Hasn't touched shareware/freeware on windows.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Why would it have a negative impact on shareware/freeware?
Because it would make folks terrified to install it.
I'm hoping this doesn't spur a lot of nastiness again, but this is a big
reason why Mac owners tend to feel more warmly about their computers.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote:
Apple is the only company to receive a 'good' rating in a Forrester Research
customer satisfaction survey, followed by
Hasn't touched shareware/freeware on windows.
Different kind of user. Windows users like the sense of adventure that
comes from never knowing what will happen next -- computer as
entertainment. Mac users see their computers as a means to and end --
computer as tool. If your computer is a
That's silly. Most people are either too scared or too confused about
torrents to consider downloading programs--or anything else with BitTorrent.
Probably don't know what it is.
I wasn't writing about torrents. Though even torrents are used for useful
things, like NASA's high-rez space photos.
Tom, I will grant you this. Perhaps this should accepted as a list
standard.
Except that this List doesn't do that. I'm not the thought police.
And I don't see what the fuss is about. We are not here to worship.
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I have--or maybe make that HAD--a dual-boot Mac. I do nearly all my
work on the Mac side and only turn to the PC side when I use Dragon
Naturally Speaking [not available for Mac].
When I tried to get onto the Windows PC side last night, I couldn't.
The Windows partition of the computer
Different kind of user or not, the fact remains it hasn't touched the
shareware/freeware side on windows.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Hasn't touched shareware/freeware on windows.
Different kind of user. Windows users like the sense of adventure that
I would like to know: where is my Windows machine, how can I get it
back, and is it likely to be hazardous to anyone's health [by
spreading viruses, becoming a bot, etc.]?
Disk Utility's Partition tab should show you both the Mac and Win
partitions. I would start there. Maybe you can get
Well, back to the old drawing board. My husband reports that Disc
Utility does not show the partition with Windows. He says that it
might show up in 10.5 [which he says he's going to install on the
computer eventually--and maybe sooner, now that this problem has
cropped up]. I'm now on
I second the recommendation for the Zoom H2. It has very good
quality mics, and it acts like a USB memory stick (mass storage
device) when you connect it. One issue is low recording volume.
Note that there are two different gain controls on it: a switch for
low/medium/high, and an additional
I have an old UMAX Astra 2200 scanner, but can't locate the software. I looked
on their site, they say they don't have software available for Mac OS 10.4.
Any thoughts? tia.
david
David Turk
Manager, Preservation Imaging
Indiana Historical Society
450 W. Ohio St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Here's a recent camera from Canon for $400 with that feature:
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoActfcategoryid=144modelid=17630
George Carr wrote:
Thanks for the info. Seems like a very nice camera but maybe a little too high-end for my needs. What I should do is get one
Can you try the 10.3 software? Not sure there is a big enough
difference between 10.3 and 10.4. Someone else might know if that
point difference is a deal breaker.
Sent from my iPod
On Apr 18, 2009, at 10:08 AM, David Turk dt...@indianahistory.org
wrote:
I have an old UMAX Astra 2200
I am going to buy a new camera. Candidates?
Nikon D5000
Leica C3
Panasonic (with Leica lens) I forgot the model. Will let you all know.
Marcio
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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Camera
VueScan software supports the Astra 2200 in SCSI only mode if that is
what you have.
www.hamrick.com
On Apr 18, 2009, at 1:08 PM, David Turk wrote:
I have an old UMAX Astra 2200 scanner, but can't locate the
software. I looked on their site, they say they don't have
software available
Well, it is clear that you want to be the thought police. Maybe you and
Benito can go halves on a web site.
Right I forgot, in your world Ballmer is a fixer, thug...murderer and
thief. But you have no hatred for MS and are ever fair minded. I'm sure
next you'll compare Steve J to a mix of
This was days ago Tom, stop reaching around for insulting users. Two
days...you wait two days for a lull in the word battle, when the rest of us
have calmed down and then hit me for reasons unknown.
I'm not the one who in the last few weeks has accused users of thievery and
gaybashing. I was
Well, it is clear that you want to be the thought police. Maybe you and
Benito can go halves on a web site.
Benito's account was cancelled due to non-payment.
Obama so far has done nothing but take my money.
Ballmer still pays a dividend.
Well, back to the old drawing board. My husband reports that Disc
Utility does not show the partition with Windows. He says that it
might show up in 10.5 [which he says he's going to install on the
computer eventually--and maybe sooner, now that this problem has
cropped up]. I'm now on
Well it's clear if it's dividends you want we go with Jobs.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Eric S. Sande esa...@erols.com wrote:
Well, it is clear that you want to be the thought police. Maybe you and
Benito can go halves on a web site.
Benito's account was cancelled due to non-payment.
Interesting torrent client that offers many features to evade
indetification of the data source and destination at
http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu
Most interesting is the note at the bottom of the page that the work is
supported by the National Science Foundation.
