On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Richard P. wrote:
> Last time I called WUSA about the poor reception problems, I asked the
> receptionist for engineering and they put me through. The receptionist
> usually doesn't have time to filter outside calls.
Television broadcasters are notorious for bei
Seems like a travel vault would be an automatic first target for hacking by
passport
and identity forgers... and that Lonely Planet would not have the type and
quality of IT staff
or expertise to stay ahead of them...
But they don't run it themselves and you can't find it.
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No setup is absolutely 100% reliable, but I have yet to lose email with
AOL (which does offer free IMAP access), Google or Yahoo. I have
however had email and other files disappear from supposedly securely
backed up providers. I do have to wonder just those folks with multiple
gigs of photo or
"1% own" is a really bad search, so let's not blame the search engine.
First, it uses the % sign, which is often an operator. But worse, it's
too short to get a meaningful response. That Google was able to get it
on your first page probably has to do with you having browsed a story
about it recentl
Parents who have enough money to spend thousands on their kids
electronics are probably spending ungodly hours at work in the first
place to be able to afford it. Kids of "successful" parents typically
feel ignored, or worse, don't realize what they've missed. Not a
choice I would make personally.
Yes Brian, I have two physical drives. I am booting from C: Now you made things
interesting, go to he bios setup (scared...) ad see if I can select D: as the
boot drive. Most likely I will be able too because my MB is not old... Mind you
I have a Pentium4 an 3 giga memory...
Many thanks
Marcio
On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:41 PM, mike wrote:
Too true. Marketshare in itself does not imply security or lack
of. But
logic does seem to dictate that those who go after the insecure
OS's go
after the one with larger marketshare since they don't seem to go
after the
one with smaller marketshare
On Jul 31, 2009, at 7:18 PM, mike wrote:
Next day, six weeks...whatever...
I accept your resignation.
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You must have missed the part where apple was notified of this security
issue weeks ago...I know you wouldn't choose to ignore facts like that.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:01 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 7:18 PM, mike wrote:
>
>> Next day, six weeks...whatever...
>>
>
> I accept your r
On Aug 1, 2009, at 12:15 AM, betty wrote:
My Dad got his first computer when he was in his 70s, a Quadra 605,
moved on to a PM 6100, now has an indigo CRT iMac that's fading a
bit--used them for a home business. He told me he wants a MacBook
or MB Pro with WiFi. Likes his Macs a lot; says th
I gethered enough courage and went to the bios...Yes, they have a Boot section
with the names of my two physical drives and I chose which one I boot first.
But on the Main, thi is what I got:
Primary IDE drive Master (not detected)
Primary IDE drive Slave (not detected)
Secondary IDE drive Mas
On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Art Clemons wrote:
Actually if you download your mail from Gmail automatically via IMAP,
you can have a locally available copy of all your mail. In fact if
Gmail is set to allow you to work offline, you also can have a locally
available copy of all your email via yo
Right...that's why OS X gets taken out every time first time at the pwn to
own. I know actual results and facts and stuff confudle you, but keep
trying.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:00 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:41 PM, mike wrote:
>
>> Too true. Marketshare in itself does not impl
On Jul 31, 2009, at 3:32 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
I understand that they transmit on channel 48. However, I think
that the problem of it displaying as channel 48 as opposed to
displaying as channel 4 is something that goes awry on their end, not
on my end.
I did a little digging. The fau
Specifically to the topic...what happened to highly subsidized android
phones? They cost as much or more then other PDA phones.
I'm hoping and wishing the hero goes to verizon, but I can see the trend
that it will run at least 200 if not 300 considering it's quality compared
to the mytouch 200 do
On Aug 1, 2009, at 12:15 AM, betty wrote:
My Dad got his first computer when he was in his 70s, a Quadra 605,
moved on to a PM 6100, now has an indigo CRT iMac that's fading a
bit--used them for a home business. He told me he wants a MacBook
or MB Pro with WiFi. Likes his Macs a lot; says th
On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:11 AM, betty wrote:
I don't like IMAP except for my iPod Touch. It's a pain to clean up
more than location for
email.
