You're making your own point for conservation though. If you replaced all of your 30 light bulbs with CFLs or LEDs you would go from 3000 kW to 900 kW. If you lowered your AC by 3 degrees in the summer you would save 5% there.
A little change here and a little change there, next thing you know you have cut your overall energy footprint by 40% or more, and you haven't even affected your lifestyle in any meaningful way. If everyone in the country did the same we would have no energy problems.
And to boot it will save you hundreds of dollars / year.
All it takes is a bit of motivation and desire to not be such a consumer.
... no one cares about anything you just said because we all know you and everyone else will go see the movie regardless of how bad it is or is not, and they will all make a tankerload of money from it.
I remember reading in a book as a kid a bold plan someone thought up to seed the Venetian atmosphere with billions of bacteria and lichen that would thrive on the sulphuric acid environment. Over time the bacteria would actually change the atmosphere and make it more hospitable and earth like.
Not sure if you are aware but it is pretty trivial to bypass ATA password lockouts if you really want to... all you have to do is swap out the controller chip and/or controller itself on the drive. You can usually do this without even having to remove the platters of the drive.
RE mercury - the CFL mercury myth / paranoia was debunked long ago. A CFL bulb in it has 100 times less mercury in it than a watch battery, and . Are you concerned about your watch battery? What about your thermometer in your medicine cabinet - the one with 500 times more mercury in it? You know what the recommended disposal procedure is for a CFL as specified by Environment Canada? Wipe area with a damp paper towel. Oohh.... that is scary stuff!
In addition to all this, it is estimated that for every CFL you use you save about 10 times the amount of mercury in the atmosphere, since most power in North America still comes from coal, and burning coal emits a lot of mercury.
RE light quality - the light quality issue with CFLs was solved years ago. You can now get CFLs with any light temperature you want, going all the way from "cool" (more like white, natural light) to "warm" (more like incandescent light, which actually is very different from natural light). This leads into the third gripe...
The idea that LED light will be more like incandescent light is total baloney. LED light is almost pure white, it is nothing like incandescent at all. So if you don't like CFLs because you feel they are not like incandescent, then you sure as hell are not going to like LED bulbs.
I wonder if the author has ever tried to stand upright and move a Wiimote around for 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
No? Can't handle it? Didn't think so.
Motion input is cool for things like games but it will never replace the mouse because humans simply are not designed to hold their arms out in front of their bodies for long periods of time.
What amazes me is that peple think that your prospective employer actually gives a crap if you party on the weekends.
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you don't want to work somewhere who cares about that anyway? If an employer cares what an employee is doing in their off time then they have already crossed the line IMO.
This attack only works if the user is using another internet-connected application with Firefox not running. Using Firefox, or making sure it is at least running, prevents this attack.
So as long as you use Firefox all day long, you will not be affected.
Why buy on eBay and go through the auction hassle when you can get the same thing for cheaper from Amazon.com ? And often with free or discounted shipping?
If I was a seller I would seriously be moving to Amazon as fast as my legs could take me. everyone I know has moved from buying on eBay to buying on Amazon. The recent fee hikes only made things worse. eBay really needs to cut its base fees and get back to its roots or else it will become obsolete.
If you don't want to run your own server, I am sure someone can modify this code such that the saved settings are either saved in your GMail account or your Google Pages account or elsewhere in the Google mesh.
Its easier to make WMD out of oil (napalm) than it is to make them out of yellowcake.
This stuff was most certainly never going to be used in any kinds of weapons program. Iraw never had the facilities to process this stuff at the levels required, and even if they did it would probably be cheaper and easier to just buy black market soviet stuff en masse.
The G8 used to consist of the 8 largest economies in the world. Now it is mostly just a group of good-old-boys who wish they were still relevant on the world economic stage.
The fact that none of China, India, or Brazil are included in the G8 and yet Italy and France are illustrate this perfectly.
This is not AVG doing this, it is the AVG IE toolbar. And since this is running in the IE context it is debatable if it should not use the IE user agent.
If you use Firefox or disable the toolbar it is a non issue. The issue to me is I can't figure out how to install AVG without this toolbar, or how to remove it.
