Rather than waiting for ET to call or look for prime numbers, donate your spare CPU cycles to running the Folding@Home client. Its goal is to find out why proteins (mis)fold and how that affects things like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Cancer, Huntington's, and related diseases. Damn, would it be cool to have it be my computer that identified an alien signal... but since a close relative has been diagnosed with Parkinson's I'd much rather do something that's more immediately beneficial.
It'd be interesting to hear if/how the Folding@Home project has helped out groups like this.
Looking at the article, my innitial reaction was, "So THAT'S what windows looks like nowadays!"... Had the play-by-play not been there, I would have never known what XP looked like. Rather informative
Wow, I'm trying that one the next time Linux screenshots get posted! Haven't used it much since Linus helped me install 0.2 on my 386.
Keep in mind that Windows itself performs numerous permission checks for each file access that goes on. I haven't noticed a really sizeable performance difference myself (on an AMD64 3500+). The exception to this is its learning mode, where it actively scans and logs everything the application does and constructs a set of rules to permit those activities -- that can make it dog slow. Generally, apps such as Windows Explorer you'd grant normal permission to the filesystem anyways as that's not something which tends to access files without you initiating the activity.
It's more than likely written in C (no source available, but OpenBSD pf is written in C) and performance seems to be generally good. If you have a slower system or you're short on RAM the minor slowdown might be more noticeable. So don't make your virus checker run through tons of checks as you do a full system scan -- just grant the virus checker full system access. And you'll occasionally run into problems where a poorly written app tries to access a part of the filesystem/registry/network that you've blocked -- you'll either have to wait for it to do a lengthy timeout or it might just die with an error message. The good thing is that by default it logs failed attempts and you can always go back and grant specific permissions.
Yes, it's lame. And I'll attempt to hijack this article by posting something actually useful which was rejected as a story in favor of this bullshit.
Core Force is a free (as in beer) application which provides inbound and outbound stateful packet filtering for TCP/IP protocols using a Windows port of OpenBSD's PF firewall, granular file system and registry access control and programs' integrity validation. These capabilities can be configured and enforced system-wide or on a per-application basis for specific programs such as email readers, Web browsers, media players, messaging software, etc.
Basically, the way it works by default is much like ZoneAlarm. If an application hasn't been configured, you get an alert saying "XYZ.exe is trying to access 87.65.43.21... allow/deny?" And you have the option to add it as a permanent rule. Unlike ZoneAlarm, however, it's not an all-or-nothing option. You can choose to allow only outbound port 80 traffic to 12.34.56.0/24 from source port 10431 with certain TCP flags and on the 2nd network interface if you choose.
This also applies to the filesystem. Grant read/write/execute access anywhere from an entire drive, to directories, down to the individual file level. Choose whether or not permissions propogate to child files/directories. Ditto for the registry. As the about page describes, it's a powerful firewall for not just tcp/ip, but also for the filesystem and the registry.
I ran Core Force on my old machine and it was really interesting to watch just how many times Windows phones home. After a while, I just setup default deny rules for all Microsoft IP addresses. But damn if there wasn't a ton of background communication going on for all sorts of applications. It takes a while to get the configuration right and for trusted applications that you don't want to go through the hassle of configuration everything in minute detail (eg: games where you don't want to have a popup right in the middle of fragging someone), you can just assign it full rights to the system as if you're running without Core Force.
Core Force is just such an application. From the about page:
CORE FORCE provides inbound and outbound stateful packet filtering for TCP/IP protocols using a Windows port of OpenBSD's PF firewall, granular file system and registry access control and programs' integrity validation. These capabilities can be configured and enforced system-wide or on a per-application basis for specific programs such as email readers, Web browsers, media players, messaging software, etc.
Basically, the way it works by default is much like ZoneAlarm. If an application hasn't been configured, you get an alert saying "XYZ.exe is trying to access 87.65.43.21... allow/deny?" And you have the option to add it as a permanent rule. Unlike ZoneAlarm, however, it's not an all-or-nothing option. You can choose to allow only outbound port 80 traffic to 12.34.56.0/24 from source port 10431 with certain TCP flags and on the 2nd network interface if you choose.
This also applies to the filesystem. Grant read/write/execute access anywhere from an entire drive, to directories, down to the individual file level. Choose whether or not permissions propogate to child files/directories. Ditto for the registry. As the about page describes, it's a powerful firewall for not just tcp/ip, but also for the filesystem and the registry.
I ran Core Force on my old machine and it was really interesting to watch just how many times Windows phones home. After a while, I just setup default deny rules for all Microsoft IP addresses. But damn if there wasn't a ton of background communication going on for all sorts of applications. It takes a while to get the configuration right and for trusted applications that you don't want to go through the hassle of configuration everything in minute detail (eg: games where you don't want to have a popup right in the middle of fragging someone), you can just assign it full rights to the system as if you're running without Core Force.
