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What's up with Internet Explorer ads?
- Jun 21, 2012 1:30 pm GMT
[QUOTE="MBirdy88"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]
[QUOTE="MBirdy88"] Your data and everything about you is already floating around mate... no matter what you use. any online services, Im one of those non-paranoid people that realizes this and doesnt give a damn at this point. All the "Viruses" talk, all the hacking, all the security talks. ive run an OS with no firewall and no anti-virus for a good 5 years now... nothing has happened. Im not going to stop enjoying the benefits of an incredibly strong eco-system on the basis that it may get hacked... its stupid, everything about me floats around as it is. and you cant make purchases from such information anyway.[/QUOTE]
"It hasn't happened to me so it won't happen to anyone else"
Congrats on your low level reasoning abilities.
[/QUOTE] I guess we shouldn't have electricity because some kids die from putting their fingers in sockets, or another billion analogies of why "Risk" is involved in all technology.[/QUOTE]
I'd say a better analogy would be not locking your car, or not wearing a seat belt, or not shredding your financial statements or not telling the cashier your PIN or not leaving your wallet on the front porch.
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- Jun 21, 2012 1:33 pm GMT
Asus P5E3 Deluxe X38 | Intel QX9770 @ 4.00GHz | 4GB DDR3 1600 | HD 7870 @ 1.2GHz
HT Omega Claro+ | Intel SSD 320 120GB | 2x 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1x 1TB WD Caviar Blue
Aerocool Horsepower 750W | Windows 8 Professional x64 | Linux Mint 14 x64You have a good point, Gummi, about all your eggs in one basket. Someone malicious gets to your Windows 8 login and they have everything. Security becomes much more important. Changing passwords often, locking your computer and requiring a password even if you're the only user become key. I try to make it habbit to let nothing login for me automatically, I always have all my services require my password all the time, even on my own computer that only I use.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jun 21, 2012 2:25 pm GMT[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]
[QUOTE="MBirdy88"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]
"It hasn't happened to me so it won't happen to anyone else"
Congrats on your low level reasoning abilities.
[/QUOTE] I guess we shouldn't have electricity because some kids die from putting their fingers in sockets, or another billion analogies of why "Risk" is involved in all technology.[/QUOTE]
I'd say a better analogy would be not locking your car, or not wearing a seat belt, or not shredding your financial statements or not telling the cashier your PIN or not leaving your wallet on the front porch.
[/QUOTE] Only that isnt the case, since you are not doing anything close to as reckless as that with an eco-system like this...- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jun 21, 2012 2:29 pm GMT
[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="QQabitmoar"]
LOL, people still use IE? What are you, a casual or something? Get real, mozilla+ad block, I haven't seen an ad in sites, on youtube, anywhere, even got to watch some pay2watch streams for free because of some glitch in ad block.
[/QUOTE] You're exactly the kind of person we are discussing. The person the with "LOL IE, UR RETARDED" stigma. Open your eyes, IE9 can hold its own against other modern browsers and IE10 is definitely shaping up to something big. Just because IE6 sucked doesn't mean IE9/IE10 do. Chrome and Firefox are not as godsend and they once were, and that's the point.[/QUOTE]
Well, maybe you are right. But I've been using firefox for so long, and I'm happy with it. Also, in my recent interactions with IE9 on my cousin's PC, it seemed slower than firefox. Plus, on firefox, I can use my favourite k-on theme :3
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- Jun 21, 2012 2:32 pm GMT
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[QUOTE="MBirdy88"][QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"][QUOTE="MBirdy88"] I guess we shouldn't have electricity because some kids die from putting their fingers in sockets, or another billion analogies of why "Risk" is involved in all technology.[/QUOTE]
I'd say a better analogy would be not locking your car, or not wearing a seat belt, or not shredding your financial statements or not telling the cashier your PIN or not leeaving your wallet on the front porch.
[/QUOTE] Only that isnt the case, since you are not doing anything close to as reckless as that with an eco-system like this... [/QUOTE] to not use an antivirus on a PC is just stupid and asking for trouble. The internet is infested with malware, spyware, keyloggers, viruses and spamware.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jun 21, 2012 3:09 pm GMT
Asus P5E3 Deluxe X38 | Intel QX9770 @ 4.00GHz | 4GB DDR3 1600 | HD 7870 @ 1.2GHz
HT Omega Claro+ | Intel SSD 320 120GB | 2x 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1x 1TB WD Caviar Blue
Aerocool Horsepower 750W | Windows 8 Professional x64 | Linux Mint 14 x64[QUOTE="QQabitmoar"][QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="QQabitmoar"]
LOL, people still use IE? What are you, a casual or something? Get real, mozilla+ad block, I haven't seen an ad in sites, on youtube, anywhere, even got to watch some pay2watch streams for free because of some glitch in ad block.
[/QUOTE] You're exactly the kind of person we are discussing. The person the with "LOL IE, UR RETARDED" stigma. Open your eyes, IE9 can hold its own against other modern browsers and IE10 is definitely shaping up to something big. Just because IE6 sucked doesn't mean IE9/IE10 do. Chrome and Firefox are not as godsend and they once were, and that's the point.[/QUOTE]
Well, maybe you are right. But I've been using firefox for so long, and I'm happy with it. Also, in my recent interactions with IE9 on my cousin's PC, it seemed slower than firefox. Plus, on firefox, I can use my favourite k-on theme :3
[/QUOTE] Fair enough, and many people use FF for that very reason, it's served them well so far and they like themes and extentions it offers.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jun 22, 2012 4:32 pm GMT
lmao everyone is using a GOOD browser
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