Eh, call me impatient as I'm about to list a few other classics now... actually it's more about having the time to do so and trying to put down some choices while I think about them. Here's goes a few from my list: An Affair to Remember . Sappy, sweet, probably leans a bit more to the feminine side, but a great film with one of my favorite stars in it. I could watch it over and over again and never tire of it. <strong
Someone had suggested doing a Friday 5 type thing on classic films. I've not done the Friday 5 thing before so can't tell if I'm doing it correctly or not, but regardless, I'm going to put up a chance for others to tell me what their favorite classic films are. You can list 5, or 10, or 1 or 3, I don't really care what number you want to list. The only real requirement I would place on things is that if you are going to label something a classic it needs to be more than 20 y
[quote]I know this isn't the main point of your rant, but you can script that you know. I've done it before. The Update service can be accessed as an automation object that can be used to download and install updates and it will also tell you if a reboot is required so you can script the reboot action too.[/quote] Yeah, I understand that but because of processes running on these systems (see license services discussed above), we can't have these systems reboot at just any time.
[quote]As you work there, you are stuck with it, so i guess your outta luck, or else id say find another company to deal with. Consumers dont appear to have many rights if any against bad software comapnies that release shovel ware wrapped up in terms of services that read like a legal court document in a murder trial.[/quote] I'd love to use another product and have made it clear to the company representative's that if offered a choice I would very highly recommend switching to *anyt
Fun at work today - NOT. I had to go back to work last night to restart a couple of servers in "off hours" so that we could use the "Shutdown and Install Updates" option on some Windows servers to apply some of the latest Windows Updates to those systems. I really wish Microsoft would get with the program and find some way to apply the vast majority of updates/patches without the need to reboot, but that is a rant for another time or one that may have been gone over repeatedly i
[quote]Good point. I firmly believe all state primaries should be held the same day. Why should 2 or 3 states define our choices? There is no reason the candidates couldn't make their case to ALL the people prior to primary voting.[/quote] Agree completely and I wish this was the case. I'm tired of small pockets of voters deciding for everyone. If a candidate has no national appeal they don't deserve the job in my book. At a minimum they should be able to carry a lar
[quote]As a parting example: I did not vote for McCain during his primary bid for President … did you? I know DG did not vote and I suspect you did not either, so how in the world did that old RiNO warhorse get the nomination …? Because not enough people who oppose the established lunacy that is our Government voted in the primary. So when the general came around our hands were tied.[/quote] Actually I believe I did vote in that primary -- against McCain as I saw him as
If an election happens and I don't care, is that a bad thing? Honestly, I do want to vote in most elections, but it's primary election day in my home state and I could go off and vote in the primary but... well, I probably won't and I don't really feel bad about it. Actually, I feel rather good about it but that is probably just because I want the robo-calls and junk mailings to stop. I feel bad about the number of trees that have been sacrificed in the name of these polit
Oh, one more fun thing for the day... it was Shredder Truck day at work. They brought in a truck that was also a big industrial paper shredder. Employees were able to take in big boxes of papers that they had (old bills, financial statements, etc.) so they could be loaded into the truck and shredded up completely. I was able to get rid of 3 cartons (Xerox paper cartons, the type that normally hold 10 reams of paper) that were fairly full of paper. If I had crammed it a
It's been a relatively boring day so far. Just the start of another work week, though I'm again looking ahead at some concerts this weekend. One that I'll be going to with a co-worker, another with my daughter. Both should be fun, though I expect mixed results at the second. Actually the second one will be back in the same place that I caught Reba at. I'm told that I shouldn't expect the crowd to be as nice about staying seated for this next show as Reba had appa
Yet again, I'm hopeful that this comes out ok, but we'll see how it all cooperates. (And it looks like it will, yay!) This weekend's concert was the Toby Keith/Trace Adkins American Ride 2010 Tour stop. It looks like I was able to add in a clip of Toby Keith singing " Crying For Me " (Wayman's song). It's a beautiful tune, written for his friend Wayman Tisdale who died after illness. The other songs I might have been able to capture pale in comparison (w
[quote]I still do not think you can get infected with just a PDF, but they do contain hyperlinks that can get you if you follow them.[/quote] Careful with that thought. Adobe has had more than a few "zero day" exploits with their Adobe Reader that can do some pretty bad damage to systems. Most involved running Java scripts and such, but still, just receiving a malformed .pdf file can be enough to do serious damage to your system. I still say there's a special
I wish the Raiders all the best, but as a Redskins fan, I must say I have my doubts about their new QB. He's tough and can take hits, but whether he can deliver the ball to the right place at the right time remains to be seen.
