Re: [CGUYS] YM & YMail open at same time?

2010-11-21 Thread John Emmerling
I don't know these specific products, however if you run 2 browsers at the same time e.g. Safari and Firefox you should be able to run them in parallel. You may also find out the hard way why Yahoo doesn't want you to do that. On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 4:03 PM, One Man wrote: > Why can't I be sig

Re: [CGUYS] The AOL LISTSERV is back up. Let's see if it works.

2010-06-13 Thread John Emmerling
; from your mail client. > - B > > > On 6/13/2010 3:18 PM, John Emmerling wrote: > >> Is it possible to be signed up on Yahoo and simultaneously get the >> messages >> in one's (non-Yahoo) e-mail? >> >> ***

Re: [CGUYS] The AOL LISTSERV is back up. Let's see if it works.

2010-06-13 Thread John Emmerling
Is it possible to be signed up on Yahoo and simultaneously get the messages in one's (non-Yahoo) e-mail? On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Brian Jones wrote: > Me too. > I left it turned on as well. > - Brian > > > On 6/13/2010 1:11 PM, tjpa wrote: > >> On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Fred Holmes

Re: [CGUYS] fios renewal was:Digital TV [Was: Broadband Speeds Map]

2010-04-28 Thread John Emmerling
Reverend, please don't bad-mouth my Honda Fit! On 4/27/10, Stewart Marshall wrote: > At least you can buy neat looking cars that perform also. > > Makes it more fun to drive. > > Stewart * ** List info, subscription manage

Re: [CGUYS] Some of you will find this tragic

2010-04-26 Thread John Emmerling
At the store where my wife works, they just replaced a Windows98 based POS system from which sales data was transferred on a weekly basis via 3.5" floppy to my 6-year-old computer from which I converted it to SQL and uploaded to a web site. Just in time, I guess. On 4/26/10, Rich Schinnell wrote

Re: [CGUYS] AVG free "update" attack?

2010-03-15 Thread John Emmerling
On 3/15/10, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:40 PM, John Emmerling > wrote: > ... >> Several days ago, I saw a prompt similar to what you see when Windows >> installs a "critical" update, saying that I had received an update and >>

[CGUYS] AVG free "update" attack?

2010-03-15 Thread John Emmerling
I have installed AVG free on my computer and my wife's computer. Several days ago, I saw a prompt similar to what you see when Windows installs a "critical" update, saying that I had received an update and would need to restart the computer to complete installation. The prompt had an AVG logo, so

Re: [CGUYS] TinyURLs [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC wants to measure]

2010-03-12 Thread John Emmerling
Today, I think anybody can be excused for being paranoid. _Esp._ with respect to wide-open domains like .tv. What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no problem? On 3/12/10, b_s-wilk wrote: >> With all the prot

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX Help -- Command Line Stuff

2010-03-05 Thread John Emmerling
Some of this syntax is peculiar to the find command. Here is a good intro: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm As far as how the -mtime option is used, I believe you are correct. Whoever gave you this advice was probably short at least 12 oz. of dark roast coffee.

Re: [CGUYS] What's the name of that Firefox Ad-on?

2010-03-03 Thread John Emmerling
I don't think it's an add-on, you just change the useragent preference in the browser. You can google for additional details. Hope that helps! On 3/3/10, John Settle wrote: > Hi, > > What is the name of that Firefox add-on that enables one to change how the > browser identifies itself? >

[CGUYS]

2010-02-15 Thread John Emmerling
Is this a first for ComputerGuys-L? On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Jack Hand wrote: * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cg

Re: [CGUYS] Snow Removal and disposal.

2010-02-13 Thread John Emmerling
The answer to this is simple. The ability to affect weather depends on wielding a great deal of energy. The ability to control weather depends on CONTROLLING a great deal of energy. Today, we can easily affect the weather by detonating our nuclear arsenal. We could control the weather if we cou

Re: [CGUYS] Snow Removal and disposal.

