Kaspersky : How to do offline update

With current technology, internet can be access almost every where. From most basic narrowband dial-up connection to super fast broadband wi-fi connection, most users don't have problem updating their anti-virus database by online. But a few weeks ago I stumbled into a handful of computers with no internet connection. No cable connection and far away from each other. Like normal desktop, no wireless adapter installed. So how to update the database? I tried to use an USB wi-fi dongle but one computer already take almost half an hour, so to update all by the same method, is too time consuming.

So, like always, Uncle Google has the solution. I just need to update one computer and the rest by copying database.

What you need:
1) At least 2 PCs, one must have internet connection.
2) Recommended to have same Kaspersky anti-virus version.

What to do:
1st computer (with internet connection)
1) Open your Kaspersky.
2) Click Settings.

3) Select Update Center
4) Tick "Copy update to folder".
5) Browse to the folder you want to copy all database.
6) Click "OK".
7) Select "Update Center".
8) Run Update.
9) Wait till the update finish.
10) After all update finished, go to your save database folder from Step 5.
11) Copy all the folder and save it into your usb drive.

2nd computer (without internet)
1) Copy previous folder into 2nd computer.
2) Open Kaspersky antivirus.
3) Select Setting
4) Select "Update Center ".
5) Click "Update Source"
6) Click "+ Add".
7) Browse to the copied database folder.
8) Click "OK".
9) Go to Update Center.
10) Run Update.

The update will take only a few minutes. With this method, I can update multiple computer within shorter time. I guess if all computers have an intranet connection, probably can fasten up all update process by sharing the database folder.

Why most Watch Ads show the time as 10:08?

Just now I read some watch brochures to find a replacement for my 12 years old broken Casio watch. Bought for RM125 in 1998 and it last longer than I expected. The original battery lasted almost 5 years and the replacement only last 2 years each. So now the hunt begins.

I still remember when my friend ask me “Why most Watch Ads show the time as 10:10?” I never realized it before and because back then I have no source to find the answer (internet still not available and library still the best place for source gathering), I just answer “I don’t know, but probably because it looks nice.”

So now, more than a decade later, I stumbled again with the question when reading the brochures. It is true, all the analogue watch showed the same time but to be exact, it is not 10:10, but 10:08! For digital watch, they also set at 10:08. A quick Google search give me this answer:

10:08, 8 minutes past 10, is roughly the time to which analog watches are set in most advertisements[dubious – discuss], though actual times shown vary between about 10:08 and 10:10. There are several reasons offered by watch companies, many of them psychological, and none of them verifiable as the actual origin of the practice:

• The position of the hands does not obscure the date on watches with a date function at 3 o'clock or any other functions at 9 or 3 o'clock.
• The position of the hands does not obscure the company logo, which is often printed under 12 o'clock. In fact, it highlights the logo by underlining it and placing it at the center of the delta formed between the clock's hands.
• The hands are nearly symmetrically balanced on the face of the dial at 10:08. The minute hand is 48° right of vertical, while the hour hand is 56° left of vertical. Exact symmetry would be achieved at 120/13 minutes past 10:00, approximately 10:09:13.8. Other symmetrical times would not meet the needs above.
• The form of the hands has a positive effect on the viewer: the short hand pointing at 10 o'clock and the long hand pointing at 8 minutes is reminiscent of a check mark, which commonly means "ok" or "fine." Some observers further identify this appearance with a smiling face. [citation needed]

Oddly enough, 10:08 is also the time at which a 12-hour digital display will have the maximum number of digit "segments" turned on. However, digital watches in commercials are more often set to 10:58. Early (mid-1970s) LCD clock ads would often show 12:08, which has a large number of "on" segments (one fewer than 10:08), showcases four different digits, and is not 10:08—a virtue in its own right, as digital clocks were marketed as a break with the past.

Urban legends are frequently heard to the effect that the watches are set to commemorate the hour at which some famous person died: often Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy. All such stories prove to be several hours off when calculated.

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LarryMac/10:08

IMHO, the second reasons probably the most cause for the selection of 10:08.