Re: [CGUYS] New SIM, but improved?

2010-02-02 Thread b_s-wilk
Okay. If you're using multiple SIMs that are small, I would suggest a container system to prevent losing them. As their density increases, is it logical to expect you to use fewer of them, change them out less often? I have a multi-SIM--a card that holds data for more than one network. It

Re: [CGUYS] Wireless vs. wired, just a thought to chew on

2010-02-02 Thread b_s-wilk
Where are you getting this? I haven't seen anything about this. This has been talked about for years. Right here, for a recent example: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/18/wifi-direct-wireless-ces.html We are already seeing a number of wireless printers, wireless hard drives,

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-04 Thread b_s-wilk
, 2010 at 12:40 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Feb 4, 2010, at 1:34 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Apple is making their portable devices more closed than their computers by limiting the applications that can be used on them. Of course, there are over 100,000 iPhone apps, does Apple have to approve each

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-04 Thread b_s-wilk
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:24:55 -0800, mike escribió: I sort of agree with the storage aspect, but that is relative also...to some 4 gigs is enough, others want 64 gigs and that still isn't enough. With cloud based services many things can be left on the net and accessed as needed from an iphone

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-05 Thread b_s-wilk
You are changing the parameters to win an argument. No one, least of all me said use the cloud for backup. We are specifically talking about cell phones... Mike, you mentioned the cloud. I rarely consider it since I don't live, work or travel where it's universally available. The

[CGUYS] Micro SIM card [was: apple-stanza-usb]

2010-02-05 Thread b_s-wilk
I wonder how many millions sit on the sideline, awaiting an iPhone for the rest of us. I have no quarrel with Apple preserving its control over apps, fine. It will be interesting to see, once the contract with ATT is ended, whether Apple will make its device more universal, allowing

Re: [CGUYS] print simple list of albums with artist name without folderol !! ...sheesh!

2010-02-05 Thread b_s-wilk
I have xphomesp3 and wmp10 and would like to print a simple list of albums and artist name without folderol .sheesh! I put on winter 2003 fun pack which contains media exporter which neatly does it but lists every song and every track and belches forth 114 pages to print .all I want is 1 or 2

Re: [CGUYS] print simple list of albums with artist name without folderol !! ...sheesh!

2010-02-06 Thread b_s-wilk
I have xphomesp3 and wmp10 and would like to print a simple list of albums and artist name without folderol .sheesh! I put on winter 2003 fun pack which contains media exporter which neatly does it but lists every song and every track and belches forth 114 pages to print .all I want is 1 or 2

Re: [CGUYS] apple-stanza-usb

2010-02-06 Thread b_s-wilk
Does it matter what provider? I don't have underground service and I can't afford to switch. It's not a huge loss--I certainly don't lose any sleep over it. The main point is that cell/wireless service isn't as good or as universally available as it's cracked up to be, even in an area that's

Re: [CGUYS] Apple iPhone reads SD cards with ZoomIt accessory

2010-02-08 Thread b_s-wilk
http://www.mobilemag.com/2010/02/08/apple-iphone-reads-sd-cards-with-zoomit-accessory/ Speculation that this add-on will also allow the iPad to read SD cards. Amazing! Apple iPhones get an oversized, clunky, overpriced add-on to do what most newer phones can do out-of-the-box, at no extra

[CGUYS] Financial Times: A fight over freedom at Apple’s core

2010-02-08 Thread b_s-wilk
A fight over freedom at Apple’s core By Jonathan Zittrain In 1977, a 21-year-old Steve Jobs unveiled something the world had never seen before: a ready-to-program personal computer. After powering the machine up, proud Apple II owners were confronted with a cryptic blinking cursor, awaiting

Re: [CGUYS] Gigabit Broadband To Your House?

2010-02-11 Thread b_s-wilk
It is not unprecedented. It exists in Japan, Korea, and other places I'm not going to look up. I'm not going to cite numbers on how small physically Japan and Korea are. Compared to the US. Finland is also building a national network. It has lots of empty spaces and more weather

Re: [CGUYS] Gigabit Broadband To Your House?

2010-02-11 Thread b_s-wilk
Perhaps the new networks should be owned by the public, as it is where it works, instead of waiting and waiting and waiting for private companies to expand the networks, often with assistance through public grants and tax breaks. Once the networks are created with public money, they could be

Re: [CGUYS] Gigabit Broadband To Your House?

