DAT-heads Digest #815

Contents:
  Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group? ("Boogie Shafer")
  ISO: MMW 6/17/94 and 11/08/94 ("Mike Vescovo")
  The Strokes 04-25-2006 Boston (William Schofield)
  Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group? (music.fan@earthlink.net)
  Re: Sony D7 AC power adapter (Seth Breidbart)
  Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group? (J Levene)
  TROUBLE in Boston? ("john e. bogus")
  Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group? ("john e. bogus")
  re: Sony D7 AC power adapter ("john e. bogus")
  DAT Heads as a BBS??? (Bruce Burnett)
  Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group? (Seth Breidbart)


From: "Boogie Shafer" <boogie@dubious.com>
Subject: Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group?
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:59:18 -0700

gary,

lest other people get confused.....a yahoo group requires no change in =
your firewall or giving any more access to your computer than any other =
email message. i have no idea where that impression comes from. perhaps =
your comments are in relation to the "toolbar" applications which both =
yahoo and google use to their own ends. you dont need the toolbar =
installed to use the yahoo groups service.

boogie

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>From: Gary Gilliland <garyg@use-email.net>
>Subject: Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group?
>Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:56:29 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Hi Liam & Graham & all..
>
>  Speaking just for myself, I despise Yahoo because to use it requires
>taking down too much firewall and giving Yahoo far too much access to =
my
>computer -- which in a typical Telco way they seem to regard as *their*
>computer.  I believe Google would be a better choice, though not as =
good
>as what we are getting now and have been getting all along thanks to =
Liam.
>


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From: "Mike Vescovo" <shackaholic@gmail.com>
Subject: ISO: MMW 6/17/94 and 11/08/94
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:23:21 -0500

Please contact me off list if you can help me out with these shows on DAT/C=
DR.

Have gobs of MMW to trade - CDR/SHN/FLAC/DAT, etc....

TIA,
Mike



From: William Schofield <tradingcrazy@comcast.net>
Subject: The Strokes 04-25-2006 Boston
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:57:12 -0700

Did anybody tape the show last night?

The Strokes; 04-25-2006, Agganis Arena, Boston University, Boston, MA

If you did, or know somebody that did, please email me.  Thanks!

BS




From: music.fan@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group?
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:22:18 -0700

At 13:56 GMT 04/26/2006, Gary Gilliland <garyg@use-email.net> wrote:
>
>I despise Yahoo because to use it requires taking down too much
>firewall and giving Yahoo far too much access to my computer

Why?

1. If you subscribe via email, no Yahoo access is needed... zero!

    I belong to 40+ Yahoo groups, and most of them only see me
    via email, because I have no need of their archives, etc.

2. If you use the Yahoo website, it's true you need a Yahoo ID,
    but you can use their website with only session cookies, and
    (b) I assume javascript is needed in your browser... nothing
    else is required, I block everything else in my firewall.

I can use all three of my browsers nearly disabled for Yahoo,
only session cookies, Yahoo is very restricted in my firewall.

I thought I would be annoyed by the ads, but I never see them,
I just ignore them... it helps if you do *not* use HTML email,
just plain text email, then it's easy to ignore the ads.  





From: Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Sony D7 AC power adapter
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:41:25 -0400 (EDT)

"Slipkid" <slipkid@voicenet.com> wrote:

> I don't know the electronic rules about what is ok to use other than
> of course a device with the exact same rated Volts and mA, but
> suspect that it *might* be ok to try something close and still be
> able to operate the deck without risk of damaging it or the power
> supply?

It has to be the same voltage; too little won't power the deck, too
much can let the smoke out.  (Sometimes a little too low is OK, if the
excess was used only to charge an internal battery.  Don't depend on
that.)

The amperage has to be at least as high as the spec, but a bit higher
is fine.  The deck draws what it needs, the supply has to be able to
provide that much.

Seth



From: J Levene <jlevene@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:53:02 -0700 (PDT)

as a member of this group for at least 10 yrs, I think
the movement to Yahoo or Google is primarily up to the
admin.  If the current system is taking too much work
and there is no more joy or love in the adventure,
then move it.  


