Anthony A
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I tried out chrome but as has been mentioned it's so basic it was not very good for me since I am used to using heavily modified FF and Opera. Chrome has some serious potential though if and when it gets extension support. There is a huge community that will make extensions for it. Hopefully they will integrate some of the great Google applications into it. You would think the Google Tool Bar or most of it's feature would be built right in. Gmail, Google Bookmarks, Calendar etc should be right there. I give chrome a year if that and it will be a much different browser than it is now.
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I don't see the problem here. There are two versions of Flash. One for IE and one for non IE browsers such as FireFox and Opera. You need both if you want to use Flash in each browser. This is how it is and is supposed to be.
If you have all kinds of Flash files all over the place try doing a proper uninstall with the proper tool and than doing clean installs of Flash. Updating over current versions of Flash is something I don't do. Here is the tool run it and it will gut your machine of Flash.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewConten...rnalId=tn_14157
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The only Mac I like is the Big one I get at the big yellow arches.
I keep Windows Defender updated daily and check Windows Updates on Patch Tuesday.
Yeah but you actually think IE is a good browser so that says a lot
Windows is a massive security hole. There are millions of Macs in use why is there no security problems like there is with Windows. I keep hearing the BS about not many Macs out there so nobody feels it's worth messing with them. That is a total joke. There are millions of them in use and the fact that they haven't been seriously messed with would be all the more reason for some body to want to. The fact is it's not easy to do because it's a superior product. The more research I do the more I see this.
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Well i tried both of your suggestions... But still no luck
It's still there
I've deleted everything at:
C\Documents and Settings\User\ Application Data\ Opera
C\Program Files\ Opera
And did the search thing too...
But it's still there...
And you said that during the uninstall process i am given the option to choose custom uninstall.. But this isnt true in my case.. When i choose uninstall through the windows add/remove thing.. It starts the uninstall and then does everything automaticly.. No choice options..
You must have used the Windows installer version. I never do. I use the classic installer which does give you the option to custom uninstall. Also has less problems than the Windows installer version. With the classic installer when you uninstall and choose custom you get several screens listing all the Reg entries and folders and files and you can choose what you want to keep or delete. I select "all" and delete everything.
If you ever reinstall Opera use the Classic installer. You can see it on this page http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?os=....62&local=y
It's not easy to find any more. Opera seems to have taken some lessons from Micro$hit and has made things unnecessarily difficult. Used to be right on the download page and easy to find.
You might want to reinstall and use Revo uninstaller to uninstall it again and let Revo clean up the left overs.
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It depends how you install Opera. If you used the Windows installer version it will put the profile in C\Documents and Settings\User\ Application Data\ Opera. If you installed it with the classic installer and for a single user everything is in the installation directory in C\Program Files\ Opera. Clean out both locations.
During Opera's uninstall process you are given the option to do a custom uninstall and if you select it you will be able to select everything. A regular uninstall will leave the profile behind in case you want to reinstall not because it's a POS like Norton.
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You have a lot of fans here in Oshawa the home of Generous Motors Canada
Yes I am a big fan of the car unions. Everybody knows if it wasn't for the unions GM would have died long ago. The unions are the best thing that ever happened to the North American car companies. GM, Ford, and Chrysler are privileged to have them working there. We are privileged to be able to buy the cars they build and don't any of you ever forget it or they won't let you buy their cars any more
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Firefox with Noscript run through Sandboxie whilst in Returnil mode inside a Virtual Machine with the real system in Returnil mode as well.
Ghost images and a clone on a spare hard drive.
And a couple of spare computers.
Hey Humpty don't forget your tin foil hat you might be vulnerable there
My best security tip is get a Mac
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I only want a car made by UAW/CAW members because they make the best and it's my obligation to keep them employed
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their reply was that the other mouse only came as part of the set so they couldn't send me the same one, so they sent a microsoft mouse.
Then send a new set or whole computer. Bottom line this is their problem and they are making it yours and they can go _ _ _ _ them selves.
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It's not a priority that I get a new HP mouse, I'm only dealing with this for a month or so.
Still you are obviously being inconvenienced.
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Heya, anyone else have this problem?
With my new computer came a nice HP mouse, however it was damaged (serial port bent beyond use) so I demanded they send me a new one. They sent me a Microsoft Wheel Mouse (Optical) and I was like "alrighht"
Since then however, I haven't been able to get my scroll wheel to work. I've tried three different versions of the driver and nothing seems to work. I'm planning on getting a new mouse (Razer Diamondback 3G) in the next month or so but this is quite annoying as I need it for certain games as well as web browsing.
