No more dying.

Tonight was quite a departure for Andy Rooney on 60 minutes when he spent all his time asking the question, "Why are we in Iraq?". Surprising was the seriousness of his demeanor during the broadcast. I felt good hearing that because I have had growing concerns about the ongoing war with no end. I have not been vocal about my sentiment concerning this subject, not because it may be seen as a betrayal to all those that served and in some cases die. I was not really sure how I felt about it. I think I must join Rooney and the many others that can no longer justify the deaths of our youngsters.

Zeros...

Ok..here I go again. You can say that I got into computers on December 23,1976 on the day I drove to San Antonio from Eagle Pass and bought an Apple IIe. Computers were simple..with no need for virus protection. Computer were too expensive and not necessarily in the hands of zeros. (Zeros are people that have no value and only occupy space.) I used mine for work, doing sorts for program eligibility and completing long repetitious government forms. I was truly a time saver. Now, its very different. I recently signed up for DSL and the first thing I noticed was the speed. I was very pleased with the performance and even more with the offer of a virus protection program touted as one of the best because of it updates. For the first month I was able to accomplish more work both on my work assignments and the alumni website. Then I got a pop-up offering me an upgrade to my existing virus protection program. I declined the offer. The offers become relentless. I ran my original virus program every day but the advertisements kept coming. They were literally offering me programs that would stop themselves from their popups. Now I am getting offers to block spyware, adware and file theft. So the zeros have now become virus protection salesman and may be working for our major DSL providers.