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Selling at an auction was halted when the auctioneer announced, "Someone in the room has lost his wallet containing $2,000. He is offering a reward of $500 for its immediate return." After a moment of silence, there was a call from the back of the room. "$550".
/ravi
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Never heard this one 
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Has anybody here purchased anything from this site?
They have what I want, unlike a million other retailers...but never used them before.
Basically this is what I want http://ultraboooks.com/product/asus-zenbook-ux301la/[^]. They have the latest Intel Iris version on the high resolution with 8GB and SSD.
modified 3-Mar-14 12:23pm.
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Thanks, but the closest one to the one I want, doesn't actually specify the resolution. Also, it comes from an italian reseller, and is on a 4-5 day lead.
I have actually been at this all year waiting for (to be released) and trying to find the right one, so trust me, I'm well googled up on this!
Hence the reason asking about that specific retailer.
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Good luck then. Do you have anything similar to the US's "Better Business Bureau"? You can check complaint sites about Ultrabook.com... 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Maarten Kools wrote: I don't know, something about it gives me a bad vibe.
Yeh, that what I thought, but then I would expect more bells and whistles if they were trying to hide something.
If you search for their address there are a heap of companies operating out of the building, and it looks like it is one of those virtual office locations.
Still can't find anything to say its bad, i.e. previous reviews etc. (still not placing an order till I'm 100%!)
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This may be old news, but I've only just been on Google Maps for the first time in ages and I see they're channeling the spirit of Clippy.
Attempt to go to StreetView and up pops Pegman "Hello, I'm Pegman, it looks like you're trying to stalk someone, would you like me to help".
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The performance of it sucks quite bad on not as new hardware too 
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We have a sizable suite of legacy applications using MFC. Several of the apps use a property sheet that has been modified to support resizing via a Windows CBT hook. I've just discovered that recent versions of McAfee's applications incorrectly handle Windows CBT hooks, which prevent the property sheet from creating its window.
Stupid bastards  .
My apologies to McAfee folks for the temper tantrum in this post  . It looks like Rajesh works for McAfee, and will look into the problem.
Software Zen: delete this;
modified 3-Mar-14 13:01pm.
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A lot of antivirus software frowns upon hooks of any kind. Keyboard hooks, even when implemented in legitimate software normally sets them off as well... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Johnny J. wrote: Keyboard hooks, even when implemented in legitimate software normally sets them off as well...
7 or 8 years ago when I had to write an application that used one I was rather surprised when my employers AV *didn't* call it out. Especially since what my app did was to store the input in a buffer prior to streaming it out out over an RS232 port (to an embedded system that didn't have standard keyboard/mouse interfaces).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A lot of antivirus software seems to be worse than the viruses they're supposedly protecting you from 
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Gary, I'm not sure I understand that scenario correctly, but there may be a bug.
I'd like to take this up into our bug database and triage it for a fix if you're fine to give some technical details. Can you kindly send me an email if that's OK?
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
My 6-speed manual mustang is for sale : ) would you like it? Because, real men also hate the environment and drive Gas Guzzling V8's.
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I'd love to have something like that. But with the current petrol price, that would be the last thing I need.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Just. Ruby on Rails, you make my brain go fu-diddy-do. I'm sure it's 'easy' and 'simple', but why does it take six weeks and double digit gin consumption to learn?
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Surely everything takes double-digit gin consumption to learn for you? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Because you've installed Rigs of Rods instead of Rails.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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You should stop reading those rubbish tutorials you got and buy a decent book, like, for instance: "Ruby on Rails for gin-diluted brains".
Veni, vidi, vici.
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The tea in my mouth almost hit the monitor 
The scariest moment is always just before the Start - Stephen King
Die Frauen warten auf die Liebe, und die Männer warten auf die Frauen - Wolf Wondratschek
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Didn't your mum told you not eat and drink over the computer?!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Fuelled. It is gin-fuelled. 
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