Draginol

Draginol

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Reply to Welfare in Politics JoeUser Forums

My reaction exactly, why doesn't your friend get a job. Let me tell you how I picture the average welfare recipient: Some damn fool girl who gets knocked up with 2 kids from some scummy guy or guys who couldn't afford them, has no skills, and cries that the government won't take care of her. Sounds a lot like your friend. There are only TWO things you have to do to avoid being poor: 1) Finish high school 2) DON'T have children until you are 2

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Reply to Depleted Uranium in Politics JoeUser Forums

Michael Moore is a liar. It's called depleted uranium for a reason -- it's DEPLETED. It is no more dangerous than the change in your pocket. What's particularly dishonest is that depleted uranium is largely used for A10 ammunition which was fired in the desert. How exactly do Iraqi children get affected by it? Amazingly, A10 pilots seem to have a magic immunity to its "dire" affects. Don't believe everything you read on the net.

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Reply to JoeUser Gets a Facelift in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It is looking good. It is much better about space. On the other hand, I can think of some things that would make it look better over the next few days I'll put together a list and we can talk about it. ;)

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Reply to Rich people and their tax bitching in Politics JoeUser Forums

How is it fair for the top 5% to pay most of the taxes? I don't like hijacking of words like "fair". There's nothing "fair" about one person paying 33% of their taxes to the federal government and another paying 0% when both receive the same federal services (in fact, the guy paying 33% is possibly getting less).

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Reply to Writing games in Java in Software Development JoeUser Forums

I've pretty much concluded that for web games, Flash is the way to go. I'm not sure how cross platform Flash is these days (PC and Mac I believe) but it makes a pretty good game environment.

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Reply to Outsourcing:Good or Bad in Misc JoeUser Forums

I have mixed views on out sourcing. I still think too many IT people have urealistic salary expectations but I do also expect companies to have basic loyalty to their country.

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Penis size and spam in Misc JoeUser Forums

Is penis size really that big of a problem? Each day, I get around 600 to 800 email. About 400 to 600 of it is spam that gets filtered. But I swear, about half of it is email providing solutions to penis size. Things brings up two questions: 1) Is there really that big of a market for penis enlargement? and 2) How did they know? ;)

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Reply to Romantic Gestures of a Married Man in Blogging JoeUser Forums

My wife didn't seem to mind if I bathed or not before we got married. When we met, I looked like ET when he was dying. Now, as long as I make sure my hair is free of eggs and other gunk it's all good.

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The Mac user credibility problem in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

So now that Panther (MacOS X 10.3) is out the Mac users are out again trying to convince "pee-cee" users to "Switch". The problem is, Mac advocates have no credibility at this point. They've spent it long ago. People don't like being lied to and the most vocal of Mac fanatics regularly and massively crossed the line between exuberance and outright dishonesty. Anyone who has debated in the OS wars long enough has seen what I'm talking about. Over the years argued that things

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Real world software costs real world money in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

So today we released a new product called DesktopX Professional. It's $499 and what it does is allow you to create relatively small applications incredibly quickly. Creating software has a significant overhead attached to it. If you wanted to, for example, to create this clock here with say Visual Studio.net how long would it take you to write it? Well, writing somethi

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Reply to Christmas light installers in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Definitely a bummer. Perhaps there are people out there able and willing to put that kind of money into holiday decorations. I don't happen to be one of them. I think I would probably top out at around $500. If I were running the business it would be like this: Two tiered options: Option 1: Extensive decoration -- all out. Cost: $200 per hour (typical time 6 hours) Option 2: Basic decoration - lights on trees, bushes, and along gutters. Cost: $120 per

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Life with Panther in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

When I first got my iMac I confess to having been quite disappointed. For one thing, MacOS X Jaguar was kind of crummy in my opinion. Mac users tend to be a fanatical lot and as a result tend to live in denial about the short comings of the Mac. It's like they have this unspoken rule not to publicly speak about all the problems Mac users deal with. Not being part of that cult, I had the audacity to point out the short comings here on JoeUser (will put together a list of links shortly to

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MacOS Panther - join our club and be cool! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

So as I get into Panther (OS X 10.3) I'm increasingly annoyed at the $129 upgrade price. Not that Panther isn't a good upgrade but Apple has pretty much made it clear that it is a specialty shop. You're not just buying a computer, you are buying membership into an elite club. But for most people, cost matters. As a Mac and Windows user, my view is that while the Mac has some nice features, it s not nearly worth the cost involved. I mean come on, $129 for 10.3 fr

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The importance of statistics in running a business in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. It's true. Statistics can be used to pass off the most erroneous things as seemingly factual. Those of us who base our business plans on statistics have to be very careful not to let statistics mislead us. Over the years, I have made statistical analysis a key part of my core competency. I track all manner of statistics and have learned how to mush them together to form reasonably accurate conclusions. Here are 4 tables. <table

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Reply to LogonStudio 1.5 Released in Press Room JoeUser Forums

It depends on what your motivation is. Personally, I write about specific things that I am interested in talking about. The trick is to keep each article about a specific thing. ;)

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