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"There is an "allow unobtrusive adds" feature in ABP which might provide a solution to this dilemma." - by azalin (67640) on Thursday February 14, @03:55AM (#42893501)

See what John Nagle a contributor to the IP stack itself has to say on that note!

(He posts here on /., as "Animats", as a user here, a RESPECTED one for great reasons noted near the termination of my post below, has to say about THAT... i.e.-> The STRONG will survive regardless of advertising revenue, & the weak will DIE: Law of the jungle, even an economic one of today!).

Additionally, some FACTS you ought be aware of:

NewsFlash: AdBlock doesn't block ALL ADS ANYMORE by default (they ought to call it "almost all ads blocked" instead nowadays, lol), for starters.

Ghostery (advertiser owned, "foxes guard the henhouse" yet again & thus, knowing that + what I stated above about AdBlock too? You'd have to be a "cluck" to use it OR adblock, since they've both "souled out"...)

DNS is RIDDLED with security issues out of NEGLIGENCE mainly!

(Especially since most DNS servers worldwide are UNPATCHED vs. the Kaminsky flaw (DNS redirection poisoning) for 1/2 a decade++ now... pure negligence!).

So - What's better on a myriad of levels for YOU the end-user? THIS (and why in detail):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains t

"I think the "allow unobtrusive adds" feature in Adblock plus is a valid way to go." - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 13, @09:05PM (#42891201)

See what John Nagle a contributor to the IP stack itself has to say on that note!

(He posts here on /., as "Animats", as a user here, a RESPECTED one for great reasons noted near the termination of my post below, has to say about THAT... i.e.-> The STRONG will survive regardless of advertising revenue, & the weak will DIE: Law of the jungle, even an economic one of today!).

Additionally, some FACTS you ought be aware of:

NewsFlash: AdBlock doesn't block ALL ADS ANYMORE by default (they ought to call it "almost all ads blocked" instead nowadays, lol), for starters.

Ghostery (advertiser owned, "foxes guard the henhouse" yet again & thus, knowing that + what I stated above about AdBlock too? You'd have to be a "cluck" to use it OR adblock, since they've both "souled out"...)

DNS is RIDDLED with security issues out of NEGLIGENCE mainly!

(Especially since most DNS servers worldwide are UNPATCHED vs. the Kaminsky flaw (DNS redirection poisoning) for 1/2 a decade++ now... pure negligence!).

So - What's better on a myriad of levels for YOU the end-user? THIS (and why in detail):

---

APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up m

"The only real solution is to use adblock" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 13, @09:05PM (#42891201)

NewsFlash: AdBlock doesn't block ALL ADS ANYMORE by default (they ought to call it "almost all ads blocked" instead nowadays, lol), for starters.

Ghostery (advertiser owned, "foxes guard the henhouse" yet again & thus, knowing that + what I stated above about AdBlock too? You'd have to be a "cluck" to use it OR adblock, since they've both "souled out"...)

DNS is RIDDLED with security issues out of NEGLIGENCE mainly!

(Especially since most DNS servers worldwide are UNPATCHED vs. the Kaminsky flaw (DNS redirection poisoning) for 1/2 a decade++ now... pure negligence!).

So - What's better on a myriad of levels for YOU the end-user? THIS (and why in detail):

---

APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

---

1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs

TOR & anon. proxies SLOW YOU DOWN all to hell, 1st of all. Secondly, Ghostery = advertiser owned & tracks you by default... Thirdly, AdBlock DOES NOT BLOCK ALL ADS BY DEFAULT ANYMORE (all documented from reputable & reliable sources below):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

---

1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)

10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).

& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!

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Same with Ghostery:

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FROM ->

This isn't entirely accurate, but it's wrong in a way that makes Broder look even worse.

After Tesla's Top Gear debacle, they put logging devices in the cars and had future reviewers agree to their use. This is something that Broder was (or should have been) aware of.

Makes perfect sense -- the round-ish hotspot in the room where the servers all sit is the hot isle, and the space surrounding the AC vents on the ceiling is the cold isle.

