Re: {OT} OFC

No, I'm just regular ProFox, but I filter the OT posts into another mailbox. No biggie, I just thought whoever started this thread may not have known the [ ] convention. Ken On Oct 1, 2011 4:03 PM, "Ed Leafe" wrote: > On Oct 1, 2011, at 12:49 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrot

Re: [OT] Fleggaard ad

On Dec 22, 2011 10:23 AM, "Dan Covill" > It was Paul Hornung, running back for the Green Bay Packers and a noted > ladies' man. As he stepped out of the limo someone asked, "How do you > do it?". His answer, as you note, was "Practice, practice, practice." Yes! That was it. Thanks. Now we all

Unique Indexes = "not so much"

Hey -- I worked around this, but I just saw the weirdest thing: I am updating a conversion program taking data from an ancient system to a new one which is "going live" in the next couple of days. So -- I am doing a lot of SQL select's - then manipulating the data to match up with my new struc

[NF] Windows Updates --

Hey - -- -- - - I have noticed on both a W2K machine and a Vista: -- When I tell M$ to go ahead and install security updates -- but before rebooting -- just working along The whole system goes to Hello -- it slows down to a crawl -- running programs (seems like those running VB) put themse

[NF] Buying software online (grumble)

Hey - For the second time in as many attempts, I have stopped the process of buying software upgrades. Why? A "online delivery fee" included. The example this morning: Parallels. I have ignored for a while the "opportunity" to upgrade it. I got a notice for an offer I thought was reasonable p

Re: [OT] Combs for a Man?

> My hair is to thin for a comb :-( > Oops. My apologies to the follicly impaired community. ;-) To those dear souls. Did you carry one when you were, um, "more endowed"? --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- __

[NF] Speaking of ebooks: Reader?

I have a little netbook, which I love as a nice little "appliance" (not for serious work). It has XP on it. Is there a freeware ebook reading software that anyone recommends? I swallowed hard and tried the M$ one, but I couldn't figure out which format it supported. I tried Mobi on my old Windo

[NF] Vista and IIS

Hey, Dudes - - - -- - - As ProLinuxers know, I am suddenly stuck with a Vista machine as my main development box. Soon to change, I hope, but in the meantime How does one run IIS on Vista (home premium)? I have turned it on in the Control Panel. I can't find any administrative console for i

Re: [OT] [JOKE] Washington Celebrates Solving Totally Unnecessary Crisis They Created

Two words: debt ceiling. Ken On Jan 3, 2013 1:36 AM, "Adam Buckland" wrote: > WASHINGTON -Official Washington was in celebration mode on New Year's Day > after kind of averting a completely unnecessary crisis that was entirely of > its own creation. > "This deal proves that if we all procrastina

Re: [OT] 75-watt light bulbs are now outlawed

They are also a good example of short-term thinking. Sure, the CFLs save energy, but with the mercury in them it spells a huge environmental problem. On Jan 2, 2013 1:17 PM, "Nicholas Geti" wrote: > As of Jan.1 75-watt bulbs will no longer be manufactured. Stores can sell > off their inventory so

Re: Print Table Structure

Sidekick was one he'll of a useful little tool. Loved it. On Feb 8, 2013 11:20 AM, "AndyHC" wrote: > > Yo! lets hear a little cheer for Clipper! > I used to code it under DOS with Peter Norton's Sidekick set to switch > between Norton Editor (for editing) and DOS (for compile/link) - I used > rig

Re: [NF][Parallels] Toasted my computer?

personal experience with Mac since the G4 days. Linux, > Intel, Android, reluctantly Win 3.1 through 8.1, but little OSX work. > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) > wrote: > > Ed, Ted (?), others on Macs... > > > > The combination of the

Re: [NF][Parallels] Toasted my computer?

Well, that didn't help at all. On Apr 28, 2015 10:56 AM, "Ken Kixmoeller" wrote: > Yeah, typing the message on my phone. I figured if it was happening to > anyone else, I didn't need to explain it. > > I haven't entirely boil down the symptoms. Essentiall

RE: [NF][Parallels] Toasted my computer?

