Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-26 Thread mike
Yeah, the minute you do that Verizon sues the city for doing it. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:28 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: > >> > Verizon may be finished with the main FIOS installation, but they're not > doing the last mile or so. Do neighborhoods and small towns have to get > their own connections thr

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-25 Thread mike
Nice to know all that money these guys got in tax breaks and incentives went...nowhere. Makes me that much happier when I hear various senators proclaim 'we have plenty of competition' in regards to the desired tmobile/ATT merger. Yeah. Right. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:39 PM, M

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-25 Thread Mike Sloane
ot; (similar to universal telephone service) out to rural areas. And by rural, it would appear to include much of suburbia. I wonder where this will all lead. Mike On 10/25/2011 5:14 PM, Roger D. Parish wrote: At Verizon's earnings call, their CFO, Fran Shammo, sort of put a stake throu

Re: [CGUYS] Black xp

2011-07-12 Thread mike
Black XP is a torrent that has been around for some time, not something you want if you want to keep yourself on the legal side. It's not so much what is out, but what is in, the black edition is themed black but also contains programs that are not free..as well as some that are. On Tue, Jul 12,

Re: [CGUYS] 3.0 drives

2011-06-23 Thread mike
What OS? On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:00 AM, gerald wrote: > the f/w800 was an easy install. after all, there is a f/w800 plug on the > back of the screen. > > the usb 3.0 is another matter. MS does not support usb 3.0. the pci card > did not want to load. the 3.0 driver did not want to load.

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread mike
As I said, a new generation. Look at the tech we are talking about, the guys who invented it, popularized it are getting older, a new generation has come along and is using it's own nomenclature to describe the new and old/redone tech that surrounds them. Does the generation that came up in the 8

Re: [CGUYS] New nomenclature

2011-03-19 Thread mike
This is how it's always been, new speech comes along with every generation and every previous one complains. I think as far as the term refresh goes, this has come about when handing out the new Apple message. The term is used to describe the new lineup of computers and laptops, I think they use

Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-05 Thread Mike Sloane
In my own experience, it is that simple. All my machines are Windowz based, If you are moving between Mac and Win machines, all bets are off. Mike On 3/5/2011 12:22 PM, Gail Miller wrote: Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use

[CGUYS] malware attacks android

2011-03-04 Thread mike
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bf3d6002-452e-11e0-80e7-00144feab49a.html#axzz1FeGjsk3Y Google removed 55 apps from it's market after complaints of malware being installed on devices running the Android OS. Is it time for Google to take a more hands on approach to their market as Apple has done? I don

Re: [CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone

2011-03-04 Thread mike
That's awesome. On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:53 AM, John Settle wrote: > Well, I've been using one of these for a while now. Works well with Samsung. > YMMV. > > http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7830/ > > > > > > From: Ranbo > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.A

Re: [CGUYS] Wanted: reliable corded ear piece for cell phone

2011-03-03 Thread mike
I bought a more expensive pair corded headphones for my phone and quickly learned that was a mistake. For me they didn't last any longer than cheap ones, so I bought the cheapest at Frys I could find...five or six bux a set. I keep several in my car in case the pair I'm using starts to go. No id

Re: [CGUYS] HELP..................................John Roschella

2011-02-15 Thread Mike Sloane
This is spam - don't reply to him. Mike On 2/15/2011 7:13 AM, John Roschella wrote: Hello I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my trip ... I'm currently in London,England John Roschella *** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO**

Re: [CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-23 Thread mike
Samsung galaxy on sprint is shipping with 2.1, this is the high water maker for android phones across all carriers. The lower end hero is also shipping with 2.1, also currently available. These are just two I know off the top of my head...I'm sure other carriers are shipping 2.1 as well. On Sun,

Re: [CGUYS] LG ALLY

2011-01-23 Thread mike
It's not Google..it's LG and Verizon. Unless Google is putting presure on Verizon/LG that we don't know about. I view Google as creating the base OS and putting it outside their garage in whatever builds there are and phone manufacturers driving by and picking up what they want. Some 1.6, some 2

Re: [CGUYS] Substitute for OpenOffice?

