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Peter P Says:

> A friend told me that a cop asked his friend,
> “You were as fast as a plane. Are you a pilot?”

I know a guy who has a Tiffany bag and a Tiffany blue box with a CZ ring in it.

He claims that he has got out of multiple tickets with the “I’m on my way to propose to my girlfriend line”…

XP is much, much better than Windows 2000, which was better than Windows 95, but that is like saying that a Saturn is better than a Mercury Marquis. They both suffer in comparison to a Honda Civic.

I have never used Exchange until recently and I am astonished at how much it misbehaves. At my past job I used Windows XP with Thunderbird and never had a problem. I guess I should put the blame on Exchange, but this is a Bill Gates product as well.

I never have problems with Firefox on Windows.

He claims that he has got out of multiple tickets with the “I’m on my way to propose to my girlfriend line”…

Wow.

Lake Tahoe Renter,

Thanks and welcome aboard!

In spite of the fact that there's a pretty clear consensus that real estate from coast to coast is GROSSLY overpriced we here at Patrick.net feel that Lake Tahoe is truly an exception. 400% "appreciation" in a 7 year time frame is quite the norm for an area that is as "special" as Lake Tahoe.

We feel that the prices there are actually undervalued (given the exceptional pay and advancement potential). Sorry if you got the wrong impression.

I used to have a NeXTStation. It crashed way more often than my Windows NT box back then.

GC Says:

> I thought only some Asian shops do that (skim cash).
> But according to you, this tax resistance movement is
> more wide-spread that I thought.

I have never heard of even a single White, Black or Asian small business that has paid all the taxes due.

Many hate Wal Mart and Starbucks, but they withhold taxes for every employee and report and pay tax on all the cash that comes in.

I vote Bill Gates as the most important figure in the 20th century.

My vote is for Gorbachev.

"Drive until you qualify"

Uh... care to define "qualify"?

"Affordability" as defined by CA standards involves serial neg. am. re-finances (with cash out of course) set at regular intervals that coincide with the reset of one's loan/s. (Sorry HARM, couldn't resist)

SO... to our realtor friends I humbly offer to: "Drive a freaking stake into your heart until a Filipino witch doctor declares you are quite dead" O.K?!

My vote is for Gorbachev.

True. He did tear down the wall. :)

I like Reagan and Thatcher too.

That was a very interesting part of contemporary history to live through.

I have never heard of even a single White, Black or Asian small business that has paid all the taxes due.

This is why I would fail as a small business owner.

Reagan, is my 2nd choice. His library is a very nice place to visit if you are in Simi Valley area.

That was a very interesting part of contemporary history to live through.

Yes. Precisely, 1989 was the year of flux.

Here's a question to throw out. Why did the bad guys during the Reagan era fear the United States to the point of compliance even though he had a very limited use of the military, yet both Bush's actually used the fullest extent of our conventional arsenal, and it seems like our enemies are only emboldened.

should i start looking for a new job?

Don't they need to print a lot of NODs? :)

"should i start looking for a new job"

Not at all! You have ALL the tools you need right there in front of you!

(You DO have access after hours, DON'T you?)

Why did the bad guys during the Reagan era fear the United States to the point of compliance even though he had a very limited use of the military, yet both Bush’s actually used the fullest extent of our conventional arsenal, and it seems like our enemies are only emboldened.

Do you believe in astrology?

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Peter, I'm agnostic, I don't really believe in much. But on the otherside, I don't automaticaly disbelieve either.

GC said: At least microsofties are reasonably compensated.

I was at msft when they made the bold decision to start paying essentially industry scale. The brain drain was getting so bad circa 1999 (and the stock had gotten so bloated) that they could no longer pay 30% below the market rate.

That said, it was a pretty good place to work.

Lake Tahoe Renter,

You're aware I was kidding, right? :)

LILLL,

I don't know what I find more incredible, flippers using something more complex than a mitre box OR... that there are still nimrods out and about trying to "make a killing" this late in the game?

Peter, I’m agnostic, I don’t really believe in much. But on the otherside, I don’t automaticaly disbelieve either.

