Layng quietly in fields

Layng quietly in fields
Glstening lights

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Classic is classic.

 


Today's Tids Issue 5.648 

Facts are facts: 

 

Have we ever lived in a world like this where one mere isolated comment can blunt the opinions and beliefs of hundreds of millions. 

 

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. --Bertrand Russell 

 

 

Philosophical Question of the Day: What is perfection? 
 

 

The Question: 

PCs aren’t dead even as people learn to do everything on their phones. They are being revived and will be juiced more by OpenAI. Name the ten top PC manufacturers by share of market? 

 

 

The Headlines: 

--Q# Economy Grew S at Slightly Lower Pace Than Economist Expectations; Core PCE Inflation Rate Measure Grew More than Hoped but Seriously Lower than a Year ago. 

--Alphabet Earnings Rock off of Strong Cloud Sales; AMD meets expectations, But Guidance Disappoints. 

--Biden Seeks to clarify disparaging “Trump Followers are Garbage” Remark. 

--Investors Will Be Looking at Microsoft Earnings After Bell;[ Focus will be on the action from their AI Investment, 

--Spain Ravaged by Floods and Hail. 

 

 

Microsoft earnings and revenue came in Strong with a healthy push from The Cloud (Similar to Alphabet (Google).  Also of interest for those following the Techs, PCs are on the rebound. And Microsoft and their PC manufacturing partners are pushing new Copilot+PCs. All looks rosy for the big Seattle software giant, but the clouds on the horizon are from the dust stirred up by competitors in the desert, Amazon, Sales Force and Alphabet stampeding along developing their own OpenAI products. Next year will be an AI doozy. (Copilot is MacroSoft's AI assistant which in fact keeps me nagging me to get on board. I hate the idea of making Artificial Intelligence angry.  

 

Well, Joe B has resurrected the old leftist theme. If you're not with me, you're a deplorable. 

 

 

Penn State is Number 3 on the NCAA College football ratings list, and while I'm a fan of the team that Paterno Built, I don't think they are that good. 

 

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy, and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too. --Rodney Dangerfield. 

 

This week on the street it is all about whether or not the magnificent seven are wasting too much money investing in AI. Next yearit will be all about aything rmeotely conected to AI. 

 

Smart thermostats are too smart for me. 

 

Peyton Pritchard is following n the footsteps of The Boston Celtics famed “Sixth Men” -- Frank Ramsey, John Havlicek and Don Nelson. He just delivers energy every time,  

 

I'm thinking people will never fully understand God because their sphere of knowledge is so limited. All based on human experience alone.  

 

I just got back from the supermarket. I literally had heart palpitations as I entered the Cheese Ball snack aisle. True love is forever. 

 

Hmmm, Department: 

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? --William Lloyd Garrison 

 

The Answer: 

Number one is Lanova Formerly IBM) at 24.8%. Next is HP at 21.9, Dell 16.6. Apple 9, Asus 8.7 and Acer 6. 

 

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. --Thomas Jefferson 
 

 

My opinion is that is one of the great musical performances ever. I bought the Album in 1956. Sax player Paul Gonsalves wasn't sure he could do it but after a couple of riffs and feeling the energy from a dancing blond woman in the black dress, Elaine Anderson he went out of sight and the audience went wild and the band received the ovation of ovations. This performance made the cover of Time Mag the next week. Hope you enjoy it. 

 

 

 

 

 

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