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Well it is a beta version.... it seemed okay under Opera 10.63 What browser you using? I actually like the look of Next DuckDuckGo. I'm definitely going to use this as my homepage after all the bugs are worked out.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2151527/duckduckgo-the-search-engine-that-doesnt-track-you-finally-challenges-google.html Here is the link to Next DuckDuckGo https://next.duckduckgo.com/

no problemo "http://www.sac.sk/files.php?d=1&l=F" Files #78 and #79 command line: "f-prot /old"

I think an older version of ClamAv did work on DOS... http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/system/clamav/ But since it's about as old as F-prot, might as well use F-prot because it's a better program.

Yeah... last time I used Symantec was probably for Windows 3.1 or 95. Back when you could install an antivirus program from 3 floppy disks. I dont think it was any worse or better than McAfee.I think I had Norton 1.0 for DOS. That was a good program. Small, light, included Md5 checksum for all your .exe and .com files; a nice help section with info on viruses. It would inform you if any of your files program files changed. It seemed like an efficient program. All I use now is F-Prot for DOS, ClamWin, and AntiVir Personal Edition 6.32 (with real-time scanner turned off).

I remeber when my computer got infected with the NYB boot sector virus back in the nineties. It got implanted by an infected floppy disk I accidently left in the machine when turning it on. Thankfully F-prot for DOS was able to repair it. And besides a macro virus or two from microsoft word documents, I haven't detected anything since. It seemed in the early 2000's that anti-virus programs gave way to spyware and adware scanners. I don't know if this was hype, or if it was really that serious. But it seemed that using Firefox was all that was needed to prevent "adware." The adware and spyware seemed synonomous with Internet Explorer.

Here's another ZDNet article: http://www.zdnet.com/antivirus-is-dead-long-live-the-antivirus-7000029078/

A bear driving in the woods sounds fun! It also sounds like a rejected Bjork music video. Only game on that list I remembered playing was Age of Empires... long time ago.

I'm glad you guys can make heads or tails of that product description... because I can't. And if it is cloud based then forget it. (Not that I use XP anyway). As a Windows ME user, I can sympathize with XP users who want to continue using their computers :-) I totally get that. And I thought, hmm, maybe this is useful. I was looking for some kind of license agreement in that PDF. But didn't see anything. I'm more confused now... is it free or not? Meh. Oh well.

http://www.zdnet.com/heres-how-to-extend-the-life-of-windows-xp-indefinitely-7000029035/ Here's their Gizmo: http://www.2x.com/lifecycle-plus/ This post has been promoted to an article

http://www.pcgamesn.com/100-best-free-pc-games I'm not a gamer myself, so I haven't heard of any of these. But they sorta look fun :-) I suppose for people (like me) who wouldn't know where to look, or don't really want to spend time looking, this list might be useful. Wonder if there's a Windows ME game buried in there? LOL. Enjoy.

^good one, Larry. Can't go wrong with Bob Marley. Jean-Philippe Rameau - Menuet (for guitar)

Thank you, kind sir :-) Well done, once again, Larry.

Poison Gas resistant baby stroller... gun camera.... they could make a comeback, I'm sure. Luxury bed piano is basically a keyboard or a computer nowadays. That straw hat radio is absolutely ridiculous. I guess, for it's time, it might have been handy! Now, those glasses for declining in bed look comfortable. Only have to move your eyeballs plus prop the book up on your tummy. Looks like a gust of wind could break that baby stroller with the radio. My nomination for best invention goes to.... the glasses for reclining in bed!

stupid me! Oh, I figured it out. Apparently FreeBASIC can compile using several different dialects. Error 139 was the key. Since it doesn't autodetect which BASIC dialect you're inputing, you need to tell it by adding an argument on the command line... So, when you input a QuickBasic source file into the FreeBASIC compiler, you must use the following command argument: FBC -lang qb world.bas My guitar program successfully compiled. Yay! Here's an another example, you can save the following code as world.bas, then compile it into an .exe file. Now, you'll have a really lame "Hello World" DOS exe file.*Edit* I posted the code to my DOS Clock, but the javascript messed up all the variables and strings, so I put up the easiest program known to man, the Hello World Program :-) Maybe this will spare somebody an hour of confusion trying to figure out the FBC compiler.

I decided to try out the FreeBASIC compiler (DOS version) which is found here: http://freebasic.net/get Anyway, can't seem to get my .bas files to compile into executables using this thing. I keep getting an error message that I didn't declare my variables. For example, when it debugs my code, it says: And then it has a problem with my string variables too. And the final nail in the coffin: ^ Gee, thanks LOL. The funny thing is my code runs fine in the QBasic 1.1 interpreter, and I have sucessfuly compiled this same source using QuickBasic 4.5. I must be missing something with this FreeBasic thing. I wonder if anyone around here has used FreeBASIC to compile programs?

LOL. Okay, I guess I won't write to him then. Personally, however, I'm going to continue refering to them as optical storage discs and magnetic storage disks. Even though it doesn't matter. The spelling is stuck in my mind because when I used to buy boxes of floppy disks, the box would always say "diskettes," not "discettes." According to my "Compact American Dictionary of Computer Words" (copyright 1998 Houghton Mifflin Company) the term disc and disk are interchangeable and mean the same thing.

Don't know if this would help, but it sounds like what you're looking for... http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Installation_Package_for_Windows_Media_Player_6_4.htm You can grab the old WMP 6.4 here:http://www.oldapps.com/windows_media_player.php?old_windows_media_player=3

I still got a few hundred 3.5" floppies myself. Practically a necessity for DOS. Shouldn't the guys at Geek have spelled disc as "disk" in the title? I thought disk was short for diskette. Disc, I thought, was for CD's.... but maybe I'm mistaken. Guess not. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2300 What's the difference between a "disc" and a "disk?" They might have to revoke their geek status, because they clearly failed to make that distiniction :-(

http://www.geek.com/chips/americas-nuclear-arsenal-still-runs-off-of-8-inch-floppy-discs-1592596/ I knew it.... security through obscurity!

Mitch Miller & The Gang - Song for a Summer Night Cake - Sick Of You

Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Unchained Melody Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves

The Third Man Theme (I didn't like the movie, but the music was great) ....another instrumental... Les Paul - Nola

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Puff, The Magic Dragon

@Larryb thanks, man. I hadn't heard that Del Shannon song before, being only familiar with "Runaway," but it was good too :-)