the part of encarta that they probable liked the most was the little clips and such it comes with. I remember on of my first PCs had encarta that came with it, it was neat because I could look up pictures and video of interesting things.
So even though wikipedia sounds good, it is rather bland and dull to the average person. Encarta is a winner in this case.
I've never been "owned" by viruses... I think this install of windows has been running a good year and half, and I have yet to have any viruses or malware to worry about.
yea, they should all be thrown in jail... those theives, horrible horrible children... we should jail them, just like those kids that download mp3s.
seriously, have you never snuck into the theaters? have you never done anything "wrong" as a kid? Having something like this on your record, having to go to court, and having to explain to your parents that you were arrested! You realise in the future if he's ever arrested they see a previous record and they will go harder on him. Oh well, I dont really know what they did to him since I am late and I didn't read the article.
as for excusing people sneaking in... well I would ban them from the theater, but I wouldn't have the cops called..
I think it would just drive us to find more sources of food... even drive us to find more space to keep our livestock and farmland
I dunno, I think super humans would do much cooler things.... well at least I would, in fact I already do. I've allways been strong, so I've allways done things that require more strength and it feels good, like when I used to landscape I would pick up trees we had just cut down and toss them away
indeed, if they want to impress me hey have to make something cool and complex like phong.com
seriously, how are some random shapes that dont even look cool considered art? I think art should be decided on coolness factor... maybe I should go to bed now...
I was about to say what's wrong with asking people for help even if you dont know them. I ask people for directions, the time, and countless other things all the time.
What is wrong with people now... it seems like everyone is afraid of eachother, and I think sometimes they are...
personally I dont buy CDs but that's just because I'm a cheap ass. But I do pay to go to concerts and such, and every once in a while I buy a shirt or something while I'm there. I'm pretty sure the artists get more out of those sales than actual CD sales.
Anyway, that's just what I do I'm not too sure about other people. But I know that my friend buys CDs all the time but he also downloads the music.
Indeed it does so, vonage gives you a phone number that you can call from any POTS phone and vice versa. Pretty neat, right?
How was such a post modded +4 informative? do so many people not know how vonage works? do they assume you can only talk to other vonage customers? please everyone get a clue! Read about vonage, hell sign up! they just lowered their prices... AGAIN! Personally I would clasify vonage as a real phone company, they provide the exact same service as a regular phone company but instead of using POTS lines it uses my internet connection.
Same type of thing happened to me, it's a real pain that the buyers have so much control over what happens. Only recently did I get my account unfrozen, I called them and complained and talked to about 7 people until I finally got some manager that unfroze my account because the buyer hadn't responded to any of their e-mails.
A way for you to get your account unfrozen is show proof of a new item shipped. UPS tracking number would be enough and it should be unsuspended imediately.
You people are saying things like "kill him", "torture him", "do everything horrible I can imagine to him". I can't believe that! Personally I did nothing to "secure" my system other than run an up to date Anti virus, patch my system, and stay behind my firewall.
I wasn't affected in the least, maybe at work I had some extra calls but that was only after the news started scaring people and surely not when people became infected.
In all actuality he probably made us all a few extra dollars. I'm not sure why you all hate virus writers so much, personally I've never once had a virus and I once went 2 years without an anti-virus. If you all are so great, how were you so easily infected? I've done the bare minimum to be secure, and security wasn't even in my mind when I setup my systems. I think you all are just projecting your anger on someone else because you weren't bright enough to secure yourselves.
I'm probably going to be modded as flamebait but it's the truth, I don't see how you people were affected so much other than probably some extra free time at work.
comcast dosen't monitor your usage, this letter has nothing to do with monitoring usage. MGM simply grabbed your IP from whatever file sharing network you were using and contacted us and we sent you a letter on behalf of them.
I work for the department that handles abuse calls, this letter is just a standard letter and comcast has nothing to do with it.
Also for those of you saying there are lots of spammers that use comcast, most of these letters we send out are to spammers. So quit talking shit when you know nothing, comcast has done nothing wrong and maybe you should all actually read a letter to find out what BS this story is.
I work for a cable company, I'd say about 70% of the people that call have routers even if they only have one computer. Most people with routers dont know exactly what they do, in fact that's probably the reason there are so many unsecure access points.
VoIP has companies advertising and it's becoming more popular as well as usable.