Oh.

My.

Lord.

You are an idiot.

Makes perfect sense -- the round-ish hotspot in the room where the servers all sit is the hot isle, and the space surrounding the AC vents on the ceiling is the cold isle.

Oh.

My.

Lord.

You are an idiot.

I have NO ISSUE with NoScript though (best addon for FireFox there is imo @ least): HOWEVER - I do with the tools noted in my subject-line above, & here is EXACTLY why (& what I did about it for gratis/100% free, no strings attached) vs.:

A.) Adblock (crippled by default now)

B.) Ghostery (advertiser owned & a tracker itself)

C.) Even DNS servers, especially IF/WHEN run locally on a separate system @ home + setup in recursive mode, which it will HAVE to be so to get data from parent servers & if they're NOT ICANN/Verisign DNSSEC pointed at? You are vulnerable as hell!

(Wasteful as a separate system, or even as a separate service, less wasteful & redundant there though, but still wasteful with its daemons/services & front-ends (in usermode especially) vs. the SINGLE FILE SOLUTION noted below that is part of the IP stack itself, especially since running DNS above & beyond hosts wastes CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O + thus, by derivation, also electricity, costing you more yet again... that, along with NEGLIGENCE in patching it vs. the Kaminsky flaw for 1/2 a decade++ now worldwide MOSTLY, especially @ the ISP level no less (documented from reputable sources below on tha very note no less)):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

---

1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded li

"Anything that leaves your privacy on the "good will" of the companies is inefficient to protect my privacy." - by stafil (1220982) on Wednesday February 13, @08:09PM (#42890707)

A more efficient, not crippled by default (adblock) & advertiser owned (ghostery) for TRACKING PURPOSES, or riddled with security issues & negligence worldwide (DNS, especially vs. the Kaminsky flaw @ the ISP level remaining unpatched for 1/2 a decade++ currently, details & proof below, to all points noted) method, no less!

(Per my subject-line & that excellent film it references?? It's just plain SMARTER too & NOT subject to the flaws or being "souled out"/bought out as those above are & have been, obviously - & since it references 10++ reputable & reliable sources for custom hosts file data vs. threats of MANY kinds online? Not neglected either - read on!)...

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

---

1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL'

In a BAD way, & good one for YOU (in terms of added speed, security, reliability + even anonymity (to an extent)):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

---

1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)

10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).

& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!

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Same with Ghostery:

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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.

They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons.

Despite the name change, let's be clear on on

"What you left out of that extensive list was malware served up through ad networks. It's not enough to go to "trusted sites" but you have to trust their ad servers too. On one site I still frequent, there was an ad serving up malware for an exploit in Windows." - by bmo (77928) on Wednesday February 13, @08:18PM (#42890791)

Well, then I won't here (big list of evidences of that exist below)... & more, for your reference + that of others (backed by reliable citings from reputable sources)!

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"They have since clamped down on who their ad server is, but after that people installed adblock plus as a security measure." - by bmo (77928) on Wednesday February 13, @08:18PM (#42890791)

Per my subject-line above?

Take a read as to WHY my subject states what it does in regards to adblock inferiority (crippled by default unfortunately now, when it used to NOT be - & backed from reputable sources), & it goes for GHOSTERY (advertiser owned) & even DNS too (security flaw & negligence riddled, especially @ the ISP level no less):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

---

1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email)

Are you near here?

The northwesternmost building in that frame is the "A" building. That's the executive office building.

The rest of the buildings on campus are labeled through the letter "R". There are a lot of buildings. You can shuttle between them by the on-campus bus service. And watch out! The "J" building has paramilitary security with assault rifles. It's the datacenter. The loading dock is in "C" building. Good luck!

No, I don't know which building is which, other than the "A" building that sits at the end of the circle drive.

Also, you're likely to get shot. Expect the government to actually try to protect those slimebags. They're richer than you are, and obviously more worthy of government help.

If you do get all the way to Hugh Grant, tell him he has the same name as an actor that got caught with a hooker back when that was a scandal. I'm sure he'll love that.

