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One of the many "personalized" dating services I belong to recently introduced me to a man who owns a well-known luxury resort and spa in Northern California's wine country. That sounded promising – until I actually spoke with him. He had an annoying, squeaky voice and was too busy laughing out loud at his endless lame jokes to listen to anything I had to say. Clearly, his self-aggrandizing monologue was far more important than anything I could contribute to the conversation. So, I sat back and listened to him brag about what great shape he was in and what a happy-go-lucky person he was. He kept saying he was a really confident guy, a sure sign of being the exact opposite. In Hamlet, Queen Gertrude says, "the lady doth protest too much," which means overstating one's attributes diminishes ones credibility. I wonder how confident he would be if someone told him he wasn't laugh out loud funny.
Mr. Confidence invited me to spend a weekend at his resort. He would fly me up, arrange for my accommodations, and since he was out to impress me with all his trappings, throw a spa day into the mix. After receiving a few more boastful calls, I decided to reply by text to avoid talking to him. I was finding his über-positive, glass half full, I'm so funny personality irritating and was becoming less and less interested in meeting him. Then, I received this text:
It's gonna b gr8. But any wkend is a gr8 wkend in wine country…ha ha! U'll want 2 stay as long as u can...LOL ;-)
It's bad enough people use all sorts of not-so-short abbreviations when texting, like gr8 which only saves two letters and a millisecond of time, but isn't it up to the recipient to decide whether or not a text is "laugh out loud" funny?
He continued: Do u ever call sum1… and talk on the phone, or do 1's and 0's do it 4 u? lol…
1's and 0's? As far as I know, I wasn't using the binary numeral system; I was simply texting. Sure the binary system is used by all modern computers, a cell phone being a computer, but is that really laugh out loud funny? I'm sure as hell not ROTFLMAO. Rule #567 about texting: never author a joke and follow it with LOL. That is the equivalent of a sitcom writing indicating in parentheses (applause) or (laughter), and unless you are a sitcom writer, you shouldn't be cueing your audience.
Don't forget 2 bring ur bathing suit, he texted. I'm sure u don't go anywhere w/o one. LOL
There it was again, the dreaded LOL (groan). It was October, and I wondered where I was expected to go swimming. Awesum hot tubs @ the resort, he continued, clearly wanting to get me as near to naked as possible on our first date weekend. It was about then that I decided to cancel our little rendezvous, blaming it on my hectic schedule when in fact, I just felt zero connection and knew meeting him would be a big waste of time. I could buy my own spa weekend, thank you very much! I desperately wanted to cancel by text to eschew confrontation – and the sound of his grating, arrogant voice – but being a stickler for proper etiquette, I called him. Thank God, I got his voicemail and was able to take the easy way out. Moments later, I received a barrage of nasty texts in full, unabbreviated sentences. Apparently, he could write a proper English sentence when provoked. His attack included reference to my age, my being single and my having an over-inflated self-image. I wonder if Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" was also playing on the stereo where he was at the time. I should introduce him to Skip; they'd make a great pair. Seems to be a theme that these ersatz confident men are threatened by confident women. Clearly, the confident man scenario was as thin as the veneers on his teeth. It's a good thing I have a "personalized" dating service working for me. I'd be hard-pressed to find a winner like this guy on my own.


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Six people were injured Saturday night in two head-on collisions in Utah County.
Saratoga Springs police said the crashes occurred about 9:30 p.m. near 1200 W. State Road 73, which is about 2 miles west of the Saratoga Springs Crossroads intersection.
Police said the driver of a westbound pickup truck crossed over the center line and struck an eastbound minivan. The impact caused the van to roll, and the driver was ejected, officers said.
The pickup then struck an SUV. The impact injured a child in a safety seat. The child was flown by air ambulance to a Salt Lake City-area hospital, police said.
Two other occupants of the SUV were transported to area hospitals with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
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Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Ben, an immortal teenage boy who can speak any language and read the human-like thoughts of his hyper-intelligent dog Ned, travels the world at the direction of an angel and partners with Ned to help those he meets. It is a foggy night in 1620 in Copenhagen, and a homeless boy -- desperate to get off the streets and find some adventure elsewhere -- slips unnoticed onto a docked merchant ship while its greedy captain arranges an ambitious business-related...
