Top O' the Mornin' pcApex!! (3/17/2006)

hartigan · 17-March-06, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Voltaire (1694 - 1778)


	The secret of being boring is to say everything.

Well, it's Friday. End of the week. Hope everyone survived the week. Mine wasn't bad at all. Got some OCZ Platinum PC4000 3-3-2-8. It LOOKS gorgeous, but I still have to get something on which to run it. That will be next week's endeavor.

Holidays . . .

Today, in Bangladesh is the Birthday of Bangabnadhu!!

In the following countries and in the entire Christian faith, today is . . .

St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!!:

Canada
Ireland
Montserrat
Switzerland
Great Britain & Northern Ireland
United States

In the USA!!! today is also Camp Fire Boys & Girls Founders Day and in Boston only, today is Evacuation Day

Have a great St. Patrick's Day and have a great weekend!!

-hartigan

Reza · 17-March-06, 05:48 AM

Yeah Friday is here at last, no more work for another two days just some hard core gaming. Have a good one everyone.

Foe · 17-March-06, 06:55 AM

Good day hartigan, and all!

Bouve124 · 17-March-06, 08:15 AM

Usually I'm very, very happy that is Friday, but not this week. I have to work tomorrow because the place I have to go to can only shut down for me to do the work on a weekend. So now I can't go out and have some GREEN BEER. So please if your going out tonight have a few for me too!

theups · 17-March-06, 10:07 AM

This Day in History

On March 17
0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.

1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.

1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act that had caused resentment in the North American colonies.

1776 - British forces evacuated Boston to Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary War.

1868 - Postage stamp canceling machine patent was issued.

1870 - Wellesley College was incorporated by the Massachusetts legislature under its first name, Wellesley Female Seminary.

1884 - John Joseph Montgomery made the first glider flight in Otay, California.

1886 - 20 Blacks were killed in the Carrollton Massacre in Mississippi.

1891 - The British steamer Utopia sank off the coast of Gibraltar.

1901 - In Paris, Vincent Van Gogh's paintings were shown at the Bernheim Gallery.

1909 - In France, the communications industry was paralyzed by strikes.

1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded by Luther and Charlotte Gulick. It was formally presented to the public exactly 2 years later.

1914 - Russia increased the number of active duty military from 460,000 to 1,700,000.

1917 - AmericaÃ‚â€™s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO. Almost 100 women participated in the event.

1930 - Al Capone was released from jail.

1941 - The National Gallery of Art was officially opened by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC.

1942 - Douglas MacArthur became the Supreme Commander of the United Nations forces in the Southwestern Pacific.

1944 - During World War II, the U.S. bombed Vienna.

1950 - Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced that they had created a new radioactive element. They named it "californium". It is also known as element 98.

1958 - The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the U.S.

1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) fled Tibet and went to India.

1961 - The U.S. increased military aid and technicians to Laos.

1962 - Moscow asked the U.S. to pull out of South Vietnam.

1966 - A U.S. submarine found a missing H-bomb in the Mediterranean off of Spain.

1967 - Snoopy and Charlie Brown of "Peanuts" were on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.

1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel.

1970 - The U.S. Army charged 14 officers with suppression of facts in the My Lai massacre case.

1972 - U.S. President Nixon asked Congress to halt busing in order to achieve desegregation.

1973 - Twenty were killed in Cambodia when a bomb went off that was meant for the Cambodian President Lon Nol.

1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the "Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam.

1982 - Four Dutch television crewmembers were killed in El Salvador.

1985 - U.S. President Reagan agreed to a joint study with Canada on acid rain.

1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada.

1992 - In Buenos Aires, 10 people were killed in a suicide car-bomb attack against the Israeli embassy.

1992 - White South Africans approved constitutional reforms to give legal equality to blacks.

1995 - Gerry Adams became the first leader of Sinn Fein to be received at the White House.

1998 - Washington Mutual announced it had agreed to buy H.F. Ahmanson and Co. for $9.9 billion dollars. The deal created the nation's seventh-largest banking company.

1999 - A panel of medical experts concluded that marijuana had medical benefits for people suffering from cancer and AIDS.

1999 - The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal.

2000 - In Norway, Jens Stotenberg and the Labour Party took office as Prime Minister. The coalition government of Kjell Magne Bondevik resigned on March 9 as a result of an environmental dispute.

