Tales of an Aspergian Bus Driver

Conversation with my brother

Summary: Firefox rules, Windows needs help.

(20:14:06) Larry: i need some Anti-Ad software...something won't leave my system alone
(20:14:13) Russ: AdAware?
(20:14:18) Russ: Linux?
(20:14:32) Larry: i might have adaware....dunno
(20:14:37) Russ: You should.
(20:14:42) Russ: I probably installed it.
(20:14:48) Russ: Otherwise http://www.lavasoft.de
(20:15:09) Larry: alrighty then...will do
(20:15:13) Larry: I want the popups to stop...
(20:15:18) Russ: Stop using IE?
(20:15:21) Larry: if the internet isn't plugged in, they come up blank
(20:15:25) Larry: and use...?
(20:15:25) Russ: Oh dear.
(20:15:27) Russ: Yea, spyware.
(20:15:30) Russ: Firefox is really nice
(20:15:35) Larry: where to get?
(20:15:40) Russ: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
(20:15:51) Russ: But if you're getting popups while not even browsing, you have spyware problems.
(20:16:19) Larry: yeah...i'm getting irritated
(20:16:26) Larry: i even have a firewall up
(20:16:32) Russ: It's spyware.
(20:16:41) Larry: argh to it.
(20:16:55) Russ: Why do you think I don't run Windows much?
(20:17:00) Russ: I spend a LOT less time fighting with computers.
(20:17:34) Larry: yeah...i'm going to end up on linux or mac...
(20:17:38) Russ: <3
(20:17:42) Russ: Let me know
(20:17:44) Russ: I can help.
(20:18:04) Larry: lavasoft isn't working....
(20:18:08) Russ: Your system would absolutely fly running Linux
(20:18:12) Russ: oh. Nice.
(20:18:15) Russ: Spyware blocking stuff
(20:18:20) Russ: Let me get an installer floating around for you
(20:18:21) Russ: just a sec
(20:18:48) Larry: alrighty
(20:19:12) Larry: actually...let me see if Seek has it
(20:20:39) Russ: http://wombat.sevarg.net/aawsepersonal.exe
(20:20:40) Russ: Try that
(20:20:59) Larry: that worked nicely
(20:21:31) Russ: See if that finds anything
(20:21:31) Larry: yay
(20:21:35) Larry: i have many now
(20:22:52) Larry: i'm going to end up with a horrid number of hits...
(20:22:56) Russ: Yup.
(20:23:34) Larry: 82 in one second.
(20:25:14) Larry: alrighty...firefox is my new browser
(20:25:15) Larry: happy times
(20:25:17) Russ: Good.
(20:25:21) Russ: It also supports tabs.
(20:25:24) Russ: Ctrl-T
(20:25:27) Russ: or middle click on a link
(20:25:33) Russ: You'll wonder how you ever got around without them
(20:25:42) Larry: tabs?
(20:25:51) Russ: Try ctrl-T
(20:25:51) Larry: holy shit
(20:25:53) Larry: that's incredibly
(20:25:55) Larry: awesome
(20:26:01) Russ: IE is the only browser that doesn't support it.
(20:26:04) Russ: And middle click on a link
(20:26:08) Russ: it'll open in a new tab
(20:26:33) Larry: that's incredible
(20:27:38) Russ: :-)
(20:27:58) Russ: So, want me to look into a nice Mac for you? :D
(20:28:47) Larry: christmas is coming
(20:28:53) Russ: Heh.
(20:29:21) Larry: mom and dad were looking at getting me a new laptop...
(20:29:25) Larry: make it a mac, eh?
(20:29:31) Russ: *nods*
(20:29:39) Russ: Ask me how much time I spend fighting with my Powerbook.
(20:29:44) Russ: I measure it in hours per month.
(20:29:52) Russ: And half of that is trying to make it do nifty things
(20:30:03) Russ: I *very* seldom have to fix things that randomly broke...
(20:30:11) Russ: *tries to think* I can't think of anything recently that has broken.
(20:30:44) Larry: i can think of many things that have broken here...for example, my CD drive
(20:30:49) Russ: Really?
(20:30:50) Larry: it thinks frozen throne is in there permanently
(20:30:53) Russ: That was a new drive. :-/
(20:30:55) Russ: Oh.
(20:31:00) Russ: Windows doesn't understand eject. :-)
(20:31:04) Russ: or such
(20:31:16) Russ: Seriously though, I've been using Macs for 2+ years, and I love 'em.
(20:31:19) Russ: They JUST BLOODY WORK
(20:31:33) Russ: Not as good at gaming, but for everything else, they rule.
(20:31:55) Larry: yeah...gaming is a bit of an issue
(20:31:59) Larry: but it might not be in a month
(20:32:06) Russ: Keep the PC for gaming.
(20:32:17) Larry: fair enough

-=Russ=-