Got a few OT questions...please help

"Larry Hodges" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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1: Can I really buy all the Vicodin I want by simply ordering online
without a prescription? That would be great because then I can take them
every day forever.

2: Will those penis enlargement pills really work? I mean, who wouldn't
want it bigger right? And will it stay bigger, or do I have to continue
taking it. 'Cause if I do, my size is just fine.

3: Does that horny married gal with her husband out of town really want

sex

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with me? (You know, the one with her picture sent to everybody, most

likely

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even her husband.) And how can she fit me into her schedule since she'll

be

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screwing 10,000 other guys she emailed? Hopefully her husband is out of
town for a looooong time.

4: How many different ways can you spell Viagra or mortgage?

5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is

really

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nice to do that for me.

6: Do I really have to confirm my bank info? I keep doing it every time

I

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get the email, but they keep losing it. Dumb [censored].

Did I miss any?
--

7. Am I really the most trustworthy person that former Nigerian government
official could find?

"Larry Hodges" <[email hidden]> wrote

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1: Can I really buy all the Vicodin I want by simply ordering online
without a prescription? That would be great because then I can take them
every day forever.

You would develop tolerance, requiring larger and larger doses, until your
last Fed Ex package collapsed into in black hole.

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2: Will those penis enlargement pills really work? I mean, who wouldn't
want it bigger right? And will it stay bigger, or do I have to continue
taking it. 'Cause if I do, my size is just fine.

Keep telling yourself that, if it drowns out the laughter.

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3: Does that horny married gal with her husband out of town really want
sex with me? (You know, the one with her picture sent to everybody, most
likely even her husband.) And how can she fit me into her schedule since
she'll be screwing 10,000 other guys she emailed? Hopefully her husband
is out of town for a looooong time.

Does she know about #2, above? I don't think so.

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4: How many different ways can you spell Viagra or mortgage?

There is no known limit.

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5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is
really nice to do that for me.

After my experience with Windows 2000, they'd have to pay me to take it.

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6: Do I really have to confirm my bank info? I keep doing it every time
I get the email, but they keep losing it. Dumb [censored].

Send me the info. I'll make sure they get it.

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Did I miss any?

Yes.

David

"Larry Hodges" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

1: Can I really buy all the Vicodin I want by simply ordering online
without a prescription? That would be great because then I can take them
every day forever.

2: Will those penis enlargement pills really work? I mean, who wouldn't
want it bigger right? And will it stay bigger, or do I have to continue
taking it. 'Cause if I do, my size is just fine.

3: Does that horny married gal with her husband out of town really want
sex with me? (You know, the one with her picture sent to everybody, most
likely even her husband.) And how can she fit me into her schedule since
she'll be screwing 10,000 other guys she emailed? Hopefully her husband
is out of town for a looooong time.

4: How many different ways can you spell Viagra or mortgage?

5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is
really nice to do that for me.

6: Do I really have to confirm my bank info? I keep doing it every time
I get the email, but they keep losing it. Dumb [censored].

Did I miss any?
--
-Larry
Sounds like you've been online for a while. Of course, since I understood
everyone of them. I guess I have too.

"Kevin J. Coolidge" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Larry Hodges" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

1: Can I really buy all the Vicodin I want by simply ordering online
without a prescription? That would be great because then I can take

them

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every day forever.

2: Will those penis enlargement pills really work? I mean, who

wouldn't

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want it bigger right? And will it stay bigger, or do I have to continue
taking it. 'Cause if I do, my size is just fine.

3: Does that horny married gal with her husband out of town really want
sex with me? (You know, the one with her picture sent to everybody,

most

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likely even her husband.) And how can she fit me into her schedule

since

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she'll be screwing 10,000 other guys she emailed? Hopefully her husband
is out of town for a looooong time.

4: How many different ways can you spell Viagra or mortgage?

5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is
really nice to do that for me.

6: Do I really have to confirm my bank info? I keep doing it every

time

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I get the email, but they keep losing it. Dumb [censored].

Did I miss any?
--
-Larry
Sounds like you've been online for a while. Of course, since I understood
everyone of them. I guess I have too.

