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| Thread ID: 117930 | 2011-05-11 04:55:00 | For those who are bored... | bot (15449) | PC World Chat |
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| 1201356 | 2011-05-11 07:05:00 | Hey SJ - I thought you lived in California - what's with all the snow on the orange groves and grape vines? | tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1201357 | 2011-05-11 07:12:00 | OK --- I just got outta the shower on my way to bed and saw your post - and YES - we get snow here in California at 4,000 feet. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1201358 | 2011-05-11 07:30:00 | And I know why you can't! That wasn't you FACE you posted on it. I gotta go take my medications now. G'nite all. I know why I won't:- home.nzcity.co.nz |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1201359 | 2011-05-11 11:13:00 | Me, after a few large speights. | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1201360 | 2011-05-11 15:00:00 | I know why I won't:- home.nzcity.co.nz - this is all over the news here this AM and a lot of profiles and pixs are now scooped up by advertisers and that's making a lot of people very angry. I don't use any social sites except for Buzz, and that's just for my pixs that I post and I never make any comments. Somehow I don't think Buzz is anywhere near the same - security wise or troublesome at all. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1201361 | 2011-05-11 16:07:00 | . . . <edit> . . . . . . and then there's this from GMSV this morning in my mailbox::: ibid: Microsoft has a huge opportunity here — if it doesn’t do what some expect it and other big companies to do, which is to buy a good product or service, then ruin it . Does this redeem eBay? The San Jose company bought Skype in 2005 for $2 . 6 billion, realized it had made a mistake, then unloaded 70 percent of its stake in 2009 . It looks like eBay will recoup its original purchase price in what seems to be a pretty good deal for it and Silicon Valley venture capital firms Silver Lake Partners and Andreessen Horowitz . They are unloading an 8-year-old company still struggling to make money . And what a payoff for Skype, which last year announced it would be going public but delayed doing so . The Wall Street Journal points out that Luxembourg-based Skype has had a “mixed history as an operating business,” losing $7 million last year on revenue of $860 million . Skype has many users, but a lot of them are attracted to the company’s free services . The company said in an SEC filing in April that it has 145 million monthly users, but only 8 . 8 million of them are paying customers . There’s always a Facebook angle . Some, such as GigaOm’s Om Malik, who first reported that a Microsoft-Skype deal was possible, say the deal could benefit Facebook . Malik says that because Microsoft is an investor in the social network, Facebook could get access to Skype’s technology . Felix Salmon of Reuters points out that even if Facebook had wanted to buy Skype itself, the social networking company was at a disadvantage because it is privately held . Personally I don't care if EvilBay gets knackered or not - actually I'd like to see it fail for reasons that are not entirely my own - and with this new found windfall it may be resurrected a-priori it's eventual demise . Remember too that what appears to be a full-reclamation of funds that it spend a few years ago, that the US dollar has slid (slud?) to a totally different face value and this bodes badly in the 'recapturing it's youth' vein for EvilBay . So now that M$ has Skype - which isn't as good as G-Call anyway - I expect it to go into the toilet as I view ALL M$ has done in the past as predatory and over managed, is doing business as usual in the present and will continue on the same road to degradation and self-abuse in the future . Clap your hands for Tinkerbell . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1201362 | 2011-05-11 16:29:00 | This is my Chevy Blazer pulling a logging trailer:: . googleusercontent . com/_cRmowvPKcq4/TU-T1k99i4I/AAAAAAAAG3I/s3wZiht2VMU/s640/100_6702 . JPG" target="_blank">lh3 . googleusercontent . com This is my stepson, David in the light of our fireplace at home:: . googleusercontent . com/_cRmowvPKcq4/TQHbbt3BdpI/AAAAAAAAGrg/PfMJriAwzSc/s512/100_7377 . JPG" target="_blank">lh5 . googleusercontent . com This is where I am right now, writing and C/P'ing these pixs and comments:: . googleusercontent . com/_cRmowvPKcq4/TQHbYxTslBI/AAAAAAAAGrg/GWL1WHsK-v8/s640/100_7372 . JPG" target="_blank">lh5 . googleusercontent . com 1) That's awesome! What kind of motor do you have in that, what year is it and how much would one cost?? 2) You need to get him a proper hat . 3) Those cables are nearly as messy as mine . |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1201363 | 2011-05-11 16:39:00 | Remember too that what appears to be a full-reclamation of funds that it spend a few years ago, that the US dollar has slid (slud?) to a totally different face value and this bodes badly in the 'recapturing it's youth' vein for EvilBay . With some rough calculations, Ebay made a profit . If they 70% of the company in 2009 and only had 30% now they would have made 2 . 55 billion from MS alone . From the sale 70% last year, I assume they made a crap load on that too over two billion there too . So overall, I'm pretty sure they made a 2-3 billion out of it . 2 . 6 billion @ 2005 is ~2 . 9 in 2010, so there wasn't much of a loss there . . gl/DUosu" target="_blank">goo . gl |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1201364 | 2011-05-11 17:16:00 | 1) That's awesome! What kind of motor do you have in that, what year is it and how much would one cost?? 2) You need to get him a proper hat . 3) Those cables are nearly as messy as mine . 1) The 1986 Chevy Blazer K5 has a 350ci/5 . 7L engine in it with a stroker kit to take it to 383ci/6 . 3L with a Crane 'Street-Tork-R' camshaft and an Edelbrock Lo-Riser 4-bbl intake and a QuadraJet carb . I used the 1 . 8:1 ratio roller rockers with chrome moly pushrods and Perfect Circle stem seals in the heads with the 2 . 02' 78CC big chambered heads to keep the fuel requirements to a happy cost-effect value . I built a 7-speed automatic Allison transmission with a one-ton heavy-duty transfer case for the 4WD with straight-cut gears to increase torque transfer . Rear differential is a Gov-Lok and the front is Posi-Traction for all 4 wheels to pull evenly . I added a 2 1/4" exhaust system with dual collectors into a 4" inlet, low-restriction ceramic muffler and then I have dual 2 1/4" pipes out the rear . I have multiple tire/rim combinations for this vehicle and as they will also fit my Isuzu, that makes it easy to swap them around to each other for the various seasonal needs . Right there in that pix I have my 245/75R16 tires on it and I also have a set of 33X13 . 50R15s for it too . I have another set of 32X11 . 50R15s and on the Isuzu at the moment I run 31X10 . 50R15s . . googleusercontent . com/_Zba6mXGkeuA/SM6b3G9vBmI/AAAAAAAAArA/8yVtJjJRckU/K5_Larger_frontview . jpg" target="_blank">lh6 . googleusercontent . com As far as value for the K5 - well it's anybody's guess as they are long ago out of production . But I have had offers on the street to buy it for $7,500 . 00USD/$9,467 . 09NZD - which I have not accepted . I recently hauled 7 . 7metric tonnes to Arizona with it . 2) The hat is non-negotiable . 3) This is my much-simplified wiring system since I took the other puter off this desk and moved it into another bedroom for my wife to use . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1201365 | 2011-05-11 20:45:00 | May as well post a picture of me :D Me, at my 18th. (Obviously I'm the guy on the far left :p) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
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