Re: [CGUYS] Mac Mail: Redirect vs. Forward

2009-01-27 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Why not Eudora for Mac? Still out there still free still good. Just not being developed. Wasn't Eudora swallowed up into the Thunderbird project? You may as well get the software that is being kept up

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

2009-01-27 Thread gerald
i bought one of these: http://www.buy.com/retail/usersearchresults.asp?querytype=homequ=samsung+dlpqxt=homedisplay=col comes with complete mfgr's warranty. it was airfreighted from CA. arrived in about 2 days. 61 LED DLP. the price is $1200 compared to $2000 at best buy. i am pretty

[CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Mike Sloane
Senate Approves Digital TV Delay Article Tools Sponsored By By BLOOMBERG NEWS Published: January 26, 2009 The Senate voted on Monday to delay next month’s transition to digital television until June 12 because some viewers would not be ready for the switch. The voice vote followed a call

[CGUYS] What is a good free DVD Player PC software?

2009-01-27 Thread Steve at Verizon
Question says it. Looking for good user friendly interface for watching DVDs on a laptop. No need for copying, editing,HD, support, just play. Not thrilled with WMP. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] What is a good free DVD Player PC software?

2009-01-27 Thread John Settle
Steve at Verizon wrote: Question says it. Looking for good user friendly interface for watching DVDs on a laptop. No need for copying, editing,HD, support, just play. Not thrilled with WMP. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Tony B
Yes, but that's about all they did - vote to postpone. They didn't address the sticky issue of more money for free converter boxes. Worse than useless. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Mike Sloane mikeslo...@verizon.net wrote: Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City? / No Savings at Circuit City Liquidation Sale

2009-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
As far as I know these sales are not administered by the Store themselves but an outside agency whose job it is to get the biggest bucks possible to pay off creditors. Stewart At 09:25 AM 1/27/2009, you wrote: No savings at CC Liquidation Sales. When Tower Records liquidated, I found the

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

2009-01-27 Thread Ranbo
Is that $100 per year? Don't live very close to Costco and don't spend that much per year, so may not make sense for me to get business account anyway. Thanks for your and everyone else's suggestions. Pretty definitely going to stay away from CC liquidation, unless it's near the end of the

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City? / No Savings at Circuit City Liquidation Sale

2009-01-27 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting John Settle john_j_set...@yahoo.com: Sue Cubic wrote: If I bought something under these final sale circumstances, I think I'd demand to take it out of the box at the store. Sue No savings at CC Liquidation Sales. When Tower Records liquidated, I found the same. That's what I

[CGUYS] IE8 Beta Out

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
It is interesting to see the press reaction to IE8's beta rollout. Instead of looking at the product they are commenting on the spam-like campaign MS launched to get people to download the beta. Google on IE8 astroturf to see a surprisingly large number of hits. Microsoft IE8 rolls out the

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City? / No Savings at Circuit City Liquidation Sale

2009-01-27 Thread gerald
i read that XXX??? liquidators bought the merchandise. creditors are out of the loop. so is CC. At 10:26 AM 1/27/2009, you wrote: As far as I know these sales are not administered by the Store themselves but an outside agency whose job it is to get the biggest bucks possible to pay off

[CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
I scanned a document and all went well. I sent it by e-mail as attachment but it arrived in a large size not only filling the whole e-mail page but going much beyond (jpeg). How can I email the documento in a size that fits the page? Many thanks Marcio

Re: [CGUYS] Fw: Help with installing new Extermal HDD

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
The drive does not show up in My Computer. So, following the instructions in the leaflet that came with the case, I went to the Device Manager and there it is -- the Western Digital drive (along with the internal drive and a second external Maxtor drive). But it does not show up in My

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Tony B
Oh, and generally, you don't want to use jpeg unless photos are involved. For text, .tif is best, especially if you use bw. .gif will also work. Reason is, jpeg really sucks at text. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Marcio V. Pinheiro wefp...@terra.com.br wrote: I scanned a document and all

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Chris Dunford
I scanned a document and all went well. I sent it by e-mail as attachment but it arrived in a large size not only filling the whole e-mail page but going much beyond (jpeg). How can I email the documento in a size that fits the page? You can either rescan it at 72dpi or load it into an image

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Tony B
Your first mistake was in scanning to too high a resolution. You probably had like 300dpi selected. Try 100dpi and the file will right there be 1/3 the size. Also you may be able to scan to black and white, if no color is required. Lastly, you can just resize the image using any photo editor

