Special Comment on Gay Marriage ~ Keith Olbermann

we will never forget!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae

Microsoft IT

Thay can do all of this but have problems OK


Microsoft IT numbers!
Microsoft internal IT:
600k connected devices10,000 Servers3 Datacenters 1 operations center11% is virtualized in Microsoft Datacenters330 of 385 servers run Windows Server 2008 (RC0) plus all 85 Microsoft.com servers11 clustered systems30,000 users in redmond domain (50,000 with vendors)NAP reporting 140K clients, 90 clients deferred mode
The Redmond Active Directory domain is running in Windows Server 2008 mode since last thursday (Nov 1st)
Microsoft Email:
6 million internal emails per day20 Million emails from Internet97% rejected as spam99,999 uptime
Worldwide:
140,000 end users550 buildings98 countries1/3 of the sites are connected over Internet only
2300 Line of business applications1 single SAP instance (5 Terrabyte database)Dynamics/MSCRM


Windows Live Services:
130,000 servers online435 Million unique users280 Billion pageviews daily12 Billion emails daily6 billion Instant Messages daily
Remote connect1 million VPN sessions per month80,000 unique OWA usersRemote app portalTS gateway 20,000 usersDirect Connect pilot
Microsoft.com figures55,7 million unique users, #4 overall site in US280,5 Unique users wordwide #6 site worldwide15,000 request a sec
The Redmond Active Directory domain is running in Windows Server 2008 mode since last thursday (Nov 1st)

I am happy for Mellissa!!

Abducted CBC journalist released in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Saturday, November 8, 2008 | 9:22 PM ET

CBC News

CBC journalist MellissaMellissaFung Fung was released to Canadian officials in Kabul on Saturday, four weeks after she wasMellissadFung

Mellissa Fung was on her second tour as a journalist in Afghanistan when she was abducted. She was previously based in Regina and is seen here reporting from Beijing during the Summer Olympics in AFungt. (CBC)

Fung was taken by armed men who approached her in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul on Oct. 12.

Never do this people!

Driving 101: You can't hot-wheel around a presidential motorcade

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November 7, 2008
FROM SUN-TIMES STAFF REPORTS
Traffic tip for the days ahead: If you see a motorcade with police cars, black SUVs and guys with sunglasses talking into their cuffs, don't try to cut it off.
One couple tried to drive their tan sedan around Barack Obama's motorcade downtown Thursday morning and found themselves looking at the barrels of Secret Service firepower.
The [Secret Service] SUV cut the car off immediately, and the security team aimed their weapons at the car," a reporter in the motorcade wrote in a pool report. "The driver and passenger in the sedan stopped and looked stunned -- until the male driver appeared to understand what was happening (your pool reporter could see him mouth 'Obama')."
The president-elect was on his way to a security briefing at FBI headquarters in the Loop, when the motorcade left Lake Shore Drive and the sedan tried to drive around it on Van Buren, according to the pool reporter, P.J. Huffstutter, the Los Angeles Times' Midwest Bureau chief.
"Some of the drivers here in Chicago do not seem to understand that a) The Chicago police car at the end of the president-elect's motorcade is serious about having traffic pull over when the officers flash their lights and hit their sirens, and b) It's not a great idea to jump ahead of traffic by trying to cut around the black SUV filled with five heavily-armed Secret Service CAT members," Huffstutter wrote.

Windows live hotmail email fun 2

me

You are currently in the process of rolling out a new version of Windows Live Hotmail. You appear to have gone right to the finished product without offering it to beta testers that tested your last version through Microsoft Connect. Why haven't you allowed the testing community to try it out before going live? As you are aware, the point of beta testing is to find bugs before they cause disasters and to validate designs. You know it works because the current version of Windows Live Hotmail was one of the smoothest web-based releases thanks to the beta testers who made you aware of problems you didn't even know you had. What happened this time?

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Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support



Thank you for writing to Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support.and I appreciate your feedback about the changed of your Windows Live Hotmail account. You are would like to know why the new version does not have any beta tester before it rolled out. I understand how inconvenient it may be for you and realize how important this issue to be resolved immediately.

Windows Live Hotmail has just released a new version to provide better user experience. We understand this change may have come as a surprise to you, but we strongly feel you will soon have a much better experience with the new Windows Live Hotmail. As always, your satisfaction is our main goal.

Of course, all your information (contacts, calendar, and e-mail address) is still the same and there are some great new features that customers have requested. You can now sign in to Web Messenger within your Windows Live Hotmail account and on top of that you would be able to access your account 70% faster.

To learn more about the new features and benefits of Windows Live Hotmail, please visit:

http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/comingsoon/en-us/default.htm

We recognize that a change like this can feel unexpected and surprising, and we are eager to hear your feedback (both positive and negative) about the auto-upgrade process.

to send your feedback:

1. Please go to http://feedback.live.com/eform.aspx?productkey=wlmail&page=wlfeedback_home_form
2. Select the first option in the drop-down list, "I want to provide feedback on the automatic update to Windows Live Hotmail."

or click on the help icon "?" and choose "Feedback" on the upper right side of the page.

You are valuable at Windows Live and we look forward to provide you with consistent and effective service. We appreciate your input and involvement in our Windows Live products.


Sincerely,




Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support

Prop 8 did not die :(

The US needs to grow-up NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was against prop 8
I live in Canada we have gay marriage it started in 05.

http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&q=prop+8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title