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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 19:23:08 PST   Listings
Nighty Night All ~ HAGO!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 19:22:44 PST   Listings
SG ~ interesting about your salmon...ours out in British Columbia pretty well dried up/disappeared this year...i think that there was something like 1/10 or 1/20 or something of the usual number (some huge number) ~ everybody was having a fit, environmentalists, fishermen, natives, everyone...quite the uproar ~ i wonder if they somehow wandered 'south'...sounds like something 'fishy' anyhow all taken into account don't you think ?? (guess only the fishes know for sure :o))
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 18:35:44 PST   Listings
xyste .. both of those guys were absolutely great in their day! (And James' wife was no slouch, either!! #1 Pin Up of WW II)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 18:22:10 PST   Listings
sg - if you watch the 2nd video it is mostly about music and when you get to the part about Charley Spevak and Harry James, ask me about meeting them.
Posted by   ( )   on Nov-21-09 at 18:13:36 PST   Listings
Searching problems : http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml#2009-11-21152501
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 17:57:48 PST   Listings
kitchie, I have a spinning rod outfit, but the one I SHOULD be out using is a nice split bamboo fly rod set up that I have had for years .. (think it is worth some bucks by now)

What with the largest run of NATIVE Coho salmon in 15 years (and double the numbers from THAT year) there are thousands of salmon going up stream right now .. if you fish the RIVER before they hit their home stream, they are still feeding!
Fish and Game has no clue as to where they came from! So they radio tagged them at the falls at Oregon City to find out where they are going. The last hatchery on the Willamette closed in 1993!
Steelhead run is also way up!
JUST MAYBE all of the stream repair work over the past few years if FINALLY paying off! (lottery and casino dollars at work!)
Will have to get over to brother's and see if there are any in the stream there. That stream has had NO salmon since a fuel spill about 18 years ago right at the time the smolts were about to go to sea!
At one time in the narrows it was bank to bank salmon during migration.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 17:34:29 PST   Listings
Hahahahaha Pat....I have a lil Daiwa break apart lightweight rod & reel in it's own lil box in the trunk of mah car...love it...pop it out any time I wanna fish...ahahhhhhha...But, I gotta tell ya'....I used one o dem poles with kite line in Central Park Lake when I was a kid....it had a safety pin on the end...we caught lotta fish in that lake...lol...we would go out in a rowboat...feeding the ducks all the way...hahahaha...had mah favorite pal ducks that would come to me...LOL....I even named them....Nick, I bought the quantum to list...it's really too heavy for me....& big fer mah small hands....it's guy sized!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 17:30:03 PST   Listings
xyste, had a lady friend (post divorce and post radio) that would dance at Kalisa's. 6' 1" tall redhead .. she would put on her black wig and make a buck or two dancing .. her real job was drama instructor at RLS (Davis grad). Convenient for her as she lived about a block from the PB lodge!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 16:53:31 PST   Listings
xyste .. I have a 7 hour plus replay running through my skull every now and again. I LIVED on Cannery Row for a couple of months at the Ocean View!! (before I got a place on the Monterey PG line (that big white house on Lighthouse right at the city limits!)

But good to see Kalisa again. (she gave me a free meal now and then!!)(there and the Warehouse and the Palace.. great Borscht!)(And downtown at the Alvarado .. some of the best chops in the WORLD there!!)(and at the wharf at Sabu Shake's where the station had a trade out.. once a week free seafood feast!)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 16:49:10 PST   Listings
kitchie, this all ya need !!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 16:25:17 PST   Listings
kitchie - you don't need that - you don't have to fish for compliments.

sg - I know how you love memory lane - how about 7 hours of it? http://www.vimeo.com/6669186

tride - thanks for interest but I already posted all of the errors and stuff on the Vista SP1 failed install. I even bought the disk but same problems. Google sez there are oodles out there with the same problem. I will just work on the BSOD for now. I do know the trigger but short of F&F have not found the fix.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 16:24:11 PST   Listings
Lucky sellers.. Ebay will refund all listing and selling fees because buyers cannot search and bid on items. Past the word to the lucky sellers who have items listed during this outage. Bad news, sellers have to take the loss and cannot cancel sales that have a bid and less than 12 hours left.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 16:04:21 PST   Listings
Nick.....I bought one of These....it's really NICE!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 16:02:27 PST   Listings
Yer right nick....I just wanted to see what sumpin is worth....bought it already....hehehe
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 15:44:43 PST   Listings
What is going on with Ebay I open a page but everything I try to look at says 0 results found and nothing opens
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 14:52:31 PST   Listings
You didn't want to buy anything, Kitchie. :^)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 14:52:27 PST   Listings
Thanks SeaDog - looks like a great service and just the sort of thing that i am looking for..but it is not available in Canada. Our two local phone providers do offer the service for free but you have to have your own phone/translator thingie. There are some available here on ebay and i have asked a few sellers a few questions so hopefully i can pick one up...prob is they don't ship to my country..but where there is a will there is a way.

Kitchie - yes, i am having difficulty with ebay search also..thought it was just me..whew good to know this gosh darn thing isn't going on the fritz again.

