Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth ear bud for MP3 player & cellphone ?

Well, Jabber makes a gadget which turns any 1/8 inch jack into bluetooth and their BT8010 headphones will pair with two devices at the same time and possibly do what you want. When I tried it, since the second device was not bluetooth, I had to stop it and switch devices on the headset, but at lea

Re: [CGUYS] sod off, was Re: [CGUYS] no sod for you

Would that be I give you three guesses and the first two don't count. Leaving the architecture out of it, the Champs de Mars is clearly better maintained to my uneducated eye as far as sod. But it doesn't get the level of foot traffic that the Mall does. Having been both places on foot and bic

Re: [CGUYS] sod off, was Re: [CGUYS] no sod for you

Naturlich. Stewart At 10:50 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote: I suppose you mean sale boche ? > There is a reason the Germans called the French dirty. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82

Re: [CGUYS] sod off, was Re: [CGUYS] no sod for you

I suppose you mean sale boche ? > There is a reason the Germans called the French dirty. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at ht

Re: [CGUYS] Circuit City "deals"

Someone said earlier that the CC's contents had been sold to the liquidation companies. If that is so it is up to them to then get rid of the merchandise. Ebay, is a place companies use to sell a lot of overstock stuff. There is also overtock.com whose prices are not all that great. Stewart

Re: [CGUYS] Ergonomic keyboard for broken arm

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Constance Warner wrote: > Hello everyone--I'm looking for an ergonomic keyboard I can use with a > broken arm. My fingers stick out of the end of the cast and I can sort of > wiggle them, maybe enough to type on a computer keyboard. (I'm using one > hand to typ

Re: [CGUYS] Circuit City "deals"

The liquidation sale is supposed to go through March. I wonder what happens to merchandise that is unsold by, say, the last week of the sale. And what happens to any merchandise that is still unsold by the end of the sale, assuming it isn't extended? Randall On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:17 PM, ka

Re: [CGUYS] sod off, was Re: [CGUYS] no sod for you

Would that be I give you three guesses and the first two don't count. Knowing a little bit about France. I think I know the answer. There is a reason the Germans called the French dirty. Stewart At 10:18 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote: they've got their turf; what do they care for the nation's?

Re: [CGUYS] sod off, was Re: [CGUYS] no sod for you

they've got their turf; what do they care for the nation's? Just as a pointless exercise I used Google Maps to check out the Mall aerials versus the Champs de Mars in Paris. Guess which one looked better? * ** List info,

[CGUYS] Circuit City "deals"

Saw a commercial for CCs liquidation. the mark-downs are starting to get a little steeper. TVs at 25%, cameras at 20%. There was other stuff mentioned that I'm drawing a blank on, but they went up to 40% off for god knows what. -- Katan Welcome to ObamaNation! "Our long national nightmare is ov

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

On Jan 29, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Jordan wrote: How do you think we got out of the last depression? By selling the tools of war to the British and French for the most part, then by full mobilization for WWII. The WPA, Civilian Conservation Corps, and the National Recovery Act created jobs and

[CGUYS] sod off, was Re: [CGUYS] no sod for you

they've got their turf; what do they care for the nation's? > the sodding was pulled from the bill to appease the > republicans. they still voted 100% against. * ** List info, subscription management, li

Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth ear bud for MP3 player & cellphone ?

Motorola and LG are two I know of. They make them for the music phones that transmit in stereo and also make phone calls. Motorola Q, and the LG Chocolate are two of the phones we have in our house. Stewart At 09:36 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote: What companies make such? A blue tooth earbud w

Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth ear bud for MP3 player & cellphone ?

What companies make such? A blue tooth earbud with a cellphone mic and the ability to pick up and switch between a blue tooth cellphone and a bluetooth MP3 player / FM radio would be perfect. db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I know of some headphones, not ear buds that are bluetooth and work

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

On Jan 29, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Is this the most efficient use of the taxpayer's money to meet the enumerated responsibilities of the federal government? Tax cuts are probably the least efficient form of government spending. Tax cuts are not spending. The money is not the go

[CGUYS] no sod for you

the sodding was pulled from the bill to appease the republicans. they still voted 100% against. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and mo

Re: [CGUYS] Ergonomic keyboard for broken arm

How about piece of plywood 3 ft. square with a U shape cut out of it ... big enough for you and your chair... then place it on your desk with the computer/ monitor and keyboard sitting on the part without the cutout. It should "wrap" around you and provide support for your arm and cast. If y

Re: [CGUYS] Blue tooth ear bud for MP3 player & cellphone ?

