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Re: Macs are even more expensive than I thought (Scripting News)

Marie Carnes — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:22:11 -0000

Dave, I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist here, but, they saw you coming.

You walked in the door and they were calling your name. Big tip-off. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that one Dave Winer writes code, among other things, and there could very well be some gems on his old hard drive. Could this be the same Dave Winer?

The guy removed the old drive and took it in the back room. It's pretty easy to imagine them immediately mounting it in a special machine to see if the drive was recoverable. And, walla, yes it is.

If the store manager wanted, I'm sure she had some discretion to return the old drive to you. But, that was no longer possible as the drive was promptly packed up and sent by courier to the home office for analysis while you were still in the store!!!

Interesting,

Re: Hope is what we have, Hillary (Scripting News)

Marie Carnes — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:34:31 -0000

I think about hope, and what it means, a lot. I started really thinking about it when I first heard of a little town called Hope, Arkansas, which I probably would never have heard of were it not for Bill Clinton. When he said he still believed in it, I thought he meant more than just the place, but that we all must have hope. And to not give up our hopes (and dreams).

Re: MamaLamaSamba

Marie Carnes — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:16:05 -0000

Wow! That was really good. Those are high school kids? Again, wow!

Actually, it's kind of cool not seeing the brass and wood section. It makes you think about the music.

Re: Random Stuff

Marie Carnes — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:34:25 -0000

Even though it's a long way from home, he can't go wrong at Indiana. I know of a couple people who graduated from its fine arts programs and landed their dream jobs, one of which is with a major city ballet company.

I do realize Frosty has traditionally been a snowman's name. But, for the human species, I would have thought it would be a female name. Sorry.

I have yet to see 24.

In other ramdomness, since having made a couple comments on your Flickr photos and since this is my 2nd comment here, I should ask, Karoli, do you remember me?

Re: Random Stuff

Marie Carnes — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:09:56 -0000

I wasn't quite sure if you were you when I first saw your comment on another blog. So, I followed you here, just in case. It only took a very short while to be sure. It's so nice to see you, again.

Re: Julie Amero: Persecution of the Innocent

Marie Carnes — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:06:32 -0000

Since this case is on to the appellate stage, both the trial court prosecutor and appellate prosecutor need to let themselves be educated by the forensic technoligist, so this case can be dismissed and all charges dropped. Thank you for giving this some light.

Re: Computer Security, Malware and Botnets

Marie Carnes — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:53:50 -0000

I can't sit down at a computer without checking its health. When I started my job about a year ago, my boss had just gone into business for herself. I never asked her, but I believe the computer I use came from her previous employment where they were sort of careful to remove the data files before letting it out the door. But, not the junk.

Anyway, I spent that first day updating Windows, installing Firefox, firewall, and anti-virus software (it had none), and cleaning out about 90 cases of spyware and 400 instances of various other forms of malware. There was one super evil search bar type thing attached to IE that took a couple weeks to finally get rid of. This thing made even the simple act of closing IE launch pop-up ads for porn sites.

The one so-called expert said that Julie was in fact computer literate because she had an AOL account, etc. Well, whoever had this particular computer before me was also computer literate. But still managed to get a tangled up mess on her computer.

Re: Sticks Stacks

Marie Carnes — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:47:22 -0000

That. is talent. Have a great time on your vacation.

Re: Makena Ambience

Marie Carnes — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:09:54 -0000

That is beautiful. And noisy. It makes me think of what it was like while the Earth was being formed.

Re: Makena Ambience

Marie Carnes — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:13:28 -0000

Not that I was there. So, I should have said, what it must have been like.

Re: MSN, CCBill, Online Payments and Ambush Billing

Marie Carnes — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:16:58 -0000

In case you change your mind? They never stop selling.

What's scary is they put a charge through on a card with an expired date and relate it to the successor account.

Excellent analogy on the restaurant.