Barbara Desoer, BofA's chief technology exec, told BusinessWeek magazine in January that she was aware how much grumbling it caused when workers at the bank's Concord technology center were told they'd have to bring their Indian replacements up to speed before being shown the door.
Wouldn't that suck if those Concord workers all just up and left en massse without doing any replacement training? When management realizes that they've made a horrible mistake, I'm sure the workers would be happy to come back as training consultants for $250 an hour.
You: "Ok Vishnu, when you write code make sure you never use indents... Managment hates that. And keep everything on same line. Oh and never ever EVER comment your code unless you want to talk about your current mood and what you had for breakfast that morning."
Vishnu: Pardon me, but what kind of Cracker Jack box did you get your programming skills from? I have a PhD in Computer Science from Pune University where my thesis was on Automatic Retargetable Code Generation techniques, and I've contributed kernel code to Debian and OpenBSD. Now you are asking me to sabotage code like some uneducated American code monkey whose sole qualifications during the dot-com boom were that he had a pulse and could read? Please, sir, don't train me. Just take your severance and go.
No matter how well the departing employees train their replacements (and what's their motivation to do a good job?) it will be years before the replacements can match the original expertise.
Does your statement about replacements matter whether it's off-shore or simply someone leaving their job and training their local replacement? What's John Q. Patriot's motivation to do a good job when he's replacing a departing employee? Are people in India not motivated to have continued pay so they can support, house, and feed their family?
So the information you're revealing is your personal interest in the subject matter of those mailing lists. Marketers don't necessarily care what your name is... they just want to know what to market at you. If you buy, they'll get your particulars then.
It depends on how much of correct data you provided when you signed up.
And of course you never have your friends send you *real* email nor mention any personal information, right? Your Gmail account is just for spam collection?
The ruling does allow for playing the game in some other location if they can somehow agree on that.
The ruling is that if they can't agree on a deposition location, they are to settle it by a game of rock, paper, scissors on the court steps. I didn't see any wording which would allow for the game to be played elsewhere... aside from doing it just for shits and giggles *after* they agreed on the deposition location.
I started out by saying your HTML blew more chunks than a Chunks Ahoy cookie, but then toned it down. Long day at the office... but I've seen the too-far-left list items before Slashdot used CSS and, if memory serves, the HTML for those posts contained just
foobar
tags rather than
foobar
tags. Anyway, this new stylesheet stuff does seem to produce its fair share of weirdness, like that |_ thing as the background right behind the "1." item.
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Rather than waiting for ET to call or look for prime numbers, donate your spare CPU cycles to running the Folding@Home client. Its goal is to find out why proteins (mis)fold and how that affects things like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Cancer, Huntington's, and related diseases. Damn, would it be cool to have it be my computer that identified an alien signal... but since a close relative has been diagnosed with Parkinson's I'd much rather do something that's more immediately beneficial.
It'd be interesting to hear if/how the Folding@Home project has helped out groups like this.
Yeah, looks like they're made out of papier mache. And I only made like infinity of those in scout camp last summer.
Looking at the article, my innitial reaction was, "So THAT'S what windows looks like nowadays!" ... Had the play-by-play not been there, I would have never known what XP looked like. Rather informative
Wow, I'm trying that one the next time Linux screenshots get posted! Haven't used it much since Linus helped me install 0.2 on my 386.
That explains why I haven't gotten the last item I "won" almost three weeks after paying up.
:)
Of course. Had the servers been running Linux, the seller you bought from would naturally be more honest!
Keep in mind that Windows itself performs numerous permission checks for each file access that goes on. I haven't noticed a really sizeable performance difference myself (on an AMD64 3500+). The exception to this is its learning mode, where it actively scans and logs everything the application does and constructs a set of rules to permit those activities -- that can make it dog slow. Generally, apps such as Windows Explorer you'd grant normal permission to the filesystem anyways as that's not something which tends to access files without you initiating the activity.
It's more than likely written in C (no source available, but OpenBSD pf is written in C) and performance seems to be generally good. If you have a slower system or you're short on RAM the minor slowdown might be more noticeable. So don't make your virus checker run through tons of checks as you do a full system scan -- just grant the virus checker full system access. And you'll occasionally run into problems where a poorly written app tries to access a part of the filesystem/registry/network that you've blocked -- you'll either have to wait for it to do a lengthy timeout or it might just die with an error message. The good thing is that by default it logs failed attempts and you can always go back and grant specific permissions.
Yes, it's lame. And I'll attempt to hijack this article by posting something actually useful which was rejected as a story in favor of this bullshit.
Core Force is a free (as in beer) application which provides inbound and outbound stateful packet filtering for TCP/IP protocols using a Windows port of OpenBSD's PF firewall, granular file system and registry access control and programs' integrity validation. These capabilities can be configured and enforced system-wide or on a per-application basis for specific programs such as email readers, Web browsers, media players, messaging software, etc.
Screenshots here.