2010-02-11 Thread b_s-wilk
Steve - You can't taste the food on the Internet. You can't appreciate the special French love of beauty and nature on the Internet. You can't feel the excitement of colors and scents at the weekly outdoor markets on the Internet. Most of all you can't appreciate the wonderful French sense of

Re: [CGUYS] Yeah, but can you do *this* on an iPad?

2010-02-13 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com escribió: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo The iPad is, to the best of my knowledge, lacking in stylus support. I have read that this pretty much rules out the device for drawing purposes. Perhaps the use of the tablet as a platform for

Re: [CGUYS] Yeah, but can you do *this* on an iPad?

2010-02-14 Thread b_s-wilk
YES, you CAN do that on an iPhone/Touch. iPad too? Probably. Don't need a stylus. I'd lose a stylus, and don't plan to lose my fingers any time soon. Yes, one can use their finger, but a stylus can provide for much finer lines, greater detail and more control if a tablet can provide such

Re: [CGUYS] Yeah, but can you do *this* on an iPad?

2010-02-14 Thread b_s-wilk
The problem is you can't *see* the detail you are drawing if you have a big fat finger trying to do it. Use your little finger instead. You can see the detail with big or little fingers. Fat fingers? That's a cop-out. If you can draw, you can draw on an iPhone/Touch with any fingers. Try

Re: [CGUYS] Yeah, but can you do *this* on an iPad?

2010-02-14 Thread b_s-wilk
The problem is you can't *see* the detail you are drawing if you have a big fat finger trying to do it. Exactly, Mike. Seems like this aspect needs a lot of explaining to get across. This is, in part, why pencils were invented as opposed to using big chunks of sharpened charcoal to try and

Re: [CGUYS] Yeah, but can you do *this* on an iPad?

2010-02-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Still waiting for that example of fine brush work on an iphone.. These are painting programs. Some fine results - http://www.flickr.com/groups/brushes/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhierro/ For straight lines you calculate point locations and other geometric shapes--use equations not

[CGUYS] Meat as an iPhone [iPad?] stylus

2010-02-15 Thread b_s-wilk
Snack sausages sales are on the increase in South Korea because of the cold weather; they are useful as a meat stylus for those who don't want to take off their gloves to use their iPhones. http://www.gearfuse.com/south-koreans-using-meat-as-an-iphone-stylus

Re: [CGUYS] Yeah, but can you do *this* on an iPad?

2010-02-15 Thread b_s-wilk
On Feb 15, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: Case made. What a bizarre thing to say. I don't like styli, so you can't have one. What a bizarre thing to say: I don't like innovation, so all progress must stop. Since when are touch screens an innovation? Stylus or touch screen or

Re: [CGUYS] Meat as an iPhone [iPad?] stylus

2010-02-15 Thread b_s-wilk
Snack sausages sales are on the increase in South Korea because of the cold weather; they are useful as a meat stylus for those who don't want to take off their gloves to use their iPhones. As soon as Apple sees how iPhone and iPad users want to use something other than their fingers, they

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone nos.

2010-02-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Having sent my motorola razor through the wash and dry, I can't get it to work. Now att wants to replace my cell no. as well as the phone. what gives? They probably want to replace the SIM card in the phone or use that card in your new phone. I don't think they can legally change your

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Fred Holmes f...@his.com escribió: I suspect that socialist countries simply decide (legislate) that the government will provide the infrastructure and the government goes ahead and does it. Tax rates are a whole lot higher in most other countries. In the U.S. it was legislated that

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-18 Thread b_s-wilk
Leave the country for a while and go where people enjoy a better standard of living--and it's not the US. Why don't you leave the country and emigrate to one of the socialist countries where life is so much better? I'm doing just fine here. I never told you to emigrate. What I said is for

[CGUYS] LABS GALLERY: 25 Decade-Shaping Technologies - IT Management from eWeek

2010-02-18 Thread b_s-wilk
eWEEK Labs analysts picked the 25 Technologies that Changed the Decade. The products and technologies were chosen based on the impact they had not only on the decade that was but on the decade that will be.

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-18 Thread b_s-wilk
At 10:07 AM 2/18/2010, b_s-wilk wrote: I never told you to emigrate. What I said is for you to look at countries that are doing better than the US both financially and socially, and you will find a balance between social good and corporate support through effective but not stifling regulation

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-18 Thread b_s-wilk
Not a false premise at all. It's a corollary to Power corrupts . . . The power to regulate is the power to destroy. People appointed as regulators are very powerful. You're very confused. We, the people, are the government of the United States. Only when you cede power to the

Re: [CGUYS] Just what is a computer anyway?