Several years ago I bought some clothes for my kids at a national chain in the mall. Three or so months later, my bank calls me wanting to know if I was making long distance calls to Germany. No. Well, it turns out that the clerk at the store pocketed my credit card information for future personal use. How they traced it back to that person, they never told me. But, thanks to some eagle-eye software at the bank, they caught it and the charges never even showed up on my account statement. I did appreciate the bank calling me for that.

So, here's a question. Who are these people that work for these companies that have our credit card and debit card info?

Re: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Marie Carnes — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:13:08 -0000

That. was awesome!

Re: Anonymity Isn’t the Problem

Marie Carnes — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:48:51 -0000

Very well said. I started blogging anonymously, but quickly stopped. I've even tried to dabble in it a couple times since then. Personally, I just wasn't comfortable with it for myself. However, I do not judge others that do. If they are consistent and interesting, I'll read them and respect them and stick with them - even when I might disagree with them or even detest their position on an issue. Once they start flaking out (for lack of a better word), I just stop reading them and never look back. Well, I guess I feel pretty much that way whether a blogger uses his name or not.

On a purely selfish note, I'm glad you started using your name. I followed a link to TechCrunch (I think) from Dave Winer one day. As I was reading the conversation I saw a familiar name. And I thought to myself, can it be that there is more than one person in the world with that name. So, I followed you over here and it didn't take long to figure out it was you. I've been here ever since. And the rest they say, is history.

Re: A Little Salsa With Your Sticks

Marie Carnes — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:24:53 -0000

Wow! Very cool. I really, really like that. Sticks is so talented.

Re: A Little Salsa With Your Sticks

Marie Carnes — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:06:48 -0000

I've just spent some time on Benise's web site listening to a few samples. Wow! I think we can call him and his guitar the new soul music.

Re: The Mad Drummer

Marie Carnes — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:43:35 -0000

This is a cool photo. I do love a nice long drum solo.

Re: The Mad Drummer’s Solo

Marie Carnes — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:11 -0000

Very impressive. Very cool. Karoli, I think I speak on behalf of every girl whoever fell in love with every drummer they met when I say, your son is swoon material.

Re: The Mad Drummer’s Solo

Marie Carnes — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:02:43 -0000

But, you probably already knew that.

Re: Worldly fame is but a blast of wind…

Marie Carnes — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:55:48 -0000

Unreal, but not surprising.

Karoli, your daughter is just beautiful. I hope she can get some good mileage out of the experience, like, at least, being able to put this on her professional resume.

Re: In a New Light

Marie Carnes — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:26:09 -0000

Beautiful! (I don't know another word that even begins to describe what I'm seeing.)

Re: Stuck to the Sides

Marie Carnes — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:15:06 -0000

What if you're on the outside of the wall. Great picture of one of my favorite rides, by the way.

Re: Pure Bull or Pure Evil?

Marie Carnes — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:34:14 -0000

What a complete scam. Laura is signed up with Career Builder and I think she may have got a solicitation from this company or something like it.

We get a lot of door to door sales people at my office, which is on a mixed residential/commerical street. They're selling everything from cheap toys to truckloads of furniture "just in from North Carolina" that was "supposed to go to a store in Chicago but was overstocked." Or some line like that. The people doing the selling are all about 18 to 30 and looking very desperate. This has to be one of the hardest ways to make a living.

Re: I’m a Rockin’ Girl Blogger!

Marie Carnes — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:54:35 -0000

Thanks, Karoli.

Re: Happy Birthday to Us…

Marie Carnes — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:24:49 -0000

Happy birthday, Karoli and Sticks. Friday birthdays are my favorite. Have a great weekend.

Re: Over the Moon

Marie Carnes — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:30:44 -0000

That is just so beautiful. And calming.

Re: Internet Fakery Taken Up a Notch or Two

Marie Carnes — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:11:06 -0000

I just read Josh Olson's entire article. And, oh, my God! One thing that occurred to me, and maybe someone somewhere already commented this, is that Janna gave up so easily because she already has another scam in development somewhere. The really creepy thing is Janna is sitting back somewhere reading all this. The question is, is she shamed, or is she getting off on it.

