The high school portion of the site has been integrated. Its purpose is similar to myspace, but implementation/presentation is completetly different/superior.
I would argue that in the consumer segment. From my comment, one might have inferred that I wasn't referring to a platform that could do it all, albeit poorly (Windows-esque)... I'm talking about using timing to grab a niche audience and launch a decent start in UTILITY home computing. I'm talking about getting lots of systems, inexpensive ones, in Joe Sixpack's home... With the widespread acceptance of broadband, a platform where the user doesn't need to worry about AV, Malware, or even system maintenance is whats needed. All that is really desired in this segment is a secure online connection for email, and internet. In addition to that, this inexpensive utility computing device can be extended through an online subscription model service, where you pay for use of other basic "home apps" which may be desireable (word processing, spreadsheets, home/small business finance). To clarify, what I'm talking about isn't targeted and is not versatile enough for business... Businesses would much rather have desktops or a plain thin client to suit their needs. I don't see anyone running through walls to get all sorts of 3rd party apps developed for their windows platform at home, but I do see people complaining about how poorly their home machine runs and how it has so much "crap" on it... A subscription software model in combination with a thin OS is exactly what people want.
Maybe no one's really close to catching up with Microsoft... But how hard would it be for Google to get a thin OS that "Just Works" to market? They don't even need to shoot for the moon... Give people something that offers email, internet, and is easy to operate. Keep the codebase manageably small so that its reliably secureable, then package the rest of what people may want to do on the system through your online software subscription services.
Make it simple and light, by the time Windows figures out its problems, I'm certain Google could start from scratch and produce a winner... But don't get me wrong, I don't believe for a second Google hasn't looked at the OS market.
This article from MAY OF 2005, shows why this is just spin - anyone who has been paying attention to AMD in the retail outlet sector should know that AMD has done well in this area for quite some time!
The exact figure from last May was... You guessed it... 52%!
We already know validation can be turned off in IE as follows: Go to IE>Tools>Manage Add-ons, find Windows Genuine Validation listed there, and select disable. No more check required, and you can get all your updates.
So how do we turn it off for Firefox? Ironic that I found it easier to turn off in IE, and I haven't yet found how to do it in firefox...
Lots of factors, just like RL. Compare going to a jewelry store to going to a pawn shop - there are recognizable differences when you look at them. In the same way, you have to evaluate the author and the source. Like Trend Micro, its very easy to see that they are a reputable company. Previously when merjin was working on the tool, you would have had to know something about him, what other reputable people said who used the tool, and the nature of the site the download was coming from. You'll notice my links are from majorgeeks, who supply a lot of downloads, some of the tools they supply are great, some are marginal, but all are clean and the site is maintained well if problems are found with any files.
CWS has been around and is greatly prevalent... There are very well developed tools to remove infections also, as manual removal of this one is VERY complicated.
The script for these responses has already been written and played out so many times...
While it might be hard to love Microsoft, its hard to detract from the consistency it creates for the average user in how it is so widespread... Joe Sixpack can go anywhere, sit in front of a computer and generally know how to interact with it. Any average person should be able to appreciate that.
Things like that are what is good about windows, even for its faults. Technical supremacy is easy to create and implement, but to integrate it and have it accepted by the masses... Thats obviously the tricky part. MS managed it though...
Google hacking is the process of reconnaisance with a target, through the use of google.
What this means, is that an attacker has a target, he can use google to find information/vulnerabilities of this target without actually ever touching the target at all, thereby giving no warning.
It's a much "safer" way of reconnaisance than directly going to a page and attempting trial and error attacks... The attacked has no idea there is any reconnaisance taking place, yet the attacker is finding more and more information about exploiting their target.
"HONEYPOTS"
Honeypots are designed to be in a controlled vulnerable state. You set up a server with known vulernabilities and put it in a controlled area of your network. Depending on the software used, there are various levels of interaction the honeypot will allow. Complicated honeypots can replicate a large network, recording all activities of the attacker and keeping their interest for longer. Simple honeypots only allow basic actions, and the attacker will become bored more quickly and you will get less information./P.
"Other secret information, like passwords, credit-card numbers and social security number are outright danger to me if they are released to the public."
Laughable. Very poorly drawn out argument... Your passwords, CC#'s, and SSN are pocket lint compared to the value of proprietary information within many companies. By your model, the propierary information wants to be free, although sharing it threatens to devalue the company's assets... Which in turn could result in jepordizing the careers of countless employees.
This is a very intersting article, as it should demonstrate just how far and how ridiculous the arguments can get to support the information libertarian malarky. I'm all for open information standards where applicable, but the boundaries which need to be drawn are much broader than simply your personal information.
