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Why bother with AVG at all? I'm not always fond of Microsoft's offerings, but Security Essentials is great and I would only consider going back to something like AVG if I had reason to believe it offered better security. As it is, the reverse seems to be the case, and MSE is just quietly doing its thing and never trying to call attention to itself (unless something really does require your attention).
Obviously, Norton and its peers are very unhappy with it, and only became more so after reviews suggested MSE found and cleaned up more stuff than their commercial offerings. But for me, it really comes down to having good baseline security, and no nagging. The biggest problem with commercial anti-malware is that it itself behaves like a piece of malware because the makers are afraid the consumer will just not see what the benefit is if it doesn't constantly remind him it is "keeping him safe"...
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MSE is free too. I'll consider making the switch. I've got it running on my pc at work and I must indeed say I've never noticed it running, unlike AVG.
Thanks for the tip!
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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You should ditch AVG at the first opportunity.
There are two reasons:
Fistly because as others have said MS's offering is less intrusive and just as profficient.
Secondly, and more importantly, because they are trying to stop Rickrolling[^].
Booo AVG, booooo!
Henry Minute
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.
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Henry Minute wrote: Secondly, and more importantly, because they are trying to stop Rickrolling[^].
Ok, you convinced me!
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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I changed all three of my home computers to Microsoft Security Essentials recently having used AVG for the past few years.
So far I am very happy that I have done this - it is light, does not keep popping up with requests for me to sign up and so far I actually trust it 
(On any computer I set up for friends I also install MSSE on nowadays)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Fillet of Pork, thinly sliced, in Sate marinade. In eight hours or so, it should be ready to cook. But it smells good already... 
Then of course, it will disappear in five minutes, leaving only half an hours worth of washing up. 
Now I can get back to programming!
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I finally got some time to focus on it, and I have completed unit 1 of the first level of Rosetta Stone French. Since there are 5 levels and each level appears to have 4 units, that means I'm about 5% complete.
Have any of you gone through all levels of Rosetta Stone French? What level of fluency would you estimate yourself to be? Can you watch French movies, have conversations with native French speakers, write somebody in French, read French articles, navigate Frenchia/Canadia with ease?
And if you have gone through some other language (say, German), modify the above questions accordingly (e.g., for Germania).
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level 4 on duolingo french (I'm a beginner, as French O level was approx 25 years ago) (haven't tried rosetta stone)
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12.5% complete with Russian. I'm comfortable with greetings, partings, and conveying general things -- sick, hungry, etc. Also, my vocabulary is increasing nicely. When I hear Russian spoken in movies I'm able to pick out a number of the words and things seem to start coming together in context.
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Hey, maybe Russian would be a cool 3rd language. Friendly hot women, and score a few points with the local Family. 
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Why learn a dying language?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I started studying French, but I started getting irresistible urges to wave white flags, so I stopped.
Actually at the University I'm in a room full of Farsi speakers, so I may have to learn that language just for fun.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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AspDotNetDev wrote: Can you watch French movies
Being fluent in French this is an interesting question to answer.
Interesting because I actually have a lot of difficulty understanding some modern French films - I live in the UK and my French was learnt chiefly through the 70's and 80's.
Take "Une Prophet" where there is Corsican interspersed with Argot(which is a vernacular French street talk) - it's a bit like watching Train Spotting if you are just learning English - I had to turn the subtitles on as all I understood were the rude words...
Don't necessarily judge yourself on modern French films.
I would recommend watching 80's or 90's French films where the French tends to be more conventional in nature.
While I am at it here are five of my recommendations for French films to watch - La vie est un long fleuve tranquille, Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources,Viva La Vie, Le prix du danger.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Thanks! I ordered Viva la Vie from amazon.fr (couldn't find it on amazon.com, and I was curious how easy it is to ship something from amazon.fr).
And as a bonus, I came across this review while looking for a region free DVD player. Seems she is having trouble with tribbles. 
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Bien venu Chez les C'htis!
Not only French, but it is easy to follow and very funnny!
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Nothing to say.
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Erudite_Eric wrote: Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis
FTFY. And thanks; just bought it from Amazon. Though, it may still be some time before I am able to enjoy it in French without subtitles.
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Good choice - I was going to put the film first in the list but thought it may be a bit challenging in terms of its story - however it is one of my favourite films.
Just be sure to watch it more than once as it's difficult to get what is going on if you watch it just the once...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources
But they have rotten Provencal accents for the most part!
And yes, alot of French films are so badly spoken I can imagine for a native it is like us watching some Irish films.
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Nothing to say.
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I find the provincial accent easier to understand than Argot because lthough there is an accent the words are standard Académie française words.
I knwo what you mean about it being harder to understand.
The thing about Argot is that there are lots of words that have not yet made it into a dictionary - init!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I bought a Hugo learn French in 3 months book and went trough it, in about three months. At the end I could write French quite well, had all the grammar and a reasonable vocabulary, but my accent was so crap I might as well have been speaking Dutch and I couldnt understand a damn word anyone was saying, films or not!
Ten years of living in France AND it took living with a load of French guys for almost 2 years while on a contract, I am ocasionally mistaken for a native French speaker (Luxemburgish, Belgium, Swiss, etc, and occasionally French. It is obviously hard to hide the Germanic roots of my natural pronunciation, being an English speaker, but I have finally mastered it. )
German, Dutch etc would be a lot easier. I only tried at Dutch and picked it up fairly quickly, and it is an easy language to pronounce. I imagine German would be the same.
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Now what is this about Rosetta's Stone? She a heavyset lady?
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Rammstein - Rein Raus[^]
I know it's not a new song; but I was looking at a translation[^] the other day and saw it was elephanting perfect.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It's quite hard to translate due the extensive usage of metaphors... but I'm not quite certain of the relationship between riding and CP
(yes|no|maybe)*
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I believe in regard to the elephant in the room.
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