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| 12-22-04
| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 12/22/2004 1:06:17 PM PST by backhoe
How Spyware Took The Next-Gen Threat Crown (On The Internet's No #1 Threat Today MUST READ!!!) -- My own opinion is that anything that takes over your private computer without your informed consent should be illegal and that anyone distributing such programs and those paying to have it distributed (the engine that drives this train) should be held criminally responsible. A politician who would undertake such legislation would have an instantaneous, nation-wide following... a political hero (are you listening out there?)
Browser Wars -- Broadband Firefox users should try ForecastFox 0.5.8. It will put the Weather Channel forecast of your choice in the taskbar. Completely customizeable (I selected the three-day, day-and-night forecast for my ZIP) and totally cool.
Now that you have changed to Firefox, go to this thread to help you out.... if you are on a Broadband Internet connection.
Free Help here:
Currently I'm running pretty safely with Adaware, Spybot, Firefox, AVG, Sun Java (people forget this upgrade) Zone Alarm and a router. And I deactivated ActiveX for all but Windows update.
Some recommend Xandros 3.0. Windows like and the easiest Debian Linux distro for newbies to install and maintain. Even all the names have been changed to make getting around the operating system as painless and familiar as possible. In addition, with the Deluxe Version, you can run Windows applications with Crossover Office.
http://www.xandros.com
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browsers; computers; firefox; internetexplorer; microsoft; security; windows
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02/23/2005 2:00:38 PM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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02/25/2005 1:07:51 AM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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02/25/2005 3:31:37 AM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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02/25/2005 4:24:15 PM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005 Introduced
Wirless World: Keeping phone numbers -- I just checked, we pay $10.42 monthly per land line for taxes fees and surcharges. $125 per year per line. I imagine most everyone does. "An influential congressional committee has dropped a political bombshell by suggesting that a tax originally created to pay for the Spanish American War could be extended to all Internet and data connections this year."
"OPT OUT??? OPT OUT?? That's SPAMMER TALK"
I also write very rude emails to the companies, telling them I will specifically not use products because they are using floater ads. I also, if I'm feeling particularly irritated, put it in a 4 meg jpeg and email it several times. It's also gotten me off of a couple of email lists
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02/26/2005 12:32:02 AM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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02/26/2005 12:33:00 AM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
To: backhoe
It will put the Weather Channel forecast of your choice in the taskbar
I choose 72 degrees with a brisk wind and moderate humidity.
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02/26/2005 12:36:15 AM PST
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tang-soo
(Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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02/27/2005 1:00:16 AM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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02/28/2005 1:01:01 PM PST
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backhoe
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02/28/2005 11:11:15 PM PST
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backhoe
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03/01/2005 1:50:53 PM PST
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backhoe
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03/01/2005 3:42:09 PM PST
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backhoe
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03/01/2005 4:37:35 PM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
To: backhoe
bump for later (just downloaded Firefox 1.0.1)
To: society-by-contract
I think you'll like FF.
If you have a hispeed connection, check the link about speeding it up- it really works wonders, and FF is already pretty fast.
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03/01/2005 4:57:34 PM PST
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backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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03/02/2005 1:33:42 AM PST
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backhoe
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To: backhoe
I've been using firefox for about six months and think it superior to $oft. I embrace the philosophy of open source, the bazaar over the cathedral, polycentrism over monocentrism, the sponteneous order over central planning. Intellectual property is mythology. Finally, open source is consistent with the political philosophy I embrace: individualist anarchism.
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03/02/2005 6:05:15 AM PST
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ELS
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03/03/2005 11:01:13 AM PST
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