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

2010-04-27 Thread b_s-wilk
my promo fios ran its' course. so, since i had a really lot of time to waste, i tried to renew online. i cannot renew on line, as i am an existing customer. all packages on line are promo packages and are for new customers. for the triple play(tv,computer, telephone), the telephone person

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

2010-04-28 Thread b_s-wilk
Too true you could stream quite a few car-b-ques on that fast network. Haven't ever heard of 30,000 cars getting torched in LA or Miami or The Bronx... Mike You probably weren't around when DC, Philly, Newark, Detroit, LA were burning during the riots of the 60s and 70s. But if you were,

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

2010-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk
I transferred data from all of my floppy disks to Zips, then CDs over a dozen years ago, then to DVD, gave most of them away, but still have a few to use with my ancient computers. Problem is that my Mac SE has a broken floppy drive--only works on a network; makes a better museum piece. I

[CGUYS] How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Instant Person alization | Electronic Frontier Foundation

2010-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk
Facebook needs to make money. Is Instant Persalization a good way? EFF doesn't like it. Friday morning Facebook changed its privacy settings layout, making it a bit more challenging to opt out completely. As before, unchecking the Allow box is not sufficient because you need to block each

[CGUYS] Free advertising [was: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?]

2010-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk
I doubt Steve would agree with you. but Powell is arguably the more aggrieved party. The entire iPhone prototype adventure--Lost--can't be too serious to Apple. Otherwise they would have fired the guy who lost it. Just like the TV show, there's lots of confusing twists, and both

Re: [CGUYS] Free advertising [was: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?]

2010-04-29 Thread b_s-wilk
The thing is, Apple has never liked this kind of noise. They like noise they control. And at this point, if this guy gets fired it would make the evening news. Any noise is free publicity. Controlled noise is better. Have you ever done marketing or advertising? There are many ways to keep

Re: [CGUYS] Thoughts on Flash

2010-05-04 Thread b_s-wilk
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 consistently the first to drop obsolete technologies you haven't been paying attention. You haven't even been

Re: [CGUYS] Re: Understanding the iPad

2010-07-21 Thread b_s-wilk
When a major change in computing is before us and all you geezers can do is whine about the good old days, I see nothing wrong with mocking you. In fact, it is my duty to do so. You have missed the boat. The train left the station. This parrot is no more. The iPad isn't a major change in

Re: [CGUYS] Unsubscribe

2010-11-24 Thread b_s-wilk
On 11/23/10 12:00 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system escribió: Subject: Unsubscribe From: Bernie Hylton hylto...@mac.com Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:33:45 -0500 ||| HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM COMPUTERGUYS-L

Re: [CGUYS] think i've been taken: replacement laptop keys

2011-02-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Judy Contact an electronics recycler. They get all kinds of computers and peripherals. When they can, they fix them, otherwise they sell parts, or or dismantle and recycle the parts into base components and elements. I just found a video card for one of our older computers for about 25% of

Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-06 Thread b_s-wilk
Hi...I have a large external HDD connected to my desktop computer by a USB cable. I would like to use some of the data on the HDD on my Laptop. Can it be as simple as moving the USB cable from one machine to the other or am I missing something major here? If it works that easily, I can

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

2011-03-06 Thread b_s-wilk
Seems like a minor thing but the corded ear pieces I keep buying for the cell phone keep going bad. Sick of being frustrated, so can anyone recommend a got one that might last a few months or at least a place to buy one? Also, speaking of frustration, any places to buy low-cost batteries for

Re: [CGUYS] EXT :Re: [CGUYS] Question re External HDD

2011-03-07 Thread b_s-wilk
Any Windows drive can be read-write on a Mac, including the invisible NTFS drives, using MacFuse and NTFS-3G utilities, available from http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ and http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/. Betty I would win that bet quickly, Mike - as long as the drive

Re: [CGUYS] A**hole + iPad = trouble, leads to censorship and idiocracy

2011-03-19 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com wrote: My best friend says that she just endured the worst short airplane flight in her life. She was seated next to some jerk of a guy who wanted to play motion sensor games on his iPad the whole way from Charlotte to Dulles. He kept jamming and

[CGUYS] Odd email server messages

2011-04-20 Thread b_s-wilk
Got this from a friend early this morning. He checks his email online, using Firefox. FWIW, SBC/ATT uses Yahoo for email. Bored tech, playing with server messages or something else? --- Here's a weird one. I woke up at 3:15 am and decided to check my mail. Suddenly started getting this

[CGUYS] The Next Brick to Decorate Your Wall: iOS 3.x Devices

2011-04-28 Thread b_s-wilk
This is an iPhone story, but could be the same issue for other devices and systems. Be careful when installing new software on old devices--important for those who plan to keep them for a long time. Don't you hate it when your phone/computer/device works perfectly until you install an

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 22 May 2011 to 23 May 2011 (#2011-33)

2011-05-27 Thread b_s-wilk
Henry Why don't you get a new email address? It's easy--lots of choices. Then unsubscribe your hotmail.com address and rejoin the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComputerGuys-L. Betty My email contacts file has been captured by a hacker sometime in the past. The problematic emails

Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 28 May 2011 to 29 May 2011 (#2011-38)

2011-05-30 Thread b_s-wilk
Henry - I saved these instructions from the old list, just for you! --and everyone else who needs it. The new list is at Yahoo. See details at the end of each message on the old list. Send your SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L message to lists...@listserv.aol.com. Don't bother to tell Tom. He created

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-24 Thread b_s-wilk
On 08/12/2011 09:47 AM, gerald wrote: vista, firefox, tbird, big computer with lots of free space. once every couple weeks i get a tbird upgrade. seems even more agressive than MS improvements. i get to the computer in the morning, and it's there. a couple weeks ago, i got a sidebar

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-26 Thread b_s-wilk
On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:00 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: These examples are the best reasons to NEVER buy software at an app store where it's automatically installed, overwriting the last version. The worst bugs are always in the automatic installs, and they're harder to clean up

Re: [CGUYS] welcome to thunderbird

2011-08-26 Thread b_s-wilk
What's wrong with Apple? Steve Jobs should have retired a long time ago and taken his sadistic narrow micromanagement style with him. It is my thought that Apple wants to go with program installations on-line as opposed to having the user employ a downloaded installer because Apple has

Re: [CGUYS] Verizon Done with FIOS?

2011-10-26 Thread b_s-wilk
That is disturbing to me - I am in a copper only DSL area of Verizon's service. I was hoping to eventually get FIOS, as no cable vendor serves my area. Now I guess I will have to hope that LTE comes to my DirectTV eventually or that a cable company decides to serve this area. I am beginning to

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