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That clownish former Lakers center, the Big Fat Mouth is at it again.

Responding to comments made by Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss in the Los Angeles Times, where Dr. Buss still insisted that trading O'Neal was the right thing to do for the franchise, the Big Fat Moron alledged that Dr. Buss was not a "honest businessman because he did not divulge the real reasons O'Neal was traded".

Which, according to the Big Fat Idiot, is "He had to make a choice, the young guy or the old guy. He made his choice, and good luck with his choice."

And this, Mr. Big Fat Einstein, is bad because....................?????

Let us analyze the Big Fat Mensa's own words again:

Dr. Buss chose the younger, more athletic, harder-working, more respectful, workout freak Kobe Bryant over an older, slower, fatter, disrespectful, money-hungry (not that there is anything wrong with that, I am too), injury-prone - all weight related, self-absorbed, self-promoting hulk in the twilight of his career clown.

Again, this, Mr. Big Fat Einstein, is bad because....................?????

Shaq, turn the page, already!

It's been over 18 months.

The Lakers did not go to the playoffs for the 2004-2005 season. Shouldn't that have been enough for you?

WTF is your beef, boy?

Oh, I remember. You promised a championship you DID NOT deliver! Same as your free-throw shooting improvements.

Man, shake yourself.

And turn the page.

Why do you still read the LA Times in Miami? Look at the local fishwrap instead.

Actually, just go away.

Already!!!

Vista 5270

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Just finished the install of Vista 5270 on my dev. rig, and I must say that it is the smoothest install so far.

Funny how small details, like the oval start button, signify a departure from the old.

The eye candy continues to be better and I'm looking forward to installing Server when I return to home tonight.

Apart from 5119 which was a dog, the CTPs seem to be moving along splendidly.

As they say in the hood, "I likes, I likes!"

Vista Devember 2005 CTP: build 5270

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Just finished the install of Vista 5270 on my dev. rig, and I must say that it is the smoothest install so far.

Funny how small details, like the oval start button, signify a departure from the old.

The eye candy continues to be better and I'm looking forward to installing Longhorn Server when I return to home tonight.

Apart from 5119 which was a dog, the CTPs seem to be moving along splendidly.

As they say in the hood, "I likes, I likes!"
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Kobe burns the Mavericks for 62

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End of 3rd quarter score:

Kobe 62, Dallas Mavericks 61.

Suffice it to say that Kobe Bryant had a very good game!

BTW, he sat out the entire 4th quarter, unlike the Big Fat Oaf, who would have gone on to pad his stats.

What a gamer!

PS. His 62 points surpasses the Big Fat Malcontent's career best by 1, and I know Kobe knew that. He also knows that the Big Fat Idiot will never get to that plateau again. Kazaam!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

The Big Idiot Speaks (yet) Again!

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That clownish former Lakers center, the Big Fat Mouth is at it again.

Responding to comments made by Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss in the Los Angeles Times, where Dr. Buss still insisted that trading O'Neal was the right thing to do for the franchise, the Big Fat Moron alledged that Dr. Buss was not a "honest businessman because he did not divulge the real reasons O'Neal was traded".

Which, according to the Big Fat Idiot, is "He had to make a choice, the young guy or the old guy. He made his choice, and good luck with his choice."

And this, Mr. Big Fat Einstein, is bad because....................?????

Let us analyze the Big Fat Mensa's own words again:

Dr. Buss chose the younger, more athletic, harder-working, more respectful, workout freak Kobe Bryant over an older, slower, fatter, disrespectful, money-hungry (not that there is anything wrong with that, I am too), injury-prone - all weight related, self-absorbed, self-promoting, ego-trippin' hulk in the twilight of his career clown.

Again, this, Mr. Big Fat Einstein, is bad because....................?????

Shaq, turn the page, already!

It's been over 18 months.

The Lakers did not go to the playoffs for the 2004-2005 season. Shouldn't that have been enough for you?

WTF is your beef, boy?

Oh, I remember. You promised a championship you DID NOT deliver! Same as your free-throw shooting improvements.

