[donspatch] 2008-06-01

Don's Patch #95,  June 1, 2008  from http://www.don-guitar.com

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First word, from Don: 

Lemme see, where should I begin?  Oh yeah, I made several
changes in our website design recently.  I've been after Lisa
to do this for a long time now (she has genuine artistic talent
whereas I'm just a ham-handed hacker) but when Roy (one of
our favorite readers) complained about having trouble reading
some things I went ahead and took my best shot at it.  In our last
issue I mentioned that I'd made some changes but it seems that
almost nobody noticed.  Roy emailed right away to say he hated it
and our friend Steven Scott emailed to say he really liked it but
that's not much of a concensus is it?  Would you please visit our
home page   http://www.don-guitar.com  and one or more of the
pages listed in our index and tell me what you think?  Our
feedback page (listed below) permits you to email us directly,
leave an anonymous message, write to us via your country's
postal service or even telephone us if you're so inclined.
Of course I'd prefer you tell me what you don't like about it
and/or make specific suggestions about improving it rather
than simply saying "I don't like it".  In other words, tell me
why you don't like it so maybe I can figure out how to fix it.

I don't talk about it much in the ezine so many of you aren't
aware that Lisa and I are full-time (24/7) caregivers for my
mother.  Mom has very advanced Alzheimer's and the slowest
growing form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.  Generally speaking
we have mostly good days and the occasional bad day but, just
lately, the bad days are gaining ground on us.  There have been
times when it was difficult for us to get this ezine completed
and published on time and I suspect we've only seen the tip of
the iceberg when it comes to challenging times.   There may
come a time when we're forced to publish late, or skip an issue
altogether.  I hope you'll bear with us.  This publication is a
labor of love; we look forward to writing it.  We're proud and
honored that so many of you look forward to receiving it.

If you're saying to yourself "Gee, 393 subscribers isn't very
many people" you've got the wrong perspective.   We live in
the community of Buchanan Lake Village which has a
population of just under 300 people.  Nuff said. 
 
Our feedback form (goes to both of us):
http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html 
 
Our personal news page. 
http://www.don-guitar.com/babbleon.html 
 
Don at myspace.com http://www.myspace.com/donguitar
Don's blogs.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/eldergeek/
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Lisa at myspace.com.  http://www.myspace.com/81825549
Lisa's blogs.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/dirtgoddess
http://thedirtgoddess.blogspot.com/ 
 
 
Section One by Don. 
 
A real-world caregivers support group wouldn't be much help
to someone who can't leave the care recipient alone long enough
to attend meetings but it is possible to network via the web.
http://www.carersconnect.com/

The complete works of Charles Darwin.   http://darwin-online.org.uk/

When I was in high school we had an auto shop class but nothing
like this!   http://www.formulastudent.com/

A pronunciation resource.   http://www.forvo.com/

A search engine for online books in various formats.
http://www.justfreebooks.info/

Make your own comics.   http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Mp3gle is an audio search engine (not affiliated with google).
http://mp3gle.net/

The library is open.  http://openlibrary.org/

An online resource for the "publish or perish" set.
http://www.publishnotperish.org/intro/index.htm

The Scottish Screen Archive is Scotland's national moving
images collection.   http://ssa.nls.uk/

The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and
Technology.   http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/

The Universal Digital Library , hosted by Carnegie Mellon
University.   http://www.ulib.org/

Buzzword is an online word processor from Adobe.
https://buzzword.acrobat.com/

Thinkfree is an entire office suite online.
http://www.thinkfree.com/main.jsp

Adobe's Acrobat Reader is costless but extremely bloated, slow
and it "phones home" whether you want it to or not.  Here are
a couple of possible alternatives.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
http://www.visagesoft.com/products/pdfreader/
(Linux users, check your repository for KPDF, very cool)

I don't know the first thing about databases; if you do, then
this one's for you.   http://www.blist.com/

Here's your standard Windows calculator...
on steroids.   http://www.moffsoft.com/freecalc.htm

What the heck is a BitTorrent?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29
A few client alternatives.
http://www.bittorrent.com/
http://www.shareaza.com/
http://bit-torrent.sourceforge.net/
http://www.emule-project.net/
Lots more info on clients.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_client
A specialized search engine.   http://isohunt.com/

Music for your portable device.   http://www.mp3rocket.com/

The personal edition of Secunia might be useful.
https://psi.secunia.com/
 
End of Section One.  
 
