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  1. dbminter

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    I think the only scam here is delusion.
  2. This is about the 4th time I've received this same piece of spam/virus: "From: "Jmanfredi" <jmanfredi@monmouth.net> Subject: Re: Norman Virus Control has deleted the original email because it contained the virus Bagle.AH@mm" It's always the same! From the same e-mail address, the same "virus" and the same Norman Virus Control. Now, were I not already aware of a Norman AntiVirus, I'd be suspicious... in fact, I am suspicious of where Norman AV got its name from.
  3. Sounds like a Fox News quote to me. I fail to see how any virus can gain anyone financial gain unless there's a really weird case where some gang pays someone to write a virus to piss people and ONLY for that reason. As was discussed once before, there's no way to use a virus, et al for extortion because it's too easy to track the virus, the money, and, thus, the culprit. Because it so full of holes that they won't close to take advantage of. Hell, might as well admit it... Microsoft's Windows "operating system" (Even though it isn't.) IS the biggest virus in the wild!
  4. Next time you're in a situation like that, tell them your name is "Taking my business elsewhere!" and you'll soon find that they're willing to accept your next "real" name of Nefertiti Fartgas for the warranty receipt.
  5. It's like stores here that just have to have a phone number or they can't unlock the register to complete a transaction. I usually give them their OWN number.
  6. No, DVD D didn't. I manually inserted the image file parts' folder location because I had the parts split across different drives. Having an image of 1 single large size, or 1 to 2 4 GB chunks for FAT32 severely limits your drive useage. Meaning, you must have the full image size, or 4 GB of it, free on a drive. Whereas you may only have that space on 4 separate drives.
  7. Here's the funny thing... NProtect has always been visible on MY system... it isn't when the option to hide system files is turned on, which I always turn off as part of basic systems install.
  8. The real problem is going to be everyone using the blanket excuse of searching for terrorists to justify the aforementioned looking for CD backups, keygens, etc.
  9. I remember once receiving an error dialog that was entirely in Chinese or Japanese because all it had were those replacement characters for the foreign letters that couldn't be displayed. It just betrayed the fact that the software was probably bought from some Asian programmers and just translated.
  10. I think it says something... about... wombats, waterwings, and corn cobs...
  11. What can be used to edit an existing MDS file? Sometimes, I've found days later after creating an MDS, I will need to know what drive and folder the parts exist on. I've noticed I can "load" them in a text editor to get the information at the end, but, it made me wonder what can edit an existing MDS file?
  12. I thought by the very "defintion" for DL, both layers were burned, even if you're only burning DVD-5 content?
  13. I invited them in for tea... and, instead, I had them with some fava beans and a nice Chianti...
  14. Really? The beam does just pass through the first? I would have thought that for writing, doing that would damage the already burned layer. Ya learn something new every day.
  15. I've never had the System Tray or the Notification Area return at ALL! i.e. I can restart apps, but, they don't show up in Trays because there was no tray. Even when I start EXPLORER, all it does is open a tree base view. It does let me get to my folder with my Desktop, which is SOMETHING, but, the tray areas themselves always need to be restarted. They just ain't there, hoss.
  16. Well, the guy is almost 90 years old.
  17. It's not photoshopped db It was taken after Manchester Utd crashed out of the Champions League Just a funny angle....... I don't believe it. Why is one person in the image lighted with a different tint than the other? (Check the flesh tones.) Look at the pixelation around the arm on the left side. I admit that, at first, I did not have the photo manipulation part in my post. I edited it and added it in later after I noticed a few tell tale signs that tell me it's a fake, anyway. But, I could be wrong. You never know...
  18. Yes, that's what I've done. CTRL+ALT+DEL and use the shutdown there. However, sometimes, you have something running you need to complete, so, might as well try to get some work done in the meantime.
  19. Nay, I say it is that my mind continues to expand into infinity... INFINITY, I SAY!
  20. You know... I never thought of it before, until I finally needed it. But, how do you "restart" the "Desktop?" You know what I mean, when EXPLORER crashes and the Desktop disappears, along with the Start menu, the Notification Area, and the System Tray. How can all this crap be brought back? I've just used CTRL+ALT+DEL to start a new EXPLORER which lets me access where I keep a shortcut to my Desktop, but, that only displays the folder in a tree view, and the Trays are still gone. I realize I may need a batch series of commands to get all the appropriate stuff restarted, with the right switches, etc. but, I'm up to the task. I just realized, though, I don't know what the damn stuff Microsoft fucked together to get all this shit up when Windows starts. Thanks!
  21. Oh, man... laughing myself to tears over this one! Had the strangest/dumbest idea just now! How to work in a corn joke into this thread? Simple... Abducted By The Corneks! Daleks with corn cobs for eyestalks and lasers. Tins of Jiffy Pop replace those compass things the Daleks had in The Daleks Master Plan. Each of the Dalek globes is replaced with a corn kernel.
  22. The beheld part comes from beholding a new Heaven and new Earth, beholding the morning and evening stars, etc. The multi-eyes on each wing is something about the great Beast having many eyes all over its body. Makes no sense. The name written on his thigh comes from Christ's name written on his thigh when he comes back. Don't ask me WHY he carved his name into his THIGH... I chose the of Death because of the name of the Fourth Horsemen. Another beholding part. Revelation 6:8 "and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death" That one reminds me of the great final dialogue before you fight the final boss in Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness. "That weapon... YOU ARE DEATH!" The number of a man, aka the Mark of the Beast, comes from the whole 666 thing, where the mark of the Beast is also listed as the number of a man: six hundred 3 score and six. I chose Orville Redenbacher because he's the god of popcorn. Plus, the mark of the Beast can in your palm or on your forehead, so, I chose to put Orville on the forehead. The mark of the Corn thing just followed on naturally from that.
  23. I think what caused the problem with the movie test was the fact that the layer break needs to be calculated. Because it does, it is different from the source IFO's layer break. Thus why the 1:1 backup was fine because no changes were made to the VOB's and thus none to the IFO's. However, in the test with editing the source video to remove advertising at the start of the DVD, this meant removing VOB contents, which meant changing the streams. So, given the costs of DVD+R DL, I never tested again. Only DVD+RW DL or DVD-RW DL, if it's made, have seemed feasible enough to be worth to test around with again. If they fail, they can always be reused. With DVD-R DL, like with DVD+R DL, I'd be willing to give a 3 pack a test. If a firmware update for the NEC 3500a with DVD-R DL support is ever released.
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