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Top 10 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do
An anonymous reader writes "From blowing up your keyboards to developing a malignant sentience, Expert Reviews rounds up the things that movie makers believe computers can do, even though they use the same technology every day to write scripts." I like the summary of how you crack a password in movies. I hate that this page splits into multiple pages. Very lame.
I wish i could just yell "ENHANCE" at a photo on my computer to make it magically uncover detail that was never originally there. That would be awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU
In Terminator 3, the Terminator T-X is able to take over complete control of automobiles simply by sending a virus to their onboard computers. Forget that none of these cars (most of them older ones at that) have any way for the onboard computer to access steering, acceleration or brakes; the real kicker is when the movie shows one of them actually shifting into gear on its own. And not ONE of them was even a Toyota!
And, on the opposite side, I would like to recognize the movie "Wargames." It wasn't perfect (the AI is certainly exagerrated), but it's definitely one of the most realistic computer films to ever come out of Hollywood. If they remade that today, they would probably show Joshua blowing up buildings and sending robotic minions after David. As it is, Wargames makes a simple ringing phone and a countdown clock way more suspenseful than anything ever produced with CGI special effects. Kudos to John Badham for getting away with making a movie that's pretty thoughtful and low-key--and just a year after Tron showed us how evil programs can suck you into the digital world with a laser, no less.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I hate that this page splits into multiple pages. Very lame.
Computers cannot fix everything.
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In Star Trek, Kirk need only ask an alien computer to "Explain. The. Human emotion. Known. As.....Love", for it to go into a bizarre loop where its logical systems can't computer and it explodes.
I hate it when my machine can't computer.
is old and boring, how many of these articles are there? I swear one of these pops up every 6 months.
Google wave actually shows each character as it is typed.
I can't perform my daily sysadmin duties unless I'm getting fellatio from a chick under my desk at the same time as having a loaded gun pointed at my head while someone counts down from an arbitrary number.
Still, Jeff Goldblum's power book hacking into and planting a virus in highly advanced space faring alien architecture has to be my favourite. Don't know if that made the list.
... the sentence which ends with "...for it to go into a bizarre loop where its logical systems can't computer and it explodes." Very reminiscent of "All your base are belong to us."
first? HAIL HAIL!
3rd. FAIL FAIL!
I hate that this page splits into multiple pages. Very lame.
Then...don't reward them by linking to them?
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Yeah I read TFA .. but I can point out an exception to "the good guys only use macs". In one of the robocop movies (#2?? I know I never saw #3 or anything later if there was anything??) the robocop interface is shown as DOS like, but his nemesis is shown having a mac like interface.
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That’s what they are.
Plot tools.
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The article tries to assert that somehow a keyboard is not an effective way of controlling a computer in a hurry. I would like to say that they are full of shit. On any OS that is worth anything, I do more work with the keyboard than with the mouse; especially if the situation is urgent. I don't want to be inconvenienced with a mouse when something important is going down, I want all my fingers available for typing.
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That's one thing that always drives me nuts when I'm watching computers being used on TV or in the movies... EVERY user interface element BEEPS. Text will scroll on the screen (no idea why it won't just show all at once) and as the computer renders each and every single character, it lets out a beep. That sort of machine would drive me nuts after about 3 minutes of use.
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Isn't this a rip off of a Cracked.com article of the same name? http://www.cracked.com/article_15229_5-things-hollywood-thinks-computers-can-do_p3.html Oh, I'm sorry, it's 5 vs 10. That makes it okay, right?
However, if DRM really gets a grip, this could become fact not fiction.
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To get my VR glasses & navigate the virtual file system on my very own Gibson super computer. I'll look for oil and stuff with it... Good times!
Holy happy hippy crap!
Anyone got a mirror?
How about all the fancy GUI Hollywood shows when someone is coding/hacking? I want them to show someone using VI.
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When John Wayne fired a gun, at least two Indians dropped instantly. *At least* two. You can keep those computers, I want to better understand the technology behind The Duke's bullets...
The V'ger reference at the end annoyed me. It was given life by other beings, it didn't just become sentient!
"The connection has timed out"
"The server at www.expertreviews.co.uk is taking too long to respond."
That will teach them to create split pages ;)
Hollywood does not actually think computers can currently do nor do they think they ever will do these things.
Hollywood does think is that having computers do such things in a story usually (not always, but usually) makes it easier or faster to tell the story the way it is intended, rather than getting bogged down in the real life technicalities that are actually involved that would bore almost anybody.
The only real problem with this is that some people could be left thinking that computers do or can do some of these things. But that's more a case of those people not being able to tell fiction from reality, which has nothing to do with how Hollywood tells stories, it has to do with what sort of education and life experience a person has.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
I read page 1, then the site got slashdotted, appearantly. I can only imagine the fire alarms going off, server rooms on fire, sparks everywhere, chaos, mayhem... Much more interesting than a "an unexpected error has occured. contact your administrator." windows dialog on a machine.
Well then, without the original article... I guess one thing that Hollywood thinks computers can do, is for servers to be ab-so-lu-tely quiet... In series such as 24 and CSI, I see rack after rack of Dell equipment, and they must be on because there are blue lights everywhere... Yet people can have normal conversations. Also, especially in CSI:NY, why are the server racks in the office rooms? Oh, and come to think of it... In CSI, where people are supposed to scrutinize every little detail, not to miss everything... Who thought it would be a good idea to work on transparent screens? I would imagine that all the distractions you see *through* the screen, would make you miss essential clues? Weird.
That is easy. One indian was killed by the bullet, the other by his evil look.
Ow, ow, ow...my brain!
It's just an aspect of storytelling. Most stories are about conflict and resolution between the characters, not the intellectual masturbation of what layer in the network stack is responsible for ack/response. Details like that don't matter. Struggling against time, intrigue, and moving the plot along: that's what matters.
In the movie House of Flying Daggers, there's a swordfight scene where the two rivals finally clash in an epic struggle as the seasons change from summer to fall to winter all around them. Obviously nobody can fight for nine months. Obviously the sword choreography was on a completely different time scale to the environment they were in. Details like this matter if you're a weak-minded literalist. As pretty as the visuals were, it simply communicated a story like a line in a novel. It was a powerful visual metaphor.
Next time the guys in CSI can scan a DNA sequence in a matter of minutes (or perhaps hours, as the camera briefly observes an analog clockface), don't nitpick the usual technical constraints of a process that usually takes days or weeks or months. Just insert "no technical challenge will stop this team." Even for geeks who enjoy the technical aspects, some details are like watching paint dry.
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I was using ICQ back in 1998, and it had the option of displaying each chat character as it was typed. It meant you could express more complex thoughts, without requiring the other person to sit and wait patiently for you to develop a whole paragraph. It let the other guy step in and say 'I see where you're going, but let me stop you there...'. It opened up opportunities for dramatic timing and deliberate use of backspacing for comedic effect. It was more 'live' than a one-line-at-a-time chat modality, despite its warts. While this style of online chat may not be particularly popular today, it was (and still is) readily available.
In real-life telephone conversations, you don't get to review each sentence before it goes out over the wire; if you choose the wrong word you just have to live with it.
To the other point, I just have to say -- what? People can perform tasks flawlessly in movies? It turns out that unless required for dramatic effect (as a somewhat-lazy shorthand to convey nervousness or poorly-concealed deception), characters always speak in clear, perfect setences and never use the word "um". Their shoelaces are always tied, their hair is always perfect, and they never miss the bus unless their character is required to be unlucky or miserable. People in movies seldom need to visit the washroom, and then only to have private conversations -- never to defecate, except as a route to teen-movie fart jokes.
Movies are a projection of reality, not an exact duplicate. People tend to do non-visually-arresting and plot-irrelevant things faster or behind the scenes. Watching someone make typos for two hours isn't my idea of a good time.
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Start small, like with the JFK "Magic Bullet" theory. Once you grasp that, you can move on to The Duke and such puzzlers like the 24-shooter that really looks like a 6-shooter.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Then...don't reward them by linking to them?
Instead, we can link to TV Tropes: Magical Computer and ruin each other's days the right way.
I guessed more than one person's password in two tries or less in college. One was "flip" (she was a gymnastics fan). Another was "girls" (That should be enough for you to picture this guy).
This seems almost identical to the Cracked article of the same name, just less humorous.
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It let the other guy step in and say 'I see where you're going, but let me stop you there...'. It opened up opportunities for dramatic timing and deliberate use of backspacing for comedic effect.
Kanye?
"Here's a link for the top 10 things that computers can do in movies but can't do in real life"
*clicks link*
"A rendering error occured"
If you want to read something alot more entertaining and you're happy with it being spread across multiple pages, read the pages at TV Tropes instead: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalComputer It includes all the ten tropes in the list, plus many more, without obnoxious advertising.
It's much funnier, has exhaustive examples, and will ultimately ruin your life.
A bit more back on topic, my favourite "enhance" button was seen in some terrible movie starring Jack Black as a CIA hacker which I came across whilst, er, herbally medicated. It featured the usual "enhance" button with a (literal) twist - using "inference AI" it could turn a patchwork of images into a 3D model... including the bits that weren't filmed. The wall-banging stupidity of this was even a major plot point - the model was done so they could find out where someone had stashed the microfilm, or some such rubbish - typical modest programmers, they write their AI to infer things and it turns out to be an all-seeing eye that can observe past events witnessed by no other human. The only reason I'm sad I can't remember the name of that film is in case I accidentally start watching it again.
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It's taken on a kind of Urban Legend patina, so take it with a grain of salt, but here goes:
Seems that the Art Department and Properties guys -- the crew responsible for dressing the set -- for Star Trek IV were all HUGE Amiga fans. No real surprise there, given where Amiga was at the time the movie was shot. So... in the famous scene where Scotty, the ultimate fictional Uber Engineer, has traveled back in time and assumes all computers are voice-activated (as they are in his century), talks into a mouse, the Art guys wanted their Amiga to be the one featured in the scene. So they sent some reps just up the road apiece from where they were filming in San Francisco to meet with the Amiga honchos and get some hardware for the scene. As the story goes, the Amiga guys were initially annoyed, cuz it was all so unannounced and sudden, and then they agreed only if the crew paid for the gear. "No loaners."
"Um, but, it's the new Star Trek movie, and it's Chief Engineer Scott, and he's back in our century, and he could be using YOUR computer, and we all really love Amigas on the set, and..."
"Sorry. Sign this Purchase Order or get out."
So the crew called Apple, who "got it" in a heartbeat, sent in a Marketing SWAT team with free Macs for the scene, free Macs for everyone on the crew, and technical advisers to stand by during the filming to make sure everything went smoothly.
Amiga, the astute among you have by now noticed, is no longer with us. Apple, on the other hand...
I've cracked passwords in a few minutes using rainbow tables. Granted you need the weeks/months before hand to generate said tables, but if you have a few hundred gig laying around, no reason not to.
The movie was faithful to Alan Moore's take on how passwords were cracked in the graphic novel.
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
Looks like a variation on the "5 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do" article from cracked.com.
Also, i'd like to point out that the Expert Reviews version used really poor examples for their #1 case that computers which are just left on will develop intelligence. V'ger didn't develop intelligence on its own, the original primitive computer was massively upgraded and reprogrammed by some aliens who found it, it wasn't just "left on." In Skynet's case the basic computer was powerful enough to develop sentience and did so almost immediately after being turned on, there was no "just leave it on long enough" involved. The WarGames example from the cracked article was better because it didn't show any signs of intelligence immediately after being turned on, and it involved completely understandable and by now quite outdated technology that clearly would have a hard time opening a modern webpage, much less developing intelligence.
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I always find it annoying how everything one can do on a Hollywood computer makes a sound. Moving a mouse across the screen? Woosh! Enlarging a window? Zipp!
I judt got a nre Kinesis keybiartf so please excusr ant egregiou typos.
While on the subject of CSI, don't you love the way they just happen to have a custom spinny-roundy 3D database for just about anything you can care to think of.
That, and the rather optimistic natural language queries they type into the aforementioned databases.
I'll create a GUI interface using visual basic, see if I can track an IP address.
Computers respond to any understandable human terminology! And it turn, computers respond in a equally understandable manner!
I EOL'd when I read that.
You pick the one most plausible.
I know it's popular to rag on that, but it's actually plausible:
1) They studied the system for years.
2) The system might not have been a Mac. Could have been a custom OS.
3) There a hive mind race. they would not have any really need for security.
4) Electronics are electronics faster smaller. But from a black box approach, no different.
5) You Assume that the system would some how be perfect.
6) He exploited a trusted system by exploiting another trusted system.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
...that a computer can take over a car. They believe that the audience is a bunch of rubes who will buy that sort of thing.
And guess what? They seem to sell a lot of tickets.
rj
Just leave aside your IT knowledge and enjoy the show! It's fiction, it doesn't have to make sense all the time.
The same things could be said about House or Grey's Anatomy in regards of medical issues. How much time does it take to run a blood sample analysis? Or a DNA analysis in CSI? I'm sure it's much longer than what they pretend, but I don't care...
Still, TFA *is* funny...
but the fact is, doing a scene where a sysadmin bangs around in a terminal typing commands just isn't fun for the viewer. The reason we laugh so hard at these things though is because technology is our thing. It's true for almost anything in an entertainment-oriented (as opposed to educational) movie. Try some of the following:
Watch a few cop movies with actual cops.
Watch some hospital-based TV shows with some doctors, nurses and paramedics.
Watch a couple of movies that focus on car chases/stunts with some mechanics.
The list goes on and on. What you'll see though is, those people will have the same general reaction to Hollywood depictions of their areas of expertise that we have regarding use of computers/technology. Accuracy and entertainment just don't always go well together.
Some bring out the best in others, some the worst. Some bring out far more.
Can we stop with hyperbolic negative comments about TPM? Did it not live up to a lot of expectations? Yes. Was it in the same league as Drop Dead Fred? No. I bet this douchebag has it on VHS, DVD, and Blue Ray.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
IIRC, In "Digital Fortress" (book), the good guy cracks a cipher by adopting the following process
(1) De-compiling a binary to produce source code (not assembly but source code)
(2) The de-compiling also uncovers all the comments
(3) Then they look for comments which doesnt make sense, find a pattern and crack the cipher.