Lord Brocktree
Lord Brocktree is a bagder waiting to take over his father's throne of badger lord. When Lord Stonepaw's (his father) mountain is under attack, he and his fighting hares struggle to protect the mountain. Lord Brocktree soon joins forces with a haremaid named Dotti, an otter called Ruff, King Bucko's troops, and a shrew clan. A distant sqirrel tells the bagder of his father's troubles. Brocktree and his group rush to save his father from the evil Ungatt ...
Mariel of Redwall - Redwall 4
Martin the Warrior - Redwall 6
This is the epic tale of Redwall's most legendary hero and founder. As a young mouse, Martin is captured by Badrang the Tyrant, an evil stoat. Even more unforgivable, he has killed many and stolen Martin's father's battle sword. Enduring enough of the Tyrant's evil ways, he gets into a fight with the guards and Badrang himself. Escaping the horrifying death sentence by two spies, Rose the mouse and Grumm the mole, he is thrown into a pit with two ot...
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Mattimeo - Redwall 3
Young Mattimeo, son of Matthias the Warrior of Redwall, and his friends are kidnapped by Slagar the slaving fox to build an underground fortress for an evil white polecat named Malkariss....
Mossflower - Redwall 2
Arriving in Mossflower Wood, Martin the Warrior disovers that the once peaceful woodland has been invaded and conquored by the evil Wild Cat Queen Tsarmina. Taking place a few years after Martin the Warrior, this novel ushers in the more modern of the Redwall Series, and this novel's direct sequel is Redwall. Mossflower tells of the War for Mossflower, where only one can ultimatesly rule: Martin or Tsarmina Once again, Jacques' character spring alive ...
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A young mouse's home is invaded by a huge army of warrior rats, lead by a deadly slayer. Fighting for justice and freedom, a young and innocent mouse risks everything to find the fabled sword and armour of Martin the Warrior, the founder of Redwall. This is his friends only hope, and by taking up the challenge he becomes... the warrior of Redwall....
In Redwall Abbey a baby otter is born. He is taken to a river for a otter ceremony by his father. The father is killed by Sawney Rath, a wicked ferret, whose seer told him that the baby is the Taggerung, a special member of the vermin tribes. Back at the Abbey the mother otter and her daughter try to find out what happened to the father and Denna, the baby. Fifteen years later Denna, newly named Tagg, gets into a fight with Sawney and journe...
The Bellmaker - Redwall 7
This book is a sequel to Mariel of Redwall it is after Mariel and Dandin leave Redwall and go on an adventure. The country of Southsward is being ruled by an evil foxwolf and his wife. After escaping from the castle the real queen gathers up forces with Mariel, Dandin and their friend Bowly Pintips to take back the castle. Meanwhile Joeseph the Bellmaker has a dream that his daughter is in danger so him and some select few along with the guosim (guerilla...
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Mines partners with Kazakh National Technical University
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 20, 2008 – Furthering its effort to develop relationships across the globe, Colorado School of Mines recently entered into an historic agreement with Kazakh National Technical University located in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The agreement, facilitated through Chevron Corporation's University Partnership Program, outlines avenues for cooperation and a standard exchange agreement for students and faculty between the two world-class universities. The agreement was signed by Mines President M.W. "Bill" Scoggins and Kazakhstan National Technical University Rector Adilov Zheksenbek Makeyevich.
"In today's interconnected world, Mines is pleased to develop exchange agreements with top-tier international universities such as Kazakhstan National Technical University," said Scoggins.
"Both universities benefit from exchange of faculty and students, as well as fostering collaborative research. We appreciate Chevron's University Partnership Program that makes such a relationship possible and meaningful," Scoggins added.
Founded in 1874, Colorado School of Mines was established to serve the needs of the local mining industry. Today, the School has an international reputation for excellence in both engineering education and the applied sciences with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's resources. For more information about Colorado School of Mines, visit www.mines.edu.
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Samsung products are "nice". I had a note 2 and the screen was just what made the device what it is, the biggest drawback is the Android OS... iOS is so much simpler to use its ridiculous...
