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03.08.1999 - GnomeREPORT There's a big controversy surrounding the lack of privacy in today's society. Well, I hate to say it, but... it's only going to get worse. People are worried about serial numbers on microchips. If you purchased the unit legally, what do you have to worry about? The same applies for software. Now, let's take that a (logical) step further: what is the information you are potentially providing used for? That's honestly anybody's guess--but I see a strength here. Anonymity is great, but I think people run scared without thinking about what kind of services they'd like to see in the future. Do you hate commercials on television? Or, would you rather watch certain commercials and not others? What about coupons which a company might mail you--are you always looking for ways to save money? Well, how can ANY of that happen without those companies asking questions first? GPS is another pretty darn cool technology that I can't wait to see become standard in automobiles. I suppose we all have the choice to make--but allow me to play devil's advocate for a second. If you're upset about browser cookies--fine. Not once in my life has a cookie ever hurt me, or come back to haunt me. In fact, they've probably made my browsing experience easier. Certain sites know that I only like certain types of items... so they don't bother showing me ads for shoes or llamas. Fine by me--I'm not missing a thing. If you're seeking complete anonymity, you're not going to find it online or with computers. Privacy is important, and as long as sites aren't asking for information which I feel is TOO personal, I'm not going to be up in arms about it. Yes, security issues are NOT to be taken lightly, and I believe we should know when we're "giving up" info about ourselves and/or our computers. Of course, restricting sites to be viewed only with certain processors is a stroke of pure stupidity. I'm not asking you to agree, but if you have any feedback, please post it to the Lockergnome newsgroups. GnomePROGRAM WatchCat v1.2.1 [137k] W9x/NT FREE
http://members.xoom.com/TepMuHyc/wcat.zip Do you like watching cats? Well, here's a "watching cat"... and this one won't shed or make you sneeze. Looking for a good home--free to any loving, responsible user. It's a relatively quiet pet, and well behaved, too. WatchCat "hides" any given window from the Taskbar and places it in its System Tray icon menu. Simply right-click on the minimize button in a window and it'll disappear from direct sight. You can also set it up to automatically close or hide certain windows after they've been inactive for a period of time. Here kitty, kitty! GnomeSYSTEM Microsoft Windows 98 Update Downloads http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/corporate.asp Enough people complained to Microsoft about not being able to save the WindowsUpdate downloads to disk for installation at a later time. This page should be bookmarked so that every time you reinstall Windows 98, you don't have to keep heading back to the WindowsUpdate site for system patches. It even includes the Zero Administration Kit for Windows 98! GnomeCANDY Message Manager v1.03 [152k] W9x FREE
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/download/message.zip Ever run into a dialog box that made you laugh? What about one that almost made you pee your pants? Well, you haven't lived until you've created your own dialog box to elicit such responses. And now you can with this amazing little gizmo (although the program actually has no representative icon). You can use this for graphics on your web pages... giving visitors the idea that they're actually running into a real choice (and you could IMAGEMAP the buttons). Or, set it up to run on your friend's computer on Startup. It's quite configurable, and so much fun! GnomeFAVORITE DaveCoulier.com The Internet is better than TV... Reason #39: You can actually interact with Dave Coulier! You might have seen him in Full House, America's Funniest People, or even the classic Nickelodeon show, Out of Control. He's also done various cartoon voices (remember Muppet Babies?). Well, now he's online and ready to interact with you (which I think is totally cool). Tune in to the Dave Coulier show ONLINE; every week or so, he'll have a new celebrity interview posted for you to read. And yes, this really *is* Dave and he does answer his own e-mail... very cool. GnomeDESKTOP THEME: Alien Commemoration [3.3M]
http://members.xoom.com/tvarnas/aliencom.exe This is a killer theme... quite literally. I hope that when we finally do make contact with an extra-terrestrial species, they'll be friendly. Knowing my luck, the aliens will take the form of Post-It Notes. This way, they can infiltrate our homes silently and gain access to all of our top secret information. Then, at the last second, when we try to stick them on something, they'll suddenly lose their adhesive properties. Oh man, that's just crazy talk. Now I'm physically shaken--I can't even finish this review. Lock your children, hide the doors! GnomeTIP Lockergnomie 'Fistorn' came up with a great idea for those of us who use multiple browsers on our systems. He wanted a way to open Internet shortcuts in either Netscape or IE (or Opera, for that matter) without changing his default browser. Open up the Windows Explorer, go to View, Folder Options, select the File Type tab, then find the Internet shortcut file type. Click on 'New' and add 'View with Netscape' (or whatever your non-default browser is) and set Netscape as the application for that option. Now, when you right-click on an Internet shortcut, you'll be able to open it up easily in IE, Netscape, Opera, etc.. Good call, Fistorn! |