I got mine last year... went to the store all sold out.
Later, I found one, with no remote control. I decided to wait.
Finally found one I wanted, pulled out the coupon, discovered it had
expired.
Went to coupon website... Filled out forms again... told I already had my
coupons (BUT THEY HA
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:30:18 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>A long, thorough, and clear-eyed review of Windows 7 worth reading...
>
>"Microsoft's goal with Windows 7 is to lift Vista's derailed train and
>put it back on the tracks. Windows 7 itself is internally called Windows
>6.1, essentially Vist
> A long, thorough, and clear-eyed review of Windows 7 worth reading...
A clear-eyed review from AppleInsider. Right. You can practically smell the
objectivity in this sentence: "Microsoft has to herd more PC users into the
latest version of Windows ... so it can actively leverage its monopoly
po
Well, we seem intent on subsidizing everyone else these days; maybe they
could throw in the TV stations as well. Sure someone could justify it as an
economic stimulus or needed subsidy. Millions of dollars - chump change!
Randall
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall <
popoz..
Could it be that they had to find a way to spend all those dollars
they accumulated by fining networks and TV stations for many a sundry reasons.
Stewart
At 10:24 PM 1/22/2009, you wrote:
I keep wondering why they used tax money for coupons in the first place.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailt
I keep wondering why they used tax money for coupons in the first place.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Ranbo wrote:
> Look, I admit to procrastinating on this (as I typically do, admittedly)
> but
> it seems like they are not really ready for this, for various reasons (see
> the Post article
That is in a nutshell what the problem is.
However there is also another problem:
Delaying the mandatory switch is going to cost TV stations millions
of dollars as they will continue to have to double transmit. (many
have been ramping up for this and have had two transmitters running,
expensi
Look, I admit to procrastinating on this (as I typically do, admittedly) but
it seems like they are not really ready for this, for various reasons (see
the Post article in, I believe, yesterday's business section). Running out
of funding for the coupons is not the fault of those who waited. As alw
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Tony B wrote:
> Let's get this over with already. There was no shortage of coupons at
> all this time LAST year, or before that when we first started talking
> about it. No matter how far you move the deadline, some people are
> always going to wait until the las
> Microsoft's executives have made no secret of the fact that Windows 7
> is an incremental improvement to Windows Vista, with CEO Steve Ballmer
> calling it "Windows Vista, a lot better," and saying, "Windows 7 is
> Windows Vista with cleanup in user interface [and] improvements in
> performance."
Let's get this over with already. There was no shortage of coupons at
all this time LAST year, or before that when we first started talking
about it. No matter how far you move the deadline, some people are
always going to wait until the last minute.
In our neck of the woods it basically means peo
I've heard rumblings from both directions. One thing to keep in mind...we
are talking about just *television*.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Ranbo wrote:
> Obama official said (during transition) they want a delay in converting to
> HD tv because of various problems, including lack of fundin
Obama official said (during transition) they want a delay in converting to
HD tv because of various problems, including lack of funding for the
coupons. However FCC said (during transition) that delay would cause more
problems and the Feb 17 date should remain. Anyone hear if Obama is
planning or
A long, thorough, and clear-eyed review of Windows 7 worth reading...
"Microsoft's goal with Windows 7 is to lift Vista's derailed train and
put it back on the tracks. Windows 7 itself is internally called Windows
6.1, essentially Vista Service Pack 2 (Microsoft is also preparing a
scaled down
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:50:02 -0500, Tony B wrote:
>What's not really clear is: Since I have auto updates on, am I safe?
>How can I tell for sure? I really don't want to turn off autorun.
Really? I always hated autorun and was looking for a way to kill it off
globally (and thank you Rich for that
Have you seen this alternative to Finder?
http://cocoatech.com/
I guess it's been around for a while.
Tom Piwowar wrote:
http://code.google.com/p/openmeta/
A while back we were discussing an alternative system for organizing
files using tags instead of a folder hierarchy. I gave GMail as a
we
Hey Tom ...why donna you tella dem all it's OK to copy all dem movies so
long as they send you a copy!! ...hehee!
