I ran across the Eon website in In February, and didn't give it another thought. In fact, I'd completely forgotten about it until all the hype yesterday on the web.
Why? Because the gloating, tease you in advance criminal mastermind type that pulls that BS is found only in cheap comic books and novels. It's the type of plot development that's only taken seriously by 12 year old mentalities.
And using the latest in Srongbad(TM) made up technology, I give you a transcript of what happened:
B: Taylor, excellent job on the "get the facts" prgram, superlative work! T: Thank you sir. B: No, Thank YOU! You slung the BS like a champion, and no matter how they dodged or hid behind the truth, you managed to spatter most of'em with at least a dollop of BS! B: Now we have a challenge for you, a magnum opus for a champion of BS. BEHOLD! MSN! T: Uh sir, that's one Hignormous pile of BS to sling! B: You don't understand, You aren't going to fling it, you're going to POLISH IT! Till it gleams like a jewel in the sun. The shinola and buffing brushes are right over there. T: -GULP-
I'll give the guy credit, he lasted 3 months. I'd've been outta there so fast the walls would've imploded!
Because no spyware detector/cleaner can ever catch 100% of spyware since new crap is coming out all the time. (geez, I sound like a commercial) The best fallback is something that'll alert you to ANY startup changes, and give you the option to deny them.
(Startup guard is free as in beer, Startup Watch is free as in speech, but I prefer Startup guard for its ease of use.)
I filed that comment under "BOGUS" as soon as I read it. Having once lived in a small town with a high crime rate, I read about bar shootings almost weekly that contained the phrase "Shot in the face".
Seems to me people naturally aim at the face in a fight, either to throw a punch, or fire a handgun. Hitmen on the other hand, seem to like putting bullets in the back of the head and then disappear into the crowd.
"Apparently, it had gotten sucked into a vent somewhere, and had been sitting in a duct."
And there's the answer right there; anything left loose on the space station WILL end up on or in an air vent. So just put a mesh cover over the vent s so nothing gets sucked in, and check them first when something goes missing.
Isn't it obvious? Joe Sixpack blows his paycheck online and nobody cares. Joe Schmoe beats the odds and wins big, FELON! Pay a massive fine or do hard time, state gets the money.
3) They are suppressing free energy? Why? Free energy would launch an incredible boom for economy, help greatly in pollution reduction, provide an excellent way of getting rid of oil dependency, provide instant cheap space exploration (and thus access to the vast resources on the moon and in the asteroid belt, for example), erase any poverty and/or hunger etc. So WHY should anyone suppress that? Can anyone tell me why?
Have you seen his "house"? It's actually more of a compound with a large part of it hidden underground, with under ground tunnels connecting all the various buildings. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/tech/billgate/gates.h tm
Seriously, it looks to me like it was designed as a fortress more than a house.
Up until a couple of years ago, I'd have agreed with you. Until I realized that it was taking over 15 minutes for my computer to boot. after checking it over thoroughly to make sure nothing was running that shouldn't be running, I was left with the options to re-install, or risk trashing the registry and try to clean it.
Since cleaning the registry would at worst leave me facing a re-install, I went for it. Simply amazing, over a hundred obsolete entries, and best of all, drivers were linked 3, 4, 6, up to over a dozen times each! Seems there's a glitch somewhere on my systems that'll cause windows to relink to a driver if it doesn't respond fast enough on bootup.
So I run the registry through the wringer about a twice a year now (As needed, for sluggishness), and so far it boots up in less than a minute most of the time.
FWIW, I run 98SE now, have run 98, same problem with both. This computer runs Vector SOHO, no problems yet, learning pains aside, but I still run a 98SE system, because I am familiar with its quirks, and know how to work around them. (But it'll be gone after I feel a bit more at home with Vector)
Startup Guard - Because something's eventually gonna slip by Anti-virus and malware scanners, so having something to alert you when a nasty is trying to modify the registry, ini scripts or start up directory is essential. (Free at www.acelogix.com)
Orphans Remover - Because uninstall doesn't always get rid all the traces of unwanted programs in the registry. Keeps your system from eventually slowing down. (Free at www.digiarch.org/products.asp)
TweakNow RegCleaner Standard - Clears out cruft and obsolete links in the registry. Run it after removing malware and virusess to make sure they're gone, but back up the registry first! (free at www.tweaknow.com)
And in case you haven't figured it out by now, a good healthy dose of paranoia is essential to keep a Windows system healthy! (Windows makes an AIDS patient look healthy in comparison, tactless, but true)
Heh, reminds me of an old cartoon. A college professor sitting at a bar with a big, evil looking robot towering over him. The caption: "Don't worry, he's just programmed to take me home the minute I start quoting Nietzsche."