(Disclaimer for the humorless and the FBI: This post is a joke. Go away.)

Custom hosts + Opera, & iirc more recently Chromium family ones too, that allow:

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1.) "By site preferences" for

a.) cookies
b.) scripting
c.) plugins (on demand only, an Opera original)
d.) frames/iframes
e.) & other things that get exploited against you maliciously

HOW? Easy:

2.) I set a GLOBAL preference for ALL websites first, disabling the above in Opera 12.14 64-bit (excellent by the way & ZERO known security flaws present currently -> http://secunia.com/advisories/product/41248/ )

3.) THEN, I make "exception sites" that MIGHT need cookies &/or javascript for database access, which online banking/shopping/e-commerce sites often DO require, but only as needed (& ONLY what they minimally require for FULL function to facilitate trade there...):

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Why?

Read below as to WHY I utilize custom hosts files for all of those purposes for more speed, security, reliability, & even more anonymity to an extent vs. other advertiser owned (ghostery), crippled by default (adblock), or riddled by security flaws & negligence (DNS) competing "solutions"...

(Anonymity gains are vs. DNS request logs, lightening their load on THEIR end, a bonus for admins of them, no less AND vs. DNSBL you may not agree with as well!).

All, for more efficacy + safety & speed vs. not only adbanners, but also botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS they use too, trackers/spammers/phishers, known maliciously scripted sites, known servers of malware & FAR more...

More efficiently as well (because custom hosts are a TIGHTLY INTEGRATED SOLUTION & native to the IP stack itself solution, AND, they run in ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode as a mere text file easily edited filter via a text editor like notepad if need be even FILTER for it, vs. Ring 3/rpl 3/usermode webbrowsers slowed up even MORE by addons layered onto them (a known issue, stack a few in FireFox & see for yourself)):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by defau

"Scriptable browsers are what makes most ad-blocking features work" - by sgunhouse (1050564) on Thursday February 14, @01:56AM (#42892973)

Per my subject-line above: Here is that more efficient/less redundant FASTER way to do the job of stopping not only trackers, adbanners, botnet C&C servers, bogus DNS they use, spammers/phishers, known malware serving sites + maliciously scripted sites too, & more!

All of which rob you of your monies via taking speed/bandwidth you paid your ISP for monthly out of pocket since they take up, on average, 40% of the "mass" of what you download from a website to view its pages, & CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O as well - meaning adbanners also cost you in terms of electricity bills raised as well!

If not taking your monies & time since they infest/infect you with malicious code also (plenty of evidence of that is below as well from reputable sites)...

(The program below operates right from when your IP stack loads @ OS startup, &/or 1st request to the web from webbound clients of ALL kinds (Windows + MacOS X) - AND, in not just webbrowsers, but also for example, email programs, if an external program, like Outlook/Outlook Express, eudora & others too since the 1st thing requested IS the hosts file for IP address resolution from host-domain names).

The application solution below is MORE efficient since it doesn't use redundant and yes, advertiser owned or crippled by default browser addons!

Yes, there's proof of that below too... unbelievable as it seems... read on!

For starters:

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1.) Addons slowdown browsers even more!

(Fact: stack up a few FF addons & see what happens... it's a KNOWN issue!).

2.) A custom hosts file also operates @ a far, Far, FAR faster & more efficient layer of operations too (ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode vs. browser in ring 3/rpl 3/usermode, being slowed down EVEN MORE by layering in addons - which wouldn't be SO BAD, if they weren't advertiser owned OR crippled by default... see below on that very note!).

3.) It also is TIGHTLY INTEGRATED as part of the IP stack itself, that has over 44++ yrs. of security & speed refinement put into it, written in C & Assembly code (far faster than browser addons like Adblock written in slower javascript, python or perl, & layered in over an already slower usermode app as far as webbound client programs go).

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This loads it for you, from 10++ reputable & reliable sites for custom hosts file data vs. threats of all kinds online:

APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them

Per my subject-line above: It's a "fox guarding the henhouse" & you'd have to be a 'CLUCK' to use it after knowing that (no offense intended, you *MAY* not be aware of what's listed below is why), in other words!

