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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Servers Hacked
« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2011, 09:20 AM »
I got tired enough of all the reported hacking of commerce sites that I opened up a separate no-fee checking account and got one of those MasterMoney debit cards to go with it. It's a special purpose account that is only used for online purchases. Most times it has a $10 balance. Anytime I want to buy something, I just transfer sufficient funds over to it from our regular account and use the MasterMoney card to make the purchase. No matter who gets hacked, or how badly, my maximum exposure is limited to what's usually in the account. Which is $10. So an NSF/overdraft notice would immediately alert me somebody's playing games.

And unlike announcements about hacked customer accounts, overdraft notices are ALWAYS sent out very promptly. No need to wait for a bank or website to 'fess up.

And because it's not a charge card, I can't run up a some huge high-interest balance I'll need to figure out how to pay for.  Automatic fiscal responsibility right there! Love it.
 8)

-40hz (November 11, 2011, 07:56 AM)

Even better.  Prepaid/Greendot card.  And the steam wallet facilitates this also.  Not just for hacking- but for budgeting, and cutting down on impulse purchases. :)
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Living Room / Re: How to report wikipedia error?
« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2011, 08:05 AM »
And for your reference (if you didn't enter it there... not sure since it's unsigned), someone did report it:

http://en.wikipedia....ai_Chin_.28singer.29
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Living Room / Re: How to report wikipedia error?
« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2011, 07:05 AM »
It's still there.  If you're not *sure* but want to notify someone, I did find a place to post it.

http://en.wikipedia...._persons/Noticeboard

You take a diff of the pages like so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tsai_Chin_%28singer%29&action=historysubmit&diff=460060057&oldid=458411291

and post the URL with your concerns.
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Living Room / Re: How to report wikipedia error?
« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2011, 06:42 AM »
You just change it - not report it AFAIK.  Anyone can edit the page.  If its not true, someone else will probably edit it today if you don't.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Servers Hacked
« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2011, 06:38 AM »
I changed all my passwords to unique passwords after the Gawker fiasco, so I'm not too concerned about the damage done here. Just gotta change my Steam password and the forum password once the forums are back up.
-Deozaan (November 10, 2011, 05:47 PM)

Yeah... I just can't bring myself to manage that many passwords.
-wraith808 (November 10, 2011, 08:35 PM)

Me neither. That's why I use a password manager.
-Deozaan (November 10, 2011, 11:58 PM)

I do too.  I still can't bring myself to manage that many passwords.  :-[  Especially since each must be entered into the appropriate game program each time in the case of MMOs- and I play a lot of them.
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General Software Discussion / Re: iPad2: alternative to Stanza?
« Last post by wraith808 on November 11, 2011, 06:35 AM »
So, has the update insanity settled down enough for someone that always waits because he doesn't like farting around with software updates that break things?

-- Haven't updated to iOS 5 for that exact reason -- stuff breaks.

Is it safe enough now?
-Renegade (November 11, 2011, 12:20 AM)

*I* haven't updated my iPad.  I only have iOS5 because I got an iPhone 4S (out of need this early- my prior phone got wet)
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Servers Hacked
« Last post by wraith808 on November 10, 2011, 09:36 PM »
That's 90% of reason all use third party providers like paypal or gateways (http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Payment_gateway) which 'send' info when needed. Storing credit card numbers on your own servers is asking for trouble.
-rgdot (November 10, 2011, 06:25 PM)

And Paypal stores credit card numbers...?
-wraith808 (November 10, 2011, 08:34 PM)

Their defenses go beyond encryption on a web facing server and a SSL certificate, this is a case of going with better security infrastructure.
-rgdot (November 10, 2011, 08:58 PM)

