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Hi ... not sure if this might be of help ... I just download the Kaspersky Rescue CD earlier today. It is an ISO that you burn to a CD to use before your computer actually starts. I usually get a new copy to have on hand every few months ... Kaspersky Rescue CD: Kaspersky is one of the best anti-virus company and now its providing a rescue CD absolutely free which contains the latest Kaspersky anti-virus. So you can scan your system by booting your system using Kaspersky rescue CD. ftp://rescuedisk.kaspersky-labs.com/rescuedisk/ ... when you go that page, click on the bottom folder "updatable" (08/11/2013) and you will get the latest updated ISO download which is currently dated 08-11-2013. HTH

Came across this little flash cookie cleaner a few days ago ... I know that CCleaner and other programs will also clean flash cookies but I like this one since it's a very small and quick cleaner. You can easily check while browsing for any flash cookies and delete them in a second and keep browsing or you can check web sites to see if they are adding flash cookies ... a lot quicker than going to the flash cookie folder to see what's there. It lists "Windows All" but I can't be sure ... it works OK with XP ... no install, just download and use. Flash Cookies Cleaner 1.2 http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Flash-Cookies-Cleaner.shtml Removes every Flash Cookie from your system. Flash Cookies Cleaner is a compact application designed to scan your computer for the cookies saved by the Adobe Flash Player application in order to remove them. These cookies, also known as Local Shared Objects, are responsible for remembering the volume level on Flash video players and other settings for each website. If you are not comfortable with having these settings saved on your computer you might want to delete them. The problem is that these cookies are not removed in the same way you clean the cookies saved by your browser. Actually, completely cleaning the browser has no effect on these items. Since every Flask cookie can save up to 100 kilobytes of information, the space used for an intensive Internet user can be quite significant. It is recommended to remove them if you want to clean your hard drive and to avoid the privacy issues. The application has an easy to use interface that allows you to detect and to delete all the cookies with a couple of clicks. You can also review the detected items before deciding to delete them. Unfortunately, you cannot select the items that you want to remove since the app deletes all the detected cookies. It has a small footprint and barely uses the CPU even when scanning or deleting cookies. The response time is above average since in our tests it detected and removed over eight hundred entries almost instantly. This app detected more items than the Adobe Website Storage Settings panel and removed them with no problems. However, it lacks the ability to change the maximum disk space for each cookie and to disable the local storage. Flash Cookies Cleaner is a useful application for the users that want to completely remove the browsing traces from their computer with minimum effort. ... just to add, I run CCleaner frequently when I have the computer on but I never paid too much attention to flash cookies till I started reading more about them in the last month or so and this little cleaner lets me actually see what has been added to the Adobe folder while browsing. I'm not 100% sure CCleaner removes "all" flash cookies, it very well may ... when I have run CCleaner I think there still might have been a folder or something in that Adobe - Macromedia folder but this cleaner seems to remove everything and it's very quick. I have to recheck CCleaner again on removing flash cookies.

Found some additional information about the giant Pandoravirus virus from an article dating back three months Giant virus 'opens Pandora's box', says French team http://www.france24.com/en/20130802-giant-virus-pandora-box-pandoravirus-france-aix-science Dr Chantal Abergel is not easily surprised by the discovery of giant viruses. A director of research at Aix-Marseille University and the CNRS (France’s National Centre for Scientific Research), she has already been involved in identifying two very large viruses, the Mimivirus and Megavirus. "We were expecting giant viruses to have 1,000 genes; however, one of the two viruses we recently found had 2,556 genes, which is huge," Dr Abergel told France24.com, adding that the other virus’s gene count was around 1,500. "This discovery has opened a Pandora’s box," said Dr Abergel. "It will force us to change the way we think about viruses. The Pandoraviruses are extremely complex. In fact, 90 percent of their genes are unlike anything we have known so far. Out of the 2,556 genes of the Pandoravirus, less than 200 are known to us. This discovery is bound to make us reconsider our perception of evolutionary biology." According to the French researcher, the Pandoravirus is totally different from previously known viruses. "Normally, under a microscope, viruses look like crystals. But Pandoraviruses looked like cellular structures. First, we thought they might be special bacteria because of their size and morphology. However, further tests confirmed that they were viruses", she said. ...

dencorso ... hopefully Andromeda43 will check back in with the answer. I take it that this is purely a guess and no "crystal ball" involved at all !