Does that mean you've read each and everyone of those emails? I think yout
mailbox might require the Viagra and the enlargment to handle all the
emails...

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:49:00 -0800, "Larry Hodges"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

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5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is really
nice to do that for me.

Actually, you can buy MS Office for $19.95 from Microsoft if your
company has it deployed company wide. It's as good for as long as you
are employed by that company.

John Hanson said:

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:49:00 -0800, "Larry Hodges"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

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5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft
is really nice to do that for me.

Actually, you can buy MS Office for $19.95 from Microsoft if your
company has it deployed company wide. It's as good for as long as you
are employed by that company.

How. Got a link? I've never seen that, but I would be interested. Of
course, my company has "one" computer...does that count?

I've bought software at the collage bookstore before. It's the academic
version, but it's the same thing, just in a different package and a lot
cheaper. I never use it for work...I promise 😉
--
-Larry

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:25:19 -0800, "Larry Hodges"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

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John Hanson said:

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:49:00 -0800, "Larry Hodges"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft
is really nice to do that for me.

Actually, you can buy MS Office for $19.95 from Microsoft if your
company has it deployed company wide. It's as good for as long as you
are employed by that company.

How. Got a link? I've never seen that, but I would be interested. Of
course, my company has "one" computer...does that count?

I've bought software at the collage bookstore before. It's the academic
version, but it's the same thing, just in a different package and a lot
cheaper. I never use it for work...I promise 😉

No link. I got it on my company email about 3-4 months ago and that
email is long since deleted. I don't think you'd be able to get it
anyway. The company I work for probably has a license for
20,000-40,000+ copies. A customer of mine has the same deal at their
company and they also have a large workforce with a large deployment
of Office 2003 but not as large as ours.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Larry Hodges said:

1: Can I really buy all the Vicodin I want by simply ordering online
without a prescription? That would be great because then I can take them
every day forever.

You have money saved for the rehab also?

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2: Will those penis enlargement pills really work? I mean, who wouldn't
want it bigger right? And will it stay bigger, or do I have to continue
taking it. 'Cause if I do, my size is just fine.

No, they don't work.

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3: Does that horny married gal with her husband out of town really want sex
with me? (You know, the one with her picture sent to everybody, most likely
even her husband.) And how can she fit me into her schedule since she'll be
screwing 10,000 other guys she emailed? Hopefully her husband is out of
town for a looooong time.

I had her and she was nothing great.

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Did I miss any?

Yes, the Nigerian government has 10 million they don't know what to to
with so if you would only send your account info...

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

John Hanson said:

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:49:00 -0800, "Larry Hodges"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is really
nice to do that for me.

Actually, you can buy MS Office for $19.95 from Microsoft if your
company has it deployed company wide. It's as good for as long as you
are employed by that company.

Are you sure that's not just for a "media kit" (CD's only)? If your
company has a volume license for MS products, they simply receive a
certificate for the say, 20,000 licenses they bought. They can then
order as many media kits as they want for deployment, for what MS says
is the price of making the CD's and related material ($20 for Office
is about right). These media kits do not contain nor constitute a
license to use the product, and will say so all over them.

I know MS used to let each licensed employee of a company with a
volume license legally install one copy of Office on a home PC, but i
think that ended with Office 2000.

If it sounds too good to be true....

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:48:08 -0500, Slambram
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John Hanson said:

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:49:00 -0800, "Larry Hodges"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

5: It's so cool how I can buy Microsoft Office for $5. Microsoft is really
nice to do that for me.

Actually, you can buy MS Office for $19.95 from Microsoft if your
company has it deployed company wide. It's as good for as long as you
are employed by that company.

Are you sure that's not just for a "media kit" (CD's only)? If your
company has a volume license for MS products, they simply receive a
certificate for the say, 20,000 licenses they bought. They can then
order as many media kits as they want for deployment, for what MS says
is the price of making the CD's and related material ($20 for Office
is about right). These media kits do not contain nor constitute a
license to use the product, and will say so all over them.

