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Solve : Intel fined $1.5 billion (fraud)? |
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Answer» Quote The EC has imposed a record $1.45 billion fine on Intel, and ordered it to halt illegal rebates and other practices to squeeze out rival AMD. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/252787/intel-hit-with-record-145-billion-fine.htmlI see this getting tossed on appeal. Pretty INTERESTING though...KIND of makes me wonder what QUALITY of parts they are USING. 1.4bil in rebates?Intel already inflates its prices, now this!Everyone inflates prices...it's called Profit.Quote from: patio on May 13, 2009, 05:35:36 PM Everyone inflates prices...it's called Profit.Not everyone inflates the price to the extent Intel does.Price out a SMALL bottle of Visine...Or a gallon of colored ink... |
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Solve : Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista? |
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Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/article/164485/windows_7_rc_benchmarks.html Though Windows 7 edged out Vista in our LAB tests, you may not notice MUCH of a difference. Improving performance is one of Microsoft's design goals with Windows 7, and many early reviewers (including ours) have said that the new OS seems peppier than Vista. But tests of the Windows 7 Release Candidate in our PC World Test Center found that while Windows 7 was slightly faster on our WorldBench 6 suite, the differences may be barely noticeable to users. We loaded the Windows 7 Release Candidate on three systems (two desktops and a laptop) and then ran our WorldBench 6 suite. Afterward we compared the results with the WorldBench 6 numbers from the same three systems running Windows Vista. Each PC was slightly faster when running Windows 7, but in no case was the overall improvement greater than 5 percent, our threshold for when a performance change is noticeable to the average user. The largest difference was 4 points--102 for Vista versus 106 for Windows 7 on an HP Pavillion a6710t desktop. Our other two test machines showed similarly minor performance improvements: A Maingear M4A79T Deluxe desktop improved by 1 point (from 138 on Vista to 139 on Windows 7), and a Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop improved by 2 points, from 97 on Vista to 99 on Windows 7. WorldBench 6 consists of a number of tests involving ten common applications, including Microsoft Office, Firefox, and Photoshop. On the INDIVIDUAL tests, the benchmark results were generally WITHIN a few percentage points of each other. One notable exception, however, was Nero 7 Ultra Edition, where Windows 7 made significant improvements, ranging from a 12 percent speedup to a 26 percent speedup, depending on the PC we used in our tests. Although we have yet to confirm it, PC World Test Center Director Jeff Kuta notes that this difference may be due to updated hard-disk drivers in Windows 7. Any improvements to Windows 7's disk support will be more noticeable in an application like Nero, which uses the hard drive heavily. The test involving WinZip, another hard-drive-dependent task, also showed marked improvement under Windows 7. We also measured a noteworthy 7 percent speed increase in our Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP3 (DirectX) test on the HP Pavillion desktop, which had an nVidia GeForce 9300GE graphics board. nVidia's drivers appear to be better optimized for Windows 7 than Windows Vista. In contrast, however, each of the systems took slightly longer to perform the tests in Microsoft Office and Firefox when they were running the new operating system than when they were running Vista. Of course, it's important to remember that we performed these tests with the release candidate of Windows 7. Though the operating system's features likely won't change in the final version, Microsoft’s engineers may still find ways to tweak the code to improve performance. If these test results remain consistent with those for the final version of Windows 7, the news will likely be disappointing to many Windows users. One of the major complaints about Windows Vista was the fact that it was consistently slower than Windows XP. If Windows 7 doesn’t significantly improve that situation, it may fail to convince people to move away from Windows XP. That said, there may be other areas we didn't cover in our testing--such as startup times--where Windows 7 may outperform Windows Vista by a wider margin. The best way for you to get a feel for Windows 7's performance is to download the release candidate and take it for a test drive on your system. How We Test We used three PCs in our testing: a Maingear M4A79T Deluxe desktop, an HP Pavillion a6710t desktop, and a Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop. The powerful Maingear comes equipped with a 3.2GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU overclocked to 3.71GHz, 4GB of memory, and dual ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics processors. The Pavilion, a mainstream desktop, features a 2.6GHz dual-core Pentium E5300 with 3GB of memory and an nVidia GeForce 930GE graphics chip. Lastly, the Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop packs a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 graphics card. On all three systems, we ran our WorldBench 6 benchmark suite on a clean installation of the 32-bit edition of Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 and repeated the process with the Windows 7 Ultimate release candidate (again, the 32-bit version). We made both operating systems current with Windows Update, and we installed the most current hardware drivers available.Not FASTER. FATTER! Windows 7 May Not Be Much fatter Than VistaThe reason people think Vista was so slow in the first place was because of either: 1.) The upgraded and old machine that could barely handle Vista 2.) New computers come with so much bloatware(aka crap) that it seems so slow. After uninstalling all the extras and cleaning up the registry, Vista runs so much faster for mebut you still need to consider the GUI and features included with windows 7. Sure speed may not be that much different but how's the interface? How's the usability? I for one see a noticable difference in speed with 7 vs. Vista.Is speed even an issue for either? File transfers in Vista can sometimes be painful...why this is i don't know exactly... Ask Broni. I know I know! Raymond Chen talked about it on one of his blogs! It's because XP used a Asynchronous transfer that occured during idle time, meaning the user interface thread could return control to the user faster- Vista used a synchronous transfer. It took the same amount of time to transfer the data, but the dialog didn't dissapear while transferring. they decided to do this so that once the dialog is gone- you know the file is copied. I hear they are reimplementing the XP behaviour in Windows 7. I might also add that an important factor here is "percieved" speed Vs. actual speed. For example, if you have a task that takes more then about 5-6 seconds on average, it's advisable to have a progress bar. With the progress bar, "percieved" performance can shoot up- in fact, just adding the bar can often get comments about the speed improvement, even though, because of the bar, it is actually slower. speed was not the case. It was memory hogging that people claimed and the feature set that was getting more of the problem. Those windows capable PC's deal was that vista ran slow onlyt cuz their PC's are at the brink of being drowned because it weren't set up to handle win vista at the acceptable level. But win 7 probably takes care of those things, seeing how microsoft is designing it at the netbook level, hence making netbooks set the bar for performance.Quote I for one see a noticable difference in speed with 7 vs. VistaMake sure, you have same number of programs installed, same number of startups, etc. Then, we'll talk Yep, file transfer is a pain...Identical setup on both... Comparing 32bit Vista vs. 7 and 64bit Vista and X64 7. Most noticable apps : AutoCad Photoshop Dreamweaver. Any maintenence/file magement utilities such as Auslogics defrag and clean up wizard the difference i sdramatic. In summary the difference is actually more noticeable in the 32 bit versions as opposed to the 64 bit versions...exactly the opposite of what i expected.Seems like this has been the story with all new releases of Windows, until a few months after release when Microsoft and all hardware vendors get everything patched up.now, Microsoft has confirmed that they should be able to get the RTM of windows 7 out by Christmas so you can get it then! |
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Solve : New laws target piracy (Thailand)? |
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Answer» http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/16041/new-laws-target-piracy Interesting little article about some new anti-piracy laws in Thailand. I, for one, am glad to see this. However, this isn't the first time they've had a crackdown on piracy, but in the past they've never gone after the landlords of the properties. Raids on shops often fail. Word that they're coming gets 'leaked' (often much in advance) and when the police ARRIVE, the shops are either closed down for the day or the pirated materials have been moved off-site. There's a lot more to that end of it, and I won't go into it as it involves a lot of speculation and rumor. An explanation of some of the places mentioned in the article: Pantip Plaza - (a.k.a. Computer City) - Every computer nerd's fantasy... a six-floor shopping mall of nothing but electronics, computers, and software... and then some (I got my new guitar here ). Probably the cheapest place in Thailand to get anything about computers (except straight from distributors). From whole computer systems to the smallest part INSIDE a computer... if you need it, chances are someone there sells it. There are literally hundreds of shops and service centers for various companies located in Pantip (Seagate, Acer, Dell, and many many others have their main service centers for Thailand here). MBK Center - MBK is short for Mahboonkrong (the developer's parent's names put together). It is one of the oldest and (at one time) largest shopping malls in Asia. Located in one of the busiest shopping areas in Bangkok where the are 4 shopping malls around the Siam Square intersection (MBK, Siam Discovery, Siam Center, and Siam Paragon). It has 8 floors in the shopping area and hosts thousands of shops. Most