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Bootz, Happy Easter..
"I'll fill up the Ferrari for you instead."
That, in itself would be a magnanomous gift.
You're still 50-60 cents cheaper than us for regular.
But hey, looks like our Governor is a hero again saving someone's life off of Maui. It's all good this week.
Did you ever get around to running Diskeeper? And has anyone else tried this free Voice over IP telephony thing called Skype? I'm amazed at how clear it is. I even liked it better than Voice over MSN Messenger 6.1 .
Bootz..Thankz!
"I was gonna try to catch you some Starz stuff with it, crude as that would have been. But no go."
How truly kind of you to try! I appreciate the effort.
Turns out the gig isn't til Saturday April 10th anyhow!
Truly a great band. Thier 1978 record "Coliseum Rock" Has been in constant rotation for me from Vinyl, to 8 Track, to Cassette, to CD to Media Player files"... I never get tired of that record!
Speaking of those who fail to backup:
I guess USER ERROR is cross platform, eh?
http://investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2811315
"Posted by: 2bStealthy
In reply to: None Date:4/9/2004 9:46:18 AM
Post #of 15677
I am very pissed with Apple!
I just migrated from from 10.2.8 to 10.3 (my first mistake it seems).
I did not create a separate backup of nearly 15GBs of music because I was going to use my iPod as the backup. After all, we are able to syncronize the iPod, right? Wrong!
The iPod does NOT sync with iTunes. It is a one-way direction."
Bootz, Sorry your upgrade went so badly.
I feel your pain.
I can't have alot of sympathy for those the "lost years of data" though.
The first rule of upgrading is BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA!
ME to Xp was more trauma than 95 to 98 was.
On that one, it was a 1.3 gig P4 with 128 megs of RAM.
For the most part, the only issues were the webcam I had rushed out to buy after installing Win 98 was just old enough that Logitech wouldn't support it with a driver for XP.
So it went to the nephew as well.
I had to spend a day or so reconnecting paths of individual tunes for CDs that had been loaded into Windows Media Player, And finding, running & installing the "migration to XP" driver for Roxio's Easy CD Creator software. Just enough drama to be annoying. Once they were fixxed, XP has been a dream come true for me. (Thanks to Zone Alarm & Shields Up!, I've never had any issues with virii & such.) Bootz, If I was where you are, I'd be at Sunken Gardens tonight... Today I'm geographically jealous.
I remember my Win95 to Win98 upgrade too:
On a 200 mhtz Pentium I, with 64 megs of RAM.
It was absolutelly painless.
It took a little under an hour, while cool jazz played thru the speakers, and all of a sudden those USB ports that were built in the machine with no OS Support, suddenly sprang to life, causing me to run out & buy a web cam & a bunch more USB peripherals.
That machine still is in service (with Windows ME on it now)with my 10 year old nephew, who's happy to have it to do his homework in Office 2000, Build his GI Joe Collector website in Frontpage, and Play every 80's videogame known to those of us who used to shove quarters in them.
GoogleMail - New Name, Same old Spyware?
I hear GMail, besides needing a new name, also reads every piece of email & targets the user with ads relating to keywords found while scanning each piece of mail.
Let's hope Google cans that idea. It's just too intrusive.
In fact, it kind of reminds me of this new voice activated station search feature on the XM Satellite Radio in my car.
You can say "Rock" & it will tune to a Rock & Roll channel, You can say "Country" & seconds later, it's found a station blaring Shania Twain.... Pretty amazing stuff, but I think it's a bit too sensitive.
The other day some skateboarders darted out in front of me, causing me to slam on my brakes.
Under my breath, I muttered "F#%@ing Kids", moments later the XM Radio searched and found a station that played nothing but Micheal Jackson tunes...
Awww what the heck.
Give dmarsh 30 days probation, if she gets outta line just once, back to the pokey.
I mean, they even let Danny Bonaduce out of prison & he became a productive citizen. Annoying, but productive.
Bootz, Thanks
I had Gasbuddy... Pretty cool thing.
$2.01 for regular at my local Costco is about the best right now. Although for the "Ferrari Fuel" burning vehicles, i'd not go there for gas, They'll stay garaged.
