Microsoft's New Products....
Don't get too excited about Windows 7, as it is mainly a renaming of Vista. Microsoft has a marketing problem with Vista, so they are moving as fast as possible to release anything to replace the failing Vista image. Microsoft has simply tweaked Vista and is calling it Windows 7.
We all know that Vista is not Microsoft's cash cow, but I'm not sure their new line of Softwear is the answer. Just what every Windows user needs.... a t-shirt with Bill Gates mugshot. Yes it's real, but no pricing or way to order. They say this is taps nostalgia.... maybe kinda like Cracker Jack, a prize in every boxed version of Vista.
A billion people can't be wrong. Would you believe... a billion without any other option?
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Time to bailout America....
The United States of America is the greatest nation in the World, however the Republican ideology that has been leading this nation for the last eight years is more concerned with "Big Business" making money than the good of the people. Remember, it is the people that makes a nation, without people you only have land mass. The Democratic philosophy is more in tune to the common people, therefore spreading the wealth of this great nation to all the people, not to just a few wealthy individuals. The cause of the present economic situation is just a repeat of the Great Depression. The rich getting richer, while the struggling poor have less and less. I dare say that probably most that are reading this are not classed as struggling poor, but ask... Am I better off financially today than I was eight years ago? Is this nation economically as sound as it was eight years ago?
If we continue to follow this Republican ideology that has destroyed our economy, we will have an economic nightmare much more devastating to this nation than the Great Depression ever was. It is time to get our heads on straight, go behind the voting booth curtains and pull the lever for Obama & Biden, the economic change our nation needs.
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The United States of America is the greatest nation in the World, however the Republican ideology that has been leading this nation for the last eight years is more concerned with "Big Business" making money than the good of the people. Remember, it is the people that makes a nation, without people you only have land mass. The Democratic philosophy is more in tune to the common people, therefore spreading the wealth of this great nation to all the people, not to just a few wealthy individuals. The cause of the present economic situation is just a repeat of the Great Depression. The rich getting richer, while the struggling poor have less and less. I dare say that probably most that are reading this are not classed as struggling poor, but ask... Am I better off financially today than I was eight years ago? Is this nation economically as sound as it was eight years ago?
If we continue to follow this Republican ideology that has destroyed our economy, we will have an economic nightmare much more devastating to this nation than the Great Depression ever was. It is time to get our heads on straight, go behind the voting booth curtains and pull the lever for Obama & Biden, the economic change our nation needs.
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Sunday, September 07, 2008
Got Chrome....
Seems the hot buzz this week is Google's new browser, Chrome. The Linux version has not been released yet, so I fired up a Windows XP SP3 box and surfed over and grabbed a copy of Chrome. Well not exactly, all I was able to download was a ChromeSetup.exe file, however that file ultimately downloaded and installed chrome in one quick process. The install went like clock work and even offered to import my Firefox settings and bookmarks to Chrome.
I must say, it's fast... double click and bamm, it's open! Chrome runs circles around IE 7 and Firefox 3 on initial start up and loads pages in a flash. Ok, Chrome loads fast and displays pages with the speed of light, but speed is not everything or is it?
Seems the hot buzz this week is Google's new browser, Chrome. The Linux version has not been released yet, so I fired up a Windows XP SP3 box and surfed over and grabbed a copy of Chrome. Well not exactly, all I was able to download was a ChromeSetup.exe file, however that file ultimately downloaded and installed chrome in one quick process. The install went like clock work and even offered to import my Firefox settings and bookmarks to Chrome.
I must say, it's fast... double click and bamm, it's open! Chrome runs circles around IE 7 and Firefox 3 on initial start up and loads pages in a flash. Ok, Chrome loads fast and displays pages with the speed of light, but speed is not everything or is it?
Chrome has a totally different look and feel. First thing I noticed was the menu bar, it's missing and no option to turn it on. Chrome does allow a few changes in the options dialog, but mostly basic and security options. No look and feel options are available, not yet anyway... this is a Beta so more options may come later. One thing about this browser, plain and simple, not many buttons to push.
Bottom line.... If you want a simple easy to use browser that's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, then Google Chrome maybe just what you're looking for.
Bottom line.... If you want a simple easy to use browser that's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, then Google Chrome maybe just what you're looking for.
Ok, Ok, I know... but Chrome is fast.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Jerry Seinfeld ad hits YouTube...
Microsoft has just made one of the funniest comedians in the World look stupid. Oh well, maybe not... Jerry walked away with a cool 10 Million bucks and Bill walked away eating a corny dog and shaking his booty. Millions of viewers will walk away shaking their heads.... wondering... what's this ad promoting?
