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Everyone needs something to believe in...I believe I'll have a Harp lager. Yes, it's 8 AM, but I work nights, so it's evening to me. I've also been up 59 of the last 73 hours (4 and 5 hours of sleep, plus another 5 hours in 3 naps) so I need it to counteract all the caffeine I've been sucking down to stay awake. I've been absent because I returned to school (ITT Tech - major in Info Security). The quarter's almost over and it's been crunch (finals) time, hence the lack of sleep. Now it's a sweet two weeks off until the next quarter . BTW, anybody know why the boxes are coming out twice as wide as my screen, even though I'm at 800 X 600? It's a pain to do the horizontal scroll every line, so I've been hitting the <enter> key just to keep things lined up in my browser (Firefox). Hints for you PC users: Free software for viruses: Avast. Downloaded, and got 3 virus file updates the first week (automatically). Killed 3 viruses immediately and it alerts me when I hit one on a web page (you'd be surprised where they lurk - don't ask, I don't remember). Also, if you run Linux, there's a package called SpamAssassin (free I think) that uses statistical scoring to detect spam. In a whitepaper on sans.org the author states that it hit 97% accuracy in 3 weeks after installing it on the corporate servers (it takes time to develop the statistical scoring database). Setup scripts are included in the whitepapers on sans. Found this web browser, Firefox, that seems more stable on my system than Netscape. I'm also told Opera will mimic numerous web browsers to servers, even Internet Exploder. Haven't tried Opera, though. Just be aware if you're not already, viruses can be propagated through chat rooms, IRC, e-mail, web pages, almost anything. If you're running wide open, get some free virusware at the very least. You can try Avast, and there are others. Google "freeware anti-virus" and your operating system and see what you find. It also doesn't hurt to have 2 or more anti-viral packages. What one misses another may catch. <YAWN> G'nite (day?)
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