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>    1. Re: "Microsoft is dead" (Larry Garfield)
>    2. Re: "Microsoft is dead" (Nick Moffitt)
>    3. Meeting Followup--Wall Wart Transformers (Neil R. Ormos)
>    4. Re: Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs (Neil Ormos H)
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> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:54:00 -0500
> From: Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com>
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] "Microsoft is dead"
> To: ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us
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> On Wednesday 11 April 2007 8:37 pm, Jordan Bettis wrote:
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> > But the fact remains that Web 2.0 is a hopelessly empty and useless
> > buzzword not because the things it purports to encompass are not real
> > improvements but because they are discrete threads of development with
> > widely varying ages that often have nothing to do with eachother
> > except that they are currently hip and therefore candidates for
> > inclusion in the Web 2.0 neologism.
>
> First video on this page:
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> http://pingv.com/blog/laura/200702/web-2-0-in-so-many-words-or-less
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> Yes, Javascript has been around for a decade.  That's not the point.  It's
> not
> about technology.
>
> --
> Larry Garfield                  AIM: LOLG42
> larry at garfieldtech.com          ICQ: 6817012
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> "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of
> exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,
> which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to
> himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the
> possession
> of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it."  --
> Thomas
> Jefferson
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:06:09 +0100
> From: Nick Moffitt <nick at zork.net>
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] "Microsoft is dead"
> To: ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us
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> Larry Garfield:
> > First video on this page:
> >
> > http://pingv.com/blog/laura/200702/web-2-0-in-so-many-words-or-less
>
> Here is the *actual* video file, as opposed to the proprietary bundled
> video player that requires an additional proprietary VM to run in:
>
>         http://ash-v159.ash.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=3D6gmP4nk0EOE
>
> --
> "virii" would be the plural of the mythical masculine        Nick Moffitt
> noun "virius". The neuter plural of "virus" would be        nick at zork.net
> "vira" (as "opus" & "opera"), and "viri" is the plural
> of the masculine "vir" (man). It really is "viruses"!
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:44:53 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Neil R. Ormos" <ormos at ripco.com>
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] Meeting Followup--Wall Wart Transformers
> To: UFO Chicago Mailing List <ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us>
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> The "Universal" wall-wart transformer I mentioned
> at the meeting last night:
>
>    <
> http://www.radioshack.com/sm-3-12vdc-800ma-regulated-ac-to-dc-adapter--pi=
-2049691.html
> >
>
> Outrageously priced at $19.
>
> Note that you need to get the correct adaptor plug
> for your device--one comes free with the
> purchase--and you need to carefully ensure that
> the polarity of the adaptor plug is correct.
>
> A good source for a wide variety of wall-wart
> transformers (and other surplus electronics):
>
>    <http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category/790/Transformers.html>
>
> Even with the steep $7 shipping/handling charge, a
> transformer from these guys is likely to be less
> expensive than the "Universal" wall-wart from
> Radio Shack, if you don't mind the wait.
>
> --Neil
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:56:16 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Neil Ormos H <ormos at ripco.com>
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs
> To: UFO Chicago Mailing List <ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us>
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> Brian Sobolak wrote:
>
> > Ok, my tale gets more Kafka-esque.  And now
> > reminds everyone why Comcast probably sucks.
>
> Have you considered "fixed wireless"?  It used to
> be quite expensive, but the prices have come down,
> at least in some places.  With the recent
> announcement by Sprint of Wimax deployment in
> Chicago over the next year, these providers will
> probably need to scramble to adjust their pricing
> model, so perhaps you can get a good deal.
>
> Here's a provider that claims to serve Chicago:
>
>    <http://www.awb.us/>
>
> I know nothing about them.
>
> --Neil
>
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