Mike Rochip

Speaking of crashes and helmets here is the tackiest thing I've ever seen. Ironically, if it had hit the iceberg head on engineers have said that probably only the first 2 or 3 compartments would have been breached and it would have stayed afloat. Of course if it was encased in a giant bubble maybe it wouldn't have been damaged at all. The name "The Spirit of Titanic" defies comprehension. What's the green stuff?

LOL I'm not sure he'd fit in a Pinto. What's the helmet for?

It's a bird It's a plane It's for real It's insane

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I noticed CastleCops has a forum where anyone can upload a suspicious file to be analyzed: CastleCops I haven't used it so I don't know about its speed or accuracy but maybe someone will find this useful.

I thought this was an interesting site: Livescience.com IMO, I thought this was the most surprising true one: Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use Purveyors of this urban legend call on a popular Seinfeld episode for support. It turns out there's truth behind the comedy: tests suggest ingesting just two poppy seed bagels may produce a positive result for opiates on a drug screen.

Dude, that's hysterical !

Is it me or does this dog look really annoyed (or embarrassed, or maybe just sad) ?

Thanks for the link, nerds like me should find it very interesting ! I read once that the lights in Philly would actually dim when they fired up the Univac. Besides the incredible heat generated by the 5,200 vacuum tubes, just maintaining them was an incredible endeavor. I was also amazed the Commodore C-64 sold 30,000,000 units, more than all the Macs in the world!

I have researched this a lot on the Web and this is what I've found: Generic Host Process for Win32 Services (svchost, svchost.exe) is such a generic term that it is very difficult to identify conclusively what is trying to access the Internet. Legitimate reasons can be accessing a DNS Server, Remote Procedure Call, and many others. Unfortunately, it can sometimes (apparently rarely) be malware, sometimes possibly masquerading as a legitimate service. The most common recommendation seems to be to block access, and if you experience no problems with the functioning of your PC or your Internet connection, then leave it blocked. This is what I have done on my PC and I have had no bad effects. This exact issue really bugs me, and it would be nice if either Microsoft or ZoneAlarm would provide more info as to what is actually happening, such as a more detailed description of what is currently using svchost.exe to generate the warning, and the best way to respond to it. Many people asking about this and the many people attempting to respond to this issue have said the same thing. Of course running updated malware scans and having real time protection are always a good idea and should (usually) alert you if it is malware causing this problem. However, if you can supply more info as rridgely requested, he is very knowledgeable and may be able to provide a more helpful response.

YAY! I helped someone! Doesn't happen too often. Thanks for letting me know .

Do you have Google Toolbar? It has a feature that will do what you say is happening. The following is copied from Google Toolbar Support New! WordTranslator Ever need to translate words on English web pages into another language? Don't bother looking up words one by one - just hover your mouse cursor over an English word and Toolbar's WordTranslator will tell you what it means in your own language. WordTranslator currently supports translation from English into Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

And it is !

DANG I KNEW SHE'D FIND OUT!

The only info I could find here mentions that the "Uninterupptible Power Supply Service" may need to be running on your PC. You can check by going to Start>Run>type in services.msc>Enter If it isn't started you can right-click on the service, click properties, and then select "Automatic." Then in the upper left of the wondow click on Start the service. Hope this helps!

Quick update: I ran Bitdefender (thanks Greenknight for the link) and it found 3 trojans the other scanners didn't and since then I don't have any programs like an old version of IE asking for permission to be a server so I think that there may have been some malware trying to phone home on my PC. I like Bitdefender. It updates very quickly although the scan does take a fairly long time to run. Also by clicking on "show all files" as it scanned I was able to see I had a lot of unneeded files on my PC that were slowing down AV scans.

The reason I spent $200 on on 4mb of RAM was so MS Flight Simulator would run, it still didn't . The funny thing was waiting for weeks so I would buy a computer with the best features at the lowest price. We all know how well that works ! 2 weeks later- Dang, if only I waited TWO more weeks!

I agree with you guys (again). A lot of people think this borders on paranoia, but the more reading one does, the more alarming the predictions become. This is not science fiction and the more we think it can't or won't happen, the more likely it is that it will.

Occasionally the forum erupts into allegations of improper grammar, poor spelling etc. most recently in the "IMP" thread. I was chuckling at that and then found this on one of the local news websites: "And if you just can't get no satisfaction when you have a consumer complaint, Call 7 for Help." Hello, this is Mick Jagger and I need some help...

One article I read says that's the big problem. As each organization creates its own DRM, less things will work together, or be easy for the consumer to access. The best example is Apple's iPod and iTunes. It is possible that some day we will need different software and/or hardware to play different forms of content, or even the same forms of content, such as needing different software depending on who owns the content, who has the right to distribute the content, how long we have the right to access it (Forget about "owning" anything you download), etc. Also in the (near) future, look for DRMs to migrate from the Internet and into many of the services and products you use that are totally unrelated to the Internet. Lexmark has a microchip in some of its toner cartridges that competing toner company products do not and of course they will not work in Lexmark printers that require them. US courts have already ruled that these competing companies may not reverse engineer these chips or develop chips that "fool" the Lexmark printers. The problem is, of course, that competitors' cartridges would be less expensive than OEM Lexmark. You, as the consumer, agree to this by opening the packaging. Wait 'till cars have DRM !

Only because she's the good looking one.

I forgot to mention paying $200 for 4 megs of RAM... Talk about smoking the green stuff (money)!

My first computer was a Packard Bell. 340 Meg HD 5 1/4 Floppy 3.5 Floppy SINGLE Speed CD-ROM (Advertised as 1st Multi-Media PC) 1200 Baud Modem Windows 3.1 The Internet was entirely text based (No WWW) You had to download an image to view it You had to access servers manually (all 2400 of them world-wide) The closest thing to a search engine was Gopher (Go For) But... No viruses No pop-ups, pop-unders, redirects, etc FREE access (my local library offered a free phone number)

I agree with all the comments. The story of the Internet and everything on it seems to be: A great idea Everything's free and available to everyone People contribute ideas, input, and effort to make it better Somebody somewhere figures out how to charge for it The first three things are gone forever

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