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<0> http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/more-than-ever-watch-what-you-say/2006/04/02/1143916406540.html pretty nasty
<1> yeah no ****
<1> i feel like t b party ;\
<0> wish theyd put as much attention into fighting spam
<2> hah but then they would have to disinfect some of their own pc's of nasty m*** mailer worms the idiots decided to pickup
<2> that would cost more money in their budgets..
<2> eaiser to p*** a bill that allows them to watch everyone so they see the best spam targets
<2> so their other money makers.. can make them money while they p*** laws
<2> ;p
<3> lalalalalaBLAH
<4> another exciting day on IRC pffft
<3> hehehe
<4> morning bb how you doing bud?
<3> I'm doing well, actually, thanks... yourself?
<4> excellent...you found employment?
<3> Nah, not yet
<4> but you're still doing well excellent...that's the attitude...
<3> Did a moving job on Saturday for some cash, still sore from that
<3> Moved a whole house of stuff, 3 bedrooms full and the rest of it including a pool table
<4> hehehe
<4> whatever it takes bud
<4> that's how you do it...
<3> Yep
<4> man it's been raining SoCal like it's a tropical rain forrest...
<4> except it's damn cold.
<4> at least for me anyways it's cold...anything below 60 is cold to me
<4> Is the wife working?
<3> Nah, not presently... the hope is I'll find something then she can look when we're more stable with some income
<4> you're still in Las Vegas right?
<3> Yep
<3> We just got back from a grocery run a bit ago... much easier at night in this town
<4> that place still growing by leaps and bounds?
<3> Get to Wal-Mart in about 30 minutes... during the day that would be 1.5-2 hours because of traffic
<4> sounds like it's still out of control
<3> Yeah, the estimate in 1997 when I came here was "5K new people moving to Vegas..."
<3> As of this year, it's more like 7000-7500
<4> is that per month or what?
<3> A year
<4> **** I would think that's a monthly growth rate...
<3> Actually it just might be monthly now that I think about it
<3> As fast as new homes pop up, they're already sold
<4> when I got to Vegas there were 70k in 73 when I left in 70 there were 440,000
<3> Whole housing complexes in the southwest and northeast... already sold out before they typically break ground on the construction
<4> 79 rather
<4> yeah and there wasn't anything past Sam's
<4> now I bet that's a sea of housing
<3> Roughly 2.5 million here now, and growing obviously
<4> that's insane...
<3> Out Boulder Highway direction? Yeah, it's Henderson now, sprawling right up the sides of the mountains
<3> The town can only grow so much, though, it's totally surrounded by the mountains so at some point it'll reach that critical m***
<4> hell we used to go to Mead in the summertime to the cliffs and **** you could go naked there wasn't a whole bunch of people around
<4> now I bet it's just a mess...
<3> Oh yeah, Lake Mead is touron hell now as is just about every other square inch of this town :D
<4> what kind of job you looking for? Aren't those hotels looking for tech help all the time?
<3> Yeah but but but...
<4> One of the utility companys?
<3> Long story with me and hotels :P
<4> yeah I know...
<4> you've been there and left once that I know of...
<3> Honestly, I'm just winging it right now... there isn't a "job" I want so I'm trying to find other ways to acquire income
<4> well I'm very close to retired so when people call I just tell them a $120 an hour and it's amazing they cry and tell me they need me sheesh
<3> hehehe
<3> "Sure I can fix that, but... it's gonna cost you..." "My first born, whatever, just get here..."
<4> it doesn't happen often but certainly enough to keep me from fully getting out of it...
<3> Nice to know you're wanted, eh? :D
<4> sometimes...
<4> others I just wish they'd leave me alone. I enjoy working at the golf course...
<3> hehe Yeah, I'm gonna make a serious effort at my poker game here soon
<4> it's outside and it's nice giving lessons to the munchkins..
<4> alright...
<4> hey whatever it takes lol
<4> hehehe I will leave the page up and read it when I get back from work
<5> I use maxthon and norton internet security and they are pretty good at blocking ads in webpages, however these new "table" ads built into the webpage like in google searches has proven too difficult... is there another application that can deal with these?