Andromeda43 ... have a question (temporary off topic) about the 12 yr old computer running Windows 8. I have no interest in W-8 but I was curious for some more information on that computer. Is this one you built or just bought, find it interesting that you can run W-8 on a computer that old ... what make is it and maybe you upgraded a little? thanks ... ... also from the other posters ... thanks for all the links, never heard of any of the sites myself ... found out about Rufus from the reboot.pro site. [Tutorial] Install Windows XP From USB in a simple way http://reboot.pro/topic/17327-tutorial-install-windows-xp-from-usb-in-a-simple-way/

OK ... fair enough about your thoughts on XP and other OS's. In my case, I'm still in the "excitement" stage with XP since I've only been with it since last year. I said this before in another post ... after getting everything installed and finally setup, I was amazed at how much I liked XP. I only wish I had made the change three years earlier. I was with Windows 98SE and always planned to just ride with it ... everything worked well but when I upgraded my Netgear WiFi card in 2010, I was having problems trying to get the card to work properly ... Netgear had Windows 98SE drivers but they didn't seem to really work. Decided to give XP another shot ... had tried it 2 or 3 times before through the years, but this time all went smooth and the WiFi card worked perfect. So for me, XP and my older Pentium M notebooks will work just fine into the future. They are fast and many software programs that I used on Windows 98SE also work very well on XP. Like your input and thoughts also Tommy ... it would be nice to see the XP numbers just get "stagnant" and refuse to drop for the rest of 2013 ... drive M$ crazy. What's not to like !

Ponch ... not sure what OS you use since you have none listed but I look at it as more of a "slap in the face" to Microsoft. They have a game plan and "old XP" just won't play along ... the OS, which once made a lot of money for company, is supposed to be heading into the sunset and for sure it is ... but on it's own terms and timetable. Whether it "makes a comeback" of a point or two one month or drops a point or two another month isn't what it's all about ... the bottom line is: XP is a headache that won't go away, the XP hangover from the party that started years ago ... sure the dancing is getting a little slower, the noise makers and hats are getting old and worn but many just don't want to leave the party, after over 10 years.