While I wait for the /.-ed website to load, I will give the one movie that bothered me when it came to "technology", 2012.
Ok, it was 2012. We're not talking a movie that doesn't have holes the size of planets in the logic. But suspending disbelief (and to just watch the eye candy of CGI), it came down to the Arcs. Here all the main characters are, standing on the bridge of one of the Arcs and they're talking about calculating the time when the big wave will hit them and someone notices an error and needs to recalculate the impact count-down clock...
The DIGITAL clock doesn't just instantly flip to the new time... no! That would be too modern. It has to quickly speed down from the current time to the new, shorter time. With, appropriate sound effects making it sound like a mechanical clock. Ok, I got a kick out of that.
Of course, the other movie I got a kick out of... was Avatar. Sure, there's all kinds of things people can point out about this film when it comes to the science of it all, however, the one thing I loved was how these Avatars (which apparently cost so much money it couldn't be mentioned) didn't have a GPS tracking chip in them. That seems like the most logical thing to embed in this thing... you know, just in case it gets lost.
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." ~1984 George Orwell
If you are given a video stream from a security camera and the subject is moving slowly relative to the frame (e.g. license plate of a car taxiing towards a gate), you may have a chance to recover more spatial resolution using temporal information. The idea is that each pixel in the camera will "scan" slightly different parts of the subject in different frames, like how a flatbed scanner works. If you can accurately track the subject in different frames, then you can stitch together a scan of the interesting pixels to uncover subtle detail. Here is a commercial product that implements this feature.
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sneakers is the real deal, if you want a semi-realistic hacker movie.
When John Wayne fired a gun, at least two Indians dropped instantly. *At least* two. You can keep those computers, I want to better understand the technology behind The Duke's bullets...
Simple. Chuck Norris appeared. The fact John Wayne fired his gun was a coincidence.
sneakers was the most real one remake it and keep it like how things are done in real systems.
Yes, the original article says
3... "As we all know, all zooming into a poor-quality image would do is give a muddled blurry mess on the screen. This technique was recently brilliantly parried in Red Dwarf."
Since Red Dwarf was cancelled in 1999, it makes me wonder how old this article is.
Also makes me wonder if they fired all their copy editors. "recently parried"?
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1. Copy + paste a popular text/image, make minor changes
2. Post link to slashdot
3. ???
4. Profit
It's the same again and again on slashdot, digg or any other site providing backlinks.
They might change that after they get a gander of what their server room looks like now. ;)
Easily guessable passwords are real, as tons of other slashdot stories remind us. Of course, they often can't be quite that simple, because of password security rules. But that could lead to a new Hollywood password cracking scheme:
Geek Hero: Try "password"
Hot Girl at Keyboard: That'll never work, they've got strict password rules at EvilTech
GH: What are they?
HG: Has to be at least 8 characters including upper and lower case, at least one but not more than two numbers, and exactly one special character. Can't contain a dictionary word or abbreviation in any of 87 languages, including !Kung and Klingon, nor can the numbers be a day of the month or of special significance nor...
GH: Stop right there, there's only one password which matches those rules... try this...
HG: We're In!
Explanation 7) All Earth computers actually use technology stolen from crashed UFOs from Roswell. Their operating systems are the same as ours because our operating systems actually are theirs.
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This is called suspension of disbelief. It's a contract between the actors and the public, sometimes work and sometimes doesn`t.
I have seen a computer begin to smoke when a fan failed. If the computer hadn't been processing so many triangles the fan wouldn't have run so long, and would likely have lasted longer. It essentially overheated and smoked from processing too hard. There have been a number of highly publicized reports of laptops bursting into flames. I know it was the batteries, but still computers can go up in flames.
On my personal top ten list of "Things I Wish Media Knew Computers Could Do," #1 is displaying entire articles on a single freaking page.
Can someone post the list? This website is hopelessly retarded and doesn't know how to go to page 5. Not that it's a particularly good list.
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Mr. Clone is not the one stalking you, AlecStaar.
Oh look, it's the troll that's been stalking Clone53421, Squiggleslash, and Tom Hudson.
For those new to this, the troll is someone claiming to be a defender of a certain Alexander Peter Kowalski, the author of a tool, apkapp2backgrounddaemonprocessengine, generally considered malware by a large number of anti-malware companies and organizations.
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Mr Kowalski, or his admirer, got upset because someone had the audacity to link to a threat describing Kowalski's attempts to remove some embarrassing comments posted under his name. Rather than deal with it maturely, this person has been attempting to stalk said poster and those who pointed out Kowalski wasn't doing himself any favors.
So if you see these comments posted as replies to clone, squiggleslash, or Tom, now you know why they're appearing. And if you feel like joining in, making it clear to Mr Kowalski that spamming, sliming, and stalking are unacceptable, well, come on in, the water's lovely!
TBH, if I'm to wish for something from SF movies, it would include stuff like:
- Hoshi's universal translator from Enterprise. It can hear a few phrases in an alien language and then be able to translate back a response that includes words and semantic structures it never heard yet in that language. Note that it didn't even need to be told a translation for that original sample. It could just hear "bbzzt klick klickety-klick hrr bzzt" in some insectoid language and just figure out what it means and, for that matter, what the whole rest of the language is like.
Beats spending eternity to learn some foreign language.
- The magical interface that allows Data to type whole programs by pressing one of 6 buttons on the side of a touchscreen. No, really. Or for that matter, whatever system allowed Hoshi to type answers to be translated for the alien web-like entity by using only 4 buttons. Makes even the keypad of a cell phone look comfortable by comparison.
- the kind of programming language used by that precursor race on TNG which can not just be encoded in a few proteins and survive billions of years of mutations, and run on _any_ computer that it may be on after those billions of years, and could also actually just start itself after being stored on a tricorder... but can actually modify the tricorder to include a holographic projector
- the kind of interpolation software that allows them to go "captain, they're targetting their photon torpedoes at our warp core!" I mean, I could understand interpolating the direction a gun is pointing at, but to know where a torpedo will go after exitting a fixed launch tube, now that's serious magic.
A polar bear is a cartesian bear after a coordinate transform.
Some Indian tribes developed a natural instinct to play dead upon hearing a gunshot. That allowed them to later recover consciousness and take revenge.
And thus having more fertile offspring, of course. That instinct is a beautiful proof of Darwinism.
Hollywood also thinks it is easy to "hack" in to any particular system to get whatever important piece of information is needed to move the story along.
While in real life some systems may not exactly be super secure, they would likely spend days digging through the system going "what the hell is this crap?" before actually finding any meaningful, correct data. And you never hear them say "Oh, we can't get in to this system because it is properly firewalled, up to date, and secured."
And on the other end there always seems to be some security room with lots of monitors where someone instantly detects the "hack" and asks the big bad/good guy what they should do.
In real life their system has been p0wned for the last two years and they never noticed, and nobody knows enough about the system to fix it.
is the most secure, sacrosanct computer at a top secret location in most movies. There might be an element of truth, but somehow an ultra-secure computer has to be a mainframe in the movies.
But first you must realize the truth... There is no bullet!
1. Left long enough, a computer becomes intelligent
-Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
And both comic and movie were set in the 80's. Who didn't use stupid passwords in the 80's? I remember using an adverb in the early nineties thinking I was cool because "no one would think of an adverb; everyone uses nouns". Ah, youth and inexperience.
If you're even mildly involved in real-life shooting, either as a hobby or professionally, you're going to spot a lot of gaffes.
I can understand simple continuity errors. By the time a film has been cut, edited, recut, edited again, Foleyed, CGI'd, etc. it's got to be difficult to keep track of whether the protagonist's gun should be empty. It doesn't take anything away to assume the hero simply reloaded offscreen.
But these things are a totally different matter:
-The mythical "Glock 7"
-The slow-motion sequence showing an entire round of ammunition going downrange, not just the projectile,
-Ammo "cooking off" somehow acting the same as if it were confined in a barrel (I'm looking at you, "Paycheck!"),
And I can't count the number of movies/TV shows where
-Someone "cocks the hammer" on a gun that doesn't HAVE a hammer, like a Glock.
That wasn’t me.
Poor APK, shadow-boxing with Anonymous Cowards he assumes must be me.
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Gunpowder.
Likewise AIM for Windows still supports real-time IM. It's a real boon to the deaf community as it works much like a TTY device, but without needing special hardware or relay services. Just hit control-R to get going. More detail from this 2008 article: http://tap.gallaudet.edu/text/aol/ from Gallaudet University who helped develop the technology.
Who didn't use stupid passwords?
The smartest man in the world might....
The smartest man in the world who was secretly plotting a world-changing event that entirely hinged on secrect to pull it off, one who was perfectly willing to murder all his top staff and confidants and assistants....
just maybe he might not use a simple alpha-only password based on his very public alter-ego?
This would be like a Bruce Wayne... after unmasking himself as Batman to the public.... planning to deploy his super celphone tracking system / brother eye / omac system..... after murdering Morgan Freeman just to make sure it was secret.... would have his master password for this computer be "darkknight"
"Waste not one watt!" - CZ
I am certain clone53421's going to have to find another ISP, because he is going to probably be reported for stalking apk from this forums, to another forums, and for libel and stalking online as well as harassment most likely. Dumb move clone, dumb move. It seems that the forums you posted on actually use APK's security guide to secure their forums no less and made his guide a pinned guide there no less. I think you're heading yourself into a jam clone53421 for libeling and trolling others forums to forums which most likely constitutes stalking.
They probably DO have those IP addresses. Satellite building for work has their own techs (part time) and they thought "well, we have to use unused IP addresses and nobody is using the addresses in x.x.x.300+, so we'll use them for our new batch of machines".
Honestly.
You could always get a subpoena. Without one, I suspect they’d tell you to bugger off.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Seems like they actually got this right, at least when I delete files all my nautilus windows update, and good luck to anyone who tries to recover files deleted from an ext4 filesystem...
Insert bashing of other OSes that don't do this here.
**TODO** [X] Steal someone elses sig.
Slashdot: where we pretend to know everything there is to know about cross-compiling toolchains when the article is about porting netBSD to a microwave, and then pretend not to whenever someone mentions Independence Day...
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From that other forums here http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=0c20bd72321b9c96c7a66c25b68b16a6&p=13958812#post13958812 clone53421? We're pretty sure it is you. You're not fooling anyone with your anonymous coward replies either. You had best hope that the other forums where you stalked APK to don't give up your IP address, because that will mean APK can go to your ISP and have you reported for definite online stalking across forums to forums also (and you replying as AC here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1639038&cid=32085082 was not very intelligent either)
When it is raining, it is because he is sad.
He once knew a call was a wrong number, even though the person on the other end wouldn't admit it.
If a monument was built in his honor, Mt. Rushmore would close, due to poor attendance.
His bear hugs are actually hugs he gives to bears.
His computer password Is unbreakable by anyone, even those who can read it-
He is-
The most interesting man in the world
etc...
From that other forums here http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=0c20bd72321b9c96c7a66c25b68b16a6&p=13958812#post13958812 clone53421? We're pretty sure it is you. You're not fooling anyone with your anonymous coward replies either. You had best hope that the other forums where you stalked APK to don't give up your IP address, because that will mean APK can go to your ISP and have you reported for definite online stalking across forums to forums also (and you replying as AC here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1639038&cid=32085082 was not very intelligent either)
TFA cites the exclusive use of keyboards as a flaw... but anyone who has to constantly switch between the keyboard and the mouse knows that it's an annoyingly constant interruption and a pain in the ass. It brings to mind something a former employer of mine once said: "I never really understood the invention of the mouse. Why on Earth would anyone want to take a programmer's hands away from the keyboard?"
"Before criticizing someone, first walk a mile in his shoes. Then, you'll be a mile away... and you'll have his shoes."
The missed a big one that has always bothered me.
Why does a video display sound like a teletype? Whenever they show characters being displayed on a screen, you almost always hear teletype noises. Do they really think that the characters are pounded into the glass by a mechanical mechanism hidden behine the screen?
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
I liked how they treated this in the movie Scanners.
[Keller backs away from the CONSEC mainframe computer as it shuts down]
Programmer: There's no need for that. It's all very quiet. It's just internal switching.
Braedon Keller: Really? No one's ever switched off a scanner before.
[The computers shut down, tape drives stop, the room goes quiet]
Programmer: See, I told you: no fireworks.
[Programmer's workstation explodes, and everything else]
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Good god, this!
I would probably end up having a movie created after me, something along the lines of the man who killed the company behind BeepOS.
Beep Scream of Death, that would be the name.
Don't forrrrget those wavy lines and simple polygons in a cyan color behind the transparent UIs!
And sparkles, hundreds of them!
Because we all love wasting those cycles on eyecandy when we are hacking the gibson!
WATCH OUT, FLYING CIRCUIT BOARDS COMING ATCHA!
Random third party opinion here, looks like YOU are doing the stalking dude.
On a remotely related topic (Re:WarGames), my two of favorite movie lines were; ... I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it would help (ouch)
1).
2). Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks. Mr. McKittrick: I don't have to take that, you pig-eyed sack a sh**! Gen. Beringer: Oh, I was hoping for something a little better than that from you, a man of your education
Selling something is hard. There are special events where street hawkers (not sure if that is the right word, people who sell stuff from a stand) compete. It is HARD, harder even then stand-up comedy. A comic can ignore or insult a heckler, but a street vendor only gets paid if the audience really likes him AND his product and can think of a reason to buy it. You need to be able to think on your feet. In a moments notice decide that HERE is a sales opporunity and then calculate cost and benefit on the spot and act on it.
The above story sounds a bit suspicious, although possible, because I have heard it in other forms. But the basic message is, think on your feet and never ignore an opportunity for some essentially free advertising. Some thing like this should have every sales clerk cumming in his pants, not sticking to his sales pitch.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Another annoying thing is interface design. They'll design these impractical but elaborate OS interfaces with all kinds of crap constantly moving and flickering.
