Notes, forwards, MP3s, etc.

Processes, such as "rsoxanwcem.exe", are spawning and a Russian version of MS Paint keeps opening.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: OkCupid! <bounces@mail1.oknotify2.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Subject: World Map of Your Matches

		We just finished programming this experimental toy. It generates heat maps of where your best female matches are, all around the world and the USA. Here are your results. All for you. Calculated from your match answers. In graphical form. Enjoy! —OkCupid Summer Interns, looking to make the internet more fun. A Map of Love: your best female matches by state target: USA | sampled: 35681 Your Worst States Oklahoma — 58.3 Mississippi — 58.6 Alabama — 58.9 West Virginia — 58.9 Arkansas — 59.2 Your Best States Massachusetts — 75.1 New York — 72.6 Oregon — 71.8 Vermont — 71.7 Washington — 71.6 A Map of Love: your best female matches by country target: World | sampled: 17296 Your Worst Countries Indonesia — 48.0 Philippines — 49.4 Egypt — 51.6 Malaysia — 52.4 Jamaica — 52.8 Your Best Countries Finland — 78.4 South Korea — 77.9 Israel — 77.8 Iceland — 77.4 Switzerland — 77.4 "We'll always be there for you. All the love in our hearts." —OkCupid Summer Interns

A na nebe luna, i ona ne prava, jeto byla ne ja,
A na nebe slova, kto-to skazhet, da-da - jeto byla sud'ba,
A na nebe moj son, no ne mne snitsja on, jeto bylo davno.
Ty nad nim ne kruzhi luchshe mne podskazhi, pochemu so mnoj?
Ot pechali net tolka, ty begi, begi, dogonjaj menja,
I ja pohozha na volka dve nedeli, kak voju na lunu,
Ty esli podozhdesh' nemnogo i ne poterjaj to, chto nahozhu,
Ved' ja pohozha na volka - voju na lunu,voju na lunu, voju

Voju na lunu, voju na lunu voju,
Voju na lunu, voju na lunu.
Voju na lunu, voju na lunu voju,
Voju na lunu, voju na lunu.

A na nebe mosty, pod mostami sledy, ot kogo ot chego?
Pochemu den' i noch' ja gonju tebja proch', chtob ne dumat' o nem,
Nam nel'zja byt' vdvoem, my igraem s ognem, tak chego ty svetish'?
Luna, chto ty molchish'? Ty zhe vsjudu tverdish', chto nuzhdajus' ja v nem
Ot pechali net tolka, ty begi, begi dogonjaj menja,
I ja pohozha na volka dve nedeli, kak voju na lunu,
Ty esli podozhdesh' ne mnogo, i ne poterjaj to chto nahozhu,
Ved' ja pohozha na volka voju, voju, voju na lunu

Voju na lunu, voju na lunu voju,
Voju na lunu, voju na lunu.
Voju na lunu, voju na lunu voju,
Voju na lunu, voju na lunu.

This question was posed in the AppJet forums by Angus, who went on to write:

: seems no update / response from appjet developer any more

You can go with this,
Or you can go with that.
You can go with this,
Or you can go with that.
You can go with this,
Or you can go with that,
Or you can throw with us!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: A. Omar Baltuth
Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Subject: online DS-11 preparation page
To: passportweb@state.gov

"To report technical problems with this web site, please email us at passportweb@state.gov":  I've got one for you.  

I recently completed an application for a passport using the following ASP.

The wizard would not let me continue after entering only seven characters.  I realize that current passport "book numbers" are nine digits, and that your ASP attempts to enforce validity for the current numbering system.  However, it didn't object to the alphabetic character, so that was a partial accommodation.  But, the absence of any instructions about what to do if the serial number of an old passport had fewer than nine digits was vexing.  It wouldn't let me put in dashes or "XX", so I experimented and put two extra zeroes in.  It took that.

The alphabetic character followed by six digits is the number on the passport, so the ASP should have let me enter it.  Enforcing strict field rules that may be invalid does nothing to help the user complete the wizard, in fact, it is an obstacle that a great number of people would not be able to figure out.  Most people I've asked about this said they would give up and get a blank form and fill it out by hand.  Is that what you want?

I suggest that you take off the field length restriction on that edit control.  At the very least, make it accept seven to nine characters to accommodate people like me who only get a passport every 28 years or so.

Thanks.
--
A. Omar Baltuth

I listened to the song in my previous post again and it isn't so bad. I guess my speakers at home are just really crappy. Still not my best work, though.