performance is horrible on a 3G with iOS4. i can type at times and wait 10 seconds for it to catch up. programs, including the SMS and phone program will just crash and it resprings. i need to set aside some time to downgrade.
startssl does indeed have working functional free-as-in-beer certs. i slapped one on https://troutsoup.com/ and ff3 and ie7 recognize it fine. i do agree though that certs are a hassle.
i had an assignment in a systems class in college to write a virus. half the class was outraged at such a thing the other half thought it was the most awesome idea evar. prof reasoning behind it is if you knew how to exploit a system at such low levels you knew systems programming very well.
my virus was a masterpiece com infector that infected up to 3.com files and announced each as it was doing it. wheeeee fun!
people always ask me which AV program to use when they realize norton or mcafee is junk. or has been sitting in their tray expired for ages without telling then. they ask. trout what should i replace this garbage with, and by the way i'm broke.
i always answer AVG or avast home.
i lean towards avast as i suspect it gets more spyware and doesn't need a separate product for it as AVG seemed to need with AVG 7 (not sure with 8?)
this article sure shortens up that list i'll be suggesting to people...
not the point whether they give away their product or charge. they are costing people money in bandwidth charges to prescan web sites.
TFA isn't really clear on what AVG is looking at, so don't know exactly what they are scanning for in the pages.... i hope its the HTML and links in it. here's an idea. grisoft/AVG can have this one from me for free: how about they scan the users page and files as they are loaded into the computer. you know, WHEN THEY CLICK ON A PAGE OR DOWNLOAD A FILE, maybe scan the file in _realtime_ as it loads. that way they aren't generating fake traffic and costing people who don't use AVG extra bandwidth costs. maybe i should patent that idea so no other AV company can use it?
also as ISPs start charging per megabyte/gigabyte, this 'feature' won't be all that interesting.
yeah, i had a professor in college that wrote the textbook, at first i was worried that it was being foisted on us because he wrote it, but it was really a good textbook (faires calculus book, been a long time i forget his first name now). lucky too for me it ended up being good for 2 quarters!
radio shack was the worst about this. you'd tell em that you were buying a dollars worth of random substandard parts for a quick project and they wanted your address and phone number.
tell em no thanks and they would chime in that they could then send you catalogues. well what was my phone number for?
i found it easiest to tell em my name was "jim john joe billybob" and my address was 123 A St. and make up a phone number with the local area code. then complain if they thought it was hokey. i wonder if jim john joe billybob ever got all those catalogues???
I guess I don't understand all the WD bashing. They do have warranties, you know, and I hear they even honor them. i've had far too many crap out. i cant count the dead caviars i had to deal with when this school i did some contract work for used them. 30% failure in 2 classrooms by year end. my old roommate insisted on getting one a few years ago and didnt look too closely and got a WD with a 90 day warranty. i could never buy a HD with a 3 month warranty. they offered a 3 year extension sucker bet inside the package which was around 1/2 the cost of the drive. just buy a better drive with a better warranty IMO.
i guess their stuff is better now, but meh.... too much bad history to even think about it.
microsoft just added support for online document sharing with a little add-in for office. 500 mb space. of course you still need to have a copy of office whereas with google apps they're free.
its the archive feature that has most of the listadmins worried. the ease of getting info from googles archive of never seemingly deleted emails.
granted some are semi-public lists and anyone can join, and thus archive or farm for info. others are private and you have to know someone to get on it, i can sorta see the paranoia in the latter setting.
"We encourage you to share the music of Ghosts I with your friends, post it on your website, play it on your podcast, use it for video projects, etc. It's licensed for all non-commercial use under Creative Commons.
[....]
Ghosts I is the first part of the 36 track collection Ghosts I-IV. Undoubtedly you'll be able to find the complete collection on the same torrent network you found this file, but if you're interested in the release, we encourage you to check it out at ghosts.nin.com, where the complete Ghosts I-IV is available directly from us in a variety of DRM-free digital formats, including FLAC lossless, for only $5. You can also order it on CD, or as a deluxe package with multitrack audio files, high definition audio on Blu-ray disc, and a large hard-bound book."
sounds like ghosts I is creative commons, but doesn't say about ghosts II-IV? 5$ is a hell of a price for 36 songs though.
ahhhh good old cleveland!!! it's such a delightful place to visit. if it wasnt for the rock museum and drew carey i dont think anyone would care about that city.
i know courier (mail server + other mail goodies) has rejected sender ID because of the MS patent.... they aren't the biggest FOSS mail server out there but sure are a good one.
yeah, but its still d-link junk. i've in a fit of cheapness bought dlink garbage and as always been totally ready to throw it out. if it lasts....
pcmcia wireless card. DOA after firmware update. wireless G base useless because it can't handle any sort of real traffic and has bugs that don't allow me to enable PKA encryption. usb wireless B adaptor that gives really awful throughput. i mean ass awful..... thanks but no thanks, i wont take their stuff for free any more.
too bad if a NON-HUMAN is looking that that www page. say a program trying to automate something. or even someone who has no idea what that trial thing is about, say your 5 year old child?
go to the corner, put this dunce hat on.
