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Reply to Ashampoo breached and customer data stolen in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="3" id="2926884"]@ CharlesCS: This article seems to be relevant to your question (hope I understood your question correctly): http://www.infopackets.com/news/security/2011/20110421_data_breach_stats_have_experts_puzzled.htm [/quote] Heh, close enough. It's interesting to see how we have a bigger push than ever to go completely digital and cloud while at the same time the same people claiming to provide th

Reply to Anyone come up with a good solution to clear desktop items withotu loosing immediate access to them? in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

Wow, you seem to have an interesting request and I would have figured a program like ObjectDock Plus would have been the solution but you seem to have already tried it and that didn't work. So what you want is easy access to these files but without all the clutter on your screen? Have you tried Fences? I mean, not only does it keep the files on your desktop but you can create different fences for different files depending on what each file is for creating more organization and not dependi

Reply to PC vs Mac in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="13" id="2928264"]Anyways, as to the topic of the original article, it's all about how you interpret it. The article is written from the interpretation that PC users tend to be older and less tech savvy. However, we could easily invert this and interpret it as older and less tech savvy individuals tend to use PC's, which very few people would disagree with as a generalization. [/quote] I am not too sure I can completely agree with this. As a PC perso

Reply to Community Gaming Thread in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Sounds great. I was actually looking for Starcraft 2 players on here. Thought I could get acquainted and maybe play a game or 2 and ever learn from their experience with the game.

Reply to Ashampoo breached and customer data stolen in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote]A Shampoo? Thats a silly name.[/quote] Yea, never actually got that one myself. And probably the reason I don't use their software either. LOL What's the deal with all these breaches lately? Makes me feel like we are experiencing something our of the Live Free Die Hard movie.

Reply to Does anyone here play Starcraft II? in Gaming Stardock Forums

Anyone?

Reply to Cheaper products, made in the US? One can dream. in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]Last I heard, Ben & Jerry's was a profitable business and Mikey Moron has not given his wealth to those who created it (the camera operators, and movie goers).[/quote] Well, maybe the movie goes as he did not match a big deal out of his 911 movie being downloaded illegally online. Supposedly he wanted to the word to spread.

Reply to The End is Upon Us....We never even saw it coming in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Did you all take the blue pill again? No one the Matrix is still playing games with your heads.

Does anyone here play Starcraft II? in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Haven’t seen much talk about this game on these forums, does anyone here play Starcraft II? Care to share your stats? Maybe your experience with the single player mode? I enjoy the single player much, am currently trying to beat it in Brutal difficulty. Let me say it’s not easy, especially for a guy who is not very experienced in the online multiplayer. All those keyboard shortcuts I haven’t learned yet would make the Brutal level so much easier. What about Starcraft II casting, does

Cheaper products, made in the US? One can dream. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I love reading tech articles from sites like Maximum PC, Tested and more, keeping up to date with today’s technology and newest gadgets coming down the pipes. But I notice more often than not how I always come across that one person who always seems to have a conflicting belief of who should make the products we buy and how much they should get paid. Take for example this article from <a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/apple_facing_legal_retaliation_samsung_spends_he

Reply to President Trump? Talk about a debatable concept. in Politics Stardock Forums

Hopefully this will get some serious Republicans attention. If Trump can get this much support when he's not even actually running, just rumors and hints, imagine what it can do to a serious candidate?

Reply to Debt ceiling may save the nation, don't squander it like the government shutdown was squandered in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]I am no longer sure that a majority of Americans have the capacity to understand what a trillion $$$’s is, besides a big number. More than a million and even larger than a billion: all just really big numbers. If you gave 90% of Americans a million $$$’s, the majority would consider themselves set for life (not really true). [/quote] I would hate to think that our downfall would be the result of our inability to be educated enough to understand how this country work

Reply to A Flippable USB Plug - This is smart! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]I simply take a felt-tip pen, and mark the side that goes up on each and every USB plug. Simple and cost-effective problem solving...[/quote] Not as simple, oddly enough I have come across PCs where the connections are flipped and also some PCs have the USB slots sideways and can also be flipped. My news case has the most unusual ones yet. Even when I put them in right the slot on the cover seems to be just slightly gibber that the USB port so every time I still the US

