I recommend AntiVir for Windows boxes... in a lot of tests (virus.gr, av-comparatives.org) it has the best detection rate, either for free AV's, or all AV's tested.
In fact, the other night AntiVir detected a trojan. It was named svchost.exe and by Googling the name I couldn't find anything. So before deleting it I uploaded the trojan (with the filename svchost.exe) to one of those websites that tests a file against a bunch of different AV's, and AntiVir, along with only one other AV (not a well-known one) was the only one that detected it as malicious.
Honestly, no AV is perfect, but I find AntiVir to be pretty darn good. Of course, moving to *nix is an even better choice but you can't always get rid of a Windows box.
If you throw your computer into suspend-to-disk (Stand-By), it uses no electricity, except for the amount your computer normally uses when it's off, and is essentially "instant-on".
Try it: put your computer into stand-by (suspend-to-disk), and after it turns off, reactivate it (click the mouse or something) and watch how quickly it goes back to how it was before you threw it into standby.
Agreed. My PC uses only three watts when running in suspend-to-disk mode (equal to the amount it uses when powered off), and boots instantly when I wake it up.
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Lighten up, I find the comments for these "(Useful) Stupid * Tricks" stories to be very entertaining.
But we can watch scantily clad ladies dancing around and gangstas promoting the dirty life?
Somebody mod this guy up!
Try a *nix -- maybe something like FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD.
I recommend AntiVir for Windows boxes... in a lot of tests (virus.gr, av-comparatives.org) it has the best detection rate, either for free AV's, or all AV's tested.
In fact, the other night AntiVir detected a trojan. It was named svchost.exe and by Googling the name I couldn't find anything. So before deleting it I uploaded the trojan (with the filename svchost.exe) to one of those websites that tests a file against a bunch of different AV's, and AntiVir, along with only one other AV (not a well-known one) was the only one that detected it as malicious.
Honestly, no AV is perfect, but I find AntiVir to be pretty darn good. Of course, moving to *nix is an even better choice but you can't always get rid of a Windows box.
If you throw your computer into suspend-to-disk (Stand-By), it uses no electricity, except for the amount your computer normally uses when it's off, and is essentially "instant-on".
Try it: put your computer into stand-by (suspend-to-disk), and after it turns off, reactivate it (click the mouse or something) and watch how quickly it goes back to how it was before you threw it into standby.
This happened last time. Not one week after I download the 150MB+ installer, they come out with a new version.
Let them think driving 30 in a 45 zone will give them better mileage; maybe we'll have a heckuva lot fewer deaths.
Or, people will still drive just as stupid and it won't have an effect.
Homeschooling.
I betcha they did it just to get on Slashdot.
You had butt cheeks?! We all had to get metal plates inserted into our heads and wait for a lightning storm as our source of static electricity.
Now they can make crappy predictions even *faster*!
Comcast's internet has been causing me trouble the past two days, from around 12pm to 5pm.
Really? I thought there was a separate internet in China...
It won't be deleted.
Think GP2X, except instead of being designed for gaming, have it designed for phone use.
Agreed. My PC uses only three watts when running in suspend-to-disk mode (equal to the amount it uses when powered off), and boots instantly when I wake it up.
That article mentioned 'white subjects'. Why weren't black subjects involved in the study? Racist!
Down with the telco!
Thank you EFF. About time.
That this wasn't caught in the testing stages?
Wow.
Success! I'm really relieved that nothing
iPod wasn't the first MP3 player, was it?
That's why it's here. We don't know. It's up to us geeks to philosophize.