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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:07 PM
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OK...my mother came over and used my computer to
surf over to Sean Hannity's page. I've already erased the cache. Is there any incantation I can speak to further cleanse my poor computer?
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:08 PM
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1. you could run a defrag
oh yeah, and run outside, spin around 3 times and spit
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:09 PM
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2. Did she find your porn?
If not, consider yourself lucky.
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:11 PM
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3. Owww, that's mean
Go to johnkerry.com over and over, then go to Yahoo photos and just keep looking at the ones of Kerry. Holy water might help too.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:13 PM
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4. I don't know any priests. :)
But I'm listening to Mike Malloy. That should help some.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:13 PM
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5. Nope, its ruined for sure

the trouble is no waste site can take something so seriously poisoned
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drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:13 PM
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6. Did you also erase the browser's address bar history?
Edited on Mon Sep-27-04 09:17 PM by drumwolf
That's a separate thing from erasing the cache.

Anyway, ewww. You have my condolences.

EDITED TO ADD: oh, and if you have anti-virus software, run it.

(In all seriousness, I'm sure Sean Inanity's site doesn't actually have any malicious viruses, but it's never a bad idea to scan your HD at random times anyway and this will be the perfect excuse to do so.)
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:14 PM
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7. holy water
hannity??? your poor 'puter. give it lots of lovies....
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:16 PM
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8. go through your history and find the hannity site and delete it
or just delete all your history. if you manage cookies, go through and take those cookies out. if you don't manage cookies, delete your cookies, then start managing them...
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:18 PM
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9. You're gonna have to burn that one.
Freeperism is a lot like the plague. Just smash it with a hammer and burn it. The world will be a much safer place.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:25 PM
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10. call this guy... I've got his number on speed dial...
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:28 PM
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12. Cut a raw potato in half,
rub both halves on the computer..one half on the monitor and one half on the tower. Take the two halves outside and bury them in the flower bed during a full moon. That should clean yer computer.
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Infomaniac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:27 PM
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11. Light some candles.
Light some candles and incense, if you have them. Here's a prayer to St Isidore, the patron saint of computers and the internet. Feel free to edit this as needed. I would ask the "holy warrier angels" to pummel Hannity, but that's me. Any wonder that I'm no longer a practicing Catholic?

Holy Spirit of God, Saint Isidore was one of the most learned men of his day and has become the patron saint of computer users and the Internet. I ask him to assist our modern world through his prayers. O Lord, bless and sanctify how we in our society handle computers and the Internet. Send your holy warrior angels to defeat demonic intentions for this technology, and inspire websites and programs that glorify You and that build up rather than destroy people’s minds, hearts and souls. Help the Church realize its full potential in using this tool as part of Her ministry of evangelization. Saint Isidore, pray for us. Amen.

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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 09:31 PM
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13. Tell your mom
to get her own computer if she wants to see the pornography at Hannity's.

I suggest you put a password on it and not let her go there anymore. Get Net Nanny and make it a blocked site. Block a whole bunch of sites, like the RNC, Free Republic, Drudge, Rush's, Mann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Faux News, and any others you think she might go to. She won't be able to figure out why she's not getting through--you can tell her that there are already too many sheeple and zombies following the puke line and the sites are clogged. :)
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 10:06 PM
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14. OK... here's what you do
While you can't erase the trauma inflicted on your computer already, you can prevent future occurrences.

Navigate to %Systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc
Open the hosts file
Add the following line
www.seanhannity.com 127.0.0.1
Save

Now your mother will never be able to repeat this tragic mistake again.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 11:49 PM
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20. LOL...my mother goes to Drudge's site all the time.
Edited on Mon Sep-27-04 11:50 PM by Ladyhawk
When I had to live there, I got tired of seeing Drudge's crap on her computer, so I went into the hosts file and re-routed the Drudge Report to the Sludge Report. I did the same thing to my brother's computer.

I left it that way for about a week, then fixed it. I'm sure they think some Internet hack found a way to re-route the site. Yes, that was probably an immature thing to do, but I had to put up with Faux News, Rush Limbaugh and all kinds of crap. :) It was a...passive aggressive way of fighting back, I guess.

I might do the same thing, only more comprehensively and PERMANENTLY, to my own computer.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 10:17 PM
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15. A preist
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 10:48 PM
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16. Burn some frankincense
and myrrh
and wave around some laurel branches just to be sure.
good luck
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 10:55 PM
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17. Make DU your homepage and tell your mom
to make sure she leaves your computer on your homepage so you can "pick up where you left off".

Better yet, make your homepage ?click
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Elginoid Donating Member (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 10:56 PM
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18. you realize of course that you have to kill your mother...
my condolences.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 11:53 PM
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21. LOL...thanks. :) n/t
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vajraroshana Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-27-04 11:17 PM
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19. digital prayer-wheels
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