Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Deadly? They said that? On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Ranbo wrote: > Anyone see the 60 Minutes piece Sunday on the deadly computer virus > sweeping > the world? The story suggested that there is some reason to think it might > be activated in millions of computers by its creator on April 1

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread mike
So now the macbook pro is a 100,000 dollar studio in a 2000 dollar box? You are smokin something totally wack in your house today. Now I know you send out these emails on purpose, completely left the building on this one..left the planet. You went to far now, it's clear you are doing this to egg

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread mike
And you've been discussing the matter with yourself for seven emails...the mirror analogy suddenly seems even more apropos. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Sometimes It's like some mac users look in the mirror and reflect back at > >non mac users their own feelings. Ther

Re: [CGUYS] toast

2009-03-31 Thread mike
I really don't want the therapy bills that come with a life that you lead. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > That just shows how much you have been deprived. People love their Macs, > iMacs, MacBooks, Minis, iPods, iPhones, and iTouchs. They are truly > excited by them. They

Re: [CGUYS] gPhone Ad [Was: Not cool enough

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Useful things that are not done in real time either! WooHoo! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Actually they really don't touch on macs at all. They talk about ilife > >sometimes...but mostly it's windows bad/mac good type adverts. Although > >done a lot better then MS h

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread mike
I already defended you on this one. Tom is too small and frail to lift 8 pounds! It's not his fault he's built weak. (No one tell Tom that Apple sells a laptop that is only 1.2 pounds lighter) On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >She wanted a LAPTOP!!! > > > >Why do you rep

Re: [CGUYS] toast

2009-03-31 Thread mike
The neighbors see you with one of the new centurion models with the built in guns in the forearms and they stop inviting you over to barbques..the snobs. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: > > I like toast. I have a 10 dollar toaster oven I got at a garage sale, > looks > > br

Re: [CGUYS] toast

2009-03-31 Thread mike
If it was free, the TFB would just make fun of me. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:10 AM, John Emmerling wrote: > 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 o

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread mike
I'm not talking company, I'm talking user base. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > By that logic, MS would have been satisfied with their monopoly and just > relaxed at least ten years ago. > > I can't think of any publicly-owned company that

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Must be irritated horribly by all those Apple ads then. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Constance Warner wrote: > > > I'm not irritated by her personal choice; I just don't like the deceptive > rhetoric and the silly attitudes of the commercial. > > It's true, the art of the commercial is the

Re: [CGUYS] CD and DVD - R or + R for Leopard iMac ?

2009-03-31 Thread mike
I don't see any advantage, but I'm no expert. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:57 AM, db wrote: > Is CD and DVD - R or + R media advantageous for burning data on a new iMac? > > db > > > * > ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread mike
It's like a bad horror movie...just when you think it's over it comes back. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Well she could have a laptop running MAC OSX for under $1K. It would of > >course be a hackintosh. If she were happy with a netbook then she could > >just pull i

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Actually they really don't touch on macs at all. They talk about ilife sometimes...but mostly it's windows bad/mac good type adverts. Although done a lot better then MS has ever done. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > Few ads from MS come

[CGUYS] toast

2009-03-31 Thread mike
a sticker of my toaster oven on my car. I don't have any shirts that say 'think different-with toast'. To most windows users, their computer is a toaster oven...it's not a badge identifying them to the world about their life goals and statemen

Re: [CGUYS] Dino Dai Zovi [Was: Not cool enough [was re: Laptop

2009-03-31 Thread mike
He isn't a MFB, he's too intellectually honest about the computer he's on. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >The one thing other contests do test that Pwn2Own doesn't is speed. I > >could have written my exploit in a day or a week or even a month. At other > >contests, you h

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Sometimes It's like some mac users look in the mirror and reflect back at non mac users their own feelings. There are no WFB..they don't exist in the same way MFB exist. The mac community was on the fighting end for so long they are just never not fighting. It's like so many of them have little

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread mike
I would be hard pressed to find a laptop that competes with Apple on the looks of the machine. The new laptops are exceptional looking. But they aren't 1000 dollars more exceptional looking then competing specs for me. MS is fighting apple in the area it can...cost of hardware, Apple margins are

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Maybe she needed a laptop today, not three years from now after scrimping and saving? Maybe she wanted one with at least some kind of warranty rather then a 4 year old mac that has nothing but duct tape and a wing and a prayer keeping it together. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Constance Warne

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-31 Thread mike
Check your outgoing about 21 hours ago where you said and I quote: *No. So they show adds of people buying _laptops_ and showing how much cheaper they are (with scum-sucking bottom feeder hardware).* The implication being running any hardware with windows is scum sucking bottom feeder hardware..

