It seems like our entire economy is based top to bottom on how much you can screw somebody. An electrician's car breaks down, the mechanic screws him for just as much money as he thinks he can get away with, but that's ok because the electrician will screw you for just as much money as he can possibly suck out of you. And then all three of you get sick and go to a freaking doctor...who screws all three of you and your insurance company, if any of the bunch is lucky enough to have insurance. And then out of this pool of crap, we elect people to office, who promptly start screwing the public for as much money as they think they can possibly get away with without winding up swinging from a rope.
I swear I sometimes wonder how the US has made it as long as it has. It is hard to believe we can remain competitive in the world economy, when so much of our money didn't come from any actual service or product, but rather comes from screwing people. I hope people enjoy it while they can, because one of these days the bubble is going to burst. Oh, maybe it has...
It reminds me of the excellent movie, the Devils Advocate. Only in our economy, the devil just isn't a lawyer, he is a doctor, a mechanic, the retail stores, the RIAA/MPAA, the politicians, the insurance companies, the salesmen, the retail stores, the manufacturers, the customers etc. etc., and each and every one of them is setting out to drown us in a sea of their dishonesty.
bleepingcomputer.com - combofix.exe. Used this at work to remove it from multiple laptops. Works good and didn't have any trouble with it. Leave the USB thumb drive in while you run it, and it will clean the infection from it as well.
With the recent downadup worm, sbybot failed to remove it for me. bleepingcomputer.com - combofix worked like a charm, however. I also heard malwarebytes worked good on it as well, but have not used it personally. Combofix would even clean an infected thumb drive if you ran it on the system with the drive plugged in.
With the downadup worm, AVG would detect it on a thumb drive, but still let it infect the OS even if you tried to heal it. It also could not remove it completely even ran from safe mode. It would find things, but say it was unable to remove them.
HijackThis has helped me out a few times as well. Certainly not for the novice, though.
-=-=-=-=-=
HijackThis lists the contents of key areas of the Registry and hard drive--areas that are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. The program is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs and URLs, only the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites.
As a result, false positives are imminent, and unless you're sure about what you're doing, you always should consult with knowledgeable folks before deleting anything. Version 2.0.2 includes unspecified updates.
I would have to agree. I fought, what I think is this worm, at work for a week or so. If not, here is what I fought.
*Would disable Recovery console so you couldn't go back to an early date. *Spread by USB thumb drive. *Stick in a thumb drive, if the computer had AVG, it would detect it, but not be able to "heal" everything...but by this time it was too late.
One variant of it put in a root kit and blocked all access to antivirus sites. You could go anywhere on the Internet unless it happened to be an antivirus site.
This same one also blocked exe files if they happened to be something like Spybot search and destroy. It just wouldn't run anymore.
Also, it turns off the ability to change settings to view hidden files and folders, so you can't see the folders it adds.
My guess is, it is pretty freaking trivial for these people to do whatever they freaking want in Windows (except for probably disabling DRM!).
Particularly bad virus. It blocked all antivirus web sites and even blocked programs on the computer. I could put Spybot Search and Destroy on the computer, but it wouldn't even start.
What I finally had to do was rename combofix.exe to something else like fix.exe, and then it ran and removed MS Antivirus 2009.
I did try to Malwarebytes but it wouldn't even install, even if I renamed it.
just needs to go visit any communist/socialist society and live in it to discover that his ideals just don't work because human nature will not allow it.
There are many successful examples of people living in a "communal" way. Indians (Native Americans) are a good example.
The difference is that Indians lived that way by choice. Most communist countries, if not all, became that way at gun point.
I think you would find the GPL much closer to the Indian's version of communism than you would Soviet Russia.
With the extra millions saved, they are going to lower their fees...as well as spend some time trying to figure out how to quit pissing everyone off...right?
Interesting point. I would say that with the guarantee, we only get stuck with the bill for those that default, while just printing up the money gets us stuck with the whole tab. After all, there are people who actually pay loans back.
What about, if instead of an almost 1 trillion dollar loan, they just made the banks keep the monthly mortgage payments to the level they were before the ARM adjustments kicked the price up to a level people couldn't afford?
We could grandfather the above people in, and then come up with good Ron Paul-style common sense policy, such as not making bad loans anymore, not printing up money out of thin air, and not keeping the interest rates artificially low and encouraging borrowing to begin with.
Yes, some people would still default on their home loans, but it would be better than a 1 trillion dollar blank check...at least in my opinion.
I pledge allegiance to Goldman Sachs, and to the conspiracy for which it stands, one racket under Paulson, Communist and indivisible, with eviction and poverty for all.
Yes, it can be...but because it is unshielded, it creates RF Interference with radios (mostly HAM bands). It is my understanding that if they weren't causing interference, Broadband Over Power lines would be just about ready to roll.
Don't think a lot of money is being put into this?
And as I'm sure others will point out, she's just shifting the emissions to a power plant
There is one other huge difference. With oil, we are getting the bulk of it from people who hate us and want to use the money they make from us, to build an army up and come over here and kill us.