I realize most of these things are done for cinematic effect or as a plot conveyance. But I think one of the big culprits behind this is an apparent fear of a static shot. In nearly every movie today everything has to be doing something. Computers need to scroll text, they need to spew a barrage of content all at once, buzzing and beeping the whole time.
Consider a movie like 2001. In this day and age there's no way in hell that movie would ever see the light of day. Compare that to something more contemporary and crappy like Mission to Mars.
Zoom in and enhance!
$ echo "ceci n'est pas une pipe" | sed -Ee 's/(eci n|pas )//g'
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Take a look at the replies to this comment. That's what stalking looks like. When you're following every post made by clone53421, squiggleslash, and tomhudson, and making multiple, largely off-topic, replies to them demanding they answer ludicrous off-topic questions, you're stalking.
This article is about Hollywood and habit of attributing bizarre behaviors to computers long after those computers have become commonplace and ceased to be "magic". You've come here responding to clone's comments to belittle him over, from what we can see, a perfectly legitimate discussion.
Your way of dealing with critics is beyond hope. You accuse them of libel, while doing nothing to actually clean up your act. Your own programs are described as malware by a large number of anti-malware organizations, and you've taken no steps to correct the problem beyond threatening legitimate security people.
You've also taken steps to promote an "anti-virus" solution that you and I know is snake-oil, namely having a giant HOSTS file containing the names of alleged corrupt sites. It fails to take into account the throwaway nature of domain names, that dynamically generated wildcard domains would bypass even the most up-to-date HOSTS file, and finally that you can bypass HOSTS just by using IP addresses. You claim that your solution works on the back of some-one who claims they only get "two viruses a month" after using your system.
It's hard not to question your motives. You are, objectively, the most anti-social person I've come across on the 'net. Anyone else would state their point of view in relevant forums, not pursue vendettas against people who had the audacity to both disagree with you, and find evidence, such as the articles across the Internet showing you have a tendency to intimidate through the use of threatening frivolous libel suits, of bad faith on your part.
Knock it off.
Forget Hollywood ... in Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex, people were hacking into each other brains and stealing people's eyes. I give it 20-30 years (just so no one will remember it then) before we can do that.
The series 24 has been consistantly bad with the whole computer thing, comments about just "opening a port" etc. I also saw the worst peice of Product Placement on the show. It was around the 5th Season CTU was under attack from a hacker and an exchange along the lines of this took place. Technician 1: They're released a virus, we better do something Technician 2: Don't worry the Cisco Self defending Network should hold them for about half an hour.
Who, oh who decided that having a sound every time you clicked on an item in the start menu? One of the first things I turn off on a new installation of Windows.
Also on my Palm every button or item clicked by default had an annoying tapping sound. Fortunately it can be turned off.
Nokia on the N900 has a clicking sound for the menus that can be turned off. It also has the ability to turn on a clicking sound for every key you press.
So while it is annoying, it is definitely in use today.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
Not just that, but they are visually interesting plot tools. Real computer use is too visually dull to be used in a Hollywood movie. And the text on the screen is much to small to resolve when the movie is shown on TV, so Hollywood makes the words really big. Maybe that will change when Blu-Ray becomes standard.
The determined Real Programmer can write Fortran programs in any language.
Not so. You can manage windows almost entirely by keyboard. For me, Super+Tab pages through windows, Shift+Alt displays them on a wall, Ctrl+Alt+Arrows move between viewports, Ctrl+Shift+Arrows alters opacity, Super+M inverts colors, etc. It's a lot quicker than having to constantly move the right hand between keyboard and mouse. The better a user interface is, the more flexible it will be when it comes to input devices.
To the other point, I just have to say -- what? People can perform tasks flawlessly in movies? It turns out that unless required for dramatic effect (as a somewhat-lazy shorthand to convey nervousness or poorly-concealed deception), characters always speak in clear, perfect setences and never use the word "um". Their shoelaces are always tied, their hair is always perfect, and they never miss the bus unless their character is required to be unlucky or miserable. People in movies seldom need to visit the washroom, and then only to have private conversations -- never to defecate, except as a route to teen-movie fart jokes.
Movies are a projection of reality, not an exact duplicate. People tend to do non-visually-arresting and plot-irrelevant things faster or behind the scenes. Watching someone make typos for two hours isn't my idea of a good time.
The big difference is, all of the examples you gave are of them removing things extraneous to the plot to help drive the story. Computers are one of the few areas where they don't remove things that might be boring or incidental, they go wacky inventing things to try and make it more interesting, and quite often it comes off as incredibly dumb and breaks all suspension of disbelief. If you can't make 30 seconds of someone typing look interesting, just show us five seconds and let our brains fill in the gaps, don't turn his wordprocessor into an environment that does advanced speech recognition and renders his musings as 3D representations.
They missed the "to destroy data on a computer throw a chair through the monitor"
Be used to browse TVTropes.
Wouldn't be surprised if there was a page with all of that lot.
I was going to make the same complaint about the dynamic typing bit they were criticizing. I personally loved that feature on ICQ and would like to know when the hell every other chat client is going to wise up and reinstate it.
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Yes, and it was even worse in the comic. Nite Owl types "RAMESES" and the computer prompts him with the equivalent of "you're almost there! Do you want to add more letters?" to which Nite Owl then looks at the book and adds "II" (that's 2, in Roman numerals) to complete the password. What kind of security system tells you if you're warm and helps you break in?
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Would you be able to maintain the same suspension of disbelief if the CSI guys asked their in-house leprechaun to solve the crime for them? No? Why not? Because most stories are also about atmosphere and plot, and that all gets destroyed if the realistic atmosphere is unexpectedly contaminated by the surreal and the plot depends on a rescue from a deus ex machina. The difference is that script writers know that their audience isn't "weak minded" enough to buy a magic fairie, but that they can and usually do fall for a magic computer. "Oh, but they meant it to be metaphorical!" is an obvious cop-out, when you should know as well as we do that they just don't understand their setting well enough to accomplish the same conflict accurately. There are script writers who understand science and technology and make a conscious choice to violate it for some dramatic (or comedic, Futurama) effect, but they're the exception, not the rule.
The thing is that all those other things (e.g. missing buses) are real. You wouldn't have an expert car driver press a button and the wheels get replaced with skis (unless it's James Bond) in order that he could carry on chasing someone through snow. We know that cars don't work that way.
And this isn't the 60s any more when operating a computer meant going into a temperature-controlled room. Millions of people know what they do and that you don't need a slow-moving progress bar to move money from A to B.
There's a few plot devices to do with computers which are real and which I've never seen used in a movie. You could have a buddy cop scene where Bruce Willis is teamed with a geek and the perp deletes the file off his phone and the geek explains how it's not really deleted, just lost and proceeds to undelete the files. Or a sting where someone changes some router settings to use a different IP address so that they can get their password. You could still make it dramatic but use things that are real.
My all time favorite of really, really crappy computer use in a movie is from German TV. It's a scene from a notoriously bad action series, and unfortunately only available in German (duh, which network would be stupid enough to buy AND dub this crap), but here it is. I think its idiocy is even palpable if you have no idea about the dialogue.
But as in this example, computers are a neat deus ex machina for writers that managed to write themselves into a corner. Computers can do everything. And your average viewer has no idea what they can or can't really do. Whenever your hero needs access to whatever information, a computer becomes the key to success. Computers can get any video from any camera anywhere (CCTV? Ffffft, it's all on the internet. Or on the CIA/FBI/otherTLA network). They have access to all banking data and allow you to follow every money trail. They give you the whereabouts of your target because ... umm... yeah, we triangulate his cellphone. Somehow.
It's a bit like the inverted tachion beam in Star Trek. Whenever a deus ex machina is needed, just reverse polarity. Or in lieu of futuretech and technobabble, use a computer.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
In all the cases where I "cracked" a password, I simply opened up the employee's desk drawer and read the password off of a post-it note. Got it on the first guess! (Hmm... I currently have a post-it stuck to my monitor with a username/password on it, but at least it's not MY username/password.)
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
I'm a computah!
[UID-HeinzIntel]
"Computers must be controlled with the keyboard"
You bet they do. Using a mouse is too damn slow
Two times where Quantum Fireballs live up to their name. The flyback on one of my monitors blew making a popping sound, then smoke started coming out of the top. I have watched a power line inside the computer glow red hot and ignite it's outer casing. Also smoke suddenly coming from a power supply that had lit on fire internally.
I was going to say I've never seen a computer spark, but there was this one time that the positioning of variable DC voltage power transformer and a monitor was creating a strong magnetic field. I accidentally dropped the monitor cable onto the outside aluminum case of the transformer and it blew the thin layer of metal off part of the monitor cable creating quite the white light. The VGA plug had a thin layer of metal for some strange reason.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
Do people really have some serious problem with the notion of FANTASY? None of these movies or tv-shows that have magic computers are documentaries. Ooh, I have another one. In real life a 30 ton machine making a sky craper leaping on the sidewalk, would go STRAIGHT through it. No just stand there. Oh and it would be collecting its gears in a paper basket, but Transformers failing to reflect this is not a reason to hate it (lousy acting is, anyone else think the movie would have been a whole lot better as pure CGI, no annoying humans to interrupt the action?)
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Here is how I guess passwords for users. 1st I pretend that I am a completly useless moron and type the first thing that comes to mind if I were that person. 2nd If that doesn't work I pretend that I have a highschool education and try it again. 3rd failing that I look around the desk for a post-it note with the password on it. I don't get it people act like I'm some kind of mystic when I guess their password, and I lose a little more hope for mankinds future.
From TFA:
Despite the fact that when computers are used in the real world, the keyboard is only used for the occasional shortcut or for actual typing, film and TV characters will only use the keyboard. At stupid speeds.
I use Emacs, you insensitive clods!
Required viewing: Enhance megamix.. of course, the Super Troopers expertly makes fun of the whole concept.
Speak before you think
I think it's more a case of "Top 10 Things Hollywood thinks audiences think computers can do."
They aren't *that* stupid. But they think we are.
John Wayne used the same bullets used on JFK...
wake up and hold your nose
And nobody. Nobody ever says 'goodbye' when hanging up the phone. They usually just end the call after the end of a sentence, giving the person on the other end no warning or no real reason to believe that the conversation has ended. I always like to picture the person on the other end saying something along the lines of :"Hello? Hello?! You jackass, did you just hang up on me? ... Hello?"
To be fair, the password guessing in Watchmen is not really Hollywood's fault. It's how it was written in the comic.
Not to mention the fact that his sixshooter usually held enough bullets to last at the very least an entire gunfight. Unless it was dramaturgically necessary that he runs out of ammo.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Clone54321, I spoke to the forums owner at PCReview, where you pursued me in some attempt to online stalk me from this site.
Grow up.
We decided to remove your post and now your efforts in trying to stalk me elsewhere online were for nothing on your part. All it needs now is a letter from an attorney and you are toast, get it? Between libeling me here and that?? You must be trying to put yourself in a jail cell... has to be that. That, or you are not sane. You choose.
In any event, I hope you had fun looking like a "geek angst" ridden fool here on THIS website.
I mean, lol, just because you badly lost the technical debate on Germany warns against Firefox to its peoples like they did for IE too earlier, but never for Opera.
(That? I had no issue with that as it's only "techno debate" and Firefox turned up YET ANOTHER security bug while we were in that debate (DOM issue) which proved my point that not only is Opera faster, but also more secure than Firefox)
However - You tried to then libel me here, repeatedly, and with FAR LESS THAN REPUTABLE SOURCES (lol, Jeremy Reimer and Jay Little got caught email harassing me by their ISP's, had their websites removed from their hosting providers servers for libelling me, impersonating me on their forums, and even making death threats directed my way)
Grow up, and until you've done some decent things in this science as I have, you're just another dime-a-dozen forums troll on slashdot. Albeit, one that clearly has issues, and one that does NOT respect the law, because in case you don't know it?
Stalking me to another forums from this one no less? Well...
APK
What drives me up a wall is that, no matter how good the Watchmen is as a comic, and how much attention to detail it has, the whole scheme was blown wide open when Nite Owl looked at a book on the desk and guessed the password for a computer that belonged to the alleged smartest man in the world. Give me a break! If you say "well this was 1985" I call BS, because even then good password practices existed then, just not as well known since not everything was password protected or connected to a net. If you say "well maybe he wasn't that smart" and I call BS because he created an intricate plot and executed it successfully so he did have high intellect. If you say he was arrogant, and he was, then why plan so well every other portion of the plan and then leave open this tiny hole? Someone else could have done the same thing and stolen company documents and been far more destructive to the plan.
My point is that Hollywood isn't the only one who uses this old standby. I love The Watchmen but even that has to have flaws.
"All great wisdom is contained in .signature files"
... as if the bank computer as counting the bills (or coins) being transferred from one account to the other.
It would be nice to be able to keep people out of positions where their poor critical thinking faculties can be isolated from the rest of the world. Alas, that is unlikely to happen.
Perhaps, when it comes to potential jurors facing forensic evidence, there should be tests that attempt to determine the critical thinking abilities of the potential juror and their knowledge of the state of the art of forensics. If they pass the tests, they go into one juror pool. If not, they go into juror pools for trials that don't require forensic evidence.
APK, I have absolutely no idea who you are, but I do know this: You and your entire family can all get bent.
Seek help. Pls.
The movie hackers was totally accurate. Plus it had a young Angelina Jolie, before all the work.
In the silly Christian propaganda scare film "left Behind" the anti-christ is clearly seen using an old "Wallstreet" Powebook.
So not ALL the good guys use Macs. But then again, that depends on your definition of good guys.
http://www.normalbobsmith.com/worstmovies/worstmovies_leftbehind.html There is a screen-shot about half way through the review of the evil one cranking up his G3.
Seriously though, they use Macs because they look great under harsh lighting. Most PC laptops aren't as photogenic under harsh studio lights. Under bright lighs, shiny aluminum is still shiny, and plastic looks like, well plastic.
Do you actually *watch* people typing IMs? I think the vast, vast, vast majority of people just wait for the "ding" and then check what was typed.
