The fact that he has to shows how much the world has changed since the 1980s.
At that time Michael R. Milken was vilified for using debt offerings. Now, debt is all the rage!
I’m quite sure GM would like to have Microsoft’s problem
Uncategorized
Greek & Turkish Planes Collide
In this newsbite from the beeb, two F-16 fighters, one Turkish, the other Greek collided over the Aegean Sea, with the Greek pilot losing his life. The Turk ejected safely and was rescued.
But for the Greek loosing his life, this stupid game would be funny.
The report startlingly reveals that this kind of low-level skirmishes have been occurring for a while, which begs the question, "Why is this the first fatal incident?" I mean, WTF???
For the Greeks and Turks, this IS your tax monies at work! Enjoy.
But for the Greek loosing his life, this stupid game would be funny.
The report startlingly reveals that this kind of low-level skirmishes have been occurring for a while, which begs the question, "Why is this the first fatal incident?" I mean, WTF???
For the Greeks and Turks, this IS your tax monies at work! Enjoy.
Desmond Dekker, R.I.P.
Reggae great, Desmond Dekker died in London this past weekend.
Singer of that wonderful 1968 hit, The Israelites, Dekker was 64 and survived by a son and daughter.
Among his other hits were the stark 007 (Shanty Town), and Rude Boy Train.
He will be missed.
Singer of that wonderful 1968 hit, The Israelites, Dekker was 64 and survived by a son and daughter.
Among his other hits were the stark 007 (Shanty Town), and Rude Boy Train.
He will be missed.
715!
What a milestone!
Here's hoping that quite a few 'baseball purists' have freaking fatal heart attacks.
To all who wanted Barry to 'just retire' at the start of this season, "May your souls rot in hell"!
Mutha'fu*kers!!!
Now that he has surpassed the 'Bambino', what are you going to do?
So much has been made of Bonds getting to 715 that today a few words seem necessary from Yours Truly.
To all that say it won't be celebrated, fine!
No problem. I don't remember any celebration when McGuire passed Ruth's 60-homer single season mark on his way to breaking Roger Maris' record.
And this would not have been a problem if Bonds was a Tiger Woods/Michael Jordan-type media harlot.
He's Bonds, well aware of his place in time, in (baseball) history.
Long after the 'purists' are gone we'll remember Bonds, not some hack for a fishwrap insert newspaper name here.
Then there are hypocrites like Tommy Lasorda, who says he does not want to have anything to do with it. Err, Tommy, it is now 15.01. Take a bow. Your fifteen minutes are over. Go bye-bye. Did you not have a certain closer that is now deflated?
The steriod thing?
A canard!
Thrown, a la that thrown around about (The Los Angeles Lakers') #24(8) to justify their personal dislike for his 'arrogance'.
Arrogance it is when a Black man asserts confidence.
Since we're on 'The Black Thing', how many homers would Ruth have hit if people of color were allowed in the Bigs back then? Would he not have faced a more balanced competitive field as the players of today do?
I'm tired of these a$$wipes walking of the halcyon days of yore as if back then all players were saints!
For goodness freaking sakes, remember the Black Sox Scandal?
Now the samepurists bastards want to deify the members of the team, with the crap that, "Enough time had gone by.."
There's an 'X' marked on my A$$, mutha's. Feel free to kiss it.
Barry is at 715.
Die already.
Congrats, Barry.
PS. Unless he IS a better person in his personal life, I still would not ask him to be a dinner guest, based on the news we hear about him.
Copyright © 2006, John Obeto II for SmallBizVista.com®
Here's hoping that quite a few 'baseball purists' have freaking fatal heart attacks.
To all who wanted Barry to 'just retire' at the start of this season, "May your souls rot in hell"!
Mutha'fu*kers!!!
Now that he has surpassed the 'Bambino', what are you going to do?
So much has been made of Bonds getting to 715 that today a few words seem necessary from Yours Truly.
