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ONE A married couple were asleep when the phone rang in the morning.The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a moment and said, how should I know, that's 200 miles from here!" and hung up. The husband said, "Who was that?" The wife said, "I don't know; some woman wanting to know 'if the coast is clear." TWO Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the mirror and says, "Hmm, this person looks familiar." the second blonde says, "Here, let me see!" So the first blonde hands her the compact. The second one looks in the mirror and says, "You dummy, it's me!" THREE A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and buys a gun. She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens the door she finds him in the arms of a redhead. Well, the blonde is really angry. she opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does so, she is overcome with grief. She takes the gun and puts it to her head. The boyfriend yells, "No, honey, don't do it" The blonde replies, "Shut up, you're next!" FOUR A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of state capitals. She proudly says, "Go ahead, ask me, I know all of them." A friend says, OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin?" The blonde replies, "Oh, that's easy: W." FIVE What did the blonde ask her doctor when he told her she was pregnant? "Is it mine?" SIX A blonde had just totaled her car in a horrific accident. Miraculously, she managed to pry herself from the wreckage without a scratch and was applying fresh lipstick when the state trooper arrived. "My Goodness!" the trooper exclaimed "Your car looks like an accordion that was stomped on by an elephant. Are you OK ma'am?" Yes, officer, I'm just fine" the blonde chirped. Well, how in the world did this happen?" the officer asked as he surveyed the wrecked car. "Officer, it was the strangest thing!" the blonde began. "I was driving along this road when from out of nowhere this TREE pops up in front of me. So I swerved to the right, and there was another tree! I swerved to the left and there was ANOTHER tree! I swerved to the right and there was another tree! I swerved to the left and there was.... "Uh, ma'am," the officer said, cutting her off, "There isn't a tree on this road for 30 miles. That was your air freshener swinging back and forth." SEVEN Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the channels, and a K-9 unit patrolling nearby was the first to respond. As the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned, "I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for help and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman!" EIGHT A blonde was driving home and got caught in a really bad hailstorm. Her car was covered with dents, so the next day she took it to the repair shop. The shop owner saw that she was a blonde and decided to have some fun. He told her just to go home and blow into the tail pipe really hard and all the dents would pop out. The blonde went home, got down on her hands and knees and started blowing into her tail pipe. Nothing happened. She blew a little harder and still nothing happened. Her roommate, also a blonde, came home and said, "What are you doing?" The blonde told her how the repairman had instructed her to blow into the tailpipe in order to get all the dents to pop out. Her blonde roommate rolled her eyes and said, "Hell-oooo! You need to roll up the windows first!"

sounds like alot of hassle to go to, to play a game.

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How about a self healing computer System and there is no requirement to fix it. it just fixes itself?

Depending on how you made your WinXPSP1 Bootable CD, your VLK should continue to work as normal. Since it is not refer to your Activation centre in your region for further assistance.

A white guy is walking along a beach when he comes across a lamp partially buried in the sand. He picks up the lamp and gives it a rub. Two blonde genies appear and they tell him he has been granted three wishes. The guy makes his three wishes and the blonde genies disappear. The next thing the guy knows, he's in a bedroom, in a mansion, surround by 50 beautiful women. He makes love to all of them and begins to explore the house. Suddenly he feels something soft under his feet, he looks down and the floor is covered in $100 bills. Then, there is a knock at the door. He answers the door and standing there are two people dressed in Klu Klux Klan outfits. They drag him outside to the nearest tree, throw a rope over a limb and hang him by the neck until he is dead. The Klansmen walk off. As they are walking away, they remove their hoods - it's the two blonde genies. One blonde genie says to the other one "Hey, I can understand the first wish having all these beautiful women in a big mansion to mak e love to. I can also understand him wanting to be a millionaire. But to be hung like a black man is beyond me"

Very nice, love the tech specs.

Hi MSNwar, I am not sure what you mean by: I can't help but think that if someone just bought WinXP for $100 plus that they would balk at the product activation and toss the product. Bottom line is $100 plus. Keyword is Mandatory. Could you please clarify this? Windows XP has been the biggest selling OS of all time just check out the stories below: Microsoft Windows XP Sales Exceed 17 Million Copies Just Over Two Months After Worldwide Debut http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/Press/2...mentumCESPR.asp Microsoft: Early Windows XP sales top 95, ME http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4063/IDG011108XPsales/ I have no statistical information at hand that I could locate before putting up this post but they where just some random sites I have located that may give some kind of an indication of the popularity of the product. Thank-you for your comments, I generally get time to myself at work and like to read about Microsoft technologies it is I guess a hobby of mine but also is something I do because it relates to my line of work. And thank-you again.

