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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Geek warning #155083 02/05/2006 1:50 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Not a word-post by the remotest stretch of imagination. However: I had a technical issue I wanted to explore with Symantec, maker of much computer utility and virus-protection software. I found that a) where they used to have a large number of user discussion groups, this service has recently been discontinued, and b) one of the contributors has decided to start his own board to take over the functions no longer being offered by the commercial site. Just in case this might be of value to someone else on this Board, the new address is www.boardfish.com/default.asp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Geek warning #155084 02/05/2006 3:46 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass and this in no way constitutes a genuine response to your helpful post, as I read your subject line as "Greek warning". Ucalegon!! joe (too much hogwash can be a bad thing) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Geek warning #155085 02/05/2006 4:33 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Symantec's anti-virus motto: Beware of geeks bearing GIFs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Geek warning #155086 02/05/2006 4:54 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Quote: Symantec's anti-virus motto: Beware of geeks bearing GIFs. I too read this thread title as Greek warning. Getting back on-topic, a geek whose opinion I value highly gave a warning which has stuck with me for more than five years. Norton (now Symantec) has no customers, only victims. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Geek warning #155087 02/05/2006 12:23 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean And I, an unwilling victim, am a victim of the tech that serviced my computer and supplied me with this curse. It ends in April and I don't know if I'll ever get another smooth running antivirus system like I had prior to this. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Geek warning #155088 02/05/2006 1:35 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I *think* Norton has been getting a bad rap among users, lately, which might explain it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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