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-31 Thread mike
That's true, MS did stack the deck to artificially exclude apple..I mean she wanted a portable computer and Apple doesn't have one of those...she wanted a reasonable price, and we KNOW Apple doesn't have reasonable prices. Man how dishonest! Anyone needing a portable just buy an imac and lug that

Re: [CGUYS] The IT dilemma (was not cool enough)

2009-03-30 Thread mike
As well as rootkit. I was using AVG free till it stopped doing full protection for free users. Avast is a good solution for home users. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM, db wrote: > Install the Free AVAST antivirus software (be sure to uninstall what you > have now first). It has malware and s

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread mike
Rev...they aren't *macs*, they are crap...bottom feeder hardware..oh wait I mean scum sucking bottom feeder hardware. At least to our friends on the other side. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Constance I can go to Wal-Marts site right n

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-30 Thread mike
Ah, now we get to it...anyone not running Apple hardware is, let me get this right...scum sucking bottom feeders, or is it anyone not running Apple hardware *likes* scum sucking bottom feeder hardware? I can't tell exactly how you were insulting anyone without macs. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:11

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread mike
ch to afford a Mac. But to demand the LATEST model, > 17" laptop, for a Wal-Mart discount price? THAT'S unrealistic. > > --Constance Warner > > > > On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:39 AM, mike wrote: > > Constance, when you go shopping are you saying you have ZERO cri

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-30 Thread mike
Constance, when you go shopping are you saying you have ZERO criteria? NONE? You must be unbelievably rich. For the rest of us who have normal jobs, make normal amounts of money...money does have to come into play at some point. Not everyone can live with the 'money is no object' attitude some h

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-30 Thread mike
I think I've found Tom's problem. He needs to eat better, he is obviously in a very weakened state and thinks 6-7 pounds is heavy. I happen to have an HP DV series laptop...my wife uses it every day. She is able, despite her 5'1" 120lb frame to take this laptop with ease from kitchen table to de

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-30 Thread mike
Like the Apple ads? You can spot em On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Betty, do you think that the woman with the Swiffer actually cleans her > >house with that thing? Or that it is actually her house? Or that it is a > >house at all, not a stage set? > > For starters the S

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread mike
And some people wonder why mac users are thought of as elitist snobs. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > Tell the truth. A real person would have bought the iMac with a much > larger 20-inch screen and the software needed to get work done. > > > *

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Yes, there is a lot of BS. BTW, MS doesn't make computers. So far I think you've got just about everything wrong. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >A laptop (also known as a notebook) is a personal computer designed for > >mobile use small enough to sit on one's lap. > > A

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Hopefully she'll make enough to hire a big guy to lug that thing around for her as well as a PSU so she can use that as a portable which is what she wanted anyway. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > Then the kind salesperson at the Apple Store will explain to her that th

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Wow you can spin stuff like nobody... On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Anyone who can read will know that I didn't suggest this. I merely pointed > >out that your claim that all we have to go on is MS propaganda is > ridiculous > >because a huge number of people ARE using i

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Just because you don't move your portable doesn't mean no one does. I've got four close friends who live their lives from their laptops, 3 of them don't even have desktop units at home, the laptop goes everywhere. Two of those guys are mac guys. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrot

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread mike
hmmm...yes I can. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Unbiased like...you? You *are* funny. > > Here I sit with a Mac and a PC side by side like cats and dogs. I am > highly proficient with both. Can you say the same? > > >

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Oh Betty...where were your calls for disservice during the i'm a mac/i'm a pc ads from Apple? Please. She is representing a person, unlike some here, who have to work with something called a 'budget'. I know all the mac heads drive around in their Bentley's and put their nose up at those who can