Basically, the way it works by default is much like ZoneAlarm. If an application hasn't been configured, you get an alert saying "XYZ.exe is trying to access 87.65.43.21... allow/deny?" And you have the option to add it as a permanent rule. Unlike ZoneAlarm, however, it's not an all-or-nothing option. You can choose to allow only outbound port 80 traffic to 12.34.56.0/24 from source port 10431 with certain TCP flags and on the 2nd network interface if you choose.
This also applies to the filesystem. Grant read/write/execute access anywhere from an entire drive, to directories, down to the individual file level. Choose whether or not permissions propogate to child files/directories. Ditto for the registry. As the about page describes, it's a powerful firewall for not just tcp/ip, but also for the filesystem and the registry.
I ran Core Force on my old machine and it was really interesting to watch just how many times Windows phones home. After a while, I just setup default deny rules for all Microsoft IP addresses. But damn if there wasn't a ton of background communication going on for all sorts of applications. It takes a while to get the configuration right and for trusted applications that you don't want to go through the hassle of configuration everything in minute detail (eg: games where you don't want to have a popup right in the middle of fragging someone), you can just assign it full rights to the system as if you're running without Core Force.
Not on the first page, but click the first link on the right for example.
This also applies to the filesystem. Grant read/write/execute access anywhere from an entire drive, to directories, down to the individual file level. Choose whether or not permissions propogate to child files/directories. Ditto for the registry. As the about page describes, it's a powerful firewall for not just tcp/ip, but also for the filesystem and the registry.
I ran Core Force on my old machine and it was really interesting to watch just how many times Windows phones home. After a while, I just setup default deny rules for all Microsoft IP addresses. But damn if there wasn't a ton of background communication going on for all sorts of applications. It takes a while to get the configuration right and for trusted applications that you don't want to go through the hassle of configuration everything in minute detail (eg: games where you don't want to have a popup right in the middle of fragging someone), you can just assign it full rights to the system as if you're running without Core Force.
And who in their right minds would run their web services out of IIS?
eBay for one.
... Schrodinger's cat died 71 years ago.
Direct link: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scripting/dvorak.mov?torre nt
Of course, Dvorak will just say that it's not true -- he was just trolling on that recording, thus completing the prophecy and dooming mankind.
Ah, yes... makes much more sense now. Apologies for misreading it.
Barbara Desoer, BofA's chief technology exec, told BusinessWeek magazine in January that she was aware how much grumbling it caused when workers at the bank's Concord technology center were told they'd have to bring their Indian replacements up to speed before being shown the door.
Wouldn't that suck if those Concord workers all just up and left en massse without doing any replacement training? When management realizes that they've made a horrible mistake, I'm sure the workers would be happy to come back as training consultants for $250 an hour.
You: "Ok Vishnu, when you write code make sure you never use indents... Managment hates that. And keep everything on same line. Oh and never ever EVER comment your code unless you want to talk about your current mood and what you had for breakfast that morning."
Vishnu: Pardon me, but what kind of Cracker Jack box did you get your programming skills from? I have a PhD in Computer Science from Pune University where my thesis was on Automatic Retargetable Code Generation techniques, and I've contributed kernel code to Debian and OpenBSD. Now you are asking me to sabotage code like some uneducated American code monkey whose sole qualifications during the dot-com boom were that he had a pulse and could read? Please, sir, don't train me. Just take your severance and go.
No matter how well the departing employees train their replacements (and what's their motivation to do a good job?) it will be years before the replacements can match the original expertise.
Does your statement about replacements matter whether it's off-shore or simply someone leaving their job and training their local replacement? What's John Q. Patriot's motivation to do a good job when he's replacing a departing employee? Are people in India not motivated to have continued pay so they can support, house, and feed their family?
So the information you're revealing is your personal interest in the subject matter of those mailing lists. Marketers don't necessarily care what your name is... they just want to know what to market at you. If you buy, they'll get your particulars then.
Of course you could read between the lines:
We use your PIN [within the software extension that runs on your computer and does all the encryption/decryption] to unlock that information.
It's the "royal we".
It depends on how much of correct data you provided when you signed up.
And of course you never have your friends send you *real* email nor mention any personal information, right? Your Gmail account is just for spam collection?
Read it again and it looks like you're right. That'll teach me to read basic court rulings when I'm exhausted.
LXR, how unique! Just like the submitter put right there in his question!
The ruling does allow for playing the game in some other location if they can somehow agree on that.
The ruling is that if they can't agree on a deposition location, they are to settle it by a game of rock, paper, scissors on the court steps. I didn't see any wording which would allow for the game to be played elsewhere... aside from doing it just for shits and giggles *after* they agreed on the deposition location.
- foobar
tags. Anyway, this new stylesheet stuff does seem to produce its fair share of weirdness, like that |_ thing as the background right behind the "1." item.and
orand
around it. That's unordered list (bullets) and ordered list (numbers), respectively. If you want to quote, use