Now call me crazy but I don’t think Vista can do this

Beryl Rules!!

http://simpsonizeme.com/

Dear Microsoft Corporation,

You’ve really done it this time.

And I am leaving and never speaking to you again.

It’s not that I want to dislike you. I was loyal to you for so long.

I stuck with you through thick and thin. From DOS 5.0 through XP. Through decent functionality and through countless crashes.

But this new operating system is the last straw.

I’ve read through hundreds of online reviews and comments about Vista. I’ve asked IT guys and Microsoft Certified Professionals. I’ve read the PC magazine reviews. I’ve given it a spin on my friends’ laptops.

You’d think at least someone (other than your PR people) would find something to like about a piece of software that took an industry leader five years and a gazillion dollars to develop. But I’ve yet to hear anyone say “Wow!” about it.

There’s a few lukewarm praises like “it looks better than XP if you have a new graphics card.” But most people say it’s a just a naggy, inferior imitation of Mac OS X.

A Windows worshipping gamer acquaintance told me it took literally seven or eight hours of churning to install his Vista Home Premium (sic) upgrade. After staying up all night, he found none of his device drivers worked.

With the tales of the new DRM lockdown, the User Account Control nagging, the virtualization restrictions, and the priced-to-upsell $400 product – your credibility is about as good as OJ Simpson’s.

I just don’t trust what you say anymore.

It’s a shame because there were better times in our 15-year relationship. There was the golden era a few years back (around the dot com bubble) when Windows was the platform. There was an aura of innovation and lots of exciting software new coming out for Windows.

But those days are gone. And your days are numbered, Microsoft.

I had this epiphany when I tried out my friend’s Macintosh with OS X. I realized how much grief you’d put me through: the constant crashes whenever I tried to run more than three applications, the endless required reboots, and the vicious malware attacks that I wasted many precious hours wrangling with. And then having to pay extra for third party security and virus programs – because you couldn’t keep a handle on things.

But as a veteran power user – by grace or by service pack – I always managed to fix it.

Others aren’t so fortunate.

You’ve terrified folks like my poor dad. He is afraid to install new software for any reason. He mumbles things like “Computers – you just can’t trust them.” He’s been conditioned that if he tries to install a new program or download an update – even if he does it correctly – something is likely to go awry for no explicable reason. That’s why he sticks with IE 5 and Office 97, cause he sees upgrading as too risky to gamble with.

You made millions of poor secretaries and office workers cry just for trying to do normal things like printing and saving.

It didn’t have to be like this. Shame on you!

The secret is out, Microsoft. The reputation that you can’t be trusted to deliver reliable software is getting around fast.

Hasta la Vista!

Steps

1. Dress for it. If you know you’re going to want to crowd surf, choose your clothes carefully. It’ll help reduce the likelihood of injury to the audience. Less injury to the audience means less backlash towards you.

* Wear soft shoes and tie them as tightly as possible. If you accidentally kick someone in the head, they might try and
take at least one of your shoes (especially if you’re wearing a hard shoe), so you should be prepared.
* Don’t wear anything with zippers or studs. They can get caught in people’s hair or scratch them on the face or hands.
* Don’t wear loose clothing, such as an unzipped jacket or a cap. They will be taken or dropped.
* Keep the jewelry to an absolute minimum. Rings, bracelets, even tongue studs can cause damage to you or someone
around you when you’re trying to crowd surf, so leave them at home.
* Give your wallet and phone to someone that you know and trust. This means someone that you didn’t meet the day of
the concert.
2. Get up. This is probably the hardest thing you will have to do when trying to crowd surf, especially if you’re a bit heavy. If the security is allowing you to get close enough, get up on stage and jump off into the crowd. Most of the time, this won’t be allowed, though, so have a backup plan. If you are there with somebody else, get them to pick you up. If you’re not, ask someone nicely if they could give you a boost. You’ll probably have to ask more than one person. See Tips.
3. Lean back. Look before you dive to make sure the people you’re going to land on actually see you. Tense up momentarily as you land on the crowd to make yourself easier to support. Put your feet up higher than the rest of your body to keep from kicking people, and keep the flailing to an absolute minimum. Put your arms out and elevate your head, just in case you fall. It’d be better to fall on your back and get bruised up than to fall on your head.
4.Relax. This will be hard to do, considering you are putting your life in other people’s hands (literally!), but it’s all you can do. If you’re screaming and kicking about, people will get angry at you, and will either steal something off of you, or, if you’re being really annoying, actually strike you. You’ll probably be in the air for about 5 seconds, but it’ll probably be your 5 most exhilarating seconds at the concert.
5. Cooperate. In most cases, you’ll be carried to a barrier in front of the stage, where security officers will get you on your feet and send you to the back of the crowd. If they’re particularly strict, or if this is not the first time you’ve crowd surfed at that concert, they may kick you out completely. If you’re enjoying the music, you should probably only try and crowd surf once per concert.

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Ubuntu kicks ass I hated at first I was running x64 on my desktop I didn’t like it not having support for my wireless card that upset me so I installed the x86 on my laptop with the help of Partition Magic hell yeah no need to lose data

So now that I have it installed on my laptop everything works except myspace IM but I have AIM, Yahoo, MSN I am good myspace doesn’t mean that much to me. So now I am running dual boot on my laptop awesome I know and so far everything I have done everything in this linux environment I wanted to do and more so hell yeah kudos I would like to say thank you to this window guy
http://scitech.teambio.org/2007/07/14/windows-guy-tries-ubuntu-704/ if it wasn’t for this posting that I found on Digg I would still be on Windows