To all that say it won't be celebrated, fine!
No problem. I don't remember any celebration when McGuire passed Ruth's 60-homer single season mark on his way to breaking Roger Maris' record.
And this would not have been a problem if Bonds was a Tiger Woods/Michael Jordan-type media harlot.
He's Bonds, well aware of his place in time, in (baseball) history.
Long after the 'purists' are gone we'll remember Bonds, not some hack for a fishwrap insert newspaper name here.
Then there are hypocrites like Tommy Lasorda, who says he does not want to have anything to do with it. Err, Tommy, it is now 15.01. Take a bow. Your fifteen minutes are over. Go bye-bye. Did you not have a certain closer that is now deflated?
The steriod thing?
A canard!
Thrown, a la that thrown around about (The Los Angeles Lakers') #24(8) to justify their personal dislike for his 'arrogance'.
Arrogance it is when a Black man asserts confidence.
Since we're on 'The Black Thing', how many homers would Ruth have hit if people of color were allowed in the Bigs back then? Would he not have faced a more balanced competitive field as the players of today do?
I'm tired of these a$$wipes walking of the halcyon days of yore as if back then all players were saints!
For goodness freaking sakes, remember the Black Sox Scandal?
Now the same
There's an 'X' marked on my A$$, mutha's. Feel free to kiss it.
Barry is at 715.
Die already.
Congrats, Barry.
PS. Unless he IS a better person in his personal life, I still would not ask him to be a dinner guest, based on the news we hear about him.
Copyright © 2006, John Obeto II for SmallBizVista.com®
Blogging from Office 2007 Beta 2
Isn’t this nice?
Prior to installing Office 2007’s prior betas on all my production systems – yes, I like living on the edge, I used Blogger for Word™, which was broken with the betas.
Now I can blog from within word all over again.
Cool!
MSN Spaces
Don't look now, but MSN Spaces has been a sleeper hit.
Actually, it has shot to the top of the charts, becoming the largest blogging service worldwide, according to comScore Media Metrix.
101 unique visitors in April? Wow!
The Microsoft press release is here.
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Actually, it has shot to the top of the charts, becoming the largest blogging service worldwide, according to comScore Media Metrix.
101 unique visitors in April? Wow!
The Microsoft press release is here.
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Keeping things in perspective
While a lot has been said and written about the slowness of downloads of the new betas from Microsoft, Robert Scoble, the Scobelizer, in this post, reminds us of how it used to be.
He writes
He writes
Hey, I remember when I was a beta tester on Windows 95. I had to download the entire OS on a 28.8 modem! I did that every weekend. How things have changed!Personally, I remember when I upgraded to a 1200baud modem!
And I was The Man then!
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IM'ing with Terri
Logged on to Windows Live Messenger 8 beta, and, one of my contacts, Terri Stratton, editor-in-chief of The Tablet PC and a moderator of The Hive popped up.
I asked her about an interview she had with Jim Alchin posted to The Hive and she replied that she was on vacation in Alaska!
Alaska, and had just come in from fishing!
This IM thing makes you tethered to the world, eh?
I asked her about an interview she had with Jim Alchin posted to The Hive and she replied that she was on vacation in Alaska!
Alaska, and had just come in from fishing!
This IM thing makes you tethered to the world, eh?
Tekmaven (Bink.nu): The Real Reason Why Windows Vista Was Delayed
When talking heads blogosphere pundits without a clue start talking about stuff for which they don't have a clue, watch out.
So much has been written about the Vista that members of the public without insider knowledge have started taking what they hard read as Gospel. And it is all conjecture. Worsened by those with knowlkedge looking for traffic drivers to their sites.
My pal, Ryan Hoffman, tekmaven, of the popular Windows technology website, bink.nu, was able to get the reasons for the Vista delay straight form the horse's mouth. Yes, he got the reason from Jim Alchin himself.
