Bruce Schneier, the computer security equivalent of Chuck Norris, has some excellent points to make about anti-virus software.  Executive summary: anti-virus is not enough to keep you safe online (you still have to be careful), but it's free (if you use AVG or Avast's free version) and easy, and protects against a lot of bad stuff, so you have no excus...

A classic is something that everyone wants to have read and nobody wants to read.-- Mark Twain, "The Disappearance of Literature"

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (seen in the Linux 'fortune' command)

Wow.  I don't think i've ever seen a pro-lifer given so much time to state a rational case without interruption.  The audience is so one-eyed i wanted to puke, but that doesn't diminish the graciousness of Jon Stewart as a host.  All the more reason to watch the Daily Show!

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