Car passed both safety and emission test with flying colors - yippee!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:58:52 PST   Listings
Yep, eBay's having trouble "
Due to errors in some of our backend systems, members may be seeing different errors in Search."....Grrrrrrrr....bbl
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:45:49 PST   Listings
I just found some cool stuff and can't seem to look it up on eBay....sheesh....
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:44:40 PST   Listings
Ohhhhh No Seadoggie....stop/Stop/STOP....lol....lol
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:43:32 PST   Listings
PKD....Best talk to BigEd....He knows everything you wanna know about that!
BTW...Is anyone else having a problem with eBay's Search?
Can't seem to get it to work for me.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:42:50 PST   Listings
kitchie you were suppose to stop me.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:35:43 PST   Listings
The one we have is a captel phone (not TTy)you can see if the service is available for you http://www.captel.com/availability.php
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:32:54 PST   Listings
I have been checking out the Office 2010 beta and came across their picture manager and came away impressed. I wanted to see if the picture manager in office 2003 was a good and it was. I had it all this time and didn't realize just how good it was for my photo editors needs. Going to check if there is an update available
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:31:29 PST   Listings
Does anyone know anything about the machines that allow deaf people to use the telephone? (I believe they might be called TTY?) They change the callers spoken words into words printed on a screen through the telephone..and the deaf can reply..want to get one for a friend for Christmas. Thanks
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 13:21:25 PST   Listings
Xyste- go here and download the standalone Svce Pack 1 for Vista and then tell me what problem happens:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb738089.aspx
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 12:28:58 PST   Listings
Xyste - try this if Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qid=227743&query=blue+screen+on+startup+vista&catalog=LCID%3D1033&mode=r

This if XP: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic8356.html


See your e too.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 10:30:42 PST   Listings
That one in PG did not last long! Think they were already gone when I got to Monterey in 63 or so. Think they were right across from Holeman's but that was a LONG time ago!!
The locals were us (KMBY) and KRML at the mouth of the valley. They were the "easy listening" station (not JAZZ as Clint portrayed them in Play Misty!!)

I met my wife to be when she participated in one of those crazy 50 mile walks that was the rage during Kennedy! We sponsored one!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 10:19:30 PST   Listings
sg - I was thinking of the one in PG. Cannot remember why I was in there - PSA? - but it was a no-turn-around-room, floor to ceiling file folders (their C:\ ? lol) and tapes and trash. You had your choice - back in or back out.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 10:14:52 PST   Listings
xyste .. no, we were in the Bear Flag (the old cat house). On Cannery Row just across from the Ocean View. Our tower was just west of the Hotel at the edge of the Outrigger parking lot (had its feet in the bay)
Jack Eliason was the News director. (loved the old drunk!)
Bob Hope's manager was the owner of the station at that time.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 10:04:18 PST   Listings
I was enroute to a TA when the news came over the police radio. I coulod not believe I heard it right with my then hearing aid. My partner hollered "WTF did you hear that???" We pulled over and listened to the operator as new details emerged.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 10:00:50 PST   Listings
sg was that the tiny station over the restaurant just off Lighthouse? Who announced news? I only remember music and commercials.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 09:37:04 PST   Listings
The manager of the radio station along with the program director were out of town at some convention or something that they could use to pad their expense accounts.

So I was in charge .. the news director and I made all of the broadcast decisions .. and trust me, there were decisions to make as we were a back to back commercials between rock n' roll top 40. And we had NO music in the music library that was appropriate!
We were not on any network, so we could not just "flip the switch" and let the network take over.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 09:14:18 PST   Listings
...all hell didn't break loose in our city...no cars on the street...the whole city was silent...sitting riveted to the TV and weeping..
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:59:04 PST   Listings
PKD, you bracketed it .. NOV 22.
I was on the air when it happened and all he!! broke loose in the radio station.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:57:35 PST   Listings
CHROME??? YUP- That is my new faucet. Dull tho-not shiney.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:56:39 PST   Listings
Peace-LOL--You are on a roll-keep it up-take over from me as I now have a new toaster but we can't read the small dial prints. paid 75.00 for 4 slot Cuisnart stainless steel.See-when poor-buy expensive stuff. LOL
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:54:49 PST   Listings
Jan .. I dumped mine in the recycle bin. The plastic on the 3 1/2" is recyclable.

But this town does not use a land fill. All garbage and trash is combined with the methane and sludge from the sewage plant and burned .. and that burning drives electric generators and provides about 30% of the power to this area. The ash is filtered for metals and then sold to the grass sod and non-food tree farms.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:51:19 PST   Listings
SG - Emissions testing country wide here - no way to escape it but then i guess it is a necessary evil...
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:49:00 PST   Listings
Is the date of the assassination of JFK the 21'st or 23'rd ? I remember that day so well..i was 13...such a tragedy for the whole world.

Lucy - did you have the toaster turned to the 'Hail Mary' setting? hehehee
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:46:11 PST   Listings
Continued rain showers .. nothing heavy for now. Winds back up a bit, but nothing like earlier in the week. Hi 30° range. Winter has definitely set in for a few months.

PKD .. fortunate here .. no emissions testing except in the Portland area .. and it can't really be enforced there as a LOT of the work force lives in Washington state. Cars have to pass if SOLD there and that is it.

xyste .. that is a memory dump error, and since nothing other than your OS and bios chip is running at boot, it has to be an error in the OS. Some boot file has become corrupted.
Would search for that "delay" utility that ron alluded to and give it a shot FIRST.
But the usual Windows F&F may be called for anyway.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:32:38 PST   Listings
Howdy all-Well ED--My toast burned. LOL
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:32:17 PST   Listings
Morning guys & gals, Could someone tell me the best way to properly dispose of old floppy discs, both used & unused? It does not seem right to just toss in the trash. Have any suggestions? Thanks, Jan
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 08:18:15 PST   Listings
brought the car in to get it saftied and emission tested..wish me luck!! :o))
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 07:00:04 PST   Listings
Kitchie ~ Yes sometimes there are things that we don't really understand i believe. Check out this auction (it is finished) My daughter's birthname was Melinda but we called her Mindy and my last name is Kelly..i found it when looking for a gift for someone (OOAK stands for One-Of-A-Kind in dolly land..)