"The future, delicious"
Microsoft has just made one of the funniest comedians in the World look stupid. Oh well, maybe not... Jerry walked away with a cool 10 Million bucks and Bill walked away eating a corny dog and shaking his booty. Millions of viewers will walk away shaking their heads.... wondering... what's this ad promoting?
"The future, delicious"
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
GOP gets DNC rain...
McCain and Obama may be running neck and neck, but Gustav has blind sided McCain. Gustav has knocked McCain's GOP Convention to it's knees. All of the television networks have moved their reporters to the Gulf Coast to report on Hurricane Gustav's devastation. What else could the GOP do... but put the convention on hold?
Focus on the Family asked people to pray for rain during the DNC, while Obama was giving his acceptance speech outdoors at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, Aug. 28. Needless to say it did not rain on the DNC, it was a great success. Could it be that God answered those prayers in the form of Gustav? Maybe a prayer for rain at the DNC has caused the GOP to cancel all but the official business of the convention. Remember folks, be careful in what you pray for.
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McCain and Obama may be running neck and neck, but Gustav has blind sided McCain. Gustav has knocked McCain's GOP Convention to it's knees. All of the television networks have moved their reporters to the Gulf Coast to report on Hurricane Gustav's devastation. What else could the GOP do... but put the convention on hold?
Focus on the Family asked people to pray for rain during the DNC, while Obama was giving his acceptance speech outdoors at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, Aug. 28. Needless to say it did not rain on the DNC, it was a great success. Could it be that God answered those prayers in the form of Gustav? Maybe a prayer for rain at the DNC has caused the GOP to cancel all but the official business of the convention. Remember folks, be careful in what you pray for.
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War on Malware....
If you are presently fighting an endless battle with virus infestations and annoying pop-ups and spyware, you are not alone, millions of Windows users are in the same sinking boat with you. There is no one anti-virus program or anti-spyware software, that does it all. It is a combination of programs that you need to use, to keep your system free of malware... and then there are no guarantees. There are plenty of free programs available for you to use, however do not depend solely on just one program to protect your Windows box.
Hmm, the real bottom line is don't trust your box to an OS that is venerable to virus and other malware attacks in the first place. Now I know that all operating systems could, at some point in time, fall victim to these attacks. However at the present time if you want to run your computer without all the hassle of virus and spyware, I would suggest you consider Ubuntu Linux as your operating system.
I have been running some flavor of Linux since year 2000 and have never been hit with any virus or spyware. The good news is that I'm not bothered with installing anti-virus and anti-spyware programs or waiting for updates to download and install to keep the software up to date.
It just amazes me that so many Windows users fight the never ending virus and malware battle, when simply switching to Linux will solve all their virus problems.
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If you are presently fighting an endless battle with virus infestations and annoying pop-ups and spyware, you are not alone, millions of Windows users are in the same sinking boat with you. There is no one anti-virus program or anti-spyware software, that does it all. It is a combination of programs that you need to use, to keep your system free of malware... and then there are no guarantees. There are plenty of free programs available for you to use, however do not depend solely on just one program to protect your Windows box.
Hmm, the real bottom line is don't trust your box to an OS that is venerable to virus and other malware attacks in the first place. Now I know that all operating systems could, at some point in time, fall victim to these attacks. However at the present time if you want to run your computer without all the hassle of virus and spyware, I would suggest you consider Ubuntu Linux as your operating system.
I have been running some flavor of Linux since year 2000 and have never been hit with any virus or spyware. The good news is that I'm not bothered with installing anti-virus and anti-spyware programs or waiting for updates to download and install to keep the software up to date.
It just amazes me that so many Windows users fight the never ending virus and malware battle, when simply switching to Linux will solve all their virus problems.
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Happy Birthday Linux
The newsgroup post below can be considered the birth notice for Linux. Seventeen years later, what Linus Torvalds first conceived as "just a hobby" has evolved into the most powerful and stable, free operating system kernel of all time. Many thanks to Linus for his dedication to this project and to all the other contributors to the Linux kernel.
Linus Benedict Torvalds
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
From: torva...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Local: Sun, Aug 25 1991 3:57 pm
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)
Linus (torva...@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.
The newsgroup post below can be considered the birth notice for Linux. Seventeen years later, what Linus Torvalds first conceived as "just a hobby" has evolved into the most powerful and stable, free operating system kernel of all time. Many thanks to Linus for his dedication to this project and to all the other contributors to the Linux kernel.
Linus Benedict Torvalds
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
From: torva...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Local: Sun, Aug 25 1991 3:57 pm
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)
Linus (torva...@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Jerry Seinfeld a great comedian, but...
