Re: Al Gore may get a PhD in Climatology

2007-02-24 Thread Dana
yes, Gruss, there is. Pity you can't see that. > The point being that there's nothing special about a corporation that > makes it any different than any other group of humans gathered for a > common purpose. ~| Macromedia ColdFu

Re: Al Gore may get a PhD in Climatology

2007-02-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > you're deliberately misunderstanding me. The city council is not in > the business of taking land. That's completely logically inconsistent. City Councils are in the business of maximizing citizen value and that's all they're in the business to do. If they think your house does

The X-Files

2007-02-24 Thread Rick Root
Remember the 1998-1999 season of the X-Files - the season that scully was almost completely uninvolved? I found it to be very confusing.. I didn't understand the whole issue with her baby. I just watched the X-Files movie, which came out in the summer of 1998 - between seasons. Apparently, I nev

Re: Wedding Invitation question...

2007-02-24 Thread Dana
Most people who have an earned doctorate use the title. Most women who keep their names dislike being called by their husband's last name. I don't know these people, but I have found the above to be true. fwiw Dana On 2/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr. and Mrs. Blow or M

Re: Al Gore may get a PhD in Climatology

2007-02-24 Thread Dana
you're deliberately misunderstanding me. The city council is not in the business of taking land. It may from time to time, but on the whole, this is not what it is about. Corporations on the other hand are about maximizing shareholder return, ie profit. All that is ALL that they are concerned with

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Dave l
offer a free mac to the buyer and it will sell!!haha damn this web interface is all jacked up in ff ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.co

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
have you thought about renting it out by the hour? I hear there's plenty of profit that way. On 2/24/07, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >sigh< > > no. > > have an offer from a woman that wants to do a lease-to-own. not > thrilled about going that route, but seems to be the only ch

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Charlie Griefer
>sigh< no. have an offer from a woman that wants to do a lease-to-own. not thrilled about going that route, but seems to be the only choice i have. other than...y'know... arson. On 2/24/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lol > > well well if it isnt mr griefer himself! > > sell your condo

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Dave l
lol well well if it isnt mr griefer himself! sell your condo yet? > > it was some guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] never seen him before on this list. > > -- > Charlie Griefer > ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing d

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Charlie Griefer
On 2/24/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > good reply, never quite thought about that. > > M$ has just too many things going and I think they they have been to > complacent and are now just too far behind to catch up (on the OS). What they > really need to do is start completely over, their

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Dave l
good reply, never quite thought about that. M$ has just too many things going and I think they they have been to complacent and are now just too far behind to catch up (on the OS). What they really need to do is start completely over, their kernals just arent good enough. Security aside, Apple

Re: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> dHomey wrote: > And I gotta thank MS for, ironically, standardizing some hardware > and software issues-- I honestly wonder: had not MS had such > a huge share of the market, would stuff have come together so > quick. As usual dHomes, you're right (except for those times you're wrong). MS is wha

Re: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Dinner
On 2/24/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Windows sucks and I often find myself wondering how it is that people > put up with it. It's not THAT bad. And diversity is a Good Thing, Most Times. Again, we want to avoid the Cyclonization type deals. This laptop has been the best ye

Re: Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dave wrote: > While this IS funny, it's amazing that M$ actually allows him to use macs Microsoft should've started migrating away from being an OS/Desktop company years ago but it's just not in their DNA to be creative whereas that's really all Apple is about. So, if you accept the fact that y

Re: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dave wrote: >then enjoy vista and know its just a piss poor version of OS X Yeah, that's my whole problem with MS as a company - they don't create or innovate, they copy - and why I sold their stock years ago. Ironically I used it to buy Apple which then rose by 400%, split, and rose by another

Why Vista is a rip off of OS X

2007-02-24 Thread Dave l
Some of you may remember this guy from MM. Forest Key the director of web and client user experience platform marketing for Microsoft. Ryan Stuart posted about Forests blog and it's funny because all of his pix he is using macs. While this IS funny, it's amazing that M$ actually allows him to

