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  1. There is something called a built-in "firewall" for Windows, but it's not adequate. It's there to turn on when setting up the computer, and for minimizing damage while you download a REAL software firewall. One of the reasons I say that is that it completely lacks security for outbound traffic. If some malware makes it onto your PC, then the firewall should ask for permission when the new program suddenly tries to dial out and contact a computer outside yours. The Windows firewalls will not do that- and it's the last defense of any PC with malware problems, and the last warning. BTW, all firewalls and antivirus programs slow PCs a tiny bit. That's them doing their jobs. Generally, they slow it very little, so you don't notice it. If you're getting a significant slowdown, then either A) You have a PC with a slow microprocessor, one with a speed measured in mb instead of gb or B) You have a PC that's already running far, far too many processes all simultaneously, which means you need to switch some from "automatic" to "manual" so they don't start up until you open the program, or C) You have a PC with many infections running as processes all simultaneously. I knew someone who had this problem. When they finally decided to take PC security seriously, it took 2 days to clear out over 2000 infections, viruses, and other pieces of malware. When we were done, they now had several security programs added to their PC- but they had no less space since the malware was taking up a lot of space that it no longer did. They also said their PC hadn't run as fast as it now did since it was brand new.
  2. "Anyone doing tasteless or vulgar movements will be immediately disqualified." "Well, that leaves us out!" "Let's keep it clean, people. Let's keep it clean." "Sandy, you can't just walk out of a drive-in movie!"
  3. "Anyone doing tasteless or vulgar movements will be immediately disqualified." "Well, that leaves us out!" "Let's keep it clean, people. Let's keep it clean."
  4. I was raised Roman Catholic, and I knew a lot about Roman Catholicism for my age. (I also knew enough to know I found it lacking the answers I needed, and left pretty young.) About other Christians I was almost absent of knowledge, and I knew even less about other religious groups. I'm no expert on them now, but I've learned a LOT more since then.
  5. It is. Most good episodes have been done at least once already. Feel free to re-do one. (This one's been done more than twice before, IIRC.)
  6. If that's not RAIN MAN, I'll be deeply shocked.
  7. Next episode. "When are you going to get off that milk diet, lad?" "This is vodka." "Where I come from, that's soda pop. Now this is a drink for a man." "Scotch?" "Aye." "It was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad."
  8. Programs-Control Panel-Security Center should give you the section showing your firewall and antivirus names, which would settle which you're using. I suppose the only way to check if your IP address has been misused would be to Google the IP address and see if warnings came up from security websites, or something. There may be other ways-I wouldn't know them. I'm into free security to prevent intrusions and access in the first place.
  9. Please note that if you have an antivirus but no FIREWALL, you're missing a vital part of the process. ZoneAlarm and Comodo have reliable, free firewalls that are easy to use. As for Firefox, Flashblock is good, but NoScript is better. With NoScript up and running on your Firefox, all websites have to be PERMITTED to run javascripts before they run at all. You'll be amazed about how many DIFFERENT websites are trying to run Javascripts while you're at ONE website. My tip? Generally, the website you're on is safe to permit Scripts for. If you're unsure, you can give temporary permissions to it. And when in doubt, Google the domain name and see if it's an ad site. It's my personal opinion that NoScript has pretty much clobbered whatever thought it could slip my antivirus and firewall. Once again, I have lots of protection, all for the grand total of $00.00
  10. Well, it's kind of spelled out now, but this is the episode where Worf's upset because the late Jadzia, according to Worf, died and didn't make it to Sto-vo-kor, the Klingon Valhalla. (So he has Vic sing "their" song and trashes the nightclub without explaining why. Then Miles gets Worf drinking so he'll explain why-leading to Miles' hangover.) He can get her there-but only by winning a great battle in her name. So, he's off to a big battle, and the Defiant comes along. Towards the end, Julian and Miles discuss "the Charge of the Light Brigade", which is NOT a subject I'd want to discuss going into battle. (The light brigade was given foolish orders and followed them- leading to their trying to charge through a "killing field" and being moved down by cannon fire.)
