Tony Buzan started the research (or at least he is the source I remember) of Mind Mapping. I remember seeing a show on PBS when I lived in a log home in Fayettevilly Georgia, USA. It struck me that the concept of mapping the mind could make recall completely mechanical. It is an extremely organic process otherwise.
You can pick up his books at any online bookstore. Just search for Tony Buzan and Mind Mapping. There are a ton of quacks that ripped the ideas and produced varied qualities of literature on the subject. I understand his book is dull, though enlightening. Buzan Centers is online, along with a short explaination at James Cook University's (Australia) website.
There are two basic focii for the memory enthusiast. There is regressive memories and improved recall. People who focus on recall are typically goal oriented toward application for career or educational purposes. Regressive memories are usually sorted to deal with tramas or personal growth.
Mega Memory is a course available from Kevin Trudeau's website. You may have seen that goofy infomercial whilst staying up late on wee morning hour in the mid nineties (showing my age here). Also, there are a ton of similar courses available online. I endorse none, but many have great ideas behind them and will improve your memory.
I find this subject facinating and hope anyone who wants to pursue the improvement of their mind shares their findings with me personally. If you have had success, please feel free to share via email directly.
"It's
not like I'm going to walk out tomorrow
and get a job,"
Uh, well you could! You
may not make the 100K you were making
last year, but you could make say 50K and
that's better than unemployment.
Or, you could be a dropout and just be
pissed about the marketplace you helped
create. I'm sorry, I just think it is a
tad intellectually dishonest. At least
when you say "I don't want that kind of
job.", you say what you mean. I take it
as a personal offense when people choose
unemployment intentionally and blaim
things other than the real culpret: their
ego and zen factor.
Amen! It's nice to finally have control. When I was a Microsoft ISP, I had to rely on Microsoft to 'feel' like revealing their hole then release the updated file. It was wonderful to finally actually have some level of control over my servers. I will NEVER rely on IIS for production servers again.
Unchecked Buffer in Profile Service Could Allow Code Execution in Commerce Server (Q322273)
Originally posted: June 26, 2002
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-030 Print
Unchecked Buffer in SQLXML Could Lead to Code Execution (Q321911)
Originally posted: June 12, 2002
Unchecked Buffer in Remote Access Service Phonebook Could Lead to Code Execution (Q318138)
Originally posted: June 12, 2002
Heap Overrun in HTR Chunked Encoding Could Enable Web Server Compromise (Q321599)
Originally posted: June 12, 2002
Unchecked Buffer in Gopher Protocol Handler Can Run Code of Attacker's Choice (Q323889)
Originally posted: June 11, 2002
Revised: June 14, 2002
Unchecked Buffer in ASP.NET Worker Process (Q322289)
Originally posted: June 06, 2002
Malformed Mail Attribute can Cause Exchange 2000 to Exhaust CPU Resources (Q320436)
Originally posted: May 29, 2002
Authentication Flaw in Windows Debugger can Lead to Elevated Privileges (Q320206)
Originally posted: May 22, 2002
SQL Extended Procedure Functions Contain Unchecked Buffers (Q319507)
Originally posted: April 17, 2002
SQL Extended Procedure Functions Contain Unchecked Buffers (Q319507)
Originally posted: April 17, 2002
Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (Q319733)
Originally posted: April 10, 2002
Opening Group Policy Files for Exclusive Read Blocks Policy Application (Q318593)
Originally posted: April 04, 2002
Unchecked Buffer in Windows Shell Could Lead to Code Execution
Originally posted: March 07, 2002
And, just because it's so funny: RTF document linked to template can run macros without warning
Originally posted: May 21, 2001
I can definitely see how you may find it difficult to find all the security holes in your IIS installation. I mean, crap, after the daily inundation of security holes in the litany of Microsoft product releases, it is understandable you pay attention to the hand full of weaknesses (that typically do NOT allow root access) various Unix deamons have publically announced.
I have got absolutely no idea what this has to do with the thread you posted to. However, BSD is not dying. Why? Well, unlike a bunch of whining linux weenies, the goal of FreeBSD is to develop the best possible code. It matters not who uses it or for what purpose.