2010-02-12 Thread John Emmerling
I heard this morning on TV that the MD Dept. of Natural Resources told the city of Baltimore that it's OK to dump snow in the Inner Harbor. Apparently the environment impact is no worse than what you get with a heavy thunderstorm. Sorry I can't substantiate this. On 2/12/10, Fred Holmes wrote: >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop flicker and dying battery

2010-02-06 Thread John Emmerling
An update: The flicker mysteriously went away during the process of reinstalling Windows (which included a thorough reformatting of the C: drive). It was evident while in BIOS setup as well as during the initial text based phases of Windows installation (including reformatting), but then during th

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-02-05 Thread John Emmerling
as to why this happened? Can't you see this file in the Finder and just drag it to the trash bin? Since when are Apple computers so command-line intensive? On 1/27/10, tjpa wrote: > On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:03 AM, John Emmerling wrote: >> rm -i "Icon\\r" >> rm -i 

[CGUYS] Laptop flicker and dying battery

2010-02-05 Thread John Emmerling
saw a message saying "Your battery is able to charge normally, however it is reaching the end of its usable life." Could a dying battery possibly cause the screen to flicker? --John Emmerling * ** List inf

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-28 Thread John Emmerling
(in reference to problem of file having the name Icon\r where "\r" is actually a carriage return rather than a backslash followed by a lower-case r): What happens if you type "ls -al" while defaulted to this directory? On 1/28/10, David K Watson wrote: > These are good suggestions, and OS X does

Re: [CGUYS] UNIX help needed

2010-01-27 Thread John Emmerling
try all the following: rm -i "Icon\\r" rm -i 'Icon\\r' rm -i "Icon\r" rm -i 'Icon\r' Probably one of them will work. Hope this helps! On 1/27/10, tjpa wrote: > I'm stumped. The dear folks from Adobe have produced a file on my Mac > (OS X.5) named "Icon\r" which I can't delete or rename. > > rm

Re: [CGUYS] Obsolete consumer products...

2010-01-18 Thread John Emmerling
I am the worst sort of point-and-click photographer. Sometimes the only "camera" I have available is my el-cheapo Samsung Glyde. The delay on this thing is longer than the time it took last week's earthquake to destroy Port-au-Prince. Annoying as heck. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Rev. Stew

Re: [CGUYS] Phones and guys, even Computer Guys

2010-01-08 Thread John Emmerling
I can recall cell phones being at their smallest about 10 years ago. At the time, people would have desktop chargers at the office, with a cradle for the little phone. It seems to me that increased functionality has reversed the trend. On 1/8/10, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010

Re: [CGUYS] Kill it!!!

2010-01-01 Thread John Emmerling
Some definition of terms may be in order. Can the person (or business) having their "phone service" provided by Comcast be described as a "landline user"? Or does landline == twisted pair? With regard to user experience, there's not much difference (until the power goes out!). On Fri, Jan 1, 20

Re: [CGUYS] .Net Framework

2009-12-21 Thread John Emmerling
OK, I found the MS Knowledge Base article on how to deal with your problem. Not exactly a walk in the park: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100 On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM, John Emmerling wrote: > a.) A quick visit to Google tells me you have a difficult problem if you > are g

Re: [CGUYS] .Net Framework

2009-12-21 Thread John Emmerling
-platform, in which case it may have been written in C++ and compiled on Windows using Visual C++. There is also some stuff written in Java (I am a Java programmer). The Java programs are easiest to identify, but tend to be used by people having specialized interests. Hope this helps somewhat! --

Re: [CGUYS] .Net Framework

2009-12-20 Thread John Emmerling
Most recently developed Windows software has .NET as its basis. However, anything you currently have should continue to work (it won't need the very latest version of the framework), unless you uninstall .NET altogether. I looked in the Control Panel on my computer, and saw that there is a 3.0 ve

Re: [CGUYS] Google Language Tools [was: Server restrictions]

2009-12-07 Thread John Emmerling
This game was invented by Philip K. Dick in Galactic Pot-Healer (1969). Probably one of the most accurate predictions in the history of SF. On 12/7/09, Chris Dunford wrote: >> Betty translation sites lack the human factor. >> >> All languages have their idiomatic phrases that are part of learnin

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-11-07 Thread John Emmerling
t to read the > review, but is this some sort of new tech? How and why does a cell. > phone take pictures of itself? > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, John Emmerling > wrote: > > Finally, he is clearly stupid as a rock, he completely misunderstands