If you are keeping count of which group to move to I
vote for Yahoo as I am already a Yahoo member and I
have not had any issues with firewalls or system "take
overs" by Yahoo even though I have installed their IE
toolbar plugin.

ttfn
John L




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From: "john e. bogus" <bogusisme@surfbest.net>
Subject: TROUBLE in Boston?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:34:11 -0400

I had read that Trouble was going to play at some hardcore and metal
festival near Boston on Sunday, but the info has been removed from the
band's site.  Did they cancel?  If they are still playing, is anyone
planning on taping this most excellent old-school metal band?  Is anyone up
there in that area in the know?  Brian?  Anyone??

Yours Truly,
john e. bogus




From: "john e. bogus" <bogusisme@surfbest.net>
Subject: Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:34:08 -0400

I would sure hate to see this list become a yahoo group.  To me, the biggest
disadvantage is that it is web based (messages are viewed as a webpage),
meaning that the information is not stored on your computer.....if you want
to refer to something from the past, you have to be online and search
through 50,000,000 webpages to do so.....this takes a while, especially if
you're using a dialup connection.  The suggestion to use SpamAssassin on the
list's input is an excellent one....hopefully someone with the technical
know-how will step up to the plate and volunteer.  I've read a lot about
this program, and it seems to be just the ticket.....too bad that you have
to be a computer whiz to be able to use it, someone REALLY needs to write a
tutorial on how to configure it for outlook express so that the average
computer user can benefit.....

Yours Truly,
john e. bogus




From: "john e. bogus" <bogusisme@surfbest.net>
Subject: re: Sony D7 AC power adapter
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:34:10 -0400

"I don't know the electronic rules about what is ok to use other than of
course a device with the exact same rated Volts and mA"

If the voltage is the same, you can use any supply that provides the same
voltage and more current (higher mA).  This assumes that the voltage
regulation of the supply is such that drawing less (far less) current from
the supply does not cause the output voltage to rise to an unacceptable
level.....with a wall-wart type of supply, you should be safe in this
regard.  Conversely, if you draw more current than the supply is able to
handle, this will load down the output to the point where the supply will
lose regulation of the voltage (subject to how well the voltage is regulated
and how well the supply is designed), and the output voltage will drop,
possibly to the point where the device you are powering will not operate.
Any given piece of electronic equipment MAY POSSIBLY tolerate a SMALL amount
of overvoltage fed to it (say 5% or so).....but if this isn't explicitly
stated in the specs somewhere, it is best NOT to chance it!  Powering an
electronic device with less voltage than it is designed to run on may or may
not work, depending on the device.....doing so is not harmful to 99.99% of
the equipment out there, and it will be a good assumption that you are safe
with this in equipment that is capable of battery operation (just like low
or dead batteries will not hurt anything, but the equipment won't operate
once the voltage drops past a certain point).  If you have a supply rated at
6V @ 500mA output, you can certainly try to power a D7 with it if the
original supply is rated at 650mA.  If the deck draws more than 500mA, the
voltage from the supply may drop a bit, hopefully not enough to cause the
deck to shut down with a "low battery" indication.  Feel the supply after it
has been used for perhaps 15-30 minutes.....it may be warm (most of these
wall-wart supplies do run warm in normal operation), but should NOT be hot
to the touch....if it is hot, you are overheating the supply and it will
soon burn out.  If you use a power supply rated at more current than the
device will draw, your supply will last longer because it is not working as
hard and is producing less heat.  It should be possible to obtain a cheap
generic supply off the shelf for only a few dollars that will supply 6v @
650mA or better, but keep in mind the following cautions: With cheap
supplies like this, the regulation usually isn't great, so choose a supply
that can supply the same or slightly more current at the required voltage
(6v at perhaps 700-800mA, for example).  NEVER feed AC into a device that
operates on DC.  Observe correct voltage polarity.

Yours Truly,
john e. bogus




From: Bruce Burnett <dubcentralstation@yahoo.com>
Subject: DAT Heads as a BBS???
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:43:07 -0700 (PDT)

I think a BBS for our group would work "A LOT" better
than a bounce list. my 2 cents.....


Bruce Burnett

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From: Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com>
Subject: Re: DAT-Heads as a Yahoo or Google Group?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:13:35 -0400 (EDT)

"john e. bogus" <bogusisme@surfbest.net> wrote:

> I would sure hate to see this list become a yahoo group.

I would, too; yahoogroups is not particularly good at spam filtering
(as those on laptop-tapers have recently observed).

>  To me, the biggest disadvantage is that it is web based (messages
> are viewed as a webpage), meaning that the information is not stored
> on your computer.

That's up to the user; you can get the messages sent as email, which
is how I generally do it.

Seth


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