Another way to deal with LJK
In addition to the 2 boards she's already banned from, Ban her from any board WLD has posted on in the last 2 months. (sort of like a restraining order... Stay 500 feet away from)
So, for now, She'd be banned from the aforementioned 2 AND Zeev's Turnip Patch,The Black Box,& The AAPL board.
That last board alone has become semi-civil, and readable without her daily "stream of unconciousness" 18 ramblings a day.
FRYING is too good for her. a nice locked closet or a deep well to toss her down is the best solution. Trust me on this.
Sun/Softie alliance:
Y'know what else Scott can kiss besides Gates' ring?
My thoughts are that this is good in that it eliminates another annoyance. On Sun's side, I think (to use the hockey reference) that McNeally finally saw that his team wasn't goint to make the playoffs, and would rather forfeit an ideal for a payout.
Yeah, she's been busy at other things. alright.
More wholesale jpg thefts from posts on iHub, then posting as her own, over on Atomic Blobs. (your 2nd offense doing this Ms. Kaplan)
Although I must admit, it's been amusing seeing her turn in an Academy Award winning, 24 hour a day self-importance act, and in the process, suck up terabytes of bandwidth.
Even funnier is the paranoia that someone is supposedly stalking her. (Perhaps some time shifter from another dimension?) Either way, it makes her posts sound more skitish than a Madrid commmuter on a train station platform.
Do NOT Fry this Pig. Leave her in Limbo forever.
Bootz, Thanks,
I guess I should've been more specific.
It's just that one of the absolute BEST live bands I ever saw is doing a reunion show there, & I was curious. Appreciate all the info. P.S. We'll still have that beer some day,and if it's a Laker - Spurs playoffs, the steak to go with it.
"Look out, Texas!
Starz is coming to the Sunken Garden Theater in San Antonio, Texas on April 10th, 2004. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 5 at 10:00AM (CST) online at www.startickets.com, or by phone at (888) 597-7827.
Live show features original Starz members Michael Lee Smith, Richie Ranno, Brendan Harkin, Joe X Dube, and newest member George DiAna on bass.
MEET STARZ!
The guys from Starz will be at Tiffany Billiards in San Antonio on Friday, April 9, 2004 for a Meet & Greet. Get autographs, ask questions, have fun: "
Bootz: S.A. QUestion -
"Sunken Gardens" a big place or small place?
Microsoft Corp. on Monday cut the price on its Xbox video game console by $30 to $149.99, a move analysts had expected the company to make at some point before mid-May in order to spur sales.
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, said it had also trimmed prices on software such as the karaoke game "Xbox Music Mixer," "Project Gotham Racing 2" and "Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge." The Xbox price cut is effective Tuesday, while the software cuts take effect Monday and Tuesday.
The Xbox was released at $299 in November 2001, and dropped to $199 in May 2002 at the E3 industry trade show and $179 in May 2003, at the same event. The new price was widely expected to come before this year's E3 show.
The move is also a change in strategy for Microsoft, which has in the past cut the price of the Xbox only after similar pricing moves from industry leader Sony Corp. on the PlayStation 2.
How do you do it?
For someone who "doesn't post here", you've managed to use your daily allotment of posts. How is that possible, you 2 faced dog? Tell ya what, why don't you take that loud mouth cow Linda,your Perma-Toasted pal Zanny, & go jump in a deep well?
"There was a good opportunity for Linux. It was called year 2000"
Linux Uncertainties Abound Despite Ruling
By Matthew Fordahl, AP Technology Writer
Linux Fortunes Rising, but Uncertainties Abound After Europe's Sanctions Against Microsoft
SAN JOSE, Calif.- It might have seemed to be the best possible week for boosters of the Linux open-source operating system.
As their nemesis, Microsoft Corp., was getting sanctioned by Europe for anticompetitive trespasses, computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. gave Linux a new vote of confidence, and the largest Linux distributor posted strong financial results.
Yet uncertainty still surrounds the community-built software's ability to chip away at Windows' dominance, particularly on desktop computers.
At face value, the Linux movement is helped by the European Commission's decision to level the playing field. The commission fined Microsoft $613 million and ordered the company to share code with competitors so their server software can run smoothly with Windows workstations.
But the action will probably end up giving little, if any, boost to Linux or other competitors.
For one, Microsoft's appeal could take years -- just as Linux is beginning to be commercially marketed as a viable desktop operating system for some businesses.