Re: Internet Fakery Taken Up a Notch or Two

Marie Carnes — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:24:56 -0000

Okay, I thought about it more. Maybe she gave up so easily to avoid an ugly confrontation and possibly the police being called. She might have rationalized it that if the police got involved it could or would curtail future scams.

In any event, I'd bet money she's going to do something similar again. If she's not already.

Re: Frontline: Cheney’s Law

Marie Carnes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:44:05 -0000

I watched the show online tonight thanks to your post. Otherwise, I would have missed it. Frontline is one of my favorite shows, but for some odd reason, I always seems to miss it. I blogged my reactions to the show here.

Re: Frontline: Cheney’s Law

Marie Carnes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:53:06 -0000

Here:

http://www.disarranging.com/review/archives/002...

(Sorry for junking up your blog; I don't know what I did on the previous comment)

Re: A World on Fire

Marie Carnes — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:15:48 -0000

That almost looks like some of the mile-wide tornadoes we occasionally get back this way. I can't even imagine what people around there are going through who have breathing conditions. Stay safe, Karoli.

Re: Tweet and Eat

Marie Carnes — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:41:48 -0000

That micro recipe twitterer is an excellent one. Thanks.

A couple I'm following in RSS:

http://twitter.com/publiclaws
http://twitter.com/woot

Re: Help a fashion disaster recover…

Marie Carnes — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:15:11 -0000

This isn't fashion. This is timeless practicality. To start, I would recommend a blazer. If you can afford two, get one each of corduroy (can be business and casual) and wool (business and semi-dressy). Black slacks and a black straight skirt. A couple nice finished t-shirts or plain shirt. Flats or low-heeled pumps. As for the colors, whatever looks good. This probably wasn't what you were looking for, but you'll look good and people think you know what you're doing (which you probably do, anyway).

I wear this stuff everyday. Except, not so much the skirt part anymore. I have two of these. It may not look like it came from Saks, but it's super comfortable, looks decent, and you can't go wrong with that price.

On the other hand... The last time I was in Atlanta, the shoeshine girl just off the lobby of the some downtown hotel (can't remember the name), wore a little black cocktail dress at eight in the morning. So, there's that.

Re: The Painted Box

Marie Carnes — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:05:49 -0000

Just beautiful. DG is multi-talented and creative.

Re: Weird and Random Things

Marie Carnes — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:18:02 -0000

Hey Karoli, excellent list. I'm getting a little chuckle here because I did my list not quite two weeks ago:

http://www.disarranging.com/review/archives/002...

We must have esp. :)

Re: Ex-planation

Marie Carnes — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:55:36 -0000

What a wonderful story. Congratulations to everyone.

Re: Dan Abrams has it wrong

Marie Carnes — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:14:02 -0000

Man, she is just not going to let go. I think she might best serve the country in a leadership position in the U.S. Senate. Unless, of course, if she goes all rogue on us.

Re: Lead, Senator Clinton.

Marie Carnes — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:19:05 -0000

This is a very emotional time and I don't want to make it worse by going on the attack against Harriet Christian.

I would like to say, however, for the last 15 months, so many Americans - probably more than ever before - have felt for the first time they finally had a vested interest in the process of getting a Democratic nominee with both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

With Hillary now out of the running, and not showing her acceptance and support of Barack as the nominee, it's only to be expected that some (a lot?) of her supporters would turn against Barack in favor of John McCain. I have to believe, if the reverse had happened, we could be doing the same thing. Not me, but some.

The main thing, however, is that Barack is not the one to whom they should direct their ire. Rather, it should be to the process. Personally, I'm still reeling over that whole scene over the weekend. I realize what happened makes sense to a lot of people. But, not to me.

Anyway, it happened, and to give your vote to John McCain as some kind of punishment because Hillary didn't get the nomination just flies in the face of what we as Democrats stand for and hope for. Like someone else here said, a better tomorrow for all of us, among other things.

I hope this makes sense. Like I said, very emotional and still reeling.