Anyway, I hated that feature. I didn't want people to know how many mistakes I made. Plus, I frequently start typing one IM, decide it's a bad reply for some reason, then delete the whole thing and start over... I don't need other people seeing that.
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Dood, its a movie! It's all just special effects done by Chuck Norris (yeah they are buddies) who can roundhouse kick people in between frames?
Hey, that’s funny! Because I just noticed that your last post in that thread was deleted.
You know... the one where you threw a fit over the post before it which basically called you out on your sock-puppetry, spam, and bullshit.
Yeah, the mods deleted it. Certainly bodes well for your hopes of getting them to tell you the IP address of the person who posted it, so that you can prove that it is the same person as clone53421 on here.
I see no reason to paint the target with whatever beam they use before actually firing the torpedo, though.
If nothing else, it already tells the victim where to divert shields / polarize the hull / whatever, or in a less ST scenario to activate the counter-measures or take evasive action. I mean, heck, if I had a dish with the reactor inside the dish like in Enterprise, and I knew those guys pointed a laser at the dish top near the reactor, _I_ would turn so I'm sideways to them and that missile will have the whole dish radius between impact point and reactor.
And generally, given how hostile a gesture that is (both realistically and in ST whenever it happens), I'm not sure why anyone would want to give the enemy a minute of warning before even deciding if they actually fire that torpedo.
But, really, such a sensor must be turnable on and off. Or you'd start any first contacts on the awfully wrong foot. Why turn it on in advance?
If I were to design such a weapon, it would actually be launched programmed to target the enemy by image recognition with an onboard camera. The technology already exists for missiles in this century. Then I'd turn on the painting a given area -- if I really want that -- only when the missile already did 2/3 of the distance on its own. Gives the enemy much less time to react and maneuver.
A polar bear is a cartesian bear after a coordinate transform.
Substitute John Wayne in for Chuck Norris in any number of Chuck Norris facts and you have your answer
Well, there was Mycroft, the computer in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein.
In one scene a list of informants or related information was secured by a password. Manny, the lead character, provided a brief explanation of why they couldn't get the information.
Mycroft, aka Mike, offered a work around in the form of the necessary password. Mike was, after all, a friend of Manny.
Of course it helped that the owners of the computer had no idea that the computer had gained sentience as the result of adding more and more hardware capabilities. Manny realized this and was Mike's only friend in the formative years of being 'awake'.
This really should be number 1, because you can't count how much is wrong about this...
I haven't seen
for quite some time...
isn't it?
What I'm missing is
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
I didn't follow clone53421 to another forums stalking him online. That's plain enough to see. The forums moderator over at PCReview's willing to help me out in this case, so, I am all set that way (he vouched for it, and I have the screenshots of clone doing so as well at this point to prove he did so. Man, lol, that's pretty screwed up on his part, and actually not very smart...).
Clone53421's just not right in the head, doing that in stalking me around online to other forums, and for what? Because he messed up on a forums post about Firefox? Big deal. I don't understand him, I really do not. Libeling me ontop of it though, that took the cake, and then his following me to other forums as he did in some attempt to discredit me too? Please...)
APK
P.S.=> As far as me pointing out clone53421 lowered himself to that level? Hey, I am ONLY pointing out facts. That's all... apk
We both have the evidence of it IF I pursue this legally, no point in letting it stay up there. Write Ian Cunningham at PCReview yourself if you like, I am sure he can verify this all (or you can email me for the screenshots of it all).
Simple.
I am not the person stalking clone53421 to other forums as he is trying to do and for what? Because I got the better of him on firefox being warned against in Germany? Please.
APK
As a disinterested observer, I assure you that he's not the one looking that way.
Was it more annoying than watching that borefest of a movie? I swear, nothing ever happens in that whole movie.
It's known as "The Slow-Motion Picture" for a reason. Still, I am fond of the film for various reasons. It represents the few surviving elements of the "Phase II" show, it is one of the few times when Star Trek both had a decent budget and took a stab at some real "science fiction" (not hard SF, mind you, but at least it was largely dedicated to the idea of exploring and confronting the unknown) - it is a point in time when the original crew, while older, hadn't yet shriveled up entirely... And, of course, it brought us the "Enterprise Refit" - quite possibly the loveliest studio miniature ever constructed... Not to mention the K'Tinga, which got altogether too little appreciation IMO, winding up in the shadow of the "Klingon" Bird of Prey of the later films... Plus there's something about the era that I enjoy... the late-1970s sci-fi films...
But, yes, large tracts of that movie are dreadfully boring. As a model-maker, I love the Refit Enterprise model - and so I enjoy their extended fly-by sequence of it... But damn is that bit boring if you're not in it for the models. And worse, the original cut had all those klaxons going off all the time, various unfinished effects (wormhole asteroid, for instance? And I'd wager there was a real-world reason why they couldn't use the phasers.) - they say the production wound up rather rushed... which is a shame, because we all know how that played out in the resulting film.
Bow-ties are cool.
I was using ICQ back in 1998, and it had the option of displaying each chat character as it was typed.
This is called naked typing. Google wave has it by default and is very off-putting.
2. An explosion with lots of flames can throw a person 500' without injuring them
I always thought of this as the "Bruce Willis effect" - primarily as a reference to the Die Hard movies. The key thing is the character has to be in the air for this to work. Standing on top of a building when it explodes means you die. Jumping off the building just before the explosion means you live. The fact that jumping only puts you an extra couple feet away doesn't matter - since you are airborne, the force of the explosion simply propels you farther away from danger.
Bow-ties are cool.
No matter what computer system you're talking about, from ATMs, to the magical window based laptops they have, to alien spacecraft, all computers can talk to each other and all applications will run on all systems.
Think about Independence Day, Jeff Goldbloom wirelessly installing a virus on the alien's spacecraft that took it down.
The classic password guessing in the 80s was the one character at a time system as seen on War Games. We're damned fortunate not to have password authentication systems that work like the old "Mastermind" game.
Ian Cunningham told me in Private Messaging he deleted it. I clicked on it now, and it's gone. I took screenshots so if it is up, or down, it doesn't matter because the forums owner can have it back up again in seconds. He removed it afaik though.
Clone, seriously: What did you stalking me to another forums gain you man? Nothing really, other than your appearing to be stalking me to other forums online from this one!
APK
"10. When systems go wrong, stuff starts to explode"
I do not know about explode, but I have seen sparks shoot out of a computer when it stopped working.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
Haha this is so funny i laughed so hard when i read this.
"From V'ger in Star Trek the motion picture to Skynet in the Terminator films, Hollywood has this fascination that left turned on for long enough a computer will become sentient."
V'ger was enhanced by a race of sentient computers, it was not just left on to long.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
do you know which IM clients support this? ICQ doesn't seem to have this option anymore and AIM only supports it on windows.
LOGIC DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!
"This is complete nonsense. Any computer left on permanently would suffer at least a few, if not all, of the following problems: mechanical failure (hard disk, fans, power supply and so on), software crash (operating system falling big time or some other bit of software just failing to work) and overheating due to dust being sucked into the case. The only thing that leaving a computer on will do is get you a massive electricity bill."
I think this is not necessarily true and especially in the cases the question is referring to it is wrong.
When you are talking big super computers mechanical parts can be hot swapped and software does not have to degrade over time as it is used. With diligent enough coding of the kernel and the ability to restart the other parts of the OS, this problem can be avoided.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
*crunch* *crunch* this popcorn is delicious!
I love the gall of this guy, stalks multiple people on Slashdot for a few days and then accuses one of his victims of "stalking" him because he posted on another forum.
Please keep going, this is hilarious!
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
I was using ICQ back in 1998, and it had the option of displaying each chat character as it was typed.
This is called naked typing. Google wave has it by default and * is very off-putting.
Your absence of "it" dramatically alters your meaning.
What kind of security system tells you if you're warm and helps you break in?
While it may not have been obvious during that scene, certainly by the time Nite Owl and Rorschach confront Ozy in Antarctica it should be clear that Ozy was expecting them, and that the trail of clues they were following was not an accident or oversight on Ozy's part because he wanted them to figure out that he was behind everything and come confront him, getting them out of New York before he set off his psychic squid bomb.
Oh, and giving him his chance to explain everything and gloat.
But much like Ozy's speech was an inversion of the stereotypical villain explaining everything -- "Do it? Dan, I'm not a Republic Serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago." -- so too was the password breaking an inversion of the stereotypical easily guessed password. In this case, the password was deliberately easy to guess.
I'm sure his normal system didn't tell you how many characters to use, and his password was probably pa4Le*,xlg or something. ;)
The enemies of Democracy are
I was using ICQ back in 1998, and it had the option of displaying each chat character as it was typed. It meant you could express more complex thoughts, without requiring the other person to sit and wait patiently for you to develop a whole paragraph. It let the other guy step in and say 'I see where you're going, but let me stop you there...'. It opened up opportunities for dramatic timing and deliberate use of backspacing for comedic effect. It was more 'live' than a one-line-at-a-time chat modality, despite its warts. While this style of online chat may not be particularly popular today, it was (and still is) readily available.
I agree, and iChat still lets me do that
You mean they're not?
I like mice, but at times I find that keyboard is faster.
Uh, they do realize that Mac OS X is a fully certified Unix OS, right? And for that matter, that you can easily run Linux on Mac hardware.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Who didn't use stupid passwords?
The smartest man in the world might....
The smartest man in the world who was secretly plotting a world-changing event that entirely hinged on secret to pull it off, one who was perfectly willing to murder all his top staff and confidants and assistants....
just maybe he might not use a simple alpha-only password based on his very public alter-ego?
Yeah, based on Veidt's "smartest man in the world" persona (and the fact that, in the story, he does appear to have been smart enough to outmaneuver absolutely everyone) it does seem implausible that he wouldn't be able to choose a password that Dreiburg would be unable to crack.
So does one take this as a plot hole, or assume that Veidt intentionally gave Dreiburg a puzzle he'd be able to solve?
Many of Veidt's maneuverings prior to the confrontation in Antarctica had to do with keeping Kovacs, Dreiburg, and especially Osterman out of his way long enough for him to complete his plan. Once he was sure he couldn't be stopped, there was just the matter of secrecy, and of easing his own conscience. So leaving a trail for Dreiburg to follow would be a way to keep him occupied, to make sure he wasn't killed by the psychic trauma/exploding reactors, give Veidt a potential confidant and the opportunity to kill him off if it seemed like he couldn't be counted on to keep the secret.
Granting that assumption - that the weak password was an intentional choice - is perhaps a bit generous... So I wouldn't reject the idea that the whole thing is simply a plot hole. Still, I think it makes a certain amount of sense. Veidt was almost impossibly formidable, and very confident as well. (And, given his ultimate failure to stop Kovacs getting information out, overconfident...) He was also troubled by a guilty conscience and in need of validation - so it wouldn't be out of character for him to seek a potential confidant - given how sure he was of his ability to manipulate people, he probably believed he could do this without endangering his plan...
(Oh, and Morgan Freeman's character was named "Lucius Fox"...)
Bow-ties are cool.
Ever wonder why all the android workers in Ghost in the Shell have 20 fingers for speed typing? Wouldn't a USB or BlueTooth interface be faster?
I had totally forgotten about that feature of ICQ. It really was very nice.
Good-bye
Or maybe the smartest man in the world wanted the computer to be cracked.
Or maybe he never thought someone would try it.
Ntalk had this before we even knew to call it IM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_%28software%29).
"Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?" --Pinky
> The only thing that leaving a computer on will do is get you a massive electricity bill.
So you're telling me that the sentient AI that I've been growing in my basement for the past 15 years.. isn't?
Well, f%!# me.... :-(
// TODO: Insert Cool Sig
The computer graphics are simply storytelling. They are advancing the plot. A facial recognition program always displays the subject and the comparison photos, despite the additional overhead that could be better used for searching. Plus, the searches should be done remotely, so we wouldn't even have access - upload and wait for a "job finished" message.
They are trying to graphically illustrate what the internals of the computer are doing. To most people, computers are magic anyway, so who cares if it's realistic magic or unrealistic?
I didn't read the other 5 pages of comments, but the first page was just "writers are so dumb" so I stopped. Sorry if it's a dupe, hopefully I'm not the only person to apply critical thinking and come up with a reasonable explanation.
When I was a kid, I thought the young John Connor hacking ATMs and locked keypad doors was the coolest thing ever on that Atari laptop-type thing he had going. They made it seem feasible enough, just seemed to pound away random numbers until it hit the code. However, IIRC, it "locked" numbers into a final code when it hit them correctly. That seemed dubious. Oh wait, the whole movie did!
When John Wayne fired a gun, at least two Indians dropped instantly. *At least* two. You can keep those computers, I want to better understand the technology behind The Duke's bullets...
The gunshot was just coincidental, what brought them down was his musky scent.
You can't take the sky from me...
if you're going to go that far, then why didn't these satellites also have nukes or lasers to eliminate indigenous problems with also?
First, orbital weapons are more expensive than satellites that just run a clock and broadcast the time. (Remember this was a commercial operation...)
Second, at the start of the film the Na'vi were treated as dangerous but not as a major threat. The situation hadn't broken down into all-out war yet, and there was still some discussion of finding more-or-less peaceful resolution to the conflict. So the characters could have felt such weaponry simply wasn't called for (i.e. the cost of it wasn't justified) - so they wouldn't have orbital weapons platforms for the same reason they didn't have bombers.
But going back up the thread a bit - the basic question was why the avatars, being so valuable, didn't have some sort of lo-jack system via GPS. The answer to that isn't "because there's no GPS satellites" - because it would be a relatively simple and inexpensive process to deploy some.
Bow-ties are cool.
It seems the only winning move is not to rtfa.
The alternative is realty TV. I'd rather be frsutrated with inaccuracy thatn have to watch so you think you can dance.
"Online chats always display each character as its typed."
This was completely standard 25 years ago, when the closest thing to IM was the Unix 'talk' command.
Quattuor res in hoc mundo sanctae sunt: libri, liberi, libertas et liberalitas.
When John Wayne fired a gun, at least two Indians dropped instantly. *At least* two. You can keep those computers, I want to better understand the technology behind The Duke's bullets...
