Seeking_Nirvana -

Hi, those little picture are bothersome . . . when they don't appear. Little things like that just get under the skin, don't they. I learned how to deal with them by just hunting and pecking . . . like for . . . well, since I got a Apple II about '87. I'm just reckless enough and arrogant enough to go around the programs and change setting. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Kind of like the monkey who types away for a million years and finally writes Hamlet. I'm not really very intelligent. Just stubborn as hell. I figure if I try enough things sooner or later something good might happen. Ultimately, I will either get it to work or I totally corrupt and crash the system. Then I just re-install and start over. lol

You probably don't want to go down that path though. Better to get someone knowledgeable like anthony to tell ya how to fix it.

Bless you dear.

I know exactly what you mean mate.... I do the same. The Internet today allows us to no longer have to go learn everything from scratch because someone else has no doubt had the same issue and posted it upon the www.... we find that, then we fix our problem. I love the Internet for its usefulness.... though I also despise it for its nonsense. Go figure! I did my computer technician qualification about 15 years ago now, and let me just say that WOW.... there was a massive shift in technology for a decade, yet it has seriously slowed down now where they are becoming more like a pharmaceutical company..... trying to improve already known things as they are back in that "looking" phase IMO for the next big technology break to go even smaller and faster.

Aye mate - I knew it. Your a tech. Haven't got that cleaner application yet, but I'm on it. Were you in the military too. I didn't know that when I was praising you Aussies. Didn't turn your head now did I. lol.

Hey, the Canadian's . . . now that's a bunch or crazy bastard on the battle field. Ever hear of the Bloody Bear. Were a Division of Canadian's just after normandy. Big fella's. Tough. Type would go out and have a brawl Saturday night just for fun, eh. Bloody Bear's were tired one night, june, 8th 1944 about there . . tired ya know. So the Germans sneak up on them and catch them just about 4 am when your so tired ya can hardly keep yer eyes open, eh. You know the feeling on those late night watches . . . the worst possible time. So the Germans attack, and now the Canadian's are supprised at first, then they get really pissed, ya know. "Cause they did'na like being caught with there pants down so to speak. So the Canadian's go on this rampage, really pissed off, kill all the poor bloody Germans, then they start after the dead, slittin' their throats. There bloody officers had to bring out their revolves and shoot in the air to get there men to stop the butchery. Bloody Bear's. . . that's how they got their nickname.

Germans got wind of it . . . didn't like the slaughter. Who would. The had a grudge then . . . all through Normandy it was the Bloody Bears and the German army takin' no prisoners, no prisoners at'tall. Bad deal . . . but what can ya do. Ya go into a battle rage and there's no tellin' what will happen . . . but you know that, eh.

Take care mate. Later.

PS Hey, I read that the biggest reported brawl in the African campaign was between the Kewi's and the Aussies. In the bar right, one side . . . can't remember which is which . . doesn't matter really. But one side sees one of the other walk in. He jumps up and pulls out a chair. Say's here ya are mate you must be tired having run all the way from Tobruk. Sure, you know they got kicked out of there by the Germans. Well, that kicked off the biggest bar fight of the African campaign. Tough men. Very tough. I love'em.

Hmm I've never heard of the Bloody Bear, though I'm very interested in WW2. My grandfather was at Normandy. I tried googling Bloody Bear but didn't come up with anything. I'll have to ask my dad, he's a retired colonel.

Yes, I was in the Army for 10 years.... just long enough to get my long service before I fell apart.

Sorry, make that the "Butcher Bears."

. . Butcher Bears, 49th Infantry Div, Canadian, now called the 49th (West Riding) Division.

So my Aunt is having some Vista related internet problems. I downloaded and burned a Linux Live CD for her, no internet problems on this operating system!!! It's been a year and a half since I last looked at these, and wow have they come a long way.

The operating system is running completely off the CD-ROM drive! The hard drives aren't even running, but there's a way to turn them on and read/write files.

It practically configured itself when I turned the computer on. Comes with just about everything I need, Firefox browser and office software included. Other stuff can be installed on the fly for free. Also it's faster than Microsoft Windows and gorgeous.

I'm using PCLinuxOS... tried MEPIS first but I like this one better. Also looks like Sabayon and openSUSE might be good, can't say I was a fan of Ubuntu a year and a half ago though. Might be worth trying out, don't think I'll be using Windows for a while. Also a good CD to have around if your OS or hard drives ever crash.

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