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From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Rudeness [was RE: [CGUYS] copying a DVD movie disc]
It goes fo
>While admire you as an avid Mac supporter, your a wimp on this issue.
>You are hardly an authority on law, if you were, I'd never hire you as
>my attorney. We live in America. It's the 2nd amendment for freedom of
>speech. No DMCA supersedes the constitution.
Most smart lawyers will advise
> Is John Stewart upset that George Bush is no longer in the White House?
Let's see how funny he he'll be now that he has to actually work for a
living. Besides, I'm more worried about Olberman. That rightous
indignation isn't going to raise itself, ya know.
Besides, Messoparedmond just doesn't
Tom,
While admire you as an avid Mac supporter, your a wimp on this issue.
You are hardly an authority on law, if you were, I'd never hire you as
my attorney. We live in America. It's the 2nd amendment for freedom of
speech. No DMCA supersedes the constitution.
A lot of people believe the
>What will you rage against of Microsoft did the unthinkable and
>actually created a secure OS?
Is John Stewart upset that George Bush is no longer in the White House?
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It goes for both sides, I suppose the end point is Tom gets to be whatever
he wants since he controls the +k/b.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:36 PM, John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM, mike wrote:
>
> > Right..ban or moderate those who disagree. The fact that you have the
> >
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM, mike wrote:
> Right..ban or moderate those who disagree. The fact that you have the
> ability to k/b people from this list should require you to act the adult at
> some point before and ask the participants to cool down a little. Instead
> you egg on and call na
> "Downadup worm now infects 1 in every 16 PCs, says Panda Security"
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art
> icleId=9126482&intsrc=hm_list
>
> Is that enough?
It's a good proxy, but these are Panda's numbers, which could be
inflated to sell software or have
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> >Highly unfair for me to take the kids movies we own and put them on my pc
> to
> >feed my tv? I've got 200 cds in my closet I haven't got one out since I
> >burned them to the pc...I play them to the stereo with the Apple remote
> app
> >on
So steal a non-pirated copy?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> >ZDNet's Ryan Naraine is reporting that pirated copies of Apple's
> >iWork 09 circulating on BitTorrent and elsewhere are infected with Mac
> >malware.
>
> Ironically, Apple recently removed product activation fro
Right..ban or moderate those who disagree. The fact that you have the
ability to k/b people from this list should require you to act the adult at
some point before and ask the participants to cool down a little. Instead
you egg on and call names. He had posted that your (Tom's) posts 'pass
under
I'm poor, you would have better luck turning in rich geeks like Kevin Rose
or Leo Laporte...how about windows lover Paul Thurrott? Tom should get his
teeth into turning that guy in...hmmm. How about the entire staff at
Macworld...or PCMAG?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
>
GAH!
I'm completely down with Tom on this one, I hate the fact I've got this
system that can churn out 3d graphics in FPS that look completely real but
*I* still have to manually manage where my files are. OS X is definitely
the winner over windows on this one, I do like the way it handles files
>That's one heck of an assumption. Couldn't you at least *ask* her
>first if it's a movie with copy protection before you assume she's
>some kind of criminal?
If the file were not protected there would be no need to ask the
question. It would be easy to copy by normal means.
***
>i wasn't asking about the legality! I was asking about the capabilities
>of the software.
Answering that question is a crime. Sorry.
You should also refrain from asking us how to manufacture nerve gas in
your bath tub. Mike will want to show off and tell you, but we won't let
him.
Good news...means I don't have to worry about my mac or windows machines :)
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Rich Schinnell wrote:
> Just to keep the scorecard up to date: Even though we all know that
> most pirated software contains some added benefits.. So I guess we might
> have some Mac bot
>The worm is fast spreading alright; I never said otherwise. I only
>questioned the veracity of taking the worm's author at his word that X
>number of computers have been infected. That's where the 9,000,000
>number came from. It may very well be that number, it may be much
>smaller or even grea
>The content of a DeCSS encrypted disk falls under fair use, copying that is
>not illegal, the DMCA says that breaking that DeCSS code to get to the
>content is illegal.
