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Interesting article ... perhaps Windows XP will make a comeback ... possibilty Windows 98. Probably things will not go that far! I kind of like this movement ... I've been feeling like I was "left in the dust" over the last few years. Techno-Skeptics’ Objection Growing Louder December 26, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/techno-skeptics-objection-growing-louder/2015/12/26/e83cf658-617a-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html Astra Taylor’s iPhone has a cracked screen. She has bandaged it with clear packing tape and plans to use the phone until it disintegrates. She objects to the planned obsolescence of today’s gadgetry, and to the way the big tech companies pressure customers to upgrade. Taylor, 36, is a documentary filmmaker, musician and political activist. She’s also an emerging star in the world of technology criticism. She’s not paranoid, but she keeps duct tape over the camera lens on her laptop computer — because, as everyone knows, these gadgets can be taken over by nefarious agents of all kinds. Taylor is a 21st-century digital dissenter. She’s one of the many technophiles unhappy about the way the tech revolution has played out. Political progressives once embraced the utopian promise of the Internet as a democratizing force, but they’ve been dismayed by the rise of the “surveillance state,” and the near-monopolization of digital platforms by huge corporations. Last month, Taylor and more than 1,000 activists, scholars and techies gathered at the New School in New York City for a conference to talk about reinventing the Internet. They dream of a co-op model: people dealing directly with one another without having to go through a data-sucking corporate hub. ... more at the link

After updating .NET Framework 2.0 to .NF 2.0 SP2 over the past few days ... I have decided to completely remove all versions and files of .NET Framework. I have a backup available if I want to change my decision in the future. When I first installed .NET Frame in 2012 ... it was only because a few programs required it on the computer. Several times if there was a program requiring .NET Frame, I would just search around for a similar program that didn't require it to be installed. Anyway, I may have two or three programs installed that did require .NET Frame and I wanted to use them. I no longer remember for sure what programs they were, if there are any. So my question ... if I remove .NET Frame and there are a few programs on my setup requiring it ... what will happen if I try to open one of these progams? Will it just not open or will a box open saying that .NET Framework is required ... you will get a message when you first install some programs that .NET Frame is required, if it's not already installed ... but what happens if you remove .NET Frame after those programs have been installed? Just to add ... if there are any of these old programs requiring .NET Frame on my setup ... I probably don't even need them and will remove them as discovered ... unless I really do need some version of .NET Frame on my computer for web pages or inner workings with my setup from downloading all the XP updates over the years. thanks ...

Here's additional news on rigged jackpots in Kansas. Prosecutors say Tipton rigged two jackpots he purchased tickets for in Kansas Dec 21, 2015 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/297278 MUSL computerized drawing scandal now confirmed in 5 states, still looking for more. The former security chief for a national association that operates lotteries personally bought two tickets that won jackpots in Kansas, investigators said Monday, bringing to five the number of states where he may have rigged lottery drawings. Investigators recently linked Kansas jackpots won in 2010 to Eddie Tipton, the former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, Iowa assistant attorney general Rob Sand disclosed in court documents. The evidence will show that Tipton associates who claimed the prizes returned half of the money in cash directly to him in early 2011, he wrote. Tipton allegedly purchased two winning tickets to the "2by2" game at separate locations while he was traveling through Kansas on business in December 2010, the Kansas Lottery said in a statement. Each was worth $22,000, the prize for any player with the day's winning numbers, and were claimed by individuals from Iowa and Texas, the statement said. As chief of security for the association managing lotteries for 37 states and territories, Tipton managed random number generators that pick winning numbers for some national games such as Hot Lotto and games played in individual states. Kansas Lottery officials said they were asked to look into those jackpots by Iowa investigators earlier this month. The alleged manipulation of those tickets happened at the association headquarters in Iowa, not on any Kansas Lottery equipment, the statement said. Prosecutors believe that Tipton, 52, used his access to those machines to surreptitiously install software programs that let him know the winning numbers in advance before disappearing without a trace. They say he worked with associates such as his brother Tommy Tipton — a Texas judge — and Texas businessman Robert Rhodes to play those numbers and collect prizes dating back to 2005. Earlier this year, a jury convicted Tipton of fraud for fixing a $16.5 million Hot Lotto jackpot dating back to 2010. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but is free while he appeals. After fixing the winning combination, Tipton went to a gas station near the lottery association to buy those numbers and then passed the winning ticket to Rhodes, who unsuccessfully tried to collect the prize with associates, prosecutors say. Rhodes is fighting extradition back to Iowa to face charges in the case. Since Tipton's conviction, Iowa prosecutors have charged Tipton with ongoing criminal conduct and money laundering for allegedly fixing jackpots valued at $8 million in Colorado,Wisconsin and Oklahoma. The Kansas jackpots were added to the charges in that case on Monday. Tipton's attorney, Dean Stowers, laughed out loud when told of the latest allegations on Monday by The Associated Press. He repeated his longstanding contention that there is no evidence that Tipton tampered with the computers, and argued that any charges related to the old jackpots should be barred by the three-year statute of limitations. Sand is fighting Tipton's motion to dismiss the case, saying the additional jackpots were only recently uncovered. Stowers said the new information was a publicity stunt designed to bring more attention to the case, which is set for trial next month but likely to be delayed. "If you look at what they are claiming they have found after the first trial, you would think these investigators must be completely incompetent," he said. "They apparently are telling everybody that they never looked before the first trial." Stowers said that claiming the games were rigged was a risky strategy for state lotteries. "If that's their claim, what is their obligation to the players? Obviously they were running games that weren't legitimate and collected all this money from people and spent it," he said. ...

