Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-10 Thread mike
Those building homes need better tools than someone putting together a few pieces of wood. Interestingly, when I have a friend of mine over who is a professional carpenter, he doesn't make fun of me because of the saw I use. He knows I don't do it for a living, I don't need the level of tool he

[CGUYS] moto android again

2009-12-10 Thread mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtNisSeihPE Another moto android commercial, less Michael Bay'ish for those who didn't like the droid invasion. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-10 Thread mike
: On Dec 10, 2009, at 2:47 PM, mike wrote: Those building homes need better tools than someone putting together a few pieces of wood. Interestingly, when I have a friend of mine over who is a professional carpenter, he doesn't make fun of me because of the saw I use. He knows I don't do

Re: [CGUYS] Consternation over Computer Constipation - help!

2009-12-09 Thread mike
Some like to run outgoing firewalls to be...extra careful. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:05 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Ranbo wrote: I uninstalled Zone Alarm Pro (after activating the Windows firewall). So far, things are better - loading web pages and documents.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-12-09 Thread mike
That is more accurate since Tom has called known mac users 'WFBs'. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Quoting Rob robfl...@ix.netcom.com: What is a WFB? Anybody that doesn't agree with Tom.

[CGUYS] AT$T says it's customers need to be educated, stops short of opening re-education camps.

2009-12-09 Thread mike
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CFS57G0show_article=1 We need to educate the customer ... We've got to get them to understand what represents a megabyte of data, de la Vega said. We're improving all our systems to let consumers get real-time information on their data usage. That's a

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread mike
Seems a distinction without a difference. Or at very list the splitting of very fine hairs. How is it your website is not in the cloud but gmail is? What is the difference? I can download an app that basically allows me to FTP files to my gmail account...when I run this app does that mean it is

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-09 Thread mike
Sounds like more MS bad advertising ideas...make a problem that wasn't really a problem seem like it's been fixed. Who knows, the only time I've seen this issue is either when malware etc is on the machine or in network situations where the admin has written bad scripts that run on login.

Re: [CGUYS] Maybe, maybe not

2009-12-09 Thread mike
So your host will let you walk into their server room and physically remove the HD? On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: First, remember I pointed out I'm not completely sure if gmail via the web is cloud-stored or not. Certainly if you use POP with gmail it's not

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-09 Thread mike
: On Dec 9, 2009, at 4:35 PM, mike wrote: Sounds like more MS bad advertising ideas...make a problem that wasn't really a problem seem like it's been fixed. Some companies will say absolutely anything to get the rubes to part with their dollars

Re: [CGUYS] Android feedback

2009-12-09 Thread mike
screen and the apps have been really cool so far. Is that what iPhone people feel? - Original Message From: mike xha...@gmail.com To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Thu, December 3, 2009 11:27:48 PM Subject: [CGUYS] a twofer update http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-09 Thread mike
One more example of Tom, being...Tom. It also depends on the quality of the controller, you can get cheap esata controllers that are slower, or good ones that blaze. Has nothing to do with apple or pc. Different interfaces for different jobs. Note that Apple and PC's both use USB, SATA..FW. On

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-09 Thread mike
Those of us who can tell the difference, use them for what they are intended. Other just complain as you do and act as if it matters. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:14 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 9, 2009, at 7:51 PM, mike wrote: Note that Apple and PC's both use USB, SATA..FW. Yes

Re: [CGUYS] Waking from sleep

2009-12-09 Thread mike
Part of the problem is how MS approaches touting the features. Part of it is haters who see 'windows 7 boots faster than vista' as not that 7 is faster but that vista is crap. Shockingly they don't look at Apple's advertising the same way, some will never satisfy, better to just ignore them, nod

Re: [CGUYS] The Cloud stole her data...

