I once found multiple "Found.XXX" directories on a PC that had been infected with adware. As far as I can tell, none of the files needed any recovery, seems it was just a way to hide the crapware and associated files. Shift+Delete took care of the wasted disk space... removing the trojan was a bit more difficult.
I've got about 3 of my comments, repeated on my user page, and then a great big list of somebody else's stuff after that. What is this crap? I hoped like hell it was just all an April Fool's Day joke, and that everything would be back to normal a day or so afterwards... but it's all still there.
It even flagged http://abc.net.au/ which is the website for Australia's Public TV Broadcaster... the only risk from that site is being bored to somnolence... but not the sponsored links... gotta keep them revenues rolling in!
Move to Australia... anywhere north of about Sydney, and you'll never have to worry about a power outage that could freeze you again. (Except the New England Tablelands)
On the other hand... I hate it when my air-conditioning stops... we had 40 degrees Centigrade yesterday. That's an honest to God 100+ degrees Fahrenheit.
FTA: "Known as Simple Image Preview Live Environment (SImPLE), the tool is heralded as the new frontier fighting cybercrime." SImPLE? Sounds right...
Who'da thunk it? Aussie cops ahead of the UK cops? Or did I just discover a bit of plagiarism? Guess I'd better read both articles... tomorrow, it's after 3 a.m.
I'm sure I'm not alone in remembering MS-DOS's Anti-Virus product, CentrePoint software acquired by MS when it bought the company (if I recall correctly). The very first message it delivered on starting was "the definitions are out of date" and you could get new one's by subscribing...
It was pretty much totally useless... but it was "free"
I work in an office, that sells "end of life" PCs with the HD wiped (non-transferable licence). Every time there's a "sale" I'm approached by someone asking for a "Windows disc I can use".
After I finish explaining that Windows these days is pretty tough on licencing, and it's not possible/practical to use one disc on multiple computers, they wander off to find someone who can help them... ignoring my offer of a Linux install disc.
I admire Ubuntu (using it right now on this PC) and Mark Shuttleworth's willingness to put his money into it. But Linux on the Desktop is only going to happen when Joe or Jane Average knows it exists , and can be used successfully.
1. How much exposure to radiation turns you into a dunder-head 2. How much exposure to radiation turns you into a "radiation scientist" 3. Which has the greater cost to society?
It's a joke, laugh... go on, laugh... oh for goodness' sake
I was told that when the English first arrived and colonised Australia, they came to the conclusion that Aboriginal people could not count above 2. When asked to count objects, they seemed to say something that was translated as "one, two, many...".
When a proper anthropological study was made of this matter in the 1950s or 1960s, it was eventually realised they use trinary math. Think binary for computers + 1 more. The sequence of counting is therefore "1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 100, 101, 102, 110, 111, 112, 120... etc" the word translated as "many" expressed "that's a group and start again" as we do with 10, then count on into the "teens"... eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen...
By the time anyone has understood Aboriginal culture and society, most of the original stuff has disappeared, sadly.
I remember reading a novel by Harry Harrison in the "Stainless Steel Rat" series, in which he described "collectors of universities" who had entire libraries of universities on chip. The more (and most unusual) chips you had, the better a collector you could "preen yourself" to be.
If the new OLPC is going to be a DVD player, or an E-Book reader, or some combination of all of those and the original OLPC (yes, I have read many of the earlier posts) why not add a large collection of text books and general reading - built in.
Maybe a standard portable DVD / BlueRay player with a BlueRay disc (or collection of discs) in a box, or in a "multi-disc stack" drive would mean getting a whole lot of info out there, and at a cheaper price. How big a solid state drive can you fit in it, and how much info can you cram in the drive?
Never mind connectivity, put lots of structured information in their hands, and minds. If they can also be creative, so much the better. But "INPUT!" as Number 5 said.
As has been said before, OpenOffice Spreadsheet will do the job, and specifically, there is a Dataform function built into "Data" on the menu.
