The quick and painless answer would be to download a Flash Cleaner from a reputable host site. There are quite a few that have popped-up in the last year.
I cannot really comment on the efficacy b/c the one I use never finds anything thanks to SandboxIE & NoScript. I run it to double-check occasionally, it's portable...no install required.
Don't you worry about it, son. Google, FaceBook, VZW, Comcast, Microsoft and many, many, many more providers have their very own army of lawyers looking into that right now.
And, frankly, I believe him. My passport RFID carries more than just "obscure data", I would suspect. I've heard they're coming/(already here?) included in all ATM/Debit/Credit cards and, I assume, would carry more than obscure data. I don't care if it's being snooped by the guy standing next to me on the rail or a guy sitting on a bench across the store. If it's another weak link in an already jaded defense against ID theft, it should not be implemented in the first place.
I did not buy the RFID-blocking wallet, however. Was meaning to check out instructables one of these days but my tinfoil hat sometimes makes me forget.
Earlier this year I did some pre-purchase checking and found these little warts get very hot and die prematurely. If this wasn't yetanother slashvertisement, they would have addressed if this little nit has been remedied.
Just imagine if in the future, people are going to be saying...
Several influential directors took surprisingly public potshots at the smell-o-vision boom during the recent broadcaster's dinner... Behind the scenes filmmakers have begun to resist production executives eager for smell-o-vision sales. For reasons both aesthetic and practical, some directors often do not want to convert a film to smell-o-vision or go to the trouble and expense of shooting with smell-o-vision cameras(?), which are still relatively untested on big movies with complex stunts and locations. Tickets for smell-o-vision films carry a $10.00 to $20.0 premium, and industry executives roughly estimate that smell-o-vision pictures average an extra 20 percent at the box office. Filmmakers like "Mr. Neckbeard, Basement Dweller" argue that smell-o-vision technology does little to enhance a cinematic story, while adding a lot of bother.
Please someone answer the OP's question: Where do you download legit OEM iso's?
I recently joined Technet b/c multiple MCP's informed me I could download ANY iso's my heart desired. I asked all three, "OEM disks, too?" They all assured me it was true. Guess what? Not true.
90%+ of the computers in the field are oem installs, damned if I'm going to buy two of every flavor (x86/x64) under the sun to support Vista SP2 or SP7(no luck editing ei.cfg, MS closed the loophole or I'm doing it wrong?). So, I've been exercising many XP downgrade rights since the original Vista arrived... install fresh XP with no bloatware AND give them an install CD for future maintenance or reloading. Most non-techs want to go back to XP anyway. With 4+GB machines becoming the norm, that path is no longer advantageous, and linux is still not ready for non-techy users, IMO.
Best $38 you'll ever spend. Most times just faxing an unfiled, filled-out application to the other party gets you paid...fast. Make an honest effort to resolve your issue, when all else fails don't get frustrated, file. Having trouble getting a company officer to accept the certified mail? No problem, use a lottery logo embossed envelope, everybody accepts reg/cert'd letters from the lottery. Lastly, my experience w/ arbitration is if you only want half of the claim, go with arbitration. That's what arbiters do, split the contested amount in half after wasting 45 minutes acting like he/she is weighing both sides earnestly.
...and sometimes check out their Refurb Site for Previously Ordered New (returned - not refurb) PCs to see if they have exactly what I am looking for.
FYI: no matter what you choose, Dell will send you a used computer if that is what they need to unload. Been through it on 2 laptops I ordered, one was new and files I recovered from other's drive spanned at least 3 months of previous usage. This despite my unchecking Refurb and Scratch/Dent when deciding. The Dell tech told me they're all potential refurbs from Outlet, refused to issue an RMA and flat-out REFUSED to escalate the call to any superior. Good thing I recorded the convo (1-Party State) and it was before they re-worded the site's legalese to what I linked to above, AmEx was not impressed and issued me immediate, full refund for both. I won't be getting any more Dell's in my lifetime.