As good a guess as any. Activity monitor says 16 gb. Used 15.81. How can I tell? On Apr 28, 2015 12:52 PM, "Kurt Wendt" wrote: > Ken - just a WAG here - but, could it be a Bad Memory Stick in your Mac? > > -K- > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

RE: [NF][Parallels] Toasted my computer?

Hmmm. Kurt may have hit paydirt. I shut down all of my other applications and unnecessary processes. Now the W7 VM is running with ease. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___

RE: [NF][Parallels] Toasted my computer?

Thanks, Dan. Trying now. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/pr

Re: Conversions & Data Stores & Dinosaurs, Oh My!

> Its a rewrite with a new back-end. What is your current front end that you work with today? PHP, mostly, but I think they will want a more sophisticated set of controls than a web app. > PHP or java or ??? Just do it. It is easy to take your existing code base > and fit a lot of that function

Re: [NF] Our Love Affair with the Tablet is Over

Hey! I forgot that I had one of those adapter cables. Thumb drive works great on the Note 2. Very cool. Thanks for the heads-up. > I don't do anything special. just unplug it. If you are copying files, be sure to give it time to finish I guess. You need to eject it. Pull the control area down fro

Re: [OT] Joke

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Gérard Lochon wrote: > When i was a young boy, 50 years ago, the same old story > was telled about spain dictator Franco ... > An apt comparison. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html

RE: [NF] Steve Balmer

And no wonder M$ had wandered of the track. Forbes appraised the team for under $600 million. He offered $2 billion. Whet is the business sense there? Clippers and M$ are just toys to these guys. We don't even count as much as pawns. On May 30, 2014 1:23 AM, "Allen" wrote: > It was on BBC news t

RE: VFP6 on a 64-bit machine?

gt; > Jack Skelley > Senior Director, Programming/Computer Operations > New Jersey Devils > (973)757-6164 > jskel...@newjerseydevils.com > From: ProfoxTech [profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] on behalf of Ken > Kixmoeller (ProFox) [foxh...@i

Re: [OT] Ha! Trump's birth certificate is fake, too!

Looking at that hair, anyone could tell you that he was an alien. That is, an alien from another planet. Ken On May 6, 2011 5:21 PM, "Ed Leafe" wrote: --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___

Re: [NF] conversion white paper from mySQL to SQL Server

Why would _anyone_ convert that direction? On Jun 14, 2011 8:29 AM, "Stephen Russell" wrote: > If you have to do a conversion project this seems like a good starting > point. Free Registration may be required for this site? > > > > > Here is the tuto

[NF] Android Music player

Toss-up between NF and OT, but not political trash so I went with NF --- - The default music software that came with my Android phone inhales vigorously. For example, when you play an "Album" it plays the songs *alphabetically.* Anybody have a recommendation? Ken _

Re: [NF] Android Music player

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Frank Cazabon wrote: > I just use the default "Music Player" on mine and it doesn't do that. > It's what came with my Samsung Galaxy S (AKA Captivate) running Android 2.1. Maybe your software is a bit newer. I noticed that there is another Android version availabl

Re: FORMAT AND INPUTMASK IN WITH TEXTBOX

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Jerry Foote wrote: > It's so much easier to just press the first letter of the desired option > than navigating the combo box. Comboboxes work that way, too. I agree: show them the choices. Ken ___ Post Messages to: Pr

Re: [OT] Hear's a better pic of the same looter

"Here's" ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This

Re: [OT] Did you feel the earthquake?

What? No warnings from the religious right fringe? The "wrath of god for wayward politicians." Surely it is a "sign of the coming apocalypse" if they don't cleave to your party line. Pick it up, people! You have a reputation to uphold. Ken ___ Post Mes

Re: [OT] Did you feel the earthquake?

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: >        Maybe the wrath of Mother Nature? :) "It's not nice to fool (with) Mother Nature!" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLrTPrp-fW8) ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: h

Re: [NF] http://duckduckgo.com replacement for google.com

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM, wrote: > Has anyone tried http://duckduckgo.com   as a replacement for google? I > search a lot of healthcare issues and it seems > to be much better for that. Looks nice -- Stupidly, I didn't know that Googlemonster was tailoring your search results based on w

Re: [NF] http://duckduckgo.com replacement for google.com

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > FWIW, I started noticing several months ago that if I searched for > certain products using Google that I would start seeing ads when... Obviously I knew that it would target advertising based on my history, but not "below the ads" content.