<3> Norton... ugh
<3> Get a better browser perhaps
<4> yeah Avant
<4> that's bb's baby and it works
<3> I'm kinda disappointed in the latest versions though... there are some bugs that don't seem to get worked out, and the new tabs are causing issues for people)
<5> heheeh why does everyone bitch about norton? it uses like 30mb ram for me and hardly ever causes a problem
<5> yeah I checked out Avant and I like Maxthon better
<5> but regardless does Avant block these built in ads
<4> hmmm I gotta get going to work. Sheesh it's ****ing pouring what am I doing going to the golf course.
<3> Because Norton ****s, it has since Norton Utilities 8 came out
<3> Symantec basically ruined that company
<4> all you can do is try it killerz29
<5> thats what im talking about... what do you mean by "****s?" Everyone always complains about it but never really says WHY they hate it so
<5> Im not saying it is the greatest apps to come out in the world...
<5> but they do their job well for me at least
<5> Joey I am asking people who are using it
<6> their consumer a/v programs frequently block users email
<3> It's bloatware for what it does, basically
<6> and ****up and die when it comes time to renew the yearly license
<5> BB it DOES install everything and its grandma
<5> but I don't think 30mb footprint is horrible for constant AV and Firewall?
<3> AtGuard was (and still is, really) the best software firewall ever written... Norton/Symantec bought it out, turned it into "Norton Internet Security" and it's ****ed ever since
<3> I do
<5> I heard same happened to ghost?
<3> How about a hardware firewall in your router and NOD32, smallest footprint AV there is
<5> wasn't that PQ?
<3> Yep, Ghost has always ****ed... now it's even worse :D
<5> I have hardware firewall.. what is NOD32?
<5> does that prevent outgoing?
<3> No, Norton/Symantec snatched up Powerquest because Drive Image was ruining Ghost's market share... so buy up the competition and phase out the product that's a thorn in your side
<3> That's exactly what they did
<3> Sounds like Microsoft, don't it? :)
<3> You know Norton/Symantec ****s when you use better software, that's why it ****s
<3> Most people buy computers that come with Norton this or that preinstalled and they never bother checking out any other software that just might be better all around
<3> "But but but, it came with Norton <etc etc etc>... and it works fine for me..."
<3> When all you have experience with is ****, you eat ****
<5> yeah Im not saying it is great.... I just have dealt with it cause it hasn't hurt me terribly
<3> I stopped using their software years ago, but when I tried Symantec AV a few years ago, the first time I *ever* got a virus was because those slackers didn't put the virus patch on LiveUpdate
<5> so what do you suggest for outgoing firewall?
<3> It was available as a manual download... now if 35 million people have Norton AV preinstalled and they all have a possible virus infection on their computers that a patch exists for and they all use LiveUpdate, does it make any sense at all to make people wait 5-6 days for it to show up on LiveUpdate on the normal update day, Wednesday?
<3> And that's what happened
<3> The virus appeared Thursday night, they had a patch Friday in the early A.M. Eastern time, but that patch didn't show up on LiveUpdate till the following Wednesday *but* you could get it as a manual download
<5> thats some ****
<3> The problem is, how many people know how to get the manual updates? To most consumers, it's near impossible
<5> someone dropped tha ball on that one
<3> It's how Symantec works
<7> hello
<3> So the only AV software I recommend anymore is NOD32
<3> Daily updates, sometimes more often actually... smallest resource footprint, fastest scanner, etc
<5> yeah I am checking it out
<5> NOD have real time protection?
<3> Of course
<5> cool beans....
<5> I HATE that phrase... don't know why I just said that
<3> NOD32 consistently sits at or near the top of the list in the *real* antivirus testing
<7> my xp freezes after startup,just before winxp logo,black screenonly.. boot from cd ends like that also whats wrong anyone can help???
<5> can you do safe mode?
<7> no
<7> same black screen'
<5> do you know if it has frozen or is it a video driver issue?
<5> have you changed/updated video drivers recently?
<7> no
<3> I'm gonna ban him dammit :P
<7> after verifying dmi pool data comes disk read failure..
<3> That's not good
<7> why
<3> Disk read means a hard drive error, that's why
<7> ok
<8> heh
<9> No thanks
<9> I like my 9 year uptime
<3> Measured in what, hypertime? :P
<10> 9 year uptime with your bios screen maybe :)
<9> I have a linux server that has a 300+ day uptime, not much as far as servers go but I'm proud of it ;)
<3> I had a Win98SE laptop with 115 day uptime and it was used daily for several things
<3> ?? uptimejunkie
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