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    Worm Attack

    That article is much more decent than the BBC's one. The exception is that it says "Experts fear Monday could bring new outbreaks" without providing references to experts who fear that. Then, it says "Monday could bring more problems as businesses boot up their computers for the week". Anyone...
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    Worm Attack

    Those three quotes clearly indicate that the author does not know what he is talking about and is making pitiful attempt to squeeze another story out of rumors and his own ignorance. My area of expertise is system administration and networking.
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    Which OS?

    Lobster, I skipped whatever you elaborated because it was not convincing. Whatever you posted would not stand a critique. You see, if you do not know how to do things with XP that does not mean those things can't be done, either from within OS or by using free third party tools. I am not here to...
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    Worm Attack

    That story is just another bullshit. "The attack was detected by the FBI shortly after it was launched on Saturday, limiting the damage." "At least five of the internet's 13 major hubs were targeted in Saturday's attack." "the attack also disabled some trans-Atlantic internet and phone...
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    Worm Attack

    DNS servers should not be behind firewall while SQL servers should. Note, DNS servers are unrelated to SQL servers. They could have been indirectly affected by this worm if part of the payload would be DoS (in that case DDoS) attack on the root name servers, similar to attack on root servers...
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    Worm Attack

    Hm-m, is that so?
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    Worm Attack

    This is completely untrue. The people who are capable of discovering serious vulnerabilities are either "black hats" or "white hats". Neither go to media first. The "black hats" would never go to media because they use their discoveries to do their business which is hacking into someone else's...
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    A call for Monitor Recommendations

    Not completely. See http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,108480,tk,prx,00.asp
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    Celeron Vs. P4

    Nowadays it's very common. Perhaps nearly all notebooks have one. 5+ years ago it was not that common, so Toshiba and Apple stood out to that extent.
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    spurious returned emails

    These message come from the virus infected computers and the attachments are usually infected. The virus writer is trying to lure you to open attachment to check out the message you supposedly sent but which has not been delivered. Why do you get those messages? First, this is not a spam, which...
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    Kogi 17" LCD on sale... $279

    BCE, gnome, I had my share of making unwise and/or risky decisions. Fortunately, dealing with TCA was not one of them. Sometimes I can proudly say that I learned something on mistakes of others. If you are looking for testimonies of bad experience with TCA, search the WWW, search News Groups...
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    Kogi 17" LCD on sale... $279

    Without rebate it's $529 and $529 is a rip off. So, you believe whatever sales people tell you, think that nothing bad will happen to you and willing to deal with company kicked out of BBB because it's not significant. I must say that I envy your young age or your incredible luck whatever is...
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    Kogi 17" LCD on sale... $279

    Last summer CompUSA changed their rebate processing company from Continental Promotions Group (CGP) to TCA. So, "past experience is no indication of future performance".
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    Kogi 17" LCD on sale... $279

    I beg to differ. To me, that deal does not look to good. Here is why. There are two rebates, one from CompUSA and one from GVision (manufacturer). Some people do not know that but the rebates do not come from manufacturers or from retailers. They come from rebates processing companies. These two...
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    dumb question????

    You are mistaken. Undamaged and properly adjusted high quality mechanical watches are much more accurate than cheap quartz ones. Actually, they are. A weak battery is most likely the reason the computer is losing time. I've never encountered computer clock that was too fast. Did you? I am...
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    Help...Before I jump in...

    That's true (almost, it's page 6). However, the very same page also says that "with multi-display mode, you may be able to use your existing graphics card" :mad: : http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/user_manuals/g200_mms/mms2_eng.pdf
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    56K Modem Problem

    True. That means you should also try dialing another access number if you have that option. That way you are "replacing" modem on the other end. :)
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    Celeron Vs. P4

    True. However, if you buy from individuals, you do not get receipts you can use in case you need a warranty replacement/repair. As strange as it sounds, but some manufacturers will deny your participation in some of the advanced warranty services if not warranty at all. I personally do not want...
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    Celeron Vs. P4

    Use www.pricewatch.com to check out prices, and shopper.cnet.com for prices and reviews, then use www.resellerrating.com to decide who to buy from. While buying LCD make sure that brightness (cd/m2 or nits), contrast ratio (xy0:1) and Viewing Angle are as high as you can get with brightness...
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    Celeron Vs. P4

    For that much money you can get 18 inch flat panel. "Flat screen" is a CRT monitors property. Not with 18 inch flat panel There are external ones (USB), not dirt-cheap as internal ones but still inexpensive, $60-$90. That's what I would recommend along with 18 inch flat panel. Want to...
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