The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 21, 2005, Page 6, Image 6
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Decorative
pitchers
6 Witty remark
10 Frame for
panes
14 Virtuous
15 Jazz singer
Fitzgerald
16 Slender
woodwind
17 Ho-hum
19 Niagara noise
20 March 15
21 Signal silently
23 Pretender
27 Rocks
28 Get-out-of-jail
payment
29 Equality grp.
31 Red-faced
32 Out of the cold
35 On the up-and
up
37 Aegean or
Adriatic
38 Oxide in
pigments
40 Ripen
43 Parkina
attendant
44 Hamburg native
46 Diet guru Jenny
49 Court
51 Surrounded by
52 Port
54 Helpings of food
57 Everlasting
59 Frosh
residence
60 Sicilian spouter
61 Cotton pest
66 Bench or bucket
67 Words of
understanding
68 Derisive
69 Scottish Gaelic
70 Ruby and
Sandra
71 Tarnish
DOWN
1 Ostrich relative
2 Came in first
3 Before, in verse
4 Italian dish
5 Sliding vehicles
6 TV Space Age
family name
7 Christmas
helper
8 Bullet
9 Whoppers
10 Put in order
11 Occur in great
numbers
12 Flew high
13 Controversial
doctrine
18 Bottom line
22 Long step
23 Nile bird
24 Stable locks
25 City on the Arno
26 Desk type
30 Very small
33 St. George’s
monster
34 Slippery catch
36 Comedic jest
39 Lawn moisture
40 Bullets, for
short
41 Put on weight
42 Conclusions
43 Fluctuate
45 Apparel
46 Cheddar, e.g.
47 Working cat
48 Scenes of
activity
50 Scads
53 Fanatical
55 Line of seats
56 Lock of hair
58 Fail to win
62 Peggy or Pinky
63 By way of
64 Brutal Amin
65 Author
.Deighton
© 2005 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 11/22/05
All rights reserved.
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Maisa and Marina — 'Unlikely Partners in Peace’
Today
“BROKEN FLOWERS": 7,9 p.m.
Nickelodeon Theatre, 937 Main
St., $5.50 with student ID
MAISA AND MARINA — “UNLIKELY
PARTNERS IN PEACE": 7 p.m.
Russell House Ballroom
Tuesday
SKATE & DESTROY PARTY, ORGONE
ACCUMULATOR, THANK GOD, GET
LOST EYES: 8 p.m. New Brookland
Tavern, 122 State St., $7 under
21, $5 over
“BROKEN FLOWERS": 7, 9 p.m.
Nickelodeon Theatre, $5.50 with
student ID
SOUL THERAPY POETRY SERIES: 7
p.m. Jammin’ Java, 1530 Main
St., $3, all ages.
xbox • commueb moms
new system have come under
heavy fire since they were
announced earlier this year.
Microsoft unveiled not one,
but two versions of the system
they plan on selling at launch.
One version of the system
will be known as the “Core
System,” and will come with
the console, one wired
controller, standard AV cables,
a detachable faceplate, and an
Xbox Live Silver membership
for $299.
The second version of the
system will ship with the
console, a 20-gigabyte hard
drive, one wireless controller,
an Xbox Live headset, high
definition AV cables, Ethernet
cable, a universal media remote
and an Xbox Live Silver
membership, for a slightly
heftier price tag of $399.
Many gamers and pundits
have criticized Microsoft for
not including the hard drive on
both models of the system,
since the original Xbox shipped
with a 20-gigabyte hard drive
right out of the box. Microsoft
does plan to sell the hard drive
separately at a price of $99-99.
Gamers have complained that
they’ll be spending $399 no
matter what version they buy,
because Microsoft and many
game developers have stated
that many games will require
the hard drive to function
properly.
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£°IDI)ll • COflTinUCD FROm 5
A string of companies have so
far failed to improve upon
Microsoft. Ximian had an open
source e-mail product that could
connect with Exchange servers
and was popular with some
open-source fans, but it didn’t
take off in a big way. Then
there’s Scalix, which was
launched with great fanfare two
years ago, but has also not made
great headway. There is Mitch
Kapor’s Chandler project, which
has also failed to see widespread
adoption.
Zimbra hopes to wage a grass
roots campaign: winning
individual converts, some
within big companies, who then
spread the word to corporate
information technology officers,
persuading them to adopt
Zimbra, too.
