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You can't have an EMS on something like the Internet as the Internet doesn't guarantee transmission.
Radio waves are more reliable. Blah. Stuff like that.-Renegade (October 28, 2014, 08:43 AM)
For those who might perceive more strongly negative aspects about it, I started a thread in the Basement 911 HATE - hate what you hate or what others like or dislike about it.-IainB (October 26, 2014, 04:46 PM)
Historical audio from Nasa missions has been uploaded to a free sound library.
More than 60 samples have been added to the agency's new dedicated Soundcloud account, but listeners are unable to leave comments underneath the files.
Astronaut communications, including "Houston, we've had a problem" and "the Eagle has landed", can be heard - as well as some more abstract noises made by working spacecraft and debris.
In space itself, sound is unable to travel as there is no air.
Full story and more links: http://www.bbc.co.uk.../technology-29724071-Stephen66515 (October 25, 2014, 02:43 PM)
Lovely story crabby-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 05:02 PM)
...and the 9-11 memorial?@crabby3: In answer to your Q, because he started getting flamed, @Stephen66515 self-censored his rather uplifting and positive 9-11 memorial post, and so I reposted it here: Re: Thoughts in remembrance of 911-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 02:38 PM)
For those who might perceive more strongly negative aspects about it, I started a thread in the Basement 911 HATE - hate what you hate or what others like or dislike about it.-IainB (October 26, 2014, 04:46 PM)
A certain member on the forum decided to go on the offensive and attack the thread. Due to those reasons I decided to self-censor the thread and have it deleted rather than the possibility of a flame war being on the DonationCoder boards.-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 04:35 PM)
just added 1 to my *ignor reply* list today .. .I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)
Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area? Interesting.-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)
No. One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.
I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM)
Okay... thanks. In my early days at DC I (thought) I was in My Personal Area when I clicked post but sent it to the forum and the wrong thread instead.
Just so I understand: If I'm in MPA and click post... it will come up looking like a forum post but stay in MPA?-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:41 PM)
Yes. The Personal Area is a private area ONLY you can see. - It looks and feels like the public forum sections, but nobody else can see in there.
If you want to move something from that area to a public section, then you can do so by copy/paste method, or by speaking to mouser and asking him to move it for you.
You can contact mouser via PM | E-Mail | or Visit us in the Live Chat Room-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:48 PM)
Again thank you very much for a clear and informative reply.It wasn't about what I said that made me want to remove it...-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 05:39 PM)
This thread has peaked my curiosity. Can you say what it was about... maybe a PM? Silly Topic Allotment?-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 02:18 PM)
I think I was messing around posting silly ASCII emoticons ((╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)) or something of the sorts and obviously it meant nothing so mouser deleted it as it wasn't a "topic" haha-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 02:30 PM)
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)
Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area? Interesting.-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)
No. One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.
I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM)
Okay... thanks. In my early days at DC I (thought) I was in My Personal Area when I clicked post but sent it to the forum and the wrong thread instead.
Just so I understand: If I'm in MPA and click post... it will come up looking like a forum post but stay in MPA?-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:41 PM)
Yes. The Personal Area is a private area ONLY you can see. - It looks and feels like the public forum sections, but nobody else can see in there.
If you want to move something from that area to a public section, then you can do so by copy/paste method, or by speaking to mouser and asking him to move it for you.
You can contact mouser via PM | E-Mail | or Visit us in the Live Chat Room-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:48 PM)
It wasn't about what I said that made me want to remove it...-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 05:39 PM)
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)
Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area? Interesting.-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)
No. One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.
I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM)
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)
So, who is your favourite Doctor?
I'm firmly in this camp:
If you don't understand the question, please crawl out from under your rock.
-Renegade (October 05, 2014, 11:08 AM)
Sorry Smokey Like some humans... she ate when she was bored. Sorry Squeeky Assorted meats, processed cheese, ice cream and an occasional 1/4 cup of 2%.We have peanut, peanut butter and mint M & Ms, why not raisin M & Ms? Wine tastes better chilled, so do chocolate-covered raisins.-Arizona Hot (October 25, 2014, 09:43 PM)
Hopefully it was a coincidence.
