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Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:26 pm

Don't be hatin'... At least it's not as bad as Vista.

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:29 pm

Oh, please, Vista hate is SO 2007. Service Pack 1 came out months ago, and fixed the early shipment issues. Vista is as stable as XP, but it's gotten so much negative press that it's become the pariah in the industry. Hence, Windows slapping a new GUI on it and calling it Windows 7 (the beta of which has gotten substantial good press).

Now, you want a real dog of an OS? Check out Windows ME. That thing was a turd.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:36 pm

Which is why I use XP. Before XP, we used '98.

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:57 pm

Enjoy it while it lasts, man.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/a ... d_now.html

Imogen · Post by **Imogen** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:57 am

windows is just ugly and lame. yay leopard!

i bought a new car today!!! BRAND NEW!!! it's a nissan sentra and i love it. but it needs a name. thoughts?

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:16 am

Imogen wrote:windows is just ugly and lame. yay leopard!

i bought a new car today!!! BRAND NEW!!! it's a nissan sentra and i love it. but it needs a name. thoughts?

bismark jr. would be a good name.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:53 pm

Imogen wrote:windows is just ugly and lame. yay leopard!

i bought a new car today!!! BRAND NEW!!! it's a nissan sentra and i love it. but it needs a name. thoughts?

Linux anyone?

Just kidding. I really like Macs, but I don't have one at home. So I use my Windows XP.

Quiet Lamb · Post by **Quiet Lamb** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:42 pm

I agree, macs all the way. But Vista looks prettier now than anything Windows came out with before, and I really haven't heard too many complaints for people that actually get used to it with all the updates, that is... and anyone that knows what they are doing can always have some bit of their heart reserved for Linux.

You know, the first time I read Imogen's comment, I read "NEW BRAND!!!" I thought, when has Nissan been a new brand all the sudden? You just have to laugh at those moments.

So I just gave a 20 minute talk in church, to two wards. I choked-- I shook the whole time, sweated bullets, and if I looked up from my talk (actually if I did or not), I would fumble over words. I did not look up basically the rest of the time... and I pushed my bible off the podium. Great way to show everyone I'm back home for a couple months. Argh. I hope someone got something out of it besides my humiliation and a laugh.

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:57 pm

Quiet Lamb wrote:I hope someone got something out of it besides my humiliation and a laugh.

I bet someone got something more out of it.

I haven't spoken in sacrament since my homecoming talk(s), I guess I might be invisible.

Cognoscente · Post by **Cognoscente** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:29 pm

I'm actually using Ubuntu 8.10 right now. It's rock solid stable, super fast, FREE, and it looks gorgeous. And in 15 minutes I can make it look just like OSX 10.5 OR Vista. Plus I have the rotating cube desktop. It's amazing.

Now, if only I could get the right hardware drivers to work...

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:36 am

I just want you all to know that I did not die on the way to school today.

Unit of Energy · Post by **Unit of Energy** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:47 am

That's a good thing. I'm glad that you are still living.

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:15 am

As am I. The literary world would be at a loss if you died prematurely due to snow.

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:33 pm

Hey, UoE, I just barely saw you. You seemed to be in class in the HFAC.

Unit of Energy · Post by **Unit of Energy** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:52 pm

I probably was. I'm in an art class and we were looking at the art gallery.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:29 pm

Direct Transcript: (almost)

[Phone rings]

Me: Hello?
Telemarketer (TM): Hello, Mrs. Schwartz?
Me: Umm, no... This is her SON.
TM: Oh, well can I talk to Mrs Schwartz?
Me: No.
[Long pause]
TM: Hello?
Me: Hi... (With a tone of "I don't frankly care what you say next")
TM: So, can I talk to Mrs. Schwartz?
Me: No.
TM: Well, where is she?
Me: I didn't say she wasn't here. I just said you couldn't talk to her. (She wasn't home, anyways)
TM: Well, why not? (With a genuine "Why not?" tone of voice)
Me: Because you called me a woman.
TM: No I didn't!
Me: Yes you did! I answered the phone, and you said "Hello, Mrs. Schwartz"
TM: No I didn't! I said Mister!
Me: No you didn't!
TM: Yes, you did!
Me: Yes you did! I'm hanging up now.
TM: But...
Me: Goodbye.

[click]

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:50 pm

That's funny Gio. I like the ones where I get a call from some place that is trying to extend my warranty on my car. After explaining to them that it is a 15 year old car that I bought used and the mileage it has (137,000 miles or so), I ask them why they think I need to extend my warranty. It's fun to hear them try to think of something.

Unit of Energy · Post by **Unit of Energy** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:10 pm

My sister proposes marriage to the recordings. And my mom once told a telemarketer "Thanks for thinking of us" and the kid on the other end was so surprised that he said goodbye and hung up.

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:15 pm

ARRG SISTERS ARRG

Unit of Energy · Post by **Unit of Energy** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:32 pm

What did they do?