So much has been written about the Vista that members of the public without insider knowledge have started taking what they hard read as Gospel. And it is all conjecture. Worsened by those with knowlkedge looking for traffic drivers to their sites.
My pal, Ryan Hoffman, tekmaven, of the popular Windows technology website, bink.nu, was able to get the reasons for the Vista delay straight form the horse's mouth. Yes, he got the reason from Jim Alchin himself.
In an article found here, tekmaven reveals that:
Most PC manufacturers don’t make their PCs in the US. In fact, most manufactures import their PCs from overseas, and they aren’t flown in to the US, but brought over by boat. As you could imagine, importing PCs over to the US by boat is a slow process, and these PCs end up taking months to arrive after their order. If Vista was released right before the holiday season, most PCs in stores would still have XP. In fact, only very few computer companies would actually have the ability to deliver Vista during the holiday season. Imagine walking into Best Buy, and seeing three PCs with Vista, and thirty running XP. Which would you buy? In fact, most of these manufacturers breathed a huge sigh of relief when Microsoft announced the delay, and some has been quietly thanking Microsoft.
Jim did tell us, that any machine shipping with the Windows Vista Capable logo will have full driver support in Vista – in fact, it’s a Microsoft requirement. This isn’t going to be one of those ME -> XP upgrade disasters that happened prior to the XP launch.
Isn't it nice to get information from those who know?
Thanks, Ryan.
PS. Ryan, where's my WinHEC swag?
Stupid Article: Your World Wiithout Microsoft
Coming out of the piehole of a 'pundit' at InfoWorld is an article with the above title.
More disturbing is the quote from a Mac fanboi on the editorial team at that magazine in response to a question that, "Microsoft's disappearance would be a good thing, saying, "I hope it would jump start the kind of competitive innovation we haven't seen forever."
????
Whew!
I'll stop here while you catch up.
What an assinine position.
It makes you realize the exact reason InfoWorld has faded into obscurity, and worse yet, irrelevance.
In the mid/late '80s and through the 1990s, InfoWorld was a font for cogent, on-point, IT journalism, albeit a perennial runner-up to PCWeek. The decline started when editorial management decided to turn the paper into a opinion slag, and their readership voted with their eyeballs going elsewhere. The paper has niche'd itself to where it is today.
This nonsensical article is just the kind of stupid response-baiting I have come to expect from it.
New blog policy: No hyperlinks to articles from idiots. I'm trying to create an idiot-free zone.
More disturbing is the quote from a Mac fanboi on the editorial team at that magazine in response to a question that, "Microsoft's disappearance would be a good thing, saying, "I hope it would jump start the kind of competitive innovation we haven't seen forever."
????
Whew!
I'll stop here while you catch up.
What an assinine position.
It makes you realize the exact reason InfoWorld has faded into obscurity, and worse yet, irrelevance.
In the mid/late '80s and through the 1990s, InfoWorld was a font for cogent, on-point, IT journalism, albeit a perennial runner-up to PCWeek. The decline started when editorial management decided to turn the paper into a opinion slag, and their readership voted with their eyeballs going elsewhere. The paper has niche'd itself to where it is today.
This nonsensical article is just the kind of stupid response-baiting I have come to expect from it.
New blog policy: No hyperlinks to articles from idiots. I'm trying to create an idiot-free zone.
Global Piracy
In this article, Ars Technica rightly takes the BSA piracy numbers to task.
Personally, I have always wondered about these numbers that seemed to be SWAGs, and bandied around by law-enforcement types and legislators just before they reduce our rights furtther.
I mean, if that was the case, everyone in LDCs must be software/media pirates!
Puh-leeeeeeeeeese!!!
Just how do you extrapolate an order of magnitude?
Shills! (Not that there is anything wrong with being a shill.)
KEY:
SWAG: Stupid Wild A$$ Guess - A tern invented by military intelligence.