Re: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Dave l
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=151250154&size=o i havent gone through all these replies but i saw on there were someone asked how it improves production. Since I moved to a mac my production has easily doubled. I just dont have all the crap to do that i did on windows. I don't have to shut

Re: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Dinner
Cool. Quark bugs me- If the server is down, So's Quark. Cyclon tech. =P On 2/24/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While it checks the server once a day, the network or server would have > to be down for like 60 days strait for it to cause a problem. > > If you enter in a key manu

Re: Google Targets The Enterprise

2007-02-24 Thread Dinner
Damnit Jim! That was awesome! On 2/23/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay. I'm too geeky. > > All I could think of when I read the headline was "Well, then - they > better > raise shields and target phasers!" > > Been a long week. > ~~~

Re: AZ Repubs: Profs Political Opinions Illegal

2007-02-24 Thread Dinner
On 2/23/07, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "the more i'm glad i didn't attend a public state university" > > I don't think the stuff we're talking about happens that much.Most Then, why, o why, do we need more laws? Even for larger things, I'd rather have society handle it with

RE: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Nick McClure
While it checks the server once a day, the network or server would have to be down for like 60 days strait for it to cause a problem. If you enter in a key manually then it never checks the server. > -Original Message- > From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 24

Re: PC World has weighed in on Vista and it does not look pretty

2007-02-24 Thread Dinner
What happens when the network is down? Still a manual way of entering them? On 2/23/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I actually like it from one extent, you nolonger need a product key, you > just create a special DNS entry and anybody on campus gets a copy. You no > longer have to

RATS! RATS! RATS!

2007-02-24 Thread Gruss Gott
This is news footage of a KFC/Taco bell in Manhattan that is INFESTED with RATS! Not mice, RATS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0U37w2tws ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIA’s for your busines

RE: Google Targets The Enterprise

2007-02-24 Thread Nick McClure
Yeah I've seen that as well. Fairly interesting, but not sure how the speed will compare against SATA based swap space. On newer systems where the USB2 is part of the PCIe Bus it may be ok. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yeah, I agree. That's why I

Re: Google Targets The Enterprise

2007-02-24 Thread Yves Arsenault
I also heard that about Vista I'm not using Vista yet but my boss and a co-worker have upgraded... so I'm playing with it a little. I might get to try a few things like that out (flash drives) Yves On 2/24/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nick wrote: > > I'm not really sure w

Re: Anybody else with a PS3?

2007-02-24 Thread Paul Ihrig
have finished Resistance & COD3 now trying a little online play. ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive

Re: Anybody else with a PS3?

2007-02-24 Thread Paul Ihrig
invite sent to Kiwidust from TimeLord_DrWho On 12/20/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm "Kiwidust" on PSN if any wants to befriend me. > > (I'm also "Kiwidust" on XBox Live but don't expect an answer there since the > 360 is still broken and I'm still too pissed to pay to have it fixed

Re: Google Targets The Enterprise

2007-02-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > I'm not really sure who the target audience here is. Yeah, I agree. That's why I think it's more a proof of concept. But speaking of Vista, one super cool thing I found out about it is that you can plug in flash drives and tell the OS to use them for OS memory! That's awesome!

RE: Google Targets The Enterprise

2007-02-24 Thread Nick McClure
I think this guy does a pretty good job of talking about it: http://www.playfuls.com/news_06331_Google_Apps_Premier_Edition_Another_W ay_to_Get_Things_Done.html $50 per user for a small business is an OK deal, but chances are you got Windows and Office when you bought your PC. A large organization

Trinidad Carnival- The Greatest Show On Earth!

2007-02-24 Thread Vivec
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1592816,00.html "For the two days preceding Ash Wednesday in Trinidad and Tobago, the 100,000 people who have taken to the streets make it a point to forget quite a few things. First among these is a sense of self-control, exchanging it for alcohol-inf