Tuesday Chesty Open Comments

The Marines just got a new puppy.

His name is Chesty.


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  1. El Gordo Avatar

    Overheard from the CIC:
    Looks and sounds like a racist dog to me. I mean, first of all, it’s white, and who ever heard of an African American sounding name like Chesty? Sorry guys, you need to try again. Meanwhile, get off the rifle range because it’s off for more sensitivity training for your all.

  2. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    He just looks like a Marine.

  3. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Especially that one in Hawaii.

  4. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    You should stick with pure grain alcohol and rainwater a la Buck Turgidson to preserve your Purity of Essence.

    hic-up…. hic-up…. bad advice…. where’s my aspirin?

  5. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. The front sure came rip snorting through last night shortly after 10 around here. Now it’s high clouds and clear patches the stars had shown through at 6 but have surrendered to Dawn’s rosy fingers at the horizon. Was 44 at 6 but down to 42 now. Decent rain yesterday and over night, too dark to read the plastic rain gauge. Thank you, Lord.
    Cute puppy on the red carpet. Does he live in the house behind?

  6. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    El Gordo
    After General Chesty Puller corpulant one.
    SSgt Simple USMC Fleet Marine Retired

  7. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Adee, I would bet that the only dog better cared for might be Reveille over at A&M.

  8. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Gang
    The picture reminds me of a comic strip that I saw at the Nimtz Museum; Pluto – The Army Mascot.
    One of the exibits honored some of the movers and shakers of the time that helped in the was effort. One of them was Walt Disney he made hundreds of patroitc cartoons about WW II.

  9. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #7

    Adee, I would bet that the only dog better cared for might be Reveille over at A&M.

    When daughter worked as a waitress/barkeep at College Station, she said tha Reveille was the ONLY dog allowed into the place except seeing-eye dogs. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  10. Hamous Avatar

    Chicago gun violence? Apparently it’s Sarah Palin’s fault. Oh and CCotR:

    McCarthy in the past has blamed โ€œgovernment-sponsored racismโ€ and Sarah Palin for Chicagoโ€™s gun violence.

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Sarah Palin is not aging well.

  12. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #10 hamous
    aewsome 404 page.
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

  13. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Why is the puppy so wrinkled? Does he have to grow into his skin?

  14. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    They forgot to use the “fluffy” setting on the dryer.

  15. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Found some good stuff on Wall Street Journal site late last night.
    Here are some new notes about the meteor that hit Russia last week.
    If you have 6 minutes to spare and are interested in anthropology, here is an interesting video interview about why Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthal Man and other hominids.

  16. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Info on the puppy’s namesake.
    LG Puller was an eloquent SOB:
    “They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can’t get away from us now!”
    “Great. Now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction.”
    “We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them.” โ€“ November 1950, during Chosin Reservoir campaign

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    RE: Reveille
    I was best friends and dancing partner with a fellow classmate who went on to get the Buck Weirus Spirit Award (his last name is Todorovic). He told me that one day he was stopped somewhere on campus, and Reveille came and started sniffing at his leg. Ika gently used his foot to encourage Reveille to find somewhere else to pee. The E-2 in charge of her was scandalized, but my friend was insistent that he wasn’t going to be used like a fire hydrant.
    I guess the spirit award committee was not informed of his egregious behavior towards Reveille.

  18. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “A science professor at Columbia University on Monday began a quantum mechanics lecture by stripping into his boxers and eating a banana while rap music played in the background.
    Then it got weird.”

  19. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning All
    Here’s who the pup is named after:
    Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller (June 26, 1898 โ€“ October 11, 1971) was a retired general officer of the United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller is one of the most, if not the most, decorated combat Marine in Marine Corps history.
    Puller received the Navy Cross, the Navy and Marine Corps second highest military award, five times (the second and only other person to be so honored, after Navy submarine commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller received the second highest U.S. military award six times; five Navy Crosses and a U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
    Puller’s only Purple Heart was earned at Guadalcanal on the night of November 9, 1942 โ€“ the night before the Marine Corps Birthday. Puller had campaign participation credit (“battle stars”) for Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, and Capture and Occupation of the Southern Palau Islands (Peleliu)
    During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia.

