Short rants.

[The Wedge]

People who blindly forward easily refutable emails makin' me mad.

Snopes.com is your friend.

[TGO]

::Witchy goes to get her Jerry Orbach avi::








Witchy

I saw Richard Belzer on Saturday. In Filene's Basement of all places.

[Crazy O]

Yes. He uses "Miggi." So I use "Miggi."

'Doh!

Stupid length limit

[twoBshorty]

Malware. Long story short, Sopcast absolutely slammed my machine last night, and I will never be using this program again. I'm sure not all the malware and worms that my scanners wiped out after it crashed my computer came from just that one link, but the Smitfraud trojan definitely did.

For those who are unaware, the Smitfraud trojan creates an official-looking Windows security warning alert telling you your computer is infected (it is) and that you need to go download something to get rid of it. Clue #1 is that words in the message are misspelled. Clue #2 is that the link does not go to a Microsoft product. I did a google search on the warning message and quickly discovered that I had a very ugly trojan. It was giving me pop-ups every 5 minutes on the dot, slowing down my machine, screwing up my browser, and generally driving me nuts. And none of my scanners (AdAware, Trojan Remover, SpyHunter, McAfee, BOClean) caught it. I finally found a free program called SmitfraudFix on a tech website that got rid of the trojan, but not until after a ton of frustration and rebooting in safe mode.

The good news is, all the obsessive scanning rooted out a ton of other stuff, and my computer is functioning beautifully right now. But jeez, what a total pain.

[Baroquen131]

My current short rant....

... the tactics of car salesmen.

I hate playing this game, but then I don't buy a car very often. I think I found what I'm looking for, but last night was a headache.

[Spoonless]

My current short rant....

... the tactics of car salesmen.

I hate playing this game, but then I don't buy a car very often. I think I found what I'm looking for, but last night was a headache.

When I bought my car, my mother suggested I take mt grandfather with me. Apparently he likes playing the game. He gets angry, storms out, the whole nine yards. Ended up getting the car for just a little more than the number from that consumer reports number.

[The Wedge]

I can't stress this enough. Use something like edmunds.com to find the Fair Market Value (FMV) of the vehicle you want, then get quotes from them using the internet. The internet sales people generally quote around the FMV, and you don't have to go through that stupid haggling. I just bought a new car and it was a freakin' breeze.

[TGO]

I can't stress this enough. Use something like edmunds.com to find the Fair Market Value (FMV) of the vehicle you want, then get quotes from them using the internet. The internet sales people generally quote around the FMV, and you don't have to go through that stupid haggling. I just bought a new car and it was a freakin' breeze.

What did you end up buying?

There's definitely a lot of info out there now about pricing, which is great. Now you can laugh at the salesman when he says "I have to go check with my supervisor," leaves for two minutes, comes back and says "sorry bud, can't do it."

[The Wedge]

I ended up with the Mazda3. I lurve it. It was the right mix of economy and fun, and I love how it handles.

[ScottieBaseball]

Baltimore cab drivers who whiz through downtown as though traffic laws don't apply to them. That's right, Cabbie, that half-car length in front of me? I was saving that for you! Yes, please, cut across three lanes of traffic to wedge the front of your body-odor-and-pine-fresh-scented death mobile inches in front of mine! Sure, my briefcase and CD's went flying to the floor, but the quick wave out the window makes it all better. You scared the heck out of me, almost caused the guy behind me to rear-end me, but please allow me to take a backseat to the ever-important customer and the almighty dollar you'll earn for getting him where he needs to go 45 seconds faster.

The people waiting for the light to change so they can cross the street? Oh yeah, that's right. They're callin' you out, buddy! Gun it when the light changes because, come on, you don't want to have to (again) obey the traffic laws by yielding to pedestrians, do you? When the light changes, consider the flag dropped. The race is on! Forget the fact that everyone but you is assuming public safety, common sense, and civil obedience will prevail and that pedestrians will be allowed to cross unscathed. Punch it, scare everyone out of their wits, and then when a traffic cop pulls you over, employ the "No English" strategy!

Cabbies makin' me mad!

[DuffMan]

Hippies! Enough Said!!!

[ScottieBaseball]

Hippies! Enough Said!!!

Greatest bumper sticker ever: "Jerry's Dead. Phish Sucks. Get a Job!"

Patchouli stinks, by the way.

[DuffMan]

Greatest bumper sticker ever: "Jerry's Dead. Phish Sucks. Get a Job!"

Patchouli stinks, by the way.

Right after I made the post I totally remembered hippies obsession with Phish and how annoying it is!

[Harford Bird]

Unix - whose brilliant idea was it to make the damn thing case-sensitive?

[TGO]

Greatest bumper sticker ever: "Jerry's Dead. Phish Sucks. Get a Job!"

Patchouli stinks, by the way.

The bums lost! My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir.