Re: Satellite Internet relative security

2017-08-26 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
tions."     I will continue, without too much inconvenience, with my dial-up and infrequent trips to the library. Jim Kuzdrall On Friday 25 August 2017 13:04:11 Brian St. Pierre wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:56 AM, James A. Kuzdrall <gnh...@intrel.com> > > wrote: &g

Satellite Internet relative security

2017-08-25 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
Greetings, Is there any reason why a satellite Internet connection would be more secure than cable? (Internet-only service. No TV and cable networks.) WiFi is a no-no, of course. Is satellite traffic more likely to be scrutinized by governments? Although the satellites are

Is this normal?

2013-06-13 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
Greetings, On 09 June I gave Jerry Feldman and the LUG community a link to my example of a simple, professional-looking web page (opinions may vary). The link is private in that the top page of the web site does not link to it. The next day, Webalizer 2.01 showed that

Re: Simple but decent web composition software

2013-06-09 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
On Sunday 09 June 2013 11:03:33 Jerry Feldman wrote: I work for IBM, and use Symphony at work, but Symphony is based on OpenOffice. I have nothing against using Symphony, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice but my posts in HTML just end up looking terrible when I post them to Boston User Groups. They

Re: Font consistency (was: Simple but decent web composition software)

2013-06-09 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
On Sunday 09 June 2013 18:46:55 Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: This point about being able to find fonts that are both close to what I use and likely to be on Windows or Apple a really good one. Sometimes it's really hard to do that, though..., except, here's a really nice tool for the task--that

Re: I'm considering consulting out of state. What kind of incorperation?

2013-01-29 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
On Monday 28 January 2013 22:28:44 Bill Freeman wrote: I have a potential gig on Long Island on a 1099, but will remain domiciled in NH. I figure that I should become a LLC or sole proprietorship or something. Suggestions? I have been operating an engineering business in NH as a

Re: Free Stuff To Good Home(s)

2012-10-24 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
Greetings Jeff, I would be interested in the 72GB SCSI drives if they do not have too much time on them. I am in Nashua also. 883-4815 Jim Kuzdrall On Tuesday 23 October 2012 20:05:03 Jefferson Kirkland wrote: Hi Everyone! I find myself in a position where I have to get rid of a lot

Re: StatusNet, anyone?

2012-06-12 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
On Tuesday 12 June 2012 04:31:20 Eric Stein wrote: It's an open source twittery thing. I think. Google knows I'm sure! Is that the one that gives you a map of the URLs that are receiving information from your cookies? I understand that they are not necessarily the ones that set the

Re: Tracking The Trackers (was StatusNet, anyone?)

2012-06-12 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
On Tuesday 12 June 2012 12:25:12 Michael ODonnell wrote: Is that the one that gives you a map of the URLs that are receiving information from your cookies? Wait--what? He might be referring to Collusion - fascinating: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/ Yes, collusion is the

Re: USB (*gasp*) modem?

2012-05-13 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
On Sunday 13 May 2012 23:15:48 Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: ... Well... there is one concern I have. I recall an engineer at a previous employer (that's Eric to you, Bobby) who had issues with the USB - RS232 doohickeys; I no longer recall the details, but something, IIRC, about how it was buffered

Re: USB (*gasp*) modem?

2012-05-11 Thread James A. Kuzdrall
Greetings Ken, On Friday 11 May 2012 02:26:26 Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Hey, all. I find myself likely entering the land of dialup for roughly 1.5 weeks. DSL could be acquired, but for astronomical prices. So! I'm going with my laptop, so USB is the way to fly. Suggestions on a modem? Or do