Konqueror functions as Windows Explorer, and I've never had a problem with it.
What manner of productivity tools are you talking about? Games or something? Geez, they don't need games. Give them Tux Racer and Nethack and they'll be happy. If not, they should play games at work anyways... unless they're netadmins.
In terms of comparable software to Outlook, you might look into Thunderbird. Less security holes, and it doesn't launch crap just by loading a message in the preview pane.
I read and archive manga by the Borders-load, and it's driven me into financial despair more than once - but for "Angel Sanctuary," it's more than worth it.
You would think that the root DNS servers would be kept up to date with critical information. Just what happened, and how did Akamai get knocked around this? Did they screw with their DNS information and change their nameserver addresses or something?
CoolWebSearch is based in Russia. They're the group of people who pay their affiliates to hijack people's PCs and change their search settings and install trojans?
Yeah, thought so.
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I don't regularly wardrive, because I don't own a car; I use pubtrans. Anyways, in Houston, Texas, between Gessner and I-10 and Kirkwood and Memorial, I counted no fewer than ten open networks, all running Linksys G routers. All of them had their DHCP servers up and running, and all had the default admin passwords up.
Admittedly, it's nice to have open connections, but if people don't bother to secure them... well, people could do nasty things to the routers and screw with the connections.
What does this mean for the millions of Trojaned Windows boxes whose "owners" are sending out spam by the truckload? Can they trace it and prosecute via IP addresses and ad campaigns?
What does this mean for the millions of Trojaned Windows boxes whose "owners" are sending out spam by the truckload? Can they prosecute by IP address ownership a la the RIAA?
What I'd like to know is how good the contrast is? The monitor's not worth crap if the color isn't decent.
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Actaully, my office uses a G4 as a server (we call it Frontier), so I guess you can have a G4 Server. It's unofficial, I think, but it's certainly a G4 Server.
Yeah. Look up the new Look2Me variants - you have to boot to DOS in 98 to remove them, and in 2K/XP (NTFS file systems ONLY), you need the CD to boot to the recovery console.
"Nearly impossible? Hit F8 when your computer is booting up and select command line safe mode. How hard is that?"
Jesus, when was the last time _you_ used Windows? There's no more DOS anymore. You have to boot off the XP/2K CD, run Setup, and get into the Recovery Console. Even then, it still lacks tons of command-line features.
But now the Transponder gang (ABetterInternet) are making.xpis to install their shit in Firefox/Mozilla.
And yes, CoolWebSearch is a goddamned pain to get rid of. New variants are immune to Merijn's CWShredder; they require specialized tools (pv.exe, TheKillBox) to remove, and some even require booting to a command line (nearly impossible in XP/2000).
One guy at my office accidentally got some CWS variants on his machine, and the IT department - myself included - went through the router logs (school district, have to keep the logs, state law here) to see where he got it. This resulted in his getting fired (free pr0n site, and yes, he was logged in as himself).
In short, these little bastards really _can_ ruin your life and your machine.
That's enough for anyone to record pretty much whatever they want to for enough viewing for a few weeks... or all the fansubbed anime on Animesuki.com for a few days.
Question, though - what manner of hookups are we talking about here? How many RF, A/V, S-video, and optical links must be necessary for this many recorders?
You'd think that the cabling alone would be prohibitive.
There's also an interesting bug with it and Firebird.
When you make a new account, the "Last Name" field actually enters your last name in the HTML area next to the text "Last Name:" in the left cell of the table instead of in the field itself.
You think spyware's bad? Take a look at the "cool web search and other malware removal" forum on SWI.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums
Hell, just because of that crap that people push out, I keep a USB pindrive (yes, it's the "devil duck" one from ThinkGeek) filled with utilities:
- Spybot (can be run without installing!) - Ad-Aware 6 installer and new reference file - Stinger - CWShredder - AVG installer and license code - ZoneAlarm installer - TheKillBox (can delete _ANY_ file - even ones in use) - PV (used to detect new versions of CWS that tie themselves to winlogon.exe as well as explorer.exe and can't be removed without DOS or the Recovery Console) - Firefox and K-Meleon installers
Suffice it to say, my life is rather busy thanks to those bastards who make this.
If I had my way, I'd take them out into the street, then let each and every person who was inconvenienced by their software throw one ball at them.
You're also paying a lot less in terms of machine downtime as opposed to Windows - less restarts, fewer "Critical Updates," a lot fewer worms/virii/trojans, and a far more secure machine that doesn't have everything and its cousin integrate into the kernel/shell for no apparent reason except to garner control over what the user does.
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Konqueror functions as Windows Explorer, and I've never had a problem with it.
What manner of productivity tools are you talking about? Games or something? Geez, they don't need games. Give them Tux Racer and Nethack and they'll be happy. If not, they should play games at work anyways... unless they're netadmins.
In terms of comparable software to Outlook, you might look into Thunderbird. Less security holes, and it doesn't launch crap just by loading a message in the preview pane.
I read and archive manga by the Borders-load, and it's driven me into financial despair more than once - but for "Angel Sanctuary," it's more than worth it.
A full list of my collection is here.
http://www.tuxedojack.com/collection.htm
You would think that the root DNS servers would be kept up to date with critical information. Just what happened, and how did Akamai get knocked around this? Did they screw with their DNS information and change their nameserver addresses or something?
