Re: [NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reaction....deja vu?

2017-04-17 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:05 AM, wrote: > > Reminded me of the almighty wisdom of Gartner from the eyes of the VFP > developer many moons ago... > And eWeek. They did it, too. That's the game; make the headlines every week. Once in a while, you're right, and people remember that. And you mentio

Re: ADMIN: SPAM was Re: Fw: good news

2017-04-17 Thread Ted Roche
The funny thing is, it really didn't: Yo! I've got good news for you! You are going to be surprised))) Please read it here http://REDACTED Be well, Al On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Mike wrote: > Really? Sounded just like Al. > > > Ted Roche wrote: >> >> Besides being garbled BASE64 em

Re: ADMIN: SPAM was Re: Fw: good news

2017-04-17 Thread Mike
Really? Sounded just like Al. Ted Roche wrote: Besides being garbled BASE64 email (see https://www.base64decode.org/), I suspect this is SPAM and/or malware, and not Al. On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Al wrote: WW8hIA0KDQpJJ3ZlIGdvdCBnb29kIG5ld3MgZm9yICB5b3UhIFlvdSBhcmUgZ29pbmcgdG8gYmUg c

Re: Fw: good news

2017-04-17 Thread Kurt at VR-FX
Al - this doesn't seem like good news to me - unless it was Lost in Translation! :-) On 4/17/2017 4:41 PM, Al wrote: WW8hIA0KDQpJJ3ZlIGdvdCBnb29kIG5ld3MgZm9yICB5b3UhIFlvdSBhcmUgZ29pbmcgdG8gYmUg c3VycHJpc2VkKSkpICBQbGVhc2UgcmVhZCBpdCAgaGVyZSAgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5taW5yYXp2LnJ1 L2NsZWFybHkucGhwP2Y4Zj

ADMIN: SPAM was Re: Fw: good news

2017-04-17 Thread Ted Roche
Besides being garbled BASE64 email (see https://www.base64decode.org/), I suspect this is SPAM and/or malware, and not Al. On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Al wrote: > WW8hIA0KDQpJJ3ZlIGdvdCBnb29kIG5ld3MgZm9yICB5b3UhIFlvdSBhcmUgZ29pbmcgdG8gYmUg > c3VycHJpc2VkKSkpICBQbGVhc2UgcmVhZCBpdCAgaGVyZSAga

Fw: good news

2017-04-17 Thread Al
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Re: [NF] Chromebook OOBE

2017-04-17 Thread Fred Taylor
+1 on the Acer 15"" Chromebook. Bought one (new $179) for my wife to use on the road (she's a mobile dental hygienist) to remote desktop into the company server. She absolutely loves the battery life (10-12 hrs) and the "instant on" that;s it's available as soon as she opens the lid. No problem

[NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reaction....deja vu?

2017-04-17 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
from https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/03/pizza_roaches_and_java/: section header: "Dead again" [Last year, a report from Gartner declaring the end of Java EE’s dominance invigorated all the latent tension in the community. As one of the report’s authors put it: "People don't need 90 per c

Re: [NF] Chromebook OOBE

2017-04-17 Thread Ted Roche
I bought this one for a relative with limited vision who could use the TV to better enjoy what was on the screen. I've been setting it up for them. I'm likely to pick one up myself, based on what I've seen. I use Google as the primary email for both my personal and business accounts, and have a n

Re: [NF] Chromebook OOBE

2017-04-17 Thread Michael Madigan
Ted, We bought a 11" Acer chromebook 2 years ago to use to watch tv after getting rid of cable TV.   I spilled a whole glass of milk in it, dried it out overnight over a dehumidifier, and it's worked fine ever since.   We then bought a 15" Acer chromebook from Groupon for $80 refurbished, and th