 
This publication is only mailed to verified 
double opt-in subscribers, and is brought 
to you by me, Don Crowder, my wife, 
Lisa Miller, and http://www.freelists.org 
 
 
Section Two by Lisa 
 
The beauty of function.   http://themut.com/ 
 
It may be true, you make your own luck. 
http://notluckatall.notlong.com 
 
Thomas V. Hagarty believes you can keep your face young 
and reverse hair loss with exercise.  Some interesting 
reading and practical advice. 
http://www.shapeyourface.com/default.htm 
http://www.hairloss-reversible.com/default.htm 
 
Understand and properly administer your medications. 
http://www.safemedication.com/ 
 
The 50 State Quarters Program. 
http://eemaht.notlong.com 
 
Charity Music provides musical instruments on 
loan, at no charge, to individuals. 
http://www.charitymusic.org/ 
 
Janet Lynn Ford, web designer/developer and 
color enthusiast.   http://www.worqx.com/  
 
The Mars Exploration Program. 
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ 
 
The Digital Archive of Cambodian Holocaust Survivors. 
http://cybercambodia.com/dachs/index.html 
 
What happened to the signers of the 
Declaration of Independence?    
http://www.bethlehempaonline.com/signers.html 
 
Worldwide volcano and eruption information. 
http://www.volcano.si.edu/ 
 
Like most of our Presidents, Harry S. Truman was 
a fascinating person.   http://www.trumanlibrary.org/ 
 
Did you know there are color photographs from WW1? 
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/ 
 
Information about cat declawing. 
http://www.pawproject.com/html/ 
 
The National Marrow Donor Program/ 
http://www.marrow.org/ 
 
And now for some fun...http://greatscott.com/potato/ 
 
Organization dedicated solely to preventing childhood 
accidents.   http://www.safekids.org/ 
 
End of Section Two. 
 
 
At the time this issue was posted, 
the current subscriber count for 
this publication was 393. 
 
 
This issue's collection of online news, blogs, 
magazines, videos  and/or other
informational sites (chosen for maximum 
diversity regardless of "spin" ). 
http://www.portfolio.com/
http://www.topix.net/
http://www.wscleary.com/pov/home
http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globaltop
http://www.theviewpoint.org/
http://www.pointofview.net/site/PageServer
http://www.pbs.org/pov/
http://www.plastic.com/
http://www.phoeniciatimes.com/
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/
http://blog.photos.com/
http://mashable.com/
http://www.trendwatching.com/ 

 
Section Three by Don. 
 
Newer Windows machines are already running considerably
slower due to the resource demands of multiple security apps
but that doesn't make it a bad idea to add one more.
http://www.threatfire.com/download/

Jazz up your next presentation.   http://www.flypaper.com/

We don't watch TV at our house so these guys have nothing for us but
maybe you're a TV junkie?   http://www.getmiro.com/

The website is ad-supported; the application is costless.
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

I suppose you'd have to call it donation-ware.
http://www.donationcoder.com/

Fix the jerky, dark, low-res videos from your mobile phone or digital
camera.   http://www.fixmymovie.com/splash/

Looks like a nice online image editor.   http://fotoflexer.com/

It started with lolcats...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
and proceeded to get out of hand.
http://ihasahotdog.com/
http://www.lolbots.com/
http://lolcats.com/
http://www.dropline.net/cats/?p=2
http://granades.com/2007/05/02/loltrek/ (scroll down)
http://www.lolcatbible.com/  (a little over the top)
vaguely related.
http://lolcode.com/
http://www.nomorelol.com/
http://www.thelolfamily.com/

Keeping your Windows applications current can be a real hassle
and I doubt that this is a full solution but maybe it'll help.
http://appsnap.genotrance.com/

Goodies for Windows users.   http://www.eusing.com/

A nice tool for IM junkies.   http://www.pidgin.im/

You've heard of self-publishing of print media, here are
a coupe of  video analogs.
http://www.talkshoe.com/
http://www.tbd.com/

A bodacious calender for your Thunderbird email client.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/
 
End of Section Three. 
 
 
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Section Four by Lisa. 
 
