Hamarana

Bumped to the top

I’ve looked GPP over for 6 months and decided that its a worthwhile investment. Membership is limited to 100,000. As I type this, there are about 34,500 members. I have a number in my downline so I would like to promote their links here, along with my own (its over there in the sidebar in the form of a graphic, as well as a banner at the top of this page).

If you consider it (a return of 55,000 euros for an outlay of 30 euros) its a good gamble. Yes there are requirements for being paid and the offer is time limited. If you are over 66 at the time paperwork is signed, you wont be eligible for more than the loyalty bonuses, but given that this is 2000 euros per person down 12 levels, its okay, really.

If you have any questions about funding, don’t hesitate to ask (Comments section is very useful at times like this) and if not interested, move along please.

I know… it all seems too good to be true, and maybe it is… but, oh well, lets see. Believe me, if it works, I’ll be posting a LARGE sign somewhere, signalling PARTY-TIME!

Addit: Looks like closure could be as early as August. The exponential increase factor is starting to kick in. Current member numbers are in excess of 38,000.

If you have experienced firefox on OSX you’ll be aware that it can use up a lot of system resources.

I’ve just discovered a site where there are builds which are specific to your particular processor and I am just about to install a Firefox 3 version for my G4 1ghz. I’ll edit this post once I’ve played with it some more, but in the meantime, for those who want to join me, here’s the link…

FirefoxMac

You’ll see that there are versions from 1.5 on up, depending on what you want.

Just read about this at ZDNet a few minutes ago. The long and the short of it is this: Crap DVD-R completely destroyed the guy’s superdrive.

I don’t know if this particular brand of media is available in Australia but I am looking at the pile of white-coated CDs which (touch wood) so far have not done anything antisocial… and am now determined never to buy that kind again, regardless of who makes them.

YIKES!

Of course, there is a version of OpenOffice for Mac, and its pretty much like its Windows and Linux counterparts. and it requires Java to run. As we all know, Java can slow things down considerably, so its a less than suitable alternative for some of us on older machines, especially as new features are added.

A more suitable (and more attractive) alternative is NeoOffice. It had the nice “aqua” GUI with which we have all become so familiar, and once loaded (yes, it does seem to take forever to load up) all the builtin apps are very fast/responsive. Yes, there is some java code in it, but NeoOffice has been written specifically for Mac. There are both PowerPC and Intel versions.

People making the move to Mac often baulk at the Mac version of office, because it doesnt include a version of Access. This is not an issue if you use NeoOffice or OpenOffice.

The latest press release (from January) is as follows:

Scheduled for release in Q1 2007, NeoOffice 2.1 will contain a number of unique features including:

* The latest features from OpenOffice.org 2.1
* Opening, editing, and saving of Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML documents
* Execution of Visual Basic for Applications macros in Excel documents
* Support for linear programming extensions for spreadsheets
* And more!

Support for interoperability with Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML formatted documents and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is drawn from the ooo-build project, a branch of OpenOffice.org that includes several features which Sun has not yet integrated up-stream. ooo-build is a collaboration between many individuals & vendors spearheaded by Novell. Leveraging the ongoing contributions from ooo-build, NeoOffice.org is pleased to deliver the most compatible office productivity application suite for Mac OS X for today and beyond. NeoOffice.org is proud to collaborate with ooo-build to help make these important features available for all Mac owners. “It’s great to have NeoOffice making their work available under the JCA to OpenOffice.org via. ooo-build, and building on our substantial investment here, I’m excited about working with them going forward.” said Michael Meeks, Distinguished Engineer, Novell.

The NeoOffice 2.1 release will allow Mac users to utilize OpenXML documents prior to the announced availability of translators from Microsoft. With Microsoft’s announced intention to remove VBA support in Microsoft Office Mac 2007, NeoOffice 2.1 will be one of the only available ongoing solutions for Mac users who use VBA macros in their Excel documents.

NeoOffice 2.1 is currently scheduled for release on 27 March 2007. The scheduled preliminary availability for NeoOffice Early Access Program members is 27 February 2007. With many thanks to an anonymous donor and the work pioneered by Novell, NeoOffice.org is proud to be able to continue to provide the most advanced set of office productivity applications available for Mac OS X with industry leading support for cross platform document exchange.

I’ve been very happy with the level of compatiblity. I have Office 2004 for Mac, and I use Microsoft Office (Windows version) at work… so far there have been zero issues, even with formatting. I’m happy with it and will not bother upgrading my Microsoft software this time around.

Tonight, Garrett announced his full support for yet another American base to be built in Australia adding to the already substantial spy bases at Nurrungar, Northwest Cape, Pine Gap and Tidbinbilla: now we will also have an American military base for trainig their troops in WA (oh well, its closer to the Middle East). Stop me if I seem to be mistaken… but don’t we normally keep Australian soil for training Australian troops? Or did I miss something and we have already become a new US state, with absolutely none of the benefits which that might bring (and yes, I do use the word “benefits” very loosely)

This switcheroo would not seem to be at odds with being a politician in a major political party, if it were not also for the fact that Garrett is the former front-man to the politically and socially aware (and extremely successful) rock group, Midnight Oil. The Oils were well known for their continual social commentary and raging against the establishment… not just for its own sake, but because there was and is very much to be concerned about. Apparently, though, that was then and this is now.

Garrett explains it all away as having been youthful exuberance (or somesuch completely unbelievable story).

Am I being too savage? I don’t think so. I still remember when Bob Hawke made a similar about-face on the Uranium issue… after years of shouting that if he were elected, there would be no new mines and no selling Uranium overseas… it lasted about 6 months.

