Re: The day of reckoning is almost upon me.....

In article <ZeKhf.3367$8G6.943@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
joeunderscorehorowitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>
> "Cypher" <cypher@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1df1e87da4ade429989d86@xxxxxxxxxxxx

> > Sure, trust the MS firewall, for as long as it takes to get Zone Alarm
> then
> > disable that shiece of pite.
>
> Sage advice. What's the best way to disable *** like that? Do you just
> find it on your HDD and delete it, or is there some magical toggle thing you
> can toggle?

I've decided it is best that you leave it alone. The most obvious reason to
disable it is so you can snicker at Bill's timid attempt to mollify the masses.
A good firewall should give you the option to stop everything connecting to the
net, I don't think I'd trust MS to stop its own myriad of software packages from
jumping on a bicycle and soaring past the moon in ghey fashion. Sounds like
you're already au fait with ZA so I'll no teach you to suck eggs any more on
that front.

> > Use Firefox as your browser and you won't need any fucking anti-spyware,
> while
> > your at it install Thunderbird and wean yourself off Outlook, the e-mail
> > equivalent of Morris Dancing.
>
> I use Firefox now as well, and rather like it. I'm going for Xnews as my
> froupreader on the new machine, but hadn't considered a new e-mail programme
> as well. Why is Thunderbird better?

I'm not falling into that trap, Horowitz.

It just is. If the curt and continual advice of your peers ain't enough to
circumcise you from Outlook Egregious you're blind to the bat signal.

(snip some dodgy Chopsy-like formatting)

> Aww, that's nice. Although, I don't think I actually defended Outlook as
> such, merely my own usage of it, which I think I explained much better in a
> post to Allen only last night. I like when people take the trouble to say
> 'this is better, because of such-and-such', because then I have a clear idea
> as to exactly where the investment of my time in changing over might benefit
> me in the long run. Simply telling me something is better, though, in a
> sort of 'just trust me on this' kind of way, will usually leave me feeling
> utterly indifferent to it, even though I know most cunts here probably know
> what they're talking about, because I generally can't be arsed with being
> told what to do. Information is good. Advice is worthless without it.

If I blindly step in front of an oncoming car I want some *** to scream `LOOK
OUT!!11' not *** around clearing his throat while he thinks of a good reason
for voicing his concern.

Completely different situations to be sure and worlds apart yes indeedy but
twinned at the hip all the same.

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