.Seth

:)

Ah, I see what you mean...

vB for free? REVEAL YOUR SECRETS!

I just magically deleted Paint somehow, I just noticed.
I didn't know you stopped, I saw you become inactive on PC but thats all I noticed.

Never on MSN ever huh?
Well, Hey, haven't spoken since October.
Whats new?

Then we're in the same boat. (No pun intended)

I like to think of myself as such, but to be frank, it usually comes off as less than spectacular. -_-;

Sorry. Random moment. I couldn't think of anything sensible to say, so . . . yanno. ^_^;;;

Some of the greatest achievements Vista brought were what annoyed people the most. The new driver model was great, but a lot of older devices wouldn't work as well; DX10 was, while underused, many times better and more efficient than DX9; UAC, while annoying, teaches users about what sorts of actions might pose security risks (and also encourages software developers to write programs that don't require elevation). While it's kind of sad Vista wasn't more appreciated than it was, it did let Linux become a lot more mainstream (Linux usage just passed 1% for the second time in history about a week ago; the first time was earlier this year). The development that has occurred in terms of Linux usability over the past few years has been utterly insane, and I think the open source community has really benefited from it.

Also, of course your network is going to get viruses if you're using IE6. You can have the strongest virus protection in the world and extremely well-designed security policies, it still won't matter if your browser software can be exploited to modify the system. IE6 was insecure when it came out, and virus-makers keep finding better and easier ways to exploit it. It may be a pain to upgrade an entire network of computers to IE8 or Firefox, but it's a necessary pain. My old high school hasn't used IE6 in years, and in the four years I went there (and the two years I've been out), they've had no virus problems whatsoever.

Their IT is a dolt, then. There's no reason any government institution should be using that outdated POS.

And I disagree. I like Vista better than 7. Vista is highly underrated; it was a POS at release, but after SP1 it was great, and SP2 made it better than XP except on really old hardware. Admittedly, mine is highly tweaked to be efficient, but I do that with XP as well.

Yea, pretty much. How goes the hacking?

Yo, Seth. Been a while, no?

I don't usually start conversations for some reason. Maybe I should start doing that.

Anyway, I "got" Windows 7 for my folks, too. Found some interesting software that basically removes WPA and somehow makes it pass WGA checks and stuff; thought the concept was pretty interesting. OFC I only used it for educational purposes, aheh.

Oh, silly me. I thought you were referring to something I said in a thread, didn't associate Johnny with Outsiders. x3 Sorry about that.

what

Blasphemy.

Don't make up stories.

..but that's what I thought of first.

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Testing...

Why thank you.