"You don't have to double-click it. It open automatically when you preview."
We close the preview pane option on all of our computer repair customer's mail applications to keep the viruses from coming in this way.
Then, we explain this beautiful "preview" feature works with viruses like poking holes in your son's condoms. None of them are too keen on viruses in their computers or in becoming grandparents.
Cons:
*poor RF
* poor sound quality
* no easy way to switch tasks
* phone gets sluggish at times
* terrible keypad
* camera attachment could be better
* could not get WAP browser working
* no J2ME
I guess since the phone doesn't explode on impact or cause humans to spontaneously combust--could give it a go;)
I met two very charming people in Match.com. They have remained friends of mine for over 3-4 years each. The experience was very positive. I didn't fine my soulmate that way; however, I met some really nice people.
Perhaps Trepia can work as a positive social tool as well. And, it is that, it is just a tool like a telephone or anything else. If it is used with common sense it will provide a positive outcome.
Jonathan Ive should get special kudos for designing the iPod in a way that can take abuse. It is not only good-looking but it can take a good hit.
I slipped my iPod in my cargo pants "leg" pocket one day as I was getting out of the car. I had totally forgotten that it was there. The car door was partly shut and locked; so, I have it a good body slam with my thigh. My iPod took it head on and it was not broken, not dented, not nuttin.
Buying quality never paid off so well. A cheap mp3 box from Radio Snack would have been flat as a pancake.
I live in Hawaii ; and, have watched many geckos scamper on the walls.
My former husband, a big, burly football coach, loved to try to "tame" our house geckos. He fed them coffee creamer and bits of mashed potato. One day he felt he had succeeded in allaying the fears of one of these timid wall crawlers. One of the big ones was holding his ground and didn't move upon his approach..
Coach called to me and smiled as he showed me this little creature no longer feared him and held his ground.
The more-than-vacant expression seemed to escape my husband. The gecko was dead.
From the article: Although the probability of an impact from 1950 DA is only about 0.3 percent, it is the only asteroid yet detected that scientists cannot entirely dismiss as a threat.
IMHO mankind has more to fear from viruses than tsunamis generated from wandering asteroids. I am afraid that something very tiny will wipe us out, not someting very big.
I am not a biologist, but I bet the threat is more than 0.3 percent that this could happen. This SARS outbreak has me thinking.
IMHO the poor souls who download Kazaa will find they may have brought something upon themselves they didn't expect. A few of our computer repair customers have shared files using this medium and their machine performance has gone to pure garbage. Kazaa lite is supposed to not have spyware--a hack of the original--per a google search. Kazaa claims they don't salt in spyware; however, our experience refutes that.
Further, it is rumored that viruses or worms can be transmitted via sound files on Kazaa. I can't prove this in my humble capacity as a repairman. However, I would feel subjecting my computer to their site would be like sending the poor machine to a cyber orgy without condoms
I don't know how they steer; however, from years of living on the plains of Oklahoma observing hundreds of tumbleweeds I know where the Mars rover will end up....
stuck in a barbed wire fence;)
Re:Gator by Choice, WTF?
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If I had mod points I would give them all to asv108. We repair computers for a living. The spyware like Gator causes all sorts of hell on a computer, especially on little slow machines the average Joe has.
IF those folks who think Gator is a good thing would do a ctrl-alt-del and see all the extras that are loaded in at start up they might change their mind. We have had some users machines crippled to a near stand-still by spyware.
As a corporate recruiter (head hunter) we laughingly referred to resumes as "obituaries". As a stand alone method of getting a job resumes are quite ineffective.
Once the myth that a resume can get a person a job is finally put to rest companies will continue to be flooded with them.
My advice to anybody in this flat IT economy is as follows:
1. Get a job any job. If you aren't working, nobody is going to hire you. You are an "untouchable" when the imagine you at home in front of the T.V. Plus, companies can smell desperation and fear a mile away.
2. If you can't find a job in IT, find one that almost sounds like a technological position. This could include putting together computer desks for a "temp" agency--anything to break the inertia of unemployment.
This is just my humble opinion from years of watching resumes being filed like so many paper tombstones.
In "1984" we had "Big Brother". My big brother pretty well found my behavior too low in his lofty opinion to be observed or commented upon.
"Total Information Awareness" or the anacronym "TIA" is coincidentally or purposefully the Spanish word for aunt. "Tia" looks more like a meddling spinster aunt with nothing better to do than peruse our collective sock drawers.
This is another way the American people have been victimized by 9-11. It gives an opportunity for the people who would like to strip us of our individual freedoms a stronger foothold using our own FEAR as the briquets.
This evil proposal will make U.S. citizens lives no longer private. Further, has anyone thought about how much "feeding" this informational behemoth will cost our already burdened people?
The campaign, in which the executives have compared open-source software to viruses and cancer, comes at a time when some observers believe Microsoft is worried that Linux--the best-known open-source project--will undermine the Microsoft.Net strategy for joining desktop computer users with sophisticated Internet services.