P.S. Karoli, your Grab our RSS Feed link has some extra characters at the beginning. I thought I'd finally subscribe since this appears to be where the action is.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:48:16 -0000

Places where you don't usually find people under age 18: Nursing homes and senior citizen centers.

Re: Chamber wants more

Marie Carnes — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:55:54 -0000

This press release came out just this week? Because, that lawsuit abuse spiel, and much of the paragraph in quotes, was used in a radio ad campaign this past fall in Springfield.

This falls into the legal doctrine of "give 'em an inch, and they'll take a mile."

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:38:17 -0000

Automobiles.

Also, an RSS search feature would be nice to have.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:34:07 -0000

Sorry for being a little O.T. here, but I just want to go on record.

I live in Springfield. Until this campaign season, we have never seen political signs on our public boulevards or park district parks until someone in Oberweis's campaign decided to put his signs there. Apparently, I'm not the only one who is disgusted by this, since most of the signs have been stomped down.

If anyone from the campaign is reading this, please come and get your signs ASAP (in the Bunn Park area). Thank you.

And thanks, Rich.

Re: Madigan responds to impeachment resolution

Marie Carnes — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:22:23 -0000

Rich, Just minutes ago Jack Cafferty mentioned this resoltuion on Wolf Blitzer's Situation Room. Something about the "Democratically controlled Illinois state legislature is considering...." No credit to the Capitol Fax, unfortunately.

Also, Cafferty is formulating his web question of the day around this topic: "5 p.m. ET: Is it a smart strategy for Democrats to call for the impeachment of President Bush?"

Anyway, without having read the above comments, it's like yelling out to the rest of the country, "hey, Illinois is a blue state." Which, like, no one knows.

Even if such a resolution passes in Illinois, it'll have no effect on the grand scheme of things. It reminds me of that phase where some municipalities were trying to pass resolutions condemning the war in Iraq.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:37:54 -0000

I-55

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:20:17 -0000

The boundaries for the City of Springfield and Capital Township are the same. As such, all your government services are provided by the city. As far as I know, the only service provided by Capital Township is financial assistance. And, that is very specific in very limited circumstances.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:16:18 -0000

Possible future QOTD: To anyone who has (or is planning to have) kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, neighbor kids, etc., what and how are you teaching them about entering public service?

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:53:10 -0000

Politically? 1978. I went to the fair every day and every night. As a secretary on the Democratic staff, I had a little gig working the Dem tent a couple hours a day. It wasn't necessarily a young woman's dream job - handing out rulers, pencils, shopping bags, and bumper stickers, but it was fun. I sigh at the memory. My favorite thing, though, was the parking pass just inside Gate 11. Loved that parking pass. Miss that parking pass.

Personally? Many years later, taking my daughters to the fair, riding the Flying Bobs over and over, wasting more money on the ring toss and the frog hammer hop than I care to recall.

Larry Mullholland, I too was at that Beach Boys concert. Other memorable concerts included K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Willie Nelson (several times), Kenny Rogers.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:11:40 -0000

Anon 12:29: Wow! That is the best one so far.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:23:26 -0000

This is ridiculous. "Tort reform" is a protection racket for the medical industry. Economic and attorney fee caps are designed as welfare for rich people. The medical industry has successfully diverted attention away from their incompetent practitioners and onto the lawyers. Lawyers are not the problem in medical malpractice. Lawyers are their scapegoats.

Part of the reason it's so hard to bring a malpractice suit is because doctors clam up and look the other way when they see other doctors having committed malpractice. These doctors are liars for the sake of their own wallets and not the welfare of their patients.

People who have been injured at the hand of their trusted physician or medical staff don't stand a chance until doctors are forced to report the errors of other doctors. That is the reform we need.

Re: George Ryan sentencing – UPDATE: RYAN SPEAKS AT HEARING – GIVEN 78 MONTHS

Marie Carnes — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:14:58 -0000

So, will he lose his pension? Social Security? Pharmacist license? Anything else?