I don't understand. I use IMAP from multiple locations and even leave
the client running all the time on multiple computers. It all synchs
up just fin
On Aug 1, 2009, at 11:10 AM, mike wrote:
Right...that's why OS X gets taken out every time first time at the
pwn to
own. I know actual results and facts and stuff confudle you, but keep
trying.
PSYCH 101: The most wretched and oppressed are often the ones who
cling tightest to the belief t
On Jul 31, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Business Her Way wrote:
http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/microsofts_long_slow_decline
John Gruber is a keen observer. M$ can't seem to gets its brain
around the concept of quality.
On reflection I'm thinking the "Laptop Hunters" ads may be a M$
suicide note.
I was thinking the same thing..I thought that's what IMAP was.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:27 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:11 AM, betty wrote:
>
>> I don't like IMAP except for my iPod Touch. It's a pain to clean up more
>> than location for
>> email.
>>
>
> I don't understand. I use
On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. wrote:
In addition, Apple outsources the bulk of its production to China.
You can
do your own political calculations with that.
The Macintosh is a Communist plot. I think I have heard that one before.
And M$ has no dealings wit these
On Jul 31, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
I always wonder what people do to corrupt their pst files. I have
about 100
people archiving their email into network based psts in Outlook,
some multi
GB, and have near zero corruption issues.
The reason you see so few M$ problems is that yo
I think yer in the wrong class...phych 101 is down the hall.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:37 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2009, at 11:10 AM, mike wrote:
>
>> Right...that's why OS X gets taken out every time first time at the pwn to
>> own. I know actual results and facts and stuff confudle yo
Funny how all the mac fan boi press are keen observers.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:42 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Business Her Way wrote:
>
> John Gruber is a keen observer. M$ can't seem to gets its brain around the
> concept of quality.
>
>
>
>
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Tony, I tried your suggestion, "one percent own wealth"
Google said:
No results found for "one percent own wealth".,
Results for one percent own wealth (without quotes):
Then all ten hits on the page were germane.
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Bing said:
We did not find any results for "one
MS hasn't thrown anyone out windows lately either.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:49 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. wrote:
>
>> In addition, Apple outsources the bulk of its production to China. You
>> can
>> do your own political calculations with tha
M$ management in a panic starts fire sale...
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_30/b4140051491507.htm
"Microsoft has long enjoyed Olympian profit margins, using its
monopoly power to maintain prices on its software even in tough
times. But now, amid a terrible downturn and risin
I never use bing, but I couldn't resist on this one. I searched for one
percent own wealth and all of the first 15 links given were germane. All of
them.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=one+percent+own+wealth&go=&form=QBLH&qs=n
Perhaps we need to start a site 'let me bing that for you' since some
On Aug 1, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
Bing had NO meaningful results!
Did it not say...
"Other resources that may help you: Google"
That would be a terrible oversight.
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Oh, so that's why Apple lowers prices, panic..
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:32 AM, TPiwowar wrote:
> M$ management in a panic starts fire sale...
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_30/b4140051491507.htm
>
> "Microsoft has long enjoyed Olympian profit margins, using its monopoly
> po
> Google said:
> No results found for "one percent own wealth".,
> Results for one percent own wealth (without quotes):
>
> Then all ten hits on the page were germane.
> -
> Bing said:
> We did not find any results for "one percent own wealth".
Your search shouldn'
Tony did not suggest: one percent own wealth. He suggested: "one
percent own wealth".
So that's what I used as a search term.
Note that Google, on its own, tried the search without the quotes when
it didn't get results with the quotes, whereas Bing did not do that,
or even suggest that.
"But that doesn't change the fact that the
original search was incorrect..."
The test is not to see which person can parse his search in the most
efficient manner for the search engine.
The test is to see which search engine can respond in the most
efficient manner for the person, even if t
Well, we all knew today's searches are personalized, didn't we? Long
gone are the days of one index with an identical set of results for
all of us.
I thought it would go without saying you wouldn't include the quotes.
:) Agreed the engine should have known to try it with and without
quotes. A hum
> The test is not to see which person can parse his search in the most
> efficient manner for the search engine.
