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General Software Discussion / Re: How necessary is a software firewall?
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 07:13 PM »
carol points out something else very important that i overlooked.
a key thing that a good firewall (like agnitum outpost) can do is keep detailed logs of outgoing and incoming communication, which can really help when trying to figure out the cause of a problem, or the identify the source of some trouble.

it's all fine and well to be protected, but sometimes there is a great value in being able to see when something fishy is happening and be able to track down the source, if only to reassure yourself that it's harmless.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Language for professional, sellable software?
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 07:09 PM »
another thought:
anyone who has learned a few programming languages well will probably tell you that the underlying concepts and skills are extremely similar between different languages.  a good, experienced programmer can probably pick up new languages easily (although like everything it takes lots of time to become really efficient and proficient in the idioms of the langauge).

in short, the best thing is get experience writing code, in whatever language you choose, and learn how to code well.

Recommended reading:

http://www.amazon.co...p/product/0735619670
Code Complete, Second Edition (Paperback), by Steve McConnell
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http://www.amazon.co...p/product/020161622X
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
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Developer's Corner / Re: Language for professional, sellable software?
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 07:04 PM »
Im definitely not the best person to give financial/business advice but i think in general you would be well served by taking a balanced approach that looked something like this:

1) make sure you learn one mainstream accepted language *very well* (c++, java, etc)
2) and then make sure you have some experience with some of the scripting langauges like perl, python, php etc.
3) learn how to use the tools of the trade (debugger, ide, etc) and get some experience with some libraries like qt, boost, etc.
4) if you think you want to focus on web development, that's a slightly different path and you would focus more on the emergent web technologies like ajax, ruby on rails, etc.  these seem to change more rapidly so keeping up with current trends here is more important.

in other words, you really do need to go deep into one language and not be someone who knows a little of everything but can't build big programs.  but don't put all your eggs in one basket, and don't ignore the importance of knowing how to use other tools.

just my 2 cents.
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Best Firewall / Re: agnitum outpost v3 - the horror?
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 06:51 PM »
I've been using it for several months and I'm happy with it.
It's not perfect (i still have an annoying problem using plain old internet explorer, and vmware requires some tricks to make work properly) but it's still the best i've seen, and i still very much like its general design.

so i would definitely recommend outpost as my firewall of choice, BUT i would still highly recommend trying it out for a while before making a purchase, to make sure it's right for you.

i do not use the antispyrware plugins so i cant comment on those - i might start using them at some point, i think it's not a bad idea.
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General Software Discussion / Re: How necessary is a software firewall?
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 05:48 PM »
i wouldn't even think about not using a software firewall.

it adds a very real an substantial layer of protection.

my own view is that if you keep your operating system up to date there is probably not that much INCOMING protection that you need.  but a software firewall can offer a good first line of defense from programs that connect out when you don't expect them to.

if you install a truly evil program, the outgoing blocking of a firewall isn't going to help you much, but for most cases a firewall gives you a good first warning that you're dealing with software that is trying to connect out to the internet unexpectedly, or in ways you didn't expect.

if you are someone who likes to know what programs on your computer are doing, then a firewall is a great information tool, just to let you know who is connecting out or in.

if you are annoyed by programs popping up asking permission, most software firewalls now have an auto-configure mode which will create rules for your automatically for well known programs.
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General Software Discussion / Re: EULAlyzer™ 1.1
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 01:28 PM »
I have no real need for this tool.

you've obviously forgotten about this:



http://www.pcpitstop...om/spycheck/eula.asp

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PC Pitstop offered a financial incentive in its EULA, and it took four months before anyone responded.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 12:47 PM »
i think in general, once you get hit with some real malicious software (not simple adware), then really the only safe solution is a complete reinstall or rollback.

which is why EVERYONE should have a plan in place for this.  Assume you are going to have a hard drive crash and/or bad issue, and have a plan for restoring your computer.  get together the info you need to do this - perpare a list of your main software and serials, a list of any customizations you've done to your pc, etc. anything you would need to recreate if you had to recover from a disaster.

