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http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/hf/sip_buritto.jpg You mean like this disgusting fat guy? Yah, what a loser! What the HELL was he thinking ... http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/barf.gif Oh but don't go around knocking hometown buffet. They got GOOD mashed potatos!!! Some of the best I've ever had ... on some days they have good stuff .. especially for the price. When I was living in San Jose, I would just go there about two or three times a week .... around lunch time ... that would cover my whole breakfast, lunch, dinner, and next day's breakfast for the nominal $7 fee!

This is to the laptop? ... external floppy I understand ... but what about memory stick ... Does yours have a reader or are you connecting a stick reader to it? Is the webcam USB? Are all of these being connected by USB? If so, then maybe your USB is not enabled (either in Bios or somewhere in your notebook settings). Do you have ANY USB devices that work or have worked before with that PC? Maybe you have one of those "plug and pray" systems

please explain ...

I think of excercising as an enabler for more eating.

I for one didn't believe a single word you said.

LMAO Dude! That's hillarous My impression for today? It's one of the most satisfying things in the world to be told that an idea you gave someone was helpful in their life somehow... especially if they send emails thanking you for it! I usually get about one or two of those a month but today, I got THREE of them ... 2 in email and 1 in person ... It was a GOOD day ...

Hey, you try carrying 3 plates full of food each trip between the buffets and your table. You think I got these big guns pumping iron?

hmmmmm ... I usually just feel extremely dumb, hungry, stickey, sweaty, disgusting, smelly, beat up, and tired, after a good workout. So maybe I'm doing it wrong?

I would normally have a clever come-back for that one but I have learned that you just can't argue with women ... just like you can't argue with computers. Funny stuff!

Geez, you make it sound so technical! But I like

I personally would love to see more girls wearing relaxed jeans, t-shirts that actually reach the jeans, and maybe some comfy tennis shoes as opposed to skirts that hang under their crack, bellies flopping all over the place, and platform/pump shoes with straps and bells and stuff making them walk like they have no knee joints ... I mean what's so "attractive" about a girl that can't walk straight or has to pull up her "pants" with one hand, pull down her shirt with the other, and somehow manage to hold her purse, backpack, and talk on the cel phone at the same time? Maybe it's just me but I always appreciate simplicity in design and practicality (i.e. function over form )

Kinda slow today, aren't we senior Vavava? I'm guessing you were wine-"tasting" a bit too much last night?

Oh hell yah. I think there ought to be a law. If you don't look anything at all like Britney, then for god's sake, PLEASE don't fricking try to dress like Britney. And I don't give a DAMN how self confident you are and how good looking you think you are and how powerful you feel and how much you want to express yourself and all that bull crap. When it comes to your image, it doesn't matter what YOU think ... it ONLY matters what others think. ... Azat, LMAO! Did you get stung by the way?

OHHHHHHHHHHHH ... I'm such an idiot! I just understood what you mean. HAHA ... ok that one is pretty easy to disable. Just go to your computer management (right click on my computer and choose manage), then go to "Services and Applications" then "Services" ... find the "Messenger" service and disable it. That should stop those pop-ups! I never get those since I am behind a physical firewall. A software firewall could also probably filter those things out. That mechanism is like a built-in "instant messaging" service in windows. You can send it to anyone on your network (you can even boradcast I think). In older windows, you had to be running winpopup to get those messages (like when a print-job was done).

well, it was a firewall ad. That makes a lot more sense! But where did the ad come from? Windows XP doesn't have built-in advertising as far as I am aware of! It MUST have been some program or something that either you installed (with or without knowing) or that it came with your PC when you bought it (assuming a browser wasn't running at the time). First thing you want to do is get and run Ad-aware

Hahahah ... me too! I can't vote since I looked at the results! But I fixed the "I" problem.

I have never seen anything like that. I am thinking it's a popup ad made to look like a windows message. Which program displays that message? I am fairly sure it's not a standard windows XP thing but I could be wrong. Edit: Plus, "leaking IP out" sounds like a totaly made-up ERROR message! There is NO way a serious program would say anything like that It doesn't mean anything. The IP address is supposed to be public. That's how other computers can communicate with you.

I highly doubt they are OS related. Maybe they are coming through MSN messenger? I think MSN starts and runs by default. And just because you get advertising messges, doesn't mean your system was "hacked". Hacking and "security" have very different meanings than filtering spam, ads, and other unwanted internet-related messages. Also, if you install any sort of spy-ware containing program, then you are the one who is making your system vulnerable and open. It is not a system security issue. Note that you may be doing this, without even knowing. It is becoming an increaingly growing problem with internet and how programs are installed and run and there is not much the operating system designer can do to stop it (it's in the users' hands).

I heard if guys "entertain" themselves too much when they are young, it can affect the eyes when they get older. Wonder if there is any truth to this myth ...

Hey, this one has an error too. Geeeeeeeeez, how many attempts does it take for a Domino to make a decent poll? j/k j/k!!! Plus, what's up with these choices? I believe in me. So either put an "other" choice or my name will be enough.

I have never made a poll here either! So you probably know more than me at this point Don't worry ... if it goes wrong again, I'll delete it too.

Why don't you create a new poll, and I'll delete the old one.

If that's the case, then "getting messages" would be a good thing! That means the attempt was detected. I can easily get a TON of those kinds of "messages" an hour ... people have nothing to do but to sit there and do port scans or send some stupid childish ping-of-death or other idiotic things. I actually have people trying to systematically find and run cmd.exe on my SOLARIS machine!!!!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!

Dan, what "messages" are you talking about?

What do you mean by "internet is faster"? I am guessing you are talking about web browsing? If so, that is mostly related to the browser you use. Most often the protocol stacks are fairly optimized. I've heard/read how Opera is so much faster than IE. For me, things are usually really fast so I haven't noticed any difference. Most often, the slowdown comes from internet conjestion and servers and it is rarely something on my own end.