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Hello,
This was going to be a rant about win xp sp3 (don't bother by the way)
instead i've opted for something a bit more positive after remembering two
things my dad used to say. Don't complain about something unless you're
prepared to get involved and make a difference and my favorite .... when
life gives you lemons make lemonade. In this case a good cookie.
Jim
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This is an adaptation of a recipe from Joy of Cooking.
I've just omitted the salt and added the cocoa.
This recipe makes two dozen GOOD cookies.
Ingredients:
½ cup margarine
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup + 2 tablespoons sifted flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup chocolate chips & chunks
½ cup chopped pecans
Method:
In a medium-large mixing bowl soften the margarine. About 45 seconds in the
microwave on high should do the trick. Add the first six ingredients and use
a fork to mix until creamy. Five minutes should do it. Add half the flour
and the baking soda and mix until fully incorporated. Add the remaining
flour and mix again. Add the chips and chunks mix, then add the pecans and
mix again.
Before spooning out the cookie mixture preheat oven to 350. Each sheet
requires ten minutes baking time. A heaping teaspoon of cookie dough for
each cookie arranged in a four by three grid on a cookie sheet is what you're
going for. I use a butter knife to help with getting the mixture off the
spoon. The oven should be ready by the time you're done spooning out the
mixture. Until you've made a couple of batches it's probably a good idea to
make the cookies smaller. You can always go back and add to the cookies that
look smaller than the others, if there's extra dough. After baking allow
about five minutes cooling time on the cookie sheet before transferring to a
cooling rack. About ten minutes more cooling time on the rack and they
should be ready to put in the cookie jar.
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#1: ...there's an SP3 now??
#2: God damnit, and I was hungry *before* I started reading!! >_<
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> This was going to be a rant about win xp sp3 (don't bother by the way)
I'm not sure if "don't bother" meant "don't write about the XP SP3" or
"don't bother installing it".
As for the latter: Do you have even a choice? If I'm not mistaken, SP3
is simply the collection of all the updates which Windows Update has been
giving to people during the years anyways. The vast majority of XP users
already have SP3 effectively installed even before SP3 was "officially"
published.
--
- Warp
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:48316c83@news.povray.org...
> Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> This was going to be a rant about win xp sp3 (don't bother by the way)
>
> I'm not sure if "don't bother" meant "don't write about the XP SP3" or
> "don't bother installing it".
don't bother installing mostly, but i guess both applies here.
>
> As for the latter: Do you have even a choice? If I'm not mistaken, SP3
> is simply the collection of all the updates which Windows Update has been
> giving to people during the years anyways. The vast majority of XP users
> already have SP3 effectively installed even before SP3 was "officially"
> published.
i had quit installing monthly over a year ago. more troubles than fixes. I
thought that sp3 would be more stable (less buggy) I'm aware that sp3 is
just a collection of patches since sp2. I just thought that issues with
individual patches whould have been addressed .... obviously not! I better
stop before this start to sound like a rant!
Jim
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> #1: ...there's an SP3 now??
yep .... i liken it to driving a car with a tire that has a thousand
patches. somethings got to give.
>
> #2: God damnit, and I was hungry *before* I started reading!! >_<
really is a good and simple recipe .... you should give it a try!
>
> --
> http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
> http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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> This is an adaptation of a recipe from Joy of Cooking.
>
> I've just omitted the salt and added the cocoa.
>
> This recipe makes two dozen GOOD cookies.
Does it matter if my cups and spoons are a different size to yours?
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This was going to be a rant about win xp sp3 (don't bother by the way)
> instead i've opted for something a bit more positive after remembering two
> things my dad used to say. Don't complain about something unless you're
> prepared to get involved and make a difference and my favorite .... when
> life gives you lemons make lemonade. In this case a good cookie.
>
What was the old method....
Only install even numbered service packs ;-)
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Warp wrote:
> As for the latter: Do you have even a choice?
Yeah. It's called "Unix". :-S
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> i had quit installing monthly over a year ago. more troubles than fixes.
Strange. I haven't noticed anything.
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"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote in message
news:48317291$1@news.povray.org...
