Censorship tends to be more popular with the neoconservatives than the Democrats. As far a socialism goes, that talking point will never come true. Hell, even flat out first generation socialism would be better than Bushism.
Religion is a bad thing when you get zealots bent on using legislation to force their beliefs on others. The Republicans have been hitching their wagon to that pony since the 80s. It came back to bite them in the ass this time. Instead of talking about issues and coming up with plans to help people, they decided to talk about abortion, gays, and Israel instead. Hopefully they will learn a lesson from this years vote and reevaluate their priorities.
I was under the impression that after Bush won the last election and started thumping is chest and bellowing something about spending the political capital that he earned. Then he ordered the telecom industry to wiretap everyone's phone and then signed of on systematic torture. Does calling the constitution "just a piece of paper" and spitting on human rights not count as "saying goodbye to your rights"?
Let's not forget the borrow and spend policies of the Republicans that got us into a war that had absolutely nothing to do with terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. Maybe if we actually were taxed to pay for this war the people who proudly carried Bush's banner would have paused for a few minutes to think things over.
Nobody needs to go out of their way to bash Bush. His inability to exhibit a proper education and his constant cronyism make Bush bashing as effortless as breathing. I just wish he'd do something really wrong and get impeached. Perhaps receive a blow job from someone and get tied up in the definition of sexual intercourse.
Look, I'm not arguing the contribution of Universities or the expense of the (relatively short) clinical trials of AIDS drugs. What I'm arguing is that drug companies have no shame putting their hand out to take in charity and tax money, just to turn around and suffer from fiscal amnesia. Sure, any company should try to make a profit off their products and services, but a time comes when selling at (or below) cost for the sake of humanity and compassion should be warranted. How many dollar bills is a poor foreigners life worth?
Drug companies will continue to develop new treatments as long a they remain heavily subsidized by tax money. Selling a drug for $10 a pill is mostly icing on the cake. I don't mind a portion of my taxes going to help heal people around the world, I consider it a form of large scale community service. What I do mind is drug companies acting like they don't remember where a large portion of the funding for their R&D came from in the first place.
Would Brazil be in this position if they had provided more health care and better education to their citizens. How much would a few million condoms have cost them compared what the pharmcos charge?
I could say the same for Reagan's approach to the AIDS in th 80's, or the modern day neo-con's approach with abstinence only education. AIDS in the US used used to be OK when it was called "gay cancer".
I'm not saying that poor people shouldn't have access to drugs, but when it costs $1,000,000,000 to develop a new drug, the investors will require their companies to focus on the needs of paying customers.
Did you know that your tax dollars most likely paid for the majority of that price tag? When is the last time you saw a capital gains check for the money you unwittingly invested?
The drugs were developed under the expectation that someone would pay good money for them. Perhaps next time Brazil's poor infect themselves with something, Merck won't bother.
It's a mentality like this that will lead to the downfall of the human race. Disease knows no race, religion, nationality, or income bracket. Have you ever watched a person you care for waste away because they couldn't afford the medication they needed? I thought not.
Sorry buddy, the number of poor in this world by far exceed the number of WASPS. You are a minority.
I wish the article went into more detail about the T&C of this schools computer and network policies. If the use of proxies is banned by policy, and a student breaks the policy, appropriate punishments should be delivered. Yes, there times where expelling or suspending a student is proper, but something as relatively benign as using a proxy should (in most circumstances) shouldn't be met with much more than suspension or termination of the students network privileges.
There are two good options. They don't have every last update for the various flavors of XP (home, pro, and media center) but they have the majority of them.
These fundamentalist Christians won't stop at anything until we are all living in a Christian Iran. Maybe one day we will be fortunate enough where Christian mythology is presented in Sunday school and science is presented in public school.
How about a reputable security firm discovering an exploit and making the details public... or some kid in his basement who keeps it to himself and does who knows what with it?