If you learn how to program efficiently to start it wont be hard to program just as fast without all the crappy code. Alot of people seem to think that it must take ages to make a program use less resources, there are alot of little tricks that will lower resources that can be used in almost any project.
The excuse I allways hear is "it takes to long to make it run better", if it was done right the first time you wouldn't have to go back and rewrite/structure the code to be more resource efficient.
I've got a SSN, but no bank account or Drivers liscence. I do have an apartment but my name isn't on the lease. Also the bills aren't in my name either.
I have no 401k, I am self employed so my "employer" isn't taking taxes from me. Yes I do deal in cash, I can cash checks as well using my fake id and my social. As for when I retire... I dont plan to live in the US by that time. I plan to leave the US pretty soon so dont worry about paying for me when I'm old.
Also I know there are ways to find me. But the government dosen't proactivley search for people like me. They search for people that are cheating the goverment by taking more than what they are supposed to back.
Right now the "bank account" I have is in someone elses name. I just use that to keep some money saved, the rest I keep in large bills. I make plenty more than 13k per year about 5 times that much on average. I also do some work for a cable company for about 3 days a week but on any W2 forms or anything like that I just file exempt so I do get some things taken like social security tax and medicare but none of the other stuff.
I never went to public school, I dont have a car, I dont own a house, everything I would be paying taxes for I dont have/use. So why should I pay taxes? well... I dont, maybe the IRS will find me one day but I dont have a bank account and I dont have any public records (like a drivers liscence)
I wonder what would happen if the IRS found me and asked for taxes...
I dont really think it was geared towards the average "computer geek" in fact I dont think it was intended for them at all...
I think this was meant as a tool for people that work outside. I dont think anyone with any kind of sense would walk around with this big thing strapped to them unless they had to for work..
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the part of encarta that they probable liked the most was the little clips and such it comes with. I remember on of my first PCs had encarta that came with it, it was neat because I could look up pictures and video of interesting things.
So even though wikipedia sounds good, it is rather bland and dull to the average person. Encarta is a winner in this case.
I've never been "owned" by viruses... I think this install of windows has been running a good year and half, and I have yet to have any viruses or malware to worry about.
yea, they should all be thrown in jail... those theives, horrible horrible children... we should jail them, just like those kids that download mp3s.
seriously, have you never snuck into the theaters? have you never done anything "wrong" as a kid? Having something like this on your record, having to go to court, and having to explain to your parents that you were arrested! You realise in the future if he's ever arrested they see a previous record and they will go harder on him. Oh well, I dont really know what they did to him since I am late and I didn't read the article.
as for excusing people sneaking in... well I would ban them from the theater, but I wouldn't have the cops called..
we dont?
I think it would just drive us to find more sources of food... even drive us to find more space to keep our livestock and farmland
I dunno, I think super humans would do much cooler things.... well at least I would, in fact I already do. I've allways been strong, so I've allways done things that require more strength and it feels good, like when I used to landscape I would pick up trees we had just cut down and toss them away
indeed, if they want to impress me hey have to make something cool and complex like phong.com
seriously, how are some random shapes that dont even look cool considered art? I think art should be decided on coolness factor... maybe I should go to bed now...
I was about to say what's wrong with asking people for help even if you dont know them. I ask people for directions, the time, and countless other things all the time.
What is wrong with people now... it seems like everyone is afraid of eachother, and I think sometimes they are...
All bow, for I am one of the six!
personally I dont buy CDs but that's just because I'm a cheap ass. But I do pay to go to concerts and such, and every once in a while I buy a shirt or something while I'm there. I'm pretty sure the artists get more out of those sales than actual CD sales.
Anyway, that's just what I do I'm not too sure about other people. But I know that my friend buys CDs all the time but he also downloads the music.
then I would just route it through port 80... it's not to tough to beat the system...
and anyway if my cable company started charging by port I would surely find a different provider
Indeed it does so, vonage gives you a phone number that you can call from any POTS phone and vice versa. Pretty neat, right?
How was such a post modded +4 informative? do so many people not know how vonage works? do they assume you can only talk to other vonage customers? please everyone get a clue! Read about vonage, hell sign up! they just lowered their prices... AGAIN! Personally I would clasify vonage as a real phone company, they provide the exact same service as a regular phone company but instead of using POTS lines it uses my internet connection.