>
> Does it matter if my cups and spoons are a different size to yours?
>
is there such a thing an imperial cup? dunno .... as for table/tea sppons i
just use spoons from knife and fork drawer not measuring spoons.
Jim
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"Tom Austin" <taustin> wrote in message news:483172d8$1@news.povray.org...
>
> What was the old method....
>
> Only install even numbered service packs ;-)
it appears to be a bit like rolling the dice .... you decide! I was under
the impression the a sp realease was more stable .... more regression
testing etc.
Jim
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> it appears to be a bit like rolling the dice .... you decide! I was under
> the impression the a sp realease was more stable .... more regression
> testing etc.
I mistead that as "more agression testing" - possibly kind of apt, no? ;-)
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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"Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:48317d30@news.povray.org...
> is there such a thing an imperial cup?
haha .... should have googled imperial cup before my reply ..... it comes
back with a wiki-pedia entry. So I guess my units are imperial cup!
Jim
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> I mistead that as "more agression testing" - possibly kind of apt, no? ;-)
perhaps my terminology is incorrect ..... my point was testing interaction
with exsisting software
!
Jim
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> haha .... should have googled imperial cup before my reply ..... it comes
> back with a wiki-pedia entry. So I guess my units are imperial cup!
True story:
My mum bought one of those bread maker machines. (Why?) You know the
kind - you dump some flour and water and stuff into it, press a button
like it's a washing machine, and a few hours later it has delicious
fresh bread inside it.
Except when my mum first tried to work it for herself, all it produced
was a blackened little biscuit at the bottom. She couldn't figure out
what on earth the problem could be. So I had to diagnose it. [Obviously
I'm good with computers, so I'd know all about baking bread. Wait... WTF??]
Anyway, I managed to chizel a few crumbs out of the bottom of this
machine and taste them. Have you ever tried eating salt grains? That is
exactly what this tasted like.
"Jesus women, how much salt did you put in this thing?!"
"Half a table spoon like it says."
"No no - half a *tea* spoon!!"
Lord above, half a tablespoon of salt in a lump of dough that fits in
one hand? No wonder it went wrong - the yeast is dead, and the machine
blindly baked the inrisen dough to a concrete lump!
Blithering idiot. Even *I* know the difference between a teaspoon and a
tablespoon - and I wasn't raised 50 years ago when such measures were
commonplace! o_O
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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LOL! You gotta love Povers... Cookie recipes now. :)
Thanks Jim!
~Steve~
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St. wrote:
> LOL! You gotta love Povers... Cookie recipes now. :)
>
> Thanks Jim!
I am lovin' the whole "I just had a really crap day - have a cookie!"
mentallity here.
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:48316c83@news.povray.org...
> Jim Holsenback <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > This was going to be a rant about win xp sp3 (don't bother by the way)
>
> I'm not sure if "don't bother" meant "don't write about the XP SP3" or
> "don't bother installing it".
>
> As for the latter: Do you have even a choice? If I'm not mistaken, SP3
> is simply the collection of all the updates which Windows Update has been
> giving to people during the years anyways. The vast majority of XP users
> already have SP3 effectively installed even before SP3 was "officially"
> published.
>
On my laptop (vista) I go through the patches and updates that are available
and install the ones I think that I need.
If you have update set to automatically download an install, then you've
effectivly made your choice, otherwise, sure you do.
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"Tom Austin" <taustin> wrote in message news:483172d8$1@news.povray.org...
>
> What was the old method....
>
> Only install even numbered service packs ;-)
Dunno. On SQL Server, SP2 was the problematic one. Previous version of SQL,
it was sp3 that had 'issues'
I've heard that advice applied to application versions as well, just for odd
numbers
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And lo on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:57:56 +0100, Jim Holsenback
<jho### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
> This recipe makes two dozen GOOD cookies.
But I wanted EVIL cookies :-P
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
news:op.uber6snac3xi7v@news.povray.org...
> And lo on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:57:56 +0100, Jim Holsenback
> <jho### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>
>> This recipe makes two dozen GOOD cookies.
>
> But I wanted EVIL cookies :-P
add a sprinkle of hemlock? ;-)
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> "Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:48317d30@news.povray.org...