There are only a few things that Android excels... Airdroid and it's screen. Even with the same apps on each platform, the iOS app is always ahead and it has to be because of the underlying foundation.
For everything else we have the iPhone. Hopefully they will reinvent quite a few things...
Lol. Apple has always been behind other smartphones when it comes to the latest technology. Blackberry had corporate email, the first gen iphone didn't have 3g, No horizontal text, turn by turn navigation, a drop down notifications bar, first gen didn't even have picture messaging. There's tons of other examples. The Apple iPhone dominates because it's smooth, not laggy, easy to use and doesn't feel like a cheap piece of crap in your hand. Being able to jailbreak the iPhone puts it over the top of any other phone out.
Duh, no #@!!# Sherlock it's behind on feature! It always has been. Remember when you had to jailbreak your phone and install third party apps and workarounds just to send an mms message?
The iphone's strength has always been its "it" factor and style factor, not its features. Problem for Apple is Steve Jobs s dead, the "it" factor is fading and other companies are making stylish phones.
If you're not a fanboy, it's a great time for choice. I love my jailbroken 4S immensely but I'm looking forward to my options when I choose to upgrade.


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NEW YORK - The moment Mike D'Antoni stepped foot here at Madison Square Garden, both of his worlds collided.
One involves his past.
D'Antoni's return marks the first time he'll face the New York Knicks since resigning as head coach nine months ago, ending a four-year span that involved the front office clearing cap space, Linsanity, Carmelo Anthony's unhappiness with his role and one playoff appearance.
The other involves his present.
D'Antoni traveled 3,000 miles away one month ago to coach the Lakers, another marquee franchise in another major media market. D'Antoni described it as a "marriage made in heaven" considering the hiring paired him with four future Hall of Famers, including Steve Nash, who won two NBA MVPs and ran his fast-paced offense the way he always envisioned through four seasons in Phoenix.
Instead, the Lakers are 9-13, including 4-8 under his watch. D'Antoni hasn't worked with Nash in a single game because of his fractured left leg.
But D'Antoni insists no sentiments past and present seeped into his mind during pre-game introduction, even with Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden booing him.
"I'm too old for that," D'Antoni said. "I'll enjoy going to the Garden because it's always special. There will be energy there. But I'm with the Lakers. We'll try to come in and win."
D'Antoni has already gone through this path before when the Knicks traveled to Phoenix, his former team. Yet, everything surrounding the game's dynamics involve D'Antoni's imprints on both teams.
The Lakers have sputtered under D'Antoni. Long-term injuries to Nash and Steve Blake (lower abdominal strain) leave the offensive potential untapped. The Lakers' veteran-laden roster has struggled adapting to the conditioning and fast pace that fuels D'Antoni's offense.
"It's frustrating and it's a process," D'Antoni said. "We're trying to switch over from one system to another. There's some pitfalls. It's going to take a little while."
Meanwhile, the Knicks have stormed out with the Eastern Conference's best record (16-5) under Mike Woodson because of qualities the team lacked under D'Antoni.
Anthony has kept his prolific scoring touch (ranks second behind Kobe Bryant), while showing more commitment on defense and passing. The Knicks have two dependable point guards in Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd. The Knicks lead the league in fewest turnovers (10.9) and boast third in three-point field-goal percentage (40.9 percent).
"Mike's doing it," D'Antoni said. "They're playing the way I would like us to play. They're spreading the floor."
Amid this interesting dichotomy, D'Antoni maintains he hardly has second thoughts on his time spent with the Knicks.
"It didn't end up exactly the way I would storybook it," D'Antoni said. "But I definitely don't regret it. There is no bitterness at all."
That's why D'Antoni maintained a strong relationship with Knicks center Tyson Chandler, who even touched base with him soon after joining the Lakers.
"Tyson will always be one of my favorite people," D'Antoni said. "He's the best."
That's why D'Antoni still maintains permanent residency in New York City.
He spent the Lakers day off Wednesday spending time with his wife, Laurel, and son, Michael, for the first time since taking the Lakers job. Instead of going out, D'Antoni said the family enjoyed Laurel's home-cooked pasta.
"The best food I ever had," D'Antoni said with a smile.
His time with the Knicks didn't leave the same pleasant taste, ending with a 121-167 record.
