MacGroup: LCS Meeting 1-25-2005

2005-01-27 Thread Bill Holt
Which Goodwill store are you taking the stuff to, Jane. If it's the Hikes Point branch, I'll schedule a perusal. > From: "jblake at win.net" > Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:42:10 -0500 > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGro

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

2005-01-27 Thread Michael Robertson
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MacGroup: High speed access newbie

2005-01-27 Thread Lee Larson
On Jan 27, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Michael Robertson wrote: > I think broadband from a satellite company like Dish is still pretty > expensive, last time I checked, around $120/month. The satellite connections are forever going to be impractical for most people, even if their prices are comparable. T

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

2005-01-27 Thread Rex Baldazo
I'm not certain if this is an option around here, but when I was living near Berkeley in California some friends of mine had high-speed service via microwave antenna. I think it was Sprint offering the service, aimed at people up in the Berkeley hills who are too far from the DSLAM's to get DSL se

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

2005-01-27 Thread Brian O'Neal
Motorola has a product called Canopy, that has a range of 35 miles line of sight, with speeds of up to 20 Mbps. It is pretty costly though, and you'd have to go in halfsies with someone who has broadband and is with in your line of sight. Or you could do the same thing if you build a couple of

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes & iPod

2005-01-27 Thread Rex Baldazo
Interesting story on MIT's Technology Review, about the coming battle between Apple iTunes/iPod against Microsoft's Janus technology (a.k.a. "Plays for Sure"): http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/01/wo/wo_hellweg012505.asp I must admit, I am sometimes jealous of my cube-neighbor's Rhapsod

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes & iPod

2005-01-27 Thread Ed Wiser
Do you really think if Microsoft has anything to do with it will work. I am waiting for the hacks that get the service for free.:) On Jan 27, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Rex Baldazo wrote: > Interesting story on MIT's Technology Review, about the coming battle > between Apple iTunes/iPod against Microsoft

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes & iPod

2005-01-27 Thread Neal Hammon
If any MacGroup members are old enough to like music from the 1930-50 period, I have a very large collection of Jazz, Dixieland, and Pop that I would be happy to pass around. At present I have a little over 4GB on a DVD-R that could be downloaded by those interested. A lot more is on CD's in my

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes & iPod [faked-from]

2005-01-27 Thread Green, Cathy
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MacGroup: High speed access newbie {repost} (Modified by Brian O'Neal)

2005-01-27 Thread Brian O'Neal
Motorola has a product called Canopy, that has a range of 35 miles line of sight, with speeds of up to 20 Mbps. It is pretty costly though, and you'd have to go in halfsies with someone who has broadband and is with in your line of sight. Or you could do the same thing if you build a couple of