Friday, October 5, 2007

WOW!!

Wow!
This site is so cool I put in my application (for a bad credit car loan) on Wednesday 9-3-07 I received a call with in 20 minutes the Salesman told me he just received my application and would like me to come down to his dealership just to look around at some of the inventory.
I went down there after work, he was so nice and didn't presser me into buying anything.
I was vary interested in this Kia Optima nice looking car vary good on gas exactly what I needed, drove it home that night I love my new car.
I am quite impressed with that company’s level of customer service.

Almost Forgot Here is The Site www.fundingway.com {That Is A Random Pic On The Net I Found I don't have a Digital Cam yet.
http://images.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/112_0701_2007_coty_67z+2007_Kia_Optima+front.jpg

It's 'Wish Upon a Star' vs. 'Family Guy'

I love Family Guy , Disney just over analyzes everything.

EW YORK (AP) -- In the 67 years since its debut, "When You Wish Upon a Star" has been recorded by more than 100 artists and orchestras.
Family Guy

"Family Guy" allegedly used "When You Wish Upon a Star" in a way the song's owner didn't like.

But the song's owner is irate about what it calls an unseemly spoof of the familiar tune, saying the dreamy classic was twisted into an anti-Semitic ballad and widely distributed as part of a comedy television program.

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, music publishing house Bourne Co. aims to stop the program's distribution. The suit accuses Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Broadcasting Co., the Cartoon Network and others of copyright infringement. It seeks unspecified damages.

The lawsuit said that in 2000, the defendants included the parody, "I Need a Jew," in an episode of the Fox television animated series "Family Guy."

The episode, titled "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein," relied on the premise that the main character could not manage his family's finances and needed to hire a Jewish person to take care of his money, the lawsuit said.

During the episode, the main character, Peter Griffin, sings "I Need a Jew," which the lawsuit called a thinly veiled copy of the music from "When You Wish Upon a Star," accompanied by new anti-Semitic lyrics.

Fox hadn't seen the complaint as of Wednesday afternoon and had no comment, spokesman Chris Alexander said.

According to the lawsuit, Fox initially withheld the episode from distribution because of its content but eventually earned large sums of money by distributing more than 1 million copies of it to the public in various home video formats.

It said the Cartoon Network first aired the episode on November 10, 2003. A message for comment left with the network was not returned Wednesday.

"When You Wish Upon a Star," written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline, appeared in 1940 as part of the Walt Disney motion picture "Pinocchio." It won the Academy Award that year for Best Original Song.

"With its theme of wholesome hopefulness, the song has gained worldwide status as a classic," the lawsuit said. "By associating Bourne's song with such offensive lyrics and other content in the episode, defendants are harming the value of the song."

Bourne is the sole U.S. copyright owner of "When You Wish Upon a Star.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test

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The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

Monday, October 1, 2007

Vista to XP Sound (Free)

Folder Lock

Folder Lock :Click Here To Take A Look

Free to try; $35.00 to buy (Don't Buy It)


Folder Lock does a lot of things right, but its interface makes me want to rip out my eyes. It's great for 1998, but nearly 10 years on you'd think that since we'd all gotten away from animated icons on Web pages, that the goofy UIs publishers try to foist on us would be gone, too.

But you'd be wrong.

Folder Lock is a great example of this because it's a great program otherwise. It has two main functions: to password protect your files and to encrypt them. It does those functions better than well. Encryption uses the 256-bit Blowfish algorithm, and both it and the password protection can be accessed either from the context menu or by dragging-and-dropping into the Folder Lock secure folder.

There's a veritable treasure trove of advanced functionality as well. You can set files to be shredded; force the computer to shut down after failed password entry attempts; erase document history, the clipboard, and more; and enter into Stealth mode, which hides the app's presence on your computer. All of them contribute to an excellent way for those with administrator access to prevent sensitive files from being seen by the wrong eyes.

Unfortunately, the Folder Lock interface itself goes in for cute when clean would be much more effective. The base skin is a shade of bluish purple somewhere between a three-day-old bruise and a crayon, but that's the least of the problems. The app is shaped--yes, shaped, because a simple rectangle wouldn't do--like a kid's action-figure package. In front of the backing board there's an octagon, topped by a circle. Within that circle are four orange circles.

Folder Lock's Advanced Settings menu isn't easy to get to and still requires more clicking to see your choices.

(Credit: CNET Networks, Inc.)

One of them is for options, one is a button to lock the secure folder, one is a button for help, and the last has a key sticking out of it. Click the key to watch it turn and "open" the secure folder. Cute, yes. But hardly necessary.

The worst of it is the location of the options panel. You can access it via the Options button in the middle of the control panel or a tab on the side. The panel then slides out, revealing three more Option buttons. Click Advanced Options to reveal the Settings panel, where there's no indication that clicking on a setting name, such as "Hacker Attempts," does anything. In fact, to get to the advanced settings, you must click on one of the settings names.

The frustrating thing is that with all Folder Lock's features, some of which are very useful, there needs to be an uncluttered interface. What the publishers have created, instead of amusement, is a great way to slow down getting the program to do what you want it to, and that just builds frustration. Sure, it's only a couple seconds of frustration, but who has that kind of time to waste?