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I have updated my website with a new version of my JavaScript and new page
design tweaks. I have added some new CSS styles that are Firefox specific
but
will display just fine if you are not using Firefox 1.5.

But they allow you to have multiple columns of text on a web page. And this
is
quite good for web design and will enable web designers to create nicer
looking
pages. And squeeze more content into a page with less scrolling. And this
will
enable pages to be created that are more fun to browse and fit more content
into
less space. And we love this don't we. I know I can use it for something and
it
is very good to have something new in the web design world.

I have tried to fix a PC today, a Windows 98 machine that has a failing hard
drive and I tried to run Scandisk and it would not work at all. It was
trying to
move data from one part of the hard drive to another to fix damaged sectors
of
the hard drive and it could not manage it as the hard drive is failing. And
he
had problems with pop up windows on his machine, which is running Internet
Explorer 5.0. Which is a heap of garbage by the way. Anyway, he is having a
heap of
problems, but at least I could try and fix the problems with the popups, I
just
installed Google Toolbar and that was fixed. He may need a new hard drive
though, best to put the new one in with the old one and use Windows Explorer
to
copy the data over after setting up the drive with FDISK. Should be simple.
If
the hard drive is going to fail, then there is not much that can be done
about
it. Very annoying, but if you catch it in time you can be alright.

Modern hard drives should be pretty resilient anyway. It is just the odd one
that will fail. Especially if you are running Windows 98 and the swap file
is
always thrashing and running the hard drive ragged. This is not good for any
hardware.

I also installed a new HOSTS file into C: Windows that will hopefully block
some
of the banner ads and pop-ups on the web. But there are so many of them that
it
is a losing battle. He is running AVG anti virus software which is
pretty weak against modern viruses. He has had the store backup his
data and re-install Windows onto a new hard drive. Now his machine
runs much better and he has more space for his software.

Do you not know death when you see it old man?

--Witch King of Minas Morgul. Lord Of The Rings.

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