Slashdot Mirror

AND, lol, it figures:

Like usual, you avoided the questions asked of you, like usual (what is the forums section here called? DEVELOPERS SECTION, not the "english grammar critique" section)!

Plus, you have NOTHING even remotely like the list I can produce of where others found my works in guides good (via their testimonials quoted, plus high ratings & massive numbers of views as well as being made sticky thread/pinned guides), & also that of respected written publications in this field for a decade & 1/2 now almost, over 10x, saying quite the reverse of what you have:

That my writing is not only legible & understandable, but also good material.

So, argue w/ this list:

----

Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61

http://journals2.iranscience.net:800/www.win2000mag.com/www.win2000mag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/37/37.html

(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row).

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)

PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there

PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there

CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there

GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000, where my work is contained in it

HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), 2001 my work is there, first one featured, yet again!

Also, a British PC Mag in 2002 for many utilities I wrote, but by that point, I had moved onto other areas in this field besides coding only...

Lastly, being paid for an article that made me money over @ PCPitstop in 2008 for writing up a guide that has people showing NO VIRUSES/SPYWARES & other screwups, via following its point, such as THRONKA sees here -> http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=ee926d913b81bf6d63c3c7372fd2a24c&t=28430&page=3

----

Have YOU done the same, or even CLOSE to that on all those grounds, especially in this field and topic of this section, programmatic development or networking?

Somehow, lol? Well - I doubt it, & on all counts noted...

Also?

So, how about this guide I authored on how to secure Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, which has gone over 200,000++ views in 1 yrs.' time online across 20 forums and where it was made either a:

1.) 5/5 star rated post (indicative of its being completely legible)
2.) Most viewed (especially this one considering many of the forums it is on have been around for years to a decade or more)
3.) A "sticky/pinned thread" or "ESSENTIAL GUIDE"
4.) I was paid for writing said guide up also, here -> http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?s=cba6343f4815761830a54e8eb26a10ee&act=SF&f=66&st=0&changefilters=1 for winning their monthly contest (unknowingly on my part)

AND, where it literally has been shown that once folks apply it, they have stayed virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/worm/malware-in-general free for more than 1++ yrs.' worth of time and operate fas

They all work for layered security just fine... & in simultaneous operation, unobtrusively/transparently (IF you know what you're doing, & it's NOT hard really).

Just so you know, & in case you don't... I.E.-> In combination, & especially because they work @ diff. levels of the IP stack (covered in detail w/ backing documentation from MS in the URL below in case you need detail)?

They're good for the concept of "Layered Security" - IF you haven't heard of that, you may wish to read up.

(No sarcasm intended, it's great stuff & works.)

Fact is, using that concept? I wrote up this guide online on 20 or so forums, in the URL below:

----

HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, plus make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond)...:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=af8f8f41f8cdcaf0d7b25cb482b4b7f4&showtopic=2662

----

Now it's @ the tune of 200,000++ views strong across them, & at 15/20 sites it's been made an "ESSENTIAL GUIDE", & has people who are now running 1++ yr. now, virus/spyware/malware/rootkit free, & testify to it (not noobies either, but pros, their families, and paying clients)

Additionally, in this art & science, I've appeared in these publications for softwares (even parts of commercially sold successful ones) over time:

----

Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue

http://journals2.iranscience.net:800/www.win2000mag.com/www.win2000mag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/37/37.html

(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row).

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)

PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there

PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there

CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there

GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" my work is contained in it

HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), my work is there, first one featured, yet again!

----

That's so you know I'm not just some noob filling your head with b.s. & all that...

APK

P.S.=> All I would like is answer to why HOSTS files being able to use a superior 0 blocking address (smaller & faster than 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1) has been removed from VISTA, Windows Server 2008, & Windows 7 - AND - to discuss views on why PORT FILTERING has had its GUI front for it removed from they as well, because it works @ a diff. level of the IP stack drivers-wise than Software Firewalls or IPSec do, it aids layered security (because if one gets knocked down, the others working @ diff. levels are still in the way - just like using deadbolts + chainlocks + door handle locks & alarms to secure things like homes)... apk

he's an idiot because he can't set up a proper network firewall/dns server. - by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 28, @04:37PM (#27025251)

Ever heard of "layered security"? If not, do... I practice it.