You made total sense. Licensing + Marketing = Microsoft Microsoft do see that the home user fits in to that equation just look at the Media Centre, as Bill said: "This newest member of the Windows XP family enables consumers to enjoy the best of what digital entertainment has to offer and takes us into an exciting new era of personal computing," Story here: http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?...17&Art_ID=11145

Should have posted this here Windows "Longhorn" Server Cancelled 11/11/2002 — Microsoft Corp. abandoned its plans to ship client and server versions of Windows simultaneously in the "Longhorn" release, a company spokeswoman confirmed Monday. Instead, "Longhorn" will be a client-only release, with the successor to Windows .NET Server 2003 coming later under the code-name "Blackcomb." Longhorn had been the version of Windows scheduled to come out after Windows XP on the client side and after Windows .NET Server 2003 on the server side. Some Microsoft officials' original comments when the company first injected the Longhorn project into the product roadmap a few years ago suggested it would be an interim release and primarily a client-only operating system. Longhorn grew into a major overhaul of both client and server operating systems. Now, Microsoft is back to the client-only part. Story here: http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?Edi...itorialsID=5585

I am looking forward to the broadbench display's I think the game play would be so cool and it would be like a home IMAX Cinema. I would probably use a Tablet PC as my dock machine. Story here: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/885...crosoft26.shtml

Thank-you, I was rushing to leave work.

Microsoft Corp. (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) said on Monday that display maker ViewSonic Corp. will start selling a portable flat-panel screen that can be taken off the desk and used to operate a computer via a wireless link. The Smart Display is software giant Microsoft's latest bid to let people access their computers without being tied to a desk, following the release last week of the Tablet PC. Story here: http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/.../rtr791120.html

I think what this guy needs to realise is Microsoft talk in quaters so it will probably be *in theory* Windows.NET 2004 . I do not know what they will call it the reason why they made it XP was purely to stop puting a date on the OS like Windows 95-2000. The aim of Microsoft currently is to create a product "windows" and give it a name specific to it so if anyone even comes close like "lindows" they can sue the pants off them. They want a trademark that is easy to identify in the marketing audience which currently is a very basic user. Even looking at the idea of calling their Operating System a Media Centre makes sense to me however they have already coined that phrase elsewhere.

The Grand Old Duke of York is clearly in charge of Microsoft's operating systems roadmaps for, having marched Longhorn up to the top of a distant (2005, said his Billness) hill earlier this year, he has now marched it straight back down again. Longhorn, the next version of Windows XP, will not after all be a 2005 product, but will quite possibly be a next year product after all. Read full story here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28032.html

Where do you draw the line morally when it comes to someone creating a code and it being something they can make money from and someone who has done nothing but hears about this code and wants to get their hands on it also should a royalty be payed and who should control that when it comes to computer intellectual property?

Sounds interesting what your doing but doesnt look like it is possible to do that you might want to look at trying something different.

What i am interested in Jack is the ability to play games and compatibiliy with windows. I havent totally looked at it but i know alot of software made by MS it for use only on an MS operating system, which puts me off. If i could get an OS like Lindows but so user friendly that my grandmother can use it like MS Windows and I could get a game from a computer store and put it in like MS Windows along with Microsoft Office XP then I would buy it. Although when it comes to the Office XP I guess that isnt so much of a deal, I mean when people actually go for a product like Lindows they dont want to use any MS product, soooo I guess it would come down to the ability to use games. Although I am use to the ease of use when it comes to PnP etc. so it would take sometime for me to finnaly format and put some non MS os on my machine although I personally like the look of SUSE. I am a little bruised when it comes to Linux I had it a few years ago the system froze so i restarted and the system wouldnt start again * that was an angry day )