of the 3rd floor is dedicated to mobile phones, electronics, and computers. The other areas mentioned (Patpong Rd. and Sukhumvit Rd.) are tourist areas with a lot of vendor stalls along the roads, many of which offer pirated materials.Nice to see the new laws on protecting copyrights, but still going to be up to the government to enforce the landlords to follow them.Quote from: quaxo on May 02, 2009, 12:17:08 AM http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/16041/new-laws-target-piracy My Dad Was In Thailand, BangKok, And Phucket, Next Time He Goes Im Gonna Ask Him To Get Me Some Computer Stuff From That Mall Thanks TorrentIt©Kind of makes you look at The Pirate Bay trial a little different. Sharing the new hot game with your friends is one thing. But what about the hundreds/thousands of people out there burning hundreds of copies and packaging them in REALISTIC looking cases, hologram included, and selling them below retail as "genuine" Your innocent upload could be fueling organized crime...Quote from: evilfantasy on May 02, 2009, 03:31:46 PM Your innocent upload could be fueling organized crime... Actually, some of the things you find here aren't just copies from original CDs or downloads from the internet burnt on to CDs. One distinct case I remember was the movie "A Walk To Remember". That was available at pirate shops here 3 months before the movie even came out in the US. That could have only been possible from a studio or DVD manufacturer level. This has been going on here since long before I moved here (12+ years). They way business has been conducted has changed though. For software, it used to be that they had properly manufactured copies of everything they sold, but it became troublesome to move/hide that much merchandise during raids. So now, they only keep copies of the covers on the premises. The ISO files for these things are all kept on a computer in the shop, then when you want to buy one, they burn you off a copy. If there's a raid, they just remove the computer that contains all of the pirated material until the raid is over. Sadly, if it's like most anti-piracy laws here, it's just for show and won't get enforced.A related story. Police and vendors got into a brawl yesterday when 50 police held a surprise raid on about 200 pirate vendors in the Patpong area, a popular area for tourists in Bangkok. The vendors have also gone to a local police station and files charges against the officials for "assault and robbery". News Article: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/16314/piracy-clash-in-patpong About PatpongQuote Vendors attacked the officials with wooden sticks, glass bottles and stones. Some reports SAID guns were fired to scare off the officials. Wow, I can see now why maybe there were scared of dealing with this.There's another follow-up article about this. They talked to some vendors about how they feel about the situation. On my mobile phone at the moment in a taxi trying to make my way across a RAINY Bangkok. I'll find it later. |
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Solve : WolframAlpha is coming? |
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Answer» A new search engine/calculator A new search engine/calculatorThere's been some other posts about this, but when I saw the title it made me think of medival ages, and a scout running to a town screaming that an army is coming... I thought it was Vulcan myself...Quote from: PATIO on May 10, 2009, 10:28:56 AM I thought it was Vulcan myself...The ALIENS ARE COMING! THE ALIENS ARE COMING!!! *dies from fear*Quote I thought it was Vulcan myself. That must've been in Star TREK V... Quote Needleman: According to Stephen Wolfram, a real challenge for Alpha is processing complex or long queries, where you GET a greater chance for what he called "artificial stupidity." Compared to the "natural" KIND, which seems to be in abundance...Quote Compared to the "natural" kind, which seems to be in abundance... Aegis congratulations on making my day...... You're welcome. Unfortunately, I suffer from the occasional lapse, myself... Seems promising but I'd still like to try it before I come to any type of conclusion. |
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Solve : Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour? |
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Answer» Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have PUBLISHED a paper (PDF) detailing their findings after hijacking a botnet for ten days earlier this year. Among other things, the researchers were able to collect 70GB of DATA that the bots stole from users, including 56,000 PASSWORDS gathered within a single hour. The information not only gave them a look at the inner workings of the botnet, they also got to see how secure users REALLY are when it comes to online activities. (Hint: they aren't.). LinkSo what comes next? A law suit against the University of California, -for violation of the privacy of crooks!Highly unlikely. The researchers probably have permission through whatever means to do what they have done as long as they don't release specific information to the public. -The SERVERS are likely in a country that has weak or even no laws against a botnet which is why it's so successful. -A lawsuit would expose the thieves location(s) and identities. |
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Solve : Epicenter The Business of Tech Internet Growing Like Its 2001? |
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Answer» Your local cable company might like to talk about looming internet brownouts in order to convince you to PAY for all those internet videos endangering its television revenues, but research shows again that the tubes just keep getting wider and wider. GLOBAL internet traffic grew a ROBUST 64 percent in 2008, and global backbone providers plan to lay 16 underseas cables in 2009 — more than put down in the last year of the TELECOM bubble in 2001, according to new data from telecom research firm Telegeography. 2008 saw 15 new underseas cables, as well. Link |
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Solve : An invention that could change the internet for ever? |
Answer» http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/an-invention-that-could-change-the-internet-for-ever-1678109.htmlThey should invest in it themselves...their page took 48 seconds to load.Quote from: patio on May 03, 2009, 09:25:11 AMThey should invest in it themselves...their page took 48 seconds to load.12.487 for me...the advanced status bar addon for FF works PRETTY good...Well sounds pretty optimistic. Honestly, until I actually see a demo that I can try sounds too good to be true. From my personal experience in AI and NLP I know something like they're promising in this ARTICLE is extremely hard to accomplish and if anyone was to do it I'd imagine Google would be the first company to do it, with the amount of data they have access to.Now I know how High MT Everest is. OMG! it's going to change the world! Just like java! Everything runs on Ja... wait a second... that was just hype. I mean- err... Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 06, 2009, 12:08:28 AM OMG! it's going to change the world! Just like java! Everything runs on Ja... wait a second... that was just hype. I mean- err... BC, Java did change the world. Of course I am talking about the kind that is very popular in the morning hours. Considering some of my post today I THINK I have had too much of it already. |
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Solve : Google's Trojan Horse? |
| Answer» http://www.slate.com/id/2217232/An INTERESTING article. Slate is usually a good read!It's a good read, although I can't IMAGINE this being a Facebook killer. GOOGLE would have no way of knowing the exact person you were looking for in most cases and a search for a COMMON name like "JOHN smith" would be impossible. But definately another potentially great feature. | |
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Solve : Firefox Adblock Plus and (a little) more? |
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Answer» Very interesting and disturbing post about the Adblock Plus add-on. I don't personally use this add-on but I'd imagine some of you out there to. Dear Adblock Plus and NoScript Users, Dear Mozilla CommunityPersonally i feel no remorse for him...abuse of trust is something that you should never do... I dropped NoScript over 10 months ago because the script adds he authored wrecked my FFox profile and i haven't LOOKED back since. His apology rings hollow to me. |
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Solve : G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc? |
Answer» http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?_r=1Sounds promising QuoteThe new technology must be MADE to work in PRODUCTS that can be mass-produced at affordable prices. Answered my question. Nothing on the market can read something like that, yet. Dang it man!! I haven't EVEN ventured into the realm of Blue-Ray yet and they are already coming out with something that surpasses that. I am starting to feel left behind.I can put 100 DVDs on one disc... but how would I get to the disc without making all the DVDs fall down?I feel old. I dont even have blue ray! WELL the standard dvd is 4.7 gb 4.7*100= 470 OMG!!!!!!! 470gb on one disk!!!!!!!! Thats bigger than my hard drive! THATS HUGE!!! HOW DID THEY DO IT!!!! I can see this leading to larder hard drives too.a DVD can HOLD a number of different amounts. DVD-5 - 4.7GB Single-Side, Single-Layer DVD-9 - 8.5GB Single-Side, Dual-Layer DVD-10 - 9.4GB Double-Side, Single-Layer DVD-18 - 17.1GB Double-Side, Dual-Layer Quote THATS HUGE!!! HOW DID THEY DO IT!!!! a standard PC hard drive for the XT was 10MB. my 500GB HD is 10,240 times larger then that.I am going to guess they ment the standard 4.7gbDefinitely does sound promising the only thing I hate about these type of articles though is that you always get excited about it, but they never seem to actually hit the market place. |
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Solve : Facebook Using YOUR Updates and Info in Facebook Social Ads Advertising? |