Another "Useless but Good" software toy by Krazydad. 
http://www.krazydad.com/spinner/ 
 
Safeguard your passwords. 
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/index.shtml 
 
Plan59, the commercial art of mid-century America. 
http://www.plan59.com/main.htm 
 
A Vincent Van Gogh Gallery.  http://www.vggallery.com/ 
 
The starting place for info on international travel. 
http://travel.state.gov/ 
 
What is evolution and how does it work? 
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php 
 
Using new technologies to understand the past. 
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ 
 
Got wanderlust?   http://www.43places.com/ 
 
The Office of Justice Programs. 
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ 
 
New (to me) soul-rocker Danielia Cotton.  Listen to 
a concert on NPR.   http://vuwil.notlong.com 
 
Robert A. Harris's personal website, lots of good 
stuff here.   http://www.virtualsalt.com/ 
 
Tracing Jewish Roots in Poland, Ukraine, Moldova 
and Belarus.   http://www.routestoroots.com/ 
 
Investigate Hawaiian genealogy here. 
http://www.routestoroots.com/ 
 
Why we kiss.   http://whykiss.notlong.com 
 
Stay motivated, have fun, get fit. 
http://www.gyminee.com/ 
 
Support and justice for victims of crime and abuse. 
http://www.safehorizon.org/ 
 
1900 full books and over 3000 short stories and poems 
by over 250 authors.   http://www.online-literature.com/ 
 
Top 100 blogs.   http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/ 
 
End of Section Four. 
 
 
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Section Five by Don. 
 
Lots of folks who have issues with Windows Media Player (WiMP)
swear by this one.   http://www.winamp.com/

A user friendly, cross platform application for editing, creating,
audio files in various formats.   http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Update/synchronize your iTunes music collection.
http://itlu.ownz.ch/wordpress/

Konqueror is the coolest, most powerful file manager I've ever used
but it won't run on Windows.  This app is a pale imitation but still
better than Windows Explorer.   http://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

A good one for news junkies.   http://www.newsgator.com/

A RSS news aggregation solution.   http://www.feedreader.com/

Internet radio.   http://www.slacker.com/

Students who believe that science should be open, for
everyone to learn.   http://www.openstudents.org/

Teaching Pre-K through 8.   http://www.teachingk-8.com/

Race and religion aren't the only things that can divide
people.   http://www.classmatters.org/

Animal Diversity Web.   http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/

Movie trailers and more.   http://www.film.com/

TV reviews and more.   http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/

Automobile specifications, galleries and forums.
http://www.supercars.net/

It's the cheesiest (no, really).   http://www.cheese.com/

The marble of doom.   http://marbleofdoom.com/

Look what I found!   http://www.foundmagazine.com/
 
End of Section Five. 
 
 
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Section Six by Lisa. 
 
Someone had to do it.  http://www.antennaballs.com/ 
 
Course materials, including study guides to 
various works.  Interesting reading here. 
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/guides_index.html 
 
News for nerds.  http://tech.slashdot.org/ 
 
3.6 million different convincing, ready-made excuses! 
http://www.zompist.com/excuse.html 
 
Play full tracks of your favorite artist. 
http://www.last.fm/ 
 
Consumer mental health site. 
http://www.healthyplace.com/index.asp 
 
The works of John Henry Cardinal Newman. 
http://www.newmanreader.org/index.html 
 
I love old postcards, I had a great time looking at 
the old-timey Florida cards. 
http://www.epodunk.com/pcpages/index.html 
http://www.postcardbooth.com/index.html 
 
All kinds of e-postcards to send. 
http://www.postcards.org/ 
 
A voice for the homeless.  http://www.homelessvoice.org/ 
 
Brad's VB-32 programs and samples. 
http://btmtz.mvps.org/ 
 
Help and rights for African women. 
http://www.rainbo.org/ 
 
True random results and toys. 
http://www.random.org/ 
 
Tried-and-true Rambooster, a great little app. 
http://www.sci.fi/~borg/rambooster/index.htm 
 
The American Red Cross. 
http://www.redcross.org/index.html 
 
A vast virtual reference desk. 
http://www.refdesk.com/ 
 
Costless and shareware programs from Kelly Software. 
http://www.kellysoftware.com/software/index.php 
 
End of Section Six. 
 
 
The Linux Corner. 
 
Available as and installed utility or a stand-alone live CD, gparted is an
excellent hard disk partitioning tool.   http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

The Story Behind Tux the Penguin.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/03/42209
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/
http://tunes.org/~do/penguindex.html

Linux gets a lot of attention but it's not the only Open Source
Operating System out there.  First, BSD is well worth investigating.
http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/FreeBSD-Distros
http://www.bsd.org/
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3393051
Some of the other alternatives are specialized or still under
development.  Without going into detail, I'll just list them
as a group and, if you're interested, you can investigate further.
http://www.minix3.org/
http://opensolaris.org/index.html
http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html
http://www.freedos.org/
http://www.haiku-os.org/
More to explore on this extensive portal site.
http://www.freeos.com/

Interesting videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go25ri20fVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JqtMgiUaf4

Super Grub Disk is a bootable floppy or CDROM that is oriented
towards system rescue, specifically for repairing the booting
process.   http://www.geocities.com/supergrubdisk/

How fast is the Open Source software movement and linux
growing?   http://www.opensourcesun.com/wildfire.html
 
 
A Little Humor. 