This is interesting reading and so are the 90 + comments ... Uptake of Windows 8 for desktop computers – which was never particularly fast – has slowed, according to stats for July from web traffic pollsters Net Applications. But a disturbing fact for everybody else is that Windows XP - enjoying second place in the stats - had a minor resurgence during July. Net Applications found XP, first released in 2001, clawed back 37.19 of the market versus 37.17 in the month before, pausing its long-term downward trend towards its demise. Many companies moving off Windows XP are going to Windows 7, the number one most used desktop OS, and Net Applications found version 7’s use up by 0.12 points on June. OK, here is the whole article .... Win XP alive and kicking despite 2014 kill switch (Don't ask about Win 8) On track to be world's second most used desktop OS when security patches cease By Gavin Clarke, 2nd August 2013 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/02/windows_8_v_windows_xp_july_data/ Uptake of Windows 8 for desktop computers – which was never particularly fast – has slowed, according to stats for July from web traffic pollsters Net Applications. Microsoft's latest operating system held a 5.4 per cent of the global desktop OS market last month, up 0.3 points on June which was up 0.83 points on May. A glance at the Net Applications graph shows a gradually slowing trend over time. We're told the stats were gathered from the logs of some 160m unique web surfers hitting 40,000 websites in the pollster's analytics network: each visitor's browser is expected to reveal some basic information about their computer, but this can be spoofed so the usual health warnings about user-agent statistics apply. Officially released in October 2012, Windows 8 has been growing at less than one per cent a month in the desktop arena, but June was the high water market hitting nearly a whole one percentage point of growth. Last month, though, its rate of increase slumped. That's sobering news for Microsoft. But a disturbing fact for everybody else is that Windows XP - enjoying second place in the stats - had a minor resurgence during July. Net Applications found XP, first released in 2001, clawed back 37.19 of the market versus 37.17 in the month before, pausing its long-term downward trend towards its demise. Many companies moving off Windows XP are going to Windows 7, the number one most used desktop OS, and Net Applications found version 7’s use up by 0.12 points on June. These numbers are incremental changes, but momentum begins with a small shove. Is an overbearing attachment to Windows XP to blame for the revival or the fact techies are hitting the beaches for the summer break, so temporarily AWOL on the upgrade front? While the Windows 8 usage numbers are more salt in wounds for Microsoft, it’s the minor consolidation in Windows XP that should worry everybody else. ... more reading at the link and also the 90 + comments ! and also this on Windows XP Browsium Blog Time to Check on Windows XP’s Share Decline August 1, 2013 http://www.browsium.com/2013/08/01/july-windows-xp-share-decline/ Windows XP end of life has been a topic of discussion in IT circles for quite some time. This discussion always heats up on the first of each month as the various data tracking companies release their stats on browser and OS usage share. Here we are on August 1st, 2013 checking in with NetApplications to see how much Windows XP dropped this month, on its way to extinction when Microsoft ends support next April. When we last looked at Windows XP share on this blog, we used the May 1st data which had XP at 38.31%. As of July 1st, it had dropped to 37.17%. Though that drop was only a bit more than 1% in 2 months, we can surely expect the pace of decline to increase as we get closer to April 2014. We’re now only 8 months away, so let’s do a little wagering. Who wants to bet that it went down 5% this month? 3%? And for the conservative bettors, 1%? … everyone loses (and we mean everyone!). XP usage went UP this month, from 37.17% to 37.19%. How is the IT industry going to drive XP usage to zero by April 2014 if it’s heading in the wrong direction in July 2013? There’s clearly a lot of work ahead for enterprise IT. In fact, XP share has only come down 2.3% since January, for an average of 0.3%/month. That certainly does not inspire confidence in achieving the goal. ... more reading at the link and there is also a chart that I don't know how to reproduce here. Add: I just noticed that this article was already posted under "Windows 8 - Deeper Impressions" in the "General Discussions" thread by TELVM but it should probably also be in the Windows XP forum ... I didn't know it was already mentioned when I posted.

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OK ... interesting information and links that you provided. I guess I am amazed that an early cell phone had all these "extras" in 1996 ... I didn't get interested in cell phones till about 2002 / 2003 timeframe. My current cell phone I got in Aug 2004 and it's still works great ... able to connect my notebook into it with USB. "And yes, I still own a P910i" - you still have it in service or just as a collector's item? Reminds me when I read a few years back how a small notebook computer of today has so much more processing power in the small size compared to what the Apollo spacecraft had at the time. I think much of the space used on the Apollo was for the computers since they were so much larger back then.

This is interesting ... I had never heard of it till today, maybe someone here at MSFN actually had one or actually saw one. The Gadget We Miss: The Nokia 9000 Communicator Nokia’s first Smartphone was a ground-breaking gadget for the traveller. https://medium.com/people-gadgets/ef8e8c7047ae The evolution of the modern smartphone is a complex business, with numerous extinct species that never quite made it. Some of these were just plain odd, and others were just before their time. The Nokia 9000 Communicator was one of these, a cell phone that was a smartphone before the word was invented. It rolled all of the features of a computer into a phone, putting email, web browsing, fax, word processing and spreadsheets into a single pocketable device. And it did it years before Blackberry became the iconic symbol of the mobile professional. Launched in 1996, the Nokia 9000 Communicator showed a company at the peak of its design powers: the Communicator was a mobile powerhouse, with 8MB of memory and a 33MHz processor. This combination ran Nokia’s own GEOS operating system (a predecessor to the Symbian OS used on later models), combined with a suite of business programs that could read and edit Microsoft Office files from a desktop PC. Inside the clamshell style case was a chiclet QWERTY keyboard, complete with function keys for the major features and a series of programmable buttons by the screen. This screen was a black and white LCD, with a then-high resolution of 640 x 200 pixels. This long, thin screen meant that it could offer a first: a graphical web browser on a mobile device. Previous phones had offered only text web browsing, but the 9000 Communicator could render graphics in all their monochrome glory and connect to the Internet over the built-in 9600 bits per second GSM modem, which worked with the new digital GSM phone networks that were being rolled out across the world. However, this was before the days of always-on connections: to get your email, you had to connect to the mobile network, rather like dialing up on a land line, but without the noises. The US model was launched in 1997 (the Nokia 9000i Communicator), running on the GSM 1900 frequency offered by carriers like Microcell in Canada. All of these features added bulk, though: the 9000 Communicator was over 1.5 inches thick and weighed a hefty 14oz (397 grams). Compare that with a contemporary phone like the Motorola StarTAC that weighed just 3.1 ounces, and which was half an inch thick. The screen was also not very easy to see in sunlight, with the low-contrast LCD screen getting blasted out by even moderate sun. But the real problem was the price. It cost at least $800 in the USA, and about £1000 in the UK. That price scared off many users, as did the bulk and complexity of the device. To be successful, the technology had to wait several years to get smaller, sleeker and to be easier to use. Former Nokia CEO Jorma Ollia told the Wall Street Journal that “we had exactly the right view of what it was all about… We were about five years ahead.” ... more info and pictures at the link.

