This timeline has been presented by a few bloggers already; but here it is again for those who might have just started following VCSY:
What we can hope for is that Microsoft mention’s VCSY in press conference and then things will really skyrocket. Also, Windows 7 has already become Amazon’s biggest pre-order to date; outselling Harry Potter.
There have big rumors floating around which hint to the fact that VCSY might be the next big stock about to skyrocket.
“Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (VCSY) is a provider of Internet core technologies, administrative software, and derivative software application products through its distribution network.
VCSY’s primary Internet core technologies include SiteFlash™, ResponseFlash™, and the Emily XML Scripting Language, which can be used to build web services.
VCSY’s main administrative software product is emPath®, which is designed to handle the most complex Payroll and Human Resources challenges.”(Taken from www.vcsy.com.
Microsoft settled on VCSY’s 744 patent which looks to be all that Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform Azure is. Read the latest from the Chicago Tribune about Microsoft’s endeavor into Cloud Computing:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-mon-burns-microsoft-1012-oct12,0,3048264.column
In the most recent Microsoft 10-K from July 30th, Microsoft has a credit facility that was taken right after the VCSY settlement which was originally set to expire on March 22nd but had been extended to November 6th, right before the Microsoft PDC.
“This credit facility expires on November 6, 2009.”
I guess we will have to wait till November and see. I know that I have already grabbed a couple thousand shares of VCSY just in case. They are currently at $0.02 so you don’t have very much to lose. Leave a comment if you would like an invite to Sharebuilder with free $25.00 to start trading with.
Vertical Computer Systems
Have you ever been to Walmart to buy groceries and your favorite food or snack has been out of stock? This is short guide on how you can order bulk food at any Walmart in the US without any additional fees, free shipping, no minimum order and arrival notification.
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The first step is to simply decide what you want to order in a bulk purchase at Walmart. My brother and I drink a lot of soda and so we decided to order 50 liters of Mountain Lightning. We figure we would purchase that much eventually anyways, why not get it all at once and not have to keep checking back.
Once you know what you are going to purchase go to your closest Walmart store.
Once inside the store you will want to travel to the information desk, usually at the front of the store.
Now ask for an assistant manager, and say you want to make a bulk purchase. There are no fees involved, free ship to store, and no minimum order required.
Tell the assistant manager what you would like to purchase, pay the price plus tax, get your receipt and leave the store satisfied. 
It usually takes from 2 days to a week to get your order in and then Walmart calls you letting you know it has arrived. Bring your receipt back to Walmart and show it to the person at the information desk. Depending on what you ordered, they might have you pick your items up at the loading dock.
If I had a nickel for every time I went to reformat a computer for a customer or friend that didn’t have their original install discs I would be a millionaire. What most people do not know is that most of the major computer manufacturers actually offer a way to get new Recovery Discs; you just have to know where to look. I have compiled a short list below. Some of them charge a small fee for this service while others provide it free of charge.
Dell Restore CDs
https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/en/backupcd_form
HP Restore CDs
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07143#N280
Lenovo Restore CDs (You must call)
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/YAST-3P2QYL.html#PCD
Acer Restore CDs (No longer available from Acer, this is third party)
http://www.user-guides.co.uk/Acer/Recovery/Aspire/Acer-Aspire-Recovery-CD.htm
Apple Restore CDs (Must call, only charge nominal shipping fee)
(800) 767-2775
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H.264 codecs are pretty CPU intensive and VLC can’t use multi-cores to decode it yet.
So if your computer is dying when decoding 1080p samples from H264, do the following.
Open the preferences
Tick advanced in the lower right corner
Go to “Input/Codec”
Go to “other codecs” subcategory
Go to “FFmpeg”
Put the “skip-filter for H264″ to all
Restart VLC
Below is an example of the code I used on my about me page to create my hCard [vCard] and then create a download link for it.
vcard logo
<div class=”vcard”>
<a class=”url fn n” href=”http://brianleejackson.com”>
<span class=”given-name”>Brian</span>
<span class=”additional-name”>Lee</span>
<span class=”family-name”>Jackson</span>
</a>
<div class=”org”>Brianleejackson.com</div>
<div class=”title”>Interactive Designer & Developer</div>
<div class=”adr”>
<div class=”street-address”>201 SW 1st St., Sittner Hall #243</div>
<span class=”locality”>College Place</span>
<span class=”region”>WA</span>
<span class=”postal-code”>99324</span>
<span class=”country-name”>USA</span>
</div>
<div class=”tel”>
<span class=”type”>Cell</span>
<span class=”value”>360.624.5393</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”vcard_download”><a href=”http://technorati.com/contact/http://brianleejackson.com/aboutme.html” title=”Download vCard with contact information”>Download vCard</a></div>
I personally don’t use myspace and don’t really like it. A friend mentioned this to me. If you go to myspace’s website http://www.myspace.com you will notice that the front page is not coded properly for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). It looks as though the banner is floated to the right in the container. I found this humorous as I have already gone through all my client’s websites and made sure they will work properly in IE8. You would think the myspace team would be quicker to fix something like this.
I am not a big fan of having the “show desktop” button on the bottom right hand side of the screen. When does anyone ever have their cursor down there? On bigger LCD’s that can be a hassle.
This will show you how to re-add the quick launch toolbar on the bottom left hand side of the screen.
1. Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
2. In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
3. Turn off the “lock the taskbar” setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that “Show text” and “Show title” are disabled and the view is set to “small icons”.
4. Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.
Quicklaunch on Windows 7 Beta Taskbar
Yes, I did it. I started a blog. I have been wanting to do this for some time now as blogs can really increase your traffic due to search engines crawling through your articles; hence your search engine rank going up. I took a little while and customized the theme as my own to integrate a little better with my site. I think it turned out pretty good.