Re: [CGUYS] Moto droid by Andy ihnatko

2009-11-07 Thread John Emmerling
I decided to take a peek at Mr. Ihnatko's blog. From the home page, it's apparent that his career depends on the continued success of the iPhone. That discredits him sufficiently in my mind. Furthermore, he can't write in proper English: "Ah: but my iPhone spends a lot of time in it’s car cradle

Re: [CGUYS] Real Windows 7 Reviews Start to Appear

2009-11-03 Thread John Emmerling
This is arguably irrelevant. How many years ago was XP released? You can reasonably expect a version of any operation system from that far back in history to run faster than the latest version because the latest version assumes up-to-date hardware. When OSX first came out, my brother-in-law ran

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-07 Thread John Emmerling
Although it would be nice to cite a reference for the "world's health statistics", I suspect that if Cuba looks good in any such listing, it is due to the "Mussolini made the trains run on time" principle. Cuban physicians and other health workers do as they are told. I doubt anyone in authority

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update i.e. IE 6, 7, 8

2009-08-29 Thread John Emmerling
I'd be curious to know what the concern is regarding IE8 as opposed to anything else MS wants to install. Just because I have had it for a while, and was not aware of any unusual risk. On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:43 AM, One Man wrote: > > The only trouble I'm having is that MS seems to be pushin

Re: [CGUYS] OT: how to incorporate yourself quickly?

2009-06-02 Thread John Emmerling
What's the procedure? On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. < acker...@astrecg.com> wrote: > You can file yourself in MD. However, you need to determine if you need to > be a Corporation, an LLC, or a disregarded LLC. > There are financial repercussions to each of these ch

[CGUYS] OT: how to incorporate yourself quickly?

2009-06-02 Thread John Emmerling
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Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

2009-05-24 Thread John Emmerling
Don't they already have these in Japan? On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:01 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > >> > >> What am I gonna read in the loo? > > > > http://tinyurl.com/redefh > > Very good. I have another idea. A whole new line o

Re: [CGUYS] getting Computer Guys email sent to spam list

2009-05-22 Thread John Emmerling
Have you customized your spam filter? --John Emmerling On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Sandra Raredon wrote: > I ask the list for advise on the Airport-macbook problem and several > responses were sent to SPAM folder in my gmail account. I just trashed the > contents of the SPAM fo

Re: [CGUYS] Are old LPs worth anything?

2009-05-09 Thread John Emmerling
Anybody making an offer like that expects to get a bargain, and would only be interested in such a deal if they believed they could make a profit selling them on the open market. Especially if they are making the offer after having seen your Dad's inventory. If you have any ambition to sell them y

Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

2009-05-05 Thread John Emmerling
The link didn't work. Perhaps tinyurl doesn't support this type of link. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Tony B wrote: > CompUSA has a complete HP Compaq 6735s notebook for $329. > http://tinyurl.com/ctcrvw * ** List in

Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

2009-05-05 Thread John Emmerling
I'm going to repeat myself. If he isn't willing to spend a bit more, he'll end up with an underpowered computer he won't be happy with. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: > > Additionally, > > he only wants to spend about $400 or so for everything, including the > > printer. He

Re: [CGUYS] First time computer buyer

2009-05-05 Thread John Emmerling
In January, I got a very nice Compaq Presario for my wife for less than $400 with a dual core Athlon processor and 3GB of RAM. It is my impression that is about the best deal you can get. This was for the CPU only, no monitor, printer, or other peripheral. If this guy refuses to spend more than $

Re: [CGUYS] Firewall Logging: Are these a problem?

2009-05-01 Thread John Emmerling
So which of these listeners identified on Alvin's computer are untrustworthy? Macintosh:~ Alvin$ netstat -an | grep LISTEN tcp6 0 0 fe80::1%lo0.631*.*LISTEN tcp4 0 0 *.3829 *.*LISTEN tcp4 0 0 127.0.0

Re: [CGUYS] Firewall Logging: Are these a problem?