Well I was just having some fun ... I guess if the "developer" or owner of the dead ostrich wants to call it a helicopter ... then that's what it is. I just thought in today's world ... calling it a flying "ostrich drone" would be more fitting or with the times ! ...

Is this really a helicopter or possibly a drone ??? The picture of it flying sure looks more like a drone. Dutch artist turns dead ostrich into a helicopter http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dutch-artist-turns-dead-ostrich-helicopter-article-1.1414534 Bart Jansen, who had previously converted his dead cat into a similar remote-controlled device,' thought it would be funny to 'make fly a bird that can't' in his latest project. August 1, 2013 The Dutch artist who turned a dead cat into a remote-controlled helicopter is back, and this time he's using an ostrich. Bart Jansen made headlines in 2012 when he converted the corpse of his deceased puss Orville, who was killed by a car, into a chopper. Now the barmy inventor has gone one step further by combining a dead ostrich with mechanical parts to create an "Ostrichcopter". ...

Well, I may have finally found a reason to like drones ... African officials seek U.S. drones to fight elephant poachers http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/31/elephants-rhinos-lions-and-drones-tanzania-conside/ Tanzania’s storied wildlife reserves could soon get a watchful, winged inhabitant: U.S. drones. On his visit to the East African nation last month, President Obama discussed the possibility of using unarmed, unmanned aircraft to help overstretched park rangers combat the growing problem of elephant poaching in Tanzania’s vast wildlife reserves and national parks, Tanzanian Ambassador to the United States Liberata Mulamula told editors and reporters at The Washington Times this week. Wildlife groups estimate that 10,000 to 25,000 elephants are killed in Tanzania each year for their ivory tusks and the number of elephants in southern Tanzania has fallen by more than half. Much of the ivory is shipped illegally to Asian markets. “The extent of poaching is very, very, very high,” John Salehe, director of the African Wildlife Foundation’s Maasai Steppe, said in a phone interview from Tanzania. There has been sharp increase in elephant poaching over the past year, he said. ... more at the link pretty good if it can save some endangered wildlife ... too bad they wouldn't be armed with missles to blow the bums up, away from the animals of course.

JorgeA ... just by a few minutes, you provided more information and I will follow about using Firefox ... I use Firefox Portable ESR ... http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esr you posted "Maybe a good reason to start using HTTPS Everywhere, even though of course it doesn't cover every conceivable website. Might drive even me to Firefox." That's interesting ... will be reading for more information. Just adding ... only started using Firefox again as a portable version in the last two weeks, had been using SeaMonkey Portable ... have been using FP ESR version but just decided to install Firefox Portable v22.0 and maybe go with it. Still experimenting with these versions to see what the difference might be. http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

Anyone have some comments on this NSA program ... XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data Wednesday 31 July 2013 * XKeyscore gives 'widest-reaching' collection of online data * NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches * Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history * NSA's XKeyscore program – read one of the presentations A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. ... more at the link. some of the members here may remember herbalist from a few years ago ... hasn't been around for awhile ... he was ahead of his time on all this, sure would like hear his take on all these developments.

