It is completely uninteresting how many vulnerabilities an OS has had in its first year. As a consumer faced with the choice of which OS to install, I want to know which is the most secure now. That question may be more difficult to answer, but is nevertheless the only interesting one.
I fail to see how a comparison between the number of reported problems by Ubuntu between October 1st 2004 and 2005 and Vista's in the last 12 months is relevant.
You don't need any mods at all. Just copy. I will admit it is not extremely clear on the issue, but if I can read, the WiiKey mentioned several times in that article is necessary and it definitely is a modchip.
And so it seems, aa419.org is up again, albeit only with a few pages so far. I still cannot get their Muguito to run, since it needs to log in somewhere first. Their forums are also down.
Anyway, as several have said here, the determination of the scammers only proves that we are doing a good job annoying them. Neat!
I don't think it will compared to the other tools, since (as far as I can see from TFA) it does not allow the user to change the time of observation. This is an absolute must for amateur astronomers planning an observing run.
You also want to be able to ask where this or that object is, when it will be visible, what declination it will have at any time, how far from the Moon and Sun it will be and so much more.
It will be fun for regular Google Earth users, but amateur and professional astronomers will need more.
That just deserves an explanation for the uninitiated, since I find it way smarter than add block. The hosts file is where your operating system first looks up a translation from host name to IP addy. Now, if you knew some add server is called e.g. adds.yahoo.com then you just add to your hosts file, that adds.yahoo.com has the IP addy 127.0.0.1 or whatever your local host is. In other words, the add is never shown in your browser, and it works sooo sweet! And even better, it works for all your browsers, any applications with banner adds in them, popup-programs or whatever you may have -- it is all directed to nowhere.
You can download lists of hundreds of add servers from sites like the one farmer11 mentions, and there is a really good introduction in everyone's favorite podcast, Security Now #45.
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No, seriously -- who cares?
It is completely uninteresting how many vulnerabilities an OS has had in its first year. As a consumer faced with the choice of which OS to install, I want to know which is the most secure now. That question may be more difficult to answer, but is nevertheless the only interesting one.
I fail to see how a comparison between the number of reported problems by Ubuntu between October 1st 2004 and 2005 and Vista's in the last 12 months is relevant.
And so it seems, aa419.org is up again, albeit only with a few pages so far. I still cannot get their Muguito to run, since it needs to log in somewhere first. Their forums are also down. Anyway, as several have said here, the determination of the scammers only proves that we are doing a good job annoying them. Neat!
Update or install Google Earth from http://http//earth.google.com/download-earth.html
I don't think it will compared to the other tools, since (as far as I can see from TFA) it does not allow the user to change the time of observation. This is an absolute must for amateur astronomers planning an observing run. You also want to be able to ask where this or that object is, when it will be visible, what declination it will have at any time, how far from the Moon and Sun it will be and so much more. It will be fun for regular Google Earth users, but amateur and professional astronomers will need more.
That just deserves an explanation for the uninitiated, since I find it way smarter than add block. The hosts file is where your operating system first looks up a translation from host name to IP addy. Now, if you knew some add server is called e.g. adds.yahoo.com then you just add to your hosts file, that adds.yahoo.com has the IP addy 127.0.0.1 or whatever your local host is. In other words, the add is never shown in your browser, and it works sooo sweet! And even better, it works for all your browsers, any applications with banner adds in them, popup-programs or whatever you may have -- it is all directed to nowhere. You can download lists of hundreds of add servers from sites like the one farmer11 mentions, and there is a really good introduction in everyone's favorite podcast, Security Now #45.