  20. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Yesterday Dee asked why I didn’t do something useful with my time. She suggested I go down to the senior center and hang out and meet some new people.
    So I went and when I got home I told her that I had joined a parachute club.
    She said, “Are you nuts? You’re 72 years old and you’re going to start jumping out of airplanes?”
    I proudly showed her that I even got a membership card.
    She said to me, “Good grief, where are your glasses! This is a membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club.”
    I’m in trouble again, and I don’t know what to do…
    I signed up for five jumps a week.

  21. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    cleaning up some old files on my computer & found this video. I can’t watch it without crying. if you think GOD cannot talk to people, you need to watch this, even a child can hear him if he is listening.
    Logan is a 13 year-old boy who lives on a ranch in a very small town in Nebraska. Logan listens to Christian Radio station 89.3FM KSBJ which broadcasts from Houston, TX. Logan called the radio station distraught because he had to take down a calf . His words have wisdom beyond his years.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCdZwitrNoY

  22. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    25 OT
    Hey, I’m trying to drive!
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  23. Tedtam Avatar

    #25 OLT
    Dang you! I’m running out of tissues!
    /sniff

  24. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I’m heeding the warnings and not watching Oletimer’s video till later.

  25. squawkbox Avatar

    WHOOHOO I made it to a 404 page. ๐Ÿ™‚

  26. Tedtam Avatar

    The Obama curse strikes again.
    When will these businesses learn not to let him darken their doors?

  27. Katfish Avatar

    #30 – That’ll learn em to feed the ‘king’ !

  28. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    From a Brit article on passing gas, I found this unusual use of the word scoff. Although I do scoff at many TV shows.

    Every meal should take at least 20 minutes to eat. Avoid eating while standing up, walking or while watching TV, as all these can cause you to scoff.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2280702/Cheese-cough-medicine–just-baked-beans-cause-wind.html#ixzz2LMefv4in

  29. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    New martial art?
    I’m not sure I’ve heard of one that uses bodily fluids (and semi-fluids) exactly that way before…

  30. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #25 OletimerLin, Dang, I think I got summpin’ in muh eye.

  31. Katfish Avatar

    #33 – GEEZ – “Pardon me mister Rapist or Robber while I shove my fingers down my throat – be right with Ya!”
    Beam me the hell UP!!

  32. Tedtam Avatar

    I don’t think that beaming up will protect you. The bubble of stupidity reaches out into space by now.

  33. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #19 TT: From the comments section of your linkie:

    I guess Iโ€™ll have to call there this afternoon/evening and order and pay for a 2 topping large pizza, and just give him instructions to give it to the first mom that comes in packing. That way I get the satisfaction of supporting him and as a bonus the satisfaction of feeding a mom and her family; kind of a two-fer from my perspective.

    I like the way this guy thinks

  34. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    38 Ooooops. Old article!!

  35. Tedtam Avatar

    And I went and shared it already…

  36. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #38 Shannon: The problem is the same only now it is much more worser.
    (Zing to the grammar nazis)
    :>)

  37. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Uh oh. Time for Lifestyle Lift.
    Three years shy of the mark, I was asked if I was sixty so I could get Senior discount.

  38. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    fossil

  39. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #42
    Undoubtably coming from a female type who daily rips up some poor male type for always saying the wrong thing.
    I’d of taken the discount though.

  40. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    44
    She was so beautiful, maybe I was standing there with my mouth open like some old geezer.

  41. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    mouth-breathing fossil

  42. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It’s your silver hair, Shannon. My husband was asked if he got the senior discount when he was still in his 30’s.
    Yanno, among the gorillas, a little silver showing on the males marks their high maculine status…

  43. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    /beating chest, gorilla noises

  44. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Just remember, no matter how beautiful, some dude out there is miserable.

  45. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    /beating chest, gorilla noises *coff coff*

  46. Tedtam Avatar

    /beating chest, gorilla noises *scoff scoff*

  47. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    /beating chest, gorilla noises *scoff scoff*

    THen he remembers why one should never really trust a scoff and dashes for the outhouse.

  48. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Prolly a good bit of wheezing happening there too.

  49. Katfish Avatar

    Good GOLLY Yall – Sha-Na-Na gonna have to re-frame all his doors if Yall keep trying to give him reason for a (an even MORE) swelled cranium! ๐Ÿ™‚

  50. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    47 mharper42 says:
    February 19, 2013 at 1:35 pm
    Itโ€™s your silver hair, Shannon. My husband was asked if he got the senior discount when he was still in his 30โ€ฒs.
    Yanno, among the gorillas, a little silver showing on the males marks their high maculine statusโ€ฆ

    Which is also manifested by slinging poo at each other.