Reply to A Flippable USB Plug - This is smart! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]I just notice that we gain another gimmic that makes us even more lazy than we already are. Self cleaning toilets. Microwave food. Vacum cleaning robots the list continues with flipable usb´s[/quote] Its not about being lazier, it's about making things easier. Would you consider all of the tech we have today to make us lazier or to make our lives easier so we can focus on more important things? [quote]I'm not so sure having a spring pressing against the (often loo

Reply to Please Beware Online Data Storage in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I don't mind storing data in places like TurboTax and such but it seems the point is being missed here. At first I didn't get it but what the story says is that people are storing information on their site, say like I have a blogger site where I can upload files. This is not a safe place to put things. Now, if I use my skydrive I should not expect anyone to have any access to it except me or unless I give access to it.

Reply to LIBYA; A NEW WAR IN THE DESERT in Current Events Stardock Forums

To be perfectly honest I don't think we should be in there at all. If these rebels want to fight Libya's leader and they are out-numbered and out-gunned then they are the idiots. Not my problem. I'm tired of wasting out money and resources and sending our brave soldiers to die for a bunch of ingrates and to be criticized by those who do nothing to better this world. I say if people are suffering and want out help then send a legitimate letter asking for our help so that when the rest of the w

Reply to LIBYA; A NEW WAR IN THE DESERT in Current Events Stardock Forums

LOL, another great article by the misguided, one-sided defender of the poor innocent Muslims. God forbid he pointed out the atrocities being done by the same people he defends.

Reply to For me but not for thee in Virtual Communities Stardock Forums

Who cares what others think right? Everyone wants to be rich, some are just mad that they made all the wrong choices and that no matter how much money they put into the lotto they never win.

Reply to Firefox’s 10 Slowest Add-Ons in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote]I hate all these stupid add-ons. Shit the world doesn't need![/quote] Sorry to burst your bubble but you dont speak for the world. I use several add-ons on my FF browser. I find every one of them useful. I figured xmarks would cause some issues as it tries to sync when you open and close the browser, but unless your life depends on how fast your browser opens I don't see it as a big deal that it takes a few seconds more to open. I think some people tend to exaggerate too much th

Reply to Lightscibe in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Interesting, my wifes laptop has always had lightscribe and I may have used it once or twice but never really much cared for it. It's cool but just never cared for it.

Reply to DHS Warnings Through Twitter and Facebook?! in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Considering I stopped looking at my Twitter feed when I realized I just couldn't keep up with all the constant useless tweets of the majority of those on my list, I can't imagine how anyone will notice what could be considered a very important tweet in between all the crap that shows up on Twitter. Facebook is not as bad but the problem is still the same. This would be the equivalent of putting front page news on page 42 of a 60 page newspaper.

Reply to President Trump? Talk about a debatable concept. in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]My pick is Newt Gingrich.[/quote] We do have some decent options, Newt does seem like the best option I can see. If Obama keeps screwing up as he has we could probably throw GWB out there and he might actually get somewhere. LOL.

Reply to Ribbon UI for Windows 8 Explorer. Sounds interesting. in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="6" id="2920374"]Seems to me we go through this with every new release, don't we?[/quote] yes we do, but it's fun to speculate and find out if people may actually like the leaked features. I didn't actually expect to see so much opposition towards the Ribbon UI but hey, thats how it goes.

Reply to Gov’t shutdown, what does it mean to you? in US Domestic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" comment="1"] The government has been shut down in the past due to weather, In the final analysis, the only real repercussions is that a bunch of over paid employees get extra vacation time. It should be shut down - except for essentials - which is defined as the common defense. The rest is an inconvenience, but hardly a catastrophe. And in the end, the truth is we are broke. Liberals think you can just print money with no repercuss

Ribbon UI for Windows 8 Explorer. Sounds interesting. in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Not sure about you but I like the Ribbon UI added to the Microsoft Office UI. I find it very useful and nice. To add it to the next Microsoft Windows OS seems like a given. But as usual you get the “I think this is stupid” or “I can’t stand the Ribbon UI” comments from either Windows haters or people who simply want to stir up some debate over “what’s new” out there. I honestly don’t see anything wrong with this idea. What about yo