Re: [OT] Some scary events in Republican party

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > Which makes him a weak kneed politician. This is redundant. > No commitment to truth and honor. This is the definition of a politician. > Are we to bow down to the few nuts just to get their votes... But this is what a politician *does.*

Re: [NF] It is about time

__stephen, please stop abusing the [NF] tag. The last couple of NF posts you started definitely are [OT]. (for the prior one: general science issues are only NF if they pertain to computing.) Thanks, Ken On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > US 'to sue major banks over mortga

Re: [OT] Now Obama wants ballots printed in both English and Spanish

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: >> You definitely should have to know and speak English before coming a >> citizen.  Hell yes. > >        Obviously, being able to *write* English is not a requirement! Oh, come on, Ed. Obviously he meant: " ...know and speak English before coming

Re: [OT] Now Obama wants ballots printed in both English and Spanish

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > What do they speak? Um, French (or "sorta-french" like the Swiss who speak "sorta-german" and "sorta-french" but nothing intelligible) ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintena

Re: MS Access quirky import

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > We're all bozos on this bus. - Frank Zappa You mean "Firesign Theater" -- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of t

Re: MS Access quirky import

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> We're all bozos on this bus. - Frank Zappa > > You mean "Firesign Theater" -- Very strangely, out of about 6,000 songs on my phone, Zappa's

Re: MS Access quirky import

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > Or X-Files. Mulder: "If coincidences are just coincidences, why do > they feel so contrived?" Sorry, my cultural literacy ends at about 1982. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maint

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: Used Ubuntu recently? A new horizon in moving stuff around, and I hear > the latest OSX isn't shy about it either. I *hate* the new desktop UI on Ubuntu. Hate it. Same reason as the "ribbon" BS in the MS Orifice (someone else commented on recent

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > ...other than to say I strongly > discourage people from running their own mail servers... I went through all of this, too. Frankly, it felt "cutting edge" and cool to have my own web server, including mail server etc. I learned one *hell* of a

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > I thought that the ribbon was to show the user just how much potential > was available.  In that the typical user only tapped 5% of a word > processor's capabilities... Oh, I don't mean to disparage the ribbon or other improvements to the

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > I *hate* the new desktop UI on Ubuntu... OK, I need to eat my words. A little bit of Googling shows that changing back to the "classic" Ubuntu desktop is a piece of cake. I shoulda known. I haven't been able

Re: [NF] Programmers From India

The grass is always greener... Ken ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/

Re: [NF] Programmers From India

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Richard Kaye wrote: > Pete, you really need to think  twice or maybe even 3 times before you hit > that send button. The correct number of times Pete should think before posting is 34,820,321. No more than once per minute. Ken __

Re: [OT] Stop forwarding that crap

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: >        I think we all have at least one person who needs to see this video: http://laughingsquid.com/stop-forwarding-that-crap-to-me-by-weird-al-yankovic/ ( -or- http://j.mp/neKRGQ ) Does this still happen to you folks, at least more than once i

Re: [NF] RIP Dell AT101 keyboard

How about: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/ Ken (My favorite was a Mac SE-era keyboard. The keys were about 2" high, and clicked away like a typewriter. I could type like a demon on that. [And by "demon" I mean that I could blaze away at about 45 wpm, up from my usual 30+. ]) On Mon, Sep 26, 2011

Re: Ah memories ...

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Alan Lukachko wrote: > FoxBASE+ (PC/Mac) - yep I tried to develop on a Mac I delivered at least 2 FP/Mac (or multi-platform) applications. I remember one client calling me sorrowfully telling me that the corporate office was making them convert to DOS/Windows (I d

Re: Ah memories ...

