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Re: personal/home expenditure software - 17 years ago

Quicken, though it has some annoying issues for advanced users, is the one to beat. It is a pretty ideal package for budgeting and banking. I've used it for years. A "flat" database like Excel is the wrong tool for tracking budgets.

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Re: Starting allowances for kids. Had a thought - what about DEBIT card? - 17 years ago

Credit/debit cards are mistakes for pre-late-teens. They really need to get a feel for the ebb and flow of cash before going to an abstract system like checking or debit cards. Once you do get them a debit card, make sure they keep an up to date register at all times (a debit card is no different than using a checkbook except that you get a receipt instead of write a check).

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Re: long live the internet! death to big box stores! - 17 years ago

Ha! Yep, it drives some of my friends and loved ones crazy, but I generally believe in "walking the walk"...though I paradoxically also believe in "moderation in all things, including moderation".

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Re: google's first BIG mis-step? - 17 years ago

If true, then it is a Big step. Whether it is a misstep or and upward step is unclear. There are some pretty smart cookies at google who think about the whole package, not just the hardware and software. I would hazard a guess that they wouldn't make such a leap without extensive analysis of the pros and cons.

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Re: long live the internet! death to big box stores! - 17 years ago

$tevie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is the same argument people made about > supermarkets back in the past. Am I to assume, > Davester, that you buy all your groceries at the > corner market and never enter a Safeway or an > Acme? Pretty much. There aren't too many corner stores selling groceries, but I frequent the locally owned s

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Re: long live the internet! death to big box stores! - 17 years ago

RgrF Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The horse has left the barn on this one Dave. > There's a whole generation out there (with another > one coming right behind) who've never shopped but > at box stores. Perhaps it has left the barn in some parts of the US, but not where I live or in any places in the US where I would want to visit. I think i

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Re: long live the internet! death to big box stores! - 17 years ago

vicrock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People need to buy goods at reasonable prices - if > you can find something you need in our county, it > costs twice as much for half the quantity - no > wonder people drive 40 miles to go to the "big > box" stores. Yup, I understand how and why it works. I'm not so sure that we're talkin

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Re: long live the internet! death to big box stores! - 17 years ago

vicrock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- r - big box stores, chain stores, > whatever you want to call them do not "suck" money > out of the community. > > Every one of their employees gets paid and that > money circulates in the community - they pay > taxes, buy groceries and gas, pay for child care, > health care etc - the d

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Re: Virginia denies benefits to illegals. - 17 years ago

Go ahead and post it elsewhere kj. Due to his constant stream of racist posts, I (and probably others) refuse to do the shakeman sockpuppet the honor of participating in his threads (except at his expense).

by davester - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: long live the internet! death to big box stores! - 17 years ago

davemchine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "buy local" indeed. "Buy local" does not apply to big box stores. All of their profits are sucked out of the community and sent elsewhere. When I buy local I go to a street like this, with businesses actually owned and operated by members of my own community, not "suits" in distan

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Re: Baking Oil Substitute - 17 years ago

Why not just use a nutritious oil (e.g. olive oil)?

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Re: Virginia denies benefits to illegals. - 17 years ago

kj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a real issue here. The real issue is that shakeman is a moron. Shakeman does not "discuss issues". All shakeman is "good" for is posting racist views. He should be over on stormfront with his buddies, not polluting this space.

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Re: substitute for iPhoto - 17 years ago

kap Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i.e. her daughter's graduation > pictures are forever lost, . So I don't want that > to happen with my brother. Helloooo!! It doesn't matter what photo software you use, any database is susceptible to corruption (or user error) that can result in loss of data. Also, your hard drive WILL fail at some point. Ha

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Re: substitute for iPhoto - 17 years ago

Which version of iPhoto? The earliest couple of versions are ridiculously slow and not particularly useful. From version 4 on it's pretty snappy and the iLife 2005 version has a ton of useful tools.

