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DEL.ICIO.USA computerized reporter
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Working at a newspaper can be an trying experience - bad coffee, worse jokes and the distraction of all those people sitting around me shouting into telephones.
I comforted myself with the thought that at least it wasn’t likely that a computer would ever replace me. But I guess I was wrong. A financial news service is now using computers to write some stories.
It’s a pretty good deal for the news service. The computer is unlikely to spend a lot of time chatting with friends and will never complain about the bad food in the cafeteria.
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By Michael Montgomery
August 25, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this
In the TECH BUDDY column in my local news paper you said, in reference to Microsoft Defender, “It replaces my old favorite SpyBot Search and Destroy as my recommended adware program. Ironically I’ll continue to use Spybot at home. But there are so many scam programs that take advantage of the Spybot name that I no longer feel comfortable recommending it to you. Too many readers have tried to download Spybot and ended up with a fraud.” Well, you pointed the readers to the download site for Microsoft Defender. Why not just point your readers to the true download site for Spybot S&D? http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html (Getting down from soapbox now,) Thanks, Michael
By Bill Husted
August 25, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this
Hi Michael, there is an existing link to the site here - the same one you posted. However, some readers still had trouble getting the right software using the mirror sites you’re taken to when you press download. I haven’t had trouble myself with this and can’t explain it - heck I can’t even duplicate it. But that’s what was happening.
By Richard Saboda
August 25, 2006 08:41 PM | Link to this
Hello Bill, Kinda hard getting a mesage to you, hope this is the route. I’ve purchased Trainz 2006, Great PC Game, went to install the five CD’s that came with it. The No.3 Disc vibrated so bad that it won’t copy. Sent 4 emails to manufacturer, no response. Can a user balance a out of balance Disc. Tried the No.3 CD in another computer it too vibrated so it’s the disc.
Can you provide some guidance???
Dick