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Answer» http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/facebook-using-your-updates-and-info-in-facebook-social-ads-advertising/?awt_l=MvOQK&awt_m=1gMCquMYE6K295 It’s one of Facebook’s dirty little secrets, even though it’s been publicly available information for more than a year. Facebook takes information that you post, and sells it to advertisers who can use it in ads that are displayed to your friends. For example, if I posted “Eating Ben & Jerry’s Cherry GARCIA ice cream”, Ben & Jerry’s could then show an ad to all of my Facebook friends saying “Anne is eating Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream - shouldn’t you too?” The service is part of Facebook’s “Facebook beacons” service for advertisers, and the ads in which your Facebook info is displayed are CALLED “Facebook Social Ads”. And if you don’t explicitly opt out of them, then you are fair game. In fact, Facebook beacons were the SUBJECT of a recently-decided lawsuit, in which a Facebook user sued Blockbuster for using her video rental information in Facebook social ads. Default setting: To opt out, change default “only my friends” to “no one”: You can opt out of Facebook social ads here: http://www.facebook.com/privacy/?view=feeds&tab=ads#/privacy/?view=feeds&tab=adsMay be kinda scary but CH is my only social networking site..... Sometimes it shows. What about redhead? I'm sure i'm gonna hear about this one.... Thanx Broni...yer a real Pal.Just checking Call me crazy, but I think it's kinda COOL to advertise that way..... I could call my friends and see if all of them want to eat ben and jerry's ice cream together. |
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Solve : ESPN.com, the Konami Code, and a Whole Lotta' Ponies? |
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Answer» http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090427/tc_pcworld/espncomthekonamicodeandawholelottaponies This does not work on ESPN's site anymore, but if you access the Google cache link in the ARTICLE, it still works. Funny. Quote I can't make this stuff up. Some Web designer over at ESPN.com is either in for a promotion for "best unicorn-related viral promotion for ESPN," or said designer is about to get escorted off the premises. Google cache of the site: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ssdn4F46EEYJ:espn.go.com/+espn.com&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Still works as of the time I posted this. Do it, reload, and do it again... pictures change. To make more pop up, press any keys on the keyboard.I just tried it and it still works.Yeah, have fun while you can. The cache will eventually be overwritten and the fun will be lost forever haha.Pretty funny. |
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Solve : Firefox 3.0.10? |
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Answer» Releases/FIREFOX 3.0.10 https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.0.10 Firefox 3.0.10 is a medium-priority stability update to Firefox 3.0.x.Quote http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-23.htmlI got it.Quote from: Helpmeh on April 29, 2009, 05:57:40 AM I got it. Good for you!! Quote from: mroilfield on April 29, 2009, 08:50:58 AM Good for you!!Is this such a big deal? FireFox wants to update, obviously for a good reason, so I updated...shoop da whoop... |
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Solve : 18% Don't understand the term 'Broadband'? |
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Answer» Quote from: quaxo on April 28, 2009, 01:54:58 AM Once again, I shall not just repeat what quaxo says. My private definitions: Broadband - (n) A vegtable related to the Broad Bean. ADSL Broadband - (n) This is a misnomer. Beans have nothing to do with A Dull Lazy Sim. Dongle - (n) A small PIECE of... what DOGS leave behind and you have to clean up. Blu-ray - (n)A wonderful creature found in blue tropical waters. Half of young Californians are taught in school there is no point in having a map beyond the Colorado River Besides that, they know New York was taken over ny Neu Joisy. Screw all those Polls and national averages... My 5 year old nephew knows every State capitol... He also can find pretty much any nation on the Earth on a globe... I guess he wasn't called for the poll. Ridiculous.Quote from: patio on April 28, 2009, 08:44:36 PM Screw all those Polls and national averages... Agreed. I'm American, and I'll be the FIRST to admit that we've got our fair share of ignorant people, but so does anywhere else. These polls rarely vary much from country to country.Sorry 'bout the Kansas comment Quaxo...picked at total random. No offense. patio.Quote from: patio on April 28, 2009, 09:46:52 PM Sorry 'bout the Kansas comment Quaxo...picked at total random. Haha none taken really. I wish it was a universal law requiring that when the results of a poll are given they also tell you how many people are polled and how the poll was taken. If there was a poll about how many people liked Starbucks and they just give results like 80% of people like Starbucks that gets people to start thinking there is something good about it. But If the same poll results were given with the amount of people polled and where the poll was taken then what the majority thinks would be different. Example: Today there was a poll taken outside the local Starbucks and out of the 10 people polled 8 of them liked Starbucks. You hear news stations giving poll results all the time and they make big deals out of the results but most of them fail to tell you that out of the entire U.S. they only polled 2,000 people.Quote from: mroilfield on April 29, 2009, 02:35:24 AM I wish it was a universal law requiring that when the results of a poll are given they also tell you how many people are polled and how the poll was taken. Actually, through that link Broni provided, and another link on that page, you can view the full report which gives all of the information on that survey they did. They interviewed 510 "random" people across America between 18 and 24 during the Winter break when people have more on their minds than where Sudan is or what the majority religion in India is. It proves nothing. Basically, it says they went door to door and asked if there was someone 18 to 24 who would be interested in participating in the survey, then they interviewed them there on the spot. And there's a perfectly good explanation for those results: All of the smart people REFUSED to take the survey because they were too busy with Christmas activities. But seriously, if you read through the methodology, you can see they didn't express at all what locations these houses were in or the literacy level of the persons interviewed. There was no screening process for the participants other than age and sex (to meet quotas for each). Who's to say that, by chance, they just happened upon some of the most ignorant people in the US? The sample is too small to be conclusive. That's something like 0.0001% of the POPULATION, or 1 in 500,000, that they interviewed. |
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Solve : The piratebay owners found guilty? |
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Answer» Which is a good approach...Although I imagine there has to be a line drawn somewhere- maybe one day they'll throw out cases because the judges ex-wifes pet dog was previously owned by a BOY whose mother once worked in a restaurant where a REGULAR customer whose truck DRIVING CAREER brought him close to the home city of the defendant's 2nd-cousin twiced removed's Granfather's best friend. This happens alot in Kansas... ...I'm from Kansas...So you know ...I'm resemble... er, I mean resent those remarks! Actually, I'm from Wichita, which is a fair-sized city. We don't get MANY people there like that, but I have been to places in Kansas and all over the Mid-West like that. |
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Solve : Pirate Bay lawyer files for retrial, cites bias? |
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Answer» http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090427/tc_nm/us_copyright_piratebay Partial quote: Quote STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ha, knew there was something going on. I hope they get and win the retrial, just because of that. Quote from: quaxo on April 28, 2009, 12:32:35 AM http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090427/tc_nm/us_copyright_piratebayMe too!Quote copyright protection should have disqualified himCopyright protection is a fact of law. So then is the issue now become that if you are in favor of any fact law you are biased towards alleged criminals? Next we may find a Judge is disqualified because he is a member of the justice system! Whats wrong with the pirate bay? They shouldnt be sued because they are doing nothing illegal. Its a search engine. The people on there are doing the illegal stuff. Not the siteQuote from: Geek-9pm on April 28, 2009, 07:02:43 PM Copyright protection is a fact of law. Sweden's copyright law is BASED on books and publications and has not had changes amended to take into account software programs. |
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Solve : SP2 for Office 2007? |
| Answer» The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service PACK 2 (SP2) was actually released on 4/24/09. It APPEARED today among the AUTOMATIC updates for my Vista laptop. | |
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Solve : Conficker virus begins to attack PCs (April 24, 2009)? |
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Answer» A bit of an update on the Conficker virus. BOSTON (Reuters) -Crap...It would be funny if the botnet started spamming online games...or MySpace! |
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Solve : Windows 7 SKUs announced: your worst nightmare has come to pass? |
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Answer» I was hoping Microsoft wasn't going to do this with Windows 7. But looks like they still think this is a good idea. Latest i read says they are not doing a starter nor Home Basic edition... Found ItI don't see why MS can't just have 3 versions. Student, Home and Business. I like the person who pointed out it's really 12 versions with 32 and 64 bit...Thanks for the link Patio. Glad to see it's something not set in stone. I guess anything in Beta or other phases of testing really isn't set in stone. Personally I don't see why they can't just have one version but I'd be more happy with three than seven.The Latest on Windows 7 SKU'sI read a few blogs today saying we will only have to choose from Home, Pro and Business. The other releases are either limited edition business NETWORK or for emerging markets. I've also seen a few rumors of a Release Candidate coming very soon. Keeps it on track for a 2009 release.Here's something else I dug up.Quote from: evilfantasy on February 06, 2009, 09:53:30 PM I've also seen a few rumors of a Release Candidate coming very soon. Keeps it on track for a 2009 release. At the end of January, Slashdot carried a story saying that MS will be moving straight from a single beta to a release candidate. That is, no Beta 2. Windows 7 Editions Features Comparison: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/02/07/windows-7-editions-features-comparison/ |
