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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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

It sure is.
<- Check it.

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

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

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.

high five adblock

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...

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.

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. )

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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.