With electricity, which granted isn't perfect, either, most of the fuel is being produced here in the United States and the money is a real benefit to our economy.
I couple of years back, I did a lot of reading on Mad Cow. There were so many examples of it jumping the species barrier...and some of them many, many years old.
WASHINGTON -- Eighteen years before last week's first confirmed case of mad cow disease in the United States, investigators concluded that an epidemic of a brain-wasting disease on a Wisconsin mink farm was probably caused by a malady similar to mad cow disease.
The Wisconsin farmer had fed his mink a steady supply of "downer" cows -- too sick or injured to move on their own -- like the one that tested positive for mad cow disease in Washington state last week. On Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture banned such animals for human consumption.
Long before the USDA action, the mink industry began discouraging farmers..
-=-=-=
It is basically that anyone who did a little study would know that it could jump the species barrier...but it just can't do that until some people in white coats tell us it can do that...then it can.
There are more ways to make money on F/OSS than paid support. IBM can more easily sell a mainframe if one of the selling points is that the customer gets the code to the OS. What does IBM care, as long as it moves hardware?
It also helps other hardware vendors, who then no longer have to pay license fees for the OS (phones, mini-laptops, etc.).
And a lot of F/OSS projects could make millions if they would print high-quality documentation, in an actual BOOK, and sell the damn thing.
I have never done Power 90 X, but I did the original power 90. It was excellent.
My only complaint with the original Power 90, was that part I & part II were almost identical, they just added more reps to the second part.
I dropped about 50 pounds while doing the original (I was on a hard core diet, as well), and I know someone doing the "X" and he is looking fairly ripped.
Also for a good workout, the very original Step Reebok, with Gin Miller, is a hell of a workout.
Slashdot Mirror
It seems like our entire economy is based top to bottom on how much you can screw somebody. An electrician's car breaks down, the mechanic screws him for just as much money as he thinks he can get away with, but that's ok because the electrician will screw you for just as much money as he can possibly suck out of you. And then all three of you get sick and go to a freaking doctor...who screws all three of you and your insurance company, if any of the bunch is lucky enough to have insurance. And then out of this pool of crap, we elect people to office, who promptly start screwing the public for as much money as they think they can possibly get away with without winding up swinging from a rope.
I swear I sometimes wonder how the US has made it as long as it has. It is hard to believe we can remain competitive in the world economy, when so much of our money didn't come from any actual service or product, but rather comes from screwing people. I hope people enjoy it while they can, because one of these days the bubble is going to burst. Oh, maybe it has...
It reminds me of the excellent movie, the Devils Advocate. Only in our economy, the devil just isn't a lawyer, he is a doctor, a mechanic, the retail stores, the RIAA/MPAA, the politicians, the insurance companies, the salesmen, the retail stores, the manufacturers, the customers etc. etc., and each and every one of them is setting out to drown us in a sea of their dishonesty.
bleepingcomputer.com - combofix.exe. Used this at work to remove it from multiple laptops. Works good and didn't have any trouble with it. Leave the USB thumb drive in while you run it, and it will clean the infection from it as well.
What if a virus runs under the name of a legit process, though?
Agree, if mastered, it would be very helpful. I can use it, but have not mastered it, that's for sure.
Because of that, I usually don't recommend it to just anyone.
With the recent downadup worm, sbybot failed to remove it for me. bleepingcomputer.com - combofix worked like a charm, however. I also heard malwarebytes worked good on it as well, but have not used it personally. Combofix would even clean an infected thumb drive if you ran it on the system with the drive plugged in.
With the downadup worm, AVG would detect it on a thumb drive, but still let it infect the OS even if you tried to heal it. It also could not remove it completely even ran from safe mode. It would find things, but say it was unable to remove them.
HijackThis has helped me out a few times as well. Certainly not for the novice, though.
-=-=-=-=-=
HijackThis lists the contents of key areas of the Registry and hard drive--areas that are used by both legitimate programmers and hijackers. The program is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs and URLs, only the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites.
As a result, false positives are imminent, and unless you're sure about what you're doing, you always should consult with knowledgeable folks before deleting anything. Version 2.0.2 includes unspecified updates.
Would like to see a worm disable some of Microsoft's DRM and see how fast they come out with a working patch.
I would have to agree. I fought, what I think is this worm, at work for a week or so. If not, here is what I fought.
*Would disable Recovery console so you couldn't go back to an early date.
*Spread by USB thumb drive.
*Stick in a thumb drive, if the computer had AVG, it would detect it, but not be able to "heal" everything...but by this time it was too late.
One variant of it put in a root kit and blocked all access to antivirus sites. You could go anywhere on the Internet unless it happened to be an antivirus site.
This same one also blocked exe files if they happened to be something like Spybot search and destroy. It just wouldn't run anymore.
Also, it turns off the ability to change settings to view hidden files and folders, so you can't see the folders it adds.
My guess is, it is pretty freaking trivial for these people to do whatever they freaking want in Windows (except for probably disabling DRM!).
Transporter_ii
All the computers had MS Antivirus 2009 installed on them...and they still got infected with a virus!