Hi XP ( dont know how to do all that writing style ) I actually has the other profile before and then ten minutes later I changed it and my other browser was still logged in under the previous profile thats all I guess I could only disagree and say that the activation sequence did work look at the sales figures for this operating system over the previous it shows not only do they want it for what it can do but the activation process has shown customers licensing that they didnt previously know or understand. $30 for replacement Media in the United States is a little steep, I know that it is $40 there abouts over here in Australia. I agree with you on the point about using on as many machines in the household, however they dont allow that in their current EULA's, maybe you should look at joining the Microsoft for Partners program and getting yourself some Action Packs *wink* that might give you what your looking for and be sure to let me know if i am wrong. The idea of "Renting" is something Microsoft is looking into, you just need to look at the Subscription pilot program that ended just recently on a global scale, testing and seeing if their activation software could handle it on such a global scale and from the information i have heard that was a complete success with subscription services possibly intergrated into Media product in the near future. Bill dream of .NET is to have everyone paying a subscription fee, just look at MSN8 for starters. You just need to look at the .NET framework " Masterplan " to be able to see this and having systems with TCPA and Palladium Architecture within it is like having someone from within Microsoft's licensing "policing" it. It is admitted by even recent CEO emails from Balmer and Gates that security of its products are an absolute priority if they are going to be able to sell the .NET dream and before they can totally do they they need to sell the TCPA and Palladium to its Marketting audience "you and me" which is something that will provide the security needed to move ahead. My personal opinion is it is a good idea and from the information i have read the coding of it will be restricted to only a small group within Microsoft, it will not be an "always on" technology but just something you turn on just like when you do secure online banking. I know there have been some concearns about it however Microsoft always suprise us and change the tables from what we all expected. (thanx to their marketing teams.) XP on the point of customizing the interface I explained about that previously when I was talking about Chris Guzak and his team this can be found at: microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...pro/wxp0702.asp As for the Microsoft " I am God" feeling from what I have noticed they have changed their mark and started actually listening more to the people just look at Media Centre and the change of stance when it comes to DVD burning and the ability to share shown on Paul Thurott's winsupersite: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windo...center_copy.asp Hi Jack as for when you discussed the EULA on Windows and Office I have challenged this on all levels when it comes to having it on and off and from the documentation I have received from various licensing departments thru Microsoft, can you please forward me or post the documentation or web site that says your entitled to have them on a machine aslong as it isnt turned on and your fullfilling Microsoft's EULA . Crispy I think your point on the pricing, but that raises the question on what pricing would be conscidered fair for a FPP and then how much should MS charge for each OEM licensed product? I kinda wouldnt mind the .NET model with subscription "Internet + OS + Office" and I guess good content additions all in one you guys in the states with MSN 8 have it made

Actually Jack I have seen Lindows and it isnt a bad looking OS, only problem is there isnt enough of a push over here in Australia. The big thing Microsoft get things like this past with are Marketting and I dont see enough of that with Linux OS', marketting is what makes the world go round. I also love this thing Microsoft refer to Partners. I wonder if someone had the gaul to create some "partners" under a Linux foundation would they be more successfull?

Yes, Paul is pretty much the man always a good read. Seen him flamed a bit on some "beta sites" I guess he prefers to talk more in fact that speculation. Me I like both *wink* ( I'd use the wink here but it looks like someone falling asleep )

Windows can only currenly be installed on one machine at any given time. (bit of a pain when office is allowed for my Desktop and Portable device) I do like the idea of themes Chris Guzak has said that they are planning to add more flexability in the Windows Operating System Products WOSP. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...pro/wxp0702.asp I agree with the activation process I guess we have to wait and see what happens with Palladium and TCPA to see where that develops I am sure they have listened to "The People" (marketting) and will have somekind of better activation sequence put into play to make it alot easier for people to get their products activated... Dare I say it may look into having it as a .NET passport with somekind of Terminal Services session but thats too far fetched at the moment, one thing i have noticed is things that seem to appear in this MSN Explorer always seem to roll out and be spread into their OS, I mean just check out that log in screen and the new "sideshow bar" that is in MSN8 with a few interface enhancements. Its almost like MSN Explorer is their test ground. It has gone pay for content on a subscription basis "Bill .NET dream" Microsoft software activation appears to be more of a speed hump to software sharing than a stop sign and was quite simply put there to prevent people sharing the software from what I can see. When it comes to talking about cracks I am not sure what your talking about but VLK's generally seem to be the only real bypass of the Activation sequence and in most cases unless you where lucky enough to get your hands on the correct media they generally do not work on a OEM or FPP. Although the registry has always been a security issue and I know they are really looking to get rid of that in some kind of a way in my readings. What kind of problem do you have with IE?

Yes even Microsoft need to be careful with what they do, just look at Media Centre, Pauls comments about it having a revamp and adding in the burning and sharing feature for DVD's is one bit of proof that they are taking notice of the consumer more and more. Ref: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windo...center_copy.asp Point from Pauls site: Throughout the development of Windows XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE, see my review for more information), Microsoft said that the system's digital video recording (DVR) capabilities could not be used to copy content from the media center PC to another system, either by DVD or across a home network. However, Microsoft noted, consumers could indeed backup their digitally recorded shows, though the content could only be played back on the same media center PC. The reasoning was simple: If the company allowed consumers to make perfect digital copies of TV shows, HBO movies, pay-per-view events, and other copyrighted content, it might be held legally liable by the television networks and other content providers. In early October 2002, however, the company reversed course, based on feedback from its customers, partners, and even the television industry, the latter of which has a hidden ace up its sleeve regarding copy-protected TV shows (more on that later). So now it's possible to backup, copy, and share content you record with XP MCE.

or maybe more confused as to what profile to use I do agree tho the home user should be able to have it on theirs and their wife's along with their kids computer and maybe a laptop for his Wife and him thats pretty fair and gives them the max of 5 when it comes to networking a "home os"