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

2009-03-29 Thread mike
So now beta software is...the official beta, the official GM release AND the official release with SP 1? Now finally we are out of 'beta' when we hit SP 2? And I thought MS's numbering scheme was wacko... On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Sez the man who has never touched

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread mike
Unbiased like...you? You *are* funny. Lugging around a 20" iMac would be great! Where is that handle?... On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Fine. But they still wouldn't sell her what she wanted. A laptop with a > >17' monitor for less than $1K > > She could have bought a

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-29 Thread mike
No they go to AJ's and realize they can get the same crap for less at Safeway. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >She wanted a Mac? In a *Microsoft* commercial? I believe the point of > >her going to an Apple store was to show that there isn't much choice > >there for less th

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
We aren't going to debate the intelligence of actors are we? On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:03 PM, katan wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:09:57 -0400, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > > She wanted a Mac? In a *Microsoft* commercial? I believe the point of > her going to an Apple store was to show that there

Re: [CGUYS] One more question...

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Vista works better and sucks less though :) On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: > > > > WinXP is really an old and tired looking OS at this point. >> > > Maybe. But it actually works and it doesn't suck. > ***

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Ah, right. So this was you helping Apple 'mislead' us into thinking they actually had the hardware. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Shocking you have no proof of Apple selling their midrange line for 1k or > >under... > > It's an ADVERTISEMENT. Ha ha ha! > > >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Shocking you have no proof of Apple selling their midrange line for 1k or under... On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >link? > > No link. The sale is over. You snooze you looze. > > > * > ** List info, s

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
If I have to get to work and need a car to do so, do I quit my job till I can afford 40k car or get a car that will get me to work, work hard, get promoted and then when I can afford it, I'll go after that 40k car. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >She didn't walk into th

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Completely ignore the email to take more weird shots at your imaginary WFB's. One quick logic problem..well one of the logic problems...why would your WFB's put apple software on their machines just to complain about it? On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >I can see going af

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
link? On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >You know they were running a closeout on mid/high range laptops being sold > >for 1k or less? > > You didn't know? Well no wonder you are a WFB. So very, very sad. > > >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
No idea why PCMAG is playing the game...but HP and CNET report that laptop came out on February 1st. Hardly old especially considering how few times Apple refreshes their lineup. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > Those Windows haters over at PCMagazine weigh in with... >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
You know they were running a closeout on mid/high range laptops being sold for 1k or less? On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >You fanbois are seriously trying to say that the ad is deceptive on some > >significant level because the girl may not have physically walked into the

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
I can see going after ms in some cases...using the monopoly power of windows to force in IE...but unless I'm recollecting incorrectly itunes and ipods have *always* been tied together even when they had no market share. And since they now have more market share, has apple ever actually used this i

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
So the brits stopped the Apple ads? On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >It was an ADVERTISEMENT. > > And anything goes in the ole USA. In Britain the nasty old government > will actually order advertisers to stop running deceptive ads. Probably > happens in a lot of other civi

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Should be real easy for the apple guys to show her the door as they are geniuses. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >I looked at the video. Lauren didn't go into the Apple Store at all. She > >walked to the door, turned around and walked away. Same guy is walking > past > >in

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
You said new. I took that to mean...uh...new. Not old models. Somehow I knew you would never give up the url. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Ya got an url for those mythical beasts, cheapest mac I've seen around > there > >was the 599 mac mini... > > I assumed that say

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM, mike wrote: > > > She's an actress...it's...um...fake. It's not real. It's just an advert > > :) It's kinda like justin long isn't *really* a mac...he's actually a > human > > being POSING as a mac. >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
I could see maybe getting one if it was 250 or 299... On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:33 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:42 AM, mike wrote: > > > Ah, he said new...spose those are the 'new' old models. > > > Well new to him. The refurbs ar

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
She's an actress...it's...um...fake. It's not real. It's just an advert :) It's kinda like justin long isn't *really* a mac...he's actually a human being POSING as a mac. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:47 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:45 PM, betty wrote: > > Looks to

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-28 Thread mike
Ah, he said new...spose those are the 'new' old models. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:04 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:02 PM, mike wrote: > > > Ya got an url for those mythical beasts, cheapest mac I've seen around > > there > > was