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Re: Why no posts to this forum? - 17 years ago

Ha! Furious Styles, long since banned from appleswitcher for being the looniest of the loons, has the temerity to comment? What an absurdity! OK, back to your regular programming: User ignored - click to show/hide this message

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Re: Why no posts to this forum? - 17 years ago

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Re: Why no posts to this forum? - 17 years ago

This forum is a cheap imitation of appleswitcher. Why go with the imitation when you can go directly to the real thing. Besides, who in their right mind would want to have a debate with a loony like shakeman.

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Re: ARGH, housing prices are so hopelessy depressing. - 17 years ago

I think it's a mistake to let your emotions rule when it comes to "buying" a house. It's a psychological fallacy. You're not really buying it anyway. The mortgage company owns it...you just have a long term lease from them. The chances that you'll pay down the mortgage before moving are very slim. The rent/buy decision needs to be 90% cold financial calculation. For the coastal are

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Re: I forgot to show ya'll one of my xmas gifts! - 17 years ago

Wow, that's really something. IMHO, those volumes explain many mysteries of life.

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Re: Explorer on a MAC 9.2.2 strange - 17 years ago

The original mozilla is way out of date. Don't use it. Use the version found here: That should work just fine, and way better than explorer.

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Re: OT: HDTV/DVRs? Easy come, easy go? - 17 years ago

The UnDoug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's the only reason if I bought a Tivo/Replay I > might not opt for the lifetime subscription plan: > if I had to upgrade to a different model for HDTV > in the future, would the same plan still work? The plan applies to the box, not the person. This is because TiVo and ReplayTV give the boxes away

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Re: Who buys these? - 17 years ago

The US high fidelity business was a soaring example of good products and innovation in the 1970s. It has since sunk into the mire of snake oil sales. Even if those tube-amped speakers were any good, it would be patently absurd to apply high quality amplification to a highly compressed and low quality MP3 track. Some people have more dollars than sense...unfortunately I'm not one of them!

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Re: OT: HDTV/DVRs? Easy come, easy go? - 17 years ago

Unfortunately, all the HDTV DVRs thus far have had awful reliability, interfaces and features compared to TiVo and ReplayTV SD recorders, with the exception of the (discontinued I think) DirecTiVo. I think the best thing to do at this point is wait awhile. It seems to me that the problem stems from the media companies' desire to protect all that is rotten in video. The great features of the TiVo

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Re: I wonder who reads it to him? - 17 years ago

mtmind Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really like the quotes from the White House > Spokesman: > > "The president is a history buff" and "The > president is an avid reader." When a White House spokesman has to say things like this, it only reinforces that it is not true. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to reca

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Re: I'd say she's flexible.... - 17 years ago

"Creepy" is NOT the word that I had in mind.

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Re: Killed iPod...any hope? - 17 years ago

New.Dad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > too late now, but you could have done NOTHING and > kept it as an external portable hard drive If only I had the ability to predict the future I could have made a lot of decisions that would have netted me big gains!

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Re: GoLive versus Dreamweaver; how to spend (not much) money? - 17 years ago

Also check out Freeway Express or Freeway Pro...inexpensive and good.

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Killed iPod...any hope? - 17 years ago

I doubt it. I have an old gen 2 iPod. The headphone jack came adrift from the motherboard (a common problem). Other than that it seemed to be working fine. So, I took it apart and carefully (I thought) soldered the jack back to the pads on the motherboard. It was a delicate operation, with the need to solder about 8 small pads. I thought the operation had gone well, but now the patient sh

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Re: Need help with quicken - 17 years ago

I'm guessing that when you added the new account (the 401k), the value was entered in to the account as "cash". You were then supposed to do a bunch of "buy" transactions within that account to buy mutual funds with the cash without transferring any new money into the account. It sounds as though you may have instead transferred the mutual funds into the account in addition

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Re: Any way to restart an interrupted copy operation - 17 years ago

Thans macmagus. That was exactly what I ended up doing.

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