This is the same great center that was out-rebounded by Detroit's Ben Wallace during his last season in Los Angeles.

Man, shake yourself.

And turn the page.

Why do you still read the LA Times in Miami? Look at the local fishwrap instead.

Actually, just go away.

Already!!!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Bill & Melinda Gates, Persons of the Year!

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Time magazine has named Bill & Melinda Gates, with Bono (U2's Bono Hewson, not Sonny Bono) as it's latest Persons of the Year.

IMO, about time!

The philantrophy of the B&M Gates Foundation has really jump-started a lot of research in diseases that afflict a lot of people in improverished countries.

Being of African descent, I am especially appreciative of the resources he has dedicated to helping eradicate malaria, which kills approximately 2 million (yes, two million) Africans yearly.

On behalf of all Africans: Congratulations.
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Lakers now over .500

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I cannot remember the last time the Lakers struggled to get over .500 at this point in the season.

Of course, there are 61 games to go, but...these are The Los Angeles Lakers!

There's still hope, though.

Unlike the Miami Heat, we do not have the Big Malcontent/A$$hole on our team; we have something better:

Kobe Bryant!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Do the Eagles miss T.O.?

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10.40 left in the 3rd quarter and the Philadelphia Eagles are down to the Seattle Seahawks by 42-0

Yes, 42-Zero, Zip, Nada, Nought!

If everyone was in their right minds, especially T.O., maybe the restructuring of the contract would have been a better idea than the current destruction of this team.

The NFL team owners, most of them having gained their current positions by being captains of industry, or by inheritance, are so used to playing hardball, that I feel they approach each negotiation as a test of who has the bigger package!

Sometime, you gotta wonder!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

66-19 Shellacking

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This has been, and continuing to be, an extremely f*cked up year for me in sports!

Trip this:
  1. FIA Formula 1 Grand Prix: Ferrari came third with Schumi winning just a few races.
  2. 2004-2005 NBA season: After getting rid, thank God, of the Big Malcontent, Kazzam, my Lakers did not go to the NBA playoffs for the first time since Daryl Gates was police commissioner of Los Angeles, and the unfortunate Rodney King affair.
  3. MLB: The Yankees folded before the Pacoima Angeles of Yorba Linda like a Yugo meeting a Freightliner head-on!
  4. NCAA Basketball: The UCLA Bruins vanished faster than a tip to the waitresses at Crustacean.
  5. NCAA Football: The UCLA Bruins, not content to loose to the crosstown USC Condoms, proceeded to get a major-league shellacking at the hands of said Condoms, in the process solidifying our position as their bee-yai-ches for the next 365 days! Final Score 66-19! SheeeZ!!! For goodness sakes, Reggie Bush had 200+ rushing yards by hafltime!
More unbelievably, the Clippers, yes, that perennial bunch of LOSERS, are currently atop the Pacific Division while the Lakers are under .500.

To crown it all, since I am a SoCal homer, I have to root for the Condoms during the Rose Bowl!

Crustacean is a restaurant in Beverly Hills, CA.

What a sports year!!!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

B&O BeoMedia 1

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Bang & Olufsen announces the BeoMedia 1

Why?

A Windows XP multimedia computer with a proprietary UI in an electronic component form factor. (As opposed to the Windows Media Center PC user interface.)

Why??

Video is currently playback only!

Why???

What a piece of shit!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Amazing!!!

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Sometimes,

The truth is stranger than fiction!

Take 'Brownie', formerly of FEMA infamy:

This bozo is starting up a firm dedicated to - folks, this is NOT a joke - disaster planning consulting!

I repeat, this is not a joke!

Actually, it is.

This horse's ass will assist you in planning a disaster.

What a moron!

I am still hoping, and praying, that there could be some way that he could be personally liable for some financial pain.

If his behavior as head of FEMA was not (legally) actionable, then the law should be changed.

Bastard.
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Mass. Govt moves to OpenDocument - Part III

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The Governor of Massachusetts has now come down on the side of Microsoft in the Open Document vs Microsoft Office format war.

