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Natural Balance - Massage Course for Beginners. Learn how to give safe
and effective massages to spouses, family members and friends.
Date: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th November 2002
Time: 9am to 4pm. Cost: $600; couples: $500 each
Registration: $100 before November 9th. Phone: 628-5649
Email: naturalb@wow.net
Lowlands - Tobago's Pride & Joy
Stay with us at charming Ocean Point Hotel & see what the hype is about. Ideally located by the Hilton & Tobago Plantations Golf Course, we offer
poolside studios & oceanview suites (A/C, cable TV, kitchenettes). Rates from $50US (or $275TT) per night (incl. taxes).
Phone/Fax: 1(868)639-0973 Email: info@oceanpoint.com
Web: http://www.oceanpoint.com
Wingate v5 has been released with new features and options!
Got more than one computer? Want to share your Internet Connection?
Get Wingate! We'll give you a 10% discount on new licenses for Wingate v5 during the month of November 2002.
Full pricing details at: http://www.opus.co.tt
mailto: support@opus.co.tt for more details or phone 868 637 7895
On Friday November 8, Hilton will feature their Italian Wine Dinner
in La Boucan Restaurant at 7:00pm. This comprises a six-course dinner
along with a fine selection of Italian wines presented by wine maker
Giovanni Cardolla of Frantienel Vineyards.
The $525.00 price also includes live entertainment.
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TANTIE TALK:
Back
Chat
Yuh know yuh Tants does like to dabble wid de technology...after all allyuh
wouldn' be gettin Trinidiary if it wasn't fuh de 'magic' of de internet. Never mind dat when Trini maccometre running on high de internet and email
cyant touch we fuh speed! But anyways, as I saying...I was looking at what happening
in de world wid Microsoft getting some good bouff fuh de comess dey passing off as software dat de whole world it seem cyant do widout, and
den I start to notice plenty about Linux and de Open Source Movement. What really ketch mih eye though is when I start to see stories in de
'mainstream' press about how plenty governments all over de world decide dat dey looking serious at Open Source
software because dey ent want nobody dictating how dey mus spend dey money.
From China to Peru and even in Europe, people coming to de realisation dat jes maybe it ent so good having all dey eggs in one basket, especially when
is a basket from Microsoft wid a handle dat might fall off, or worse yet even though de basket design to hold eggs, de weave so sparse yuh eggs
falling out anytime yuh pick it up. De amount of time and money people spending on fixing de holes dat showing up in Windows itself, not to
mention de rest of software dat Microsoft have dey name on, it not funny...and what is worse is yuh cyant do nutting about it yuhself because
is dey own proprietary thing dat making dem loud donzai and dem not letting nobody see exactly how de thing does work. Which is why de Open Source
thing ketching on like wildfire...if de source code (which if yuh didn' know is like de raw ingredients & recipe for de software) is Open Source,
it mean dat anybody could take de code and use it how dey want, but dey mus make dey own contribution to de code, available for anybody else to use.
What it does enable is people from all over de world to have access to a set of tools and utilities dat tried and tested and in large measure
improved, dat ent costing de earth and even better, enabling de countries' talented programmers to not only show dey ability but it also creating
opportunities for individuals and small companies to compete along wid de big boys and girls!
We supposed to have a 'professional' body for de IT industry in T&T, but to hear it from de 'masses' - dat is de actual programmers and networking
and hardware gurus who does get dey hands dirty and only wearing a tie because it have a paycheck attached and dey have mortgage and car payments
to make - de powers dat be in de ITPS (Information Technology Professional Society) really doh have a clue and it debatable as to if dey ever did as
having an open mind would preclude willingly wearing/being a 'tie'. But anyways, a few weeks back de press had a story dat Microsoft go be
setting up de T&T Gov't 'eGovernment' website but it seem dat nobody ent know for sure how dat story appear, if it was a mistake, misunderstanding
or otherwise...but dat ent de point, if de story true is why de Gov't of T&T feel dey know better than de Gov't of Peru, de Gov't of Germany, de
Gov't of China and even better because it matching we in size of population, de Gov't of de "western region of Spain called Extremadura, a
mostly rural expanse of olive trees and tiny towns with 1.1 million inhabitants. In April, the government launched an unorthodox campaign to
convert all the area's computer systems, in government offices, businesses and homes, from the Windows operating system to Linux, a free alternative."
Yuh could read de rest of de story in de Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A59197-2002Nov2?language=printer
Plenty people who see dat story done asking why T&T do seize de initiative
and help demselves by not having to pay de not inconsiderable sum(s) being demanded by Microsoft dese days...and if yuh check out de new system dey
have for licensing software yuh ent go believe what dey asking...jes now is like it go really be yuh firstborn! Tantie done start to look at de
alternatives, and if yuh feel yuh want to do de same, dey have people who could help yuh make yuh choice in de groups listed below...and of course
yuh could still try to bend de ear of yuh elected MP, de elections still fresh in dey mind and dey go probably take yuh on.
Local computer links:
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org and
http://www.ttcs.net "networking local computer users!"
Trinidad and Tobago Linux Users Group: http://ttlug.linux.co.tt/
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Issue 43
Hi Tantie, ah really like Trinidiary, yes . Ah like the issue by Miguel Brown, d man bring back real memories when ah read d thing ...
//Hotmail
Hey Tant's...Trini talk is de best! Whatever Miguel was on when he wrote this...he sure done a great job, especially for all ah we peep's living in
foreign...
//UK
This was so very very good. It sure has started my day right. I am going to pass this on to others. It's refreshing to hear/read all these old
slangs that I don't hear anymore unless by chance. And at times when talking to someone I may say some of our old saying. Just yesterday I said
to some one "you don't have a chick a child or a parrot on a stick so no
need to complain that much"
//Canada
Tantie Chile, de Trini Talk was de best ever, tanx as usual fa de great newsletter
//T&T
Miguel Browne's Trini Talk was a welcome addition to this week's Trinidiary newsletter...
//T&T
Your articles are getting better and better and I love reading the other viewers' comments. Keep
up the good work
//T&T
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