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"Is there no one else? IS THERE NO ONE ELSE??" from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BiLCJxpqi4 & of course from me lol, A Killeus, son of Peleus (invincible & invulnerable - as I stand before all of "trolldom", lol, here on /.)!

Especially since YOU "went down" just like Boagreus... lol, instantly due to your not reading the source article, on this very topic from it vs. your ERRONEOUS FAIL, lol:

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"Update: Tom just pointed out that turning off Windows Defender, which basically is Microsoft Security Essentials, in Windows 8 will resolve the issue. " FROM -> http://www.ghacks.net/2012/08/19/you-cant-block-facebook-using-windows-8s-hosts-file/ , the source article for this topic, today... lol!

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So, now WHAT was that you said again? Oh yea:

"How will APK stay relevant with the demise of the hosts file in Windows 8? Stay tuned...." - by metrix007 (200091) on Sunday August 19, @04:24PM (#41048097)

You FAIL, troll - see above... & modding down my original of pointing your FAIL out? Ineffective & effete... I won't ALLOW it!

"Yea, though I walk thru the VALLEY OF THE TROLLS, I shall fear no evil trolls: For thou art with me" as THE LORD OF HOSTS -> FROM http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicearticleprint.aspx?aid=8423

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"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power."

Of which custom hosts files are a part in doing this in its entirety (which of course, I authored YEARS before there really was a PC security industry/field as there is now) which works when followed to-the-letter based on industry security "best practices" & beyond:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

First of its kind... to date, I haven't found one older online and it really does work via "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" principles, the best thing we have going today in the online world of malicious code exploits...

metrix007 - or, lmao, should I say, "Boagreus"?

9x now & you can't disprove my points on hosts files benefits to end users... neither can anyone here in "trolldom" @ /. either!

APK

P.S.=> I love it... thanks for making ME, look good, & YOU TROLLS by way of comparison? "Not so good"... lmao!...

... apk

See this first - it's the power of links YOU all gave me as you said, lol -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41049299

* Like the analogy? It fits...

PLUS, the trolling post starter "metrix007" whose taken a beating from me 8x over the years here on hosts files that started the thread trollingly directed MY way as usual:

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048097

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Hehe, he's "Boagreus" in that film clip already, down for the count, silenced (... lol!)

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To quote "the Lord Humungous" from "The Road Warrior"?

"I AM THE LORD OF THE WASTELAND (lol, slashdot): ALL THAT EXISTS HERE, IS MINE!"

Except I suppose, you can call me this: "The Lord of HOSTS", per the topic of course, ala -> http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicearticleprint.aspx?aid=8423

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

"The image this title brings to mind is of a mighty military commander, one who can at a mere word summon rank upon rank of protective power."

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The protective power, of hosts files IN combination with filtering DNS servers, firewalls, & other forms of "Layered-Security"/"Defense-in-Depth", ala this:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

Also courtesy of "yours truly"... lol! You asked for links? You got 'em, upon request.

APK

P.S.=> Proof? Ok, and its LINKS, like you said I use... hey. it's solid proof in black & white!

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My initial reply to metrix007 showing he blew it off the bat on hosts & Windows 8 (lol, Boagreus):

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048263

"Metrix007 & Boagreus LIVED BY THE SWORD, they died by it too... lol!"

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Then, his FINAL defeat (in a single blow like AKilleus son of Peleus did him, in the film clip) metrix007 blown away on yet another troll point of his -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048363

Now, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it, as-is-per-my-usual "inimitable style":

This? This was just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'"

(Just like taking down metrix & 3-4 others right after he during my challenge to ANY here to disprove my points on hosts files & benefits I listed they give users)... apk

It takes more faith to believe that God doesn't exist than it does to believe it. In the end you die and either nothing happens or you go to hell. The aftermath is irreversible. Perhaps you should give the subject more critical thinking and an open mind than to arrogantly lockdown and never deal with the subject again like an intelligent and mature thinker would.

I recommend giving Ravi Zacharias (philosophy and apologetics) at http://www.rzim.org/ a couple or so listens. If reason and logic is what you are looking for, Ravi Zacharias is worth it.

...to be a Christian. Old texts go a long way to proving the authenticity of the Bible - not the other way around. Often times, after a discovery such as this one, the media gets all excited. Never mind the fact that most of these discoveries 'reveal' things already known to religious and secular scholars. Have a look in a Bible, check the footnotes. They mark passages that don't appear in all notable manuscripts. Christians don't hide this, nor do they need to.