"I don't expect it to have any impact, primarily because it will take the courts five years by which time the matter is historical interest," said Alan Cox, a Linux project leader.
And even if Microsoft were to acquiesce and reveal the programmatic hooks so that rivals' programs can communicate better with Windows, Linux developers might not be able to use the information, since Microsoft could seek licensing fees.
"That actually hurts us because any effort to be compatible with them is going to be incompatible with open-source licensing," said Bruce Perens, an open-source software advocate and consultant.
Ever since the first Linux was created by then-student Linus Torvalds in 1991, its code has been made available for free on the condition that any improvements also be freely shared.
In contrast, at Microsoft and other proprietary software vendors, source code is kept secret, protected by patents. Anyone who wants to interact with it must use software interfaces revealed by the company or reach some sort of agreement with Microsoft.
Without such entanglements, Linux offers a low cost. That and its increasing reliability and security have driven Linux's success in servers, though Microsoft is still the biggest player.
Microsoft software represented about 55 percent of new server software licenses in 2002, compared with about 23 percent for Linux, according to International Data Corp. That market has been driven by Hewlett-Packard, IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., which have added Linux -- and support for it -- to their arsenals.
Linux's server success was underscored by the success of software provider Red Hat Inc., which announced Tuesday that its latest quarterly revenues surged 43 percent. The company showed a profit of $14 million in fiscal 2004, reversing a $6.6 million loss the previous year.
But Linux for desktop PCs continues to be a less-developed story. Less than 3 percent of new desktop licenses were for Linux in 2002, according to IDC.
And the actual number is probably much lower since many of those computers were shipped to China, where a significant percentage ended up having Linux removed and "replaced by a pirated copy of Windows," said Al Gillen, an analyst at IDC.
The percentage of desktop computers running Linux is expected to stay in the single digits through at least 2007. Windows powers more than 90 percent.
"There was a good opportunity for Linux. It was called year 2000," Gillen said. "As everyone was upgrading systems then, it was an inflection point in time where Linux, if it had been ready for the desktop, might have been in a position to capture some market share."
Even HP's Linux desktops and the Linux laptop it plans to sell later this year are limited to business customers, and just a subset of that market: companies whose employees don't need all the features of Windows, said Martin Fink, vice president of HP's Linux division.
"We haven't done this in anticipation of this huge uptick in corporate America going to Linux desktops," Fink said. Instead, HP saw demand from executives who wanted to test it out but wanted more than "beta," early-generation products.
Neither HP nor Sun named names of business customers opting for Linux on the desktop, though Sun announced a deal in November with China Standard Software Co. to make its software system the foundation for future desktops in China. (IBM is making itself one such business; Big Blue says about 10,000 internal PCs have been switched over to Linux.)
One issue that remains thorny is whether Linux as a desktop system is any cheaper than running Windows, because Linux has to be specially tooled to fit corporate environments, which takes time and money.
Linux also could be hampered by the SCO Group Inc.'s claims that some of its proprietary code has seeped into the open-source project. SCO is seeking licensing fees from users and has filed lawsuits, even though its claims have yet to be fully heard.
Companies like Novell, Red Hat and HP are offering to protect their Linux customers from such lawsuits.
Microsoft, meanwhile, still has a lot of persuading to do.
"I believe passionately that Windows has a lower total cost of ownership, despite the fact that Linux has no `price,'" Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a conference Thursday. "That's a marketing challenge a lot of (companies) wouldn't want to have, but one we've got."
Open letter to European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Dear Commissioner Monti:
As members of the House International Relations Committee, we are writing to express our concern regarding the European Commission's ruling in its case against Microsoft and the ruling's potential impact on the U.S.-E.U. Comity Agreement. As you know, we are deeply committed to strengthening transatlantic political and economic relations. Therefore, the potential of a regulatory impediment to the continued vibrancy of American and European industries is of the utmost concern to us.
After nearly 5 years of work, the U.S. Department of Justice, several state antitrust regulators and Microsoft reached a settlement--which was subsequently reviewed and approved by a U.S. court--that addressed and resolved the same matters at issue in the current E.U. proceedings. The court's Final Judgment established a comprehensive regulatory scheme that not only resolved past conduct, but also created a detailed compliance structure to address future competitive concerns that might arise. This regulatory scheme insures that Microsoft can continue to add new features into its products but allows both users and computer manufacturers to hide these additional features and use competing products instead.