Same type of thing happened to me, it's a real pain that the buyers have so much control over what happens. Only recently did I get my account unfrozen, I called them and complained and talked to about 7 people until I finally got some manager that unfroze my account because the buyer hadn't responded to any of their e-mails.
A way for you to get your account unfrozen is show proof of a new item shipped. UPS tracking number would be enough and it should be unsuspended imediately.
You people are saying things like "kill him", "torture him", "do everything horrible I can imagine to him". I can't believe that! Personally I did nothing to "secure" my system other than run an up to date Anti virus, patch my system, and stay behind my firewall.
I wasn't affected in the least, maybe at work I had some extra calls but that was only after the news started scaring people and surely not when people became infected.
In all actuality he probably made us all a few extra dollars. I'm not sure why you all hate virus writers so much, personally I've never once had a virus and I once went 2 years without an anti-virus. If you all are so great, how were you so easily infected? I've done the bare minimum to be secure, and security wasn't even in my mind when I setup my systems. I think you all are just projecting your anger on someone else because you weren't bright enough to secure yourselves.
I'm probably going to be modded as flamebait but it's the truth, I don't see how you people were affected so much other than probably some extra free time at work.
sadly I think you missed the joke lol
sorry, I work for the cable internet department. if you have a problem with cable tv contact 1866comcast.
;)
if you have high speed internet through us just e-mail me and maybe I can make up that 12 for ya
btw, most of the techs dont know what the hell they're doing so if you get someone that cant explain anything to you... they're probably just idiots
comcast dosen't monitor your usage, this letter has nothing to do with monitoring usage. MGM simply grabbed your IP from whatever file sharing network you were using and contacted us and we sent you a letter on behalf of them.
I work for the department that handles abuse calls, this letter is just a standard letter and comcast has nothing to do with it.
Also for those of you saying there are lots of spammers that use comcast, most of these letters we send out are to spammers. So quit talking shit when you know nothing, comcast has done nothing wrong and maybe you should all actually read a letter to find out what BS this story is.
for some reason thinking of "young men interested in machinery" felt very homoerotic...
:D
I would be much more pleased if it attracted young beutiful women
I would hope that my family members wouldn't inform me of a death in the family through e-mail.
but maybe that's just me...
What kind of creature would inflict such pain on the masses by installing that horrid app. Forever shall the users weep, AOL they screamed..
god have mercy on your soul...
I work for a cable company, I'd say about 70% of the people that call have routers even if they only have one computer. Most people with routers dont know exactly what they do, in fact that's probably the reason there are so many unsecure access points.
VoIP has companies advertising and it's becoming more popular as well as usable.
If you learn how to program efficiently to start it wont be hard to program just as fast without all the crappy code. Alot of people seem to think that it must take ages to make a program use less resources, there are alot of little tricks that will lower resources that can be used in almost any project.
The excuse I allways hear is "it takes to long to make it run better", if it was done right the first time you wouldn't have to go back and rewrite/structure the code to be more resource efficient.
I've got a SSN, but no bank account or Drivers liscence. I do have an apartment but my name isn't on the lease. Also the bills aren't in my name either.
I have no 401k, I am self employed so my "employer" isn't taking taxes from me. Yes I do deal in cash, I can cash checks as well using my fake id and my social. As for when I retire... I dont plan to live in the US by that time. I plan to leave the US pretty soon so dont worry about paying for me when I'm old.
Also I know there are ways to find me. But the government dosen't proactivley search for people like me. They search for people that are cheating the goverment by taking more than what they are supposed to back.
Right now the "bank account" I have is in someone elses name. I just use that to keep some money saved, the rest I keep in large bills. I make plenty more than 13k per year about 5 times that much on average. I also do some work for a cable company for about 3 days a week but on any W2 forms or anything like that I just file exempt so I do get some things taken like social security tax and medicare but none of the other stuff.
I never went to public school, I dont have a car, I dont own a house, everything I would be paying taxes for I dont have/use. So why should I pay taxes? well... I dont, maybe the IRS will find me one day but I dont have a bank account and I dont have any public records (like a drivers liscence)
I wonder what would happen if the IRS found me and asked for taxes...
I dont really think it was geared towards the average "computer geek" in fact I dont think it was intended for them at all...
I think this was meant as a tool for people that work outside. I dont think anyone with any kind of sense would walk around with this big thing strapped to them unless they had to for work..