This is what I did when opening a new savings account;
Clerk: "What is your email address?" Me: "Uh, I don't use email." Clerk: "You know, hotmail, or maybe a Yahoo account?" Me: "Nope, don't use computers that much." Clerk: "Ok, Do you use a cellphone?" Me: "Nope, I like my privacy."
Ok, so I mildly (HAH!) prevaricated, but at least I insured that I can safely diregard any email that claims to be from them.
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Seriously, by the time MS gets this on the market, other PMPs like this http://www.stuffmagazine.co.uk/hotstuffarticle.asp ?de_id=1902 will already be in the stores.
(Is there ANYONE that isn't putting out something similar?)
Heck, I'd bet even a toy like this one http://vugo.com/vugo.php will give it a run for the money.
I ran across the Eon website in In February, and didn't give it another thought.
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In fact, I'd completely forgotten about it until all the hype yesterday on the web.
Why? Because the gloating, tease you in advance criminal mastermind type that pulls that BS is found only in cheap comic books and novels.
It's the type of plot development that's only taken seriously by 12 year old mentalities.
Geez, if that kind of thing is taken seriously these days, prepare for terror!
http://www.delta-green.com/
http://members.shaw.ca/csstrowbridge/Tulzscha/Mai
http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/zogg/zogg1.html
http://www.cantonweb.com/procrastinators/
and finally:
http://r33b.net/
Run for the hills! BOOGA-BOOGA!
Or, grab some ice cubes, and chill out alrady!
And using the latest in Srongbad(TM) made up technology, I give you a transcript of what happened:
B: Taylor, excellent job on the "get the facts" prgram, superlative work!
T: Thank you sir.
B: No, Thank YOU! You slung the BS like a champion, and no matter how they dodged or hid behind the truth, you managed to spatter most of'em with at least a dollop of BS!
B: Now we have a challenge for you, a magnum opus for a champion of BS. BEHOLD! MSN!
T: Uh sir, that's one Hignormous pile of BS to sling!
B: You don't understand, You aren't going to fling it, you're going to POLISH IT! Till it gleams like a jewel in the sun. The shinola and buffing brushes are right over there.
T: -GULP-
I'll give the guy credit, he lasted 3 months. I'd've been outta there so fast the walls would've imploded!
Actually, The haters are a minority, just very, very vocal.
OTOH, Microsoft has done many unsavory things in it's day, and the past is littered with companies that trusted them.
Actions speak louder than rehtoric, so before I, personally, trust them, I'm going to have to see some (a lot actually) trustworthy behavior.
No joke, there was a "Batman" that did this in the thirties, Clem Sohn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Sohn
Died when his parachute fouled up. Famous last words:"I feel as safe as you would in your grandmother's kitchen."
I agree 100% with yourpost. but would like to add something: Startup Guard http://www.acelogix.com/freeware.html or Startup Watch http://www.harmlesslion.com/cgi-bin/onesoft.cgi?6
Because no spyware detector/cleaner can ever catch 100% of spyware since new crap is coming out all the time. (geez, I sound like a commercial) The best fallback is something that'll alert you to ANY startup changes, and give you the option to deny them.
(Startup guard is free as in beer, Startup Watch is free as in speech, but I prefer Startup guard for its ease of use.)
I filed that comment under "BOGUS" as soon as I read it. Having once lived in a small town with a high crime rate, I read about bar shootings almost weekly that contained the phrase "Shot in the face".
Seems to me people naturally aim at the face in a fight, either to throw a punch, or fire a handgun.
Hitmen on the other hand, seem to like putting bullets in the back of the head and then disappear into the crowd.
"Apparently, it had gotten sucked into a vent somewhere, and had been sitting in a duct."
And there's the answer right there; anything left loose on the space station WILL end up on or in an air vent.
So just put a mesh cover over the vent s so nothing gets sucked in, and check them first when something goes missing.
(Something loose in the ductwork might explain that mysterious noise http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2049 they keep hearing. just a thought.)
Isn't it obvious? Joe Sixpack blows his paycheck online and nobody cares.
Joe Schmoe beats the odds and wins big, FELON! Pay a massive fine or do hard time, state gets the money.
