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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) SO WHAT DID SHE DO???? All you have to do to find out is click the link!

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:49 PM) and what is the use of using the computer except for work. posters need entertainment. You're here on Soxtalk.com, this isn't work. And you aren't getting Malware from here, either. There are plenty of malware free websites out there that are very entertaining. Besides, as I said earlier, if you're that worried about it and you use AdBlock or AdBlock+, download the malware domains list, it prevents access to any address listed as a malware site, and it's updated all the time. Another extensions you can use is called WOT (Web of Trust). If you insist on browsing random sites for entertainment, I'd highly recommend using those...instead of blaming Chrome.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:44 PM) what make you think you are the only one trained???? again posters will always click the external links for innocent browsing, Last yr, the FBI warned the US of this kind of browsing. MIT even shut down one of the European cells that is responsible for some of the malware. so obviously they know nothing b/c YOU know better. give me a break you are stuck on yourself. You're talking about drive by -- I know what it is...and the only thing that can allow drive by is the thing between the keyboard and the chair. If you or anyone else gets malware by browsing websites, YOU or that person caused it themselves. There will always be malware sites, but the good news is you DON'T have to browse to them. Ever.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:36 PM) also facebook gives off a lot of malware as does porker sites. innocent browsing by some gets the malware esp during popups. ref to your educated guess.... you are wrong. Oh ok then...with all your training and all. I'm probably the most qualified person on this board when it comes to this, so save it. Now, to correct you, you do NOT get malware from Facebook UNLESS you click on external links. Stop being fooled by half naked girls with the tag line "you won't believe what this woman did with her bikini" pictures, and again, you won't get malware. You did NOT get malware simply by going to facebook. You have all these extensions installed, yet you didn't install a popup blocker like Adblock, or hell, check the box in Chrome that DOESN'T ALLOW POPUPS. Innocent browsing does NOT get people malware, whatever that even means. Browsing to untrustworthy sites does. Stop browsing porn sites, as I said before...because I absolutely believe you do.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:28 PM) I do not go to porn site and just stay within the sports sites. chrome as of the last month or so, started to dl what I call the avg package, along with avg comes search protect, pc opt, ask search, etc..... it auto d/l'ed them. saying chrome is more secure, I would disagree. google is more secure not chrome. in addition how can you say that I am browsing porn???? you know nothing of me or my web activity. Because porn sites are the most common spreaders of malware. So I merely made an educated guess. But as I said above, if you know its an extension doing this to you, how can you blame Chrome? Stop using the extension.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 11:48 AM) I know about Chrome's sandboxing. What I was saying is that the base memory usage is lower in Chrome vs. Firefox because I've tested it. For instance, browsing with just one or two tabs open is consistently lower in memory usage. That said, I use lots and lots of tabs so Firefox works out for me due to lower memory usage and just better overall responsiveness. What they're saying about malware is something that has been going on a lot with Chrome lately. Semi-popular extensions will get bought out by malware peddlers and start injecting ads. So it isn't sites or poor browsing habits that are getting these people in trouble, it's once trustworthy extensions. Things as seemingly harmless as an RSS feed subscribe button were turning into ad injection plugins. I think Google closed their extensions store now and you can only install from Google's approved list because of this.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) Y2HH - when was the last time you live there? I lived in Wrigleyville from about age 24 to 28 (so 2005-2009ish). I didn't notice it being any more expensive than any other neighborhood in the city. If you want to waste your money, you can do that. If you want to buy a couple of cheap beers and burgers, you can do that too. My only complaint about the area was the douchey frat boys, which seemed a little more concentrated there. But you'll learn pretty quickly where those morons hang out and you'll ignore those bars like the plague. I never lived there, just visited when my Cubs fans friends insisted. I went through an entire era of my life doing the club/bar scene on the north side/downtown -- and it was a huge waste of money, and nothing good came of it. 1997-2003 or so... So advice I give the childrens these days is to save your money, that scene sucked then, and it sucks now. And my complaint was the same -- but there was so many of them it was impossible to avoid.