It's been reported that Microsoft will launch an ad with Jerry Seinfeld in the starring role along with Bill Gates to counter the "Mac vs. PC" ads. And get this, will use the slogan “Windows Not Walls”.
Hmm... spending $300 million on an ad to convince people that Microsoft is not building walls around the Vista platform, when it is a well known fact that Microsoft's goal is to isolate itself to all open standards. And they think Jerry Seinfeld can do that.... Oh well, it's got me laughing, and I have not even seen the ad.
It's been reported that Microsoft will launch an ad with Jerry Seinfeld in the starring role along with Bill Gates to counter the "Mac vs. PC" ads. And get this, will use the slogan “Windows Not Walls”.
Hmm... spending $300 million on an ad to convince people that Microsoft is not building walls around the Vista platform, when it is a well known fact that Microsoft's goal is to isolate itself to all open standards. And they think Jerry Seinfeld can do that.... Oh well, it's got me laughing, and I have not even seen the ad.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
No turning back.....
The box said, System Requirements: Windows XP or better. So I installed Linux!
Linux is without doubt the most powerful and secure operating system, however the least used. Why? Several things factor into the equation.
There is a misconception that Linux is hard to use and that you need to be a geek to run it. That's just not true! The truth is that Linux is just as easy, if not easier to use than Windows or Mac. Granted it's not the same, but if Linux was the same as Windows or Mac.... why switch? There is a learning curve, however I can assure you that it will be well worth your time and effort.
Next is the misconception that because Linux is free, it's inferior software. That's also not true. In fact because Linux is free open source software it is developed by thousands world wide, not just a few paid developers at a single company. With open source software the only goal is to make good software, while on the other hand closed source software has the profit factor figured in and in most cases profit is their only goal.
I hear it all the time... I would like to run Linux but I can't run my Windows programs. Anyone thinking about moving to Linux just needs to get Windows out of their mindset. Linux has plenty of free open source programs that will do every task that your Windows programs will do and in most cases do them better.
Then you have the FUD factor: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. FUD is just a human nature thing, we all have it. As humans we are programed to want to stay with things we are familiar with. I know people that have driven either Fords or Chevys all their lives. Why? It was their first car and because of the FUD factor they refused to try a different brand. Same with computer operating systems.... start with Windows or Mac and the FUD factor just keeps them going back to what they started with.
Maybe it's time to get off that Windows merry-go-round and jump aboard the Linux train. Full steam ahead with Ubuntu Linux!
The box said, System Requirements: Windows XP or better. So I installed Linux!
Linux is without doubt the most powerful and secure operating system, however the least used. Why? Several things factor into the equation.
There is a misconception that Linux is hard to use and that you need to be a geek to run it. That's just not true! The truth is that Linux is just as easy, if not easier to use than Windows or Mac. Granted it's not the same, but if Linux was the same as Windows or Mac.... why switch? There is a learning curve, however I can assure you that it will be well worth your time and effort.
Next is the misconception that because Linux is free, it's inferior software. That's also not true. In fact because Linux is free open source software it is developed by thousands world wide, not just a few paid developers at a single company. With open source software the only goal is to make good software, while on the other hand closed source software has the profit factor figured in and in most cases profit is their only goal.
I hear it all the time... I would like to run Linux but I can't run my Windows programs. Anyone thinking about moving to Linux just needs to get Windows out of their mindset. Linux has plenty of free open source programs that will do every task that your Windows programs will do and in most cases do them better.
Then you have the FUD factor: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. FUD is just a human nature thing, we all have it. As humans we are programed to want to stay with things we are familiar with. I know people that have driven either Fords or Chevys all their lives. Why? It was their first car and because of the FUD factor they refused to try a different brand. Same with computer operating systems.... start with Windows or Mac and the FUD factor just keeps them going back to what they started with.
Maybe it's time to get off that Windows merry-go-round and jump aboard the Linux train. Full steam ahead with Ubuntu Linux!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
The winner is....
Listen up home High-Definition movie fans. The war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is all but over with Blu-ray the victor. How can this happen? Technically, HD DVD offers far more features at a much lower cost to the consumer. As with many things in the world today, it's not always what or who is the best that comes out the winner.
Oh well, there is one thing I know for sure. I didn't need a HDTV to figure out that the LSU Tigers are the 2007 National Champions.
Geaux Tigers!
Listen up home High-Definition movie fans. The war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is all but over with Blu-ray the victor. How can this happen? Technically, HD DVD offers far more features at a much lower cost to the consumer. As with many things in the world today, it's not always what or who is the best that comes out the winner.
Oh well, there is one thing I know for sure. I didn't need a HDTV to figure out that the LSU Tigers are the 2007 National Champions.
Geaux Tigers!
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