2011-01-13 Thread Mike Sloane
I have half a dozen PC's running OpenOffice (I cannot afford to buy MS Office). Based on folks' experience with LibreOffice and OpenOffice, do you think it is a wise move to dump OpenOffice in favor of LibreOffice? Mike On 1/12/2011 9:27 PM, Art Clemons wrote: On 01/11/2011 01:2

Re: [CGUYS] Substitute for OpenOffice?

2011-01-11 Thread Mike Sloane
eems to come from a different organization not related to Oracle (formerly Sun). Mike On 1/11/2011 12:21 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote: Open Office is no longer being updated or has changed. Libre Office is its successor. Stewart . *** ** THIS LIST HAS MO

Re: [CGUYS] IE page failure

2010-12-13 Thread mike
ditto On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Jordan wrote: > I'm sorry you got no answers from the wizards of this group but I'll go out > on a limb and say that that is because you answered your own question and > solved your problem. > Avoid IE and use one of the many alternatives. > > > On 12/12/10

Re: [CGUYS] Restore Points

2010-08-23 Thread mike
testing... On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Frank Sestir Jr wrote: > In Windows 7 you can configure restore points or set them by: > Left Click on Start > Right Click on Computer > Left Click on Properties > Left Click on System Protection > Left Click on either Create or Configure > > > > > On

Re: [CGUYS] Restore Points

2010-08-23 Thread mike
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3195/create-a-system-restore-point-in-windows-7/ On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM, B. wrote: > I just got a new desktop machine with Windows 7. Is there a way to set > restore points? > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > *** > ** THIS LI

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 and Windows XP mode

2010-07-20 Thread mike
nes wrote: > Thanks. Any comments about XP Mode? Does it usually work well? Worth the > trouble? > > === > From: mike > Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 02:47 pm > > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 and Windows XP mode > I can't say fo

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 and Windows XP mode

2010-07-20 Thread mike
I can't say for sure, but after running both pro 7 and xp in the past I can't imagine it would be over 20 gigs or so when you are done. On Jul 20, 2010 2:37 PM, "Fred Jones" wrote: The laptop has 500GB of space. I was wondering how much extra space Professional version and XP mode will eat up fr

Re: [CGUYS] Apple looks in rear view mirror..hopes objects only appear to be closer than they are

2010-07-15 Thread mike
Jul 15, 2010, at 5:16 PM, mike wrote: > > > One point that is brought up each time the subject is discussed is > > that so few apps are actually making money on Android. Does this matter > > looking at the velocity of apps being created for Android? If no on

[CGUYS] Apple looks in rear view mirror..hopes objects only appear to be closer than they are

2010-07-15 Thread mike
Android passed the 100,000 apps and counting mark as well as the 1 billionth download. Info week notes that the actual number may be more or less than, but the wind in Android's sails is not to be doubted. Apple has the upper position at this point, but for how long if they stay at the top with o

Re: [CGUYS] Recs 4 hw "support" for netbook

2010-07-12 Thread mike
I use a large thin hardcover book when in this situation. On Jul 9, 2010 5:55 AM, "One Man" wrote: I 'm travelling and using a samsung netbook. I like the navy lid. I sit on the couch at my bro's, cross my legs and balance the netbook on a pillow. This can't be good as it blocks the fan vents.

Re: [CGUYS] Windoze open open in new tab open in new window

2010-07-09 Thread mike
This is why I don't use Safari, it doesn't seem to have the option to override what the web wants and keeps opening new windows...at least on windows. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > Why does windoze have these categories? I understand tab and window but > why does it h

Re: [CGUYS] Just How Bad is Google's Mismanagement of the Android Market?

2010-07-07 Thread mike
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/07/06/apple-addresses-another-problem-provides-unrelated-fix/ Not so much dystopian but at least slightly lawlessand another bad PR move for Apple? It's being advis

Re: [CGUYS] Salvaging Hard Drive

2010-07-02 Thread mike
Why can't you start from CD and just reformat? On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Richard P. wrote: > I've somehow messed up the re-formatting of my laptop hard drive when > I was attempting to reinstall Windows XP. Now when I try to boot up > with the CD, I get a "No Operating System Found" error.

Re: [CGUYS] Yesterday Amazon Buys Woot.Com: Today a $149 Kindle

2010-07-01 Thread mike
Well, I'm not surprised by the letter after reading product descriptions the last few years. Seems to fall in line perfectly with the sense of humor Woot had. On Jul 1, 2010 6:15 PM, "Chris Dunford" wrote: > I guess you guys aren't typically reading woot's descriptions in their > product sales?