2010-02-18 Thread b_s-wilk
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:56 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Perhaps they will look more like this guitar... http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/c498/ That place does offer some unique items. If I am not mistaken, they are located in Fairfax County, perhaps very near the

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-18 Thread b_s-wilk
I'll bet the universal broadband in other countries really doesn't cover everyone. Does it? Even those in very sparsely settled areas? The percentage in some countries is likely higher because a greater portion of the country's population lives in a high-population-density area that in the

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-19 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com escribió: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net wrote: That's about it for now. Good post. I think that the FCC wants industry to get with the various governmental agencies and really get this issue hashed out...finally. I see that

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-19 Thread b_s-wilk
We, the people, are the government of the United States. Yes, that's the way it is **supposed** to be. But it isn't, really. The federal government does all sorts of extra-constitutional things, and gets away with it. Who is doing anything about it? Fred, The US Constitution gives a

Re: [CGUYS] Creepy or what?

2010-02-20 Thread b_s-wilk
What in the Apple OS allows for this? I'd love it. I have 4 Apple laptops with built in web cams. Also have 2 iMacs with the same. I'd love to be able to take a picture of whoever stole one of them...I guess really I'd love the satisfaction of just nailing anyone who happened to steal

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-20 Thread b_s-wilk
You should look around your neighborhoods, DC is the epitome of badly run Dem stronghold. Face it, government doesn't do much of anything right..or left. The larger the government, the smaller the citizen. If you're talking about Washington, DC, the city, you're mistaken. The city can't do

Re: [CGUYS] Password Keeper == Login King -- thoughts?

2010-02-20 Thread b_s-wilk
That brings to mind, how come banks (now they use 2 different passwords and a pictogram for the most part) don't give you a teaser email reminding you, periodically, to change your password... that would be a nice service. I logged into a state payroll system this morning. As soon as I got into

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-20 Thread b_s-wilk
At 07:13 PM 2/20/2010, Eric S. Sande wrote: Don't kiss me now, mike, just be glad your freaking phone works. Yeah, but when they come to sell me FIOS, they will at the same time sell me VOIP, which dies four hours after the power grid goes down [frequently]. Not if you have your own larger,

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-21 Thread b_s-wilk
Basically yes. If you want a chicken in every pot. Every local switch and tandem switch has to be equipped. Every mile has to be rebuilt. It might be twice my estimate. Or even 6 times as much. After you get done, and the cable companies run their system, then Google comes in behind all of

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-02-22 Thread b_s-wilk
chad evans wyatt escribió: Exactly, Betty. Why can't they get together? We have propensity to deploy, with faux-entrepreneurial ideal, the same multiple-gauge railroads that bedeviled 19th century US commercial activity; that is our model, until it no longer can be driven forward. We have

Re: [CGUYS] Time for a Nation Defense Internet Infrastructure Project?

2010-02-25 Thread b_s-wilk
Sounds lIke a case could be made not to implement any expansion of internet access, and even to curtail, limit or eliminate a lot of what already exists. I'd have to think that were any evidence to come to light that a cyber attack was occurring, that internet access would be

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Co(r)p...

2010-02-28 Thread b_s-wilk
On Feb 28, 2010, at 2:17 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Why doesn't Apple Corp. develop a means of either preventing or making it difficult for users of their computers to be able to access or use overtly sexual material or applications? Because Apple has customers around the world who aren't

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Co(r)p...

2010-02-28 Thread b_s-wilk
Apple isn't ensnared, they are doing this themselves. Apple is bar far the most controlling tech company out there, controlling their customers, controlling themselves.. That's silly. Ridiculous. Apple doesn't control their customers. They provide products that people like, and if there's

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people

2010-02-28 Thread b_s-wilk
Examples please. Except sometimes the regulation is used to do the screwing. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls...]