I am not very religious either. But I tend to think that we are all connected by some universal consciousness.

That's my basic belief. I had constructed an intelligent design model for myself way before it became hip.

That’s my basic belief. I had constructed an intelligent design model for myself way before it became hip.

The case for intelligent design is very strong, at least intuitively.

Gilbert, an area near Phoenix has listings that are 25% less than they were a year or two ago. I've been tracking 4 bedroom homes there out of concern for a friend who I had hoped would sell. His house at one time was worth $300K, now similar homes have listings only asking $225K.

I’ve been always amused by the notion that the destinies of the people born on the same day are somehow ruled by the same astronomical objects.

The influences are similar. But the outcome can be quite different.

I also could not figure out how come kids being born at the same moment in Tokyo and Honolulu would have different horoscopes (taking in consideration differnet timezones).

The will have drastically different house positions, which are related to the local solar time.

I also don’t understand how one object of the Kuiper belt (Pluto) is more significant than a much larger one (Eris).

It is all symbolic. Why are tarot cards more significant than credit cards, even though you can buy stuff with the later? :)

I'd normally dismiss it, but everyone who is seriously into astrology correctly guesses that I'm a Leo.

I’d normally dismiss it, but everyone who is seriously into astrology correctly guesses that I’m a Leo.

I am not so easy to guess. I am a Sagittarius but I have Taurus rising, so they see this conservative person who loves food. I do have a risk-taking side but that is hidden from view.

LILLL,

Yeah, not as satisfying as it *should* have been. Perhaps you should have goaded him into holding out for his wishing price:

"You're not giving it away like that, are you? Hrrrmphh!!
You know the market always takes off in the summer, right?
Don't let them "insult" you like that --you're the "owner", you tell THEM what the price is!"

One will be born on Thursday and the other one on Wednesday, yet the local solar time will be exactly the same

The analysis will be the same. The universe does not care so much about political interpretation of time.

Peter P Says:
Randy, what did you run on Vista 64?

SP

That's about it. Then I ran PartitionMagic to recover my hosed dual-boot config.

Seriously, I just need the add'l memory. I have a few 64 bit apps, but I'd just like to use that extra GB of RAM I paid for.

Astrology plays on the same ground as a conventional science, that’s why it’s so easy to demonstrate its shortcomings by using conventional scientific analysis (or common sense) - not applicable to religion.

I don't see it as a science. I see it as a tool of self-understanding.

Seriously, I just need the add’l memory. I have a few 64 bit apps, but I’d just like to use that extra GB of RAM I paid for.

Why do you need 4GB if you do not run Vista?

Would you consider using virtual memory on a dedicated RAM disk?

I use more than 3GB of memory regularly. It swaps. And swaps. And swaps. And swaps.

Did I mention it swaps?

With 4GB of memory I won't have to swap as much.

I use a ramdisk for my neural net software too, but I shouldn't have to, if Windows memory management worked properly. Regardless, I still can't address beyond 3GB because of the OS.

My disks are hyper fast anyway. All tuned for maximum system drive throughput. But swapping still is way too slow.

I use a ramdisk for my neural net software too, but I shouldn’t have to, if Windows memory management worked properly. Regardless, I still can’t address beyond 3GB because of the OS.

Which NN package do you use? I was interested in that stuff for a while.

The commuting paradox reflects the notion that many people, who are supposedly rational (according to classical economic theory, at least), commute even though it makes them miserable. They are not, in the final
accounting, adequately compensated.

Burbed's Theorem: People love things that make them miserable.

Slavery is freedom.

Here's an article from MSN's "Real Estate" Section:
"5 lousy excuses for not buying a home"
"Hard-core renters can come up with all kinds of reasons to avoid real-estate purchases. Here are some of the usual stories -- and why they just don't wash."

http://realestate.msn.com/selling/Article2.aspx?cp-documentid=4706111&GT1=9323

I should email the 47 (points) arguments that Patrick publishes on this site to the author. :)

I have twin sister who was born at the same time as I and has nothing in common with me. I blame gender, genetic variations and upbringing

Well, the influences should be similar. What commonalities were you looking for?