RE: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Auto billpassed?

? Where's the change? Where's the Hope? This guy is a first-class dud. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081212/D95106M80.html * Impeach Blagolevich http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike [excessive quoting removed by server] ___

RE: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Auto billpassed?

ip? Did he do anything to get Auto bill passed? Did he talk to the Union leadership to get some concessions? Where's the great communicator? Where's the great uniter? Where's the change? Where's the Hope? This guy is

RE: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Autobillpassed?

Did he do anything to get Auto billpassed? Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Auto bill passed? Did he talk to the Union leadership to get some concessions? Where's the great communicator? Where's the great uniter? Where's the change? Where's the Hope

RE: Interaction between Firefox and VFP9

I have noticed a drain on all my system resources when FireFox 3 is open with multiple tabs. In my checking FF3 had over 150 MB of ram in use. I created a new Profile without all my bookmarks I've collected and see a reduction of memory usage, and less drain on my system resources. YMMV Tracy ---

[NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

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RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

FDrat! No what will I do for an income stream?!? heh-heh Gil > -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com]on Behalf Of m...@mikewohlrab.com > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:42 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: [NF] US shuts d

Re: [NF] Bitdefender

Zone Alarm last patch makes rebooting a 20-30 min process. Inviable. I'm interested in BitDefender because it's cheaper and apparently uses less system resources than the others. I tested Comodo and Kasperspy some time ago and both were very heavy on the computer. No decision yet... HW -- "Cor

NF: Slowdown after last security patches?

Hi, Has anyone here noticed slowdowns since the last lot of MS security patches released on Tuesday? I've got 2 Windows 2008 servers here that definitely feel sluggish, and a colleague is saying his XP box is slower. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: Pro

Re: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Autobillpassed?

Adam Buckland wrote: > That's still less than has been given to Haliburton and Blackwater in no > tender contracts Hi Adam! No tender contracts? How did they pay them, fish? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@lea

Re: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Auto bill passed?

Michael Madigan wrote: > Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Auto bill passed? Did > he talk to the Union leadership to get some concessions? > > Where's the great communicator? Where's the great uniter? Where's the > change? Where's the Hope? This guy is a first-class d

[NF] Windows 7 tests against Vista and XP

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Re: Interaction between Firefox and VFP9

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > I have noticed a drain on all my system resources when FireFox 3 is open > with multiple tabs. In my checking FF3 had over 150 MB of ram in use. I > created a new Profile without all my bookmarks I've collected and see a > reduction of memory

RE: Interaction between Firefox and VFP9

I can also confirm this as I posted about it here when I first started using FF3. It's nothing to do with VFP9 as I see the same thing on machines that don't have vfp9 installed. I never used to reboot my (virtual) machines and now I'm forced to frequently as the memory that FF3 uses and never

Re: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership? Did he do anything to get Auto bill passed?

He doesn't need to be president to help negotiate. He could have called his goons in the United Auto Workers Union and told them to work out a deal. In 39 days this slug will be president, then what will the excuses be? That is if he's not indicted along with Blagojevich. ***

Re: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

The Government took way too long to stop this. The Credit cards took too long to stop this. These people should be publicly flogged. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, m...@mikewohlrab.com wrote: > From: m...@mikewohlrab.com > Subject: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers > To: profox@leafe.com > Date

RE: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership?

Adam, > That's still less than has been given to Haliburton and > Blackwater in no tender contracts I think the issue is that congress can't wrap their brains around really large numbers like $750B, but that they understand numbers like $14B. The large bailout they passed without a lot of conver

RE: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership?

Guess what will be waiting for him on 1/20/2009, a auto industry in shambles because he had to lawyer up to avoid being sucked in to the Blagojevich mess. * Impeach Blagolevich http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kristyn

RE: [OT] Where's Obama's Leadership?