2010-02-28 Thread b_s-wilk
OK I come from this on both sides. As a theologian I view mankind through both eyes. He is basically good, but there is a corrupt part of him that will screw you whenever he gets a chance. Sorry Stewart, I know you're in the business of thinking people are good, but these two statements are

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people

2010-03-01 Thread b_s-wilk
thus screwing would be smaller businesses wanting to give their employees good plans. In general, do you really think all the lobbying by multinational/multibillion dollar corporations helps them or helps small business? On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:23 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Examples

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-03-01 Thread b_s-wilk
mike escribió: And the Constitution is a specific lack of regulation. Madison didn't even want a bill of rights for fear it would weaken the individual by enumerating specific rights, thus perhaps conversely weakening the power of citizens by the absence of other rights. Hardly. The

Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability

2010-03-01 Thread b_s-wilk
The genius of the Ten Commandments--whether intentional or not--is that there are ten proscriptions, and everything else is OK. The Bill of Rights is similar, providing protections, but needed elaboration, hence the current number of Constitutional Amendments to protect the rights of

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for broadband availability]

2010-03-01 Thread b_s-wilk
Fred Holmes escribió: And I'm sure you're not one of those uneducated who will bring up the lack of tort reform as a reason for high insurance costs. So how much does liability insurance / damage claims add to the cost of healthcare? As a percentage of overall costs? The main problem

Re: [CGUYS] Evil people

2010-03-01 Thread b_s-wilk
Fred Holmes escribió: The law that was cited by the guy that drove his airplane into the IRS building in Austin, Texas. The guy was a tax evader. The law he objected to is in common use around the country. If you contract for only one company, you're a de facto employee and subject to

[CGUYS] combining PDFs

2010-03-10 Thread b_s-wilk
I have 11 1-page pdfs that I'd like to combine into one file. I'm tired. I know I can do this with simple tools, but don't remember which ones. I don't have Adobe Acrobat that runs in OS X. I do have InDesign and a collection of freeware and shareware. [Mac OS X v.10.5.8]

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-11 Thread b_s-wilk
Trouble is from what was said they knew who had it. Nope, they knew after they had pictures from the webcam, not before. Suspecting someone has something and having proof that same individual has it are two different things and usually two different sets of circumstances too. It should be

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

2010-03-12 Thread b_s-wilk
With all the protections I have these days (UAC, Spybot immunize, safe browsing warnings, etc), I don't feel the need for this, but if you must you can see where these shortened links go before you click on them. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8636 . Equivalents available in other

[CGUYS] Are Macs Really Cheaper To Manage Than PCs? - CIO.com

2010-03-12 Thread b_s-wilk
Does I'm a Mac mean I'm less expensive to manage? An Enterprise Desktop Alliance survey says Macs cost a lot less than PCs to manage -- yet Macs come with special challenges for enterprise IT admins. By Tom Kaneshige March 08, 2010 — CIO — Macs in the enterprise aren't just cheaper to

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

2010-03-12 Thread b_s-wilk
Please define burned. What happened? Did your hard drive melt? How is this burned experience different from the supposedly innocent URL you sent this week, http://tinyurl.com/X ? No, they don't, in fact many wrap at 72 characters. Actually tinyurls and similar services can be safer

Re: [CGUYS] Your house is a dump!

2010-03-15 Thread b_s-wilk
IS NOT!! This site links to Google Maps, http://maps.google.com/, and does a poor job of showing your house. I'm not sure whether Google deliberately points to the house/building/lot next door to whatever you seek. I checked an old address in Philly and the marker points to our former

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-15 Thread b_s-wilk
Considering how frequently unintended consequences of regulation (when we have yet to see any true problems with the current internet system) wreak havoc on things I don't see the rush to go into giving FCC the power over the internet. It is non-centralized at the core, and we should keep it that

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-15 Thread b_s-wilk
This implies there is no cost of government provided services in the real world. No. That's a big DUH! Of course there are costs to government services, but consider this. How much of your income is disposable income? In countries with free democratic socialist governments like Sweden or

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-15 Thread b_s-wilk
This is easy. The iPad is a giant iPod Touch. We can open up the Touch to change the battery. Why not the iPad? The biggest problem is finding a source for the right battery, instead of a cheap copy. The battery could cost $50 [the $5 one is worth 90% less], spudger is less than $5, and you

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-16 Thread b_s-wilk
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: When do these new batteries get into laptops? Is it only rumor that the newest MacBook Pro computers contain batteries that are not serviceable by the user? Steve Batteries have been nonreplaceable in iPods since 1st gen.