Re: [CGUYS] Yesterday Amazon Buys Woot.Com: Today a $149 Kindle

2010-07-01 Thread mike
Apparently it is. On Jul 1, 2010 4:31 PM, "John Duncan Yoyo" wrote: Oh I read them but that isn't the sort of communication you get from a CEO. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:53 PM, mike wrote: > I guess you guys aren't typicall... -- John Duncan Yoyo -

Re: [CGUYS] Yesterday Amazon Buys Woot.Com: Today a $149 Kindle

2010-07-01 Thread mike
I guess you guys aren't typically reading woot's descriptions in their product sales? On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > > > Read the letter from the president of woot about the sale it is an > > unusual > > > corpo

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone 4, Engineering thoughts

2010-06-30 Thread mike
n Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:45 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:18 PM, mike wrote: > > > Saw the first of waht will probably be many iphone 4 case ads with the > > tagline 'get better reception, buy an iphone 4 case!' > > This new iPhone

[CGUYS] The kin is dead...long live Windows phone (ms hopes)

2010-06-30 Thread mike
MS already killed the kin, barely out a week? Did the iPhone sales scare them off their little dangeresque device? It was clearly priced way too high for the target market. Can this bode well for Windows phone? On Jun 30, 2010 12:42 PM, "mike" wrote: News meaning *another* rumor.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's iPad: Death knell for traditional Ma cintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread mike
News meaning *another* rumor. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:38 PM, tjpa wrote: > Now that the news is out about Verizon we can hopefully see a price war. > > > On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:31 PM, mike wrote: > >> While my friends iPhone was killer, he cringed a little when I t

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's iPad: Death knell for traditional Ma cintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread mike
Location services are getting huge, even in small use spaces. Using our phones when I was at the mall to pick up that iPhone 4, we used different location services offered by our phones to test how accurate they could be, instead of calling and asking 'hey where are you? I'm in front of the Cinna

Re: [CGUYS] Apple's iPad: Death knell for traditional Ma cintos h computers?

2010-06-30 Thread mike
I hear some developers on various podcasts who have outfitted their cubicles with dual or even triple 21 to 27" screens, this seems the ideal set up for this kind of all day long pounding at the keyboard for intense work...15 inch laptop for writing code? Torture. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:09 AM,

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone 4, Engineering thoughts

2010-06-29 Thread mike
Saw the first of waht will probably be many iphone 4 case ads with the tagline 'get better reception, buy an iphone 4 case!' On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:40 AM, tjpa wrote: > I suggest duct tape. Duct tape cures all ills. > > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:45 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Apple coul

Re: [CGUYS] Just How Bad is Google's Mismanagement of the Android Market?

2010-06-29 Thread mike
parently without the further need for a pass. So for all it's slickness, the Apple store has it's own problems. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, mike wrote: > Freedom and Liberty is frightening to boot-heeled leftists. > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:21 PM, t.piwowar

Re: [CGUYS] Just How Bad is Google's Mismanagement of the Android Market?

2010-06-29 Thread mike
Freedom and Liberty is frightening to boot-heeled leftists. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:21 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > Google’s mismanagement of the Android Market > http://nanocr.eu/2010/06/27/googles-mismanagement-of-the-android-market/ > > I am sure glad that the Apps Store does not look anything l

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone 4, Engineering thoughts

2010-06-28 Thread mike
You are right, and for whatever reason Apple ignored the physics. I say it was for form over function, you can deny all you want, but Apple has admitted the problem. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:24 PM, tjpa wrote: > > > It is not magic, it is physics. > > > On Jun 28, 2010, at 6:06 PM, phartz...@g

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone 4, Engineering thoughts

2010-06-28 Thread mike
I say tongue and cheek. Half of what Jobs says is spin or disingenuous. At his heart, he's just a car salesman...good cars though. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:06 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > > > You say spin, I'll offer disingenuous. > > Steve > > > *

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone 4, Engineering thoughts

2010-06-28 Thread mike
n and backwards, sideways to my ear so it's unusable, I tend to lose a little signal. Holding it like a phone however, I've had no signal loss. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:56 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:26 PM, mike wrote: > > > Also troublesom

