Me too - born in 1954! I've been "Small Biz. NetWk Support" since 1982. I'm a one man show and the way we keep the quality of our work up and our prices down is that we don't hire employees and we don't pay squat to no landlords! I've never gone out of my way to learn much 'nix and I integrate Macs onto Windows Networks all the time. I don't care - throw it at me - I'll make it dance! As of this years school season it took two weeks for me to get booked through till May next year. I've had a couple of customers over 15 years. My "home based" IT work is just spare change! MS Windows Networking worked (and continues to) for me. I was in "food and beverage" prior to 1982 - Connaught Hotel, Maxim's classy places and I'd still always go back to being a Waiter without a care in the world - but IT Networking pays mo' beddah! Business is great, Life's terrific and people are wonderful....

I love my Lumix DMC-ZS7 Leica Lens, 16x Zoom/12x Optical, HDMI, Tons of features and auto modes or, just use the "Automatic Intelligent/Ai" mode. Great Battery life, GPS, Large 3inch screen. Bought it at Costco for about $300 US. That was 6 months ago. It's probably $200 by now!

There's a sig out there by someone in Slashdot land attributed to Henry Ford: If i'd 've asked my customers what they wanted they'd 've said "a faster horse"...

This is Spam! Citi, on behalf of Sears, has decided to spam me daily with notifications of my balance due. This despite my "opt-in" to be to be notified monthly and the fact that my "opt-in" request was working "once a month" until last week. And, No. I am not overdue, late, in arrears or in any other negative Citi space! I did bring this spam to Citi's attention. They replied that my email was forwarded to "someone who doesn't give a flying fuck" although, not in so many words! And, the next "higher-up the food chainer" hasn't replied with substantive apologies or solutions at all. As usual, Citi doesn't give a flying fuck about the individual. I shall have to report this as Spam and hope they hit the SORBS list. Please, use "Spamgrabber" with your Outlook 2007/10 email client and report ALL Spam from your financial institutions. Who cares if it isn't clearly Spam? Just use the principle of "Balanced Reciprocity"! I have no idea, for those using other email clients, how you easily report Spam without an add-in like this ??.

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That's OK. MS can just "lock'er down" like some of the competition, make 'er proprietary, claim IP, hire the codebreakers, turn-the-tables on the courts over accessibility and O/S binding and no-one can touch the MBR. Not allowed. But wait..... the MS whiners...

Second. Don't want my do-re-mi going to a war overseas. Now, if they would just take care of the infrastructure, make it affordable to be healthy, house the homeless... and hold their heads up proud and high. Then, we might take a bus over the border for a half-day. Maybe.

Lemme see now; I pay good tax money for the benefit of militarists and government 9 to fivers. I have a share in being their employer. If it were me I'd fire the lot of their sorry asses. Not 'cos they're on Pron sites but because their against my company's IT policy. Oh, wait. I'm Canadian and only get to pay taxes without a vote. Here's Pron: Let me pull my pants down a little lower! Darn! will one of you Americans please fire them for me. Thanks.

Move. Fast!

Saw this one today for the first time. Godder figgered out pretty easy but thanks for dougknox link - that helps my income to $2500 pm!!

That's the correct attitude - except for the "i'm going to do it anyway" part!

1).. Why on earth would you work on putting anyone else's but your own webpages at the top of serps?
2).. Fuck the suits and ties. Fuck 'em!
3).. If you can do it for a playcheque then you can do it better for yourself. Have courage!
4).. DON'T give the big search engine boy's what they want - they'll screw you over next year.
5).. take the long term approach. As an example search for "best selling laptops 2011" and tell me who i am.

Fuck Google, Fuck Bing. We have the power - Use IT!

That's right. The US is lagging a bit behind those near-east citizens rising up against those who stole everything in their countries. Fuck the Pignorami. I know which side I'm on.

The *** Insert government body here (e.g. DoD, IRS, etc..)*** are also a bunch of kids inconveniencing people - especially the less fortunate. Such inflammatory & value laden rhetoric leaves no doubt as to which side of the revolutionary fence you sit on.

Well, I think they are heroic crusaders and I do admire them. But then again I always like Robin Hood too.

The US was ever a bully wielding economic clout as one of their sticks. I am happy to be living in these times of a visibly declining world power and "spy vs. spy" internet activities. Really it's just a matter of knowing which side of the fence you're on when the revolution comes. And I, will be leading the mobs into Harrods!