2009-12-08 Thread mike
Does she have local backups? On Nov 13, 2009 7:28 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:06 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:49 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote:Class... Classmates,

[CGUYS] mp3 tagging app for os x

2009-12-08 Thread mike
I'm looking for a tagging app for os x. I need it to do mass tags, wildcards etc. This is for a friend because I do anything like this on windows currently. Thanks. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-12-08 Thread mike
Um..yeah. Once again he's talking without looking. Technically a 'wfb' if you can find one, can run the magic mouse. Drivers are out there. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:15 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: As to the mouse click thing I'm on the fence.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Magic Mouse

2009-12-08 Thread mike
http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/11/14588/ good luck On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:36 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 8, 2009, at 6:28 PM, mike wrote: Um..yeah. Once again he's talking without looking. Technically a 'wfb' if you can find one, can run the magic mouse. Drivers

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-07 Thread mike
Might want to give us the drive serial, os...etc etc... :) On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Range lcms0...@comcast.netwrote: I had to re-format my hard drive and, when I tried to install the driver, from the driver disc, it told me the disc was damaged. When I went on LG's

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-07 Thread mike
Make sure the video driver is installed correctly...i've never worried about a monitor driver. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: That's just a monitor, isn't it? You shouldn't need any drivers. Are you having some specific trouble? On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:32

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-07 Thread mike
Yeah, i don't know what kind of brain fart I had...thanks. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Christopher Range lcms0...@comcast.netwrote: mike wrote: Might want to give us the drive serial, os...etc etc... :) OS: XP Pro SP1(installing SP2 n' SP3, once I find the driver for the keyboard) S

Re: [CGUYS] LG Flatron W2053TX driver disc problem

2009-12-07 Thread mike
I really can't recall the last time I ever had to install drivers for a mouse, keyboard or monitor. Although I don't get weird 18 button mice nor any kind of special keyboard. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Christopher Range lcms0...@comcast.netwrote: Tony B wrote: That's just a monitor,

Re: [CGUYS] Strange Mouse Wins Acclaim

2009-12-07 Thread mike
I think it's more that MFB's have nothing better to spend their money on. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:34 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:26 PM, mike wrote: WOW...70 bux. Mac owners earn more than WFBs so no problemo. P.S. I sent this in 2 weeks ago and it gets

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread mike
Check out the Red cams, these things are shooting and putting out 4k. No, tape is not going anywhere, but the guys on the fringe, the guys who are doing new things have already switched to HD...especially on the web. Also of note, more vaporware that you can actually buy came out earlier this

Re: [CGUYS] Program start OS X

2009-12-06 Thread mike
Right click on the app in the dock and choose open at login. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote: Is there any way--I'm sure there is--to automatically start a program at boot time in OSX? I've found my desktop clock solution for X.5*, and I'd like to have it start

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread mike
PS...don't get the idea that I know much about this, most of what I know was from reading about the Red camera line coming out. I know the basics but that's it. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: 2k has slightly higher resolution than 1080p you'd find on most

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread mike
...@his.com wrote: Quoting mike xha...@gmail.com: Check out the Red cams, these things are shooting and putting out 4k. You keep talking about 4K. Pardon an ignorant question, but. . .what's that? * ** List info

Re: [CGUYS] droid self-photography?

2009-12-06 Thread mike
I suppose because I don't put people in groups and decide I'm better than they are. Silly me I look at individuals. On Nov 11, 2009 5:41 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: No, I took it the same way I'd react to bumpkin. Why the super-sensitive reaction, response? Thank

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread mike
Alex Lindsay who works at pixel corp has been around a long time...worked with lucasfilm on star wars for a time. I know from listening to macbreak weekly podcasts this is exactly what this video pro does. He has mentioned several times they have stacks of drives on a shelf each one labeled and

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-06 Thread mike
If someone that is buying hardware to record to HD media, and they are stupid enough to not back up, they deserve to lose their data. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Tape is a dead to dying media. It is expensive and degrades over time. Recorders can be

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Spys on Customers Finds 5% Unworthy, Gives Them the Boot

2009-12-06 Thread mike
I knew you were a secret neomicrosofticon. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:21 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 6, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Reid Katan wrote: I've noticed what look like a few old threads re-occurring over the last couple of days. Must have been a few emails stuck at AOL? Or we

Re: [CGUYS] Reformatted HDD --big problems still!.