Re: [CGUYS] iPhone 4, Engineering thoughts

2010-06-28 Thread mike
Also troublesome was that Apple admitted the problem... Spin that, Tom. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:07 PM, tjpa wrote: > Good analysis and later confirmed by one of the commentators. > > It is also interesting to note how many of the other commentators just > won't let go of the original story. >

Re: [CGUYS] iphone 4, running with the herd

2010-06-26 Thread mike
I've seen this in some of the forums regarding the issue..calling it a lefty issue as if there are so few left handed people that it's not a huge problem. I don't know about right handers on the list, but I hold my phone almost exclusively with my left hand. Anyone else? On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at

Re: [CGUYS] iphone 4, running with the herd

2010-06-25 Thread mike
I've never owned a phone you couldn't hold as a *phone* and have it not work. This seems like a strange problem to have slipped by Apple, hopefully it is just a software glitch and can be fixed by an update. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:08 AM, TJPA wrote: > You are mixing up two stories. How you g

Re: [CGUYS] iphone 4, running with the herd

2010-06-25 Thread mike
has confirmed that the antenna is in this area, and people should, > hold their phones differently. > > Stewart > > > > At 10:48 AM 6/25/2010, you wrote: > >> There is speculation that part of the problem may be with the software >> that displays the bars. >&

[CGUYS] iphone 4, running with the herd

2010-06-25 Thread mike
I went with a friend to pick up his new iphone last night at a local Apple store. We went in the evening and all the walk in phones had been sold so the store wasn't too busy. We waited only about ten minutes before a smiling Apple employee, holding the iphone above her head gathered us up from t

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iOS or OS X

2010-06-25 Thread mike
my iPad > > On Jun 25, 2010, at 12:30 AM, mike wrote: > > Security updates via MS = idiot programmers > > Security updates via Apple = angelic programmers improving experience > > > * > ** L

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iOS or OS X

2010-06-24 Thread mike
Security updates via MS = idiot programmers Security updates via Apple = angelic programmers improving experience On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:10 PM, TJPA wrote: > Somehow in Mike's twisted logic, making improvements is a bad thing. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 24, 20

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iOS or OS X

2010-06-24 Thread mike
Not so locked down, with iOS 4, Apple released over 60 security updates, most to the web browser, many of which allowed remote execution of code...as in what allows remote users to take over the device. Now users of the first iphone and first gen touch wait to see if they will get the security fix

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iOS or OS X

2010-06-24 Thread mike
You are an Apple hater cause Tom says so...don't disagree with the Tom. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:35 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > > What I wrote was my personal opinion. I was not parroting what > others have said in the paragraph that you quoted. I am not an Apple > hater. > > I do not

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iOS or OS X

2010-06-24 Thread mike
I think you hit the wrong 'I hate MS', 'I hate MS users', button script with this one. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM, tjpa wrote: > > This is just the Apple haters bringing out their "Apple is going out of > business" drums. When the iPod was so very successful a few years ago they > were clai

Re: [CGUYS] Picture editing software recommendations

2010-06-24 Thread Mike Sloane
I have been using IrfanView for many years, and it certainly does what your friend is looking for. And the price is right. <http://www.irfanview.net/> Mike On 6/24/2010 11:30 AM, tjpa wrote: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pixelbasedwin/tp/freephotoedw.htm On Jun 24, 2010, at 9

Re: [CGUYS] Picture editing software recommendations

2010-06-24 Thread mike
Picasa may work for him. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Richard P. wrote: > A friend needs recommendations for a simple photo editing software, > preferably off-line. The most that he does is organize, re-size and > group photos so that several will fit on a single sheet when printed. > Storag

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iOS or OS X

2010-06-23 Thread mike
I could perhaps see Apple using iOS as an instant on option to check email etc and then OS X for full duty on laptops. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:40 PM, TJPA wrote: > Not likely, though it may become available as an option. I can see > power-mad IT types going for it as a way to totally control

Re: [CGUYS] DVD Burning Software

2010-06-23 Thread mike
Might try looking at MS moviemaker, might do the job if that's all he is doing. On Jun 23, 2010 1:40 PM, "David Turk" wrote: I've been pretty satisfied with Nero 7. david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Services Indiana Historical Society Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Cen

