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Comments on news posted 2009-05-08 18:23:50: It's the weekend, so take off your sneakers, put up your feet, and vent your geek angst into our comment section below. ..

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 Ahhhhh

Weekend!! take a minute and be thankful for what we have and relax a bit!
Maybe a sip or two of the good stuff!!!
have a good weekend to all!
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Don;t forget about Mother's Day

FYI you still got a day to think about it


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 Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly

»www.scribd.com/doc/15067030/Anon···d_send=1
The black type is Google's presentation. The RED comments are by Consumer Watchdog.


Title: "Anonymous Analysis of Google Charm Offensive"
Description: An anonymous analysis, obtained by Consumer Watchdog, of Google's "Charm Offensive" that Google's using to defend its growth and deflect from antitrust concerns. ConsumerWatchdog.org

Story on this:
»money.cnn.com/2009/05/07/technol···09050817

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A monopoly of what, however. As far as I can tell, I still choose to use Google's free services. I have other choices, I'm not required by law to use them, nor do I see them trying to prey upon me.

While I have no doubt Google's market share is massive, I still don't see them acting anti-consumer.
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Great

The nascar CRAP is in town traffic is a pain. I will be glad when its all over.

Have a good one.

me1212

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Re: Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly

Yeah there r other search engines, ask.com, yahoo, dogpile.com, ect.


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Hardcore weekend

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! FINALLY I waited for this weekend like crazy. Good way to get over a messed up thursday at work lol *cough* dont mess up again *cough* :P

Can't wait to see star trek and wolverine!

30 minutes to go before I can go home...aahhh common go faster time!! lol
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Re: Great

[sarcasm]
Nascar is so awesome dude common. It really is fun to watch cars go in an endless damn circle until someone finally crashes and people go "oh cool, his body is flying at 180mph across the track!"...

Man it must be so exciting to drive a car in circles for hours.

[/sarcasm]


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Long week...

Product out the door. Mission accomplished.
Wish it was going to be a long weekend. Oh well, I'll take it.
Enjoy folks. We deserve it.
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TK Junk Mail
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Defrag

Some bad fragmentation cases I have seen over the last week. The last one I am running a 2nd defrag, and will probably have to make another pass after that.

No wonder "my computer is running slow, and takes 10 minutes to boot"
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FRIDAY..BOUT TIME!

Well, aside from some melancholy news: lost a client to cancer and losing a friend's best friend to cancer, I am glad to be alive.
And rant on BBR!

Just made some Jambalaya with andooie. Mmmm...house smells like...nawlins K-Paul restaurant!
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long week

and a longer weekend. 2 AP exams this week and 2 more next week. After that I'm pretty much done with high school
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Re: Defrag

D***mn!!!!


Richard B
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Oops Perhaps Broadband is not a right.

»blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4187
»news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10234555-16.html
I think both provide good points but not strong argument in my opinion.

The problem is a miss uses of the definition of fundamental rights when applying it to the internet. Fundamental Rights have a few important characteristics, in theory they should never be taken away from the person. Secondly fundamental rights are immaterial by nature. Finally Fundamental Rights cannot contradict the fundamental rights of others; especially there are no fundamental rights to initiate an act of face against property and the body of others.
Take for example free speech, I should have a right to free speech but I do not have a right to force my neighbor to buy me a pa system or furnish a computer and internet connection.

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Re: Great

I think of it as a redneck sport. It's really boring to me and the crashes don't excite me much either. Keep wasting gas, oil, and clean air you darn rednecks.


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 [Rant] Mosquitoes!

... Need I say more!

Yes, I know mosquitoes are part of the food chain, that they provide food for other insects, birds, bats, etc ... but honestly, if I had the choice, and I could push a big shiny button that wiped Mosquitoes from the face of the Earth..... I'd push that sucker in a heartbeat!

Course maybe I'd store some eggs/DNA etc first... just in case... but man, I'd sure love to see them all gone. Forever!


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Re: Defrag

It looks fine to me, I think you are just being colorblind. The red you are seeing there is really blue so no worries.

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Re: Google lobbying Feds against being labeled a monopoly

There are other OS's too, but MS was close.

When one company controls the world wide "starting point" of the Internet, the majority of all Internet advertising and all the cookies that monitor what you do, I would say they should be kept an eye on.


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said by yt See Profile :

There are other OS's too, but MS was close.

When one company controls the world wide "starting point" of the Internet, the majority of all Internet advertising and all the cookies that monitor what you do, I would say they should be kept an eye on.
I don't think the government should have gone after Microsoft and now shouldn't go after Google either. But I also don't see why Google gets a pass when Microsoft didn't. It is the same situation.
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Noah's Ark

We have had a week of straight rain here in the NYC area. My lawn is so green and in desperate need of mowing.

This weekend is supposed to be spotty weather at best so I am going to try and do it in between rain drops.

Nothing like real rainwater to make the lawn grow. Sprinkler system can't hold a candle to it - wrong nutrient mix I guess.
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