Madigan, > Guess what will be waiting for him on 1/20/2009, a auto > industry in shambles because he had to lawyer up to avoid > being sucked in to the Blagojevich mess. Well, your namesake in Illinois can do something about that. There are two Madigan's at work there to try to boot him ASAP. T

[OT] Obama's chief of staff probably caught on FBI wiretaps

Obama better hope there was no illegal deal making on those wiretaps or his whole administration is finished http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8054792&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1 * Impeach Blagol

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Madigan, > The Government took way too long to stop this. The Credit > cards took too long to stop this. These people should be > publicly flogged. Your buddies have been in charge, and they've lost power. I'd consider that a pretty good public flogging. Kristyne McDaniel http://www.kristyne

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

You're going to blame Bush now for scareware? You're unbelievable. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > From: Kristyne McDaniel > Subject: RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers > To: "'ProFox Email List'" > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 12:43 PM > Madigan, > > > The G

[OT] All politicians are nuts, not just Blago

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Re: NF: Slowdown after last security patches?

I added the patches yesterday and haven't noticed a slowdown yet. * --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Paul Hill wrote: > From: Paul Hill > Subject: NF: Slowdown after last security patches? > To: "ProFox Email List" > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 9:1

RE: Slowdown after last security patches?

I have had loads of problems recently with internet explorer locking up. But also problems with right click menus slow, and I mean slw. Al -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hill Sent: Friday, December 12, 200

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Madigan, > > > The Government took way too long to stop this. The > > Credit > > > cards took too long to stop this. These people should > > be > > > publicly flogged. > > > > Your buddies have been in charge, and they've lost > > power. I'd consider that > > a pretty good public flogging. >

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Do you understand that the President only appoints the people at the top of every agency? Do you realize that the people doing the actual work are lifetime civil servants, mostly Democrats? Do you think a high-level Bush appointee even saw this on his radar? --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kristyne

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Madigan, > Do you understand that the President only appoints the people > at the top of every agency? Do you realize that the people > doing the actual work are lifetime civil servants, mostly Democrats? > > Do you think a high-level Bush appointee even saw this on his radar? Where did I u

RE: [OT] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Because I worked with these people off and on for 20 years. These people get a job not for the challenge, not for the money, not for the personal development, but for job security. The US Government is the largest Socialist employer in the world. *

RE: Interaction between Firefox and VFP9

That makes sense why I couldn't duplicate it. I hardly ever open new tabs, I just open a new browser. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Steve Ellenoff wrote: > From: Steve Ellenoff > Subject: RE: Interaction between Firefox and VFP9 > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 11:31 AM > I

Re: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Hey, hey, hey! Please keep content to subject or start a new one in the OT list$ Thanks! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Kristyne McDaniel" Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:20:07 To: Subject: RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers Madigan, > Do you

RE: [OT] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Madigan, > Because I worked with these people off and on for 20 years. > These people get a job not for the challenge, not for the > money, not for the personal development, but for job > security. The US Government is the largest Socialist > employer in the world. I asked for your stats,

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

Mike, > Hey, hey, hey! Please keep content to subject or start a new > one in the OT list$ Point taken. I did read your article and I'm really glad to see something finally has been done. Most of us have some kind of defense against those popups now, but the numbers who have been suckered by the

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

I've been bitten several times with these scams. They make it impossible to go to any other site other than the scareware order page. Hopefully this will slow down the scareware industry, but I doubt it. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > From: Kristyne McDaniel > Subject: RE

[OT] Auto Industry problems can there be a quick/stupid fix

I watch and read about the current state of the big 3 and wonder what they are expected to do with the money they receive? Are they going to shore up cash for capital expenditures for switching over to fuel efficient devices? Are they going to infuse their own in house banks, GMAC and whomever is

Re: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

I remember getting a lot of those popups ... on my Linux box. I was worried that my parents would fall for that scheme. Of course they run a Dell Ubuntu desktop, so that helps. The popup looked authentic and scary. No wonder so many fell for it. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Kristyne McDani