  51. Tedtam Avatar

    From Mharper last night:

    I see an ambush in ParteeCity this spring. Starts when Tedtam posts that she has to go out for dinner at her favorite Italian restaurant and then she will be teaching a class at her church till late in the evening. DH and HS are going out to a BBQ fund raiser, she says.
    Shannon and his hooligans arrive at dusk, and enter the Dome with a key Shannon picked up last November. Tim sets up the tall ladder while Shannon looks for the box of chili pepper lights. Pyro hauls in his moose head. Sarge starts hauling in Hammocks. Super Dave hauls in a set of encyclopedias. Hammy and Katfish usher in a bevy of Hooters girls. Before they get very far, the door to the downstairs powder bath suddenly flies open and Tedtam springs forth. She blows an ear-piercing blast on a whistle and two burly cops rush in through the back door, corraling all of the miscreants. Caught in the act! What should be their punishment?

    You have no idea. I have this whistle.
    Trust me when I say that you need earmuffs to blow it. I use it on my retreats to call my students back together, and I hold it between my lips, put my fingers in my ears, and then blow. If I don’t, my ears ring. That sucker is LOUD!

  52. Tedtam Avatar

    From the reviews on the above mentioned whistle.

    I purchased this whistle to take with me whenever I walk. I have a black bear that likes to come out of the woods whenever I’m walking and I needed something to let him know I’m around. I haven’t seen him since I bought the whistle but I feel better knowing I have it with me. It is very loud, in fact the first time I blew it I thought I wrecked my ear drum! I’ve learned to put my hands over my ears before I blow the whistle now.

  53. Tedtam Avatar

    Love this!
    I wonder what happens when you “score” on one of these seats?

  54. Tedtam Avatar

    In the arguments about whether or not to use a second comma in a series, there’s this little nugget:

    ?: “By train, plane and sedan chair, Peter Ustinov retraces a journey made by Mark Twain a century ago. The highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector.”

    Languagehat dug this gem out of a comment thread on the serial comma. It’s from a TV listing in The Times. It supports the use of the Oxford comma, but only because it keeps Mandela from being a dildo collector. However, even the Oxford comma can’t keep him from being an 800-year-old demigod. There’s only so much a comma can do.

    Yep, can’t expect too much from a comma. /grinning

  55. Hamous Avatar

    Here’s your daily dose of schadenfreude.

  56. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    60
    Funny stuff.
    I used the Oxford comma until ten years ago when someone told me it was wrong (probably Texpat).
    I wasn’t even aware that it had a name or that there was a controversy.
    I’m going back to it.
    Pppfffftth, Texpat.

  57. Hamous Avatar

    Happy Birthday, Nic.
    Not sure why I find this so odd, but Copernicus’ mother’s name was Barbara.

  58. Tedtam Avatar

    Yep, I like the comma, too.

  59. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    you mean, there’s, like rules, for commas, you don’t get to just, like, throw them in where ever you please, even when your not, trying, to sound, like, Captain, Kirk?

  60. Hamous Avatar

    A teacher, whose name I can’t remember, instructed me to use parenthetical commas. I’m also a fan of the Oxford comma.

  61. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #59 TT
    I believe you get 50 extra points.

  62. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    For this weekend’s WAF, I would like to modify the rules just a tad: allow a word or a phrase.

  63. Hamous Avatar

    “I’m looking to become well-rounded as a producer, director, screenwriter and actor,” he told the show. And as precocious as that may sound for a mere teenager, Jackson, who is the eldest of the music legend’s three children, also attributed his maturity to the elder Jackson. “That was all thanks to my dad. He raised me right.”

    Uhhh…..okay.

  64. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Sounds like Bones is stockpiling phrases he wants to show off this weekend.

  65. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    While the parenthetical comma is popular, particularly among those on the couch, there is another punctuation mark that is under used: the colon.

  66. Katfish Avatar

    OK if Yall are going to extrapolate deep into grammatical techniques SOMEBODY better have legs as nice as Ms. Davidson’s from the 8th grade dangit!

