The My Couch Doesn’t Have The Guts To Talk To Me Or Any Blueberries Complaint Thread.
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Pretty nice. Is that a UFO or some kind of spy bot in the sky on the right side?
Dana
That thing shows up in the strangest places, doesn't it? :)
Dana
Yes there is, aluminium is the correct UK spelling for the metal (someone wanted to make it consistent with the other -ium elements).
Some obsessive-compulsive person no doubt.
Dana
Haha! Yeah I can see allot of people doing just that. Thankfully I have CS5 photoshop. Just means its probably the last PS version ill ever have unless they offer a one time purchase outright. A shame, cos photoshop is my world. I started with CS2 and never stopped using photoshop. CS2 went free before they announced their greed, I'm sure it won't be long before CS6 is totally absent from the market.
I guess I'm just tired and grumpy lol. My anti virus software is running out soon, and the bill to renew that is huge! It's cheaper/more beneficial for me to buy a new computer and have it greatly discounted (if not free) with the package! Joice mayne is an awsome shop lol
I've been using the Windows Defender software available free from Microsoft for several years now and it seems to work just fine.
Of course, I rarely click links in emails, not even those from my bank (though I do click the ones from the monitor bots from these forums).
I also use the Web of Trust plugin for Firefox and Chrome and tend to get to most websites by searching. If a site is even remotely sketchy I open it using a browser in Sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/) to keep it isolated.
From what I've seen of from testing from actual security companies there's not a lot of difference between Windows Defender, Norton, McAffee, AVG or Kaspersky. The free apps tend to do just as well as the paid version for most things and in many cases have less of an impact on system performance. I know Defender has a much smaller footprint than either Norton or McAffee.
Windows Defenders is not anti-virus software, it is anti-spyware software. It is not desiged to detect virus, so you are at risk. They are different. You are correct that all the anti-virus software is about as effective...none of them can stop everything. Today one is better, tomorrow another one is better, but they all eventually catch up and do the same job. You just have to hope that the one your software misses doesn't actually visit your computer until the next day, when yours is updated and it now catches it.
I don't know if it still holds true, but for many years you couldn't put two anti-virus software packages on one computer. It does bad things. But Windows Defender coexists peacefully with Norton anti-virus, or any other anti-virus software, because it is not anti-virus software.
Running something like Ad-Aware, ccleaner, and SpyBot Search and Destroy on your computer now and then is a good thing, too. Windows defender doesn't catch everything in it's category either, I'm sure.
Dana
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Dana
...machines are actually heavily into networking with one another, particularly so if they are on the power grid. That way, if you rage against one, one of it's buddies will get revenge on you somewhere, somewhen.
they watch from the clock eyes
complaint - gingerman cookies exposed to air too long, loosing their crispyness. must chew faster
in Liam Neeson voice, 'quickly theres no time'
That thing shows up in the strangest places, doesn't it? :)
Dana
travels with kewl music backdrop :)
& always travel with a towel.
hmm my sleeping towel is ready to be replaced.
i have a bathroom rug as a bedspread, then i put a towel, and that's how i sleep in summer.
You need ot put most cookies into a sealable container or cookie jar so they aren't exposed to the air
i haven't found the perfect cookie jar yet to go with my decor. some of them play music.
my cousin has a gilligan's island hut. it plays the theme song. can't munch a cookie without being busted
....thank you.
Marvelous Designer has gone the same route with the release of MD3. They are offering previous licence holders a 50% off coupon but iti s only for the subscription version not the perpetual licence. I'm not about to trade my full licence in for a monthly subscription one (and once you upgrade, the previous licence is null & void). Since the subscription plan is a monthly deal there is no mention whether the 50% off is just good for the first month, or a year, or the full subscription run (until MD4 is released). Also if the coupon covers a full year's subscription, what happens if you have to stop for a month or two because of budget reasons?
As to the Perpetual Licnece , it seems vague that one may have to pay extra for any interim updates (e.g. 3.x) which supposedly are coverd in the subscription. They are expensive as well. For the Personal Licence Advanced version it is almost 550$, 274$ for the upgrade from MD2 - which is more than I paid for my MD2 personal licence.
There is also a Basic" version that costs a bit less, but you actually lose some of the functionality that you already had with MD2. That is definitely not an "upgrade", especially when it costs just as much as the original MD2 personal licence did (199$).
Hope this doesn't become a trend here (though didn't Daz already toy with that concept by offering something like a "discovery" version of Studio4 that required you work online?).
We have a boring old puppy cookie jar
go GIMP :)
...actually on another forum I participate on, that seems to be what several are considering. Maybe they an get on the development end and add more features (nice if we could directly load .abr brushes)
I would also suggest looking at PSPX6 as not only can it load .abr brushes, but also has compatibility with a number of PS plugins (sadly though Filter Forge is not one of them, I already checked).