What's more reckless... writing software with security holes and making its' selling point the high level of security it contains... or discovering an exploit that defies the marketing team?
I just finished a full shift at my part time job, tech at major electronics chain. I woke up today and heard about boot camp. I called them to see if they needed my today. So I went in and spent the morning installing boot camp and XP on a macbook demo. By the end of the day, I was teaching a class how to install and configure thier machines. We also sold 6 intel macs, 6 copies of XP full retail (home and pro), and some ram. Three of the sales were business people who paid $100 in service to have all the work done. Even though this may be what you could consider an opening day rush, it can open a whole new world to apple. Thier hardware is expensive, but as a tech I can say the performance and reliability of thier machines are great; and thier warranty is the best in the industry. I've ordered hardware for applecare repairs at 6pm and had it delivered the next morning. There are a lot of people who let things like warranty, repair time and reliability determine what brand pc to buy.
I sorry for the poor wording. In the earlier step of killing files and remote reg entries using PE, some missing files and 'holes' are left in the registry cause LSPfix to sometimes list items in the right window. It always removes whats left without a fuss.
I just mentioned the basic stuff. Sometimes the simple method does leave things behind. Believe it or not, there are people who will pay a large sum of money instead of backing up and restoring a macine. There was no way I was going to write an article for/. detailing how to use dependency walker and xvi32 to root out files burried in the filesystem.
I have access to a restore libray for HP/Compaq, Dell, Gateway/eMachines, Tohiba, and Sony machines from about ME forward. Most people I talk into a quick backup and restore. For $150, a ghost backup to a 100GB HDD, restore and update is always cheaper than an hourly rate for manual removal. It's the only way to guarantee a perfect software fix, because... well, your software is removed.
Believe it or not, *nx is not immune. Sortly after upgrading to the latest Ubuntu, my roomate was getting popups all over the place. Aparently he got some sort of java exploit through Azureus. Yet my windows box has never had a bug. I guess the OS matters less than the user.
Ad-aware
McAfee
Registry Editor PE
Winsockfix
LSPfix
Hijackthis
Begin by going through each users directory in Documents and Settings. Delete the cookies directory, then every directory in the Local Settings except Application Data. Then go to the Windows directory and delete the contents of the following directories: Downloaded Program Files, Prefetch, and Temp. Then finish by going to the root dir and deleting the contents of System Volume Information, and Recycler folders. This will clear out the majority of the places malware hides and code that reactivates any remaining nasties on boot. Also pay very close attention to any DLL and EXE files in the Windows directory. With a few important exceptions, only malware places libraries and executables in the Windows directory. Generally, if you right click the file and choose Properties and it shows detailed copyright info for a legitimate company, the file is safe; if not, change the extension to BAK and remember to change them back if your software has problems.
Then start Regedit PE and load the remote registry files including all user hives. It will launch regedit after they are loaded. Remove all spyware keys in the Software subkeys, and then remove the autorun strings from Run, RunOnce, and RunOnceExec locations. Do NOT close regedit when you're done or it will save the changes. While regedit is still running, run a complete system scan with adaware. When adaware is done, close it then close regedit. Next run McAfee to get trojans and viruses. Before shutting down, it's a good idea to run chkdsk just for good measure.
On reboot, start in safe mode (no network support). Run LSPfix and remove any bad LSP entries (such as newdotnet); most known bad things are automatically put in the right window. If you are unsure about something google it. Be careful or you could destroy your network layer. Then run winsockfix to repair winsock. Then run hijackthis to remove all other unnecessary stuff, but pay attention to path names as to NOT remove good things like antivirus/spyware/firewall entries. Log out (not switch user) and run hijackthis in each users account.
Reboot in safe mode with networking, install, update, and run spybot and adaware. Update any installed antivirus software, and run a final scan. Reboot again, but in normal mode, and run scans again to verify you don't have any persistent malware. If the scans come up clean, your work is done; if not, remove them, reboot, scan again, and if they still come back, cut your losses and restore the machine.