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-16 Thread b_s-wilk
I'm talking about the new tech batteries Tom mentioned. So am I. The unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros have used the new tech batteries--much longer life, holds charge longer, no mercury--since the early 2009 versions. Most likely mfg. to put these in a PC? Your guess. MSI, Sony [but it

Re: [CGUYS] noPad4me

2010-03-16 Thread b_s-wilk
I spent $52 today on weekly food shopping, after $18 in coupons. My point is that the savings from changing the battery yourself vs. paying much more to have the shop do the same thing is like finding free money. You can do weekly shopping with it or you can splurge or you can save/invest it.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple to charge $107 for iPad battery replacement EarthLink - Technology News

2010-03-16 Thread b_s-wilk
This is a non-issue. These batteries typically last longer that the useful life of the product. Quite possibly. What, may I ask, is the difference between the life of a product as opposed to the useful life of a product? Steve My Mac SE [1987] still works. It runs PageMaker 2, maybe

[CGUYS] FreeHand [Was: Apple to charge $107 for iPad...]

2010-03-17 Thread b_s-wilk
Steve phartz...@gmail.com escribió: My G3 Mac desktop still runs great, and most importantly to me, it runs Freehand, an application that I just cannot really do without unless I want to spend a lot of money. Obsolete? Definitely. Useful? Absolutely. I think? I think I share your

Re: [CGUYS] Apple to charge $107 for iPad battery replacement EarthLink - Technology News

2010-03-17 Thread b_s-wilk
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:59 PM, CITY BOY t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:33 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Quite possibly. What, may I ask, is the difference between the life of a product as opposed to the useful life of a product? The internet has made it a lot shorter.

[CGUYS] Apple's Code Names

2010-03-17 Thread b_s-wilk
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: I have noticed that Mac owners refer to their Mac's by certain names, Lombards, Wallstreet, G3, G4, etc. Is there someplace where a neophyte can look these evolutions up? Look here, Stewart:

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
We have two Philips HDTVs -- one 37 LCD [1080p] and one 42 plasma [1080i], both 4 years old and are excellent. We bought them before prices crashed, so we had to look hard for a decent price. The huge TVs, bigger than 46 are good if you have no life because they dominate the room and are

Re: [CGUYS] Cybercrooks take shine to Apple lineup

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
The claim is that the iPad will soon be pwned. Time for WFBs to put up or shut up. Let's see what happens. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031905613.html The iPad is expected to be a target for credit-card thieves and online scammers of all types. The

Re: [CGUYS] Apple security and Charlie Miller

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
This looks more like he took advantage of a badly written browser, not the OS--and it's been fixed since then. That was over two years ago. Nothing happened. No serious exploits of OS X since then. I think there were a few problems with Windows, though. What's your point? Mike, you use Macs.

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
My friend, Kurt, has one of those Samsung TVs. It's LCD with LED backlight. It's beautiful. It's ridiculously thin. I think it's 46. I want one. He bought it online and made sure that he was home for delivery. First TV had broken screen; second TV was also damaged; third is fine. He's lucky

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-21 Thread b_s-wilk
rleesimon rleesi...@gmail.com escribió: Cellular internet in Belgium is around $90/mo and only around major cities do you get 3g ...the land line internet is around $60/mo with basic TV (around 50 channels) and is DSL speed ...not that fast ...it is transited over the phone lines ...now they

Re: [CGUYS] Wing Nuts Oppose Better Broadband

2010-03-22 Thread b_s-wilk
rleesimon escribió: PROBLEM is there have emerged competitors to nationalized TV,phone,net service (Belgacom) but not available for all 3 outside population areas ...still stuck with Belgacom ...wifi 3g also only in population areas or else I would gladly dispense with cable internet and use

Re: [CGUYS] LCD HDTV

2010-03-22 Thread b_s-wilk
Who is he ordering from? One of the big online vendors. Don't recall which one. What idiot company is delivering? Fed Ex - not an idiot company. The big flat TVs are too big to take all the tumbling they get in regular delivery vans, even when they are packed well. FWIW, I bought my

[CGUYS] DVD recorder - .VRO file

2010-03-27 Thread b_s-wilk
I recorded a TV show with a Samsung DVD recorder. The file is VR_MOVIE.VRO located inside a DVD_RTAV folder. How do I convert it on my Mac or on a PC so that it can play on a regular DVD player or a computer? It refuses to even copy to the Finder. It crashes Toast. It just sits there doing

Re: [CGUYS] DVD recorder - .VRO file

2010-03-28 Thread b_s-wilk
I recorded a TV show with a Samsung DVD recorder. The file is VR_MOVIE.VRO located inside a DVD_RTAV folder. How do I convert it on my Mac or on a PC so that it can play on a regular DVD player or a computer? It refuses to even copy to the Finder Wow. Something I might

Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy

2010-03-28 Thread b_s-wilk
For single-layer DVDs, I recommend the Taiyo Yuden brand. For dual-layer DVDs, Verbatim has done well for me. I usually buy from http://www.meritline.com/ but there are a lot of listings on eBay. Taiyo Yuden brand are usually very good, but there are 2 or 3 different levels of quality.

