I run into the same thing actually. One of my coworkers and I infected our machines with spyware and then scanned with multiple programs. Each program seemed to remove more items after the previous was completed. So obviously none of them are getting everything, but some are obviously better than others.
So where does this guy get his "paid" spyware removal applications? Clicking on popups? Oh... wait...
many of these utilities use aggressive marketing tactics in pop-up ads, spam, and keyword ads appearing alongside Google search results
Though I suppose this is how they sucker a lot of people and some people expect results if they pay for a utility, I would probably do at least a LITTLE research before paying for any app like that. The thing is, I would hardly consider this "most commercial anti-spyware software." So as far as this "test," he might as well do an article about Virtual Bouncer and how it removed his parasites for him.
Why didn't he test something like Spy Sweeper or Giant AntiSpyware? Those are paid ones that I would probably recommend if someone did want to pay for a program. At least that way, people would see that not ALL commerical products are crap - it does almost sound like that.
But really, Spybot isn't even cutting it anymore, IMO. AdAware is still doing well, but I've actually been more impressed with the other two I mentioned above - worth a look if you haven't checked them out - both have free trials that you would have no problems doing a removal with.
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I'm still strugling to think why they would want to do this
It's called "investors"... or at least part of it, I bet. Besides just being "google" - they have to give investors reason to believe the company will grow and succeed.
Q: Why aren't the videos bigger?
A: The videos are 320x240 to save bandwidth. Our first series, Red vs Blue regularly chewed up 170 Terrabytes of downloads in a month.
This is different. As the person above me said - this is like a Office Depot sort of price matching. Like... you find a lower price and we'll match it before you buy. The model line changes are different beasts altogether.
Right... but it's not a price thing for that. People are buying from resellers BECAUSE OF the bundles. Not because of a lower price with bundles. So there is usually little price difference, it's just that resellers offer more with the purchase than Apple does.
I'm not sure if I'm the only one to notice this now, but I haven't seen it before. While I was browsing the store, I saw an Apple Price Matching ad... Apple is now going to Price Match all resellers on hardware and software.
I usually only see the resellers selling for $3 or $4 less on most products though, so not sure how much this will help sales. Where Apple seems to maybe get bitten on this is when resellers are bundling printers and other items with big hardware purchases.
Does anyone have a good explaination of what this is doing? I read the site and all, but it sounds like the site and story are talking about different things. Or am I just the only one that's confused??
While I agree with what you're saying, neither you nor I, nor the extension developers can help the changes that are made by the Firefox developers. So they just have to adapt. As someone else here mentioned, you can disable the "don't use obsolete extensions" thing which will just force all of your extensions to work anyways. But I'd just assume wait until they're actually updated and are KNOWN to work.
But you have to give the developers time to update their extensions/themes for the new release. Yesterday, the only one of mine that worked was AdBlock (the best one) and then today there was already an update for FoxyTunes - so the work is getting done, you just have to be patient.:)
My old digital camera worked out like that... It was a Fuji FinePix 1400. Not fantastic, but it got the job done.
Anyways, it always seemed to have issues with my XP machine. I'd have to install drivers to begin with, but every once in a while it just decided to not work at all when I plugged it in. It ended up becoming a chore to get pictures off of the damn thing.
Then I tried plugging it into my iBook. I saw a "no name" drive instantly show up on my desktop, iPhoto opened and everything was perfect. I didn't even have to think about if it would work when I plugged it in again, it just always did.
Needless to say, I stopped using that camera with my XP machine and always pulled pictures off of it with my iBook. I use the past tense form there because I have a new camera now, so that one's not in use anymore.
Kind of ironic that todays post was about traffic:
All I can say now is: WOW!
On Wednesday, my readership started to increase from 20-40 hits per day to over 150 hits. I was starting to approach 1000 total hits and was pretty excited about that, when on Thursday I received almost 2000 hits. Right now, (a little past 2:30pm Pacific Daylight Savings Time) I have received almost 6000 hits for Friday.
Yesterday, with less than 2000 hits I exceeded by bandwidth traffic limitations for the MONTH. Thursday's transfers were in excess of 1 GB. I immediately upgraded the service from doteasy.com's free service to the highest tiered pay service, but that only gives me 20 GB per month. So, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm guessing the 20 GB will last only through the weekend.
So, I need suggestions on low cost HIGH traffic (I guess I'll need about 10 GB per day) servers that I can move my website to. I don't need too much space (100 MB will last a long time) because the site is currently only 8 MB.
As a warning this website might go down, but I'll do everything I can to keep it up and running.
I'm also thinking about putting up a paypal donation thing, but that isn't going to help unless I can find a host that will be able to allow enough monthly traffic for the website to survive.
You can post comments here or e-mail me at cooking@cookingforengineers.com.