I know of some headphones, not ear buds that are bluetooth and work with a variety of bluetooth appliances including phones, mp3 players and computers. Stewart At 09:08 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote: Does anyone know if there is a blue tooth ear bud that will work in a coordinated way with any mis

[CGUYS] Ergonomic keyboard for broken arm

Hello everyone--I'm looking for an ergonomic keyboard I can use with a broken arm. My fingers stick out of the end of the cast and I can sort of wiggle them, maybe enough to type on a computer keyboard. (I'm using one hand to type this, and it's slow and laborious.) The one insurmountable

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> ... break all the windows in the the museums ... But, but, that's like taking coal to Newcastle. Windows is already broken! Aw, shucks! You mean real windows. My bad. And, I thought this was a computer list. Silly me! **

[CGUYS] Blue tooth ear bud for MP3 player & cellphone ?

Does anyone know if there is a blue tooth ear bud that will work in a coordinated way with any misc. blue tooth equipped MP3 player AND any blue tooth equipped cellphone? My reason for asking: In order to follow NPR's talk shows as I travel around on business during the day, with my pocket di

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

You are correct that that was the original intent. But Paulson quickly changed course. To my knowledge, none of the TARP has yet been used to purchase the troubled assets. It has all gone to AIG, BofA, CitiBank, etc, and lately Detroit. But those were all loans or preferred stock purchases (sa

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

There was plenty of that done on this side of the ocean also. Many people fail to remember the Japanese interment camps, the German internment camps and other forms of state sponsored discrimination based on nationality. Those with no knowledge of history often repeat the same mistakes. Stew

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> Again, TARP was a loan, Economic Recovery Package is spending. It's all spending and TARP is not a loan. It's an outright purchase "troubled" assets and equities. It's also a blank check for the POTUS and Treasury Secretary to spend on any damn thing they want. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tro

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

So we become defacto 'ID Checkers' and 'ID Validators'. It was broadly hinted to me I should photo copy and retain the documents presented with the I-9 form, 'Of course, of course, not required, but just a suggestion'. So I wonder what the phrase was in world war 2? Something about 'your papers

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> did you post this during the bush adm? I dunno. Did it come up? > why you out of the woodwork today? I think I've been out of both the woodwork and the closet for a couple decades now. > compare this mess to the bush printing press? It's all the goodness of that, plus hope and change. I ju

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> Tax cuts are probably the least efficient form of government spending. > It > is randomly tossing money to the winds. There is no direction to it. It > gets spent on things like $50,000,000 airplane toys, liquor and other > drugs, whores, mink coats, and general bling. Really? I need to hang o

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose > Three years ago they dug up Farragut Square. They even > broke up all the > concrete sidewalks that criss-cross the park. Then they > poured new > concrete where the old concrete had been. The old concrete > had been fine. > The new concrete looked no

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

Stop getting your history from the left wing media. Saying that doesn't help much does it? FDR's new deal never got unemployment below 20%, the jobless rate went up in 38, not down. Unemployment was at it's lowest the year before the new deal part 2 was enacted, and went up the following year. O

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>Well you certainly don't want the unwashed masses ruining your Polo >field. Geeze. It is located in a remote part of West Potomac Park, not really part of the Mall, but south of it. I think the Mall and Washington are a big enough place that we can make a little room for horsemen too. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>Not at all. There is a distinct difference in saying that the Mall >needs repair and saying that the Mall needs repair and should be done >so as part of a "stimulus" package. If the Mall didn't need repair, >should we destroy it in order to "create" jobs? Three years ago they dug up Farragut Sq

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

>Damn! I knew I was in the wrong place! I guess that proves you are not stupid. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>There's always Astro-Turf. MS has agreed to provide it. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