Zimbra’s product is a test
version, but it hopes to release a
version ready for big companies
within a few months, says Chief
Executive Satish Dharmaraj. He
and his team of 35 — most of
them engineers — hope to make
it as secure as Microsoft and easy
to install on computers.
It wants to undercut
Microsoft, which can charge up
to, $150 per user for companies
that want all the bells and
whistles — from support to
security and more.
Zimbra is offering its product
for $30 per user.
Several other features show
off Zimbras graphics
technology. One is a flight
tracker service. You scroll over a
flight number, and up pops a
map with a pin for where the
plane is.
Zimbra lets you overlap your
calendar with the calendar of
your colleagues — in case you
want to coordinate meetings.
And if you want to change a
meeting day from within the
calendar, Zimbra lets you drag
and drop the entry — without
having to type the different day.
The technology behind these
features is called AJAX, or
Asynchronous Javascript and
XML. Basically, it allows much
more information from a
company’s corporate server to be
stored within a browser,
allowing for swifter operations,
for example, of the drag-and
drop kind.
Dharmaraj started the
company in late 2003, along
with co-founders Ross Dargahi
and Roland Schemers. He then
started recruiting Scott Dietzen,
chief technology officer at BEA
Systems. Dietzen hedged for a
while, but finally joined this
year.
Dharmaraj and his
management team decided to
work in cubicles at the center of
their office, and give engineers
the more spacious individual
office rooms.
Dietzen said he had become
frustrated with having to spend
up to four hours a day plowing
through e-mail at BEA. As
liaison between BEA’s customers
and his engineers, he had to
painstakingly cut, paste and
forward e-mails. But with 600
folders, he often got lost trying
to find crucial correspondence.
A clinching moment came
while he sitting in a hotel room
in Paris and his e-mail load
made him miss dinner. Since he
started to use Zimbra, he said,
“I’m at least 30 percent more
productive.”
Rather than locking e-mail
into certain folders, Zimbra lets
you cross-reference them with
subject tags, so e-mails can be
searched in multiple ways.
Zimbra’s e-mail search also looks
beyond single folders, Dietzen
explained.
Quigmans ♦ By Buddy Hickerson
Horoscopes
ARIES Conditions are changing
in your favor, big time. For the
next four weeks, adventure, travel
and all sorts of new great ideas, are
available. Get out there!
TAURUS Make a list of the
things you want to be, do or have
at home. Odds are good you’ll be
able to get many of them, soon.
GEMINI Your interest is about to
be piqued with a brand new
topic. Prepare yourself for that old
familiar study scenario.
CANCER An opportunity’s
coming soon for you to make
more money. You’ll have less time
for fun and games, but only for a
while.
LEO You re the person in charge
of traditions this year. You have
authority to begin some new
ones, too. Give it a little thought.
VIRGO Caution is advised. Don’t !
argue or make suggestions to a
person who’s already got his mind
made up. Give it more time.
LIBRA Meet with friends and figure
out the rules to the game you’ll be
playing. Wait until Tuesday, or even
the next day, to begin.
SCORPIO Focus on making I
money for the next several weeks,
starting now. Let people know
what you can do for them.
SAGITTARIUS Don’t take off on
your new adventure yet, but do
make plans. After tomorrow,
conditions will be even more in
your favor.
CAPRICORN It’s time to get
back to business. Assist someone
else in developing a financial plan.
You’re good at this.
AQUARIUS It seems that
everybody wants to tell you how
to live. Listen respectfully, and
they’ll all admire your natural
good sense. Afterward, do what
you want.
PISCES Your workload is
increasing. Responsibilities will,
too. Eventually, you’ll make more
money. But, don’t wait around for
that.
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What you need: What to do:
1 (8-ounce) bottle Italian-style salad dressing
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 dash hot-pepper sauce
1/2 pound flank steak, cut into strips
1/2 cup fresh corn kernels
1/2 cup kidney beans, cooked
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 tomato, chopped
8 cups mixed salad greens
2 cups crushed tortilla chips
Combine the cumin, hot-pepper sauce and
Italian dressing (reserving H2 cup) in a small
bowl and mix well In a separate bowl, add
enough dressing mixture to coat the beef and let •
marinate for one hour.
In a hot skillet, fry the beef and cook until done.
Allow the beef to cool In a medium bowl
combine the beef with the com, beans, onions
and 1/2 cup of the dressing. Refrigeratefor
several hours before serving.
To serve, toss the beef and vegetable mixture
with the salad greens, tomatoes and shredded
cheese. Add extra dressing mixture if necessary
and top with the crushed tortilla chips.
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