  11. That's the one. Neil Young wrote this song in response to the stories of Flight 97. It became often-requested on radio stations and an underground hit despite an absence of a company promoting it. People just kept requesting it. Critics, actually, panned the song. To many people, this proved that music didn't need "critics" and they (the critics) often were full of baloney. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlzxu_neil-young-lets-roll_music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg6kLk38GTE ============================== *cell phone rings* "I know I said I love you,I know you know it's true. I've got to put the phone down, and do what we got to do. One's standing in the aisle-way, two more at the door. We've got to get inside there before they kill some more. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. No time for indecision-we've got to make a move. I hope that were forgiven for what we have to do. How this all got started, I will never understand. I hope someone can fly this thing, and get us back to land. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. No one has the answer, but one thing is true- You've got to turn on evil when it's coming after you. You've gotta face it down, and when it tries to hide, You've gotta go in after it,and never be denied, Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. Let's roll for freedom, Let's roll for love. We're going after satan on the wings of a dove. Let's roll for justice, Let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. Time is runnin' out-Let's roll. "
  12. Right, but you know the title.... just think of Todd Beamer.....
  13. WordWolf

    John 1

    Of course, John 1 dovetails nicely with Hebrews 1-which says nothing about a Trinity- but who could convince a conventional Christian?
  14. "One's standing in the aisle-way, two more at the door, We've got to get inside there before they kill some more." "No time for indecision-we've got to make a move. I hope that were forgiven for what we got to do. How this all got started I will never understand. I hope someone can fly this thing and get us back to land." I bet if I used this one closer to 2001, a lot more people would recognize this song.
  15. Morgan Freeman Almighty Bruce Jim Carrey
  16. "One's standing in the aisleway, two more at the door, We've got to get inside there before they kill some more."
  17. Can you please link us to one? I can't find one offhand..... If there's no attributions on the carpet- which there may not be- this is all a non-issue. The quote is there, and was said by both MLK and Theodore Parker (who said it first.) If there IS an attribution on the carpet- and we haven't seen one yet- this is still a non-issue. MLK did say it- although Parker said it first. (A lot of famous quotes are similar, especially when you go down the centuries. FDR's quote about fear itself is not 100% unique in history, for that matter... Seneca the Younger said much the same in the 1st century AD) Personally, I hope the President is working on more important things than his carpet right now, and that other people realize this is interesting but ultimately insignificant.
  18. I'm not sure where you were going with MLK's plagiarism- which appears to be documented, if worth discussing conerning ways and means. By quoting an article which lies about a sitting US President, however, you've undermined wherever you were going. You linked to here: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/smartest_president_in_history.html Which includes the following bald-faced lie concerning our current President: "Obama is a man who accumulated academic credentials while giving no evidence whatsoever of achieving any depth. He was the only president of the Harvard Law Review to graduate without penning a signed article in that esteemed journal. His academic transcripts remain under lock and key, as do his academic papers." Besides saying "We haven't been able to look at his transcripts and his academic papers" (the last sentence) "but without looking at any of his academic history, we have concluded his academic credentials show no proof of depth" (the first sentence), which is obvious nonsense (how seriously do you take investigations that say "We have no evidence, so we have made up the following conclusions"?) It makes several claims: 1) Presidents of the Harvard Law Review pen signed articles. 2) Obama was an exception to the preceeding sentence. This is false on both counts. http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/03/limbaugh-obama-law-articles/ The following was said by "Bradford Berenson — a lawyer who worked in the Bush White House and served with Obama on the Harvard Law Review", "As a 2L [second year law] student, Barack wrote the same amount as all of his 2L peers, although by policy of the Harvard Law Review, no student writing is signed or attributed to individual authors. As a 3L, it is true that he did not write, but that is because he was the President of the Review. Because the President does so much editing, including of all the major faculty articles, he is not expected to author original pieces himself and almost never does so." ===================== Wherever you were going, you didn't need to try to get there by getting into a faulty article about the current US President. (Unless you were deliberately attempting to take a shot at the current US President- in which case, you really should have done at least a minute's fact-checking like I did...it took seconds to correct this....)
  19. The splinter groups often did the same/ do the same.... unless you're one of certain SPECIFIC people.... they get a free pass and the rest of the group are supposed to conform.
  20. He meant to quote "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" all along. So the corrected quote and the second quote were both from it. I guessed that correctly. ================= Next movie. "Would you like to have a 'roll in the hay'? It's fun! Roll, roll, roll in the hay!"
  21. "Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue. Followed him up to the gates of Graceland,then I watched him walk right through."
  22. The misquote is from "Blazing Saddles", and the original quote is from "Treasure of the Sierra Madre." Most people remember the "Blazing Saddles" version.
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