I think you need to re read some of your history. We did not come out of the depression until the Second world war and the ramping up of production. Of course all this can be debated till the horses come home. Once the gate is open they are out it does not matter how they got out, what matt

Re: [CGUYS] scanner

So, I should put on the driver that came with it, eh? I didn't put presto back on and don't want to (had crash, fresh install winxphomesp3) ...thanks to all who answered!! -Original Message- From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:0

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

chad evans wyatt escribió: An honor to be dope-slapped. Equal opportunity. You did see the file reduction, right? Of course I tried .jpg compression first, but that printed very badly @500kb. I wanted a file that would both reduce, but print well, if needed. .pdf conversion worked, tria

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Atlas-Shrugged.id-7.html Ayn Rand, right wing fruitcake. An argument that we should give even more to the looters and moochers of Wall Street so they can build their private islands of opulance amid the public squalor. **

Re: [CGUYS] scanner

I am at the reinstall windows point ...I have fresh as a daisy winxphomesp3 on my computer with msoffice2002 and coupla other things on already due to a crash ...now I want to use the scanner without that presto garbage which blocks lots of resources while it runs and makes my box sludge ...on the

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves Digital TV Delay

Get children of LadyByrd to scatter seeds ...they did that on a highway near here a long time back and we've been payin' big bucks for the mowing ever since !! -Original Message- From: One Man [mailto:one911...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:33 AM Subject: Resodding the mal

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>>When you apply for a job have you been asked to present a Social Security >>Card and a driver's license? That is a citizenship check. >that is totally incorrect. >No state requires citizenship, for a drivers licence, not even texas. Correct or not. When I hire someone I am required by the Feds

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

Awcrap ...and I thought I was among peers !! Silly me !! -Original Message- From: Jordan [mailto:jor17...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Scanned Tom Piwowar wrote: > > This list is not about being stupid. > > Damn! I knew I was in the wrong place!

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>The 700B TARP was intended ONLY to rescue the entire financial system so >that the whole economy wouldn't collapse, and, as bad as things are now >and may worsen, it has served that purpose... >Now, Obama and the Democrats trillion dollar dump is exactly that, a >huge gamble that it will creat

Re: [CGUYS] cordless phone battery question

My cordless is a uniden ...it uses actually the same battery as some cell phones ...I do know the cell phone batteries have an ic chip in them to prevent overcharging ...you better check whether your cordless has that feature to make it go well with the charger stand ...mine does ...not all unidens

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

>> I'm telling you what their user research says. You are >> preferring anecdotal evidence to research. Bad idea. >> Your personal stories notwithstanding, the ribbon >> interface is popular. > > It be double plus good! From the people who brought us Clippy. > > The good news is that you can f

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

The 700B TARP was intended ONLY to rescue the entire financial system so that the whole economy wouldn't collapse, and, as bad as things are now and may worsen, it has served that purpose. And the participants received LOANS, at hefty interest rates, which have a good chance of being repaid. If

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Atlas-Shrugged.id-7.html Only 5.99 and you won't have to spend 13 months of your life reading it. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > Tax cuts are probably the least efficient form of government spending. It > is randomly tossing m

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>Is this the most efficient use of the taxpayer's money to meet the >enumerated responsibilities of the federal government? Tax cuts are probably the least efficient form of government spending. It is randomly tossing money to the winds. There is no direction to it. It gets spent on things lik

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

Tom Piwowar wrote: did you write ugly letters to the wsj and scream bluddy murder when they cheered on the trillion dollar dump to the wall street big banks? You forgot to mention those bundles of $100 bills that were tossed around with wild abandon (and no records kept). Hey, if we'

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

wilder abandon-er now On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >did you write ugly letters to the wsj and scream bluddy murder when they > >cheered on the trillion dollar dump to the wall street big banks? > > You forgot to mention those bundles of $100 bills that were tossed around

Re: [CGUYS] differences between two pdf files?

