* Charlie Tame:
> MICHAEL wrote:
>> * Charlie Tame:
>>> Tom Porterfield wrote:
>>>> Reported here and elsewhere, it appears the WGA server is down and any
>>>> attempts to validate will fail, leading Vista to think it is not a valid
>>>> license and disable a number of features in the OS include Aero.
>>>>
>>>> My recommendation is that you DO NOT do anything that would cause Vista
>>>> to attempt to validate, such as downloading software from MS that
>>>> requires validation.
>>>>
>>>> WGA critics, let's here what you have to say.
>>> Nothing much, it wasn't "If" but "When".
>>>
>>> You might add turn off auto updating completely, thereby leaving
>>> yourself vulnerable to any zero day exploits, but of course (Hopefully)
>>> preventing Microsoft's own zero day exploit.
>>>
>>> Do NOT turn your machine off at all if you don't have to.
>>>
>>> MS CANNOT MANAGE ONE SERVER!
>>>
>>> Why in hell would anyone entrust their business to such a ramshackle
>>> organization that cannot fix one server "Until Monday".
>>>
>>>
>>> They have no backups? No system for on the fly replacement? No redundancy?
>> Exactly!
>>
>>> Something stinks here, badly.
>> Worse than my critters crap baking in the back yard.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>
>
> I hope you don't mind if I decline the offer to personally validate that
> statement. :)

I completely understand. ;-)

Tomorrow is a poop scoop day, I try to scoop the poop
every few days. It's been close to a hundred over the last
few days, I'm sure the poop dumps have fermented well. ;-)
One lab, one lab-boxer mix, and one german shepherd can
lay a few bombs. :-) They're inside dogs so they've been
spared the heat.
Actually, it's been the hottest and driest month ever here in
Charlotte. 11 or 12 100+ degree days, and we tied our
all-time high of 104, *twice*, on back to back days. I think
we've also set about 8 or 9 high lows overnight. Been hot, my friend.
And less than a half inch of rain.

Funny thing, June and July were below normal, with a few record
breaking lows during June. Payback is a b!tch.

Take care,

Michael

Adam Albright wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:24:21 -0400, MICHAEL <u158627_emr2@dslr.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>>They have no backups? No system for on the fly replacement? No redundancy?
>
>
> When told about this major blunder this was Ballmer's immediate
> response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89wBYVHkY4
>

More family vids?
What a creepy bunch of losers you are.
Frank

NoStop wrote:

> Adam Albright wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:24:19 +0100, "dennis@home"
>><dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Stephan Rose" <nospam@spammer.com> wrote in message
>>>news:4dOdnSTt7dgVF03bnZ2dneKdnZzinZ2d@giganews. com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>One question for you though. Why should it EVER need to talk to any
>>>>server in the first place?
>>>>
>>>>Example, my father likes model railroads. In his house, the entire attic
>>>>is one giant model railroad in progress. Not sure on the exact size but
>>>>1,000 sqft isn't unthinkable and I am probably too small here.
>>>>
>>>>Now to control all this, these days, you generally need a PC and a
>>>>windows PC at that as most software is windows based.
>>>>
>>>>Said PC however does *not* need an internet connection (nor is there one
>>>>available up there). All it needs to do is run one program that controls
>>>>a bunch of trains.
>>>>
>>>>So how would *that* fare with Vista? He actually asked me this today
>>>>seeing how most PCs one buys today are sold with Vista and I had no
>>>>answer.
>>>>
>>>>I would actually really like to know though how Vista deals with a PC
>>>>that doesn't have an internet connection with its WPA/WGA stuff.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Well my Samsung comes with a pre-activated Vista.
>>>No need to ever call M$ unless you need an update, even after a reinstall
>>
>>>from the dvd
>>
>>>I expect many others are like this.
>>
>>You are missing the point. Vista "phones home" randomly on it's own
>>behind your back. That is how you can get tagged as counterfeit.
>
>
> Why are you telling dennis this? He already claims to be an expert and knows
> everything there is to know about computers. Heck, he just finished
> lecturing me about how knowledgeable he is. Surely he's aware that Vista
> phones home.
>
> Cheers.
>
Doris Day!
Get lost ok.
Frank

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:05:11 -0500, Charlie Tame <charlie@tames.net>
wrote:

>keepout******.com.invalid wrote:
>
>> I'm just curious as to how many errors and problems existed with pencils and
>> type writers compared to the PROGRESS we now enjoy, spending 75% of the time
>> keeping the OS from self destructing ?
>> At worst a pencil sharpener or 2nd pencil would keep work from coming to a 3
>> day stand still while someone finds another box of pencils.
>
>That's a keeper, hilarious.
>
>http://www.c4vct.com/kym/humor/nasapen.htm

Wait a second... that was the era of whiteout. You had to shake the
little bottle, hope it wasn't all dried up or clumped, hope you could
get the cap off, then carefully dab it on the typo, wait and wait for
it to dry, blow on it, wait some more, then try to type over it and
wish you would have waited longer. Worse, if you didn't wait long
enough and made a photocopy on the clunky copy machines of the era the
heat may melt the correction fluid if it was fully dried and get it on
the screen of the copy machine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correction_fluid

Then before than there was the correction cartridges you had to put in
typewriters and fix typos that way. They used jammed.

