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I suppose I should clarify for those prone to worry about the safety even of internet strangers.

When the engine is running all that happens is a light comes on, but if the engine is not running it won't start. Thankfully, it doesn't go from running to not running.

>>do you really want to risk a hundred people's lives on the gamble that the sensor will always work right in both directions?

And if you think this is some abstract question, my car frequently thinks someone is trying to hotwire it while I am driving it 65 MPH down the highway.

I don't mean to be that guy, but did you consult the Necronomicon before posting, just to make sure the smiling image of Dick Cheney propogated to thousands of screens does not unleash some otherworldly horror from the netherworld?

ethan #4:

That reminds me of when I first heard about FISA and said to myself, "My god, does it actually restrict government action at all?" and then some guy claimed it was too restrictive ... I forget the guys name though.

I believe that if AVG is not better than Norton, it certainly provides at least the same level of virus protection and uses less system resources while doing it.

That looks lie it may be a little unfriendly if you're not a geek, let me give you a step by step in case you're a normal human.

1. Click on the "Tools" tab.

2. Select "Autocorrect options" from the menu.

3. Click on the "AutoFormat" tab from the pop-up screen that you will create.

4. Make sure there is a checkmark next to "*bold* and _italics_ with real formating.

5. Click "OK" on the pop-up.

6. Select "Edit" from the tool bar menu.

7. Select "Replace" from the Menu.

8. Put a * next to "Find What" and a _ next to "Replace with"

9. Click "Replace All" then click "Ok" to the pop up telling you it's done.

10. Select "Format" from the toolbar.

11. Select "AutoFormat" from that menu.

12. Click "Ok"

And that should work.

Have you tried doing a global replace from '*' to '_' and selecting "autoformat" under "format"

Make sure that under "Autocorrect" under "tools" that *bold* and _italic_ with real formatting is checked.

That does it on my version of word

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