This banter of anti-BSD is silly. So, I thought I might respond in kind. While you are measuring how many "web servers" are running BSD, perhaps you should consider how many routers, switches and appliances are running BSD . Of course, the fact that a crapload of Linux CDs are circulating out there, and widespread broadband allowing an unreal number of unprofitable web servers, the availability of Apache and IIS to practically anyone with a DSL, Cable or T1 connection to serve a web site and not to mention the number of server farms that rely solely on RedHat CDs to build their colo boxes does allow for a lot more of practically everything out there. BSD is not stupid friendly. That has become a serious focus of the Linux Development community (not all Linux weenies). So, it only makes sense that more web servers are running stupid friendly installations of anything. In that market, Windows and Linux have an advantage. But, I am not counting. I'd rather run something solid and stable than something popular. So, I will either toil over a clean build of Linux painstakingly removing anything silly or stupid put in place for the supid user community, or I will run a basically default build of a BSD distro.
It's the Bell Curve of Operating Systems. There are simply more stupid admins than those willing to read a little now to save exploits and hassles later. Many Linux boxes, even Windows Servers are set up with the primary task being security and stability. However, most are default installs, as evident when you see how many Linux web servers run X11. As for me, to the death I will not give up my FreeBSD ports collection.
It looks as though Big Blue actually killed the Linux Laptop project in the process of cutting the fat. They may have cut a little too deep. All developers use laptops, as I am right now. In the world of development, portable security blankets are few and far. It is important to feel comfortable with your portable platform and a strong Linux development on their platform definitely influenced the purchase of Thinkpads by Open Source development obsessives.
It is not so much the lack of development for consumers as the impact emotionally this will have on the frantic pro-linux communities that may have repercussions. The Open Source community has been wooed recently by this computer giant. It may appear in the community that their support of open platforms and open standards is waning. They run the legitimate risk of appearing to fain interest in Linux simply for their "greedy capitalist usury".
So, where will the "Linux Weenies", the core of the Linux porting and piracy support to make Linux do more stuff better than Windows do in retaliation? Surely they have no real portable platform options. They won't start jumping ship to Compaq and Dell any time soon. Then again, has anyone paid any attention to the obscure platform known as Apple? Remember a few seconds ago when I mentioned that I was working on a laptop? Well, it ain't IBM! I am a FreeBSD bigot. And, that left me with few portable options. The growing support of IBooks and Titaniums is hard to ignore. Linux enthusiasts are pooring their hearts into the platform support for these systems and the internal support infrastructure offered by Apple is not slowing the course. Apple is receiving major GPL development attention. This is not the time for the PC giant to glance away from a serious piece of the pie. The development world guides much of corporate consumer decisions. You can only rely on internal development and sales strategy so long. Many decisions are made based on the choices available on your platform. The laptop market is a crucial and decisive battle field in the war of product recognition.
Linux and FreeBSD have converted hundreds of thousands if not millions of desktops, systems, servers and people to using something other than Microsoft. I was running a straight up Microsoft shop/ISP. And, I was converted for both personal and corporate use. The magnitude of Linux machines running out there on personal PCs should tell you they are eating up Microsoft territory. That is why Microsoft Blasts the GPL every chance they get (I am not a fan of GPL either - prefer BSD License, another Open Source / Free Source license).
The real story here is that Steve can't stop the whole "I am the best acid trippin' visionary ever" mantra long enough to target his marketplace. He is still competing with the wrong company. You really want to live off Sun's drop-offs? Come on! Sun does not have a lock on any decent share of the desktop market. Macs are NOT Servers! They are visual development and personal computing tools.
I don't know what the default setting (on retry to update) is. I had a customer for whom I was hosting a domain do this to me. They set their border-routing machine (connected to an ISDN - not a static IP: dialup), which happened to be a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server , to handle dynamic DNS updates to my server.