2009-12-06 Thread mike
http://tinyurl.com/yggg4y6 That should link you up to the dell driver download page for the e510. Like a lot of dell products they have a couple of choices for drivers. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Gail Miller gail.mil...@comcast.netwrote: Hi I rinally (for the first time) reformatted my

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-05 Thread mike
Obviously being 'up to the task' is not a concern for most voters. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:31 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Oh I am certain Palin will run, but I do not think she is

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi SD cards

2009-12-05 Thread mike
They've been around a little while...seems like one more thing to drain the batteries doing something that isn't taking pictures. I still stand by using a small reader to plug just the card into a computer. Moving files off a camera in almost any fashion drains that battery fast. On Sat, Dec 5,

Re: [CGUYS] Google free DNS

2009-12-05 Thread mike
Where are you now that the big O is expanding it? You whined about Bush and in your hypocrisy that's stopped as soon as your guy took over. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:19 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: When I first read the subject line, I was

Re: [CGUYS] Mac OS upgrade

2009-12-05 Thread mike
For businesses with apps they've paid tens of thousands of dollars for that run on xp. Yes, bad the the software has not been updated timely, but reality for some businesses. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:43 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 4, 2009, at 10:02 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Amazing.

Re: [CGUYS] Google free DNS

2009-12-05 Thread mike
at 9:54 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:36 AM, mike wrote: Where are you now that the big O is expanding it? What did Oprah do? I don't believe it. References please? And no links to Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Rush. Fox, Moonies, or the WSJ please

Re: [CGUYS] Google free DNS

2009-12-05 Thread mike
' that are 'evil' under anyone with an 'R' next to their name. This is also known as being 'intellectually dishonest', say it with me... On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:42 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 12:07 PM, mike wrote: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/obama-doj-worse-than-bush

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-05 Thread mike
And he's got some weird pseudo variety politico show on FOX. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:53 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: They are all too loony for my tastes, but if everything is relative Huck seemed

Re: [CGUYS] WiFi SD cards

2009-12-05 Thread mike
I think the memory makers were faster on the draw with this one...but yes there are wifi enabled cams I posted a link on another thread about sugarsync. This too is handy with phones as you can auto sync between cloud and your camera phone pictures. It will do it automagically and where ever you

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-12-05 Thread mike
And anyone...like me who has used a WM phone knows the load of bull that part is. MS is behind, way, wayWAY behind the mobile game. Their newest isn't any different than the last 4 years. The only thing saving MS at this point is being deeply in the market and companies like HTC building

Re: [CGUYS] a twofer update

2009-12-05 Thread mike
That was the problem...they reject the use of images they gave the developers. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:37 PM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: Apparently the Apple product images got rejected as inappropriate content. I wonder what is inappropriate about the imagery of old

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-12-05 Thread mike
: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: And anyone...like me who has used a WM phone knows the load of bull that part is. MS is behind, way, wayWAY behind the mobile game. Their newest isn't any different than the last 4 years. The only thing saving MS

Re: [CGUYS] silly Recommendations

2009-12-05 Thread mike
A lot of web producers do archive on HD, new things are often hard for some to change to. On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: You think a $4000 HD video recorder is an appropriate investment for entry into video production??? Note that the reason most shooters

[CGUYS] christmas lights

2009-12-05 Thread mike
OK...silly holiday question. If I have a list of addresses, is there a way to load them into google maps and have it tell me the best route? Best scenario I can load this on google maps on my phone.. Any ideas appreciated.

Re: [CGUYS] a twofer update

2009-12-04 Thread mike
Ok now that explains a lot...you feel that looking at apple products is like looking at porn. Maybe you can go on Dr. Drew's sex rehab show...as long as he doesn't use macs. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:42 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:27 PM, mike wrote: Apple's App

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)

2009-12-04 Thread mike
Body snatching...aliens did it. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:17 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 4, 2009, at 2:32 AM, mike wrote: Remember, I'm the one that just offered advice in getting a mac. We already contacted the police to report your kidnapping

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread mike
You can, but there is no point in this case. If he were just going to run windows, he could build a machine much cheaper than buying a mac. The point is to have the best os with some of the best video editing software around. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Vicky Staubly vi...@steeds.com

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread mike
A forum like avsforums may be a good place to look also. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:45 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: You can, but there is no point in this case. If he were just going to run windows, he could build a machine much cheaper than buying a mac. The point is to have the best os