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380160922310&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 06:12:55 PST   Listings
yasmaanu - how would you like a nice one with a pretty blue screen? lol
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 06:08:05 PST   Listings
yasmaanu best to look at mfg sites on ebay to keep from getting ripped off!! Pay for it with PP backed up with a credit card not a bank withdrawal in case of a problem. Dell.IBM and HP have autions on ebay. Do not bid/buy anything you offer via email and never pay with western union MO!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 05:45:54 PST   Listings
Im thinking to buy a laptop from ebay.which is the best brand?.what are the features?.can you plz help me.i want a good one.If you know a trusted laptop seller then pls do tell me.and also an affordable one.


thanks
Maanu
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 04:59:03 PST   Listings
Xyste, I think your laptop is trying to read the hard drive before it has spun up to the proper speed. I know I had that problem in the past. Something was available in the BIOS to introduce a short delay in the startup and that solved the problem on my machine. Worth a look.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 04:04:23 PST   Listings
kitchie - if you say it we believe it. If we understood everything in our universe then we wouldn't always be stumbling around asking Why? Why me? Why now? How? What?

Like - why am I getting BSOD at first startup every day? This lappy has been running smoothly for months. This is the third cycle of this qwap. Each time it was diagnosed as bad HDD - Gateway gave me a new one the first time (had to return the old) - then I bot a replacement the 2nd (same make and strength) and formatted the old and using it for an external backup. So it is not the drive but some accumulative software/driver conflict. I just keep my backups current.

Windows 7? the 5 yr old XP laptop has an audio incompatibility with 7 and this Vista will not upgrade w/o a SP1 - which it will not install.

Will not panic or take action until black screen. How's that for a plan?

Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: d1
BCP1: B842A000
BCP2: 00000002
BCP3: 00000000
BCP4: AC8E6450
OS Version: 6_0_6000
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini112109-01.dmp
C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-71058-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9EDD.tmp.version.txt

*And WER9EDD.tmp.version.txt is not to be found.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-21-09 at 03:28:52 PST   Listings
Can't sleep...PKD...about apparitions....hmmmmmmm....Many years ago, a girl friend called me to come over to her boyfriend's apartment...she had just moved in with him....I went...she invited me into the room where her baby daughter was. Immediately, I had an apparition (I guess you'd call it that-as I'd never experienced anything like it)...I saw an old sailor/pirate and a trunk...He was mean/upset....I begged Midge to get her daughter out of that room right away...She did, and admitted that it was why she called me, because she knew that I had been very psychic about things...Her daughter cried and wouldn't/couldn't sleep and was fretful...and funny things were coming outta that lil baby...words...weird words....well, she thought something was up in that apt. and I guess I confirmed it...the baby was fine in another room....I've never experienced anything like it again....quite a few psychic things, but never an apparition....it was very scarey...and very real...and if someone told me this, I probably wouldn't have believed them....hahahahahaha...but Midge knew that I would know....that's strange too.....oye...now I'm hesitating to push the "Save the Message" button because you'll go...yep...she's weird....lol
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 22:21:55 PST   Listings
G'Nite All
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:41:39 PST   Listings
Thanks Seadoggie.....LOL...OK....Now I'm off to bed....Good Night Sweet Peeps!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:40:37 PST   Listings
NICE!!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:32:06 PST   Listings
soda can pixels.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:19:36 PST   Listings
Here is something else it does. just keep clicking on one of the thumbnails at the bottom on this page. http://www.seadragon.com/
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:15:55 PST   Listings
They really are absolutely amazing...& also makes you think.....who thought of this??? LOL
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:11:37 PST   Listings
Who ever thought that you could make a picture like that out of soda cans.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 21:01:55 PST   Listings
Ohhhhhhh Seadog...I absolutely love that seadragon logo....that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.....think I'm in love....hahahaha....I did go thru
those when you posted the link earlier....Nice, very nice!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:59:29 PST   Listings
Kitchie just for you I will repost one of the links
http://www.seadragon.com/showcase/chris-jordan/ go to the site and keep clicking on the picture to see what comes up.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:55:21 PST   Listings
Seadoggie....don't post links again....hahahaha....
btw....why? What happened?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:54:31 PST   Listings
LOL...PKD....Yeah, Ed...don't confuse me either....I don't know what I expect in the morning....guess just grateful that I'm still breathing....hahahahahaha....Mmmmmmmmmm
Made split pea soup and corn muffins for dinner....good for as cold as it's been.....Think I'll go get into mah nice warm bed....it's too cold again!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:52:56 PST   Listings
remind me never to post links again.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:38:20 PST   Listings
BEd - You're toooo funny!! hehehee (now don't confuse me and Lucy, we will be expecting apparitions in the morning!)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:29:25 PST   Listings
Nighty Night All - HAGO!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 20:28:11 PST   Listings
I downloaded photosynth-now what? now my dear lucy go to bed!! When you make tooast in the morning one slice will look like the Virgin Mary !! Sell it on eBay !! That is what photosynth does!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:26:48 PST   Listings
I downloaded photosynth-now what? Does this apply to better pictures for ebay lookers. I like the beetle. LOL
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 19:20:26 PST   Listings
tride-For the life of me-I cannot relate to that article. Did I mention I was scammed--??? I feel so silly-but cannot recall converstaion leading to this article at all. Could be vapors or is it vapers. Get me some smelling salts I am going deaf and dumb. LOL- But Tride-as nice & smart as ye are--believe me-I fear no evil doings.?? Explain in plain-not puter english what I should be aware of???
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:57:48 PST   Listings
seadog - thanks for that link - sent to Engineering son.

