Comments on: Microsoft Blames Intel for the Vista Ready Fiasco http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: floyd http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/comment-page-1/#comment-1020256 floyd Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:32:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16372#comment-1020256 Adding to #5: In Indiana at least, "Sadie Hawkins Day" was often associated with high school or college "turnabout" dances, where the girl asked the guy. Turnabout dances were often set up in the fall. More about the Feb 29 turnabout (mostly an urban legend that people have perpetuated anyway) at <a href="http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/february29.asp" rel="nofollow"> Snopes </a> Adding to #5:
In Indiana at least, “Sadie Hawkins Day” was often associated with high school or college “turnabout” dances, where the girl asked the guy. Turnabout dances were often set up in the fall. More about the Feb 29 turnabout (mostly an urban legend that people have perpetuated anyway) at Snopes

]]> By: joelmay http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/comment-page-1/#comment-1019782 joelmay Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:00:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16372#comment-1019782 Sadie Hawkins Day, an American folk event, made its debut in Al Capp's Li'l Abner strip November 15, 1937. Sadie Hawkins was "the homeliest gal in the hills" who grew tired of waiting for the fellows to come a courtin'. Her father, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a prominent resident of Dogpatch, was even more worried about Sadie living at home for the rest of his life, so he decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which the unmarried gals pursued the town's bachelors, with matrimony the consequence. By the late 1930's the event had swept the nation and had a life of its own. Life magazine reported over 200 colleges holding Sadie Hawkins Day events in 1939, only two years after its inception. It became a woman empowering rite at high schools and college campuses, long before the modern feminist movement gained prominence. The basis of Sadie Hawkins Day is that women and girls take the initiative in inviting the man or boy of their choice out on a date, typically to a dance attended by other bachelors and their aggressive dates. When Al Capp created the event, it was not his intention to have the event occur annually on a specific date because it inhibited his freewheeling plotting. However, due to its enormous popularity and the numerous fan letters Capp received, the event became an annual event in the strip during the month of November, lasting four decades. Sadie Hawkins Day, an American folk event, made its debut in Al Capp’s Li’l Abner strip November 15, 1937. Sadie Hawkins was “the homeliest gal in the hills” who grew tired of waiting for the fellows to come a courtin’. Her father, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a prominent resident of Dogpatch, was even more worried about Sadie living at home for the rest of his life, so he decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which the unmarried gals pursued the town’s bachelors, with matrimony the consequence.

By the late 1930’s the event had swept the nation and had a life of its own. Life magazine reported over 200 colleges holding Sadie Hawkins Day events in 1939, only two years after its inception. It became a woman empowering rite at high schools and college campuses, long before the modern feminist movement gained prominence.

The basis of Sadie Hawkins Day is that women and girls take the initiative in inviting the man or boy of their choice out on a date, typically to a dance attended by other bachelors and their aggressive dates. When Al Capp created the event, it was not his intention to have the event occur annually on a specific date because it inhibited his freewheeling plotting. However, due to its enormous popularity and the numerous fan letters Capp received, the event became an annual event in the strip during the month of November, lasting four decades.

]]> By: Stu Mulne http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/comment-page-1/#comment-1019107 Stu Mulne Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:01:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16372#comment-1019107 I had an HP/Compaq bought just before the Vista release, marked "Vista Upgrade Capable" or something like that. I tried the "advisor" from the web. It didn't like the video card.... Fortunately, I like XP.... Ended up with a new HP with Vista on it last December. I actually like it, but it's XP-ME.... The media center is a beta (IMHO) and I can't always access other machines on my network, or at least can't "use" them - 45 minutes to copy a meg or so over a 100MB wired network.... (That can be cured most of the time by shutting off the media center software. But sometimes it keeps on running in the background anyway....) Very long story as to why I didn't just put a copy of XP on it - I have one - but I do like some of it. The joke - the machine that didn't want to install Vista has an AMD processor.... Regards, Stu. I had an HP/Compaq bought just before the Vista release, marked “Vista Upgrade Capable” or something like that.

I tried the “advisor” from the web.

It didn’t like the video card….

Fortunately, I like XP….

Ended up with a new HP with Vista on it last December. I actually like it, but it’s XP-ME…. The media center is a beta (IMHO) and I can’t always access other machines on my network, or at least can’t “use” them – 45 minutes to copy a meg or so over a 100MB wired network….

(That can be cured most of the time by shutting off the media center software. But sometimes it keeps on running in the background anyway….)

Very long story as to why I didn’t just put a copy of XP on it – I have one – but I do like some of it.

The joke – the machine that didn’t want to install Vista has an AMD processor….

Regards,

Stu.

]]> By: Uncle Dave http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/comment-page-1/#comment-1018951 Uncle Dave Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:05:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16372#comment-1018951 <a href="http://www.lil-abner.com/sadiehawk.html" rel="nofollow">Sadie Hawkins</a> was a character in Lil' Abner. <img src="http://www.lil-abner.com/images/sadienew.gif" alt="" Width="150"/> Sadie Hawkins was a character in Lil’ Abner.

]]> By: DavidtheDuke http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/comment-page-1/#comment-1018940 DavidtheDuke Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:44:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16372#comment-1018940 Utterly ridiculous. Corporations can get their pants sued off, but the individuals responsible only pay if they have honorable, discerning superiors (which you're really screwed if it's the CEO etc at fault). Utterly ridiculous. Corporations can get their pants sued off, but the individuals responsible only pay if they have honorable, discerning superiors (which you’re really screwed if it’s the CEO etc at fault).

]]> By: Esteban http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/microsoft-blames-intel-for-the-vista-ready-fiasco/comment-page-1/#comment-1018916 Esteban Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:15:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16372#comment-1018916 When IBM talks about 1-second movie downloads, they mean the movies themselves are one second long. :) When IBM talks about 1-second movie downloads, they mean the movies themselves are one second long. :)

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