Now, they had not a clue that was what they were doing. Microsoft's Windows products are commonly loved for being STUPID FRIENDLY. Oh, they call it "simpler". Whenever a Windows person uses the term "simpler", just remember that is code for STUPID! This stinking machine sends these stupid updates every few minutes no matter what! And, I can do NOTHING about it - besides block the IPs (did I mention they have several accounts and use dialup?). First, there are probably literally millions of machines doing this crap. Second, there are litterally millions of "Windows Administrators" that could not possibly care about the damage they do to the Internet as a whole, let alone care to learn about standards for Internet traffic. If Front Page *(we don't give a crap about W3 standards for HTML) and IMail *(What, you want that delivered today? SMTP) aren't evidence enough, you just are not paying attention to the damage that Microsoft, it's software and it's users are inflicting on the Internet.
The fact is, Operating Systems that tout the ability to be used and operated without any knowledge or accountability should NEVER be allowed to send data to root servers. They should not be allowed to send any data anywhere that requires detailed standards' compliance. Seriously, allowing a user to do this is a serious design flaw on both Apple's and Microsoft's part. But, why would they care? They are not the people that started, maintain or take responsibility for critical Internet management services.
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Tony Buzan started the research (or at least he is the source I remember) of Mind Mapping. I remember seeing a show on PBS when I lived in a log home in Fayettevilly Georgia, USA. It struck me that the concept of mapping the mind could make recall completely mechanical. It is an extremely organic process otherwise.
You can pick up his books at any online bookstore. Just search for Tony Buzan and Mind Mapping. There are a ton of quacks that ripped the ideas and produced varied qualities of literature on the subject. I understand his book is dull, though enlightening. Buzan Centers is online, along with a short explaination at James Cook University's (Australia) website.
There are two basic focii for the memory enthusiast. There is regressive memories and improved recall. People who focus on recall are typically goal oriented toward application for career or educational purposes. Regressive memories are usually sorted to deal with tramas or personal growth.
Mega Memory is a course available from Kevin Trudeau's website. You may have seen that goofy infomercial whilst staying up late on wee morning hour in the mid nineties (showing my age here). Also, there are a ton of similar courses available online. I endorse none, but many have great ideas behind them and will improve your memory.
I find this subject facinating and hope anyone who wants to pursue the improvement of their mind shares their findings with me personally. If you have had success, please feel free to share via email directly.
Amen!
Quoting someone in the article:
Uh, well you could! You may not make the 100K you were making last year, but you could make say 50K and that's better than unemployment.
Or, you could be a dropout and just be pissed about the marketplace you helped create. I'm sorry, I just think it is a tad intellectually dishonest. At least when you say "I don't want that kind of job.", you say what you mean. I take it as a personal offense when people choose unemployment intentionally and blaim things other than the real culpret: their ego and zen factor.
Amen! It's nice to finally have control. When I was a Microsoft ISP, I had to rely on Microsoft to 'feel' like revealing their hole then release the updated file. It was wonderful to finally actually have some level of control over my servers. I will NEVER rely on IIS for production servers again.
Microsoft's Technet IIS Announcements
Security Updates on Microsoft's Site
I can definitely see how you may find it difficult to find all the security holes in your IIS installation. I mean, crap, after the daily inundation of security holes in the litany of Microsoft product releases, it is understandable you pay attention to the hand full of weaknesses (that typically do NOT allow root access) various Unix deamons have publically announced.
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I have got absolutely no idea what this has to do with the thread you posted to. However, BSD is not dying. Why? Well, unlike a bunch of whining linux weenies, the goal of FreeBSD is to develop the best possible code. It matters not who uses it or for what purpose.
This banter of anti-BSD is silly. So, I thought I might respond in kind. While you are measuring how many "web servers" are running BSD, perhaps you should consider how many routers, switches and appliances are running BSD . Of course, the fact that a crapload of Linux CDs are circulating out there, and widespread broadband allowing an unreal number of unprofitable web servers, the availability of Apache and IIS to practically anyone with a DSL, Cable or T1 connection to serve a web site and not to mention the number of server farms that rely solely on RedHat CDs to build their colo boxes does allow for a lot more of practically everything out there. BSD is not stupid friendly. That has become a serious focus of the Linux Development community (not all Linux weenies). So, it only makes sense that more web servers are running stupid friendly installations of anything. In that market, Windows and Linux have an advantage. But, I am not counting. I'd rather run something solid and stable than something popular. So, I will either toil over a clean build of Linux painstakingly removing anything silly or stupid put in place for the supid user community, or I will run a basically default build of a BSD distro.
