I prefer ClamAV myself, but if someone is looking for a free antivirus solution, Microsoft has proposed an answer:
Microsoft plans to introduce free security software for personal computers and discontinue the subscription-based Windows Live OneCare service. The new security suite, codenamed Morro, will be available in the second half of 2009 and will protect computers against viruses, spyware, malware and Trojans.
The cost of antivirus should be as integrated into the OS as the cost of brakes is integrated into a car.
Home to my mother’s door. Push back the lock,
She will not open it___no use to knock.
A weight is on my breast; oh! never yet
Daughter at mother’s door such welcome met!
No kiss upon my lips; no word, no sound,
No loving arms reach out to clasp me round,
I cross the threshold to a solemn room,
Peopled with shadows, silent as the tomb.
The heavy air is chill___no fire, no light;
Only pale sunshine, streaming thin and white
Through the bare panes upon the naked floor.
I shrink and shiver___do not shut the door!
Tread lightly on the creaking boards, speak low;
Start not the hollow echoes; well I know
They sleep in every corner. Do not call,
Lest they should answer loudly, one and all.
Her voice is still. ‘Twas here I heard it last___
Here by the door. The tears fell thick and fast
From both our eyes; to-day the drops run o’er
From only mine; and she___she weeps no more.
This was her bedroom; it was here, you say,
She laid in silence all that summer day.
With roses (how she loved them!) at her head,
Wreathed on the wall and strewn upon her bed.
Now she lies yonder, and a somber pall
The dead leaves weave above her as they fall;
The rains that beat, the autmn winds that blow,
Are making ready shrouds of snow.
Whatever covers her she still sleeps well
But oh! these silent rooms; I can not tell
Why their cold emptiness should move me so;
I can not bear it longer___let us go.
Women who change their name after marriage could face fines of up to £1,000 if they fail to tell the government, under new proposals.
Anyone with a biometric passport or ID card will be required to notify the National Identity Register of changes to the personal data it holds.
On the other hand, clearly there are situations where a single card may not be able to reflect concrete information:
And people undergoing a sex change will be entitled to two ID cards.
Can a person with two homes get two cards? You might laugh, but there are cases being considered where “moving around” is acceptable for a home address:
Homeless people wanting ID cards may be able to give their home address as a bench, bus stop or park where they are often found.
A whole park? What if they just list the neighborhood or city? I am often found in Washington DC…
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