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25 Worst Web Sites - Windows Update
Name: Sabertooth Date: September 16, 2006 at 19:12:58 Pacific OS: Vista Ultimate Build RC1 CPU/Ram: A64 3400+ S754 / 768MB Product: DIY
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From unforgettable flame-outs to some of the most popular destinations around, no one is safe from a look at the world's dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites......................and guess who's on there.
Don’t spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They’ll clean it and put it on a hanger - Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.
Name: ham30 Date: September 16, 2006 at 20:20:52 Pacific
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I don't know anything about the rest of them, but I agree with 'Microsoft Update' being on the list and disagree about 'Hotmail'.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 2
Name: lurkswithin Date: September 16, 2006 at 22:12:56 Pacific
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And one has to wonder why the cyber world went bust for a time!
LOL
While "mySpace" is probably right in being number 1 for the same reasons...I really think that BonziBuddy should have been right there with it....got to remember the hours spent working in trying to remove the junk caused by that monstrosity. It still gives me the shivers to see that in the add/remove program and know that you can't possibly get rid of it before it downloaded something else...
In The Matters Of Style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, Stand Like A Rock
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: September 17, 2006 at 11:48:39 Pacific
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Yeah,
Bonzibuddy did enjoy a little more than its fair share of notoriety back in its day along with SaveNow.
Don’t spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They’ll clean it and put it on a hanger - Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.
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Response Number 4
Name: php Date: October 4, 2006 at 15:53:32 Pacific
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hotmail.com doesn't even exist any more. it's mail.live.com now
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Name: Sabertooth
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