With the price of pcs these days, it may even pay to buy another computer to get some experience recreating your system from scratch if it's been a few years since you've done so.
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Newsletter for April 3, 2006 - Codename 'Happy Birthday to Us'
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 12:09 PM »
just edit the duplicate and ask that a moderator delete it.
i think there is also a button on each thread to "report post to moderator" which you can use, which is probably the best way.
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Living Room / Re: Why Macs Suck
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 11:20 AM »
in case anyone gets the wrong opinion, i'm not a mac hater.  I haven't used OSX much but it seems like a really nice approach.  And you can't help but be impressed with some of the stuff Apple has done.  I do have some issues with the focus on marketing and keeping their systems "closed."

but my main view about operating systems is i hate them all equally :)  i'm still waiting for a nice clean and elegant new operating system..
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Official Announcements / Re: Charter Memberships will not be granted after April 2nd - Act Now!
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 11:11 AM »
we have extended the deadline 48 hours until midnight April 4th, 2006 (new york time).
(see https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=3055.0)
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General Software Discussion / EULAlyzer™ 1.1
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 06:25 AM »
EULAlyzer™ 1.1

You should always read license agreements before agreeing to them.
But now there's a way of making that much easier.
EULAlyzer - Making it all easy
EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you're about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much much more.
Discover potentially hidden behavior about the software you're going to install
Pick up on things you missed when reading license agreements
Keep a saved database of the license agreements you view
Instant results - super-fast analysis in just a second


from lifehacker.com
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Living Room / Magneto flash escape-the-room game
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 06:16 AM »
Another great flash game find from the website Jay Is Games

Magneto Syndrome is a point and click room escape game created by Juliano Reina. The main character has been infused with the power to control metallic objects. He regains consciousness and his first thought is to escape. It's going to prove a little difficult, seeing as how he's stuck inside a water-filled tube. Using his powers of magnetic manipulation, it's your job to help him make his run for freedom.


note this has some violence and language so not for the young kiddies.

from http://www.reinalab.com/magneto/
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Living Room / Hacking Network Printers - nice loong article
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 06:07 AM »
 Hacking Network Printers
(Mostly HP JetDirects, but a little info on the Ricoh Savins)
By Adrian "Irongeek" Crenshaw


[url=http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/networkprinterhacking]
http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/networkprinterhacking

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Hack a printer you say, what kind of toner have you been smoking, Irongeek? Well, I’m here to tell you, there’s more that can be done with a printer to compromise network security than one might realize. In the olden days a printer may not have been much of a concern other than the threat from folks dumpster diving for hard copies of the documents that were printed from it, but many modern printers come network aware with embedded Operating Systems, storage and full IP stacks. This article will attempt to point out some of the more interesting things that can be done with a network based printer to make it reveal information about its users, owners and the network it's part of.




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Screenshot Captor / Re: SC crashes on right-click
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 05:52 AM »
replacing the thumbnail display is on my todo list.

ps. love the avatar, lanux.
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Older Newsletters / Re: Newsletter for April 3, 2006 - Codename 'Happy Birthday to Us'
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 04:00 AM »
cute :)

btw i thought you guys might like to see some stats for march 2006:

Average Data Transferred per Day   5.00 gigabytes
Average Hits per Day   263564.38
Average Users per Day   10237.09

DcMarch06_HitsPerDay.png

DcMarch06_VisitorsPerDay.png
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Screenshot Captor / Re: SC crashes on right-click
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 03:41 AM »
you can turn off re-selecting:
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as far as the crashing - the right click should bring up the shell menu.. can you see if your normal windows explorer crashes on right click of similar images?
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Unsubscribing a topic...
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 03:28 AM »
ill move it to site features for others to learn from.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: opening all aliases' items
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 03:27 AM »
ahahaahahaha look at that avatar! love it!

