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and what song is that matt? i have the same thought with you! are we in the same bed? hahaha Hah! Well, every morning its a different song.

The proposed act would: "Remove all penalties under California law for the cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, and use of marijuana, natural THC and paraphernalia by persons over the age of 21," "prohibit local and state law enforcement officials from enforcing federal marijuana laws (more on that later)" and establish a fee of $50 an ounce on marijuana on top of whatever pot will cost in a legal future - which legalization advocates say is about half what it costs now. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_b...uana-legal.html

Absolutely every morning I wake up with a random song stuck in my head.

Don't hide your SSID. "There is no such thing as 'SSID hiding'. You're only hiding SSID beaconing on the Access Point. There are 4 other mechanisms that also broadcast the SSID over the 2.4 or 5 GHz spectrum. The 4 mechanisms are; probe requests, probe responses, association requests, and re-association requests. Essentially, youre talking about hiding 1 of 5 SSID broadcast mechanisms. Nothing is hidden and all youve achieved is cause problems for Wi-Fi roaming when a client jumps from AP to AP. Hidden SSIDs also makes wireless LANs less user friendly." http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43

Yes. MBAM is an excellent Anti-Spyware application

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Indeed. Not to say we should be like China... as they have their fair share of problems (especially in government)... but look at their economic success. Many experts say they're on track to be the world's next powerhouse. I never said we should be 100% socialistic, but I don't understand why people complain about Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment, etc. I'd like anyone to tell me that they won't take their Social Security, or if they lose their job they won't take their Unemployment help.

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Doesn't anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like great public schools, or health insurance for all? Why is that a bad thing?

http://boodebr.org/main/python/tourist/none-empty-nothing That might reveal some helpful info.

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Commonly Recommended Software, Links, and Tips The following is a list of software, tools, websites, and resources that are commonly recommended by our members. They are broken down into sections below. Last Updated March 3, 2009. If you find an error or a dead link, or would just like to add items to this list, please contact a Windows Expert, Moderator, or Admin. Have something that should be added to the list? Simply contact any Windows Expert, Moderator, or Admin and they can make the addition. This is not a final list. It will be growing and changing with time. Security Tools Audio/

I understand what you mean.

Too bad that's a hoax article

As most of you know, we have a pinned thread Commonly Recommended Software, Links, And Tips. Back when much of us migrated here from TechTV, JSKY and mlegg helped bring that list to BestTechie. Unfortunately, it has been quite some time since the list has been updated, added to, and trimmed. So, our new goal is to come up with a new list, exclusive to BestTechie, generated 100% from our users. For more info, see here: http://www.besttechie.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=16104 We need your help!

As most of you know, we have a pinned thread Commonly Recommended Software, Links, And Tips. Back when much of us migrated here from TechTV, JSKY and mlegg helped bring that list to BestTechie. Unfortunately, it has been quite some time since the list has been updated, added to, and trimmed. So, our new goal is to come up with a new list, exclusive to BestTechie, generated 100% from our users. So what does this mean? Well, this means that we need you to post links to your favorite software, tips/tricks, and utilities. Once we have a nice list put together, we will compile a new master li

Nice.

Malwarebytes' Ant-Malware is really the best thing out there right now. It's fast and very powerful. We here at BestTechie even sponsor and host the application. You can download it directly here: http://www.besttechie.net/mbam/mbam-setup.exe If you like it, I would highly suggest getting the paid version. It offers real-time protection, among other features. Worth the buy in my opinion.

In my opinion, your comment is nieve. Iran is the one offering talks, aren't they? So why can't we negotiate--because the media makes him look like Hitler? I can't believe anyone would "prefer" any invasion over another. It isn't our job, our place, or our privilege to invade another country just because we don't like how they run things.

Nice. I played with Knoppix a bit in '04. I was on-and-off linux for a few year... went to Debian, and now on Ubuntu.