"how many android men have been developed?"
o es-missing/2006/02/13/1139679514495.html
Just one that I know of, but he seems to have wandered off somewhere.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/author-android-g
(Cue "Men don't ask for directions, even mechanical ones" jokes)
3) They are suppressing free energy? Why? Free energy would launch an incredible boom for economy, help greatly in pollution reduction, provide an excellent way of getting rid of oil dependency, provide instant cheap space exploration (and thus access to the vast resources on the moon and in the asteroid belt, for example), erase any poverty and/or hunger etc. So WHY should anyone suppress that? Can anyone tell me why?
First, a historical parable: http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=742
Moral: radical change to your economic base can be seen as a bad thing that needs to be repressed or, preferably, destroyed outright.
Hmph, why not download it for free? Or the whole Stars Wars album for $1.50?s _Imperial_March/
(So it ain't iTunes, but there are alternatives!)
http://www.top1000mp3.net/download_mp3/5/Star_War
But, isn't using that abacus to post on Slashdot a PITA?
Have you seen his "house"? It's actually more of a compound with a large part of it hidden underground, with under ground tunnels connecting all the various buildings.h tm
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/tech/billgate/gates.
Seriously, it looks to me like it was designed as a fortress more than a house.
Up until a couple of years ago, I'd have agreed with you. Until I realized that it was taking over 15 minutes for my computer to boot.
after checking it over thoroughly to make sure nothing was running that shouldn't be running, I was left with the options to re-install, or risk trashing the registry and try to clean it.
Since cleaning the registry would at worst leave me facing a re-install, I went for it.
Simply amazing, over a hundred obsolete entries, and best of all, drivers were linked 3, 4, 6, up to over a dozen times each!
Seems there's a glitch somewhere on my systems that'll cause windows to relink to a driver if it doesn't respond fast enough on bootup.
So I run the registry through the wringer about a twice a year now (As needed, for sluggishness), and so far it boots up in less than a minute most of the time.
FWIW, I run 98SE now, have run 98, same problem with both. This computer runs Vector SOHO, no problems yet, learning pains aside, but I still run a 98SE system, because I am familiar with its quirks, and know how to work around them. (But it'll be gone after I feel a bit more at home with Vector)
a couple more;
Startup Guard - Because something's eventually gonna slip by Anti-virus and malware scanners, so having something to alert you when a nasty is trying to modify the registry, ini scripts or start up directory is essential. (Free at www.acelogix.com)
Orphans Remover - Because uninstall doesn't always get rid all the traces of unwanted programs in the registry. Keeps your system from eventually slowing down. (Free at www.digiarch.org/products.asp)
TweakNow RegCleaner Standard - Clears out cruft and obsolete links in the registry. Run it after removing malware and virusess to make sure they're gone, but back up the registry first! (free at www.tweaknow.com)
And in case you haven't figured it out by now, a good healthy dose of paranoia is essential to keep a Windows system healthy! (Windows makes an AIDS patient look healthy in comparison, tactless, but true)
Actually, silicosis is a common disease in many parts of the world where dry, dusty conditions exist, and it has a long, long history;i n+mummies&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Silicosis+
Seems to me the inspiration would have come from someone saying:
"My battery is dead... Atchoo!"
And yet nobody has yet said:
"Finally! The ease of linux combined with the security of Windows!"
Really guys we're slipping here.
"Because the "Department Administering the Fair Tax" will be better..."
Disclaimer:
I fell compelled to point out that I am in no way affiliated with the above, or any other revenue service!
Signed. Captain DaFt
Hmm, how about a bag that'd scare muggers away? (Genuine faux human skin!)
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http://www.skinbag.net/skinbag-gb/fiches/F-comput
http://www.skinbag.net/skinbag-gb/fiches/F-urban.
Tres cool, in a disgusting sort of way.
"people would be posthumously excluding their DNA "
Geez, I am so hoping you meant "retro-actively"!
Heh, reminds me of an old cartoon.
A college professor sitting at a bar with a big, evil looking robot towering over him.
The caption: "Don't worry, he's just programmed to take me home the minute I start quoting Nietzsche."
(Yeah, off topic but I thought it was funny)
You found an english speaking cabby in Manhattan?
I thought they all retired in the 60's!
This is what I did when opening a new savings account;
Clerk: "What is your email address?"
Me: "Uh, I don't use email."
Clerk: "You know, hotmail, or maybe a Yahoo account?"
Me: "Nope, don't use computers that much."
Clerk: "Ok, Do you use a cellphone?"
Me: "Nope, I like my privacy."
Ok, so I mildly (HAH!) prevaricated, but at least I insured that I can safely diregard any email that claims to be from them.