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread mike
Ya got an url for those mythical beasts, cheapest mac I've seen around there was the 599 mac mini... On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Hey, guys. You don't need to exaggerate to make your point. BTW, if > >you really believe that a BASIC Mac costs 2 K, then your idea of >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread mike
>From reports, Bill Gates was never happy about those I'm a mac/pc ads. Ever reactionary, MS has been trying to compete with the combination of the apparently failure of vista and OS X's increasing (although still small) market share. http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/microsofts-new-ad-shows-how

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread mike
basic is very > different from mine. [To be boringly factual, you can do well for a lot > less.] > > --Constance Warner > > > On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:11 PM, mike wrote: > > She might have thought that finally apple was making computers for the >> regular person who

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread mike
She might have thought that finally apple was making computers for the regular person who can't spend two grand on a basic model. Alas, we all can't be so cool that Jobs considers us. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Or she just figured she didn't want to spend twice as

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 *user* reviews [Was: Office 2007]

2009-03-27 Thread mike
mac and windows developer konfabulator. Not to mention the half dozen other companies that did gagdgets on windows and linux for years. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >I have them on XP called Widgets and Yahoo does them. > > Yahoo bought out Mac developer Konfabulator.

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread mike
Or she just figured she didn't want to spend twice as much for 'look and feel'. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >Nice spin, but no, their primary point is having a choice. On her $1,000 > >budget she could choose between many PCs, or she could take the one Mac, > >which di

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

2009-03-27 Thread mike
Right president...need to get your news from somewhere other then the obama fan brigade. On 3/27/09, Tom Piwowar wrote: >>WARNING: Due to a Presidential Executive Order, the National Security >>Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant or notice. > > Wrong President. > > Letterman

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters - and Silverlight

2009-03-27 Thread mike
It works only on intel based macs...perhaps that was the issue? On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:09 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: > The videos are up on the MS site, but they would not play on my PC. Maybe I >> should have tried it with my Mac, but lazy me, I found it on youtube. Search >> on Laptop Hunters. >>

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 *user* reviews [Was: Office 2007]

2009-03-27 Thread mike
http://lifehacker.com/software/optimization/turn-off-indexing-and-speed-up-windows-xp-031440.php That shows you how to turn off indexing, on my xp installs I didn't think indexing was on, I had to switch it on. Mike On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: > If I understan

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 *user* reviews [Was: Office 2007]

2009-03-27 Thread mike
Right...but I still have to sort them. I want a system that can analyze tags so when I open a folder labeled 'industrial' I get all my music that is tagged as such no matter where it is. We spend time tagging photos, tagging music...tagging docs and windows still does nothing with those. On Fri,

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 *user* reviews [Was: Office 2007]

2009-03-26 Thread mike
I understood libraries couldn't do more then aggregate folders not file types? So when I open the Pictures library, it opens all files in any of the attached folders to the library? I've wanted Apple's smart folders on windows since Apple put that feature in OS X...wonderful tool for those of us w

Re: [CGUYS] Windows 7 *user* reviews [Was: Office 2007]

2009-03-26 Thread mike
Actually it wasn't a ripoff from Apple, gadgets/widgets whatever you want to call them were around a long time before Apple. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM, katan wrote: > > > > I kind of like Gadgets for one reason: the analog clock. I like that > you can set the opacity and leave it up front

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest

2009-03-26 Thread mike
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pwn2own-mac-hack,2254.html An interview with Charlie Miller winner of this and last years pwn2own contest. It may answer some of the questions asked here. Did he get root access? No...but he then explains why it hardly matters. Other topics are which is safer

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-26 Thread mike
Vista suffers from poor marketing, and poor development from the MS side (being released too soon) and from the developer side (not enough drivers/software). Those problems were sufficiently gone by SP 1. It always made me chuckle when I hear how poor Vista is and then learn it's being put on fiv

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-26 Thread mike
Why 7 and not Vista? On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > At present I am excited about Windows 7 and am anticipating upgrading to > that. > > * ** List info, subscr

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

2009-03-25 Thread mike
Intuitive is just another word for, in with the new, same as the old. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: > At 05:14 PM 3/25/2009, Chris Dunford wrote: > >Do you have any data to confirm that the "public" thinks this, > particularly > >of Office, which is what we're talking about

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

2009-03-25 Thread mike
You mention consensus and profits as a measure of failure...or soon to be failure of office 2007. I'm wondering when this will start since it's now 2009 and office sales are up over previous versions? I use google docs myself as I don't need a full office suite so I have no horse in this race.

