data.pif from intel@shrapnelgames.com????

[rdouglass]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
...Oh, and I keep my address book empty. I use the 'keep one e-mail from every sender in my in-box' technique of holding the addresses. This way I am not responsible for helping to spread viruses.

Unfortunately, this will not keep viruses away from those addresses. Most virii are intelligent enough to scan those locations as well as address books. Any file it can read will do....

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yeah, whatever. Please explain how I in any way glorified Microsoft?

Please esplain how I 'bashed' MS. For a guy that is constantly compaining about people claiming you said something you didn't you sure like to do it to others.

[Fyron]

That part was directed at Krsqk...

[ February 02, 2004, 22:39: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Krsqk]

I hardly consider the concept of "If you don't know what it does, don't mess with it" an advanced user concept. Maybe I'm way off on my idea of the average computer user, though--perhaps the "I already know it all, and I can fake my way out of it if I find out I don't know it all" attitude so prevalent in other areas takes root here, too. A little education might be in order here, so people aren't afraid of harmless actions and are afraid of dangerous ones.

[Fyron]

The average computer user these days doesn't have the first clue about what a computer is. This is why Dell advertisments are so successful and Dell has grown so big.

[ February 02, 2004, 23:22: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Hiding file extentions makes sence when you have seen as many files with the wrong extentions as I have.

The flip side of that coin is that now you have a whole bunch of new Users who don't know what 'file extension' means. (ie my parents ) I suspect if MS really thought about it they could come up with a better way to prevent the uneducated user from accidentaly changing a file extension (and possibly even educating them as to what those Last 4 characteres mean).
Actually since windows warns you if you change a file extension it doesn't really require much thought at all. instead of having an option to hide file extension how about an option to allow you to change file extension which defaults to NO.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The average computer user these days doesn't have the first clue about what a computer is. This is why Dell advertisments are so successful and Dell has grown so big.

No crap on this statement. This is 100% true. My uncle keeps calling me because he can't log onto his ISP. (True conversation)

"Type in the password then press enter."

"Ah these damn computers are so darn difficult I should just buy one of them there Dell things."

"Bob you don't need a new computer, your computer is fine. You just need to understand that when you type in your PASSWORD, that it is case sensative."

So whats he do? Yup, he goes out and buys a Del. I get this phone call at least once a week now.

"How do you log onto AOL?"

I just tell him to call Dell now.