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Solve : Ding Dong, Zango is dead!? |
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Answer» Great news from Tom Kelchner and the Sunbelt Blog Sunbelt Blog: Ding Dong, Zango is dead! Zango Inc., the irritating adware firm that was FINED $3 million by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2006 has been sold at “fire sale prices” to video search engine company Blinkx PLC, it was announced yesterday.Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of yo yo's...... Cheers !Good riddence.Brings back memories. - Everyone thought AOL was the only way to get on the Internet. "You've Got Mail" - Norton was the #1 AV and most people didn't know there were others. (me included ) - Popus were an annoyance instead of an actual threat and Merjins HijackThis/CWS Shredder and Spybot could fix everything. Smitfraudfix for the tough ones. |
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Solve : Filefront Going Offline Forever March 30th? |
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Answer» http://farewell.filefront.com/ Its really sad I mean I really LIKE this site for the files, Mods, Maps, and other files this site offered for my games... Ohh man this is really sad news. I've loved Filefront and was the first place I referred people to for downloads since it was easy and required no registration. They must be really hurting if they're not even attempting a DONATION / subscription based model.Looks like they're not going offline after all. http://welcome.filefront.com/Quote so filefront hasn't been decapitated! Just new management! Nice. I was a bit worried.Quote from: x2543 on April 17, 2009, 09:35:41 PM so filefront hasn't been decapitated! Just new management!Not at all...the original owners bought it back.Quote from: Helpmeh on April 22, 2009, 03:13:49 PM Not at all...the original owners bought it back. I sitll consider that new management anyway ! 2nd time's a charm! It's like when Steve Jobs became CEO of apple again and saved apple from crashing and burning! Quote from: x2543 on April 22, 2009, 03:41:50 PM I sitll consider that new management anyway ! 2nd time's a charm! It's like when Steve Jobs became CEO of apple again and saved apple from crashing and burning!I guess you're right.Quote from: x2543 on April 22, 2009, 03:41:50 PM I sitll consider that new management anyway ! 2nd time's a charm! It's like when Steve Jobs became CEO of apple again and saved apple from crashing and burning! Good point. |
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Solve : 1 Billion Infections removed? |
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Answer» From the MalwareBytes Blog. April 21st, 2009 Today, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware surpassed 1,000,000,000 infections removed from systems worldwide. Let’s congratulate our entire team for such a tremendous effort and COUNTLESS hours of work. We are quickly growing to become the number one anti-malware product on the Internet!NICE......Big win for Visual Basic CLASSIC consumers too. it's still used for "real" applications, regardless of what MS wants.Very Nice. That is a whole lot of malware.one word here. Wow. Its alot more then one but you get the idea. 343,677,216 by EF alone ! ! Congrats !Quote from: patio on April 22, 2009, 10:59:02 AM 343,677,216 by EF alone ! !NICE! When I saw the 1 billion Infections removed title I thought Evil remove 1 billion and would have said something like LET'S PARTY!!! |
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Solve : Time Warner Changes -- But Keeps -- Bandwidth Caps? |
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Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/article/162928/article.html?tk=nl_cxanws Time Warner Cable decided it wanted to play with bandwidth capping, but after intense backlash from customers, the company has backed off its original plans. At first, Time Warner yapped about unrolling a trial tiered pricing program in Beaumont, Texas, and then expanded the plan to hit Austin and San Antonio,Texas; Greensboro, N.C.; and Rochester, N.Y. The tiered pricing plan forced customers to choose between a 5GB and 40GB download cap per month, and outrage ensued. The noise got so loud that Landel Hobbs, the chief operating officer of Time Warner Cable, wrote a response to customer complaints that slightly tweaked the plans but did not, as many had hoped, do away with them. Under the new plan, customers can choose between 1GB and 100GBs on various pricing schemes. The 1GB per month plan offers speeds of 768KB download and 128KB upload for $15. The 100GB plan -- called Road Runner Turbo -- brings 10MB download, 1MB upload speeds for $75 per month; anything over that costs $1 per gigabyte up to $150. That means if you want turbo speeds and unlimited Internet access, you'll have to pay $150 per month. In the face of a recession, Time Warner is seeking to boost the bottom line, and, in the process, gouging the customer. And while capping Internet usage will bring money to its table, there are problems with Time Warner's math. Broadband DSL Reports, for instance, states that no data supports Time Warner's claim that tiered pricing is wanted or necessary. Ars Technica crunches the numbers and discovers that even at the lowest rung, Time Warner is charging customers $6 per GB monthly -- a number exponentially larger than its main competition, whose fees range from 9 cents per giabyte (AT&T) to 17 cents per gigabyte from Comcast. ISP bandwidth caps are all the rage lately. AT&T does it, Comcast does it; and while neither company particularly gets away from the decision without a few scrapes and bruises from its customers, Time Warner's current scuffle with the public is unique for a few reasons. One, it shows a massive coalition of journalists and citizens RALLYING together against a company's bad decision. Two, it highlights how companies are able to adapt to demands and communicate its changes via the Internet -- it's not often that COOS of major corporations Twitter to customers. Despite the outcry and Time Warner's response, the caps are still likely to be implemented, which spells bad news across the board.Wow this is terrible. Hope this doesn't spread to other providers like Comcast.I hope so. Comcast is actually rolling out fiber optic service (50Mbps/5Mbps), which sells for the same price - $150/month. I'm not sure, if they're gonna keep regular lines with current prices, or they're gonna go just for fiber.Congressman Wants to Ban Download Caps Time Warner Cable plans to test its controversial, new scheme to have USERS pay by the gigabyte in Rochester, New York, but the area's freshman congressman calls usage caps greedy and plans to introduce legislation to stop it. New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa called TWC's proposal to switch its 8.4 million cable broadband customers to metered internet billing an "outrageous plan to tax the American people." LinkI would be in favor of price for speed. Start at $20/month for 2mbps and add $10 per mbps you want to pay for... but capping it is stupid. |
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Solve : I.B.M. Said to Be in Talks to Buy Sun for $7 Billion? |
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Answer» I.B.M. is in talks to BUY Sun Microsystems in a proposed deal valued at nearly $7 billion, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said on Wednesday. Link What would I do with $7 billion? ....Aw Crap...hopefully they don't alter Java nor JSQuote from: macdad- on March 19, 2009, 11:25:10 AM Aw Crap...hopefully they don't alter Java for the KAZILLIONTH time Javascript has NOTHING to do with Sun or Java! In fact, technically there is no longer a "official" javascript- it's really a mish-mash of all the different implementations in each browser. They just happen to COINCIDE about 99% of the time.i'm just now learning this no one filled me in on this until knowThat's what the forums are for, no one knows everything and always a good learning experience. Thanks for filling me in on this BC Sun and Java are actually two different entities as well. The original Java platform was developed by IBM I think. IBM 32-bit Runtime Environment for Java 2, v1.4.2 and there was the Microsoft Java. I don't know the full history but it seems the technology was actually a gold mine that neither MS or IBM realized. Sun/Java took it and made it what it is today. A 7 Billion dollar giant!Sun started Java as a simple programming language for appliances, like coffee makers- they called it "oak". they licensed out the ability to write Virtual Machines, however, so as to allow for it to proliferate through different operating systems. IBM make a few crappy essentially useless versions of a JVM, but in their defense they have the- err- Most usable version for Windows 3.1, if that counts for anything. Microsoft got a license to create the JVM and no sooner did they get it did they start bastardizing it, with J++. Warranted the changes were "good" for windows developers, they COMPLETELY broke compatibility with other OS's. So Sun revoked their java license- and now Sun itself is the SOLE proprietor of the JDK and the runtimes. The only neat feature that didn't break compatiblity was the ability for other applications to create java objects through COM. I thought it was neat that I could do a 'CreateObject("Java.Lang.String")' in VB and get a usable object. http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.htmlGood post BC. I knew that MS had pretty much screwed it up from their start with it and then abandoned it leaving it on machines which was then exploited by malware. Typical...Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 19, 2009, 01:17:37 PM Sun started Java as a simple programming language for appliances, like coffee makers- they called it "oak". Really? Well ATLEAST i know where the logo came from. So it was originally a language for the microchips that control said appliances, huh?Netscape create JS.that was the original plan. but "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry". Also, I can see the code... Code: [Select]public class Blender extends BasicAppliance { public enum Blender_Runstate { off=0; chop=1; blend=2; //extraoomph=3; //removed above line after Paul's hospital visit. Guess I'll have to finish his coffee-maker implementation... } private boolean mvarPulse; Private Blender_Runstate mvarRunstate; public java.appliance.controlpanereturnmodeconstants ControlPanelEvent( .... Quote from: kpac on March 19, 2009, 04:06:29 PM Netscape create JS. yes- they did. totally different ball-game.IBM backed out (couldn't bid high enough) and it is now being sold to Oracle. Oracle to buy Sun for $9.50 a share Quote The announcement comes after Sun reportedly rejected a $7 billion buyout offer from IBM (IBM, Fortune 500) earlier this month.I saw that evil. It is pretty interesting how quickly oracle came on the scene. |
