From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Sun Feb 18 19:48:44 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:48:44 -0500
Subject: [mdlug-discuss] MS April Fools
Message-ID: <200702190048.l1J0miDB026927@freehold.wwnet.com>

[In the following,
 "computer users" means "Windows users"
 "your computer" means "Windows box"
 "applications" means "Microsoft or Windows applications"


Microsoft Issues Warning On Daylight-Saving Time Software Flaw 


Microsoft says the Y2K-like implications of the change in the start of  
daylight-saving time means computer users need to parry like it's 1999. 


By _Paul McDougall_ (mailto:paulmcd at cmp.com)  
_InformationWeek _ 
(http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=ONQW3AILX4IQGQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN) 

Feb 14, 2007 10:
Microsoft is warning customers that the switch to early daylight-saving time  
this year isn't accounted for in a number of its products, including _Windows_
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Windows&x=&y=)   
XP, and that users will need to update their _software_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=software&x=&y=)
to avoid potential problems.  

U.S. daylight-saving time will start on March 11 this year -- three weeks  
earlier than usual. The change was authorized by the U.S. Energy Policy Act
of 2005, but Microsoft says its Y2K-like implications mean _computer_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=computer&x=&y=)
users need to parry like it's 1999.  

"Unless certain updates are applied to your computer, it is possible that the 
 time zone settings for your computer's system _clock_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=clock&x=&y=)
may be incorrect during this four-week period," the software maker said
_in a statement_ 
(http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_homeuser#affected) issued Tuesday.
That could lead to all kinds of problems, from calendaring applications not  
working properly to key, automated processes not taking place on time.  

Microsoft said the fix is already built into _Windows Vista_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Windows Vista&x=&y=)
and Office 2007, but that earlier _operating systems_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=operating systems&x=&y=)
and applications could be hit by the problem.

As of Tuesday, the company had released an update for Windows _XP SP2_
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=XP SP2&x=&y=)
users via its Automatic Updates service. Users need to ensure they 
have Auto Update enabled.

Most of Microsoft's other major products, including Outlook 2007 and
its predecessors, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Visual Studio, Windows CE,
and a number of others, need to be updated, meaning some long nights
may be in store for IT staffers leading up to the time switch.
Microsoft also warned that the problem isn't limited to its software.

Consumer appliances such as VCRs and digital radios may not
automatically adjust to the early start of daylight-saving time.
Many systems on the business technology side also could be affected.
IBM, for instance, has issued _updates_
(http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=598&uid=ssg1S1003043)
for some of its _disk_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=disk&x=&y=)
storage products and other systems.  In a research report, IT advisory
firm Gartner is advising businesses to establish company-wide
communications programs informing employees about possible effects of
the early time changeover and to ensure that their tech  
departments are fully staffed on March 11 and 12. 

Warning,
-- 
Dr. Robert J. Meier


From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Tue Feb 27 09:19:00 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:00 -0500
Subject: [mdlug-discuss] MDLUG usage reminder
Message-ID: <45E43DD4.mailON71BAXRN@freehold.wwnet.com>

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From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Wed Feb 28 18:07:30 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:07:30 -0500
Subject: [mdlug-discuss] FW:  Jeff Foxworthy Michigan jokes
Message-ID: <200702282307.l1SN7UbY029335@freehold.wwnet.com>


Are you aware that Jeff Foxworthy is now picking on Michigan? Read on.
(pretty funny and accurate) 
 

 
1. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
inches of ice and sitting there all day 
    hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan. 

2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights
each year because Pellston is the 
    coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan. 

3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, You
might live in Michigan. 

4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
year, you might live in Michigan. 

5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there, you might live in Michigan. 

6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Michigan. 

7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live
in Michigan. 

8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live
in Michigan. 

9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you might 
    live in Michigan. 



Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANIAN / MICHIGANDER when . . .  

1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75. 

2. You measure distance in hours. 

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once. 

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.< BR> 

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,
without flinching. 

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings). 

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked. 

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to
use them. 

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow. 

11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction. 

 

 12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent. 

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your
blue spruce. 

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. 

15. Down South to you means Ohio. 

16. A brat is something you eat. 

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn. 

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday. 

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. 

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. 

21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly." 

22. You drink pop and bake with soda. 

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not
medicine. 

24. You can actually drink Vernors without coughing 

25. You know what a Yooper is. 

26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American. 

27. You know that UP is a place, not a direction. 

28. You know it's possible to live in a thumb. 

29. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all
your Michigan friends. 



Enjoy,
-- 
Dr. Robert J. Meier


From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Sun Feb 18 19:48:44 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:48:44 -0500
Subject: [mdlug-discuss] MS April Fools
Message-ID: <200702190048.l1J0miDB026927@freehold.wwnet.com>

[In the following,
 "computer users" means "Windows users"
 "your computer" means "Windows box"
 "applications" means "Microsoft or Windows applications"


Microsoft Issues Warning On Daylight-Saving Time Software Flaw 


Microsoft says the Y2K-like implications of the change in the start of  
daylight-saving time means computer users need to parry like it's 1999. 