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

2009-03-25 Thread mike
I know from an interview I heard with one of the developers on MS office that almost all the features MS would get requests for were already in the product. One of the reasons for developing the ribbon was to increase the chances of users getting more out of office. Those here notwithstanding, mo

Re: [CGUYS] What a pain... Sad.

2009-03-25 Thread mike
5 came out ten years ago...good guess. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > Marcio, > > It appears that version 5 is old; version 6.1 was released to be > compatible with windows 2000 and XP (see > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

2009-03-24 Thread mike
And also interesting...the MS hater is again...hating MS. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > It is interesting that the cheerleaders for this latest interface > travesty are the same two people who are always cheerleaders for whatever > MS deigns to dish out. > *

Re: [CGUYS] Spam:Re: [CGUYS] Video capture from internal DVD player

2009-03-24 Thread mike
Because Tom reacts before he thinks and obviously thinks everyone is a crook. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:52 AM, David Turk wrote: > Just so you know, this video is a film transfer from items in our > collection, to which we own the rights (although I realize why you're > bringing this up...) > >

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest

2009-03-20 Thread mike
ve anti-exploit >> stuff built into it. >> > > Do folks here know, is Miller starting as an admin user, e.g.? [I don't > want to start any bonfires; I love my Mac, and don't plan to ditch it, but > statements like these make me wonder how it's happening.] >

Re: [CGUYS] Digital audio recorder

2009-03-19 Thread mike
I can't recommend a recorder, but a feature you may want to find is one that allows the file to be broken into segments with the push of a button while you are recording. My old sony would allow this. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >We have a group that will be doing oral

Re: [CGUYS] CanSecWest

2009-03-19 Thread mike
Less then 365 days it seems...since he did the same thing last year. That said developing the code for these guys is easy, it's finding the exploit. Apparently there are enough exploits in safari/IE/firefox that multiple people can take multiple shots at multiple exploits they have found studying

[CGUYS] CanSecWest

2009-03-19 Thread mike
left standing, although that seems to be more from lack of trying then anything. They are supposed to take cracks at the mobile market next, that should be more interesting. Mike * ** List info, subscription management

Re: [CGUYS] multiple monitors

2009-03-16 Thread mike
I bought my wife a laptop not long, the best part is I got her 19" lcd to match the one I already have. I use them all the time, mostly keeping IRC/IM etc on one and everything else on the other. Also the few times I do get to watch tv or a movie, I can keep it playing in one window and work in t

[CGUYS] apple and 10 inches Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent & Netbooks

2009-03-15 Thread mike
Not just 10" lcd's, but 10" touchscreen LCD's. On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < popoz...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > One of my members informed me today that Apple has ordered about 1 million > 10" LCD screens, I wonder what they plan to do with them? > > Stewart > > and t

[CGUYS] bmw gaming rig

2009-03-15 Thread mike
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/15/bmw-designworksusa-designs-ultimate-gaming-rig/ Clearly this is an effort to simply see just how cool they can make a computer housing...pretty damn cool! * ** List info, subscription mana

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-15 Thread mike
Physician, heal thyself. On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > > I am not going to contunue this off topic thread and ask others not to > pick it up. We don't want to go there again.. My initial post was > intended to raise a warning that you were seeding your posts with > in

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-14 Thread mike
Maybe you can elaborate? Support of what? It either will play a file or not. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: > VLC isn't as 'clean' in appearence, but offers more options and >> supports a wide variety of codecs without the need for add ons. >> > > Granted but it's freew

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-14 Thread mike
VLC isn't as 'clean' in appearence, but offers more options and supports a wide variety of codecs without the need for add ons. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote: > Use VLC. Dump WMP. >> > > That seems a little extreme, what are the opportunity costs > of using VLC? > > Admit