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Solve : More reasons to postpone that upgrade to IE 8? |
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Answer» http://windowssecrets.com/2009/04/09/02-WGA-blocks-some-updates-on-legit-Windows-PCs/?n=known1 (scroll down a little) We also received bushels of e-mails from readers who agree with Mark Joseph Edwards' recommendation in his April 2 Top Story that you wait before switching from Internet Explorer 7 to the new version 8. Several people who had already taken the IE 8 plunge explained why they reverted to the earlier release. For Gene Goldenfeld, the problem was a conflict with one of his security apps: * "Soon after installing the public release of IE 8, I noticed that it was very slow to start. I've since discovered that it's not just my XP SP3 machine alone. It seems there's a conflict between IE 8 and some resident (real-time) antispyware applications that centers around these applications' restricted-zones lists and IE 8's SmartScreen security function. "Spybot Search and Destroy and SpywareBlaster are the ones commonly mentioned, but I use SuperAntiSpyware Pro and my zones list is short. That leaves [as the cause] an add-on conflict, which I didn't check. There are some workarounds proposed until MS fixes the problem, but the easiest one — and the one I chose for now — is to go back to IE 7. That BROUGHT IE back up to speed." Dave Laljee found the source of his IE 8 conflict, but he rolled back to the previous release anyway: * "Saw Mark Joseph Edwards' article in the latest newsletter and thought you'd like to hear another reason for not rushing into IE 8 (though, after uninstalling it, I discovered a workaround). I installed IE 8 the other WEEK, and at first things seemed OK — until attempting to add a C++ function within Visual Studio 2008 Pro using a wizard. This resulted in a script error. "I quickly uninstalled back to IE 7 and rebooted. The add function, etc., worked fine in VS 2008 again. A week later, I was checking the Visual C++ Team Blog and found this blog POST [with the workaround]. That solves the problem, but you would've thought they'd have caught this one before release!" It seems about the only thing Microsoft is catching lately is some well-deserved flak.I reverted simply because it busted my winamp lyrics plugin. Basically it broke every program that used the internet browser control... except somehow MS programs...Quote from: Broni on April 10, 2009, 06:47:14 PM http://windowssecrets.com/2009/04/09/02-WGA-blocks-some-updates-on-legit-Windows-PCs/?n=known1 Too late for me...it doesn't slow down my computer, I don't even use it...My mom uses it on my computer, even though I'm always telling her to use Firefox instead.well ie8's not problematic to me, it's just i've left the untabbed ie world too long to go back.been runnin IE 8 for about 3 weeks and have not seen any PROBLEMS wit it.Quote from: x2543 on April 17, 2009, 09:40:27 PM well ie8's not problematic to me, it's just i've left the untabbed ie world too long to go back.Go back to what? IE 7 is tabbed.Quote from: x2543 on April 17, 2009, 09:40:27 PM well ie8's not problematic to me, it's just i've left the untabbed ie world too long to go back.IE7 has tabs. So does firefox.Quote from: Helpmeh on April 18, 2009, 06:26:05 PM IE7 has tabs. So does firefox. i meant that I've been away from IE6 when there was no tabs, I upgraded to Ie7 and Ie8 only for security purposes and firefox stays my way most of the time, google chrome i use now and then as well but that's that....Quote from: x2543 on April 17, 2009, 09:40:27 PM well ie8's not problematic to me, it's just i've left the untabbed ie world too long to go back. You've been gone from that world for a long time now.Yeah, I have noticed a few bugs with IE8 still. I am too lazy to go back though. I use FF most of the time though. |
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Solve : Microsoft killing free XP support next week? |
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Answer» Ehhhhhhhhhhh....that's all I have to say to complainers. Waste of time.... ...instead of using the API, they would do what the API does themselves.At ONE time the API DOCUMENTATION was not correct. Has that changed? Years ago the complaint was that MS did not fully document the OS. So MS people had the advantage of knowing the 'tricks' of how ther OS really worked. So, may question is, has that improved now? Can we write programs to the API with confidence that it will work as documented? Or, do I have to write everything inside of a Microsoft IDE, like Visual C++ and let .NET do it all for me? I do not like .NET, and you know. Or, can I still use COM to write future programs for Windows 7,8,9and forever?Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 18, 2009, 10:32:14 AM Whoa, you are going to fast for me! Actually- I have the windows 3.1 SDK and I can tell you it is VERY thorough. And nowadays, it's online at MSDN. I believe the issue was that MS wasn't releasing stuff like the commandbars used in office. But that's not part of windows- instead it's part of office. The office team BUILT it, because they found the built in menus and toolbar controls insufficient. I remember I wrote a custom commandbar control myself as well. It was a bit buggy in parts because it wasn't finished, but it was fairly similar to the commandbars available in Office 2000. In any case- All you need to compile windows applications is the windows header files and a C compiler that supports the language features supported in those headers as well as the ability to compile PE executables. I don't know about you, but I don't like having these "class libraries" do things for me. In fact, I write my own, so I can learn the implementation details myself. For example I have so far completely duplicated and extended almost all of the features of the FileSystemObjects within my own BCFile library. As far as COM- I love it. And I think it will be around for a while- office add-ins are still COM components, even with 2007. I don't think MS wants to break those! Something that needs to be remembered is to define the VERSION macros for the target OS, otherwise you will be unable to use API routines from anything past Windows 95 (the default define is 0x400, which is win95).If the OS isn't up to your standards than change the OS to something different... If this experiment fails...build your own OS... Again if this fails ...find a new hobby.Working for Symantec would be my first thought |
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Solve : Google container data center tour? |
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Answer» Pretty impressive. WISH I had only one of those in my backyard |
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Solve : Building a Brain on a Silicon Chip? |
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Solve : Windows 7 RC May Release on April 10, 2009? |
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Answer» Preparing my bank account for some fresh inflow are you ABLE to upgrade from win7 RC to win7 RTM?I know you couldn't upgrade from win7 beta to win7 RTM. Look here:My media player gets an error trying to play it...Quote from: Helpmeh on April 10, 2009, 05:39:19 PM My media player gets an error trying to play it... works here.Quote from: Broni on April 10, 2009, 03:52:28 PM 10 of April....I guess, I lost. I still say this is all speculation, I also *love* how that Tomshardware article starts with saying someone at Microsoft got this wrong. Not sure how speculation is Microsoft's fault. Until the date is actually printed and left on a Microsoft site I'm still not buying any of these early DATES. I guess, I need NEW crystal ball here, you can have one of mine. you can even have the diamonds, rubies and sapphires.Do you have any proof of authenticity? The gypsies who made it were illiterate. |
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Solve : Microsoft Windows HTTP Services Multiple Vulnerabilities - Highly critical!? |
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Answer» Release Date: 2009-04-14 |
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Solve : 4/9/09 Conficker begins stealthy update? |
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Answer» This UM... that has nothing to do with CONFICKER, THOUGH... aside from you thinking it was at first.yea...STILL have that "Blame-every-computer-problem-on-Conficker" |
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Solve : CompUSA Comes Back From the Dead? |
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Answer» About three months ago, Loretta Alkalay, a retired Florida resident, wanted to get a NEW HDTV. So she DECIDED to give the CompUSA near her home a try. Yes, CompUSA. The once-bankrupt electronics retailer is making a comeback, with about 30 new CompUSA stores nationwide and a new strategy that includes aggressive prices, REMODELED stores, improved lighting and in-store web access for comparison shopping. Link Nice. It will be interesting to see if they can compete with their new business model.If the high prices, they USED to have, remain, I doubt.Quote from: Broni on April 10, 2009, 03:47:20 PM If the high prices, they used to have, remain, I doubt. Yeah, I agree that their pricing has to be competetive to online prices. |
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Solve : Conflicker's newest payload? |
Answer» Full StoryQuote from: patio on APRIL 10, 2009, 09:07:00 AMFull Story Well...that was anticlimactic.It's in the NEW variations of SpywareProtect2009. A rouge...lol- a form of MAKEUP? |
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Solve : WGA blocks some updates on legit Windows PCs? |
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Answer» http://windowssecrets.com/2009/04/09/02-WGA-blocks-some-updates-on-legit-Windows-PCs/?n=known1 Quote Readers refute Microsoft's assertion that Windows Genuine Advantage isn't required to receive all patches for the operating system. |