Mad magazine did a great spoof of this many years ago.
They were advertising surplus Hollywood "Western" props. Things like "shotgun - when fired by little old lady with eyes closed and pointing gun 45 degrees in the air, will hit an Indian riding fast on horseback 500 feet away". Another was "Indian horses, guaranteed to fall down on front legs every ten paces" and "Six shooter - fires eleven rounds without reloading".
Well, that's how I remembered it.
I am anarch of all I survey.
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but in what way is it a boon to the deaf community? I don't get it.
You talk a lot, but not much for action. Write that forums mod then. Oh wait, I forgot something. Email's too much for you.
Keep "living up to your image" SquiggleNobody, and keep that popcorn coming (as it's about all you are good for, lol!). The guy appears to only have defended himself so well, that you little armchair talk a lot done nothing nobodies here are all in an uproar and that's what's really hilarious! Lmao, he sure knew how to "push your buttons" now, didn't he? Rotflmao. The wannabe geeks around here sure talk a good game, but when it came down to him asking any of you if you'd done anything of note in the field of computers? It certainly was hilarious watching you all "go silent", and everytime he confronts you nobodies with that simple question. Oh, "geek angst": You're all victims of it.
Ask Nir Sofer or Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft if their wares have been also classifed that way by antivirus or antispyware companies. Of course, now I can ask you what was asked of you before:
What ware have you ever done that did as well as that ac apk has done? He produced this list:
Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61
(&, 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 2000-2002, in its HARDEST CATEGORY: SQLServer Performance Enhancement).
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, saw it @ BORDERS BOOKS but didn't buy it... 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 [xtremepccentral.com]
Have you done anything like it, as many times and in as many respected publications as consistently over time?
No, of course not: Clearly, You're another done nothing slacker nobody that dwells on slashdot forums and "talks a game" but not even a good one. Answer that question I just asked, won't you (watch the standard evasion of that question, it's always hilarious).
SquiggleNothing: You sure talk a lot, but when you were asked if you have a degree in the computer sciences, it was awfully funny watching you RUN (run, squigglenobody - run!) lol! The day you can show you've done anything like this list that ac apk put up, is the day you can finally relinquish your title as "King of the ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS AT SLASHDOT" lol:
Done anything like this list SquiggleNothing? That ac apk has:
Ask Nir Sofer or Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft if their wares have been also classifed that way by antivirus or antispyware companies. Of course, now I can ask you what was asked of you before:
What ware have you ever done that did as well as that ac apk has done? He produced this list:
Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61
(&, 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 2000-2002, in its HARDEST CATEGORY: SQLServer Performance Enhancement).
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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, saw it @ BORDERS BOOKS but didn't buy it... 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
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ANSWER US 2 QUESTIONS SQUIGGLENOBODY:
1.) Have you done anything like that in computers, like that list above, as many times and in as many respected publications as consistently over time?
2.) Do you actually have a CIS or CSC degree to your credit/name, SquiggleNobody?
No, and No, will be his answers (of course, he'll avoid those 2 questions to NO end, as per usual, lol!)
No, of course not: Clearly, You're another done nothing slacker nobody that dwells on slashdot forums and "talks a game" but not even a good one. Answer that question I just asked, won't you (watch the standard evasion of that question, it's always hilarious).
No. You couldn't write a decent computer program if your life depended on it, and you know it. Lots of talk armchair quarterback, but no proofs you can produce. We all know the type. Answer the question above now, quit avoiding it (the truth hurts, but it can only hurt once, armchair qb (lol))
Well, have you? I doubt it. Do you even have a CSC or CIS degree to your credit?? I've never actually seen one with "anonymous coward" on its face, so, it'd be a first to see you with one, lmao!
See subject. Watching you gossipy little weasels "conspire" here http://slashdot.org/~squiggleslash is even more hilarious, rotflmao! I loved your quote about "making friends" because nobody who actually has done things in this science that did well (like get a CIS or CSC degree, you know the one(s) you don't have to your name wannabe?) wouldn't want nobodies like you, for a friend. You're just an armchair quarterback that has to "operate in a pack" because individually, you and your little beyotch friends are typical gossiping beyotches, and deep down inside, you know it. Hell, we all do now after seeing your little "sewing circle" above, lmao!
Ah, You "yell and scream" in your playpen until you mama brings you a bottle (lmao, spiked with Jack Daniels no doubt since birth, just so she can shut you up, lol!) but, you do not own this place so you can stop trying to command everyone, Oh powerless one! LMAO!
See subject above.
LMAO, see subject above.
Your criticism would be entirely apt if the article's complaint (and my subsequent comment) had anything to do with speech recognition or silly 3D rendering.
~Idarubicin
Have you accomplished anything in the past 8 years, or are you still living on past glories like some pathetic high school athlete who is now pumping gas at the local Shell station?
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
> What kind of security system tells you if you're warm and helps you break in?
Supposedly, the original DEC-20 password system used the same command completion as its command line. Type a character, hit escape, and if it matches, the password was completed for you, and not in hidden text like when you entered it the hard way. A friend claimed to have worked on a project to harden the OS, and amazingly that was not the first thing that they found or fixed (I didn't work on the project, so I can only assume that he wasn't kidding).
Nat already did a humorous look this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIX9NjpRWMg
In no.10, it's possible that stuff might explode because its temperature, or power input etc, might have been controlled by the no-longer-existent computer. And no.1 is a bit narrow-minded, it's like writing in 1840 that powered flight would never be possible because a sufficiently powerful steam engine could never be made small enough. Maybe computers centuries hence just might not have hard drives, fans etc?
Prove that you've actually written a ware for these fantasy companies you speak of then. Why is it you keep avoiding that? Perhaps because you have not and you are lying?
And I'll repeat the same answers. Your software wasn't fleetingly classified as malware, it still is classified as malware, and has been, from what I can figure out, for several years. It continues to be so long after you've made legal threats to those same organizations.
And my privacy being what it is, no I'm not going to list every single application I've developed, magazine article I've had published, or anything similar, but I will point out, again, that I no more need to write malware and write articles promoting snake-oil solutions to viruses to criticize your stalking and harassment of your critics, than Jon Stewart needs to run a major, corrupt, corporation in order to criticize Kenneth Lay.
My comments, and the comments of others here, stand by themselves. I have no idea whether you're too stupid to understand that concept (which seems possible, because if you're to be taken at face value then you've gone about defending yourself against some great slight to your reputation in the most inanely stupid way possible), or whether you're just trying to stir the pot even further, but the people reading this are listening to what's being said, not taking sides based upon who they think has the better qualifications; but even if they did think the way you're claiming to think, and did this through some superficial claim of qualifications, engaging in a kind of ad-hominem reading/comprehension system, they'd still be taking the side of those you're harassing, because it's a choice between someone whose qualifications are "unknown" (though Tom has actually been fairly public about his legal experience and success with the legal system), and someone who has software classified as malware to their name, and who's written articles promoting evidently idiotic solutions to virus protection online. They'd trust Jon Stewart over Kenneth Lay.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
The notion that encryption is crackable bugs the hell outta me.
squiggleslash sure talks a lot, until you ask him if he has a degree in computer sciences and also when you ask him to prove existence of programs he says he has written, lol, but we all know he does not actually have or done for anyone (let alone have them rated well):
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096038
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096066
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096094
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096232
Sure a lot of mod downs though, so keep blowing your mod point, "Sir Talk A Lot" (LMAO). You're doing a wonderful job of showing everyone here just how "expert" (not) you are in computers, you ne'er do well squiggleslash.
"Can you access the main system memory banks? We need to get to those files!"
"I'm trying, but it's protected by a security code. I'm attempting to override..."
(tappity-tap-tap)
"Got it! OK, we're in the system. Patching through to the satellite..."
squiggleslash sure talks a lot, until you ask him if he has a degree in computer sciences and also when you ask him to prove existence of programs he says he has written, lol, but we all know he does not actually have or done for anyone (let alone have them rated well):
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096038
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096066
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096094
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32096232
Sure a lot of mod downs though, so keep blowing your mod points there, "Sir Talk A Lot" (LMAO). You're doing a wonderful job of showing everyone here just how "expert" (not) you are in computers, you ne'er do well squiggleslash.
I hate that this page splits into multiple pages. Very lame.
Please leave unrelated personal opinions out of the article...
I am not devoid of humor.
I really can't agree with number one of this list on *one* thing. Right, a single personal computer could not be left on for that long without problems, but most of the "suddenly-sentient" systems in movies are something akin to servers and data centers and they have all sorts of redundancy, along with tons of other stuff to allow them to keep running. Add to the fact that most of the BS fiction has these systems running some sort of "special" programs that somehow, metaphorically speaking, allows them to grow a brain...I'm not saying these things aren't ridiculous, just get your argument right.
Why are you avoiding answering if you have a CSC or CIS degree or not? Is it because your obviously not being in possession of one to your name would show you're no expert to listen to as an authority on the subject of computing perhaps, squiggleslash? Sure it is.
Actually, the Duke had a 74 shooter. They used cap guns in Hollywood in the 30's through 60's. That's why they never had to reload during the Indian attacks. Notice that the revolvers didn't revolve when fired. Also, the Indian tribe with about 40 members could loose about 200 warriors, and still have enough left to surround the wagon train.
Computers aren't the only thing Hollywood doesn't get.
My personal favorite is in Avatar, where every animal form on the planet seems to have 6 limbs, but the Humanoids have only 4. Why???
Spent the morning touring a company that's trying to headhunt me, so my sincerest (that's sarcasm) apologies for not responding to your questions earlier, but I suggest you read the answers I've already given.
As I said before, not only is that personal information, but even if I had never seen the inside of a school, was unemployed and spent all day in the library half naked and covered in cheeto dust, I'd still be a better person than you, given that I haven't written software considered malware by many anti-malware organizations, given that I haven't written guides proposing snake-oil solutions to virus protection, and given that I don't stalk people who have suggested that you might be dealing with criticisms the wrong way.
That's the problem here. Even zero qualifications are better than negative qualifications. Jon Stewart, as I've said before, has the right to make fun of Kenneth Lay. I have the right to make fun of you. In fact, my grandmother has the right to make fun of you, and she died before the Altair 8800 was even invented.
Oh look, it's the troll that's been stalking Clone53421, Squiggleslash, GM Howell, and Tom Hudson.
For those new to this, the troll is someone claiming to be a defender of a certain Alexander Peter Kowalski, the author of a tool, apkapp2backgrounddaemonprocessengine, generally considered malware by a large number of anti-malware companies and organizations.
CA
PestPatrol
SpywareDB ("Dangerous!")
Freedom Anti-Spyware
Spycheck (Spanish-language) - "Recomendacion: DESACTIVAR Y ELIMINAR"
Spyware No-More ("Threat risk: High risk", "Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy")
Mr Kowalski, or his admirer, got upset because someone had the audacity to link to a threat describing Kowalski's attempts to remove some embarrassing comments posted under his name. Rather than deal with it maturely, this person has been attempting to stalk said poster and those who pointed out Kowalski wasn't doing himself any favors.
So if you see these comments posted as replies to clone, squiggleslash, gmhowell, or Tom, now you know why they're appearing. And if you feel like joining in, making it clear to Mr Kowalski that spamming, sliming, and stalking are unacceptable, well, come on in, the water's lovely!
Do you have a degree in CSC or CIS squiggleslash? No?? We thought not. You're by no means an expert to comment on anything in the art and sciences of computing then.
Do you have a degree in CSC or CIS squiggleslash? No?? We thought not. You're by no means an expert to comment on anything in the art and sciences of computing then!
Do you have a degree in CSC or CIS squiggleslash? No?? We thought not. You're by no means an expert to comment on anything in the art and sciences of computing then. The same things you note have happened to others that write good softwares, such as Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft even and also Nir Sofer of Nirsoft, to name only a couple. Your lack of expertise is showing itself squiggleslash. Go get a degree and then get back to us, because until then? Your credibility as an expert is non-existent.
Do you have a degree in CSC or CIS squiggleslash? No?? We thought not. You're by no means an expert to comment on anything in the art and sciences of computing then. The same things you note have happened to others that write good softwares, such as Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft even and also Nir Sofer of Nirsoft, to name only a couple. Your lack of expertise is showing itself squiggleslash. APK's program passed all 21 points of CA's test if a program is a malware (and according to their test, it literally is not, because it passed all 21 points) and has zero threat levels ratings by CA. Go get a degree and then get back to us, because until then? Your credibility as an expert is non-existent and your avoidance of answering a simple question just says it all.
Why are you avoiding answering if you have a degree in CSC or CIS? Because you don't have one and all you do is rip code from the internet to use?? Absolutely.
See subject, answer the question. Additionally, do you own this forums? Are you a moderator here?? Are you even on topic??? Clone's the one who said he would get his "legal options" involved, so where are they??? Perhaps he won't try to do so because he libeled someone here first, and trolled them first also???? See here for proof of that much and this quote from it in response to your own words quoted above it:
"Either fucking sic your lawyers on Clone, and let them deal with it, or shut the fuck up." - by Red Flayer (890720)
on Tuesday May 04, @03:29PM (#32089624)
Why don't you tell that to clone53421 instead, because this is he making those types of allegations and threats, here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1591778&cid=31746938
"if you choose to continue to harass me I will be forced to pursue my legal options." - by clone53421 (1310749)
on Tuesday April 06, @08:59AM (#31746938) Journal
So much for RedDoucheNozzle.
Irrelevant.
Irrelevant. I'm a member of the community here.
Yes.
No less than your post was, and I said something I felt it was important to say.
Let it go, man, let it go. Clone's not the one I see stalking users of slashdot and bringing in the off-topic tripe on every post. You're the one I see doing that. You did it to me because you didn't like what I had to say. You're obviously not mature enough to handle regular discussion.
I've read several of the exchanges. It's clear to me you went there first.
