[Shotimes] OT- (computer stuf)
Paul Nimz
niks@dialnetwork.com
Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:55:58 -0600
Personally I would rather spend my time and money preventing virus problems
than fixing them. Why rely on products that fix your sick computer if you
can take measures and not become infected in the first place?
Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
Cc: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dialnetwork.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
> Jim, Ron gave you a good way to look at this. NAV being owned by
> Symantec has a very good support structure. That's what you really want
> to look for. The whole virus world is reactive in nature and you can't
> really stop this stuff before it happens, but when it does, you want
> someone there to code a def file so that you can protect your sytem. So
> for all intents and purposes, these programs (McAfee, etc) to me are
> fairly equal but are an absolute necessity in today's world.
>
> As for LINUX, I know a lot of people that swear by it and really no one
> that swears at it. But its use is going to limited in my view to server
> based work at this point and not as a replacement for the Windows client.
> For instance, a buddy of mine has a LINUX box in his house that is used
> for file and web serving that he does virtually no maintenance to. But
> client apps are pretty much all written for Windoze because it is
> ubiquitous.
>
> If you follow the type of approach I outlined earlier to protect your PC,
> that is a good model to insure no issues will befall you.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> James White said:
> > I have always thought that anything MicroSoft was all anchor and bloat!
> >
> > The old Atari did a lot with only 1/100 of the memory and wabout 1/1000
of
> > the disk storage space. Old dos (not even Windows) was sorta' OK.
> >
> > Was happy with non-Windows dos, but they fixed what wasn't broken...
> >
> > Is Linux any better?
> >
> > Or maybe they "fixed" that too?
> >
> > regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dialnetwork.com>
> > To: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>; "Midwest SHO
> > Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
> > Cc: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
> >
> >
> >> NA isn't anything but an anchor and bloat. IMHO
> >>
> >> Paul Nimz
> >> '97 TR
> >> '93 EG mtx
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
> >> To: "Midwest SHO Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
> >> Cc: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:39 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
> >>
> >>
> >> > Yes, those are good, but you also need something like Norton
Antivirus
> >> > too. What I normally have on my machines are:
> >> >
> >> > Hardware Router (Linksys, Netgear, etc)
> >> > Norton Antivirus
> >> > Zone Alarm Pro (actually Zone Labs Integrity Client)
> >> > Adaware
> >> > Spybot
> >> >
> >> > These together seem reasonably good at securing a machine.
> >> > --
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Carl Prochilo
> >> > 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
> >> >
> >> > Midwest SHO Specialists said:
> >> > > I run Ad Aware and Zone alarm. Neither stop spam email, but they
do
> >> block
> >> > > pop ups.
> >> > >
> >> > > ~ Mike
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
> >> > > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> >> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:07 PM
> >> > > Subject: [Shotimes] OT (computer stuf)
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >> Didn't think that this was Spam..., but speaking of Spam, I got a
> >> > >> program
> >> > >> from a friend/customer called SpyBot. Think that it prevents
> >> > >> information
> >> > > on
> >> > >> me from being sent out about me, and this will, maybe, reduce the
> > Spam.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Is it worth the time to run it?
> >> > >>
> >> > >> And time is what I don't have. The '95MTX SHO still has the idle
> >> > >> problem.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> And this crap-top still won't fax. I want to reformat the whole
> > thing,
> >> > > but
> >> > >> want to keep the saved email from this list and a several hundred
> > sent
> >> > >> faxes, from when the fax program worked, but I haven't a clue as
> >> how
> > to
> >> > >> do
> >> > >> that and don't have the time to learn how. Would OS/2 be better?
> > How
> >> > > about
> >> > >> Linux?
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Working a 80 hour week, just to keep this rotten job...
> >> > >>
> >> > >> regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> >> > >> Valparaiso, Indiana
> >> > >> '93 5 SPEED 282k few mods
> >> > >> '95 5 SPEED 265k lots of mods
> >> > >> "double clutch" it's good for both you and your SHO
> >> > >>
> >> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > >> From: "Midwest SHO Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
> >> > >> To: "V6&V8SHO SHOCAGO" <slightlyhigheroutput@hotmail.com>;
> >> > >> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:11 PM
> >> > >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHOFAST Performance Gen 2 ATX Transmission
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >> > Welcome to the list Jon... It's best to stick around and post
> > awhile
> >> > >> before
> >> > >> > you start spamming.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > :-)
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > ~ Mike
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Midwest SHO
> >> > >> > www.midwestsho.com
> >> > >> > Sales@Midwestsho.com
> >> > >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > >> > From: "V6&V8SHO SHOCAGO" <slightlyhigheroutput@hotmail.com>
> >> > >> > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> >> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:24 PM
> >> > >> > Subject: [Shotimes] SHOFAST Performance Gen 2 ATX Transmission
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > > Hello! Newbie to the shotimes list. Name is Jon
Martinucci,
> >> I
> >> > >> own
> >> > > a
> >> > >> 93
> >> > >> > > Black metallic ATX SHO. Current Staff member of SHOCAGO, and a
> >> > >> member
> >> > >> with
> >> > >> > > SHOFORUM.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > I want to express my experiance to everyone about SHOFAST
> >> > >> PERFORMANCE.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > I got my car from SHOFAST 3 days ago with their built up Gen 2
> > ATX
> >> > >> > > transmission and I must say it is the best trans my car has
> >> ever
> >> > >> seen.
> >> > >> The
> >> > >> > > 2-3 shift is as firm as the 1-2. The firmness is solid and
dead
> > on
> >> > > every
> >> > >> > > time. Feels like im getting pushed in the bumper every 2-3
> >> shift.
> >> > >> The
> >> > >> > drive
> >> > >> > > back from Cincy to Chicago was great and damn does their
> >> SHOFAST
> >> > > torque
> >> > >> > > convertor have great lockup.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > The cost is very competitive with other performance
> >> transmissions
> >> > > which
> >> > >> is
> >> > >> > > why I choose to go with them. And the time and service was
> >> great.
> >> > > Brad
> >> > >> > the
> >> > >> > > owner of SHOFAST promised the car to be finished within a week
> > and
> >> > >> it
> >> > >> was
> >> > >> > > done in a week.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > I am also in the works of setting up a date to do full
> >> suspension
> >> > >> upgrade
> >> > >> > > along with bigger brakes at SHOFAST for the convention.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > With all the troubles with SHOSHOP its good to see a vendor on
> > the
> >> > > right
> >> > >> > > track.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > Not to many people know about SHOFAST and niether did I till I
> >> heard
> >> > >> about
> >> > >> > > them from a freind. They offer high quality of service and I
> > would
> >> > > refer
> >> > >> > > others to them due to my excellent experiance.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > I believe there website is http://www.shofastperformance.com/
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > End
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > Jon Martinucci
> >> > >> > > SHOCAGO.com STAFF
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > >
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