Re: [CGUYS] DVD recorder - .VRO file

2010-03-30 Thread b_s-wilk
I'm so glad I'm done trying to get self recorded dvds to play in my DVD player, buying blanks, worrying about if they will be good a year from now. 1.5 TB's in an inexpensive system behind my tv running free media center software with an ipod touch for a remote is the bomb. I don't often try

Re: [CGUYS] Cellphone choices [WAS It's an app world...]

2010-04-01 Thread b_s-wilk
I read this, but again it is a faint rumor. NO one has verified it, and these have been going for a bout a year. A CDMA iPhone makes a lot of sense, but not necessarily because of Verizon. Both Japan and Korea also have CDMA service. The CDMA iPhone might appear in Japan first. However, since

[CGUYS] Wow, Apple is kicking Flash off the Web

2010-04-01 Thread b_s-wilk
...and is not wasting any time about it. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/01/apple_highlights_ipad_ready_adobe_flash_free_web_sites.html Since most Flash on websites is superfluous and annoying, in addition to being slow and a memory hog, I welcome the change. Few things are more

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-03 Thread b_s-wilk
Can't speak for others, but I am on an account with Rogers Cable Systems in Ontario that gets me consistently up to 25 Mbps speed. And there is an account type that is one higher than that which tops out at 50. Mind you it doesn't;t come cheap but there it is. How much does Rogers Cable

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-04 Thread b_s-wilk
WOW! That is so absurdly expensive. The US is failing us. Broadband monopolies better be regulated soon, otherwise we're going to sink lower and lower. In many places you can get 1Mbps for 1 euro. Here it's insanely higher, and not available many places, especially nowhere like here.

Re: [CGUYS] ipad/iphone/ipod touch and the lack of multitasking explained

2010-04-04 Thread b_s-wilk
Gotta have that social networking thing, you know, not to mention the games. Dunno if Apple planned it that way, but if such a scenario transpires, what a way to inculcate flocks of youngsters into the Apple World... iPhones, iPods, iPads, and who knows what will be next. Maybe, slim chance,

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-04 Thread b_s-wilk
And in markets where Verizon's Fios service has been around the longest, insiders report penetration rates have exceeded 50 percent for Fios high-speed Internet and are approaching 50 percent for Fios TV. And do a little math (scary, I know). . .let's see, ($750+$600)*2(half the potentials

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-04 Thread b_s-wilk
I am flummoxed. First they promote the over the air digital TV signal and make you go out and get converters so you don't hafta buy a new TV ...then you find out you only get 2 channels where you live (I have a 30' tower with uhf/vhf antenna 1h road south of Philadelphia ...no mountains here).

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
Eric S. Sande esa...@verizon.net escribió: On the downlink. On the uplink the speed is typically 1/10 of that as the providers have found yet another excuse for charging their customers extra if they want symmetric service. Not really. Most of the traffic is server to client, not

Re: [CGUYS] Broadband Speeds Map

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
phartz...@gmail.com escribió: It was a long and arduous search that I had to undertake in order to find a digital TV that had a highly sensitive tuner. I rely upon over-the-air TV, and there is virtually no information whatsoever from any TV maker regarding tuner specifications. I really do

Re: [CGUYS] My download speed

2010-04-05 Thread b_s-wilk
Rev. Stewart Marshall escribió: Multiplier is 1.52 I'd be thrilled to pay £9.00 for month for 20Mbps broadband, even if I'd have to pay it in US dollars. Today's rate: 9.00 GBP = 13.7698 USD. I'll pay twice that at $27.54! YES! We need Orange US! That's great. The dollar has

Re: [CGUYS] ipad/iphone/ipod touch and the lack of multitasking explained

2010-04-06 Thread b_s-wilk
Nice article, but I don't entirely buy it. First, just because the iPad has plenty of processing power and battery capacity and Apple may add more multitasking in a future OS release, this doesn't make a straw man out of Apple's argument that third party multitasking is a hamper to stability

[CGUYS] Download US podcasts while traveling

2010-04-07 Thread b_s-wilk
I'm considering subscribing to a paid podcast, but the site only posts two weeks of podcasts at a time. I often travel for a month or more. Will I be able to download the podcast while overseas? Doesn't Apple restrict iTunes connections to US IP addresses--or did they change that?

