To clarify a little more, though. Spybot does have some system protection that can be activated. Things such as active monitoring and locking of the lmhosts file, monitoring registry writes/access, BHO entries, IE homepage changes, etc.
Still, I like Comodo (see comments above in this thread.)
To add to the other comments here, Comodo has the best free software firewall I have found. (I don't know much about the paid versions, but it is definitely better than ZoneAlarm free or paid and some of the other personal use firewalls).
I imagine the company built these tools for themselves and are generous enough to release it to others. They make their money from other business ventures.
I was ready to say the same thing, and had been for about a month. Then I realized that the ads plastered all over mainstream news sites are just as vulnerable to malware injection as anything. Firefox is just safer because of certain add-ons.
I tried classmates for awhile when they offered a decent free service. But then they started to charge for access. I didn't like my school well enough in the first place.
But I digress. Since they did start offering their site as a pay service I started getting their spam. I didn't realize they were slightly crooked about the spam. They seem like the juno.com of social networking... when google and yahoo started offering free email with loads of storage space and increased attachment size, juno reduced their storage space from 5MB to 2MB (not GiB) and started charging for larger attachment sizes.
I will have to agree on a point here. For me, besides getting rid of the annoyance factor, it is a security issue. I trust the sites I browse. I don't necessarily trust the third party sites that inject the advertising on to a page. Even reputable sites get bad adverts on their page.
My one disagreement on the above is the comment on newspaper ads. Many times the articles are split between two pages, the ads are in the middle of the article or are placed in a way that adjusts the flow of text so that you notice them.
There is an adage, for every complaint you receive, there are 10 who didn't say a thing. So, a business that wants to continue will listen to their complaining customers, actual or potential.
For almost every letter or e-mail I've written, both positive and critical, I've had a positive or satisfactory outcome.
The other way to make companies realize that the DRM system doesn't work is to write them a letter to the effect of:
I would have bought your game, but its DRM system made it a pain to play. Naturally, I could buy the game and get the crack after a day or a week, but then you would not have learned your lesson. Therefore, I abstain from buying (and playing) your game.
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I deal with the public, fixing their computers when they break. After they've called me a second time and I've had to reiterate using Firefox (ad-block is required) they get it.
Sadly, I just opened up a brand new Dell computer. Intel Core 2 Duo (E7500), 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Windows XP SP3... and what do I see presented to me as I access the Windows Update site? Ah, there it is, Internet Explorer 6. It's either only mostly dead or feeling fine and wanting to take a walk.
The problem is that after Chernobyl and 3-Mile Island, some people are a little gun shy on nuclear energy. It is interesting to see how life has thrived in a nuclear wasteland, though I wouldn't want to get too close to the power plant in Chernobyl.
I agree, though, that nuclear power should be more prevalent in the US.
Heck, business users aren't Microsoft's target customer. RIAA, MPAA, and other DRM developers are. (I'd provide links, but I'm sure you all have read slashdot over the years as much or more than I.)
Using The GIMP, I used the standard blur, then resized 1:2. The result was similar to when I used the Sinc (Lanczos3) Interpolation method of resizing. I tried a bunch of the filters and most of them had interesting results of gray. The one exception was the different algorithms of Edge Detection. Sobel with a maximum amount found lots of edges. Gradient and Differential produced an image that did not appear to be interlaced.
The problem is it was neither Billy nor Jane who was the culprit. The problem with the global warming / climate change people is that all they are doing is arguing for a massive redistribution of wealth. The issue is a human behavior problem not a take the money from the rich and throw it to some despot nation somewhere else. The other problem with the whole climate change thing is that, yes, the climate does change. Oversimplifying, yes, but the earth was really hot, then it got really cold, then it heated up again. Trying to make the climate stop changing would be like trying to stop the magnetic field's progression toward a flip.
I like the human interest stories as well. But I don't want the sappy music and the long drawn out family history. I would like to know, in 2 minutes or less, where they are from, how old they are, any challenge they had to overcome, and their history in the sport. Heck, I only really care about their history in the sport and who their main rival is.
When I have to listen to 15-30 seconds of sappy music and intro speech before I even know who the "sports" caster is talking about, I've already moved on to another channel or walked away from the tv.
While working on a small project, I was figuring out the problems and solutions to "databasing" in text files. (avoiding collisions, indexing, etc.) And, yes, when I finally took a database class, those topics were much easier. Then I felt rather pleased with myself for figuring out the issues correctly.
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I've seen this facebook group that states they are a group of people who are going to drop Facebook once it starts charging $2.95 per month to use it. I don't know if there is anything to this, but if Fb starts to charge for use, then Buzz will have all sorts of traction.
I don't think I follow you. Their DRM regime can be just as atrocious (from some reports I've read), as it is just as riddled with problems as anything else.
On another note, I had to deal with that atapi.sys rootkit. It was extremely nasti and I had to do a system format to rid the computer of it.
I suppose I'll have to go run combofix against the machine I had to "fix" last night.
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To clarify a little more, though. Spybot does have some system protection that can be activated. Things such as active monitoring and locking of the lmhosts file, monitoring registry writes/access, BHO entries, IE homepage changes, etc.
Still, I like Comodo (see comments above in this thread.)
