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Reply to Start the New Year with a Clean PC Pt.2 in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

You might also try AusLogic's free defrag utility, which is faster than the built-in defrag.. You can download it from Link

Reply to The Internet needs a clean-up. in Internet JoeUser Forums

Adnauseum, did the anti-spyware programs help? If so, please post so that others can benefit form your experience.

Reply to The Holocaust Begins in History JoeUser Forums

For those not familiar with Dr. Guy's reference : "On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month 86 years ago today, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. " World War I ended on November 11, 1918.

Reply to The Holocaust Begins in History JoeUser Forums

Thank you both for commenting. Dr. Guy, you are correct in that the persecutions started in January of 1933. "After January 1933, the Jews became the "Untermenschen" - the sub-humans. Nazi thugs stopped Germans from shopping in Jewish shops. By 1934, all Jewish shops were marked with the yellow Star of David or had the word "Juden" written on the window. SA men stood outside the shops to deter anyone form entering." In 1938, the Kryst

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A good article can also be found on Wikipedia at Link

The Holocaust Begins in History JoeUser Forums

On January 20th, 1942 a meeting was held by senior Nazi officers in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. The purpose: to inform participants of plans for the "Final Solution of the Jewish problem." That solution being the extermination of the 11 million Jews living in Europe. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/PICT4589.JPG/250px-PICT4589.J

Reply to Moderate Man is in the Hospital in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Please add my thoughts and prayers to the list.

Reply to Digital Music Sales Soar in 2006 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

"Within the Internet culture of unlicensed use, theft of intellectual property is rampant. The music business and its artists are the biggest victims, and ultimately consumers suffer also. Unauthorized Internet music archive sites (using multiple formats, such as .wav files, or MP3 files) provide illegal sound recordings online to anyone with a personal computer. Music can be downloaded and played indefinitely, without authorization of or compensation to the artists. Other music pirates use the

Reply to The Internet needs a clean-up. in Internet WinCustomize Forums

adnauseum, try running "Hijack This" a free program from Merijn.org. You can download it from WWW Link">Link You also should get an anti-spyware program, an anti-virus program and a firewall. You can find links to free programs from by site at WWW Link Good luck.

Reply to If Foley Is A Pervert, What About Ringo Starr? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I was actually most shocked by Mick Jagger's confession to having assassinated both John F. and Robert Kennedy: I shouted out, Who killed the Kennedys? When after all It was you and me Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste.... - Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones

Reply to Democrats Want to Allow Lower Drug Prices in Politics JoeUser Forums

One account of the proposed bill, which has been passed by US House of Representatives, can be found on-line at the Boston Globe site here: Link Some quotes in support of COL Gene's position are as follows: "The American public overwhelmingly supports giving Medicare the power to bargain with manufacturers on behalf of beneficiaries

Reply to In My Head I'm Still 18 in Humor JoeUser Forums

In my head, I am 18, too. It is the lower regions that are aging rapidly....

Reply to Thanks Microsoft for Encouraging me to Look at Linux in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Actually, Gideon, I think that you hit it right on the head when you said "so it MAY be a Dell issue." The decision by OEM PC makers, the big guys, to give a restore disk rather than an OS disk as the default with a new PC has caused untold hours of grief. Virtually all the times that I have had to activate by telephone rather than over the internet, it has been for a Dell. I am a MS fanboi, I'll make no bones about it. But I think there are p

Reply to Is Naked Hatred All You Have to Offer? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I'm not going to comment on the specific situation, but this might be a good place and time to offer a personal comment. I read your articles and find them well-written and thought provoking. Not provocative, in any kind of negative sense, but I find myself thinking about your points well after I have read them. I don't always or even mostly agree with you, but that is the point of a site like Joe User, no? I consider myself a liberal, but Bra

Reply to Today's Poor Richer than 1971's Middle Class in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Accept what you want, I cited my source, feel free to cite contrary reports. MasonM, the report included page after page on their methods. "53,000 hand picked interviews" is not an accurate representation, they supported their numbers based on a lot of data collected from numerous sources, but I am not going to try to persuade you as the accuracy of it. We began with "I don't see any facts" and I replied by citing a report. In my est

Reply to Today's Poor Richer than 1971's Middle Class in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

"That's a long way from 30M going without eating." Agreed. And there is a big difference between being at a point where you miss a meal or even several meals and the conditions of poverty in most places in the world. I tried to be pretty careful to point out those differences. As is often the case, the truth is somewhere in the middle. And I understand Greywar's point, too. "Our poor can shop for groceries at 7-11, talk to their relat

Reply to Today's Poor Richer than 1971's Middle Class in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

A good factual report on Hunger in America can be found at Link (America's Second Harvest.) It is 306 pages, so be advised, but it will address just about every question that you have. The study is based on interviews with almost 53,000 Americans. About 25 million Americans received emergency food assistance, about 4.5 mill

Reply to Majority of American Military Turn Aginst Iraq War in Politics JoeUser Forums

I dunno, the answers to Question 7 are pretty disheartening: 7) Regardless of whether you think the U.S. should have gone to war, how likely is the U.S. to succeed? Very likely to succeed 13% Somewhat likely to succeed 37% Not very likely to succeed 31% Not at all likely to succeed 10% No opinion/no answer 8% Would it be fair to summarize that as half the troops think we will succeed and half think we won't? Question 9 also indicates that the only

Reply to A Question For The Videophiles in Home Theater JoeUser Forums

All the reviews for Oppo are very positive.

A Question For The Videophiles in Home Theater JoeUser Forums

Okay, I finally gave in and bought a 42" Plasma TV., a Toshiba 42HP66. The picture is stunning, much warmer than either the Samsung or Panasonic TVs that I looked at. See Link I have a large collection of DVDs and intend to continue to play them. Does it pay to buy an upconverting

Reply to Apple Clears Steve Jobs in Stocks Probe in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Apple exonerated Steve in October, they just brought that out again now. Jobs was handed 7.5 million of stock options in 2001 without required authorization from the company's board of directors. The options were backdated to ensure a favorable price. Later, the company would falsify records to show that the appropriate meeting had taken place. As far as I know, the SEC continues to investigate. Quoting from the PC World article t

Reply to Catholic Church Stands Up For Saddam Hussein in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Sean, the Catholic Church's position, as laid out by none other than the Pope, is NOT what you make it out to be. "Evangelium Vitae" (The Gospel of Life) issued March 25, 1995 after four years of consultations with the world's Roman Catholic bishops, John Paul II wrote that execution is only appropriate "in cases of absolute necessity, in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. " Clearly, the death is p

Reply to Catholic Church Stands Up For Saddam Hussein in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Not being a Catholic, perhaps I should not comment, but there are some inaccuracies in your article. In the Hebrew version, the Old Testament says "You shall not commit murder" not "Thou shall not kill." These are very different in meaning, of course. A State ordered execution is not a murder. But that is the smallest detail. You said "The Catholic Church sees no justification to kill whatsoever. This has remained consistant

Reply to J.R.R Tolkien: How Is The One Ring Evil? in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

There are a lot of ways to respond to this question, but let me offer two perspectives: 1) The main power of the One Ring is to be able to enslave the wearers of the Nineteen Rings of Power or Great Rings, that Sauron had created during the Second Age of Middle-Earth by the elves of Eregion. During this time, Sauron wore the guise of Annatar, the Lord of Gifts. The Elves created the Nineteen Rings and Sauron distributed them to the lords of El

Reply to Best Free Software Applications- 2006 in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Oh, thanks again. Starter is new to me, but seems useful Here is a link: Link Here is a link for the PC Mag review of UnClean: Link