Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Tony B wrote: > There are no citizens fighting to use white space; only other > companies. The broadcasters want adjacent frequencies kept clear to > minimize interference. Of course there are companies desiring to use this "white space." However, these compani

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread Tony B
There are no citizens fighting to use white space; only other companies. The broadcasters want adjacent frequencies kept clear to minimize interference. If you feel both the FCC and the NAB are out to screw you, then there's really not much we can discuss. We'll just have to agree to disagree. O

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Tony B wrote: > Someone over the weekend claimed the report from the NAB was bogus > because "what would we expect the NAB to say?". But there were ever > only two sides in the DTV changeover - the FCC and the NAB. If one > party could be said to be more on the co

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread Tony B
The FCC is currently accepting requests for TV repeater licenses, yes. The application procedure is not easy, as the station must prove the new repeater will only restore their old coverage area, and will not expand it. This takes voluminous engineering reports, and would have been very difficult t

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > I bet they won't admit a problem because then they would not be able to > charge for the ads they run. Television stations never publicly admit to any problems, and the reason that you have stated factors into this. It is common for most radi

[CGUYS] Digital Voice Recorders

2009-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I know others have mentioned in off handed terms some DVR's (Digital Voice Recorders) that they have used. I am looking for a GOOD but decently priced DVR for use in the church. ($200) range. As I will probably have to purchase this myself. I have looked at Tascam, Olympus, and Zoom as possi

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread chad evans wyatt
Just a bit more for the mix:  my mother lives in a retirement community.  An informal small sample survey:  everyone I talked to was enduring terrible trouble receiving more than 4-5 channels (of sometimes irrelevant content for them), whether or not they have a dtv.  Their facility attributes p

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread rleesimon
I was, happily, out of the country for the 12th debacle ...in Belgium, they are progressively doing the DTV thing but analog is still there and, for that matter, most get TV via cable ...oh, yeah, you can get it via regular cable or telephone lines with high speed internet via both with or without

[CGUYS] Twitpocalypse

2009-06-14 Thread t.piwowar
Programmers will appreciate this... "Each message on Twitter is assigned a unique identification number. On Friday evening, the number of tweets exceeded 2,147,483,6471. While that doesn’t seem like a round number, it’s the largest number that can be stored as the data type known as a “sign

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread mike
Enlighten us. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM, t.piwowar wrote: > Strange comment. I guess you don't know how computers work. > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:34 PM, mike wrote: > >> I like how once again Apple is forcing users to upgrade their OS if they >> want to run the newest Safari. Good thing

Re: [CGUYS] Importing photos... into Iphoto.

2009-06-14 Thread t.piwowar
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq- path=130&CID=go&idhbx=easysharesw&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=3978 On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Bill L'Hommedieu wrote: I've got several Kodak photo CDs and I want to import only some of the images. Opening the images off the CD in the Finder or

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread t.piwowar
Strange comment. I guess you don't know how computers work. On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:34 PM, mike wrote: I like how once again Apple is forcing users to upgrade their OS if they want to run the newest Safari. Good thing they have no market share to speak of. *

[CGUYS] Importing photos... into Iphoto.

2009-06-14 Thread Bill L'Hommedieu
I've got several Kodak photo CDs and I want to import only some of the images. Opening the images off the CD in the Finder or Photoshop doesn't work. I want only some of images of the dozens on the discs. Iphoto will import ALL of the images and takes along time doing it. The suffix on the

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread mike
I like how once again Apple is forcing users to upgrade their OS if they want to run the newest Safari. Good thing they have no market share to speak of. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > So you think the reporter who wrote the article had access to all the > > OEM cont

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread Chris Dunford
> So you think the reporter who wrote the article had access to all the > OEM contracts? No, what I think is that it's what MS said in the memo. So you won't be inconvenienced at all by having to click the link, I'll do it for you and copy in the appropriate excerpt: "'To ensure that Microsoft i

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread t.piwowar
Evasive answer. On Jun 14, 2009, at 12:39 PM, mike wrote: Knowing reporters tdoay, if he had access, he would not have read them. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, c

Re: [CGUYS] Annoying...so annoying....

2009-06-14 Thread betty
> I used to use only FF but switched back to IE with 8, > so I don't understand this one. It must be newish. > Are you saying that any typing is turned into a > text search? about:config accessibility.typeaheadfind = true It's been that way for years, going back to netscape. This seems strang

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread mike
Knowing reporters tdoay, if he had access, he would not have read them. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:21 AM, t.piwowar wrote: > So you think the reporter who wrote the article had access to all the OEM > contracts? > > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > >> Without looking back at

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread t.piwowar
So you think the reporter who wrote the article had access to all the OEM contracts? On Jun 14, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Without looking back at it now, my recollection is that the article said something along the lines of "OEMs can install a browser or multiple browsers", not

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread t.piwowar
More on channel 9. My home an office are about the same distance from the broadcast tower (3.8 mi vs 4.0 mi straight line). The angle between receiver and transmitter changes by about 45 degrees between these 2 locations. The office has some tall buildings in between. The house is line of s

Re: [CGUYS] Annoying...so annoying....

2009-06-14 Thread mike
Windows has a 'run as' command so you can open an application as any user that has a profile on the machine. I imagine OS X has a similiar feature. It's very simple. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Jordan wrote: > Good point! I expect you are right about that. But that's more trouble than > I

Re: [CGUYS] Annoying...so annoying....

2009-06-14 Thread Jordan
Good point! I expect you are right about that. But that's more trouble than I am willing to go to to do that. I do enjoy making the rounds of trying all the different browsers every year or so. Meanwhile, I use Seamonkey, Safari, Camino, and occasionally Chromium as secondary browsers, depending

Re: [CGUYS] DTV debacle

2009-06-14 Thread chrper...@aol.com
As previously discussed, we've now tried both Cable (on one tv, with a Comcast box) and a home-made antenna. We thought the antenna would stop working on 6/12 but, much to our surprise, we still get the same number of channels over the air that we got on 6/11 and before. Yes, of course we h

Re: [CGUYS] Annoying...so annoying....

2009-06-14 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
It can be done what I think you need to do is set up separate user profiles. Stewart At 07:56 AM 6/14/2009, you wrote: Either it can't be done, or I don't know how. mike wrote: so why don't you? On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Jordan wrote: I run sever different browsers too. But what

Re: [CGUYS] Annoying...so annoying....

2009-06-14 Thread Jordan
Either it can't be done, or I don't know how. mike wrote: so why don't you? On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Jordan wrote: I run sever different browsers too. But what I'd really like to do is run Firefox with 2 different sets of settings. John Duncan Yoyo wrote: I run three brows

Re: [CGUYS] iPod fast forwarding

2009-06-14 Thread Jordan
OK, now I'm totally embarrassed! I would swear I used to have to hold the center button down for a few seconds before the diamond would appear. I was wrong. It appears immediately on old and new iPods. Maybe that's what I get for learning to operate my iPod while driving. Thanks mike wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Spiteful Win7 Release

2009-06-14 Thread Chris Dunford
> Will their contract with M$ allow that? > > On Jun 13, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Jordan wrote: > > Why wouldn't an EU computer vendor just put Firefox or other browser > > on the computers they sell? What's the problem? Am I missing > > something? Without looking back at it now, my recollection is that

Re: [CGUYS] Annoying...so annoying....

2009-06-14 Thread Chris Dunford
> > I used to use only FF but switched back to IE with 8, > > so I don't understand this one. It must be newish. > > Are you saying that any typing is turned into a > > text search? > > about:config > accessibility.typeaheadfind = true > It's been that way for years, going back to netscape. Thi