I have a BS in Physics from a state school (Emphasis on theory not some science-math-wimpy-education-track). I have listened to the higher criticism of the Bible as well as equally capable defenders of the faith. Those in defense of the Bible have a better case.

Now, if you take someone who has poor logical and rhetoric skills and put them up against a professor, it is easy to make the educated side seem to have the correct position. But, that works both ways.

Have a listen to what some well educated and well spoken men of God say in the defense of the Bible. Of course, there are charlatans, who masquerade as if they know what they are talking about and make Christianity look stupid. But, every field has those - cold fusion, anybody?

I would suggest Ravi Zacharias rzim.org if you are looking for a modern man with excellent logical skills and comprehensive knowledge on the subject. He has Q&A sessions (often at colleges after a debate) and takes questions such as yours seriously and gives educated answers that actually address your criticism. Take a look here for the past 100 broadcasts of his 'Let My People Think' program, you might find answers to some questions you have had. If he isn't to your liking, look for another - there are many.

...to be a Christian. Old texts go a long way to proving the authenticity of the Bible - not the other way around. Often times, after a discovery such as this one, the media gets all excited. Never mind the fact that most of these discoveries 'reveal' things already known to religious and secular scholars. Have a look in a Bible, check the footnotes. They mark passages that don't appear in all notable manuscripts. Christians don't hide this, nor do they need to.

I have a BS in Physics from a state school (Emphasis on theory not some science-math-wimpy-education-track). I have listened to the higher criticism of the Bible as well as equally capable defenders of the faith. Those in defense of the Bible have a better case.

Now, if you take someone who has poor logical and rhetoric skills and put them up against a professor, it is easy to make the educated side seem to have the correct position. But, that works both ways.

Have a listen to what some well educated and well spoken men of God say in the defense of the Bible. Of course, there are charlatans, who masquerade as if they know what they are talking about and make Christianity look stupid. But, every field has those - cold fusion, anybody?

I would suggest Ravi Zacharias rzim.org if you are looking for a modern man with excellent logical skills and comprehensive knowledge on the subject. He has Q&A sessions (often at colleges after a debate) and takes questions such as yours seriously and gives educated answers that actually address your criticism. Take a look here for the past 100 broadcasts of his 'Let My People Think' program, you might find answers to some questions you have had. If he isn't to your liking, look for another - there are many.

Post modernism has generated a lot of trouble. Check out what Ravi Zacharias said about the issue to the UN. Likewise see what the NPR and McAllister have to say about propaganda..

http://www.rzim.org/resources/essay_arttext.php?id=13
You see, postmodernism plays word games with us. Postmodernism tells us there's no such thing as truth; no such thing as meaning; no such thing as certainty. I remember lecturing at Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in this country. I was minutes away from beginning my lecture, and my host was driving me past a new building called the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts. He said, "This is America's first postmodern building." I was startled for a moment and I said, "What is a postmodern building?" He said, "Well, the architect said that he designed this building with no design in mind. When the architect was asked, 'Why?' he said, 'If life itself is capricious, why should our buildings have any design and any meaning?' So he has pillars that have no purpose. He has stairways that go nowhere. He has a senseless building built and somebody has paid for it." I said, "So his argument was that if life has no purpose and design, why should the building have any design?" He said, "That is correct." I said, "Did he do the same with the foundation?" All of a sudden there was silence. You see, you and I can fool with the infrastructure as much as we would like, but we dare not fool with the foundation because it will call our bluff in a hurry.

http://www.radioproject.org/transcript/1999/9946.html

We all like to believe we're much too smart and sophisticated to get fooled by propaganda, but in fact, the propaganda industry is massive. By some estimates there are more public relations practitioners in the United States than there are journalists who actually go out and investigate news and write and deliver the news for us. The largest single grouping of PR practitioners are former journalists who have left journalism and gone over to the dark side of propaganda...

Making Contact, an international radio program seeking to create connections between people, vital ideas and important information.
Transcript: #46-99 Shaping the News: The Public Relations Industry and Journalism
November 17, 1999

http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicetran.php?sliceid=1100
Most of us have never been exposed to this sort of overt propaganda, and yet we live our lives daily bombarded by information, ideas, and images urging us to buy something. Propaganda is an instrument of manipulation and attitude formation. There are times when I wonder if advertising is really so different.

