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    How to download files from "second" computer via wireless network

    in Networking and Hardware

    Posted

    I admit I take a little pride in succeeding having having built my first wireless network.

    OK, So do you really have the network set up?

    If so, Click on "My Network Places" on the Desktop, then select "View Workgroup Computers" and see what happens.  If the names of the other computers appear in a list [might take a few seconds], you should be able to click on the name of each computer and access it's files.

    That is IF you set any of the files for "Sharing"

    You should also be able to get to them via "Windows Explorer", then scroll down to

    "My Network Places" on the left column.

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    Stay Away From StarBand

    in Starband

    Posted

    WB will have the same problems as Voom; trying to compete in an existing market as an unknown startup.

    It will take several thousand subscribers within the first few months to make them viable.

    They have also have numerous delays; I first saw their site over a year ago and it seems they were claiming to be ready to start in early 2004.  Last I looked, they were looking at FQ 2005, which has come and gone, now I hear mid 2005.

    I'm beginning to have doubts as to how serious a contender they will be.

    And their pricing isn't that great.

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    Best Internet Browser

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I guess you can decide for yourselves:

    From Secunia.com

    IE

    30% of Vulnerabilities remain unpatched

    41% of reported vulnerabilities were "Highly" or "Extremely" critical.

    http://secunia.com/product/11/

    FF

    36% of Vulnerabilities remain unpatched

    7% of reported vulnerabilities were "Highly" or "Extremely" critical.

    http://secunia.com/product/4227/

    Opera

    0% of Vulnerabilities remain unpatched

    12% of reported vulnerabilities were "Highly" or "Extremely" critical.

    http://secunia.com/product/761/

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    Michael Vick Hit With Sex Suit

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    .

    Don't know who this 'Vick' guy is and don't care.  Don't normally get into these conversations either, but......

    If he [or you] have a communicable disease, especially an STS, there is a legal obligation to inform anyone you come in contact with in any situation where you may pass it on.

    If that information is not passed on, you can be criminally liable as well as civilly.

    There has been more than one person convicted and imprisoned for passing HIV to an uninformed partner.  I believe there are also some convictions for passing Hepatitis..  Charges can range from Wanton Endangerment to Homicide.

    Does the partner bear some responsibility?  Depends on the circumstances. Generally yes, but to a much lesser degree.

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    Stay Away From StarBand

    in Starband

    Posted

    Vern, Uncle Charlie has been saying that for at least 3 years that I know of.  Back when Dish and SB had a cooperative agreement and were co-selling each others' services, there was talk of them merging.  Then the honeymoon fell apart, the divorce dragged on [the combined SB/Dish 500 LNB is still available], and Charlie 'chatted' about it a few times, 'coming soon' he kept saying.  In fact that's why I waited so long to go SB, I was waiting to see what Dish was going to do, if anything. They seem to be more focused on ESPN, HDTV and 'Locals" than anything else.

    If they do make a move, I don't know if they'll buy SB or start fresh.  Who knows, maybe WB will be for sale by then.

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    Best Internet Browser

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Version  7.54 (the 'pro' one...which doesnt really seem to have any benefits from the free one...)

    The only difference between the Free and Paid versions is that the Ad Banner is removed in the paid version.  There is no functional difference.

                               

    and why would i want to ask?  maybe its not him being a bad coder, its just opera being a bad browser...

    why else would this website work perfectly fine on every other browser i have (IE, FireFox, Netscape 8.0, Maxthon), and show up all weird on opera

    First off, IE and Maxthon are the same thing.  Maxthon is nothing more than an elaborate skin for IE, it is NOT a separate browser.

    Second, Netscape is AOL

    Third, Opera strives to be standards compliant, something M$ could care less about.  M$ wants the world to code to their standards.  FrontPage is an example of that; it inserts loads of code that is essentially useless and will cause websites built with it to function improperly when viewed with other browsers.  I see the same thing as the screen shots above, but I figure someday the webmaster for this site will fix the coding so that it works properly for all.  It should be nothing more than a simple table tag adjustment.

    FireFox is completely free from AOL. 

    AOL has nothing to do with Firefox. The Mozilla Foundation has the rights to it.

    Both True.

    The Mozilla browser is basically Netscape with a different name, AOL is all over Netscape...

    Part 1 is False. Part 2 is True. 

    Netscape was originally written by the folks who broke of and formed Mozilla.  They then stoopped working on Netscape

    and focused their efforts on Mozilla and Thunderbird.  FireFox started out to be the browser component of Mozilla, but has since evolved into a separate entity.

    Netscape was bought by AOL and all futher updates changes are written by AOL.

     

    Best Internet Browser

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In my opinion, there are only 2 browsers; Opera and Mozilla/FF

    To me IE doesn't even exist unless I have to go to an M$  Windows site .  Secunia can't even keep up with the security exploits in it and M$ does very little to repair or prevent those exploits.  Yes they do updates, but not fast enough to prevent damage, and they won't even acknowledge many of them, let alone fix them.  I have IE disabled for the most part, I have to remove the blocks to go to Windows.com  Maxthon and the various other IE skins might make it prettier, but they do not make it safer since ActiveX is still there.

    You CAN pay for Opera, you do NOT have to.  The unpaid version has a small ad window which I have blocked.

    I haven't used FF, so I can't comment on it, but I have used Mozilla extensively and Netscape before AOL got it's claws into it..

    So between the 2 [Opera and Mozilla], I use Opera about 80% of the time..  Safer?  Hard to say.  Secunia reports many less exploits for it, but that could be simply because it isn't in wide enough use for the human garbage [ie;hackers] to go after it..

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    The Reverend

    in HughesNet (DIRECWAY)

    Posted

    Guess I missed something, not sure what though....

    He sent me a link to EQ, but I never found much of interest there, certainly nothing 'personal'.

    Seemed like he and the guy in MI were talking to each other, never really saw too many others post.

    Oh Well.

    Does this have anything to do with why the FAP monitor thread was removed?  Did he request it be removed?

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