LDC: Less-Developed Country - PC name for the 3rd World.
Personally, I have always wondered about these numbers that seemed to be SWAGs, and bandied around by law-enforcement types and legislators just before they reduce our rights furtther.
I mean, if that was the case, everyone in LDCs must be software/media pirates!
Puh-leeeeeeeeeese!!!
Just how do you extrapolate an order of magnitude?
Shills! (Not that there is anything wrong with being a shill.)
KEY:
SWAG: Stupid Wild A$$ Guess - A tern invented by military intelligence.
LDC: Less-Developed Country - PC name for the 3rd World.
Microsoft's Pay-As-You-Go PC Program
This hearkens back to numerous posts I have made virtually everywhere about Microsoft's need to seed the emerging markets with Windows, in order to make it truly ubiquitous.
And it IS a very good IDEA.
If it catches on, forget about the immediate, attendant PC sales! This will not only increase the affordability, in the markets that can barely afford it now, but are getting industrialized, of PCs using Microsoft software several orders of magnitude, it provides a 'soft' lock-in: familiarity with the program would make it a greater de facto standard than it is now.
Looking forward 10 years, what do you think the newly gentrified populace would be using?
This program, in many ways would definitely slow down the adoption of open source in most LDCs as their leaders realize that it 1) lowers the entry cost of computing for the masses, and 2) allows the people to use the leading-edge programs used in industrialized nations, as opposed to a copycat second-class (though definitely not second-rate) open source poor cousin.
I have always thought that a way of getting Microsoft software into the hands of the proletariat - I wanted it to be as close to free as fiscally possible - was the way to go, but this program, offering a unified software/hardware solution is even better.
And it IS a very good IDEA.
If it catches on, forget about the immediate, attendant PC sales! This will not only increase the affordability, in the markets that can barely afford it now, but are getting industrialized, of PCs using Microsoft software several orders of magnitude, it provides a 'soft' lock-in: familiarity with the program would make it a greater de facto standard than it is now.
Looking forward 10 years, what do you think the newly gentrified populace would be using?
This program, in many ways would definitely slow down the adoption of open source in most LDCs as their leaders realize that it 1) lowers the entry cost of computing for the masses, and 2) allows the people to use the leading-edge programs used in industrialized nations, as opposed to a copycat second-class (though definitely not second-rate) open source poor cousin.
I have always thought that a way of getting Microsoft software into the hands of the proletariat - I wanted it to be as close to free as fiscally possible - was the way to go, but this program, offering a unified software/hardware solution is even better.
Shameless Plug!
A quote from Yours Truly to Mary Jo Foley, of Microsoft Watch, made it into this week's issue of eWeek, both print and online.
I read my first issue of PC Week, the predecessor magazine to eWeek back in 1986 and I 've had a subscription since 1987. Now, I'm in it!
I have admired her for years, and Mary Jo's Microsoft Watch site introduced me to some valuable sites such as Daily Rotation which allows me to aggregate news without an RSS feedreader wherever I am - talk about mobility, etc,. So you can imagine my pleasure at meeting her a couple of weeks ago at the Microsoft Windows Vista Beta II Labs in Seattle, Washington.
Nice,nice!
I read my first issue of PC Week, the predecessor magazine to eWeek back in 1986 and I 've had a subscription since 1987. Now, I'm in it!
I have admired her for years, and Mary Jo's Microsoft Watch site introduced me to some valuable sites such as Daily Rotation which allows me to aggregate news without an RSS feedreader wherever I am - talk about mobility, etc,. So you can imagine my pleasure at meeting her a couple of weeks ago at the Microsoft Windows Vista Beta II Labs in Seattle, Washington.
Nice,nice!
Antoine Walker
In a post here, just after KO8E's 81-point coming-out party, I excoriated Antoine Walker for stating that he would have clotheslined Ko8e in order to stop him from getting to 81.
Well, I nowstand sit before you munching on a platter of crow.