Microsoft inadvertently gave open-source a compliment. If open-source is a virus and a cancer--two rather successful entities in the physical world-- then Microsoft is hemorrhoids and trench mouth. These maladies are irritating but easy to eradicate. Viruses and cancer are not easy to "rub out".
Perhaps this is a portent of things to come? Maybe eventually the open source community will flourish and Microsoft will not.
There is a mess in the works if we use human brain cells-- Donated brain tissue from a scientist would NOT be nice, fresh, young, embryonic tissue. Also, imagine the flap we would have if we could use donated brain tissue from a scientist. The fundamentalists would be asking if we were dealing with creation. Does this robot now have a soul?
Look at the controversy with stem cell research. Rats are a good choice because frankly nobody likes them very much. I they were using dog (embryonic) pups to harvest cells people would be coming after the scientists with pitchforks and torches.
Re:These spam laws are a waste of time
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changing the protocol to forbid spam, etc.
This is an idea. Is there a way to prevent any email that is addressed to possibly more than ten people to be stopped dead in its tracks unless the recipient has requested said email?
This way subscriber emails from say Slashdot would pass through an individual's email gate while the ones from spammers would loiter in the cyber lobby with the "ring" unanswered.
It seems the ISP's themselves would be putting some muscle into developing this technology. They are the ones who are suffering with the stolen bandwidth.
It is either this or every email having itty bitty electronic stamps with either Steve Jobs or Bill Gates for a picture that cost 37 cents.
"The appetite for new investments in new production lines is small right now," said Wolfgang Schlichting, research director of removable storage at research firm IDC.
IMHO this reads: " We are too poor right now to do much else than sell what we have and try not to go bankrupt. "
It is sad that possibly some great ideas in IT are escaping. It is difficult to be innovative when a great mind is in fear of being dismissed, downsized, and laid off due to our current economy.
We fix computer systems for small businesses. This gives us a very grass roots look at the demand for all IT products from networks to one free-standing PC.
There are many companies here just waiting for a few extra bucks in the bank to upgrade both their hardware and software.
So, IMHO the slow down in the biz is due to a pathetic economy since we changed presidents. In the Clinton years the U.S. economy had money to burn and a fat surplus. Now our people are practically burning furniture to keep warm and living off credit cards in deficit land.
Moore's Law would still be cooking if we had money. As soon as there is a little cash in the drawer our customers are going to be upgrading.
You made my whole Saturday A.C.... malia=mary in Hawaiian.....
I laughed so hard my coconut bra fell off.
now so I don't get modded down for offtopic, if you have an air-conditioner, the hard drives last longer. But here in the islands kilowatt hours are so expensive it cuts into our mai tai money.
Yes, Vegas. Where else can you find a buffet for $2.95 and shrimp cocktail for 2 cents per beady-eyed shrimp? But, more importantly, this is one place silicon valley can meet silicone valley.
I agree here with Paladin. I moved to the tropics from the mid (U.S.) west nearly twenty years ago. I arrived here with a workout bag and a small suitcase. I left a whole house full of belongings behind.
In that time I have missed one sweater and one picture of a peacock (a 400 y/o antique) that I owned . That is it. The other stuff I just replaced over time.
Simplify. If some of the tapes are priceless pics of your kids have the best of them copied and trash the rest. You will feel good about this.
I second this comment. Television programs would add very little to my cell phone "enjoyment".
The biggest improvement a cell phone could have is reception. I am very tired of having to wear a tin foil hat in order to be heard.
Further, IMHO we spend enough time watching and not enough time doing. A handheld device to enslave us for a few more minutes as spectators in life rather than participants is personally abhorrent.
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We close the preview pane option on all of our computer repair customer's mail applications to keep the viruses from coming in this way.
Then, we explain this beautiful "preview" feature works with viruses like poking holes in your son's condoms. None of them are too keen on viruses in their computers or in becoming grandparents.
Cons: *poor RF * poor sound quality * no easy way to switch tasks * phone gets sluggish at times * terrible keypad * camera attachment could be better * could not get WAP browser working * no J2ME
I guess since the phone doesn't explode on impact or cause humans to spontaneously combust--could give it a go;)
That is right, this is not a cheat.. we are just redesigning the arrow and repainting the target so they match;)
Perhaps Trepia can work as a positive social tool as well. And, it is that, it is just a tool like a telephone or anything else. If it is used with common sense it will provide a positive outcome.
I slipped my iPod in my cargo pants "leg" pocket one day as I was getting out of the car. I had totally forgotten that it was there. The car door was partly shut and locked; so, I have it a good body slam with my thigh. My iPod took it head on and it was not broken, not dented, not nuttin.
Buying quality never paid off so well. A cheap mp3 box from Radio Snack would have been flat as a pancake.
As for your (4) Mr. Icee,I have made a few unfortunate- looking gecko bookmarks with my front door. *sigh*
Coach called to me and smiled as he showed me this little creature no longer feared him and held his ground. The more-than-vacant expression seemed to escape my husband. The gecko was dead.