I have PS 1.0 installed ... PS 2.0 would not install. I only have .NET Framework 2.0 installed and it said that .NET Framework 2.1 SP1 was required. I found that update and then I then found .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and several more updates for .NET Framework. I thought .NET Framework 2.0 was completely updated ... but it's not. ...

I found a Windows PowerShell update for Windows 7 but was also for XP ... but this version is only for Windows XP Service Pack 3. It makes no mention of .NET Framework so I don't know if 2.0 is OK or a newer version of .NET Framework may be needed. PowerShell 2.0 for Windows XP http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/02/powershell-2-0-for-windows-xp-etc/ Posted on 2 November 2009 by John PowerShell version 2.0 shipped with Windows 7 and with Windows Server 2008 R2, but it only recently became available for other versions of Windows. The release of PowerShell 2.0 has been more like a leak than a product launch. The announcement page hardly reads like an announcement. The title reads “Description of the Windows Management Framework on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008.” What’s this “Windows Management Framework”? I’ve never heard of that. I just want the new PowerShell. The first time I saw this page was when someone sent me a link saying PowerShell 2.0 was available for XP. I thought they’d sent me the wrong link by mistake because I didn’t see anything about PowerShell at first. Only if you scroll down to the middle of a long page can you see links to download PowerShell. I expected something more like the following. PowerShell 2.0 Released Download for your platform: XP Vista (32 bit, 64 bit) Server 2003 (32 bit, 64 bit) Server 2008 (32 bit, 64 bit) The MS XP download page ... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16818 Update for Windows XP (KB968930) Date Published: 10/26/2009 File Size: 5.9 MB Supported Operating System Windows XP Service Pack 3 *** This might still be of use to someone with a lot of XP computers still in the workplace ... maybe not. Use PowerShell to Find Windows XP Computers Still Alive in Your Active Directory Domain Ashley McGlone 29 Jan 2014 http://blogs.technet.com/b/ashleymcglone/archive/2014/01/30/use-powershell-to-find-windows-xp-computers-still-alive-in-your-active-directory-domain.aspx PS PSA – PowerShell Public Service Announcement Usually I like to offer deep technical content on the blog, but today I’m going to keep it simple. Everyone should be keenly aware that Windows XP support officially ends on April 8, 2014. Many companies are migrating from Windows XP and need a quick script to check their progress. This is a simple solution with a couple variations to meet your needs. Get-ADComputer If you have tinkered at all with the AD PowerShell module, then this cmdlet should be familiar to you. Lucky for us Active Directory tracks the operating system of computers. Listing all the Windows XP computers in the domain can be as simple as this: PS C:\> Import-Module ActiveDirectory PS C:\> Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -like "*XP*"} It is worth noting that the OperatingSystem attribute is not stored in the global catalog, so you will need to query each domain separately. Beyond the basic attributes returned in the default set it would be nice to see date stamp fields that can help us determine if the Windows XP computer account is still active. In a previous post I discussed some tips on working with date fields in AD, and we’re going to use that technique here. We’ll also snag the relevant operating system attributes. Notice that I’m not using the infamous “-Properties *” option. For efficiency I list only the specific fields that I want to query and display. Finally, I’ve thrown in some PowerShell magic to grab the owner recorded on the account. *** there's more to the article. ...