If anyone has any clue, any help is appreciated.
I can't win with this cpu
Rob
Why you fighting with th new mouse? Demand they send you a replacement of the original.
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Oh yeah a reunion would be awesome. They should all just suck it up and make millions.
Yes a reunion would be huge even if they didn't write anything new and just toured playing their old material.
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Some musical marriages are better left divorced.
Like Paul Rogers and Queen. Gary Cherone and Van Halen. Black Sabbath and Ian Gillan. I better stop I'm going to puke
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Keep in mind that the costs in canada at the big three are also much lower dollar per dollar as they do not pay the high health care premiums that they do in the states. at one time the cost advantage was about 12 per hour. not sure what it is now.
Even with not having the health care premiums in Canada the big three are still in trouble here while Toyota is opening a new plant.
We could debate this till hell freezes over bottom line the big three are finished and it's their own fault. When I say "their own" I mean the union, the management, the designers, engineers, etc, the whole organization and I don't think they should be bailed out and rewarded for stupidity and greed with tax payers money. We will never see the money back and they will be back for more.
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Those aren't what I was referring too(but great songs none the less). You seem to be under the impression that Izzy was the only thing that mattered in the band.. have you heard his solo stuff? His band is called the ju ju hounds, no where near as good as what Axl just released.
I didn't like Izzy's solo stuff at all. Than again he wasn't tryin to do G "N" R stuff. It's not that I think he is all that mattered in the band he just never got the head lines like Axle and Slash. I don't think most realize how much he contributed to the band.
None of the stuff the guys have done since they broke up has done much for me. The sum was definitely better than the parts with this band.
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As far as his voice is concerned I would say he has about 10 different voices and can sing pretty much anything. There is stuff on the illusions albums that doesn't sound like it could be coming from the same guy. His voice on CD isn't what it used to be but its pretty damn close.
What songs are you referring to? Wouldn't be 14 Years, Dust N Bones, and Double Talking Jive would it? Guess what that's not Axle singing it's Izzy. Izzy wrote and sang those 3 songs and they are some of the best off those CD's
I'm just annoyed with Axle. If he wasn't such a jerk they would still be together and probably have did some great stuff.
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It's actually flawed accounting. If you see that it uses the term "legacy" in it when showing the difference in costs, it shows that the costs include pensions to retirees-something that Toyota doesn't have factored into it's costs as of yet as it doesn't have the lengthy history -read retirees and associated costs- that the big three have. The Toyota workers will retire too, and thus the costs will increase to the same measurable level. Apples and oranges at this point. The piper will come a calling for Toyota and others.
It's amazing the cost analysis that can be done on the various industries and the wide differences in numbers too. Much like governments balancing budgets, it depends what you do and don't factor into the costs. I can remember doing benefits cost analysis' for several companies years ago and it's amazing the gap that can be seen between the benefits actual costs depending on how you figure the deductions, carriers, tax benefits, etc.
Another point of interest. UPS workers wages are near DOUBLE that of DHL in the US. All unionized with Teamsters. Yet DHL is having its death throws while UPS flourishes? It comes down to the business practices and product. UPS delivers. As does Toyota. Toyota makes a quality product that outshines most if not all other ones. The big three didn't see the writing on the wall and kept making big, ugly gas guzzling machines that don't last. Toyota pushed business models that work. The big three didn't.
Interesting thing, half these vehicles are bastardized anyways with parts made here, there, everywhere....all over. But that was a good article you posted.
I wouldn't call the accounting flawed. They are real costs that are a major drag on the American car companies. I don't know if the Asians retirement benefits are as generous as the big three. They might not end up with the huge legacy costs. Either way I don't see the Asians getting themselves into the mess the Americans did any time soon.
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Here is a good article on why the big three are a disaster and some possible outcomes for them. Was surprised to see that when you factor in benefits with wages that GM spends $71 an hour to Toyota's $47 for hourly compensation. This along with many other things is pointed out in the write up.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...PStory/Business
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Am I right in thinking that there's only the lead singer, Axl Rose, in the current band from the original band?
Yes you are correct. It's Guns and Roses with a musical vasectomy and it shows. Axle is an idiot and was the weakest link in the band IMO. Now he is the only link in the band. I always liked the songs they did except Axle's screeching which he calls singing. Very overrated CD.
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I always use the zip version myself because they used to piggy back their own toolbar with the installer.
