The 2004 version of the Norton AntiVirus product detects some adware. It just doesn't delete most of it for not only the reason you stated, but also because deleting some Adware may piss off the lusers who put it on their machines themselves.
In otherwords, Symantec doesn't want to be complained to when NAV breaks their file sharing program or their handy "password remembering tool" automatically.
However, Symantec will be happy to help you remove any adware that NAV detects manually for a fee.
Those running around with the Release Candidates for XP2 on 64 bit processors are reporting that the "NX" feature is causing problems with many applications.
After you get about 100 miles or so North of Sacramento, the scenery on the I-5 gets considerably better. It is a shame that the best scenery gets shoved into a period of about 1 minute on this video (from the sounds of it, anyway).
Mainly this TOS is in place for Comcast to nail people who use too much (upstream) bandwidth. Comcast advertises "unlimited" bandwidth, however their TOS forbids "servers."
What types of people will use the most bandwidth? Those who participate in file sharing via P2P networks, FTP servers, or HTTP.
Throw in mail servers for the spammers.
Comcast likely doesn't give a rat's ass about the HTTP server you throw up just to toy/experiment with. They DO give rat's ass about an HTTP or FTP server that serves out DVD rips of Hollywood flicks and MP3s.
Back in the days when @Home was just starting up, my cable company actually sent two people out in a van to hook it up for you. One of them was the "cable guy" and the other one was the "tech."
The cable guy did his thing as the tech hooked the cable modem and plugged it into my brand new NT box with a network cable.
Tech hooks it up, sets the network settings, and reboots. No connection.
Tech begins looking at the hardware profile, and I notice a big "X" over my NIC, indicating it is disabled.
I told the tech that it appeared the machine shipped with the NIC disabled (I hadn't used the NIC before) and to try enabling it.
Instead the tech ignores me, dicks around with the TCP/IP settings some more and then makes some incoherant rambling about Windows NT not being a "plug and play" operating system. He tells me that he thinks that my NIC is not compatible with the cable modem and offers to sell me one from @Home for $70.
I told the tech that I would pass on his offer for the time being, and that I would call my OEM to see if perhaps they had an updated driver. The tech agrees and gives me the number to call for support.
As soon as the tech leaves, I go into my hardware profile and enable my NIC. Not surprisingly, I'm now online.
I actually called the number the tech gave me to let them know that either the guy was an idiot (or at best too arrogant to listen to the suggestion of a high schooler).
Contrast this with my most recent setup with Comcast. The guy basically dropped the cable modem off, took one look at all the machines I had sitting at the side of the room, and said, "I'm not touching anything. Here is the setup information." I'm not quite fond of Comcast (I actually preferred the Road Runner connection I had when I lived in San Diego), but at least their cable guy was smart enough not to prentend to know what he was doing.
I like many console games, but PC games are different.
Console games are typically not as complex or open-ended as PC games, and are not generally moddable.
This is why Bioware is still making PC games. They are planning for their next PC game, Dragon Age, to have a toolset, GM Client, scripting language, etc. just like NWN did. This type of venture is a great example of why PC gaming will never die.
How is open source software going to counter this latest onslaught from Micro$oft?
By working hard on making their PC software better, rather than than wasting time making crappy games for a crappy console.
(I mean, it is pretty sad when they have to offer a life sized pillow-doll of Kasumi from DOA as a freebie when you buy an X-Box in order to sell the thing in Japan.)
With the exception of maybe Mortal Kombat, all the video game based Hollywood movies I've seen have been unbearable.
That doesn't mean that it cannot be done right, but most games wouldn't translate well into movies, and Hollywood just seems to use lisences from popular games to make a quick buck.
Some people here have said that Peter Jackson would be able to do a Zelda movie. Maybe he _could_ pull it off, but I think it'd be hard to fit everything that makes Zelda games fun into a movie and still make it a good movie. Watching Link go through dungeons and solve puzzles and find a boatload of items in treasure chests probably wouldn't translate to the big screen all that well.
The word is now that John Woo is going to be doing the Metroid movie. I've played through every Metroid game (some several times), and I don't recall seeing pidgeons or martial artists on Planet Zebus. Seems they are tying a big name director with a big name game franchise.
It seems that this only affects Outlook, so those who use another client seem to be safe from this (although it also seems clear that those who have patched are also safe from this).
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Not entirely true.
The 2004 version of the Norton AntiVirus product detects some adware. It just doesn't delete most of it for not only the reason you stated, but also because deleting some Adware may piss off the lusers who put it on their machines themselves.
In otherwords, Symantec doesn't want to be complained to when NAV breaks their file sharing program or their handy "password remembering tool" automatically.
However, Symantec will be happy to help you remove any adware that NAV detects manually for a fee.
How about gaming? There is no way a "hard core" gamer is going to want to play online games on dialup.
Those running around with the Release Candidates for XP2 on 64 bit processors are reporting that the "NX" feature is causing problems with many applications.
After you get about 100 miles or so North of Sacramento, the scenery on the I-5 gets considerably better. It is a shame that the best scenery gets shoved into a period of about 1 minute on this video (from the sounds of it, anyway).
Other parties, such as the Libertarian Party, oppose the Patriot Act and just about everything other piece of crap legistlation in existance.
