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  1. MrRant

    something odd just happened

    I would be wary... if you have a Trojan on your computer most of the point of it is so someone can access your computer remotely unless the specific program is blocked by your firewall already. Did you try and remove the trojan files with Trojan Hunter?
  2. MrRant

    something odd just happened

    If you are wary then go to Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools and hit System Restore and create a restore point so you can go back to it. If something happens of course.
  3. MrRant

    Weekend Boxoffice report

    Hasn't the Honey movie been done to death? Haven't there been at least one interracial dance movie a year or so? Wasn't O and Save The Last Dance the same thing?
  4. MrRant

    something odd just happened

    Trojan Hunter should allow you to remove those files.
  5. MrRant

    Gun Lobby Looking to Buy Media Outlet

    I would join the NRA just to piss off the "Guns Kill People Crowd".
  6. MrRant

    Satellite vs. Cable

    See the sig to know where my loyalty is.
  7. MrRant

    something odd just happened

    Hmm... and in Add/Remove you don't have mIRC? If not and Trojan hunter didn't pick it up then the only thing else I can find is that it would be a virus and Norton's website has only this listed or various or numerous Backdoor.IRC.Floods but you would/should already have definitions to remove it. Is your subscription current?
  8. MrRant

    something odd just happened

    Go and download TrojanHunter. There is a 30-day trial. You need to update it manually but it's just copying some files into a directory. Simple.
  9. MrRant

    Funniest people of all time

    George Carlin. Recognize.
  10. MrRant

    Jericho & Trish Photo

    It's pretty sad when your "belt" has your initials on it.
  11. MrRant

    The new Cena shirt

    You shouldn't be allowed to leave your house.
  12. MrRant

    CPU Usage at 100%....computer SLOWDOWN!

    More than likely yes. There will be a charge of some sort but usually it is pretty inexpensive. Less than $20 I assume.
  13. DENVER — In a packed emergency room, Elijah Ibarra fussed and cried as his father gently slipped a purple elastic band around the 2-year-old's head to hold an oxygen mask in place. The little boy settled into a restless sleep on the examining table, his long eyelashes occasionally fluttering as his worried parents listened to whispered instructions from a doctor: Give him fluids. Watch his breathing. Check his temperature. Bring him back if he gets worse. "He was throwing up, and I brought him in right away," said the boy's mother, Naomi Ibarra. One of the harshest flu seasons in years has swept across Colorado, sending jittery parents rushing to ERs and clinics with feverish children. Within the past month, more than 6,300 people have been infected and at least six have died. All the dead were under 16 years old, raising fears that this year's flu strain is especially deadly in children. Experts say it is too early to know for sure. Dr. Tim Uyeki, medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (search), said the number of children getting seriously ill and dying from the flu worries the agency. Typically, he said, "there may be a lot of illness among children, but deaths usually occur among elderly people," and so far the agency has not had reports of many elderly deaths. Doctors said two children who died in Colorado had medical conditions that made the flu more dangerous. "It's the most widespread, one of the hardest-hitting (seasons) in terms of the severity and the duration of the illness, and it all happened so fast," said Dr. Mary Maguire, a pediatrician at the Children's Medical Center in Denver. "It just happened overnight with a degree that I haven't seen before." The flu also is being blamed for three deaths in Texas and one each in Oklahoma and New Mexico. Indiana authorities were investigating whether the flu killed a 10-year-old girl who died Wednesday night. In all of last year's cold season in Colorado, only two child flu deaths were reported to the state. None were reported the previous year and two in the 2000-01 season. Colorado is one of 10 states with a widespread flu outbreak, the highest designation given by the CDC. The others are Texas, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arkansas, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. "I don't recall it being this bad ever — and especially in kids," said Craig Gilliam, infection control expert at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. Typically the hospital has about 25 to 30 positive flu cultures during November; last month the hospital had 265 positives. About 45 percent of the cases have been children ages 1 to 5; 40 percent have been school-age children, ages 5 to 15. The seemingly high number of deaths among children could be due in part to better reporting as well as a real increase, said Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of Vanderbilt Medical Center's department of preventive medicine in Nashville, Tenn. In the very young and the elderly, flu can cause organ damage; during a bad flu season, deaths from kidney, liver and heart disease rise. An estimated 36,000 Americans die from the flu every year. Health officials do not know how many children die because states do not require doctors to report influenza cases. Even before this year's deaths, there were signs this could be an especially bad flu season. Some parts of the country were hit hard a month earlier than usual, and doctors are seeing the A-Fujian-H3N2 (search) strain, part of a class of flu viruses that caused severe outbreaks in the United States in the 1990s. Dr. Chris Nevin-Woods, health director in Colorado's Pueblo County, said the severity of the outbreak could be because this year's vaccine did not cover the A-Fujian-H3N2 strain. "That doesn't mean it won't cross-protect, but it does mean it's not as effective," Nevin-Woods said. In addition, the nation's two manufacturers of flu shots said Friday they have run out of vaccine and will not be able to meet this year's surge in demand. Ordinarily, the 80 million doses made by Chiron and Aventis Pasteur would be enough to take care of U.S. demand. Thousands of people across Colorado have swamped hospitals and clinics for flu shots. At least four schools closed because of flu-related absences. Day-care centers are doggedly disinfecting door handles and washing children's hands. Hospitals have strict new limits on visitors. And over-the-counter remedies are flying off pharmacy shelves. "It's not tapering off," said Tom Starr, a pharmacist in suburban Wheat Ridge. "We're seeing a line of sick adults and kids." Last month, Eve Blaney was sitting in a Denver hospital emergency room when her 17-month old daughter, Madison, went into respiratory arrest while being treated for the flu. "Madison looked at me, took one last breath, her lips turned blue and she stopped breathing for 3 minutes," she said. "I thought I was going to lose her, and I was so scared. I kept praying, I fell to my knees." The little girl spent one day in intensive care and another in the hospital before coming home. She has made a full recovery. Blaney is convinced that her cousin, Donald Regan, a New York firefighter killed in the World Trade Center collapse, was watching over Madison. The little girl's middle name is Regan. "I was thinking Donnie, just rescue one more person," Blaney said. Down the hall from Elijah at Children's Hospital, Sherry Torres tried to comfort her 3-year-old son, John. The boy, who had been vomiting and had a fever, body aches and sore throat, sucked a red Popsicle between cries of pain. "I'm pretty terrified, to be honest," Torres said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pretty scary stuff especially since it seems to be really bad for little kids. Definitely have to keep an eye on the daughter.
  14. MrRant

