_____ the Mezzenger _______________________________________ * Dec 13th, 2000 Issue #69 Mezzage Board at http://theMezz.com/bbs * Win $10,000 and $400 in gifts at http://theMezz.com/news/recommend/ * Want to subscribe to this newsLetter? It's easy, just send a blank e-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Unsubscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If the Democrats wanted Al Gore as President. ... they should have voted for impeachment." -- Anonymous ______ sites ______________________________________________ Looking for the lyrics to a Christmas Carol? Look no more they are all here! http://rememberjosie.org/carols/ Did you know I have a few other mail lists. Most are read only. Check them out at http://theMezz.com/alerts High Tech Criminals and those who pursuit them http://techPolice.com ______ cool stuff _________________________________________ Tracerlock allows you to enter keywords that interest you and it will send you an e-mail notification every time the words are mentioned in search engine listings or Usenet groups. Use the service to track mention of your company name or conduct research. I have been using this a couple weeks and it works pretty well so far. I LIKE THIS!!! TracerLock http://www.peacefire.org/tracerlock/ Google has become my favorite search engine of all and the recently released toolbar makes it even better. It's a plug-in for Internet Explorer 5+ (Windows only) that allows access to Google features without having to leave the site being viewed. Features include the ability to search the site being visited, as well as to see where the page ranks on Google and much more. http://toolbar.google.com ______ human interaction hardware _________________________ This may sound far fetched but the next wave of hardware may be human interaction hardware. Scratch and sniff and cybersex devices may give plug and play a new meaning. DigiScents is starting things off with a device that looks like a PC speakers but instead of sound - scents will pour out of them. Play-Doh, mimeograph paper, crayons, fresh baked cookies, wet grass, model glue, cotton candy, paste and hmmmmm... who knows what else are under development right now. You can sign up for the FIRST WHIFF program and learn more at their web site http://www.digiscents.com/ ______ apps ___________________________________________________ It seems that email attachments are becoming more and more dangerous. The payload is sometimes a nasty worm or trojan horse - these events are not only more frequent but more deadly for your data. MailWatcher detects attempts to generate email by any program. Any email generation attempt that is deemed suspicious, will be brought your attention, and you can allow it or not. More freeware from our friends at Computer Associates http://www.cai.com/solutions/enterprise/etrust/content_inspection/personal/mailwatcher.htm We have been talking about anti virus apps and here is a great deal. Norton AV 2001 for $14 http://directdeals.com/ Well worth it. I think its a nice upgrade over NAV 2000, I like the automatic update feature. ______ twas the night _____________________________________ Twas the night before implementation and all through the house, not a program was working, not even a browse. The programmers hung by their tubes in despair, with hopes that a miracle soon would be there. The users were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of inquiries danced in their heads. When out in the machine room there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter. And what to wondering eyes should appear, but a super programmer (with a six-pack of beer). His resume glowed with experience so rare, he turned out great code with a bit-pusher's flair. More rapid than eagles, his programs they came, and he cursed and muttered and called them by name. On Update! On Add! On Inquiry! On Delete! On Batch Jobs! On Closings! On Functions Complete! His eyes were glased over, fingers nimble and lean, from weekends and nights in front of a screen. A wink of his eye and a twitch of his head, soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, turning specs into code; thne turned with a jerk. And laying his finger upon the "ENTER" key, the system came up and worked perfectly. The updated updated; the deletes, they deleted, the inquiries inquired, the closings completed. He tested each whistle, and tested each bell, with nary a bomb, and all had gone well. The system was finished, the tests were concluded, the users' last changes were even included. And the user exclaimed with snarl and a taunt, "It's just what I asked for, but not what I want!" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------- see you next week until then HIT THE BOARD http://theMezz.com/bbs . to remove yourself send any mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