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail

2010-06-22 Thread mike
Hell freezes over...I agree with Tom. Take the chance to move to web mail or a local client like Thunderbird. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:22 AM, tjpa wrote: > On Jun 21, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Terry Kilburg wrote: > >> It seems like a good time to leave the buggy windows mail behind. So i >> have deci

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-18 Thread mike
They are more descriptors than names really. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:17 PM, TJPA wrote: > When you are wrong, you can always drop back to calling me names. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:30 PM, mike wrote: > > > Arrogant as always. You are n

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-18 Thread mike
What revitalized broadband policy? I haven't seen anything or heard anything...only read that they are 'planning'. And from reports the plan is to get 1mbit to everyone...WOW. 1mbit, hold em back. You can download the newest star trek at a resolution big enough for your cell phoneif the ISP

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-18 Thread mike
Arrogant as always. You are nothing if not dependable. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:25 AM, TJPA wrote: > This is a major chunk of the country. Why should the future wait for you > laggards? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Stewart Marshall > wrote: > > What you fail to real

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
u, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:26 PM, mike wrote: > > > Well my rinkey dink service is servicing more households than the future > > service you speak of. You know very well the ranking of the US for > > broadband penetration, so the only reason you have having this argument > is >

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
ice > provider. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 2:51 PM, mike wrote: > > > You live in a dream world. I broke my foot in October and spent the > month > > of November watching Hulu on my tv, Qwest turned off my internet > connection > > shortly

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
Too bad he won't sweep away DRM. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM, TJPA wrote: > These are licensing issues, not technical. A smart Steve Jobs can sweep > them away with a wave of his hand. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:46 PM, "Rev. Stewart Marshall" < > popoz...@earthlink.net>

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
at NetFlix is doing to see what > replaced it. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:47 AM, mike wrote: > > > Well Jobs does make bags of money from selling media as he does...I know > > he's leaving out a lot of people though who know for now, BR is &

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
e in 2008. > > > http://www.betanews.com/article/Steve-Jobs-Bluray-is-a-bag-of-hurt-no-netbook-planned/1224007987 > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM, mike wrote: > > > Be a lot more useful if the thing had a bluray player, 700 bux is > > outrageous > > for that hardware spec.

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-16 Thread mike
Yeah, I know...it *is* very nice, I don't fault Apple at all for hardware design. But they sure make you pay for it. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Stewart Marshall < revsamarsh...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hey but you are getting a Mac. > > Stewart > > > > At 10:51 AM 6/16/2010, you wrote: > >>

Re: [CGUYS] more problems could be ahead for the iPad

2010-06-16 Thread mike
I don't see em, they might have not gotten through if you got NO reply. I know we often go off track on the list, but I've rarely seen people ignored and I don't think it was ever done purposely. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: > At 01:47 AM 6/16/2010, phartz...@gmail.com wr

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-16 Thread mike
Be a lot more useful if the thing had a bluray player, 700 bux is outrageous for that hardware spec. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:26 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote: > At 1:23 AM -0400 6/16/10, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > > Plus, I think that Apple plans to push the new >> Mini more as a vehicle for en

Re: [CGUYS] more problems could be ahead for the iPad

2010-06-15 Thread mike
He's talking about buying a little mifi box that uses verizon's 3g to give wifi connections to up to 5 devices. Or you could do this: http://dishtvhdstore.com/ipad-mifi-conversion-for-verizon/ On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:07 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM, John D

Re: [CGUYS] more problems could be ahead for the iPad

2010-06-15 Thread mike
I can buy an iPad for Sprint and Verizon? On Jun 15, 2010 4:54 AM, "TJPA" wrote: Tell him that the iPad is not locked to ATT. Sent from my iPad On Jun 15, 2010, at 7:17 AM, "phartz...@gmail.com" wrote: > country on busin... **

Re: [CGUYS] more problems could be ahead for the iPad

2010-06-14 Thread mike
t; On Jun 14, 2010, at 6:08 PM, mike wrote: > >> AT&T's website said there are still lurking security problems related to >> the >> iPad. >> > > This is an AT&T problem, not an iPad problem. You are so desperate to > attack Apple that you can't

[CGUYS] more problems could be ahead for the iPad

2010-06-14 Thread mike
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/14/technology/att_ipad_hack/index.htm NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A day after AT&T fessed up to its iPad 3G customers about a security breach, the hackers that exploited the vulnerability

