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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: The Mad Shroomer]
#13513119 - 11/20/10 05:21 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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i use avast its free and nice
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: makaveli8x8]
#14689758 - 06/29/11 01:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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saw this and knew it needed to go here. any new computing tips Gumbmy?
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: citricacidx]
#14690048 - 06/29/11 03:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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peerblock doesn't work, its like a condom with a hole in it, so thats one new tip.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: makaveli8x8]
#14690052 - 06/29/11 03:09 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: m00nshine]
#14690172 - 06/29/11 04:37 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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QUESTION, who made your avatar?
non response = -1000 internet's points.
Answer will remind you of aids, yes for realz.
Time to show us the size of you real e-penor
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: Spiralout112]
#14690214 - 06/29/11 05:03 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I made the avatar. It's from a picture I found on this site. I used gimp to edit / crop it. It didn't take that much skill
This is actually a pretty good, informative thread. I guess what I was trying to convey through the photo I posted is that a user wouldn't have to deal with a lot of these issues if they used linux.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: makaveli8x8]
#14690298 - 06/29/11 06:03 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
makaveli8x8 said: peerblock doesn't work, its like a condom with a hole in it, so thats one new tip.
Is that true, because I've been using it thinking that I was safe.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: Learyfan]
#14690370 - 06/29/11 06:30 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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not safe. its a list, which is only good against what is on it, hence obvious flaw. on a related note, one may find going from vuze to utorrent hazardous.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: m00nshine]
#14690982 - 06/29/11 10:22 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
m00nshine said:
I made the avatar. It's from a picture I found on this site. I used gimp to edit / crop it. It didn't take that much skill
This is actually a pretty good, informative thread. I guess what I was trying to convey through the photo I posted is that a user wouldn't have to deal with a lot of these issues if they used linux.
I tried doing the Linux thing on my netbook, installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix. It worked for a couple of months but I got sick of it.
citricacidx: I'll update the original post later today or tomorrow with some how not to suck at the internet tips.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial [Re: Gumby]
#14691313 - 06/29/11 11:52 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Did the netbook have windows 7 starter pre-installed?
I like 7, but not as much as I like Ubuntu.
I find Ubuntu to be more stable and find that it manages memory more efficiently than Windows.
I also like the fact that I can work with multiple workspaces (desktops). With two monitors you can utilize 8 workspaces as opposed to the measly 2 you get with windows.
But I really think Microsoft stepped up their game with 7, without a doubt. I love that it fetches most of the drivers automatically, and that startup, shutdown, and reboot times have improved dramatically.
The linux CLI is the tits, also. Bash scripting is the ballz, and I love that I can throw a script in /usr/local/bin and essentially create a new command that will do whatever I want. I wrote a simple script that will backup all of my documents to a flash drive, threw it into my crontab, and now my system will automatically do a backup every night of the documents I work on daily.
DOS is pretty weak IMO. Have you ever tried to use the taskill command (Kill command in bash)? What.a.headache
But, I'm afraid I'm going on a huge tangent here
How to not suck on the internet? Hmmm, well if you do, and you get a nasty virus that you think warrants a format and OS reinstall, try combofix first.
Boot into safe mode with networking (by pressing F8 at startup), then download the program and follow the prompts... Be sure to install the recovery console, as I've seen scans blow systems away. The program will prompt you to do that.
It works pretty well for 32 Bit XP and Vista systems.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: Gumby]
#16278632 - 05/24/12 01:46 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Bumping this post because I think it's about time we updated it. Give me yo suggestions and I'll update it.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: Gumby]
#16278765 - 05/24/12 02:22 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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You should share your recent experience with Rooting your phone.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: Gumby]
#16278841 - 05/24/12 02:37 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nice thread.
I've stopped using peer block a long time ago cuz I hear it does nothing("like a condome with a hole in it"^, ). I wonder how risky torrenting is? I mean I'm pretty smart about it and read comments but I would prolly get life in prison for every thing Iv'e downloaded.
For virus scan I use torrented avast. it auto updates virus definitions and should be activated for about 50 years. This is a no bullshit virus scan, easy to use, has a built in bootscan, doesn't bother me ever. (I have sounds disabled).
