Ask Jenae for real answers - no games.

[sesame]

So lets celebrate this Buddyship with a brand new question. I hope I'm not annoying you? And I am still allowed to ask, eh? Here is a good question for you and its not a foolish one.

#3#
How can you remove the pesky index.dat files from the history, cookies and temporary internet files? This is about erasing the slate clean of internet activities and keeping the PC (personal computer) personal.

[Jenae LaTorque]

#3#
How can you remove the pesky index.dat files from the history, cookies and temporary internet files? This is about erasing the slate clean of internet activities and keeping the PC (personal computer) personal.[/quote]

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Pesky? LOL! So they are twitting you?

You could try this - http://www.codeode.com/privacymantra/index.html

or http://www.compu-docs.com/indexdat.htm

There are very few problems, if any, where there isn't some information on the net that will help you out. Myself; I have not experianced any great problem from this issue. I use McAfee as my primary defense and thus have had few problems with invasions, intrusions, pop ups, etc. One big problem since I became a McAffe when I had to completely wipe my primary hard drive (after saving all crucial data to another HD ), and then reinstalling all of my programs, drivers, etc.. Boy, wasn't that fun?

I have in my Favorites file quite a few computer help web sites that are helpful in moments of need. And then a search on Google is usually quite productive. I really don't know how I would survive without search engines.
Some sites that I find helpful:

http://www.answersthatwork.com/

http://www.geeks.com/

http://www.zdnet.com/


Good luck, Jenae

[Naked Freedom]

Jenae, i thought u to be an intelligent person until i stumbled over this thread and it seems that you might be intelligent but you are a show off.....
there are many intelligent ppl out in this forum but they dont brag abt their credentials.... the tone of the first post in this thread bears testimony to the fact that u want to show off that u are intelligent which is a very unintelligent thing to do..
Remember you are a genius when others say you are..... let your actions speak for you....
if you are really intelligent, ppl around will soon come to know abt it but if u brag abt it......u will spoil ur impression..

[Jenae LaTorque]

Originally Posted by biswajyoti

Jenae, i thought u to be an intelligent person until i stumbled over this thread and it seems that you might be intelligent but you are a show off.....
there are many intelligent ppl out in this forum but they dont brag abt their credentials.... the tone of the first post in this thread bears testimony to the fact that u want to show off that u are intelligent which is a very unintelligent thing to do..
Remember you are a genius when others say you are..... let your actions speak for you....
if you are really intelligent, ppl around will soon come to know abt it but if u brag abt it......u will spoil ur impression..

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I really don't see a question here so I guess you just wanted to make a statement, that is you wanted to put your 2 cents in and put me down. Well, that's okay too ---- get in line. lol

My 2 cents worth in return.

As to my being unintelligent by stating some of my qualifications; that is debatable. In some contexts it would be the height of arrogance to state qualifications like these; as in a one to one conversation. In other situations such as a business discussion, it would be the utmost in folly.

But in this situation, my point was to encourage the forthcoming of questions. Hopefully, serious and intelligently put questions. As you can see the results have been mixed. More to the point, if I was just bragging, I would be mentioning that I have gotten a whole bunch of admiration messages on my pictures, and that I used to be called donkey dong in my younger days before I settled down. Of course I didn't mention those things because they were irrelevant to the matter at hand. Furthermore, I was only out to make the impression that it might be worthwhile to try a question...nothing more.

As to your statement about genius, I am sure that it is not strictly true. Is genius a state of being that is only attained by the recognition of your peers. History is full of examples of people that were undoubtably geniuses but were regarded by their peers as madmen or fools. Also, what relationship did your quote have to me? I certainly did not say I was a genius; are you guilty of putting words in my mouth that I did not say. Are you also making assumptions from too few facts?


Jenae LaTorque

[TheSkronkDonkey]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

More to the point, if I was just bragging, I would be mentioning that I have gotten a whole bunch of admiration messages on my pictures, and that I used to be called donkey dong in my younger days before I settled down.