I used MS Security Essentials for a couple of laptops using XP. The people using them have no clue about taking care of their computers. So far I've found it does very well if you want an all in one solution for free AV.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:52:00 PST   Listings
PKD your intelligence was never at question.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:50:30 PST   Listings
For Lucy - I found it:
Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam


http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399880-93.html

Retailers doing business with the companies are also aware that customers are likely to be angered once they notice the charges but do it because they are paid big bucks. Classmates.com has pocketed $70 million from partnering with the all three companies, according to the report. The government says that 88 retailers have made more than $1 million through the partnerships with e-loyalty programs, while 19 have made more than $10 million.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:46:24 PST   Listings
Thanks for the explanation CargoVan - got it - and you never know seadog - i just might use a program that tells me how to split the atom LOL (and I may not be as computer savvy as you but I am NOT a stupid person)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:29:46 PST   Listings
Thing is Novel (Mono) is OWNED by MS. And the Moonlight patch for ALL browsers other than IE is THEIRS .. and it is ALWAYS one step behind Silverlight. Not too brilliant shutting out more browsers than you allow!

On another tack.
The wave after wave of winter storms is making GREAT news in British Columbia .. the Olympics open in Februrary and they already have 99" of base on the top of the slopes!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 18:17:58 PST   Listings
Photosynth requires an internet connection to create and upload your synth. A high-speed connection is recommended.

Operating System: Only Windows XP (SP2 or SP3) and Windows Vista are supported at this time. Running Windows on a Mac? Photosynth runs under Boot Camp and some VM configurations.

Processor: 2 GHz+ recommended. Quad-Core is ideal.

Memory: 256MB minimum; 1GB+ is recommended.




Viewer: Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows XP (SP2 or SP3) and Windows Vista. Mac OS X 10.4.8 or above.

Processor: 2 GHz+ is recommended.

Memory: 512MB; 1GB+ is recommended.

Browser: IE7, IE8 and FF3 on Windows. Safari & FF3 on Mac OS X.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:57:06 PST   Listings
All three Pivot, seadragon and photosynth were developed by the MS livelabs, They work in the latest versions of windows.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:49:52 PST   Listings
the photosynth does not work, even with the Novel Moonlight (Owned by MS) installed on FF,

The cans use Java .. it works.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:17:45 PST   Listings
This picture was made out of 106,000 soda cans. Click on it to zoom in. http://www.seadragon.com/showcase/chris-jordan/
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:08:47 PST   Listings
By the way if you zoom out give it a min to focus
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 17:06:21 PST   Listings
Talk about learning curves this is above my pay grade
http://photosynth.net/
Just click on one of the pictures say the grass one and play around with it.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:38:10 PST   Listings
Both have super steep learning curves! .. but you should read the howls of protest on the Linux forums! You would think they are "sacrificing" something! Sheeesh, they want it on their SYSTEM after installing .. fine .. install it.

The POINT is that when a program that was, at one time, a normal part of the install, gets bloated and out of shape, time to move it to the repositories and offer the OPTION of installing instead of making it a default.

They did that with Open Office .. only installing the word processor, presentation manager and the BASIC Excell type data base.. leaving the USER the option of installing the whole package from the repositories.

When that boot/live CD gets too much crud on it, it runs too slow and is NOT indicative of the program.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 16:10:57 PST   Listings
my pinion...........Gimp sucks for the average user (steep learning curve and what's up with all the different windows)............my opinion again, Photoshop sucks too ......waaay to much bloat unless you're a pro photographer, putting out a magazine or something similar and have a system that really supports all the bloat.............don't think many of either would be wasting their valuable time on this site......unless they's looking for a way to get
rid of their cat turds...................lol
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:47:22 PST   Listings
NICK--gee-I wouldn't know what to do with 600 smackeroos anyway-so guess closed deal from this end. LOL
KITCHIE-_If you take a bath and wash hair-most times smells go away. hahaha just kiddin'. we ahd bad stick in kitchen sink but put vinegar down and gone. I cut Pa's hair today and got to go find me one of them razor things you put 2 double blades in and close. I loved mine-antique too-broke and tossed.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:43:52 PST   Listings
NICK-o.k. will do? NOT!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:40:51 PST   Listings
got the drug store run in (usual monthly crud) and a run to the mercado for some frozen veggies .. was getting low .. and some other minor items.

Noted some discussions on a forum concerning GIMP and the fact that most Linux distros are looking to move it out of their basic install packages .. two reasons .. GIMP is the PhotoShop of Linux .. it keep getting more and more bloated as they add features and tools (to keep up with PS!) and the build developers want to keep the basic size of the Live/basic install disk down to CD size vs going DVD size so that the CD will continue to RUN for trial purposes. Makes sense to me.
They have already done the same to Open Office.
BUT, all it takes is a click, a sign in and a click and that one gets installed. Will be the same story with GIMP.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:22:36 PST   Listings
Hokay....got everything done today oudda da house....Costco was a good run....friend stood in one line and I did the other....ran, took mah picture and had my card in no time...then the gal at Costco...put in a new screw, adjusted them...showed me how to fix my other ones....with the fishing line at the bottom....cleaned em both and adjusted to mah sweet cheeks....hahahaha...all in no time at all....Costco's eyeglass dept. in Burbank is tops!!!! Same peeps there for almost 20 years....
Bought 6 lemon Chlorox to put down the stinky drains in a few minutes....something stinks....methinks it's the rats that got into sumpin....they gots to go check....I sure ain't a goin' on the roof....sons can do it...meanwhile back at the ranch (hehehe) Mom's apt. still smells like.....uhhhhhhh....a dead horse? LOL.....Yesterday my boyfriend thought that the smell came down to my place...but nope....it was Max...in the cat litter box.....went away quick....LOL.....flush!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 15:10:15 PST   Listings
Surely you jest
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 14:56:32 PST   Listings
hold out for $600
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 13:34:17 PST   Listings
Hi--got worry-I just mentioned in a chat room if using facebook & twitter would lure buyers over to our ebay. Well so far got an email from facebook and now twitter asks me to work for them for a mere 457.00 a day. Do you think good idea? LOlucy
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:04:36 PST   Listings
you'd be surprised how many would fight to be friends - for a 6 pack of venison sausage.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:03:36 PST   Listings
Plus some more new stuff http://labs.live.com/
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 12:02:35 PST   Listings
This is the latest from MS. http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/11/18/microsoft-pivot-from-the-wizards-at-live-labs.aspx
I am lost so I can't answer questions about it. I have it installed but not sure where to go.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 11:44:48 PST   Listings
xyste he always carries a box of cookies!! Ya never know!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:57:51 PST   Listings
r - what kind of gun are you pointing when you walk in?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:47:38 PST   Listings
Light rain, but the winds have abated A BUNCH vs the last few days .. Mid 40%deg temps.

