Post #250,596
4/1/06 11:48:29 PM
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}:-)> --- [#] --- [M$]
[#] = NAT Firewall/"Residential Gateway". Been using Windows behind one (or a Linux box for a while) for over 7 years on broadband without incident. Been on this Windows XP install for 2.5 years.
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Chris Altmann
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Post #250,597
4/2/06 12:07:24 AM
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Re: }:-)> --- [#] --- [M$]
That's more a tribute to your care with Web browsing and email reading than it is to the gateway. I insist on a gateway router for every client who has broadband (all of them) telling them it's a cheap and extremely effective defense against the fastest spreading attacks.
Alas, many attacks presume the gateway and work from the inside. Against these the gateway is like using a condom to prevent bird flu.
Nothing is as effective as a careful user, but we can't get that.
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Post #250,607
4/2/06 7:04:34 AM
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Thanks - one actual XP 'user' on IWE, anyway
Sounds a bit like my extraordinary luck with 98-lite; 4.8 years no-RRR and counting.
I browse carefully, too (and on dial-up .. fewer Dragons.)
You must have turned-off Lots, too.. I'm betting.
Thanks,
Ashton
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Post #250,609
4/2/06 7:16:17 AM
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Make that 1 1/2
My wife uses Xtra Pain also. But she's not on here. And I'll fess up to using W2K.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #250,705
4/2/06 10:56:44 PM
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And perhaps more.
The laptop I share with my wife is XP and I'm using it to post this.
My 3 desktops are now all Linux. Bye, bye to WinMe!
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #250,708
4/3/06 12:11:22 AM
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Another by proxy.
My wife has XP on her laptop, which I use occasionally, mostly to troubleshoot things. I used to have an XP desktop at work, but since I'm in IT and don't need XP for any corporate reasons*, I re-installed it as Linux.
Wade.
* Well, I've a QEMU session so I can test IE.
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Post #250,714
4/3/06 3:00:43 AM
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And another half.
XP boxes at work (Putty to the real boxen), W2K at home (so far; we'll see what I get next).
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(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
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Post #250,737
4/3/06 1:08:08 PM
4/3/06 1:09:10 PM
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And I'm the other half......erm.....
that is...I match CRC's half......er...I have the other half of what CRC's half is....uhhh...Fuck! I have the same setup as CRC has, OK?!?
jb4
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&mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
Edited by jb4
April 3, 2006, 01:09:10 PM EDT
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Post #250,767
4/3/06 4:13:54 PM
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Well, iffn I have to count the computer the company provides
add another icks pee to the count.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #250,825
4/4/06 1:28:46 AM
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I use XP at work...
...where it's someone else's problem.
Can't say it's a particularly pleasant experience.
At home, it's just a giant DirectX/OpenGL driver, so I don't really experience any problems with it. (Apart from the fact that the UI is a sack of shite, of course, but if all I do is start The All-Seeing Eye and play CS:S, there's not much to interact with)
Peter
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Post #250,835
4/4/06 8:51:48 AM
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That's why the XP instance in my duel-boot box is named ...
ScannerDriver
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Post #250,925
4/4/06 2:58:19 PM
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"duel-boot"? Footwear good for pistols at dawn, or what...?
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Post #250,939
4/4/06 4:46:37 PM
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In a duel with single shot pistols,...
it is good to have a Derringer in your boot for the situation where you missed with your first shot and are still alive to try again. :)
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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