OK, I just came across a program from MS that I have never heard of ... Windows PowerShell 1.0 ... this version is for XP and it only requires .NET Framework Version 2.0. Windows PowerShell 1.0 English-Language Installation Package for Windows XP (KB926139) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7217 Date Published: 6/23/2008 File Size: 1.6 MB Supported Operating System Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3 Requires .NET Framework Version 2.0 Then I found another topic of creating a command using Windows PowerShell to show "only" the following for a file. First - the date it was created, Second - when it was modified, Third - when it was last accessed. http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2014/02/07/use-powershell-to-find-files-that-have-not-been-accessed.aspx This is the fifth in a series of posts that talk about working with files and folders by using Windows PowerShell. There are three basic properties of a file that I commonly use when looking at files that are neglected. The first is the date it was created, the second is when it was modified, and last is when it was accessed. These properties are visible when I to go the General tab of a file in File Explorer. I can use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet and the Select-Object cmdlet and return the three properties. The command to do this is: Get-ChildItem c:\fso -File | select name, *time The following image illustrates the command and its output: There is an image showing the results at the link. This is getting a little complicated but this might be a nice program to have for Windows XP ... the download still works at the MS website for the program. I have to read more about this program ... anyone familiar with or use Windows PowerShell? ...

Very nice program ... leave it to NirSoft to have a program, they seem to have one for everything. I have some of their software on my sysytem ... I wasn't aware of that program ... it sure does provide a lot of information. When I added it, the "File Created On" date and time were correct. I went through the list and I saw a lot of dates ... 05/05/2012 and 05/06/2012. This was when I installed XP and then several days of adjusting settings and adding software. The very last column "Last Executed On" seems to have correct dates ... MalwareBytes and the other programs look OK. However, the question that started this topic is still not answered ... I see no listing for .NET Framework ... there are a lot of MS product listings. The dates seem to be OK or make sense in the last column ... the only thing is that a lot of programs seem to have December 2015 dates ... I have not opened a lot of programs for some time so I'm not sure about that. Still a good program for information. * I meant December 2015 and not 2012 in the last paragraph ... I've got 2012 in my head. ...

submix8c ... OK, there is something crazy going on here. I just checked MalwareBytes on my setup. I haven't really run it for a few months but I update the program at least once a week. It shows no date of last being used and says "Used Rarely". Even if I don't actually run the program to check for problems ... I'm still starting it to get the latest updates. Now here's where it gets crazy ... I have two lotto programs on my system that I rarely use but they have a number generator ... so I installed them ... it would have been a "fresh install" onto my XP setup in May or June of 2012 ... after installing XP of course. One program says "Used Rarely" and that it was last used on 08/23/2006. The other program also says used "Used Rarely" and that it was last used on 08/13/2007. How can that be? ... since I didn't install these programs till 2012. I probably had them on my Windows 98SE setup in 2007 ... but they were installed fresh on the XP setup. I guess that information in the "Add Remove Program" list is really not correct or can't be trusted. I will leave .NET Framework 2.0 on my computer ... it may have been used many times since 2012. This is interesting to have found this out. I'm wondering if there is a non MS program that might actually report accurate information about when a program was last used? ...

OK ... that I'm not sure. Now you have me wondering if a person has more than one computer are they allowed to have SpywareBlaster installed on all the computers. I can't find anything saying just one computer is allowed to have the program installed. All I see is this ... Free for personal & educational use. So I guess all computers can have SB installed. ...

