MCBA: Taking Macs off my recommended list

Friday, December 5, 2008

For all the griping about Microsoft and its problems with Operating Systems, Apple is rapidly moving into the same class. There is a very annoying problem that arrived with a required update. Now every so often the Mac Book Air stops working while it rescans and reconnects to the WiFi Access Point.

Browsing the web shows that this has been a problem since the First Quarter of this year.

Argh!

Don’t buy Microsoft or Apple. Bite the bullet and go directly to Linux. At least, when you have a problem, you’ll know you are on your own!

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SERVICE: Microsoft FOLDERSHARE being replaced

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

From: Windows Live FolderShare <communications_iw_cs_enus@communications3.msn.com>

Date: December 1, 2008 7:21:57 PM EST
To: fjohn
Subject: Windows Live Sync replacing FolderShare: What you need to know

Dear FolderShare user,

We’re contacting you to let you know what’s next for FolderShare, and to make you aware of some important changes.

In December, we plan to announce a product called Windows Live Sync. You can think of it as FolderShare 2.0. It’s going to look familiar and offer the same great features, plus:

  • More folders and files—sync up to 20 folders with 20,000 files each.
  • Integration with Windows Live ID—no more extra sign-in stuff to remember.
  • Integration with the Recycle Bin—no more separate Trash folder to fiddle with.
  • Unicode support—sync files in other languages.

A huge part of Sync’s success story depends on FolderShare users like you. When Sync releases, FolderShare goes into retirement. That means your FolderShare software will stop working and will ask you to upgrade to Sync. Once you do, Sync will automatically rebuild your personal folders. We expect a lot of new users when Sync is released, so if you can’t sign in right away, please give it a little time.

Here’s the part you need to pay attention to: Sync will not be able to rebuild your shared libraries. If you have a lot of shared libraries, you should hop over to the FolderShare website while it’s still available and copy all that information. You’ll need it to rebuild your shared libraries in Sync.

Thanks for being a FolderShare user! We’re excited about delivering an even better file-synchronization experience to customers like you. We hope you’ll come along as we move forward with Windows Live Sync.

Sincerely,

The Windows Live Sync (formerly FolderShare) team

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Yup, it worked relatively problem free. SO we have to screw around with it! Can’t have that. AND, we can’t have a seamless transition, you have to redo all you’ve done with it.

And, they wonder why people HATE Microsoft?

I’ve started the painful process of emigrating. Digging that parasite out from under my saddle. My MCBA was a my first step away on my way to Linux.

Others would be well advised to do the same. You have no control of what “they”, (Microsoft, Google, or the “cloud computing providers”), do to you!

That’s just unacceptable.

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MCBA: Excessive Airport Scanning after 10.5.2

Friday, November 28, 2008

Re: Excessive Airport Scanning after 10.5.2

Posted: Nov 23, 2008 11:01 AM in response to: Gregory Vonderh…

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Glad to know I’m not alone. Slight comfort. I almost bought a new AP thinking that had to be the problem. Of course, this has only happened since the OS update. I never had a problem prior to that. None of the subsequent updates have helped, either. Getting rid of the airport status in the menu bar has only helped in that I don’t constantly see black bars fade to completely ghosted every 30 seconds. I’m hoping that this issue is resolved soon. It’s beyond maddening.

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I’m also having the problem. Argh!
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TECHNOLOGY: AntiSPAM tactic that Yahoo misses

Monday, November 24, 2008

Here’s a spam that I received at my Yahoo account. It purports to be from a Yahoo user id. BUT, if it didn’t originate entirely inside Yahoo, then Yahoo should be able to NUKE it before it hits my inbox. Seems simple to me?

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Return-Path: <jfrank@yahoo.com>

Authentication-Results: mta134.mail.ac4.yahoo.com from=yahoo.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)

Received: from 80.229.33.223 (EHLO esssrv01.eatonsquareschool.com) (80.229.33.223) by mta134.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:25:19 -0800

Received: from User ([216.212.164.154]) by esssrv01.eatonsquareschool.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:17:48 +0000

Reply-To: <jfrank@yahoo.com>

From:

“Frank”<jfrank@yahoo.com>

Add sender to Contacts

Subject: Question about Item – Respond Now

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:24:41 -0600

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/html; charset=”Windows-1251″

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Bcc:

Return-Path: jfrank@yahoo.com

Message-ID: <ESSSRV01f9hYDkngMUJ000029cf@esssrv01.eatonsquareschool.com>

Content-Length: 10368

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TECHNOLOGY: Yahoo Group fails to send message!!!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

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DistributeJasperJottings · Distribute Jasper Jottings

Post Message We’re sorry, but we were unable to complete your request at this time.

If you continue to receive this error for more than 48 hours, please contact our Customer Care team. We apologize for this inconvenience.

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ARGH! What kind of nonsense is this? No wonder their stock is in the toilet! FORTY EIGHT hours? Are they kidding me? Time to search for alternatives.

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UPDATE @ 9AM

The problem is in their “Rich-Text Editor (Beta)”. That allows you to send an HTML message. The old version forces a plain text message. That is working.

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TECHNOLOGY: Website fraud

Saturday, November 22, 2008

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2008/11/classmates

Classmates.com User Sues; Schoolmates Weren’t Really Looking for Him
By Ryan Singel Email 11.12.08

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When Classmates.com told user Anthony Michaels last Christmas Eve that his former school chums were trying to contact him, he pulled out his wallet and upgraded to the premium membership that would let him contact long-lost fifth-grade dodge-ball buddies and see if his secret crush from high school had looked him up online.

But once he’d parted with the $15, Michaels learned the shocking truth: No one he knew was trying to contact him at all. Classmates.com’s come-on was a lie, and he’d been scammed.

{Extraneous Deleted}

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Instead of NJ chasing after eHarmony for not “servicing” homosexuals, maybe they should chase the corrupt politicians who are stealing our tax dollars. Or, this site that is defrauding folks.

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TECHNOLOGY: Missed opportunity

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081118/D94H4S981.html

`$100 laptop’ group reboots Give 1 Get 1 offer
Nov 18, 12:06 AM (ET)
By JESSICA MINTZ

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SEATTLE (AP) – The One Laptop Per Child project is set to resume its Give One Get One promotion for its kid-friendly computers Monday with logistics help from Web retailer Amazon.com Inc.

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Boy, did they miss their opportunity. I tried to get some last year. Argh! Now with the various alternatives, they have missed the boat.

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TECHNOLOGY: UBUNTU 8.10

Saturday, November 8, 2008

http://www.ubuntu.com

Downloaded the latest release. Some platform problems getting it down, but got it. Luggable comes up on the live distribution clean. Connected to the home wireless network by selecting the network and supplying the admission password. Looks like we have something that will be my “production” release for my secondary desktop. Good bye Microsoft is on the horizon!

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TECHNOLOGY: No DRM!

Saturday, November 8, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7708268.stm

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New MP3 logo gets online support

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Seven of Britain’s largest music download sites have got together to promote a new “MP3 compatible” logo.

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No DRMs for me. I’ve been fooled too many times. I have load of cassettes with great content; don’t lock me in. Argh!

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TECHNOLOGY: DROPBOX, a better FOLDERSHARE?

Thursday, October 30, 2008

https://www.getdropbox.com/

DROPBOX

Perhaps a better version of FolderShare? (A file sync utility with some bells and whistles?)

Note: For some reason, they’ve given me some invites.

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