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Solve : Computer Virus 'Time Bomb' Could Go Off April? |
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Answer» SkyNet? heres another link about it. Karma is GOING to get you watch, lol Anyways do they no the process or the file? so people can find this worm? X.X last thing I want is my PC infected.Unplug your Net connection that day Even BETTER defense. Quote from: macdad- on March 25, 2009, 07:53:16 PM Unplug your Net connection that day Good Idea though it would probly just get you the next day.You never know...Probably just do what Evil said and keep you Firewalls up and running.With a early understanding of the threat I wouldn't be too concerned as long as you're up-to-date you'll be fine. It's the unknown threats that are of more concern.I'm going to do absolutely nothing. Heck I haven't even run windows update on this computer. I thought I removed it but a bunch of Q#### entries appear in add/remove programs so I guess it's doing something automatically.Do you think this whole thing is an April Fools joke?? Quote from: nadav224 on March 30, 2009, 11:03:08 PM Do you think this whole thing is an April Fools joke?? One that's gonna land him in prison.Quote from: macdad- on March 31, 2009, 06:10:06 AM One that's gonna land him in prison. If (s)he is caught.Quote from: Helpmeh on April 07, 2009, 06:21:13 PM If (s)he is caught. Not being sexist! |
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Solve : Researchers spend $60M to build wicked fast circuits? |
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Answer» The ability to DEVELOP high-powered network devices and systems that can see clearly through considerably dense materials or storms are the driving ideas behind nearly $60 million in contracts awarded this week to firms that are building terahertz-speed circuits. The advanced research scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are behind the project whose goal is to develop what it calls revolutionary advances in electronic devices and integrated circuits that operate at THz frequencies (at least 1.0 x 10 [to the 12th power] cycles per second). LinkWow! Except I probably would want to be anywhere near those chips though, at that speed it you probably would get some EMF going or some really intense signals COMING from those chips that would cause Nausea, Dizziness, and stuff of that nature. You might even start doing this after a while : Hehe I don't know about that. Although I really couldn't honestly say how much more EMF or interference it'd generate. I don't believe there was much if any increase between MHz and GHz so couldn't imagine GHz to THz generating more.I told you those DARPA FOLKS were up to stuff -- and this is the stuff they're letting us know! QUOTE from: Aegis on April 09, 2009, 02:03:48 PM I told you those DARPA folks were up to stuff -- and this is the stuff they're letting us know!Exactly!Still haven't given us the truth about ROSWELL |
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Solve : Conflicker Worm on 60 Minutes? |
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Answer» Short notice since it is on now but this is a pretty good report. If you can Tivo it or find it on a web cast I suggest having a LOOK at it. Just tune out the fact that they are in the Symantec headquarters doing the report. Symantec may not have the best software but they do know their stuff when it comes to malware http://blogs.csoonline.com/60_minutes_to_cover_conficker_cyber_crimeHere is the video link: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4901282nI like how the Google CEO denied that malicious links are found in their web searches. I like Google but that was just very arrogant!Quote from: evilfantasy on March 29, 2009, 06:04:44 PM I like how the Google CEO denied that malicious links are found in their web searches. I like Google but that was just very arrogant! it sure is. if that was the case WOT wouldn't have a rating icon placed in search results. I guess you can't talk bad about sponsored links. Might strike a cord with those who pay to have the malware links at the top of the search queue.Quote from: evilfantasy on March 29, 2009, 06:04:44 PM I like how the Google CEO denied that malicious links are found in their web searches. I like Google but that was just very arrogant! Personally I think it's pretty harsh putting blame on Google. Would be very hard for them to become the police of the Internet and with them blocking what they do find I think that's saying a lot.I agree but when it comes to affiliate links they don't care much until someone on the outside reports it. Regular web searches are pretty safe. It's the paid ads links that are a toss up. Example: hxxp://www.stopzilla.com/products/stopzilla/spywareremover.do?aid=10328&cid=Spyware%20Adware%20Removal&gclid=CMmPyZKcy5kCFSAhDQod8zyjJg http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/stopzilla.com/comment#commentI agree with that as well. Although the 60-minutes article was about search results not ads. Would STILL be extremely difficult for Google though I'd imagine to even police Internet ad submissions. I'm sure they're getting hundreds of thousands submissions daily. How could you police the unknown? The only potential solution is to adopt WOT ratings and not allow site with bad ratings, but then you'd have the potential of sabotage with companies reporting other competitors as bad and getting their ads removed. I'm sure if the solution was possible Google would have it fixed. True. People would use it as a tool of abuse.Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 29, 2009, 07:23:33 PM it sure is. if that was the case WOT wouldn't have a rating icon placed in search results. WOT, very goog addon...tells me if I'm going to a possibly dangerous site.Good post. I also am a big fan of WOT.The next weeks edition of 60 Minutes had a retraction segment. They apologized for using the images of the TEENAGE hackers saying they were in no way related to the Conflicker worm.60 Minutes has this down to a science.... Create Story. Ignore Facts Downplay Repurcussions Let Story Live Out 3 Week News Cycle Retraction (40 Seconds or Less) Spend 5 Minutes on Public Reaction to Retraction. Start Over........They BLAMED it on the "Security Experts." Like the experts brought news footage of the "hackers" along and GAVE it to the 60 Minutes crew... Yea right!Quote from: evilfantasy on April 08, 2009, 07:01:34 PM They blamed it on the "Security Experts." Like the experts brought news footage of the "hackers" along and gave it to the 60 Minutes crew... Yea right! And some people rely on this as their source of good information! |
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Solve : Intel Begins Applying 'Stars' Ratings to Microprocessors? |
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Answer» Will you choose a PC's processor like you choose a hotel? Intel has ALREADY BET that you will. Years after MICROPROCESSOR vendors launched "model numbers" to try and provide buyers with a simpler way of evaluating microprocessor performance, on April 1 Intel BEGAN placing point-of-sale placards and other promotional materials in stores displaying between one to five stars. The company has also JAZZED up its chip logos, adding a bit of color to the almost-uniform Intel blue. Link |
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Solve : Ad Block Plus Creator Rick Petnel Dies? |
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Answer» CREDIT POST from CoU http://www.calendarofupdates.com/updates/index.php?showtopic=18136&st=0&#entry77829 It's said in this THREAD at DSL Reports that his work will live on through a friend Wlamidir Palant, who will MAINTAIN the filters for ABP. ObituaryMy Condolences to his Family and Friends....he was only 56.Sad news indeed. A true Internet hero. |
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Solve : Google adding local results for all searches? |
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Answer» Like the old adage that all politics are LOCAL, Google Inc. is telling users today that all Web searches are local, too. Google announced yesterday that it had just FINISHED a global rollout of an UPDATE to its Google search ENGINE that can automatically guess user locations to provide local results for anything from restaurants to doctors and garden NURSERIES, along with maps of each location. Link |
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Solve : Latest Conficker worm gets nastier? |
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Answer» Linux users and Mac users are.. (or should I say were) completely safe from this worm. it's a Win32 program. 1. Link broken Link works fine for me.Pretty good overview of monitoring Conflicker throughout April 1st. http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2009/04/tracking_conficker_so_far_its_a_snoozer_1.htmlI think that is were in lined some of the joke, ha , that its supposed to get us thinking attack and not happen.Quote from: squall_01 on April 04, 2009, 05:44:28 PM I think that is were in lined some of the joke, ha , that its supposed to get us thinking attack and not happen. I was thinking that as well. i wasnt the only one then more or lessI think that conficker is definatly not a joke. Think about it: Why would someone go to ALL that work, just for nothing to happen (other than what we already know)?Quote from: Helpmeh on April 07, 2009, 05:49:05 PM I think that Y2k is definatly not a joke. Think about it: Why would the media go to ALL that work, just for nothing to happen (other than what we already know)? see the similarity? LOLQuote from: BC_Programmer on April 07, 2009, 05:54:36 PM see the similarity? LOL Because it's the media...they want to milk us for all we're worth. Think about all the money people SPENT on bottled water alone in the month before that happened. But this is different.you're right that it is different- but you have to agree that it's been blown out of proportion. I couldn't help laughing at the news here, it said it "burrowed deep into the core of windows"... that's what ALL viruses try to do, this one isn't any better at concealing itself then any other. The only reason it's such a big issue is that they technically don't have the payload; currently it's just a trojan downloader- basically VICTIMS are at the MERCY of the authors as to what exactly happens. It's really no more difficult to remove then conventional infections, though.Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 07, 2009, 06:15:50 PM you're right that it is different- but you have to agree that it's been blown out of proportion. I couldn't help laughing at the news here, it said it "burrowed deep into the core of windows"... that's what ALL viruses try to do, this one isn't any better at concealing itself then any other. Exactly. Y2K didn't really happen. Conficker did.true, conficker most assuredly does exist- and it definitely is more dangerous then programs that store years as two digits, if only potentially.Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 07, 2009, 06:35:41 PM true, conficker most assuredly does exist- and it definitely is more dangerous then programs that store years as two digits, if only potentially. lol but thinking about the people who are useing norton were do you think that money goes to stay most recent? All the more reason for a free antivirus. |