[CGUYS] apple/gizmodo warrant released

2010-05-15 Thread mike
http://thenextweb.com/us/2010/05/14/iphone-gizmodo-warrant-details-revealed/?awesm=tnw.to_169hz&utm_medium=tnw.to-twitter&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=twitter-publisher-main I find the parts regarding Apple refusing to actually say the 4g iphone is theirs even thought they wanted it back...t

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2010 Getting Less than Stellar Reviews

2010-05-13 Thread mike
Note they still gave it 7 out of 10. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:12 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_office_2010 > > "More bloated than the Goodyear blimp. Printing is slow and buggy. Useless > spam filter even after a decade of development. Occasional system crashes

Re: [CGUYS] Apple drops OS X awards

2010-05-10 Thread Mike Henderson
Actually that 4g phone is better than the nexus in most every respect. The nexus was cutting edge for about ten minutes, then HTC started releasing better phones..the 4G, the incredible. Might want take a look at Verizon's version of the newest HTC. Sent from my iPod On May 10, 2010, at 5:13 PM,

[CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share

2010-05-10 Thread mike
NPD reported Android hit 28% over Apple's 21% share for smartphone. Could this be why Apple is screwing with their developers? Heaven forbid they compete on even ground... * ** List info, subscription management, list rule

Re: [CGUYS] Converting mixed upper/lower case to all caps

2010-05-06 Thread mike
Filemenu tools might do it, this app contains an advanced renamer tool. http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, David Turk wrote: > Windows XP SP3 > > I have several dozen files from outside sources, whose filenames don't > conform to our filename format. T

Re: [CGUYS] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-04 Thread mike
, b_s-wilk wrote: > On May 4, 2010, at 2:16 AM, mike wrote: >> >>> A false argument, Apple supports all kinds of 'old technology', why does >>> Apple still put USB on their systems? >>> >> >> If you don't know that Apple is consisten

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Decline Continues

2010-05-04 Thread mike
Chrome just released another beta that is supposedly faster than anything previously released. Haven't tried it yet, I've stopped trying Opera, it does everything and none too well. Never really saw the point of Safari, tried it and it did weird things with tabs taking them out of user control. F

Re: [CGUYS] Adobe Digital Editions

2010-05-04 Thread mike
Maybe you could be a little more clear? Which is incorrect, it's not a runtime environment? It doesn't do ajax? Javascript...HTML? Flash? Or is it that you know I actually don't like the AIR based program I use? On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:34 AM, tjpa wrote: > On May 4, 2010

Re: [CGUYS] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-04 Thread mike
No USB on imacs?? No USB on tower or Apple laptops? Let me know when Apple drops USB and starts using a wet interface. On May 4, 2010 6:42 AM, "tjpa" wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 2:16 AM, mike wrote: > > A false argument, Apple supports all kinds of 'old techn... If you don

Re: [CGUYS] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-03 Thread mike
ace...it's old tech. They don't want to support flash because it's buggy? Cool. Fine. Old technology? Meh. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:32 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > On May 3, 2010, at 10:41 PM, mike wrote: > >> While most agree flash is a PITA to develop for etc, he

Re: [CGUYS] Adobe Digital Editions

2010-05-03 Thread mike
Air has nothing to do with Flash except it can run flash in the air environment, but that's just one thing it does. It can also run ajax/html/javascript, all having nothing to do with flash. I can't speak to the specific app you are wanting to run, the desktop twitter app I use is built on air...

Re: [CGUYS] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-03 Thread mike
While most agree flash is a PITA to develop for etc, here is another view. http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Steve-Jobs-Thoughts-on-Flash-is-just-smoke/1272565882 On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 6:25 PM, tjp wrote: > Have you read Job's essay on Flash? It really is well reasoned. And today > M

Re: [CGUYS] Pennsylvania webcam spying

2010-05-03 Thread mike
As said on first blush, this had nothing to do with security or getting a laptop back and more about control and voyeurism. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:43 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > A just-released report into the "Webcamgate" scandal has found that > Lower Merion School District officials kn

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Anti-trust App

2010-05-03 Thread mike
This has zero to do with enforcing quality. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 6:42 PM, tjpa wrote: > The iPhone is now the top selling phone in the US. That is certainly going > to get Apple a kind of legal attention it never had before. However, I > expect that after Apple is finished explaining its actio

[CGUYS] Apple Anti-trust App

2010-05-03 Thread mike
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/an_antitrust_app_buvCWcJdjFoLD5vBSkguGO I was hoping Apple wouldn't get a pass on this deal, this control issue Apple has is BS from top to bottom. If MS did something like this we'd never hear the end of it, virtual silence since Apple implemented this. **

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way?

