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Comment Re:Not just Spywear (Score 1) 580

Ok, trying (hard) to give them the benifit of the doubt. (yeah, yeah) I believe that they could be flagging these as spy-ware enablers. For example, it would be easier to write spyware with WinPCap installed on the system. The VNC programs _may_ have been installed by a malicious piece of software so someone could connect remotely and spy on you, without your knowledge.

Having said that, I don't mind them pointing out that these are on the system, as long as it is fairly clear that these are only a problem if you didn't intentionally install them. Haven't tried the software, don't think I will, but from the description, it appears that this is where they fail/are lacking.
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Journal Journal: Tired of 2 Parties? 1

Tired of 2 political parties? Tired of needing to choose between socialists and neo-conservativists? Check out 3rd parties. They can be effective, even if only in a specific region. (Think of Jesse Ventura, for example). Take a look at the American Centrist Party.
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Moderation seems to be on its way down. Since when is a 1-liner question a +5 informative? Or similar nonsense. Informative: Should have INFORMATION (and preferably links to back that up). Insightful: oh what the hell, it should have insight. Moderators should be given a vocabulary test to make sure they understand the terms.

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