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stupid windows! 1773
No it doesn't. If my computer has an error, I want the information. I can see how it may be overwhelming for a person who's used to having been spoonfed by...
stupid windows! 1774
But I don't want these errors to steal focus. Who's operating this computer anyway, me or...
stupid windows! 33HumfHSaKlA~jG9gd
John Slade wrote You mean like: "An unexpected error occurred." How helpful. "An unknown error has occurred with your ...." "Explorer.exe...
Dude, I'm getting a mac... 33HumfHSaKlA~jG9gd
MBP showed up via fedex sat. delivery this morning. I wasn't expecting it for several more days, but all is cool. Works great, although...
Windows installer has to create a user account... 1777
Nope. It was just that simple. And it happens to others: "Why does it need another...
Windows installer has to create a user account... 1778
I don't quite understand your problem, my friend. If you don't want that account on your machine, remove it. Since your own account should have adminstrator privileges, it's a simple matter to...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1779
Snit The "mistakes" that Bush admits to are minor compared to his real F-Ups. 1. Relying on the "Northern Alliance" to capture Bin Laden rather than using a mbuttive...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1780
Have any of you guys ever worked for an ISP? And if so how did you react to people complaining about newsgroup idenbreasties annoying them...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1781
Hmmm, you didn't understand the phrase 'jumping on the bandwagon', either. Have you been lock...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1782
You are a democrat. I can tell you have voted for each Democratic presidential candidate for as long as you can remember. Possibly you voted for Reagan. Other than that you...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1783
In other words I'm right. Yeah i'd bet every dollar i have you cast a vote for Kerry in the last election, and Gore the election before that. Are...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1784
LOL! Too bad I saw where you got that delusion from - Greycloud "I find almost every...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1785
Ouch! Please don't go there. I have information. Your posts and your general atbreastude of liberalism. If you had? You did. And I don't care if you register Independant. If you keep voting...
OT: Bush says "bring 'em on" was big mistake 1786
The corruption and waste is Washington is on such a mbuttive scale I doubt most of us could even fathom it...
parallels is way cool... 33HumfHSaKlA~jG9gd
Okay, so it did take HOURS to get XP up and configured right, first I had to install it under Parallels, which was pretty...
parallels is way cool... 1788
Hi! Hmmm...I had it done in about two, including AV software and the updates on a...
parallels is way cool... 1789
Tim Smith I have installed: Windows ME Windows XP Pro Ubuntu Linux under Parallels Desktop on a Macbook. All were able to connect using TCP via my wireless...
parallels is way cool... 1790
Lefty Bigfoot It was the "Barmy Beaver" release or whatever it's called... :-) My Macbook is at home, so I don't have an easy way of looking at the version. I don't care much for Ubuntu...
Next iPod's Announcement
Should we be expecting the next generation of iPod soon? The current model (iPod with video) was...
Apple Loses 1792
Apple wasn't asking the court to punish the site publisher -- they were asking the court to give them the name of the...
Apple Loses
bless us with the following wisdom: Because its not like any of mainstream media have ever tried to do anything underhanded like try to influence an election...
Apple Loses 1794
Well, that's a point -- is the US FCC really being critical enough of them, or are they being lenient...
Apple Loses 1795
Journalists have been given special rights specifically because they have to serve the public interest and they have to demonstrate that. They can't publish things known not to...
Major Apple Announcement Out Today
Mmm, 'collectively.' But the protection the court just gave practically redefines us all under the category of journalist -- individually. What I mean is, the courts did...
Major Apple Announcement Out Today
The intent of the bloggers is beside the point: Their potential effect on Apple's business...
Lets try this again
MuahMan Get some decent pictures of it. List on a Thursday evening on a 10-day auction; ideally around 10pm, unless there is a major...
Lets try this again #2
Wait, last post you said someone that owns his own tech company should be taking professional quality photos with a cell phone camera. Now...
Windows Vista is slooooowww
I installed Windows Vista build 5308 on a P4 2.53Ghz with 512megs ram and an 80 Gig Hdd The install took an hour It runs painfully slow...
Best restraunt in San Fran
I thought about answering the troll, BUT I didn't for several reasons: 1) Like his usual posts, Pratt provides no information. Since there...
Apple monopoly stifling digital music industry 1802
From the article: Always the ones with their pulse on the economy. I think one can...
Apple monopoly stifling digital music industry 1803
Stew said the following on 18-04-2006 11:15 pm: Sounds like sour grapes to me. How can it be that no-one is making a serious profit...
Apple monopoly stifling digital music industry 1804
They really have -- have you noticed the change in what they are promoting on the front page? You get free downloads of artists that have little exposure, and the artist gets a...
Apple monopoly stifling digital music industry 1805
So what? Apple is doing well, and making both sides happy with a decent compromise. Where is the problem? Are they obligated to make it easy for...
Sending "printouts" as PDFs 1806
Snit something like... BLOCKQUOTE The Pdf995 Suite offers the following features, all at no cost: Automatic insertion of embedded links Hierarchical Bookmarks Support for Digital Signatures Support for Triple DES encryption Append Delete and...
Sending "printouts" as PDFs 1807
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:35:19 -0700, Snit Your approach is simple and works for you. Others have pointed out similar...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1808
Snit When you have to go out and buy software to aid in the security of your computer should be factored into the TCO. The...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1809
None of which means that I said Windows does not get viruses if you use a non-privileged account. You seemed to have overlooked statements of mine such as: "For the...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1810
Your clear misrepresentation of his position in the lack of any supporting evidence that he holds this...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1811
Now I see it. You can't prove I said it so now you're accusing me of saying it under some other...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1812
There is a very serious and huge issue with that approach, though -- it is enormously ineffective against all new dangers. Even if you had a way of...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1813
Because I have no better number to use. At least I have reason to think that one is accurate (actually, it is my understanding that...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1814
Hardly equivalent. Attempting, but not equal. First of all, it requires the additional software. Second, uninformed people (if they even know to do it all, which seems rare) will...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1815
Additional software that is included and installed in the computers you buy from Dell and HP. Soon the ISPs will organize to get a...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1816
Social engineering is not platform specific. Anyone who knows anything about security knows this. I suppose you think there are no...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1817
John Slade I do know that. That's why it is called a phishing scam. You know... Yes. Now name the...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1818
This article names the Adore, Lion, Cheese, and RST.B. Is that good enough for you? That's beside the point. For a virus to become a virus it has to replicate itself and...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1819
John Slade Dummy, these are old and the problem was fixed before anything had happened. M$ will leave you guessing. It has to replicate itself and...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1820
I can take my coputer and do the same thing. Buy a computer from Dell and it's the same deal. But...
So, windows doesn't get viruses and worms eh 1821
John Slade I know there has been no attacks. My router logs would show it. Nice to have a big hard drive, but purging the...
Moronic music industry DRM stupidity NGdTWruDT2ae.`d1Qyd"ki:HEwO
begin rant At least in iTunes you can burn a playlist to a CD-RW and then rip it back off to remove the iTunes DRM. Other music services DRM is...
Moronic music industry DRM stupidity 33HumfHSaKlA~jG9gd
Jamie Kahn Genet wrote (in article There are FAR easier methods than that. Or you could just buy the CD's and not worry...
Moronic music industry DRM stupidity 1824
ZnU FWIW, most people probably would continue to buy retail, if they were reasonably priced. The "problem" didn't exist when a CD-R's cost was roughly the same as a retail music CD...
Moronic music industry DRM stupidity 1825
Two things. First, the current story is that digital copies are perfect. You can make a cbuttette copy of...
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