"TIP: For Fastest Response, Drill Down to the Zip Level. The Bigger the Area you request, the slower the load times. NOTE: Since Slashdot Crashed our Server:o) , we have reduced the queries from 500 to 100 MAX."
Or you could not overcomplicate things and make a rule of thumb judgement by the weight of the unit... Heavier units feature larger heatsinks, more windings, and all components are just generally heavier as a result of their beefier nature. If you have been exposed to a good number of PSU's, weight is readily discernable, and it is a FAIR indicator of quality.
This can be done without opening the PSU. A cheap PSU will undeniably be lighter than a fortran, antec, or PCP&C.
I have received a lot of positive feedback about how useful people have found this, and you can find it linked from many respectable sites around the web.
I can't say much good about the article - so I will just say thats the inquirer for you.
That information is likely completely fabricated, and will reflect nothing of what will happen. If you look at how chips perform and their current specs, there is simply no way to think that what the inquirer said would actually be possible.
Take this link for example:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlo n64-90nm_5.html
They note that winchesters are rated at 67 watts but cooling is significantly different due to the smaller die size... Two of these cores would output over 134 watts of heat, and the cooling load with that die size for heat dissipation could prove problematic - much moreso than dissipating that amount of heat on a 130nm process chip.
What we will see are core frequencies being sacrificed to stay within thermal limitations... Its no gaurantee, but I have seen nothing that persuades me to expect to see dual cores with each core running at the speeds that top end CPU's run at.
Yes, definetly exciting so long as it is taken for what it is... For those with really powerful cooling solutions, the overclocking on these should prove VERY fruitful. I can't wait to hear the first overclocking stories on these beauties.
Sorry pal, but this is the wrong thread to be asking for silent cooling... In the dual core game, you are going to have to make some trades, and you probably will not like the options.
If you want silent, you are going to have to give up speed - two cores operating at the frequencies of current single cores would be putting out 170+ watts to be modest, and that would be a hefty job for your basic watercooling - forget about aluminum cooling of yesteryear.
If you want speed, you might really be in for a ride here. These chips will quite likely be handicapped (underclocked) versions of higher power chips, so that they remain within heat output requirements. Give them beefy, and NOISY enough cooling, and these chips could really blaze.
Unfortuneatly, in order to get silent dual cores, you are likely going to end up very unhappy about performance.
"For example, if you are gaming and burning a DVD at the same time, dual core chips will come in handy and will definitely give a smooth computing experience"
Oh will they? Consider what frequency these chips will be running at... You won't be getting dual cores featuring core frequencies along the lines of current top end CPU's anytime too soon. This should tell people that gamers would be much better off sticking to their single core guns... If they want to encode and game at the same time, there computing experience is most definetly going to have to be compromised.
There is no other way about this considering current limitations... As the fab processes are refined and application of technology is perfected, we will see dual cores running at higher frequencies, but there are considerable improvements which will need to be made before dual core can be referred to as a formiddable gaming option for new releases at the top end of the system spectrum. (they might not even be formidable until the unlikely circumstance when gaming authors start coding for multicore platforms on a large scale)
For MANY people with top end single core systems currently, the move to dual cores will not immediately present what would be considered a smooth computing experience - there will be noticeable deficincies in various areas, the severity of which will be determined by the specific way their system is utilized.
Thanks for your comment. Please see this post of mine, from 9 minutes before your post for further clarification.
I was stating that issues will still propagate however, in contrast to beliefs of those common users who think firefox doesn't have (had) any issues - the ones who don't follow https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/. That said, there is nothing incorrect about my post, other than the fact that it may be misinterpreted.
I completely understand that IE is an integral part of the OS. However perhaps you misperceived my post. My comment was speaking towards the social perception of the browsers much more than the technical. People should look at software for what it is, and in doing so, they should rightfully appreciate firefox for its advantages, but at the same time they should avoid the "z0mg, all j00 b4se R bel0ng 2 firef0x" mantra.
While the article itself was technically lacking slightly, the slashdot post cleared up some critical version information - so there really isn't much of a story here... My sentiment was that hopefully it will atleast serve as a wake up call to the zombie worship that gets so tired.
Perhaps it will serve as a reality check for those who have the wrong (idealistic) conception about this browser...
Average users are so quick to jump on a bandwagon. People tend to think entities like Google and Firefox are lights in the harbor or signs from God. They are just implementations which are better than what others are doing, and they are not as perfect as many like to imply. Firefox is no doubt an improvement over the many other options out there, but as it gains popularity, it will also gain more status as a target - much like IE has been for years now. The fact there there are still vulnerabilities should come as a surprise to no one.
Slashdot Mirror
The high school portion of the site has been integrated. Its purpose is similar to myspace, but implementation/presentation is completetly different/superior.