My other-brother-Beeyil Lanoue sent me this joke:

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every 
year Morris would say, 'Esther,I'd like to ride in that helicopter.'
Esther always replied, 'I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty
dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars'  One year Esther and Morris
went to the fair, and Morris said, 'Esther, I'm 85 years old. If I don't
ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.'  To this, Esther
replied, 'Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is
fifty dollars.'  The pilot overheard the couple and said, 'Folks I'll make
you a deal.  I'll take the both of you for a ride.  If you can stay quiet 
for
the entire ride and not say a word, I won't charge you! But if you say
one word, it's fifty dollars.'  Morris and Esther agreed and up they went.
The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard.
He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word.
When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, 'By golly, I did
everything I could to get you to yell out, but  you didn't. I'm impressed!'
 Morris replied, 'Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something
when Esther fell out, but you know, fifty dollars is fifty dollars!'

Thanks Beeyil
(Bill for those of you who don't understand Texas-style pronunciation)

A panda walks into a bar and orders a sandwich. When he
finishes, he pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter dead. As
the panda stands up to leave, the bartender shouts, "Hey!
Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you
didn't pay for your sandwich!" The panda shouts back,
"Hey, I'm a panda -- look it up!" The bartender opens his
dictionary to "panda" and reads: "A bear-like black and
white animal native to mountainous regions of China
and Tibet. Eats shoots and leaves."

Here's a joke that Lisa (the Master Gardener) found.

The real meaning of plant catalog terminology:
 
'A favorite of birds' means to avoid
planting near cars, sidewalks, or clotheslines.
 
'Grows more beautiful each year' means
it'll resemble roadkill for the foreseeable future.'
 
'Zone 5 with protection' is a variation
on the phrase 'Russian roulette.'
 
'May require support' means your daughter's
engineering degree will finally pay off.
 
'Moisture-loving' means it's ideal for
landscaping all your bogs and swamps.
 
'Carefree' refers more to the plant's
attitude than to your workload.
 
'Vigorous' means it has a Napoleonic
compulsion to take over the world.
 
Anything listed as 'Grandma's Favorite' was only her favorite
until she discovered free-flowering, disease-resistant hybrids.
 
 
Tips for This Issue. 

If you get a DVD or CD stuck in the drive, or you want
to insert a live CD/DVD before turning the computer on,
you need to open the drive.  Here's how.
http://tinyurl.com/694ug3
Much more where that came from.
http://www.simplepctalk.com/

The argument about plain text versus html (often called
rich text or rtf) email will probably never be over but I
prefer plain text.  Here's a site that tells you what's
wrong with html email and how to stop using it if you wish.
http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
A wealth of information from the same source.
http://www.expita.com/
 
 
Contributions From Our Readers. 
Links from readers are always 
welcome and you can even write 
your own link descriptions if you 
like.  Guidelines are available here: 
http://www.don-guitar.com/descriptivetext.html 

 
According to our web sibling April Babst,  if you happen to be
vacationing in Africa, be sure to take in the Victoria Falls on
the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/devilspool.asp

 
Our web sibling Patrick Barden discovered the Something Store...
http://www.somethingstore.com/index.html
he resisted the temptation but passed on the link.  Finding that I
had twenty seven dollar in my paypal account, I instantly placed
an order for "something" but recent internet publicity has given
them such a glut or orders that their shipping times are delayed.


From our web sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton: 
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ ) 
 
Improbable research.   http://improbable.com/ 
 
Hanan Levin's interesting blog. 
http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/ 
 
 A daily dose of architecture.   http://archidose.blogspot.com/ 
 
Assorted landscapes.   http://pruned.blogspot.com/ 
 
The Deuce of Clubs is an award winning blog. 
http://deuceofclubs.com/ 
 
Wile E. Coyote sues Acme. 
http://www.torinfo.com/justforlaughs/coyote_v_acme.html 
 
What the U.S. government knows about science. 
http://www.science.gov/ 
 
The U.S. CIA.   https://www.cia.gov/index.html 
 
A crime fiction research journal.   http://www.mysteryfile.com/ 
 
A feature on interesting maps from the U.S. LOC. 
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/unusual.html 
 