D'Antoni pointed out how the first two years involved clearing cap space to make room for the LeBron James free agency sweepstakes in 2010. D'Antoni lamented not having a true point guard during most of his tenure. He conceded Jeremy Lin's emergence created additional challenges in ensuring team chemistry.
Does he regret going to New York?
"I definitely would do it all over again," D'Antoni said. "It was also reported that said I shouldn't have gone to New York. No, I said I shouldn't have left Nash. It's a little bit different meaning since it was a story about Nash.
"Now if I could've brought him to New York, that would've been ideal. But you can't really say anything. I shouldn't have left Nash in the sense that he's special as a player. You got to nurture that. But New York was great for me."
D'Antoni doesn't have that luxury coaching Nash. So for now, D'Antoni's pushing through hoping his time with the Lakers yields a better result than his time in New York.
"Sometimes we're not as fully focused as we need to be," D'Antoni said. "That's a little bit of a group spirit. We're working on it. Hopefully we can solve it."


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The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina honored three alumni and one longtime friend of the school at the school's 2011 Business Leadership Dinner and Awards Program, held Thursday, May 12 at Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
The 2011 Moore School of Business Distinguished Alumni honorees are Dave Loeser (BA, 1977), executive vice president for human resources and communications of Hostess Brands Inc; John M. Dillard Jr. (MIBS, 1999), president and co-founder of Big Sky Associates Inc.; and Craig L. Nix (BA, 1993), executive vice president and CFO of First Citizens Bank.
The Distinguished Service Award was presented to John W. Bachmann, senior partner with Edward Jones.
This year marks the 26th year of the Moore School Business Leadership Dinner and Awards Program, which is sponsored in part by Tomlin & Company Inc. and Certus Bank.
About the Moore School Award Honorees
Dave Loeser
Loeser is executive vice president of human resources and communications for Hostess Brands Inc. His vast experience in human resources has included senior roles with Celanese Corporation, CompuCom Systems Inc., Quaker State Corporation and Continental Airlines. He started his career at PepsiCo, working both domestically and internationally, and with Gulf Oil Corporation after graduating from the University of South Carolina.
Loeser is a member of numerous boards and has been involved with the Moore School since his graduation, donating needed technology to the school while at CompuCom and as chairman of the school's Riegel and Emory HR Advisory Board, for which he has been involved since the mid 1980s. He teaches classes for master's programs, recruits students and sponsors internships. Loeser lives in Roanoke, Texas.
John M. Dillard Jr.
Dillard is president of Big Sky Associates Inc., a strategy and operations consulting firm he co-founded with fellow alumnus Hanno Ekdahl (MIBS '99). Big Sky provides independent, evidence-based advisory services to Fortune 500 and government executives. Since its founding in 2006, Big Sky has nearly doubled in size every year and has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies headquartered in Charlotte.
Before founding Big Sky, Dillard was senior principal at SRA International and worked as a consultant to both private and public organizations in a range of industries, including research and development, manufacturing, airlines, automotive and financial services. A Greenville native, he has served as a reserve intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy and earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and political science from American University in 1996. Dillard lives in Charlotte.
Craig L. Nix
Nix is chief financial officer for First Citizens Bank and Trust Company Inc. and is chairman of the board and president of Wateree Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of First Citizens. In addition, he is treasurer of the First Citizens Foundation, which oversees grants and donations to community organizations.
Nix began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, with a focus on banking and mortgage industries as well as IPOs and private placements. He joined First Citizens in 1999 as senior vice president and controller and was promoted to his current role within a year and a half. Nix serves in leadership roles with a variety of community and professional organizations, including Junior Achievement's board of directors. He is a member of the South Carolina Bankers Association and the AICPA and has previously served on the Moore School's Business Partnership Foundation. He is a cum laude graduate of USC and Vanderbilt University's BAI Graduate School of Bank Financial Management and is a Certified Public Accountant. Nix lives in Irmo.
John W. Bachmann
Bachmann began his career at Edward Jones in 1959, working in retail investment, product marketing, strategic planning, corporate finance and technology. In 1980, he succeeded Edward D. "Ted" Jones Jr. as managing partner of Edward Jones. During his tenure, Bachmann grew the firm from 200 offices in 28 states to 9,000 offices throughout the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. He is a former chairman of the Securities Association and chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Bachmann was the Moore School's first distinguished executive in residence.