The European Commission's investigation of the potential anticompetitive effects of Microsoft's actions, specifically the inclusion of audio and video functionality in Windows operating systems, is difficult to understand in the context of the U.S. Settlement and the U.S.-E.U. Comity Agreement of 1991. Because this exact issue was raised and resolved during the U.S. settlement, it should not have been an area of concern for the E.U.
While we respect that it is entirely within the scope of your jurisdiction to investigate any action by Microsoft, the U.S.-E.U. Comity Agreement codifies the commitment of both parties to seek to avoid conflict in the application of their competition laws, particularly in cases that would directly conflict with or undermine the actions or interests of other nations and even where one nation clearly has jurisdiction. As you know, this Agreement was reaffirmed and strengthened in 1998. We strongly support the principles set forth in that Agreement and consider it of utmost importance that this Agreement is respected in this case as well. We should also note that this case involves a U.S. company, that the complaining parties in the E.U. were primarily U.S. companies and that all of the relevant design decisions occurred in the United States.
We hope that the outcome of the Commission's investigation does not devalue the U.S. Department of Justice's prior settlement with Microsoft and that it respects the principles of international cooperation set forth in the Comity Agreement. In addition, we trust that whatever resolution you find will place a high value on the future of innovation in the software industry And the needs of both European and American consumers. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration.
Sincerely,
Robert Wexler
Peter King
Dan Burton
Gregory Meeks
Steve Chabot
Joseph Crowley
Jo Ann Davis
Adam Schiff
Mark Green
Chris Bell
PC makers shrug off EU ruling on Microsoft
Jennifer L. Schenker International Herald Tribune
Friday, March 26, 2004
"They already offer options on Windows"
PARIS - Showing that legal orders sometimes have a disconnect with the real world, personal computer manufacturers say they already offer different versions of the Windows operating system on their machines, some without the media software that was central to the European Union's antitrust case against Microsoft decided this week.
The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Microsoft to sell two different versions of Windows in Europe within 90 days to level the playing field in the market for audio and video software.
The commission ruled that Microsoft abused its monopoly in system software to promote Media Player, which plays and organizes music and other clips on a PC.
In reality, PC makers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard - generally not consumers - are the key decision makers on what software ships with their computers. Although Toshiba and other companies select the software packages for their models, retail consumers more often choose a PC for its hardware attributes, not for the included software.
A U.S. Department of Justice ruling two years ago ordered Microsoft to give computer makers the option of preinstalling other media players, and a number of manufactucters are already doing so. Some analysts wonder whether the EC two-system order will make any difference in the marketplace.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the dominant personal computer maker in Europe, for example, has already offered its retailers Windows without Media Player.
"We now have, and have had, the capability to provide the OS with or without the Media Player," said Amy Flecher, director of communications for Fujitsu Siemens in Munich. "We do have the build-to-order capability."
Flecher said Fujitsu Siemens, which does not sell direct to consumers, consults with retailers about their target markets and "work with them on what they want to offer," she said. "It's our decision to preinstall Windows Media Player either with the operating system or without. We're not obliged to bundle the Media Player."
In terms of what happens in Europe in 90 days, it is "too early to talk about the logistics" of dealing with the new versions that Windows will provide, if its promised appeal does not delay the implementation, she said.
Not all PC vendors selling in Europe have offered competing media players. Toshiba Europe, for example, said it ships only Microsoft's Media Player with its PCs, said Manual Linning, a spokesman. "So far, we have no plans to look for something else," he said.
Dell offers customers in the United States preinstalled versions of both Microsoft's player and RealNetwork's RealOne player, said Venancio Figueroa, a spokesman in Round Rock, Texas.
Outside the United States, customers get only Windows Media Player bundled in with the operating system. He said Dell has not yet determined how it might react to the EU ruling. "We are studying it right now," he said.
Forcing Microsoft to sell two versions of Windows in Europe "will change nothing" in terms of the behavior of computer makers or consumer options, said David Smith, a Bedford, New Hampshire-based analyst at Gartner Inc., a technology consultancy.
Since Microsoft is being forced to sell the two versions in Europe without any price incentives, he said he could not envision anyone choosing to buy a lesser version for the same money.
Flecher of Fujitsu Siemens said: "It's already our decision to preinstall Windows Media Player with the operating system or without. We're not obliged to bundle the Media Player."
