can access internet with IE and pages are loading fast again. Using Firefox seems somewhat slower

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread b_s-wilk
> When Apple sells something at the iTunes store, they tell you up front > that it has DRM. Walmart doesn't label their music or movies to tell > you that there are significant parts missing from the products. You don't > know until the package is open and not returnable. Does Apple really tell

Re: [CGUYS] Disconnecting...

2008-11-28 Thread Richard P.
and generally it's big, ugly, and sticks out from where it plugs in. Richard P. >> Sorry to ask...but what is a wall wart?... > > > > If for example your router has a separate power supply, then we call the > separate power supply a wall wart. **

[CGUYS] Reinstalling Windows XP

2008-11-28 Thread Robert
This is a continuation thread of a problem that started two or three months ago. What has gone before: Daughter took PC to college; sometime thereafter optical drive failed to work. Drive does not appear in My Computer. Device Manager says driver is corrupt or missing. Does not seem to be

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread mike
Actually that's you. The iTunes database file isn't part of the DMCA...at least that's the argument put forth. The difference is you are on the side of the guys in suits with the big stick beating us all up. Big surprise the guys with the clubs are Apple and you agree with them. "You see, Apple

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Jeff Wright
> The problem us that buyers don't have full knowledge of what they are > buying and what the true value of that product is. They don't know that > it will wear out very quickly. How do you know what other people know, or don't know? How do you know what you know and how do you know it is correc

Re: [CGUYS] Help - very slow loading....again!

2008-11-28 Thread db
I haven't been following this thread closely ...if you are on a cable modem connection it is possible you have some periodic bit torrent traffic nearby which is robbing your bandwidth. ? db Tom Piwowar wrote: Called RCN tech support. Tech said not to mess with DNS settings and had me rest

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I don't think you and I together should either loose or gain >rights should we act in concert. You have blinders on. My corporation challenges you (individual) to a total cage fighting match. I, as a corporation, will have my staff with me. That's the problem. It is a highly asymmetric situa

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>There is no DRM on the library, try again, Tom. You are just making up stuff to keep an argument going? Wasting everyone's time? http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/apple-and -the-digital-rights-management-debate-1039564.html "As a way of protecting the link betwe

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Either those local stores were providing value to their customers or they >weren't. If they were, then they should still be in business. It's not >magic. The problem us that buyers don't have full knowledge of what they are buying and what the true value of that product is. They don't know t

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>What's this nonsense about servitude and morality? Some people find corporate greed and abuse to be a desirable quality. I just read that managers at some Swiss banks are giving back bonuses they received in previous years because it is now clear they were undeserved. What a concept! ***

Re: [CGUYS] Disconnecting...

2008-11-28 Thread Art Clemons
> Sorry to ask...but what is a wall wart?... If for example your router has a separate power supply, then we call the separate power supply a wall wart. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, priv

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Giant Food and their local union, UFCW 400, colluded few years back to have >the Monkey County, MD county council pass a law outlawing some of their >competition. They obviously greased enough palms to make sure that no store >with greater than 100,000 square feet is able to open and sell groceri

Re: [CGUYS] Disconnecting...

2008-11-28 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
Sorry to ask...but what is a wall wart?... Marcio At 06:36 PM 11/28/2008, Tom Piwowar wrote: >Let me note too that unless you are actually doing the equivalent of >unplugging them, the wall warts or equivalent may still be drawing some >power. Let's state that more strongly. Wall warts cont

Re: [CGUYS] Help - very slow loading....again!

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Called RCN tech support. Tech said not to mess with DNS settings and had me >restore to detect automatically. Either way, doesn't seem to make loading >much quicker. He said download speed (5 mb) was okay so he couldn't help >beyond that. I'm about to give up. Have had this problem recurrentl

Re: [CGUYS] Help - very slow loading....again!

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I changed on of the DNS settings (not the alternate). Maybe made a slight >difference in loading. Trying to reach tech support. Try running tracert from the command line. If any of the first few hops show a long response time that would be something to report to tech support as that will prob

Re: [CGUYS] Disconnecting...

2008-11-28 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Let me note too that unless you are actually doing the equivalent of >unplugging them, the wall warts or equivalent may still be drawing some >power. Let's state that more strongly. Wall warts continue to draw power even when the device they power is turned off. They may actually draw more powe

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Jeff Wright
> Walmart did not drive anyone anywhere. > > What has happened is that in many small communities the merchants > have been so used to doing what they please they were not ready to > compete against Walmart. Giant Food and their local union, UFCW 400, colluded few years back to have the Monkey Cou

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Jeff Wright
> Ahh, so dismissive of Palin's people. If you don't know what it's like > to live in a community where a Wal-Mart forces the closing of many of > the local businesses, then stick with something you might know > something about. Either those local stores were providing value to their customers or

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Matthew Taylor
As long as they are authorized by the artists they are legit. Many artists release more than one version of a recorded work, be it music, video, whatever. Any deception if it exists is on the part of the artist. Matthew On Nov 26, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Richard P. wrote: Are the edited vers

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Matthew Taylor
Tom; The issue here is freedom of two business corporations (or a corporation and individual in the rare case of the unincorporated artist significant enough to warrant space on the shelves) to contract. No one would dream of telling a store they must sell a particular pattern or wallpap

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread mike
We have em all over Arizona too. On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Ralph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "We still have two local dairy queens, and a smatering of other stores..." > > Why do Dairy Queens seem to thrive only in small southern towns? Evey > time I have reason to drive through the Caro

Re: [CGUYS] EFF chastises Apple

2008-11-28 Thread Ralph
"We still have two local dairy queens, and a smatering of other stores..." Why do Dairy Queens seem to thrive only in small southern towns? Evey time I have reason to drive through the Carolinas, I look forward to spotting the first exit with a Dairy Queen, so I can get a "Blizzard" along with fi

Re: [CGUYS] Creating Podcasts

2008-11-28 Thread Pat Fauquet
On Nov 25, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Richard P. wrote: Any advice on creating training podcasts (the material is not the issue)? There is also a need to be able to track how many people are listening to them as well as documenting completion of training. Are there any programs out there that would help