..that thrive in these caverns? Who knows what kind of impact it would have on the earth as a whole if we eliminate dozens/hundreds of subterranian life forms with this plan.
This could possibly be the most short-sighted plan yet.
First, I am not sure that email is really by Gates -- from reading his writing or listening to him in the past, it really does not sound like his style. Also, "I reboot my computer... why should I have to reboot my computer?" I find it hard to realize that he wouldn't know the technical difficulties in replacing a dll while the system is running, and possible ways around this, and the current state of affairs. However, maybe I'm giving too much credit here.
What he is probably alluding to is the fact that every other operating system under the sun (Linux, Sun, SPARC, Mac OSX, BSD) can replace 95% of the OS without rebooting. Only windows requires you to reboot to do something stupid like replace a DLL. I can overwrite any.SO in my OS without rebooting - this is something the UNix world figured out a long time ago (deref the file pointer, write the new file. People using the old pointer can continue to do so, newly started apps use the new pointer. Once install of software is complete, restart software impacted).
The only thing that should require a reboot is replacing the kernel itself or a low-level IO driver.
There is no clicking involved here - it is a web page that can just spontaneously execute Javascript to initiate a file download, which just spontaneously appears on your desktop, with no user interaction AT ALL.
Safari won't overwrite a user's existing icons, just add new ones. I also opens a download manager so users know something is being added. There are some pretty ignorant users out there, but not many that won't take not that some random Web site is downloading something called "Firefox.exe" to their desktop with an icon that looks just like their Web browser's
This is a laugh an a half. I am pretty sure if I took an informal survey of my acquaintances many would not even know what a download manager was if I asked them. People nowadays just instinctively close the download manager window, both in Firefox and Safari. I have seen it in action many, many times. No one would even know what was downloaded, or care.
The main thing here, is the Safari flaw requires user interaction to work by itself, which means you have to manage a social engineering feat and get people to do something (double click and icon).
Like I said before, there is no social engineering required *AT ALL*. Just pick a common application name and odds are they already have it installed and it *WILL* be clicked.
With the flaw in Windows, any download from any source that they can get on a user's desktop can be automatically run.
Yeah, except for the fact that aside from the former Safari flaw there *IS NO WAY* to do this with any of the top web browsers, they all prompt for confirmation before downloading a file.
I am going to go out on a limb here and even argue on MS's side, in that IMO, this is not an IE flaw at all. No one should give a rat's ass what the working directory of any application is because it can be changed at will anyway - that is the whole point of a "working directory". If your security model relies on the fact that an application never has the working directory set to an alternate location, then you have big problems.
Namely, you should not be storing.EXE or.DLL file son your desktop for any reason REGARDLESS of this IE attribute, because any program could have it's working directory set as the desktop at any given time - it all depends on how the program was launched. For example, if you hit WIN+R and type 'CMD", the desktop is your default working directory. Run *ANY* program and it now might load those rogue DLLs. Do all those other programs have security holes as well now??? Or is this perhaps just because IE is an MS product?
This book is basically the bible for newcomers to electronics. Buy it, you will not be disappointed. He starts off with the simple, progresses to the relatively complex, and explains all the principles along the way. Every project comes with a complete parts listing, and lots of diagrams and illistrations to help along the way. Also there is some great reference pages included that I STILL refer to occasionally.
While I am no Microsoft fan, I am amazed at the hubris of comments in this thread.
Surely anyone with half a brain HAS TO ADMIT that the Safari vulnerability is FAR WORSE than IE setting it's current path to the windows desktop.
In fact, the Safari vulnerability can be exploited for root access to the box without IE being in the equation AT ALL. Just pick some program or two that are likely to be installed on any user's computer ( iTunes, Firefox? ), and download.exe files with those names to the desktop. *BOOM*, next time someone wants to run iTunes or Firefox, if they click that exe by accident instead of their shortcut (how would they know any different? ), they're toast.
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You're making your own point for conservation though. If you replaced all of your 30 light bulbs with CFLs or LEDs you would go from 3000 kW to 900 kW. If you lowered your AC by 3 degrees in the summer you would save 5% there.