>I know this is a long shot... Is there a way to show the differences >between two pdf files? A quick google brought up this site >http://www.ranks.nl/cgi-bin/ranksnl/tools/difference.cgi Acrobat 8 does it and version 9 has expanded the feature. *

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

did you write ugly letters to the wsj and scream bluddy murder when they cheered on the trillion dollar dump to the wall street big banks? Just want to clear up a distinction which is never made here, or in the media. The 700B TARP was intended ONLY to rescue the entire financial system so t

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

Not to mention the trillion and a half thrown away on a useless elective war which has inflamed the Middle East, that even Bush senior wasn't belligerent enough to get into! gerald wrote: did you post this during the bush adm? why you out of the woodwork today? compare this mess to the bush

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>did you write ugly letters to the wsj and scream bluddy murder when they >cheered on the trillion dollar dump to the wall street big banks? You forgot to mention those bundles of $100 bills that were tossed around with wild abandon (and no records kept). *

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

>An honor to be dope-slapped.  Equal opportunity.  You did see the file >reduction, right?   Of course I tried .jpg compression first, but that >printed very badly @500kb.  I wanted a file that would both reduce, but >print well, if needed.  .pdf conversion worked, trial and error, not sorcery.

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

did you post this during the bush adm? why you out of the woodwork today? compare this mess to the bush printing press? did you call imholf or whoever your republican senator is when he did this? did you write ugly letters to the wsj and scream bluddy murder when they cheered on the trillion d

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

If you do some research, or just watch the more informative news programs, you will find out that tax cuts do little or nothing to stimulate the economy. (and certainly nothing for people without jobs) Check this graph:http://flickr.com/photos/9818...@n03/3232223191/ Infrastructure, whether keep

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

>I'm telling you what their user research says. You are preferring anecdotal >evidence to research. Bad idea. Your personal stories notwithstanding, the >ribbon interface is popular. It be double plus good! From the people who brought us Clippy. The good news is that you can find tiny buttons on

Re: [CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

>The GIF image format uses LZW, for example. GIF maps all colors into a CLUT to make the file smaller. Works great if the image has a limited color space. If not, it posterizes the image. Not good. * ** List info, subscri

Re: [CGUYS] Harrware recommendations for video editing

>We already have the full Final Cut suite (please don't ask why we bought >the software before the hardware-wasn't my decision) Why would we ask? Picking software first is the smart thing to do. And you picked the software that is generally considered the best NLE. Be happy. >I'd like to get s

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

An honor to be dope-slapped.  Equal opportunity.  You did see the file reduction, right?   Of course I tried .jpg compression first, but that printed very badly @500kb.  I wanted a file that would both reduce, but print well, if needed.  .pdf conversion worked, trial and error, not sorcery.  I h

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > I've seen people cry when they saw the new "improved" interface. > > I'm telling you what their user research says. You are preferring anecdotal > evidence to research. Bad idea. Your personal stories notwithstanding, the > ribbon interface

Re: [CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

my understanding is that tif is one of the more efficient methods of file compression for pics. According to , which also matches my memory, "Today, most TIFF images and readers remain based upon uncompressed 32-bit CMYK or 24-bit RGB images." The article g

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> I've seen people cry when they saw the new "improved" interface. I'm telling you what their user research says. You are preferring anecdotal evidence to research. Bad idea. Your personal stories notwithstanding, the ribbon interface is popular. *

[CGUYS] differences between two pdf files?

I know this is a long shot... Is there a way to show the differences between two pdf files? A quick google brought up this site http://www.ranks.nl/cgi-bin/ranksnl/tools/difference.cgi It seems to work for a few seconds, but then doesn't show any results. Maybe the source docs have to be true te

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

The only criteria should be: Is this the most efficient use of the taxpayer's money to meet the enumerated responsibilities of the federal government? One thing I can never get an answer to from proponents of big government is "How much is enough?". Care to take a stab at it? Matthew On

Re: [CGUYS] Save to PDF?, was Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

Yes, I meant the "Save as PDF…" option on the Print dialog box. Calling it "Print to PDF" is fairly common, I think, unless my memory betrays me. As to the problem you had, the save as PDF option has always worked properly for me, but for some reason Preview will sometimes open up PDFs with a hig