2009-05-01 Thread John Emmerling
A TCP listener is a process that accepts socket connection requests and forks off dedicated sockets to complete the connections and allow communication to proceed. You can't have TCP/IP without one or more. The presence of listeners, by itself, has no bearing on how secure the computer is. On Fri

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

2009-05-01 Thread John Emmerling
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > You would just nitpick to obscure the truth. Waste everybody's time. > ... > > OS X is UNIX. this is a nitpicking, legalistic distinction, and irrelevant to the original topic. > You really do need to learn more about computers. You would >

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

2009-05-01 Thread John Emmerling
e. OS X (at least 10.5 and > 10.5 server) *IS* Unix. With 10.5, Apple went through the > effort of getting official unix certification from the Unix Open > Group. So it's not just "unix-like" or "based on unix" anymore. > > > On May 1, 2009, at 11:03 AM

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

2009-05-01 Thread John Emmerling
Could you please provide some statistics and an unbiased reference to corroborate this? In my experience, and I've worked in IT many years, "mission-critical" systems tend to be servers running some form of Unix. Often there's a mainframe in the picture as well. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM, T

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail, "add to calendar", and Google calendar

2009-04-23 Thread John Emmerling
OK, went back and imported the other event. Showed up right away this time. Also, the whole interaction seemed more intuitive. I suspect Google did some bug fixing overnight. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:58 AM, John Emmerling wrote: > Well this is interesting. I tried importing the ICS i

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail, "add to calendar", and Google calendar

2009-04-23 Thread John Emmerling
Well this is interesting. I tried importing the ICS into Google Calendar, but it seemed nothing was showing. I also put a Calendar gadget on my gmail screen. This morning, the event is displayed (unfortunately, of 2 events, I seem to have imported one of them twice rather than each once, but it l

Re: [CGUYS] Gmail, "add to calendar", and Google calendar

2009-04-22 Thread John Emmerling
Well, I think I might know what's going on. The "add to calendar" link in this case is really a button included in the HTML formatted e-mail whose purpose it is to download the ICS file. If that makes any sense. On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Tony B wrote: > You're not alone. This happened to

[CGUYS] Gmail, "add to calendar", and Google calendar

2009-04-22 Thread John Emmerling
the most Google-friendly browser. Anybody know? Thanks! --John Emmerling * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *

Re: [CGUYS] Sun&Oracle: Ballmer:!??

2009-04-21 Thread John Emmerling
To my understanding, Ora¢le's only purpose in buying MySQL would be to remove them as a competitor. I haven't followed the gossip to a sufficient extent to have a sense of whether they would actually do that. However, the combination of Oracle and Sun could be quite powerful. They have highly com

Re: [CGUYS] Behind the Office ribbon

2009-04-20 Thread John Emmerling
I think this refers to features that have redundant implementations that behave differently. Not the same as having multiple launch points for the same features. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: > The article, and Larson-Green, slam "confusingly redundant features" > (multip

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Wind

2009-04-15 Thread John Emmerling
Tom, I will grant you this. Perhaps this should accepted as a list standard. I would also suggest we proscribe the use of a dollar sign in place of an "s" or "S" when writing "Microsoft" or abbreviating same as "MS". As well as any analogous abuse of the terms "Apple", "OSX", "Mac", etc. On Wed

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

2009-04-15 Thread John Emmerling
This comes across as highly biased and judgmental. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Reid Katan wrote: > Quoting John Emmerling : > > Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term "Windoze"? You used it 3 >&

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Wind

2009-04-13 Thread John Emmerling
If my kneeds don't work I'll get a kneed replacement. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > Yes, profanation of the deity is frowned upon by our Microsoft minders > and may be severely punished. You will certainly be entered into their > database of malcontents. You may get the p

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

2009-04-13 Thread John Emmerling
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > I'm not quite sure who you intended that for, John, but those were in > material that I quoted--they aren't mine. > > With all due respect, it was Reid Katan. > > * *

Re: [CGUYS] iTunes: Crap or not. [Was: Launching iTunes on Windows Vista]

2009-04-13 Thread John Emmerling
Out of curiosity, why do you keep using the term "Windoze"? You used it 3 times in your last post. I assume this is a reference to the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems (it would be pronounced the same). If it's an attempt to be clever, it seems to me about as lame an attempt as I ca

Re: [CGUYS] toast

2009-03-31 Thread John Emmerling
For free, I can get you one that toasts both sides at once! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:57 PM, mike wrote: > I like toast. I have a 10 dollar toaster oven I got at a garage sale, > looks > brand new. I could have bought a 150 dollar toaster oven at some shop that > did toast perfectly, but I g

Re: [CGUYS] Firefox jar:file?

