Funny how Washington DC also has the strictest gun control in the nation - no ownership or carry of handguns, longarms must be stored disassembled in your home.
There are some pretty crummy urban areas nearby in Virginia, but crime is much lower there.
Virginia is very much a right-to-carry state, with a reasonable process to obtain a concealed-carry license, and an open carry option.
I work seven days a week, 10-14 hours a day as a freelance computer repair person.
Most of my clients are residential, and about 80% of their problems are related to viruses and spyware, most of it brought on my the downloading and usage of "bundlers" such as Kazaa.
I've found AdAware and Spybot to be very effective, followed closely by Hijack This and CW Shredder.
Security Task Manager is also pretty good, and Killbox is great for eliminating hard-to-delete individual files.
I was glad when Giant came out, and still OK with it when MS bought them out.
Giant/MS antispyware finds stuff the others don't - each of these utilities complement one another.
In addition, as another poster said, I take stuff out of MSCONFIG and the "Run" keys.
I also delete executables and.dll files I recognize as bad, as well as go into Add/Remove and take a lot of rogue programs out of there, as well.
c:\windows\prefetch and c:\windows\temp get an emptying out, too.
Oh, and the 2004, 2005 versions of Norton and McAfee do seem to include some malware detection beyond viruses.
During HS, I worked really hard at a couple of part time jobs and saved most of that money, rather than spending it on silly things.
At the age of 16, I was already saving for my first house down payment, and at 18, began funding IRA contributions.
I went from living with the folks to owning a home (never a renter) because I managed that money well.
I was also lucky enough to benefit from a top-notch public school education - people still compliment my vocabulary.
I never understood why they do this.
I was livid when they created "memory sticks" and didn't offer anything that made them more compelling than SmartMedia or CompactFlash in terms of price, capacity or both.
(Dr. Jeffrey Pelt to Ambassador Andrei Lysenko near the end of the movie)
"You're lost another one??"
Richard Jordan was great in that small role.
Shame we lost him.
No permit required to own or carry a handgun (openly or concealed), no registration of guns, no requirement to dismantle the gun or stick silly "trigger locks" on it and make it inaccessibly for emergency self-defense usage.
Wanna get the girl??? (in real life???)
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Getting the Girl
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Then...
Don't be a nice guy.
I don't mean be a jerk or an a-hole, just
don't go out of your way to be nice to a woman.
Don't put her up on a pedestal.
Don't be anxious to call back (hint: if they
really like you a lot, they'll wonder what's
going on and call you).
I've read a lot of material on what women
like and what they don't like - looks
help, but true self-confidence is the
true attractant.
Fellas, I'm no prize in the looks
dept, but when I was
a 16 yr old pimply virgin, if I went
back in time and showed pix of some of
the women I've dated/slept with,
I wouldn't have believed it.
It was just a matter of knowing myself
better and becoming more confident.
There's someone for everyone, guys.
It's a numbers game - don't settle.
I hope to God we never "terraform" the Mojave, Sahara, etc, to make more room for people.
We need to be able to partake in the magnificent desolation deserts provide.
Hopefully, by the time we start to seriously consider infringing on pristine desert and scrubland, we'll already have up and running colonies on Luna and Mars.
Who says they won't start getting into infrastructure attacks?
They also might attack power plants as part of a broader attack - a downed power grid makes emergency coordination far more difficult, as well as instills panic - "Monsters are Due on Maple Steet", anyone?
Fuel cells, increasingly efficient solar, modular, small scale (pebble bed) nuclear reactors - I'm seeing the beginning of the end of the conventional power grid.
One of the advantages of decentralization is you no longer have big juicy targets for terrorists - who'd attack a neighborhood-size solar station or fuel cell stack? And if they did, the damage would be limited in scope.
Wouldn't a lack of regulation really allow private spaceflight to "take off?"
Say what you want about Ronald Reagan's presidency, he was spot-on with what he said regarding the government's treatment of new (and for that matter, existing) industries:
"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. "
1. Discover body.
2. Discover second body.
3. Gather puzzling evidence, begin to find suspects
4. Discover smarmy suspect who looks quilty
5. Discover other suspect or suspects who may be guilty but remain elusive.
6. In the third reel, exonerate smarmy suspect with additional evidence, and grab second suspect at a suspenseful moment.
7. Repeat three times a week.
Profit.
Oh God, where are the great cop shows like Crime Story???
Double-click on the "shield" icon in the system tray, and a small dialog appears.
Click on the link "change the way Windows alerts me" and uncheck all of the check boxes.
> Russia can't even conquer Chechyna.
Damn skippy - but I'm talking about nuclear-armed missiles vs. nuclear-armed missiles, very different from a difficult and brutal ground war involving extensive urban combat.
That we're doing this as a hedge against a resurgence of hostilities against Russia.
Russia's already increasing its spying in Britain back to Cold War levels.
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When you can play with the real thing?
Funny how Washington DC also has the strictest gun control in the nation - no ownership or carry of handguns, longarms must be stored disassembled in your home. There are some pretty crummy urban areas nearby in Virginia, but crime is much lower there. Virginia is very much a right-to-carry state, with a reasonable process to obtain a concealed-carry license, and an open carry option.