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> So recovery projects should not include a criteria for Things that are > Important to us (and that need repair)? What should the criteria be? I know that it's fashionable to be a Keynesian again, but I don't buy into the notion that it's in our best interest to spend trillions of dollars we don

Re: [CGUYS] Slave labor, was Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

At 12:53 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote: >What percentage of everything you consume is produced offshore by "slave >labor" ? excluding food(we eat a lot of food from mexico and south america) and wine, i would guess well over 50%, and maybe even over 75%. last i heard, japan and korea allowed most all

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

tha >> > >When you apply for a job have you been asked to present a Social Security >Card and a driver's license? That is a citizenship check. that is totally incorrect. No state requires citizenship, for a drivers licence, not even texas. drivers licence in many states, MD included does no

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

>So has most other people's, the pundits notwithstanding. Whatever MS's >faults may be, they are very good about finding out what their customers >think (not always so good with doing something about what they find). "Bob" is a great example of this. And "Clippy" too. So is Word's behavior when t

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

Yeah, I got the PDF add-on for my older Office distribution at the same time I got the add-on for opening the newer Office formats. I'm guessing that they did this because OpenOffice has had a PDF feature for a while now. Competition is good! Speaking of the new Office formats, I thought that o

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:42:36 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote: >>softball games a day, daily volleyball, rugby, soccer,basketball and >>whatever else needed a field. weekly there was a polo(yeah, with real >>horses). > >I think you have hit on a plan the neocons will go for. We'll fix up the >mall and

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:11:46 -0500, gerald wrote: >july, gathering for/against abortions, etc) if they would have only known, and >paved that thing from wall to wall when they had the chance. would have been >very cost effective. There's always Astro-Turf. -- Katan Welcome to ObamaNation! "O

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> The author slams the UI changes in Office, but my experience has been > positive. So has most other people's, the pundits notwithstanding. Whatever MS's faults may be, they are very good about finding out what their customers think (not always so good with doing something about what they find).

Re: [CGUYS] Harrware recommendations for video editing

Mac Pro with two 500G external storage drives for starters, plus 2 Apple Cinema displays. A lot will depend upon how much video you will have to load at any one time, how much stock footage you will keep permanently loaded and whether it will be standard or high definition. Richard P. > We alread

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >by the way, tom, have you ever been checked for citizenship? i have not. > > How do you know that? I bet you have. > When you apply for a job have you been asked to present a Social Security Card and a driver's license? That is a citizensh

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

> I didn't have that problem...neither did my non-computer oriented wife. > Under this scenario, no one should switch from windows to mac, how will they > figure it out? Preference in UI is largely subjective. What works for one person may not for another. The author slams the UI changes in Offi

Re: [CGUYS] Harrware recommendations for video editing

You need a MacOS to run the software, which means you need a dongle from Apple. Lots of confusion at the software site, including a list of system requirements: http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/#finalcutpro Once you have a dongle errr... system, you can easily spend 10k on a camera if you

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

So recovery projects should not include a criteria for Things that are Important to us (and that need repair)? What should the criteria be? So are you proposing that by keeping all of Your Money, you will do a better job at recovery than the gov't? I didn't get much from the 2nd paragraph except

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

Tom Piwowar wrote: This list is not about being stupid. Damn! I knew I was in the wrong place! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

I didn't have that problem...neither did my non-computer oriented wife. Under this scenario, no one should switch from windows to mac, how will they figure it out? On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > You did not answer the reviewer's question... > > >"After I installed Windows

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> That is an excessively pessimistic response to the idea of repairing the > Mall as one recovery project. I would not think that looking around for > items of public importance that are suffering neglect is reckless, the > way the post implies. Not at all. There is a distinct difference in sayi

[CGUYS] Harrware recommendations for video editing

We already have the full Final Cut suite (please don't ask why we bought the software before the hardware-wasn't my decision), & I'd like to get some suggestions for hardware. Hopefully, we can keep this under $10,000. Doesn't have to be top of the line, but definitely more than a basic model.