(Especially vs. this solution which is FAR superior technically, & in efficiency as well) - evidence of that is below:

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)

10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).

& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!

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Same with Ghostery:

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Per my subject-line above: It's a "fox guarding the henhouse" & you'd have to be a 'CLUCK' to use it after knowing that (no offense intended, you *MAY* not be aware of what's listed below is why), in other words!

(Especially vs. this solution which is FAR superior technically, & in efficiency as well) - evidence of that is below:

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)

10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).

& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!

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Same with Ghostery:

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They're INFERIOR to custom hosts files in efficiency, ability, & are REDUNDANT!

(How/when/where/ & WHY most importantly are listed below, with backing evidences from reputable sources...):

"no one is going to stop me from using Adblock, NoScript, DoNotTrackMe, etc. or similar tools. I don't trust these crooked fucks to even follow the law, so privacy extensions aren't going anywhere." - by UltraZelda64 (2309504) on Wednesday February 13, @08:28PM (#42890873)

NoScript's FINE (I have NO issue/problem with it, best addon for FireFox there is under the sun imo, in fact)... however:

I do take issue with AdBlock (& also Ghostery) + even DNS... & why:

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS

"What a surprise: sleazy advertisers remain sleazy." - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 13, @08:46PM (#42891035)

A lot of data on that note is below from reputable sources & a program I designed back in late 2003 that I kept to myself until mid last year/2012! Use it in other articles you may write later on this very subject (and the program is 100% free no strings attached should you elect to try it as well to use it also)...

You seem to be as "into it" on this note, as I am (almost, you'll see what I mean in the program below). I went & DID SOMETHING about it, for others that they can literally use & yes, it works better than anything else does for that purpose!

(Kept it to myself, & I had it done before competitors did, long before... however, since I was NOT out to harm websites mainly who draw revenues from adbanners, I kept it to myself - until adbanners began to show malicious script (see lists below))!

&

Also the fact ADBANNERS SUCK UP UP TO 40% OF AN AVERAGE WEBPAGE DOWNLOAD in mass sent/received, as well as CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O also, that you pay for in electricity AND your monthly bill to your ISP for online access!

(Thus, ads steal your bandwidth/speed YOU PAY FOR, in other words, as well as infesting you!)

However: The "explosion" of malware-in-general made me release it "to the masses"...

(From bad scripts, bad adbanners, malware servers, botnets etc./et al)

That happened mostly 2005 onwards imo since I've built up a custom hosts file here since 1997 & have a pretty GOOD idea when it really "kicked into gear" as to exploits in general online REALLY starting up more!

That prompted its release from me to the "general public", as well as adbanners themselves HOUSING MALICIOUS SCRIPT (last link @ the bottom of this post SHOULD interest you on that very note in fact...)).

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"Here's something that I wrote in 2010 on the subject:" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 13, @08:46PM (#42891035)

Here's something I wrote in a program that DOES something about it, & at a more efficient level!

(Ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode via a TIGHTLY INTEGRATED native part of the IP stack itself, the hosts file, vs. ring 3/rpl 3/usermode browser addons & even DNS servers (the former are KNOWN to slow down webbrowsers too - stack up a few in FireFox & see what I mean...)):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST

Per my subject-line above: See the list of evidences of that over time, listed below...

And?

Witness this program below, since it is a both TECHNICALLY SUPERIOR method of blocking vs. browser addons & more efficient also!

(Since browser addons for that purposed noted below run in already SLOWER ring 3/rpl 3/usermode, vs. hosts being part of tcpip.sys/IP stack & merely a filter for it, running via device driver ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode too... far, Far, FAR FASTER, & addons slowup webbrowsers (known fact, stack up a few in FireFox for example, & see))!