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: News Alert: Court Rules Against F.C.C. in 'Net Neutrality' Case

2010-04-07 Thread b_s-wilk
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. I heard the tail end of this story on Market Place this

Re: [CGUYS] workaround for safari blocking popups

2010-04-07 Thread b_s-wilk
Mother Geek escribió: Do any of you know these sites: PithHelmet Privoxy as possibilities for blocking some popups and allowing others in Safari? I know there is the pulldown that one can toggle between off and on, but it does not always work. I am wondering if there is something else any

Re: [CGUYS] FYI: News Alert: Court Rules Against F.C.C. in 'Net Neutrality' Case

2010-04-07 Thread b_s-wilk
I thought the court's ruling stated that Congress authorized the FCC to regulate only Telecommunications. If Congress wishes for the FCC to regulate Broadband, then it should do so. Hence Comcast, not a Telecommunications company, but a Broadband company does not fall under the juristicion of the

Re: [CGUYS] Making my website compatible with Internet Explorer 8

2010-04-08 Thread b_s-wilk
When I launch Internet Explorer on my Windows XP computer, opening my website, www.intensivecarecom.com, locks up the computer. Task Manager CPU Usage goes to 100%. I had already followed Microsoft's page, Display Web sites in Compatibility View

Re: [CGUYS] cell phone recommendations

2010-04-08 Thread b_s-wilk
Any recommendations for a new cell? Requirements are: att service and free. From the customer reviews on their website they all sound like crap. But I guess poor sound quality is endemic to the industry. With thanks ... Get one with a low SAR rating. Which would mean not getting a smart

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendation for MIDI to USB cable

2010-04-12 Thread b_s-wilk
Any MIDI knowledgeable users in the group? Just got a keyboard and would like to connect to my laptop. Looking for a good MIDI to USB cable. See some very cheap (like $6); any good? Also any concern about the cable vis-a-vis drivers for Win 7 64-bit? Don't want to go further with MIDI help in

Re: [CGUYS] Digital TV [Was: Broadband Speeds Map]

2010-04-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Perhaps Mr. Parish is going to bop you in the nose for such a response. The report is rich with useful information, but you have to read it. What a hardship! Useless! I looked through the report, DTV Converter Box Test Program--Results and Lessons Learned. Aside from bad puctuation,

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Lastly, all digital images share the post processing characteristic of film images in darkroom. Snapshot or not. Finishing the image is something photographers have done since the 1820's. But dibble-dabble with archaic file formats in post-production is time lost. If you must have capacious

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread b_s-wilk
This is a problem, but for those who want the very best image it is a problem that is worth tolerating. The reason to capture the image in RAW format is that it is the only version of the data that is exactly what the camera captured. A TIFF or JPEG file is obtained by processing what the camera

Re: [CGUYS] Digital TV [Was: Broadband Speeds Map]

2010-04-15 Thread b_s-wilk
t.piwowar escribió: On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:52 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Useless! My thoughts exactly. Only the object of our frustration differs. Do you have a source for data comparison of device tuners for current TVs, converters, DVD recorders, comparing them for consumers to decide

Re: [CGUYS] Need Internet Radio Recommendations

2010-04-16 Thread b_s-wilk
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:45:21 -0700 Ellen Rains Harris escribió: I have two of the Grace Digitals, and I love them. They do internet, Sirius and Pandora. At home I still use an FM transmitter connected to my iMac. It's a stereo transmitter for cars that I plugged into a DC/AC adapter. It

[CGUYS] Is Apple Readying for a Rematch With Microsoft in Personal Computing? - NYTimes.com

2010-04-18 Thread b_s-wilk
By SAAD FAZIL of VentureBeat Published: April 16, 2010 Pundits are declaring mobile the new PC. The number of mobile phones far outstrips the number of desktops. Mobile phones are available to people in the developing world who never had an opportunity to buy or even use a PC. With phones

Re: [CGUYS] illegal search warrant?

2010-04-26 Thread b_s-wilk
Scott Adams Blog: That Lost 4G Phone 04/26/2010 according to Wally... http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/thatlost4gphone/ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

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