I would argue that in the consumer segment. From my comment, one might have inferred that I wasn't referring to a platform that could do it all, albeit poorly (Windows-esque)... I'm talking about using timing to grab a niche audience and launch a decent start in UTILITY home computing. I'm talking about getting lots of systems, inexpensive ones, in Joe Sixpack's home... With the widespread acceptance of broadband, a platform where the user doesn't need to worry about AV, Malware, or even system maintenance is whats needed. All that is really desired in this segment is a secure online connection for email, and internet. In addition to that, this inexpensive utility computing device can be extended through an online subscription model service, where you pay for use of other basic "home apps" which may be desireable (word processing, spreadsheets, home/small business finance). To clarify, what I'm talking about isn't targeted and is not versatile enough for business... Businesses would much rather have desktops or a plain thin client to suit their needs. I don't see anyone running through walls to get all sorts of 3rd party apps developed for their windows platform at home, but I do see people complaining about how poorly their home machine runs and how it has so much "crap" on it... A subscription software model in combination with a thin OS is exactly what people want.
Maybe no one's really close to catching up with Microsoft... But how hard would it be for Google to get a thin OS that "Just Works" to market? They don't even need to shoot for the moon... Give people something that offers email, internet, and is easy to operate. Keep the codebase manageably small so that its reliably secureable, then package the rest of what people may want to do on the system through your online software subscription services. Make it simple and light, by the time Windows figures out its problems, I'm certain Google could start from scratch and produce a winner... But don't get me wrong, I don't believe for a second Google hasn't looked at the OS market.
Everyone seems to be forgetting... Google said "Don't be evil".
http://investor.google.com/conduct.html
http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/tenthing s.html
They never said "Do NO evil."This article from MAY OF 2005, shows why this is just spin - anyone who has been paying attention to AMD in the retail outlet sector should know that AMD has done well in this area for quite some time! The exact figure from last May was... You guessed it... 52%!
We already know validation can be turned off in IE as follows: Go to IE>Tools>Manage Add-ons, find Windows Genuine Validation listed there, and select disable. No more check required, and you can get all your updates.
So how do we turn it off for Firefox? Ironic that I found it easier to turn off in IE, and I haven't yet found how to do it in firefox...
Lots of factors, just like RL. Compare going to a jewelry store to going to a pawn shop - there are recognizable differences when you look at them. In the same way, you have to evaluate the author and the source. Like Trend Micro, its very easy to see that they are a reputable company. Previously when merjin was working on the tool, you would have had to know something about him, what other reputable people said who used the tool, and the nature of the site the download was coming from. You'll notice my links are from majorgeeks, who supply a lot of downloads, some of the tools they supply are great, some are marginal, but all are clean and the site is maintained well if problems are found with any files.
You can download the original removal tool here (no longer updated): http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
You can download the currently maintained removal tool here, as intermute took over development from merjin and was aquired by trend micro: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Trend_Micro_CWShredder_d 3019.html
While it might be hard to love Microsoft, its hard to detract from the consistency it creates for the average user in how it is so widespread... Joe Sixpack can go anywhere, sit in front of a computer and generally know how to interact with it. Any average person should be able to appreciate that.
Things like that are what is good about windows, even for its faults. Technical supremacy is easy to create and implement, but to integrate it and have it accepted by the masses... Thats obviously the tricky part. MS managed it though...
To expand on this, honeypots can be used to detect the google hacking attempts... ....I left that part out. This is what the OP is about.
Google hacking is the process of reconnaisance with a target, through the use of google.
What this means, is that an attacker has a target, he can use google to find information/vulnerabilities of this target without actually ever touching the target at all, thereby giving no warning.
It's a much "safer" way of reconnaisance than directly going to a page and attempting trial and error attacks... The attacked has no idea there is any reconnaisance taking place, yet the attacker is finding more and more information about exploiting their target.
"HONEYPOTS"
Honeypots are designed to be in a controlled vulnerable state. You set up a server with known vulernabilities and put it in a controlled area of your network. Depending on the software used, there are various levels of interaction the honeypot will allow. Complicated honeypots can replicate a large network, recording all activities of the attacker and keeping their interest for longer. Simple honeypots only allow basic actions, and the attacker will become bored more quickly and you will get less information./P.
"Other secret information, like passwords, credit-card numbers and social security number are outright danger to me if they are released to the public." Laughable. Very poorly drawn out argument... Your passwords, CC#'s, and SSN are pocket lint compared to the value of proprietary information within many companies. By your model, the propierary information wants to be free, although sharing it threatens to devalue the company's assets... Which in turn could result in jepordizing the careers of countless employees. This is a very intersting article, as it should demonstrate just how far and how ridiculous the arguments can get to support the information libertarian malarky. I'm all for open information standards where applicable, but the boundaries which need to be drawn are much broader than simply your personal information.