It's not portable at all, it still writes into the registry which my watched installation with Total Uninstall logged.
It is portable in the sense you can move it and keep your settings with the ini file. I'm sure it does write to the registry but most if not all "portable" apps do. Every one I have tracked with Zsoft Uninstaller created some registry entries. Portable to me means no install and can be moved and still keep your settings and isn't dependent on the registry. I don't think it's possible to run any program and not create some registry entries.
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It will install the Ask.com Toolbar if you are not careful.
Use the zip version.
Looks like the new 3.0 version is truly portable now. It saves the settings to an ini file now.
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Completely wrong again. Many of the asian plants are also unionized-just not in north america. as for the flexibility of the workers at the big three, have you read their contracts? i have. BIG take backs at the UAW with 50 percent drops in new starts wages, which is now a two tiered pay structure. The auto federation in japan represents over 700,000 unionized autoworkers. and yet the makers are still profitable and progressive.
Well we are talking about North America not Asia or Europe or where ever. The UAW or CAW doesn't run the unions of those companies in Asia and Europe. Do you now how many jobs the big three have sent over sees? Lots. One of the major reasons is to get away from the unions here. They are doing this while Asian and European car manufacturers are building many new factories here. This alone should tell you something. My friends Pontiac Sunfire was built in Mexico but sold here in Canada
The Toyota and Honda Plants here in Ontario have had several votes on joining the union and it fails every time. Why do you think that is? The people I know that work at Toyota want no part of the unions and have said if the unions get in it will be the beginning of the end for the plant.
No they have not been threatened by management or subject to scare tactics. They just see the reality of the situation and the unions would be bad
news for them.
Interestingly, it wasn't the union representatives, or their "lazy workers" that showed up in private jets for government hand outs. it was those running the companies. the same ones that made the decisions that are tanking their businesses. the workers have very little say in how the company is run. those decisions are made by the executives and such.Have I given you the impression that I think the executives at the big three are anything other than useless? I have said several times the whole situation with the big three is a joke not just the unions.
and if you follow the news, you will see that the asian automakers are actually SUPPORTING the bailouts due to the impact that it will have on their businesses when there are problems with the parts plants. Keep in mind that a large proportion of korean automakers are also unionized. And this goes as well for germans and italians.Don't confuse supporting the bail out with supporting the big three having unions. The Asian auto makers know we are in a serious slow down that will probably be made worse in the short term from the big three going under. That is where there support starts and ends. If you think other wise you are sadly mistaken. The Asians do want to see their bottom lines hit in the short term. They also know they will survive and gain even more market share from the big three failing.
Also do you really believe they would go on TV and actually root for a big three failure? Come on.
Again, I never said I was anti union just anti UAW/CAW. If the Asians and Europeans have a viable and healthy business with unions great!! It proves it can be done and makes the situation here all the more ridiculous since the UAW/CAW have a model of success to emulate and don't.
If you understand the reasons why one plant can become unionized and another is not it helps. Plant A is unionized. The workers, through their union, provide demands for increased wages at the open period of the contract. Lets say they make 20 bucks and hour. They as for a three year contract with 1 buck each year. The company comes back with 50 cents, they settle on 75 each year you get the picture. The plant B down the road sees this. So what do they do? Well they hear the rumblings from staff that "hey those guys make a couple bucks more then us for the same work". So plant B offers a raise, sometimes as good, but usually just a little lower. This keeps their costs down a touch, gives the workers a raise, enough to keep them from wanting a union. And so the union plant has helped raise the wages in the non union plant. I've seen it in hospitality, aerospace, auto, building manufacturing, etc. This is a simplified example, but gives people the gist of it.Agreed. Many if not all non unionized plants have the unions to thank for some of the wages and benefits they receive. Wages are a small part of the problem though.
I have gone through the hiring process of two car companies. Toyota in Cambridge, Ontario and Ford in Oakville, Onartio. Completely different culture. I couldn't believe they were both car companies they were so different. Everything from the ground up. Took close to a year to complete the Toyota process and at the end was offered a 3 month contract which is how they hire new employees. You are on 3 month contracts indefinitely until they offer a full time position to you. I was already working some where else by the time I was offered this contract so I turned it down. As for Ford, mommy or daddy, or brother or sister didn't work there so the process didn't get far. Toyota didn't want to know who you knew. It didn't matter to them. They had a very in depth process. The HR rep running the thing said they process something like 100,000 resumes and applications for every one person they hire. If daddy works at Ford you are in. You see the fruits of that process. Retards working there that think they are entitled to a job.