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Solve : FireFox 1st with security patch after contest? |
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Answer» The Pwn2own security contest revealed security leaks in all major browsers and Mozilla has been the first to react... Where have you been? Firefox 3.0.8 Golfing...... Quote from: patio on March 30, 2009, 04:28:26 PM Golfing......Lol...nobody asked where I've been. I was at the local pleasure center, which is just four ewe's tied to a pole. |
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Solve : Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8? |
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Answer» Release Notes This update is to patch a critical security flaw so is highly suggested to update now. Mozilla Firefox 3 3.0.8Although it looks like good security updates. I never care to update any SOFTWARE through third-parties, unless software developer is defunct. I'll wait until 3.0.8 is posted on Mozilla's page. That's why I always wait until I at least find the release notes. I've started a few arguments over the MajorGeeks downloads having it available before Mozilla. The affiliate sites will host them up to 12 hours or more before Mozilla does. I think it is in an effort to keep the Mozilla servers from getting bottlenecked. Actually...there's a link at Major Geeks that lets you download the latest version directly from Mozilla.More info. Firefox likely to win race to fix PWN2OWN contest bugQuote from: GlitchPC on March 27, 2009, 12:49:32 PM Actually...there's a link at Major Geeks that lets you download the latest version directly from Mozilla. You're RIGHT the first "The Authors Site" link is a direct link from mozilla's FTP site. Still baffles me Mozilla would distribute it like this. I'd recommend http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/ as a place to get the updates and other software. I get all the updates there and this site has all the old versions of software if you want it (for firefox, firefox 1.0 still is downloadable from filehippo!)Quote from: jbmwx on March 30, 2009, 11:37:40 AM I'd recommend http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/ as a place to get the updates and other software. I get all the updates there and this site has all the old versions of software if you want it (for firefox, firefox 1.0 still is downloadable from filehippo!) SURE...anyway, I'd still get all my updates from the Mozilla WEBPAGE...I've never been on the other site, but I can trust Mozilla.I use Filehippo, especially for Firefox downloads. They've got an inventory of all Firefox versions, pretty neat. |
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Solve : The World's Weirdest Keyboards? |
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Answer» HTTP://www.pcworld.com/article/161402/article.html?tk=nl_cxasld USB Cooler Keyboard BackTyping Keyboard SafeType Keyboard more...Make it OKAY to PLAY with your crotch? http://zedomax.com/blog/2008/05/10/keyboard-pants-always-carry-a-functional-keyboard-with-you/ I'd need some good looking secretary lady http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-keyboards-ever/ This links GOT some wierd keyboards!!!! Wow...I've seen keyboard balls before...but some of these REALLY take the cake. |
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Solve : SiteAdvisor ratings may be 1 year out-of-date? |
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Answer» Many of us remember the issues, our web site went through, regarding Site Advisor, but there is an interesting reading here: http://windowssecrets.com/comp/090212/#story1 Unfortunately, I've found that SiteAdvisor's ratings can persist for as long as one year after a site has been analyzed by its automated Web crawls. If a legitimate Web site falls victim to a false "red" rating, MCAFEE's official policy is that months can elapse before a site is evaluated again. Conversely, if bad guys create a clean site that initially wins a green rating, and then immediately start offering infected games or other downloads, it might take SiteAdvisor months to notice. Quote McAfee promotes a paid SERVICE to ensure that a site will be scanned for security threats on a daily basis. The site's owner must pay a fee for "McAfee SECURE certification," as described at the McAfeeSecure site. Quote Even paying for and passing SECURE certification, however, doesn't guarantee that a site with a false rating in SiteAdvisor will get the red flag corrected immediately.They are pretty happy in the WOT forums as that article suggests using WOT because it's more accurate. I found a new rouge last night and reported it to the WOT team. Within 20 minutes it was rated red by WOT. Site Advisor will take months to rate the site. And then they will not get it right because their scanner didn't flag the software as malicious...ahh, I remember that red CH rating... apparently they rated the while site as red because of a single download that was available, and that download wasnt even malicious anyway. Just a bunch of embezzlers, especially if they charge to have the rating updated properly. *in my last sentence, I had trouble spelling "embezzlers", and one of the CORRECTION options was imbeciles... needless to say I had trouble decided which one to use...*Actually, it was yellow rating Quote from: evilfantasy on February 12, 2009, 01:39:31 PM They are pretty happy in the WOT forums as that article suggests using WOT because it's more accurate. Yea, that is why I use WOT.WOOT for WOT!WOT for WOOT!What's an IMBECILE ? ?there are various definitions, but a loose interpretation can be found in that it is a person who takes a previous post and swaps the position of the first and last words. |
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Solve : Mozilla joins Case against Microsoft? |
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Answer» Quote the DR DOS install prevention was 100% valid. Microsoft didn't know exactly how compatible DR DOS was with MS DOS, and they use a lot of obscure MS-DOS functions that may or may not be implemented in DR DOS Where do you get that? You made it up. You have not read this stuff over. It was before your time. Do some research. M$ did not defend it. That first build of 3.11 would install on any version of DOS, even one used by your Grandmother. It was back compatible. But not for DR DOS, unless you knew the work around. The Bogus message was cracked by many users. Unlike other warnings it was hidden from view by any debug tool in general use. (But if you had a good computer Lab you could find it.) It was a scam. It was only in the first release of 3.11 and MS never ever defended it. Instead the PR made a lame excuse about it was a prank by one of their programmers who was later punished. The prank was never any kind of protection. At first I was thinking that their was some function mismatch. That was my first reaction until I did some testing. Then I later learned that others studied it and found it to be only a scare tactic. The thing never did any test for functionality. I could install DR DOS and then install Windows 3.11 in Spanish and the message would never come up. Because it was not even there. The same chunk of stealth code was not in all later releases of 3.11 but the damage had already been done by a 'prank' from somebody on the MS team. Who believes that MS higher ups did not know about this from the start? "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." When you go to a GM dealer to buy a car should they have to inform you, in writing, that Ford has a similar model for a better price?Quote When you go to a GM dealer to buy a car should they have to inform you, in writing, that Ford has a similar model for a better price? This is not about Cars. But if M$ was GM, they would start a ad campaign that claims no Ford can be licensed for use on paved roads. Oh OK And Ford, Mozilla, the EU, whoever, can also spend their own money on their own ad campaign and not use the MS brand and funds to do it. Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 14, 2009, 02:41:56 PM Quotethe DR DOS install prevention was 100% valid. Microsoft didn't know exactly how compatible DR DOS was with MS DOS, and they use a lot of obscure MS-DOS functions that may or may not be implemented in DR DOS Quote The message generated if DR DOS was used with Windows 3.1 betas was: "Non-fatal error detected: Error number [varied] kind of like the error you would get if a MS-DOS function returned a unexpected result. Microsoft just fleshed out the error and placed a warning in the release version. God forbid users actually know what caused the error! Also of note is that certain switches with HIMEM.SYS and EMM386 with PC-DOS and MS-DOS can cause similar errors, which likely points to DR-DOS XMS memory manager as well.Micro$oft's use of FUD tactics to spread and RETAIN their customer base is the stuff of legends. The company's deliberate and admitted policy of Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish should get them boycotted by all freedom-loving people. The most recent threat (and perhaps the most frightening of all) to the freedom-to-use-your-computer-as-you-wish comes from the "Trusted Computing" (TC) initiative, of which Microsoft is a major player. TC advocates want to make sure that you can only install and use "authorized" products on your new computer's hardware. In other words, that means only their products will be usable on future hardware: it's just another way for them to control the market, masquerading as a way to protect COMPUTERS from malware. Alternative operating systems like Linux and Mac will go extinct, as will anything open source. If it isn't made by Microsoft and their lackeys, it won't be "certified", and the installation will be aborted. One