Let's see. In chronological order:

- Boasted about having an IQ of over 150 (a virtually meaningless number, unless you're Newton or Einstein)

- Superficially put down Bionca and attacked other people for defending her

- Derided the styles and names of other posters

- Boasted about personal appearance

And this one's for free:

- Has uneven spelling, punctuation and grammar (amazingly weak lingual skills for a person whose purported IQ implies supreme verbal aptitude)

In conclusion:

biswajyoti has your number. Sorry to say, but all this behaviour proves one thing: you're a very insecure (and fallacious) person.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by sesame

So lets celebrate this Buddyship with a brand new question. I hope I'm not annoying you? And I am still allowed to ask, eh? Here is a good question for you and its not a foolish one.

#3#
How can you remove the pesky index.dat files from the history, cookies and temporary internet files? This is about erasing the slate clean of internet activities and keeping the PC (personal computer) personal.

If you are using Mozilla Firefox (you should be). It is easy to set up controls of internet files. I clear all files and cookies each time I turn off. They can be held for a period of time or cleared each time you turn off Firefox. Internet explorer has similar features but they are not quite as easy to find and set up.

[Jenae LaTorque]

Are you sure that you clear ALL files when you exit? I am no expert on MF but I know it is not so simple to clear ALL files in IE. Yes you can easily set the controls to clear most of the files when IE is shut down but not all as the sites I posted links to above will explain.

[sesame]

Originally Posted by randolph

If you are using Mozilla Firefox (you should be). It is easy to set up controls of internet files. I clear all files and cookies each time I turn off. They can be held for a period of time or cleared each time you turn off Firefox. Internet explorer has similar features but they are not quite as easy to find and set up.

Randolph,
In windows explorer, even if you delete all files from history, cookies and temporary internet files, windows keep a record of all the sites you have been to in files called index.dat. You feel happy and safe after clearing the cache but everything is still there, its a false sense of security. What must be done is to erase the index.dat files. But windows wont allow them to be deleted.

So what do you do? You restart and enter your hard drive in DOS mode (where there is no windows to boss around). Now everything can be deleted in a slow motion, command typing manner. After you kill those nasty fat index.dat files, you reboot. Windows will create new empty index.dat files again. No problemo!

You could try this - http://www.codeode.com/privacymantra/index.html

or http://www.compu-docs.com/indexdat.htm

Jenae, I was expecting some geeky soln. from you, not a 3rd party software like privacy-mantra. But Thanks, the codeode site describes the DOS method. OK, you helped.

That brings us to Question #4#

Is it possible to dual boot into an only Dos environment without windows? Say, there would only be qbasic or C if I may choose so, but no windows. I remember something like reconfiguring Autoexec.bat... but I have lost the code.

[sesame]

Originally Posted by Jenae

As to your statement about genius, I am sure that it is not strictly true. Is genius a state of being that is only attained by the recognition of your peers. History is full of examples of people that were undoubtably geniuses but were regarded by their peers as madmen or fools.

Guys, I agree with her on this one. Take Vincent van Gogh for example. The poor fellow couldnt make a dime selling his paintings in his whole damn lifetime. People didnt care about his art. He went in and out of hospitals due to depression and malnourishment. He didnt get a decent girlfriend, had to be happy with a thin ugly postitute as his companion. People laughed at his stupid style. He would have starved to death had his kind brother not helped him survive.

And now, after a century(1890 to the current date), he is suddenly the most sought after artist! His art sells for billions each. Man, this is an unfair world.

[Jenae LaTorque]

Sesame's Question #4#

Is it possible to dual boot into an only Dos environment without windows? Say, there would only be qbasic or C if I may choose so, but no windows. I remember something like reconfiguring Autoexec.bat... but I have lost the code.[/quote]

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I only said I was somewhat of a computer nerd, not a full-blown geek. I guess you had best go google and find nerd heaven for the answer to that one cause you ain't gonna get anything from me.

Have you figured out the Son of Satan connection yet?

[sesame]

Vanity, Anger, Lust, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony and Envy: are the seven deadly sins. Are you referring to Anger as the son of Satan? Then if someone is a slave to Vanity, anger, lust and envy as well, what would you call him? Hark, Thou sons of Satan??

Or is there a reference to the poor bumblebee as the son of Satan, somewhere in the Good Book? Mine is upstairs in the attic. Do you want me to fetch it?

In fact, apart from the enormous stinging power, I admire the Bumblebee. You see, its body structure is not so aerodynamically streamlined. Yet as if by some miracle of nature, it manages to fly well!