A Hewlett-Packard spokeswoman noted that the software license for Windows today includes Media Player, "so the customer is paying for it whether they receive it or not."
Bootz, You know what that looks like?
My immediate thought looking at the Prinzwhatever was,
"Hey! It's the Chariot from the the old "Lost In Space" TV series!" Especially if there's a 7 wheel version.
I hear what you're saying about the Grand Cherokee. I had one as a rental for a few months a couple years ago, and I HATED it! If & when the Rescue makes it to the showroom, I'd definitely put it thru a test long before I buy.
EDIT: Will someone PLEASE build me a working model of the Warthog from the "HALO" X-BOX game?
Enjoy your basketball game.
ACE
Matt'd probably like this a whole lot less:
"sounds like you're bad-mouthing iHub."
while you, dmarsh/tulipz/bleutoo/i_am_verklempt, would rather go right to the source & insult Matt himself. And then have the guts to ask for the release of either your 2 faced pal Linda, or youself.
http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=4686874&tid=aapl&sid=468....
"Re: OT: Verk
by: verklemptus 03/27/04 10:24 am
Msg: 347413 of 347466
the boy king's an immature control freak. I doubt he'll let you out.
The reason you didn't see qt was because he goes under the alias of talk_like_a_pierat. Or at least someone who claimed to be him uses that alias. Why don't you ask him?
Posted as a reply to: Msg 347391 by aapljuice "
Now that's not very nice, is it? How insincere! Let's go back to the post you were responding to & see what your hag-pal Linda Kaplan said, shall we? My guess is it'll be enough to justify perma-Toasting both your wrinkly asses. (yours for a 3rd time!)
http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=4686874&tid=aapl&sid=4686874&mi....
"Re: OT: Verk
by: aapljuice 03/27/04 04:11 am
Msg: 347391 of 347467
Thanks. I didn't see quantmmech's posts, which was I suppose an impostiture of the real q, which testifies to AB being able to handle these little problems when they appear, without any nonsense. I glanced through the member listing and didn't find it, either, so I guess it was entirely deleted.
d's posts on iH were pretty funny but she has to learn how to address the posts directly to the little boy king or he won't see them, which is probably fine, since nothing would get him to let me out, anyway. I really am not reading any other posts in that area but M's and d's. I bookmarked d and read her posts now that she's talking again.
I was hoping for a birthday present, which would be before the date d mentioned. Not gonna happen.
He's having too much fun keeping me in there to let me out, ever. He's a pretty sick soul, IMO.
Posted as a reply to: Msg 347266 by verklemptus "
I KNEW you two slugs would hang yourselves. Let a liar like you out for Lent? Don't count on getting out by April 4th, May 4th, June 4th, or any time in 2004, 2014, or ever.
http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=4686874&tid=aapl&sid=4686874&mi....
"Re: OT: Verk
by: verklemptus 03/26/04 07:48 pm
Msg: 347266 of 347468
Well, you might be right. He doesn't seem like an anal retentive control freak like the little boy king. But I don't think he will allow harassing and stalking. Give it a try.
Posted as a reply to: Msg 346699 by aapljuice "
Matt , I hope you're getting a clear picture of what these 2 lying, geriatric female peices of shit really think of you & iHub.
M2, Welcome!
BurpZilla covered all the decorum & behaviorial issues, So I'll just say enjoy, and I look forward to your technical expertise adding to the mix. There's the kingdom, here's the key... Looking forward to your contributions.
ACE
Boot: with time, Yes. Prius, NO.
However, I cannot overlook "the thing that should not let it be" .
That Prius thing is dead dog ugly.
Ask again, but next time Jeopardy style, answers in the form of a question. =)
P.S. While I like the H2, I think i'll wait & check this out, the Jeep Rescue (concept) Much cheaper.
Keep in mind, I'm high up in the hills, an SUV is pretty essential.
And in any color but this godawful granny Smith Apple Green! Bleccch!
Beatles MEET Metallica
Here's what happens when 2 bands you'll never find either of on iToons, merge:
The BEATLES & Metallica together for the first time!
http://www.stark-effect.com/beatallica/beatallica.html
Lighters ready? Hit the lights!
Better yet,
Be done with "it" , and Boil her in oil.
