Amen. I used to use Norton products exclusively for security. I finally stopped when Norton AntiVirus/Personal Firewall 2005 refused to activate on my laptop (admittedly with a very messed up install). I had a valid license, and the activation went through with no apparent problem. But after the 30 day trial period, it suddenly stopped working and said I need to activate. I used up my activation credits trying to get it to work. Symantec support was no help at all. I sort of gave up, but when I started to get viruses (virii?), I realized I had to have something and got Grisoft AVG Antivirus Free. To my surprise, the free program was better than the extremely overpriced Norton suite. Since then, I use AVG exclusively, and recommend it to everyone I know. The software is a 20 MB download as opposed to ~500 MB and takes 3 minutes instead of 30 to install. It doesn't even require a restart after the installation (and neither do updates, which seem to come nearly every day). And most importantly, my computer is faster. I hear people complaining all the time about slow computers, and Norton is always the problem (although more RAM generally wouldn't hurt). I'm planning to buy the paid version, just to support the great things Grisoft is doing.
In my book, it's not a good sign if any program takes a half hour to install or uninstall.
Wait, correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like not only was Bellsouth planning to donate a damaged building to the city, but now they're rescinding their offer.
That's just crappy. Really.
Why do other countries have 25 mbit connections with cable for $20 a month and in the US we can't give a 512 kbit line for free while the city is a complete mess. And they can't provide more than 128 kbit after the city gets back to normal.
Not that anyone could use the wifi very much without power anyway, but thats another story.
I'm sorry if I misunderstood something, but how did he come to the conclusion that the TSA is liberal. We all hate the wait, but we are on elevated alert here, people!
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In my book, it's not a good sign if any program takes a half hour to install or uninstall.
Take a look
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I got ~1500 on my brand new rig (Athlon X2 3800+, Radeon X800GTO) Someone got over 10000! This makes me sad. :-(
That seems to describe this phenomenon pretty accurately!
Could it be a conspiracy?
That's just crappy. Really.
Why do other countries have 25 mbit connections with cable for $20 a month and in the US we can't give a 512 kbit line for free while the city is a complete mess. And they can't provide more than 128 kbit after the city gets back to normal.
Not that anyone could use the wifi very much without power anyway, but thats another story.
I could be a terrorist for all I know! (shudder)
Take the red pill.
It seems to me that these things would just be huge-ass targets. Not to mention that it would be all but impossible to hide one.
Other than that a good idea, though.