But anyone can be hacked.  And paypal has a less than sterling reputation of taking your money themselves in cases.  My point is, everything is relative, and if you're going to do business on the net, you take some risk no matter what you do.
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General Software Discussion / Re: iPad2: alternative to Stanza?
« Last post by wraith808 on November 10, 2011, 08:36 PM »
Stanza has been updated, and I can confirm that it again works in iOS5.  There was apparently a problem with the library, so that could be an issue.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Servers Hacked
« Last post by wraith808 on November 10, 2011, 08:35 PM »
I changed all my passwords to unique passwords after the Gawker fiasco, so I'm not too concerned about the damage done here. Just gotta change my Steam password and the forum password once the forums are back up.
-Deozaan (November 10, 2011, 05:47 PM)

Yeah... I just can't bring myself to manage that many passwords.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Servers Hacked
« Last post by wraith808 on November 10, 2011, 08:34 PM »
That's 90% of reason all use third party providers like paypal or gateways (http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Payment_gateway) which 'send' info when needed. Storing credit card numbers on your own servers is asking for trouble.
-rgdot (November 10, 2011, 06:25 PM)

And Paypal stores credit card numbers...?
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Servers Hacked
« Last post by wraith808 on November 10, 2011, 05:43 PM »
great.  I just changed all of my passwords for the sony thing.  now... again?  even though the forum password isn't my password to steam or any of my other secure passwords... why take the chance.  *sigh*
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 7 is out
« Last post by wraith808 on November 09, 2011, 07:58 PM »
"Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default"
-cyberdiva (November 09, 2011, 03:25 PM)

Actually, that seems one of the more rational approaches.  If some bundleware or malware installs something into Firefox, why not disable it?
-wraith808 (November 09, 2011, 04:00 PM)
Perhaps I've misunderstood what the statement means, but I took it to mean that third-party programs such as Linkman, LastPass, and Surfulater will have their Firefox add-ons disabled by default.  This seems to me outrageous and counterproductive.  I use Firefox rather than Opera in part because of third-party program add-ons that either do not exist for Opera or work better in Firefox.  Linkman and the like are not scummy malware programs--they're among the best programs of their kind that I know.  What is the point of disabling them by default?
-cyberdiva (November 09, 2011, 05:53 PM)

What it took it as is anything that installs an extension from outside of the normal extension installation process would be disabled by default.  So if Linkman or 1Password or any of these other desktop applications install a firefox extension as part of the process, it will be disabled until you enable it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 7 is out
« Last post by wraith808 on November 09, 2011, 04:00 PM »
"Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default"
-cyberdiva (November 09, 2011, 03:25 PM)

Actually, that seems one of the more rational approaches.  If some bundleware or malware installs something into Firefox, why not disable it?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 7 is out
« Last post by wraith808 on November 09, 2011, 02:53 PM »
Their revision cycle is *really* fast now...
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Living Room / Re: Products designed to fail, a documentary
« Last post by wraith808 on November 09, 2011, 07:30 AM »
This incident turned out not to be blasphemy.
-Renegade (November 08, 2011, 10:55 PM)

Another Testiment of His Word? He has his noodles in many pots.

Hopefully, we can leave us Pastafarians out of all that!


-mahesh2k (November 09, 2011, 01:03 AM)

I can't see the image!  What's the image!
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Living Room / Re: Products designed to fail, a documentary
« Last post by wraith808 on November 08, 2011, 10:39 PM »
Jeez I wish I had this kind of spare time.
-Ehtyar (November 08, 2011, 08:49 PM)

Indeed. 

Truthfully, I didn't read the whole thing, as it seemed to be dissecting a couple of statements in extreme depth, and weaving it in with other statements, when the truth of the matter is quite simple.  I can't claim to be a scholar of the Koran, which is where the limited exposure comes from.  I didn't qualify it in relation to anything, because I wasn't trying to establish bonafides and it seemed that you might have more exposure than I so I asked a simple question.  Limited, however, does not mean no experience, and I have had occasion to study based upon specific needs.  That study did include more intense study of Wahhabism and its influence in certain areas.  I never said that all Mullahs pervert the Koran, nor even most- in fact I think that such a statement would be a disservice.  But unfortunately some do, just as some Christians pervert the bible (and I'm assuming that the same goes on in other religions, i.e. humans are humans and religion is a powerful tool).
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Living Room / Re: Products designed to fail, a documentary
« Last post by wraith808 on November 08, 2011, 09:30 AM »
your ignorance would seem to have led you into making a statement that I suspect you would be unable to substantiate at all.
-IainB (November 08, 2011, 08:07 AM)

