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Living Room / Re: Remember to make full drive image backups

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 15, 2012, 06:42 AM »

http://support.kaspe...m/viruses/rescuedisk

Free effective external scan, does wonders for cleanup of all sorts of evilware.


Also, while imaging is fun in a techy sort of way ... The in-box Windows backup actually does work quite well. Mine runs nightly to a network location and affords the option of doing a complete restore from several different versions of the system.

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Living Room / Re: 3D Printing Under Attack

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 12:51 PM »

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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Living Room / Re: 3D Printing Under Attack

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 11:40 AM »

political violence could one day replace political dialogue as the hallmark of our democratic system.

Sounds like government fearing its people to me (downside == 0).

For more than two centuries, the U.S. Constitution and its amendments have secured the blessings of liberty for Americans. If extremists like Cody Wilson have their way, "the guys with the [printed] guns" will make new rules for the future.

Help me out on this...what changed?? 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Hot Tech on Tech Pron

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 11:30 AM »

Er... I think you're a thread off...but interesting post none the less.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Hot Tech on Tech Pron

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 10:20 AM »

Good grief generating a report from data pulled out of two different sources is a big creative whoopee why exactly?? I did that for the office back when I started there (like 10 years ago), just because I (was too lazy) didn't think the 8 hour manual excel data massaging method they were using was a good use of my time.

...Can I sue both of them?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Portable alternative for Cathy (cataloging freeware) that runs on Win7 64 bit?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 10:07 AM »

(Win7 x64 here also) Holy crap! That thing is fast!

No compatability mode settings required to run, however if dropping Cathy on the C: drive the default NTFS permissions may be giving you problems. Make sure the Users group has Read/Write/Modify permissions for the folder Cathy runs in and it should work.

Also make sure the shortcut you launch it from has the correct path in the "Start in" target.

Just thinkin' out loud,

Stoic Joker

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Living Room / Re: Do Not Track

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 08:13 AM »

Besides, DoS attacks are illegal. But pushing a ton of bogus tuples into cyberspace is no crime.

-40hz (October 13, 2012, 08:27 PM)

You have no idea how happy that statement just made me.

f0dder, how's your schedule look..?

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Living Room / Re: 3D Printing Under Attack

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 08:06 AM »

3D printed guns right now aren't comparable to hundreds of years of gunsmith engineering. So 3D gun plans & printing really have no significant effect on anything.

-Renegade (October 14, 2012, 03:57 AM)

Really? A cheap untraceable gun suitable for use at close range doesn't inspire all sorts of creative thinking?

-40hz (October 14, 2012, 05:41 AM)

+1 - Totally nailed it! Remember the statistics...a typical shooting happens at less than 20'. That doesn't require a great deal of accuracy or skill...just the compunction/desperation to pull the trigger.

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Living Room / Re: How Many Planets Are There?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 14, 2012, 07:57 AM »

But that doesn't change the fact there's 9.

-40hz (October 14, 2012, 07:10 AM)

  We're creating a movement to prevent tampering with our 9 planet solar system. There are two of us ... We will not be silenced.

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Living Room / Re: Do Not Track

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 12, 2012, 02:51 PM »

And set a custom X-DONT-TRACK-SCREW-YOU HTTP header

-f0dder (October 12, 2012, 01:06 PM)

Hm... ...Can we tweak the header hard enough to make the ad server spit burnt cookies for a few cycles after we say hi?

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Living Room / Re: How Many Planets Are There?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 12, 2012, 11:43 AM »

I still count Pluto, even if it is just a little rock runt. Now what those other two solar system wannabies are doing out there I could care less about. But they showed up about the same time poor Pluto got whacked.

So...Yes, I'm the one who voted 9.

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Living Room / Re: 3D Printing Under Attack

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 12, 2012, 11:38 AM »

Robin Hood was a hero to the masses. - Wrong is wrong. - Hack the Planet.

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Living Room / Re: Do Not Track

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 12, 2012, 06:58 AM »

I have nothing polite, constructive, or non-violent to say. Trying to argue with fools only proves that there are 2.

-Renegade (October 12, 2012, 02:56 AM)

+1 - However (from the comments on the article) I do thing this guy is on to something:

Kool - Ade

It's time to stop swallowing the politically correct B.S. and DROP KICK worthless parasites like the DMA right out of our lives !

The DMA obviously doesn't give a rat's patute about consumer privacy OR browser standards other than the methods used to butcher them.

Let product quality and service once again be the corporate by-words which lead to strong showings and healthy profits rather than a competition for browser display space and computer resources engineered by the scummiest of bottom feeders.
 
I say let's move directly to browsers capable of switching off advertisements (some form of java & flash filtering maybe) and subsequently Blacklist servers that allow engineered work-around software.

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materva
11 October, 2012 02:03

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Living Room / Re: How to tell if the Universe is a computer simulation

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 11, 2012, 01:13 PM »

We are all just ideas spontaneously emerging and fading in the mind of Steven Jobs. Shanti!