Harvard magazine.   http://harvardmagazine.com/ 
 
Educating children about the earth.   http://www.earthsbirthday.org/ 
 
Butterflies and such. 
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/butterfly/butter_collect.htm 
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ 
http://www.centralamerica.com/cr/butterfly/ 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly 
http://butterflywebsite.com/ 
http://www.thebutterflysite.com/index.html 
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/ 
http://www.monarchwatch.org/ 
http://www.mnh.si.edu/museum/butterfly.html 
http://photo2.si.edu/bfly/bflyhome.html 
http://butterflies.si.edu/index.htm 
http://www.bronxzoo.com/bz-whatshappening/butterflygarden 
http://electronicvalley.org/derby/rec/state/Butterflygarden.HTM 
http://www.okczoo.com/exhi_butt.htm


Our web sibling Vinette DePhillipe referred us to this
lengthy diatribe which is an excerpt from "Where
Have All the Leaders Gone?" by  Lee Iacocca.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/iacocca.asp


Our other-brother Beeyil (Bill) Lanoue and his Significant
Other, Terri Martin-Goin, are proud to be members of the
Patriot Guard Riders organization.
http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/354179.html


From our web sibling John Lepse. 
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )

Mango Falls is a marvelous collection of mysterious images.
http://www.mangofalls.com/index.php?x=about

Reflections of a high school history teacher and Civil War
historian.   http://civilwarmemory.typepad.com/civil_war_memory/

Use ZipGuides to get a comprehensive local wildlife guide to the
animals and plants native to any place in the United States.
http://www.enature.com/zipguides/

YouTube videos.
3D printing.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VJP671LDY&e
Carolyn Scott & Rookie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqbVbPvlDoM&e
Nicely done computer generated music and animation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA1bNrV2LP4

Whicn Narnia character are you? (a quiz from beliefnet)
http://tinyurl.com/66mygh

Here's an excellent resource for health care workers...
http://www.nurseconnect.com/
...and a specific post which John wanted to share.
http://tinyurl.com/3zrln8

50 ways to help the planet.   http://www.50waystohelp.com/


From our friend and neighbor, Stevie Scott.

Information on peak oil, sustainablility, and more.
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/

This news article seems a little far-fetched but interesting.
http://www.wanttoknow.info/060205usmilitarycontrolinternet

UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions
to a partition or USB drive, so it's no different from a standard install,
only it doesn't need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace
the existing OS entirely.   http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Tracking the bad guys on the web.
http://www.marshal.com/trace/traceitem.asp?article=637

Have you ever heard of 'Silverlight'?   http://silverlight.net/
Linux developers aren't to be outdone.
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight

 
Thank you April, Patrick, Jo, Vi, Beeyil, John and Stevie.

 
Last word, from Lisa: 
 
Today I have the pleasure of presenting another website 
to a client, a good friend and all-around great lady. 
It's difficult to describe the pleasure I get from this, 
it's satisfying on so many levels.  For one thing, I get 
to work from home; a necessity these days.  Another is 
providing a needed service at a reasonable price to small 
business owners.  So many times, people who don't have 
the time or desire to become web-savvy are taken advantage 
of, and that makes my blood boil.  So I'm doing all I can 
to ameliorate the situation, and getting an education in 
the process.  Developing a portfolio while having fun 
seems almost like cheating.  Hope I don't get caught... 
 
'Til next time, 
 
Lisa 
 
Our feedback form (goes to both of us):
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Lisa at myspace.com.  http://www.myspace.com/81825549
Lisa's blogs.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/dirtgoddess
http://thedirtgoddess.blogspot.com/

Don at myspace.com http://www.myspace.com/donguitar
Don's blogs.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/eldergeek/
http://don-guitar.blogspot.com/ 
 
Our personal news page. 
http://www.don-guitar.com/babbleon.html 
 
Don Crowder and Lisa Miller 
Sunday, June 1, 2008 
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The most important people on the Internet, for you and I as 
computer users, are software developers.  The world's coolest 
computer, without software, is like a car without fuel.  It 
might look great, but what can it do?  It doesn't matter who 
produces the software you love and use regularly, the developers 
of that software need your support.

A bit of advice from Internet veteran Bayard J. Fox:

New computer users are often in awe of the things you can get 
without cost on the Internet.  There can be hidden costs for the 
unwary. Use a "throw away" email address to register, and be 
constantly on guard against giving away personal information.  
Use a firewall, and provide only the barest minimum of 
information on questionnaires. 
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