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by jared＠hatwhite.com 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

There are -101 types of people in the world. -1 Those for whom the glass is half empty. 0 Those for whom the glass is an infinite holographic energy flow which redefines quantum mechanics to qualitum mechanics, as well as providing 12 essential vitamins and minerals. 1 Those for whom the glass is half full. -Jared

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Recommendations for sub-$300 standards-based inkjet printer?
by Leo Mauler 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

I just got a nice job with Everest Cable (sadly I do not live in an apartment complex served by Everest) so with the income coming in I will be able to get a replacement printer. The current HP color inkjet printer got knocked off its shelf by some cats, and now only prints in black ink. Someone mentioned that it was a good idea to get a standards-based printer rather than something served by HPLIP. In about three weekly paychecks (temp-to-perm in 90 days) I'll have about $200-$300 to spend on a new printer. I was wondering if anyone has seen a color inkjet printer which is standards-based, for sale at a Kansas City store. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

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What's with the website?
by Julie 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

I just tried to get into "our" website ( http://www.kclug.org/ ) and, AGAIN, I cannot. What's up with this? Anyone else having probs? Last time this happened I missed a meeting...grrrr!!! Just wondering..... Julie @};- --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

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"Yo mama..."
by Ed Allen 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

"Yo mama so FAT she need defragged once a week!"

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"Yo Mama..."
by Ed Allen 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Yo Mama so old she just two bit.

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"Attempted" Copyright Infringement may be illegal soon.
by Leo Mauler 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Proposed Crime of the Century: Attempted Copyright Infringement http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/ippa07 Back in May 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales suggested a new bill that would make "attempted copyright infringement" a crime, punishable by up to life in prison. He would need a sponsor in the House or Senate to make Congress consider it, and I don't know if anyone has agreed to sponsor it yet. This is a really scary law, considering how many currently innocuous activities (such as having a spindle of blank CDs next to your computer) could be made into serious criminal offenses. This is an excerpt from the WIRED article: > Essentially, the bill would turn copyright > law into something more akin to existing drug > laws: The government could seize personal > property, wiretaps would become legal for the > first time, violators could face life in > prison and, in an ambiguous and far-reaching > provision, the mere attempt to violate a > copyright would become a crime. > > The Intellectual Property Protection Act of > 2007, proposed by Gonzales on Monday, would > amend current U.S. copyright law to give the > government far more power to investigate and > prosecute cases, expand the scope of what > constitutes a criminal act, and would stiffen > penalties, including adding life terms for > those whose activities cause death. > > Among the proposed changes, the bill would > make it easier to charge someone as a repeat > offender and stiffen the penalty for > recidivism. It would expand forfeiture > provisions to allow the government to seize > any property used in the commission of a > crime -- a PC, a home, cash on hand. > > Exporting pirated material would also become > a crime and the bill would grant the feds > wiretapping authority, which it currently > lacks. The "attempt" provision, stipulating > that mere intent constitutes a crime, means > that the law could conceivably be expanded > to interpret a computer full of music next > to a spindle of blank CDs as an act of > piracy. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/

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Re: No Linux for Online Job Testing
by Leo Mauler 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

VMWare was not a solution because I'd still have to run out and buy a copy of Windows XP to run on top of Linux in VMWare. More likely these days I'd have to buy Vista instead, and then there's the learning curve of figuring out how to install and use Vista on top of taking the test. WINE might have been a solution except that I was dealing with some sort of proprietary Windows solution. Usually with WINE you have some sort of indication from the WINE folks or from message boards whether or not a given application will run in WINE (IE, Microsoft Office, Morrowind, etc.) and that wasn't the case. --- Joe Brouhard <jbrouhard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > When all else fails.. WINE or VMWare is your > friend for such instances :) > > On 9/5/07, Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Then it turns out that the testing website, > > for some reason, uses some sort of proprietary > > Windows web software to do all its testing. > > IE isn't the problem because FireFox on Windows > > is supported. Since I went all-Linux a few > > months ago, I didn't have any way to take the > > test myself on any of my own computers. I > > finally had to convince my wife to stop playing > > Morrowind for an hour (not an easy task) so I > > could use her Windows PC. > > > > I suppose the thing I find irritating about > > this is that industry leaders (excepting > > Microsoft, of course) use platform independent > > testing software. Cisco in particular used > > testing software on its Academy website which > > worked great for me in Firefox on Debian Linux. > > Is it really that much more cost-effective > > to use Windows-dependent testing software on > > a website? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433

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Yo Mama Jokes
by Julie 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

Yo Mama Jokes got me ROTFLMFAO!!!! WAAAAY TOOOO PHUNNY for ME!!!! LOLOLOL!!!! Yo Mama tries to eat the Cookies from the computer! <-----<<< Well, I *HAD* to at LEAST _TRY_!!! :| oh well......._I KNOW!_...that's a deep round hole in the ground with water in the bottom! --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

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No Linux for Online Job Testing
by Leo Mauler 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

So I'm between jobs and I get a call from a staffing agency about a tech support helpdesk job. It sounds all right, pays reasonably well and it is on the Kansas side so the taxes are easy. It also turns out that the guy who will decide whether or not I get hired is an old acquaintance of mine from college who remembers me as really tall and a good computer guy. The staffing agency informs me that in order to make sure I get the job I'm going to have to take some basic tests, a "phone etiquette" test a stunned badger could pass, and a 10-key typing test. They send me the information and I get on the testing website. Then it turns out that the testing website, for some reason, uses some sort of proprietary Windows web software to do all its testing. IE isn't the problem because FireFox on Windows is supported. Since I went all-Linux a few months ago, I didn't have any way to take the test myself on any of my own computers. I finally had to convince my wife to stop playing Morrowind for an hour (not an easy task) so I could use her Windows PC. I suppose the thing I find irritating about this is that industry leaders (excepting Microsoft, of course) use platform independent testing software. Cisco in particular used testing software on its Academy website which worked great for me in Firefox on Debian Linux. Is it really that much more cost-effective to use Windows-dependent testing software on a website? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

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Re: No Linux for Online Job Testing
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> > So I'm between jobs and I get a call from a staffing > agency about a tech support helpdesk job. It sounds > all right, pays reasonably well and it is on the > Kansas side so the taxes are easy. It also turns out > that the guy who will decide whether or not I get > hired is an old acquaintance of mine from college who > remembers me as really tall and a good computer guy. > > The staffing agency informs me that in order to make > sure I get the job I'm going to have to take some > basic tests, a "phone etiquette" test a stunned badger > could pass, and a 10-key typing test. They send me > the information and I get on the testing website. > > Then it turns out that the testing website, for some > reason, uses some sort of proprietary Windows web > software to do all its testing. IE isn't the problem > because FireFox on Windows is supported. Since I went > all-Linux a few months ago, I didn't have any way to > take the test myself on any of my own computers. I > finally had to convince my wife to stop playing > Morrowind for an hour (not an easy task) so I could > use her Windows PC. > > I suppose the thing I find irritating about this is > that industry leaders (excepting Microsoft, of course) > use platform independent testing software. Cisco in > particular used testing software on its Academy > website which worked great for me in Firefox on Debian > Linux. Is it really that much more cost-effective to > use Windows-dependent testing software on a website? > Ask THEM for an application and tell them your apply for a position to make their testing platform independent. If you have access to one, I would also want to try their software/site, on a Mac. Too many people don't get why standards, are !

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