tomsawyer on sat 1 dec 01
On the 23rd I received an unexpected x-mas gift --- a virus that turned =
in to a disaster. Always use Norton and am uncertain whether someone =
hacked in to my computer that I often leave on line or what. Anyway, I =
began to see gobbledegook and thousands of files were copied and =
recopied; I quickly updated my Norton Antivirus and discovered that it =
was unable to detect the beast. Shortly after that the keyboard quit =
working. Eventually had to replace the motherboard and keyboard courtesy =
Dell [thank God I had an on-site service contract]. Uncertain what if =
anything the virus had to do with their malfunction but the casual =
relationship seems hard to ignore. Had a great software person find and =
eliminate the unnamed causitive virus but what a nightmare. I see I have =
375 e-mail awaiting my read so goodbye for now.
Tom Sawyer
tsawyer@cfl.rr.com
BeardiePaw on fri 28 dec 01
Hi Tom, I got a badtrans a couple weeks ago and had a mess. My computer
person told me that there was a virus out tthere that is a cross between
melissa and happy what ever it was. On a certain day in december, it would
kick in and mess up your hard drive. Maybe that's what you got. Right
after I got my comp. cleaned up, someone tried to send me another virus.
THIS TIME, Nortons caught it. If I could have gotten my hands on that
person, he'd have seen if my kiln does really fire above cone 6!
Sherry Morrow
Martin Howard on sat 29 dec 01
probably led to Tom's problems.
Tom that is one thing we in the UK do not seem to do.
Why? Because we have to PAY to be on line.
I understand in the USA you can stay on line all day and not pay a dime, so
long as your ISP is only a local call away.
Some of us here pay about £15 a month to surf the net at anytime, but more,
like me, pay about 5 a month to surf the net (with BT) during off-peak time.
That is from 6 in the evening until 8 in the morning, and all weekends.
But, because you in the States are on-line so much during the whole day,
being hacked and bugged, we have difficulty connecting during the evening
because of the volume of traffic in The States!
So, my American friends, do us all a favour and only stay on-line for the
time you REALLY need.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 26/12/01
Martin Howard on sat 29 dec 01
person, he'd have seen if my kiln does really fire above cone 6!>
1 Roasting is too good for them.
2 The ash would have such nasty elements in it, you couldn't use it any
glaze.
Just a couple of peaceful Quakerly thoughts;-)
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 26/12/01
Mert & Holly Kilpatrick on sat 29 dec 01
Martin,
As far as I understand it, it shouldn't impact your connecting to your IS=
P
to have people in other locations connected to their ISP's. It is really=
a
function of how many connections your ISP can handle, isn't it? Granted,=
on
some unusual occasions, particular sites get more hits than can be handle=
d
at once, such as CNN on the morning of the World Trade Center disaster, b=
ut
in general, capacity is constantly expanded to handle demand. And of
course, more and more people are connecting through methods where they ar=
e
always connected, such as cable or whatever those newer technologies are =
- I
think that in the not too distant future we will all be constantly
connected. Someone else here certainly understands this better than I. =
It
seems like more of an issue of different methods of pricing in the UK.
Holly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Howard"
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:39 AM
Subject: Computer Disaster
probably led to Tom's problems.
Tom that is one thing we in the UK do not seem to do.
Why? Because we have to PAY to be on line.
I understand in the USA you can stay on line all day and not pay a dime, =
so
long as your ISP is only a local call away.
Some of us here pay about =A315 a month to surf the net at anytime, but m=
ore,
like me, pay about 5 a month to surf the net (with BT) during off-peak ti=
me.
That is from 6 in the evening until 8 in the morning, and all weekends.
But, because you in the States are on-line so much during the whole day,
being hacked and bugged, we have difficulty connecting during the evening
because of the volume of traffic in The States!
So, my American friends, do us all a favour and only stay on-line for the
time you REALLY need.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 26/12/01
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pammyam on sat 29 dec 01
Dear Martin,
I would like to know how anyone gets online without paying a
dime. While we do have the luxury of unlimited service for
a fixed price, the best I can do is US$22/month with my
dialup connection. That's pretty close to the 12 pound cost
that you mention, if I understand correctly what you are
saying. Cable connections, which are "always on" cost more
like US$40/month, I think. There is also a hefty connection
setup fee. There were some "free" dialup services, but I
think they have been disappearing. As far as I know, they
all had an obnoxious ad banner that could not be removed
from the screen while online. Of course, that was the
price.
Pam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Howard"
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:39 AM
Subject: Computer Disaster
: probably led to
Tom's problems.
:
: Tom that is one thing we in the UK do not seem to do.
: Why? Because we have to PAY to be on line.
:
: I understand in the USA you can stay on line all day and
not pay a dime, so
: long as your ISP is only a local call away.
:
: Some of us here pay about £15 a month to surf the net at
anytime, but more,
: like me, pay about 5 a month to surf the net (with BT)
during off-peak time.
: That is from 6 in the evening until 8 in the morning, and
all weekends.
:
: But, because you in the States are on-line so much during
the whole day,
: being hacked and bugged, we have difficulty connecting
during the evening
: because of the volume of traffic in The States!
:
: So, my American friends, do us all a favour and only stay
on-line for the
: time you REALLY need.
:
: Martin Howard
: Webbs Cottage Pottery
: Woolpits Road, Great Saling
: BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
: 01371 850 423
: martin@webbscottage.co.uk
: http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
: Updated 26/12/01
:
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Martin Howard on sun 30 dec 01
Those that CREATE the viruses are the target.
They are clever, deranged, maladjusted, criminals, who love writing computer
language files.
So, if the world went after them with as much a gusto as we have gone after
Osama Ben Laden, we should have a considerable number of people to judge,
sentence and "execute".
To make the sentence fit the crime could mean that they must put right all
the infected computers in the world, past present and future,
and provide compensation for all the time lost by the owners of the
computers.
Post and packing should be at their expense of course.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 26/12/01
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