1. Type your headings in the first row of the spreadsheet 2. Highlight the row as far as the end of the headings, 3. and down for as many rows as you want to include (for now) 4. Click on "Data" then "DataForm" and it will automatically create a "data entry form" 5. Type info in the fields and TAB, then TAB once more to "New" or hotkey Alt+N
We've created a monster! err, a small flat database file of sorts. I really miss QA by Symantec *sigh*
More likely the official distro of "Troll Suckers Unlimited". Even normally sensible people don't seem to have read beyond the article and home page of the website. But I can't help wondering if this isn't a viral marketing campaign... or maybe Micro$oft trying to break into the Linux market with it's very own "FOSS Vaporware". One way or another, it got the attention of/. !
First of all, Exherbo was announced because some elements of it will be discussed at an upcoming conference. Rather than having a blank page and let people start various rumors it seemed wise to at least let people know what was going on. -and- Unfortunately Slashdot picked up the announcement because some tard decided it would be a great idea to submit it to them. We did not do that ourselves because, as we state on the website, we have no need for users at the moment and exherbo won't fulfill users demands for the foreseeable future.
So, you've all had lots of fun, criticising people who were quietly going about having their fun. And your point was... ?
I learnt a long time ago, if I'm going to drive at highway speeds... I need to shut up! I only respond to my wife's comments in mono-syllables, and won't listen to music much.
It seems to me that anyone who advocates their "right" to do something else while driving, does not understand the basic laws of physics, let alone the laws of the road.
I have often wished for a "micro-wave" gun to shoot into silence the mobile/cell phones of those people who seem to think they have a "right" to talk on the phone while driving, thus endangering every other road user in the vicinity.
I work for a state government department, and while we are allowed to make limited use of the internet at work, that's like a maximum of $10 worth per month. We're also repeatedly told that any and all use of the internet is monitored, by a general issue email sent to the entire staff. This email alternates with the one that announces that viewing or accessing "inappropriate content" can be punishable by anything up to dismissal.
I've stopped being annoyed at either "warning", or complaining that some dope got caught looking at porn on his/her work computer AGAIN!.
Things like FaceBook or MySpace have been blocked, because youngsters were looking at their "personal" page all damn day, and would not listen to Big Hints that they should restrain this particular impulse while at work.
I can only conclude that a lot of people have no internet connection at home, or no self control, so it's not a huge surprise that the bosses are looking. Neither is it a huge surprise that there's something to look for. So, who gives a rodent's fundament if they're going to make a law about it?
I had issues with billing for mobile and landline services, but not with my Bigpond ISP account. I spent huge amounts of time attempting to resolve the issues, up to the point where I spent 2 1/2 hours talking on the phone one day, with my wife in attendance, because:
[1] Mobile and Telephone were in her name, and although she had added my name numerous times as authorised to act on "her account", every time I phoned up with an issue, I was told I was not authorised.
[2] ISP/Internet account was in my name... ditto for my wife being "not authorised" in spite of numerous authorisations.
The amounts that various people said we would be rebated, because of problems, promises by sales people that were not fulfilled, etc. were always reversed on the next bill. In other words, no matter who you spoke to, they did not have authority.
I ended up paying out about $600 Australian, to close all accounts, payout my wife's mobile (cell) phone contract, and we are now happily paying two thirds of what we were paying to Optus, one of Telstra's competitors. And I still have steam coming out of my ears!
... and none of your penises will likely work by then either...
We'll all have robotic penises installed... why should they have all the fun? Just as long as somethings been done about the Rust problem... I don't want rust in embarassing places.
I've had a cheap as dirt USB flash drive go through the wash too, and it still works fine.
Mine stayed in the shirt pocket, and was capped with a snap-on lid. When the wife found it, and handed it back to me, it seemed dry but I left it uncapped on a window sill in sunlight for a day.
Don't know if no water got in, or if steaming in the sun got it all out, but that USB flash drive still works fine.
Sending email to lots of people can look like you sent one email to one person if you shove the addresses in the BCC: field. Bennet need only explain to the judge that BCC stands for "Blind Carbon Copy" and the "personal email" opinion falls over.
Slashdot Mirror
I once found multiple "Found.XXX" directories on a PC that had been infected with adware. ... removing the trojan was a bit more difficult.
As far as I can tell, none of the files needed any recovery, seems it was just a way to hide the crapware and associated files.
Shift+Delete took care of the wasted disk space
I've got about 3 of my comments, repeated on my user page, and then a great big list of somebody else's stuff after that. ... but it's all still there.
