Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

where is this 'about:conifg?' On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:43 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > A laptop? Strangely, everyone I know - myself included - drags around >> mice with their laptops, so I *always* have a middle mouse button >> available. >> >> As Tom said, if you don't mind using two hands there ar

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful. Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. Really, the only options you might need to change for tabs is in the Tools>Options>Tabs. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Judy Cosler wrote: > where is this 'abou

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

into the URL address area? I think so, cuz I just got a big warning! On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Tony B wrote: > You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful. > Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. > Really, the only options you might need

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

>But be careful. >Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config offers extensive documentation. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, priva

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

At 10:03 AM 4/11/2009 -0400, you wrote: You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful. Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. Really, the only options you might need to change for tabs is in the Tools>Options>Tabs. Or just use your middle mouse bu

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

>That's odd. I rarely see anyone using a mouse with their notebooks that >they carry around, only with desktop-replacement ones at home. I used to hate trackpads. Then Apple innovated all sorts of finger gymnastics (two-finger drag, three-finger drag etc.) that made the track pad as fast or may

Re: [CGUYS] wii/sony/xbox ratings

>We should consider assigning numbers to Tom's various obfuscations. Whan you fail to prevail through misinformation and misdirection you now attempt ridicule. It doesn't change the bottom line: you are wrong again. * **

Re: [CGUYS] wii/sony/xbox ratings

Yer doing that projection thing again... On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >We should consider assigning numbers to Tom's various obfuscations. > > > Whan you fail to prevail through misinformation and misdirection you now > attempt ridicule. It doesn't change the bottom line

Re: [CGUYS] cool firefox extension

>Chrome does this too...does safari on mac? I'll give Chrome more attention. So far Chrome has been too bare bones for me. I was using Chrome for Google Apps and was impressed by its speed. Then I discovered many usefil shortcuts, which worked fine in FireFox, did not work in Chrome. Quite iron

Re: [CGUYS] cool firefox extension

I don't use IE for much the same reason I don't use safari or chrome...I need the added search plug ins. I'm not too hot on the interface either, but that may be just not being used to it. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Chrome does this too...does safari on mac? > > I'll

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

>With your logic, Steve W would have never created the mac. He enjoyed >*doing* things to computers, a lot of people do. Don't knock it...don't do >it if you don't want to, but putting it down just shows your small vision of >computing. Mike, you make the strangest contortions to be disagreeable

Re: [CGUYS] wii/sony/xbox ratings

>Why do you quote something, then talk about something else? When you say >'you', who are you talking to? I think you are skipping the part to see who >is writing the emails. * ** List info, subscription management, list r

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

>Windows users are used to this. These are the risks you get trying to run >Windows on anything. It could be worth the risks to run an OS that is less >vulnerable or at least less targeted. At the risk of being accused of stereotyping, I can understand a WFB thinking it is fine to put OS X on

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

Tell that to all the glowing reviews of the MSI netbooks. You keep confusing your opinions with facts. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >With your logic, Steve W would have never created the mac. He enjoyed > >*doing* things to computers, a lot of people do. Don't knock i

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

But it's FUN! So is skydiving...maybe I can shoehorn a copy of osx on a msi wind while skydiving. Now I understand better you are coming from the angle of forever safe, no fun for me! Just give me the milk toast.. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > I can understand bun

Re: [CGUYS] wii/sony/xbox ratings

> Whan you fail to prevail through misinformation and > misdirection you now attempt ridicule. It doesn't > change the bottom line: you are wrong again. I suggest that you re-read your own messages. They are full of all these. Especially ridicule. My message (and Mike's, too) pointed out that y

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>Oh, boy, here we go. >Who exactly says that, and why? MS licensed it, which to the best of my >knowledge isn't theft. >(Anyway, it was Seattle Computer Products, not DR. DR's OS was CP/M.) I'm sure MS has a division assigned to rewriting history and you have a shelf of their briefing books...

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

>Now I understand better you are coming from the angle of forever safe, no >fun for me! Just give me the milk toast.. Very few people react with joy when their computer stops working. Fewer still set out to tempt the fates. **

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

>Tell that to all the glowing reviews of the MSI netbooks. You keep >confusing your opinions with facts. An MSI running Linux is probably a fine thing. Right now I'm happy with my Palm. Someday I may be shopping for a netbook. But that is not what the discussion was about (check the subject lin

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

Uh...another misdirection..no one is talking about their computer not working, just about having a little fun experimenting with a netbook and os x. If it doesn't work, throw linux on it. Easy. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Now I understand better you are coming from t

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> http://www.mackido.com/History/History_DrDos.html > > I caution anyone following this story to check the source of the > information they are reading. I could not agree more. Obviously, the absolute best place to get PC history is from an article on a Mac site that contains a WHOLE lot of bil

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

>Uh...another misdirection..no one is talking about their computer not >working, just about having a little fun experimenting with a netbook and os >x. If it doesn't work, throw linux on it. Easy. Very few people react with joy when their computer stops working. Fewer still set out to tempt the

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing) >Doesn't look like it was just a mockup. You haven't a clue. Stop wasting everyone's time. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

Nothing to see here...don't look over here! On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing) > >Doesn't look like it was just a mockup. > > You haven't a clue. Stop wasting everyone's time. >

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

Tom Piwowar >> Bill G. came last. It wasn't his hardware. The hardware was >> made by IBM. > And the OS was written by Digital Research. Some say MS stole it. Hmmm, no. As I understand the story, IBM went to Digital Research and the guy there blew off the meeting with IBM for licensing CPM. Nex

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

You are missing the mac angle where gates lied, betrayed and stole. On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > Tom Piwowar > >> Bill G. came last. It wasn't his hardware. The hardware was > >> made by IBM. > > > And the OS was written by Digital Research. Some say MS stole it. >

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind [was Another new Windows ad...]