Listening to Antoine talk a few minutes ago on a Sports Talk Radio interview - the show name I won't mention because the host is an abominable swine, and I was scanning stations to listen to until I got the snippet, he waxed eloquently about all of his team members and of the playoffs. (For me, as a Los Angeles Lakers fan, the season IS over.) The host decided to ask him a question, "If you were starting a team right now and have the 1st pick of the draft of any player in the NBA, who would you choose?
Walker's answer?
KO8E Bryant!
I was stunned! So was the oafish host, who asked the question again! Walker replied that Bryant was the best player in the league while the (really) Big Shaq was the most dominant.
As a result, I an having this crow feast.
Goes to show, when some of these clowns deinsert their feet from their mouths, they are sometimes capable of coherrent utterances!
Well, I now
Listening to Antoine talk a few minutes ago on a Sports Talk Radio interview - the show name I won't mention because the host is an abominable swine, and I was scanning stations to listen to until I got the snippet, he waxed eloquently about all of his team members and of the playoffs. (For me, as a Los Angeles Lakers fan, the season IS over.) The host decided to ask him a question, "If you were starting a team right now and have the 1st pick of the draft of any player in the NBA, who would you choose?
Walker's answer?
KO8E Bryant!
I was stunned! So was the oafish host, who asked the question again! Walker replied that Bryant was the best player in the league while the (really) Big Shaq was the most dominant.
As a result, I an having this crow feast.
Goes to show, when some of these clowns deinsert their feet from their mouths, they are sometimes capable of coherrent utterances!
What a moron!
David Pogue must be a moron!
Over the past several, I get tired of his constant Microsft bashing.
Every review of his is a referendum on Microsoft, Windows, etc.
I can't burst open the NYTimes fishwrap without some stupid rant disguised as a review form that idiot.
The latest: the Treo 700p. The best part about it is the Palm OS?
Homie, shake yourself!
Over the past several, I get tired of his constant Microsft bashing.
Every review of his is a referendum on Microsoft, Windows, etc.
I can't burst open the NYTimes fishwrap without some stupid rant disguised as a review form that idiot.
The latest: the Treo 700p. The best part about it is the Palm OS?
Homie, shake yourself!
Dell to use AMD Chips
That thud was my jaw hitting the floor.
More on this as I get it.
More on this as I get it.
Samsung 16GB Flash Drive
Gizmodo is reporting that the Samsung 16GB solid-state announced last year is being setup for ordering by a certain web site for $1999.00.
Yes, $1999.00!
WTF???
If, as expected, 8GB USB drive become available later this year for $175 to $200 MSRP, just what is the point of a doubling of the capacity for 5x the price?
Unbelievable.
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Yes, $1999.00!
WTF???
If, as expected, 8GB USB drive become available later this year for $175 to $200 MSRP, just what is the point of a doubling of the capacity for 5x the price?
Unbelievable.
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Vista Minimum Hardware Requirements
Microsoft today released the minimum hardware requirement specifications for the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
From the press release, found here:
Simultaneously, there is a beta release of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, the details of which can be found here. This software attempts to determine the suitability of your system for an upgrade to Vista.
While there are no surprises here, the question remains, "Will OEMs follow through?"
And that is a very poignant question.
Right now, even Tier-1 OEMs teasesuckers customers with door-buster systems with the absolute minimum specs required to run XP, leaving the cattle purchasers bereft of the entire XP experience.
For which they are free to blame Microsoft.
Contrast that with the Mac experience where you have an entire system built to provide a total experience, an experience totally deserving of it's price premium relative to PCs.
I hope Microsoft finds a way, due to both antitrust/legal decrees, and commercial considerations, to enforce certain rigid hardware, and default security state requirements of OEMs as necessary to obtain both Vista-capable and Vista Premium certifications. I mean, who needs the craplets OEMs install on both consumer and business PCs? Who???