If not for her past sins, for her latest copyright infringing ones.
Either way, put us all out of HER misery.
I'll make the dessert:
*Insufferable Huge Fried Apples*
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Fruits Copycat
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
2 cups Apple juice
4 large Golden Delicious apples with -- peel, 1/2" wedges
1/2 cup Apple juice
3 tablespoons Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Apple pie spice
4 tablespoons Sugar
Combine apple juice and apples in a medium skillet.
Simmer gently and turn apples often with spatula until fork tender but not mushy.
Remove with a slotted spoon to oven dish. In blender puree' 1/2 c apple juice, cornstarch, spice and sugar.
Blend a few seconds until smooth.
Stir into hot juice in skillet and cook, stirring constantly on med-high until it bubbles and becomes thickened and smooth. Turn heat off. Pour over apples.
Serve warm as side dish or dessert.
Refrigerate to use in a few days or freeze.
ROFL
"the schoolyard bullies with no sense of right and wrong,"
STRONG WORDS FOR A COPYRIGHT INFRINGING JPG THEIF, SUCH AS YOURSELF.
at least she didn't say this to you....
http://www.reelwavs.com/movies/finding_nemo/hopinsidemymouth.wav
like this?
http:www.crystaldawn.net/request.php?song=265. Finding Nemo - Speak Whale.mp3
Add COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT to LJK's offenses.
It's very interesting how Miss "I never do anything wrong" not only stole the "Get out of jail monopoly card jpg from my post, but then goes ahead and posts it on her own website.
LJK's post with the STOLEN pic: http://investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2692794
(right click on the properties of the photo & you'll see:
http://home.earthlink.net/~aaplover/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/OutofJailFree.jpg
AND the ORIGINAL:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2671505
It's called COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, Linda.
COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!
I'm calling the SEC.
P.S. Roast the lying hag.
ACE
Great Chart, Bootz
50.4 cents PER GALLON in taxes in CA. only to be outdone by Nevada & Hawaii .( for humor's sake, we can refer to this as "everyplace Ace consistantly visits" ) I swear, they oil industry is out to get me. =)
Zilla, Re: Pic Switcher
I noticed that yesterday... Hilarious!
P.S. Miss "Never do anything wrong" stole my Monopoly "Get out of jail " jpg. How unoriginal.
Bootz...I don't think that's it.
If it was, then I can't explain why the City of Carson, (about 15 miles south of L.A.) has almost no residences, and quite a few refineries itself. Beyond the idiotic overtaxxing that Gray Davis left us, & some "because we can" tax, it doesn't make sense.
Bootzie, That's downright cruel!
"$1.59/gallon gas"
Dang... I haven't seen that price in years.
The current low for regular 'round here is $2.03 , with 2.07 to 2.13 being the average.
The usual Mobil gougers are charging $2.23 .
Ferrari Fuel & mid grades are in the $2.33 to $2.60 range.
Monthy rail pass: around $60
Bootzie, read Matt's directions again.
"you'll need to write at least an 8-line poem.
8 lines was the MINIMUM.
I gave what was required, and then some.
You got the Bonus plan. Lighten up, It's cookie season.
"See those twins over there? Girl Scouts... I took 2 boxes..."
NO WAY!
You know, when you were asked to justify yourself in poetry, I thought you were gonna break out with,
Every rose has its thorns.
Just as every cowboy sings a sad, sad song
NO WAY! Brett & C.C. both know where I live, & they'd want songwriter royalty money!
We'll stick with Freddie....
"Now I'm Here... Think I'll Stay Around, Around, Around, Around..."
Matt's Poetry Corner-the day after.
Zilla, do me a flavor & link it over to where the warden & inmates will see it.
He got me on this poetry kick.
Wish I knew the author... But it ain't me!
A computer was something on TV
From a science fiction show of note
A window was something you hated to clean
And ram was the cousin of a goat.
Meg was the name of a girlfriend
And gig was a job for the nights
Now they all mean different things
And that really mega bytes.
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano.
Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3-inch floppy
You hoped nobody found out.
Compress was something you did to the garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in iHub's jail for a while.
Log on was adding wood to the fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a Minnie & Mickey lived
And a backup happened to your commode.
Cut, you did with a pocket knife
Paste, you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu.
I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they WISH they were dead.
I went with the Classic Black & White stripes.
