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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: free galileo board from MS
« Last post by wraith808 on July 06, 2014, 09:26 PM »
I received the e-mail pretty quickly, sending me to a site to fill in more information.  The landing page for both at the end were the same, though.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: free galileo board from MS
« Last post by wraith808 on July 06, 2014, 09:23 PM »
but wait, there's more - free galileo board from MS

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/151720

From other thread, as it seems this would probably be a good place to discuss and to cut down on clicking :)
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From what I found on the BTCrow site:

How It Works
  • Buyer or seller start an escrow transaction
  • Buyer and seller confirm their email and bitcoin addresses
  • Buyer is sent a link to a secure btcrow.com page showing the bitcoin payment address
  • Buyer sends bitcoins to the escrow's bitcoin address
  • Seller sends item(s) to buyer
  • Inspection period begins when buyer receives item(s)
  • Bitcoins are released to seller (or a dispute is started)
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General Software Discussion / Re: WinPatrol has a new developer
« Last post by wraith808 on July 01, 2014, 10:12 PM »
It hasn’t been a secret that a long term family illness encouraged my search for someone who not only understood WinPatrol but would love and care for Scotty .  I had some tempting offers but they included a future without our pledge of a lifetime PLUS membership. Even worse, many respected companies thought WinPatrol would be an easy way to install unwanted toolbars and search hijackers. Most of you know how I feel about toolbars.

With that kind of intro, I'd hope it was in good hands.  Or someone pulled the wool over his eyes really good.

“Version 32.0.2014.0 will be the first version of WinPatrol released by Ruiware (pronounced Rayware). My name is Bret Lowry, I am a founder of Ruiware and the developer who will be working on WinPatrol moving forward. I worked closely with Bill Pytlovany for this release and will continue working with him during the transition period. My commitment to WinPatrol customers is as follows:

One, your lifetime PLUS licenses are just that, lifetime licenses. That was the easiest topic in our negotiation and is written into the contract.

Two, WinPatrol will not have toolbars or other “add-ins” added to it or its installer. Installers that do that drive me crazy because I’m the guy people call to “fix” their computer after the installer completes its hijacking. I am not going to do that to my customers.

Three, I will be responsible for answering support questions, even more incentive to play nicely and stand-by item two above. And

Four, I use WinPatrol myself and therefore am committed to the continued improvement of WinPatrol. I am honored to have earned Bill’s trust and confidence in his allowing me to purchase WinPatrol. Bill has run WinPatrol with integrity since its inception, as a founder of Ruiware (along with my wife Phoebe), I promise we will carry on that tradition.”

I'm optimistic.
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Living Room / Re: Microsoft Steals 22 Domain Names from NoIP
« Last post by wraith808 on July 01, 2014, 03:23 PM »
So technically if this is the case then shouldn't it be rightful to sue Microsoft and others OS makers for making OS's which can run programs that can download illegal content?  After all it is happening within software they created...


It's like shooting the messenger...

Not exactly an exact comparison...  all of this should come out at the actual hearing though.  And whether there'd been any communication of their supposed culpability.
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Thats because of the winvermin and winvermax -- they tell FARR only to show certain items depending on the version of windows.

Ah... that makes sense.  Well, the one that I have titled 'Old' was the one that was in my install.
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you say you "renamed" the old alias -- can you  be more precise? the filename has no effect on the search match.

In the cpanel alias file, I opened it in notepad, renamed the old alias, and added in the new one, i.e. the name before the first | in the entry.  I'd already noted that I didn't have it when I searched in FARR, and after it, I did.  But the old one still didn't show up.

In my cpanel alias edit dialog (the read only dialog in FARR) I have the following two entries now:
Old Network Connections | %windir%\system32\control.exe netconnections /ICON=NetworkSharing.ico /winvermin=5.1 /winvermax=5.9
Network Connections | %windir%\system32\control.exe ncpa.cpl /ICON=NetworkSharing.ico /winvermin=6.0 /winvermax=6.2

Only the second one shows up.
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Living Room / Re: Microsoft Steals 22 Domain Names from NoIP
« Last post by wraith808 on July 01, 2014, 01:08 PM »
On June 19, Microsoft filed for an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for Nevada against No-IP. On June 26, the court granted our request and made Microsoft the DNS authority for the company’s 23 free No-IP domains, allowing us to identify and route all known bad traffic to the Microsoft sinkhole and classify the identified threats. The new threat information will be added to Microsoft’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Program (CTIP) and provided to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and global Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) to help repair the damage caused by Bladabindi-Jenxcus and other types of malware.

Relevant part.  So Microsoft didn't seize it- that's just a bigger headline.  They petitioned the court for a temporary injunction.  I would like to see the evidence, but if it is as they state, and due process is followed in a court of law... I'm not so sure in this case what the correct action was.  They know where the malware is originating, but not exactly- so they're going to analyse the traffic, which would seem to me to mean that they are going to keep it up?  And it looks like all of their domains were affected.
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That does work.  There was one there in the file, and it wasn't working for some reason.  But once I added Josh's, it worked!

