Better safe than sorry?

Now that's funny!

I thought YouTube was all about viral.....
/

Youtube is part of the media that needs to be cleansed anyway.

"Did you wash before touching this keyboard?"

/uhm, no?

Wow, Computer Associates, that's a blast out of the past. I didn't even know they were still in business.

These guys ruined a xbase programming platform called Clipper (which was my primary programing platform in the 80's) when they purchased the product and turned it into Visual Clipper.

No Clipper programmer could even figure out how the new product related to the old product. It was like a horse of a different color. totally killed the whole platform.

Microsoft picked up the ball with Visual Foxpro, and other xbase platform, thank goodness. Kept me in business for another 5 years until I switched to Oracle.

Computer Associates, A1 assholes.

re: #4 NYCHardhat

Youtube is part of the media that needs to be cleansed anyway.

re: #4 NYCHardhat

Youtube is part of the media that needs to be cleansed anyway.

Did you forget to unplug your internet so it could drain?'
Shame on you!
;-P

re: #6 Walter L. Newton

Wow, Computer Associates, that's a blast out of the past. I didn't even know they were still in business.

These guys ruined a xbase programming platform called Clipper (which was my primary programing platform in the 80's) when they purchased the product and turned it into Visual Clipper.

No Clipper programmer could even figure out how the new product related to the old product. It was like a horse of a different color. totally killed the whole platform.

Microsoft picked up the ball with Visual Foxpro, and other xbase platform, thank goodness. Kept me in business for another 5 years until I switched to Oracle.

Computer Associates, A1 assholes.

One correction, they called the product "Visual Objects."

re: #6 Walter L. Newton

Wow, Computer Associates, that's a blast out of the past. I didn't even know they were still in business.

These guys ruined a xbase programming platform called Clipper (which was my primary programing platform in the 80's) when they purchased the product and turned it into Visual Clipper.

No Clipper programmer could even figure out how the new product related to the old product. It was like a horse of a different color. totally killed the whole platform.

Microsoft picked up the ball with Visual Foxpro, and other xbase platform, thank goodness. Kept me in business for another 5 years until I switched to Oracle.

Computer Associates, A1 assholes.

For a guy like me, reading this stuff is great - it's like finding a piece of polemic written during the heat of some obscure political dispute in some Central European nation that ceased to exist ca. WWI. There's something intensely interesting about the passion that can be stirred up by things most people have never heard of.

Hello again, Lizards.

re: #10 goddessoftheclassroom

Hello again, Lizards.

{GOTC} Good evening to you.

re: #12 NYCHardhat

?

Whoops, my number 12 should look like this. Is this funny?

re: #11 jcm

{GOTC} Good evening to you.

{jcm}
Our school is piloting a new literature book, and so far I'm impressed. The selection we're reading now is from Lady Bird Johnson's A White House Diary, JFK's assassination.

Charles, I've had this happen all day when I open LGF and my own homepage using IE on my work laptop. When opened them using Firefox within another application they were fine.

Since I have a happy handy help desk at my disposal they scoured everything for me and said there was no danger.

re: #15 jcm

This is funnier...

That was a happy accident.

re: #14 NYCHardhat

I think this is funny-

9-YEAR-OLD REVEALS DATING SECRETS

He's only 9, but this pint-sized pickup artist already knows plenty about pleasing the ladies.

"It is easy to spot pretty girls because they have big earrings, fancy dresses and all the jewelry," he writes in Chapter Three.

"Pretty girls are like cars that need a lot of oil."

re: #15 jcm

This is funnier...

Haha! Mine screwed up too....

re: #9 Guanxi88

That passion was kindled by products that DID WHAT THEY PURPORTED to do, Guan! And they did it on PC computers, running at -say- 4.77 MHz (very slow by today's standards) with 512 KB of RAM and twin 360-K floppy-disk drives and monochrome green monitors...

They were authentic! And people like Walter authentically WORKED (produced) in those programs, solving real-world problems for real people, using RBase and xBase and FoxPro...

re: #19 Sharmuta

I think this is funny-

9-YEAR-OLD REVEALS DATING SECRETS

I did see this in the New York Post this morning. It seems that being NICE to girls is the best method. Wow, now I can sleep at night.

re: #19 Sharmuta

In his book, published by HarperCollins, he suggests holding off on falling in love until at least middle school.

LMAO!

re: #22 NYCHardhat

I did see this in the New York Post this morning. It seems that being NICE to girls is the best method. Wow, now I can sleep at night.

Now you tell me........

It's not a problem I've seen.... I don't go to YouTube much in any case.

