Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

I have Safari loaded on my wife's laptop and in my opinion it is faster than IE7 or IE8.

~Brian

[Krandall]

What's your overall thoughts of 7?

[Mad Dog]

What's your overall thoughts of 7?

Few issues, nothing serious.  Not a huge departure from vista in the day to day though which IMO translates to not much value for the money for a guy like me who has vista already.  I like it, but I won't buy it.  At least not until the beta runs out march of next year.

I have Safari loaded on my wife's laptop and in my opinion it is faster than IE7 or IE8.

~Brian

I agree, faster than chrome too. 

[Flynbyu]

Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are not supported with our ADP system.



~Brian

[Krandall]

Safari for the lose..... BOOOOOOO!

[Mad Dog]

Safari for the lose..... BOOOOOOO!

I am using public beta of version 4, never tried 3.x or earlier.

If I recall didn't an auto-install w/itunes of safari help you fix a computer w/ worm problems last year?

[Flynbyu]

I would have never known about Safari had I not had to install iTunes for my wife's iPhone updates.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Safari for the lose..... BOOOOOOO!

I am using public beta of version 4, never tried 3.x or earlier.

If I recall didn't an auto-install w/itunes of safari help you fix a computer w/ worm problems last year?

Not mine! My brothers... and yes...  

[kyledvor61]

just saw an ad on tv for ontario

[Krandall]

just saw an ad on tv for ontario

[Flynbyu]

Exactly.

Kyle. Jonas Brothers overload.

~Brian

[Krandall]

 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 2 1459

Vlad the Impaler impales thousands of merchants and burghers of the town of Brasov, in Transylvania. Some estimate as many as 30,000 impalements, but it was probably more on the order of 2,000.

Apr 2 1725

Casanova born.

Apr 2 1932

World-famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and Dr. John F. Condon turn over $50,000 in ransom money to an unidentified man in a Bronx cemetery. Lindbergh's kidnapped infant, however, is never returned -- his corpse is discovered the following month.

Apr 2 1974

A streaker interrupts actor David Niven during his presentation at the Academy Awards. Niven's off-the-cuff remark -- "probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings" -- was actually prepared in advance.

Apr 2 1979

A mishap in a secret Soviet biological warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk results in the release of airborne anthrax spores, killing 66. Livestock fifty kilometers away also die.

Apr 2 1986

A bomb explodes on a TWA Rome/Athens flight, causing three adults and one infant to be sucked out of the resulting hole in the fuselage. They plunge to their deaths.

Apr 2 1992

John Gotti found guilty for the death of mobster Paul Castellano.