A native of Salem, Ill., Bachmann earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Wabash College and a MBA in finance from Northwestern University. He received honorary doctoral degrees from Wabash College and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. His leadership to professional and community organizations includes serving as chairman of the United Way of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and commissioner of the St. Louis Science Center. He is an emeritus trustee of Wabash College; chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Peter F. Drucker Center; trustee of the Claremont Graduate University and Washington University in St. Louis; and director of AMR Corporation, American Airlines Inc. and Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Bachmann lives in St. Louis.
Business Leadership Dinner and Awards Program
- Who: Alumni honorees include Dave Loeser (BA, 1977), John M. Dillard Jr. (MIBS, 1999), Craig L. Nix (BA, 1993); Distinguished Service Award to honor John W. Bachmann
- When: Thursday, May 12, 6:30 p.m.
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Taking a page from Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the movie Jerry Maguire, a new rule in South Florida courts has homeowners and foreclosure defense attorneys screaming: "SHOW! ME! THE! NOTE!!!"
Until now, banks have been abusing a Florida statute allowing them to file a foreclosure based on a "lost note." The problem: the notes aren't lost; the banks are just too lazy to look for them. This new rule is halting foreclosure filings in their tracks, as banks scramble to find the notes so they can foreclose.
Before, foreclosure mills were simply filing a complaint and claiming a '"lost note," without actually ever looking for it. Now, the courts are requiring attorneys to prove the banks have at least attempted to find the note. Prior to this rule, banks would file the complaint, and the note would always mysteriously appear four months later IN ALMOST EVERY CASE.
An article published today in The Sun-Sentinel found foreclosure filings have dropped 36% since last month in South Florida. Local attorneys and judges are attributing this to the colossal mess at the banks, as they scramble to find the notes.
Before, they had plenty of time to look for it. Now, they can't do anything without it. While this might seem like good news for the overwhelmed court system, in reality it is simply delaying the inevitable. Like the receding waters before a tsunami, we can expect a substantial increase in filings once the banks begin finding these "lost notes," and then the entire system could drown.
Anthony DiMarco of the Florida Bankers Association sees it a bit differently, claiming the decrease in filings is due to the banks' increased number of loan modifications, and an increased willingness to approve short sales.
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LONG BEACH - The Long Beach Unified School District can now add energy conservation to its list of things to be thankful for this year.
The school district has saved $29million since 2003 as part of a major energy conservation effort, according to a recent LBUSD staff report.
All of the district's 84 schools have earned Energy Star Certification by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. The certification is based on an international standard for energy efficiency.
With 84 sites certified, the state's third largest school district now boasts 30 percent of the Energy Star-certified schools in California, LBUSD officials said.
Buildings that earn the Energy Star use 35 percent less energy and generate 35 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than similar buildings across the nation.
LBUSD spokesman Chris Eftychiou said the district began its conservation efforts with the hiring of two full-time energy managers and the establishment of policies and guidelines aimed at reducing the usage of electricity, gas and water.
The effort has included tracking bills to spot anomalies and performing regular meter audits via a software program.
The school district also corrected billing errors, modified behaviors through reminder notes to employees, calibrated equipment and time of use for optimal efficiency and incorporated new technology including energy-efficient light bulbs and Internet-controlled energy management systems.
"To have 84 schools recognized is absolutely amazing. Most school districts have a big celebration if one or two schools are recognized," LBUSD's Chief Business and Financial Officer James Novak told the school board.
In addition to saving millions of dollars, the conservation effort has prevented the emission of nearly 62,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent of not driving 11,000 cars for one year, according to the staff report.
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A little healthy kompetition
As previously mentioned in this blog — and as I tell anyone who'll listen to me — I go back and forth between the two top desktop environments with Fedora on my Fujitsu laptop — the even numbers, as it turns out, have been GNOME and the odd (with nothing to read into this, honest) have been KDE. Since we're now at Fedora 13, it's KDE time.