This program below I designed simply builds up what is a NATIVE TIGHTLY INTEGRATED PART OF THE IP STACK ITSELF UP vs. adbanners (& other threats online such as known maliciously scripted sites/servers/hosts-domains, vs. botnets + their C&C Servers & bogus DNS servers & more...) from 10++ reputable & reliable sources for custom hosts file data!

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help y

Per my subject-line above, custom hosts files = superior to browser addons!

(Since hosts are a TIGHTLY INTEGRATED native part of the IP stack itself, running in Ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode, vs. layering ontop of far, Far, FAR SLOWER Ring 3/rpl 3/usermode browsers, slowing them down even more (known issue, stack a few FF addons up, & see for yourself))!

In fact, Proxomitron is 1 of the FEW tools like it that actually works WELL with custom hosts files that I know of!

HOWEVER: Proxomitron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxomitron bills itself as "the universal filter"... it's NOT AS UNIVERSAL AS CUSTOM HOSTS FILES ARE!

(Which again, are part of ANY OS' IP stack that's based on the BSD original & most all today, if not all, ARE based on it - even on smartphones, & does Proxomitron run on those? Not afaik... hosts, can & do (may have to run a DosToUnix utility over them IF you import them from Windows (ASCII vs. EBCIDIC & other issues are overcome that way), but that's about it for complexity of import/export)):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

---

Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

---

Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app

"Sadly, I have "real intelligence" when a large enough to be profitable portion of the words population don't" - by Omestes (471991) on Thursday February 14, @02:21AM (#42893107) Homepage

Sadly, you're wrong (per my subject-line above) since AdBlock doesn't block all ads anymore, by default (& can't do 10++ things custom hosts files can, listed below) - same goes for Ghostery & even DNS servers!

Additionally: I hate doing this too, but it's "doesn't" in that case per your quoted words above, not "don't" in that turn of a phrase (grammar picking yes, sorry - ordinarily I don't do that, as it is off-topic, but it fits here!).

THIS creates that custom hosts file I note from 10++ reputable & reliable sources, "automagically":

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

---

Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't

"Ads can go to hell. I've had enough malware served up that I don't give a rat's ass about "ad revenue"." - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 13, @09:10PM (#42891241)

Per my subject above: NoScript's FF's BEST addon, bar-none, but Adblock "just ain't what it used to be" (proofs below)!

Plus, "oddly enough" (lol, "not"), the advertisers + webmasters OMIT 1 VERY IMPORTANT FACT:

Fact being they not only INFECT you via adbanners (numerous examples below from reputable sources cited in that regard) BUT they also ROB YOU of your bandwidth/speed you PAID FOR MONTHLY TO YOUR ISP for online access! To the tune of 40% of the "weight" of every site online that displays ad banners no less on average!!!

I decided to do something about it, and you can too, should you elect to try this application I designed (works with a native tightly integrated feature of the IP stack itself in the hosts file @ ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver, fast as it gets & right off the bat, making adblock REDUNDANT actually, since browsers & addons CANNOT operate without knowing where to go, first, & hosts load @ OS startup once the IP stack loads (@ bootup & fully on 1st request to the internet, in Windows &/or MacOS X)):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SI

Wordfeud: Scrabble where you can play multiple people at once, and have up to 2 days per turn.

I like Word Ruggle on Android. It's like Boggle but playing with a bunch of other people at the same time, with each player's scores being ranked and displayed between the 2-3 minute rounds.

Try here.

See subject-line, & answer honestly... (doesn't matter IF you say it can't be - I know better -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=3AAcUbOuFPS90QH7poCoAg )

* :)

(Heck - I practically "wrote the book" on how it's done, via those links above, & yes, it really DOES work!)

APK

P.S.=> Anyhow/anyways - Bottom-Line: Any OS out there has 'security issues' or just weak initial setup (even Linux via SeLinux in its defaults as well as MacOS X too, guides & tools exist for both to make them better though)!

However as well, on the 'flipside': Any of them can be "security-hardened" & quite easily in minutes (IF You do it as I do in those guides, + I sped that process up (CIS Tool) for Windows 7 here, vs. how I used to do it for 2000/XP/Server 2003, by saving the necessary 'tweaks' into .reg &/or .inf files for instant merges after install (which I keep my system OFFLINE during it until that's done))...