Both Intel and AMD will tell you that if you use a different heatsink/fan than the one that came with the processor, you will void the warranty.
Mainly this TOS is in place for Comcast to nail people who use too much (upstream) bandwidth. Comcast advertises "unlimited" bandwidth, however their TOS forbids "servers."
What types of people will use the most bandwidth? Those who participate in file sharing via P2P networks, FTP servers, or HTTP.
Throw in mail servers for the spammers.
Comcast likely doesn't give a rat's ass about the HTTP server you throw up just to toy/experiment with. They DO give rat's ass about an HTTP or FTP server that serves out DVD rips of Hollywood flicks and MP3s.
Back in the days when @Home was just starting up, my cable company actually sent two people out in a van to hook it up for you. One of them was the "cable guy" and the other one was the "tech."
The cable guy did his thing as the tech hooked the cable modem and plugged it into my brand new NT box with a network cable.
Tech hooks it up, sets the network settings, and reboots. No connection.
Tech begins looking at the hardware profile, and I notice a big "X" over my NIC, indicating it is disabled.
I told the tech that it appeared the machine shipped with the NIC disabled (I hadn't used the NIC before) and to try enabling it.
Instead the tech ignores me, dicks around with the TCP/IP settings some more and then makes some incoherant rambling about Windows NT not being a "plug and play" operating system. He tells me that he thinks that my NIC is not compatible with the cable modem and offers to sell me one from @Home for $70.
I told the tech that I would pass on his offer for the time being, and that I would call my OEM to see if perhaps they had an updated driver. The tech agrees and gives me the number to call for support.
As soon as the tech leaves, I go into my hardware profile and enable my NIC. Not surprisingly, I'm now online.
I actually called the number the tech gave me to let them know that either the guy was an idiot (or at best too arrogant to listen to the suggestion of a high schooler).
Contrast this with my most recent setup with Comcast. The guy basically dropped the cable modem off, took one look at all the machines I had sitting at the side of the room, and said, "I'm not touching anything. Here is the setup information." I'm not quite fond of Comcast (I actually preferred the Road Runner connection I had when I lived in San Diego), but at least their cable guy was smart enough not to prentend to know what he was doing.
Exactly.
I like many console games, but PC games are different.
Console games are typically not as complex or open-ended as PC games, and are not generally moddable.
This is why Bioware is still making PC games. They are planning for their next PC game, Dragon Age, to have a toolset, GM Client, scripting language, etc. just like NWN did. This type of venture is a great example of why PC gaming will never die.
Wrong. We just need to actually elect lawmakers who will _follow_ the Constitution we have.
Cost of Windows XP Pro: $199, plus the people in question hate Bill Gates.
Cost of Doom 3: $50, plus the people in question think John Carmack is cool.
The new Zelda looks like it completely owns. I won't be surprised if Nintendo sells a shitload of Cubes just because of the trailer for this game.
How is open source software going to counter this latest onslaught from Micro$oft?
By working hard on making their PC software better, rather than than wasting time making crappy games for a crappy console.
(I mean, it is pretty sad when they have to offer a life sized pillow-doll of Kasumi from DOA as a freebie when you buy an X-Box in order to sell the thing in Japan.)
This has already been talked about here. Until I saw your post, I was going to make a speculation that MS would announce a "Second Edition" of XP.
If you are who you say you are, I suppose that my suspicion is correct. Microsoft is going to make users pay for what should be in "SP3."
Apple created a service where people that people would be happy to pay for because it finally offered music at a decent price.
So what does the RIAA do? They try to kill it by forcing Apple to increase the price until it is as expensive as a CD.
Basically destroys the whole purpose of the service, doesn't it?
1 out of every 3 peoplele are also idiots who don't read the instructions.
Mod Parent Up!
Yes, if you buy a shitty motherboard, a shitty hard drive, etc. you can expect poorer performance no matter what processor your choose.
Much of the time, thefts at locales like this are often done by people with at least some inside knowledge of the site's security.
It'll be interesting to see where this investigation goes.
With the exception of maybe Mortal Kombat, all the video game based Hollywood movies I've seen have been unbearable.
That doesn't mean that it cannot be done right, but most games wouldn't translate well into movies, and Hollywood just seems to use lisences from popular games to make a quick buck.
Some people here have said that Peter Jackson would be able to do a Zelda movie. Maybe he _could_ pull it off, but I think it'd be hard to fit everything that makes Zelda games fun into a movie and still make it a good movie. Watching Link go through dungeons and solve puzzles and find a boatload of items in treasure chests probably wouldn't translate to the big screen all that well.
The word is now that John Woo is going to be doing the Metroid movie. I've played through every Metroid game (some several times), and I don't recall seeing pidgeons or martial artists on Planet Zebus. Seems they are tying a big name director with a big name game franchise.
1. MySQL can be installed without cost.
2. MySQL is easy to install and learn.
Symantec has a free online virus scan and virus removal tools.
Lavasoft makes an adware removal program called Ad-Aware which will help you with adware/spyware.
Yomiko Readman will no doubt benefit from this invention. Now she can use disk drives as weapons in addition to books!
Dark Dungeons!
It seems that this only affects Outlook, so those who use another client seem to be safe from this (although it also seems clear that those who have patched are also safe from this).