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Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18	Message 533928 - Posted: 20 Mar 2007, 2:00:50 UTC - in response to Message 533785. Below me. No, that's your wife for getting the BMW. :-p ... Misfit's wife got a BMW? Oh d'oh, you and your changing avatars! I'm sure Ms. Misfit would love to get a BMW though. And I'll never be below Misfit! :-O lol!! How have you been? ID: 533928 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 533945 - Posted: 20 Mar 2007, 2:38:24 UTC - in response to Message 533785. Oh d'oh, you and your changing avatars! I'm sure Ms. Misfit would love to get a BMW though. And I'll never be below Misfit! :-O You are easily confused. Must be a chick thing. me@rescam.org ID: 533945 ·

Pawly Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0	Message 533953 - Posted: 20 Mar 2007, 2:45:25 UTC - in response to Message 533784. We don't have any PETA's here. :-D We produce a lot of fur here, ever heard of Saga Furs and Birger Christensen? Can't say that I have, however Fur is not the most popular thing in North America these days. But I'm "Pro Fur." DONATE TO SETI ID: 533953 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 534239 - Posted: 20 Mar 2007, 20:40:36 UTC Beers are on me tonight, I'm UOTD over at Beta. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 534239 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 534315 - Posted: 20 Mar 2007, 23:18:41 UTC - in response to Message 534239. Beers are on me tonight, I'm UOTD over at Beta. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UOTD @ BETA LENA . . . ID: 534315 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 534325 - Posted: 20 Mar 2007, 23:41:01 UTC - in response to Message 534315. Beers are on me tonight, I'm UOTD over at Beta. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UOTD @ BETA LENA . . . Thanks. I need to go to bed now, it's tomorrow night I'm invited out to hear New Orleans jazz, so I need to be well rested for tomorrow. And I don't know if the busses are driving tomorrow, the bus drivers went on a strike today, so luckily there was an interregional bus I could get home from work with. The rest of the busses stopped driving at 11 am, so a lot of people were stranded and had to walk or take a cab. And there's not much cab driving in my budget! Luckily I'm living where that interregional bus goes! So I need to get up very early to find out if they are driving tomorrow or the drivers are still on strike. If they are, I'll have to find out how to get to work and to the appointment tomorrow night. According to the news they plan to drive tomorrow, but we can never know. :-( "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 534325 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 534339 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 0:04:11 UTC - in response to Message 534325. Beers are on me tonight, I'm UOTD over at Beta. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UOTD @ BETA LENA . . . Thanks. I need to go to bed now, it's tomorrow night I'm invited out to hear New Orleans jazz, so I need to be well rested for tomorrow. And I don't know if the busses are driving tomorrow, the bus drivers went on a strike today, so luckily there was an interregional bus I could get home from work with. The rest of the busses stopped driving at 11 am, so a lot of people were stranded and had to walk or take a cab. And there's not much cab driving in my budget! Luckily I'm living where that interregional bus goes! So I need to get up very early to find out if they are driving tomorrow or the drivers are still on strike. If they are, I'll have to find out how to get to work and to the appointment tomorrow night. According to the news they plan to drive tomorrow, but we can never know. :-( slEEp tight thErE young lady . . . 'avE fun tommorrow ;) ID: 534339 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 534449 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 3:22:54 UTC The search for alien planets - only on the Science channel. me@rescam.org ID: 534449 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 534610 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 14:38:55 UTC Luckily the bus drivers here have stopped their strike, so I could get to work. And now I'll take a rest before I'll make myself ready for tonight's event. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 534610 ·

