I just posted a message in Mozilla and noticed that the emoticons weren't there to click. /Edit they are there if I use IE /Edit As mentioned a few days ago, he also got rid of the formatting bar for Navigator to. /Edit - he got rid of the formatting functions eons ago /edit I was about buy VS.NET from the codeproject store, but since Chris is trying to force feed IE on me, I probably won't frequent CP anymore. Not that anyone here really cares. See Ya!

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

I'm using Dolby Digital 5.1 in my truck and I honestly can't hear any difference. Maybe I'm going deaf :~

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Just so you know, 128k is CD Quality, so you won't hear any degredation on that either. And you just mgiht be able to squeeze a few more songs on that CD.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

I've been there too. We had a SAS system in place: I spent a week writing a big SAS program to do what we needed, but instead of using it they spend $5 million on a custom version of "Manugistics" You wanna talk about an IT black hole. I just assume that a company with 100 employees would do so much better than a company with 3000 employees. The last company I worked for was huge (3000+). Our department had about 3 dozen 21" IBM monitors (used one day) sitting in a cubicle from when we did a training seminar. Another department needed to buy a few monitors, so they did. Why on earth could they not use the ones we had left over? I brought up the fact that they could requisition them from us, since we wouldn't use them. They would have just transfered money from their budget to ours and taken a few monitors. But instead they bought their own. I was told last week, that a year later the monitors are just sitting there. 3 had been thrown out. Another Black Hole I have an idea, maybe we could write a book called "IT horror stories" or "IT Black Holes" - #1 New York Times best seller :)

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Anyone notice shes heading north to the CP servers. Ahhhhhhh...... Radar of Hurricane Isabel[^]

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

An addendum to what I posted earlier, I should have been more clear. Last year, we got him Win XP Pro with 30 licenses, for 30 computers. Saved him a lot of money. After frequent discussions, he knows that we could have done the same for Office. On the phone he told me that he wanted it right away. I reiterated that we could haev gotten the Office CD in less than a day, since a major distributor is only 25 miles away. And that with a phone call, we could have gotten the licenses. To answer your question, no it is not a start up business. And he knows better.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Its a very small company that designs circuit boards. Yeah, Electrical Engineers and Software Developers, who need someone else to setup and maintain their networks, install virus patches, and now install their software. Amazingly, some of these guys don't even know how to copy a file using windows explorer. One of them asked me if I could create a shortcut on his desktop for the command prompt. I think I'll tell them that their PCs need new State Inspection Stickers, we might even need to align the headlights.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Its now 2:38 am and I just got off the phone with a client. He called because he really needs me to show up tommorrow morning and install Office XP Pro on 12 machines. He apparently went to Best Buy and bought 12 copies of Office. Does anybody here folow my concern? He knows he could of went to the Computer Shop and bought Office XP with 12 licenses for a lot less. We have a mutual friend that has done the licensing for his OSes and saved him considerable money. Beyond that he said he'd pay me the usual. I'm not complaining, but he pays me from the time I leave home, till the time I get home. And its not like its 10 bucks an hour or anything. I just can't understand how a business has that much money to just throw around, especially with the economy the way it is right now. Anybody else have a client that would pay $500 bucks for a $20 doloar program? It just boggles my mind.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Little Hondas like that sell for about $4000 - $5000 (US) around here.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Individuals who either haven't heard that attachments are bad, No offense, but can't we just shoot all the AOLers, it would solve so many problems.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Unfortunately, I don't think it would go well with the red velvet cake I'm having. MMMMM........ cake .........

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Local Disk - c:\ 30 Gig Western Digital WD 120 Gig - f:\ 120 Gig Western Digital MXT 80 Gig - g:\ 80 Gig Maxtor ThumbDrive - i:\ 128 Mb USB Thumbdrive

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Currently using a dual head nVidia card. I ordered a Matrox Parhelia[^] card, which has three heads. The dual card that I'm using now is an AGP card, I tried installing a PCI video card, thinking that maybe with Win XP I could get it to work. Though the card installed with all the drivers, the system would not allow me to use both AGP and PCI video. I have a buyer for the dual head card, so that plus some deep digging for cash gets me the matrox card. Of course, now I'm waiting for someone to tell me that the two cards could have worked, but then I wouldn't have an excuse to buy a new card. So don't ruin my sorrow. :) You can get a triple Matrox Pahrelia at NewEgg.com[^]

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

After the rebate, you can get one here[^] for only $1199 (US) dollars. X| You even get free shipping !!!!

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

but think of 2 20.1" TFT LCD monitors, side-by-side

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Currently Two: One is used to look through my code library and for explorer functions. The other is for browsing ans Visual Studio. Next week I should have a new video card ( on order ) so I'll have 3 monitors. Can't wait

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

dems fightin' words round here :boxing bob:

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

You made a big mistake. Just wait till you have to use a single monitor on some box, after using dual at home for a while. You'll be crying :((

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Suggestion: throw a biscuit to one side and slowly back away.

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.

Everyone I know (and myself) flocked to sign up for the National Do-Not-Call Registry[^], when it was made available. I'd suggest that everyone sign up to the National Do-Not-Call Registry[^] ASAP. My theory is: if everyone signs-up, and there are no phone numbers left for those bastards to call, then the estimated 2 million of 6.5 million telemarketers that are losing their jobs, will be increased. This is the only time that I agree that someone should lose their jobs. Besides that, I'd like to vent my frustrations at telemarketers now: you %$^&$%# &^%$#@! **&*() kiss my a$$ you ^%&*( *&^%$ :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

"C++ : Where friends have access to your private members." — Gavin Russell Baker.