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    Personally I choose a browser for its functionality and speed

    I agree...no browser is secure

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    The Nintendo Wii is fairly popular here, that's a major target audience isn't it? Wii uses Opera.
    But you don't do your internet banking or shopping with wii

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    Internet Baking itself is a risk, regardless of the Browser.

    Also, secure browsers, Links, Links2, Lynx, E-Links... Those are fairly secure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gore View Post
    Internet Baking itself is a risk, regardless of the Browser.

    Also, secure browsers, Links, Links2, Lynx, E-Links... Those are fairly secure.

    Last time I tried internet baking we had to call the fire department. I preheated my computer to 500 instead of 350, and the cookies just about burned the whole darn thing down... It is risky... that is for sure.
    \"Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink.\"

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    Nice one

    So 500 was what you were supposed to use huh? I think AMD can help you there.

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    So 500 was what you were supposed to use huh? I think AMD can help you there.
    Even though they tend to idle warm i still love the amd cpu's.

    learnt my lesson a few years back i think it was one of those prescott chip's, anyhow the machine had been running f@h for a long time idling away in the cupboard.

    went to swap out a few parts and upgrade it a bit figured the chip would of cooled down by the time i had removed the heatsink etc, went to unclip it from it's housing and got one hell of a burn on my fingers from it.

    still missing a whole fingerprint on 1 1/2 fingers from it.

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    Wow... That's pretty impressive for a CPU related burn. I thought it was neat when someone got their nuts burned by a Dell Laptop...

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    Quote Originally Posted by gore View Post
    Wow... That's pretty impressive for a CPU related burn. I thought it was neat when someone got their nuts burned by a Dell Laptop...
    Lol remember reading about the troubles they had, batterys overheating and taking the whole device out.

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    OK guys, this you really have to see:

    http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~htsu/humor/fry_egg.html

    How to fry an egg on an AMD Athlon XP1500+



    Internet Banking itself is a risk, regardless of the Browser.
    If I were going to do it I would use a dedicated stand alone machine that was not used for general web surfing or e-mail.

    I still believe that a lot of people's problems are brought on themselves. If you keep everything up to date and use common sense then you are generally reasonably safe.

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    The few times that i find myself having to manage my finaces via the interwebz i use a machine with the hard drive disconnected and boot from a "Live CD" i then browse to the relevant site, and make sure it's a https: session.

    and nice link Johnno i'm pretty sure i've seen it posted here before a few years back

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