I still use the can holders... Ken On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Dan Covill wrote: > Inspired by that, I dug out my two decks of FoxPro playing cards! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listi

Re: {OT} OFC

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: > OFC has never been discussed here. from MSNBC... > Please use square brackets for OT or NF designations, not curly ones. Special bonus: easier on the fingers! No Shift key! Thanks - --- Ken _

[OT] Meghan McCain lawsuit and Lawyers

Hey - - - (My first [OT] thread started, I think...) I don't know if anyone here is following the whole Meghan McCain business (I had to WikiPedia to confirm who she is), but the letter to her lawyer is priceless! A couple of quotes: "...I confess that I first took the letter itself (from her law

Re: [OT] Re: Power the college campus with solar and make a profit?

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:21 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > I'm changing this to [OT] as I don't see why this was [NF] to start?? Because __stephen deems almost anything vaguely technical or scientific, whether or not having anything to do with computing, as NF. Ken ___

[OT] Go ahead, place the call

>From The Week and mental_floss: Police in the UAE said that during the recent BlackBerry outage, there were 40% fewer traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi. Ken ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [OT] - Male Fairy Story

> - Original Message - > From: "Pete Theisen" On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > You must be living in an area that houses people needing professional care. Um, it goes without saying... (but I did anyway)... Ken ___ Po

Re: [OT] Might makes right

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:57 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > If we had public cane-ings like Singapore, we'd have a lot less crime I bet. And what punishment for people who can not spell "canings?" Ken ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com S

Re: [OT] Assume the position!

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > > http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2011/11/living-a-lie Un-f'n-believable Good article. Thanks. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.co

Re: [OT] Cost of living in London, England (or somewhere near there) for college-age kid

In my experience: All of the money you have (or hope to have). As John Pinette says "London makes Disney World feel like a non-profit corporation." On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > ...what kind of expenses they thought she'd have for monthly living over > ther

Re: [OT] funny and so true

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is > in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC. Very good, __stephen! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenanc

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM, lelandj wrote: > Have a good Thanksgiving one and all, including Michael. Wow, you *are* full of good cheer? Dipping into TG libations early? Seriously -- here's a toast to assuming the best of motives for all the [OT] posters, no matter how wacky the posts may

Testing...

Hm --- I haven't received a message for several days. Looking at the archives, there is activity, so I guess Ed's server has come to its senses and banned me from the list. It has been a nice run, boys Ken ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Testing...

For better or worse, I seem to exist again. Thanks, Ed. >>> The real action is on [OT]. I get OT, but I twit-filter it heavily. I even filter out *my* posts. Ken ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailma

Re: [NF] LinuxJournal Readers' Choice Awards 2011 Best Programming, Scripting Language

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Ken Dibble wrote: > >>Proverbs 14:6 > > Matthew 6:5 & 6 > > John 11:35 Fred 12:22:86 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: Slow the kid down

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > ... but in my case if I mess around with it TOO much she'll just > switch over to all iPhone and burn up her data time and heaven > forbid that she'd be expected to pay for any overage fees... Gosh, she sounds like one of the OWS crowd

Re: [OT] Short film

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=4meeZifCVro Cool. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [OT] How Gingrich will solve economic problems

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > Is this for real? > > http://www.eutimes.net/2011/11/obama-issues-ron-paul-kill-order-as-russia-prepares-for-war/ What a scummy site -- hidden links that direct to spammy pages. For better or worse, I don't believe *anything* coming from a si

Re: [OT] Hitchens at last finds truth

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > Through the prophets God has communicated to the people.  To me that > just means that only a few people were listening to God while the rest > of us were too busy with our day to day lives. But can't you see how arbitrary that is? *Lots*

Re: [NF] PHP scrape text boxes and generate a pdf doc

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > I have a friend trying to do this and I have no idea how to do it in PHP. Not sure what you mean by "scrape", but if that means gather the contents of them, this is extremely easy. When a "submit" is executed, usually by a button, all of t

Re: [OT] Hitchens at last finds truth

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > Tebow is a perfect example of someone who makes their faith public, not > private Pretty good (for lame SNL) sendup: http://www.hulu.com/watch/311565/saturday-night-live-tebow ___ Post Messages to: P

Re: [OT] Fleggaard ad

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > It was obviously geared strictly to men. The ad is real. Here is a link > to simply the best advertisement ever made. > http://www.m2film.dk/fleggaard/trailer2.swf Geez! "... and a Merry Christmas one and all!" Ken

Re: [OT] Fleggaard ad

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > Step through the video a few > frames at a time using the Start/Stop button Reminds me of the old commercial (older American guys: help me -- I couldn't find this by googling): was it Joe Namath stepping out of a limousine with a couple of b

Re: Fun with LabelRIGHT...