OT: The media is beginning to unload on Obama:

On Monday’s “No Bias, No Bull” program, CNN’s Campbell Brown lashed out at President-Elect Barack Obama for his flippant response to a reporter’s question: “Mr. President-Elect, reporters, we hope, are going to ask you a lot of annoying questions over the next four years. Get used to it. That is the job of the media, to hold you accountable. But this isn’t just about the media. It’s about the American people, many of whom voted for you because of what you said during the campaign, and they have a right to know which of those things you meant and which you didn’t. Apparently, as you made clear today, you didn't mean what you said about Hillary Clinton. So, what else didn’t you mean?”

What color do you suppose the sky is on her planet?

Go read the whole thing, then follow the links to the originals. It's amazing what's coming out now that the election is over, isn't it?

/

re: #24 jcm

Now you tell me........

I know, RIGHT.

re: #6 Walter L. Newton

I remember a company called Electronic Associates back in the 60's and 70's. I wonder if they were tied into CA?

re: #8 Walter L. Newton

One correction, they called the product "Visual Objects."

Good evening Walter...
We could talk about this for hours..But I'm sure nobody cares..
But.. Technology evolves rapidly..
It's like a Visual Basic 5 using foxpro bitching about Vista Compatibility..
And BTW..as Hindsight is..
If in the old days Microsoft had put forth an Access Pro Database program and all the bolt-on's for Business.. Oracle would be in competition with somebody.

re: #25 Steffan

It's not a problem I've seen.... I don't go to YouTube much in any case.

OT: The media is beginning to unload on Obama:

What color do you suppose the sky is on her planet?

Go read the whole thing, then follow the links to the originals. It's amazing what's coming out now that the election is over, isn't it?

/

Wow, if only the media had known before that he had the potential to be like this. /
Looks like they're starting to realize that there is plenty of room under the magic bus for them.

How to Talk to Girls only $9.99 at Amazon!

re: #27 stevieray

IIRC, Computer Associates had a Lotus-123 compatible program, spreadsheet-cum-database, and Electronic Arts did Games...

re: #19 Sharmuta

I think this is funny-

9-YEAR-OLD REVEALS DATING SECRETS

That's nothing. My four-year-old already has a 10-year-old neighbor he calls girlfriend. When she comes over to visit, the first thing he says is "Hey girlfriend, you want to see my room?"

The kid is smooth, let me tell you and way ahead of his daddy. I probably waited until I was 11 or 12 before propositioning the young ladies.

re: #30 Sharmuta

How to Talk to Girls only $9.99 at Amazon!

I quit doing that 5 years ago. I will only talk to you Sharm.

Prior to marriage, I worried about false positives, but all that is behind me now...

re: #30 Sharmuta

How to Talk to Girls only $9.99 at Amazon!

But I'd rather talk to women.
Girls are just too silly.
OH-MY-GOD-HE-SAID-THAT!

msnbc.com: BREAKING NEWS: NBC News declares GOP's Saxby Chambliss the projected winner in Ga. Senate race

re: #29 livefreeor die

Wow, if only the media had known before that he had the potential to be like this. /
Looks like they're starting to realize that there is plenty of room under the magic bus for them.

You asked for it, you got it, tyr-annnnnny.....

re: #21 Karridine

That passion was kindled by products that DID WHAT THEY PURPORTED to do, Guan! And they did it on PC computers, running at -say- 4.77 MHz (very slow by today's standards) with 512 KB of RAM and twin 360-K floppy-disk drives and monochrome green monitors...

They were authentic! And people like Walter authentically WORKED (produced) in those programs, solving real-world problems for real people, using RBase and xBase and FoxPro...

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm not saying anything about the product and what it did and what happened to it. All I'm saying is that these sort of things, when they come up, reveal a rich world the very existence of which I had not suspected. Trust me, folks in my field can get pretty worked up about things that would bore you to death if we tried to explain it. And we'd have to explain it, because nobody, but NOBODY gives a damn about it.

It's like a Visual Basic 5 ( programmer ) using foxpro bitching about Vista Compatibility..
Whoops..bad sentence..And to think Goddessoftheclassroom in in the room..
/Don't flunk me! Please!
LOL

re: #27 stevieray

I remember a company called Electronic Associates back in the 60's and 70's. I wonder if they were tied into CA?

IIRC, when I was running a 386 (Win 3.1, MSDOS 6.2) fifteen years ago (jeez) I had a very rudimentary flight simulator program by them - Chuck Yeager's Flight Simulator, IIRC. It had a number of planes and a very very simple world. The planes, IIRC, included an F-16, an X-15, and a space shuttle. If you crashed, you got a graphic of Chuck frowning at you.

re: #34 maddogg

Prior to marriage, I worried about false positives, but all that is behind me now...

Not old enough for a colonoscopy yet are ya'?

re: #41 jcm

Not old enough for a colonoscopy yet are ya'?