  67. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Up in the great white north again.

    A Navy destroyer stops four Mexicans in a row boat rowing towards San Diego, California. The Captain gets on the loud- speaker and shouts, “Ahoy, small craft. Where are you headed?”
    One of the Mexicans puts down his oar, stands up, and shouts, “We are invading the United States of America!”
    The entire crew of the destroyer double over in laughter. When the Captain is finally able to catch his breath, he gets back on the loud-hailer and asks, “Just the four of you?”
    The same Mexican stands up again and shouts, “No, we’re the last four. The rest are already there

  68. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    SOMEBODY better have legs as nice as Ms. Davidsonโ€™s from the 8th grade

    I don’t remember Ms. Davidson teaching grammar or punctuation.

  69. Katfish Avatar

    #74 –

    I donโ€™t remember Ms. Davidson teaching grammar or punctuation.

    PERZACTAMUNDO!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  70. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #56 Tedtam
    Loudest whistle on earth, with decibel reading between 118 and 120 dB.

    Yup That is pretty loud, where I work we can make 167 Db, we have set plywood on fire and always kill the pigeons in the tower OUTSIDE of the reverb chamber. You may want to remember that every 3 Db the power DOUBLES!!
    Check out this chart;
    Decible
    level
    (dB) Subjective Loudness (Relative to
    70 dB)
    Overall Level
    Community Noise Levels (Outdoors)
    Home and Industry
    Noise Levels
    120 32 times
    as loud Uncomfortably
    loud Military jet aircraft take-off from aircraft carrier with afterburner at 50 ft (130 dB) Oxygen torch (121 dB)
    110 16 times
    as loud Turbo-fan aircraft at takeoff power at 200 ft (118 dB) Riveting machine
    (110 dB); rock band
    (108 – 114 dB)
    100 8 times
    as loud Very loud Boeing 707 or DC-8 aircraft at one nautical mile (6080 ft) before landing (106 dB); jet flyover at 1000 feet (103 dB); Bell J-2A helicopter at 100 ft (100 dB)
    90 4 times
    as loud Boeing 737 or DC-9 aircraft at one nautical mile (6080 ft) before landing (97 dB); power mower (96 dB); motorcycle at 25 ft (90 dB) Newspaper press (97 dB)
    80 2 times
    as loud Car wash at 20 ft (89 dB); propeller plane flyover at 1000 ft (88 dB); diesel truck 40 mph at 50 ft (84 dB); diesel train at 45 mph at 100 ft (83 dB) Food blender (88 dB); milling machine (85 dB); garbage disposal (80 dB)
    70 Moderately
    loud High urban ambient sound
    (80 dB); passenger car at
    65 mph at 25 ft (77 dB);
    freeway at 50 ft from pavement edge 10 a.m. (76 dB) Living room music (76 dB); radio or TV-audio, vacuum cleaner (70 dB)
    60 Half as
    loud Air conditioning unit at 100 ft (60 dB) Cash register at 10 ft (65-70 dB); electric typewriter at 10 ft (64 dB); dishwasher (rinse) at 10 ft (60 dB); conversation (60 dB)
    50 One-fourth
    as loud Quiet Large transformers at 100 ft (50 dB)
    40 Bird calls (44 dB); lowest limit of urban ambient sound (40 dB)
    10 Just audible
    0 Threshold of hearing

  71. Katfish Avatar

    #76 – No measurements for Ted Nugent or a Harley with straight pipes? ๐Ÿ™‚

  72. squawkbox Avatar

    UH OH guess I better get me one of these.
    This is looking better all the time. Now where did my command prompt get off to?

  73. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Ted Nugent has been barred from all federal properties, for supporting 2nd Amendment and not kissing the rearend of the Jackwagon in Chief.

  74. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Squawks, you can still run a DOS command line on any Windoze computer. Betcha can’t do that on any Apple product.

  75. squawkbox Avatar

    But if you like yer flash games, vidiots powered by flash, webpages full of flash stuff, or you wanna keep yer peeceeeee safe ya best update yer Adoobie flash player.
    Oh and if you are an XP IE8 user

  76. squawkbox Avatar

    Squawks, you can still run a DOS command line on any Windoze computer. Betcha canโ€™t do that on any Apple product.

