Re: [CGUYS] Nokia and Siemens and Iran

2009-06-25 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: > No one should ever give the benefit of the doubt to a president who wants to > spy his own citizens. Agreed. Let us also recognize the fact that corporate America spies on us all the time as well, compiling huge databases on our habits, mov

Re: [CGUYS] Newsgroup hosts?

2009-06-25 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:01 PM, mike wrote: > Forte has a good service, at least when I used it...cheap too. Forte's APN is $2.95/month and they offer 3 months free. > > > When I still had cox, they had just started having a retention time of > about > four minutes, their newsgroups became us

Re: [CGUYS] Router for Belgium

2009-06-25 Thread t.piwowar
Perhaps the very nicely designed Apple wall wart. On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:02 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: I cant remember what I got, but I got one with a wall wart that had a changeable end on it that would change out to Overseas plugs. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Router for Belgium

2009-06-25 Thread rleesimon
Thanks of answers so far... Another way to better put the question; aside the 220v50Hz issue (the WRT150N Linksys takes in 12v dc from the 110v ac power cable which can be replaced with a compatible 220v12v item or a down voltage 220v-110v converter can be interposed) is there ANYTHING else that di

[CGUYS] )

2009-06-25 Thread Judy Cosler
Don't know what has happened!!! Some malware??? when I restarted my computer, this is what I get: I get stuck with a "Windows Activation" window. "An unauthorized change was made to Windows. You must retype your Windows Vista product key to activate." But, it then says that my product key is inval

Re: [CGUYS] )

2009-06-25 Thread t.piwowar
Messing with it on your own can only dig you in deeper. Call 1-866-530-6599 On Jun 25, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Judy Cosler wrote: when I restarted my computer, this is what I get: I get stuck with a "Windows Activation" window. Why am I not surprised? *

[CGUYS] M$ to Fix Outlook Campaign: Drop Dead

2009-06-25 Thread t.piwowar
http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2009/06/24/the-power-of-word-in- outlook.aspx “Microsoft welcomes the development of broadly-adopted e-mail standards. We understand that e-mail is about interoperability among various e-mail programs, and we believe that Outlook provides a good mix of

Re: [CGUYS] M$ to Fix Outlook Campaign: Drop Dead

2009-06-25 Thread Jeff Wright
> Why am I not surprised? Why am I not surprised that you found a trivial and largely meaningless nit to pick with a MS product? HTML email? Seriously? You really need a different hobby. I hear stamp collecting is very relaxing. ***

[CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread t.piwowar
I can't recall any other vendor giving its customers barely 2 weeks to place orders. To what can we attribute this? Does M$ need the money that bad? Are they doing this for their own personal amusement? Are they trying to keep ahead of the product reviews? Why? Why? Why? "The full version

Re: [CGUYS] M$ to Fix Outlook Campaign: Drop Dead

2009-06-25 Thread Jeff Wright
> To my clients, standards compliance and easy to execute HTML email is > very important. Newsletters delivered via email are a royal pain to > execute when M$ makes its email work differently from what everybody > has been doing for years. This makes my clients lives more difficult > and therefore

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread Jeff Wright
> I can't recall any other vendor giving its customers barely 2 weeks > to place orders. To what can we attribute this? Does M$ need the > money that bad? Are they doing this for their own personal amusement? > Are they trying to keep ahead of the product reviews? Why? Why? Why? Seriously? You're

Re: [CGUYS] Nokia and Siemens and Iran

2009-06-25 Thread Bill Wajert
*//*>>> Subject: >>> Re: Nokia and Siemens and Iran >>> From: >>> "Rev. Stewart Marshall" >>> Date: >>> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:48:00 -0500 >>> >>> >>> This had more to do with South Africa and it was trying to make a >>> social s

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread t.piwowar
On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Seriously? You're bitching because they're having a sale? Going to feign a difficulty with reading comprehension? Why am I not surprised? * ** List info, subscription m

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread mike
Ok, I give..WTF are you on about with this one? On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:21 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: > >> Seriously? You're bitching because they're having a sale? >> > > Going to feign a difficulty with reading comprehension? Why am I not > surpri

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread Tony B
Interesting. I think I'll get one for my own system. Instead of arguing, I wonder if we could discuss which version I might want for prosumer use at home? PS This link was broken too. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:27 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > "But U.S. shoppers who pre-order between June 26th and July

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread mike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions A small rundown of what is what. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Tony B wrote: > Interesting. I think I'll get one for my own system. Instead of > arguing, I wonder if we could discuss which version I might want for > prosumer use at home? > > PS

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread Frank Sestir
Versions below Win7 Pro don't give you WinXP Mode. You might want to consider that when choosing. Tony B wrote: Interesting. I think I'll get one for my own system. Instead of arguing, I wonder if we could discuss which version I might want for prosumer use at home? PS This link was broken too

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread mike
Got a link for this? Googling it I can't verify it. Can you? On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Frank Sestir wrote: > Versions below Win7 Pro don't give you WinXP Mode. You might want to > consider that when choosing. > > > Tony B wrote: > >> Interesting. I think I'll get one for my own system.

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread Frank Sestir
Try here: Compare Win7 Versions at the Microsoft site. mike wrote: Got a link for this? Googling it I can't verify it. Can you? On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Frank Sestir wrote: Versions below Win7 Pro don't

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread Tony B
Of course, then the question becomes: What are the odds I would ever need this? Or that I could replicate it with vmware or some other method? God knows, we're starting to accumulate old WinXP licenses here. Except I imagine several of them are only for specific machines. I know it's supposed to m

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 Stampede?

2009-06-25 Thread mike
Good to know, thanks. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Frank Sestir wrote: > Try here: > > Compare Win7 Versions < > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare-editions> at > the Microsoft site. > > > mike wrote: > >> Got a link for this? Googling it I can't verify it. Can