-40hz (October 11, 2012, 01:09 PM)

OH DEAR GOD, the Shame! The Horror!  ...I have to go kill myself immediately. 

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Living Room / Re: How to tell if the Universe is a computer simulation

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 11, 2012, 01:02 PM »

Okay... So (technically...) the Myans are/were correct in that the batteries in the cosmic being's iUniverse device our (apparently game) world exists on will fully discharge on 12/21/12 taking the sum total known (to us) universe off into oblivion.

So, in other words ... We all have to die because some (advanced being's) kid forgot to charge their iPod.

Great...

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Living Room / Re: RFID Tracking IDs in Schools - Non-compliance = Exclusion

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 11, 2012, 12:19 PM »

And worse, kids are taught that tracking people is "ok" and that people that don't want to be tracked are "difficult" or "bad". *cough* operant conditioning *cough*

-Renegade (October 11, 2012, 09:15 AM)

This is probably more a question for 40hz, but you said it. (Um...) If the object is to get people to dislike/distrust/avoid/turn on people that resist their tracking mechanisms ... Wouldn't that be avoidance conditioning?

-Stoic Joker (October 11, 2012, 11:51 AM)

I love horseshoes and hand grenades.

http://psychology.wi...oidance_conditioning

-Renegade (October 11, 2012, 11:57 AM)

Hm... So one is a subsection of the other ... Lovely.

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Living Room / Re: RFID Tracking IDs in Schools - Non-compliance = Exclusion

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 11, 2012, 11:51 AM »

And worse, kids are taught that tracking people is "ok" and that people that don't want to be tracked are "difficult" or "bad". *cough* operant conditioning *cough*

-Renegade (October 11, 2012, 09:15 AM)

This is probably more a question for 40hz, but you said it. (Um...) If the object is to get people to dislike/distrust/avoid/turn on people that resist their tracking mechanisms ... Wouldn't that be avoidance conditioning?

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Living Room / Re: RFID Tracking IDs in Schools - Non-compliance = Exclusion

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 11, 2012, 06:57 AM »

And what real safeguards can a school from government and law enforcement to stop all this data ending up in a national database (which has been discussed by politicians in the UK for decades).

-Carol Haynes (October 11, 2012, 03:14 AM)

I think that's the point, they're not trying to stop it ... They're (the front line of the (for the children) first wave) trying to ease us into it. People will revolt (well they're supposed to anyway), children OTOH are taught to follow instruction from authority figures. So once you've been "registered" at school... It's already to late.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Does the browser Opera suck?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 11, 2012, 06:47 AM »

IE9 fared very well (and the others very poorly) in tests blocking malware.

Early this week, I received information about a study by NSS Labs, which clearly showed that Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 was significantly better at blocking malware than any other browser tested. In fact, their study showed that no other tested browser even came close to challenging IE9.

http://www.techrepub....e064&s_cid=e064

-tomos (October 11, 2012, 04:06 AM)

Oooh, you get to be my favorite person on the planet for at least a week for posting that link!

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Living Room / Re: Major ISPs to implement "Six strike" rule

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 10, 2012, 06:52 PM »

Send a message to the ISPs about backing down from the rule:

http://act.demandpro...Go&source=mailto

-wraith808 (October 10, 2012, 06:46 PM)

(Good Plan!) Already did it...I'm on the mailing list (Renegade's fault). 

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Living Room / Re: RFID Tracking IDs in Schools - Non-compliance = Exclusion

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 10, 2012, 06:47 PM »

^Look at Linux pr0n then.

-40hz (October 10, 2012, 06:36 PM)

Um... [googled it]



(Zoiks!) ...Think I'll stick to doing it my way.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 10, 2012, 06:24 PM »

Mind-numbingly stupid...

...

Funny in a masochistic way.

-Renegade (October 09, 2012, 07:24 PM)

I think it's funny ... Like Romney is helping education by torching PBS? He should be mocked for that crap.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Does the browser Opera suck?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 10, 2012, 06:11 PM »

I have a license for Opera that I've never used. IE works just fine for me. I've been tempted to install FF a few times, but I've never done it.

Security is up to the user to practice ... Blaming the browser is just silly.

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Living Room / Re: RFID Tracking IDs in Schools - Non-compliance = Exclusion

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 10, 2012, 03:08 PM »

it could be wrapped in a piece of paper and jammed deeply in a uniform pants pocket

-40hz (October 10, 2012, 01:18 PM)

Is that a sandwich in your pocket or are you just pleased to see Sister?

-cranioscopical (October 10, 2012, 02:43 PM)

Hay now... lets not be getting me started on the Penguin Fetish stuff ... I'm still at work and can't be looking up Nun pics...

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Living Room / Re: RFID Tracking IDs in Schools - Non-compliance = Exclusion

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 10, 2012, 02:08 PM »

Thankfully I have no memories that vivid from my childhood...as I've successfully managed to block all of them. To the best of my current - which I strive to keep on a sliding scale - recollection I was indeed born somewhere between the approximate age of 35...and yesterday.