Somewhat interesting ... Who Killed Barnaby Jack? Worlds Best Hacker Found Dead http://www.everyjoe.com/2013/07/26/technology/barnaby-jack-murdered-hacker-found-dead/#comment-902653 Arguably the most dangerous man on the planet, Barnaby Jack could hack everything from ATM machines to pacemakers. However, he always had goodness in his heart and never used his superpowers for evil purposes. But earlier today, the most talented hacker on the planet was found dead. He was only 35. Was Barnaby Jack murdered? That’s the question many are asking today. And I don’t think it’s an unreasonable query. He was so good at what he did that there’s no doubt that secret agencies and international governments kept an eye on the New Zealand native who was living in San Francisco, California. Without further ado, here are six groups of people who might have killed Barnaby Jack: the NSA ...

Interesting ... "FAA certifies first two drones for commercial use", more interesting are the comments below the article ... this one says anything under 50 lbs is considered a model, those two drones are just over 50 lbs (?) ... wonder if they could be under 50 lbs but were made to be over 50 lbs. The article says "both weigh less than 55 pounds" but maybe over the 50 lbs limit? Yep its sad the government is light-years behind us, FAA Modernization And Reform Act 2012 [H.R.658.ENR] SEC.336 it clearly states anything under 50 lbs is a model and not bound by the FAA rules. Lawyers can fight over that all day reality is till you hurt someone, bother someone or make money off it nobody is going to care. ...

Very nice sleek shark drone ... I really like it, also like what they say about their product with testing. "And NO, nobody else has it! And YES, it is in stock and shipping now. And we fly what we sell, this plane has been under test quite some time, and we got it to the point where we love it!" ... if anyone's interested ... "Sharknado" plays tonight on SyFy at 9pm (est) ... disaster films all day long and then the sharks!

Just found some additional news out today (July 26) about "Sharknado" ... this SyFy TV movie is going to play for one showing in more than 200 select movie theaters for a midnight showing on Friday August 2nd ... chance to see it on the big screen. I can't say that I ever remember a TV movie going to a big screen theater ... it could have happened but I don't know. Now they are saying it has become an immediate worldwide sensation, generating nearly 5,000 tweets a minute. Amazing ... EXCLUSIVE MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF SYFY’S GLOBAL SENSATION SHARKNADO GIVES FANS BIG SCREEN EXPERIENCE FOR ONLY ONE NIGHT 'Sharknado' to Screen in Movie Theaters at Midnight on Friday, August 2 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/07/26/sharknado-to-screen-in-movie-theaters-at-midnight-on-friday-august-2/194172/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29 NCM® Fathom Events and The Asylum Present the Syfy Instant Cult Classic in Select Movie Theaters on Friday, August 2 NEW YORK – July 26, 2013 – Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a…shark! A super-sized storm sucks sharks from the ocean and hurls them onto land in the Syfy cult classic Sharknado, presented for one night in select movie theaters for a special Midnight showing by NCM Fathom Events and The Asylum on Friday, August 2 (starting at 12:05 a.m. local time). Sharknado premiered on Syfy on July 11, becoming an immediate worldwide sensation, generating nearly 5,000 tweets a minute. Sharknado 2 will premiere on Syfy in July 2014. Tickets for Sharknado are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. Sharknado appears on the big screen in more than 200 select movie theaters through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change). “’Sharknado’ was an instant hit with fans – and celebrities – from the moment they first saw it, creating a social media phenomenon on July 11 with nearly 400,000 social mentions,” said Shelly Maxwell, executive vice president for NCM Fathom Events. “Imagine sharks invading from the skies on 40-foot screens in movie theaters nationwide. Next week’s special midnight showing is a first for Fathom and will answer the age-old question: Who knew sharks could fly?” Entertainment Weekly described it as “… an hour-and-a-half of ridiculous, slapstick, theatrical, scientifically-impossible fun” and New York Daily News said “’Sharknado’ is bad to the bone. It’s absurd. It’s ridiculous. If you’re a fan of low-budget horror movies and you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.” ...