Pawly Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0	Message 534647 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 17:35:34 UTC - in response to Message 534610. Luckily the bus drivers here have stopped their strike, so I could get to work. And now I'll take a rest before I'll make myself ready for tonight's event. Have fun, Fuzzy Wuzzy! Let us know what they played at the show. DONATE TO SETI ID: 534647 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 534786 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 22:52:20 UTC - in response to Message 534647. Luckily the bus drivers here have stopped their strike, so I could get to work. And now I'll take a rest before I'll make myself ready for tonight's event. Have fun, Fuzzy Wuzzy! Let us know what they played at the show. It was The Dirty Dozen Brass Band playing. From the Wiki And they played songs from their new album What's Going On. It was a very good concert, it is that kind of jazz I really like, with some grooves, some funk, and some new interpretations of different songs. Not a traditional jazz band, way more funky! And they handed out necklaces and I got one! Yay! :-D And no, I didn't flash to get it. ;-D I got one for my boss also, she wouldn't go herself to get one, so I asked if I could get one for her too, and he said I could have them all! ;-D We had a nice dinner at a Chinese restaurant first, so it was a very nice evening. Junko Partner is some of their most trad. songs, they played much more funky at the concert tonight. They rocked! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 534786 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 534802 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 23:14:44 UTC - in response to Message 534793. Last modified: 21 Mar 2007, 23:15:53 UTC Luckily the bus drivers here have stopped their strike, so I could get to work. And now I'll take a rest before I'll make myself ready for tonight's event. Have fun, Fuzzy Wuzzy! Let us know what they played at the show. It was The Dirty Dozen Brass Band playing. From the Wiki And they played songs from their new album What's Going On. It was a very good concert, it is that kind of jazz I really like, with some grooves, some funk, and some new interpretations of different songs. Not a traditional jazz band, way more funky! And they handed out necklaces and I got one! Yay! :-D And no, I didn't flash to get it. ;-D I got one for my boss also, she wouldn't go herself to get one, so I asked if I could get one for her too, and he said I could have them all! ;-D We had a nice dinner at a Chinese restaurant first, so it was a very nice evening. Junko Partner is some of their most trad. songs, they played much more funky at the concert tonight. They rocked! Hey, really glad you enjoyed it! Home earlier than we thought you might be though? Not at all. It's a weekday night, we all have to go to work tomorrow morning, it's only me who comes at 9.30, the others are meeting at 8. And I had to catch the last bus home, and the others also went home. There is New Orleans festival in town this week, but Friday's concert is with a local band and we wanted to hear the real thing, so tonight was the night. With a workday tomorrow! And I'm off to bed soon. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 534802 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 534807 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 23:19:08 UTC - in response to Message 534802. Luckily the bus drivers here have stopped their strike, so I could get to work. And now I'll take a rest before I'll make myself ready for tonight's event. Have fun, Fuzzy Wuzzy! Let us know what they played at the show. It was The Dirty Dozen Brass Band playing. From the Wiki And they played songs from their new album What's Going On. It was a very good concert, it is that kind of jazz I really like, with some grooves, some funk, and some new interpretations of different songs. Not a traditional jazz band, way more funky! And they handed out necklaces and I got one! Yay! :-D And no, I didn't flash to get it. ;-D I got one for my boss also, she wouldn't go herself to get one, so I asked if I could get one for her too, and he said I could have them all! ;-D We had a nice dinner at a Chinese restaurant first, so it was a very nice evening. Junko Partner is some of their most trad. songs, they played much more funky at the concert tonight. They rocked! Hey, really glad you enjoyed it! Home earlier than we thought you might be though? Not at all. It's a weekday night, we all have to go to work tomorrow morning, it's only me who comes at 9.30, the others are meeting at 8. And I had to catch the last bus home, and the others also went home. There is New Orleans festival in town this week, but Friday's concert is with a local band and we wanted to hear the real thing, so tonight was the night. With a workday tomorrow! And I'm off to bed soon. <------ iz that a knife? glad ya 'ad fun Lena - gEt soME slEEp now ;) ID: 534807 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 534816 - Posted: 21 Mar 2007, 23:25:25 UTC - in response to Message 534807. Last modified: 21 Mar 2007, 23:36:03 UTC <------ iz that a knife? glad ya 'ad fun Lena - gEt soME slEEp now ;) But Richard!!! :-O It's a blanket! The little smilie is going to bed with it's pillow and blanket wearing it's little night hat! Tsk tsk tsk!!! But thanks. I have just bought and downloaded their album What's Going On. BTW, the whole evening was all for free, the company paid it all, also the drinks at the concert. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 534816 ·

