"Herman" wrote in
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"Lee" schreef in bericht
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Mitchell Holman wrote in
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All I can offer is caution. I thought I would follow the masses
and give it a try. I did a Google on WINrar and then picked this
site http://gperavguslive.info/.

I agree my stupid error. Ended up with a virus - trogon - or what
ever. Spent 9 hours of my present life getting rid of the POS.

Life and computer is back to normal again and doubt I will ever
consider dealing with RAR or PAR files ever again. I really don't
care how good they are reported to be.

So what ever you decide for your fate be aware you have been warned
of the Dark Side.

Good luck.



Personally I have never seen a reason to stray from jpegs.
They don't carry viruses, they are read by every image viewer
known to man, they can be resized and enhanced by even more,
and they will be the universal standard for years to come.

IMHO, that is............





Mitchell, as one of your biggest fans, it bothers me to have to say
this...
but you are yelling "Fire" in the crowded theatre. Shame on you!!

You and the other guy (who "says" he got the virus) are not helping
matters
at all, in fact, what you have said in haste regarding RAR is
counter- productive at the very least. What few little rabbits who
might have taken
a chance to learn how to work with RARs/PARs have been frightened
off, for no telling how long.

By phrasing your statements as you did, both of you scared the
ignorant away from using an improved way of sending/receiving large
amounts of information over the net.

WinRar was not the reason he got a bug... he got it from a site
preying on the unlearned and unguarded, who wanted to learn. WinRAR
was the bait. The same could happen if someone was searching for
information on how to convert .BMP files to .JPG.

WinRAR had nothing to do with getting a bug, only his ****-poor
choice of sites from which to learn. Lesson learned. Do not to go to
some brand X site for information (or at least keep you prophylactic
fresh). There are plenty of reputable places (e.g. C-Net, PC World)
to learn something about all things digital.

Just 'cause Google places a site in the first few entries, doesn't
mean it's a nice place. Google doesn't give a **** about your virus
protection... but they do care about incoming dollars.

You know yourself how ****y this group can be, Mitchell. Now, for
more years to come, they will all blame the evils of WinRAR for the
downfall of Roman Empire, the Tunguska blast and the reason their
pricks don't stay hard. JeebusGawd, now there is *another*
wicked-evil that goes bump in the night (along with the mere mention
of that boogie-man, YEnc).

You also know about the howls of anguish from this lot if a picture
does not match their standards. (Of course those standards are
subject to change
at their whim or the day of the week)

These HiRez Shuttle pics would have them screaming bloody murder if
they came over the wire as a JPG. Just imagine the audacity of having
to make one of these guys join a multi-part picture. Better yet, if
you could get such a photo across the wire in one part... then they'd
be bitching that "it takes too long" or "it's too big"

Damned if you do...

Rather than staying perched on this soap box, I'll close by pointing
out that this group, as a whole, would be a perfect comparison to the
current crisis in our public education system.

The ones who learn and are willing to do so, must continually slow
down to the speed of those unwilling or incapable of learning. Rather
than having the slow ones work harder and learn more, we continue to
dumb down the group to the lowest denominator. The real ****er are
the calls for a burning at the stake when anyone shows a little
imagination, change or initiative.

ABPA-holes.

That was not his point.
He merely pointed out his personal view that he saw no reason to stray
from JPEG. What is wrong with that?
If anybody else wants to do differently, go right ahead.

(snip)

Herman, sir, J3 did not "stray" from JPGS. I have about 5 gigs of great
shots that (with the exception of one Power-Point file) prove it.

It is the delivery mode of the JPGS that everyone is jumping threw their
asses about.

Most of the gripes are about not having the inclination to learn how to
utilize this mode of delivery of JPGs. Some of the remaining gripes are
about the sheer number of them. Either way, I am inclined to quote the
first black President, and the favorite of many...

"Better put some ice on that."