CoolWebSearch is based in Russia. They're the group of people who pay their affiliates to hijack people's PCs and change their search settings and install trojans?
Yeah, thought so.
But obviously not to AOL.
Is it uninstallable? I mean, after seeing the _last_ foray of MS into the Media Player market, it had better be removable.
46.3GB of music, and about ten gigs of that's for seeding...
However, seeing as I long ago filled my 15GB iPod, I guess I will upgrade.
I don't regularly wardrive, because I don't own a car; I use pubtrans. Anyways, in Houston, Texas, between Gessner and I-10 and Kirkwood and Memorial, I counted no fewer than ten open networks, all running Linksys G routers. All of them had their DHCP servers up and running, and all had the default admin passwords up.
Admittedly, it's nice to have open connections, but if people don't bother to secure them... well, people could do nasty things to the routers and screw with the connections.
What does this mean for the millions of Trojaned Windows boxes whose "owners" are sending out spam by the truckload? Can they trace it and prosecute via IP addresses and ad campaigns?
What does this mean for the millions of Trojaned Windows boxes whose "owners" are sending out spam by the truckload? Can they prosecute by IP address ownership a la the RIAA?
400 lumens isn't half bad at all.
What I'd like to know is how good the contrast is? The monitor's not worth crap if the color isn't decent.
Actaully, my office uses a G4 as a server (we call it Frontier), so I guess you can have a G4 Server. It's unofficial, I think, but it's certainly a G4 Server.
If these things can use RFID or radio to transmit their signals out somewhere?
That's a very scary possibility. Can you imagine your health status being broadcast to someone left and right?
How about USB-controlled torpedo/missile tubes?
That'll _really_ make a WinNuke.
Yeah. Look up the new Look2Me variants - you have to boot to DOS in 98 to remove them, and in 2K/XP (NTFS file systems ONLY), you need the CD to boot to the recovery console.
"Nearly impossible? Hit F8 when your computer is booting up and select command line safe mode. How hard is that?"
Jesus, when was the last time _you_ used Windows? There's no more DOS anymore. You have to boot off the XP/2K CD, run Setup, and get into the Recovery Console. Even then, it still lacks tons of command-line features.
No, it doesn't have much to do with me, except that I'm the resident antispyware guy at my school. That, and I'm a Helper on SWI.
I also had to break the news to the guy that he got canned. Let me tell you, there's nothing to bring your day down like that.
But now the Transponder gang (ABetterInternet) are making .xpis to install their shit in Firefox/Mozilla.
And yes, CoolWebSearch is a goddamned pain to get rid of. New variants are immune to Merijn's CWShredder; they require specialized tools (pv.exe, TheKillBox) to remove, and some even require booting to a command line (nearly impossible in XP/2000).
One guy at my office accidentally got some CWS variants on his machine, and the IT department - myself included - went through the router logs (school district, have to keep the logs, state law here) to see where he got it. This resulted in his getting fired (free pr0n site, and yes, he was logged in as himself).
In short, these little bastards really _can_ ruin your life and your machine.
That's enough for anyone to record pretty much whatever they want to for enough viewing for a few weeks... or all the fansubbed anime on Animesuki.com for a few days.
Question, though - what manner of hookups are we talking about here? How many RF, A/V, S-video, and optical links must be necessary for this many recorders?
You'd think that the cabling alone would be prohibitive.
There's also an interesting bug with it and Firebird.
When you make a new account, the "Last Name" field actually enters your last name in the HTML area next to the text "Last Name:" in the left cell of the table instead of in the field itself.
Goddamn IE-centric developers...
You know all those one-time specials? The ones y ou only get as a new subscriber? You can get them infinitely.
Just make a new Hotmail account for each order.
The database is flawed in that it doesn't cross-verify addresses/credit cards with previous orders or e-mail addresses.
Great for Pizza Hut - I used to get Big New Yorkers any way I liked for ten bucks plus tip back in the day.
You think spyware's bad? Take a look at the "cool web search and other malware removal" forum on SWI.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums
Hell, just because of that crap that people push out, I keep a USB pindrive (yes, it's the "devil duck" one from ThinkGeek) filled with utilities:
- Spybot (can be run without installing!)
- Ad-Aware 6 installer and new reference file
- Stinger
- CWShredder
- AVG installer and license code
- ZoneAlarm installer
- TheKillBox (can delete _ANY_ file - even ones in use)
- PV (used to detect new versions of CWS that tie themselves to winlogon.exe as well as explorer.exe and can't be removed without DOS or the Recovery Console)
- Firefox and K-Meleon installers
Suffice it to say, my life is rather busy thanks to those bastards who make this.
If I had my way, I'd take them out into the street, then let each and every person who was inconvenienced by their software throw one ball at them.
I.E. shotputs.
But here in the U.S., I believe it falls under both 18 USC 1030 and some clause in the Patriot Act.
You're also paying a lot less in terms of machine downtime as opposed to Windows - less restarts, fewer "Critical Updates," a lot fewer worms/virii/trojans, and a far more secure machine that doesn't have everything and its cousin integrate into the kernel/shell for no apparent reason except to garner control over what the user does.
What about 42 or "forty-two?"
After all, they're the answer to Life, the Universe, and _Everything_. Why not some wimpy little password?