Re: [CGUYS] Slave labor, was Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

> >Clearly, you've never been in Asia, where "slave labor" provides money to >families who would otherwise lack it or otherwise starve or sell their >children into the sex trade of the slums as an alternative. i do believe tom's neocon would want to know what was wrong with that picture, and co

[CGUYS] measurementlab.net

Google has teamed with others to provide a test suite and 36 globally-dispersed servers for testing internet performance. The goal is to make it transparent if your ISP is messing with your traffic. This is still early stage and it is bogged because everyone is giving it a try. I'm in the cue n

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>by the way, tom, have you ever been checked for citizenship? i have not. How do you know that? I bet you have. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map,

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall

>for an example of very high maintainance, just look at the plot in the >center of Ohio drive between the 14th st bridge and 17th st. Good question. That small plot of land does look so much better than the rest of the Mall. Perhaps it is maintained by Treasury because it is across the street

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

You did not answer the reviewer's question... >"After I installed Windows Vista in November 2006, I was perplexed. Why >was it suddenly so much harder for me to use my computer?... >It was as if Microsoft's strategy for UI design was to leave its customers >at a loss for where to start or what to

Re: [CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

>tifs will open in windows photo gallery and can be edited. they are >transparent to the user. user probably does not know he is opening tif >instead of gif or jpg. my understanding is that tif is one of the more >efficient methods of file compression for pics. I find the best rule is to not

[CGUYS] Slave labor, was Re: [CGUYS] Buying tv from Circuit City?

What percentage of everything you consume is produced offshore by "slave labor" ? What do you think your Nikes (anywhere) and Kathy Lee Gifford $20 skirts (Walmart) would cost without it? Would you be willing to pay the "true cost" of such items when made by well-paid workers? Clearly, you've

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

>I prefer to use what works for non-techies so they can go about their >day, unconcerned with the sausage making, rather than what the >self-proclaimed experts deem the "right way." At least you are consistent. * ** List in

[CGUYS] Save to PDF?, was Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

Do you mean "Save as PDF" ? When I last used this feature on a Pages version 3.0.2 wp document, it saved the PDF in a hug font, larger than the original Pages wp document. I thought pdfs were to preserve the look of the original. What did I do wrong? > OS X's "print to PDF" feature is great,

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

>during summer season, prior to the Cheney administration, the mall was >damaged daily. not only did people walk on it, but there were about 50 >softball games a day, daily volleyball, rugby, soccer,basketball and >whatever else needed a field. weekly there was a polo(yeah, with real >horses)

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

during summer season, prior to the Cheney administration, the mall was damaged daily. not only did people walk on it, but there were about 50 softball games a day, daily volleyball, rugby, soccer,basketball and whatever else needed a field. weekly there was a polo(yeah, with real horses). The

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

That is an excessively pessimistic response to the idea of repairing the Mall as one recovery project. I would not think that looking around for items of public importance that are suffering neglect is reckless, the way the post implies. An effective recovery package needs elements of both. "L

Re: [CGUYS] A Mac user's take on the Windows 7 user interface

um...yes I did. What I had to say did not challenge what was said in the review at all. Also to be correct, Office 2007 received warm reviews from almost every corner because of the new UI, not in spite of. It would be difficult for you to argue that you aren't trying to keep a negative impressi

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

> Should fixing the Mall be part of a job stimulation package? Well it > would create a bunch of jobs quickly. Most of the people who did the work > would quickly spend the money because they are poor people living hand to > mouth. This kind of spending would support local businessed and quickly >

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

> This list is not about being stupid. I couldn't agree more. Doing things "the way we've always done it" and expecting everyone else to conform to your expectations is quite stupid. I prefer to use what works for non-techies so they can go about their day, unconcerned with the sausage making, r

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

> OS X's "print to PDF" feature is great, by the way. I use it regularly > when sending documents that the recipient doesn't need to edit > because that way I don't have to worry whether or not they can > read it. Leopard gained the ability for PDF's to have working > hyperlinks, at least for PDF

Re: [CGUYS] Scanned

At 09:55 AM 1/29/2009, chad evans wyatt wrote: >I have another take on the .pdf's, and take some issue with Tom. I have >scanned my letterhead to a pretty high resolution .tif file. I can then type >in photoshop my correspondance, then convert to .pdf - clunky, but it works. >Files go from 37

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