ow what's out now. Close-ups continue to be needed,
so anything that takes close-ups to far-aways would be helpful.
TIA for any and all suggestions.
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I'll check out the sites referred to in posts &, if I decide to
"bite," I'll post how things play out.
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What is your price range
That has a lot to do with it.
Again I can't help but point you to Consumer Reports W
tape, or
something else, vertical to help hold the focus on close-up images.
This can easily be PhotoShopp'd out when I'm cropping images.
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The major probl
going except in
the most dire of circumstances.
FWIW, UPS devices are not recommended for printers. That said, my
printer's UPS keeps it very happy.
Hope this is helpful to at least some users out there.
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Recently been playing with Ubuntu. One thing that really surprised me
(which shows how wide eyed naive I am) is how with the Ubuntu boot disk
my supposedly secured files in XP are wide open. I can take an external
hard drive and copy them over - no problem!
I was both pleased and displeased
The Google Chrome EULA has many privacy issues that may affect state
agencies. But these could be issues for businesses as well. I recall a
similar issue with the Desktop program which after replacing the very
nice and non-evil Deskbar search basically mapped your computer and any
connected s
I understand that the dangerous stuff where we could be swallowed in a
black hole doesn't start for a few months. Brings to mind the bets they
took at Los Alamos about whether the first a-bomb in Alamogordo would
set fire to the atmosphere. And only slightly more media coverage of
this one -
Vista Woes
Since I manage alot (about 40) of Windows machines as a side-task of my
main job, I decided I would be a farsighted employee and so when buying
my new laptop I went against my better judgment and purchased Vista.
And since I thought I should make sure I had all the available bells &
The Junk mail feature in Thunderbird is less than optimal. That said,
two things I can recommend:
1. add the users address to your address book
2. Use the message filters for your clients to have their emails
automatically go to a subfolder
If those don't work you may wish to reset the junk m
Tony B wrote:
FWIW on the PC I've been using Foxit PDF reader lately.
http://www.download.com/Foxit-Reader/3000-2079_4-10313206.html
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FWIW on the PC I've been using Foxit PDF reader lately.
http://www.download.com/Foxit-Reader/3000-2079_4-10313206.html
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Any thoughts on this will be appreciated. FWIW: There's no way, none
whatsoever, that her connection is anywhere near the 250gb limit.
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A link to the article would be helpful. We're talking Mac here, but if
it's on MacFixIt, perhaps that's an issue. I really can't imagine it,
but I guess I'll have to do some research now. Thanks for the info!
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7;s
happening, I'll be back with a report.
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A trojan horse must be activated by the user. This shouldn't happen if
the user isn't an administrator. Even as adm
My thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I'll keep you posted once
we've researched this a bit more, probably later this week.
Mical
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A google search brought up a list of IVR cheats on this site:
http://www.widowpc.com/2005/11/bypass_phone_tr.php (scroll down past the
white space)
Not sure how accurate it is but have found that trying some combination
of these things works on most IVR trees. Usually I just start shouting
"Op
0 so you
didn't have to have Access installed.
Oh... and there's no menu listed to export the data either.
Larry
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to all for your kind help and suggestions.
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Date: September 30, 2008 4:24:05 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Speaking of Comcast
What we're going to do, later this week, is bring my laptop down to
her house, connect to Com
yet. But this is the case with Podcasts and talking
books, etc, and I assume it's the same for anything video. Good
luck! Mical
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It's probably a coincidence but most of our XP SP3 machines are not set
to automatically install. In this case they all did and in the morning
the machines were shut down. Okay.
But on three machines in the subsequent startup there was a problem with
the monitor blanking out? Anyone else hav
Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It's probably a coincidence but most of our XP SP3 machines are not set to
automatically install. In this case they all did and in the morning the
machines were shut down. Okay.
But on three machines in the su
If you can get a disk with XP Service Pack 3 as an upgrade my experience
was that that works with less problems. As always back up everything
before beginning this update.
On the three occasions I had trouble I was using the windows update. In
all three cases the problem was with access to t
I think this is the youtube link; watch it before (if) it gets removed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkTMeczyHtE
The "Simpson's" TV show was running their episode yesterday spoofing
and poking fun at Apple Corp., Apple users, Steve "Mobs" and all
things Apple and Macintosh. Pretty damn
One thing that would be useful but I don't know if it's available is
some way to insert track markers when there's a break between sections.
I used to use a Sony CD recorder that required special music CDs and
would accept an auxiliary input from a phono jack. I remember the
problem with reco
to play the record again, and can just throw it away.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Judy Cosler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
any recommendations for a turntable to convert vinyl to digital format?
any that I should stay away from?
want easy, fast; don't want to have to
e that
e-mails are downloaded to my computer from the web.
Does anyone know of an e-mail client that formats e-mails to enable copying
visible headers along with the text?
Thanks,
Michael
Michael S. Altus, PhD, ELS
Intensive Care Communications, Inc.(R)
Biomedical Writing and Ed
be copied.
Matthew,
Could you please walk me through the steps in Thunderbird version 2? I am
using a Windows XP computer.
