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Post by quantumcat on Jul 12, 2005 11:53:25 GMT -5
how did the Angel remake do?
did they really cast Dakota Fanning's great neice as Darla?
What kind of celebration did they have when the last spinoff from Firefly beat the Simpson's record for longevity?
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Post by tjaman on Jul 12, 2005 11:55:57 GMT -5
250 = 297 2302 = 1803
It's all too confusing.
You're simply posting from the distant, distant future.
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Post by PyleansDontLeaveMe on Jul 12, 2005 11:58:40 GMT -5
Just another example of how everything goes to hell once the queers get into power.
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Post by tjaman on Jul 12, 2005 12:10:36 GMT -5
Referring to it as an eleventh finger, for a start ...
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Post by PyleansDontLeaveMe on Jul 12, 2005 12:28:52 GMT -5
Ah yes, Dakota Fanning. THAT was the name of that first female president. Darla was actually played in all remakes by an augmented animatronic floating head of Julie Benz, still lovingly preserved in Caro syrup, from which it runs the Arab/Indian nation-state. She's a powerful woman. Well... A powerful woman's head, anyway. As I mentioned before- ACTUAL women are kind of illegal The Simpsons are of course still in production. Last I read in an interview, Dan Castelanetta (or however his name is spelled) was quoted as saying "Please.... please for the love of God/Emperor O'reilly Christ.... please let me die..." He's SUCH a nutball, that one.
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Post by TheMasterGeek on Jul 12, 2005 12:53:02 GMT -5
Have the Vikings ever won a Super Bowl?
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Post by PyleansDontLeaveMe on Jul 12, 2005 14:10:04 GMT -5
They ceased to exist in (appropriately enough) a non-penis ending year in the early 21st century.
Sold to the moon. Before there were any colonists there. No one missed them.
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Post by Charisma69 on Jul 12, 2005 17:20:29 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to having no issues with spyware or viruses or anything. [boy scout] I faithfully pledge with my new computer to use Firefox/Mozilla and anti-spyware and anti-virus programs and regularly update my Windows programming. [/boy scout]
That being said, my sister, a technophile neo-Luddite, said that installing Flash on my system so as to run TV.com (which is what's standing in the way of me logging on over there right now) was the equivalent of posting all of my personal information online for the entire world to effortlessly see -- socsec, credit card, home address, mother's maiden name, etc. etc. etc.
Which is interesting since my computer probably won't know these things.
She also said that having an account with Amazon.com where they had my credit card on file was buying every online hacker his or her own yacht.
Which interested me, because if that was true, then everyone who listens to NPR, pretty much, has essentially signed over their economic identities to hackerdom.
Which would make the American economy implode. Violently.
So I'm thinking that that's not true.
Am I being Pollyannish? Or is she being paranoid?
My tech support guy at work said to maintain the updates, use Firefox/Mozilla, install and run a few anti-spyware and anti-virus programs at regular intervals, don't open dubious e-mails, don't visit illegal file-swapping sites (he mentioned kazaa by name), only visit reputable sites and I shouldn't have a problem.
My sister doesn't have any problems and she does visit file-swapping sites, so ...
... I think she's overreacting. I think that TV.fraud, for all of the problems I have with it, is a perfectly straightforward site. If it wasn't, quite a large number of people would be having more serious problems. Shockwave/Flash is just a piece of graphics management software, as far as I can tell.
Also, she said, my current system at home here is just clogged with spyware, and I'm entirely unaware of what kind of impact that's having.
What kind of impact can I anticipate it would be having?
And ... [nervously] when I order something from amazon.com, is my secure connection a lot less secure than I think it is? [/nervously]
Hate to sound like such a n00b about these things -- and I really apologize about breaking in here with all of this, Py -- but ...
... it'll be a brand spankin' new system and I don't want to corrupt the crap out of it just by logging on for the first time. Yeah, I'd say she's a tad paranoid. Awareness of the dangers of internet is all well and fine, but to bring it to such extremes...