By _Paul McDougall_ (mailto:paulmcd at cmp.com)  
_InformationWeek _ 
(http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=ONQW3AILX4IQGQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN) 

Feb 14, 2007 10:
Microsoft is warning customers that the switch to early daylight-saving time  
this year isn't accounted for in a number of its products, including _Windows_
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Windows&x=&y=)   
XP, and that users will need to update their _software_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=software&x=&y=)
to avoid potential problems.  

U.S. daylight-saving time will start on March 11 this year -- three weeks  
earlier than usual. The change was authorized by the U.S. Energy Policy Act
of 2005, but Microsoft says its Y2K-like implications mean _computer_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=computer&x=&y=)
users need to parry like it's 1999.  

"Unless certain updates are applied to your computer, it is possible that the 
 time zone settings for your computer's system _clock_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=clock&x=&y=)
may be incorrect during this four-week period," the software maker said
_in a statement_ 
(http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_homeuser#affected) issued Tuesday.
That could lead to all kinds of problems, from calendaring applications not  
working properly to key, automated processes not taking place on time.  

Microsoft said the fix is already built into _Windows Vista_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Windows Vista&x=&y=)
and Office 2007, but that earlier _operating systems_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=operating systems&x=&y=)
and applications could be hit by the problem.

As of Tuesday, the company had released an update for Windows _XP SP2_
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=XP SP2&x=&y=)
users via its Automatic Updates service. Users need to ensure they 
have Auto Update enabled.

Most of Microsoft's other major products, including Outlook 2007 and
its predecessors, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Visual Studio, Windows CE,
and a number of others, need to be updated, meaning some long nights
may be in store for IT staffers leading up to the time switch.
Microsoft also warned that the problem isn't limited to its software.

Consumer appliances such as VCRs and digital radios may not
automatically adjust to the early start of daylight-saving time.
Many systems on the business technology side also could be affected.
IBM, for instance, has issued _updates_
(http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=598&uid=ssg1S1003043)
for some of its _disk_ 
(http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=disk&x=&y=)
storage products and other systems.  In a research report, IT advisory
firm Gartner is advising businesses to establish company-wide
communications programs informing employees about possible effects of
the early time changeover and to ensure that their tech  
departments are fully staffed on March 11 and 12. 

Warning,
-- 
Dr. Robert J. Meier


From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Tue Feb 27 09:19:00 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:19:00 -0500
Subject: [mdlug-discuss] MDLUG usage reminder
Message-ID: <45E43DD4.mailON71BAXRN@freehold.wwnet.com>

This is the monthly reminder of
     mdlug List Guidelines.
Please send comments to eaglecoach at wwnet.com
Meetings are monthly (http://www.mdlug.org/meetings/meetings.html).

*Courtesy:*
Do unto others what you would have them do unto you in their place.

See /Emily Postnews/ (http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html) and
  /Netiquette Guidelines/ (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html) for details.

If you find something objectionable or off-topic, please send a courteous
  note offlist to the author (and/or postmaster at mdlug.org) rather than list.
  (The rule is simple, do not be easily annoyed or annoying.)

Please post messages in plain text (rather than html or rich text).
  See http://expita.com/nomime.html for instructions for your browser.

Please remove References: field when starting a new subject.

Please trim your replies so that you only quote the parts you are are
  replying to, rather than the entire original message , and
  prefix with '>'. (Most mail clients do this part automatically.)

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 mdlug          ANNOUNCE: announcements only, no discussion

 mdlug          questions/answers using jargon
                assume the questioner has read the man/info/... pages
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We welcome the many who listen silently, and invite them to post when
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We strip the reply to addresses from the headers of messages before putting
 them in the archives.

Likewise, our archiving software quashes email addresses in the body of
 messages, to make them difficult for spammers to harvest. However they
 will still be human readable so you might want to consider this before
 posting personal email addresses.

Have fun!


From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Wed Feb 28 18:07:30 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:07:30 -0500
Subject: [mdlug-discuss] FW:  Jeff Foxworthy Michigan jokes
Message-ID: <200702282307.l1SN7UbY029335@freehold.wwnet.com>


Are you aware that Jeff Foxworthy is now picking on Michigan? Read on.
(pretty funny and accurate) 
 

 
1. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
inches of ice and sitting there all day 
    hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan. 

2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights
each year because Pellston is the 
    coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan. 

3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, You
might live in Michigan. 

4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
year, you might live in Michigan. 

5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there, you might live in Michigan. 

6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Michigan. 

7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live
in Michigan. 

8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live
in Michigan. 

9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you might 
    live in Michigan. 



Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANIAN / MICHIGANDER when . . .  

1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75. 

2. You measure distance in hours. 

3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once. 

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.< BR> 

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,
without flinching. 

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings). 

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked. 

8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to
use them. 

9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 

10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow. 

11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction. 

 

 12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent. 

13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your
blue spruce. 

14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. 

15. Down South to you means Ohio. 

16. A brat is something you eat. 

17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn. 

18. You go out to fish fry every Friday. 

19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. 

20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. 

21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly." 

22. You drink pop and bake with soda. 

23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not
medicine. 

24. You can actually drink Vernors without coughing 

25. You know what a Yooper is. 

26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American. 

27. You know that UP is a place, not a direction. 

28. You know it's possible to live in a thumb. 

29. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all
your Michigan friends. 



Enjoy,
-- 
Dr. Robert J. Meier