Orange would've clashed with the Warden's Electric Yellow Pimp Suit!
Can ya believe MSFT went up on today's news?
I hadn't even thought of that.
Not trying to shill for Diskeeper either. It's just nice to find inexpensive software that does what it says it does, & nothing else.
Bootz, Did Diskeeper work for you?
I ran it on one of my machines that hadn't been done in a while, (started, went to bed, checked it the next afternoon & it was done. 40% better performance for defragged files).
I'm sure on my newer machines it'd be faster, but on a 1.3 gig P IV, with 128 megs of RAM, that was a livable solution.
POST 1000 for MSFT board!
Way to go!
RE: Mario Monti.
Something tells me, that this EU glory hog isn't going to end his term, if he doesn't get what he wants out of MSFT. (and sources indicate MSFT is still prepared to fight tooth & nial on appeal). As they should.
"For a technocrat with a dry, professorial style, Mario Monti has managed to rile a lot of powerful people during his five years as the European Union's antitrust chief.
Now, with his term almost up, the 61-year-old Italian economist who studied at Yale before coming to Brussels is set to do it one last time when the EU issues its decision Wednesday against Microsoft Corp.
Those who have watched him under fire from Washington or European capitals admire Monti's ability to remain unruffled - as well as his willingness to learn from defeats.
"I think he's seen as a safe pair of hands," said Fiona Carlin, co-chair of the competition policy committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU. "He's been prepared to stand up to member states lobbying, to withstand political criticism from the U.S. and from CEOs."
Monti's predecessor in Brussels, Karel van Miert, irked Americans first by holding up Boeing Co.'s $15 billion takeover of McDonnell Douglas Corp. in 1997 until concessions were made.
But the high-profile tussles picked up considerably after Monti took over.
In 2000 his team rejected WorldCom Inc.'s bid for telecommunications rival Sprint Corp. and two mega-deals involving European companies.
The EU also forced major concessions on Time Warner Inc. before approving its union with America Online Inc., such as forcing Time Warner to abandon a separate purchase of the London-based EMI record label.
"Mario Monti has certainly been the most courageous commissioner I have seen," said Michael Reynolds, a lawyer who has been practicing in Brussels for 23 years and currently represents Sun Microsystems Inc., which filed the EU complaint against Microsoft that is culminating in Wednesday's ruling.
"He's been totally steadfast in how he's applied the rules in a clear and non-discriminatory way."
General Electric Co.'s then-chief executive, Jack Welch, was less impressed when Monti was threatening to block GE's bid for Honeywell International Inc. in 2001.
After Welch called the White House for help, President George W. Bush said during a trip to Europe that he was concerned the EU might block the deal.
Monti responded angrily.
"This is a matter of law and economics, not politics," he insisted.
Welch went home from Brussels empty-handed, and accused Monti of making "extraordinary demands." GE is appealing the EU's rejection of the deal.
The tension has not only been trans-Atlantic. The French government complained in 2002 about several decisions by the commission to block European mergers, saying it left them open to non-European predators. Germany charged that proposals to drive down new car prices in Europe could harm the nation's auto industry.
Monti responded that regulators had to be passport-blind.
Worse criticism came from EU courts, which in 2002 reversed three big decisions blocking mergers. Each time, the courts chastised Monti's merger task force for poor casework.
"I am determined to do my utmost to ensure that this does not happen again," Monti said after the third defeat.
He revamped the task force, added a chief economist and an internal "devil's advocate" panel to review complicated cases. Monti also oversaw another round of evidence-gathering in the biggest case on his plate: Microsoft.
Deadlines for a decision were constantly pushed back as his team sought to bolster the case, opened in February 2000. They issued an unprecedented third charge sheet, known as a statement of objections, last August.
Observers dismissed speculation that Monti was rushing to wrap up the case before his term ends in October.
"A decision of this kind will have been put through every possible legal hoop more times than is enough," given the reversals of recent years, said John Palmer, director of the European Policy Center. "The risk of failure would have been too great."
In any case, Monti, who served five years as internal market commissioner before taking over the antitrust portfolio in 1999, may not be leaving Brussels.
Last month, he told reporters he would "seriously consider" serving another term in the EU if nominated by the Italian government. Media reports have suggested his next portfolio could be economics and monetary affairs - a seemingly perfect fit for the former economics professor."