... apk

It has been pointed out that due to the Pirate Bay page being under Kopimism, there is no infringement. This turns out not to be quite true.

Ville Oksanen, cofounder of EFFI (the Finnish version of EFF) and a lawyer specializing in technology and media law, comments as follows: "In Finland you cannot give up your moral rights and Matti Nikki's parody-judgement was based specifically on violaiton of moral rights. I think that TPB just issues a sarcastic reaction but technically TTVK ry is indeed likely to break law here."

Moral rights can come into play when material is used in opposition to the moral standards of the original authors. Parody is not at all protected under the strict reading of the law, though in practice there is some (yet weak) protection under a supreme court ruling.

So yeah, there is every reason, even with a recent similar case with a guilty verdict, to think that the Finnish version of copyright law was indeed broken by the good antipiracy folks. At the very least they're operating on extremely gray area, which is not very flattering for their ilk either.

Ville's Google Plus post: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103784989123292634015/posts/XeLSWAjcCLw

proven fact? methinks you (and the people that mod-ed you up) don't understand the scientific method.

You postulate a hypothesis based on observation (or pure thought).

FTFY.

Not that I disagree with your premise, but when it comes to definitions, there is a distinct difference between a hypothesis and a scientific theory.

proven fact? methinks you (and the people that mod-ed you up) don't understand the scientific method.

You postulate a hypothesis based on observation (or pure thought).

FTFY.

Not that I disagree with your premise, but when it comes to definitions, there is a distinct difference between a hypothesis and a scientific theory.

You can certainly install the Java for Chrome on Macintosh, but you are limited to Java 6 as the most recent. Google provides a link to the instructions on how to do this.

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2429779

which links to...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559?viewlocale=en_US

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BMO

Home wifi does not have QoS. Jitter is going to be terrible. If you are going to do this you want much more sophisticated software helping the whole thing end to end. Which is essentially what commercial SIP solutions do. Why reinvented SIP?

Actually, home wifi works great for voice. Jitter issues not withstanding.

The built in TALK app in Android can open a voice (or video) chat with any other Android user, and the quality is more than acceptable.

True, Sip is better. Using the built in SIP (Internet calling) feature of just about any Android phone (or any of a dozen such apps on the Play store) you can make calls to any other SIP phone. Calls to Land lines usually requires a sip to POTS gateway subscription somewhere. This is slightly harder to set up, because you have to know a thing or three about SIP to get it to work.

Or simply install GrooVe IP and you can use your Free Google Voice account to make and receive calls from your cell phone, as long as you have wifi. Calls are free anywhere in north America. This app emulates the Google Chat client found in Gmail and as a stand alone app on windows, to allow calls in and out over wifi (or 3g). Voice quality is exceptional.

(For 38 bucks you can also use Google Voice with your home phones. For most people this pays for itself in the first month).

Agreed. The "not enough apps" conversation/excuse is a dumb one. 95% of the apps people are installing never get used. They just sit there for epeen measuring and "just in case I need it". If you disagree I dare you to actually count the number of apps you use in a day.

This is so; so horribly wrong. 99.9% of the time I don't care about having an up to date Stuttgart travel planner app in Android. It's the one time that I need it; that I'm late for my plane; that I can't get a taxi. That one time I manage to get my flight because my Android phone knows how to do it for me can be worth more than the entire phone and all the software on it. The magic app which saves you can be a simple ruler application which lets you call for the right screw to fix your car. It can be a medical app which tells you how to resuscitate your kid. Not everybody needs every app, but nobody knows exactly which app it is that they will need.

In any case, what's wrong with Windows Phone is not so much the lack of apps; that's a problem, but one you can plan around by having an Android or iOS tablet as well. It's more that, most of the apps were just brought in as the initial version required to get Microsoft's developer bounty and abandoned. With the lack of users everything is untested and there is no incentive for developers to update them after that first upload. The store is now even more dated than they were before WP8 launched. This means that you launch an app, hope it will work and find it doesn't actually do what you need. A bad tool may well be worse than no tool and no self respecting person should be caught out with one.