2000 - In Kanungu, Uganda, a fire at a church linked to the cult known as the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments killed more than 530. On March 31, officials set the number of deaths linked to the cult at more than 900 after authorities subsequently found mass graves at various sites linked to the cult.

St. Patrick's Day!!!

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17-March-06, 05:48 AM		#2 (permalink)
Reza Apex Elite Expert Tech	Yeah Friday is here at last, no more work for another two days just some hard core gaming. Have a good one everyone.

17-March-06, 06:55 AM		#3 (permalink)
Foe Apex Tech God	Good day hartigan, and all!

17-March-06, 08:15 AM		#4 (permalink)
Bouve124 carfax helper outer	Usually I'm very, very happy that is Friday, but not this week. I have to work tomorrow because the place I have to go to can only shut down for me to do the work on a weekend. So now I can't go out and have some GREEN BEER. So please if your going out tonight have a few for me too!

17-March-06, 10:07 AM		#5 (permalink)
theups Apex Master Tech	This Day in History On March 17 0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. 1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern. 1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act that had caused resentment in the North American colonies. 1776 - British forces evacuated Boston to Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary War. 1868 - Postage stamp canceling machine patent was issued. 1870 - Wellesley College was incorporated by the Massachusetts legislature under its first name, Wellesley Female Seminary. 1884 - John Joseph Montgomery made the first glider flight in Otay, California. 1886 - 20 Blacks were killed in the Carrollton Massacre in Mississippi. 1891 - The British steamer Utopia sank off the coast of Gibraltar. 1901 - In Paris, Vincent Van Gogh's paintings were shown at the Bernheim Gallery. 1909 - In France, the communications industry was paralyzed by strikes. 1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded by Luther and Charlotte Gulick. It was formally presented to the public exactly 2 years later. 1914 - Russia increased the number of active duty military from 460,000 to 1,700,000. 1917 - AmericaÃ‚â€™s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO. Almost 100 women participated in the event. 1930 - Al Capone was released from jail. 1941 - The National Gallery of Art was officially opened by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC. 1942 - Douglas MacArthur became the Supreme Commander of the United Nations forces in the Southwestern Pacific. 1944 - During World War II, the U.S. bombed Vienna. 1950 - Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced that they had created a new radioactive element. They named it "californium". It is also known as element 98. 1958 - The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the U.S. 1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) fled Tibet and went to India. 1961 - The U.S. increased military aid and technicians to Laos. 1962 - Moscow asked the U.S. to pull out of South Vietnam. 1966 - A U.S. submarine found a missing H-bomb in the Mediterranean off of Spain. 1967 - Snoopy and Charlie Brown of "Peanuts" were on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. 1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel. 1970 - The U.S. Army charged 14 officers with suppression of facts in the My Lai massacre case. 1972 - U.S. President Nixon asked Congress to halt busing in order to achieve desegregation. 1973 - Twenty were killed in Cambodia when a bomb went off that was meant for the Cambodian President Lon Nol. 1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the "Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam. 1982 - Four Dutch television crewmembers were killed in El Salvador. 1985 - U.S. President Reagan agreed to a joint study with Canada on acid rain. 1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada. 1992 - In Buenos Aires, 10 people were killed in a suicide car-bomb attack against the Israeli embassy. 1992 - White South Africans approved constitutional reforms to give legal equality to blacks. 1995 - Gerry Adams became the first leader of Sinn Fein to be received at the White House. 1998 - Washington Mutual announced it had agreed to buy H.F. Ahmanson and Co. for $9.9 billion dollars. The deal created the nation's seventh-largest banking company. 1999 - A panel of medical experts concluded that marijuana had medical benefits for people suffering from cancer and AIDS. 1999 - The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal. 2000 - In Norway, Jens Stotenberg and the Labour Party took office as Prime Minister. The coalition government of Kjell Magne Bondevik resigned on March 9 as a result of an environmental dispute. 2000 - In Kanungu, Uganda, a fire at a church linked to the cult known as the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments killed more than 530. On March 31, officials set the number of deaths linked to the cult at more than 900 after authorities subsequently found mass graves at various sites linked to the cult. St. Patrick's Day!!!