    Au contraire. I am quite capable of running command line (DOS) on my Mac. I can also run Linux, and Windoze if so inclined. And if I get real adventurous I can emaulate OS2 warp and Free BSD.

  77. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    82 Squawk
    I run Windows-XP on my iMac at the same time with OS-10 Mountain Lion. It runs rings around the Dell that only runs Win-Doze.
    The only reason that I run the Virtual Computer is for Quicken. The Apple version of the Quicken is still pathetic and this leaves me stuck with the Windows version, but I am trying to migrate to iBank. So far the migration is not going well. I still do not have all of the functions that were standard in Quicken.
    Simple

  78. squawkbox Avatar

    Simple.
    Kewl… I am still running Lion. It works so I never saw the reason to upgrade any further. I know what you mean about quicken on the Mac. It sucks. I cannot bring myself to move to iBank. Just a preferential thing, nothing more.
    At the end of the day I really do not care about who runs what. But what I do know is that 90% of the people that have tried my Mac have gone ohhh wowwww and either bought a Mac or expressed that they wish they could.

  79. squawkbox Avatar

    Simple
    BTW I tinker with those other systems just to see what they can do or not.

  80. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #77 KatFish

    No measurements for Ted Nugent or a Harley with straight pipes?

    Extrapolating now but I’d say “Motor City Madman” 110 Db, Gracie with straight pipes, 118-122 Db. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  81. Hamous Avatar

    The only thing Apple I’ve ever owned is an iPod Touch. It will be the last thing I own. I can move mp3s from my computer to my Android (Linux-based) phone (and back the other way) and they just show up. The iPod has to “import” them into their proprietary database that only runs on windoze or Mac. Stoopid.

  82. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I have always hated Apple ever since they sued Microsoft in the 1980s over the Windows-Icons-Menus-Pointer (WIMP) interface. The very same interface that Apple had stolen from Xerox Palo Alto. Not leased from Xerox, but stolen.

  83. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    And I hate Microsoft from when they were blackmailing PC OEMs, that they could either install only Microsoft OS’es on their PCs, or they could not sell Windows at all. The most despicable restraint-of-trade case I am aware of.

  84. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    ‘Bout Ms Davidson, when I was in high school guys DID not take typing, well not until Ms Cogan showed up. Her room was right across from the 100/200 hall radiator, where all the rednecks hung out and she would sit on her desk in front of the class with her legs crossed wearing that short dress and all the guys would be on the front row instead of the very back.
    As a side bar, we called ourselves the “Radiator Club” and we got someone to sneak that (along with a picture) into the yearbook in 1971, but old the hag Ms Murphy caught it it the last minute and Xed it. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  85. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    The radiator was in the 100 hall where the 200 hall T-boned into it. Heading down the 200 hall the first door on the right was the girls bathroom, the next door was mean old Mother Murphy. Smoking wasn’t allowed in the building but if you had a note from home you could smoke on the patio during the breaks. Anywho, a lot of girls would gather in the 200 hall bathroom to smoke before class. About once a week the smoke would get so bad that it would be in the hallway and as soon as Mother Murphy figured it out all hell would break loose and we had a front row seat. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  86. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    About the only DOS command I still remember is EXIT. I used a few macs in the public schools and in college, but they were just too expensive to ever buy one. The wife has an I-pad but of course it does not support flash which is just plain dumb. I also hate I-tunes. I like moving the music I have where ever and when ever I want.
    I think my next pc will be a tablet pc. Dell has the Latitude 10 now which I have had the opportunity to look at and I am very impressed.

  87. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Re teachers:
    I had Ms. Jackson in the 7th grade. She was the first teacher I ever had that wore form fitting dresses and did not look like someone out of Little House on the Prairie.

  88. squawkbox Avatar

    TexMo

    The wife has an I-pad but of course it does not support flash which is just plain dumb.

    As HTML5 gains more acceptance (and it is quickly doing so) Flash is passing on to oblivion. Just sayin.

  89. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    BTW; Ms Cogan looked an awful lot like this gal.