For those Xfce, LXDE, Fluxbox and IceWM fans out there, I do have machines in the Jungle Room — the lab at Redwood Digital Research in Felton, Calif., named after the same room at Graceland — running those desktops. While I'm a huge fan of Xfce on the machines that run it, I normally don't stray too far from GNOME and KDE.
Moving right along, though, in those instances where I use KDE on the laptop, I've always been impressed with the number of programs that KDE includes when downloading the KDE version of Fedora. This time around, it occurred to me that maybe I should give some of them a chance — rather than just downloading the programs I'm used to (OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.) during the post-install phase — I should give the K its due.
But I downloaded the programs anyway. I wanted to do a comparison to see how the KDE software stacked up against the software I normally use across a variety of machines running other desktops. Bear in mind, too, that since I use KDE only six months at a time, I am clearly not an expert on it, and if I've missed something, by all means I'm open to correction.
Before I start, I want to sing the praises for most of the programs I've run that are KDE-native, and single out a quartet of KDE-native programs — specifically K3b, Dolphin, KPackageKit and KColorChooser. The first three have always been very cooperative, have been easy to use and have worked well; the fourth came in handy recently in tweaking a Web site.
Conversely, there are KDE-native programs I don't understand. The top candidate here is Kget — what the hell is that big bouncing disk doing in the center of my desktop? — and it begs the question: Why have it when you can use KPackageKit?
So, without further adeiu and with a little fanfare, allow me to wave the green flag on a comparison and contrasting of programs supplied by KDE against those that aren't.
KWord/KPresenter vs. OpenOffice.org Writer/OpenOffice.org Impress: KDE gets an A for effort on this one. Though not as slick as the OO.o Writer, KWord does open other files and offers the option of exporting a document to a Portable Document Format file (a clear advantage that both have over any Redmond product) and it performs admirably when used. The downside of KWord is that you can only save a document in one format — albeit the most important one (.odt) — whereas with OO.o Writer you can save it in various formats, even if need be in WordStar (which is a Solaris holdover, I know, but still). OO.o Writer also has a huge library of templates for use.
KPresenter, however, stands shoulder to shoulder and goes the distance with OO.o Impress on usability and functionality, to the point where in the past I've actually given talks using my Impress file running, unbeknown to me until later, on KPresenter. Like KWord, the slickness factor is lacking in KPresenter, but all the trappings for making a great presentation are there.
Advantage: OO.o Writer clearly over KWord, but KPresenter and OO.o Impress tie.
Konversation vs. XChat: While I get a handle on Irssi, I should say that I've always been a XChat user. Go ahead and mock me with the training wheels jokes, but it has served my purposes well over the past several years, to the point where I never used Konversation when running the KDE desktop. Konversation v1.2.3, however, may eclipse XChat for my IRC purposes. Its ease of configuring is a huge plus, as is its putting action messages on the screen you're in as opposed to in the server screen only (i.e., when you mark yourself away in XChat, for example, it appears only on the server window; in Konversation, it appears on the window you're in — minor, I know, but enough to sway the simpletons like yours truly).
Advantage: Konversation (but we all know that Irssi is what the cool kids use).
KMail vs. Thunderbird: I have used Thunderbird since it's inception. I like Thunderbird. No, let me rephrase that: I love Thunderbird. So analyzing this one may not be fair, but using KMail to get my fedoraproject.org mail on the laptop has been a pleasant surprise. One feature that takes getting used to, but is logically sound and advantageous once you get the hang of it, is that KMail will nest responses to e-mails, tree-like, under the previous topic's message. To me, it was disconcerting at first, but once I got used to it, it becomes a huge time-saver in following e-mail threads. Being able to see the details of an e-mail by running the cursor over it is also a plus.
Advantage: Thunderbird, because we have a history, but KMail gets high marks and more than likely I'll continue to use it after Fedora 13.
Konqueror vs. Firefox: I really want to say something nice, and find something I genuinely like, about Konqueror. Really and truly, and cross my heart, with all my being I truly hope someday to find something to like. But other than it's an adequate file manager and document viewer, it really stops there and I can't say much more for it. Meanwhile with all the other browsers out there — coupled with the fact that KDE comes with Dolphin (a file manager) and Okular (a document viewer and an outstanding program that, unfortunately, I had nothing to compare it with) — Konqueror seems to be just a niche browser compared to others.
