Ah found the problem (though not a permanent solution) via a forum search. Turning off McAfee via the menu does not work. You have to go to "services.msc" and turn off the redirector.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
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Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2007 9:33:46 am PDT #2969 of 25497
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
DCJensen - Oct 07, 2007 9:45:22 am PDT #2970 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
Ach. Thank you McAfee.
Glad you licked it.
Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2007 10:13:33 am PDT #2971 of 25497
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, but apparently turning off the redirector turns off the firewall functionality. I understand there is patch, not posted on the internet you can only get via tech support.
DCJensen - Oct 07, 2007 10:23:03 am PDT #2972 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
WTF? Only through tech support? I wonder if it's ahem-able somewhere?
DCJensen - Oct 07, 2007 10:26:18 am PDT #2973 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2007 10:44:53 am PDT #2974 of 25497
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yes, that is the patch. My redirector is started and email is getting through.
A direct link to that patch:
It makes sense that they would put out a patch quickly. They have had redirector problems for years, but when it starts disabling pop3 email, the most common non-web based protocol for email...
DCJensen - Oct 07, 2007 7:51:35 pm PDT #2975 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
How did I miss this story?
Radio Frequencies Help Burn Salt Water
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An Erie cancer researcher has found a way to burn salt water, a novel invention that is being touted by one chemist as the "most remarkable" water science discovery in a century.
John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn.
Holy crap.
tommyrot - Oct 07, 2007 7:57:49 pm PDT #2976 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Somebody was trying to sell this as a new energy source. Of course, the energy consumed by the radio (or microwave) is much more than the energy produced by the burning.
DXMachina - Oct 08, 2007 2:43:23 am PDT #2977 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Somebody was trying to sell this as a new energy source. Of course, the energy consumed by the radio (or microwave) is much more than the energy produced by the burning.
Thermodynamics is a harsh mistress.
I get cranky when someone claiming to be a scientist says that the water was burning. No, it wasn't. You electrolyzed it into hydrogen and oxygen, and then you're burning the hydrogen (which converts it back into water). I can do the same thing with a couple of carbon electrodes wired to a D battery. I also have to wonder how come I've never found the hydrogen charred remains of a tea bag tag after nuking a cup of tea in the microwave.
DCJensen - Oct 08, 2007 4:48:48 am PDT #2978 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.
Yeah, I wasn't saying holy crap on the water burning, but the radio frequencies making it release Hydrogen to burn. If it can be fine tuned with research, it's a whole different avenue than electrodes.
It suggests a possible new path to hydrogen production, and that's a good thing.