    The new Cena shirt

    Whenever I see the old school logo all I can think of is Transformers.
  15. MrRant

    Explain THIS TO ME

    Fine the whole Royal Family.
  16. MrRant

    CPU Usage at 100%....computer SLOWDOWN!

    Unless he wants to print. If he doesn't then fine.
  17. CROOKSTON, Minn. — The arrest of a convicted rapist in the kidnapping of a college student has stirred anger over the man's release and brought calls from the governor to bring back the death penalty in Minnesota (search). Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. (search), 50, had been out of prison less than a year before his arrest Monday in the disappearance of Dru Sjodin (search), a 22-year-old University of North Dakota student. She vanished from a Grand Forks, N.D., mall on Nov. 22 and is still missing. Despite a history of assaults that put Rodriguez among the state's most serious sex offenders, a psychologist and a review board agreed not to recommend that he be confined indefinitely for treatment after he served 23 years in prison for attempted kidnapping. "I think they should have a special place for these kind of people," said Annetta Raymond, a woman in her mid-70s who grew up in Crookston, the town of about 8,000 where Rodriguez was living when he was arrested. Added Florence Kuznia, 77: "I don't think they should have let him out." North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven said he had talked to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to ask why Rodriguez was released. The civil commitment process "should have worked in this case," Hoeven said. The Pawlenty administration has taken pains to note the process that led to Rodriguez's release happened under a previous administration. Pawlenty is now trying to restore Minnesota's death penalty, abolished nearly a century ago after a botched hanging. The governor called Sjodin's disappearance a "tipping point," and said he would ask the Legislature to allow capital punishment in some cases, including those in which sexual assaults are coupled with murders or attempted murder. "As a Minnesotan, as a governor, as a dad of two young daughters, I'm fed up. I'm fed up with these stories where we have children abducted, women abducted with a not very good system for resolving the issue," he said. Some Democrats accused Pawlenty of grandstanding on the issue, and even key people in his own Republican party were cool to the idea. Pawlenty acknowledged the idea would be an "uphill battle" when the Legislature convenes in February. Sjodin was last heard talking to her boyfriend on a cell phone after she left her job at a Victoria's Secret. The sentiment in Grand Forks "is to have a trial and then take him out and kill him," said Mike McNamara, host of a local radio talk show. "I'm talking about grandmothers calling me, saying things like, `String him up in the town square and let us deal with it."' Anger has been so fierce that Rodriguez said through his lawyer Thursday that he wanted to remain in custody for his own safety. A North Dakota judge set bail at $5 million. Pawlenty's announcement stirred up a storm of calls and e-mails to his office -- more than 600 after the first day alone. Sixty percent were in favor of the governor's stance, and 40 percent opposed, according to his staff. With news of Rodriguez's arrest dominating the airwaves this week, 500 people filled a high school auditorium in nearby Thief River Falls on Tuesday for a hearing to notify the public about a sex offender. Police had expected about 100. "It's nerve-racking and scary," said Angela Westlin, who said she wanted to learn what she needs to know to protect her 3-year-old and 1-month-old girls. "I think I left six lights on at home when I left to come to this meeting." Already, Corrections Commissioner Joan Fabian has eliminated some of the steps before a sex offender may be committed. Pawlenty has also said he will look at lengthening sentences in sex crimes and explore ways to increase supervision of violent sex offenders, perhaps through irremovable bracelets to track their whereabouts. ------------------------------------------- Might as well kill him. Cheaper.
  18. MrRant

    Remember When.....

    Remember when you didn't have to be politically correct?
  19. MrRant

    Remember When.....

    He was never cool. NEVER.
  20. MrRant

    Why this folder sucks in '03

    What the fuck is a spinebust? I would have never have watched for a spinebust myself. Spinebuster - Yes. Spinebust - No.
  21. MrRant

    Need quick, simple directions

    If you are putting XP Pro back on and you have the XP Pro CD then you need to make sure the BIOS is set to boot from CD and then boot the XP Pro CD in and reboot. Follow the prompts. Same for a restore CD. At least the is my procedure.
  22. MrRant

    Face Paint

    It's not face paint. It's MAKEUP MOTHERFUCKER. Just like what a woman wears.
  23. MrRant

    Damn you boyband fanboys

    *loads shotgun in anger*
  24. MrRant

    Explain THIS TO ME

    Well... the Brits... I mean... come on.... look out how many times Prince Charles fucks up.
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