The Pot Belly Stove

[TWCJim]

I finally managed to purchase a new vehicle this weekend, a used 2013 Nissan Altima. Last week, I took my old car, a 2002 Ford Taurus, to a local repair shop because of shaking, when the mechanics there said the car could not be fixed and that I needed to get a new one. After spending several stressful hours at a dealership, I eventually found and purchased the Altima. I'm glad I finally had the guts to get a new vehicle    even though I still need to pay about $220 a month for it for the next six years.

[toxictwister00]

I'm glad to hear Windows 10 will be free to download for Windows 7/8 users when it's released later this year. Supposedly, it will be free for at least the first year to download then you have to buy it. I'm still using Windows 7 currently. I've only had a brief experience with using Windows 8 and it's OK. Don't hate it or love it.

Although I don't think the whole tablet interface was as bad as people made it out to be.

[WeatherWitness]

I'm glad to hear Windows 10 will be free to download for Windows 7/8 users when it's released later this year. Supposedly, it will be free for at least the first year to download then you have to buy it. I'm still using Windows 7 currently. I've only had a brief experience with using Windows 8 and it's OK. Don't hate it or love it.

Although I don't think the whole tablet interface was as bad as people made it out to be.

That makes me happy, although I would prefer it be free permanently rather than just for the first year.  I don't understand why Windows can't be like Apple and just make all software upgrades free.

I have Windows 8 right now and don't like it.  Too buggy and in some cases, too confusing.  And I'll admit, I bought a touch-screen computer because I know Windows 8 was designed for the tablet/touchscreen interface and now realize that I rarely, if ever, use the touch-screen at all.  I know I recall plenty of people saying when Windows 8 first came out that it would be a nightmare using it without a touch-screen, but I have found that statement to be completely false.

[toxictwister00]

I'm glad to hear Windows 10 will be free to download for Windows 7/8 users when it's released later this year. Supposedly, it will be free for at least the first year to download then you have to buy it. I'm still using Windows 7 currently. I've only had a brief experience with using Windows 8 and it's OK. Don't hate it or love it.

Although I don't think the whole tablet interface was as bad as people made it out to be.

That makes me happy, although I would prefer it be free permanently rather than just for the first year.  I don't understand why Windows can't be like Apple and just make all software upgrades free.

I have Windows 8 right now and don't like it.  Too buggy and in some cases, too confusing.  And I'll admit, I bought a touch-screen computer because I know Windows 8 was designed for the tablet/touchscreen interface and now realize that I rarely, if ever, use the touch-screen at all.  I know I recall plenty of people saying when Windows 8 first came out that it would be a nightmare using it without a touch-screen, but I have found that statement to be completely false.

From what I read, once you download it for free, it's yours permanently. You don't have to buy it. (CD or subscription) As long as you download it for free within that 1 year timeline. Apparently, most PC users today are still using Windows 7 and didn't bother upgrading to 8.  It's a major incentive to entice Windows 7 users to jump right ahead to 10.

I believe you can download a Windows 10 preview right now, but they recommend you download it on a test PC and not your personal PC because of risks of crashes/losing your data since it's only a test version.

EDIT: You can also automatically have your Windows 7/8 PC upgrade to 10 via Windows Update once it's released.

EDIT #2: The articles I read were from late January which I didn't pay attention to at the time, but the second one is from yesterday and it says all Windows 7/8 users except Windows 7/8 Enterprise will get the free upgrade offer.

https://bgr.com/2015/01/21/awesome-news-windows-10-will-be-completely-free-for-windows-8-and-windows-7-users/
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/windows-10-won-t-free-might-hoped-163531271.html

[CartoonJazzLover]

