Time and Chaos question for Tom

[Richard Oliver Snelson]

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Duaine, Here's the data for over 500 hits to my website. Show just what 
browers are the most popular.
Data comes from extreme tracking and allows webmasters and others to see 
exactly where the hits are coming from.


Enjoy what you are using. Quit preaching.
http://www.oliverphotocollection.com



      MSIE 6     426     71.36%

        Firefox 1     60     10.05%

        Safari     31     5.19%

        AOL 9     27     4.52%

        MSIE 5     24     4.02%

        Netscape 7     10     1.68%

        Mozilla 1     7     1.17%

        Firefox 1.5     4     0.67%

        WebTV 2     2     0.34%

        Firefox 0.x     2     0.34%

        Other/Unknown     1     0.17%

        AOL 5     1     0.17%

        AOL 8     1     0.17%

        Netscape 4     1     0.17%

Richard O. Snelson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Time and Chaos question for Tom


>I can't hold my fingers back from chimeing in on this one.
>
> Hasn't the public learned by now that the virus, worm, etc writers are
> counting on you to use the default (Internet Explorer and Outlook)
> internet applications. This is why I cringe, for you, everytime I hear
> stories like this one. Almost every MAJOR breach has happened through
> one of these "portals". I can't stress enough to not use these and use
> something use like Mozilla's Firefx (browser) and Mozilla's Thunderbird
> (email). There is no guarantee that you'll never get hit again but the
> chances, as of now, are greatly diminished.
>
> Now before eveyone gets there dander up, I know it's not for everyone,
> but I went as far as migrating to Linux and a dual-boot with Windows 8
> years ago. Yes, it's a leaning curve BUT at the risk of losing
> everything I thought it was worth it.
>
> Again I know Linux is not for everyone so the first step is to stop
> using IE and Outlook, the two biggest portals of viruses, worms, etc.
> and go to something else.
>
> Think about to what cost do you need to go to protect your system and 
> data.
>
> A while back my wife showed up home early one day and I asked for why
> she was home. She said that their whole network was down - hit by the
> Love Virus - and for everyone to go home. However, It did not effect me
> because I was not using IE and/or Outlook - and - the fact that all of
> my internet dealings I do through Linux.
>
> If I have offened anyone, I apologize. I'm just an advocate for safe and
> friendly computing,
>
> Duaine
>
> Piannaman@aol.com wrote:
>> I don't think it's the PDA.  I had the same thing happen to me on a
>> mass scale when I had to replace my PDA(I use Outlook for most stuff,
>> a default choice).  I lost so many things, that I felt compelled to
>> call tech support.  After Microsoft said call HP, and HP said talk to
>> Dell or Microsoft, I finally bit the bullet and paid for someone to
>> help out.  He suggested I temporarily disable the virus and pop-up
>> scans, because those could be affecting the synch process.  I did, and
>> everything synched up just fine.  It's worth checking into with Time
>> and Chaos tech support.  Good luck if you call Dell...
>>
>> Now I don't have to disable anything to synchronize.  It could have
>> had something to do with the amount of data being transferred at that
>> time.
>>
>> Dave Stahl
> -- 
> Duaine Hechler
> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
> Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
> Reed Organ Society Member
> St. Louis, MO 63034
> (314) 838-5587
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