Capacitor_plague How they handled it is no surprise, it's all about making the bux. Just ask HP how to keep the dough rolling in a crisis... at the customers' expense, of course.
It may not be rocket science to you and me, but to average Joe it is. Also, it does take time to keep current on the latest threats/bugs, test new tools and then to do the actual removal process, which often isn't as cut & dry as you make it sound. Some occasionally turn into hunting expeditions in file systems 100+GB deep and the 4+ year old registry full of ghosts of installs past, present and future pro-generators.
Between Fecebook and Spider Solitaire nobody wants to make time to service their computer like the rest of their chit(vehicle, home, tools, toys). Every MS computer I work on I pin cleaner, scanners and defrag to their start menu and tell them if they run those 3 or 4 programs 1x a month(with daily AV scans) their computers will stay clean(er) and peppy like the day I left. Guess what!?! Nobody runs them. They then do nothing but ignore the early signs(pop-ups, redirects) and wait until the mal/spy/scareware gets so bad the machine becomes useless. If they ran a fast-scan of MalwareBytes at the offset(*pinned to the start menu) in regular Windows mode, even with system restore running, the bug could have been nipped early. The longer you go without proper maintenance, the worse problems become. It goes the same with oil changes, tire rotations, lawncare, blade sharpening... it all takes time or money.
I work as a contractor for BP, and they pound it into your head over and over that everyone has the authority and obligation to stop a job if they think it is unsafe. It is one of BP's eight "Golden Rules" of safety. Everyone on-site - BP employee or not - has this authority and duty, it is a condition of employment for BP and all its contractors.
Let me guess, the 1st Golden Rule is: If you disrupt the flow of oil &/or money, you will immediately be known as a "former" contractor for BP.
Seriously, they have an army of cubi dwellers who make their safety procedures look good on paper, the managers are trained in seminars to make it look good on-site by parroting all the correct lines, the reality, as in all corporate, is: no matter how unsafe, dangerous or hugely wasteful a project, you better get on board and be a team player or you will no longer be on the team. Period.
*Unlimited already means 5G... unless your contract was with alltel or your VZW was contracted prior to ~6/2008.
I have one of each and was shopping for alternatives the other day...it's only a matter of time until they force me to renew my truly unlimited, grandfathered accounts w/ new 5GB caps. I use one at home due to lack of hard-line options and occasionally use > 5GB per month(guesstimate, don't run the software). I could swap them out mid-month, but if there's going to be a new contract I would rather go somewhere else. That's when I saw T-mobil does NOT charge for over 5GB useage, but they will add you to the MUL and throttle your connection post 5GB. I'd rather risk a slow connection than be subjected to VZW's definition of penalties, which may change at any time.
Retailers saw this as an opportunity to sell new HDTVs and 46 million converter boxes.
Nevermind the channels that once came in(less than perfect) that now do not at all. I've got all the time in the world for those pregnant pauses that makes flipping through channels a slow, laborious game of 'wait & see'. Please lock the cat outside during Survivor Bachelor's Got Talent, wouldn't want her walking to the food bowl and dragging the signal below acceptable display threshold when someone's about to win something for nothing!
Sure the solution is to pay more for a monthly service. Even if paying to watch advertisements and shitty reruns is anathema, like the famous commercial/mantra says, "just do it".
We can always pay more for less in the good ol' USA, land of the fee.
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The quick and painless answer would be to download a Flash Cleaner from a reputable host site. There are quite a few that have popped-up in the last year.
I cannot really comment on the efficacy b/c the one I use never finds anything thanks to SandboxIE & NoScript. I run it to double-check occasionally, it's portable...no install required.
Ditto. If the nav bar isn't telling me where I'm going, I'm not.
Don't you worry about it, son. Google, FaceBook, VZW, Comcast, Microsoft and many, many, many more providers have their very own army of lawyers looking into that right now.
I wonder if the Despairware T-shirt was their motivation...
Social Media Venn Diagram T-Shirt
The backlash to FF's Annoying Bar must not have been felt at Googs Corp.