Now that was an ass-inine comment.

re: #40 Steffan

IIRC, when I was running a 386 (Win 3.1, MSDOS 6.2) fifteen years ago (jeez) I had a very rudimentary flight simulator program by them - Chuck Yeager's Flight Simulator, IIRC. It had a number of planes and a very very simple world. The planes, IIRC, included an F-16, an X-15, and a space shuttle. If you crashed, you got a graphic of Chuck frowning at you.

I used to covet that game.

re: #41 jcm

Not old enough for a colonoscopy yet are ya'?

Dogs don't get that damned old...

CA used to be an internic registry or something too weren't they?

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

Ever see an 18 month boy old flirt? Talk about devastating. Still craps his pants but can rope in the ladies.

re: #36 HelloDare

msnbc.com: BREAKING NEWS: NBC News declares GOP's Saxby Chambliss the projected winner in Ga. Senate race

Whoo hoo! There goes the easy filibuster-proof majority! Of course, that's provided some idiot RINOs don't jump ship.

re: #33 NYCHardhat

I quit doing that 5 years ago. I will only talk to you Sharm.

You can stop vomiting.

re: #38 Guanxi88

I heard you the first time, and was AMPLIFYING your observations, NOT CRITICIZING the, Guanxi...

These passionate Teacup Tempests spring up all over the human playing-field... :D

re: #46 Sharmuta

Ever see an 18 month boy old flirt? Talk about devastating. Still craps his pants but can rope in the ladies.

Same deal with my boy - how do they do it, cause he didn't get it from me/

re: #42 esch

Now that was an ass-inine comment.

I sick an tried of being the butt of jokes around here!

re: #46 Sharmuta

PIMF.

So, Jammie- when can we start calling you "Gramps"? ;)

re: #51 jcm

I sick an tried of being the butt of jokes around here!

Did someone say Democrat?

re: #49 Karridine

I heard you the first time, and was AMPLIFYING your observations, NOT CRITICIZING the, Guanxi...

These passionate Teacup Tempests spring up all over the human playing-field... :D

Good, just making sure I didn't step on any toes. Its pretty fascinating, when you get right down to it, though, isn't it? What a weird animal Man is/

re: #50 Guanxi88

He was so cute, I couldn't help but laugh.

re: #42 esch

oh no, run, the pun thread is stirring to life !

re: #51 jcm

Aw man, I had a whole slew of jokes lined up, and you rectum!

re: #54 Guanxi88

Weird animal doesn't even BEGIN to scratch the human surface, Guan! :D

re: #55 Sharmuta

He was so cute, I couldn't help but laugh.

My little guy, he does this shy thing - from the corner of his eye, he starts. Really slick, because by being so very "sneaky", he draws them right in.

Amazing technique, the boy's a natural, he is.

re: #57 esch

Aw man, I had a whole slew of jokes lined up, and you rectum!

rectum, shit,it killed him.

re: #43 Guanxi88

The world was orange and all of the airports were shaped like Ls. There was a very fun obstacle course, IIRC, and you could change planes in mid-flight. I'd take the X-15 up to the edge of "space" and switch to the shuttle.

I miss that game.

re: #59 Guanxi88

My little guy, he does this shy thing - from the corner of his eye, he starts. Really slick, because by being so very "sneaky", he draws them right in.

Amazing technique, the boy's a natural, he is.

That's what this one did! LOL I guess us ladies are suckers for that.

re: #61 Steffan

The world was orange and all of the airports were shaped like Ls. There was a very fun obstacle course, IIRC, and you could change planes in mid-flight. I'd take the X-15 up to the edge of "space" and switch to the shuttle.

I miss that game.

Oh, to be 18 again!

re: #60 rain of lead

rectum, shit,it killed him.

Hind sight is 20/20

I have CA software because it is free from my ISP. It sucks.

re: #47 livefreeor die

Whoo hoo! There goes the easy filibuster-proof majority! Of course, that's provided some idiot RINOs don't jump ship.

Don't worry, they will.

In the meantime, Franken is lawyering up and is likely going to try to take it to the Senate. I don't think a lot of people in MN are very happy with him right now, and Harry Reid might not want to be in the cross hairs for this one.

re: #63 Guanxi88

Oh, to be 18 again!

No foolin'. The only caveat is, "knowing what we know now." I made too many dumbass mistakes back then. I'd rather be a little bit less obtuse, so I can make all new mistakes.

36 HelloDare

msnbc.com: BREAKING NEWS: NBC News declares GOP's Saxby Chambliss the projected winner in Ga. Senate race

Must be a real buzzkill for pmsnbc to report that. Good news. Good news.

60 rain of lead

re: #57 esch

Aw man, I had a whole slew of jokes lined up, and you rectum!

rectum, shit,it killed him.