As I posted here, it was a bonehead, ideological move from the start, potentially orphaning the millions of documents in the Massachusetts government inventory.

The champion of this stupid idea has been given the boot.

Furthermore, he is being investigated for improper activities while he was a govt. employee.

What an ass!
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Incompetent review.

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Sometimes, bad things happen to good companies/sites.

Take this article at Forbes.com for example.

Your first reaction would be, "Who the f*ck is the moron who wrote this piece?

Then you calm down and realize that it was done during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, when the adults were out of the office, and one of the interns was rewarded with a column.

From a website as respected as Forbes, this article is certainly infra dig.
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Xbox 360!

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The release is now!

Unfortunately for yours truly, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed has decreed that my Xbox 360 is going to be a Christmas present, and as such, she won't be standing in line at Best Buy for wherever to get me a copy in the next few seconds.

Oh, and BTW, I get mine on Christmas Day.

So, everyone who gets one today, I hate you.
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

Microsoft XML Schemas proposed as standards.

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While everyone is waiting for Xbox 360, Microsoft snuck this under the rader: it has submitted the XML schemas for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for certification as standards to the EMCA.

And also trying to fast-track the submission.

I'm sure the blogosphere would be filled with opinions shortly, with OpenOffice flames and Adobe eulogys.

The MSFT announcement is here, and a Q&A on the submission can be found here.

© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows

One Million Windows users switch to Macs!!! - Part II

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I had been traveling over the past few days and missed this article in The Red Herring.

Entitled “Apple’s Halo in Doubt”, the article goes a long way in proving my post “One Million Windows Users Switch to Macs!!!” right, and debunking the Mac ‘Halo effect’ myth.

From the article:

Recent analyst reports touting the “halo effect” of Apple’s popular iPod causing a small rise in Apple’s personal computer market share are misguided at best, according to a report from Endpoint Technologies Associates.

The report, issued late Wednesday, contends that Apple’s recent rise from 1.8 percent market share worldwide to 2.5 percent in the second quarter had more to do with how far Apple had fallen rather that any belated halo cast by the iPod.

[…]

“No Sherman’s march to the sea here,” said Roger Kay, president of Endpoint. “The argument against the halo effect says that while Apple’s shipments have been up for the past four quarters, it is because they are coming off historic lows. And we are now in an upgrade cycle in which the Apple faithful buy new systems.”

[…]

According to the report, Apple’s personal computer market share has fallen steadily from a high of 16 percent in the U.S. market and 13 percent worldwide back in 1986. By the 1990s, Apple had lost some of its shine but it was still a contender as the second-largest player behind IBM with a 10 percent market share.

“In 1993, a surging Compaq took the top spot from IBM, and Apple was bumped to number three. It was pretty much downhill after that,” said Mr. Kay. “Since 2000, Apple’s worldwide share has hovered around 2 percent.”

[…]

But Mr. Kay does not believe in Apple’s halo, so he attributes the Mac’s steady decline to “a lack of openness, and a price umbrella, which let the whole PC market squeeze through underneath.”

[…]

That lack of openness caused MIT Media Lab to reject Apple’s offer to donate OS X to the consortium developing a $100 PC for buyers in developing countries

[…]

According to Mr. Kay, Apple’s market share has shown tiny but steady increases since last year’s third quarter, but these increases were in the fractions of a percentage point.

“Apple’s high is generally in 2Q, based on the weighting of its business portfolio toward education, but overall, it has gained a bit more than half a point since the nadir,” said Mr. Kay.

The timing of Apple’s rise in the personal computer market does not align very well with the launch and growth in popularity of the iPod. The biggest bump in the Mac’s market share happened two years after the initial release of the iPod.

“Not exactly a direct temporal relationship,” said Mr. Kay. “In fact, Apple’s share in PCs actually sank for two years after the iPod launch.”

While the report sees Apple’s halo effect as a bit illusory, it points out that Apple’s recent success is real. Its profits are up, its shareholders are happy, and millions of Mac and iPod enthusiasts love the company and its products. ….

The entire text of the article can be found here.
© 2005-2009, John Obeto for SmallBizWindows