this is a great idea.. i seem to remember adding a shortcut for this but i can't remember it now..
i'll add it in next release.. if you don't mind adding a bugtracker entry for it (see buttons above) it would help me to not forget.
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General Software Discussion / Re: enhanced simple php gallery
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 03:19 AM »
there are probably a million of these things (hell allen whipped one up by hand for codycards!) and it's not the most beautiful, but it does work and requires almost no configuration, uses no database, and automatically caches thumbnails, so its useful for quickie stuff.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Review of File Renamers — let's make a list
« Last post by mouser on April 04, 2006, 12:12 AM »
regular expression search and replace is quite important -
allen here is an expert on them, and so are some others.  would be nice to have them make some early comments on how well the top contenders do on regex before you make up your mind about top candidates.

id say with such a big field, any renamer without good regex support should probably not get the top nod.
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Older Newsletters / Newsletter for April 3, 2006 - Codename 'Happy Birthday to Us'
« Last post by mouser on April 03, 2006, 08:44 PM »
Newsletter for April 3, 2006
Codename 'Happy Birthday to Us'

"If you read nothing else on our site, read the newsletter!"


1. Happy 1st Anniversary to DonationCoder.com
It's hard to believe it's only been a year since DonationCoder.com opened it's doors.  We set out to see if we could revitalize the idea of donationware..  I don't think any of us anticipated that the site would develop into such a wonderful and lively community.  On behalf of all the administrators everyone on the site I want to say thank you to everyone whose financial and non-financial support made it possible.


2. Okay, 48 More Hours to Become a Charter Member

In honor of our anniversary we we going to extend the Charter Membership Deadline for another 48 hours (ends weds. April 4, 2006 at midnight eastern time) for all you last minute procrastinators who have been meaning to make a donation but still haven't.  Any donations before that deadline will convey lifetime charter membership.  All donors after that will be known simply as Supporting Members.  So if you want to be part of the founding members of DonationCoder.com, with all the benefits that may entail, you don't have much time left to make a donation before the new changes take effect..  And if you're already a member, don't miss this opportunity to tell your friends about our site!


3. April's Software Giveaway - Short but Sweet!
Because we have some really big announcements coming up this month, April's software Drawing will only be open until April 14!

This month you can get 30% to 50% discounts on, and can enter to win free copies:

Note: We have big discounts (30% to 50%) on these programs, but be warned that some of them expire on April 15!
Did you miss March's free software drawing and discounts? We gave out close to 100 free programs.


4. Website Updates


5. New Stuff on the Way


6. Member Mini-reviews
The mini-review section has been on fire lately, and while you're waiting for our upcoming major reviews on Partition Management Tools and Html Editors, you'll enjoy reading these:


7. Security News


8. Express your View


9. Games and Amazing Animals


10. New Coding Snacks by Skrommel, JGPaiva, and Others


11. Other Software Discoveries and Discussions


12. Developer's Corner


More links:

Special thanks to JGPaiva for his help preparing this newsletter.
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Site/Forum Features / Re: IRC Chat - plus new web-based java interface from forum
« Last post by mouser on April 03, 2006, 07:52 PM »
ahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahahaha
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Site/Forum Features / Re: IRC Chat - plus new web-based java interface from forum
« Last post by mouser on April 03, 2006, 07:17 PM »
hahah, i should add a stat to report how often brotherS talks about miranda.
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Living Room / cool looking Lian Li Memorial 20th Anniversary computer case
« Last post by mouser on April 03, 2006, 06:39 PM »


found this while looking around newegg.com for a new hard drive.
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Site/Forum Features / Re: IRC Chat - plus new web-based java interface from forum
« Last post by mouser on April 03, 2006, 06:25 PM »
How about some funny statistics from the irc chat channel (made with mircstats):
https://www.donation...c/donationcoder.html

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