A couple of things to keep in mind: 1. It's usually your fault when you do get virusses or spy-wares. These mal-wares can't really install themselves without your consent. Be aware of sites prompting you to install this or that to make it work. Make sure that it's something you really need before you click on "yes". Google is a big help here
2. Flash is a pain-in-the-ass, in terms of the amount of memory they use; and in the fact that it allows people with no concept of design and layout to torture us with "graphics". It does not, however, automatically installs mal-wares, nor retrieve your information. See no. 1
3. Giving information online is an issue of trust. How much can you trust the guys you're giving the information to will respect your privacy. Generally, most of the bigger sites (IE. Amazon, E-bay, etc.) can be trusted, because their reputation is generally more important to them than the paltry amount they can get for selling your information.
4. Nothing in life is free, and this applies to the web as well. The biggest culprits on mal-ware are sites that claim to give stuff free. This includes crack sites, file-sharing, etc. This is not saying that you can't visit these sites, but if you don't know what you're doing, don't.
5. The effects of having a spy-ware infested machine varies on the types of spy-ware you have. Some are just annoying (automatically redirecting you to a page, or installing some toolbars), and some are deadly (gives out private information, key-logging, etc.)
6. Finally, no amount of protection you have is gonna guarantee you 100% spyware free. Just be cautious, and remember rule 1.
I was getting all prepared to answer your question and then I seen that Nick already handled it beautifully.
Your sister is being a bit too paranoid. She's not as paranoid as my Dad though - he won't even allow his computer to be put online at all.
He won't even let my Mom put her computer online and she has absolutely no financial info of any sort on hers.
As for whether my computer is loaded with spyware from tv.com. Nope. I have several different spyware blocking programs running on my computer though, as well as a firewall - both hardware and software - so I've had no problems of late.
The only way any of these programs can do what your sister suggests is if you don't take proper precautions. You might want to start subscribing to a computer magazine so you can keep yourself up to date on the latest news about spyware and how to protect yourself.
Because there are some so-called spyware programs out there that are really just spyware programs themselves - they are targeted toward newbies who don't know any better.
So your sister may have just been telling you all of this stuff because she might be afraid that since you don't know very much about computers you might end up not adequately protecting yourself. You have to make sure you get the software patches and security updates, that you have a good anti-virus program installed, that you have several anti-spyware programs installed since none of them is 100% effective.
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Post by Aunt Arlene on Jul 12, 2005 18:24:15 GMT -5
RE: The Cubs winning a World Series... I'm sorry, no. And the Vikings winning a Super Bowl... They ceased to exist in (appropriately enough) a non-p***s ending year in the early 21st century. Sold to the moon. Before there were any colonists there. No one missed them. *ahem*Woo and hoo! Respectively. The Simpsons are of course still in production. Last I read in an interview, Dan Castelanetta (or however his name is spelled) was quoted as saying "Please.... please for the love of God/Emperor O'reilly Christ.... please let me die..." He's SUCH a nutball, that one.
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Post by quantumcat on Jul 12, 2005 18:27:45 GMT -5
this dude's better than nostradamus
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Post by tickie on Jul 12, 2005 19:00:17 GMT -5
Did Joss Whedon ever get worshipped properly?
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Post by TealBox on Jul 12, 2005 19:06:55 GMT -5
HEY! I sense that the one known in your time as 'Tealbox' is online! HOORAY! I'm so glad you noticed. I've just been lurking around here the past two days. I've been messing around with my forum and wanted to see what all these codes look like when in progress.
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Post by PyleansDontLeaveMe on Jul 13, 2005 9:18:08 GMT -5
In the future, the one you call 'Tealbox' is only referred to as 'The Golden Glowy One who did that thing to Quebec'
I'm afraid I can't say any more on that one...
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Post by PyleansDontLeaveMe on Jul 13, 2005 9:19:59 GMT -5
Yes, WHedonists make up about 18-20% of the USAEA population.
More, if you include robots. (They're constantly demanding rights, you know. RIght now, that figure only factors them in as 1 Robot = 3/5 of a person. You know, for population counting to determine representation)
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Post by GreatMuppetyNick on Jul 13, 2005 9:31:33 GMT -5
USAEA?
I'm almost afraid to ask.
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