The memory leak issue is known, and it is not the fault of your video card. Memory leak consumes your GB of RAM, and the paging makes it run like hell. You should be aware of this: http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battle field2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_070805
"TIP: For Fastest Response, Drill Down to the Zip Level. The Bigger the Area you request, the slower the load times. NOTE: Since Slashdot Crashed our Server :o) , we have reduced the queries from 500 to 100 MAX."
Or you could not overcomplicate things and make a rule of thumb judgement by the weight of the unit... Heavier units feature larger heatsinks, more windings, and all components are just generally heavier as a result of their beefier nature. If you have been exposed to a good number of PSU's, weight is readily discernable, and it is a FAIR indicator of quality.
This can be done without opening the PSU. A cheap PSU will undeniably be lighter than a fortran, antec, or PCP&C.
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1166/
I have received a lot of positive feedback about how useful people have found this, and you can find it linked from many respectable sites around the web.
I can't say much good about the article - so I will just say thats the inquirer for you.
That information is likely completely fabricated, and will reflect nothing of what will happen. If you look at how chips perform and their current specs, there is simply no way to think that what the inquirer said would actually be possible.
Take this link for example: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlo n64-90nm_5.html
They note that winchesters are rated at 67 watts but cooling is significantly different due to the smaller die size... Two of these cores would output over 134 watts of heat, and the cooling load with that die size for heat dissipation could prove problematic - much moreso than dissipating that amount of heat on a 130nm process chip.
What we will see are core frequencies being sacrificed to stay within thermal limitations... Its no gaurantee, but I have seen nothing that persuades me to expect to see dual cores with each core running at the speeds that top end CPU's run at.
Yes, definetly exciting so long as it is taken for what it is... For those with really powerful cooling solutions, the overclocking on these should prove VERY fruitful. I can't wait to hear the first overclocking stories on these beauties.
Sorry pal, but this is the wrong thread to be asking for silent cooling... In the dual core game, you are going to have to make some trades, and you probably will not like the options.
If you want silent, you are going to have to give up speed - two cores operating at the frequencies of current single cores would be putting out 170+ watts to be modest, and that would be a hefty job for your basic watercooling - forget about aluminum cooling of yesteryear.
If you want speed, you might really be in for a ride here. These chips will quite likely be handicapped (underclocked) versions of higher power chips, so that they remain within heat output requirements. Give them beefy, and NOISY enough cooling, and these chips could really blaze.
Unfortuneatly, in order to get silent dual cores, you are likely going to end up very unhappy about performance.
Oh will they? Consider what frequency these chips will be running at... You won't be getting dual cores featuring core frequencies along the lines of current top end CPU's anytime too soon. This should tell people that gamers would be much better off sticking to their single core guns... If they want to encode and game at the same time, there computing experience is most definetly going to have to be compromised.
There is no other way about this considering current limitations... As the fab processes are refined and application of technology is perfected, we will see dual cores running at higher frequencies, but there are considerable improvements which will need to be made before dual core can be referred to as a formiddable gaming option for new releases at the top end of the system spectrum. (they might not even be formidable until the unlikely circumstance when gaming authors start coding for multicore platforms on a large scale)
For MANY people with top end single core systems currently, the move to dual cores will not immediately present what would be considered a smooth computing experience - there will be noticeable deficincies in various areas, the severity of which will be determined by the specific way their system is utilized.
Thanks for your comment. Please see this post of mine, from 9 minutes before your post for further clarification. I was stating that issues will still propagate however, in contrast to beliefs of those common users who think firefox doesn't have (had) any issues - the ones who don't follow https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/. That said, there is nothing incorrect about my post, other than the fact that it may be misinterpreted.
I completely understand that IE is an integral part of the OS. However perhaps you misperceived my post. My comment was speaking towards the social perception of the browsers much more than the technical. People should look at software for what it is, and in doing so, they should rightfully appreciate firefox for its advantages, but at the same time they should avoid the "z0mg, all j00 b4se R bel0ng 2 firef0x" mantra. While the article itself was technically lacking slightly, the slashdot post cleared up some critical version information - so there really isn't much of a story here... My sentiment was that hopefully it will atleast serve as a wake up call to the zombie worship that gets so tired.
Perhaps it will serve as a reality check for those who have the wrong (idealistic) conception about this browser... Average users are so quick to jump on a bandwagon. People tend to think entities like Google and Firefox are lights in the harbor or signs from God. They are just implementations which are better than what others are doing, and they are not as perfect as many like to imply. Firefox is no doubt an improvement over the many other options out there, but as it gains popularity, it will also gain more status as a target - much like IE has been for years now. The fact there there are still vulnerabilities should come as a surprise to no one.