If you do go over to the doom9 site and read his "Revisited" story about
the DMCA you will see the site owner jummping up and d
>ZDNet's Ryan Naraine is reporting that pirated copies of Apple's
>iWork 09 circulating on BitTorrent and elsewhere are infected with Mac
>malware.
Ironically, Apple recently removed product activation from iWork. So
stealing a pirated copy would be especially dumb.
**
>I ask the same from Tom but it doesn't happen. When you disagree with him,
>name calling ensues. Remember jerk just a short time ago?
It takes an extraordinary effort to get me to that point of frustration.
I guess it would be more polite to just quietly ban the offender from
posting or to
>Highly unfair for me to take the kids movies we own and put them on my pc to
>feed my tv? I've got 200 cds in my closet I haven't got one out since I
>burned them to the pc...I play them to the stereo with the Apple remote app
>on my ipod touch. Found a great remote app from VLC that can play th
>I'm not sure how else to describe the application. The flight
>sim (X-plane) needs to read/write the prefs (different from Mac OSX
>prefs, this is the starting location, aircraft, etc.) Standard
>trouble shooting practice is to delete the prefs directory (file?).
I don't know. I do know that wh
http://code.google.com/p/openmeta/
A while back we were discussing an alternative system for organizing
files using tags instead of a folder hierarchy. I gave GMail as a
well-executed example and mentioned that OS X has this under the hood,
but it is hard to get at. Taking us one step closer is
Forgot one path:
4. USB thumb drives -- which is still dependent on 1-3.
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Just to keep the scorecard up to date: Even though we all know that
most pirated software contains some added benefits.. So I guess we might
have some Mac bots out there also..
Rich
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/01/mac_malware_found_in_pirated_i.php
ZDNet's Ryan Naraine is repor
> http://news.cnet.com/2010-12-950229.html
Note that article written by a CNET "political correspondent," hardly an
authority on law or computers.
Note that article says "fears of legal action *may* not all be justified"
(emphasis mine). So even the author isn't full standing behind the
assert
>Microsoft profit declines, software maker to cut 5,000 jobs
You heard it here first...
"Vista main culprit in Microsoft layoffs"
http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/22/Windows_culprit_in_microsoft_layo
ffs_1.html
And in completely unrelated news...
"Apple rises 7 percent following strong re
I hope I'm not being too "irritating"...
"US-CERT: Microsoft issued faulty fix for Downadup virus"
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41140/108/
Clearly Obama has re-staffed CERT with a bunch of ideological lefties.
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O no! Not Again! I guess it's been about a week since the last
spat. It's enough to drive a mom to drink!!! Suggest you all start
watching "The Nanny", and notice how you don't even say anything--you just
pick them up and put them back on the "naughty chair"--1 minute for each
year of age.
Highly unfair for me to take the kids movies we own and put them on my pc to
feed my tv? I've got 200 cds in my closet I haven't got one out since I
burned them to the pc...I play them to the stereo with the Apple remote app
on my ipod touch. Found a great remote app from VLC that can play the
mo
You're going to make me fisk you...so much for change.
>>I've read about this estimate and this number was derived from looking at
>>results in the worm's code itself, making this calculation dubious. I'd
>>place that number somewhere between WAG and spot-on.
>>
>>What's odd about the percentages
Of course it is braking the law. Besides this is highly unfair for
the people who
worked and made the movie.
Marcio
At 01:34 PM 1/22/2009, you wrote:
We have very few rules here. Some people wish we had more. Yes there are
plenty of hacker forums. This is not one of them. Is not breaking the l
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Judy Cosler wrote:
> i wasn't asking about the legality! I was asking about the capabilities of
> the software.