Despite what I posted back in August 2012, I decided to return to this forums after regaining interest in smooth jazz music. I'll be honest, everything had changed for me in terms of Weather Channel. I did wrote a rant about how much the channel had changed but I deleted it. So if you noticed, I didn't listened to smooth jazz as much I used to between the last couple years. But eventually I return my habit of listening to smooth jazz (and I pretty much give up the whole LF music thing since 2012 anyway)/local forecast music before 2012. During my hiatus, I joined NoHomers.net, a forum dedicated to the Simpsons which is now my number 2 favorite show behind SpongeBob and I'm currently on season 10 (the second season with Mike Scully as showrunner). I also joined on several websites but my main sources are that website and DeviantArt (I now write my journals/note ironically despite not being an art person). With me returning to this forums, I dedice to not worry and complain about the channel and the local forecast because let's face it I lost interest 3 years ago and therefore I watch older videos before 2012 to feel nostalgic. I'll only watch TWC once in a while now.

[TWCJim]

Anyone ever watched the original 'Star Trek' TV series? Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on the show, passed away today at the age of 83. 

http://www.kgw.com/story/entertainment/2015/02/27/leonard-nimoy-dead-at-83-the-new-york-times-reports/24119507/

[TWCJim]

Apologies for double-posting, but this morning I received an email notification in my Gmail inbox saying that the 'forgot password function' was applied to my account on this forum, but I've never accessed the forums at all today until just now. Perhaps someone was trying to hack into my account? 

[WeatherWitness]

Apologies for double-posting, but this morning I received an email notification in my Gmail inbox saying that the 'forgot password function' was applied to my account on this forum, but I've never accessed the forums at all today until just now. Perhaps someone was trying to hack into my account? 

OK, I got an e-mail with such a message this afternoon.  Very strange.  I am not aware of any such hacking activity, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to change your password just in case.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Has anyone else gotten this e-mail?

[luesjo12]

Apologies for double-posting, but this morning I received an email notification in my Gmail inbox saying that the 'forgot password function' was applied to my account on this forum, but I've never accessed the forums at all today until just now. Perhaps someone was trying to hack into my account? 

OK, I got an e-mail with such a message this afternoon.  Very strange.  I am not aware of any such hacking activity, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to change your password just in case.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Has anyone else gotten this e-mail?

I Got the email in September of last year. I guess I didn't know I got it since all of the TWC Today/TWCClassics emails end up in my spam folder. Very strange indeed.

[TWCJim]

Apologies for double-posting, but this morning I received an email notification in my Gmail inbox saying that the 'forgot password function' was applied to my account on this forum, but I've never accessed the forums at all today until just now. Perhaps someone was trying to hack into my account? 

OK, I got an e-mail with such a message this afternoon.  Very strange.  I am not aware of any such hacking activity, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to change your password just in case.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Has anyone else gotten this e-mail?

Just checked my Gmail again and since yesterday I've received more of the same messages, one in my inbox, and two in my spam folder. This is very strange indeed.    So far my password remains the same, but I guess if this kinda thing continues then I might as well change it.

[Anistorm]

I came back for that reason, actually. I think there's a weird bug in the system that some of you guys should proooobably look into.

oh that was rude of me to not say hello. so 

[Zach]

I traced the IP that was sent in an email to me back to the St. Louis metropolitan area, so might I suggest placing an IP ban then? It doesn't seem like a bot either trying to access the accounts, because it's a Charter IP address that I got. Unless there's a botnet that hacked into systems, I can't imagine a bot being responsible for these attacks. Has anybody emailed Martin on the matter yet?

Also, Ana asked me about this, so I had to stop by as well. 

[WeatherWitness]

Thanks for the heads-up everyone!   I have contacted Martin on the matter, so hopefully he will be able to resolve the issue.  I received the same e-mail again earlier today, so I'm hoping this won't be too much of an inconvenience.  It probably wouldn't be such a bad idea to change your password just in case.  Perhaps that will at least stop you from getting the string of e-mails.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Oh, and BTW, thanks for stopping by Ana and Zach!

[Anistorm]

Nice to see ya, Andy! Right now, life is pretty good. I'm moving to Texas soon and I can't wait.

[luesjo12]

Hopefully it gets resolved soon, I just got the email again yesterday. It has an IP of 97.86.2.242. It says it's from Charter Communications in St. Louis, MO.