Posts by SoltanGris24 posts • joined Wednesday 19th December 2007 15:03 GMT
Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler.
I think Einstein would have said that if saw the 3.0 Secunia beta.
Within minutes I had reverted back to 2.x Secunia.
If you are a Secunia PSI user, just be aware this is an intentional design
of Secunia. They seem to think the typical user is too daft to use the information
presented in the 2.x series and is mentally overburdened by seeing anything other
than a white screen with a green shaded equivalent of a smiley face.
I think they figured their next demographic audience is the Xbox and PlayStation
type generation. They could be right. I run into that type all the time on the net, they
are extremely ignorant of PC usage in general. How they even manage to turn them on
is somewhat of a mystery to me...
So, you have been warned. Try it!
Only plus I could see, was the uninstall was as painless as the install. 2.x managed
to remove 3.x and all was good again.
Your Mileage May Vary **
** Distance of measurement used in Texas.
Oh, and if your a PC user and NOT using Secunia, do yourself a favor and check it out.
Without the PCI inspector I'd never keep up with security risk ridden software on my PC.
Yah, most of the time it is Adobe . Go figure.
I don't have time to mess with something I wont use. V3 is for people who do
not want to know anything. There is NO detail provided byt v3.
V2 provides information on the programs, etc.
I downloaded it, looked at it for 5 minutes and deleted it, went back to v2.
No thank you.
And why the hell a anonymous coward gets posted and my post is not even listed is curious.
I suppose I should not admit I was from Texas. Some Brit bias I suppose.
Down here where I buy gasoline in Texas we have to enter the postal zip code
where the credit card is registered in.
In fact, I see this sort of requirement on other CC swiping machines in some other
vendor machinery. One that comes to mind is the RedBox DVD,Blu-Ray dispensing
machines.
So that is sort of a primitive pin system already. The thief has to guess or know the
correct zip. Course it is a no brainer if they stole your wallet too.
Whatever pin system they use I hope it is at least one digit deeper than the
mere 4 numbers that is used today.
At the least the system should use a mix of numeric and alphabetic and be 6 chars in
length.
I just pulled the six chars in length out of my ass, but figure it is short enough to remember
and at least long enough to beat the mere 9,999 the current system allows. Less than that
when you consider so many idiots use 11111 and other common numeric sequences,
common ones that idiots use.
After much thought and a bit of research I ended up with this first effort.
Ternary
Wide
Array
Telescope
Works for me.
For some reason El Reg insists on screwing up the formatting by inserting double space.
Oh well. That is TWAT if you are suffering from some strange form of blindness.
The plasma TV my next door neighbors have definitely interfere with my radio 'kit''
Kit being a Kenwood TX480 30khz to 60mhz transceiver.
Most of the interference is on the 'medium wave' bands from 1.6mhz on up through
14mhz. AM broadcast band here in the USA is just around 680khz to around 1.7mhz
and when they fire up the noise maker in the evenings the weaker AM stations can be
decimated.
Me, I use a LCD 48inch set. Prior to learning about the inherent noise factor
involved with plasma sets I was a fan of that tech for the inherent better contrast.
But, being a radio amateur operator and all means I have an awareness of RFI generating
monster tech. The general public grubs wont' be aware of such issues or even care if they did.
Bitter?
Replying to Samuel Walker's post above:
There is plenty of evidence of ancient lava activity on the moon right in front of your
face (okay, a good lens set helps). THey are called mares, ancient lava flows.
Those huge bloched areas . Can't miss em.
So, ye olde moon had plenty of ancient lava activity.
So, the aliens came in later and made use of these tubes. That much is obvious.
If only Art Bell was still alive and broadcasting. Such a lost opportunity.
"Let's get drunk and make shit up".
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Private+Browsing
Your post is misleading at best if read in context of the article.
A clip from the above link states quite clearly:
Note: Private Browsing prevents information from being recorded on your computer. It does not make you anonymous on the Internet.
Firefox private browsing feature was and is not a means to prevent the sort of 'exploit'
mentioned in the scary article.
"Independent security expert Ken Tindell has:"
Obviously not seen Terminator 3.
And if you don't get it, you better see it soon. Your life depends on it now.
What is sad about all this is nobody posting has bothered to note WHY we need
such measures. Take note of the state of humanity that you have people out there
SO FUKIN sick as to mess with a person using a life giving device.
So sick as to get their pathetic jollies off by doing so.
I see lots of silly boy outrage directed at those trying to prevent said abuse but where
is the silly boy outrage directed at the total ass-wipes that DO SUCH ACTS?
Course this begs the question is there a documented case of such happening?
THAT would be interesting.
To all you silly boys, sorry but I find your outrage just a bunch of Nancy activity.
Go fark yourselves.
