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_Maxxx_ wrote: So instead, I looked around, and found a 500Gb plan for about $80 - same exchange, same line, same speed.
I'm paying $79.98 per month, get unlimited ADSL (downloaded 1.3TB the first month to see if I get cut off) the phone line rental and unlimited calls to Australian landline and mobile number. Inludes those sh*tty 13 numbers that they always charge for.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Not bad - not bad at all! Unfortunately in our neck of the woods there are only a very few companies offering ADSL at all - the last time I had checked to find alternatives to Telstra the only other companies were actually more expensive!
Also we don't use the home phone - so paying line rental is just a necessary evil in order to have ADSL - we use the mobiles for everything.
Our location is deemed 'regional' so we pay $50 instead of $30 for the broadband (500Gb) - unlimited would be $10 more a month and for another $10 unlimited calls
As the aim was to keep prices down, and we'd previously been using just over 100Gb a month, I figured 500Gb would keep us going as long as the Boy doesn't watch too much YouTube!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Yeah, I hear you about being regional... I pay $70/month for ADSL2+ unlimited data, but the equivalent metro plan is only $40 per month... gah!!
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I suppose it is not really much different to certains freaks of the human world forcing themselves on animals.
There is probably a predatory element or rogue individuals in every species.
Which foil wrapper are you reffering to, the penguin wrapper or the condom (or both)  ?
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DaveAuld wrote: Which foil wrapper are you reffering to,
I was recalling the "why don't polar bears eat penguins" joke
Which I loved as a kid, because if someone answered "because they can't get the wrapper off" I could respond with "No! Because they live in different hemispheres"
And vice versa
I was an annoying kid.
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So, there are several settings one can select:
1) Stay away from my machine you $itch!
2) Trust but verify. Show me what you think you want to do...
3) Hey baby, have your way with me, I trust you'll do the right thing.
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I normally run with item 2, my kids, because I simply don't have the time to keep up with their machines, run with item 3. But really, I'm leaning more to level 1. I've had some serious woes of late which seem to be video drivers... seem to be. How many of you had a good machine messed up by updates? I don't have any real evidence, nor do I have the time to elephant around with updates.
 just got my little icon alert - more updates are waiting my approval.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I do (2) and (3).
On my host machine I do (2) and my VMs are running with (3)...
I never had a serious issue to make me change this...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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virtual machines are my Christmas break project. 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I run 2, cause yeah i don't like rebooting while im playing
But actually i had more issues with websites for gentleman than with windows/ms updates 
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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HobbyProggy wrote: more issues with websites for gentleman
fnarrkk fnarrkk!
issue!
snigger!
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Exactly, that issue when your Virus Scanner tells you:
Virus Scanner:
DUUUUUUDE!
Holy s**t what you are trying to open contains
tons of bull***t and Malware and stuff eh!
That's why i can't show you those pretty **** pics of that
h*t c***k over there.
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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I am in option 2
I let the list be automatically filled, but I select what I want
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Option 2 (decide which to install and when to download), because in the past I've been in the middle of something extremely important -- watching Scrubs on Netflix -- when all of a sudden Microsoft is cramming updates down the pipe. Really annoying.
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In my long history with Microsoft updates, I've only had a couple with bad effects. One was a video driver update that caused IE issues with some web pages (at least that was the symptom). Getting a new driver from the manufacturer fixed it.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Like others, I suspect, I am an option 2 - but honestly just install them when I don't mind rebooting shortly. now I have the GB allowance on the interwebs, I don't mind downlaoding the lot
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1) because I have a personal notebook. It happened to me that I had to check ASAP an information or sleep on the road for an entire weekend, I was far from power supply and... It took 45 minutes booting up for its #@°§* updates. So, I update manually.
Then it happened to me many, many times that the updates completely #@°§ed up my Pc - drivers, games, software...
Now I'm on a "install only what fixes some bad behaviour and the security updates otherwise stand clear I am armed and dangerous  " basis.
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Option 3, weirdly I've never had any issues with Windows Updates. Seem to be in a minority.
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Don't worry, you'll never be as minority as someone like me, who
- Always had problems with Windows updates
- Always had problems with driver updates
- Was completetly satisfied with Windows Me given that in 3 years on a crappy old machine never crashed, while 98SE was driving me nuts (at least more nuts than my average).
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I remember Microsoft. I still use it at work; our gatekeepers only allow through essential updates that are proven.
At home I switched from Vista to Linux years ago and never really looked back, although I keep an old box with 7 on in the kitchen for out of the way jobs(like torrents). Every now and again I turn it on and just let it update.
It would be of little consequence if I lost it.
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I don't like anything to be automatic...it always seems to choose the worst possible time to do its thing.
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Quote: it always seems to
This is optimism, and lower your voice - it can hear you! 
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No it can't, I pulled the microphone! 
...oh, wait...maybe it can read my lips through the web cam? 
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