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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Re: the Apple-Sun merger |
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Topic: Business |
4:03 am EST, Feb 21, 2007 |
Those of you who are hardcore Apple watchers will recall that 10 years ago Sun was supposed to buy us. This was back when we were really hurting and almost going out of business. Scott made all sorts of promises and then the night before we were going to close the deal he canceled -- just left us standing at the altar. So we've been waiting for some payback, and now we've got it. Monday night we rented a suite at the Four Seasons in Palo Alto and had him wait there. Meeting was set for 9 and we were going to sign the papers. Then I just hung out in the Jobs Pod and kept having people call telling him I'm running late.
Hahaha The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Re: the Apple-Sun merger |
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Pay me in Gold - Craigslst Scammer Reply |
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Topic: Business |
1:56 pm EST, Feb 6, 2007 |
We only accept payment in gold. The current price for gold is $20.98 per gram, so the price of the item is 28.59 grams of gold. This is not negotiable. Payment is required up front, in person. I will independently assay the gold in my lab, and once its authenticity is verified, we can proceed with the transfer of the items. Please let me know as soon as possible when you can come over with the gold, and I will remove the item immediately. Thanks, Bob
My reply to a craigslist scammer. Pay me in Gold - Craigslst Scammer Reply |
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Weekly Web Fare Specials from Delta for weekend and last-minute getaways |
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Topic: Business |
10:20 am EST, Feb 5, 2007 |
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Austin, TX (AUS) $89 Atlanta, GA (ATL) Boston, MA (BOS) $89 Atlanta, GA (ATL) Charleston, SC (CHS) $69 Atlanta, GA (ATL) Melbourne, FL (MLB) $69 Atlanta, GA (ATL) Ontario, CA (ONT) $119
Delta Specials for February. Weekly Web Fare Specials from Delta for weekend and last-minute getaways |
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Welcome to SeatGuru! Your Guide to Airplane Seats and In-flight Amenities |
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Topic: Business |
8:03 am EST, Feb 5, 2007 |
# Detailed seat map graphics. # In-depth seat specific comments denoting seats with limited recline, reduced legroom, mis-aligned windows. # Color-coding to help identify superior and substandard seats. # In-seat power port locations. # Galley, lavatory, Exit Row and closet locations.
The other day I needed to know if a particular exit row seat on a Delta 757-200 was any good. This site tells you. Nice. Delta has seat diagrams on the check-in screen, and on the web, but they don't show bulkheads, etc. In this case, row 19 on a DL 757-200 had 5 feet of leg room. NICE. Welcome to SeatGuru! Your Guide to Airplane Seats and In-flight Amenities |
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A dystopian future - looking beyond Windows Vista |
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Topic: Business |
4:47 am EST, Feb 3, 2007 |
You should read the actual patent application for more and scarier examples. It's only a few pages long anyway. It looks like Microsoft wants users to pay separately for every basic OS functionality that they use through some sort of web shop, much the same way that antiquated mainframes used to be licensed out but with the added pixie-dust of “…through the internet”. It will actively throttle down functionality that it is capable of, but which has not been payed for. Or it will “restrict unauthorized operating system extensions from being installed that may support unauthorized hardware and/or software”. So not only do you have to pay for new hardware, you have to pay again in order to use it to it's full capacity. And you can bet that the hardware makers will have to pay Microsoft as well to be included in their web shop.
