You can undo an autocomplete or autocorrect with Ctrl+Z, so you don't have to change it back manually. You can also customize all the types of auto changes it makes. I find the feature very handy and would not advise to turn it all off.
I think that's how Mozilla Firefox works too, but it sometimes gets tricked and allows an unsolicited popup. After all, how can it reliably know that a popup was due to a user click?
The only mechanism I can think of is that it only allows popups for some number of milliseconds after a click, and obviously this will occasionally allow an unwanted popup through.
Does the "Periodically check for updates" feature work in Firefox? It has never in the past informed me of an update, and even now when I manually check by selecting "Check Now" it currently tells me no updates are available.
One common problem is a program storing configuration files in its own program directory instead of in the current user's profile. Non-admininstrative accounts typicaaly will not have write permnission to the program files directory.
A major offender, at least until a couple of years ago, is Quicken. My version is two years old, so I don't know if it has been fixed.
When someone submits a potential change to Linux, what mechanisms are in place to verify that the submission is not copyrighted material? Also, what mechanisms are there to eliminate a copyright infringement once one is discovered?
I use Windows 2000 and Windows XP. For a while I was simply keeping a list of passwords in a text file on my computer and selecting "Encrypt contents to secure data" checkbox under File | Properties | Advanced. As long as I use a reasonable password for my login account, and I don't leave my computer unlocked, I assume this is a safe approach. Is it not? Like another poster, I now use Password Safe.
If you are using XP, you don't need to use RegEdit32. THe regular regedit allows you to set key permissions. Right-click on the key and select "Permissions". Note that it is the key (in the left pane), not the key's values (in the right pane) that can have permission set.
I briefly ran their "TotalAccess" software (not recommended, btw) which included some sort of spyware detection. It decided that VNC was spyware and removed some of its settings (I forget what exactly) from the Windows registry. It did not find anything else on my system, but I wonder how many other false positives it yields.
Wind River does not make VRTX. They make VxWorks. VRTX was one of the first reulsable realtime kernels (for the Z80, if I am not mistaken), from a company called Ready Systems (previously, Hunter and Ready). I don't know if they still exist.
Re:Viruses on Linux? Yeah, right.
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Why does a virus/worm need to run as root? It can run as the current user and do anything he could do, including deleting or modifying his files, emailing itself, etc. It might have trouble setting itself up as a server, or continuing to run after the user logs out.
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Why does a protected stack need hardware modification ?
All memory protection needs hardware support. Once code is executing, it is only the CPU that can generate trap which causes the operating system code to regain control.
You're assuming that the company knowingly released expoitable software. The state-of-the-art in software design and development does not yet have a way to ensure defect-free software.
If it lets scripts run on a client, why is this considered a flaw in hotmail/yahoo rather than a flaw in IE? I tried reading the article, but I am not that familiar with HTML and scripting.
Filtering requires good email client
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I have found that many clients, such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora, and, until recently, Thunderbird, do not have a way of supressing new mail notification even if an email is filtered by something like this.
While it is nice that spam is separated from non-spam, it is really annoying to be interrupted every five minutes by arrival of spam.
Sometimes individual entry fields can be https without the page on which they are appearing being secure. For example, go to the bankone web site. The login field has a little lock next to it drawn by the site itself (not the browser).
What concerns me about Wikipedia is that I don't think any particular credentials are required to publish an article in it. I think something like Britannica would have tougher standards.
Re:Correlation between memory and intelligence?
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Intelligence is generally defined in terms of the tests used to measure it. IOW, intelligence is that which enables you to score high on such-and-such test.
For most people, memory is one aspect of intellignnce, and I suppose a good memory will help you achieve a higher score on intellignece tests, if only because it enables you to finish the test more quickly.
That is exactly what Outlook 2000 currently does. I don't think it is a local customization on my system. In fact, the default is to save the attachemnt, not to run it. For some attachments (exe files), it blocks it altogether. To get around this, when you want to send a legitimate exe file, you must put it in a zip file and send that.
I am a little confused by the concerns that BPL will interfere with amateur radio operators. Just how effective a radiator is a transmission line? What percent of the power is radiated versus transmitted over the line, and how does this compare with the power levels required by radio operators?
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In fact, you can buy the nook device itself through Amazon.