I update my other computer this way ... I update one XP computer and then I copy the SpywareBlaster folder in the Programs folder to a flash drive. In the other XP computer I just copy the SpywareBlaster folder on the flash drive to the other computer ... Programs folder. Of course ... SpywareBlaster has to be first installed manually on each computer and then just updating with an updated copy on a flash drive should update all computers. You have to then open the SpywareBlaster program ... there will be some items that will have the protection disabled ... just hit the bottom page tab "Enable All Protection" and you're good to go. I work with an XP to XP system ... not sure if doing Windows 2000 to XP ... or different systems would work. They might be installed different with different settings ... not sure. ...

There is a newer version of SpywareBlaster released as of 12/18/2015. SpywareBlaster 5.4 http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/spywareblaster.html Author: Brightfort Date: 12/18/2015 Size: 4.08 MB License: Freeware Requires: Win 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP Here's the home page ... http://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html ...

vinifera ... thanks for the information that you feel the "last used" date information is correct. I just started up a program that I haven't used for a very long time ... System Information for Windows 2010 (SIW) ... it shows the date that I installed Windows XP ... which was 05/05/2012 ... a month later on 06/06/2012 is the last time showing that .NET Framework 2.0 was accessed in some way in the Add-Remove Program list. I never wanted to go with the .NET Framework 3.5 version mainly because the download was so large ... plus I wasn't even sure I really needed a newer version. With .NET Framework 2.0 not having been accessed since 2012 ... maybe I don't need .NET Framework on my computer at all. Anybody have a Yes or No on that ... perhaps just leave the 2.0 installed as is ... or free up some space. I have 160 GB hard drive, so I have plenty of hard drive space available. Anything negative with having .NET Framework installed ... even if it's never used? ...

Maybe some of you remember the earlier story about the guy rigging a lottery computer to win a large jackpot with a root kit that destroys itself. Now it looks like he may have been doing this with other states ... at least the investigation is widening. Jackpot-Fixing Investigation Expands to More State Lotteries Dec 18, 2015 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/297188 DES MOINES, Iowa — The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance. He enlists accomplices to play those numbers and collect the jackpots. And they enrich themselves for years until a misstep unravels their high-tech scheme. Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, has been accused of tampering with drawings in four states over a six-year period, and investigators are now expanding the inquiry nationwide to determine if the number could be larger. State lotteries in Colorado, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma have confirmed they paid jackpots worth $8 million to Tipton associates, including his old college roommate, Robert Rhodes. Investigators are looking at payouts in the other 37 states and U.S. territories that used random-number generators from the Iowa-based association, which administers games and distributes prizes for the lottery consortium. The inquiry is sending a chill through state governments that receive $20 billion annually in lottery revenue, and that depend on public confidence in the contests. Tipton installed software or had access to machines for national games such as Hot Lotto and some state-based games. The most lucrative ones, Powerball and scratch tickets, weren't part of the scheme, according to lottery officials. "It would be pretty naive to believe they are the only four" jackpots involved, said now-retired Iowa deputy attorney general Thomas H. Miller, who oversaw the investigation for 2½ years. "If you find one cockroach, you have to assume there are 100 more you haven't found." Tipton, 52, was convicted in July of fraud in the attempt to claim a $16.5 million jackpot in Iowa. He was sentenced to 10 years but is free pending appeal. He is also charged with ongoing criminal conduct and money laundering involving the other three state lotteries. Rhodes, a businessman from Sugar Land, Texas, is charged with fraud in connection with the Iowa jackpot, and is under investigation in Wisconsin. Tommy Tipton, Eddie's brother, who bought a winning Colorado Lotto ticket in 2005, resigned his position last month as a justice of the peace in Flatonia, Texas, 100 miles west of Houston, but hasn't been charged. Colorado authorities are investigating. Eddie Tipton's attorney, Dean Stowers, says his client is innocent. "There's just absolutely no evidence whatsoever that he did anything to alter the proper operations of the computers that were used to pick those numbers, absolutely no evidence. It's just all speculation," Stowers said. Rhodes' attorney did not respond to messages and Tommy Tipton did not return calls. The scheme allegedly continued for years. Prosecutors say Eddie Tipton installed software known as a root kit that enabled him to manipulate numbers without a trace. Tipton was tripped up, investigators say, by the audacious move of buying the winning ticket himself at a service station near where he worked in Des Moines. "This is kind of an eye opener," said Oklahoma Lottery director Rollo Redburn. "It reaffirms the fact that we've got to be constantly vigilant against people trying to defraud the system." Iowa launched the investigation in 2012 after a lawyer representing a trust tried to claim the $16.5 million Hot Lotto jackpot, turning in the ticket hours before a one-year deadline. The trust — which said it benefited a corporation in Belize — eventually withdrew the claim rather than identify who purchased the ticket. Investigators initially suspected it was merely someone trying to hide winnings from a creditor. The case took a dramatic twist when authorities released surveillance footage from the service station showing a stocky, hooded man buying the winning ticket and hot dogs in December 2010. Stunned lottery colleagues stepped forward to say the man looked and sounded like Tipton — a man with access to their computers. Eddie Tipton had worked at the association since 2003, after a career in information technology, including at a Rhodes-owned firm in Houston called Systems Evolution. He was promoted to lottery security director in 2013. Investigators allege that he passed the winning ticket to Rhodes, his University of Houston classmate, who then worked with associates to try to collect. At Eddie's trial in July, brother Tommy insisted the man on the video wasn't his sibling, who he said was larger than the person shown. In the Wisconsin case, authorities said, Rhodes hired a law firm to claim a $2 million Megabucks jackpot for him in 2008, and took legal action so the $783,000 cash payout could go to his limited liability corporation instead of him. Wisconsin Lottery spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said nothing seemed suspicious and that other winners have done the same. In Oklahoma, investigators have alleged a $1.2 million Hot Lotto jackpot claimed in 2011 is linked to Tipton but haven't spelled out details. Miller praised the Iowa lottery's skepticism about the suspicious jackpot but wonders whether other lotteries would have been as careful. Prosecutor Rob Sand, who is now leading the case, said investigators want to talk to anyone who has been asked to claim a prize on behalf of someone else. They are focusing on jackpots that involve tickets in which the numbers were specifically requested by winners rather than chosen randomly. ...