Poor guy... already having bandwidth troubles and then someone slashdots him...
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I run into the same thing actually. One of my coworkers and I infected our machines with spyware and then scanned with multiple programs. Each program seemed to remove more items after the previous was completed. So obviously none of them are getting everything, but some are obviously better than others.
So where does this guy get his "paid" spyware removal applications? Clicking on popups? Oh... wait...
many of these utilities use aggressive marketing tactics in pop-up ads, spam, and keyword ads appearing alongside Google search results
Though I suppose this is how they sucker a lot of people and some people expect results if they pay for a utility, I would probably do at least a LITTLE research before paying for any app like that. The thing is, I would hardly consider this "most commercial anti-spyware software." So as far as this "test," he might as well do an article about Virtual Bouncer and how it removed his parasites for him.
Why didn't he test something like Spy Sweeper or Giant AntiSpyware? Those are paid ones that I would probably recommend if someone did want to pay for a program. At least that way, people would see that not ALL commerical products are crap - it does almost sound like that.
But really, Spybot isn't even cutting it anymore, IMO. AdAware is still doing well, but I've actually been more impressed with the other two I mentioned above - worth a look if you haven't checked them out - both have free trials that you would have no problems doing a removal with.
insert family guy quote:
"that's the taste of Beach Justice!"
all your copyright are belong to us?
I'm still strugling to think why they would want to do this
... or at least part of it, I bet. Besides just being "google" - they have to give investors reason to believe the company will grow and succeed.
It's called "investors"
Heh.. I know. But it's still disappointing, cause right after I submitted mine, I saw the other one in the Mysterious Future.
Awww... come on... why does mine have to be the dupe?
/me puts away the rolled up newspaper
Bad editors! Bad!
We're not talking Dell stuff here though... most of us realize the price is good here...
But this is talking about businesses authorized to resell Apple branded products.
This is different. As the person above me said - this is like a Office Depot sort of price matching. Like... you find a lower price and we'll match it before you buy. The model line changes are different beasts altogether.
Right... but it's not a price thing for that. People are buying from resellers BECAUSE OF the bundles. Not because of a lower price with bundles. So there is usually little price difference, it's just that resellers offer more with the purchase than Apple does.
I'm not sure if I'm the only one to notice this now, but I haven't seen it before. While I was browsing the store, I saw an Apple Price Matching ad... Apple is now going to Price Match all resellers on hardware and software.
Price Match details and FAQ
I usually only see the resellers selling for $3 or $4 less on most products though, so not sure how much this will help sales. Where Apple seems to maybe get bitten on this is when resellers are bundling printers and other items with big hardware purchases.
or the word "crusty"
Well if I even know what "thing thing" was, I'm sure I could at least *TRY* to pirate it... :p
That makes more sense... after reading through some other posts it makes even more sense.
Thanks!
Does anyone have a good explaination of what this is doing? I read the site and all, but it sounds like the site and story are talking about different things. Or am I just the only one that's confused??
(it's possible, i know)
Oh, and you can check out the Release Notes for the RSS info. They call it "Live Bookmarking" or something.
It's from the Renaming FAQ. Scroll down a little bit on this page.
"What's a Firefox?"
A "Firefox" is another name for the red panda.
While I agree with what you're saying, neither you nor I, nor the extension developers can help the changes that are made by the Firefox developers. So they just have to adapt. As someone else here mentioned, you can disable the "don't use obsolete extensions" thing which will just force all of your extensions to work anyways. But I'd just assume wait until they're actually updated and are KNOWN to work.
It is snazzy amd sexy, and has a cute fox
... it's a red panda: linky. Still, a very cool animal.
Actually, it's not even really a "fox"
Someone is trying to tell me something.
Psst... *whisper* Use Firefox. You'll like it. *whisper*
But you have to give the developers time to update their extensions/themes for the new release. Yesterday, the only one of mine that worked was AdBlock (the best one) and then today there was already an update for FoxyTunes - so the work is getting done, you just have to be patient. :)
My question is, will it boot up Apple's OSX Server?
I don't know about that, but I know that this does.
My old digital camera worked out like that... It was a Fuji FinePix 1400. Not fantastic, but it got the job done.
Anyways, it always seemed to have issues with my XP machine. I'd have to install drivers to begin with, but every once in a while it just decided to not work at all when I plugged it in. It ended up becoming a chore to get pictures off of the damn thing.
Then I tried plugging it into my iBook. I saw a "no name" drive instantly show up on my desktop, iPhoto opened and everything was perfect. I didn't even have to think about if it would work when I plugged it in again, it just always did.
Needless to say, I stopped using that camera with my XP machine and always pulled pictures off of it with my iBook. I use the past tense form there because I have a new camera now, so that one's not in use anymore.