Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Product Information: "Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use virtual machines to run legacy applications, provide support, train users, and enhance quality assurance.
Virtual PC lets you create separate virtual machines on your Windows desktop, each of which virtualizes the hardware of a complete physical computer.

Use virtual machines to run operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2. You can run multiple operating systems at once on a single physical computer and switch between them as easily as switching applications—instantly, with a mouse click.

Virtual PC is perfect for any scenario in which you need to support multiple operating systems, whether you use it for tech support, legacy application support, training, or just for consolidating physical computers."

the Battle for the Desktop?

Can Apple Take Microsoft?

Many of the pillars promised for Longhorn were stripped from Vista in order to have something to ship four years after it was originally promised. Even so, reviewers have described Vista as “beta quality” and recommend waiting on Vista until Microsoft ships its first service pack.

Many companies have put off buying Vista entirely. The US Federal Department of Transportation has put an indefinite moratorium on purchases of both Windows Vista and Office 2007, stating in a memo:

"...there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading to these new Microsoft software products. Furthermore, there appears to be specific reasons not to upgrade."

As PC sales continue through the year, Microsoft will be able to claim that an increasing number of users are "buying Vista," which ships with new PCs. However, many businesses are buying new PCs and installing their own software images, commonly Windows 2000. Some have only recently moved to the six year old Windows XP.

When Apple reports additional sales of Macs, it actually means more active users of the latest Mac OS X.


FOUND via SLASHDOT
and this too:-

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters: "'According to a Sunday New York Times article, 6 in 10 Americans believe in the devil and hell, 7 in 10 believe in angels, heaven and the existence of miracles and life after death, while 92% believe in a personal God. The article explores the possibility that this belief structure may be ingrained into our genetic makeup. 'When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success ... Which is the better biological explanation for a belief in God — evolutionary adaptation or neurological accident? Is there something about the cognitive functioning of humans that makes us receptive to belief in a supernatural deity?''"

CBB

The evening ot the day my present arrived the new Celebrity Big Bother Brother - the official BigBrother UK website on channel4.com started so I sat and watched TV and drank the port and enjoyed the party

MSN Entertainment News: "Dippy Jade tipped for a BB comeback
Former Big Brother star Jade Goody is hotly tipped to make a return to the show on Friday - this time as a celebrity.
The 25-year-old has been signed up for Celebrity Big Brother, according to reports. The show has refused to comment.
The dippy star and toyboy lover Jack Tweedy, 19, have already reportedly been whisked off in a helicopter to a mystery location.
The Daily Star reported that Jade said: 'We're off into hiding for Big Brother. I've no idea where we are going - maybe we're being taken to East Angular.
The couple are tipped to arrive with Jade's mum Jackiey, 48, and gran Sylvia, 67, at a secret house next door to the main building."

new blogger test

just one more test done in MS IE 7 on WinXP Sp2 on Parallels on Dual Core Intel

portrait image bug not fixed yet

My own MacBook Pro: browser wars and a blogger bug

politiken firstclass

I was doing a politiken firstclass - Google Search
because I had forgotten the name WebX

but I found this Shell takes me off the dole (2006-11-22)
part of the web site of Erik Thau-Knudsen


see also
FirstClass Socdem and Politiken Online: "News-systemet er lavet af WebCrossing eller WebX " with images from 2001

webcrossing - Google Search:

"Web Crossing
A leader in intranet/internet servers offering online conferencing solutions through discussion forums and chat rooms, with server-side scripting to allow ...
www.webcrossing.com/ -
visit the web crossing web site
www.lundeen.com/Home/ -"

next sunday

There is one last chance to come to a write-in, and here are the details:

Date: Sunday, 26/11/06
Time: 12pm onwards
Location: Starbucks on New Street Birmingham England

It'll be the same format as the last few times: we'll have 45-minute sessions of writing with 15-minute breaks in between to chat, drink coffee and ease cramps. Stay for as many sessions as you like, and if you arrive in mid-session, simply join in. . . . .

David Frost 1 - Tony Blair 0

Blair admits Iraq a 'disaster'
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 7 hours ago
... Responding to a suggestion from Sir David Frost that the conflict had been a disaster from the start, Blair replied "it has", before blaming a combination of ...
Gavin Scott: Through the Conference Hall and Out of Iraq Yahoo! News
Blair says Iran should work with the West but warns that Britain ... International Herald Tribune
Blair urges Iran and Syria to help with Iraq solution ic Wales
all 64 news articles »


Poor old Tony was really leading with his chin and being too honest when Sir David Frost looked shyly down, with false modesty, and away from Tony's eyes and baited that trap.

First I am against war, any war and all wars, because as a four year old I must have heard 70 or so bombing raids and 300 plus air raid alarms and grown up a war orphan with my widowed mother.

But after the experience of Harold Wilson's refusal to support USA in Vietnam, which caused USA in revenge stopped supporting the pound, which led to many financial and personal problems in UK , and caused me to abandon my teaching career and the break up of my second marriage . . .

Tony Blair saw that he had no choice and had to go along with Bush's silly ideas in order to secure the economic future of UK, industry, workers and capital.
Once we are in of course we had to make the bet of a bad job and support our soldiers . . .

It takes a country more than 20 years to recover from a major war
10 years planning, 10 years very hard work and then prosperity came to Japan and West Germany from the mid 1960ies.

The disaster has not been the war but the peace, Iraq needs one or two million men on the ground to maintain "homeland security" just as we had millions in Germany in 1945.

Tony Blair really was between the devil and the deep blue sea and he made the best choice out of what was available to him at that time.