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I was outside doing some work when I noticed that the tulips and daffodils are coming up. What a great winter we are having 
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Damn, it's hell on wheels here in hamster land. -20 to -30C seems to be the norm. 
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: in hamster land.
Strange - don't you normally get Tulips from hamster land?
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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Good catch! Clearly I have food on the brain. 
/ravi
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Wow, that's awesome. Well played sir.
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Yes - we have flowers blooming as well. "Crocuses" apparently - I only recognize two forms of plant: "Grass" and "Tree". Everything else is a complication I leave to Herself.
I will (under duress) mow the grass, but I draw the line at anything else.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I will (under duress) mow the grass, but I draw the line at anything else.
I draw the line at sand.
/ravi
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Here in SC and in FL as well snow is on the way Weds. and wind chills in the low teens, last time this happened was in 89!
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Back in 2004, the Upstate region of South Carolina (Rock Hill specifically) got a snow storm in February - 18 inches in one day. What would have been a 45 minute commute home took 3 hours.
And, no, it doesn't happen very often, but when it does... well, just stay off the roads. Even if YOU know how to drive in it, MOST of them don't.
Tim
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Stay off the roads because all the non-driving idiots are out in force, they can't even drive the roads when it rains so when it snows well...
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Mike Hankey wrote: Ravi we don't want your weather
Nor do I! 
/ravi
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I can imagine y'all have been slammed.
Hopefully it will be an early spring for y'all?
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PJ Arends wrote: What a great winter we are having
I'm happy to send you some nice white fertilizer. 
Marc
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Thanks, but no thanks.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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It's been pretty rough here, as well, PJ. In the mid to high-70s, sunny. Ugghh! 
I planted a nectarine tree last weekend, and it's already sprouting new growth!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Poor, poor Roger.
Software Zen: delete this;
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-2°F (-19°C) in northern Illinois - heading to -14°F tonight with 20-30 mph winds just to spice things up.
I LOVE ILLINOIS! I Love Illinois! I love Illinois! i love illinois...
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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51 today in Nome Alaska.
i believe they broke a record. 
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I heard they had to postpone a few stages of the Iditarod due to warm temperatures and a lack of snow.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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-8 right now, was -20 this morning with -49 windchill, schools closed 3 times in the last week.
Polar Vortex[^] they're calling it, I call it %#@*&!, Ravi's description is far too nice a way to describe it.
Then the crazy canucks blow up a pipe line [^] (By accident, of course) and the utility companies are telling us to turn the heat down to 60F (16C) so we doin't run out of gas.
F-f-f-f-f-f-f -freeze off!
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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The only two-lips in this area are blue,
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-2°C here this morning. Tomorrow there is "some" snow expected. Brrr..
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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Congrats, you just managed to get hated by everyone who experiences less than 0°C outside right now. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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It's so cold (how cold is it?)... our tulips and daffodils are now superconducting. The flowerbed is a 4.7 teraflop Beowulf cluster.
Software Zen: delete this;
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First,
I feel compelled to write Steve Ballmer:
Dear Mr. Ballmer,
I have NEVER owned an iPod, iPhone or other Apple Device in my life. I have been Happy in DOS, Windows, and Unix my whole life.
And I feel pretty smart. I finally gave up Windows XP Pro for Windows 7 Pro, and I LOVE IT. Start->Search is my favorite feature.
Then, you came out with windows 8. I am a touch typist. I prefer the DOS shell to the windows shell, and I already hate "Run as administrator" but I got over it.
Then, you came out with windows 8. For which the only word is HATE! I lose my start menu. I lose my quick and easy search.
But today, an old client called. They wanted to backup a CONFIGURATION FILE from software I wrote 13yrs ago for them. But we just installed it on Windows 8 (a nightmare of UAC settings and rebooting, I might add)... So this, was a great idea.
So I launch the explorer, and I CANNOT FIND the directory. (It is under C:\Program Files(x86)\xxx\RIGHT_FRIGGING_HERE
Strange. I launch the OTHER SOFTWARE which uses the DATA in that directory (and the configuration information). It finds it, in its own UI. It is there.
Oh, okay, I will right click (from inside that programs OPEN window) and Copy...
Go to the USB Drive, Click PASTE (and get an error message that the file is no longer there. Which is a LIE. The File cannot be seen because of some FRIGGING Security concept that Windows thinks makes sense).
Usually, I would go to a DOS prompt in administrator mode. BUT I CANNOT FIND IT in windows 8 in a way that I can click and tell it to run in administrator made.
***
I am sorry. I should NOT have to take a CLASS on how to use a computer.
To make a long story short... I bought my First Mac... Thanks to you Mr. Ballmer. And you know what. It has security features too. But it lets me get passed them. It lets me get to a shell (cmd prompt), and I can work from there.
So, Mr. Ballmer. I am GLAD YOU ARE LEAVING. You took a computer, and made it LOOK NICE while making it about as USEFUL to someone as a BRICK. We don't have touch screens.
Until I found and installed Classic Shell for my wife, she was ready to throw her new laptop through some window(s)... Pun Intended.
You should have included a message on the home page:
"Welcome to Windows 8:
You are effectively restricted from accessing anything useful, so go find a tablet to surf the web from. We think the iPad is particularly useful in these matters. Meanwhile, what the screen while your "panels" flip and buzz and change, in order to mess with the ADD kids or the ones taking drugs... They will be drawn to click on something because it sparkles!
If you want to actually USE your new computer, may we recommend downgrading to Windows 7..."
Ughhh... Rant Over, but my frustration is not!
And on this other computer, I cannot just install Classic Shell... And I am not the administrator. Joy.
I am hoping others throw some complaints I may have missed. And if someone at MSFT knows of an easy way to run "Explorer as an Administrator" I would be all for it (I found a supposed Registry hack to do it, but I lacked sufficient access, and I could not give myself permission to do it, so I wrote this instead)...
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