2010-05-03 Thread mike
Weird...I walked into an Apple store and saw them ready for buying. And yes..almost impossible competition. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:50 AM, tjpa wrote: > Tough competition... > > "Apple said it sold one million iPads as of Friday, just 28 days after the > touch-screen tablet computers went on

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way?

2010-05-03 Thread mike
This unit would be considered I think competition for the iPad, it's about 300 bux. The biggest benefit of course for the iPad is the app store, makes entering this market near impossible for anyone. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: > Source, Mike? >

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way?

2010-05-03 Thread mike
Sorry for the double post, forgot the URL. http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcpop.com%2Fdoc%2F0%2F527%2F527783.shtml&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:26 AM, mike wrote: > This unit would be considered I think competition for t

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way?

2010-05-03 Thread mike
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/02/01/apple-ipad-to-deliver-50-margin-says-analyst/tab/article/ On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: > Source, Mike? > > Thank you, > Mark Snyder > > -Original Message- > Keep in mind, Apple's m

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way?

2010-05-03 Thread mike
09/22/a_look_inside_the_ipod_nano_and_apples_margins.html On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: > Source, Mike? > > Thank you, > Mark Snyder > > -Original Message- > Keep in mind, Apple's markup is about

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Cancels Courier - Lost their Way?

2010-05-02 Thread mike
Keep in mind, Apple's markup is about 50%...so HP could come in under. There are net tops with win 7 and multiple ports for under 300. On May 2, 2010 7:40 PM, "David K Watson" wrote: MS aren't the only ones killing their prototype if this rumor bears out: < http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewle

Re: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?

2010-05-02 Thread mike
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575214593564769072.html Not a bad article on the matter. On May 2, 2010 5:59 PM, "phartz...@gmail.com" wrote: On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:35 PM, mike wrote: > We'll just power everything off ha... I will be a good ten or

Re: [CGUYS] It's here...God help us

2010-05-02 Thread mike
That's what I think it is, Steve Jobs isn't against porn, he is using the massive numbers of all iphone users to find the good porn and using it for himself through Safari. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:46 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > > > > I thought it was just that all Porn was to be accessed throu

Re: [CGUYS] A New Age of Enlightenment

2010-05-02 Thread mike
And being their own computers, they don't have to worry about IT installing monitoring software on their laptops and watching them in their unmentionables at home. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:23 PM, mike wrote: > > >

Re: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?

2010-05-02 Thread mike
We'll just power everything off hamsters. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:53 AM, tjpa wrote: > On May 1, 2010, at 7:18 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > >> You cannot have oil drilling off-shore without without accidents, >> spills and likely occasional disastrous consequences. >> > > Ditto for nuclear

Re: [CGUYS] A New Age of Enlightenment

2010-05-02 Thread mike
Those five people will be really pleased they can bring a mac...corporate will be pleased they aren't having to send IT down any more since they discontinued support for employees computers. That part is the real story here. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:41 AM, tjpa wrote: > > http://www.appleinsid

Re: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?

2010-05-02 Thread mike
Most states are still republics to a point. Of course this depends on your view of what a republic is...I know one of the wacks on that TX board when they were reviewing their history books didn't want to include that the US was a republic, she felt it was misleading even if true. On Sun, May 2,

Re: [CGUYS] It's here...God help us

2010-05-02 Thread mike
Nick Denton is in his forties...so some, not all. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:32 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > > > So, it is becoming quite clear to me that much of what is > influencing the direction in which our digital world is being directed > are very young and very immature people, and mos

Re: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?

2010-05-01 Thread mike
They are a republic..just like the US. On May 1, 2010 7:44 PM, "Stewart Marshall" wrote: Lets correct things a little bit here. A small group/committee decided this for the whole state. Kind of dumb but that is how it works. Similar problem in my church body a small group decides what our pub

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