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Re: filtering Tramp
de ellis_jay 05/22/2006 04:02
In_Parentheses wrote:
> »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in
> news:MrQ97CA9BA37248AitsmeitsQ@QsFQDN.dyndns.org:
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>> "In_Parenthesis" <quoder@demonstrand.um> wrote in
>> <news:Xns97CA98FB09722QED@195.114.231.57>:
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>>> »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in
>>> news:MrQ97CA76720610BitsmeitsQ@QsFQDN.dyndns.org:
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>>>> "In_Parenthesis" <quoder@demonstrand.um> wrote in
>>>> <news:Xns97CA3F4BFA754QED@195.114.231.57>:
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> There is quite a difference between "pointing out", and a whole NG
> falling over someone because of his/her posting habits in my
> dictionary, Q. I am trying to point out something to you, just as you
> are trying to do the same to me... no hard feelings, no curses, no
> kill file actions (at least not that I'm aware of <grin>)
>
> However, before we start one of those lengthy threads I hate so much,
> I wills stop. Perhaps there are questions about software, or there is
> something to report about freeware, instead of posting habits!
The problem as I see it is this. Tramp posts lots of garbage (spyware,
shareware, trialware). The only way to really know if his recommendations
are "safe", for me at least, is to spend a lot of time Googling for links
about such and such program or utility in order to see what various security
companies say about it-for example: What does Tom Coyote have to say about
it? What does Panda say about it? Bleepingcomputer? Castlecops? Trend
micro? and others, such as various forums? It is that- or download and find
out myself and maybe regret it. Fuck all that. To avoid all that crap and
wasted time, I find that I do not have to do all that simply by trusting
various regulars in this group because I know that they have done their
homework and they pass on things that are safe in the security area. If
Tramp wants to really be a valued contributor I suggest he investigate his
offerings a little more. But note that he has already boasted that he posts
crap to piss people off. What does that say about him?
my2centavos
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Ellis_Jay