[randolph]

Hi All,
Has anybody tried to use "codeode" to clear index.dat files?

[randolph]

Back again,
I found a program called "privacy guardian" on the internet that has good recommendations. I installed it and it seems to work, removing hundreds of "stuff". I rebooted and the computer seems to be working Okay.

[Jenae LaTorque]

Originally Posted by sesame

Vanity, Anger, Lust, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony and Envy: are the seven deadly sins. Are you referring to Anger as the son of Satan? Then if someone is a slave to Vanity, anger, lust and envy as well, what would you call him? Hark, Thou sons of Satan??

Or is there a reference to the poor bumblebee as the son of Satan, somewhere in the Good Book? Mine is upstairs in the attic. Do you want me to fetch it?

In fact, apart from the enormous stinging power, I admire the Bumblebee. You see, its body structure is not so aerodynamically streamlined. Yet as if by some miracle of nature, it manages to fly well!

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Word Association Flow Chart

Your avatar--> Anubis ---> Lord of the Underworld (Egyptian) ---> Lord of the Underworld (Hell in Christian theology) ---> Satan

Your forum name ---> Sesame ---> Seed from ".....on a sesame seed bun." ---> seed = son

I dont think there is a referance to a bumblebee in that book. Plenty referance to the honey bee of course since honey bees, as a source of honey, were very important to those folks. Thus they were the subject of observation, and from that were an example of virtues to be used in moral lessons. I am not too sure they much differentiated between the species of bees or even realized their relationship. Perhaps Randolph could fill us in on that?
The creationists have used the bumblebee as a nitpicking point aimed at scientists for a long time. Being the ignorant sort they are, they don't keep up on science knowledge and most are poverty stricken in that area. As to how the bumblebee does it; the answer is Sheer Power. Like the humingbird and the helicopter, the wings are short in proportion to the body.
This is because they have to move through the air very fast. The humingbird beats his wings up to 50 times per second. The bumblebee, whose wings are really not very efficient, must beat his wings up to 200 times per second. As a child I collected insects as part of a 4-H project. After the members of the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) my favorites were the dragonflies and damselflies of the order Odonata. I have spent many hours watching them as they cruised the air currents over a body of water, ever ready to pick up a bite to eat (mostly mosquitos, some gnats and flies,). I have had many a dragonfly land on my fly rod while drifting a fly through a likely pool.

No, I don't like bumblebes. Did you know they can sting you and come back for seconds, something a honeybee can't do?

[sesame]

So, Miss Bug Scientist, what would you call a bee hive politics?

Despotism (for the queen is the unquestionable master of the hive)

Communism (for the worker bees labour around the clock in perfect harmony. The sisterhood of the worker bees are magnificently disciplined. (they are sterile sisters...)

So, what do you say?

Ah, before I forget... the thing about son of satan suggests that you have a really twisted mind.

I'm just pulling your leg, sister, dont get serious now!

[Tread]

Originally Posted by sesame

Or is there a reference to the poor bumblebee as the son of Satan, somewhere in the Good Book?

It is not in that book, but in old popular belief witches and the devil can transform into a bumblebee.

Originally Posted by sesame

You see, its body structure is not so aerodynamically streamlined. Yet as if by some miracle of nature, it manages to fly well!

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

As to how the bumblebee does it; the answer is Sheer Power.

The bumblebee flies to slow to need a streamlined body, as the most insects. The belief that they should not be able to fly comes form calculate mistake. Someone calculated with a flat inflexible wing. But insect wings are flexible and have an incredible surface structure, which creates air turbulences that helps to get an aerodynamic lift.

Originally Posted by sesame

In fact, apart from the enormous stinging power, I admire the Bumblebee.

By comparison to bees, wasps or hornets, bumblebees have a very weak stinging power. They only can get through human skin with additional force (in flight, forces from both sides at squeezing), or at thin skin.

If you are nice to a bumblebee it will never sting you.

[Jenae LaTorque]

Thanks for the info Tread.

Well, the bumblebee got me. The skin on the palm is thicker than most areas of the body, but I guess the palm of a child is thin enough. But then, maybe it wasn't a bumblebee after all, but a witch.