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:47 AM) Of course there are. And not all bars are the same nor do they all attract the same clientele. For most guys, that doesn't matter. So there are more bars and more girls that will ignore 99.9% of you in Wrigleyville, and whether you party there or elsewhere, you'll go home alone after spending money all night. I'm just trying to save you guys money ... because of reasons. I'm sure you're both Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt lookers, so this doesn't apply to you...but for the other 99% of those morons around there, it does.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:39 AM) No, it's not. Wrigley and Lincoln Park have more people, more girls, more bars, etc. Yes, you can get drunk anywhere but if you're actually looking for a party scene especially as a 23 year old, Wrigley is definitely one of the places to be. I have some news for you, there are plenty of girls and bars ... EVERYWHERE.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) Meh not really true. Meh, totally true.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:31 AM) At your age I'd say Wrigleyville or Lincoln Park would work well too party-wise, but they might be a bit pricier than the West/South Loop. Either location gives you easy CTA access to work. Partying is an overrated waste of money because you can party anywhere else for far less and have just as much fun. I never got the entire "wrigleyville" party thing...it's just a bunch of idiots doing what other idiots do in other neighborhoods, for 30x the cost.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 06:46 AM) chrome appears to have change, now they are a portal for redirectors and spyware programs. constantly check your add / remove programs and remove programs that appeared on your computer. run your scans before you shut down. remove any extra toolbars. firefox is the best. As I said to another user here, if you are getting malware, it is NOT Chrome's fault. Chrome, out of the box is more secure than FF is, by far. Stop browsing s***ty porn sites, and maybe that problem will go away.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:01 AM) I've tried several times to switch over to Chrome, but it just doesn't work well for me. Particularly because I'm a person who likes to use a lot of tabs at once - across multiple machines, my experience is that Firefox handles heavy use better than Chrome. Chrome uses less memory with a lighter load, though, so that's something to think about. I'm also always keen to not just give Google carte blanche access to my web browsing habits, though I have configured Chrome to prevent that (includes not using Google Search, obviously). Keeping FF alive and well in an of itself is a nice motivating factor if you're not sure. If you're looking for other alternatives, I don't mind Opera at all and it's easily my second place choice. It's speedy, fluid, and configurable. It now supports Chrome extensions, too (but not apps, and not the Hangouts extension). While it is not for everyone, you can take a look at Maxthon Browser as well. I used it for a while and it's not bad at all. Very quick, low memory, and inexplicably has as good of compatibility with different web elements as any mainstream browser. A few things... Firefox actually uses less memory than Chrome does, it just appears to use more because it lumps all of it's memory usage into one process. If you add up all the processes of Chrome, with the same websites open and the same extensions running (if any), you'll see Chrome uses slightly more memory in both cases (with or without extensions), however, it's advantageous to split the processes and sandbox them as Chrome does. Opera is Chrome, so you may as well just use the real thing -- Opera dumped their own proprietary engine and started using Google's Blink engine, which is a fork of Webkit2, so ... essentially Opera offers nothing not in Chrome, since it's running on Chrome's codebase. Out of the box, Chrome is the most secure browser there is, however, if you want to go through the hassle of using Firefox + NoScript, that would easily make FF the most secure. QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 10:31 PM) I started to use Chrome for some things but since I use it more regularly, I get the occasional malware. I thought about switching to Opera. Does anyone use this? A few things for you, too... If you are getting malware, it's not Chrome's fault, it's yours. Stop browsing untrustworthy websites. And if you refuse to do that, download Adblock Plus (and add in the Malware domains list), it will protect you from that issue. For Firefox users, use Adblock Edge. As stated above Opera is Chrome, so there is no point in using it anymore.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 06:55 AM) http://instagram.com/altynbekova_20 Player too beautiful for team/sport? I've never heard of a story quite like this...trying to imagine the story turned around, with a male athlete being deemed too handsome/attractive that it's a distraction for his teammates and coaches. Crazy story, especially since she's from the same country as Borat (Kazahkstan). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/s..._n_5625530.html She does nothing for me.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jul 18, 2014 -> 04:52 PM) My wife and I got our first place in Bridgeport, $850 a month, 2 years old. Place is beautiful and an absolute steal. Oh and Schaller's is steps away, score You don't live all that far from where I grew up!