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From the press release, found here:To qualify as Capable or Premium Ready, PCs must meet or exceed the following requirements:
| Windows Vista Capable | Windows Vista Premium Ready | |
| Processor: | Modern processor (at least 800 MHz)1 | 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)1 |
| System Memory: | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| GPU: | DirectX® 9 capable (Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) support recommended) | Runs Windows Aero2 |
| Graphics Memory: | - - | 128 MB |
| HDD: | - - | 40 GB |
| HDD Free Space: | - - | 15 GB |
| Optical Drive: | - - | DVD-ROM drive3 |
| Audio: | - - | Audio output capability |
| Internet: | - - | Internet access capability |
Simultaneously, there is a beta release of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, the details of which can be found here. This software attempts to determine the suitability of your system for an upgrade to Vista.
While there are no surprises here, the question remains, "Will OEMs follow through?"
And that is a very poignant question.
Right now, even Tier-1 OEMs tease
For which they are free to blame Microsoft.
Contrast that with the Mac experience where you have an entire system built to provide a total experience, an experience totally deserving of it's price premium relative to PCs.
I hope Microsoft finds a way, due to both antitrust/legal decrees, and commercial considerations, to enforce certain rigid hardware, and default security state requirements of OEMs as necessary to obtain both Vista-capable and Vista Premium certifications. I mean, who needs the craplets OEMs install on both consumer and business PCs? Who???
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1000 Posts
Hive member PhotoStory just pointed out that I had made my 1000th post to The Hive.
The Hive is a community of community leaders from all over the world and serves as a repository for some of the broadest ranges of views on computing, especially Microsoft- and Windows-centric computing.
I'm surprised. That it is only 1000! In actuality, while 1000 is a lot and I hope it won't take me as long to get to 2000, I expect to spend more time there.
Really though, I have found it to be a refreshing departure from some of the more vitriolic virtual cafes; /.
And I am not only proud to be a member, but count that membership as a priviledge. The knowledge I have gleaned has beought me back from the purely fiscal side of the IT business back into a melding of hands-on technology and financial matters. As it pertains to my target audience, the small and medium business.
My thanks to management of The Hive, especially Aaron Coldiron, Manager of the Windows Communities, Nick White, who manages The Hive, and all the moderators, Terri, Waggler, and friends - Michael-HWG, Hidden_Hunter, fyiguy, to mention a few -I have made over the length of my membership there.
The Hive is a community of community leaders from all over the world and serves as a repository for some of the broadest ranges of views on computing, especially Microsoft- and Windows-centric computing.
I'm surprised. That it is only 1000! In actuality, while 1000 is a lot and I hope it won't take me as long to get to 2000, I expect to spend more time there.
Really though, I have found it to be a refreshing departure from some of the more vitriolic virtual cafes; /.
And I am not only proud to be a member, but count that membership as a priviledge. The knowledge I have gleaned has beought me back from the purely fiscal side of the IT business back into a melding of hands-on technology and financial matters. As it pertains to my target audience, the small and medium business.
My thanks to management of The Hive, especially Aaron Coldiron, Manager of the Windows Communities, Nick White, who manages The Hive, and all the moderators, Terri, Waggler, and friends - Michael-HWG, Hidden_Hunter, fyiguy, to mention a few -I have made over the length of my membership there.
Couldn't have done it without you all.
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Windows Media Player 11 beta & URGE Released
URGE, the new online music service offering from a Microsoft/MTV collaboration was released to the public today, along with the attendent Windows Media Player 11 beta.
I am in the process of applying for the 14-day trial in order to browse the playlist (for songs from the 1980s).
I also hope that music videos are included; that would be an excellent valueadd.
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I am in the process of applying for the 14-day trial in order to browse the playlist (for songs from the 1980s).
I also hope that music videos are included; that would be an excellent valueadd.
Copyright © 2006, John Obeto II for SmallBizVista.com®