Re: [CGUYS] sxsw

2009-03-14 Thread mike
You are done...? Completely?? *shakes fist at rotten DSL* On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Jim wrote: > Thanks for the the tip. Am enjoying the music. > (And seeding, seeding, seeding) > > Jim > > > > On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:23 AM, mike wrote: > > I know thi

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

2009-03-14 Thread mike
VLC is a good choice, good support for a wide variety of codecs out of the box. Codec/containers etc can be extremely confusing especially when you get into subtitle support etc. You may look at this codec to install: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC3_Filter.htm Someone else on the list ma

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

2009-03-14 Thread mike
The topic of having their own 'fast lane'. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: > What topic exactly? > > > -Original Message- > > If I'm not mistaken, google has brought this topic up before several > > years > > ago. > > > > > > > > This explains why Google quietly cha

Re: [CGUYS] sxsw

2009-03-14 Thread mike
; spending much time going through it, I found quite a lot that was good > > and > > expect the same this year, so if you are into music and want to put a > > whole > > lot of it on your ipod at once this is a great chance to do so. > > > > http://sites.google.com/site/s

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

2009-03-13 Thread mike
If I'm not mistaken, google has brought this topic up before several years ago. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:19 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: > > This explains why Google quietly changed their position on net neutrality > in > December, despite PR-numbed statements otherwise. > > http://online.wsj.com/art

[CGUYS] mac towers

2009-03-13 Thread mike
I was looking through the apple store at the new mac towers. I was wondering if anyone knows off hand if the motherboards on the bottom line towers use the same motherboard as the top of the line tower? * ** List info, subs

[CGUYS] sxsw

2009-03-13 Thread mike
I know this isn't quite a computer topic but it does relate to digital music so.. The South by Southwest music festival takes place soon and this link is to torrents to download almost 6 gigs of music to fill up your ipod...or really cheap player you may regret buying. I got all of it last year a

Re: [CGUYS] crazy fast

2009-03-11 Thread mike
And their wifi chip to send data back even when you are offline... On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >I've read also that they have some unused space on the drives...so a 64 > gig > >drive might actually be 70 and when certain areas wear out etc, the drive > >shifts to these

Re: [CGUYS] those pesky browsers!

2009-03-11 Thread mike
That only works in some cases. Usually what happens is the first result is not the result of a full site search had you searched ON the site, but one of the results if you had searched on the site. I need the whole set of results, not just one that comes back of hundreds etc. I notice it works o

Re: [CGUYS] those pesky browsers!

2009-03-11 Thread mike
I have in my plug ins drop down: google, yahoo, creative commons, isohunt, mininova, dictionary.com, wikipedia, imdb, twitter and myrcroft project. I use half of these most every day, the others probably once a week or more. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >I'd probably

Re: [CGUYS] crazy fast

2009-03-10 Thread mike
I've read also that they have some unused space on the drives...so a 64 gig drive might actually be 70 and when certain areas wear out etc, the drive shifts to these areas. On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >I've read that you shouldn't defrag an SSD because A) it doesn't act

Re: [CGUYS] those pesky browsers!

2009-03-10 Thread mike
I'd probably switch to chrome or safari 4 if I could just get some plug ins for search. Is there a way to have google search only specific sites, like search:imdb watchmen ? On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > >generally I use opera for speed > > I'm taking to Chrome when I n

[CGUYS] cricket cell phone...a new twist

2009-03-10 Thread mike
It looks like cricket is about to release one of the biggest advancements in cell phone technology since the iphone. They have completely thought out of the box on this one, putting in traditional touches with a new twist, they expect millions in sales in the first month alone...better have deep p

[CGUYS] crazy fast

2009-03-09 Thread mike
http://tinyurl.com/cp75bm These guys RAID'd 24 samsung ssd drives to get 2GB/s speed. Crazy fast. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at h

Re: [CGUYS] Wolfram Alpha

2009-03-09 Thread mike
Well now I have to agree with Tom on this one...although I lack his hope that any combo of letters will make it successful. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > > > Meanwhile, I hear that Live Search is about to undergo another > > name change. The hope is that the right combi

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