Re: [OT] Auto Industry problems can there be a quick/stupid fix

What good is giving any money to the Auto Companies if nobody is buying cars? I think a better approach would be to tax credits or tax deductions to anyone who buys a car in the next 6 months. Another approach would be to require banks start making car loans again. I doubt if I could get a car

Re: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

I wonder if there is a way to create scarware to scare people into buying t-shirts? --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kevin Cully wrote: > From: Kevin Cully > Subject: Re: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 2:02 PM > I remember getting a lot

RE: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers

There are enough dum wads out there anyway Al -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:12 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] US shuts down 'scareware' sellers I wo

[OT] A browser for Black People

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[OT] Hall and Oates tribute to Alan Colmes

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Re: [OT] A browser for Black People

Michael Madigan wrote: > Here's something that's really needed. > > > http://www.blackbirdhome.com/ Hi Michael! Sounds like they "aren't good enough" for Firefox or IE. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe

When is an administrator not an administrator?

Answer: Vista I've got this new "hot" laptop, fully decked out. Vista Home Premium. Okay, I don't have to attach it to a domain so I don't need Ultimate or anything. I'm trying to get up and running with my development environment. Vista says that I'm the Administrator on the box, and there are

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Pete Theisen wrote: > someone at "retention" and called me later to say they OKed it. So in 5 > to 7 days UPS will deliver a new modem. Probably the only thing I get > for Christmas, from the peckerheads wouldn't you know. Hi Everybody! OK, the new modem is here by 10 AM this morning, almost w

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Pete Theisen wrote: > Anyone ever used this unit? There are few instructions. Why do I think > it is going to want me to have Winders on the machine from the get-go > for a set-up program? > > I am going to want to at minimum turn off the wireless. Would unscrewin

Re: Interaction between Firefox and VFP9

I have tried version 3 - I went back to version 2.0.0.18 - same problem. As someone else posted, this is only with multiple tabs. - Original Message - From: "Michael Madigan" To: "ProFox Email List" Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:35 PM Subject: Re: Interaction between Firefox and

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

I have already put 2 'Crapsta' computers back on Win2000. Solved all my problems. Unfortunately I need one Crapsta computer to test with because clients are getting it. I will be very happy when people start buying Linux computers. I hope that 5-10 years from now we are not forced to do busine

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

Yep, I tell my customers to pay the extra 100 bucks to have Dell "downgrade" to XP --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kevin Cully wrote: > From: Kevin Cully > Subject: When is an administrator not an administrator? > To: "profox@leafe.com" > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 4:08 PM > Answer: Vista > >

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Stephen Russell wrote: > Do you know how to change the setup on a router? You were probably > given the IP for it 192.168.?.? UserID=Admin or something and > password= > >>From there you can set it up to do all the cool stuff that routers do. > Wireless security being the most important.

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:55 PM, KAM.covad wrote: > I have already put 2 'Crapsta' computers back on Win2000. Solved all my > problems. > -- I have been using Vista for 5 months as my primary computer now and find it better then XP. Sure it was a new purchase of

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Pete Theisen wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Do you know how to change the setup on a router? You were probably >> given the IP for it 192.168.?.? UserID=Admin or something and >> password= >> >>>From there you can set it up to do all the cool stuff that

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Stephen Russell wrote: >> The only info is a tag on the back. Has a MAC ID, a WEP KEY and an ESSID. > You should be able to get the manual from the net to change anything > you need then. They gave you the locks for wireless already set. I > woudl guess that there is a reset button on the back t

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Evidentially, Verizon has flashed the router with its own firmware, so the manual that comes with the retail version my be of no help. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17364871 Regards, LelandJ Pete Theisen wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: > > >> Do you know how to change the setup o

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Leland Jackson wrote: > Evidentially, Verizon has flashed the router with its own firmware, so > the manual that comes with the retail version my be of no help. > > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17364871 Hi Leland! So I guess I have to use http://198.168.1.1 instead of http://198.161.