Guess who I just removed from my NoScript whitelist...
In Capitalist America, business games you!
Gold Star for Auto Lykos!(sorry, no mod points today)
I guess if a meme is repeated enough times it will eventually intersect reality.
Hola amigo! Que tal?
Espero usted surfe(?) todos articulos con RSS feeds, senor.
Like how in the 00's the marketing trailers represent the cinematic intermissions nobody gives two shits about, instead of the actual gameplay?
And, frankly, I believe him. My passport RFID carries more than just "obscure data", I would suspect. I've heard they're coming/(already here?) included in all ATM/Debit/Credit cards and, I assume, would carry more than obscure data. I don't care if it's being snooped by the guy standing next to me on the rail or a guy sitting on a bench across the store. If it's another weak link in an already jaded defense against ID theft, it should not be implemented in the first place.
I did not buy the RFID-blocking wallet, however. Was meaning to check out instructables one of these days but my tinfoil hat sometimes makes me forget.
Earlier this year I did some pre-purchase checking and found these little warts get very hot and die prematurely. If this wasn't yet another slashvertisement, they would have addressed if this little nit has been remedied.
Just imagine if in the future, people are going to be saying...
Several influential directors took surprisingly public potshots at the smell-o-vision boom during the recent broadcaster's dinner... Behind the scenes filmmakers have begun to resist production executives eager for smell-o-vision sales. For reasons both aesthetic and practical, some directors often do not want to convert a film to smell-o-vision or go to the trouble and expense of shooting with smell-o-vision cameras(?), which are still relatively untested on big movies with complex stunts and locations. Tickets for smell-o-vision films carry a $10.00 to $20.0 premium, and industry executives roughly estimate that smell-o-vision pictures average an extra 20 percent at the box office. Filmmakers like "Mr. Neckbeard, Basement Dweller" argue that smell-o-vision technology does little to enhance a cinematic story, while adding a lot of bother.
Please someone answer the OP's question: Where do you download legit OEM iso's?
I recently joined Technet b/c multiple MCP's informed me I could download ANY iso's my heart desired. I asked all three, "OEM disks, too?" They all assured me it was true. Guess what? Not true.
90%+ of the computers in the field are oem installs, damned if I'm going to buy two of every flavor (x86/x64) under the sun to support Vista SP2 or SP7(no luck editing ei.cfg, MS closed the loophole or I'm doing it wrong?). So, I've been exercising many XP downgrade rights since the original Vista arrived... install fresh XP with no bloatware AND give them an install CD for future maintenance or reloading. Most non-techs want to go back to XP anyway. With 4+GB machines becoming the norm, that path is no longer advantageous, and linux is still not ready for non-techy users, IMO.
So you take them to small claims court
Best $38 you'll ever spend. Most times just faxing an unfiled, filled-out application to the other party gets you paid...fast.
Make an honest effort to resolve your issue, when all else fails don't get frustrated, file. Having trouble getting a company officer to accept the certified mail? No problem, use a lottery logo embossed envelope, everybody accepts reg/cert'd letters from the lottery. Lastly, my experience w/ arbitration is if you only want half of the claim, go with arbitration. That's what arbiters do, split the contested amount in half after wasting 45 minutes acting like he/she is weighing both sides earnestly.
It's A Great Day for Freedom...
for several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict, perhaps.
FCC Rules
The 3rd option is OK, but most script readers know what that tone means.
*If you're in enforcement or intelligence and have a 3-5 letter acronym you are exempt. Record them all!!!
...and sometimes check out their Refurb Site for Previously Ordered New (returned - not refurb) PCs to see if they have exactly what I am looking for.
FYI: no matter what you choose, Dell will send you a used computer if that is what they need to unload. Been through it on 2 laptops I ordered, one was new and files I recovered from other's drive spanned at least 3 months of previous usage. This despite my unchecking Refurb and Scratch/Dent when deciding. The Dell tech told me they're all potential refurbs from Outlet, refused to issue an RMA and flat-out REFUSED to escalate the call to any superior. Good thing I recorded the convo (1-Party State) and it was before they re-worded the site's legalese to what I linked to above, AmEx was not impressed and issued me immediate, full refund for both. I won't be getting any more Dell's in my lifetime.