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-04 Thread mike
Most of the violence has been from the left lately...love that video of the nice black man getting beat by union members...funny the big O hasn't said much about that one. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: As the chief moony fades, it looks like much of the

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread mike
If you are getting/building a pc, then more power is always better. i7 cpu...more ram more ram... If you are near a fry's electronics there are deals galore for cpu/mobo's, newegg also carries deals. As I said, check out the AVS forums, might want to poke around the revision 3 forums also. I

[CGUYS] sugarsync

2009-12-04 Thread mike
I found this when looking at dropbox. The concept is the same, except with sugarsync you get 2 free gigs that has a client not only for iphone but android...must be one of those silly android developers slaving away for no money.. For those not familiar, dropbox and sugarsync allow you to have a

Re: [CGUYS] Google: We avoid hiring too many smart people...

2009-12-04 Thread mike
Damn heroic aren't they? He assumes these people would just..show up if asked. My brother in law called working at google 'weird'. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:14 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: I recently had a discussion with an engineer at Google and I pointed out a handful of people that I

Re: [CGUYS] Mac OS upgrade

2009-12-04 Thread mike
Amazon? Craigslist? amazon is listing used copies for 80 bux. I'd check craigslist in your area..or a local MUG. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM, John H. Davis glenwoodcompu...@verizon.netwrote: My G5 1.8 dual is getting a bit long in the tooth.At !0.39 it did everything I wanted it to

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-04 Thread mike
If yer a pro, you don't run out. These cameras are state of the art by any standard. You can keep your film..can you find another camera that can record in 4k as these do? This all amounts to tools for the job, to believe in absolutes is wrong. Tape is good, other mediums are good. You do

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread mike
There are other aspects. How about news not reported on...or reported on in earnest for one president but not reported at all for another? Challenging ourselves is sometimes too hard. *shrug* To each his own. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread mike
You brought it up. Don't if you don't want it discussed. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:13 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:43 AM, mike wrote: The last few contests when linux, os x and windows were all on a level playing field, linux was the only one that took any 'work

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread mike
– lost a little of its credibility in Germany at least.* On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote: I was mistaken when I called you catatonic, Mike. You are a moron. The Acid Test has absolutely nothing to do with security. You have lost all

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-03 Thread mike
How serious are you? Are you trying to go pro or are you talking about just doing some home movies? I think either way a good solid choice would be a mac...but how serious you are matters as to how much money you will have to spend. There are windows alternatives, but out of the box I think a

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread mike
, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:49 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: This is true of course. But the NYT and WP...MSNBC in particular all represent a political viewpoint also. Not nearly to the same degree as in the case

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread mike
If you care, study Beck a little more, the right does NOT like him and he doesn't support the republicans. The left likes to pretend he is right to play off on his wackoness as being mainstream right. He was going after bush the last few years of his admin and goes after obama. Equal

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread mike
but I think that's because they already have such a strong presence on TV and they do have NPR and PBS. There is sure no lack of opinion out there. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:04 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:19 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: If you

[CGUYS] the true power in washington

2009-12-03 Thread mike
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1916606,twilight-taping-arrest-movie-120209.articl Girl spent two nights in jail and could get 3 years for allegedly recording almost four minutes of a movie in a theater. I think we can all agree that if police bust an operation where 1000's of dvds are being

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread mike
Great...there was a headline on engadget saying 'hopefully comcast won't squash hulu like a bug' I have my doubts. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: Not any longer. GE sold majority interest to Comcast this week. See:

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-03 Thread mike
Great, this is how you started down your rat hole in the Acid room. No matter what I say I'm a liar even if I quote you exactly. I know better this time. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:23 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:02 PM, mike wrote: I seem to remember a lot of us caring

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-03 Thread mike
for. It was Tom who brought up security. Mike simply responded. Sigh, here we go again. I extracted an interesting quote from a link posted by Mike. Mike's link had nothing to do with ACID. I guess I should have immediately called Mike on his changing of the subject without changing the subject line

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-03 Thread mike
Find out what she is doing first. Budget is a constraint to some, she don't need no mac pro if she's wanting to edit a home movie of her dog playing in the pool and an imac would do just fine. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:36 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 1:31 PM, mike wrote: I