What is this crap? I hoped like hell it was just all an April Fool's Day joke, and that everything would be back to normal
a day or so afterwards
It even flagged http://abc.net.au/ which is the website for Australia's Public TV Broadcaster ... the only risk from that site is being bored to somnolence ... ... gotta keep them revenues rolling in!
but not the sponsored links
Move to Australia ... anywhere north of about Sydney, and you'll never have to worry about a power outage that could freeze you again.
(Except the New England Tablelands)
On the other hand ... I hate it when my air-conditioning stops ... we had 40 degrees Centigrade yesterday.
That's an honest to God 100+ degrees Fahrenheit.
This was in The Australian newspaper on Nov 2, about a bootable CD (think Knoppix)
being developed in conjunction with Edith Cowan University:
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,24597325-5013040,00.html
FTA: "Known as Simple Image Preview Live Environment (SImPLE), the tool is heralded as the new frontier fighting cybercrime." ...
SImPLE? Sounds right
Who'da thunk it? Aussie cops ahead of the UK cops? ... tomorrow, it's after 3 a.m.
Or did I just discover a bit of plagiarism? Guess I'd better read both articles
I'm sure I'm not alone in remembering MS-DOS's Anti-Virus product, CentrePoint software acquired by MS when it bought the company (if I recall correctly). ...
The very first message it delivered on starting was "the definitions are out of date" and you could get new one's by subscribing
It was pretty much totally useless ... but it was "free"
I work in an office, that sells "end of life" PCs with the HD wiped (non-transferable licence).
Every time there's a "sale" I'm approached by someone asking for a "Windows disc I can use".
After I finish explaining that Windows these days is pretty tough on licencing, and it's not possible/practical ... ignoring my offer
to use one disc on multiple computers, they wander off to find someone who can help them
of a Linux install disc.
I admire Ubuntu (using it right now on this PC) and Mark Shuttleworth's willingness to put his money into it.
But Linux on the Desktop is only going to happen when Joe or Jane Average knows it exists , and can be used successfully.
How come the guy in charge is Chaltier, Global Moderator ?
Now there's a conspiracy theory for you!
1. How much exposure to radiation turns you into a dunder-head
2. How much exposure to radiation turns you into a "radiation scientist"
3. Which has the greater cost to society?
It's a joke, laugh ... go on, laugh ... oh for goodness' sake
I'm not sure how true this is, but ...
I was told that when the English first arrived and colonised Australia, they came to the conclusion that Aboriginal people could not count above 2. When asked to count objects, they seemed to say something that was translated as "one, two, many ...".
When a proper anthropological study was made of this matter in the 1950s or 1960s, it was eventually realised they use trinary math. Think binary for computers + 1 more. The sequence of counting is therefore "1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 100, 101, 102, 110, 111, 112, 120 ... etc" the word translated as "many" expressed "that's a group and start again" as we do with 10, then count on into the "teens" ... eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen ...
By the time anyone has understood Aboriginal culture and society, most of the original stuff has disappeared, sadly.
I thought he meant a core dump
You technical people confuse me all the time ;-)
of this concept, read "Earth" by David Brin.
:-)
I enjoyed the concept of a scientist flicking a switch and "pop", oh look there's another universe
I remember reading a novel by Harry Harrison in the "Stainless Steel Rat" series, in which he described "collectors of universities" who had entire libraries of universities on chip. The more (and most unusual) chips you had, the better a collector you could "preen yourself" to be.
If the new OLPC is going to be a DVD player, or an E-Book reader, or some combination of all of those and the original OLPC (yes, I have read many of the earlier posts)
why not add a large collection of text books and general reading - built in.
Maybe a standard portable DVD / BlueRay player with a BlueRay disc (or collection of discs) in a box, or in a "multi-disc stack" drive would mean getting a whole lot of info out there, and at a cheaper price.
How big a solid state drive can you fit in it, and how much info can you cram in the drive?
Never mind connectivity, put lots of structured information in their hands, and minds. If they can also be creative, so much the better. But "INPUT!" as Number 5 said.
As has been said before, OpenOffice Spreadsheet will do the job,
and specifically, there is a Dataform function built into "Data" on the menu.