This was days ago Tom, stop reaching around for insulting users. Two
days...you wait two days for a lull in the word battle, when the rest of us
have calmed down and then hit me for reasons unknown.
I retract. The email arrived in my mailbox Saturday afternoon. I was
upset that you would not
Obama so far has done nothing but take my money.
Complain to your employer who should have adjusted your witholding. We
have done so for our staff. Of course, if you are fabulously wealthy, you
did not get any reduction. Is that the reason?
Well it's clear if it's dividends you want we go with Jobs.
I'm on board with that.
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Sounds like something users from say, oink.cd would have liked before their
admin got busted. Private trackers exist, but AFAIK, this is the first
private front end.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Interesting torrent client that offers many features to evade
Eric S. Sande wrote:
Obama so far has done nothing but take my money.
But less of it than Bush.
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iWork isn't shareware or freeware, it's commercial software developed by Apple. Go find a
torrent of something like Adobe CS4, MS Office Pro, Archicad, Quark XPress, and see how
many of those expensive programs are real and how many are waiting to eat your computer
for lunch.
Why would anyone
Of course, if you are fabulously wealthy, you did not get any
reduction. Is that the reason?
No, the telephone company doesn't pay that well :-). I object
to the direction, not necessarily the amount.
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WOW I wish I lived in your world.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
Eric S. Sande wrote:
Obama so far has done nothing but take my money.
But less of it than Bush.
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Why would anyone steal shareware or freeware? It's free to download
directly from developers.
A clarification that you probably already understand: shareware is free to
download, but not free to use. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, use
but don't pay for shareware, which is de facto
But less of it than Bush.
Yeah, maybe. You are going to have to show me how
going deeper into debt to subsidize failure in the marketplace
is a good idea.
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I vote we not show any such thing and take it backchannel? I'm asking
nice...please?
Pretty please?
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Eric S. Sande esa...@erols.com wrote:
But less of it than Bush.
Yeah, maybe. You are going to have to show me how
going deeper into debt to subsidize
I retract! So sorry...following my own advice..keeping it to computers!
:)
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure this is a silly question but, what do you mean, and what is your
source of information?
mike wrote:
WOW I wish I lived in your world.
Maybe? You're not sure?
I agree that the bank bailout, initiated by the Bush administration, is
bad and was done badly. But history has shown that the only way out of
the kind of economic hole that the Bushies have dug us into is to spend.
The people are tapped out, so the only one who can
Why would anyone steal shareware or freeware? It's free to download
directly from developers.
Think more broadly. Looks like you are still at step 1 while I'm at step
3.
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Yeah, maybe. You are going to have to show me how going deeper
into debt to subsidize failure in the marketplace is a good idea.
You of all people should understand the relationship between investment
and future prosperity. I'll bet that Verizon did not pay for all the
fiber with current cash
But less of it than Bush.
Please find a way to get this on topic or push off.
Sincerely,
The Thought Police
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My wife and I were looking at our credit card bills...they were maxed out,
about 20% of my annual income...we decided we should get more credit cards,
charge more and get it up to 80%...we figure this will get us out of the
hole we are in.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jordan
And the infrastructure of this country is in such bad shape
that that can be a good thing. If the government does not spend, tens of
thousands of businesses, (at least?) will close.
There are proposals to significantly improve broadband and to extend
penetration to unserved areas.
Attempts to
Anyone have any experience with creating rules in the windows vista
firewall? There are areas to create rules based on multiple values...just
wondering if anyone has feedback?
Mike
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Maybe? You're not sure?
The only thing I'm sure of is that talk is cheap.
Whiskey costs money.
Credit is not money, it is a promise of money. We're promising
that our descendants will pay the bill for our fuckups.
Bad policy. Bad government. Our responsibility.
End of rant.
I would try Disk Warrior on it. Disk Warrior won't be able to do
anything to the Windows partition. However it sounds like if the
fault is going to be easily repairable I would look to the Mac side as
my first choice. Running Disk Warrior may repair something that is
preventing the Mac
You of all people should understand the relationship between
investment and future prosperity. I'll bet that Verizon did not
pay for all the fiber with current cash flow.
Of couse not, that statement doesn't make sense, we pay
for it with exisiting capital and loans like any other business.
My wife and I were looking at our credit card bills...they were maxed out,
about 20% of my annual income...we decided we should get more credit cards,
charge more and get it up to 80%...we figure this will get us out of the
hole we are in.
It all depends on what the money is for. People who are
Credit is not money, it is a promise of money. We're promising
that our descendants will pay the bill for our fuckups.
Not true. If the economy picks up briskly those debts will be repaid
quickly. That's the point of making a good investment. If Verizon takes
on debt to lay fiber, that is good
But the US Government isn't about making a profit for its
investors (us). The only products the government delivers
are administration, regulation, and arbitration. That would
about cover what it was designed to do.
