[valis]

yeah, I've used SAS on several infected machines, but not yet on a vista one....glad to know it made the trasnfer.....

[franca]

Save the new forever postage stamp

[ferrija1]

Great tip, franca.

[gurutech]

Just be careful that Uncle Sam doesn't try to tax you for the "profit" you are making when you use a 41cent stamp to mail a 43cent letter!

[ChuckE]

Seeing as how it took 5 years for the postage rates to increase just 5 cents (see ref.) and using that same scale (a penny a year increase), that works out to be about a 2.5% increase. So, if you buy five 100 stamp rolls (500 stamps) at just ($41 x 5=) $205, and assuming the rates go all the way up to 46 cents in 5 years, your "investment" will then be worth a whopping $230 by the year 2012.

Wow! and do you really want to "invest" hundreds of dollars in stamps?
Save your money. There are better things to speculate on, rather than the price increases of the US Postage. Sure, you could hold onto those stamps for many more years, but that is an even bigger gamble, and the rate of postage increases is slowing, anyway. It took 6 years to double from 10 cents to 20 cents (1975 - 1981), but it took 26 years to go from 20 cents to 41 cents (1981 - 2007).

Ref: The History of Postage Rates in the United States since 1863

[franca]

Unlimited storage, it’s coming!

[franca]

One technique I use to enter long, complex passwords (which we should all be using) is to open Notepad from the Accessories menu and type the password there. Since we only see the asterisks (*) when we enter passwords, it can be extremely difficult to accurately type in some passwords with mixed case, numbers and other characters. The problem doubles when we have to enter a password two times in a row. Here's how I use the Notepad trick to circumvent this sometimes frustrating procedure:

1. Open Notepad from the Accessories menu

2. Type out the password and verify its accuracy

3. Highlight the password with the mouse

4. Copy it using your favorite method (Ctrl+C, Edit --> Copy, RIGHT click and copy, etc)

5. Go to my web form or wireless security password box and click in the password box to get the cursor positioned there

6. Paste the password there using your favorite method (Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert, Edit --> Paste, RIGHT Click and Paste, etc)

That's it! Remember that you can paste the password as many times as you want to until you copy something else.

[ferrija1]

Originally Posted by franca

Unlimited storage, it’s coming!

Gmail pretty much already has that.

[valis]

and both sort of destroy the idea of 'security'.

[Goku]

Originally Posted by franca

http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/default.htm

HAHAHAHA......Bhelpuri is a famous Indian snack.I don't believe there is actually a site with this name.Ummm........I like Bhelpuri and a co-incidence is that I am eating as I am writing this!Hmmm.......I wonder if there are sites like upma.net and dosa.net because I like it too.Thank you franca for letting me know this.HAHAHA......

[ferrija1]

Originally Posted by valis

and both sort of destroy the idea of 'security'.

[ferrija1]

Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.

To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

Using this service, you can:

* search for a local business by name or category.
You can say "Giovanni's Pizzeria" or just "pizza".

* get connected to the business, free of charge.

* get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone.
Just say "text message".

And it's free. Google doesn’t charge you a thing for the call or for connecting you to the business. Regular phone charges may apply, based on your telephone service provider.

[valis]

Originally Posted by ferrija1

first rule of passwords is never write them down. On anything. You could leave that file open, leave your desk to get some coffee, someone could get it.

You want to lock down your system, remove ALL opportunity. Otherwise I will flat out guarantee you that it will be compromised. I've seen all if it happen, from some idiot who wrote his passwords on his monitor (not sticky notes, magic marker) to someone who circumvented the 'enter password' by enabling xp to remember his password. Both systems got compromised, data was compromised, and they are both currently on our 'never hire again' list with a termination reason of failure to comply to company security measures.

[ferrija1]

Well that's not just those two e-mail services, that's all the things on the net.

[valis]

no, that's just for security in general. Heck, we don't even allow gmail (or any other web-based email) on our network.