Philipitous ... am in agreement with 5eraph when he says "Reading along with interest like me, I'd imagine." ... been reading as others are doing. Last December (2012) I started a topic in the XP forum ... "Installing New Windows XP Updates" and got some interesting replies. My thread is now back in history on Page 6 these days. CharlotteTheHarlot posted a real nice reply that mentioned some interesting things: CharlotteTheHarlot ... Posted 18 December 2012 - 06:57 AM Purely out of chance, the machine I am on has evolved into the front-facing sacrificial lamb to the evil gods of internet malfeasance. Windows Update is disabled. I haven't even manually ran the update scan in over two years. It is of course behind a router. The Windows Firewall is running ( the XP inbound-only firewall ) but I'd bet I could even kill that without consequence. I am using Opera 99% of the time (version 11.something ), and Firefox for the odd pages and things that cause hiccups. MSIE is very rarely used. And here is the kicker ... It is an Administrator account. ~shudder~ There is no anti-virus ( except for on-demand scan of folders and drives now and then, not because I am infected, but for the odd client devices I am working with ). This computer visits the darkest, deepest and most dangerous corners of the web too. No bull. No drive-by scripts have ever compromised it. No local files have caused problems and believe me I test a whole lot of crap. Try as I may, I cannot think of something that a critical Windows Update would need to fix as far as security that would affect anything positively. I would expect things might get broken by allowing Microsoft to just keep patching system files over and over again though. I always wondered how an ever-changing codebase can be considered "stable" but that's just me I guess. Anyway. I have always maintained that a properly configured Router + Opera is the first line of protection. It definitely works for me. However, I have a never-ending stream of infected computers being brought in for repair and it is always one or both of those ( Router + Opera ) that are missing. They always have Windows Updates on automatic so they are up-to-date, and they have a variety of realtime antivirus programs ( murdering the performance naturally ). Yet still they show up in various states of disarray. Go figure. If you have a spare computer ( or even a HDD with space for a clone of your OS ) just try it. ......... my thread from Dec ... Installing New Windows XP Updates http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/160578-installing-new-windows-xp-updates/ ...

This just broke at the Drudge Report over the last few hours ... just a quick post since there was talk earlier of government spying in this thread. Drudge Report FEDS DEMAND WEB FIRMS TURN OVER PASSWORDS http://www.drudgereport.com/ ... at this time this is the main "headline" story at the Drudge Report and it may stay that way for several hours until something else starts to trend so the actual article link is below. the actual article ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/ Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form. The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed. If the government is able to determine a person's password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused. "I've certainly seen them ask for passwords," said one Internet industry source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We push back." A second person who has worked at a large Silicon Valley company confirmed that it received legal requests from the federal government for stored passwords. Companies "really heavily scrutinize" these requests, the person said. "There's a lot of 'over my dead body.'" Some of the government orders demand not only a user's password but also the encryption algorithm and the so-called salt, according to a person familiar with the requests. A salt is a random string of letters or numbers used to make it more difficult to reverse the encryption process and determine the original password. Other orders demand the secret question codes often associated with user accounts. ... more at the link

Yes, you can't take the movie too serious but it seemed to strike something with the viewers. As one person said, fish including sharks are going to only have one mission ... to get back into the ocean or water as soon as possible and not gobling down humans but it's a fun movie. Just 3 - 4 days ago SyFy announced a sequel in 2014 ... Sharknado sequel to premiere in 2014 Sharknado 2,' set in New York City, greenlit by SyFy Channel In the wake of the massive social media success of the first 'Sharknado,' the network announced a sequel set to air in 2014. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/sharknado-2-set-new-york-city-greenlit-syfy-channel-article-1.1401052 Just when you thought it was safe to go back on Water Street ... The toothy breakout stars of the SyFy Channel’s “Sharknado” will be returning in a sequel to last week’s monster hit -- and the forecast calls for the next storm to touch down in New York City. Though the project is not even at the script stage yet, the network greenlit “Sharknado 2” based on the social media whirlwind the original made-for-TV film inspired and the premise of dumping big fish on the Big Apple. ...