>
>
> Roxio sells a package that is called Roxio Easy DVD Copy. As to what it
does who can tell from that description. I've never looked, bought or
o
Cheers.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote:
> Calling it fair is irrelevant. Rudeness is failing to meet a minimum
> standard of basic courtesy.
>
> Please raise that standard of behavior. Many on this list tire of
> blatant disrespect of list members. Please show b
Calling it fair is irrelevant. Rudeness is failing to meet a minimum
standard of basic courtesy.
Please raise that standard of behavior. Many on this list tire of
blatant disrespect of list members. Please show basic respect; this is
not a list for brats.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
-Origin
You are unreal. LOL.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> >Roxio says so. It is illegal to copy, copyrighted movies.
>
> Roxio tried to provide copying last year and ended up in court.
>
> How about this? Anyone wishing to answer DMCA-prohibited questions must
> first post a
Rudeness is not subject to a vote. Rudeness is failing to meet a
minimum level of cordiality and respect of others. Saying something
that is true does not make it more or less rude: "You are uglier than
dead mole rat!" may accurately describe a person to whom it is directed,
but is rude nonethele
Call
Thank you,
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McLean, Virginia 22101
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Yes, it creates all kinds of chaos with lots of apps. I find it a
tremendous convenience. I mean, who the heck really wants to have to
manually open a file manager window, navigate to the drive you just
inserted, then dig around for what you want?
I'm glad to see we really don't *have* to disable
http://www.macworld.com/article/59605/2006/12/handbrake.html
Fantastic program, came to windows not long ago.
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I ask the same from Tom but it doesn't happen. When you disagree with him,
name calling ensues. Remember jerk just a short time ago? Tom gets what he
gives, no more, no less. He's a big boy, I'm sure he'll handle it.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ) wrote:
> Where did
i wasn't asking about the legality! I was asking about the capabilities
of the software.
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Only if it is a copyrighted piece.
If it is a home movie and she has been given permission from the
copyright holder it is legal.
Roxio says so. It is illegal to copy, copy
>Roxio says so. It is illegal to copy, copyrighted movies.
Roxio tried to provide copying last year and ended up in court.
How about this? Anyone wishing to answer DMCA-prohibited questions must
first post a $2,000,000 bond to cover all consequent expenses.
***
If we're taking a vote, I see no rudeness in _this_ response. It was
the first message - the one assuming some sort of criminal activity -
that was rude.
Besides, what he says is true. There's nothing illegal about discussing a law.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civ)
wrote:
So if I disable AutoRun in Windows, will that create any problems
synching iTunes or downloading pictures from a camera? Each program is
launched and transfer started upon connection to their individual
device.
Richard P.
>
> Attack via autolaunch is particularly troubling to me. This happened t
Where did all that hostility come from? Mike, the message is rude! Can
we show at least basic respect here, please?
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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We aren't breaking the law, get over yourself and your self importance.
Discussing the DMCA is NOT illegal no matter how much yo
The content of a DeCSS encrypted disk falls under fair use, copying that is
not illegal, the DMCA says that breaking that DeCSS code to get to the
content is illegal.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall <
popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> If I understand it correctly. The copy
I found this explanation from MS at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830
It looks like the tool only runs once a month when it downloads the
new definitions. It runs in the background which is why I've never
seen it. It can be run manually:
Q13: After I run the tool from Microsoft Update, W
If I understand it correctly. The copyright law has changes so that
anything you produce is automatically afforded copyright protection.
If you so choose you can then give folks the right to copy anything
you have produced.
However if they do not ask your permission first and it is granted i
> I don't think reports of this fast-spreading worm were "dubious."
You paste in a quote and then insist that it says something that it doesn't
say. It said that the calculation of the number of infections is dubious.
That is NOT the same as saying that the worm doesn't exist.
It is a huge step f
> I recently say an car integrated GPS that had a display that looked to be
> about 8 x 10 inches in size. This looks much more useful than the tiny
> screens I've seen on the add-on models.