I swear, I know eight-year-olds who are more mature than you. Let it go, man, let it go. I don't give a flying fuck about your argument with Clone. What I do give a fuck about is you threadshitting all over the place. I thought this time I'd respond to one of your posts since I'm sick of using my mod points on your crapfloods.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
So you have no degree in the sciences of computing, thus you're no expert (unless you think so and self-title yourself that). You do not own this website, and yet you see fit to dispense orders. You now admit you are also off topic. I see that clone came into a thread where apk posted and libeled he first, here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1591778&cid=31581472 and when clone53421 was shown in error, he began name calling (the sign of the frustrated and defeated in debate, and sign of "geek angst" lol) and libeling as well. You said apk did so first? Wake up, learn to read and look at links posted here, because that was only 1 of 3 places clone53421 trolled and libeled apk at on this forums when this all started. Above all else, mod or not? You're powerless to stop me from showing what really transpired here and what the truth really is. Great showing by a "slashdot moderator", and one with no degree in computer sciences to boot.
See subject, and have you performed a formal evaluation in professional settings in order to libel others and call them insane etc.? Without a license to practice psychiatry, and having performed a formal evaluation on the individuals being libeled by you thus, it constitutes libel. You suggest professonal help? Don't try to give it, you're as unqualified to do so as you are on your statements in the computer sciences, politics, legal, or medical fields as well.
You are also shown as incorrect on clone53421, because in the postings with the topic "prepare to be corrected" you are in today, there's clear evidence of who started up with whom.
clone53421 did here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1638236&cid=32111466 and when he was found incorrect on Opera being not only faster than Firefox, but also that Firefox showed 3 security vulnerability errors in 1 week's time and Opera had none of the same, clone53421 then began throwing names at the ac apk and libeling he also).
The "odd part" (not) is that when clone53421 was losing badly, and when another security error showed its face in firefox? The mods here shut that thread in ONLY 12 DAYS TIME (far earlier than usual, which is typically more than 2 weeks open thread posting for discussions), before apk or anyone could show that Firefox had yet another security issue in 1 week's time (Considering also that timothy the article poster also wrote that the FF team would issue a fix for FF 3.6 later last month, and did instead the next day, issuing FF 3.6.2, and then having to issue 3.6.3 for the DOM security issue that also surfaced in the timeframe of that article here too, showing clone53421 is in massive error trying to state that Firefox is as secure as, or moreso, than Opera is).
Since you state you are a moderator here, do a better job of it, and learn who is in the right and in the wrong, first, before you go defend the ones who started the troubles.
My comments, and the comments of others here, stand by themselves. I have no idea whether you're too stupid to understand that concept (which seems possible, because if you're to be taken at face value then you've gone about defending yourself against some great slight to your reputation in the most inanely stupid way possible), or whether you're just trying to stir the pot even further, but the people reading this are listening to what's being said, not taking sides based upon who they think has the better qualifications; but even if they did think the way you're claiming to think, and did this through some superficial claim of qualifications, engaging in a kind of ad-hominem reading/comprehension system, they'd still be taking the side of those you're harassing, because it's a choice between someone whose qualifications are "unknown" (though Tom has actually been fairly public about his legal experience and success with the legal system), and someone who has software classified as malware to their name, and who's written articles promoting evidently idiotic solutions to virus protection online. They'd trust Jon Stewart over Kenneth Lay.
Keep digging (and guessing!)
I'm not going to list my qualifications to you, but as I've said before, my software isn't listed as "malware" by numerous anti-malware groups. And I don't promote snake-oil as a defense against viruses.
Those are facts. You can dance around them, but the more you do, the more ridiculous you appear.
clone53421 stalking others to other forums shown here first of all, and he was who you defended? Please! To all reading, see here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32085128 in case you hadn't noticed, first of all.
Secondly, clone53421 has been libeling others here when he lost a debate on firefox where firefox was shown as having 3 security vulnerabilities in the timeframe of the article, 12 days only oddly, when the usual is 15 days or more typically, "Germany warns users against Firefox" here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32111672 where Firefox had 3 issues in that article's timeframe, and that thread was "oddly" (not) closed earlier than usual by FAR too
(Gee, I wonder why: Perhaps because a libeler named clone53421 here is shown libeling others and calling names galore because he lost a tech debate (and he's one of the moderators "registered cronies"? I think so)).
Your mod's tactics and abilities are poor, and you obviously defend your "registered cronies" like clone53421 is the point (easily tracked sheep is more like it in registered users) despite clone53421 libeling others, especially others like the ac poster apk, that do a good job helping security online in general as shown here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1638236&cid=32111856 with that ac apk also being shown to help the open source movement devs too, in UltraDefrag 64 for Windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/ultradefrag/forums/forum/709672/topic/3690136, with code the devs of UltraDefrag actually liked (to help better their ware).
Some "spyware maker" as clone53421 called him, yes libeling him too!
I state this because the links above are where clone53421 was shown a month or more ago that apk's app is like those from Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft and those of Nir Sofer too of nirsoft, being falsely called malwares over time.
(Thus any "good faith" is out the windows on clone53421's libelous allegations, just as yours are in calling others insane but you have no license to do so, nor a degree in psychiatry, nor a professionally done psychiatric evaluation on your part (which is libel because you lack those to your name)).
These antivirus and antispyware companies make mistakes, or are false positives something that never happens? It does.
Now, since clone53421's libelously called apk a spyware maker many times here even though he has been informed otherwise? That IS libelous (nullifying good faith on clone's part and also establishing aggravated libel plus the fact that clone53421 did so, out of clearly malicious intent)?
The ac apk's app also passed all 21 questions of Computer Associates malware test, and it is not a malware. It is a greyware at most, because like ping.exe, it can be misused. It also is listed at CA with zero threat levels now as well because of this all occurring. You can call Greg Jensen of CA on this in fact to verify.
And, quite clearly, the poster further put you in your place, and with tangible easily verified evidences. He made his point, with facts you can easily verify, which show you are clearly in the wrong sticking your nose into this at all whatsoever.
Oh, lastly, in case you haven't noticed? IP bans do NOT WORK ON ME!
(So you can quit trying that or to ban out my posts that way so no one can see the truth of all this. It's become painfully obvious you have not done your homework and checked all of this, or that you are defending your "registered crony" here in clone53421. Take your pick. I chose the latter as a reader of all of this. You people may suppress the truth with others, but, you're NOT going to do so to me. Yo
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"Nothing Clone or anyone else writes could ever do as much harm to your reputation as your posting style does today." - by Red Flayer (890720) writes: on Thursday May 06, @03:14PM (#32115616) Journal
Sure, just like sopssa closing the thread where apk dusted clone53421 on Opera being faster and more secure than Firefox is, with Firefox showing 3 errors in 1 week, where Opera had none in the "Germany warns against Firefox" article here, and when that 3rd error in 1 week showed up? That thread was closed 3-5 days early by you and your fellow mods because your crony in clone53421 (probably the handle/nick one of you use as an alternate to your moderator nick, or it's one of the "in crowd" or owners here is all, that's obvious enough) was losing, badly, to apk.
Do you think you're fooling anyone with those kinds of tactics?
They're no better than your PUNY ATTEMPTS @ BANNING POSTS FROM ME, which as you can see? Are useless!
I see you boys block out anonymous proxies and such, but I have ways of getting around your puny blocks, easily (you thought you cut off 2-3 of the ways I do, but I just "blow by" with a few more is all, easily).
". You're an ineffective buttplug that spews crapfloods on the internet." - by Red Flayer (890720) writes: on Thursday May 06, @03:14PM (#32115616) Journal
You think I am apk. Ok then, when you've done 1/10th of what he has? Then, and only then, can the "likes of you" talk(you, the powerless no degrees to your name in computer sciences mod whose puny attempts at blocking me are easily circumvented, showing you just how weak you are in this science, along with your fellow mods here, lol)
clone53421 stalking others to other forums shown here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32085128 in case you hadn't noticed, first of all.
Secondly, clone53421 has been libeling others here when he lost a debate on firefox (it had 3 security vulnerabilities in the timeframe of the article, 12 days only oddly, when the usual is 15 days or more typically, "Germany warns users against Firefox" here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32111672 where Firefox had 3 issues in that article's timeframe, and that thread was "oddly" (not) closed earlier than usual by FAR too
(Gee, I wonder why: Perhaps because a libeler named clone53421 here is shown libeling others and calling names galore because he lost a tech debate (and he's one of the moderators "registered cronies"? I think so)).
Your mod's tactics are poor, and you obviously defend your "registered cronies" (easily tracked sheep is more like it) despite them libeling others, especially others like the ac poster apk, that do a good job helping security online in general as shown here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1638236&cid=32111856 with that ac apk also being shown to help the open source movement devs too, in UltraDefrag 64 for Windows http://sourceforge.net/projects/ultradefrag/forums/forum/709672/topic/3690136, with code the devs of UltraDefrag actually liked, to help better their ware).
Some "spyware maker" as clone53421 called him, yes libeling him too, because clone53421 was shown a month or more ago that apk's app is like those from Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft and those of Nir Sofer too of nirsoft, being falsely called malwares over time. Thus any "good faith" is out the windows on clone53421's libelous allegations, just as yours are in calling others insane but you have no license to do so, nor a degree in psychiatry, nor a professionally done psychiatric evaluation on your part (which is libel because you lack those to your name).
These companies make mistakes or are false positives something that never happens, since clone53421's libelously called apk a spyware maker many times here even though he has been informed otherwise (nullifying good faith on clone's part and also establishing aggravated libel plus the fact that clone53421 did so, out of clearly malicious intent)?
I was using ICQ back in 1998, and it had the option of displaying each chat character as it was typed
Yes, I too was thinking of the ICQ real time (character by character) chat from the late 90s. I just installed the latest ICQ after not using it for probably a decade but I don't know if it still has that function (I don't know anyone on ICQ anymore; was just taking a look at how it has progressed over the last decade but hard to do when you can't use it with anyone). I actually would prefer to chat that way just for the reasons you mentioned.
"Why in God's name do you think we should have to write 1/10th of a piece of malware" - by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday May 09, @12:22AM (#32144290)
First of all, you can't even program (I've repeatedly asked if you have a degree in computers and you evade that question, because you do not. Thus you are not expert by any means in them, not a single one of you does).
APK's "critics", like yourself, are a pack of "ne'er do wells" in terms of computer sciences compared to he, lol and ones that talk big but haven't done squat compared to him, or they could evidence degrees and programs they have written that were rated well by others over time.
(You clearly, have not and do not have such programs or degrees in CSC or CIS to your name either)
Secondly, If APK is such a malware maker (his app cleanly passed CA's test of whether it is a malware or not, by passing all 21 of the questions CA has in that regard, showing it's not a malware. The same has happened to Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft, as it has for Nir Sofer of Nirsoft (those are only a couple examples thereof too, mind you.
These antivirus/antispyware companies make mistakes all the time and get false postives too.
(APK's app is also listed as zero threat levels by CA as well, so, so much for your crap)
So, IF apk is a malware maker, then why did he do a security guide for Windows that shows users of it having results like these:
PROOFS/EXAMPLES OF ITS EFFICACY? Ok, below:
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http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=80bbbffc22d358de6b01b8450d596746&showtopic=89123&st=60&start=60
"the use of the hosts file has worked for me in many ways. for one it stops ad banners, it helps speed up your computer as well. if you need more proof i am writing to you on a 400 hertz computer and i run with ease. i do not get 200++ viruses and spy ware a month as i use to. now i am lucky if i get 1 or 2 viruses a month. if you want my opinion if you stick to what APK says in his article about securing your computer then you will be safe and should not get any viruses or spy ware, but if you do get hit with viruses and spy ware then it will your own fault. keep up the good fight APK." - Kings Joker, user of my guide @ THE PLANET
AND
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2
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AND
"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
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The poster here showed you, clone53421, to be an online stalker stalking apk from here to pc review. You're not only a stalker but a liar as well. You do not have a csc OR cis degree, so you're far from an expert on computing as well. You were asked to show proof of that degree, you have none. You were asked to show you've done more to contribute to computing than apk has since 1996 to good repute in reputable publications as apk has a dozen times, and you could not because you have not done as well and you never will, you ne'er do well stalker. All you can do is libel and threaten him but you do not back up your threats of "legal options" (b.s., you can't afford it) and you certainlhy do not have a degree in computer sciences either. So do you think anyone takes you seriously? I don't. I did not like how the moderators here in sopssa closed the post early where you were being destroyed by apk in that he proved not only that Opera is faster than Firefox but also that Opera is more secure than firefox too, because 3 errors in 1 week in firefox is a lot more than zero in Opera. When that third DOM error came out, the mods here shut that thread in ONLY 12 DAYS TIME, which is far earlier than usual, and why? Because you, their crony (or one of them themselves is my guess but posting under this clone53421 id instead now) was LOSING BADLY, which only makes sense: You are obviously just another big talking online ne'er do well, and one with no degrees in CSC or CIS and one that's never done anything good he can show in this science either that others liked, when apk can over decades and many times by way of comparison.
"Hey Alex (yes, I know it's you). This is Greg Jensen of CA. No, we are not going to de-list your application from our database. Fuck off and stop telling people to call me. It's starting to piss me off. If people want to contact CA they can use the contact section of the website but what makes you think I'd want to continually be personally contacted so I can tell them you're full of shit, as usual? I don't." - by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday May 07, @08:34AM (#32124888
You're security suite is the "bottom of the barrel ware" in commercial offerings, and you wonder why? We used it in our shop and we sold your ware (forcibly by your company making us sign contracts to do so no less) and it tore our emails to shreds. It sucks.
CA? You are a pack of rats and you're not the first to try to libel others that are a threat to those like you.
Norton did the same general thing you have done to apk and others like he such as Nir Sofer and Mark Russinovich (both of whom have had their wares also classified falsely as out and out malwares too), albeit to spybot search and destroy too:
It wouldn't be the first time an "antivirus company" like CA libeling apk has happened either. Symantec did it to Spybot Search and Destroy too:
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SYMANTEC LIBELS SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY:
http://www.malwarehelp.org/news/article-2139.html
"With a second false accusation this year, and no valid explanation given, we can only assume that libel is Symantec's way of trying to force anti-spyware competition out of the market."
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APK's ware has passed your 21 questions for removal, and he did not violate a single one of your constraints that qualify an application as a malware.