What's that hissing sound???
I work seven days a week, 10-14 hours a day as a freelance computer repair person. Most of my clients are residential, and about 80% of their problems are related to viruses and spyware, most of it brought on my the downloading and usage of "bundlers" such as Kazaa. I've found AdAware and Spybot to be very effective, followed closely by Hijack This and CW Shredder. Security Task Manager is also pretty good, and Killbox is great for eliminating hard-to-delete individual files. I was glad when Giant came out, and still OK with it when MS bought them out. Giant/MS antispyware finds stuff the others don't - each of these utilities complement one another. In addition, as another poster said, I take stuff out of MSCONFIG and the "Run" keys. I also delete executables and .dll files I recognize as bad, as well as go into Add/Remove and take a lot of rogue programs out of there, as well.
c:\windows\prefetch and c:\windows\temp get an emptying out, too.
Oh, and the 2004, 2005 versions of Norton and McAfee do seem to include some malware detection beyond viruses.
During HS, I worked really hard at a couple of part time jobs and saved most of that money, rather than spending it on silly things. At the age of 16, I was already saving for my first house down payment, and at 18, began funding IRA contributions. I went from living with the folks to owning a home (never a renter) because I managed that money well. I was also lucky enough to benefit from a top-notch public school education - people still compliment my vocabulary.
I never understood why they do this.
I was livid when they created "memory sticks" and didn't offer anything that made them more compelling than SmartMedia or CompactFlash in terms of price, capacity or both.
I'm surprised that enough sunlight reaches Titan's surface to get such good pictures. Are these long-exposure shots?
When I held a seance? He died in 1993 of a brain tumor - not a good way to go.
(Dr. Jeffrey Pelt to Ambassador Andrei Lysenko near the end of the movie) "You're lost another one??" Richard Jordan was great in that small role. Shame we lost him.
No permit required to own or carry a handgun (openly or concealed), no registration of guns, no requirement to dismantle the gun or stick silly "trigger locks" on it and make it inaccessibly for emergency self-defense usage.
Then... Don't be a nice guy. I don't mean be a jerk or an a-hole, just don't go out of your way to be nice to a woman. Don't put her up on a pedestal. Don't be anxious to call back (hint: if they really like you a lot, they'll wonder what's going on and call you). I've read a lot of material on what women like and what they don't like - looks help, but true self-confidence is the true attractant. Fellas, I'm no prize in the looks dept, but when I was a 16 yr old pimply virgin, if I went back in time and showed pix of some of the women I've dated/slept with, I wouldn't have believed it. It was just a matter of knowing myself better and becoming more confident. There's someone for everyone, guys. It's a numbers game - don't settle.
Then who's around to actually pipe up and complain about "their" material being made available online?
I hope to God we never "terraform" the Mojave, Sahara, etc, to make more room for people. We need to be able to partake in the magnificent desolation deserts provide. Hopefully, by the time we start to seriously consider infringing on pristine desert and scrubland, we'll already have up and running colonies on Luna and Mars.
Hey, fuck you very much for the "redundant"
Did it ever occur to you that when I wrote this, the other person's comment hadn't appeared yet?
Much to that film's detriment.
Who says they won't start getting into infrastructure attacks?
They also might attack power plants as part of a broader attack - a downed power grid makes emergency coordination far more difficult, as well as instills panic - "Monsters are Due on Maple Steet", anyone?
Fuel cells, increasingly efficient solar, modular, small scale (pebble bed) nuclear reactors - I'm seeing the beginning of the end of the conventional power grid.
One of the advantages of decentralization is you no longer have big juicy targets for terrorists - who'd attack a neighborhood-size solar station or fuel cell stack? And if they did, the damage would be limited in scope.
Is just as bad as far as "drive by downloads"
Why the "overrated" - just in the mood to be vicious, or is it because I quoted Reagan?
Wouldn't a lack of regulation really allow private spaceflight to "take off?" Say what you want about Ronald Reagan's presidency, he was spot-on with what he said regarding the government's treatment of new (and for that matter, existing) industries: "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. "
1. Discover body. 2. Discover second body. 3. Gather puzzling evidence, begin to find suspects 4. Discover smarmy suspect who looks quilty 5. Discover other suspect or suspects who may be guilty but remain elusive. 6. In the third reel, exonerate smarmy suspect with additional evidence, and grab second suspect at a suspenseful moment. 7. Repeat three times a week. Profit. Oh God, where are the great cop shows like Crime Story???
Feces to the Premises
Double-click on the "shield" icon in the system tray, and a small dialog appears.
Click on the link "change the way Windows alerts me" and uncheck all of the check boxes.
> Russia can't even conquer Chechyna. Damn skippy - but I'm talking about nuclear-armed missiles vs. nuclear-armed missiles, very different from a difficult and brutal ground war involving extensive urban combat.
That we're doing this as a hedge against a resurgence of hostilities against Russia. Russia's already increasing its spying in Britain back to Cold War levels.