Best Buy At It Again...

Yet another reason why the government needs to get involved with the pricing of Best Buy's Geek Squad. Really $129.00 to install my game system? And to think people are doing this...


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Atari 2600

I was having a flash back a few days ago and I spoke to a few people about how great the Atari 2600 games were. Well I did a little search and I came across a site that will allow you to play those old games right from your browser. The name of the site is 2600Online

Should we have to take a Broadband test?

Should everyone take a test if they want to have high speed internet in their homes? After reading about Twitter and FaceBook and how attacks from Zombie computers took them out/ slowed them down to snail speed. I think the broadband companies should make everyone of their users take a broadband test. What am I talking about? Let me explain.....
Anyone can buy a computer and lets face it most of the computers sold today are Windows machines. Just about everyone that buys these computers does not know how to protect themselves or if they do they are just to lazy to keep their computers up to date. You think I am wrong? Look at all the computer repair places...the Geeks at Best buy just for example. People are willing to pay $100.00's of extra dollars so these so called geeks can install the protection for them...But these people can still pay all they like for you can't buy something that will fix stupid...
What I mean by stupid is something like a popup comes on their screen and they believe it and download the file install it and now they become a part of a botnet that will be sold on the black market to either spam people or help take down a service. Nice huh?
So what believe all the broadband company should have is a broadband test...something like:

1) If a Pop Up shows up on your screen while entering a website what should you do?

A. what is a popup?

B. Panic and believe you are infected and download the file they want you to, so it may be removed.

C: Ignore it/close it

2) If you get a email telling you that you need to log in to your bank to update all your info...

A. Click on the link and update that info

B. What the heck is email?

C. Ignore it

Now I know I am just being silly but you know as well as I do how many people out there do all the wrong things. Because if everyone did do the right thing we would not have all of these virus, botnets etc....etc... So if these broadband companies did have a test and have people take the test something simple ans short everytime you wanted to use the computer it would I believe cut back on these attacks and make the internet much better for the rest of us...

No I am not saying if you do not pass the test you do not get internet I am saying we shall give you access like refer you to Netzero
Yes this is silly but we need to start either craking down on stupid or shutting them off. Please step away from the computer sir!

Ok, I have seen it enough now I have to talk about it. Iphone users are you really that simple? I have seen I would have to say 20 people so far that when talking on there Iphones they hold the phone up like they are talking on a CB radio...When they have there ear buds in....Please look at the pic...your mic is built into your earbuds you do not have to put the phone anywhere near you mouth...these are smart phones not cb's...you want a cb please try Nextel :) I have also seen a ton of my friends that are getting the Iphone here at work. And when I ask them have you put your phone on your computer to sync with Itunes? And I always get the same answer what is that..and why should I do that...Have we reached the point where people are just buying things because everyone else has one? And when we buy these products we can't even read the owners manual on the products? I noticed that company's are not even giving out full manuals anymore..I got two netbooks last week and both of them had paper thin manuals, I had to go online to get the complete manual in PDF..Have we become that lazy that we do not want to read up on what we just paid hundreds of dollars for?