Yours truly, an enraged Texan.
I can afford to buy a few hunderd of those there Wii thingies to hand out .
Maybe this could be a repeatable 'accident'.
I want to see a episode of BullShit with Penn n Teller doing a re-enactment of the
series of events that led up to this wondrous development.
I"m sure he would also be deadly allergic to the method I would prefer to employ.
A direct and sudden injection of lead to his brain case.
I would surmise a dosage of 200 grains would suffice.
Delivery system is far cheaper to boot.
Not to worry.
This will all be fixed up and ready to rock
by 2012.
SO chill.
Okay, so what are us wankers that are foolish enough to be running the v 3.6 Firefox
released 'some time ago*' to do?
Maybe some clarification is in order, eh? Eh? Eh?
Looking at Mozilla.com main page firefox 3.6 is listed, as it was 'some time ago*' {(c) Vague Inc}
If you were foolish enough to think this is finally fixed you'd be
stunned to learn otherwise. Stunned if you had just crawled out from
under a rock.
According to Secunia this latest and greatest 'fix' from Adobe clusterf*ck
Systems Inc is just another foil to fool you, dear tool, er user.
Here's a link and everything.
It's not in PDF form so it must be true.
http://secunia.com/blog/75/
WTF, different logins on channel than here?
WHY for farks sake?
Hey, a lot of you fellow Window's users could avoid a lot of headaches involved when keeping
non core applications up to date if you used this:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/
Secunia scan works great for me. Been using it for some years now. Browser version works fine but I prefer the full (free as in beer) installed version as it does a better scan.
I don't' farking fuss so much over keeping track of the irresponsible jackwads at Adobe and Apple (quicktime nightmare)
And why does thee register have different logins/paswords for this Channel register than on the register site?
WTF.
and a host of other packages like I used to do. THis tool just lets me have some resemblance
of peace of mind by reminding me something is 'out of date' security wise.
Is it the answer to safe computing? No, but it sure helps me.
Yet another example of why it is best to plan world domination from the safe confines
of a cave in some remote mountain chain and to eschew all devices that do not revolve
around stone based technology.
Despite suggestions otherwise, Pinkduck is correct to suspect.
One need not study espionage and signals intelligence operations of nation states for long
to realize such is going on behind your collective backs. It isn't just the USA and NSA by the way.
Plenty of shenanigans to go around. Not to worry.
Nothing to see here , move along now.
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Oh, for those interested in reading on this such sort of thing a good place to start, though not end, is Peter Bamford 'The Puzzle Palace' though I do understand later works are about.
Reading up how the Allies won the 2nd World War by using shenanigans and signals intel might lead you to led further down the path of paranoia..
Interesting history.
Meanwhile, you could just ignore all that. Just I'd advise not plotting world domination using your PC or networked devices.
Cheerio.
This fellow must be dealt with immediately. Non believer member of the scientific community?
How dare he counter the man made global warming Jack Boot Nazis (TM).
This man must be silenced by them or they will begin to be perceived as Jack Boot Bozos.
@ Bloodworth.
Amen to that rant. I agree though I missed the coupons. Not that I need them but who wants
to miss out on freebies, but I applied too late.
That said, it has been far more than a year to prep. I don't know how anyone out there in the
USA here could have missed the fact the digital switchover was going to occur from over 3 years
ago. I made my 'prep' over a year and a half ago by going with a digital tuner display so was ready
well in advance. Been enjoying digital football (with the proper ovoid ball not that silly round Euro ball) ever since.
Delaying the switch over is idiocy.
I'd be happy to see this enacted. Some lives may actually be saved.
While they are at it they should also ban teenagers and then ban idiocy.
Actually, come to think of it, if they would ban the latter first, the former would be covered already.
Not that only teenagers are idiots, but also adults. The banning of idiocy would be all inclusive.
While they are at it:
They should also ban small boats and the motors that propel them.
Ban all mobile phone devices because they can be used by the terrorists to communicate
over vast distances.
Ban backpacks as they can be used to hide weapons that terrorists can use.
Ban tennis shoes as they can make it so terrorists run fast and are extra nimble.
Ban all cameras so that terrorists can not photo document any areas they are thinking of terrorizing.
Ban panty hose so terrorists can't be stealthy as they conduct their terror campaign.
Ban pens , pencils and writing paper.
I'm sure they will get around to some of that.
In case it wasn't stated often enoiugh let me add my voice to the :
"Windows XP SP3 does not bring significant portions of Windows Vista functionality to Windows XP."
PRAISE BE TO ALLAH !
I fully endorse this sentiment even though I'm officially an infidel according to
the 'true believers'.
Vista, you will not be missed. Bon Voyage. May your demise be an early one.
May your mustache rot and fall off.