And as for chrysler, companies have ups and downs. Chrysler got some intervention and made a lot of people money. People counted Apple out at one time and look at it now. nothing is forever, but sometimes government intervention is a good thing. Im not saying i agree with a bailout for the industry, but when the Canadian government agrees to remove pro canadian trade barriers that then kill one of the most important industries in the country, it should have some responsibility to help after the fact.Yes companies have ups and downs. The big three are almost always in some sort of trouble. They have been losing market share for decades so this is no short term issue. The ups and downs happen and the strong well run survive and the weak incompetent die. It's economic Darwinism as it should be. Bailing out loser companies like the big three is not the answer as Chrysler coming back for more goes to show. Mercedes couldn't even make a go with them.
It will be painful for the economy to let them die but these things are. It's painful to fix screw ups in every walk of life. In the end you are better off.
I can tell you that i have been on both sides of the bargaining table, and know intrinsically what goes on behind closed doors with both unions and managers. Most of the managers are in no different position then the general workforce, and many wish they had more protection as well.OK.
Look what happened in the states for example with recent announcement that DHL is pulling out most of its operations in the states. The company was highly profitable when it was Airborne Express. The the german post office (the company that owns 100% of DHL worldwide) bought it, ran it into the ground, and now 10000 jobs lost. At that was totally about their business model. UPS is expanding and growing. How is that DHL can have 300000 employees worldwide, with such a network, purchase a profitable company, and then have it die? I can't answer that, but i do know that they had a mix of union and non union workers, and it died nonetheless. Oh, and UPS is almost fully unionized with 250000 employees in the US alone, and is highly profitable. FED EX is almost exclusively non union and is profitable. (though they nearly died out years ago too). It comes down to business models and practices more then worker output.Again I never said I was anti union or that a business can't be well run and unionized. You can't paint all unions with the same brush and I don't.
I find that most people that dislike unions are usually from a silver spoon upbringing where they have been taught the other side of the coin, or they simply don't understand the way that unions operate. The most exposure that people get to them is when a strike occurs that slows their drive to work or school and annoys them, thus giving them a bad impression.I don't dislike unions 1984.
I think if you see the big three left to die, you would see a LOT of workers out of work, which would strain the economy, and since they wouldn't be pumping those high earner dollars (about 35 bucks an hour in canada) into taxes, and the general economy, you would see a breakdown of services and spending. Also, I believe the current figures are that there are 6 or 7 spin off jobs from every auto manufacturer job. Thats a lot of jobs. And don't believe that any of the foreign automakers will create new jobs here. They are liking it the way it is now, creating work in their countries, selling to us. Then again mcdonalds is always hiring so im sure the numbers will still look good on paper.No pain no gain. It's a mess and it will not be pain free to clean up. Too bad. Life is tough. We wouldn't want the poor $35 an hour cry babys to have start over like millions of others have had to do.
You need to look at all the jobs and factories that the Asians and Europeans are bringing here to North America. Toyota just opened a brand new factory here in Woodstrock Ontario. There are several huge factories being built right now in the southern states. While this is going on the big three build over seas.
Oh, and personally, I could care less if the big three died as a result of their mismanagement. I do care that no automakers will create jobs in the gap.. I buy toyota anyways. For the product, because its quality. Nothing more, nothing less.I care that they keep asking for handouts and refuse to change there losing ways because they know they will get bailed out. We encourage them to be screw ups because we don't let them suffer the consequences. It needs to stop.
I also don't buy cars from the big three simple because every one I have owned has been a big POSIMO
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in The Lounge
Hah! I had a fun time today.I used usercontrolpass2 to set it so I auto logged into my Admin account thereby bypassing the login screen.
Well, it froze on loadup for some reason so I forced off the power.
This corruped C:\Windows.0\Config\System
Windows didn't like that.
So anyways, I reformatted and got rid of the rements of Windows Vista and my two old Windows XP copies from this drive.
This took all day though, and I did lose a lot of stuff
I'm bored and just wanted to fill people in, my computer journey seems to be neverendly filled with annoyances like this.
G'night Piriform!
Rob
Your taking it better than I would. I wouldn't be laughing
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I use the zip version so no tool bar BS for me. I tried the FF plugin option in the settings but it did not work. Could be because I use the zip version or because I use FF portable. Is there a plugin for FF in the Foxit install folder? There isn't in mine. I don't really like the a PDF reader opening PDFs in my browser any ways.