submix8c ... no the date is still the same - 06/06/2012 for .NET Framework 2.0.

I only have .NET Framework 2.0 installed from 2012 when I changed from Windows 98SE to Windows XP SP3. I really only did this since ocassionally I would run into a software program that required .NET Framework 1.0 or 2.0 ... just some form of .NET Framework. There were not many of those in 2012 but I suppose today in 2015, there could be more newer programs requiring .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.0 ... I don't know. So I stopped at version 2.0 ... today I am checking in the Add-Remove Program list and I see that .NET Framework 2.0 is listed as being "Used Rarely". It is noted that it was last used on 06/06/2012 ... which is a little later after I installed .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 in April or May of 2012. So my questions are ... how accurate is the information that .NET Framework 2.0 hasn't been used or accessed in any way since 06/06/2012? Also ... if that information is correct, could I just remove the whole .NET Framework program and not have any problems in the future? I have all the software on my XP setup that I really need and use and except for some updates to programs already on my computer ... I do not see myself installing very many new programs in the future. So is it at all "possible" that .NET Framework 2.0 is being used every so often and the date is not being changed or updated in the "Add Remove Program" list? monroe

I was having that problem on Black Friday weekend in November. It was very slow ... it wasn't Cyber Monday but I just figured people were hitting Amazon very hard that whole weekend but I also noticed some other non-shopping sites seemed to be slow. That was when I was after the 32 gb $6.99 flash drives that I posted about earlier. I've never noticed that before. I did read that "online shopping" was greater this year ... I don't know. Just my observation ... Here are two sites that are good for checking the status of a web site ... Is It Down Right Now "Is It Down Right Now" monitors the status of your favorite web sites and checks whether they are down or not. Check a website status easily by using the below test tool. Just enter the url and a fresh site status test will be performed on the domain name in real time using our online website checker tool. For detailed information, check response time graph and user comments. http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ or Websitedown Info Is this website down for everyone or just me? Is it down or just me? Online website down status checker tool to test any site's reachability in real-time. To perform an is it down query, simply enter the domain name or copy and paste the URL address of the unavailable website and see if it is down or not for other users right now. http://www.websitedown.info/ ...