I don't use a router. Maybe an IE-9 Internet option?...- but it begs the question of how did those requests get to your computer in the first place.
I know I'm infected with something. There are Internet Options that cannot be changed. I have file folders that are not visable.
I had the FBI scam infection a while back. MBAB's Chameleon killed the process and gave me internet access again but i haven't addressed any damage.
I ran unhide yesterday but found no changes.-crabby3 (October 25, 2014, 10:43 AM)
I have to ask.
Why would you not use a router if at all possible? They usually include a decent firewall capability to protect your machine from exploits floating around the public network, including inbound UPNP exploits that would trigger malwarebytes like so.
Its just one extra level of protection, allowing you to keep your stuff on a clean network while still being able to access the rest of the world from behind the safety of that firewall only allowing stuff in that you've asked for.
(Edit)
Also no. Internet Explorer has no ability whatsoever to filter your internet connection, other than by relying on sites that Microsoft has programmed it to blacklist.
You need at minimum a decent third party firewall software or a good router to protect your system. The default Windows Firewall is usually wide open by default with several key ports open that cannot be closed including the often abused port 139.-SeraphimLabs (October 25, 2014, 06:26 PM)
Like this spiral... it makes me dizzy
(see attachment in previous post)-crabby3 (October 24, 2014, 07:48 AM)
That's not a spiral. Those are circles.-Deozaan (October 24, 2014, 10:55 PM)
Note- the screenshots show that the attacks were directed at port 1900, which is in fact the port used by UPnP.
It is completely possible that this is in fact unrelated to having been browsing DC, and is just a coincidence that the messages popped up with DC open.
That's why I had asked for screenshots of the message first thing. It just makes it so much easier to figure out where it came from when you have the exact message in hand.
What I would suggest is checking your router settings and making sure upnp is disabled. A lot of routers have it enabled by default because it was supposed to offer a convenient new feature to let your firewall adjust itself on the fly, but in practice it proved positively dangerous to use. Malwarebytes would know this, and block inbound upnp requests- but it begs the question of how did those requests get to your computer in the first place.-SeraphimLabs (October 25, 2014, 09:10 AM)
...- but it begs the question of how did those requests get to your computer in the first place.
It means there is no attack or malware hosted on or coming from DonationCoder.
It could mean that you just happened to see these alerts while you happened to be browsing the DonatinCoder forum.
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Another thing to check is if this alert pops up when you view certain posts on the forum -- it's always possible that someone has a photo in their signature or in a post that is linking to another site and that that site is pinging your machine when you load it.-mouser (October 24, 2014, 01:07 PM)
'I'm not clear what you are saying...' you're not hosting if it's a photo or link here?
I will keep track of where i see it and what tabs are open.-crabby3 (October 24, 2014, 01:26 PM)
Some user avatars are hosted on external servers for which DC has no control over (Like mine...it is hosted on Imgur.com and NOT DC). Linking & Hotlinking are NOT the same as Hosting.
After checking the IP addresses above, I came up with the following:
80.82.78.166 - Takes to a website which just has the text "Oh hi there" - The IP is hosted by the ISP: Ecatel LTD
89.248.168.46 - Resolves to offshore20.tronichost.com - Also hosted by the ISP: Ecatel LTD - However, when checking the website for content, the resolution link takes to a "This website may be for sale" and the IP takes you to an Apache2 Test Page.
Neither of these IPs are connected or affiliated with DonationCoder.com AT ALL.-Stephen66515 (October 24, 2014, 06:26 PM)
Some user avatars are hosted on external servers for which DC has no control over (Like mine...it is hosted on Imgur.com and NOT DC).
Neither of these IPs are connected or affiliated with DonationCoder.com AT ALL.
'I'm not clear what you are saying...' you're not hosting if it's a photo or link here?-crabby3 (October 24, 2014, 01:26 PM)
It's up to the individual user where items are hosted. The IPs from you screen shots are from Amsterdam...DC is hosted in (I believe) Seattle, WA.-Stoic Joker (October 24, 2014, 03:07 PM)
The terms are often different from one *geek* site to the next.
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