>> is there such a thing an imperial cup?
>
> haha .... should have googled imperial cup before my reply ..... it comes
> back with a wiki-pedia entry. So I guess my units are imperial cup!
>
Ok, so the japanese have the smallest cup size. That makes sense. But
why is the US cup size smaller than in the UK?
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Invisible wrote:
> Jim Holsenback wrote:
>
>> haha .... should have googled imperial cup before my reply ..... it
>> comes back with a wiki-pedia entry. So I guess my units are imperial cup!
>
> True story:
>
> My mum bought one of those bread maker machines. (Why?) You know the
> kind - you dump some flour and water and stuff into it, press a button
> like it's a washing machine, and a few hours later it has delicious
> fresh bread inside it.
>
> Except when my mum first tried to work it for herself, all it produced
> was a blackened little biscuit at the bottom. She couldn't figure out
> what on earth the problem could be. So I had to diagnose it. [Obviously
> I'm good with computers, so I'd know all about baking bread. Wait... WTF??]
>
Because like in every modern machine there is a microprocessor inside.
Obviously there was a bug in the program.
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On Tue, 20 May 2008 03:59:02 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:
>>
>Ok, so the japanese have the smallest cup size. That makes sense. But
>why is the US cup size smaller than in the UK?
It could be because America has 16 fluid ounces to a pint whereas in
the UK there are 20 fluid ounces to a pint.
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Stephen
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andrel wrote:
> Because like in every modern machine there is a microprocessor inside.
> Obviously there was a bug in the program.
Actually, it turns out it was a wetware error...
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And lo on Mon, 19 May 2008 18:00:25 +0100, Jim Holsenback
<jho### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>
> "Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
> news:op.uber6snac3xi7v@news.povray.org...
>> And lo on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:57:56 +0100, Jim Holsenback
>> <jho### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> This recipe makes two dozen GOOD cookies.
>>
>> But I wanted EVIL cookies :-P
>
> add a sprinkle of hemlock? ;-)
I'll just strap some lasers to them... I know I know I'm sorry way too
overused.
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http://flipc.blogspot.com
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andrel wrote:
> Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> "Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
>> news:48317d30@news.povray.org...
>>> is there such a thing an imperial cup?
>>
>> haha .... should have googled imperial cup before my reply ..... it comes
>> back with a wiki-pedia entry. So I guess my units are imperial cup!
>>
> Ok, so the japanese have the smallest cup size. That makes sense. But
> why is the US cup size smaller than in the UK?
What cup size are we talking about here? :)
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Invisible wrote:
> Actually, it turns out it was a wetware error...
A POBCAK problem. (Problem Occurs Between Chair And Keyboard)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Tom Austin wrote:
> Only install even numbered service packs ;-)
I thought that was "Only watch even-numbered Star Trek movies"?
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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On Tue, 20 May 2008 09:26:50 +0100, "Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk>
wrote:
>I'll just strap some lasers to them... I know I know I'm sorry way too
>overused.
It may be overused, but it still gets a giggle from me. :)
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And lo on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:51:13 +0100, Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> did
spake, saying:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 09:26:50 +0100, "Phil Cook"
> <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>
>> I'll just strap some lasers to them... I know I know I'm sorry way too
>> overused.
>
> It may be overused, but it still gets a giggle from me. :)
I just want to bake some cookies.
Evil cookies?
No! Just regular cookies you just do in the oven.
An evil oven?
You always do that.
Would have been my second choice post :-P
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 14:23:25 +0100, "Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk>
wrote:
>I just want to bake some cookies.
>Evil cookies?
>No! Just regular cookies you just do in the oven.
>An evil oven?
>You always do that.
I hate you! I hate you! I wish I was never artificially created in a lab!
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>> I just want to bake some cookies.
>> Evil cookies?
>> No! Just regular cookies you just do in the oven.
>> An evil oven?
>> You always do that.
>
> I hate you! I hate you! I wish I was never artificially created in a lab!
Wait... are you quoting Austin Powers or something?
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 16:21:28 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>Wait... are you quoting Austin Powers or something?
NO! I'M FOR REAL!!! :-P
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