I have always considered that the "Send" button has a special magic. *Only* upon clicking it does the fog lift from one's eyes. I have tried fooling myself by composing an articulate, thoughtful message to send to you all, but not sending it. Nope. Only clicking "Send" activates the brain. I wonde

[NF] -- Home Color Printer

Hey, all -- - -- -- - - -- - -- - Maybe a simple question, but: I am looking for a new color printer. Our requirements are simple: -- Occasional use for color documents, like the kids' school projects. -- More seldom, print a photograph or a document containing one. -- Ink costs that are n

Re: [NF] -- Home Color Printer

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 1/3/12 10:55 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: >> The Brother all-in-ones are outstanding.   They never break down. > > Seconded. They also have great Linux driver support from the vendor. Based on comments like these, I bought a b/w Brother print

Re: [OT] Bammer sure to win if any third party effort

Whadaya *really* think, Michael??? On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:54 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > DITTO!  They all SUCK!!!  I *HATE* career politicians ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/

Re: [NF] -- Home Color Printer

Thanks to Leland for hijacking my thread , we have a couple of intertwining subjects here: color printer for the home (me) and b/w for him. As I said before, I have a Brother b/w printer, too (HL-2270DW). It has worked well for us. It seems like all of the Brother consumer-grade color printers tha

Re: [OT] Using a land line still in 2012 (was Re: [NF] -- Home Color Printer)

We keep a land line, but got rid of the fax line eons ago. We keep it for one reason, really: my wife. She is a total Luddite (well, at least I got her to stop *printing* web pages to show me). OTOH, there is still nothing like the quality of a land line: no fuzz, no dropped calls, no mysterious "u

Re: [OT] Using a land line still in 2012 (was Re: [NF] -- Home Color Printer)

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:56 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >> is still nothing like the quality of a land line: no fuzz, no dropped >> calls, no mysterious "un-calls." > > What's an "un-call" ?? Seems like about 25% of the calls from my wife's cell phone to mine don't go through. I am in

Re: [OT] Kodak near bankruptcy

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:59 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > > But what would America would be like today if General Motors and others > were not bailed about and forced to file bankruptcy?  Would that have > really caused a worse cataclysm? No, just more momentary chaos. GM wouldn't have

Re: [OT] David Brooks is Obama's favorite pundit.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > Oh come on. This news was about Brooks when he was commenting on Obama > before he was even up for confirmation to run for President. But it is illustrative of the True Believer: the greatest enemy is not someone from the other side. The Tr

Re: Fair and Balanced

How about marking [OT] On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jerry Foote wrote: > How can the concept of fair and balanced reporting allow reporting of ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/

[OT] Minnesota again leads the Nation

... in idiocy. But what can you expect from the state that elected Jesse Ventura and Al Franken? For Rick Sanctimonium to win in Minnesota shows just how broken the caucus system is. 1% or less of the eligible voters showed up, and the ones that did are the wrong ones: Fanatical Fundamentalists fr

[NF] Macbook Upgrade

Hi, All -- - Long time, etc. ;-) Been over 5 years of official retirement (actual a bit less). Still watch the list for nostalgia, but I have nothing useful to contribute (OK -- all at once: "As usual!") Question for Ed and the Mac-tolerant: My mid-2014 MacBook is tired and literally falling apar

Re: [NF] Macbook Upgrade

so I can > access it from any device. That may be your constraint. > > The new MacBook Airs with M1 are amazingly fast, but I don't think large > screens are available yet. > > Eric > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:58 AM Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < > foxh...@information-