2009-03-06 Thread John Emmerling
The problem seems to be that FF is appending "google" to the end of this. It should be looking for a files named "region.properties" which is in this jar, but instead it is looking for a fictitious "region.propertiesgoogle". I did some searching and found answers to suggest that the problem may b

[CGUYS] Obama picks US information chief

2009-03-06 Thread John Emmerling
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Re: [CGUYS] Linux newbie question

2009-03-01 Thread John Emmerling
If you've got adequate privilege On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Michael Fernando wrote: > ("sudo" will ask for YOUR password, and having confirmed > your identity, it will run the command as root.) > > * **

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-27 Thread John Emmerling
Well, $15 will buy you at least 2 decent meals where I live. This gives me an idea (I'm serious about this). If anybody knows a young person who wants an idea for a service project of some sort, perhaps volunteering to help working folks apply for rebates would qualify. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4

Re: [CGUYS] DSL & answering machines/DSL & phone service

2009-02-27 Thread John Emmerling
I'm curious, what size rebate do you have in mind? A $25 rebate would seem enough to justify the paperwork even if you're busy, money is money (especially nowadays when investments are nothing to write home about). I have to add that, since it has generally become possible to check the status of

Re: [CGUYS] DC or suburbs rec

2009-02-24 Thread John Emmerling
I recommend going to a MarketPro computer show. If you can't find a screwdriver shop there, there aren't any. I just checked the website for the shop that, 5 years ago, built the computer I still use. The company, as such, still exists, but it doesn't appear as though they build boxes anymore.

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POLITICS! or something like it

2009-02-18 Thread John Emmerling
The cars were made in Japan, elsewhere in Asia, and North America. My '88 Civic was made in Canada. Same thing today. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM, mike wrote: > They may have been japan based companies, but were the cars made here? > iPods arent assembled here AFAIK? > **

Re: [CGUYS] What? Me Worry? - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! -- OT! POLITICS! or something like it

2009-02-18 Thread John Emmerling
Marketing is Apple's biggest strength. Which reminds me of an incident about 2 decades ago. My wife and I had a Japanese student at our house for a home stay of 3 weeks. His English was relatively good for a Japanese student. Anyway, we had watched TV with him on several occasions. One evening

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-17 Thread John Emmerling
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > Found them. Not fancy but OK for portability < > > http://www.amazon.com/Cellular-Innovations-IP-SPK-100-Folding-Speakers/dp/B000BXSSAA > > For a nominal fee, you can have Microsoft beam the output from your Zune directly to your brain.

Re: [CGUYS] I Bought a BIG Mistake

2009-02-17 Thread John Emmerling
You probably need a fair number of amps to drive speakers to a reasonable volume. There's probably a good reason portable mp3 players don't usually come with them (maybe the really big ones could handle this). I think you need a boom box into which you can plug the output from an mp3 player, like

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-10 Thread John Emmerling
If you're talking about the recent unpleasantness in Gaza, then there are no "disputed zones" at issue. It is my impression that the rockets launched from Gaza (the stated provocation for the Israeli incursions into Gaza) have largely landed in neighboring parts of Israel e.g. Ashkelon. These are

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-10 Thread John Emmerling
Hamas was launching rockets as recently a week ago (I won't vouch for the reliability of this NewsDaily site, so please corroborate for yourself): http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5100oy-us-palestinians-israel/ On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: > But they do get rocke

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-02-09 Thread John Emmerling
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: > Again, I was referring to contemporary usage of the terms liberal and > conservative. If you looked at the link I gave, you will see that today the > term liberal usu

[CGUYS] Windows Installation disk with new computer?

2009-02-07 Thread John Emmerling
When buying a new computer, how can you tell whether it will come with the Windows installation disk? When I bought a computer from a screwdriver shop, it had an installation disk, which proved handy. I also bought an eMachines computer which didn't have it. Fortunately the need never arose. I a

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-06 Thread John Emmerling
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Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-02 Thread John Emmerling
Whoa! Way off topic! On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: > OK, now back to computers. > > My PowerMac G5 had a BSOD yesterday. Painful, UGLY, until my husband told > me he installed a ca. 2002 utility that hasn't worked since Jagwire, and G5 > has Leopard. Went into command line, si

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-02 Thread John Emmerling
Then why didn't you vote for Bob Barr? He supported all your views. On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Matthew S. Taylor wrote: > I am curious - why "Wow"? > > 1. I favor a limited government of enumerated powers (gov't may only do > what it is expressly permitted rather than everything not expr

Re: [CGUYS] What is a good free DVD Player PC software?