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
I scanned a document and all went well. I sent it by e-mail as attachment but it arrived in a large size not only filling the whole e-mail page but going much beyond (jpeg). How can I email the documento in a size that fits the page? You may not have done anything wrong, except perhaps using

Re: [CGUYS] IE8 Beta Out

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
Wow. Can you say Jehovah's Witness? From the linked article: Yes. That language is rather creepy, isn't it? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Jordan
Right, they spent the rest of the day twiddling their thumbs. Tony B wrote: Yes, but that's about all they did - vote to postpone. They didn't address the sticky issue of more money for free converter boxes. Worse than useless.

Re: [CGUYS] IE8 Beta Out

2009-01-27 Thread Chris Dunford
It is interesting to see the press reaction to IE8's beta rollout. Instead of looking at the product they are commenting on the spam-like campaign MS launched to get people to download the beta. Google on IE8 astroturf to see a surprisingly large number of hits. As of now, all the links on

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
Well at least they did not spend any more money!!! :-) I heard someone on Radio today railing about the ethical culture of Wall Street. Well it ain't much better in DC. Yes we all know that Stewart and his neighbors, clinging to their guns and religion, hold the monopoly on righteousness.

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I will only admit to the middle one. I own no firearms (unless you count a pellet gun as one) and I am far from righteous. I got peaved a little the other day when I saw a news network interview Vitter from LA. as a republican representative to talk about their negotiations with Obama.

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Jordan
Tom Piwowar wrote: Yes we all know that Stewart and his neighbors, clinging to their guns and religion, hold the monopoly on righteousness. No, No! Those people are my neighbors here in PA. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Oh you are one of Murtha's Stewart At 06:35 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote: Tom Piwowar wrote: Yes we all know that Stewart and his neighbors, clinging to their guns and religion, hold the monopoly on righteousness. No, No! Those people are my neighbors here in PA. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
I got peaved a little the other day when I saw a news network interview Vitter from LA. as a republican representative to talk about their negotiations with Obama. Was that accurate reporting or spin designed to get you riled? Today I heard one Republican Senator exclaiming that the proposed

Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

2009-01-27 Thread Ranbo
61!!So what time is the Superbowl party?! I got the beer! Randall On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:36 AM, gerald ger...@slawecki.com wrote: i bought one of these: http://www.buy.com/retail/usersearchresults.asp?querytype=homequ=samsung+dlpqxt=homedisplay=col comes with complete mfgr's

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
This is the guy who was mentioned in the Madame's little black book last year. You are not supposed to remember what happened last year! Nobody else does. My Congressman beat his wife, but nobody remembers that either. *

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I know that is a problem am trying to overcome. I have a good memory. Stewart At 08:37 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote: This is the guy who was mentioned in the Madame's little black book last year. You are not supposed to remember what happened last year! Nobody else does. My Congressman beat his

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Jeff Wright
Why is no one suggesting that he send it as a pdf? Is that an option for you Marcio? A good number of the included scanning software I have come across has an OCR app and/or the option to scan as a pdf. -Original Message- You may not have done anything wrong, except perhaps using JPEG

Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

2009-01-27 Thread Ranbo
Who is your Congressman? Story sounds so familiar. Ted Haggard to tell all on Oprah tomorrow, but he wasn't a politician. Randall On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: This is the guy who was mentioned in the Madame's little black book last year. You are not

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Tony B
I didn't because pdf is more of a _destination_ format than an editing or archival format. Not a good comparison, but I would liken it to scanning an important painting; you wouldn't save it as a jpg, because you would know it may need editing later. Of course, now that Adobe has opened up the

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Jeff Wright
Yeah, but it's a document; PDF was made for documents. We don't know if it needs to be edited or not. FWIW, I hate it when people send us documents in tiff format, because: a) the attachment is much larger than it needs to be, taking up useful space in the mailbox and b) I always get the call

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Tony B
Ya, but good thing you don't have to open the darn thing up and spell check it! Virtually impossible with pdfs, unless you have expensive software installed. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote: I like how our Canon networked copier/printers do it. It will

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

2009-01-27 Thread Jeff Wright
True that. But, I'm talking about signed documents and the like in hard form. Ya, but good thing you don't have to open the darn thing up and spell check it! Virtually impossible with pdfs, unless you have expensive software installed.