To add to the other comments here, Comodo has the best free software firewall I have found. (I don't know much about the paid versions, but it is definitely better than ZoneAlarm free or paid and some of the other personal use firewalls). I imagine the company built these tools for themselves and are generous enough to release it to others. They make their money from other business ventures.
Arguably, it is a better Java knockoff
I was ready to say the same thing, and had been for about a month. Then I realized that the ads plastered all over mainstream news sites are just as vulnerable to malware injection as anything. Firefox is just safer because of certain add-ons.
I tried classmates for awhile when they offered a decent free service. But then they started to charge for access. I didn't like my school well enough in the first place.
But I digress. Since they did start offering their site as a pay service I started getting their spam. I didn't realize they were slightly crooked about the spam. They seem like the juno.com of social networking... when google and yahoo started offering free email with loads of storage space and increased attachment size, juno reduced their storage space from 5MB to 2MB (not GiB) and started charging for larger attachment sizes.
I could be wrong, but wasn't Jobs associated with Pixar before Disney bought into PIxar?
I will have to agree on a point here. For me, besides getting rid of the annoyance factor, it is a security issue. I trust the sites I browse. I don't necessarily trust the third party sites that inject the advertising on to a page. Even reputable sites get bad adverts on their page.
My one disagreement on the above is the comment on newspaper ads. Many times the articles are split between two pages, the ads are in the middle of the article or are placed in a way that adjusts the flow of text so that you notice them.
There is an adage, for every complaint you receive, there are 10 who didn't say a thing. So, a business that wants to continue will listen to their complaining customers, actual or potential.
For almost every letter or e-mail I've written, both positive and critical, I've had a positive or satisfactory outcome.
I would have bought your game, but its DRM system made it a pain to play. Naturally, I could buy the game and get the crack after a day or a week, but then you would not have learned your lesson. Therefore, I abstain from buying (and playing) your game.
I deal with the public, fixing their computers when they break. After they've called me a second time and I've had to reiterate using Firefox (ad-block is required) they get it.
Sadly, I just opened up a brand new Dell computer. Intel Core 2 Duo (E7500), 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Windows XP SP3... and what do I see presented to me as I access the Windows Update site? Ah, there it is, Internet Explorer 6. It's either only mostly dead or feeling fine and wanting to take a walk.
Actually, I've noticed a lot of "this" going around in the US and world economy.
What about PDFXViewer. Besides being highly convenient for editing PDF doc's, could also be a way to prevent hijacks? (I don't know, I'm asking.)
Of course I would try to benefit from my own company and earn millions if I had the chance. I just wouldn't be a hypocrite doing it.
The problem is that after Chernobyl and 3-Mile Island, some people are a little gun shy on nuclear energy. It is interesting to see how life has thrived in a nuclear wasteland, though I wouldn't want to get too close to the power plant in Chernobyl.
I agree, though, that nuclear power should be more prevalent in the US.
Heck, business users aren't Microsoft's target customer. RIAA, MPAA, and other DRM developers are. (I'd provide links, but I'm sure you all have read slashdot over the years as much or more than I.)
In some rare cases, yes. And now I know why.
Using The GIMP, I used the standard blur, then resized 1:2. The result was similar to when I used the Sinc (Lanczos3) Interpolation method of resizing. I tried a bunch of the filters and most of them had interesting results of gray. The one exception was the different algorithms of Edge Detection. Sobel with a maximum amount found lots of edges. Gradient and Differential produced an image that did not appear to be interlaced.
The problem is it was neither Billy nor Jane who was the culprit. The problem with the global warming / climate change people is that all they are doing is arguing for a massive redistribution of wealth. The issue is a human behavior problem not a take the money from the rich and throw it to some despot nation somewhere else. The other problem with the whole climate change thing is that, yes, the climate does change. Oversimplifying, yes, but the earth was really hot, then it got really cold, then it heated up again. Trying to make the climate stop changing would be like trying to stop the magnetic field's progression toward a flip.
I like the human interest stories as well. But I don't want the sappy music and the long drawn out family history. I would like to know, in 2 minutes or less, where they are from, how old they are, any challenge they had to overcome, and their history in the sport. Heck, I only really care about their history in the sport and who their main rival is.
When I have to listen to 15-30 seconds of sappy music and intro speech before I even know who the "sports" caster is talking about, I've already moved on to another channel or walked away from the tv.
it's that there's less harm resulting when a minority engages in it
I and a number of firefighters from New Haven would disagree. Racism or sexism, no matter its source, is still harmful to its target.
While working on a small project, I was figuring out the problems and solutions to "databasing" in text files. (avoiding collisions, indexing, etc.) And, yes, when I finally took a database class, those topics were much easier. Then I felt rather pleased with myself for figuring out the issues correctly.
I've seen this facebook group that states they are a group of people who are going to drop Facebook once it starts charging $2.95 per month to use it. I don't know if there is anything to this, but if Fb starts to charge for use, then Buzz will have all sorts of traction.
I don't think I follow you. Their DRM regime can be just as atrocious (from some reports I've read), as it is just as riddled with problems as anything else.
On another note, I had to deal with that atapi.sys rootkit. It was extremely nasti and I had to do a system format to rid the computer of it.
I suppose I'll have to go run combofix against the machine I had to "fix" last night.
You forgot to mention Gore and all the other the-rules-we-make-only-apply-to-you liberals in your list.