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Rita Book's Draft post v3 by Eri August 30, 2011 7:42 am

Actually, I completed the post and posted it so there shouldn't be a draft out there now. Maybe I ... by Eri 2011-08-31 04:58:29

Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple by TB August 24, 2011 5:49 pm

Cripes. The man is dying. by TB 2011-08-26 13:46:28
- My father died of pancreatic cancer. There is a certain look of someone dying from this type of cancer. ... by Eri 2011-08-26 16:53:45
- A little strange that Jobs insists on referring to his illness as complex but quite treatable, while medical professionals are ... by FrankC 2011-08-26 14:25:59
  - Actually, more and more treatments to cancer are becoming developed nowadays, most relative of which are this, this, and most ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 19:14:06
  - To be fair, Jobs had the responsibility of Apple's fiscal condition to think about. Every time he coughed, the ... by TB 2011-08-26 14:31:01

"Dad Stuff" by TB August 21, 2011 4:23 pm

Apple???? by Eri August 18, 2011 9:59 pm

Can you be more specific about exactly what it says? It is normal to have to run updates on Apples (or ... by TB 2011-08-20 19:31:50
You should assume a virus. The fact that it's asking you to click something suggests that it hasn't been able ... by Robert 2011-08-19 10:02:49
- Hmmmm. Looks like this may be legitimate after all. About Apple. I have all my updates set to ask ... by Eri 2011-08-19 14:21:02
  - Interesting. I have an Apple update manager too, but it operates differently. Seems to fire off periodically on a schedule, ... by Robert 2011-08-19 18:37:55
- Thanks! I'll remember that about popups. I do have McAfee antivirus. Of course, nothing can protect 100% ... by Eri 2011-08-19 13:51:46

Download speed/Upload by Eri August 18, 2011 11:32 am

Bandwidth test results by Robert 2011-08-19 09:59:04
Wish I could get screwed like that.;-) by Robert 2011-08-19 09:56:23
- Tested mine on two of the links you gave. The first one doesn't have anything near KC listed. The Broadband ... by Eri 2011-08-19 14:10:15
  - Pretty good results. To put "pretty good" in context, I find that approx 5 megabits is adequate to watch medium-grade ... by Robert 2011-08-19 18:48:34
- Don't you mean download? That would be great. I am paying about 40.00 per month and I average from 5 ... by FrankC 2011-08-19 12:11:24
  - doh! by Robert 2011-08-19 12:58:11

Is your ISP cheating you? by Eri August 12, 2011 9:55 am

I didn't read it that way, though my personal experience would lead me to expect that they're robbing me blind. ... by Robert 2011-08-15 11:24:23
- I have Time Warner. My download speed was under par, though not too far, last time I checked but ... by Eri 2011-08-16 10:48:22

Secret codes in Manifesto's broken links? by podrock August 9, 2011 10:18 pm

How do you download a video to keep? by Eri August 8, 2011 4:45 pm

try this by FrankC 2011-08-09 00:51:51
- I'll give that a try. Thank you! I've got a bunch of YouTube music videos I might download. ... by Eri 2011-08-09 05:16:16
  - My rule of thumb is, if you shouldn't do it they will block you. by FrankC 2011-08-09 14:05:47
    - I just didn't want to get carted away. Who would feed my cats? by Eri 2011-08-09 17:37:00

Dead computer? Not today by TB August 5, 2011 9:40 am

Hope you're not still having these problems. by Eri 2011-08-07 18:01:50

I've begun looking at anti-spam plug-ins by Eri August 5, 2011 6:06 am

Let's define what we're researching. by Robert 2011-08-08 11:30:00
- I think I understood WHAT I was looking for, just didn't understand the parameters or that WordPress had a catalog. ... by Eri 2011-08-08 21:57:37
The MS and Outlook plug ins are basically filters for their mail client. They usually work on keywords and phrases ... by FrankC 2011-08-06 00:33:51
- Nice guesses. Good overview. (n/t) by Robert 2011-08-08 11:31:11
- Interesting. Thanks, Frank. Your educated guess is usually pretty dang good. It took me awhile to figure ... by Eri 2011-08-06 13:36:52

Spam, Spam, Damn Spam by Eri July 31, 2011 10:53 am

We talked about those plugins once. The big negative is that each post or comment is submitted to an outside ... by Robert 2011-08-03 14:14:11
- I'll see if I can research it. At least I know what a plug-in is. Since we're a ... by Eri 2011-08-03 22:46:02
  - Well, it can be AC or DC, we're open-minded here. Though DC is not on anybody's Christmas card list right ... by Robert 2011-08-04 10:10:20
    - BC is on my Christmas Card list but i'm taking them off because that's where the "Sparking Assholes" are coming ... by Eri 2011-08-04 15:52:10
- It takes one easy click to send something to the spam file. No problems here. I'm assuming they ... by TB 2011-08-03 16:06:30
  - The only problem is that I think a site can be taken down by an influx of SPAM. Granted, ... by Eri 2011-08-03 22:40:34
    - A deliberate denial-of-service attack on the Zone might be possible (not sure why anyone would do it), but it would ... by TB 2011-08-04 08:04:03
      - I tend to agree with you (on this). The captchas we use don't completely stop the spammers, but they force ... by Robert 2011-08-04 10:03:26

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