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simphiwe.mngadi - Ethical or troll?

Juding by the recent trial SM placed BOJ on, prehaps he would like to take the stand now.SM, can you explain how your post, in a lame attempt to gain support and deny someone's abilities, was ethical? I thik it was in very poor taste, was out of line and...

Tags: Oz_Media

Discussion threads 2007-11-22

Canadian Police Tolerates Piracy For Personal Use

[b]Canadian Police Tolerates Piracy For Personal Use[/b][i]Written by Ernesto on November 11, 2007[/i]The Canadian police announced that it will stop targeting people who download copyrighted material for personal use. Their priority will be to focus on organized crime and copyright theft that affects the health and safety of consumers instead...

Tags: Oz_Media, Canadian Police Tolerates Piracy, Canadian police

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

In Flanders Fields

Lest we forget those who selflessly sacrificed their future for ours. There are no words invented by mankind that could possibly express my heartfelt sorrow and gratitude for all who served in the great wars.May no man woman or child have to suffer such a sacrifice again. Whether...

Tags: Oz_Media, Veterans Day, FLANDERS FIELDS, WWII

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

Anyone seen Das Untergang?

Watched a fabulous movie the other night, not new but new for me. Das Untergang, it's the story of Hitler's last days in Berlin. German with English subtitles, it's one of the best most accurate portrayals of Hitler, his generals and his last few days as his syphillis...

Tags: Oz_Media, Hitler

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

Canadian Study: Piracy Boosts CD Sales

[i] Interesting article found on rlslog.net[/i]A recent study on the impact of filesharing on CD sales shows that the more music people download on P2P-networks, the more CDs they buy.University of London researchers, Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz surveyed a large group of Canadians to find out what the effect...

Tags: Sales strategy, Oz_Media, CD, CD sale, music, sales, piracy

Discussion threads 2007-11-04

Did I miss the Friday Yuk?

Couldn't find one.... :(If it's already online and I am simply being a moron, forgive me, if not: A young boy asks his Grandmother how old she is, to which she replies "That'snone of your business."So he asks her how much she weighs and again she replies "thats none of...

Tags: Oz_Media, Grandpa

Discussion threads 2007-11-02

Halloween thread ]:)

Okay well Halloween opens up lots of water cooler chat:What is you favorite Halloween candy?What do you hand out yourself?Are you dressing up? If so as what?Do you have a favorite Halloween song, TV special, Movie?What is Halloween to you? A waste of an evening? Fun times with the...

Tags: Oz_Media, Halloween

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

WFT is with Outlook????

or more acurately, WTF is with me??I'm trying to send email to a list of about 60 clients. Haven't bothered with a distro list, just a list of selected names BCC'd. Single PDF attachment, three lines of body text.After sending, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is returned as...

Tags: Groupware, Spam, E-mail servers, WFT, Oz_Media, NDR, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Where were you?

Has an idea for a weekly post over the weekend.Starting with a music era, say the 80's, name a song from the 80's and what it reminds you of.Others can comment on what that song reminds them of or come up with another song in the same era. It...

Tags: Oz_Media

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

Why fear Mae?

Now everyone knows that our dear peer Mae is an absolute sweetheart, but...I have read dozens of posts where people are in fear of dear Mae, but why?I've seen some real reasons, she wears Doc Martins and doesn't give a rats what you think about it (I actually like that...

Tags: Oz_Media, Mae

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Hello HAL9000, JamesRL, Jaqui and JD

Noticed you were online thought I'd see how effective the live peer knowledge was. :)Not exactly instant messaging though.it does work, butit isn't really live at all, there is a 5 minute hold when someone leaves the site before they drop off the list of members here.Close enoughI'm on, and...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Oz_Media

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Real numbers about RIAA anti-P2P campaign

From RLSLOG: [i]During an occasionally testy cross examination, a Sony executive said what many observers have suspected for a long time. The RIAA’s four-year-old lawsuit campaign is costing the music industry millions of dollars and is a big money-loser for the record labels. The revelation came during the first day...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, anti-P2P, Oz_Media, RIAA, Pariser, Toder

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Solved - Running accpac from server on Win2K

SOLVED - Finally able to map drive to PLUS folder, runs from prompt.___________________________________________Using a simple shared file server, how do I access AccPac's PLUS stored on the server and run it on Win2K notebook?If I click the PLUS.exe on the server, it opens and closes the command window. I...

Tags: Oz_Media, server, Microsoft Windows 2000

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

Al Bore in Vancouver

Well it's official, Al Bore will be in Vancouver for his most unqualified rant on global warming. What is unfortunate is that his special guest speaker is a very well renowned, ecuated, experienced and realistic environmentalist..Dr.David Suzuki.Tix ar $250.00 for general seating and $500 for premium seating.Now if it...

Tags: Oz_Media, Suzuki

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Recordings old and new

Being in a business with extremely high end audio products, I have noticed that there are few to no recent recordings that actually display high resolution, soundstaging, transparency etc. While it appears that music quality is of the utmost these days, nothing is cleaner than digital they say, I...

Tags: Oz_Media, recording, headphone, quality recording, computer speaker, walkman

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Access radio buttons

Stand alone copy of Access 2003, simply used for tracking sales progress on a single machine.No tied-in DB's or modules, just a cust list with a few fields.It has been so long since I worked with MS db software that I am completely lost again. I wanted to add...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Oz_Media, radio button, radio, Microsoft Access

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Win2K lanman server

Win2KPro, notebook, stand alone:While reinstalling a copy of ACT, I can no longer get it to install properly. I get an error to start server lanman before conrinuing.This WAS on a network at one time, Novell, but now is a stand alaone. I am thinking the registry key...

Tags: Oz_Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, server, Msconfig

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

IBM Thinkpad- headwrecker time

OKay after a teardown, clean and reassembly, my Thinkpad BIOS was reset. The FN keys that dim or brighten the display seem to be screwed.The adjustment usually runs in about 5 or 6 increments, dark to light. As you use the FN keys with the brightness control keys...

Tags: Notebooks, Oz_Media, increment, IBM ThinkPad, BIOS, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Ozzfest 2007-cold beer, hot women and warm friends.

OKAY, for those who feel TR is purely a technical site, this is posted in off-topic, so click on and find a new topic. THXOZZFEST 2007 - now I know there are a few of you who have been to past Ozzfest concerts or are trying to introduce your kids...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Oz_Media, Ozzfest, Ozzy, TR IS, women

Discussion threads 2007-06-01

Than it was then?

Okay, some who know me have seen me post my confusion over 'than' being replaced with 'then'.ie: "It was greater THAN I had expected" is often written as "It was greater THEN I had expected"or as noticed in Google's SketchUp tips today, "Looking around Google Earth is more fun...

Tags: Oz_Media, grammar, Google Earth, high school, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-10