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Why I do not use Safari

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"Yes, I love technology; but not as much as you, you see. But I still love technology. Always and forever." -Kipp Dynamite It is true. I love technology. It is this love for technology for me to be a bit of both a mac and PC guy. Part of my mac-ness shows in that while I have tried to get into both Windows Media Player and iTunes, I am just a larger fan of iTunes. The interface makes more logical sense to me, and it is easier to play the music I want and listen to the radio stations if I wish. And while I would like to get a Zune 4 gig in the future, I now have an iPod which syncs very nicely with iTunes (duh). This attitude of desiring to try different apps from different companies just because of my fascination with technology also extends into which web browser I use. I recall when I was a youngin using Netscape to browse the web exclusively. Netscape died recently, never having fully recovered from her defeat in the First Browser War (between Netscape and Inter...

*EDITED* The Bible Is Dangerous....

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When I moved into the dorms here in Sunvilla Tower at Missouri State University, I decided to go online to www.biblegateway.com to add the search feature to a friend's Firefox 3.0 search bar. Upon the page loading, I was directed to the following page: I am unsure if this is some kind of sick joke... or if it was really submitted... or a combination of both. Did someone really go to this Malware Domains site and submit the BIBLE as DANGEROUS? I have emailed the Information Security Coordinator at Tech Projects: I do not understand how www.biblegateway.com -- an online Bible with MANY different translations in English and other languages, constitutes "a source of spyware or malware that could harm your computer." It's the Bible... is this some kind of joke, or merely an over site? I tried to click the Malware site to report biblegateway.com as genuine.... but I cannot find a page to report good sites. Again... it isn't a malware site. It'...