While not denying the appeal of those large, built-in screens, I've
found that by putting the GPS windshiel
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830
support page for the malicious software tool
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Tony B wrote:
> Alright, having looked into this further I see that anyone with auto
> updates ON is protected. Apparently all the new infections are coming
> from corporate syst
Alright, having looked into this further I see that anyone with auto
updates ON is protected. Apparently all the new infections are coming
from corporate systems that have not yet implemented the fix manually.
Additionally, the Microsoft Malicious Software Tool detects all
variants of this threat.
That's one heck of an assumption. Couldn't you at least *ask* her
first if it's a movie with copy protection before you assume she's
some kind of criminal?
We produce thousands of 'movie DVD's' a year, none of which are copy
protected. We understand people can and do copy them; our only choice
is
Tom Piwowar
>>And that is what I was trying to do - install the flight
>>simulator... Except that it's not a "general" app, it's special.
> The idea of "general" app vs. "special" app is totally foreign
> to me. All apps can do potentially harmful things to a computer
> so I worry about all apps.
> My address used to be located in the middle of my neighbors front lawn and
> now it lands on my house.
Is that change in effect everywhere, or only on your computer?
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We aren't breaking the law, get over yourself and your self importance.
Discussing the DMCA is NOT illegal no matter how much you want it to be.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> We have very few rules here. Some people wish we had more. Yes there are
> plenty of hacker foru
Only if it is a copyrighted piece.
If it is a home movie and she has been given permission from the
copyright holder it is legal.
Roxio says so. It is illegal to copy, copyrighted movies.
Stewart
At 08:56 AM 1/22/2009, you wrote:
>can I use Roxio to copy a movie DVD? or do I have to use s
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dmca_revealed.htm
This site has an interesting analysis of the DMCA, good for a read.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:11 AM, mike wrote:
> As opposed to the thousands of other forums/email lists/podcasts etc she
> could have asked?
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM
http://news.cnet.com/2010-12-950229.html
Another article about DMCA myths.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:16 AM, mike wrote:
> http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dmca_revealed.htm
>
>
> This site has an interesting analysis of the DMCA, good for a read.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:11 AM, mike wro
This from Marketwatch: http://tinyurl.com/cph5r2
Microsoft profit declines, software maker to cut 5,000 jobs
By Jeffry Bartash
Last update: 9:13 a.m. EST Jan. 22, 2009
MSFT 19.38, +0.90, +4.9%) on Thursday reported an 11% drop in fiscal
second-quarter profit and said it will cut 5,000 jobs as dem
The most irritating part is that it could have been completely avoided since
the fix has been out for some time.
This is what is happening with Vista and UAC, you can argue that UAC is
annoying but facts are facts, UAC keeps Vista from getting hit by a lot of
infections, and reportedly by all root
We may consider DMCA to be a terrible law, but it is still a law.
Speaking about "circumvention" is prohibited speech and we do not do it
here.
If you don't like it, write your Congress creatures and start a petition.
Thanks to all for observing the law of the land.
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>Once again, nobody said that. This is a very irritating habit you have. It
>happens so routinely that I have to wonder if it's intentional.
Then what was this?
>I've read about this estimate and this number was derived from looking at
>results in the worm's code itself, making this calculation d
As opposed to the thousands of other forums/email lists/podcasts etc she
could have asked?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> >can I use Roxio to copy a movie DVD? or do I have to use something like
> >Nero?
>
> That would be illegal so please don't ask such questions here.
>
>And that is what I was trying to do - install the flight
>simulator... Except that it's not a "general" app, it's special.
The idea of "general" app vs. "special" app is totally foreign to me. All
apps can do potentially harmful things to a computer so I worry about all
apps. If there are no s
>can I use Roxio to copy a movie DVD? or do I have to use something like
>Nero?
That would be illegal so please don't ask such questions here.
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>>That's why I prefer to use a limited user for everything on a
>>regular basis, it limits my exposure. (I picked up this habit
>>years ago when I was a system manager for a PDP & VAX systems.
> That is correct, except when installing software or making
> changes to the system. That i
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