For some reason when I install it on other computers though it gets a message saying its pirated or something. I guess I'm wondering if there's any free virus scan that doesn't deactivate every month and ask you for your email and shit. Thats the only reason I used a pirated version.
I also like AVG PC tune up. It does almost anything you can think of to spead up your pc and more. Like registry defraging, speed up menus and stuff. But thats another thang I pirate.
Also, it seems no matter how clean you keep your computer it always starts to slow down. I don't no how to fix that other than re formatting ur windows harddrive. Its a good idea to keep all important files on a separate hard-drive or partition. That way you can do a quick re install, and only need to install a few drivers maybe. I haven't partitioned yet but honestly, I just want a small ssd mostly just for windows.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: citricacidx]
#16278848 - 05/24/12 02:39 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
citricacidx said: You should share your recent experience with Rooting your phone.
I don't even remember how I rooted my phone
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: Gumby]
#16278903 - 05/24/12 02:52 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm still rocking Avast free version which I found through reading this thread a while ago.
Is it still decent protection as far as free software goes?
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: tospace]
#16278921 - 05/24/12 02:56 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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the free avast version only needs registered like once a year, also my computer was slowing down to a crawl i had a few hunches but no way to really trouble shoot my guesses. Anyways im on windows 7 and well im used to xp and what i realized is i had been forgetting to clear my temp folder, and as it turned out i had 19gb's in temp clearing that out made a huge improvement. My computer case always made a rattle noise and i thought it was just the plastic on it vibrating a bit and it stopped when i hit it. Well turns out the noise was my NB fan on my pos evga motherboard, as i open my temp software and see its hovering at running at half the speed it should be and temps soaring, anyways case in point this was also screwing with my system i believe it was slowing me down a little bit, and i know for a fact it was causing me b'sod.
But i guess thats all pointless unless your one of the few with an x58 evga board, as it turns out this is a fairly common problem. What made it even more confusing for me is the evga temp software the NB is actually listed to Vreg or linked to it or something because that fan directly changes the vreg temp which from my understanding shouldn't happen, all this time i thought 70C is great for vreg since its rated upto 110c or something crazy, well surprize vreg is actually my nb temp that nb fan completely died on me now, luckly my HAf932 case is a helicopter when i plug all the fans in got my nb down to 45C with just case fans lol
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Edited by makaveli8x8 (05/24/12 03:02 PM)
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: makaveli8x8]
#17526440 - 01/10/13 06:18 AM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Are all these programs and things still useful?
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: LobsterSauce]
#17527724 - 01/10/13 01:21 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Probably not. I'll work on revising it tonight maybe.
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: Gumby]
#17527780 - 01/10/13 01:32 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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This gave me a good laugh. The tips are helpful and informative, yet entertaining to say the least
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Re: Gumby's How To Not Suck At The Internet Tutorial (Updated April 2010!) [Re: Best In The World]
#17527911 - 01/10/13 02:08 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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I would like to add, though I maybe a lone voice in a stadium of people, that I use and like to use IE. Older versions, like 6,7 and 8 had some flaws, but Firefox and Chrome both have theirs as well. (google it if you don't believe it). I often find it funny that people have to download all their NoScripts and pop-up blocker addons and what not after they install their browsers. In IE 9, it is simple to turn off scripts and pop-ups. No Add-ons needed. The only one you may still need to download is one to block ads, but unless they take up the whole page, they normally do not bother me much. I am not easily distracted by flashy lights and bright colors.
I have found IE9 to be a stable, useful, and fast browser that works flawlessly on every web page I have ever gone to. And once you get through installing all that other anti-virus/anti-malware stuff you mention in the other part of your guide, you should be pretty safe anyways.
Only downside is you have to at least have Vista on your PC to run IE9. If you are still on WinXP (which there are still a lot of you out there), than it may be best to use Firefox of Chrome(stay the hell away from Safari).
Oh and if you are still running Vista, for the love of all things, upgrade to Win 7. I put Vista on par with Windows Millennium. That smelly piece of crap they pushed out their arse so they could have an OS named Millennium at the turn of the century.
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