Agreed. The "not enough apps" conversation/excuse is a dumb one. 95% of the apps people are installing never get used. They just sit there for epeen measuring and "just in case I need it". If you disagree I dare you to actually count the number of apps you use in a day.

This is so; so horribly wrong. 99.9% of the time I don't care about having an up to date Stuttgart travel planner app in Android. It's the one time that I need it; that I'm late for my plane; that I can't get a taxi. That one time I manage to get my flight because my Android phone knows how to do it for me can be worth more than the entire phone and all the software on it. The magic app which saves you can be a simple ruler application which lets you call for the right screw to fix your car. It can be a medical app which tells you how to resuscitate your kid. Not everybody needs every app, but nobody knows exactly which app it is that they will need.

In any case, what's wrong with Windows Phone is not so much the lack of apps; that's a problem, but one you can plan around by having an Android or iOS tablet as well. It's more that, most of the apps were just brought in as the initial version required to get Microsoft's developer bounty and abandoned. With the lack of users everything is untested and there is no incentive for developers to update them after that first upload. The store is now even more dated than they were before WP8 launched. This means that you launch an app, hope it will work and find it doesn't actually do what you need. A bad tool may well be worse than no tool and no self respecting person should be caught out with one.

Agreed. The "not enough apps" conversation/excuse is a dumb one. 95% of the apps people are installing never get used. They just sit there for epeen measuring and "just in case I need it". If you disagree I dare you to actually count the number of apps you use in a day.

This is so; so horribly wrong. 99.9% of the time I don't care about having an up to date Stuttgart travel planner app in Android. It's the one time that I need it; that I'm late for my plane; that I can't get a taxi. That one time I manage to get my flight because my Android phone knows how to do it for me can be worth more than the entire phone and all the software on it. The magic app which saves you can be a simple ruler application which lets you call for the right screw to fix your car. It can be a medical app which tells you how to resuscitate your kid. Not everybody needs every app, but nobody knows exactly which app it is that they will need.

In any case, what's wrong with Windows Phone is not so much the lack of apps; that's a problem, but one you can plan around by having an Android or iOS tablet as well. It's more that, most of the apps were just brought in as the initial version required to get Microsoft's developer bounty and abandoned. With the lack of users everything is untested and there is no incentive for developers to update them after that first upload. The store is now even more dated than they were before WP8 launched. This means that you launch an app, hope it will work and find it doesn't actually do what you need. A bad tool may well be worse than no tool and no self respecting person should be caught out with one.

I've never seen Microsoft talk about piracy at all. At least not since they added the activation system.

Really?,Come on. Before believing that your lack of observing means anything at all, why not do a simple Google search?

I've never seen Microsoft talk about piracy at all. At least not since they added the activation system.

Really?,Come on. Before believing that your lack of observing means anything at all, why not do a simple Google search?

there are no 3d acceleration on the pi at all..

if you're going to troll, at least pick something that's not trivial to refute with a simple google search for your statement above which handily returns a small roundup of graphics as the first result.

here's some more (just to illustrate how poor your trolling attempt was):

http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Architecture-and-Source.png
http://jonmacey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/getting-started-with-egl-on-raspberry.html
http://nccastaff.bournemouth.ac.uk/jmacey/GraphicsLib/piNGL/index.html

On the bright side, home servers don't draw a lot of power depending on the hardware. My entire rack draws about 1250W under normal load.

I consider that a huge amount of power. The base draw for my home (like now, when it's empty) is about 40W; less if I bother to unplug laptop chargers and a few other things (which I don't).

What do you need such a powerful server for, at home?

I'm part-way through migrating my server from an old (1.4GHz Athlon) desktop to an embedded ARM system, to reduce the power usage. At (100W * 1 year) * £0.14GBP/kWh (£120), it makes sense to buy something efficient.