Clue: I have all the firewalling in the world in multiple layers, with a LOT more...

Take a read here:

----

HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, plus make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond)...:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=af8f8f41f8cdcaf0d7b25cb482b4b7f4&showtopic=2662

----

It works, + I wrote it...

( & is a guide all over the internet about it, rated highly + even earned me some pay for writing it up.)

And, on 15 of the 20 sites it is featured @ online it is an "Essential Guide" Sticky Type post, & the remaining others have it "5/5 stars", most viewed, etc. et al...

Additionally in this art & science??

I have been featured in these publications in this field:

----

Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue

http://journals2.iranscience.net:800/www.win2000mag.com/www.win2000mag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/37/37.html

(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row).

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)

PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there

PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there

CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there

GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" my work is contained in it

HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), my work is there, first one featured, yet again!

Also, a British PC Mag in 2002 for many utilities I wrote, but by that point, I had moved onto other areas in this field besides coding only...

----

SO, that all "said & aside"?

Have you done the same I wonder??

If not, & I am guessing probably not???

Well, lol, I wonder who folks here are going to think is an idiot here (as you called me) in this field???

----
BOTTOM-LINE, for my usepatterns on a PC here @ home?

Well - Why should I waste CPU cycles, memory, & other forms of I/O on running a DNS server that can be poisoned, &/or may be susceptible, AND that I clearly plainly do not need here locally, + I don't need AD either (has heavy DNS dependencies)...

(BY the by - & I do use DNS servers, external ones, & best in the business (as far as DNS servers external to my home here), in OpenDNS!)

Most of all why run a local DNS server, when this is for myself here on a workstation system anyhow which is a single standalone system connected to a NAT firewalling LinkSys router?

APK

P.S.=> Name tossing's not really helping your cause much either... I mean, this post's been modded up here +2 already, so, I am happy with that, but I would be moreso if I got a solid technical answer, & especially in regards to why the 0 was removed as a valid blocking IP address in a HOSTS file.... apk

"Perhaps I overestimated my audience.. Not to worry, I can dumb it down if you like." -

Well, ok... more sarcasm being directed my way: FINE!

Let's use some facts then, so you know you are not 'overestimating' your audience here, in myself!

Now, I get the feeling you're trying to "get my goat" here with this line of double-talk b.s. & trying to say "you were just being sarcastic".

Well - To that, I can only say this ->

The day your work has appeared in this many publications (respected ones in this field too in many a case here) over the last 13++ yrs now in this field:

----

Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue

http://journals2.iranscience.net:800/www.win2000mag.com/www.win2000mag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/37/37.html

(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row).

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)

PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there

PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there

CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there

GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" my work is contained in it

HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), my work is there, first one featured, yet again!

----

Well, that'd be the day you can try to "lord it over me", like you are "my superior" in this art & science... deal?

APK

The really exciting will no longer be GETTING into orbit, but rather what we can do once we get there.

I remember reading a science fiction novel a loooong time ago about the effect of zero gravity on boobs. Anyone else read the same book?

Duh. Just found the answer to my own question; it was "Rendezvous with Rama", by some guy (-5, Troll), noted in the link above.

Right now they're only effective at 200'F but hopefully they can improve on that.

I'm sure advances have been since 1952, but I still think I'd avoid St. Petersburg (or at least the outlying villages). It didn't work out so well for the Brits.

Artificial rain making operations may have caused a storm that nearly wiped out an English village in 1952. New evidence has emerged that the UK's Royal Air Force was carrying out cloud seeding experiments that could in theory have led to the disaster.
New Scientist Article

True, we can supposedly only change the form of energy, however I think what is meant is that this energy will be spread more thinly around the universe. So eventually there is not enough to sustain our life.

Howver I seem to remember in the New Scientist there was an article which stated that the Universe may well collapse despite the evidence of dark energy.