Since K-Meleon browser was mentioned in an earlier post, I thought I would make mention of a slightly newer version that JamesD released on July 3rd ... K-Meleon 1.6.0 Beta 2.6 He has been working as best he can on improving a few things ... I am no longer on Windows 98SE but when I made the move to XP last year I also had KernelEx installed at that time and I think you may need to have KernelEx installed for the KM 1.6.0 versions ... but I can't say for sure 100%. Just thought I'd mention it here for anyone wanting to experiment ... it works great on most web sites with XP and JamesD himself lists Win 7 (32 bit) as his OS. I was mostly using K-Meleon with Windows 98SE and probably version K-Meleon 1.6.0 Beta 2.5 at that time along with K-Meleon 1.5.4 with JavaScript turned off ... I also use Proxomitron and sometimes have to put it on "Bypass" ... most of the time everything works OK with K-Meleon with no adjustments to JavaScript and Proxomitron but I know when I go to a few certain sites that I have to change a setting or two. I'm sorry but I can't be sure this slightly newer version will work with Windows 98SE but it may work ... for anyone wanting to give it a try. http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?1,125050,page=2 Re: Is K-Meleon Dead? Posted by: JamesD Date: July 03, 2013 06:45PM K-Meleon 1.6.0 Beta 2.6 I have collected some new pieces and put them together as a new beta release for K-Meleon 1.6.0. The release is a 7-Zip so users can install in two ways. If you wish to have your profile in the same folder tree as the program, then you only have to make a folder, extract the files in 7z to that folder and run the executable named k-meleon. If you need your profile to be in your %APPDATA% folder then follow the same steps except prior to running k-meleon.exe you should delete the file named profile.ini which has 0 bytes. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1522294/K-Meleon1.6.0_Beta2dot6_en-US.7z K-Meleon 1.6.0 beta 2.6 Win 7 (32 bit) ... Add ... if you want K-Meleon to look more like IE 6 then change it to the Klassic skin under the Edit tab - Preferences ... if you would like to have a lighthouse throbber then this one was made for me by disrupted in Oct 2010 ... you just replace the regular KM throbber in the Klassic skin folder or whatever skin you want to use ... the default skin is more modern but I prefer the older Klassic skin look or the older IE 6 look ... once you get all the settings adjusted to your liking ... it took me awhile to figure some settings out with help from the KM forum. As you progress, save the KM folder somewhere till you get the final product that you like and save that somewhere to add to other computers in the future, if you want to. Lighthouse throbber ... http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?10,110908 ...

"Or maybe I've watched tooo many disaster movies" ... that can be a problem, since I speak from experience ... the last several years it's been zombie movies for me. I know this is off topic but this a "general" discussion group but I was amazed at the ratings for the new SyFy movie "Sharknado" ... it first played on July 11 and was a hit on cable and then it played again on July 18th and the ratings jumped another 38% ... I did get to see it. Syfy's 'Sharknado' Mania Continues as Encore Telecast July 18 Leaps 38 Percent in Total Viewers http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/07/19/syfys-sharknado-mania-continues-as-encore-telecast-july-18-leaps-38-percent-in-total-viewers/192850/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29 SYFY’S SHARKNADO MANIA CONTINUES AS ENCORE TELECAST JULY 18 LEAPS 38 PERCENT IN TOTAL VIEWERS #1 MOST TWEETED PROGRAM ON CABLE ALL-DAY SHARKATHON MOVIE FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JULY 27 NEW YORK – July 19, 2013 – The Sharknado Feeding Frenzy continued on Syfy when the encore telecast on July 18 jumped 38 percent in total viewers, 29 percent in Adults 25-54 and 24 percent in Adults 18-49 versus the premiere broadcast on July 11. The movie also delivered 313K Adults 18-34, up 50 percent from the premiere and the most watched original movie in that demographic since Zombie Apocalypse in October 2011. From 7-9PM (ET/PT), Sharknado averaged 1.9 million total viewers, 797K Adults 25-54 and 701K Adults 18-49. Fueling the unprecedented social media buzz, the movie was the #1 most tweeted program on cable Thursday night (excluding sports and special events). Keeping up the Shark-Mentum, Syfy will repeat Sharknado Saturday, July 27 at 9PM as part of an all-day Sharkathon movie festival from 9AM-5AM that will include such classics as Sharktopus, Two-Headed Shark Attack and Swamp Shark. Sharknado will also air on Saturday, August 22 at 7PM, leading into the Original Movie Ghost Shark, about a great white shark, tortured and killed by a fisherman, who returns as an unfriendly ghost to exact vengeance on the human race. The movie stars Mackenzie Postman and Richard Moll. ... so many of the SyFy films are just so-so these days with not so good digital effects but this wasn't bad. Just thought I'd make a mention for anyone into disaster films. That's a very good comparision to Michael Crichton ... he's missed.