I had Avast on an old XP machine, no users defined, I think it has XP Pro, might make a difference. I added a user, and it initiated a trial period, which then expired. Being thrifty, I went to PC Tools free edition, which is said to be not as good, instead.
Regards,
Bob
rgerchalk@hotmail.com
Consumer Reports addresses antivirus software, including free ones. Currently they rate Avira and PC Tools (the former rated more highly). They used to rate Avast, and I use it. However, if you add a user to Windows it forces you to either pay for it or remove it.
I use my cell phone for my primary telephone. My home phone is unlisted and on the do not call list. Once in awhile I pick it up. I have got a number of recorded messages from mortgage brokers and politicians. The local paper calls once in awhile soliciting subscriptions. Seems there isn't much interest in my area for that.
I'm a registered nurse, and I built the first nursing Web site at a famous teaching hospital in the mid 1990s, using Pico on the UNIX command line. I thought a nurse with IT knowledge would be valued, so I enrolled in an IS/business program. It hasn't done much for me. I finished in 2000 just as things crashed. On the few interviews I had, they told me I wasn't established in IT, if they were IT folks, and if they were nurses, that I wasn't in Nursing Management already so I wasn't qualified. I got another career in Nursing management, and get calls for director positions, but they don't have anything to do with IT; the business component seems more valued, something like an MBA.
In 1998 I applied for a leadership position in the hospital where I worked. I had serious gaps in my interpersonal skills, and they knew it. My boss's daugher was an industrial psychologist. They got some behavioral test and got their best psych type to ask me the questions in front of the group. Of course, I flunked and didn't get the position. I was really resentful at the time, because I figure I would have done better without these tests.
However, what I see now, is that many positions are filled from employee referrals, and they just do the tests because they're on the list. People want to hire folks they are comfortable with.
I recent was job hunting (for a psychiatric nursing position, by the way). There was quite a bit of talk about this...
They are supposed to reject anything but the stated qualifications, and you must have ALL of them. A really good candidate with one qualification missing but lots of experience around it--should not be hired because it might discriminate against a protected class member--who had just the stated requirements.
When I went to interviews, I was often handed a paper application anyway, seems they weren't allowed to use the online stuff except to invite you to do the paper one.
Many recruiters, it seems, refuse to read resumes either. The whole thing sucks.
I advertised for someone to design furniture, on Craigslist and also listed with the local art school. Most of the replies were terrible. These kids (mostly they were college students and recent grads)often couldn't draw, couldn't design--they just wanted to play on the computer. They designed things that they knew how to do on the screen, only. And I talk to one guy, really talented, but we were doodling on napkins at dinner--he doesn't know how to draw in perspective. The computer is certainly useful, but, ahem....the point is well taken.
My optometrist examined me a couple years ago and asked if I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or great stress. I had just been checked by my medical physician and didn't have the first two. I'm a pretty serious runner. But my JOB--was off the charts, really stressful.
The next year, same eye doc, same test. I had quit the job. He didn't mention any vascular problems. I asked him. He said no, don't see anything like that.
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They don't want to sell anything, just receive maximum revenue per subscriber
I had the $10 DSL till it expired. (Florida), worked ok for it's time, before there was much video online
In metric countries they still speak of mile per gallon, and there a lot of soft conversion. One inch pipe is the same size, but they call it 25 mm.
I had Avast on an old XP machine, no users defined, I think it has XP Pro, might make a difference. I added a user, and it initiated a trial period, which then expired. Being thrifty, I went to PC Tools free edition, which is said to be not as good, instead. Regards, Bob rgerchalk@hotmail.com
Consumer Reports addresses antivirus software, including free ones. Currently they rate Avira and PC Tools (the former rated more highly). They used to rate Avast, and I use it. However, if you add a user to Windows it forces you to either pay for it or remove it.
I use my cell phone for my primary telephone. My home phone is unlisted and on the do not call list. Once in awhile I pick it up. I have got a number of recorded messages from mortgage brokers and politicians. The local paper calls once in awhile soliciting subscriptions. Seems there isn't much interest in my area for that.
I'm a registered nurse, and I built the first nursing Web site at a famous teaching hospital in the mid 1990s, using Pico on the UNIX command line. I thought a nurse with IT knowledge would be valued, so I enrolled in an IS/business program. It hasn't done much for me. I finished in 2000 just as things crashed. On the few interviews I had, they told me I wasn't established in IT, if they were IT folks, and if they were nurses, that I wasn't in Nursing Management already so I wasn't qualified. I got another career in Nursing management, and get calls for director positions, but they don't have anything to do with IT; the business component seems more valued, something like an MBA.
In 1998 I applied for a leadership position in the hospital where I worked. I had serious gaps in my interpersonal skills, and they knew it. My boss's daugher was an industrial psychologist. They got some behavioral test and got their best psych type to ask me the questions in front of the group. Of course, I flunked and didn't get the position. I was really resentful at the time, because I figure I would have done better without these tests. However, what I see now, is that many positions are filled from employee referrals, and they just do the tests because they're on the list. People want to hire folks they are comfortable with.
I recent was job hunting (for a psychiatric nursing position, by the way). There was quite a bit of talk about this... They are supposed to reject anything but the stated qualifications, and you must have ALL of them. A really good candidate with one qualification missing but lots of experience around it--should not be hired because it might discriminate against a protected class member--who had just the stated requirements. When I went to interviews, I was often handed a paper application anyway, seems they weren't allowed to use the online stuff except to invite you to do the paper one. Many recruiters, it seems, refuse to read resumes either. The whole thing sucks.
I advertised for someone to design furniture, on Craigslist and also listed with the local art school. Most of the replies were terrible. These kids (mostly they were college students and recent grads)often couldn't draw, couldn't design--they just wanted to play on the computer. They designed things that they knew how to do on the screen, only. And I talk to one guy, really talented, but we were doodling on napkins at dinner--he doesn't know how to draw in perspective. The computer is certainly useful, but, ahem....the point is well taken.
My optometrist examined me a couple years ago and asked if I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or great stress. I had just been checked by my medical physician and didn't have the first two. I'm a pretty serious runner. But my JOB--was off the charts, really stressful. The next year, same eye doc, same test. I had quit the job. He didn't mention any vascular problems. I asked him. He said no, don't see anything like that.