If you've not been unlucky enough to run into it and/or see the news of the last 24 - 48 hours, there's a nasty little e-mail worm making the rounds, normally with a subject line of "Here You Have" or something similar. Attached there-in is a .scr file and/or .pdf attachment that includes some nasty payload objects that will load your system up with a keylogger and other unwanted items. I bring up the issue because as the issue ignited it reared its ugly head at my place of
[quote]Ah! The time of year when those of us with also-ran baseball teams lovingly look forward with hope and joy to our Football teams![/quote] True that. I was reading an article in the local news-rag about whether or not the Nationals will actually retain Adam Dunn after this season. Apparently there's some thought that they might go after one of the other "available" 1B soon-to-be free agents. While there may be some that are better defensively, I still love Du
Ah, fall! The time of year when the MEN OF FALL (some people may note a warping of a song reference there, if you don't see it, check out Kenny Chesney's latest single, the video for it is great and the song is a definite winner) take to the field and attempt to battle over small patches of (primarily) green real estate. I'm actually somewhat interested this season, as compared to the last few seasons where I knew that my favored professional organization was being run by a grou
I'm trying to get iPhone OS 4.1 downloaded and installed on my iPhone 4. A fairly trivial task that normally just involves going into iTunes (latest version normally required) with the phone connected to the system, click on the "Check for Updates" button within iTunes and then letting iTunes download the update as required and apply it after it has been downloaded. Except... well, the Wi-Fi connection on the network I have access to currently is not the best, and is far from
As I try to get back into console video gaming for relaxation, I've been playing a "dynasty" season of NCAA Football 11 (from Electronic Arts (EA)). As with previous years, I seem t
We're back home from the beach (daughter, dog and myself). A bit tired, but happy to be home. Puppy did ok on the drive down and back, though it definitely took a lot out of her both ways. On the way down she got car sick and threw up what she had eaten just a few hours (if that) earlier. She was fine after that, though she drooled a lot from the car sickness and had gotten her fur a mess from the remains of the food combining with the drool and the newsprint on the
Bonus article today :) I had almost forgotten to send a shout-out to entertainers Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, the duo that just wrapped up their farewell tour with a stop in Nashville (fittingly), TN. 20+ years together, 23 number 1 hits. 30 million albums sold. Impressive careers. Eventually they may reunite and hit the road again, or at least revisit the studio together, but regardless they've left behind a great musical legacy. While I was personally a l
I was thinking about a recent shirt order from my friends at Woot.com (the "I Heart Math" with the artwork shown at the right -> ) and how even the thought of wearing a shirt like that, despite where I work and the fact that many of my co-workers would get a
Since this weekend is the family trip to the beach weekend, I'm very hopeful that hurricane Earl decides to take a much more Easternly track so that the weather will remain fairly nice for the weekend. As things currently appear the weather may be at its worst at the time that I should be heading to the beach, which hopefully means that by the time I actually get there the worst will have come and gone. Here's hoping that will be the case :D What will I actually be doing a
This boiled over a bit for me last night as the pup wouldn't stop barking and when she is barking it is a definite sign that she needs to GO! Of course as the pup is barking my daughter, completely oblivious to how much time has passed since her last walk, and how much water the puppy probably lapped up, tells the dog to be quiet/calm down and then goes on about her business doing something non-essential (as best I could tell) on the computer. Uh, no.&nbs
It's a common tale... children beg for pets and invariably the parents wind up being the caregiver for those pets. And, well... it seems to be happening in my home. I had to get up early today because of a meeting that I had to be at for work and since I was up it seems my daughter automatically assumed that *I* would be the one that took the pup out for it's early morning walk. Uh, gee, thanks. It is not that I mind walking the dog, but I h
Actually in Maryland the power business has been deregulated and there is supposed to be competition. The problem is that Pepco and BGE remain the two main generators of power and any company you may buy your electricity from is simply reselling their products so if there is a failure of the delivery system or the power generation system, well, whose mercy is everyone at? The current Gov'nor (Martin O'Malley, king of incompetence) and the last Democrat Gov'nor of the state were
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