A little change here and a little change there, next thing you know you have cut your overall energy footprint by 40% or more, and you haven't even affected your lifestyle in any meaningful way. If everyone in the country did the same we would have no energy problems.
And to boot it will save you hundreds of dollars / year.
All it takes is a bit of motivation and desire to not be such a consumer.
Actually Google Groups *is* the same thing as Usenet, because that is exactly what it is, a easy to use web front end to Usenet.
That is why Google Groups is infinitely better than Yahoo groups and the others you mention.
I find Google Checkout is accepted at almost every eCommerce site I shop at nowadays - and I usually prefer it over Paypal.
Just let him be... keep arguing and soon you will be like this guy
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/llog/duty_calls.png
... no one cares about anything you just said because we all know you and everyone else will go see the movie regardless of how bad it is or is not, and they will all make a tankerload of money from it.
I remember reading in a book as a kid a bold plan someone thought up to seed the Venetian atmosphere with billions of bacteria and lichen that would thrive on the sulphuric acid environment. Over time the bacteria would actually change the atmosphere and make it more hospitable and earth like.
Not sure if you are aware but it is pretty trivial to bypass ATA password lockouts if you really want to... all you have to do is swap out the controller chip and/or controller itself on the drive. You can usually do this without even having to remove the platters of the drive.
In addition to all this, it is estimated that for every CFL you use you save about 10 times the amount of mercury in the atmosphere, since most power in North America still comes from coal, and burning coal emits a lot of mercury.
I wonder if the author has ever tried to stand upright and move a Wiimote around for 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
No? Can't handle it? Didn't think so.
Motion input is cool for things like games but it will never replace the mouse because humans simply are not designed to hold their arms out in front of their bodies for long periods of time.
What amazes me is that peple think that your prospective employer actually gives a crap if you party on the weekends.
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you don't want to work somewhere who cares about that anyway? If an employer cares what an employee is doing in their off time then they have already crossed the line IMO.
This attack only works if the user is using another internet-connected application with Firefox not running. Using Firefox, or making sure it is at least running, prevents this attack.
So as long as you use Firefox all day long, you will not be affected.
Why buy on eBay and go through the auction hassle when you can get the same thing for cheaper from Amazon.com ? And often with free or discounted shipping?
If I was a seller I would seriously be moving to Amazon as fast as my legs could take me. everyone I know has moved from buying on eBay to buying on Amazon. The recent fee hikes only made things worse. eBay really needs to cut its base fees and get back to its roots or else it will become obsolete.
If you don't want to run your own server, I am sure someone can modify this code such that the saved settings are either saved in your GMail account or your Google Pages account or elsewhere in the Google mesh.
Its easier to make WMD out of oil (napalm) than it is to make them out of yellowcake.
This stuff was most certainly never going to be used in any kinds of weapons program. Iraw never had the facilities to process this stuff at the levels required, and even if they did it would probably be cheaper and easier to just buy black market soviet stuff en masse.
Step 1: Get their neighbor to switch
Step 2: Get their neighbor to brag to them about how much better his internet is
Step 3: Person migrates, brags to another neighbor about how much better his internet is
Go to step 1. Repeat.
The G8 used to consist of the 8 largest economies in the world. Now it is mostly just a group of good-old-boys who wish they were still relevant on the world economic stage.
The fact that none of China, India, or Brazil are included in the G8 and yet Italy and France are illustrate this perfectly.
This is not AVG doing this, it is the AVG IE toolbar. And since this is running in the IE context it is debatable if it should not use the IE user agent.
If you use Firefox or disable the toolbar it is a non issue. The issue to me is I can't figure out how to install AVG without this toolbar, or how to remove it.
..that thrive in these caverns? Who knows what kind of impact it would have on the earth as a whole if we eliminate dozens/hundreds of subterranian life forms with this plan.
This could possibly be the most short-sighted plan yet.
First, I am not sure that email is really by Gates -- from reading his writing or listening to him in the past, it really does not sound like his style. Also, "I reboot my computer ... why should I have to reboot my computer?" I find it hard to realize that he wouldn't know the technical difficulties in replacing a dll while the system is running, and possible ways around this, and the current state of affairs. However, maybe I'm giving too much credit here.