has to question how long after that will it take before the OS logs and reports your attempt to install "unauthorized software" to the company, and then they retaliate against the "disloyal customer" by remotely deleting your hard drive, hmm? Probably not long. It's conceivable that the TC companies could lobby or even pressure governments (by refusing to sell them new computers) into enacting laws that forbid the creation or installation of third-party software, at which point not only would the TC giants erase your computer if you try to use a competitor's product, but the police would come to haul you off to jail too! Don't think it could happen? Don't underestimate the greed of those companies; Microsoft in particular...Do they run Windows in Valhalla ? ? A lot of companies are doing the same type of things. Take- of all companies- Nintendo. the NES contained a CIC lockout chip which required the cart board to always have a particular chip- the design of which was patented by Nintendo and as such any third-party developers not only needed to get permission from Nintendo to use the chip but Nintendo also required that the chip meet certain "standards"... unfortunately the factories who produced chips that met this standard were few, expensive, and took a long time to ship. As an example, Tengen, a third party developer, found itself dissatisfied with Nintendo's licensing policies, which restricted the developers ability to have the game available on other platforms. So- for a while Tengen followed Nintendo's licensing terms, but all the while their engineers were working to create their own replica of the CIC lockout chip so that they could release games on their own, in an attempt to thwart the high prices required by the factories Nintendo deemed suitable as well as eliminate the time barrier from order to arrival of the chip shipment. Quote On December 12, 1988, armed with a knowledge of the NES security system, Atari sued Nintendo for $100 million, accusing it for practicing a monopoly in video games. They rereleased Pac-Man, R.B.I. Baseball, and Gauntlet in new rounded black cartridges, even though licensed copies were still around. The following month in January they officially broke off their agreement with Nintendo and released a string of titles in the Tengen carts. Tengen manufactured the cartridges themselves and wasn't subject to Nintendo's strict guidelines. sound familiar? Unfortunately they didn't think ahead on that one; Nintendo hit back hard with a countersuit for breach of contract and copyright infringement- claiming tengen copied the security chip (again, this is similar to the OS industry with the old Apple lawsuit Vs. Microsoft, although hardware based). This started a long series of court battles between the two, with Nintendo itself forcing retailers to either remove all Tengen Products or all Nintendo merchandise. Almost every single outlet complied with this "guerilla" tactic, as Nintendo was a big name for toys/games back then, and not having Nintendo products would almost surely mean much lower profit margins. The end result? while court battles were settled, Tengen was mortally wounded financially, dissapeared when Warner Communications merged with Time Inc to form Time-Warner. The new company CONSOLIDATED the arcade and home divisions under one common name, Time-Warner Interactive, and the Tengen named ceased to exist. And what happened to Nintendo and the lockout chip? Nothing. it remained in the NES, there was one in the SNES and also the N64, forcing developers to jump through Nintendos hoops and licensing barriers to develop games for their consoles. Admittedly, this ensured that Nintendos game library was of (generally) high quality, but at the same time does this not strike an interesting parallel with the way Microsoft has been conducting business?Don't let the words "free" and "open source" intoxicate your brain. I've said it many times. Nothing is truly "free." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation In March 2006, Weblogs, Inc. founder Jason Calacanis reported a rumor on his blog that Mozilla Corporation gained $72M during the previous year, mainly thanks to the Google search box in the Firefox browser.[5] The rumor was later addressed by Christopher Blizzard, a member of the Mozilla board, who wrote on his blog that "it’s not correct, though not off by an order of magnitude".[6] "In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum - in 2006 the total amounted to around $57 million, or 85% of the company’s total revenue. The deal was originally going to expire in 2006, but was later extended to 2008 and will now run through 2011."Interesting...Quote Don't let the words "free" and "open source" intoxicate your brain. I've said it many times. Nothing is truly "free." Hey, maybe Microsoft will give away Windows 7. But it will only work with IE 8 and it always DEFAULTS to MSN search. Who will accept such a 'free' gift?January 30, 2009 Microsoft releases Live Search add-in for Firefox Boo evil MS. They have even gone as far to incorporate it's search engine with the competitions browser. Wait, what...? Quote Microsoft reps CALL it an illustration of the company's efforts for increasing platform interoperability, but you could also say it's another sign that the company's entirely serious about making headway in the search wars: Ladies and gentlemen, a Live Search browser add-in... for Firefox.I have absolutely no problem with the Mozilla Foundation making money... And i could care less what amount it is. They are single-handedly responsible for driving the browser improvements to where they are today...no matter what browser you use.but wait Mozilla has no say in what Microsoft can and cant do with the operating systemQuote from: Wefro_froyas on February 15, 2009, 06:46:32 PM but wait Mozilla has no say in what Microsoft can and cant do with the operating system Ever hear of tabbed browsing ? ? |
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Solve : How Do You Know if you Have the Conficker Worm? Use This Handy Chart!? |
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Answer» source: http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-the-conficker-worm-use-this-handy-chart?awt_l=MvOQK&awt_m=1cxXo0R746K295 It's basically a fear of the unknown. Average...security companies were genuinely worried...I think something else will happen that no one knows about...Just when we let our guard down...BAM!Quote from: Helpmeh on April 07, 2009, 05:55:20 PM Average...security companies were genuinely worried...I think something else will happen that no one knows about...Just when we let our guard down...BAM! perhaps. And it's really only the more computer-inept that are susceptible; I know I realize fairly quickly when I've had my *censored* handed to me by a infection. usually a quick task manager to see a bunch of FRIENDLY DOFJDOIF.EXE and rundll32's and stuff to know I'm going to be busy for an hour. That happened yesterday, actually. Those things can be nasty. |
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Solve : Google Chrome Unleashes a Speedier Beta? |
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Answer» Although it came out of beta last December, Google’s Chrome browser has a new beta version that is faster than its “stable” version (and buggier too). Starting today, Google will be developing its browser along three PARALLEL tracks: a stable version for mainstream users, a developer track for the programming crowd, and the new (or rather re-introduced) beta track for more adventurous consumers. LinkThis is just moving along at a disturbing rate it seems to me. Gmail is still Beta and they are pronouncing a their browser as stable NOT!Gmail is still beta? Jeez....Seems like years now.Exactly!It still has a significant problem- it's still chrome.I will never use chrome it has to many bugs.I wonder what privacy issues do they have this time... EULA would be worth checking.Gmail is probably NOT beta. I BET google is keeping the beta tag on so that users complaining about nonworking features can't complain to google too loudly cuz google can say it's still a beta product. the google beta is faster, it removes those unnecessary buffer overflow checks- that was just useless CODE, it served no purpose aside from REMOVING buffer overflows. so they placed in in some structured exception handling, slapped the beta tag and compiled it. a lot of google stuff are gonna just get the beta tag slapped onto it so google won't be liable for any damages their software causes at the time of release ..... LOL I use Google Chrome, just because it's much faster. I used it when it first came out and I only used it for about 2 days because it crashed so much.google chrome is getting better, now that google guys have been fixing the problems. But why the tab page that defies privacy?Chrome is alright. I am still a bigger FAN of firefox though. However, it definately beats IE in my opinion.i think chrome is more or less of a safari branch. Better than safari anyway on windows.Quote from: x2543 on April 07, 2009, 12:29:49 PM i think chrome is more or less of a safari branch. Better than safari anyway on windows. I didn't like safari that much. I tried it for a bit but had to go back to the fox. |
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Solve : New Web address endings could be start of turf wars? |
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Answer» OHH man I really hope this doesn't happen, already spending a TON of MONEY on domains. A sea change may be coming to cyberspace with Web addresses ending in anything from .a to .z. That has businesses increasingly worried they will have to spend millions to GUARD their brand names. The familiar .com, .net, .org and 18 other suffixes — officially "generic top-level domains" — could be joined by a seemingly endless stream of new ones next year under a landmark change approved last summer by the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, the entity that oversees the Web's address system. LinkOne the one hand, we're hosed: Quote "Whatever is open to the imagination can be applied for," says Paul Levins, ICANN's vice president of corporate affairs. "It could translate into one of the largest marketing and branding opportunities in history." On the other hand... Quote A new extension likely would need a marketing push. Generic top-level domains, such as .travel, approved in 2005 and .biz, approved in 2001, have been slow to catch on, says Ron Jackson, editor of Domain Name Journal. I hope it doesn't happen, either. |
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