I guess if a drone doesn't get shot out of the sky ... now it has the Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department to worry about. I going to buy a "butterfly net" ... had one as a kid when I collected butterflies. I could catch the "little ones" that look like insects ... Dragon Flies come to mind. Tokyo’s Drone Squad Will Deploy 10-foot Drones Armed with Nets to Police the Sky Squad will patrol no-fly-zones and order unlawful operators to land their drones. by Mark Walton (UK) - Dec 11, 2015 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/tokyos-drone-squad-will-deploy-10ft-drones-armed-with-nets-to-police-the-sky/ In an effort to enforce no-fly-zones across the city, Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department is launching a drone squad. According to Japan Today (via Popular Science), the squad will patrol no-fly-zones and "will search for the operators and order them to ground the drones." If an operator fails to comply, police will scramble large drones up to 10 feet long armed with cameras and nets to take down the unwanted machines. There's no word yet on whether said tactics will be accompanied by a perfectly-timed blast of The A-Team theme tune, though—we can but dream. Despite the humorous name, the drone squad will take on some serious issues in Toyko. "Terrorist attacks using drones carrying explosives are a possibility," a senior member of the police department's security bureau told the Asahi Shimbun website. "We hope to defend the nation's functions with the worst-case scenario in mind." Earlier this year, a 40-year-old Japanese man admitted he landed an unmanned drone carrying radioactive sand atop Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office in an effort to protest nuclear power. Nobody was injured in the stunt. The launch of the drone squad follows an amendment to Japan's Civil Aeronautics Law that went into effect yesterday. The law limits drones to flights below 500 feet (compared to 400ft in the US and UK), and also bans drones larger than 200g from dense residential areas, which includes all of Tokyo. The fines for violating these rules could be as much as ¥500,000, or roughly £2,800. .... also Drone squad to be launched by Tokyo police 4 hours ago http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35070818 If a suspicious drone is detected, the operator will be warned via loudspeakers on the ground. But if he or she fails to respond, police will launch drones equipped with nets to bring down the device. ...

Some additional news on the 32 GB Flash Drives I ordered from Amazon after missing out on the 32 GB Flash Drives at the Walmart Black Friday sale. They arrived today ... the original order was never shipped or got lost in transit. Amazon took care of the problem and mailed the flash drives with two day delivery. I connected one and got a surprise ... it has a flashing orange activity light ... I did not know that SanDisk model would have the activity light included. So many of the smaller cheaper drives don't have that anymore. They were on sale for $6.99 at that time ... if they are at that price again and you like an activity light on a flash drive ... this should work. http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDCZ60-032G-AFFP/dp/B008AF380Q/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448740504&sr=1-6&keywords=32+gb+flash+drives ...

rodocop ... thanks for the "heads up" on the newer version ... will try it out later today. ...

Welcome back ... I've been expecting you ! Now to "sort of new" information. I have been searching around for a video of that particular David Wade cooking episode. I have not been able to find anything as yet. It's too bad that episode and a few others are not on DVD. I did find some additional interesting information ... this from the David Wade Gourmet web site dated October 29, 2015 ... the receipe. Turkey-In-A-Sack October 29, 2015 http://www.davidwadegourmet.com/#!TurkeyInASack/xyz27/5632448d0cf2ce5bf432ee7e ... then this from 2014 David Wade, Gourmet: Have Ascot, Will Travel by Paula Bosse http://flashbackdallas.com/2014/11/24/david-wade-gourmet/ ...