PS: I do this several times a day and have seen about every type of malware out there. Believe it or not, MS antispyware will pick up stuff that adaware, spybot, and webroot leave behind. Even if you don't want to use it, you can't do wrong by installing, updating, scanning, then uninstalling when done. MooSoft's The Cleaner and Bazooka can also help you remove persistent trojans.
You forget one thing good sir. Such highly tuned vehicles are not daily drivers. While I wouldn't call a Viper or any other large displacement vehicle one either, anyone who works on their own car can tell you that routine maintinence and upkeep can be serious hassle if you have a turbo or super charger. It's not the purchase of these fast cars that kills you, it's parts and labor. If you want some fun, iamgine stuffing the engine from a BMW 535d into a Honda.
Can anyone tell me the difference between the "Phantom" service and Game Tap? I would understand if they simply said they were having trouble getting the licensing for a lot of titles, but they also have to realize that their 3+ year long string of BS is making them the butt of so many jokes. It would be cool if someone with time to spare compiled a list of how many times a Nukem Forever reference was used alongside a crack at the Phantom.
My own experience is that they avoid doing anything about fraudulent sellers. They make it almost impossible for buyers to turn in complaints and their arbitration option is toothless. So is Square Trade, by the way. If you do manage to thread your way through the maze of links to actually turn in a complaint, it gets ignored or brushed aside. I love ebay for small purchases, but I never bid an amount I'm not willing to lose.
I recently had the opposite experience. I sold and Xbox 360 with a bunch of games and extra controllers on a 3 day sale. One the day after it ended the buyer rold me that he needed anoter day to transfer the funds to his checking account. The next day he made the payment via pay pal. The very next day he told me that he suddenly moved to a place that had no address, meaning I couldn't ship it to him. I had already recieved payment, my page stated all transactions are final, and I had everything boxed and ready to ship. Even if he had really moved to a place with no adddress, I find it very hard to believe that he had no relatives, friends, or a place of business that I could ship it to for him. He was easily able to convince paypal that somehow I had defrauded him. Less that 4 days after the auction ended paypal gave him his money back, and put my account at almost -$900. If buyers can use paypal to change thier mind about a purchase, why can't they use it to get their money back in the case of legitimate fraud?
Can any company control how the product is used after purchase? Cisco isnt liable here for the same reasons gun companies arent liable in murder cases, there is a huge amount of legal network activity that Cisco enables, china is the bad apple here.
Cisco has a large role in building and maintaining much of their network, including the filtering and blocking of websites the state considers threatning. This is not like China is using off the shelf parts to demonstrate such extreme levels of access control; Cisco has a close business relationship which has tailor fit the censorship needs of China.
If a gun company formed an alliance with an organized crime syndicate and worked with them to make deadlier weapons, then most people (including American courts) would hold them partially liable.
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Censorship tends to be more popular with the neoconservatives than the Democrats. As far a socialism goes, that talking point will never come true. Hell, even flat out first generation socialism would be better than Bushism.
Religion is a bad thing when you get zealots bent on using legislation to force their beliefs on others. The Republicans have been hitching their wagon to that pony since the 80s. It came back to bite them in the ass this time. Instead of talking about issues and coming up with plans to help people, they decided to talk about abortion, gays, and Israel instead. Hopefully they will learn a lesson from this years vote and reevaluate their priorities.
I was under the impression that after Bush won the last election and started thumping is chest and bellowing something about spending the political capital that he earned. Then he ordered the telecom industry to wiretap everyone's phone and then signed of on systematic torture. Does calling the constitution "just a piece of paper" and spitting on human rights not count as "saying goodbye to your rights"? Let's not forget the borrow and spend policies of the Republicans that got us into a war that had absolutely nothing to do with terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. Maybe if we actually were taxed to pay for this war the people who proudly carried Bush's banner would have paused for a few minutes to think things over.