1. Type your headings in the first row of the spreadsheet
2. Highlight the row as far as the end of the headings,
3. and down for as many rows as you want to include (for now)
4. Click on "Data" then "DataForm" and it will automatically create a "data entry form"
5. Type info in the fields and TAB, then TAB once more to "New" or hotkey Alt+N
We've created a monster! err, a small flat database file of sorts.
I really miss QA by Symantec *sigh*
More likely the official distro of "Troll Suckers Unlimited". ... or maybe Micro$oft trying to break /. !
Even normally sensible people don't seem to have read beyond the article and home page of the website.
But I can't help wondering if this isn't a viral marketing campaign
into the Linux market with it's very own "FOSS Vaporware".
One way or another, it got the attention of
From the "Planet" page http://planet.exherbo.org/ on the website:
... ?
First of all, Exherbo was announced because some elements of it will be discussed at an upcoming conference. Rather than having a blank page and let people start various rumors it seemed wise to at least let people know what was going on.
-and-
Unfortunately Slashdot picked up the announcement because some tard decided it would be a great idea to submit it to them. We did not do that ourselves because, as we state on the website, we have no need for users at the moment and exherbo won't fulfill users demands for the foreseeable future.
So, you've all had lots of fun, criticising people who were quietly going about having their fun. And your point was
I learnt a long time ago, if I'm going to drive at highway speeds ... I need to shut up!
I only respond to my wife's comments in mono-syllables, and won't listen to music much.
It seems to me that anyone who advocates their "right" to do something else while driving,
does not understand the basic laws of physics,
let alone the laws of the road.
I have often wished for a "micro-wave" gun to shoot into silence the mobile/cell phones
of those people who seem to think they have a "right" to talk on the phone while driving,
thus endangering every other road user in the vicinity.
I work for a state government department, and while we are allowed to make limited use of the internet at work, that's like a maximum of $10 worth per month.
We're also repeatedly told that any and all use of the internet is monitored, by a general issue email sent to the entire staff.
This email alternates with the one that announces that viewing or accessing "inappropriate content" can be punishable by anything up to dismissal.
I've stopped being annoyed at either "warning", or complaining that some dope got caught looking at porn on his/her work computer AGAIN!.
Things like FaceBook or MySpace have been blocked, because youngsters were looking at their "personal" page all damn day, and would not listen
to Big Hints that they should restrain this particular impulse while at work.
I can only conclude that a lot of people have no internet connection at home, or no self control, so it's not a huge surprise that the bosses are looking.
Neither is it a huge surprise that there's something to look for. So, who gives a rodent's fundament if they're going to make a law about it?
I had issues with billing for mobile and landline services, but not with my Bigpond ISP account.
... ditto for my wife being "not authorised" in spite of numerous authorisations.
I spent huge amounts of time attempting to resolve the issues, up to the point where I spent 2 1/2 hours talking on the phone one day, with my wife in attendance, because:
[1] Mobile and Telephone were in her name, and although she had added my name numerous times as authorised to act on "her account", every time I phoned up with an issue, I was told I was not authorised.
[2] ISP/Internet account was in my name
The amounts that various people said we would be rebated, because of problems, promises by sales people that were not fulfilled, etc. were always reversed on the next bill. In other words, no matter who you spoke to, they did not have authority.
I ended up paying out about $600 Australian, to close all accounts, payout my wife's mobile (cell) phone contract, and we are now happily paying two thirds of what we were paying to Optus, one of Telstra's competitors.
And I still have steam coming out of my ears!
... and none of your penises will likely work by then either ...
... why should they have all the fun? ... I don't want rust in embarassing places.
We'll all have robotic penises installed
Just as long as somethings been done about the Rust problem
I've had a cheap as dirt USB flash drive go through the wash too, and it still works fine.
Mine stayed in the shirt pocket, and was capped with a snap-on lid. When the wife found it,
and handed it back to me, it seemed dry but I left it uncapped on a window sill in sunlight
for a day.
Don't know if no water got in, or if steaming in the sun got it all out, but
that USB flash drive still works fine.
Just think how much room that would free up on the InterTubes for the spammers to convey their important messages!
in one easy step. Just follow the music and we can all waltz to our doom!
Sending email to lots of people can look like you sent one email to one person if you shove the addresses in the BCC: field.
Bennet need only explain to the judge that BCC stands for "Blind Carbon Copy" and the "personal email" opinion falls over.
... sending them a text?
How open is that?