2009-02-01 Thread John Emmerling
If it's region-free, how is it legal? On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM, johnleehol...@gmail.com < johnleehol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've also had good experience with VLC; and it plays region free. * ** List info, subscripti

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-02-01 Thread John Emmerling
Here I'm going to violate DRY: After reading the full Joe the Plumber quote, I am certain Obama only intended to say that the economy works best when there is prosperity at all levels. However, I think his choice of the phrase "spread the wealth around" was ill-considered, and he probably regrets

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Please bring it to my attention the next time a US politician calls a colleague a "socialist" and means it as a compliment! On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I for one do not mind a little bit of socialism. It sometimes is the only > way p

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Having just read the entire "Joe the Plumber" quote for the first time, the impression I get is he was saying that the economy functions best when there is prosperity at all levels. However, the phrase "spread the wealth around", when taken out of context, does sound like socialism (which we in the

Re: [CGUYS] Resodding the mall, was Re: [CGUYS] Senate Approves

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
The situation in both Iraq and Afghanistan is very complicated. When campaigning, the president had to present a simplified view of this, so as to not leave the electorate behind. However I do believe he and his staff grasp the subtleties as least as well as you or I. I would like to think they w

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Yes, Tom, I truly hope you are right. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > Yes that too, but the question being asked was about religion. Big > picture it is a big mess. Mitchell has proved his ability to navagate > around such a mess when he was successful in N Ireland. Everyon

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
This sort of hijacking has also occurred right here at home. Recent events have given me hope that this trend is coming to an end. The current occupant strikes me as an excellent example of someone who is devout and rational at the same time. (disclaimer: I am extremely secular and poorly qualifi

Re: [CGUYS] Google weirdness and Firefox on Windows?

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Just tried Safari. Didn't see the warning about the sites harming my computer. Went back to Firefox and the warning is gone from there too. Also the gmail problem has cleared up (my account and my wife's). I guess I was right that Google was fixing this as I was typing. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at

Re: [CGUYS] Google weirdness and Firefox on Windows?

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
XP Pro 32-bit (SP3). I don't think it matters what version of Windows. I think it's the Firefox version that matters (I would consider the linux version a different version). Probably Google is fixing this as I type. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:00 AM, mike wrote: > Yes...very annoying. What os

[CGUYS] Google weirdness and Firefox on Windows?

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
I have been running Ubuntu the last couple of days and just switched to Windows. Two weird problems with Google on Firefox (3.0.5): gmail would not load all the way in standard mode (html mode is OK). The progress bar goes to about 98% and hangs. Both my account and my wife's When doing a web s

Re: [CGUYS] Taxes and good life

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Some general observations (I make some assertions without proof, feel free to provide contradictory data): 1.) Compared to other western countries, Americans are significantly more religious. Religious folk seem to see life's problems as being between themselves and God, and don't have much use fo

Re: [CGUYS] Computer dropped dead overnight

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Not externally. I looked for something plainly visible that might indicate the presence of a fuse. I didn't want to open it (never opened this one before) before asking for suggestions. Do such power supplies typically have fuses? On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Reid Katan wrote: Is there a

[CGUYS] Computer dropped dead overnight

2009-01-31 Thread John Emmerling
Not much to say. A 4-year-old "eMachines" used by my wife (ironically I had been planning to replace it, but was hoping to wait for Windows 7) was on last night past midnight. When I saw it this morning, it was off and cannot be powered back on. The only power "switch" is a toggle on the front.

Re: [CGUYS] Corporate Chaos Was: Re: Resodding the mall

2009-01-30 Thread John Emmerling
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/18/why-google-employees-quit/ http://advice.cio.com/meridith_levinson/lessons_learned_from_people_whove_quit_google On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Reid Katan wrote: > Doesn't Google do that? Not that they give out buckets of money, but don't > they give thei

Re: [CGUYS] suggestion

2009-01-19 Thread John Emmerling
Well, tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 would be more symbolic. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Andy I agree and think it is high time. > > Let's discuss something current. The 1st of January was two weeks ago. > > Stewart > > > At 02:48 PM 1/1

Re: [CGUYS] yardsticks Re:Tandoori Chicken

2009-01-19 Thread John Emmerling
Is this a fairly straightforward recipe to double? On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Jordan wrote: > Tandoori Chicken (19+ / 0-) > > 1 Chicken, approximately 2 pounds (without skin), cut in serving sizes. > > Ingredients for marinade: > 3 tbsp yogurt + 1 tbsp vinegar > 1 tsp garam masala > 1 cup

Re: [CGUYS] National IT priorities poll?