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:23 PM) Biased? Sure. Terrible? Eh, I don't know. There are several problems about the way a few things are presented, but it's a far broader view of world healthcare than you see anyplace else. And I know it's right up Greg's alley of "give me some sad healthcare stories" Here is another in a long line of anti-fact "documentaries", though this one isn't by Michael Moore (who pretty much started the biased/lie filled "documentary" fad), http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gmo_omg/ Nothing scientific backs any claims made by this docu, yet people eat it up. These being called documentaries seriously needs to stop, it's like labeling fiction as non-fiction in a book store.

Just came back from Grand Teton National Park/Yellowstone. Awesome place. That said, I prefer Colorado.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:49 PM) No we wouldn't, because the cable companies would have too much pleasure watching us pay more for s***ty internet. Well, that's true. But on topic, I'm seriously sick of being compared with tiny little nations with perfect sizes for complete infrastructure build outs that don't have to deal with the sheer size disadvantages of the US, or places with massive unusable land masses where nobody lives so they don't have to bother. Unfortunately for us, people live in EVERY state here, and it's a reality we have to deal with that Sweden, South Korea, etc., do not... It'd be easy to layer a single state in fiber, but we have 50 -- including some that aren't all that close.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:47 PM) The average American doesn't get 100 mbit either. The article you linked says South Korea has the fastest internet in the world at 21 mbps. Their infrastructure was built a lot later than ours, so it's a bit more modern, this is especially true of their cellular networks. They're also as big as one of our states. If the US was as big as Minnesota, we'd all have 10000000000000 mbit right now. EDIT: Scratch that...both North Korea and South Korea COMBINED are as big as one of our states. 2nd Edit: I'm not an average American, I'm above average.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:20 PM) There's no ISP that promises over 50 Mbps where I'm moving to. And the standard rate for that ~50 Mbps is around $80-$100/mo. Our broadband in the USA is s***ty. A South Korean would laugh at your 113 Mbps The national average for South Korea last year was ~20 Mbps. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/south-kor...ster-than-yours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_South_Korea Is it faster than most of the US? Sure...but does the average South Korean have 100+mbit right now...no they do not. They may in the future, but who cares, so will I. And last but not least... Let's keep things in perspective, please. The combined territories of North Korea and South Korea are about the same size as the state of Minnesota.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:23 PM) Biased? Sure. Terrible? Eh, I don't know. There are several problems about the way a few things are presented, but it's a far broader view of world healthcare than you see anyplace else. And I know it's right up Greg's alley of "give me some sad healthcare stories" It's just a bad documentary because it's filled with so many lies I don't have time to go over them. And he completely falls off the rails when he does his whole fake Cuba thing. If Cuba was so awesome, people wouldn't be leaving there under the risk of death...which they are...so he should have used a better example. Michael Moore is a hack, and he's been exposed by many of his works of fiction by bending reality so it agrees with him, instead of just presenting facts.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 11:19 PM) Tell us some stories. I'd be interested. It seems like we Americans are going to have to start asking questions regarding our treatment. We're truly in a bind. We go in the hospital or our kids go in and we/they get treated. The doctors do their jobs and do whatever they need to do and it is all recorded on a bill. Now normally, in the old days, this was fine. Let the doctors do their jobs to save us and our our loved ones and insurance paid for it all. The problem is now, the insurance companies won't pay squat. So we go in the hospital, heaven forbid for 2 weeks, and need major surgery, and let's say the total cost is 500,000. Let's say our insurance pays 350,000. I mean why have insurance? What's the difference between being on the hook for 150,000 bucks or 500,000. It ruins our lives either way. We're still on the hook for 150,000 bucks which the average Joe can't pay. Or if he can pay in one swoop his retirement is gone. We're going to have to get to the point we ask the doctors to OK everything through us so we can call our insurance companies to see if they'll cover it. If not we have to refuse the medications and services beyond the bare minimum and the hospitals will be guilty of cruel