No, I'm not mistaken. You order it directly from Microsoft. It comes
in a "DVD package" that say "This product is not for resale. Please
report violations at http://www.howtotell.com Microsoft Home Use
Program"

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I know MS used to let each licensed employee of a company with a
volume license legally install one copy of Office on a home PC, but i
think that ended with Office 2000.

Apparently not.

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If it sounds too good to be true....

?

John Hanson said:

.

No, I'm not mistaken. You order it directly from Microsoft. It comes
in a "DVD package" that say "This product is not for resale. Please
report violations at http://www.howtotell.com Microsoft Home Use
Program"

Sorry John - I stand corrected. I had no idea about MS's Home Use
program
https://oms.one.microsoft.com/tc/cr_information/hupcommonquestions.htm

I remember when we upgraded to 2000 (which we're still on) from 97, we
were no longer able to let employees install a copy at home. This
must be MS's answer to the resulting outcry and maybe a good reason to
get current. Or maybe it's always been a perk of SA (software
assurance). I don't know, we've never sprung for SA along with our
volume licenses.

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If it sounds too good to be true....

I said that because some of our departments have managed to order
media kits from our software vendors for software we don't even have a
single license for. I naturally ask them if they really thought they
could buy MS MapPoint for $25 instead of $300 just by clicking the
"media kit" button.

I guess i should have said if it sounds too good to be true, check it
out thoroughly... 🙂

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:35:57 -0500, Slambram
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

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John Hanson said:

.

No, I'm not mistaken. You order it directly from Microsoft. It comes
in a "DVD package" that say "This product is not for resale. Please
report violations at http://www.howtotell.com Microsoft Home Use
Program"

Sorry John - I stand corrected. I had no idea about MS's Home Use
program
https://oms.one.microsoft.com/tc/cr_information/hupcommonquestions.htm

I remember when we upgraded to 2000 (which we're still on) from 97, we
were no longer able to let employees install a copy at home. This
must be MS's answer to the resulting outcry and maybe a good reason to
get current. Or maybe it's always been a perk of SA (software
assurance). I don't know, we've never sprung for SA along with our
volume licenses.

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Quoted message said:

If it sounds too good to be true....

I said that because some of our departments have managed to order
media kits from our software vendors for software we don't even have a
single license for. I naturally ask them if they really thought they
could buy MS MapPoint for $25 instead of $300 just by clicking the
"media kit" button.

I guess i should have said if it sounds too good to be true, check it
out thoroughly... 🙂

They probably figure people were going to use it illegally at home so
why not make the price attractive for them.

John Hanson said:

They probably figure people were going to use it illegally at home so
why not make the price attractive for them.

Worse, they installed it on their work PC. Guess who takes the fall
for that? Lot easier to get your boss to apporve a $20 purchase
approved than $300 i guess, but you have to wonder why it's so much
cheaper?

I could care less what they do at home. Sometimes i'll even burn the
CD...

Slambram said:

John Hanson said:

They probably figure people were going to use it illegally at home so
why not make the price attractive for them.

Worse, they installed it on their work PC. Guess who takes the fall
for that? Lot easier to get your boss to apporve a $20 purchase
approved than $300 i guess, but you have to wonder why it's so much
cheaper?

I could care less what they do at home. Sometimes i'll even burn the
CD...

Back in the 80s, all software was copy protected on the floppies.
Typically, you had x number of installs. Microsoft was the only company
that didn't have any copy protection and everybody said they were stupid
because, without copy protection, everybody would install and run it. So,
who was the smart one?
--
-Larry

Larry Hodges said:

Slambram said:

John Hanson said:

They probably figure people were going to use it illegally at home so
why not make the price attractive for them.

Worse, they installed it on their work PC. Guess who takes the fall
for that? Lot easier to get your boss to apporve a $20 purchase
approved than $300 i guess, but you have to wonder why it's so much
cheaper?

I could care less what they do at home. Sometimes i'll even burn the
CD...

Back in the 80s, all software was copy protected on the floppies.
Typically, you had x number of installs. Microsoft was the only company
that didn't have any copy protection and everybody said they were stupid
because, without copy protection, everybody would install and run it. So,
who was the smart one?