Particularly bad virus. It blocked all antivirus web sites and even blocked programs on the computer. I could put Spybot Search and Destroy on the computer, but it wouldn't even start. What I finally had to do was rename combofix.exe to something else like fix.exe, and then it ran and removed MS Antivirus 2009. I did try to Malwarebytes but it wouldn't even install, even if I renamed it.
You should have bought a Dell.
The whole thing is rather suspicious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z-Ud8rbt4Q
Everyone is always quick with the tin-foil hat jokes, but sometimes they really are out to get you...
.
There are many successful examples of people living in a "communal" way. Indians (Native Americans) are a good example.
The difference is that Indians lived that way by choice. Most communist countries, if not all, became that way at gun point.
I think you would find the GPL much closer to the Indian's version of communism than you would Soviet Russia.
transporter_ii
And thus the phrase was born, "Damn that is one ugly biker chick."
Transporter_ii
With the extra millions saved, they are going to lower their fees...as well as spend some time trying to figure out how to quit pissing everyone off...right?
Transporter_ii
Interesting point. I would say that with the guarantee, we only get stuck with the bill for those that default, while just printing up the money gets us stuck with the whole tab. After all, there are people who actually pay loans back.
What about, if instead of an almost 1 trillion dollar loan, they just made the banks keep the monthly mortgage payments to the level they were before the ARM adjustments kicked the price up to a level people couldn't afford?
We could grandfather the above people in, and then come up with good Ron Paul-style common sense policy, such as not making bad loans anymore, not printing up money out of thin air, and not keeping the interest rates artificially low and encouraging borrowing to begin with.
Yes, some people would still default on their home loans, but it would be better than a 1 trillion dollar blank check...at least in my opinion.
Transporter_ii
I pledge allegiance to Goldman Sachs, and to the conspiracy for which it stands, one racket under Paulson, Communist and indivisible, with eviction and poverty for all.
Yes, it can be...but because it is unshielded, it creates RF Interference with radios (mostly HAM bands). It is my understanding that if they weren't causing interference, Broadband Over Power lines would be just about ready to roll.
Don't think a lot of money is being put into this?
-=-=-=-=
http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/2006/05/google-gs-sensustxu-ge-earthlink-put.html
Google, GS, SENSUS,TXU, GE, EarthLink put $230M in Current Communications ~ 10 Mbps Symmetrical speed Broadband over Power Lines Internet service !!!
-=-=-=-
No telling what they could do without the interference issues.
Transporter_ii
If the grid was shielded, could it be used for broadband Internet?
Transporter_ii
There is one other huge difference. With oil, we are getting the bulk of it from people who hate us and want to use the money they make from us, to build an army up and come over here and kill us.
With electricity, which granted isn't perfect, either, most of the fuel is being produced here in the United States and the money is a real benefit to our economy.
Transporter_ii
If they were on the DVD, you could just install them.
If you download them, you have to jump through validation hoops.
Got a version of Windows that won't validate...there will be apps for you.
I couple of years back, I did a lot of reading on Mad Cow. There were so many examples of it jumping the species barrier...and some of them many, many years old.
Here is an example from 18 years ago:
-=-=-=
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111779850.html
WASHINGTON -- Eighteen years before last week's first confirmed case of mad cow disease in the United States, investigators concluded that an epidemic of a brain-wasting disease on a Wisconsin mink farm was probably caused by a malady similar to mad cow disease.
The Wisconsin farmer had fed his mink a steady supply of "downer" cows -- too sick or injured to move on their own -- like the one that tested positive for mad cow disease in Washington state last week. On Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture banned such animals for human consumption.
Long before the USDA action, the mink industry began discouraging farmers ..
-=-=-=
It is basically that anyone who did a little study would know that it could jump the species barrier...but it just can't do that until some people in white coats tell us it can do that...then it can.
transporter_ii
At 2.00 for a thousand capatas, they could probably scan and convert books at a pretty fast pace, too.
An army of people typing in a page at a time could probably turn out a complete book in less than an hour.
Lots of legal and illegal uses for that.
transporter_ii
Log into their routers and turn the security on for them.
You know 98% of those unsecured APs also had the default password, right?
But seriously, is it now illegal to scan for networks to see how many are unencrypted???
I would say the only hint of anything illegal would be if they logged on to the networks. But even that shouldn't get the police to come and beat you.
Transporter_ii
There are more ways to make money on F/OSS than paid support. IBM can more easily sell a mainframe if one of the selling points is that the customer gets the code to the OS. What does IBM care, as long as it moves hardware?
It also helps other hardware vendors, who then no longer have to pay license fees for the OS (phones, mini-laptops, etc.).
And a lot of F/OSS projects could make millions if they would print high-quality documentation, in an actual BOOK, and sell the damn thing.
Transporter_ii
I have never done Power 90 X, but I did the original power 90. It was excellent.
My only complaint with the original Power 90, was that part I & part II were almost identical, they just added more reps to the second part.
I dropped about 50 pounds while doing the original (I was on a hard core diet, as well), and I know someone doing the "X" and he is looking fairly ripped.
Also for a good workout, the very original Step Reebok, with Gin Miller, is a hell of a workout.