Pawly Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0	Message 534849 - Posted: 22 Mar 2007, 0:31:06 UTC - in response to Message 534816. <------ iz that a knife? glad ya 'ad fun Lena - gEt soME slEEp now ;) But Richard!!! :-O It's a blanket! The little smilie is going to bed with it's pillow and blanket wearing it's little night hat! Tsk tsk tsk!!! But thanks. I have just bought and downloaded their album What's Going On. BTW, the whole evening was all for free, the company paid it all, also the drinks at the concert. Woo Hoo Live Musica AND an Open Bar!! Sounds like Mardi Gras! DONATE TO SETI ID: 534849 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 534914 - Posted: 22 Mar 2007, 3:09:27 UTC Technician wipes out info on $38 billion fund ASSOCIATED PRESS March 21, 2007 JUNEAU, Alaska Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion. That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account Ã¢â‚¬â€œ one of Alaska residents' biggest perks Ã¢â‚¬â€œ and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well. There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Nobody panicked, but we instantly went into planning for the worst-case scenario,Ã¢â‚¬Â said Permanent Fund Dividend Division Director Amy Skow. The computer foul-up, which wiped out dividend distribution information for the fund, ended up costing the department more than $200,000. Over the next few days, as the department, the division and consultants from Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc. labored to retrieve the data, it became obvious the worst-case scenario was at hand. Nine months' worth of applicant information for the yearly payout from the Alaska Permanent Fund was gone: some 800,000 electronic images that had been painstakingly scanned into the system months earlier, the 2006 paper applications that people had either mailed in or filed over the counter, and supporting documentation such as birth certificates and proof of residence. And the only backup was the paperwork itself Ã¢â‚¬â€œ stored in more than 300 cardboard boxes. Ã¢â‚¬Å“We had to bring that paper back to the scanning room, and send it through again, and quality control it, and then you have to have a way to link that paper to that person's file,Ã¢â‚¬Â Skow said. Half a dozen seasonal workers came back to assist the regular division staff, and about 70 people working overtime and weekends re-entered all the lost data. Ã¢â‚¬Å“They were just ready, willing and able to chip in and, in fact, we needed all of them to chip in to get all the paperwork rescanned in a timely manner so that we could meet our obligations to the public,Ã¢â‚¬Â Skow said. Former Revenue Commissioner Bill Corbus said no one was blamed for the incident. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Everybody felt very bad about it and we all learned a lesson. There was no witch hunt,Ã¢â‚¬Â Corbus said. According to department staff, they now have a proven and regularly tested backup and restore procedure. The department is asking lawmakers to approve a supplemental budget request for $220,700 to cover the excess costs incurred during the six-week recovery effort, including about $128,400 in overtime and $71,800 for computer consultants. The money would come from the permanent fund earnings, the money earmarked for the dividends. That means recipients could find their next check docked by about 37 cents. me@rescam.org ID: 534914 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 535099 - Posted: 22 Mar 2007, 14:44:13 UTC - in response to Message 534849. <------ iz that a knife? glad ya 'ad fun Lena - gEt soME slEEp now ;) But Richard!!! :-O It's a blanket! The little smilie is going to bed with it's pillow and blanket wearing it's little night hat! Tsk tsk tsk!!! But thanks. I have just bought and downloaded their album What's Going On. BTW, the whole evening was all for free, the company paid it all, also the drinks at the concert. Woo Hoo Live Musica AND an Open Bar!! Sounds like Mardi Gras! Yes, and I got the necklace! :-D I had a Jack Daniels and beer. A very nice evening indeed, and today at work was nice too, it was like the evening continued with the good moods. :-) "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 535099 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 535280 - Posted: 22 Mar 2007, 23:23:02 UTC rac ID: 535280 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 535290 - Posted: 22 Mar 2007, 23:44:37 UTC - in response to Message 535281. I had a Jack Daniels and beer. A very nice evening indeed, and today at work was nice too, it was like the evening continued with the good moods. :-) Well, who's a happy bunny then??? Or ??? "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 535290 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 535306 - Posted: 23 Mar 2007, 0:11:58 UTC - in response to Message 535296. ??? X !!! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 535306 ·

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