Advantage: Firefox, by default.
Meanwhile, you can still go get Fedora 13 here. And don't be afraid to go try the KDE spin, if you're thinking about it.
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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by Wishbone82, Sep 29, 2012.
Hopefully this pisses off Dez and he takes it out on the Bears.
OSU home field has been unbeatable for two years now, so have to give UT credit.
Ok State is the Big 12's wii
Nningness program over the last 2 seasons
David Ash looks like a different qb.
Davis definitely redeemed himself on that last catch.
What a great victory...
I do not understand the 2 short kickoffs though, since OSU was doing nothing in the return game....those two short kicks seemed to give momentum to OSU and turned into TDs....of course the 2nd was obviously touched by a Cowboy, but the stupid refs are blind, even the replay ones. I mean the player even showed his frustration with himself for touching the ball and costing his team yardage.
Also, I feel Brown made a mistake going for 2, just as I feel OSU made a mistake going for 2 when they did as well.
I will enjoy this win.....next week is going to be exciting....
Texas got away with one there. Could have easily been no points at the end of that drive with that controversial no-call fumble. Oh, well. I'll take the victory. Now how in the heck are we going to stop Geno Smith?
We're not.
look at all the big plays against us, we dont get beaten deep.....we miss tackles and the big plays happen. If we can keep the play in front of us and actually secure the tackle, WVU will not score as easily. Oh, they will score, but we need to make them work for it.
BTW, WVU's defense does not impress me. Texas needs to do one thing though.....throw downfield more. We need to take advantage of our athletes like Shipley, Davis, Goodwin, Johnson, Monroe, and Grant.
Stop him with 10 play, 80 yard td drives that take 8 mins off the clock and hope the D can make some sort of pays against wvu. Wear the wvu D down til they can't get the horns D off the field inthe second half.
How is that a mistake? Texas was only up by 1 pt. You kick the PAT and you are just up by 2 pts. A FG will still win it for the other team. You make a 2 pt conversion and a FG only ties it. That is an easy decision.
Ash is starting to look like a good QB
i'm very proud of ash after last night. defense on the other hand needs a stern week of practice.
there was still a lot of time left and the defenses were not getting stops. you take the 1 as long as you can and wait until the last possible moment to go for 2.
when they failed on the attempt it made it possible to lose if OSU scored a TD at the end of the game.
they should not have gone for 2 until after the Bergeron TD in the final minute.
OSU was very disciplined with their run blocking. They kept using the same play over and over and we simply couldnt stop it. It reminded me of the play GB made popular in the 60s....or the counter tre that the skins used with Riggins.
We are going to give up yards and points, I can live with that........especially in a conference with such explosive offenses. However, I cannot live with such pisspoor tackling. Phillips gave up 2 TDs last night because of his garbage tackling technique.
BTW, even though I am a Horns fan, I had to appreciate the run where Randle trucked Tucker.....that was just a man's run right there.
Me too. That boy is ballin.
ya, if we can only shore up our missed tackling, we could be in the national title picture! it gets rough here in the next 3 games though!
That was mystifying. We we're all sitting looking at each other wondering, what, did their kickoff specialist get hurt? The previous kicks went into the endzone or were covered easily.
I was glad to see Texas win, .. but with all of the replay technology at their disposal, that should never happen.
No referee ever saw any Texas player possess the football in the endzone because they never did.
OSU fans now know what Green Bay fans feel like.
I'll always defend a ref for missing a call live because its gonna happen sometimes and they aren't watching slow motion replays like we are but to miss it on replay is inexcusable, that was clearly a fumble and the Texas kickoff clearly was touched by the OSU guy before it went out of bounds.
yes it was a fumble....however, there was no angle that showed definitively where the ball was when the fumble happened. did it cross the goal first or not.
i feel UT got away with one, but still, the video was not conclusive as to if he fumble before or after the ball crossed the goal. because it was called a TD, without any conclusive evidence, it could not be overturned.
It may have been a fumble but once they signaled it a TD, there was no clear evidence who, when or where the ball was recovered, so there was no way for them to overturn it.
The network official explained that pretty clearly during the replay TO I thought.


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