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Comment by Marc Menard on Does Your TV Need Antivirus? (June 27, 2019 02:33 AM)
I've got one of those Samsung TV, a 43 inch 4K unit purchased about 2 months ago. Works great, but for the web apps part, I don't use those since to m...

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Comment by KD on Geekly Update - 26 June 2019 (June 26, 2019 10:36 PM)
Re: David "it's" means "it is" should be "its top"...

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Comment by David on Geekly Update - 26 June 2019 (June 26, 2019 08:56 PM)
Sorry. That was to BobD....

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Comment by David on Geekly Update - 26 June 2019 (June 26, 2019 08:56 PM)
Bob, you've watched "Capricorn One," correct?...

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Comment by David on Geekly Update - 26 June 2019 (June 26, 2019 08:54 PM)
"YES... spelling, punctuation, grammar and proper use of UPPER/lower case are important!" "The Raikoke volcano is blowing it's top..." One of these ...

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Comment by Karl Gregg on [FIFTEEN] Windows 10 Features You Didn't Know About (June 26, 2019 08:02 PM)
On the WIN + period (or comma) command, when you do it the box appears with your recent icons at the top. Before selecting anything you can type a few...

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Comment by BobD on Geekly Update - 26 June 2019 (June 26, 2019 07:42 PM)
I have it on good authority that the genesis of the moon landing was a plan to pretend to go to the moon, i.e. a hoax. But cost analysis showed that ...

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Comment by David Schultz on [PHONE SCAMS] Who is Most Gullible? (June 26, 2019 04:54 PM)
2 days ago I got 5 or 6 calls from what the caller ID said was my phone number and with my name. Did they really expect me to answer that?...

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Comment by Unitary on [PHONE SCAMS] Who is Most Gullible? (June 26, 2019 02:43 PM)
I do not know “Who is most gullible?” but I do know that only gullible people lend credence to results obtained by an “online poll survey”. M...

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Comment by Dan O on [PHONE SCAMS] Who is Most Gullible? (June 26, 2019 01:41 PM)
First of all, if I don't recognize a phone number I don't answer the phone and wait for the answering machine to kick in. I did get a call once from m...

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