I get my glasses at my eye doctors and get the same type of service Ron got! Dad was the same way.
I go in about once every 6 months and have them do a thorough clean (better than I can do even with my sonic cleaner) and have them replace the nose pieces and re-adjust them. Takes me about a half hour, but well worth it! (since I drive BY the place going to and from downtown or to doctor's appointments, not a special trip!)
(but I also have a pair of non prescription back up reading glasses JUST IN CASE .. and a repair kit in the desk drawer.)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:29:38 PST   Listings
Buy some frames for cheap on ebay, and use a lens-grinding service you access online.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 09:22:45 PST   Listings
When I have a screw fall out of my glasses, I walk into my optometrist's and they say, "Hi Ron, how can we help you today?" and I show them my glasses, they take them into the workroom and 30 seconds later they hand them to me, fixed. I say "How much?" and they say "No charge." That's how it works in a smaller town.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:58:17 PST   Listings
You can also get repair kits a small tube with a screw driver and a few screws. We have a couple laying about the house.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:54:50 PST   Listings
Kitchie go to your local pharmacy or walmart and get your self a pair of reading glasses. They are cheap usually under $20 just find the right strength.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:52:53 PST   Listings
Cargovan...thanks for that on cloud...didn't know exactly what it meant...good 'splanation...very clear to me now...if I could only see....hahahahaha
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:49:45 PST   Listings
Good Morning!...Ugh, ya' oughtta see me...reading glasses on with one lens taped to the top of the frame....hahahaha....yesterday, I dropped & stepped on mah good ones and one of the lenses came out--didn't crush 'em or anything....then, the lens fell outta the ones that I use by the computer...so last night, I tried loosening the frame around--and the il screw fell out and poof....gone forever...can not find it to save me....wahhhhhhhh, and I threw my Costco card away....gonna take me forever to get a new card and get glasses fixed....oye! 2 in 1 day....I only need them for close up stuff...don't need them for driving or seeing, thank goodness or I'd be up that famous ole creek...life just got tuffer....
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:16:23 PST   Listings
It's going back to the days when IBM didn't sell software, they leased it. You bought their hardware, then you rented their software. The applications reside on the seller's hardware, which you access online.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:13:02 PST   Listings
They use the term "cloud" to mean that users do not install any software on their own computer, they access the big company's puters online and use THEIR software. It's like leasing the capability. Cloud just basically means it's less concrete than owning and installing software on your own machine.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 08:01:16 PST   Listings
Perhaps I should have explained it this way. Its probably something you will never use.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:59:36 PST   Listings
Its better explaining than I could of done or are willing to do. do a google search if you want more.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:56:01 PST   Listings
..clear as mud but it covered the ground..succinct please..not quite sure i got the drift..
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:42:18 PST   Listings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:40:01 PST   Listings
Hi Folks - What is 'cloud'??
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:38:53 PST   Listings
Biged I don't see how you have both MSE and avast on the computer. I had avast and when I tried to install mSE I got all kinds of warnings.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:37:04 PST   Listings
Biged only if it will make you feel safer. Me I just leave it alone. Until windows XP I had never used a software firewall and the only reason I am using it now is it came with the program. I rely on my router firewall and windows.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:30:30 PST   Listings
the part about configuring the firewall was news to me!! Being behind a router do I really need it ?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 07:29:25 PST   Listings
seadog I have both on my laptop and have not experenced any conflicts between MSE and Avast free
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:53:50 PST   Listings
I kind of agree with this article.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/stop-paying-for-windows-security-microsofts-security-tools-are-good-enough/
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:48:42 PST   Listings
Xyste since Vista Windows firewall has been 2 way.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:42:12 PST   Listings
biged - I'm glad I could help. lol
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:41:08 PST   Listings
pink - I'm reserving judgement. Why is Windows firewall never updated? Still only one way protection.

I have given up on freebie AVs - you get what you pay for. I have paid AVG on the XP laptop and paid Bitdefender on the Vista Laptop. Got both on bargain discounts. I prefer the Paid AVG but still have a year to go on Bitdefender. 2 year plans are usually a better buy. By the time the year is up there will most likely be a better mousetrap avail.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:27:09 PST   Listings
xyste thank you!! I was wondering why my dedit card was not working !! I wili call Dr Good Luck E. Jonathan at once!!
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-20-09 at 06:21:08 PST   Listings
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Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 22:17:49 PST   Listings
I just replaced AVG with Microsoft Security Essentials .... hope I made the right move.

G'Nite All ....
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 21:17:52 PST   Listings
Yep!! .. the battle lines are going around the netbook.
Ubuntu has it's ReMIX for netbooks (the core of the Chrome browser) and there is Starter and of course, Chrome itself.
And then there is Linux Sugar .. the system that is on much of the one child one laptop movement.
To top that, the improvements to the HARDWARE is exponential right now. NO IDEA where it will be in a couple of years as you hear as much bravado as you do fact!

