Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: > Sounds pretty good. However, I just want to copy tracks manually, not sync. > Does it handle that? > > > I don't remember it as being selective easily. I generally use it to dump out my iPod when I get a big crash. -- John Duncan Yoyo

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Art Clemons
> I didn't say anything about murder. "Killed" at least implies an external > force, like the Verizon guy ran him over, accidentally or not. Dude died of > his injuries (whatever they were). Tom's usage of "killed" is likely correct. The customer would still be alive if events had not caused h

Re: [CGUYS] colbert on natal

2009-06-20 Thread Chris Dunford
> Steven Colbert unveiled a new MS product...the Ex-Box. It comes with not > only no controller, but no games and no console...for only 500 dollars! > > http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/20/video-stephen-colbert-unveils-the-microsoft-xxbox/ Aww, you beat me to it. I saw this one live and was going

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-20 Thread Steve at Verizon
Sounds pretty good. However, I just want to copy tracks manually, not sync. Does it handle that? John Duncan Yoyo wrote: On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote: I understand why Apple didn't put this feature in iTunes, but there appear to be many apps out there which do th

[CGUYS] why they don't lease (was I Got 9)

2009-06-20 Thread Alvin Auerbach
"I don't understand why..." The usual answer to this type of question is Money. In our system of government, you get what you pay for. You didn't pay for government of the people, by the people, for the people, so you (and me and other taxpayers) don't get it. The special interests pay for gov

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote: > I understand why Apple didn't put this feature in iTunes, but there appear > to be many apps out there which do this. Can anyone recommend a good > reliable app; willing to pay for it if it is good. > I have Tune Ranger which works on both

[CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reports: Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant

2009-06-20 Thread Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
=20090620/4a3c6cd0_3ca6_1552620090620-1414314318 = myEarthLink News http://my.earthlink.net/channel/NEWS * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 20, 2009, at 9:51 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > >> Did you fix the above link? It was broken in Tom's original post but >> unbroken above. I used to bracket every link, , but I haven't had >> problems recently so I only do on longer li

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 20, 2009, at 8:45 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > >> There were many warnings by experts about how problematic reception >> would be for much of the public, and those warnings did cause concern >> within the broadcast industry, but the

[CGUYS] Embedding Metadata in PDF (Was: Databases: Open Office Base?)

2009-06-20 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Embedding metadata in a PDF file: I was curious about this so I made a duplicate of a PDF file which I'd downloaded. Opened the duplicate file with Preview. Used Tools>Inspector to add a nonsense keyword, and saved file. Searched for the keyword and found it immediately. Problem: File size of

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Chris Dunford : Where does it say that he was "killed"? You know what? I'm going to give Tom this one. Sorry, everyone. "Killed" doesn't always mean "murdered." Think of, say, "The driver was killed instantly." I didn't say anything about murder. "Killed" at least implies an

[CGUYS] colbert on natal

2009-06-20 Thread mike
Steven Colbert unveiled a new MS product...the Ex-Box. It comes with not only no controller, but no games and no console...for only 500 dollars! http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/20/video-stephen-colbert-unveils-the-microsoft-xxbox/

[CGUYS] Recommendations for good iPod to Itunes (reverse) copy

2009-06-20 Thread Steve at Verizon
I understand why Apple didn't put this feature in iTunes, but there appear to be many apps out there which do this. Can anyone recommend a good reliable app; willing to pay for it if it is good. * ** List info, subscripti

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Chris Dunford
> Where does it say that he was "killed"? You know what? I'm going to give Tom this one. Sorry, everyone. "Killed" doesn't always mean "murdered." Think of, say, "The driver was killed instantly." > BTW, you forgot to bash Microsoft. That part's accurate.

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Tony B
No, I don't equate "killed" with "murder". The two terms have totally different meanings. Tom will have to say if he meant to imply "murdered", but I really don't think he did. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: >        The quote about the neighbors said "losing his life..." not

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread Jordan
No wrapping here. gmail and Thunderbird. t.piwowar wrote: On Jun 20, 2009, at 9:51 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Did you fix the above link? It was broken in Tom's original post but unbroken above. I used to bracket every link, , but I haven't had problems recently so I only do on longer links.

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Jeff Miles
The quote about the neighbors said "losing his life..." not that he was killed. You imply by saying "killed" that he was murdered. From what I've read it seems he lost his life through complications brought on by a bit of stupid rage. Jeff M On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Reid Katan wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Jeff Wright
> Where does it say that he was "killed"? > > "The technician began to drive away and as he did, the homeowner > reached in through the van window and grabbed onto the steering wheel," > > "The man then fell onto the ground and was transported to a hospital, > where he later died of his injuries.

Re: [CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting "t.piwowar" : "Neighbors can't imagine the man losing his life over a phone company issue." http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1699616 Where does it say that he was "killed"? "The technician began to drive away and as he did, the homeowner reached in through the van window and grabbed

[CGUYS] Unhappy Verizon Customer Killed

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
"Neighbors can't imagine the man losing his life over a phone company issue." http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1699616 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a memb

Re: [CGUYS] DTV is ponzi scheme!!

2009-06-20 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:57 PM, rleesimon wrote: > Bait&Switch.I think it's a hair raising gallop to pay TV for we who were > never cable herd . The pay TV people were ready to pounce even before the June 12 switchover. Their slick mailings were produced by their printer some time ago. I hav

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread Tony B
Ya, but often the fields are different. i.e., You want to describe that photo as "Uncle George", "Atlantic City", "July 2008", "Aunt Mary", "Casino", "Beach", "vacations". What field are you going to put these in so that ALL your apps will read and can use the data? And how many of your apps will p

Re: [CGUYS] DTV is ponzi scheme!!