I have a Raspberry Pi (for something else), which draws so little power my watt-meter (measuring the whole house's consumption) isn't accurate enough to measure it. It's almost good enough to be a web, file and SSH server, but doesn't have enough RAM. I'm going to buy something similar, but with at least 1GiB of RAM and a SATA port.

(The server isn't at my house, so isn't included in that 40W. It's at my mum's house, to provide off-site backups for both of us. Her base draw is about 300W, as she refuses to replace an old freezer and blames about 280W of that on the server.)

Why is it that a bug accepted in 2010, and which received a lot of comments from others with the same problem, is still not acted upon? Is it lack of resources?

Disclaimer: I filled this bug report.

I assume that you mean "we" in the sense of the US, which isn't going to do anything because it's essentially bankrupt, devoid of EU/NATO allies and "super scared" of China. The US is just going to verbally condemn the DPRK's actions. Unless you mean "we" in a different context, in which, I don't see China doing anything, Japan is too busy with China, Russia couldn't care less and the EU never does anything. What I am missing in your "hollow threat?"

The US is essentially bankrupt, huh? Have you ever seen the GDP of the united states compared with...say, all of Europe combined? All of Asia combined (might as well compare it to just China). No? Ok, here.

Don't get me wrong, China is doing exceedingly well, and is well on their way to surpassing the US in GDP in a decade or so. I don't have a problem with that. But you need to understand the united states is far from bankrupt. We have some piling debt, which honestly, once it gets bad enough that we're really forced to cut expenditures, is going to not be an issue anymore.

Would you believe England used to rule 3/4 of the planet?

Depending on how you count: yes.

Would you believe England used to rule 3/4 of the planet?

Depending on how you count: yes.

Would you believe England used to rule 3/4 of the planet?

Depending on how you count: yes.

Would you believe England used to rule 3/4 of the planet?

Depending on how you count: yes.

Would you believe England used to rule 3/4 of the planet?

Depending on how you count: yes.

"All they care about is being able to uniquely identify you, and target you with adds" - by Charliemopps (1157495) on Monday February 11, @05:53PM (#42866271)

NOT A PROBLEM, per this application I designed & the custom hosts file it produces (in part for stopping that very thing you noted by stalling out the very mechanisms used in combination AGAINST YOU, the websurfer, alongside browser features (Opera noted specifically below in my 'p.s.' section...)):

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74

Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...

"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"

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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...

Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA

That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!

(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):

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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option

(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!

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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).

To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:

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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use

2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts

3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping

4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.

5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)

6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)

7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)

8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)

9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)

10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languag

You don't need to be on the internet to have a "hack".

i.e. The road sign hack was actually funny the first time. :-)
https://www.google.com/search?q=l4d+road+sign+zombie+hack&tbm=isch

Ah, you're correct. In the complaint form, the very first paragraph says:

Attached is a Complaint that has been filed against you with the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center ( the Center) pursuant to the
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the Policy) approved by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on October 24, 1999, the Rules for
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the Rules) approved by ICANN on
October 30, 2009, and the WIPO Suppiemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policy (the Supplemental Rules).

It was a separate context where 1024 and 1048576 and 1073741824 and 1099511627776 made sense.

Kind of like in a separate context where 12 and 36 and 5280 make sense? What's the point in having standard and compatible units/prefixes if we allow every domain to redefine them? If I have a wire with a 1 kilovolt potential across it and 1 kiloamp of current is passing through, then it is carrying 1 megawatt of power, and it has 1 ohm of resistance. If the wire is 1cm long then it has a resistivity of 100 ohms/meter. If I used it to power a water pump it could pump 102 metric tons of water up a 1 meter distance per second.

Now imagine how that would look if the union of electricians and the union of surveyors couldn't agree to just use SI prefixes? The only constant in that entire conversion if the acceleration due to gravity - it would be a mess if time, length, power, and energy all used different unit conventions.

It does not matter as long as they protect you from "inappropriate" results.

Yeah it's a good thing no one's buying into this whole cloud thing. What a scam! It's not like the US Department of the Interior would move their 90,000 users to it, that would just be naive.