And add to that services such as Clear that make wires obsolete! (they just opened up this burg .. their target is the entire Willamette Valley by the end of 2010.)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:52:52 PST   Listings
This is what they will be pushing in the future. http://windows7center.com/news/is-windows-7-starter-edition-microsofts-dirty-trick/
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:51:41 PST   Listings
interesting .. but still in it's infancy.

Operating systems right now do so much. Problem is that way too many people don't have a clue as to what is available for their usage.

The K.I.S.S. principle has been forgotten for now. And most peeps DO want that to come back!

And a lot of the bells and whistles are real memory hogs .. that problem has to get solved.. along with programs that have memory leaks.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:36:49 PST   Listings
SG here is some info on it.

http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:36:23 PST   Listings
Thing is that cloud will, eventually, make all basic operating systems totally obsolete .. it is BROWSER oriented. You will turn on your computer and the OS will only have to launch the browser! And so such thing as "it won't run on that system!"

Think that is still a few years out before we see that happening sufficiently to have an effect on OS sales/usage.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:31:40 PST   Listings
From what I gathered its going out as subscription services.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:29:51 PST   Listings
Adobe is offering SOME of their stuff as cloud now .. going to get VERY interesting in the next few years to see how the various oufits (such as Intuit .. also into the fray) will generate revenue using cloud. How is to be determined? Timer? Who knows?
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:26:37 PST   Listings
SG I am using Windows lives spaces to store photos. Dropped out of one of the betas because it was over my head.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:21:46 PST   Listings
seadog .. since the Chrome system is aimed at netbooks/pda's, think it will be a while before they make any inroads into anything. Since it is a FLASH that you have to burn into your unit. (I may look at it for one of my PDA's when it has had the dust shaken out of it ... provided it will go. From my understanding it will give new life to some outdated pocket PC's .. but that is interpretation (reading between the lines!! LOL))
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:20:24 PST   Listings
SG there are a bunch companies into cloud now. MS started theirs last year. MS Office was one of the first to offered online.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:15:51 PST   Listings
seadog .. Ubuntu One is the one from Canonical .. on the Amazon servers .. same 25gb free.
They've been offering it for about 7 months now.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 20:00:50 PST   Listings
Ms live spaces (cloud based) gives 25 gigs of free space. Google is going to have to do some catching up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/default.aspx
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:34:40 PST   Listings
sound, and Gene's been doing em since 2002 !!
Ken Nordine is known also for his WORD JAZZ records,
I have the last album that Jerry Garcia did along with Ken.

tride.. dang nab it, sold a ton of cd's for like 50 cents each
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:31:27 PST   Listings
(and I see how they are going to make bucks on it! ... charging for the cloud usage/storage!)
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:29:02 PST   Listings
Sneak peek at the new Google Chrome operating system.
First release is aimed directly at netbooks and pda's. Anything that runs a chip based hard drive.
It is just the Chrome browser on steroids .. cloud computing with NO applications or data stored on the computer. A tab operated system.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8369611.stm
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:26:31 PST   Listings
This is cool:

Trade CDs, DVDs for an iPod or iPhone

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10399435-58.html

"Like many people, I have a fairly sizable collection of CDs sitting in a storage room collecting dust. It's literally been years since I even touched a CD, let alone played one. So why am I hanging onto them?

Forget Craigslist. Forget eBay. Forget garage sales. Do you want to spin that jewel-cased straw into gold? Head to iPodMeister, where you can trade your old CDs for a brand-new hard drive, iPod, or even iPhone."



Lucy - I think you should read what Xyste posted Nov-19-09 at 08:00:46 PST
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 19:01:15 PST   Listings
Ed-our cheap hosue will not ahndle anything fancy-I got rid of disposer, spray side thing that leaked-the faucet leaks with 3 stupid holes tuff in it-each handle on sides of the nozzle-You can have your hot water, fancy-smancy stuff-we want simple plain stuff. No sprays for us-But did get a high up curved spout for hair washing in case. LOL No holes as we always get leaks around the faucets. yes-should tighten but still never worked right and this was a union plumber man. Oh well-I can always chnnge I guess if unhappy. Don't know till seeing it installed. It is MOUEN tho. LOL--be on lookout for my before and after pictures soon. Around Jan.5.2010.
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:47:05 PST   Listings
slow watch
Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:45:40 PST   Listings
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    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:40:02 PST   Listings
    I hate those "stick shift" faucets and those crazy one knob things in the bathtub.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:37:39 PST   Listings
    Ed---I know, he probably learned from Dad. Looking at the picture she had on hr desktop, nobody practices safe anything!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:35:45 PST   Listings
    I don't see Big Yellow anywhere, Starting 5 minute countdown.


    Cover your heads
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:33:17 PST   Listings
    lucy get the one with the pull out spray from the spout. Gives the sink a much cleaner look. I have it and I had 2 extra holes drilled in the granite one for instant hot water and one for builtin soap dispenser.
    Granite need little care once a month we spray sealer on it. The best part is my wife can roll out pie crust and make Pizza and have an easy clean up for me !!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:28:56 PST   Listings
    ED-getting light aqua corian-just can't handle that dark Granite-can't find my color in it-and understand takes a bit o' care to use it-and I am a mess in the kitchen. I guess the Lowes' men will drill the 1 hole as I want a one faucet set up with turn handle in back for hot & cold. I have greasy-floury,olive oil hands and cannot touch 2 handles.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 18:24:54 PST   Listings
    ED? YOU are dirty ole man also?? LOl-Poor Nancy so concerned over her 6 puters. Me with maybe one or 1/2 of one. if this one goes-I am off to learn APPLE stuff. No-not on trees an apple 'puter. Sooooo purty... sooo hard to manipulate I bettcha...
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:54:41 PST   Listings
    her son looked at all the naked girls and got more Trojans, etc. She said her son wouldn't do that. Ha! That's a teenage boy! Oh sure blame the kid!! Dirty old men do it to!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:53:09 PST   Listings
    july if he had lots of trojans does that mean he practices safe hex??
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:47:32 PST   Listings
    Well the woman came and got her computer. I charged he $50 and told her not to bring it back because her son looked at all the naked girls and got more Trojans, etc. She said her son wouldn't do that. Ha! That's a teenage boy!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:39:23 PST   Listings
    and one "friend" that went south for a while .. the guy that gave Barry Bonds his steroids! (but I knew him as a musician .. Tower Of Power!)
    Not sure if I want to add him or not .. have his cousin, but debating it!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:36:43 PST   Listings
    been playing "follow that trail" on Facebook .. found some long lost (to me) friends this afternoon!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 17:24:18 PST   Listings
    parpat .. really? Hackman?? Musta been some BIG bucks change hands on that one! (always thought it was just a sound alike .. live and learn!)