Re: George Ryan sentencing – UPDATE: RYAN SPEAKS AT HEARING – GIVEN 78 MONTHS

Marie Carnes — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:09:03 -0000

::Also, word is a Chicago company/firm has hired Lura Lynn Ryan to work in the office answering phones (ostensibly) so she has a job, salary, benefits, etc.

Don't you think Lura is getting Social Security and Medicare benefits herself? Even though George will lose his Social Security, I don't think Lura will lose hers. I mean, yeah, her benefits probably come under George's Social SEcurity number, but the check she gets is hers. Right?

In any event, I have a hard time believing her kids would stand for her going to work at her age. Really.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:43:25 -0000

Enough with the campaign finance reform. Let the voters look at a candidate and determine for themselves if the candidate is going to represent the people or corporations.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:37:39 -0000

The author of the article got the wrong quote out of Kent Redfield. Weird.

Maybe the politicians are shrewder than the advertising wonks would think. Or hope. The buzz (good or bad) generated in online media, i.e., newspapers and blogs and whatever, is just free advertising for the campaigns. And, that kind of free advertising is probably a hundred times better than dollars spent advertising on weather.com.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:27:46 -0000

Downtown, that is intriguing. You gotta give us some hints, like, was it an Illinois governor? And, a decade would be nice to know. But that might be too revealing.

I once received a used clothes dryer. It probably only cost about $50, but the value of not having to lug baskets of wet laundry and two babies to the laundromat every week was worth thousands to me.

Re: Check story keeps bouncing back

Marie Carnes — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:24:50 -0000

So, if the source of the contribution to this so-called college fund is found to be ill-gotten, can it be declared invalid?

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:04:46 -0000

Hare who? On name recognition alone, strangely, Zinga's way ahead, by far. At least in my traditionally blue precinct in Springfield, she is. Her stunt last week, even though not well-received by the press, rocketed her name to the top of everyone's mind. Ask us again in a month.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:40:22 -0000

I can never remember who my state rep is until I go to some event and see Ray Poe doing the cooking. Then it dawns on me. Great hot dogs. Sam Cahnman wins by a nose.

Re: Reform and renewal rules the day again

Marie Carnes — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:02:22 -0000

Party of the first part offers a bribe to party of the second part to go to the dance. Party of the second part says we don't pay to dance. Party of the second part goes to the dance.

And, so, why did everybody else pay to get into the dance.

Re: Brutal * Updated x1 *

Marie Carnes — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:08:43 -0000

His press person, or whoever he had there with him, tried to usher him away a couple times. But, he didn't want to get out from in front of the camera. Ego.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:03:33 -0000

Okay. No problem on a smoke ban. However, there may be unintended consequences.

Don't anybody freak out (especially you, Pickle - avert your eyes).

People are bringing their MISBEHAVING CHILDREN into the formerly smoke filled taverns for PIZZAS, CHEESEBURGERS, COKES, AND SPORTS TV!!! I witnessed it myself in one of the aforementioned Springfield taverns and even had my foot run over by an unattended kid pushing a chair around like it was a Zamboni.

Hey I'm not at all anti-kid. I have two of my own. But, do you think something can be done about this, too?

Okay, Pickle. You can look now.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:50:16 -0000

No mail. Yes!

But we had someone bring brochures for the Dem statewide candidates late Saturday morning.

Re: Company which lost out to diastrous Wyma-represented firm gets part of contract back

Marie Carnes — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:43:02 -0000

Politics aside for a moment, this is all kind of disgusting. This could lead one to believe that the whole standardized testing process is more about making hay (political and otherwise) than about what they tell parents it's for.

Re: Question of the day

Marie Carnes — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:30:52 -0000

Archer Daniels Midland buys Cubs.
Moves team to Decatur.
Builds Decatur ballpark (with corporate funds).
People come from all over to get a whiff of the new Cubs.

North siders shift their allegiance to the Sox.
Sox players are buoyed by their newfound fans.
Sox shine as the only game in town.
South Side finds out what they've been missing.

Cubs and Sox meet in the World Series.

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