Thanks,
Michael
Michael S. Altus, PhD, ELS
Intensive Care Communications, Inc.(R)
Biomedical Writing and Editing
Baltimore MD; [EMAIL
. I just got
a new MacBook Pro too, and I'm loving it! I don't back it up, though,
as my desktop is always backed up. -- Time Machine has bailed me out
on more than one occasion.
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n you can scrounge one for less than $100 (especially if you
buy used).
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"Roger D. Parish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Yeah, I know:
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On 5/20/07, John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It took me mucho effort to get grub setup. I wanted to boot Linux
(Suse)
>> by default
>>
>
>If you aren't worried about what will happen if you remove your hard
>drive(s), then the default Linux ins
On 5/21/07, Michael Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2) If you only want to try out Linux, you can completely remove the
> Windows drive and replace that with your spare drive. Install Linux
> and test/break that installation as you wish and your Windows disk
> is safe si
On 5/22/07, Michael Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Would something like the following work?
>>
>> Specify drive 1 (via the BIOS) as the boot drive, have the MBR created
>> there and set up GRUB to boot Ubuntu off drive 1 and Windows off drive
>> 0. I
ease speak up (if the sound
of crashing waves on the beach hasn't put you to sleep!).
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On 5/25/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does it have to be Intel?
No, I should have said "Intel Core Duo or equivalent". However I don't
know what the equivalent (laptop) processor is from AMD. I also notice
that they advertise a 64-bit processor. Is th
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Vicky Staubly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I recently acquired a 2nd hard drive to add to my screwdriver shop
> > system that currently boots XP Pro from drive 0.
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> > I would like to in
risk factor
seems low indeed.
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If it's bootable, then you can boot from it.
Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can I put Ubuntu on an external Firewire hard drive and boot from that?
> If I press the option key when booting my Mac it lists the bootable
It had always been my understanding that registry cleaners were
basically placebos.
What do you use?
On 6/13/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a
>>computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually
program.
Can anybody see a reason why I would not get away with this?
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According to Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
(http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html), "bight" used as a
verb means "to fasten with a bight of rope." I'm gratified to learn
that the industry has chosen to not do so to its tongue from now on.
On 8/1/07, Tom
I don't know, what does your lawyer say?
On 8/8/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any way to use a Dell XP Pro installer on a Compaq notebook? Thx
>
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called up the number Microsoft gives and gave them my Vista product id.
You should check for what downgrade rights your system has first,
though. I had business which can be downgraded to Pro.
-Chris
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How did you do it? Did it cost
I travel relatively seldom, and
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log onto
any machine on the network. Local user ids should exist as a fallback for when
the network is unavailable, but I can see no reason why an application such as
you describe (what exactly is it?) would use local ids.
On 10/11/07, John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>
Uh, the poster said "free"???
On 10/24/07, Dr. Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>What do you consider the best free Anti Virus Software?
>
>OS X.
>
>What is a "virus?"
ection unless it's egregiously slow.
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> Apple Will Not Provide Safari 2.0.2, or 2.0.3, or 2.0.4.
> Why?
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Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Don't waste your time with Safari, it's a bad browser. I will spare you a
>>diatribe on just how bad it is.
>
>No Safari is not a "bad browser." It is different in some respects from
>somebody else&#x
for daily use.
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>>The OP should probably go ahead and start using the Safari 3.x beta. It
>>looks as though it's stable enough for daily use.
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>Safari 3 beta is working on CSS3 compliance, which nobody has got right
>yet.
Unfortunatel
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Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>What kinda novice are you?? It's a dead link!! ...or maybe it's only gud4
>>macs!! ;^)
>
>Works for me. It must be information Microsoft does not want you to have.
Dude, the obvious problem is a line break. I used t
you
fervently wish to avoid.
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r as I can tell, the TSA
people are doing the job they've been given to do, and anyway they don't make
the policies. Intrusive security is far better than none.
On 2/9/08 2:28, "Eric S. Sande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Got it. Not to be too paranoid than usual, o
are people who are discouraged
from travelling to the US because of horror stories they've heard regarding US
customs, despite the favorable exchange rate.
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> Read it again. It's not the TSA. It's c
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Oh, the irony!
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Steve at Verizon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You realize, that in your analogy, with respect to popularity, McCain
> wins in a landslide
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > How's this?
> >
> > Windows
re genuinely offended.
Imagine if Wikipedia were to display graphic images of sex acts on its home
page. This may sound ludicrous, but to some Muslims, a graphic depiction of
the Prophet is equally offensive.
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So does Judaism and Christianity:
> "Do not make an image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..."
> prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of
&g
Common sense tells us that zeros weigh more than ones, consider how much more
ink you need to display a zero than a one, or how many more pixels are required
to display a zero.
Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course you haven't. Everybody should know that the zeros
http://whatsmyip.org/ gives you the full page with the Obama ad.
http://whatismyip.org/ gives you your IP address in the upper left hand corner
of a white page.
Count the letters.
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We set it up Monday night, it worked fine.
Last night my wife couldn't print. Today I looked at it. It is plugged in,
but pressing the on button doesn't do anything (doesn't light up, etc.).
Looking at the back, there is a green light next to where the power cord is
connected. This light go
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