and inhumane treatment toward human beings. Funny thing is the hospitals would NEVER agree to such a thing. They provide treatment as they see fit, and we have to deal with the costs later. You know damn well every insurance company worker is told by their bosses to reject EVERYTHING they can. EVERYTHING. This is insane. Lives are being ruined daily/weekly. This really depends on what kind of insurance you have, be it HMO, or PPO, and the coverage supplied based on the package you have. While convenient, I can tell you off the bat, PPO's are expensive for people that actually use their insurance for anything more than a standard doctor visit. HMO's tend to cost on par with a top PPO, or in some cases they'll be a bit more expensive, but their coverage is astronomical since they cover *anything* your PCP requests, however, they come with the added baggage of having to see your PCP for EVERYTHING. I have two personal use cases of having a child (well, my wife that did that), but one child was born under PPO the other under HMO. Under the PPO, our total out of pocket expenses exceeded 4500$ throughout the birth. Under the HMO, our total out of pocket expenses were about 100$. ---- An insurance plan will have 2 out of pocket expense categories, the deductible, and the patient share out of pocket, which will be capped* **. So, if you have a 1000$ deductible and and a maximum out of pocket of 8000$, this is how it works: All non-routine expenses will first be applied to your deductible, while most routine treatments, such as preventative care are usually covered by a co-pay unless you have REALLY bad insurance. After your deductible is met, you'll often have a co-pay of 15-20% depending on your plan...this means if you go for an MRI which costs 3500$, you'll owe 20% of that 3500$. And if you go for 6 MRI's, you'll owe 20% of that * 6. * Keep in mind ALL of this has to be IN-NETWORK. Only HMO users can bend the out of network rules in an emergency by contacting their PCP and having him/her say go ahead and treat my patient. PPO users SHOULD NEVER go out of network, because a good PPO's network is so insanely big, it should be almost impossible to do so. ** If you stay in-network, out of pocket expenses are capped at whatever the plan sets, say 8000$. If you go out of network, there is no cap...so don't. I don't care how much you love your doctor of surgeon, if they're not in your network, move along. ---- Under the HMO this year alone, I incurred two hockey related injuries -- taking a slapshot off my inner thigh which ripped the muscle, and open palm blocking a slapshot which fractured my thumb and tore my nail half way off, which required surgery/stitches. I owed 80$ out of pocket TOTAL. Under my old PPO I would have owed about 1500$. ---- With anything, I'll leave you with this -- you get what you pay for. If you want to save yourself 30$ a month by getting s***ty insurance, when the time comes to pay the piper -- you'll be doing exactly that.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 01:00 PM) Greg, you'd enjoy the documentary Sicko by Michael Moore. While many of the things it points out about the American system were remedied by the ACA, it's still very insightful and it seems like it will provide the kind of heartstring-pulling that you're aiming for Terrible documentary, and completely biased.

I know Comcast has crappy customer service and all, but I have to say ... this is a thing of beauty. ...and this is over WiFi... From Chicago to San Jose, CA.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 20, 2014 -> 07:37 AM) I vote for a greg Catch All Thread for all his downer info. jk I had a problem with an insurance company a couple of years ago when I had major surgery. I called ahead and got approved for coverage. It would be out of network, which I knew, and I would pay $8000 max out of pocket. Get my bill and it's $46,000. I fought the insurance company on it. They said they listened to the phone call and agreed with what I said I was told but was given the wrong info and they would not cover it. I filed appeal after appeal with them and nothing. I had my surgery out at Mayo Clinic in AZ and after all the appeals with Humana, I applied for financial help, in hopes of them knocking some of the costs down. Well they did, all the way down to me just owing just $3000. They were incredibly understanding and if I ever strike it rich, I'll be donating money to them. F Humana Just recently I got new dental insurance through work. I pay $20 a month. My dentist is out of network and have been going to this guy since I was in high school so figured I would see how much they would cover. They paid $13. How does that make sense? Why would I pay $20 a month and basically get nothing covered? Now I have to find a new dentist that is in network. Not a big deal, but I hate getting out of my comfort zone. Cough, single payer, cough For your dental issue, it's your own fault for going out of network. I know you've been with that guy but if he doesn't accept your insurance perhaps it's time to move on.