What should have been just a routine installation of Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows Vista, ended up with a bang… literally. Microsoft applauded Windows Vista as an evolution in all aspects of the operating system compared to Windows XP. One of “anodyne” details designed to deliver an improved user experience is the installation process. However, a deployment model applauded for simplicity and ease of
use proved to be the death of a Windows Vista copy and the machine it was running on.

“What’s a “wow moment”? It’s that instant when you recognize that your life has changed—the moment you transform an idea that you once only dreamed of pursuing into something you have actually achieved,” revealed Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, before the operating system hit the shelves in January 2007, explaining “the Wow starts now” marketing campaign slogan.

Well, ex-police officer Ray Jackson from Columbia South Carolina, saw his life change for the worse after he struggled to get the computer to work following the installation of Windows Vista, reported FunTechTalk. Frustrated by the lack of responsiveness from the computer running Windows Vista, Jackson imagined pulling his gun out and settling all his problems with a few squeezes of the trigger.

Well, the idea that he only dreamed of pursuing, managed to become reality. Jackson finished up installing Windows Vista on girlfriend Wanda White’s machine with little issues. However, he then hit compatibility problems and was unable to get the applications to work. “He just kept screaming at it and smacking the side of the computer,” Wanda recalled.

But the smacking and the screaming did little to convince the programs to work seamlessly with Windows Vista. And with his girlfriend out of the house and visiting some neighbors, Jackson reached the end of his patience and for his gun. He then shoot the computer a number of five times, missing only once. Fortunately, the only victims were the machine and the copy of Windows Vista. The ex-law enforcement officer was subsequently apprehended and is in police custody.

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This is from 1997.

Someone really examined the Windows Vista DVD and found these three guys, who are they?

I just checked on my legal copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, and these three men do exist as a holographic image. Each of the small blocks around the logo circle captured in one of the original pictures is an holographic image: it would appear one of them is an aerial view of a campus of some sort.
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Built in an aquarium! Cooling is provided by submerging the system in mineral oil. With lights and bubbles, it looks great, and is not as expensive or difficult as you might think.

Important note: Mineral Oil doesn’t conduct electricity, so the parts don’t short out, it’s as if you were cooling it using normal air, essentially.
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This is from scene.org forum. The year is 2005, I could’nt find the original topic and this is the only image i have, i found it on my old computer.

A geek will be always a geek!

No matter how interesting a forum topic turns out to be, though, you’re always reminded of the constant presence of male virgins on the internet. Note: this posting is about two years old, don’t bother the girl by sending more email

Massive Data leaks revealed on the ebay.de security forum. Another list uncovered, this time compromised Paypal accounts.

Go here to see for yourselves

tinyurl.com/yoylyc

This chimeric essai is meant not only to bring consumer awareness, but to demonstate and explain the making of these audio/visual infotainment / edutainment Web 2.0 documents.
Look how many hijacked accounts just the other day, May 4th, 2007

tinyurl.com/2gmgme

In that thread, when you visit IT, you will see reported hijackings from the USA, UK, Austria, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Denmark, France, Norge, (Norway) Pakistan, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, even Romania.

Here we even see thast there is a victim from Japan - Nippon. Has either ebaY PayPal informed any of them that their accounts are/have been compromised?

Has paypal informed anyone? Anyone at all?

Ebay has been engaging in full-throttle cover-up gear.

I say again, ebay / paypal is not to be trusted. (IMO)

The facts are out there, please be aware.
BTW, are there any laws regarding such leaks as we have seen on the ebay.de security forum, in the above mentioned thread, since March 22 2007?

Because frankly, someone needs to be checking into that.

Enjoy taxidermy? Yeah, me too. This is a real mouse, gutted and fitted with parts from one of those small laptop mice. PETA members may want to look away, or go jump off a bridge, but I’m sure the mouse died from natural causes.
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Dude, where is my car?