Larry Kuperman

Larry Kuperman

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Reply to Go West Old Man! Koop Has a Birthday! in Community WinCustomize Forums

This is POIFECT! It took me a while to respond because I first laughed and then sent the link to my family. My sister says it should be my new profile picture. Thank you all so much and hugs and kisses back at you, Jafo!

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Koop's Birthday Blog in Off-Topic JoeUser Forums

When I was more active in the JoeUser, Stardock and Wincustomize Communities, posting on my birthday was an annual (Duh!) ritual. It has been a while, so pardon me if I am rusty. I woke this morning in the manner that passes for normal in my house. I checked the news as I always do. I began with the obituary section. My name wasn't there so I knew that I had to get up. I did receive a wonderful, wonderful present from President Obama and it would be remiss of me if I did not thank

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Reply to Last Day As A Stardockian and in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Now you have done it...you made me cry at work! There are clean spots on my desk.... I have been truly blessed (in a secular sense of course) to have had such good friends. I will certainly stay in touch, you can't get rid of me that easily.

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Last Day As A Stardockian and in Internet JoeUser Forums

Today is my last official day as a full-time Stardock employee; although there will be a transition period of some length where I'll still be around (what I like to refer to as the "Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in" time) but as of Monday I will primarily be a GameStop employee. I joined Stardock more than a decade ago, in February 2001. During my tenure, I was a part of the release of WindowBlinds for XP (that became WindowBlinds 3) at the Microsoft offices o

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Remembering Joey Ramone in Music JoeUser Forums

A little bit late, but I didn't want this to be forgotten. This past Friday, April 15th, 2011, marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Jeffry Ross Hyman, better known as lead singer Joey Ramone of The Ramones. On Sunday, I dedicated my Adult Education lecture at the JCS of Ann Arbor ( http://www.jewishculturalsociety.org/ ) celebrating the contributions of "Jews In Punk Rock" to his memory. The class lecture traced th

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Reply to Best Free Software Products 2010 Edition in Internet Stardock Forums

Thank you all for your replies. Daiwa, your greeting was particularly warm and appreciated. I will try to post more often. I sort of avoided promoting Stardock products myself, but nice to see how much people love Fences. Something new that I have found since yesterday. I am going to guess that everyone is familiar with the folks at Piriform? Developers of CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva? Check out Speccy, http://www.pirifo

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Best Free Software Products 2010 Edition in Internet JoeUser Forums

It has been a while since I have written one of these articles combining two of my favorite topics: Software and Free Things. In the past, they have turned collaborative, with members of the community adding their favorite programs and often teaching me. I hope that this time is no different. I recently played with a couple of Linux distros, starting off with Live CDs (and Live USB installs) and then decided to install Ubuntu on a partition. Ran it quite happily for a while alongside

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Reply to Not Getting Better? in Blogging Stardock Forums

I'm still on my holiday schedule, donating next weekend. It wasn't intentional on part, somehow I just end up giving on the 4th of July, Labor Day, etc. You are right about the mini-physical part, that is how I found out about my high blood pressure. Donating blood is one of the many things that you and I have in common. Of course you probably give from your right arm, while I use my left.... Little donation political humor there.

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Reply to Fox News Ties to Saudi Prince in The Media Stardock Forums

First off, thank you for forgiving me for not responding earlier, you all were right in assuming that it was the press of business and family that kept me away. Even worse, I am leaving for a business trip beginning tomorrow and will not be able to post replies for several days. But with that said, let me go out on a limb and possibly give you something to consider. The first part of the story is the Saudi ownership of News Corp, which stretches well beyond Fox News. It is worth a minu

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Fox News Ties to Saudi Prince in The Media JoeUser Forums

I recently had a debate with a Conservative friend of mine about the ties between News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, and Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. When I said that the Saudi Prince was one of the largest and most influentilal shareholders in the media conglomerate, my assertion was met with disbelief. So let's establish the facts, quoting from the linked article: Sunday, January 17, 2010 Saudi billionaire eyes new links with News Corp. <b

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Reply to JoeUser Cares: Haiti Relief in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Thanks, Island_Dog for posting this and thanks, Dr. Guy, for your kind words. (PS: A happy healthy New Year wish to you and your family.) I went with Red Cross myself. JoeUser really does care and that crosses all political borders.

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Reply to Just Get a Gift Card! in Blogging Stardock Forums

I don't see a problem with it. Do you need my mailing address? [e digicons]:D[/e] Let me take this opportunity to wish you and your family all the best of the holiday season. A very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

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Reply to Remembering Yitzhak Rabin in Current Events Stardock Forums

In 1995, Housing Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezertold Netanyahu “You’d better restrain your people. Otherwise it will end in murder. They tried to kill me just now.… Your people are mad. If someone is murdered, the blood will be on your hands.… The settlers have gone crazy, and someone will be murdered here, if not today, then in another week or another month!” The circumstances were that Netanyahu was about to address a rally that depicted Prime Minister R

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Reply to Remembering Yitzhak Rabin in Current Events Stardock Forums

Kingbee is right. Simply put, if an Imam issues a fatwa against say a Dutch filmmaker for "insulting Islam" (see http://kleinverzet.blogspot.com/2008/02/al-qaeda-has-fatwa-for-wilders-and.html for an example) and a crime is then committed, the Imam bears responsibility for that crime and should be prosecuted. If an Orthodox Rabbi tells his followers that Palestinians are "Amalekite" as Rabbi Israel Hess did, and a crazy Jew goes out and murders a cab driver, that Rabbi is no les

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Reply to Remembering Yitzhak Rabin in Current Events Stardock Forums

Another post-script, if you will. Please see http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1934024,00.html Jack Teitel, born in Florida but now a settler in the West Bank, has targeted Palestinians, gays, Liberals and basically anyone who disagrees with him. Accused of the murder of two unarmed Arabs, one a taxi driver and one a shepherd, he also shot and wounded Professor Zev Sternhell of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, because he viewed the professor as too left-wing.

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Reply to Remembering Yitzhak Rabin in Current Events Stardock Forums

One of my fellow membes in the Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) of Ann Arbor emailed me the following comment, which I thought that I would add: "Larry, Rabin not only "served in the IDF" but as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces commanded the IDF in its decisive victory in the Six-Day War of 1967, the war in which Israel gained control over East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights and what became the Occupied Territories in the West Bank and Gaza, and captured the Sinai Peninsula al

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Remembering Yitzhak Rabin in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Tomorrow is the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He was murdered not by a Palestinian terrorist, not by a member of an Arab terrorist organization, but by Yigal Amir, a right-wing fanatic and Orthodox Jew. Amir opposed Israel's participtaion in the Oslo accords. Along with his brother, Hagai Amir, and their friend Dror Adani, he plotted and carried out an assassination as Rabin left a rally supporting the peace process. M

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Reply to Fathers and Sons in Parenting Stardock Forums

Thanks for the thoughts. That may be the nicest thing that anyone has ever said about me. I can't seem to find a blushing smiley, but the thought is there. I think that I can wait for grandchildren.

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