mr. go

i didn't know this place is still open. i hope it is still the nice cozy getaway that it used to be...

a crappy 5110 that gets the job done. i'd rather invest in my laptop, desktop, and internet connection

you got the warning because you had windows update run live. if you are aware that you are using a bootleg copy of windows, my advise is never run auto update or never let those updates connect to internet. there are updates that you can run offline without having windows run the genuine validation tool.

yeah. i agree. i've been spending too much time in hong kong and shenzhen (china is amazing. i never had to worry about this there) that i never bothered to turn the updates off. until amerikkka that is. oh well. no worries now though. thanks to grandma.

just so i won't be OT, i'm not a techie and my needs are very minimal.

i use an acer aspire 5003wlmi maxed out to 2gb of ram. otherwise, it's all stock. this machine has been more of a performer that i didnt know could perform.

501's. the older, the better.

Mga bros. Sana may makatulong. I'm going to the USA this april. and i'm bringing my HP Centrino Laptop. masisita ba ako ng mga kanuto kung pirated Windows OS

ang nakakabit dito? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

hi,

i don't think they'd check on your OS. here's the catch though. it didn't take 48 hours for me to be online before bill gates' henchmen caught up with me. here's the details... as soon as i landed, i went online. there wasn't any trouble. on my next boot up, my OS already had that "you are not using genuing microsft windows on your system" ID (well, something like that). so i guess they have better trackers there or whatever (i'm not a techie, so please pardon me for my lack of jargonese).

the solution? good thing my grandma was about to buy a desktop. she was eyeing this bottom-level dell at circuit city. it cost something like 200usd, but already came with a licensed windows home xp. i ptiched in the money i was to use for a license and grandma bought the desktop. i used her license during my stay. (of course i had to re-install windows using my grandma's key code; in effect, there were two pcs at home using one license) after i had done that, the rest of my stay was uneventful, at least with the microsoft police.

hope this helps.

That's the moniker music critics tend to use to describe Radiohead...

Sorry to break the party but we have to go back to the end of the 1970's going into the 1980s. Punk was winding down from its crescendo. The pasty white faces and spiked hairdo's were wearing thin, and so were the stupid names and safety pins. There were simply too many folks trying to cash in and be the next one hit wonder.

HOWEVER, sitting on the shelf at the local record store (OK, this was in America), was an album. And affixed was a sticker saying, "THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS"

Unfortuantely, the phrase that came to be associated with one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time didn't flow from the pen of Greil Marcus, Lester Bangs, or some other music critic. It was nothing more than record company hype. The funny thing is, it stuck. It fit. At the time, it was true. I strongly feel it remains true to this day.

The album was LONDON CALLING. arguably one of the finest rock albums ever made.

With due respect to Thom Yorke, the rest of the band, and its minions of fans, I think the first Radiohead album came came out years after 1980.

Sorry pero none of the above.

THE CLASH.

The only band that matters.

"No Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones..." -- 1977

THE CLASH - London Calling

The Jerks - The hardest working pinoi rock band, still standing after more than 20 years and still giving people a bang for their buck. If you've never seen these guys live at 70's Bistro every friday, then you are missing on a lot. Definitely not background music for shobiz chicka and shallow conversations. Their music grabs you by the collar, throws you on the floor and picks you up and hurls you out of the window.

just my two cents' worth... sayang, but the jerks used to grab people by the balls... you should've seen them in the old days of punk. the bistro is a retirement home for aging rock bastards... peace

THE CLASH. the only band that matters.