> I have an MSI Wind which I use as my jukebox, with iTunes. I've read articles > in which people describe how they put OS X on the machine, but it seems that > one must be quite knowledgeable to do so. I'm not that knowledgeable. Has > anyone heard of a "turnkey" solution? OSX presently can b

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>Hmmm, no. As I understand the story... But you are Ballmer's lapdog. Why should I believe your version? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and mo

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> > And the OS was written by Digital Research. Some say MS stole it. > > Hmmm, no. As I understand the story, IBM went to Digital > Research and the guy there blew off the meeting with IBM for > licensing CPM. Next, IBM went to MS, they had a BASIC > interpreter for CPM. Gates said "Sure, we'l

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> l...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:38 PM > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad... > > >Hmmm, no. As I understand the story... > > But you are Ballmer's lapdog. Why should I believe your version? "When you fail to prevail through misinfor

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

Tom Piwowar >>Oh, boy, here we go. >>Who exactly says that, and why? MS licensed it, which to the >>best of my knowledge isn't theft. >>(Anyway, it was Seattle Computer Products, not DR. DR's OS >>was CP/M.) > I'm sure MS has a division assigned to rewriting history and > you have a shelf of thei

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful. Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing. Really, the only options you might need to change for tabs is in the Tools>Options>Tabs. The about:config window is available when you type it into the URL locat

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:12:38 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote: >So I'm looking to spend $450 on a computer configuration that is not >supported by the OS or hardware vendor, may or may not work correctly, >may or may not be upgradeable, may or may not accept security upgrades, >etc. Perhaps if Apple s

Re: [CGUYS] OS X on an MSI Wind

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 6:01 PM, katan wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:12:38 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > >So I'm looking to spend $450 on a computer configuration that is not > >supported by the OS or hardware vendor, may or may not work correctly, > >may or may not be upgradeable, may or may n

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

Speaking of all this: I thought I found somewhere in Firefox (I think it was an about:config setting) that tells the page to scroll to where ever I click in the scroll bar. Sort of a scroll to here. I can't find this setting now. Could I be mistaken? Does Firefox do this by default? I'd like to

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox tabs

I was wrong. The setting is in OSX System Preferences/Appearance. I wonder why it doesn't work on Seamonkey? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Computer_Products >and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS With an army for foot soldiers, just like you, Wikipedia will say whatever MS wants it to say. First hand accounts from folks who were around at the time will of course be derided by you. BTW,

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> BTW, on the topic of cheating, did anyone notice that the good fellas > at > MS were just fined $11.8M for price rigging MS Office? I have a question: when you read articles like this, do you rub your palms together vigorously or is it more of a hand-washing action where you rub your hands over

[CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

Can anyone recommend a "beginners" graphics layout program for the Apple platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher? db * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

You sometimes have to wonder who Intel has in their back pocket. They have been guilty of far more price manipulation than MS and they seem to glide right on through? Stewart At 09:03 PM 4/11/2009, you wrote: I have a question: when you read articles like this, do you rub your palms togeth

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>(McFan provides no sources or facts to back any of this up, but I don't see >why that should concern anyone.) Do you think old-timers aren't providing sources because they are giving first-person accounts? http://aaxnet.com/topics/msinc.html "1982 - Digital Research sues Microsoft and IBM - Wi

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>They are in violation of an strange German law, where they can communicate >with retailers in one certain way, but not in another certain way. >According to German law, when they meet for the second time, the handshake >must be performed with both parties standing, with each party having a firm >g

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

What do you want to lay out? - Original Message - From: "db" To: Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program? Can anyone recommend a "beginners" graphics layout program for the Apple platform that is equivalent in simplicit

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for simple OSX layout program?

>Can anyone recommend a "beginners" graphics layout program for the Apple >platform that is equivalent in simplicity and ease of use as MS Publisher? There are several good choices that run on Leopard. "Pages" is part of Apple's $80 iWork suite. "The Print Shop 2.0" from Software MacKiev is $59

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

Number three. The Sony Vaio is less lame. But this one is funnier... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQTsXoh5i8 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and mor

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Do you think old-timers aren't providing sources because they are giving first-person accounts? > http://aaxnet.com/topics/msinc.html > > "1982 - Digital Research sues Microsoft and IBM - Wins - It was obvious > MS-DOS and its PC-DOS variant were simply rip- offs of Digital > Research's > CP/M o

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

Number three. The Sony Vaio is less lame. "Less lame" from you amounts to an act of contrition, are you feeling OK? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member