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RIM Strikes Back, Files Countersuit Against Visto
SilentOne writes "Research In Motion Ltd. launched an all-out assault on competitors yesterday, countersuing its latest legal nemesis and introducing software to pre-empt imminent launches by other challengers. The countersuit also gives RIM a chance to move the patent battle to a courtroom where it has a better chance of beating Visto. Visto filed suit against RIM on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, which reportedly favours patent holders in 92% of cases heard by the court. Jim Balsillie, RIM's co-chief executive, said the company wants the trial moved to the Dallas area, where RIM's U.S. headquarters are located, for practical reasons.
Meanwhile, RIM is giving away a free software package, valued at US$3,000, to hook the e-mail accounts of small businesses and consumers up to BlackBerries instead of competitive devices from Palm and Microsoft."
I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Mac Malware fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of my 3GHz Dual Processor G5 for about 22 hours now while it attempts to get infected with malware from the internet. 22 hours. At home, on my 20MHz Dell 486 running Windows Vista beta, with IE7, which by all standards should be a lot slower than Safari on the G5, the same operation would take about 2 seconds. If that.
In addition, during this file transfer, viruses won't run. And the trojans I found have ground to a halt. Even the dashboard trojans are asking for permission to load as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while using malware on my G5, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen it crash faster than my Windows XP machine - it's only needed rebooting once. My ZX80 with 1K of RAM crashes more often. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that G5 is a "superior" computer.
Mac addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use G5 over other more malware ridden computers.
Did you read it? It's the 20 MB file copying thing about OS 9 troll reworded to bitch about the fact that Macs don't get viruses. that's what makes it so funny. I mean, someone took the original troll and made it pro-Mac and funny. that's why I'm laughing.
Gabe Kaplan, best known for his role in "Welcome Back Kotter," confirmed dead.
Gabe Kaplan has had three careers, two have been very successful, but the first, the one he wanted the most, never materialized.
Back in high school Gabe was a hot-shot baseball player who could hit the "long ball." Convinced by his coaches and teammates that he was major league material, he packed up his Louisville Slugger and set out to break the major league home run record. After two years he couldn't even make a minor league roster, and it was soon clear to him that organized baseball disagreed with his coaches and concluded that he was high school material.
Disappointed, Gabe licked his wounds and got a job as a bellman at a resort hotel in Lakewood, New Jersey. This particular hotel featured stand-up comedians three times a week. After several months of watching, he kept thinking the same thought. I could do that too.
With some "borrowed" comedy material, Gabe criss-crossed the country to perfect his timing and hone his performing skills. Long before the comedy-club explosion, he became a regular in small nightclubs, coffee houses, and the Playboy club circuit.
He started writing his own act, developing routines based mostly on his
experiences growing up in Brooklyn. His big break came when he appeared on The Tonight Show in the early seventies. He was an instant hit and was soon appearing regularly on all the many talk and variety shows on television at the time. He even did an unprecedented stand-up performance on an Emmy Award telecast.
He then created a situation comedy based on his high school class and the characters that were there with him. Instead of being their contemporary he made his character the teacher and "Welcome Back Kotter" was born. After six weeks, the show made its way into the top ten and remained there for most of its four season run on ABC.
When "Kotter" ended, Gabe made the jump to movies, starring in three feature films, "Fast Break," "Tulips," and "Nobody's Perfect," while continuing to perform stand-up act in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. He also appeared in two legitimate theater productions, originating the role of "Groucho, A Live In Review" and starring in the national touring company of the successful Broadway comedy, "Doubles." "Groucho" became a well-received HBO special, and has since been performed around the world.
While "Kotter" was running, Gabe became involved in the financial markets and enjoyed matching wits with Messer, Dunn and Bradstreet. His investment strategies have been written about in several leading financial magazines. Gabe also gained notoriety as a world class poker player and gambler. He was a two-time champion of both The Super Bowl of Poker and the Commerce Club's Low Ball Tournament. He won the Knights of The Round Table Champion's Tournament the only time it was held in 1986. Although he's never won a World Series of Poker event, he has placed second and third several times.
In the last year, Gabe has renewed his interest in stand-up comedy, performing at different venues all across the country. He talks about the "Kotter" days and how his life has changed with his new career. Asked if back to stand-up comedy is where his life is going, Gabe says, "who knows, I haven't given up my dreams to be a baseball player."
Maybe what you think was taco's wifes pink taco was really taco's rear end taco.
You should have paid closer attention before responding. This is an anti-troll like the infamous BSD is Alive post from several years back. It's actually quite amusing, and would have probably done well if the author had waited for another "Mac is vulnerable to viruses; OMGWTFROFLOLBBQ!1!1!one!" story.
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