What he is probably alluding to is the fact that every other operating system under the sun (Linux, Sun, SPARC, Mac OSX, BSD) can replace 95% of the OS without rebooting. Only windows requires you to reboot to do something stupid like replace a DLL. I can overwrite any .SO in my OS without rebooting - this is something the UNix world figured out a long time ago (deref the file pointer, write the new file. People using the old pointer can continue to do so, newly started apps use the new pointer. Once install of software is complete, restart software impacted).
The only thing that should require a reboot is replacing the kernel itself or a low-level IO driver.
There is no clicking involved here - it is a web page that can just spontaneously execute Javascript to initiate a file download, which just spontaneously appears on your desktop, with no user interaction AT ALL.
It is an obvious opera flaw.
This is why milk is fortefied with vitamin D. 1 cup of milk has 45% of your RDI. 1 bowl of cereal / day is all you need.
No web browser should be able to download files to your computer without your approval.
NONE.
There is no excuse for this retarded behavior of Safari. No web browser except Safari ever allowed this.
Safari won't overwrite a user's existing icons, just add new ones. I also opens a download manager so users know something is being added. There are some pretty ignorant users out there, but not many that won't take not that some random Web site is downloading something called "Firefox.exe" to their desktop with an icon that looks just like their Web browser's
This is a laugh an a half. I am pretty sure if I took an informal survey of my acquaintances many would not even know what a download manager was if I asked them. People nowadays just instinctively close the download manager window, both in Firefox and Safari. I have seen it in action many, many times. No one would even know what was downloaded, or care.
The main thing here, is the Safari flaw requires user interaction to work by itself, which means you have to manage a social engineering feat and get people to do something (double click and icon).
Like I said before, there is no social engineering required *AT ALL*. Just pick a common application name and odds are they already have it installed and it *WILL* be clicked.
With the flaw in Windows, any download from any source that they can get on a user's desktop can be automatically run.
Yeah, except for the fact that aside from the former Safari flaw there *IS NO WAY* to do this with any of the top web browsers, they all prompt for confirmation before downloading a file.
I am going to go out on a limb here and even argue on MS's side, in that IMO, this is not an IE flaw at all. No one should give a rat's ass what the working directory of any application is because it can be changed at will anyway - that is the whole point of a "working directory". If your security model relies on the fact that an application never has the working directory set to an alternate location, then you have big problems.
Namely, you should not be storing .EXE or .DLL file son your desktop for any reason REGARDLESS of this IE attribute, because any program could have it's working directory set as the desktop at any given time - it all depends on how the program was launched. For example, if you hit WIN+R and type 'CMD", the desktop is your default working directory. Run *ANY* program and it now might load those rogue DLLs. Do all those other programs have security holes as well now??? Or is this perhaps just because IE is an MS product?
You are an adult, and can buy your own parts, so have no need for kits.
All you need to get started is this book - it is basically the de-facto standard for learning electronics.
"Getting Started in Electronics" - Forest M Mims III
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Electronics-Forrest-Mims/dp/0945053282/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213973092&sr=8-1
This book is basically the bible for newcomers to electronics. Buy it, you will not be disappointed. He starts off with the simple, progresses to the relatively complex, and explains all the principles along the way. Every project comes with a complete parts listing, and lots of diagrams and illistrations to help along the way. Also there is some great reference pages included that I STILL refer to occasionally.
While I am no Microsoft fan, I am amazed at the hubris of comments in this thread.
Surely anyone with half a brain HAS TO ADMIT that the Safari vulnerability is FAR WORSE than IE setting it's current path to the windows desktop.
In fact, the Safari vulnerability can be exploited for root access to the box without IE being in the equation AT ALL. Just pick some program or two that are likely to be installed on any user's computer ( iTunes, Firefox? ), and download .exe files with those names to the desktop. *BOOM*, next time someone wants to run iTunes or Firefox, if they click that exe by accident instead of their shortcut (how would they know any different? ), they're toast.