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Ah ic it was 6 hours later. My mistake but I do like reading your postings.
An unwaxed car could pose a serious hazzard. Say you were on a motorcycle in
a state that didn't require a helmet or eye protection. You could get a paint
chip in your eye and crash all cuz that driver didn't feel like waxing his
car.
"Sorry, but if you are willing to take that risk, and potentially add
another Zombie on the net, spamming and slowing it down, then you can just
find out how to
turn off the nagging Security Center yourself."
Just commenting on your mentioning unfirewalled machines clogging up the
internet. I don't know where I got the analogy. It sounded funny at the time
while I was bored sitting at my desk waiting for people to come to me with
their ridiculous problems.
I live in a third floor apartment and always notice how the paint is gone
from many vehicles that drive by. In both cases the problem is ignorance. If
they would wax their paint we wouldn't have all these paint chips flying
around. If they would just keep their machines free of garbage, the Internet
wouldn't come to a grinding halt on a regular basis. I was trying to download
a measly 298MB file yesterday and the connection kept resetting. When I first
got DSL, that would never happen.
I'm gonna print up some bumperstickers:
Friends don't let friends use unfirewalled machines !!!
Believe me, many people who post here are seriously lacking in the info
department. You misunderstood his post from the getgo. You were assuming he
was using no firewall at all. From his comments, I was assuming that he was
using a firewall that XP did not recognize. In these times, only a moron
would knowingly refuse to use any protection at all. Although, I did read a
posting by one guy a while back stating exactly that. I don't know if there's
a point to this. It's just that when I read some of your postings, I can hear
your blood pressure rising. Unless you are just doing it for a laugh.
I like posts like:
Please help, my computer won't work. I tried everything and it just won't
work. Anyone have any ideas? Yeah, learn how to explain the problem better.
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Our speedometer has melted and as a result it's very hard to see with any
degree of accuracy exactly how fast we were going.
Do you feel this vehicle is safe for highway travel?
Yessir. It may not look like much but it'll get you where you wanna go.
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That's just like my opinion, Man........
"kurttrail" wrote:
> uggabugga wrote:
> > "kurttrail" wrote:
> >
> >> Greg Strong wrote:
> >>> Hello All,
> >>>
> >>> Is there any way to turn off the pop up Window's security alerts?
> >>>
> >>> No I don't want to use MS's firewall. It causes problems with my
> >>> network printer, so the pop ups and warnings are a PITA! Your help
> >>> would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
> >>
> >> And you are not using any firewall at all? Sorry, but if you are
> >> willing to take that risk, and potentially add another Zombie on the
> >> net, spamming and slowing it down, then you can just find out how to
> >> turn off the nagging Security Center yourself.
> >>
> > "Greg Strong" wrote:
> >
> >>> Well what can I say. I've had a NAT router for over 2 years. I've
> >>> had a >>personal firewall on my home PC for about 5 years.
> >
> > He said he's got a firewall and router.
>
> He said that well AFTER my post that you are replying to of mine.
>
> Am I supposed to travel back in time, and change my post because of info
> obtained AFTER my post was sent?
>
> Please ship me a DeLorean, and not one of the kit car ones!
>
> > Do you really expect the majority of people out there to be
> > knowledgable about keeping their PCs free of pests?
>
> No. But they should expect that people will help them turn off security
> features, just because they ask either.
>
> Analogy:
>
> To alt.biology.anthrax:
>
> High, I've grown my own strain of anthrax bacteria, and I'm having
> problems aerosolizing it. Please help!
>
> TIA
> Usama BL
>
>
> Are you gonna answer this post with directions to aerosolize anthrax, or
> are you gonna try to find out a little more?
>
> While I'm overblowing this analogy, it is roughly the same thing. I
> computer without protection is a danger to more than the owner of the
> protection-less computer.
>
> Notice I first ask, "And you are not using any firewall at all?" Then I
> went on to explain why I wasn't helping without further explanation.
>
> > Get real.
>
> I'm not real? Prove it.
>
> > Take a
> > look the next time you drive down the road and see how many people
> > know nothing about keeping paint on their car by using wax.
>
> LOL! Now you will have to explain that analogy. An unwaxed car is not
> inherently unsafe.
>
> > Unless
> > someone was standing next to these people yelling in their ear 24
> > hours a day with a bullhorn "This is a step by step guide on how to
> > keep your PC clean !!!", they aren't gonna get it.
>
> Huh?
>
> > It's not worth
> > getting all worked up about it.
> >
>
> I didn't get worked up about it. That would be your mistaken
> impression. I simply gave my opinion. Based on what I knew at the
> time, until I got more information, which I did request.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>
>
>
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