    Ken Nordine first came to my attention when he was doing paint commercials back in the very early 60's!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 16:26:37 PST   Listings
    of course pots will hit it as it will not swing out of the way!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 16:21:12 PST   Listings
    lucy bathroom faucets are on 4" center kitchen faucets are on 8" center if you have a wooden countertop you can drill for a 4" faucet !
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:37:05 PST   Listings
    Now here is a voice ...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TRgokZLIwA
    Ken did my ID's for all my stations including here ..
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:28:17 PST   Listings
    sound, the guy that sounds like Gene Hackman on the Lowes commercials is ... GENE HACKMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!
    mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:16:01 PST   Listings
    BBL
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:14:38 PST   Listings
    Most of those multi hub routers in use in most locations are Cisco rack mounted routers.

    And yes .. if it gets too hot in there .. it will bake the Penguin.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:12:28 PST   Listings
    oh, another thing that surprises me no end. Did you know that you cannot use a bathroom faucet in kitchen. ?? Now when did this start? I like the bathroom one better but had to substitute for uglier kitchen one. Do NOT re-do all your kitchen-nothing but worry. LOL. Now will my new hood match my new white sink and cabinets. ?? HUH? Am very concerned. Only good thing is eating out till JAN. 5. LOL
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:10:23 PST   Listings
    seadog were international flights allowed to land ? Where did the inbound flight land?
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:07:41 PST   Listings
    Hi all-SG--speaking of nice voices that have no crackles or slurs--mine is that type. I talk like I wuz 18. Oh, to be 18 again. hahaha
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 15:05:58 PST   Listings
    I heard the penquin died inside of it!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:24:25 PST   Listings
    seadog, wonder if they smoked that router?
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:23:45 PST   Listings
    Ed ... sort of like when the talkies replaced the silents and those stars with HORRIBLE voices were out of a job!! LOL

    Same initial shock as to what is interpreted and what is real!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:16:24 PST   Listings
    According to this it wasn't even a computer but a router.

    "The problem began with the failure of a single circuit board inside a router, a piece of communications equipment that enables computers to network to each other."
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:12:36 PST   Listings
    soundgod I was determining voice tones by speech reading AKA lip reading
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 14:10:52 PST   Listings
    hard to believe that 1 FAA computer breakdown closed the whole USA to air traffic today
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:56:54 PST   Listings
    I want stew to have some melt-in-the-mouth aspect, but the meat can only cook so long.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:42:45 PST   Listings
    I figure if the veggies are still a bit crunchy and have a lot of color, it has NOT been overcooked .. such is the case today!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:40:47 PST   Listings
    At least cataracts are now correctable. My mom had macular degeneration and "saw things". When the dementia set in, it was impossible to convince her that what she was seeing was not there. (now they have medication and treatment for macular degeneration!)

    Ed, speaking of "voices" I have always been able to tell when someone was imitating of covering a celebrity voice (IE the guy that "sounds like" Gene Hackman that does the Lowe's commercials.) But I can also tell when there is something wrong in a celebrity voice .. latest is John Madden. His newest bag for Ace sounds like he is not in the best of health. Tom Sellick and his Florida OJ stuff .. his still sounds healthy, but beginning to "crackle" occasionally.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:39:44 PST   Listings
    Just don't cook it for the entire time, or the meat will turn into a stringy mess.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:34:44 PST   Listings
    I have found the same not only with stew but things like pot roasts and spaghetti sauce. Seems like time and evaporation helps concentrate the flavors
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:26:53 PST   Listings
    seadog before I got my implant I had peeps "voices" fixed in memory when I actualy heard them for the first time only 2 were different from what I had imagined them to be !! One had a very hard voice and I imagined a higer tone and the other had no accent it was a lisp. Guess what you saw and what you see now are very similar
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:23:41 PST   Listings
    cause the second day there was no work involved just nuke it!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:22:43 PST   Listings
    seadg that is th epoint I was trying to make !! Some peeps have come here with problems from trying to upgrade from XP!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:20:27 PST   Listings
    Why is it that home made beef stew always tastes better the SECOND day? LOL
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 13:07:51 PST   Listings
    Maybe that is why I was having problems don't know the difference is was and were.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:57:12 PST   Listings
    Biged there was never a problem of seeing things just what things were I seeing.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:54:56 PST   Listings
    Biged FYI there is no upgrade path from XP to Win 7, clean install is necessary. Its one of many that requires a clean install.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:54:16 PST   Listings
    I am trying to freeze a sd card ! well heck ya never know if it will work till ya try !! Iran the lexmark proggie again after cleaning the contacts with acetone it found 6 read errors where there were none found before. Owner of the card said do what ever I want as she has written off all the pics on it.
    I can only win in a situation so the imagination can run free on terms of how to find them!! Some of the best inventions were found by accident!!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:49:43 PST   Listings
    caught that huh seadog? Dang ya seeing better already!! Yes I agree that is the very first thing to do!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:38:35 PST   Listings
    Finally got AVG installed, now Firefox won't open so I'll give this a try another day. Thanks all......
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:18:24 PST   Listings
    First don't buy any till you run the upgrade advisor and know it will work.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:06:54 PST   Listings
    P&M can also be described as whine & cheese!! LOL
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 12:05:31 PST   Listings
    july buy a family upgrade for 3 compuers.You will get a disc from dell with a new coa sell that one!! One of my laptops (GS) is eleigble for up grade so they sent a disc.
    SIL missed the free upgrade by 1 week!! So I will give her one of my 3 upgrades with my other DD's geting the other 2 upgrades. I was given 2 D/L in a barter arrangement (ie donation to St Judes Childrens Hospital)they have been installed on my laptops.If you are upgrading from XP do youself a big favor and save a lot of P&M time. Backup system to external source and do a custom install!! Then reload what you need!! An upgrade install is only easy on a Vista OS
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:20:48 PST   Listings
    julyfly - Click
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:19:17 PST   Listings
    Just was sent these. (Snopes verifies they are real)