Nobody needs to go out of their way to bash Bush. His inability to exhibit a proper education and his constant cronyism make Bush bashing as effortless as breathing. I just wish he'd do something really wrong and get impeached. Perhaps receive a blow job from someone and get tied up in the definition of sexual intercourse.
Look, I'm not arguing the contribution of Universities or the expense of the (relatively short) clinical trials of AIDS drugs. What I'm arguing is that drug companies have no shame putting their hand out to take in charity and tax money, just to turn around and suffer from fiscal amnesia. Sure, any company should try to make a profit off their products and services, but a time comes when selling at (or below) cost for the sake of humanity and compassion should be warranted. How many dollar bills is a poor foreigners life worth?
Drug companies will continue to develop new treatments as long a they remain heavily subsidized by tax money. Selling a drug for $10 a pill is mostly icing on the cake. I don't mind a portion of my taxes going to help heal people around the world, I consider it a form of large scale community service. What I do mind is drug companies acting like they don't remember where a large portion of the funding for their R&D came from in the first place.
Sorry buddy, the number of poor in this world by far exceed the number of WASPS. You are a minority.
I wish the article went into more detail about the T&C of this schools computer and network policies. If the use of proxies is banned by policy, and a student breaks the policy, appropriate punishments should be delivered. Yes, there times where expelling or suspending a student is proper, but something as relatively benign as using a proxy should (in most circumstances) shouldn't be met with much more than suspension or termination of the students network privileges.
There are two good options. They don't have every last update for the various flavors of XP (home, pro, and media center) but they have the majority of them.
Autopatcher and Offline Updater
Both have options for 2000, XP, and 2003 Server
These fundamentalist Christians won't stop at anything until we are all living in a Christian Iran. Maybe one day we will be fortunate enough where Christian mythology is presented in Sunday school and science is presented in public school.
It just goes to show that money doesn't necessarily make things better... I mean, look at the Mavericks.
How about a reputable security firm discovering an exploit and making the details public... or some kid in his basement who keeps it to himself and does who knows what with it?
What's more reckless... writing software with security holes and making its' selling point the high level of security it contains... or discovering an exploit that defies the marketing team?
I just finished a full shift at my part time job, tech at major electronics chain. I woke up today and heard about boot camp. I called them to see if they needed my today. So I went in and spent the morning installing boot camp and XP on a macbook demo. By the end of the day, I was teaching a class how to install and configure thier machines. We also sold 6 intel macs, 6 copies of XP full retail (home and pro), and some ram. Three of the sales were business people who paid $100 in service to have all the work done.
Even though this may be what you could consider an opening day rush, it can open a whole new world to apple. Thier hardware is expensive, but as a tech I can say the performance and reliability of thier machines are great; and thier warranty is the best in the industry. I've ordered hardware for applecare repairs at 6pm and had it delivered the next morning. There are a lot of people who let things like warranty, repair time and reliability determine what brand pc to buy.
I sorry for the poor wording. In the earlier step of killing files and remote reg entries using PE, some missing files and 'holes' are left in the registry cause LSPfix to sometimes list items in the right window. It always removes whats left without a fuss.
I just mentioned the basic stuff. Sometimes the simple method does leave things behind. Believe it or not, there are people who will pay a large sum of money instead of backing up and restoring a macine. There was no way I was going to write an article for /. detailing how to use dependency walker and xvi32 to root out files burried in the filesystem.
I have access to a restore libray for HP/Compaq, Dell, Gateway/eMachines, Tohiba, and Sony machines from about ME forward. Most people I talk into a quick backup and restore. For $150, a ghost backup to a 100GB HDD, restore and update is always cheaper than an hourly rate for manual removal. It's the only way to guarantee a perfect software fix, because... well, your software is removed.