Re: [SPAM] [NF] Macbook Upgrade

...My SSD drive is the Samsung 860 EVO 4 TB SSD... Thanks, Christof --- Is that in your new MBP? If so, no reason that it wouldn't fit in older, like the 2016? I have gotten so insecure about this stuff, not paying much attention the last few years. On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 1:37 PM Christof Wollen

Re: [NF] Macbook Upgrade

Haha, yes, I remember you on CompuServe, too. (But wOOdy hadn't been on this list for a long time -- I remember him coming and going at the time when the signal/noise ratio was high. A lot of people did.) Hmmm -- I was assuming I could upgrade an internal HD, as I did on this machine. Never occurr

Re: [NF] Back to the job search boards!

Seems like crap always happens in bunches. Sorry, Mike On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 11:33 AM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > Well, I got notice today that I'm done with my current Corporate gig as > of 3/1. And I learned my Uncle Bob passed away last

Last Chapter

Hi, folks -- Five or so years since retiring, and all "just-in-case" scenarios fully played out, so... The last chapter in my Fox story is imminent. My large cache of FoxPro books is hitting the recycle bin. Long live(d) the Fox! Cheers, Ken --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- mu

Re: Last Chapter

pay for shipping and for your > trouble). We have a couple of foxpro projects that I think will never die > and I have a few people on my team I would give them to. You can email me > directly if you'd like. -Jeff > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 1:38 PM Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < &

Re: Last Chapter

interested in but I'll take it if it > doesn't run shipping to high. I probably should have asked where are as > well. Might be expensive to shop across the pond! I'm in the US, > Birmingham, AL. > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 4:01 PM Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < > foxh...@i

Re: Last Chapter

Sorry, Mike, they are all mine! I could leave them to you in my will! On Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 18:45 MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > Now those coozies I would want!!! ;-) > > On 7/13/2022 5:39 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: &g

Re: R.I.P. Marcia Akins

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Re: [NF] As one door closes, ...

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Vince Teachout wrote: > On 5/15/2017 7:14 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: > >> Well, got laid off from the Corporate gig today. It was a good 7 years. >> Onto the next chapter. If you hear of any needs, send 'em my way! >> > > I'm sorry.

Re: [ADMIN] Spring Cycling for Charity

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Kurt at VR-FX wrote: > The thing about swimming - you get the water resistance - but, NO Actual > bodily type impacts Yeah, but I did too much of one stroke and got (or exacerbated) a bad rotator cuff injury. Rotator cuff surgery is one which you want to avoid,

Re: [NF] URGENT Request - MailMerge w/PDF

Why directly to PDF, instead of VFP->Word->Print to PDF? On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Hey folks, > > I have this crazy request here at work - and its super urgent. So - I need > to figure out how to do this - and do it FAST! > > They have these spreadsheets of Data - and

Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > State owned vehicles? > > That one crossed the line. Big Brother is more present today that ever. Public ownership is Competent, Good, and *Never* Corrupted or Tainted by Unions or Major Corporations. Never. Really. Drifted fully OT,

[NF] Wireless network SYSFU

Hey -- I'm baffled by hardware issues --- (so what's new?) -- anyone willing to offer me clues? WAGs welcome, too, of course. I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals seem loathe to pass. As a result, I have 3 Wireless Access Points positioned strategically throughout.

Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU

be wire-lathe stucco in the old exterior walls, so maybe that is a difference. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 2/8/12 11:44 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: >> I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals >> seem loathe to pass.

Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU

Well, your suggestions got me thinking, and and further investigating. I has set fixed IPs and they must have reset to default, as they are no longer at the IP address at which I set them. Sooo. Off to Reconfigure-land. Ken ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU

Well, dumb-ass-ly, I didn't pay much attention to what was plugged in where. Why bother, right? You have a bunch of WAPs and computers plugged into a router and switch. (The switch is faster than the router, so I had the bunch-o-computers that I used before consolidating all of the OS platforms ont

Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Richard Kaye wrote: > Or you can throw out all the damn computers... ... and start that sandal and candle-making business I dreamed about in the early '70s. Just a front for a head shop, of course. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Richard Kaye wrote: > Then you'll need this > > http://www.dead.net/ Far out! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http:/

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