  90. Katfish Avatar

    #81 – XP and still on IE7 (I used IE8 for oh……………about 90 seconds a couple of years ago and promptly got RID of it!) – thats my old work box
    gotta new Win7 box idling in the bullpen – I think it came with IE8 but I rarely use it

  91. squawkbox Avatar

    I still like Windows 3.1 ๐Ÿ™‚

  92. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I still like Windows 3.1

    Hey, don’t joke about it, because it was the last good Windows program, everything has been down hill since then. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  93. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Squawk, thanks for the heads up. That takes away at least one of my gripes against apple. I forgot to mention that I did purchase a used I-touch last year. It lasted about three months until the wife thought it was a good idea to place it in the bottom of a canoe, which was in the water at the time, and we were actively paddling.

  94. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Windows 95 and XP have been my favorite operating systems. Of course I have fond memories of being an 8 yr old boy and reading a book on Basic and actually writing very simple programs.

  95. squawkbox Avatar

    101 Texno
    LOL yeah that’ll help it out all right.
    Tech as we know it is on its way out. Cloud computing and peripherals is the way of the future. No more buying software to load into a box on your desk. That gray box or whatever you might have is giving way to internet devices.
    Take adobe photoshop. They are pushing online rental. You do your work in the cloud, you store your work in the clud you get the picture. No longer will processor speed be the issue. Internet connectivity will be the bench mark.
    If you have not noticed, windows 8 desktop looks more like a mobile device and that is not because it looks so cool. Most of the apps on Win8 are internet dependent more than meets the eye. And if you think your tracking cookies are bad now. Muhwahahahahahaha. And it ain’t just windows, Mac is doing it to. Microsoft and Mac are actively preparing the consumer to do away with the desktop as we know it.
    EDITED
    Oh and keep a close eye on Google OS. When cloud computing becomes even more mainstream it will take off and become a real contender for the desktop.

  96. squawkbox Avatar

    Super Dave
    I liked Win 95 with Netscape Navigator too. In fact I owned every operating system windows put out since 3.1 with the exception of CE and Windows 8. In my opinion Win2000 was prolly the most solid platform of the Win family I used.

  97. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #104 Squawk, even ME? COMPLETE POS!! I had that on my second computer, replacing 3.1. Needless to say, it wouldn’t work with my scanner or my old HP printer, had to buy newer equipment. ๐Ÿ™

  98. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    From Wiki;

    Windows ME was heavily criticized by some users, mainly for stability issues. A PC World article dubbed Windows ME the “Mistake Edition” and placed it 4th in their “Worst Tech Products of All Time” feature.[40] “Shortly after Me appeared in late 2000”, the article states, “users reported problems installing it, getting it to run, getting it to work with other hardware or software, and getting it to stop running.”
    The System Restore feature sometimes ended up restoring malware which the user had previously removed, since its method of keeping track of changes is fairly simplistic.[29] By disabling System Restore, the malware could be removed, but the user lost all saved restore points.
    System Restore also suffered from a bug in the date-stamping functionality that may cause System Restore to date-stamp snapshots that are taken after 8 September 2001 incorrectly. This can prevent System Restore from locating these snapshots and can cause the system restore process to fail. Microsoft released an update to fix this problem.

  99. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #94 Squawks

    Re: Hammie and MHarper anti-Apple rant

    Which one of us is that? What is that?
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  100. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Y’all are speaking Greek to me. All’s I know is I love my iPad but for a computer dummy, I can’t access what everyone else does many times. I use it mostly for work, but can’t bring up a couple of the manufacturers PDF parts and service manuals so the 500 bucks I spent is usually useless to me.

  101. squawkbox Avatar

    Super Dave
    Yup even ME. I overwrote that piece of junk with a “borrowed’ copy of Windows 2000. In fact I know of about 20 windows ME boxes that got wrote over with “borrowed” copies of Windows 2000.
    What a pig OS that thing was.

  102. Katfish Avatar

    #104 –

    In my opinion Win2000 was prolly the most solid platform

    +1 for Win2000 ! (and I’m pretending I never even heard of ME)……………thought I was gonna blow a gasket when time marching on forced XP upon me – but IMHO XP is a real close second to Win2000 stability-wise
    Now I tinker around on Win7 to get better used to it before this XP box finally flames out someday……
    OH! Win7 with a virtual XP in it………(so I can still run my ancient(free) version of PCMiler ๐Ÿ™‚ )
    and P.S. I never laid a single finger on Vista THANK ya JESUS!