    http://www.cylive.com/content/825/European_Truck_Art

    talk about ROLLING trompe-l'oeil to the MAX!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 11:07:14 PST   Listings
    july What is the make and model of the new board/processor?
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:49:36 PST   Listings
    I just need to get my new motherboard and CPU to recognize each other.

    I don't know what way to go on WIN 7. This laptop I'm using now is eligible for free upgrade but my other 2 computers aren't. I have 2 legal XP disks. Which way should I go? the 3 license upgrade (do you get the disks?) or upgrade this one for free and the other 2 separately?
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:42:53 PST   Listings
    July check out the woot off now. even is eligable for a win 7 upgrade.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:37:07 PST   Listings
    Morning all---seadog---I sure envy you! Mine still aren't big enough to remove and I have had them 5 years.

    Well, I call it quits on the old dog computer. I spent well over 30 hours on it and got it as clean as I can. I had to run BitDefender 4 times and it still left Trojans. But, I think MalewareBytes and Glary got rid of them. I think it is clean now.U

    Thanks technoleer for the heads up on Avira, I tried for 2 days to install AVG and it wouldn't install. I didn't install Zone Alarm or Spybot because they have those little pop-ups. Anyone who hasn't learned how to clean a toilet sure wouldn't understand them. So it now has Avira, CCleaner, Malewarebytes, and Glary. Will she use them? Who knows but I'm going to tell her to take it to a computer shop next time (at $80 an hour). It had more Trojans than USC has football fans!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:22:17 PST   Listings
    seadog .. think you may find that your eyes are less tired at the end of the day, also. At least that's what they have told me.
    Someday, when it determined by my eye doctor that it is time, I will get this fuzzy spot in my left eye taken care of. Driving at night with that thing, IF I do NOT wear my glasses (which have a slight yellow tint when not in full photo gray transition), is like some one shining a light in that eye! Really bothersome.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:16:47 PST   Listings
    Looks promising. Only question is will the real time slow things down? (always an issue for Windows protection programs of any iteration.)

    Did you note this one on their page?
    http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/11/good-karma-ars-reviews-ubuntu-910.ars

    That site is impressive in the fact that they are standing on NEUTRAL ground .. if it is bad, they say so .. if it good, they say so. (their opinions) With no fanboy-fangirl attitude!
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:12:07 PST   Listings
    seadog - good news! Of course your friends with wrinkles won't be so happy to hear how well you can see now. They may all look to you like they have aged 20 yrs. Really glad it worked so well.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 10:09:17 PST   Listings
    Interesting new presentation..
    The thrilling potential of "SixthSense" technology:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector#p/u/1/YrtANPtnhyg

    off to check seadog's link..
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:52:50 PST   Listings
    now lets see how long it will take.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:52:19 PST   Listings
    This was done earlier http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/first-look-microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.ars
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:47:34 PST   Listings
    technoleer I went from AVG to Avast to Microsoft security essentials on my computers and I am quite satisfied.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:46:10 PST   Listings
    classmates also advertises on face book and the other big facebook offender is "who is searching for you". Both require "membership".
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:41:13 PST   Listings
    Heres my FREE advice on AVG.. I used to love their simple AV software but last year's new version was a big switch to mostly bloatware IMHO..
    Switched to Avira AntiVir and life is good..look for the umbrella icon.

    seadog - glad you got the peepers all fixed. Hope all is well with that.

    Saw the news about those membership scams.. thats what clicking will get you. I think classmates.com works it the other way also. Taking data from any source it can get.. they have a zillion devices across the web to get you logged in there.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:14:54 PST   Listings
    Time to report. Second Eye was done yesterday patch came off today and now I can see normally. I will still need glasses for close work other wise not glasses needed.
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 09:01:07 PST   Listings
    ii - of course the price is great - when you are selling thin air you can afford to mark it down. Report him! He has broken about 3 eBay rules so far.

    No PayPal?
    Western Union?
    Location not as stated?
    Posted by   ( ) on Nov-19-09 at 08:57:19 PST   Listings
    I'm talking with a seller (ID: archtag, Item: 140360972220) that is selling Apple iMacs at a great price but doesn't use Paypal because he says his withdrawal limit is too low. He also only corresponds through own email, not the eBay system, and wants to sell through your eBay system but have payment through Western Union. I'm told the Mac is made in the USA but sold from a location in Europe. The price is GREAT but I'm nervous to make the deal. Does anyone know anything of this seller or problems that you've had with this type of sales practice?

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