[CGUYS] a twofer update

2009-12-03 Thread mike
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/mactracker_gets_apple_images/ Apple's App Store police have again exhibited a brush with common sense, and allowed another iPhone app to display previously forbidden images of Cupertino hardware. Check out the pics in the link...Apple wasn't going to allow

Re: [CGUYS] Hardware Reccomendations

2009-12-03 Thread mike
Agreed. The only reason you'd build this thing yourself is if you already knew what you were doing. This doesn't preclude getting/building a pc, but if editing video is what you want to do and not build a pc and test it etc etc...look at Betty's advice. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:53 PM, b_s-wilk

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 7 Nov 2009 - Special issue (#2009-996)

2009-12-03 Thread mike
, not a way of life. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:08 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 8, 2009, at 12:31 AM, mike wrote: You are correct, he has been semi critical of apple at times, but not with the sheer and utter hatred he has with MS. He doesn't take cheap shots at Apple, make up claims

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread mike
I did google it, there are numerous references to FW being phased out all over, just no confirmation. Perhaps Apple will go with the cheaper, faster USB 3 spec in it's lower end macbooks...who knows? On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry for the misguidance

[CGUYS] tomato or ddwrt?

2009-12-02 Thread mike
Anyone use either one? I'm looking for good QoS management. Another version? I don't have the space to put something on a pc, so flashing the router is the way I'm going. * ** List info, subscription management, list

[CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-02 Thread mike
http://mashable.com/2009/12/01/google-news-media-changes/ There are two changes that Google hopes will quell the discontent of media outlets. The first one is a change to its “First Click Free” program, which allows users to visit an article for free, but directs them to a sign-up page if they

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-02 Thread mike
Recent events prove untrue. NYT among others have been following up on some FN stories. A broken clock is right twice a day...which ever broken one you are looking at. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:07 PM, mike wrote: The problem is that many

Re: [CGUYS] google web crawlers and the WSJ

2009-12-02 Thread mike
Be sure not to actual back up what you say. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:04 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:47 PM, mike wrote: Recent events prove untrue. NYT among others have been following up on some FN stories. A broken clock is right twice a day...which ever broken one

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread mike
Buffalo has a drive out now, and as you said mobos abound. The point was this is not vaporware. The poin't wasn't that you could get a USB 3.0 drive at walgreens. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:31 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:21 PM, mike wrote: So unless you can buy USB3

Re: [CGUYS] IE8/9 Fail Acid Test Badly

2009-12-02 Thread mike
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/12/02/firefox-overtakes-internet-explorer-in-germany/ On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120203569.html But even today, they still don't play that nicely. As you can see

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread mike
Dammit, and those are COOL! On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:54 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:13 PM, mike wrote: Buffalo has a drive out now, and as you said mobos abound. The point was this is not vaporware. The poin't wasn't that you could get a USB 3.0 drive at walgreens

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-02 Thread mike
If there are a few devices now, I mid next year there will start to be a lot more. New motherboards are shipping with USB3 now. It can't be far behind. I'm hoping this christmas I can pick up a blu ray burner from newegg...finish off my media player by my tv. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:30 PM,

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-12-01 Thread mike
Another quote from the article which is as revealing: Of course, 30 people is so small a sample as to be almost negligible -- there are thousands of Android developers who have built more than 15,000 apps -- but if the trend holds true acrosss the majority of apps makers, it's very disturbing.

Re: [CGUYS] MS Innovation: ‘Black screen of death ’

2009-12-01 Thread mike
Another article about the subject with a much funnier picture attached. http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/windows-7-black-screen-of-death-its-not-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: M$ Labs is rumored to be working on other colors... Microsoft is

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-12-01 Thread mike
of fact, there are not 10,000 apps added every week. meh. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:56 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Dec 1, 2009, at 2:57 PM, mike wrote: Something else to keep in mind, the eweek article points to more than 15,000 apps for android, according to google just in may of 2009

Re: [CGUYS] iPod Touch fonts

2009-12-01 Thread mike
Does rifling through your music collection while driving fall under the same catagory as texting? On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Jeffrey Myers jmyersgoucher...@gmail.comwrote: When I use my iPodTouch in my car, the font on the display is too small for me to easily see the name of the tune