Birthdays today...
742 - Charlemagne (d. 814)
1348 - Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
1527 - Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
1565 - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
1614 - Jahanara Begum Sahib Parents;Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (d. September 16, 1681)
1618 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
1653 - Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
1719 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (Old style date) (d. 1826)
1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
1788 - Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
1814 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
1827 - William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
1838 - Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
1840 - Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
1841 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926)
1862 - Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
1867 - Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
1869 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
1875 - Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
1884 - Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958)
1891 - Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
1900 - Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
1902 - Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
1903 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
1907 - Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1908 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1910 - Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
1912 - Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
1914 - Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
1917 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
1917 - Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
1920 - Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
1923 - G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
1923 - Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
1923 - Gloria Henry, American actress
1925 - George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
1926 - Sir Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, three-time F1 world champion and co-founder of eponymous race team
1927 - Carmen Basilio, American boxer
1927 - Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
1927 - Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
1928 - Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
1928 - Prof David Robinson, Irish Horticulturist (d. 2004)
1932 - Edward Cardinal Egan, Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of New York
1934 - Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
1934 - Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
1937 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1938 - John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
1938 - Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953)
1938 - Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
1939 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
1939 - Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
1940 - Penelope Keith, English actress
1941 - Dr. Demento, American radio personality
1942 - Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist session musician
1942 - Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
1942 - Roshan Seth, Indian actor
1945 - Linda Hunt, American actress
1945 - Reggie Smith, American baseball player
1945 - Don Sutton, American baseball player
1945 - Anne Waldman, American poet
1946 - Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
1947 - Emmylou Harris, American singer
1947 - Camille Paglia, American feminist writer
1948 - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
1948 - Joan D. Vinge, American author
1949 - Paul Gambaccini, British television presenter
1949 - Pamela Reed, American actress
1949 - Ron Palillo, American actor
1951 - Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
1951 - Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
1952 - Pat Drummond, Australian singer-songwriter
1952 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
1952 - Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
1953 - Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
1953 - David Robinson, American musician
1953 - Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
1954 - Allan Davis, Australian diplomat
1954 - Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
1955 - Michael Stone, British terrorist
1959 - Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
1959 - Yves Lavandier, French film director
1959 - Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
1960 - Linford Christie, English athlete
1960 - Brad Jones, Australian racing driver
1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor
1961 - Keren Woodward, English singer (Bananarama)
1962 - Pierre Carles, French documentarist
1962 - Clark Gregg, American actor
1962 - Mark Shulman, American children's author
1963 - Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
1963 - Karl Beattie, English television director and producer
1964 - Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player
1965 - Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
1966 - Bill Romanowski, American football player
1966 - Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
1966 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
1967 - Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
1967 - Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
1971 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
1971 - ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
1972 - Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
1973 - Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer, model & actress
1974 - Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
1975 - Adam Rodriguez, American actor
1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1977 - Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
1977 - Michael Fassbender, Actor
1977 - Aiden Turner, British actor
1976 - Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
1978 - John Gall, American baseball player
1979 - Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
1980 - Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
1980 - Adam Fleming, English news reporter
1980 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
1981 - Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
1981 - Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
1982 - Marco Amelia, Italian World Cup-winning footballer
1982 - Jeremy Bloom, American skier and football player
1982 - Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
1982 - Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
1982 - Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
1983 - Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
1983 - Yung Joc, American rapper
1983 - Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
1984 - Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress
1984 - Ashley Peldon, American actress
1985 - Stephane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
1990 - Amy Castle, American Actress

Famous deaths...
1118 - Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem (b. c. 1058)
1272 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
1335 - Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. c. 1265)
1412 - Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer
1502 - Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
1507 - Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
1657 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
1657 - Jean-Jacques Olier - French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
1720 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
1742 - James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
1747 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
1754 - Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
1791 - Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
1801 - Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. c. 1761)
1803 - Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and judge (b. 1721)
1817 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
1827 - Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
1845 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
1865 - General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
1872 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
1882 - Jesse James, American outlaw, shot in the back of the head by Robert Ford (b. 1847)
1902 - Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)
1914 - Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
1922 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
1928 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
1930 - Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
1936 - Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
1953 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
1958 - Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
1966 - C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
1972 - Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
1972 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
1972 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
1974 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
1987 - Buddy Rich, American drummer (b. 1917)
1992 - Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
1992 - Juan Gómez González, Spanish footballplayer (b. 1954)
1994 - Betty Furness, American actress (b. 1916)
1995 - Harvey Penick, American golf instructor (b. 1904)
1995 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908)
1998 - Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
2001 - Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
2001 - Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
2003 - Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
2004 - John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
2005 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
2006 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
2007 - Paul Reed, American actor (b. 1909)

Holidays and observances...
International Children's Book Day
Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Un....Fricken......Believable. 



Spotted 1 Airforce Capt. Female-ish


Flight suit so tight it looked like spandex 

Rocking the full-on Princess Leia Buns 



Dear GERD, I wish they'd let us bring cameras in here!!! 

[socalrappy700]

Safari for the lose..... BOOOOOOO!

Do you hate all things apple?  But if you're happy with the blinders on who am I to judge.