Post modernism has generated a lot of trouble. Check out what Ravi Zacharias said about the issue to the UN. Likewise see what the NPR and McAllister have to say about propaganda..

http://www.rzim.org/resources/essay_arttext.php?id=13
You see, postmodernism plays word games with us. Postmodernism tells us there's no such thing as truth; no such thing as meaning; no such thing as certainty. I remember lecturing at Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in this country. I was minutes away from beginning my lecture, and my host was driving me past a new building called the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts. He said, "This is America's first postmodern building." I was startled for a moment and I said, "What is a postmodern building?" He said, "Well, the architect said that he designed this building with no design in mind. When the architect was asked, 'Why?' he said, 'If life itself is capricious, why should our buildings have any design and any meaning?' So he has pillars that have no purpose. He has stairways that go nowhere. He has a senseless building built and somebody has paid for it." I said, "So his argument was that if life has no purpose and design, why should the building have any design?" He said, "That is correct." I said, "Did he do the same with the foundation?" All of a sudden there was silence. You see, you and I can fool with the infrastructure as much as we would like, but we dare not fool with the foundation because it will call our bluff in a hurry.

http://www.radioproject.org/transcript/1999/9946.html

We all like to believe we're much too smart and sophisticated to get fooled by propaganda, but in fact, the propaganda industry is massive. By some estimates there are more public relations practitioners in the United States than there are journalists who actually go out and investigate news and write and deliver the news for us. The largest single grouping of PR practitioners are former journalists who have left journalism and gone over to the dark side of propaganda...

Making Contact, an international radio program seeking to create connections between people, vital ideas and important information.
Transcript: #46-99 Shaping the News: The Public Relations Industry and Journalism
November 17, 1999

http://www.rzim.org/slice/slicetran.php?sliceid=1100
Most of us have never been exposed to this sort of overt propaganda, and yet we live our lives daily bombarded by information, ideas, and images urging us to buy something. Propaganda is an instrument of manipulation and attitude formation. There are times when I wonder if advertising is really so different.

Depravity is the most controversial of religious dogmas precisely because it is the most empirically provable.

Christian apologetics has been successfully outsorced. Visit http://www.rzim.org/.

I find it rather odd that these communists believe in things that are not empirically provable. Why should they worry? The one child policy should take care of the issue. Now if they are acting from the standpoint that they are in charge of the afterlife as well as the here-and-now, well then we have atheistic materialists acting in a manner contrary to what they have been 'carefully instructed' to believe. The Three Self Patriotic church, the only sactioned Christian body in China is not permitted to teach the second coming of Christ on the basis that it is a challenge to their authority and power. The Falung Dafa are viewed as a threat because it can muster up millions of people in a short time; they are well organized and thus the threat. In that case it will be only a matter of time that all nations shall prohibit the preaching of the gospel on that same basis. One need only read Project Megiddo literature http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3578/www.fbi.go v/library/megiddo/megiddo.pdf. Bush has repeatedly used binary language concerning the war on terror that either you are with us or with the terrorists. One need not venture much further to hear "Take the mark or we kill you."

5H4L0M

Lately (well, as of the last year), I've become very interested in the doctrine of grace. It's entirely fascinating. And, it also gives a great layout of the Gods 'legal' requirements (He has to follow His own law, otherwise He isn't a perfect judge...Like giving dominion of earth to man, and then coming down as a man in the form of Jesus; legal loophole, if you will, since He can't just 'take it back'.) for faith. It goes a little something like this...

You aren't perfect. God is. You cannot make yourself perfect by doing works, and faith is a work. Your faith in God isn't enough, but His faith in you, is... the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. You are under Grace, not the law - which means since you (Jesus in you) are not under the law, you are able to have a relationship with God. It's not at all about religion; it's about a relationship, that can only happen since Jesus payed for your sins which makes you perfect in Gods eyes. But, as I said, there is nothing that you can do to obtain it; in the end, you can't even save yourself by your faith (work), only God can do it since His faith is perfect.

I'd recommend it as a topic of study for a follower who is of the scientific type. I always, personally, find the topics of law and grace very interesting. Unfortunately you won't find many sunday morning sermons on Gods legal requirements, as it seems to bore the congregation... Ravi Zacharias covers some of this material, I think.

You're not SUPPOSED to test your God. You're just supposed to believe.

That would include scientology. However, Scientology falls on it's face just fine even when considering it's merits.

I admire your faith in the unfounded belief of the lack of existence of the "invisible man", as you put it. It is impressive to see that someone as enlightened as yourself has figured it all out.

How arrogant...

Give it a try

BTW...I think 2 people died at the Salem witch trials. When are people going to get over that one.