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-12-01 Thread mike
FW: Well to say it's superior is only half right. It's superior in some ways. If raw speed is what is needed, USB3 or ESATA is superior. I would go everyday and twice on sunday for an esata drive on my home network over FW...but there are situations where FW would be best. HD: Good deal on

Re: [CGUYS] It's monotheist versus pagan (It's a Windows Mobile killer)

2009-12-01 Thread mike
Hope? Stupidity? On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:17 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote: Try breaking a contract with ATT on your new Iphone and see how much they will charge you. Why would

Re: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives

2009-11-30 Thread mike
If you buy an external drive, they may not have the full warranty of a bare drive. I worry more about warranty length and ease of exchange, WD, seagate...between the two I can't say which I've had better or worse luck. I've a friend who replaced his 5400 drive with a 7200 drive in his macbook

Re: [CGUYS] A tale of two Gulags

2009-11-30 Thread mike
what is actually happening, and argue we do. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:56 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:38 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: Trouble is, new management promoted the top talent from the old management team that took the game down

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-29 Thread mike
You must think apple is really stupid. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:38 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:35 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: It's currently a process that screws with everyone. The paid line could fund more people to approve everything. So you think you can

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-29 Thread mike
And why not abuse the programmers? Just because they don't have to, doesn't mean they shouldn't. Just more of Apple being unethical. But MS is unethical for paying for a service...rght. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:09 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 29,

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag

2009-11-29 Thread mike
Yah didn't you know monsanto has been GM food for thousands of years. They have laboratories that date back to the ice age. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:04 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Adil Godrej wrote: A person living on Rs 2/day (about 4 cents) in India

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-29 Thread mike
Keep changing the subject Tom. Never answer the question. Pretend no one notices you can dance with the best. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:57 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:09 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Apple made a mess of this process early on. They didn't make the

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread mike
on the list believe there is no sacrifice when you buy a mac. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:20 PM, David K Watson davidkirkwat...@gmail.comwrote: Mike, the statement was that an Apple machine is not much different in cost from an equally spec'd PC. Your example does not refute this by being

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-29 Thread mike
Users should go read the site instead of depending on Tom's characterization. By now we all know he has an agenda so things should be seen before believed. Looking thru that list there aren't many at all that have anything to do with length of time of the process, but Tom, once again hijacked

Re: [CGUYS] Gulag

2009-11-29 Thread mike
Easy to say sitting at your desk in this country. The poorest of us in the US have not an inkling what real poverty is. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 4:19 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 29, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Adil Godrej wrote: My reading of the farmer suicide in India was that these

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple's Secret Wea pon?

2009-11-29 Thread mike
The cyberpower I mentioned does audio also thru the port. Something also to keep in mind, as of now and any time in the future, you can't play 1080p content from any mac unless you've ripped it from another source. Friend of mine just built a small rig for behind his new 1080p monitor in the

[CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-28 Thread mike
http://apprejections.com/ A website that gathers and lists the reasons why apps are rejected from the iPhone store. The rejection reasons are like reading a laundry list of bad jokes. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple’s Sec ret Wea pon?

2009-11-28 Thread mike
No, it is on the Dell and Apple websites. I know truth scares you, you might want to stay away. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:29 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: While I have never purchased it, one can purchase premium support with a Dell PC. It

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-28 Thread mike
Sometimes the point isn't that the line is long, it's that Apple gives developers tools to use, and the developer spends months using that tool and gets rejected for using the tool. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote: Apple had a couple of the

Re: [CGUYS] Please Help me with Windows Media Center Problem

2009-11-28 Thread mike
There comes a point when searching for what might be wrong would take longer than just reinstalling. Check and make sure drivers are all loaded ok. Have you tried watching tv from the Hauppauge application and not through XP media center? I don't know if there is a way to reinstall just media

Re: [CGUYS] Apple rejects and why

2009-11-28 Thread mike
Who is 'you guys'. I think this email was from one guy. Again, your reading skills need work. Try having someone in your office reading the emails to you, it might help out. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:10 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Nov 28, 2009, at 1:55 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:

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