That is not true at all. There is no reason why a government can not run
a
You of all people should understand the relationship between
investment and future prosperity. I'll bet that Verizon did not
pay for all the fiber with current cash flow.
Of couse not, that statement doesn't make sense, we pay
for it with exisiting capital and loans like any other
If the government does not spend, tens
of
thousands of businesses, (at least?) will close.
OK, I'm done.
You'd think that would had happened by now, considering that the bulk of the
stimulus money will not be spent for several years.
All we've heard is yer all ginna die! from our fearless
Not true. If the economy picks up briskly those debts will be repaid
quickly. That's the point of making a good investment.
That is fantasy. These stimulus debts will be with us for dcecades. TARP
is largely a blank check that can be spent on whatever the president and the
Sec. or the
That is not true at all. There is no reason why a government can not
run
a profit. Sometimes it does it directly by leasing the people's
property.
When badly run by cons/neocons the make a quick buck by selling off the
people's property. That is less good.
The federal gummint has never run
lets not lump all those together
SS is supposed to be funded by the Social Security Trust, which is
mainly financed by bonds.
Medicare is funded out of current expenditures of the feds. (there is
no trust fund for this one) (It is considered an entitlement.) (What
you see taken out of your
Yes it has just not very often.
I am trying to remember when the last time the US operated in the
black, but it is so long ago, it is jut not in my memory banks.
But there have been times when the Governments revenue exceeded it's expenses.
Stewart
At 07:46 PM 4/18/2009, you wrote:
The
Not true. If the economy picks up briskly those debts will be repaid
quickly.
Yes, and if elephants fly we are likely to be covered in elephant
poop.
Nobody bets that things will get better, ever.
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just start googling for it... usually someone has it for download
somewhere although you should have get some sense that it is a legit
site before you download.
db
David Turk wrote:
I have an old UMAX Astra 2200 scanner, but can't locate the software. I looked on
their site, they say
The federal gummint has never run in the black.
Ever. Nor will it. Fantasizing about it won't
change that fact.
$millions:
Year Receipts Outlays Surplus
- - ---
1998 1,721,955 1,652,685 69,270
1999 1,827,645 1,702,035 125,610
2000 2,025,457
lets not lump all those together
SS is supposed to be funded by the Social Security Trust, which is
mainly financed by bonds.
There is no trust Rev. It's an accounting trick that moves the SS funds
into the general fund and replaces it with an I.O.U.
It really doesn't matter how well
$millions:
Year Receipts Outlays Surplus
- - ---
1998 1,721,955 1,652,685 69,270
1999 1,827,645 1,702,035 125,610
2000 2,025,457 1,789,216 236,241
2001 1,991,426 1,863,190 128,236
The Fed was also in the black every year from 1920-30, plus
Yes, and if elephants fly we are likely to be covered in elephant
poop. Nobody bets that things will get better, ever.
That's just silly.
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just start googling for it... usually someone has it for download
somewhere although you should have get some sense that it is a legit
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A great way to get your PC turned into a zombie.
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I know that has been that way since the late 60's.
However you lumped three distinct and separately financed items into
one item and all three are funded differently.
The biggest problem with SS is the number of folks funding it per recipient.
It has been shrinking for some time now
I am trying to remember when the last time the US operated in the
black, but it is so long ago, it is jut not in my memory banks.
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These are not investments. Investments provide a positive return on the
investment in the form of currency or value, presuming they are good
investments.
These are services that you describe. Nothing else.
These days most of the US economy is a service economy. The richest
sectors are service
That is fantasy. These stimulus debts will be with us for dcecades. TARP
is largely a blank check that can be spent on whatever the president and the
Sec. or the Treasury decide it can be spent on. Good times
These crazy ideas about the economy are even crazier than your crazy
ideas about
I'll add that the obligations of many programs are excluded from the
official balance sheet. Programs like Medicare and Social Security, Fannie
and Freddie are not included in the calculations you represent below. Those
are cash basis budgets, which ignore liabilities.
It has been shrinking for some time now especially now that the baby
boomer (my generation) has started being SS eligible.
Actually birth rates are up again.
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I know that has been that way since the late 60's.
However you lumped three distinct and separately financed items into
one item and all three are funded differently.
The biggest problem with SS is the number of folks funding it per
recipient.
It has been
Not everyone spends and
spends with the wild abandon of the cons/neocons.
Right. And now Obama is showing them how it's really done.
The neocons only had the magical war that would pay for itself. You know,
an investment.
Clinton paid off
Ronald
Reagan's crazy spending.
Actually,
Why would anyone steal shareware or freeware? It's free to download
directly from developers.
Think more broadly. Looks like you are still at step 1 while I'm at step
3.
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