Re: [CGUYS] NPD: 12% of US computer owners have a Mac

2009-10-06 Thread mike
To all the non MFB mac users out there, this is why you are viewed as elitist assholes. Blame your MFB brethren for that one. Mac owners are computer savvy and affluent. Vs. Laptop Hunters, which M$ portrays as computer clueless and unable to afford a good computer.

[CGUYS] NIST Offers Security Checklists

2009-10-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
NIST has a collection of security checklists http://checklists.nist.gov for configuring various hardware and software to be secure. The ones for OS X that I read are well written, quite comprehensive, providing a nice summary of each problem and specific instructions for correction. The ones for

[CGUYS] WFBs May Face Heavy Fines (But No Jail Time)

2009-10-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
The FTC ruled that consumers have a right to know if the opinions they read are really bought and sold, Now, such payments have to be disclosed or the blogger faces punishment ranging from a warning letter to an $11,000-per-incident fine. You don't have to be a professional blogger to be covered

[CGUYS] I Did Not Call It Pathetic

2009-10-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
But these folks did... Windows Mobile 6.5 is more of a superficial cosmetic overhaul, not a bona fide upgrade capable of handling the mobile market's stiff competition. I'm not sure this will be a failure the size of Windows Vista; however, it will most certainly be one of Microsoft's weaker

Re: [CGUYS] WFBs/MFBs May Face Heavy Fines (But No Jail Time)

2009-10-06 Thread mike
I can see this as making sense on one level, but on another anyone reading such blogs etc should take all they read with a grain of salt. If I read a blog endorsing some new tech gizmo, and I buy it upon that blogs advice and it turns out to be bird droppings, I'm not reading that blog anymore.

Re: [CGUYS] WFBs May Face Heavy Fines (But No Jail Time)

2009-10-06 Thread John Settle
Tom Piwowar wrote: The FTC ruled that consumers have a right to know if the opinions they read are really bought and sold, Now, such payments have to be disclosed or the blogger faces punishment ranging from a warning letter to an $11,000-per-incident fine. All well and good. Certainly

Re: [CGUYS] I Did Not Call It Pathetic

2009-10-06 Thread mike
Pathetic is what it is. Vista was a failure in marketing, not in the tech itself. Windows mobile, especially since the release of the iPhone, is pathetic in the technological sense. In the idea of scrunching up windows desktop platform into a tiny little device, this is where

[CGUYS] Apple Done Good

2009-10-06 Thread Chris Dunford
Apple has resigned its membership in the US Chamber of Commerce in protest over the USCC's refusal to accept the science of global warming. Apple joins GE, PGE, Exelon (the US's largest gas electric utility) and others in resigning. Nike has resigned from the USCC board but retains its

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Done Good

2009-10-06 Thread Steve at Verizon
You misstate the position of the USCC. They DO recognize global warming and the need for strong federal and international legislation to combat it. However, they are against unilateral action and the Waxman Markey bill.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Done Good

2009-10-06 Thread Chris Dunford
You misstate the position of the USCC. They DO recognize global warming and the need for strong federal and international legislation to combat it. However, they are against unilateral action and the Waxman Markey bill.

[CGUYS] Need a laptop service recommendation

2009-10-06 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I have a friend in Sandpoint, ID, (North of Coeur d'Alene, ID) and has a laptop that needs service. It sounds like the cable for the screen is going bad. Any recommendations for mail in service that is good and reliable and not a ton of money? Stewart

[CGUYS] glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com Goes Viral

2009-10-06 Thread Tom Piwowar
If turnabout is fair play this site is the fairest of them all (and a lot of fun too)... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/memes-strike-back-gerbils-gay-blood-elves-and-glenn-beck.ars * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com Goes Viral

2009-10-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: If turnabout is fair play this site is the fairest of them all (and a lot of fun too)... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/memes-strike-back-gerbils-gay-blood-elves-and-glenn-beck.ars I like the lawyers response