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

That's what I said ... 5 years ago and it still hasn't happened. Linux is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was 5 years ago though. I just like Linux. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC KAM.covad wrote: I hope that 5-10 years from now we are not forced to do business with M$ anymore. It would be

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

>From my benchmarking, my Vista 64bit laptop, 4G RAM, 350G HD is much slower than a 6 year old XP Pro desktop. Yes, laptop vs desktop, but I would have thought that 5 years of Moore's Law would have handled that ... and more. My benchmarks show it's like 25% slower using VFP. Yes, that's what co

RE: Slowdown after last security patches?

I've also had IE locking up just recently. I hope there is a fix soon. -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: Saturday, 13 December 2008 4:31 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: Slowdown after last security patches? I

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

I cant find the article but I read recently about Vista's 'administrator' and how it really isn't but there is a convoluted way to log on as root and be able to do what you want. The 'security' is the one thing I hate most about Vista. It is MY machine and it tells ME what I can and can't do. I lov

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Pete Theisen wrote: > Leland Jackson wrote: >> Evidentially, Verizon has flashed the router with its own firmware, so >> the manual that comes with the retail version my be of no help. >> >> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17364871 > > Hi Leland! > > So I guess I have to use http://198.16

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

Michael Madigan wrote: > Yep, I tell my customers to pay the extra 100 bucks to have Dell "downgrade" > to XP > Ditto. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: [NF] Verizon tech admits service rolling disconnects

Pete Theisen wrote: > Pete Theisen wrote: > >> Leland Jackson wrote: >> >>> Evidentially, Verizon has flashed the router with its own firmware, so >>> the manual that comes with the retail version my be of no help. >>> >>> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17364871 >>> >> Hi Le

[OT] di you write this in ....

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Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

Just imagine how fast it would be with XP running on it. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Stephen Russell wrote: > From: Stephen Russell > Subject: Re: When is an administrator not an administrator? > To: "ProFox Email List" > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 5:25 PM > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:55 PM, K

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

How fast would my legacy dos programs run now on 3 GHz computer? It would break the speed of light. LOL --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Kevin Cully wrote: > From: Kevin Cully > Subject: Re: When is an administrator not an administrator? > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 6:21

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

I still haven't figured out why to go from XP to Vista. * --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Geoff Flight wrote: > From: Geoff Flight > Subject: RE: When is an administrator not an administrator? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" > Date: Friday, December 12, 2

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

98 was good ME sucked XP was good Vista sucked Now it looks like Windows 7 is faster than XP. So do they hire morons for every other O/S? * --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Vince Teachout wrote: > From: Vince Teachout > Subject: Re: When is an admini

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

I'm actually in the process right now of taking vista off one of my laptops and putting XP on. Loads up with no network card drivers, no USB drivers etc etc etc... But worth it to remove that vista junk! I'm looking forward to windows 7 - sounds like the OS we actually want rather than VISTA

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

Or windows 95 :) Allen -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 6:20 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: When is an administrator not an administrator? Just imagine how

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

I will be on one machine but for testing. Now clients are being "forced" to vista there is no choice. Allen -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 6:50 AM To: profoxt...@lea

Re: When is an administrator not an administrator?

KAM.covad wrote: > Unfortunately I need one Crapsta computer to test with because clients are > getting it. I will be very happy when people start > buying Linux computers. I hope that 5-10 years from now we are not forced to > do business with M$ anymore. It would be great to be > able to tell

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

> 98 was good > ME sucked > XP was good > Vista sucked > > Now it looks like Windows 7 is faster than XP. > Hmmm... A bit of recent history was lost in the dust of time, almost. Her is how I recall it: 1) DOS 2.1 was not bad, pretty good in fact. My first OS, 1984. 2) DOS 3 was actually a nic

RE: When is an administrator not an administrator?

> By there own hand M$ managed to allow the mongrel hordes to tear into its once mighty > stranglehold. there >>> their, a typo, I promise... Another good thing about XP Pro, the introduction of VSS for file backup purposes, ditto for 2003 Server, although the TS CAL fee is still insane. Gil >