Don't worry. He survived, but he was left with only a semicolon.

re: #68 RedWhiteAndJew

36 HelloDare

Must be a real buzzkill for pmsnbc to report that. Good news. Good news.

60% to 40%. More like a steamroller.

70 Steffan

re: #68 RedWhiteAndJew

36 HelloDare

Must be a real buzzkill for pmsnbc to report that. Good news. Good news.

60% to 40%. More like a steamroller.

Ya'know. Sometimes that line from the Indigo Girls,

"[w]hen G-d made me born a Yankee, He was teasing,"

really resonates with me.

re: #19 Sharmuta

I think this is funny-

9-YEAR-OLD REVEALS DATING SECRETS

For some reason I just thought about Bill Clinton.

/Why would that happen?

re: #52 Sharmuta

PIMF.

So, Jammie- when can we start calling you "Gramps"? ;)

Hopefully not until around 2030 at the earliest.

The odious use of YouTube by Islamist propagandists is finally getting some mainstream attention. Hopefully some pressure will be brought to bear on YouTube's editorial management, though Reuters reports that "YouTube, a unit of Google Inc., could not immediately be reached for comment..."

"Islamic extremists being coaxed toward YouTube"
[Link: www.reuters.com...]

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Islamic extremists are being instructed on how to use the popular video-sharing site YouTube as a way to disseminate propaganda videos, a U.S.-based terrorism monitor said on Tuesday.

Militants are being encouraged to use the online site through postings on other Islamic forums on the Internet, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

Last week, an extremist authored step-by-step instructions on posting video to YouTube, which he described as "one of the most famous and biggest international sites that publish sections of videos from all over the world."

The posting encourages readers to post scenes of Western forces coming under attack to, it says, "shame the Crusaders by publishing clips of videos showing their losses, which they hid for a long time."

Islamic extremists have long used the Internet as a tool to communicate with supporters and distribute propaganda but the latest posting specifically coaxes militants towards YouTube and touts it as a user-friendly tool.

"I say that the YouTube site is one of the easiest sites to record and upload the clips," the posting states, pointing readers to the software they might need to publish on the Internet.

"I ask you, by Allah, as soon as you read this subject, to start recording on YouTube, and to start cutting and uploading and posting clips on the jihadist, Islamic, and general forums," the posting states.

YouTube, a unit of Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), could not immediately be reached for comment on how it might respond to the types of postings described in the message.

The message author calls for a "YouTube Invasion" by militants and includes several screenshots showing step by step instructions on how to create a YouTube account and to upload material.

The video-sharing site has often been a chosen venue for users to post controversial clips and other material.

In March, Pakistani authorities ordered Internet service providers to block the website after it ran material deemed insulting to Islam.

(Reporting by Patrick Rucker; Editing by Eric Beech)

re: #67 Steffan

I thought mistakes were the fun part! You go back to 18 knowing all the mistakes you made then, and then you make completely new ones!

Also...is that...Ranma?

We use CA software in my office to remote to PC's and for virus protection. The RC software is good when it works. The number of running processes it takes to keep the whole package running is often rather taxing on my system. I regularly have to wait for my HD to stop thrashing around before I can do anything without it hanging while some background process is running.

It's no surprise to me that their virus protection somehow thinks streaming video is a virus threat.

Charles, since this is a tech related thread.

One of the features of your site I like best is the top rated links. Any thoughts on something that does inbound links with click count? I think it might be interesting to see who is linking to LGF and how many people those links bring to you.

A five or six years ago at work had a similar incident with PKZIP. Norton Anti-Virus software was tagging everything ZIPed with PKZIP as having a virus. Unfortunately I was the PKZIP user, and our IT dept went bananas. Took a day for Norton to figure it out, and they sent out an update the next day, but meanwhile a bunch of files were pulled from our servers, and some customers who had downloaded the files were also getting the virus notifications. Those false positives can create havoc.

cool youtube trick

[Link: www.lockergnome.com...]

this link tells how to link to a youtube video to jump to a specific time

it is a bit confusing but basically

just append

#t=1m45s

to the you tube link if you want to jump to the 1 minute and 45 second point in the video

so

instead of having to watch the whole britany spears video

here (note spaces added for full link display)

h ttp:// w ww .y outube.com/watch?v=TkIytHD5v9c

toxic

you can jump to the point where she is scantily dressed

at one minute and 2 seconds

so I added

#t=1m2s to the original link

h ttp[Link: w...] ww.youtube.com/watch?v=TkIytHD5v9c#t=1m2s

Anybody out there have an Acer monitor? I'm thinking of buying this one.

Any opinions?

AVG Anti-virus ftw

I guess this is a good place to ask, but has LGF started using pop-up ads? Every now and then I get a pop-up block alert from IE7 (Firefox too I think) when Inavigate over to LGF for my daily fix.