It's obvious you don't remove it because you'd have to remove many people's you have libeled thus, just as you have he, and know it.
So go away now clone53421, or Red Flaya, or squigglenothing (it's one of you three, and criminal impersonation is obviously not something you fear in laws anymore than you did libel).
PC review shows you stalked apk to that forums and got yourself banned instantly for it here http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/forum-309.php with your name attached to a post that was removed, right at the top no less, as proof thereof clone53421. You have problems but then now that you've been shown as being no expert in computing from your lack of a csc or cis degree to your name, and with proof of you doing the starting up issues around this website when you got your butt kicked by apk in the Germany warns against firefox thread (where the mods closed the thread in only 12 days versus the usual 2-3 weeks or more of them staying open for comment usually because you were losing badly and tossing names and libeling others like apk) where a 3rd security vulnerability came up officially on the last day of that thread in firefox's DOM the thread was closed early. Gee, I wonder why? Perhaps because you're just a stooge or crony of these so called moderators (that can't hold out my posts and they never could, lol, because like you, they're unqualified dolts that are ineffectual and are undereducated with no degree in CSC or CIS, just like you, so it figures), or you are just an alternate registered logon id of theirs is why that was done. You got your tail handed to you for starting up with your clear betters in apk and you couldn't handle your "geek angst" because you think you are better than you are in this science of computing is why. You were shown as having no CSC or CIS degree to your credit, and thus, you are clearly no expert in computing, and you resorted to libel and stalking instead out of your frustration.
apk accusing people of stalking - he obviously doesn't know what the word means!
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You're nothing, you know it, and all you have is your name calling. Your useless moderators? Well, you see how "effective" they are with their puny IP bans too. No, I know now that this place is full of big talking incompetents, and nothing more. You've never appeared in any reputable publications, where apk did so while you were in diapers, but it only makes sense why you have not and you never will: You're a big talking name calling "ne'er do well" and one that wastes time on slashdot instead of achieving a degree in this art and science of computing instead. It must suck to be you, because all of what he did while you were in diapers, you'll never ever do or you would have by now.
Logic doesn't work that way I'm afraid. Not answering a personal question you have no right to ask that's ludicrous on the face of it doesn't mean the answer is "No", and further, an absolutely huge portion of this industry is comprised of people who program and who don't have degrees.
What you've implied, repeatedly, is that nobody has the right to comment on your "achievements" unless we've done something similar.
Your achievements are writing crapware, including software classified, for several years, as malware by the malware community, and writing a guide to system protection based upon a ludicrous, stupid, and demonstrably useless "anti-virus" system, namely placing all of the hostnames used to deliver viruses in a HOSTS file. As has been pointed out, the system can easily be bypassed either through the use of dynamically generated hostnames and wildcard DNS, or even more simply, and even more obviously, by using IP addresses, neither of which HOSTS can bypass. Add that to the lead time required to identify a new "evil" site and get it into HOSTS files for all users, and it's fairly obvious that not only is the method flawed, but anyone proposing it as a solution is either a certifiable idiot, or is being deliberately disingenuous.
My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies, who you're pissed at for identifying your tools as crapware and components of malware.
Here's the billion dollar question: will you respond to these points? Will you explain why you think HOSTS is an adequate solution given the above OBVIOUS statements debunking it, or else withdraw your claims about it as a virus-protection system, or will you continue to stonewall, demanding to hear people's educational history, employers, applications (which in my case are stuff you'd never have heard of anyway, unless you work for one of several major automotive concerns, and then only if you work in particular departments, so why would I bother telling you them?) we've written, and other crap that has nothing to do with matters at hand?
People can see through ad-hominem arguments, indeed, that's why there's a name for that kind of argument. They especially see through ad-hominem arguments based upon nothing at all, which is what you have.
But of course you're not going to answer, are you? You're just going to reply to this with a demand for more lists of qualifications or bizarre rants about how great you are. And meanwhile, people will ask themselves about IP addresses and wildcard DNS entries, and see your lack of a response as yet more proof that you're full of it.
"Will you explain why you think HOSTS is an adequate solution given the above OBVIOUS statements debunking it" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Uhm, illiterate one? APK's security guide espouses a lot more than the use of a HOSTS file only. You're not only stupid, but you have "fixated yourself" on 1 portion of this only. His security guide here: http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=79c7b230a57544836234fc76bec0634f&showtopic=89123 Works based on the concept of "layered security" moron. Learn to READ, because it's ALL UP THERE IN THAT URL (one of many like it).
"My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
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"Will you explain why you think HOSTS is an adequate solution given the above OBVIOUS statements debunking it" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Uhm, illiterate one? APK's security guide espouses a lot more than the use of a HOSTS file only. You're not only stupid, but you have "fixated yourself" on 1 portion of this only. His security guide here:
http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=79c7b230a57544836234fc76bec0634f&showtopic=89123
Works based on the concept of "layered security" moron. Learn to READ, because it's ALL UP THERE IN THAT URL (one of many like it).
"My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Oh, you mean the "real antivirus companies" who have flaws in their wares like this one that showed up today:
Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/09/1343239/Critical-Flaw-Found-In-Virtually-All-AV-Software
Hmmmm? You mean the SAME antivirus companies that have also called others like Dr. Mark Russinovich's wares or Nir Sofer of NirSoft's wares as malware too, as CA has for APK's single ware (of many he has made)??
"who you're pissed at for identifying your tools as crapware and components of malware." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
OR, how about this "real antivirus company" that blew up a bunch of computers by falsely identifying a valid Windows program (part of windows itself no less) as a virus:
McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1338222/McAfee-To-Pay-For-PC-Repairs-After-Patch-Fiasco
Hmmm?? They identified a malware alright, lmao: A critical piece of Windows itself? Give us a break.
(LMAO! Your "LOGIC"?? Blows, and falls apart in the light of easily verified documented FACTS and ones right from slashdot article on this website too, no less!)
"People can see through ad-hominem arguments, indeed, that's why there's a name for that kind of argument." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
They surely can, and they can see through your illiterate mistakes too, shown in my last paragraph above in reply, lol! Also, I am not the one calling names, you and yours are, but it is hilarious to produce facts from actual articles from this very website to make you "eat your words" (your words, from an unqualified "wannabe expert" in computers, with no degree to his name like you? LOL, don't make me laugh!)
"But of course you're not going to answer, are you?" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
LOL, I answered SO WELL, that you're shown to be a skimming idiot or illiterate fool that spouts incorrect data or erroneous data that "suits his weak arguments" but falls apart fast in the light of actual data in quoted articles as I have produced now. Your "mere words" versus mine backed by actual articles and facts? Good luck dolt, lol!
"You're just going to reply to this with a demand for more lists of qualifications" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Which you don't have, obviously (qualifications), lol!
"or bizarre rants about how great you are." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Great enough to where your puny moderators here have to try to "snuff" my ability to post? Why is THAT happening, hmmm?? Because you KNOW you're all on the ropes and have to try to stop me from making you look even more stupid than you are is why, obviv
APK's greater than you are obviously. He has done numerous things you never have or will, while you were in diapers no doubt. Inclusive of degrees in Computer Sci
"Will you explain why you think HOSTS is an adequate solution given the above OBVIOUS statements debunking it" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Illiterate one, APK's security guide espouses a lot more than the use of a HOSTS file only. You're not only stupid, but you have "fixated yourself" on 1 portion of this only. His security guide here:
http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=79c7b230a57544836234fc76bec0634f&showtopic=89123
Works based on the concept of "layered security" moron. Learn to READ, because it's ALL UP THERE IN THAT URL (one of many like it).
"My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Oh, you mean the "real antivirus companies" who have flaws in their wares like this one that showed up today:
Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/09/1343239/Critical-Flaw-Found-In-Virtually-All-AV-Software
Hmmmm? You mean the SAME antivirus companies that have also called others like Dr. Mark Russinovich's wares or Nir Sofer of NirSoft's wares as malware too, as CA has for APK's single ware (of many he has made)??
"who you're pissed at for identifying your tools as crapware and components of malware." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
OR, how about this "real antivirus company" that blew up a bunch of computers by falsely identifying a valid Windows program (part of windows itself no less) as a virus:
McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1338222/McAfee-To-Pay-For-PC-Repairs-After-Patch-Fiasco
Hmmm?? They identified a malware alright, lmao: A critical piece of Windows itself? Give us a break.
(LMAO! Your "LOGIC"?? Blows, and falls apart in the light of easily verified documented FACTS and ones right from slashdot article on this website too, no less!)
"People can see through ad-hominem arguments, indeed, that's why there's a name for that kind of argument." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
They surely can, and they can see through your illiterate mistakes too, shown in my last paragraph above in reply, lol! Also, I am not the one calling names, you and yours are, but it is hilarious to produce facts from actual articles from this very website to make you "eat your words" (your words, from an unqualified "wannabe expert" in computers, with no degree to his name like you? LOL, don't make me laugh!)
"But of course you're not going to answer, are you?" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
LOL, I answered SO WELL, that you're shown to be a skimming idiot or illiterate fool that spouts incorrect data or erroneous data that "suits his weak arguments" but falls apart fast in the light of actual data in quoted articles as I have produced now. Your "mere words" versus mine backed by actual articles and facts? Good luck dolt, lol!
"You're just going to reply to this with a demand for more lists of qualifications" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Which you don't have, obviously (qualifications), lol!
"or bizarre rants about how great you are." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Great enough to where your puny moderators here have to try to "snuff" my ability to post? Why is THAT happening, hmmm?? Because you KNOW you're all on the ropes and have to try to stop me from making you look even more stupid than you are is why, and apparently, APK's greater than you are obviously. He has done numerous things you never have or will, while you were in diapers no doubt. Inclusive of degrees in Computer S
"Will you explain why you think HOSTS is an adequate solution given the above OBVIOUS statements debunking it" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Illiterate one, APK's security guide espouses a lot more than the use of a HOSTS file only. You're not only stupid, but you have "fixated yourself" on 1 portion of this only. His security guide here:
http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=79c7b230a57544836234fc76bec0634f&showtopic=89123
Works based on the concept of "layered security" moron. Learn to READ, because it's ALL UP THERE IN THAT URL (one of many like it).
"My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Oh, you mean the "real antivirus companies" who have flaws in their wares like this one that showed up today:
Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/09/1343239/Critical-Flaw-Found-In-Virtually-All-AV-Software
Hmmmm? You mean the SAME antivirus companies that have also called others like Dr. Mark Russinovich's wares or Nir Sofer of NirSoft's wares as malware too, as CA has for APK's single ware (of many he has made)??
"who you're pissed at for identifying your tools as crapware and components of malware." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
OR, how about this "real antivirus company" that blew up a bunch of computers by falsely identifying a valid Windows program (part of windows itself no less) as a virus:
McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1338222/McAfee-To-Pay-For-PC-Repairs-After-Patch-Fiasco
Hmmm?? They identified a malware alright, lmao: A critical piece of Windows itself? Give us a break.
(LMAO! Your "LOGIC"?? Blows, and falls apart in the light of easily verified documented FACTS and ones right from slashdot article on this website too, no less!)
"People can see through ad-hominem arguments, indeed, that's why there's a name for that kind of argument." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
They surely can, and they can see through your illiterate mistakes too, shown in my last paragraph above in reply, lol! Also, I am not the one calling names, you and yours are, but it is hilarious to produce facts from actual articles from this very website to make you "eat your words" (your words, from an unqualified "wannabe expert" in computers, with no degree to his name like you? LOL, don't make me laugh!)
"But of course you're not going to answer, are you?" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
LOL, I answered SO WELL, that you're shown to be a skimming idiot or illiterate fool that spouts incorrect data or erroneous data that "suits his weak arguments" but falls apart fast in the light of actual data in quoted articles as I have produced now. Your "mere words" versus mine backed by actual articles and facts? Good luck dolt, lol!
"You're just going to reply to this with a demand for more lists of qualifications" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Which you don't have, obviously (qualifications), lol!
"or bizarre rants about how great you are." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Great enough to where your puny moderators here have to try to "snuff" my ability to post? Why is THAT happening, hmmm?? Because you KNOW you're all on the ropes and have to try to stop me from making you look even more stupid than you are is why, and apparently, APK's greater than you are obviously.
He has done numerous things you never have or will, while you were in diapers no doubt. Inclusive of degrees in Comp
"Will you explain why you think HOSTS is an adequate solution given the above OBVIOUS statements debunking it" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Illiterate one, APK's security guide espouses a lot more than the use of a HOSTS file only. You're not only stupid, but you have "fixated yourself" on 1 portion of this only. His security guide here:
http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=79c7b230a57544836234fc76bec0634f&showtopic=89123
Works based on the concept of "layered security" moron. Learn to READ, because it's ALL UP THERE IN THAT URL (one of many like it).
"My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Oh, you mean the "real antivirus companies" who have flaws in their wares like this one that showed up today:
Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/09/1343239/Critical-Flaw-Found-In-Virtually-All-AV-Software
Hmmmm? You mean the SAME antivirus companies that have also called others like Dr. Mark Russinovich's wares or Nir Sofer of NirSoft's wares as malware too, as CA has for APK's single ware (of many he has made)??
"who you're pissed at for identifying your tools as crapware and components of malware." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
OR, how about this "real antivirus company" that blew up a bunch of computers by falsely identifying a valid Windows program (part of windows itself no less) as a virus:
McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1338222/McAfee-To-Pay-For-PC-Repairs-After-Patch-Fiasco
Hmmm?? They identified a malware alright, lmao: A critical piece of Windows itself? Give us a break.
(LMAO! Your "LOGIC"?? Blows, and falls apart in the light of easily verified documented FACTS and ones right from slashdot article on this website too, no less!)
"People can see through ad-hominem arguments, indeed, that's why there's a name for that kind of argument." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
They surely can, and they can see through your illiterate mistakes too, shown in my last paragraph above in reply, lol! Also, I am not the one calling names, you and yours are, but it is hilarious to produce facts from actual articles from this very website to make you "eat your words" (your words, from an unqualified "wannabe expert" in computers, with no degree to his name like you? LOL, don't make me laugh!)