2009-06-20 Thread rleesimon
Bait&Switch.I think it's a hair raising gallop to pay TV for we who were never cable herd .I have cable now as my 40' tower with uhf/vhf antenna gets 2 channels with the converter box (drat!) so I got basic Comcast internet (sold 768 & get 1100-1300 after putting in an imbalanced splitter) and free

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Tony B wrote: We've discussed this before on the list. The new WinFS file system was supposed to be implemented with Vista and would have used metadata in files to sort them. Yes, M$ dropped the ball, but you don't need WinFS to do metadata. Metadata is defined in

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread Tony B
We've discussed this before on the list. The new WinFS file system was supposed to be implemented with Vista and would have used metadata in files to sort them. The old idea of a hard drive with folders within folders within subfolders would no longer be necessary. Store all your files in root, bu

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread Sue Cubic
At 12:02 PM 6/20/2009 -0400, you wrote: On my screen the following goes all the way to the right side without wrapping. What do others see? 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 5678901

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread MrMike6by9
Word wrap at 72nd character. Digest - Gmail rich text format. YMMV --- "I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back." ~ Ann Richards ( 1933 - 2006 ) Date:Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:02:22 -0400 > From:"t.piwowar" > Subject: Re: links cu

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread mike
Perhaps, never truer words have you spoken. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:41 AM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 20, 2009, at 1:23 PM, mike wrote: > >> That's the problem, guys like you who just want to blame the 'other side'. >> Both are responsible. Keep blaming your bogey men..the >> cons/neomicrosof

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 1:23 PM, mike wrote: That's the problem, guys like you who just want to blame the 'other side'. Both are responsible. Keep blaming your bogey men..the cons/neomicrosoftians. You are a strange man. *

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread mike
That's the problem, guys like you who just want to blame the 'other side'. Both are responsible. Keep blaming your bogey men..the cons/neomicrosoftians. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 20, 2009, at 11:49 AM, mike wrote: > >> This kind of thing is done with almost eve

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: I see lines wrapped at 72 chars. Chris, It's about time you stopped using punch cards! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** pol

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 11:49 AM, mike wrote: This kind of thing is done with almost every topic, it's just not noticed when it is already your view. Can you say, 'The debate is over' ? These kinds of so called debates aren't good for anyone on any topic. How often do we get real news on the

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 12:17 PM, db wrote: Google it... wikipedia will have an good description Thanks, I did not want to be the meanie to say that. Please folks, do some basic research first and bring the interesting questions here. **

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 12:02 PM, t.piwowar wrote: On my screen the following goes all the way to the right side without wrapping. What do others see? 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 12345

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread Chris Dunford
> On my screen the following goes all the way to the right side without > wrapping. What do others see? > > 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 > 345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 > 56789012345678 I see lines wrapped at 7

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread db
Google it... wikipedia will have an good description Stephen Brownfield wrote: What is metadata? Where can I find out more about it? Thanks Steve t.piwowar wrote: If you embed metadata in each file you can have all the database-like fields stored with the document. This eliminates database m

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread Matthew Taylor
What are good tools for imbedding metadata in files that would not otherwise have such? On Jun 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, t.piwowar wrote: If you embed metadata in each file * ** List info, subscription management, list r

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 8:45 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: There were many warnings by experts about how problematic reception would be for much of the public, and those warnings did cause concern within the broadcast industry, but the digital steamroller was already moving and would not be stopped.

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread Tony B
How do you add link tags? I thought this list didn't allow any kind of rich text.? Strangely, in my OP quote the url isn't broken. But in Tom's letter following that it is. And in the same place. I _thought_ he was using gmail, but now I'm beginning to think it may be his email client doing someth

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen Brownfield
What is metadata? Where can I find out more about it? Thanks Steve t.piwowar wrote: If you embed metadata in each file you can have all the database-like fields stored with the document. This eliminates database maintenance and coordination issues entirely. I think this would be a significant

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Constance Warner wrote: On WAMU on Kojo's show on Tuesday, he had 2 digital experts. From listeners who called or emailed in with the now-familiar complaints, the experts had--basically--one counter-argument: "Sports will be so much clearer!" Makes me think o

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 9:51 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Did you fix the above link? It was broken in Tom's original post but unbroken above. I used to bracket every link, , but I haven't had problems recently so I only do on longer links. Are you saying you think my emailer split the link ove

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread mike
This kind of thing is done with almost every topic, it's just not noticed when it is already your view. Can you say, 'The debate is over' ? These kinds of so called debates aren't good for anyone on any topic. How often do we get real news on the RIAA? Ever hear the letters EFF on network or ca

Re: [CGUYS] Databases: Open Office Base?

2009-06-20 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 20, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Constance Warner wrote: By contrast, the computerized fax-on-demand service, which I DID supervise: I used a FileMaker Pro database; the paper documents were classified and entered into the database before anything was scanned. I always knew where to find any

Re: [CGUYS] links cut off

2009-06-20 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Tony B wrote: > Is it the list or gmail? I've noticed a lot of very short links > lately. This one is de-linked right between the "7-" and the "down". > There's no space there so it makes no sense. But it breaks the link, > making it bad. Very inconvenient. > > On

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Constance Warner wrote: > I have to wonder who thought that digital TV was such a terrific idea, > anyway. > > On WAMU on Kojo's show on Tuesday, he had 2 digital experts.  From listeners > who called or emailed in with the now-familiar complaints, the experts > ha

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-20 Thread Constance Warner
I have to wonder who thought that digital TV was such a terrific idea, anyway. On WAMU on Kojo's show on Tuesday, he had 2 digital experts. From listeners who called or emailed in with the now-familiar complaints, the experts had--basically--one counter-argument: "Sports will be so much