Baby Camera System

I ran across a nifty product the other day from CameraSecurityNow.com. They are calling it the Baby Cam. It is a wireless infrared camera couple with a portable handheld monitor. Now there is no recording and you can only use it in your house, (it's a 2.4ghz device) it is pretty handy. At only $199 it's a bargain for those who want to monitor Junior when he's sleeping.

The First windows 7 Screenshots

Two screenshots have been released for Windows 7, one of Windows 7 build 7600 and one of Windows Server 2008 R2 build 7600. Both of the screenshots were taken in the About Calculator application with Aero not enabled in either screenshot. Reports all over the internet are looking at a build 7600 for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The reason people are buzzing about this is because this bump in the build number would mean that Microsoft has named this build as the RTM build, or Release to Manufacturer build. It is expected that the RTM build is to be given out to Microsoft partners later this month and should be officially launched on October 22, 2009.

Looking at the build string, which is "7600.16384.090710-1945", we can tell this was compiled on July 10,2009 at 7:45pm. Only when the build number reaches a significant goal does Microsoft increment it. The only build left is the RTM milestone. All the builds that were last leaking were 72xx builds which makes this large bump suspicious. Yet we could see Microsoft doing this to signify that this is the final build.

Earlier this week, Microsoft had reported that it discovered some show-stopping bugs in the system that would delay the RTM. However, if build 7600 is legitimate, then it would appear that Microsoft has found a way around the problem. Even though this build is currently in the process of being leaked to the public, it is recommended that you use caution with build 7600 due to the fact that Microsoft has yet to confirm or deny its existence. It has also been rumored that Microsoft was aiming at compiling the RTM build on July 13, 2009 but for all we know, build 7700 could become the RTM build. Below are the two screenshots currently out for Windows 7.

Obama’s plan to ban “Assault Weapons”

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1

This smacks of ignorance. Ignorance in those proposing it and ignorance in those of us who believe it.

I have 2 problems with this new angle to ban “Assault Weapons” in the US.

1. The problem with Assault Weapons (if there really is such a thing) is the person who is using it, not the weapon itself. How much of an education do you have to have to understand that simple truth? For instance, a drunk behind the wheel of a car turns that car into an “Assault Weapon”. There are more people killed every year by the “Assault Weapon” car of a drunk driver than by a Semi-Automatic Rifle. So if you use the same logic that the government is using on “Assault Weapons” then they should start banning cars next week.
2. Ban “Assault Weapons” so we can help out the Mexican Government handle the Drug Cartels? Why would we want to help the Mexican Government do anything? Are they helping us with our illegal immigrant problem? Hell yes they are! They are telling their migrant workers and criminals to cross the border to the US for free housing and medical care.


Take rights away from the law abiding US citizens because our government is incapable, unwilling or afraid to tackle the real problems. That is exactly the backward ignorant thinking that has gotten our country into the mess we are in.

The solutions are simple.

1. Make the punishment for using a firearm in an illegal activity a serious penalty. Arrest the culprits, prosecute them swiftly and nail them to the wall, it will deter others from using firearms in illegal activities.
2. CLOSE OUR BORDERS! – If illegal’s cannot cross the borders, then how can they smuggle firearms back across into Mexico?

The Government Stimulus package passed while Law Abiding Citizens were still armed. What will the Government pass after they disarm all of Law Abiding Citizens?????

Obama's Stimulus - A virus to Health Care

This Bloomberg article hits close to home. I work in the computer rental industry, one sector of our business is renting equipment to pharmaceutical companies that are marketing their new products. Sounds like the stimulus plan as written will hinder the development of new drugs and procedures because the Governing body won’t allow their use. The goal is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs.

Read this on Bloomberg and then WAKE UP AMERICA, contact your senators. Ask them if that sounds like a “Stimulus Plan” to them.

Server Sales Down

Server revenues fell in the 3rd quarter as companies are preserving cash and putting off larger IT expenses. You can only put off these expenses for so long, before it becomes a necessity.

IBM is still on top, followed closely by HP and then Dell.

Sun lost the most revenues

See complete story here

“Arab world hails shoe attack” - BFD!

I read on the Drudge Report how the “Arab world hails shoe attack”. That’s all you can find in the news media, how the Arab’s are applauding this “Insult”. Is that all the balls that Zaidi has? Throwing Shoes?

The fact that this Iraq journalist threw his shoes at our president does not bother me nearly as bad as the fact that the people in the US in general and our Journalists in particular are not up in arms about an insult to OUR PRESIDENT!

You can like President Bush or hate him, does not matter to me, but he is still THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! His title alone, not to mention the Office he holds deserves the respect of every citizen of the USA. There should be outrage pouring forth from every Man, Woman and Children in the US, every Journalist, News Caster and especially the Late Night Morons. Instead of parodying President Bush, they should be making fun of the Arabs for such a worthless insult. Oh, I forgot, it’s not Politically Correct to make fun of Arabs. Well I got news for you, in my little part of this world, it’s not politically correct for the Arabs to behead our troops and civilians and then party around in the street dragging their headless bodies and act like they have done something special.

“We the People of the United States of America” have lost our spines, balls and PRIDE somewhere between September 11th, 2001 and today.

And it sickens me.

What a pile of Dung

I don’t get on a soap box often, but read this article. It is about regulating and taxing farmers for stinky live stock and it is absolutely ridiculous. How could any political appointee seriously propose legislation that is so stupid as this? How can a person look someone in the face and say that we need to regulate pig farts? How can the kids of these morons even go to school, can you imagine what you would have said to your buddy if his dad was really behind a proposal this ludicrous? I would rather waller around in a pig sty all day long than to spend 30 seconds in a room with these buffoons. I would be afraid that if I breathed any air they expelled, the stupidity would seep down into my lungs.

The world is going to hell in a hand basket, our economy is in the crapper, we have serious problems to deal with and all the rocket scientists at the EPA can come up with is a proposal that will bankrupt our farmers just to make tax revenue on Cow Farts under the guise of global warming and being green. You have got to be kidding me.

I say the hell with the EPA, we need a CPA (Citizen Protection Agency), Chuck Norris can head it up, or Ted Nugent or Tom Selleck, someone with common sense who can kick ass and take names, or swing into a press conference on a rope. (not really sure about common sense and the Motor City Madman, but I love his firm stance on gun control – to hit at what you aim).

I will tell you one thing, if president elect Obama has any cojones, he will fire all of the EPA administrators and appoint people with a little bit of common sense.

I will tell you another thing, all of these tax and spend politicians need to break out the history book and brush up on the Boston Tea Party. Those days may not be too far around the corner, ask any gun dealer, go try to buy ammunition, the populace is arming itself faster than anytime in history.

I will stop with this last truism – Al Gore is a putz and if we can stifle the silly ideas of fools like this, we may have a fighting chance to come out of this mess on the winning side.

Too bad it is below freezing outside, I could really use a ride on the Road King to calm settle down