So it seems that Symantec is making one of those Epic Stupid decisions that just cant be replicated outside of an ostrich putting its head in the sand.
Seems a file named Pifts.exe has been trying to phone home for some folks and they traced it back to Symantec. Evidently Symantec views Pifts.exe as some dirty little secret and deleted the posts and accounts that these people made in Symantec's forums..
Well some of you know I am a big Linux advocate, but I also realize that other OS's have their own niche and we cant always be ripping Windows "from their cold dead hands" every day.
So today, we had a good day. Went and hung out at my in laws, and then stopped at our favorite buffet on the way home, lets for the sake of the company call it Silver Pen. As we were finishing up our meal, our waitress (lets caller her Clair) was cleaning the table next to ours. She was discussing how her night had been with another waitress(lets call her Beth).
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Clair: So how have your tables been?
Beth: Oh let me tell you about my table that just left!
Clair: Oh Oh. What happened?!?
Looks like AT&T is looking for fast cash by changing their billing methodology for long distance...
The new AT&T - Your World. Delivered.
Dear Valued Customer,
Ok so I got my official canned response from Saxby Chambliss. I'll include the whole response below but first here is the part that makes me want to scream....
I understand that this is a huge issue and my black and white viewpoint on this may be unpopular.
When I make an investment its a choice, I may choose to invest in a money market account, or in Stock for XyzCorp. It's my choice. If I want to invest in something high risk then I need to be aware I may loose my investment. That is the definition of risk.
Well according to an ABC news story Hershey's has begun transitioning products to more cost effective Vegetable Oil in its 'frankenchocolate' instead of using cocoa butter as required by FDA labeling for a product labeled chocolate. Some of you may recall I have already covered that they were trying to get the labeling guidelines changed so they could change the ingredients without telling anyone.
This is not for your health.
This is not to lower the price for you.
Over at The Consumerist they are running a story about the Grocery Shrink Ray hitting food stuffs in the UK. They have already been running nearly daily stories about the shrink ray and what it means to consumers but this one story has an apologist for the industry that just stroked the wrong nerve in me. His name is Alex Beckett and here is what he said that bothered me.
I was minding my own business surfing the web tonight and came across an article that pissed me off so bad... It was about how our schools suck. Having a daughter who will be in first grade next year and who has attended pre-k and kindergarten at the very same school I gave it a whirl. I have to tell you that after reading this pile of crap I wouldn't line my birdcage with it. So since I like to dispute bullshit here goes.
Ok, lets face it the sinking ship that is our economy is going down faster than an intern at the White House during the Clinton administration. One of the ways that the creators of consumer products is coping with this is by shrinking your product sizes quietly, without fanfare and charging you the same price. If you weren't aware of this practice take a look at The Consumerist and their section on the shrinking sizes of the products you use.