Well, I don't think the decision to quote or not relates to phrasing a search
"in the most efficient manner for the search engine". This is some pretty basic
stuff; it's not some arca
On Aug 1, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
The first person reports back, "Yes, they have onions."
The second person reports back, "Yes, they have onions, and they're
$1.00 a pound; and they have 5 lb. bags for $4.00."
Bing's advertising implies that Bing comes back with a delicious
WoW! Impressive...
db
betty wrote:
I'm finding it very difficult to teach these seniors not to be
afraid of the
machines, and yet balance that with the security issues that they
will find on their
home computers.
You are experience first hand the difference between getting Windows
vs Mac
Quoting Alvin Auerbach :
Tony, I tried your suggestion, "one percent own wealth"
Tried the original search on Yahoo! It *suggested* these as search terms:
"top 1% own"
"1% ownership"
"richest 1% own"
"top 1% own 90%"
"1% owns"
Now if you go with the original, you get useless results. If you
The only drawbacks to IMAP are:
* that there is a very short lag when clicking on a folder etc. for
the sync to occur
* this syncing consumes some bandwidth
* you are keeping a copy of all your mail on the server so you may
have to pay for that space there ... or your employer
On Aug 1, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
Gotta go with Tony on this one. It's not a good search term.
Or as M$ would say...
00x2351000 rg=A601749071084-2 vq=h609124650458-12 za=73q4r98072186
qw=5123451564415
Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to continue...
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> > http://daringfireball.net/2009/07/microsofts_long_slow_decline
>
> John Gruber is a keen observer. M$ can't seem to gets its brain
> around the concept of quality.
Gruber is an MFB. All he is doing is confirming your biases.
Would you consider a hard-right neocon analysis of the Democrats "
> Ditto for Apple Mail, Thunderbird, and many others. My main concern
> is that email storage be in a robust format that does not put
> everything in one huge file. These formats are especially sweet to
> use in conjunction with Time Machine backup. You never have to worry
> about lost mail. The on
> The reason you see so few M$ problems is that your staff are bringing
> in MacBooks to get their real work done and run most of their email
> via GMail. When they hear you coming the quickly but their Macs away.
> Just like Stalag 13.
Herr Doctor, you sound all too familiar with this concept, ex
On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:18 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Gruber is an MFB. All he is doing is confirming your biases.
Gruber is not a MFB. He often takes Apple to task. You seem to think
that mere knowledge of Macs makes someone a fan boi. I see that in
your mind only a know-nothing can be relied on
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/01/
AR2009080101074.html
"Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google
Voice and related apps from the iPhone. Or maybe it was AT&T who
rejected the apps. Nobody really knows. But the FCC launched an
invest
This should be interesting to see the relationship between Apple and AT&T.
Stewart
At 08:36 PM 8/1/2009, you wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/01/
AR2009080101074.html
"Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google
Voice and related app
Glenn claims you better not visit cars.gov (Cash for Clunkers)
website, or the feds will own your computer. I am unable to reproduce
his claims.
(5 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWs12ccbOiE
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> Gruber is not a MFB. He often takes Apple to task. You seem to think
> that mere knowledge of Macs makes someone a fan boi.
Sure, Tom, sure, whatever you say. When sturdy and dependable
right-wingers, like Buchannan and Limbaugh, criticized Bush during his
presidency, they weren't being Republi
> On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:18 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
> > Gruber is an MFB. All he is doing is confirming your biases.
>
Then Tom wrote:
> You attack on Gruber just shows how far out from reality
> you are.
Seriously? This is an "attack?"
Really?
Just how tender are your sensibilities?
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I would call it Windows Derangement Syndrome.
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/07/linus-torvalds-microsoft-hatre
d-is-a-disease.ars
The quoted article is quite interesting.
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> "The iPhone needs to be smashed open, and the FCC is swinging the
> hammer. "
Yes, I'm sure the FCC is much more knowledgeable about running Apple than
Apple is. The question is whether or not the FCC can squint its way past
1934. I'm not holding my breath, since it still has commissioners
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