I laughed too hard. We are divorced.
just as their system grinds to a halt with a big purple ape [bonzi.com] on the screen jumping out at you,
The true victim in this lawsuit is the purple ape. He has been neutered and sent to a zoo;)
IMHO mankind has more to fear from viruses than tsunamis generated from wandering asteroids. I am afraid that something very tiny will wipe us out, not someting very big.
I am not a biologist, but I bet the threat is more than 0.3 percent that this could happen. This SARS outbreak has me thinking.
Further, it is rumored that viruses or worms can be transmitted via sound files on Kazaa. I can't prove this in my humble capacity as a repairman. However, I would feel subjecting my computer to their site would be like sending the poor machine to a cyber orgy without condoms
stuck in a barbed wire fence;)
IF those folks who think Gator is a good thing would do a ctrl-alt-del and see all the extras that are loaded in at start up they might change their mind. We have had some users machines crippled to a near stand-still by spyware.
asv108, you shoot em, I will buy the bullets.
Once the myth that a resume can get a person a job is finally put to rest companies will continue to be flooded with them.
My advice to anybody in this flat IT economy is as follows: 1. Get a job any job. If you aren't working, nobody is going to hire you. You are an "untouchable" when the imagine you at home in front of the T.V. Plus, companies can smell desperation and fear a mile away.
2. If you can't find a job in IT, find one that almost sounds like a technological position. This could include putting together computer desks for a "temp" agency--anything to break the inertia of unemployment.
This is just my humble opinion from years of watching resumes being filed like so many paper tombstones.
"Total Information Awareness" or the anacronym "TIA" is coincidentally or purposefully the Spanish word for aunt. "Tia" looks more like a meddling spinster aunt with nothing better to do than peruse our collective sock drawers.
This is another way the American people have been victimized by 9-11. It gives an opportunity for the people who would like to strip us of our individual freedoms a stronger foothold using our own FEAR as the briquets.
This evil proposal will make U.S. citizens lives no longer private. Further, has anyone thought about how much "feeding" this informational behemoth will cost our already burdened people?
Microsoft inadvertently gave open-source a compliment. If open-source is a virus and a cancer--two rather successful entities in the physical world-- then Microsoft is hemorrhoids and trench mouth. These maladies are irritating but easy to eradicate. Viruses and cancer are not easy to "rub out".
Perhaps this is a portent of things to come? Maybe eventually the open source community will flourish and Microsoft will not.
This is probably too much to ask for.
There is a mess in the works if we use human brain cells-- Donated brain tissue from a scientist would NOT be nice, fresh, young, embryonic tissue. Also, imagine the flap we would have if we could use donated brain tissue from a scientist. The fundamentalists would be asking if we were dealing with creation. Does this robot now have a soul?
Look at the controversy with stem cell research. Rats are a good choice because frankly nobody likes them very much. I they were using dog (embryonic) pups to harvest cells people would be coming after the scientists with pitchforks and torches.
This is an idea. Is there a way to prevent any email that is addressed to possibly more than ten people to be stopped dead in its tracks unless the recipient has requested said email?
This way subscriber emails from say Slashdot would pass through an individual's email gate while the ones from spammers would loiter in the cyber lobby with the "ring" unanswered.
It seems the ISP's themselves would be putting some muscle into developing this technology. They are the ones who are suffering with the stolen bandwidth.
It is either this or every email having itty bitty electronic stamps with either Steve Jobs or Bill Gates for a picture that cost 37 cents.
hmm........... nothing tacky was said about Pascal!!
IMHO this reads: " We are too poor right now to do much else than sell what we have and try not to go bankrupt. "
It is sad that possibly some great ideas in IT are escaping. It is difficult to be innovative when a great mind is in fear of being dismissed, downsized, and laid off due to our current economy.
There are many companies here just waiting for a few extra bucks in the bank to upgrade both their hardware and software.
So, IMHO the slow down in the biz is due to a pathetic economy since we changed presidents. In the Clinton years the U.S. economy had money to burn and a fat surplus. Now our people are practically burning furniture to keep warm and living off credit cards in deficit land.
Moore's Law would still be cooking if we had money. As soon as there is a little cash in the drawer our customers are going to be upgrading.
I laughed so hard my coconut bra fell off.
now so I don't get modded down for offtopic, if you have an air-conditioner, the hard drives last longer. But here in the islands kilowatt hours are so expensive it cuts into our mai tai money.
Here in the tropics seaside hard drives often die within a year because of the humidity and salt. Guess we need some paper.
In that time I have missed one sweater and one picture of a peacock (a 400 y/o antique) that I owned . That is it. The other stuff I just replaced over time.
Simplify. If some of the tapes are priceless pics of your kids have the best of them copied and trash the rest. You will feel good about this.
Further, IMHO we spend enough time watching and not enough time doing. A handheld device to enslave us for a few more minutes as spectators in life rather than participants is personally abhorrent.