How about firmware updates that a user can just download off the manufacturer's website, save on a USB stick, and insert it into a USB port somewhere on the dash?
A little less convenient than OTA, but with lesser risks, and still a whole lot more convenient than going to the dealer's service department.
Yeah. It isn't open source, but the OP didn't seem to "require" it. Also, EFS isn't available on XP Home or Vista Home, but if he has the pricier editions then it's no problem.
2 + 2 =.... What? I can't read it anymore! 5? Yeah, must be 5, gonna write that in...
Back to flash memory cards, I really wasn't aware that the data could decay that quickly.
Hey, so does that mean that my Mario Kart 64 scores will actually fade away quicker than my Super Mario Kart ones (which are stored on battery-backed SRAM)? (Yeah, I know I'm really starting to go OT on this one)
Speaking of punch cards, I do wish I could have somehow had the opportunity to see how those things were created and used. I mean, I see pictures and text on the Internet describing that, but it would be nice to have seen it actually happening, even if it were just in a video.
Now back to the OP's actual topic, somehow I think only "geek" type people (like me) would really care all that much about PC preservation.
I dunno how much good it could do, but I suppose people could do the "Report Incorrect Forgery Alert" thing. I'd think it really would be better if they individually added the malicious subdomains individually, rather than blocking the entire domain, which (I'd guess) contains legitimate, or at least non-harmful, sites as a majority.
I do realize that school officials do have to look out for bad things happening in their schools, but to me this just overreaches their authority and a student's right to privacy.
Anyway, there's also a few more things that could be done. Figure many modern phones these days allow you to sync the data on your PC, so on such a device, reset and format the phone before handing it to them...
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How about firmware updates that a user can just download off the manufacturer's website, save on a USB stick, and insert it into a USB port somewhere on the dash?
A little less convenient than OTA, but with lesser risks, and still a whole lot more convenient than going to the dealer's service department.
The day we run out of IPv4 addresses.
Yeah. It isn't open source, but the OP didn't seem to "require" it. Also, EFS isn't available on XP Home or Vista Home, but if he has the pricier editions then it's no problem.
2 + 2 = .... What? I can't read it anymore! 5? Yeah, must be 5, gonna write that in...
Back to flash memory cards, I really wasn't aware that the data could decay that quickly.
Hey, so does that mean that my Mario Kart 64 scores will actually fade away quicker than my Super Mario Kart ones (which are stored on battery-backed SRAM)? (Yeah, I know I'm really starting to go OT on this one)
Speaking of punch cards, I do wish I could have somehow had the opportunity to see how those things were created and used. I mean, I see pictures and text on the Internet describing that, but it would be nice to have seen it actually happening, even if it were just in a video.
Now back to the OP's actual topic, somehow I think only "geek" type people (like me) would really care all that much about PC preservation.
Probably not. The company that ran the advertising service (Digital Convergence) is long gone, iirc. (You could still find these on eBay, though.)
Maybe additional spacecraft will become available in a future expansion pack.
I dunno how much good it could do, but I suppose people could do the "Report Incorrect Forgery Alert" thing. I'd think it really would be better if they individually added the malicious subdomains individually, rather than blocking the entire domain, which (I'd guess) contains legitimate, or at least non-harmful, sites as a majority.
(Oh, and btw, here's Google's Safe Browsing report for mine.nu.)
I do realize that school officials do have to look out for bad things happening in their schools, but to me this just overreaches their authority and a student's right to privacy.
Anyway, there's also a few more things that could be done. Figure many modern phones these days allow you to sync the data on your PC, so on such a device, reset and format the phone before handing it to them...