On a different note, even though I just renamed the old alias and added the new... the old alias still won't show up.
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Living Room / Re: Microsoft Steals 22 Domain Names from NoIP
« Last post by wraith808 on July 01, 2014, 08:41 AM »
That's what I was wondering. How did Microsoft get the authority to seize the domains? That would be like me seizing all the fireworks at the local fireworks stands because some of them are illegal.

Did they have any documentation backing this up?  Seems... irregular.

Hm... There is sort of a president for this in regard to domain squatting fore the sole purpose of extortion IIRC. I actually looked into it once because of the TClock.com domain being registered (for 10 years out) but never used for anything. But I'd really like to see the list of 22 seized domain names before going there.

This.
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^ Might want to spoiler that image.  Even though the thread is marked NSFW, there are limits...
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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 30, 2014, 09:34 AM »
Actually, I'm amazed governments weren't in on this from day one. What an ideal way to fund covert activities and black ops. Or handle bribes campaign contributions. They've turned a blind eye toward (or at the very least tolerated) numbered Swiss bank accounts, numerous Istituto per le Opere di Religione shenanigans, and offshore banks for that very reason. So much easier to transact with than blood diamonds too.

Maybe these "democratic" governments need to rethink their position on crypto-currencies. Ya think? :P

Swiss bank accounts, for all of the perception that they are inviolable, are not.  There's no humans involved in bitcoin security on transactions, so they are. ;)

Note that any failures on bitcoin have been human related for all of the hubbub otherwise.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft Security Notifications Ending?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 30, 2014, 01:55 AM »
I'm a little surprised at the reaction to this - I would have guessed that DCer's would generally be in favor of tough anti-spam laws.

This isn't a tough anti-spam law- it's a short-sighted one, with little understanding of the tech behind it, and a very stifling effect by the unreasonable penalties.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft Security Notifications Ending?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 29, 2014, 11:18 PM »
Aa any rate, the security bulletins have been switched to a RSS feed. Which is fine by me since I prefer to use RSS anyway.

Here's the link: http://technet.micro...ecurity/rss/bulletin

Add it to your reader.

They didn't switch.  That was already an option.  RSS is a pull, not a push type service... so there's a difference.  There's of course ways around that difference... but there aren't any added functions in their offering RSS.
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But is it any good? :)

Admittedly, that was what I was wondering also. :)
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Living Room / Re: Facebook plays with your mind
« Last post by wraith808 on June 29, 2014, 11:28 AM »
Acceptance of Facebook's user agreement, at the time of signup, would not be considered "informed consent".


Exactly what I pointed out elsewhere.  Thanks for the links, app!
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Guys! Please help...! >:( Have all gone into the Snoozing Mode?

When dealing with free software and those that try to help you with it, patience is a virtue.  Especially over the weekend.  :Thmbsup:
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DC Gamer Club / Mercenary Kings - 4 Pack
« Last post by wraith808 on June 28, 2014, 12:48 PM »
Community choice- it's on sale for the next 7 hours, so I'll be buying no matter what at 8 PM EST.

http://store.steampo...ered.com/app/218820/

Reminds me of Contra with a side of Metal Slug.

4 pack is $30, so that's 7.50 each.  DC credits accepted, post interest to this thread, but don't send anything until we get 4 or I say go ahead.
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Living Room / Re: Facebook plays with your mind
« Last post by wraith808 on June 28, 2014, 10:15 AM »
Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer is listed as the study’s lead author. In an interview the company released a few years ago, Kramer is quoted as saying he joined Facebook because "Facebook data constitutes the largest field study in the history of the world."

It’s a charming reminder that Facebook isn’t just the place you go to see pictures of your friends’ kids or your racist uncle’s latest rant against the government—it’s also an exciting research lab, with all of us as potential test subject.

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Living Room / Re: Facebook plays with your mind
« Last post by wraith808 on June 28, 2014, 09:31 AM »
Just from reading the clip in the link I have the suspicion that this is yet another example of "event A occurred before Event B, therefor A is the cause of B."  Do the implementers of the study have an way to know how the lab rats get all their news?  Like if lab rat "Killer Joe" also reads NYT hard copy or subscribes to KKK Weekly?

Since news is generally negative it might be more demonstrative if they fed the lab rats a diet of jolly good news and they all started posting through rose colored glasses.  :)

Well, the study is pretty stupid when you look at it.  "Do words affect your mental state?" is what the question can be boiled down to.  Well... duh?
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Living Room / Facebook plays with your mind
« Last post by wraith808 on June 27, 2014, 09:03 PM »
Facebook tinkered with users’ feeds for a massive psychology experiment

Yeah.  I'm done.  Especially since they didn't consider the ramifications of someone being in a negative emotional state and possibly... you know... doing negative things other than posting?

Don't really care how much family is on it now.
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General Software Discussion / Google... cardboard?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 27, 2014, 07:56 PM »
cadboard.jpg

Yeah, that is Google's new VR project...

It's for your smart phone..

and it's cardboard.....

WTF!

Google's Cardboard
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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft Security Notifications Ending?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 27, 2014, 06:34 PM »
Again, short-sighted legislation without an understanding of technology.  And the fact that this will cross country boundaries... wow.

• You, as an individual, may be fined $10,000

And... more wow.  I see what they were going for but... wow.
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