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Tech / MANY HAPPY RETURNS, TECHSURVIVORS
« on: October 20, 2015, 07:21:32 PM »
WOW!!! 15 years...time does fly! 
Hope to be here for the twentieth!
Hope to be here for the twentieth!
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Community / HOW THE INTERNET STARTED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
« on: September 16, 2015, 05:07:22 PM »
As USUAL,,,"WE ARE THE LAST TO KNOW" !
HOW THE INTERNET STARTED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
PLEASE DO NOT GOOGLE THIS ONE OR CHECK WITH SNOPES.
THEY WILL LIE TO YOU. TRUST ME!
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy (Dot for short). Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew to The People (HTTP).
And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drum heads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
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That is how it all began. And that's the truth. I would not make up this stuff.
I apologize for posting this outside the HUMOR page...been a long time....forgot ...until I saw it in the open
HOW THE INTERNET STARTED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
PLEASE DO NOT GOOGLE THIS ONE OR CHECK WITH SNOPES.
THEY WILL LIE TO YOU. TRUST ME!
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy (Dot for short). Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew to The People (HTTP).
And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drum heads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
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That is how it all began. And that's the truth. I would not make up this stuff.
I apologize for posting this outside the HUMOR page...been a long time....forgot ...until I saw it in the open
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Community / HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GUNUG!!
« on: August 27, 2013, 04:45:43 PM »
Happy belated birthday Gunug...and many happy returns!!! Sure sounds like you had a good time...and that's always GREAT!Happy belated birthday Gunug...and many happy returns!!!
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Hi folks,
I am currently running FireFox 3.6.28 on my iMac G5 PowerMac12,1... PowerPC G5 (3.1). I'm also running Mac OS 10.5.8.
I like this version of FF because of this: [attachment=2886:screen_capture_1.png]. When I am building websites I like how this allows me to save my tabs and open them when I return to FF. That way I don't have to login to everything again.
However on my MBP running version 23.0.1 of FF, and Mac OS 10.6.8 I don't have the same option. At least I can't find it.
Does anyone know if this version of FF has this option???
TIA for any help!
I am currently running FireFox 3.6.28 on my iMac G5 PowerMac12,1... PowerPC G5 (3.1). I'm also running Mac OS 10.5.8.
I like this version of FF because of this: [attachment=2886:screen_capture_1.png]. When I am building websites I like how this allows me to save my tabs and open them when I return to FF. That way I don't have to login to everything again.
However on my MBP running version 23.0.1 of FF, and Mac OS 10.6.8 I don't have the same option. At least I can't find it.
Does anyone know if this version of FF has this option???
TIA for any help!
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Community / Happy Birthday, Frances
« on: August 13, 2013, 10:09:11 PM »
Happy belated birthday Frances!!! 
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Community / Happy Birthday - Dolphin!!!
« on: August 04, 2013, 07:02:01 AM »
Thanks for all the BD wishes. Had a great day with the grandkids and the rest of the family. Fun was had by all. Nothing like a family birthday party.
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Community / Happy birthday to...
« on: July 22, 2013, 10:32:05 PM »
Happy Birthday Bill-R and Sandyman...and many happy returns!!! 
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Tech / Block (or at least hide) nuisance calls on your smart-phone
« on: July 19, 2013, 04:56:57 PM »
Another way to block numbers (if your carrier is Verizon), is to go into My Verizon > Call & Message Blocking Manage Family Safeguards & Controls >
You can block calls and messages from up to 5 phone numbers at no charge.
Expiration. Blocks expire after 90 days. Be sure to reapply the block if you wish to continue the service restriction. To permanently block numbers, subscribe to Usage Controls*.
Limitations. You cannot block numbers within your account or non-10 digit numbers such as 911, 411 or #MIN (checks minutes used).
Roy
You can block calls and messages from up to 5 phone numbers at no charge.
Expiration. Blocks expire after 90 days. Be sure to reapply the block if you wish to continue the service restriction. To permanently block numbers, subscribe to Usage Controls*.
Limitations. You cannot block numbers within your account or non-10 digit numbers such as 911, 411 or #MIN (checks minutes used).
Roy
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Community / Birthday Wishes to Bruce_F
« on: July 14, 2013, 11:27:46 PM »
Happy Birthday Bruce and many happy returns!!!
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Community / Bobun is 95 today!
« on: July 11, 2013, 12:06:00 AM »
Happy belated birthday Bobun...and many happy returns!
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Community / It's CANADA Day !!!
« on: July 01, 2013, 04:32:54 PM »
Congratulations!!! Oh CANADA! Happy Birthday.
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Community / HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE!
« on: March 22, 2013, 05:02:00 PM »
Happy Birthday Jane...and many happy returns!!!!