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:43:11 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:

>Adam Albright wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:24:21 -0400, MICHAEL <u158627_emr2@dslr.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>They have no backups? No system for on the fly replacement? No redundancy?
>>
>>
>> When told about this major blunder this was Ballmer's immediate
>> response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89wBYVHkY4
>>
>
>More family vids?
>What a creepy bunch of losers you are.
>Frank

What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
the show?

Adam Albright wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:43:11 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:
>
>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:24:21 -0400, MICHAEL <u158627_emr2@dslr.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> They have no backups? No system for on the fly replacement? No redundancy?
>>>
>>> When told about this major blunder this was Ballmer's immediate
>>> response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89wBYVHkY4
>>>
>> More family vids?
>> What a creepy bunch of losers you are.
>> Frank
>
> What's the matter? Frankie, I want you to be my boy. I love you, Yes, I do
> do, do and do love you. I am bigger *nut* then even you thought I was, Frankie.
> I am such a flaming old man, but I love you Frankie. I want you, and I
> want you. It's my world Frankie and you just live in it.
>

Adam Albright wrote:


>
> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
> the show?
>
You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you know.
That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
Live with it you idiot!
Frank

Frank wrote:
> Adam Albright wrote:
>
>
>>
>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>> the show?
>>
> You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you know.
> That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
> Live with it you idiot!
> Frank

There are some things that money just can't fix and one of them is Steve
Ballmer. You're another.

--
Alias
To email me, remove shoes

Alias wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>>> the show?
>>>
>> You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you know.
>> That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
>> Live with it you idiot!
>> Frank
>
> There are some things that money just can't fix and one of them is Steve
> Ballmer. You're another.
>

<The pot calling the kettle black. :)>

Adam What Is He Albright wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Frank wrote:
>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>>>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>>>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>>>> the show?
>>>>
>>> You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you
>>> know.
>>> That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
>>> Live with it you idiot!
>>> Frank
>>
>> There are some things that money just can't fix and one of them is
>> Steve Ballmer. You're another.
>>
>
> <The pot calling the kettle black. :)>

You're another.

--
Alias
To email me, remove shoes

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:58:14 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:

>Adam Albright wrote:
>
>
>>
>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>> the show?
>>
>You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you know.
>That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
>Live with it you idiot!
>Frank

Jealous of Ballmer? No embarrassed such an obvious idiot is in charge
of one of the biggest American corporations. Does kind of explain a
lot about what's wrong with Microsoft though.

Let Steve Jobs explain it to you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfALGcDNEDw

Adam Albright wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:58:14 -0700, Frank <fb@nospaner.cnm> wrote:
>
>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>>> the show?
>>>
>> You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you know.
>> That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
>> Live with it you idiot!
>> Frank
>
> Jealous of Ballmer? No embarrassed such an obvious idiot is in charge
> of one of the biggest American corporations. Does kind of explain a
> lot about what's wrong with Microsoft though.
>
> Let Steve Jobs explain it to you.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfALGcDNEDw
>

<You really are pathetic. You're as old as your daddy's coffin dirt
acting a old *fool* out here on the Internet.>

Isn't it time to talk about the benefits of Ubuntu?


"Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message
news:farkjn$11v$1@aioe.org...
> Adam What Is He Albright wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>>>>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>>>>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>>>>> the show?
>>>>>
>>>> You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you
>>>> know.
>>>> That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
>>>> Live with it you idiot!
>>>> Frank
>>>
>>> There are some things that money just can't fix and one of them is Steve
>>> Ballmer. You're another.
>>>
>>
>> <The pot calling the kettle black. :)>
>
> You're another.
>
> --
> Alias
> To email me, remove shoes

Spanky deMonkey wrote:
> Isn't it time to talk about the benefits of Ubuntu?
>
>
> "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:farkjn$11v$1@aioe.org...
>> Adam What Is He Albright wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>> Adam Albright wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the matter, Ballmer's your boy Frankie being Microsoft's CEO.
>>>>>> You should love him, he acts just as nuts as you do and since you're
>>>>>> such a Microsoft fan how come you're too stupid to know who's running
>>>>>> the show?
>>>>>>
>>>>> You're really jealous of Ballmer aren't you? He's a billionaire you
>>>>> know.
>>>>> That seems to really fry up your stupid ass doesn't it.
>>>>> Live with it you idiot!
>>>>> Frank
>>>> There are some things that money just can't fix and one of them is Steve
>>>> Ballmer. You're another.
>>>>
>>> <The pot calling the kettle black. :)>
>> You're another.
>>

<Join the crowd>

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>Well my Samsung comes with a pre-activated Vista.
>>No need to ever call M$ unless you need an update, even after a reinstall
>>from the dvd
>>I expect many others are like this.
>
> You are missing the point. Vista "phones home" randomly on it's own
> behind your back. That is how you can get tagged as counterfeit.
>

Mine doesn't.. or at least not since I got it.