so many cursors, so little time

In My Humble Opinion
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I have been changing my cursor a lot recently. A lot. Like several
times a day. This cool site, Comet Cursor (sorry, no link, I am impaired when it comes to links so I don’t even try), has thousands of cursors available. It must be a popular thing to do in the Far East, as there are cursors that represent Asian food and cursors of anime figures and Korean actors.

Right now, I am alternating between Hello Kitty and Timmy the Handicapped kid from South Park.

What is your favorite cursor, and where did you find it?

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Comet Cursor may or may not be spyware.

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Actually, it is (sorry I don’t have a link, but I did read it somewhere). I uninstalled it after I found out.

Shame, too…I was getting addicted to all those 'lil cursors! :frowning:

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If you use Comet Cursor and Bonzi Buddy, you might be a hacker

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Showing my extreme ignorance now - what is spyware, exactly?
And how does all this affect my computer? I don’t remember how I found Comet Cursor, but I’m certainly no hacker.

HELP!

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Damn! I use an AMD processor.

:eek:

I’m…a hacker!

:eek:

I better go burn that copy of “Programming in PERL”…

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“any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge” (whatis.com definition)

A program that tracks what you are doing and somehow transmits this information to a third party will fit the definition, provided you are not fully aware that this is what is happening. There are quite a few examples of such software bundled with popular Windows applications. Obviously there are privacy concerns. But spyware will almost invariably affect system performance and reliability too, so it’s a good idea to get rid of it.

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Here’s an interesting read from Wired regarding Comet Cursor’s reputation & how it got it:

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,52985,00.html

There may be more than one side to the story. OTOH it is definitely something Ad-Aware removes.

If you just want cursors & are willing to switch them manually, you can always check out Tucows:

http://themes.tucows.com/cursors.html

Personally - I did desktop support long enough to grow to loath anything other than the standard cursor.

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Ditto - if its not white, arrow like and pointy it ain’t a cursor…

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I have a Pooky cursor :slight_smile:

Yes, Comet Cursor is spyware, but you can still save any of the cursors for later use, then uninstall CC. That’s what I did.