This is quite true. Many early software companies turned out good
products which were miserable to install and were less than "user
friendly" because of fanatical copy protection. This was particularly
true of companies that produced software for the later Commodore
systems, notably, Berkeley Softworks.

Similarly, heavy copy protection of some VHS videotapes made them of
much poorer viewing quality.
--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

JMW said:

Larry Hodges said:

Slambram said:

John Hanson <[email hidden]> wrote:

> They probably figure people were going to use it illegally at home
> so why not make the price attractive for them.

Worse, they installed it on their work PC. Guess who takes the fall
for that? Lot easier to get your boss to apporve a $20 purchase
approved than $300 i guess, but you have to wonder why it's so much
cheaper?

I could care less what they do at home. Sometimes i'll even burn
the CD...

Back in the 80s, all software was copy protected on the floppies.
Typically, you had x number of installs. Microsoft was the only
company that didn't have any copy protection and everybody said they
were stupid because, without copy protection, everybody would
install and run it. So, who was the smart one?

This is quite true. Many early software companies turned out good
products which were miserable to install and were less than "user
friendly" because of fanatical copy protection. This was particularly
true of companies that produced software for the later Commodore
systems, notably, Berkeley Softworks.

Similarly, heavy copy protection of some VHS videotapes made them of
much poorer viewing quality.

Remember the different spreadsheet apps before Excel was the dominate one?
There was another big spreadsheet player, but I forgot the name. They were
the ones who invented the spreadsheet. It's on the tip of my tongue, but
can't remember. Help me out here.

We initially used Lotus, but went to Excel because we could install
it...illegally...on our home boxes and give it to our friends to play around
with. MS knew everybody was doing that, but at the same time, they were
capturing the market.
--
-Larry

"JMW" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Larry Hodges said:

Slambram said:

John Hanson <[email hidden]> wrote:

> They probably figure people were going to use it illegally at home so
> why not make the price attractive for them.

Worse, they installed it on their work PC. Guess who takes the fall
for that? Lot easier to get your boss to apporve a $20 purchase
approved than $300 i guess, but you have to wonder why it's so much
cheaper?

I could care less what they do at home. Sometimes i'll even burn the
CD...

Back in the 80s, all software was copy protected on the floppies.
Typically, you had x number of installs. Microsoft was the only company
that didn't have any copy protection and everybody said they were stupid
because, without copy protection, everybody would install and run it.

So,

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who was the smart one?

This is quite true. Many early software companies turned out good
products which were miserable to install and were less than "user
friendly" because of fanatical copy protection. This was particularly
true of companies that produced software for the later Commodore
systems, notably, Berkeley Softworks.

also creating a market for good copy-protection crackers, like Nibbles Away

i remember that from my Apple II days

we also figured out how to save the rom cartridges for TRS-80 color
computers on to floppy disc

you just covered up a couple of the metal contacts and it would not
autoboot, then you could save it to disk

whit

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Similarly, heavy copy protection of some VHS videotapes made them of
much poorer viewing quality.
--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

JMW said:

"Larry Hodges" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Back in the 80s, all software was copy protected on the floppies.
Typically, you had x number of installs. Microsoft was the only company
that didn't have any copy protection and everybody said they were stupid
because, without copy protection, everybody would install and run it. So,
who was the smart one?

This is quite true. Many early software companies turned out good
products which were miserable to install and were less than "user
friendly" because of fanatical copy protection. This was particularly
true of companies that produced software for the later Commodore
systems, notably, Berkeley Softworks.

Similarly, heavy copy protection of some VHS videotapes made them of
much poorer viewing quality.

Some people who have legitimately purchased copies of certain software
products have resorted to cracking or d/ling pirated copies of that same
software, simply to get around buggy and/or draconian copy protection
schemes which wouldn't let them run the program in the first place!

-Adam

Larry Hodges said:

Remember the different spreadsheet apps before Excel was the dominate one?
There was another big spreadsheet player, but I forgot the name. They were
the ones who invented the spreadsheet. It's on the tip of my tongue, but
can't remember. Help me out here.

Borland Quattro Pro?