  103. squawkbox Avatar

    108 GJT
    Email me at my super secret email address
    squawkbox AT squawkboxnoise DOT com
    and I will be glad to help you on your PDF problem. I know a few tricks.
    Oh and puhlease don’t give that email address to anyone else. It is super secret ya know. ๐Ÿ™‚

  104. squawkbox Avatar

    110 Katfish
    I still have nightmares about WinME. I too ran 2000 till the hardware died.
    Just out of curiosity is your bidness conducted via the cloud?

  105. Katfish Avatar

    #112 – no usey the cloud much yet (not for work anyways),,,,,,,,,,I’ve only used it to synch some musica to my Samsung ‘SpaceShuttle’ aka GSlll
    So that’s the coming thing eh?

  106. squawkbox Avatar

    113
    Oh hell yeah. I was talking to a company that specializes in lawyer software. They are the largest company in the nation for that stuff. They are testing cloud apps and anticipate moving their whole operation in the next 2-5 years. BSue’s bambulance business is all cloud all the time for setting up transports. SalesForce.com got the move on track. However cloud computing in a way was the brain child of Oracle.
    What these companies and especially the software companies are realizing is they can charge rent, reduce overhead for upgrades and control the piracy problems to name a few advantages. This is why Google started charging for online storage btw. They are doing all they can to put a dent in MS word sales. BTW Word is real close to being online all the time too.

  107. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #111
    I done sold that addy to Viagra and Depends years ago. ๐Ÿ˜€
    Thanks for the offer, I’ll take you up on it.

  108. Tedtam Avatar

    I have concerns about putting all of my “assets” in the hands of the cloud. What happens if there’s a major cracking operation and all of the sudden I can’t get ahold of my files? Or a provider takes a sudden dislike to me over some misunderstanding? My apps and my files would be held hostage.

  109. squawkbox Avatar

    I done sold that addy to Viagra and Depends years ago.

    I hope you are still getting the residuals. ๐Ÿ™‚

  110. squawkbox Avatar

    116 Tedtam
    Welcome to the brave new world. Oh you will be able to store files locally, but the applications stay off your box.

  111. Katfish Avatar

    OHโ„ข! Speakin of cutting edge………..
    Video: Rise of the โ€œbugbotsโ€
    Better start practicin with your slingshots and .22 cal ratshot!
    or
    WAIT – mebbe we all need personal EMP generators?

  112. phil Avatar
    phil

    Doesn’t matter what OS, doesn’t matter if it’s a Mac or a PC.
    Doesn’t matter if it’s an IPhone or Android.
    Doesn’t matter if it’s server or a printer, a router or an I.P. phone.
    It just doesn’t matter, because when in doubt….
    Reboot/Cold Boot.

  113. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #111 Squawkie
    Hey, I tried to contact you at your super secret email but it didn’t work at all. Told me “Unknown names: squawkbox AT squawkboxnoise DOT com”.
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  114. squawkbox Avatar

    Mr. fish
    check this out and this ain’t the cool one i am looking for.

  115. Katfish Avatar

    #121- dont be so “literal” – Squawky-Tooter’s email works poifectly
    no spaces
    and
    the 2 obvious substitutions

  116. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Squawk, I didn’t even notice the address you put out, I sent to the gmail I had. Is that still valid?

  117. squawkbox Avatar

    MHarper #121
    Ya must not have held your tongue just right. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  118. squawkbox Avatar

    GJT
    No the old GMAIL is dead.

  119. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #123 #125
    Bwa Haha Ha!!!
    Gotcha!
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  120. squawkbox Avatar

    Oh crap MHarper is gonna get the big head. LOL

  121. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #126
    Ok, I’ll try the other.

  122. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tim : try the one I did.
    ๐Ÿ™‚

  123. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Oh you were making a funny HaHa, I get it.
    It’s not nice to mess with computer dummies.

  124. phil Avatar
    phil

    In other news the Der Obumhrer propaganda ministry known as NBC hired David Axelrod Goebbels as a political anal-list.
    No change will be made in the coverage of Der Obumhrer.
    All praise and worship services will being with the Today Show and continue through the Leno show.

  125. squawkbox Avatar

    GJT
    sent ya one credible suggestion with appropriate caveats. I have tried them all at one point or another but this should get your ipad into your business. Aggravating I know but Flash and Java are soon to be dead functions.

  126. squawkbox Avatar

    Greets Brother Phil
    how yer doern/

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