Capacitor_plague
How they handled it is no surprise, it's all about making the bux. Just ask HP how to keep the dough rolling in a crisis... at the customers' expense, of course.
It may not be rocket science to you and me, but to average Joe it is. Also, it does take time to keep current on the latest threats/bugs, test new tools and then to do the actual removal process, which often isn't as cut & dry as you make it sound. Some occasionally turn into hunting expeditions in file systems 100+GB deep and the 4+ year old registry full of ghosts of installs past, present and future pro-generators.
Between Fecebook and Spider Solitaire nobody wants to make time to service their computer like the rest of their chit(vehicle, home, tools, toys). Every MS computer I work on I pin cleaner, scanners and defrag to their start menu and tell them if they run those 3 or 4 programs 1x a month(with daily AV scans) their computers will stay clean(er) and peppy like the day I left. Guess what!?! Nobody runs them. They then do nothing but ignore the early signs(pop-ups, redirects) and wait until the mal/spy/scareware gets so bad the machine becomes useless. If they ran a fast-scan of MalwareBytes at the offset(*pinned to the start menu) in regular Windows mode, even with system restore running, the bug could have been nipped early. The longer you go without proper maintenance, the worse problems become. It goes the same with oil changes, tire rotations, lawncare, blade sharpening... it all takes time or money.
I work as a contractor for BP, and they pound it into your head over and over that everyone has the authority and obligation to stop a job if they think it is unsafe. It is one of BP's eight "Golden Rules" of safety. Everyone on-site - BP employee or not - has this authority and duty, it is a condition of employment for BP and all its contractors.
Let me guess, the 1st Golden Rule is:
If you disrupt the flow of oil &/or money, you will immediately be known as a "former" contractor for BP.
Seriously, they have an army of cubi dwellers who make their safety procedures look good on paper, the managers are trained in seminars to make it look good on-site by parroting all the correct lines, the reality, as in all corporate, is: no matter how unsafe, dangerous or hugely wasteful a project, you better get on board and be a team player or you will no longer be on the team. Period.
*Unlimited already means 5G... unless your contract was with alltel or your VZW was contracted prior to ~6/2008.
I have one of each and was shopping for alternatives the other day...it's only a matter of time until they force me to renew my truly unlimited, grandfathered accounts w/ new 5GB caps. I use one at home due to lack of hard-line options and occasionally use > 5GB per month(guesstimate, don't run the software). I could swap them out mid-month, but if there's going to be a new contract I would rather go somewhere else. That's when I saw T-mobil does NOT charge for over 5GB useage, but they will add you to the MUL and throttle your connection post 5GB. I'd rather risk a slow connection than be subjected to VZW's definition of penalties, which may change at any time.
Retailers saw this as an opportunity to sell new HDTVs and 46 million converter boxes.
Nevermind the channels that once came in(less than perfect) that now do not at all. I've got all the time in the world for those pregnant pauses that makes flipping through channels a slow, laborious game of 'wait & see'. Please lock the cat outside during Survivor Bachelor's Got Talent, wouldn't want her walking to the food bowl and dragging the signal below acceptable display threshold when someone's about to win something for nothing!
Sure the solution is to pay more for a monthly service. Even if paying to watch advertisements and shitty reruns is anathema, like the famous commercial/mantra says, "just do it".
We can always pay more for less in the good ol' USA, land of the fee.
Science really insists that we ask and answer the right questions. Well, guess what we don't really know what the right questions on..
42!
Thomas Midgley Jr would protest, good sir, if he were not spinning in his grave.
Good rib, aye? No wot I mean?
How soon will the cracked boxes show up on Dregslist?
I can smell a blackmarket blooming already, just what the economy needs.