2009-01-11 Thread John Emmerling
http://ideas.obamacto.org/ On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:36 AM, db wrote: > Can anyone tell me if it was on CGUYS that I saw reference to an national > priorities IT poll a little while back? > > It was online and anyone could vote or add to it. > > If so, could someone point me to it? > Thanks, >

Re: [CGUYS] new apple laptops coming soon !

2009-01-05 Thread John Emmerling
Why does every news story on this site except the one about the macbook appear to be a parody? Or rather, why is a serious story mixed in with all these gags? On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:10 PM, mike wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/8x53o8 > > **

Re: [CGUYS] Tweaking WMP options

2008-12-29 Thread John Emmerling
I am running Ubuntu at the moment. I have been able to run WMP files in the past on Ubuntu, however now I get the "suitable codec" dialog with a search button which, when you click it, gives you another dialog which says you would need to install the gstreamer plug in which is illegal in the US.

Re: [CGUYS] New Vista computer experiences

2008-12-29 Thread John Emmerling
I don't have access to a Vista system, however with XP Pro, there is a distinction between an account the user creates having administrative privileges, vs. "the" Administrator account which I believe is created automatically when Windows is installed. Some brain-dead software will only install un

Re: [CGUYS] PC and MAC interchanges

2008-12-29 Thread John Emmerling
Win 98SE supported USB out of the box, but Win 98 (pre-SE) could be upgraded to do so. I did it with my last computer. On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: > > 98SE was the only one to support USB. > *

Re: [CGUYS] New Vista computer experiences

2008-12-27 Thread John Emmerling
Just log in as admin, do what needs to be done, then log out. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Robert wrote: > This must be the problem that I have installing older software on a Vista > 64-bit computer that I just bought. > > When I insert the application CD, a message appears that I don't have

Re: [CGUYS] Copying a tree of folders without the files enclosed in those folders

2008-12-16 Thread John Emmerling
Depending on the amount of data, you could create a zip archive of the tree, whack the files within the archive, then explode into the new location. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Andy Gallant wrote: > You can try xcopy. I don't know how to do it with robocopy. Using the /L > option is good f

Re: [CGUYS] When will Intrepid Ibex show up in Synaptic?

2008-12-15 Thread John Emmerling
do this by default (as it did in previous releases). Or possibly because 8.04 is LTS. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:04 PM, John Emmerling wrote: > I don't see a button like that. There is a button that says "Mark All > Upgrades". It is just to the right of the "Reloa

Re: [CGUYS] When will Intrepid Ibex show up in Synaptic?

2008-12-15 Thread John Emmerling
I don't see a button like that. There is a button that says "Mark All Upgrades". It is just to the right of the "Reload" button. Googling "synaptic full upgrade" also doesn't seem to find anything. Could you be more specific where to find this button? As I recall, for both Gutsy Gibbon and Har

[CGUYS] When will Intrepid Ibex show up in Synaptic?

2008-12-13 Thread John Emmerling
I can remember Hardy Heron was announced as an upgrade 2-3 weeks after the production release was announced. Still no Intrepid Ibex, and no amount of googling seems to reveal the answer. How to find out? * ** List info, su

Re: [CGUYS] gmail

2008-12-08 Thread John Emmerling
POP is really archaic, IMAP has greater functionality. Using IMAP, there should be no need to erase the gmail when downloading. Seems to contradict the principle of maintaining multiple copies. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:01 PM, RLeeSimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > recently, I switched from ATT d

[CGUYS] President elect declares US broadband standing "unacceptable"

2008-12-06 Thread John Emmerling
http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_key_parts_of_the_jobs_plan/ He hasn't said exactly what he plans to do about it, but he's showing a heck of a lot more awareness of the problem than the current occupant ever did. * ** L

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