A dystopian future - looking beyond Windows Vista |
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comp.programming | Google Groups |
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Topic: Business |
5:16 pm EST, Feb 2, 2007 |
from: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osbornekevin Summary - Turns up late, most every day. Programming engine doesn't really kick in 'til midafternoon, and up until then will happily browse RSS feeds, write personal emails, and fantasize about peforming sordid sex acts while staring out the window. - When finally getting around to tapping something useful out on the keyboard, will produce code that is often enough of a particularly poor quality. The insufferable banality of domain-specific business logic drives the extrusion of nothing other than fetid little stools of code, like a mangy cat with a bent tail and gammy leg squatting and mewling as its little programming-porticullis lets loose with yet another poorly formed explusion. - Soon enough will be back to circumventing the internet filter and logging on to home linux boxen to manage bittorrent downloads and perform housekeeping tasks (a.k.a filing freshly downloaded porn by size and colour of sexual extremity and number of partners involved). - Managers will find the candidate to be just as much an insufferable prig as any other engineer, believing that anyone not coding full-time is semi-imbecilic and finding your needs for 'on-time' and 'on-budget' to be the plaintive whinings of a corporate shill who sold out to the man long ago. - When entering into salary and performance reviews passive-agressive neuroticism will only be matched by overinflated sense of self-worth and entitlement. Will be miffed if renumeration extortions are not ridiculous enough and leave in the middle of a late project to swan off to yet another deluded firm who have no idea that any engineer worth their salt can swan by hacking 100 minutes of mangled obfuscation a week while still billing 40 hours plus overtime. Specialties: Skiving, Bilking, Surfing, Bludging. Watercooler Etiquette. Nose Picking, Masturbation on the Premises, Intermittent Bathing. Stealing Stationery and Peripherals, Posting the entire IP Codebase on Sourceforge.
hahahaha! comp.programming | Google Groups |
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Topic: Business |
12:26 am EST, Feb 1, 2007 |
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Complain about false advertising. FTC Complaint Form |
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NIGC Class II Meeting :: PR-55 01-2007 |
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Topic: Business |
9:19 pm EST, Jan 31, 2007 |
NIGC Chairman Phil Hogen stated “The Commission is extremely appreciative of the great interest which tribes and gaming equipment manufacturers have taken in the effort to craft regulations for the equipment used by tribes to play bingo and other Class II games. An unprecedented level of communication and cooperation was demonstrated in the intense effort a working group of gaming manufacturers and gaming tribes devoted to drafting and presenting proposed technical standards to NIGC’s Tribal Advisory Committee, which that Advisory Committee delivered to the Commission today. While the Commission has not yet had the opportunity to fully review the recommendations which were received, we think the fresh approach reflected in this package—which focuses on the game system, not just “player boxes”-- has the potential of addressing many of the Commission’s concerns relating to insuring the integrity of Class II gaming played with technological aids.” Hogen continued “The need to have standards that protect the integrity of Class II technologic aids is as great today as it has ever been, and hopefully these sincere efforts of the Indian gaming industry will assist the Commission in completing this task in the near future.” The comment period for Class II technical regulations will come to an end on January 31, 2007. At that time, the NIGC will review the comments and determine what will be the next step in the process.
Hopefully this means they will not hamstring Class II gaming, and devastate tribal revenues, tomorrow. NIGC Class II Meeting :: PR-55 01-2007 |
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BellSouth Interconnection Services - Products & Services - Resale |
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Topic: Business |
2:50 am EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
Description Remote Call Forwarding (RCF) is an exchange service which allows incoming calls to be forwarded to a telephone number in a distant location. The RCF number has one access path which allows only one call, at a time to be forwarded. Additional access paths can be ordered to allow additional calls to be forwarded, provided the distant location is equipped to receive them. RCF requires neither a physical telephone set nor physical input by customer to get calls forwarded.
If you want to establish business credit, but have Vonage... you need to get a bellsouth remote call forwarding service. It is $18.50 a month. Otherwise you'll get denied all over the place. BellSouth Interconnection Services - Products & Services - Resale |
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Barcode Scanners from Symbol, PSC, Metrologic and Hand Held - Buy Online at the Lowest Price |
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Topic: Business |
1:12 am EST, Jan 29, 2007 |
Barcode Scanners from Symbol, PSC, Metrologic and Hand Held Barcode Planet carries all types of Barcode Scanners: Handheld, wand, counter-top, in-counter, industrial, USB, PS2 keyboard wedge, serial (RS232), cordless, wireless RF, WiFi 802.11b, laser, raster, CCD, imager... and more!
Barcode Scanners from Symbol, PSC, Metrologic and Hand Held - Buy Online at the Lowest Price |
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