You can undo an autocomplete or autocorrect with Ctrl+Z, so you don't have to change it back manually. You can also customize all the types of auto changes it makes. I find the feature very handy and would not advise to turn it all off.
I think that's how Mozilla Firefox works too, but it sometimes gets tricked and allows an unsolicited popup. After all, how can it reliably know that a popup was due to a user click? The only mechanism I can think of is that it only allows popups for some number of milliseconds after a click, and obviously this will occasionally allow an unwanted popup through.
How well does Opera distinguish between unwanted and wanted pop-ups? For example, sometimes clicking on a link will open a small help window.
Does the "Periodically check for updates" feature work in Firefox? It has never in the past informed me of an update, and even now when I manually check by selecting "Check Now" it currently tells me no updates are available.
One common problem is a program storing configuration files in its own program directory instead of in the current user's profile. Non-admininstrative accounts typicaaly will not have write permnission to the program files directory. A major offender, at least until a couple of years ago, is Quicken. My version is two years old, so I don't know if it has been fixed.
When someone submits a potential change to Linux, what mechanisms are in place to verify that the submission is not copyrighted material? Also, what mechanisms are there to eliminate a copyright infringement once one is discovered?
I use Windows 2000 and Windows XP. For a while I was simply keeping a list of passwords in a text file on my computer and selecting "Encrypt contents to secure data" checkbox under File | Properties | Advanced. As long as I use a reasonable password for my login account, and I don't leave my computer unlocked, I assume this is a safe approach. Is it not? Like another poster, I now use Password Safe.
Is the form "May 14, 2004" ever used over there, or is that also a USA-only thing?
If you are using XP, you don't need to use RegEdit32. THe regular regedit allows you to set key permissions. Right-click on the key and select "Permissions". Note that it is the key (in the left pane), not the key's values (in the right pane) that can have permission set.
I briefly ran their "TotalAccess" software (not recommended, btw) which included some sort of spyware detection. It decided that VNC was spyware and removed some of its settings (I forget what exactly) from the Windows registry. It did not find anything else on my system, but I wonder how many other false positives it yields.
Wind River does not make VRTX. They make VxWorks. VRTX was one of the first reulsable realtime kernels (for the Z80, if I am not mistaken), from a company called Ready Systems (previously, Hunter and Ready). I don't know if they still exist.
Why does a virus/worm need to run as root? It can run as the current user and do anything he could do, including deleting or modifying his files, emailing itself, etc. It might have trouble setting itself up as a server, or continuing to run after the user logs out.
All memory protection needs hardware support. Once code is executing, it is only the CPU that can generate trap which causes the operating system code to regain control.
You're assuming that the company knowingly released expoitable software. The state-of-the-art in software design and development does not yet have a way to ensure defect-free software.
If it lets scripts run on a client, why is this considered a flaw in hotmail/yahoo rather than a flaw in IE? I tried reading the article, but I am not that familiar with HTML and scripting.
I have found that many clients, such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora, and, until recently, Thunderbird, do not have a way of supressing new mail notification even if an email is filtered by something like this. While it is nice that spam is separated from non-spam, it is really annoying to be interrupted every five minutes by arrival of spam.
I think existing telephone wire tapping would work fine for this.
Sometimes individual entry fields can be https without the page on which they are appearing being secure. For example, go to the bankone web site. The login field has a little lock next to it drawn by the site itself (not the browser).
What concerns me about Wikipedia is that I don't think any particular credentials are required to publish an article in it. I think something like Britannica would have tougher standards.
Intelligence is generally defined in terms of the tests used to measure it. IOW, intelligence is that which enables you to score high on such-and-such test. For most people, memory is one aspect of intellignnce, and I suppose a good memory will help you achieve a higher score on intellignece tests, if only because it enables you to finish the test more quickly.
That is exactly what Outlook 2000 currently does. I don't think it is a local customization on my system. In fact, the default is to save the attachemnt, not to run it. For some attachments (exe files), it blocks it altogether. To get around this, when you want to send a legitimate exe file, you must put it in a zip file and send that.
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I am a little confused by the concerns that BPL will interfere with amateur radio operators. Just how effective a radiator is a transmission line? What percent of the power is radiated versus transmitted over the line, and how does this compare with the power levels required by radio operators?
So does that make this the stone age?