Who’s running this country? Seems to me its not Australians.

Because of the extreme drought conditions in Australia, I’m doing my bit by refusing to waste water on a lawn. I’m beginning to think I need to find some way to do it (a long hose thru the garage, carrying my grey water perhaps?) because my house/land is on clay, and because its been so dry, the clay is drying out, cracking apart and the topsoil (little than there was) is falling into the holes.

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I am unable to find a direct link to Michael’s original list, he most certainly deserves the credit for thinking this one out. The 40 good reasons to join are being liberally sprinkled around the net so I am joining the throng.

Michael H. Lewis’ 40 Reasons Why You Should Join AGLOCO Now (with some additions by me)

1. You can make money safely, legitimately, and easily.

2. It takes maybe three minutes to join.

3. You need nothing more than a working (Windows) computer connected to the Internet.

4. You don’t have to enter any sensitive information to join.

5. You don’t have to buy anything to join.

6. You don’t have to buy anything ever once you are a member.

7. It’s easy to cancel if you no longer want to be a member.

8. All you have to do is download a small free toolbar that won’t install anything else on your computer, hog its memory, or read your keystrokes. ( Bulletproof privacy is a core commitment of AGLOCO).

9. You’ll make the same amount of money even if you never click on anything.

10. AGLOCO is the real deal, not some little scam. A good number of notable entrepreneurs are backing it. A Google search with keyword “agloco” will net you over 1 million pages and counting.

11. Very important: AGLOCO’s business model has been tried before, and proven to work. In fact, AGLOCO’s predecessor (All Advantage) paid out over $120 million to its members (this is what finally convinced me - I was in this one and was paid).

12. You can dramatically increase your income by referring other people to AGLOCO, because…

13 AGLOCO pays you a portion of the revenues earned from the viewbar use by those you refer up to 5 levels below you. So…

14. You can recruit your friends and, all make money together when you help them get referrals. Thus,

15. The sooner you sign up, the more folks will come to you for info, and the more likely it is that you will be the original seed of a large referral network in your community.

16. You never have to read emails from people you don’t know.

17. You’ll never be asked to send emails to people you don’t know.

18. You don’t have to change anything you normally do on the Internet. You surf, AGLOCO pays.

19. AGLOCO’s revenue source is genuine: members use a Viewbar that shows targeted advertisements based on your surf history, with the money generated by these advertisements going back to the members. That’s not magic; that’s common sense.

20. The Viewbar software you will download will not invade your privacy; it simply looks for keywords on the pages you view in order to show related ads.

21. The Viewbar is the size of your taskbar at the bottom of your screen – in other words, it’s small and won’t interfere with your browsing experience at all.

22. AGLOCO has a thorough privacy policy that explicitly guarantees personal information will never be sold or given away.

23. In fact, AGLOCO has three agreements that every member must agree to.( All the bases are covered.)

24. AGLOCO has a CPO – Chief Privacy Officer – whose responsibility is to make sure your privacy is never violated. His name is Ray Everett-Church, and he has more experience protecting privacy than probably anyone else on the planet.

25. AGLOCO doesn’t play; anybody providing fake information, signing up twice, or otherwise trying to cheat the system will be detected by AGLOCO’s anti-hacking instruments. This is an honest enterprise through and through.

26. By signing up, you’re supporting a company that will change Internet advertising for the better.

27. By signing up, you get to own a piece of the company that will change Internet advertising for the better. AGLOCO belongs to its members, which are you, me and the other millions of net surfers out there…

28. As a member, you will own stocks (more if you refer people) in a company that is likely to become huge and thus your stock will be worth something awesome when AGLOCO goes public on the London Stock Exchange.

29. You will likely find that other AGLOCO members, especially now in the early stages of AGLOCO, are some of the Web’s savviest users and developers, and you can learn a bunch from them.

30. You get to be on the cutting edge of World Wide Webware development, which means that as AGLOCO grows, its members will benefit from…

31. Discounts when members buy from companies affiliated with AGLOCO;

32. Possible help with spyware/antivirus protection (remember, everyone from Fortune 500 companies to millions of users will all benefit from a better browsing experience);

33. Community forums where members can meet and discuss not just stuff, but ways and member-based projects to make AGLOCO better (after all, it is our company).

34. Our company is in good hands. AGLOCO pays 10% of its revenues to Infomediary Services Corporation (ISC), which is simply the management company that is responsible for managing AGLOCO. The other 90% of the revenue belongs to us. This 10% will attract the designing talent needed to make AGLOCO great. The corresponding 10% of AGLOCO’s shares go to a foundation dedicated to providing every human being on Earth with Internet access (a little ambitious, methinks, but its all about advertising eh?).

35. AGLOCO’s management team will not get stock in AGLOCO. This ensures that those in positions of high responsibility don’t hijack the company.

36. Though circumstances will vary, you can get paid and earn shares no matter where on Earth you live.

37. If you choose, you can donate your earnings and shares to the charity of your choice.

38. If you get involved in referring more members, you might be able to quit your day job and actually spend time at home, with your family, on vacation, wherever – and still make money.

39. If AGLOCO fails, you won’t lose any money because you paid none in the first place.

40. AGLOCO ain’t gonna fail. The last time such an opportunity existed, people made over $120 million in under 2 years, when far less people had Internet access, and conditions weren’t yet right for such a company to go public. Now, with record spending on advertising and calls from all sides for less irrelevant advertising and a better business/customer connection, the world is more than ready for an Economic Network that gives back to its users.

You’d be mad not to do it. It costs you nothing, not even your time.