It's the Bell Curve of Operating Systems. There are simply more stupid admins than those willing to read a little now to save exploits and hassles later. Many Linux boxes, even Windows Servers are set up with the primary task being security and stability. However, most are default installs, as evident when you see how many Linux web servers run X11. As for me, to the death I will not give up my FreeBSD ports collection.
It looks as though Big Blue actually killed the Linux Laptop project in the process of cutting the fat. They may have cut a little too deep. All developers use laptops, as I am right now. In the world of development, portable security blankets are few and far. It is important to feel comfortable with your portable platform and a strong Linux development on their platform definitely influenced the purchase of Thinkpads by Open Source development obsessives. It is not so much the lack of development for consumers as the impact emotionally this will have on the frantic pro-linux communities that may have repercussions. The Open Source community has been wooed recently by this computer giant. It may appear in the community that their support of open platforms and open standards is waning. They run the legitimate risk of appearing to fain interest in Linux simply for their "greedy capitalist usury". So, where will the "Linux Weenies", the core of the Linux porting and piracy support to make Linux do more stuff better than Windows do in retaliation? Surely they have no real portable platform options. They won't start jumping ship to Compaq and Dell any time soon. Then again, has anyone paid any attention to the obscure platform known as Apple? Remember a few seconds ago when I mentioned that I was working on a laptop? Well, it ain't IBM! I am a FreeBSD bigot. And, that left me with few portable options. The growing support of IBooks and Titaniums is hard to ignore. Linux enthusiasts are pooring their hearts into the platform support for these systems and the internal support infrastructure offered by Apple is not slowing the course. Apple is receiving major GPL development attention. This is not the time for the PC giant to glance away from a serious piece of the pie. The development world guides much of corporate consumer decisions. You can only rely on internal development and sales strategy so long. Many decisions are made based on the choices available on your platform. The laptop market is a crucial and decisive battle field in the war of product recognition.
Linux and FreeBSD have converted hundreds of thousands if not millions of desktops, systems, servers and people to using something other than Microsoft. I was running a straight up Microsoft shop/ISP. And, I was converted for both personal and corporate use. The magnitude of Linux machines running out there on personal PCs should tell you they are eating up Microsoft territory. That is why Microsoft Blasts the GPL every chance they get (I am not a fan of GPL either - prefer BSD License, another Open Source / Free Source license).
The real story here is that Steve can't stop the whole "I am the best acid trippin' visionary ever" mantra long enough to target his marketplace. He is still competing with the wrong company. You really want to live off Sun's drop-offs? Come on! Sun does not have a lock on any decent share of the desktop market. Macs are NOT Servers! They are visual development and personal computing tools.
:)
I don't know what the default setting (on retry to update) is. I had a customer for whom I was hosting a domain do this to me. They set their border-routing machine (connected to an ISDN - not a static IP: dialup), which happened to be a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server , to handle dynamic DNS updates to my server.
Now, they had not a clue that was what they were doing. Microsoft's Windows products are commonly loved for being STUPID FRIENDLY. Oh, they call it "simpler". Whenever a Windows person uses the term "simpler", just remember that is code for STUPID! This stinking machine sends these stupid updates every few minutes no matter what! And, I can do NOTHING about it - besides block the IPs (did I mention they have several accounts and use dialup?). First, there are probably literally millions of machines doing this crap. Second, there are litterally millions of "Windows Administrators" that could not possibly care about the damage they do to the Internet as a whole, let alone care to learn about standards for Internet traffic. If Front Page *(we don't give a crap about W3 standards for HTML) and IMail *(What, you want that delivered today? SMTP) aren't evidence enough, you just are not paying attention to the damage that Microsoft, it's software and it's users are inflicting on the Internet.
The fact is, Operating Systems that tout the ability to be used and operated without any knowledge or accountability should NEVER be allowed to send data to root servers. They should not be allowed to send any data anywhere that requires detailed standards' compliance. Seriously, allowing a user to do this is a serious design flaw on both Apple's and Microsoft's part. But, why would they care? They are not the people that started, maintain or take responsibility for critical Internet management services.