"But of course you're not going to answer, are you?" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
LOL, I answered SO WELL, that you're shown to be a skimming idiot or illiterate fool that spouts incorrect data or erroneous data that "suits his weak arguments" but falls apart fast in the light of actual data in quoted articles as I have produced now. Your "mere words" versus mine backed by actual articles and facts? Good luck dolt, lol!
"You're just going to reply to this with a demand for more lists of qualifications" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Which you don't have, obviously (qualifications), lol!
"or bizarre rants about how great you are." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Great enough to where your puny moderators here have to try to "snuff" my ability to post? Why is
"My guess? You honestly think that people will delay giving their money to real anti-virus companies" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Oh, you mean the "real antivirus companies" who have flaws in their wares like this one that showed up today:
Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/05/09/1343239/Critical-Flaw-Found-In-Virtually-All-AV-Software
Hmmmm? You mean the SAME antivirus companies that have also called others like Dr. Mark Russinovich's wares or Nir Sofer of NirSoft's wares as malware too, as CA has for APK's single ware (of many he has made)??
"who you're pissed at for identifying your tools as crapware and components of malware." - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
OR, how about this "real antivirus company" that blew up a bunch of computers by falsely identifying a valid Windows program (part of windows itself no less) as a virus:
McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco:
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1338222/McAfee-To-Pay-For-PC-Repairs-After-Patch-Fiasco
Hmmm?? They identified a malware alright, lmao: A critical piece of Windows itself? Give us a break.
(LMAO! Your "LOGIC"?? Blows, and falls apart in the light of easily verified documented FACTS and ones right from slashdot article on this website too, no less!)
How many more false positives and antivirus or antispyware company screwups do I have to post here? Searching GOOGLE for "Antivirus false positives" does the rest http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22antivirus+false+positives%22&btnG=Google+Search
"Your achievements are writing crapware, including software classified, for several years, as malware by the malware community" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 09, @10:35PM (#32151184)
Do you mean the "malware community" in antivirus companies that LIBEL THEIR COMPETITION?
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SYMANTEC LIBELS SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY:
http://www.malwarehelp.org/news/article-2139.html
"With a second false accusation this year, and no valid explanation given, we can only assume that libel is Symantec's way of trying to force anti-spyware competition out of the market."
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As far as 'crapware'? The day you can do all of this, yourself, from as long ago up to today presently:
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Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61
(&, 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 2000-2002, in its HARDEST CATEGORY: SQLServer Performance Enhancement).
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, saw it @ BORDERS BOOKS but didn't buy it... 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
"Fuck off." - by Red Flayer (890720) writes: on Tuesday May 04, @03:29PM (#32089624) Journal
You're not helping your case by your use of profanity first of all. It makes you off topic also.
"Still trolling, huh?" - by Red Flayer (890720) writes: on Monday May 10, @03:18PM (#32160272) Journal
The same can be said of yourself, especially because of your use of the F word above, in your first post in this exchange. It is clear YOU are the troll here.
"Can't let it go?" - by Red Flayer (890720) writes: on Monday May 10, @03:18PM (#32160272) Journal
Once more, the same can be said of yourself. You keep getting shot down on every so-called point you made here, especially here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32160380 and it was done with verifiable concrete valid documentation in shooting you down also.
You've additionally also proven yourself quite useless or obsolete, because as you can see? You cannot stop myself from posting replies here, despite your rather PUNY attempts at using IP address bans versus my posts to attempt to supress the truth of what happened here with clone53421!
clone53421 libeled others here calling them malware makers, when the ac apk has done a good deal of decent things in this field as well as producing the first and original guide for securing a Windows NT based OS that has grown to a point where it can be shown that applying his guide, in full, not just the hosts file which you oddly fixated on only (and his guide is far more than that).
The funny part is that when users only applied his hosts file, they reduced their malware infestation rate to less than 1% of their usual (Kings Joker) and it makes sense: You cannot get burned if you cannot go into the malware kitchen (which is part of what a HOSTS files can do, stop you from going to known bad sites, and the ac apk apparently populates his hosts file from reputable locations and daily too so it is absolutely current).
You can try to put those kinds of results down, but they are stated by others as fact and make loads of sense why hosts would work well versus malware too.
The mods here also knew clone53421 was wrong on the "Germany versus Firefox" thread because Firefox showed 3 errors in 1 week and Opera had none.
When the 3rd DOM security vulnerability in Firefox showed up, well before the due date for closing a post here no less (12 days life only on that thread)? You and the other mods closed it!
The mods closed it because the ac apk brought the DOM security vulnerability in Firefox to light or tried to in that 3rd vulnerability OFFICIALLY surfacing (it was in existence from 4/1/2010 though but not officially declared a bug yet is all - the ac apk had you all on the ropes, as is the case here as well, and you knew it, so the mods closed that thread before their "crony" in clone53421 could be shown as further in error)).
To all reading? This is the REAL slashdot: A house of incompetent and corrupt dishonest moderators who "cater to their cronies" (their other registered id's is more like it) when they are losing badly and libeling others also, and LMAO, still they "fail" at holding out those they are unfairly supressing posts and replies from (case in point being myself here).
See subject, and realize that if that is the "best you have" here in reply? You have nothing. Same as was asked of you if you had a degree in the art and sciences of computing and you could not produce one to your name/credit. You are not an expert here, because you cannot produce such degrees to your name and credit which would function to establish you as an expert in computing. Thus, by evading answering whether you have a degree in CSC or CIS to your name/credit, you are basically stating to us all you are not an expert or anyone to take seriously because no educational institution can be shown as giving you license or degrees to that effect.
(You also failed at producing evidences of the alleged customers you stated have written programs for, which again, you have not produced upon being asked)
Thus, you are nothing and have nothing.
In essence, due to the above? You're nobody to take seriously.
Now by the same token, the ac apk has loads of evidences in respectable publications in the trade of computing as well as appearances at technical trade shows and contests like Microsoft Tech Ed 2 years in a row and others like it by contrast. I know whom I take seriously here, and it's not yourself, but rather he versus yourself.
"Nobody is libeling you by calling you a malware maker. You are one." - by Anonymous Coward
on Tuesday May 11, @07:00PM (#32176254)
APK's single app listed there passed every question for removal of the 21 points asked by Computer Associates. Explain then how and why it can be classified as a malware by they, if his app passes every point for removal then?
Additionally (and again for the 10th time or more now):
Apk's not the only person that's happened to.
It has also been repeatedly pointed out that Nir Sofer of Nirsoft and also Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft even had have this same thing happen to they also.
The ac apk actually appears to be in good company in fact on this note.
You also fail to mention that apk was told by an attorney that he has a winning case worth $150,000 U.S. Dollars versus Computer Associates for libeling he thus, and, that CA now lists his app WITH ZERO THREAT LEVELS (because apk violates none of the questions they list on their removal test from their lists. Funny they STILL LIST IT though, even though apk's app violates none of the test items to declare an app, a malware!)
I would also like to mention that for a "malware maker", the ac apk also seems to have written what appears to be the very first and original guide for securing Windows NT based Operating Systems from as far back as 1998 to its present incarnation today that has crossed over 350,000 views worldwide and been made an "essential guide" or "sticky-pinned thread" and certainly in the top 1-10 most viewed threads on the forums it has been featured on, often being rated "5/5 stars" and the like as well.
Results for users of it? Ok, again:
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http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=80bbbffc22d358de6b01b8450d596746&showtopic=89123&st=60&start=60
"the use of the hosts file has worked for me in many ways. for one it stops ad banners, it helps speed up your computer as well. if you need more proof i am writing to you on a 400 hertz computer and i run with ease. i do not get 200++ viruses and spy ware a month as i use to. now i am lucky if i get 1 or 2 viruses a month. if you want my opinion if you stick to what APK says in his article about securing your computer then you will be safe and should not get any viruses or spy ware, but if you do get hit with viruses and spy ware then it will your own fault. keep up the good fight APK." - Kings Joker, user of my guide @ THE PLANET
AND
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2
"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3
"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some lea
"Nobody is libeling you by calling you a malware maker. You are one." - by Anonymous Coward
on Tuesday May 11, @07:00PM (#32176254)
APK's single app listed there passed every question for removal of the 21 points asked by Computer Associates. Explain then how and why it can be classified as a malware by they, if his app passes every point for removal then?
Additionally (and again for the 10th time or more now):
Apk's not the only person that's happened to.
It has also been repeatedly pointed out that Nir Sofer of Nirsoft and also Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft even had have this same thing happen to they also.
The ac apk actually appears to be in good company in fact on this note.
You also fail to mention that apk was told by an attorney that he has a winning case worth $150,000 U.S. Dollars versus Computer Associates for libeling he thus, and, that CA now lists his app WITH ZERO THREAT LEVELS (because apk violates none of the questions they list on their removal test from their lists. Funny they STILL LIST IT though, even though apk's app violates none of the test items to declare an app, a malware!)
I would also like to mention that for a "malware maker", the ac apk also seems to have written what appears to be the very first and original guide for securing Windows NT based Operating Systems from as far back as 1998 to its present incarnation today that has crossed over 350,000 views worldwide and been made an "essential guide" or "sticky-pinned thread" and certainly in the top 1-10 most viewed threads on the forums it has been featured on, often being rated "5/5 stars" and the like as well.
Results for users of it? Ok, again:
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http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?s=80bbbffc22d358de6b01b8450d596746&showtopic=89123&st=60&start=60
"the use of the hosts file has worked for me in many ways. for one it stops ad banners, it helps speed up your computer as well. if you need more proof i am writing to you on a 400 hertz computer and i run with ease. i do not get 200++ viruses and spy ware a month as i use to. now i am lucky if i get 1 or 2 viruses a month. if you want my opinion if you stick to what APK says in his article about securing your computer then you will be safe and should not get any viruses or spy ware, but if you do get hit with viruses and spy ware then it will your own fault. keep up the good fight APK." - Kings Joker, user of my guide @ THE PLANET
AND
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2
"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3
"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some lea
"If you think this is APK then you are full of SH** and you should check to see who you are talking about. so if you try to block all of my posts like the other one that are here then every thing i have heard about the moderators is true and all of the Slashdot moderators is nothing but a bunch of losers that can not handle the truth, and if you think taking my account and destroying kingersjokwers was going to stop me from posting the facts then you are out of your mind." - by kingsjokers (1808300) writes: on Monday May 10, @10:52AM (#32155438)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32155438
It appears that Kings Joker also realizes you people here on slashdot start deleting others' accounts (because the one you point to? Is spelled "Kings Jokwers". He too was unable to use his old account here, and found it was deleted and for no good reasons either (and he most certainly is NOT apk either per the quote above).
Yes, when slashdot's mods and their cronies are losing to others they libel as they have the ac apk here repeatedly alongside their cronies clone53421, and squiggleslash, and tomhudson? You see their attempts at stopping the truth coming out, by trying and failing their IP bans.
(Clone53421, tomhudson, squiggleslash, and RedFlaya? They just the same guy, or guys, but posting under diff. registered user credentials, and we all know it, or they wouldn't be trying to suppress my ability to post so badly (they fail hugely @ that, lol) or those of others as noted by Kings Joker above).
Clone53421 likes to libel others, but when it comes to proving his allegations? He has zero, just like he has zero in regards to degrees in the sciences of computing. Clearly, without them to his credit/name, he's by no means, an expert. He ran from that question in fact, everytime he was asked it (lol).
clone53421 and his fellow slashDORKS (lol) also failed to disprove the points noted here, repeatedly also:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1640368&cid=32160380
(So much for these "slashDORK wannabe experts", because they cannot even prove they're expert level in computing even, lol, and they're certainly NOT big on proving things they state either, and lol, when they DO try to? Their sources are erroneous, or as unqualified as they are, or have made GIANT mistakes themselves!)
LMAO... see subject above.
Per my subject above, until you produce that to your credit? You're as big a fool as you were in the thread your moderator pals closed, because a third error creeped out in Firefox then, and what did your mod pals do? They closed the thread as apk tried to put up the evidence of the DOM issue in Firefox (where Opera had zero errors in the timeframe of said debate, and has less than Firefox does, and Opera's certainly faster on all fronts as well, much to your chagrin). You're not expert in computing, because if you were, you'd have a degree stating you had achieved a certain level of proficiency in them. Nor do your "supporters" in Red Flaya, tomhudson, and squiggleslash possess degrees in the computer sciences either. The ac apk does, and also has done numerous things that were listed here from respectable publications in this science. You and yours here have none of those either. You tried to "lessen that", and it's not working, because you only expose yourself further as a big talking ne'er do well. What was clear to myself reading this exchange is that the moderators here are scumbags, who tried to suppress the ac's ability to post here, and they laughingly failed that too (but they sure are good at closing threads like the "Germany warns against firefox" thread where you started libeling apk weren't they?). You're nothing but a done nothing with himself cheap shot artist, along with your "so called friends" who are probably yourself posting here under different registered user logon accounts is all. I've seen that done here on this very website before, so I merely assume the same with you, because you took cheap shots at the ac apk calling him a malware maker, but his single app (others have had this happen to they too, such as Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft and Nir Sofer of NIRSOFT) passed every one of the 21 questions for removal at Computer Associates website (the only "major player" in your so called lists, and CA's the VERY BOTTOM OF THE BARRELL in commercial offerings as far as security suites go versus Norton and McAfee for instance), yet apk's app is still listed there? There is something wrong with that, because ping.exe is as dangerous, and an app like Spybot Search and Destroy alters a hosts file (yet it's not listed by CA, because Norton tried to libel Spybot that way, and got taken to the cleaners on it, the url for that was posted here in many replies too no less). Bottom line, is this: You're not expert in this art and science, so quit trying to play one here on slashdot, home of the corrupt and unfair scumbag moderator, Red Flaya. Don't like my take on it? Too bad. I read what I read here, and I see how you little fleas are nothing more than a pack of wannabes trying to play expert. Go get a degree, and then, get back to us, before you attempt to "play expert online" here on this website. Same to your unqualified and incompetent moderator, in Red Flaya.