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it doesn't have the multitasking or wallpaper enabled. it was totally unusable with those enabled and had to immediately redo it without them.
performance is horrible on a 3G with iOS4. i can type at times and wait 10 seconds for it to catch up. programs, including the SMS and phone program will just crash and it resprings. i need to set aside some time to downgrade.
yes, that would be FUBAR.
maybe buy into redhat products? you know, help them stay in business? just a thought.
startssl does indeed have working functional free-as-in-beer certs. i slapped one on https://troutsoup.com/ and ff3 and ie7 recognize it fine. i do agree though that certs are a hassle.
i had an assignment in a systems class in college to write a virus. half the class was outraged at such a thing the other half thought it was the most awesome idea evar. prof reasoning behind it is if you knew how to exploit a system at such low levels you knew systems programming very well.
my virus was a masterpiece com infector that infected up to 3 .com files and announced each as it was doing it. wheeeee fun!
http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
been working great for me
i thought they both were a series of tubes?
people always ask me which AV program to use when they realize norton or mcafee is junk. or has been sitting in their tray expired for ages without telling then. they ask. trout what should i replace this garbage with, and by the way i'm broke. i always answer AVG or avast home. i lean towards avast as i suspect it gets more spyware and doesn't need a separate product for it as AVG seemed to need with AVG 7 (not sure with 8?) this article sure shortens up that list i'll be suggesting to people...
they also charge for some of their products.
not the point whether they give away their product or charge. they are costing people money in bandwidth charges to prescan web sites.
TFA isn't really clear on what AVG is looking at, so don't know exactly what they are scanning for in the pages.... i hope its the HTML and links in it. here's an idea. grisoft/AVG can have this one from me for free: how about they scan the users page and files as they are loaded into the computer. you know, WHEN THEY CLICK ON A PAGE OR DOWNLOAD A FILE, maybe scan the file in _realtime_ as it loads. that way they aren't generating fake traffic and costing people who don't use AVG extra bandwidth costs. maybe i should patent that idea so no other AV company can use it?
also as ISPs start charging per megabyte/gigabyte, this 'feature' won't be all that interesting.
yeah, i had a professor in college that wrote the textbook, at first i was worried that it was being foisted on us because he wrote it, but it was really a good textbook (faires calculus book, been a long time i forget his first name now). lucky too for me it ended up being good for 2 quarters!
in firefox 3, type about:robots into the address bar and hit enter.
they are among us!
radio shack was the worst about this. you'd tell em that you were buying a dollars worth of random substandard parts for a quick project and they wanted your address and phone number.
tell em no thanks and they would chime in that they could then send you catalogues. well what was my phone number for?
i found it easiest to tell em my name was "jim john joe billybob" and my address was 123 A St. and make up a phone number with the local area code. then complain if they thought it was hokey. i wonder if jim john joe billybob ever got all those catalogues???
i guess their stuff is better now, but meh.... too much bad history to even think about it.
microsoft just added support for online document sharing with a little add-in for office. 500 mb space. of course you still need to have a copy of office whereas with google apps they're free.
http://workspace.officelive.com/
its the archive feature that has most of the listadmins worried. the ease of getting info from googles archive of never seemingly deleted emails. granted some are semi-public lists and anyone can join, and thus archive or farm for info. others are private and you have to know someone to get on it, i can sorta see the paranoia in the latter setting.
yep, i'm on a couple mailing lists that will not allow people with gmail accounts to sub to them for these kind of reasons.
"We encourage you to share the music of Ghosts I with your friends, post it on your website, play it on your podcast, use it for video projects, etc. It's licensed for all non-commercial use under Creative Commons.
[....]
Ghosts I is the first part of the 36 track collection Ghosts I-IV. Undoubtedly you'll be able to find the complete collection on the same torrent network you found this file, but if you're interested in the release, we encourage you to check it out at ghosts.nin.com, where the complete Ghosts I-IV is available directly from us in a variety of DRM-free digital formats, including FLAC lossless, for only $5. You can also order it on CD, or as a deluxe package with multitrack audio files, high definition audio on Blu-ray disc, and a large hard-bound book."
sounds like ghosts I is creative commons, but doesn't say about ghosts II-IV? 5$ is a hell of a price for 36 songs though.
giggity gig!!!!
i can haz cheezburger?
ahhhh good old cleveland!!! it's such a delightful place to visit. if it wasnt for the rock museum and drew carey i dont think anyone would care about that city.
i know courier (mail server + other mail goodies) has rejected sender ID because of the MS patent.... they aren't the biggest FOSS mail server out there but sure are a good one.
yeah, but its still d-link junk. i've in a fit of cheapness bought dlink garbage and as always been totally ready to throw it out. if it lasts....
pcmcia wireless card. DOA after firmware update. wireless G base useless because it can't handle any sort of real traffic and has bugs that don't allow me to enable PKA encryption. usb wireless B adaptor that gives really awful throughput. i mean ass awful..... thanks but no thanks, i wont take their stuff for free any more.
wouldn't 1 (ONE) DMCA takedown notice be cheaper than 16,000,000 (SIXTEEN MILLION) US DOLLARS?
=)
too bad if a NON-HUMAN is looking that that www page. say a program trying to automate something. or even someone who has no idea what that trial thing is about, say your 5 year old child? go to the corner, put this dunce hat on.