Believe it or not, *nx is not immune. Sortly after upgrading to the latest Ubuntu, my roomate was getting popups all over the place. Aparently he got some sort of java exploit through Azureus. Yet my windows box has never had a bug. I guess the OS matters less than the user.
Build a Barts PE disc with the following:
Ad-aware
McAfee
Registry Editor PE
Winsockfix
LSPfix
Hijackthis
Begin by going through each users directory in Documents and Settings. Delete the cookies directory, then every directory in the Local Settings except Application Data. Then go to the Windows directory and delete the contents of the following directories: Downloaded Program Files, Prefetch, and Temp. Then finish by going to the root dir and deleting the contents of System Volume Information, and Recycler folders. This will clear out the majority of the places malware hides and code that reactivates any remaining nasties on boot. Also pay very close attention to any DLL and EXE files in the Windows directory. With a few important exceptions, only malware places libraries and executables in the Windows directory. Generally, if you right click the file and choose Properties and it shows detailed copyright info for a legitimate company, the file is safe; if not, change the extension to BAK and remember to change them back if your software has problems.
Then start Regedit PE and load the remote registry files including all user hives. It will launch regedit after they are loaded. Remove all spyware keys in the Software subkeys, and then remove the autorun strings from Run, RunOnce, and RunOnceExec locations. Do NOT close regedit when you're done or it will save the changes. While regedit is still running, run a complete system scan with adaware. When adaware is done, close it then close regedit. Next run McAfee to get trojans and viruses. Before shutting down, it's a good idea to run chkdsk just for good measure.
On reboot, start in safe mode (no network support). Run LSPfix and remove any bad LSP entries (such as newdotnet); most known bad things are automatically put in the right window. If you are unsure about something google it. Be careful or you could destroy your network layer. Then run winsockfix to repair winsock. Then run hijackthis to remove all other unnecessary stuff, but pay attention to path names as to NOT remove good things like antivirus/spyware/firewall entries. Log out (not switch user) and run hijackthis in each users account.
Reboot in safe mode with networking, install, update, and run spybot and adaware. Update any installed antivirus software, and run a final scan. Reboot again, but in normal mode, and run scans again to verify you don't have any persistent malware. If the scans come up clean, your work is done; if not, remove them, reboot, scan again, and if they still come back, cut your losses and restore the machine.
PS: I do this several times a day and have seen about every type of malware out there. Believe it or not, MS antispyware will pick up stuff that adaware, spybot, and webroot leave behind. Even if you don't want to use it, you can't do wrong by installing, updating, scanning, then uninstalling when done. MooSoft's The Cleaner and Bazooka can also help you remove persistent trojans.
Good luck.
sorry. wrong link. http://www.auto-report.net/index.html?535d.html
You forget one thing good sir. Such highly tuned vehicles are not daily drivers. While I wouldn't call a Viper or any other large displacement vehicle one either, anyone who works on their own car can tell you that routine maintinence and upkeep can be serious hassle if you have a turbo or super charger. It's not the purchase of these fast cars that kills you, it's parts and labor. If you want some fun, iamgine stuffing the engine from a BMW 535d into a Honda.
Can anyone tell me the difference between the "Phantom" service and Game Tap? I would understand if they simply said they were having trouble getting the licensing for a lot of titles, but they also have to realize that their 3+ year long string of BS is making them the butt of so many jokes. It would be cool if someone with time to spare compiled a list of how many times a Nukem Forever reference was used alongside a crack at the Phantom.
Even if he had really moved to a place with no adddress, I find it very hard to believe that he had no relatives, friends, or a place of business that I could ship it to for him. He was easily able to convince paypal that somehow I had defrauded him. Less that 4 days after the auction ended paypal gave him his money back, and put my account at almost -$900. If buyers can use paypal to change thier mind about a purchase, why can't they use it to get their money back in the case of legitimate fraud?
If a gun company formed an alliance with an organized crime syndicate and worked with them to make deadlier weapons, then most people (including American courts) would hold them partially liable.