So earlier in a gloomy lifeless car park, lit faintly by a single distant streetlight silhouetting the leaves of a tree, I approached the patrol car. Absent minded, oblivious, and possibly considering what I would be doing, had I not been at work at the time. I unlocked the door and lent in the vehicle, not quite getting inside as I had to free my arms of key chains, a can of soft drink, my phone and a note book.
I then struggled for a moment to get the key into the ignition, likely caused by my awkward posture at the time. I finally get the key in, and turn the ignition half way triggering the beeping sound alerting me to fasten my seatbelt and close the door, when suddenly I hear the voice of a female behind me! She called my name and sounded happily surprised to see me.
Caught off guard, I must have jumped back five feet, instinctively I half raised my fists. I thought, 'Oh my god, she's gonna' freak.' Coincidently, I called out "Jesus!" at the same time, again, instinctively.
As I spun around, knowing the voice wasn't far away, it dawned on me... It wasn't Jesus, or some drop dead gorgeous blond, for that matter, It was no more then my minds interpretation of the squeak of the door as I pressed against it in my efforts to start the car.
As the short lived adrenalin wore off, I laughed to myself. "Jumping at the sound of a door, great security work." As the beeping sound inside the car faded back in, I thought to myself, if someone saw this, they'd think I was insane.
-Just another night as a lone young, inexperienced and apparently jumpy security officer. I'll try to stay focused next time, boss. :smirk:
...I saw that, however Marieah's store was one of the featured and there were some shader sets I had been wanting. Also had a sweet coupie over at Rendo that let me get the entire Razor Rider hotel bundle (perfect for my Shadowrun scenes) so my week's allotment for content is spent. Don't get to buy anything until Thursday this week as the holiday pushes my UC payment back by one day.
Also still have to figure out were to come up with the zloty's I need for the Carrara 8.5 Pro upgrade, only a week to go for the special introductory deal.
We have a boring old puppy cookie jar
Old puppies are usually called "dogs". :)
Or sometimes "buppies".
Old puppies are usually called "dogs". :)
Or sometimes "buppies".
LOL. Its a puppy that's an old jar. Have had it since me and the wife got married 16 yrs ago
Geez, I hope you don't carry...you could have killed someone...or yourself.
Dana
Pretty nice. Is that a UFO or some kind of spy bot in the sky on the right side?
Dana
The official Government statement is that it is likely a "...weather balloon or some sort of photographic artifact caused by light reflection on the lens."
@KK: A couple of very impressive renders. Thanks for sharing.
Human mouth makes the perfect sealable container for cookies.
travels with kewl music backdrop :)
& always travel with a towel.
hmm my sleeping towel is ready to be replaced.
i have a bathroom rug as a bedspread, then i put a towel, and that's how i sleep in summer.
Is there a sheet on your towel rack and a bedspread on your bathroom floor?
Pretty nice. Is that a UFO or some kind of spy bot in the sky on the right side?
Dana
...a little freebie security drone from Bar-Code (Dystopia).
That thing shows up in the strangest places, doesn't it? :)
Dana
...indeed. At least there's none of those aggressive pepper pots around that keep saying "Exterminate! Exterminate!"
I always hated when I was sitting in my cruiser doing a report and someone walked up to the car and knocked on the window. About scar the piss out of you.
Your real name sounds like a squeaky door? :)
Geez, I hope you don't carry...you could have killed someone...or yourself.
Dana
ROFL!!! No, haha, Only armor guards can carry firearms in Aus. Tho despite the awkward situation, I know it wouldn't be something Id draw for. We can have batons and cuffs, if we do an additional qualification, but theres even stricter laws put on your shoulders, and as an unarmed guard I already have less legal rights then if I when I'm off duty.
I always hated when I was sitting in my cruiser doing a report and someone walked up to the car and knocked on the window. About scar the piss out of you.
I had that happen before! And I did it to my boss of all people too LMAO.
I also hate it when you see people or a person walking, you glance away for a second, look back and they're nowhere in sight.
@TJohn, LOL!! Apparently so. Damn my imagination is wild!
...I agree, that makes for some creepy feelings.
...another non winning contest drop.
Little Leela taking a break from her studies to say hi to a friend.
travels with kewl music backdrop :)
& always travel with a towel.
hmm my sleeping towel is ready to be replaced.
i have a bathroom rug as a bedspread, then i put a towel, and that's how i sleep in summer.
Is there a sheet on your towel rack and a bedspread on your bathroom floor?
nah, lol :lol:
after 3 years in a row catching poison ivy, i don't bother with sheets and bedspreads any more.
it's a lot lighter to lug a towel and a throw blankie to the laundry mat.