Is that a shield orb or are you just happy to see me?

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:31 am

http://www.fmsinc.com/ <--- bottom right.

Iâ??ve been researching database design because Iâ??m a newbie. I was led to this page from the Microsoft discussion groups forum.

Is that a shield orb? And if you are reading this will you please give me free consulting?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:32 am

Looks like someones attempt at making a shield orb but doing a bad job.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:09 pm

I dont see anything resembling a circular shape of any kind on the bottom right...

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:25 pm

OMG I smell a lawsuit!!! Volition pwn FMS!!!!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:31 pm

Top Wop wrote:I dont see anything resembling a circular shape of any kind on the bottom right...

Did you have your glasses on? It was as easy as pie to see.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:15 pm

Looks like the exact shield orb graphic only adapted (badly) to allow it to be an animated transparent gif.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:25 pm

Heh, theifs! IP can finally get the money together to get back in business by sueing them!

:D:D

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:30 pm

lol, whoever did the webdesign for them is a doofus.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:46 pm

It sure is.
<- Check it.

It looks like the GIF isn't erasing the background properly though.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:57 pm

You can't have partial transparency with a GIF, so that's why it looks so crap.. basically.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:59 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:
Top Wop wrote:I dont see anything resembling a circular shape of any kind on the bottom right...
Did you have your glasses on? It was as easy as pie to see.

Adblock says no to those images.

unless they actually are ads, don't stick them in a directory called ads.

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:01 am

high five adblock

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:46 am

Robo wrote:You can't have partial transparency with a GIF, so that's why it looks so crap.. basically.

Descent 1/2 don't either.

It's just that they didn't bother to erase that bit in following frames. Probably intentionally, as a simple copy of the shield orb graphic wouldn't do that.

It is kind of funny that they would use that image though...

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:00 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:
Top Wop wrote:I dont see anything resembling a circular shape of any kind on the bottom right...
Did you have your glasses on? It was as easy as pie to see.

Now that I stepped away from a properly built browser and saw the site in an inferior one, yes, I do actually see it now.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:34 pm

I checked it in IE and still didn't see anything. Maybe that piece of crap Norton's is screwing with it.

(Speaking of which, and I apologize for being off-topic, but does anyone have any experience with McAfee's security suite? Is it better than Norton's? As far as I'm concerned, it can't be worse than this piece of bloatware.

)

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:48 pm

huh? what kind of norton are you running? Don't do a ★■◆●ing thing or i'll shoot version?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:27 pm

Go to Staples and buy the Staples Anti-Virus Defense System (it's really just Panda anti-virus in a Staples box).

Oh, and when it asks for a "Spiff", give them the number 090762.

Just kidding. Quite honestly, Norton >>> McAfee in all respects. Except uninstallation, which neither product likes to do.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:22 pm

Vertigo 99 wrote:huh? what kind of norton are you running? Don't do a ****ing thing or i'll shoot version?

Internet Security 2004, I believe. I can't stand it; my family's PC is a P4 1.3 ghz with 384 megs of RAM, and Norton's makes it slow to an absolute crawl. It feels bloated, bulky, and poorly made, and it does bizarre things like blocking some Web content that should be allowed.

DCrazy, if Norton's is really that much better than McAfee, you've just made me rather unhappy.

I've used the corporate version of McAfee's anti-virus software through school, and I've never had any problems with it. I was hoping that their full security suite would be similarly well-made. Although Norton's has never let anything through, I'm frankly getting sick of it. Just getting a firewall/antivirus wouldn't be enough, either (I realize that excellent examples of both can be found for free), since the presence of younger brothers in the house requires some sort of parental controls.

Once again, sorry for the off-topicness; if a mod feels like splititng this into another thread in the Tech Forum, that's fine by me.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:46 pm

Unfortunately, Norton really is that much better than McAfee. Being a Norton user for years, I hear ya regarding the slowness, bloat, and otherwise unpleasantness of the Norton experience. Though the Staples Anti-Virus Internet Defense System (gold box, $64.99) does also have advanced firewall, anti-spam, and parental controls, plus $1500 worth of protection against damage caused by viruses...

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:35 am

DCrazy wrote:Unfortunately, Norton really is that much better than McAfee. Being a Norton user for years, I hear ya regarding the slowness, bloat, and otherwise unpleasantness of the Norton experience. Though the Staples Anti-Virus Internet Defense System (gold box, $64.99) does also have advanced firewall, anti-spam, and parental controls, plus $1500 worth of protection against damage caused by viruses...

heh, that's why I got nothing more than a text link and a warning while running a 4 year expired norton firewall/AV suite? yeah my shields work :p

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:43 am

I seem to just save money and CPU power and not bother with AV tools, despite Windows' protests.

Yes, it's theoretically stupid... but hrm... I just watch what I download and hope for the best.

There are free online virus scanners I use sometimes though.