I really didn't pay too much attention to the "$24.98" price in the Walmart ad ... in my mind it seemed inflated ... but I was interested in getting some $7 flash drives. So Amazon became a "backup plan". I also did not notice the PNY flash at Amazon was only $7.99 after a $5 rebate. Some of the reviews said the SanDisk flash drives were slow when transferring data onto the drives. I guess there are faster 2.0 drives which cost a little more. I just wanted some cheaper storage ... the USB 2.0 drives are probably going to be cheaper and dissappear one day as USB 3.0 drives become all the rage with newer computers. Two years ago Walmart had 8 GB USB 2.0 drives for $5 ... last year it was 16 GB USB 2.0 drives for $5 and maybe next year it will be $5 for a 32 GB drive after the $7 price this year ... if there are still 2.0 flash drives being manufactured in any great quantity. If you need them for older computers then grab what you need in 2016 ... who can say if "good name" USB 2.0 drives will still be easy to find at a cheap price after 2016. Probably will always be cheap "no name" junk drives around. ...

Flash Drive update ... I decided to go to my local Walmart about 45 minutes after the 6 pm opening on Thursday. Of course there were people everywhere ... the bad news was that there was this one very long line for electronics ... all the Black Friday electonic specials were in the produce dept of the store and there was yellow tape around to herd the cattle ... sorry, people into the produce area ... There are no food items for sale I guess till the onslaught dies down. The line was just too long to wait for some $7 flash drives ... I mean long ... so I left to come back later at 5am Friday morning. That's what I did last year, just went to Walmart at 5 am. There were no crowds of course ... but there were also no $7 flash drives ! I found a 32 GB $7 flash drive at Amazon ... actually $6.99. http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDCZ60-032G-AFFP/dp/B008AF380Q/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448740504&sr=1-6&keywords=32+gb+flash+drives SanDisk Cruzer Glide CZ60 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ60-032G-AFFP by SanDisk List Price: $17.99 Price: $6.99 & FREE Shipping on orders over $35. As I post this they are still listed for $6.99 ... you can only purchase five ... I wanted six so I got five. There is also another San Disk 32 GB flash drive for $6.99 but some reviews say the first one seems to be a little newer and faster. The other one ... there does not seem to be a purchase limit on this model ... I put in 6 to buy just to see ... the order wasn't changed ... the top or first flash drive will go no higher than 5 drives. http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDCZ36-032G-AFFP/dp/B007JR532M/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448740504&sr=1-1&keywords=32+gb+flash+drives SanDisk Cruzer CZ36 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive SDCZ36-032G-AFFP by SanDisk List Price: $23.99 Price: $6.99 & FREE Shipping on orders over $35. Details ... I think this is the $7 PNY 32 GB flash drive that Walmart had for sale ... it's $7.99 at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Attach%C3%A9-32GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B003YCOMG4/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448740504&sr=1-2&keywords=32+gb+flash+drives ...

Just noticed that Walmart has a PNY 32GB Flash Drive on sale for Black Friday starting later today and into tomorrow (Friday) or I guess till they sell out. The price is $7 ... It's on page 04 of the 32 page ad. PNY 32GB Attache USB 2.0 Flash Drive Now $7.00 Reg. $24.98 https://blackfriday.com/stores/walmart/ads/black-friday ...

I had the quotes there ... I probably should have added the words "above" and "below" ... which I have done so. "Admittedly, Wade was not a chef but recognized as one of the top "food presenters". That was a term possibly reserved just for Wade as he was no doubt difficult to categorize. But his words stuck with me through out my life. Wade had his own coat of arms." The above words in quotes are from the article below ... "Remembering David Wade - the Rembrandt of the Kitchen" ...

bwcat, I don't have that file on my computer ... Director MX 2004 Compatible update Files for 10.4 in the System32\Macromed\Shockwave 10 folder ... there is no Shockwave 10 folder in the Macromed folder ... just a Flash folder only. I guess because I only use the Shockwave exe download that this is the case. When I go to a Shockwave test page ... it shows I have Shockwave installed. A flash and shockwave test page ... click on System Details on the left side. https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cCorp.dspTest Test Your System This page helps you determine if your system has the basic hardware and software needed to run Gizmos. Your system meets all of our recommended requirements. You should be able to run Gizmos! System Details I went to another Shockwave test page ... Adobe and it says there is a new Shockwave version available. Adobe Shockwave Player Version 12.2.2.172 It's not at File Hippo yet so I don't know if it's already at the exe and msi links. ...