One last statement- or rather, two words.  Radical Wahhabism.  And I'll leave it at that, as I do know what I am talking about on that regard, and we will have to agree to disagree.
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Living Room / Re: I know I've got a dose of absenteeism... but it's going to get worse
« Last post by wraith808 on November 08, 2011, 07:21 AM »
It sounds so amazing.. What an experience.  I can only imagine.  You really got a chance to step outside of our normal reality.  I'm jealous.
I can't wait to hear more about it as you have time to digest the experience. 
-mouser (November 07, 2011, 09:28 PM)

Ditto.  And welcome back... though it was amazing following your journey even by GPS.  Thanks for carrying us along virtually. :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Smartphones, Tablets, E-Readers Become Physically Heavier With More Data
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 02:54 PM »
Rather I guess it a question of whether storing a 1 in memory requires more energy then a 0, or vis-versa.
-Eóin (November 07, 2011, 12:02 PM)

That's what it boils down to for me (at the platter level). It's a "magnetic" drive, so 1 or 0 is either North or South. Hence a formatted drive which is already all zeros is about as energetic as it's going to get. You can modify what's there, but you can't really add to it...as it's already full of zeros.
-Stoic Joker (November 07, 2011, 02:23 PM)

Hah!  That makes a lot of sense!  My skepticism has been vindicated!  :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / The new evolution of CircleDock?
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 12:18 PM »
http://sliderdock.wikidot.com/start

  • looks like CircleDock
  • at a wikidot site, just as CircleDock was

Thoughts?
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General Software Discussion / Smartphones, Tablets, E-Readers Become Physically Heavier With More Data
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 11:37 AM »
Smartphones, Tablets, E-Readers Become Physically Heavier With More Data [The More Apps, Ebooks, Information You Add to Your Kindle, Android or iOS Device, the Heavier it Gets]

I'm skeptical... can someone with more knowledge of the physics involved chime in?

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Living Room / Re: Products designed to fail, a documentary
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 11:14 AM »
Not really on here - but what I will say is that all three middle eastern religions (Judaism, Islam and Christianity) are all based on the teachings of the first 5 books of the old testament (as well as later addons) and those books are not exactly tolerant of dissenters.
-Carol Haynes (November 07, 2011, 10:52 AM)

The New Testament (one of the later addons) includes the Great Commandment, which sort of modifies it.  Perhaps because of these same issues.
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Living Room / Re: Products designed to fail, a documentary
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 10:06 AM »
I have been studying the Koran since about 2000. One of my favourite translations is the Koran published in paperback form by The Penguin Classics (published and republished between 1956 and 1974). It is by N.J.Dawood , who, according to the biographical notes of my 1974 copy:
-IainB (November 07, 2011, 09:36 AM)

Well, then I don't get the quote:
who are eternally obliged by Allah in the Koran to ensure that Islamism is the dominant religion and legal system, and that it is enforced (typically under threat of barbaric punishment or pain of death) in any society/culture where they find themselves

I know that Mullahs in many cases pervert parts of the Koran to make such things necessary- but I've never seen any argument that stands up to the light of reason.  In fact, most of the Muslims that I know look down on this perversion of the Koran, which is why I was a bit befuddle about your comments.  In your study of the Koran have you come upon something that I haven't in my admittedly limited exposure to it?

I don't care what anyone believes so long as they do as I say
1st - 20th century creed for xxxxxxx

for xxxxxxx insert your religious or political belief system.
-Carol Haynes (November 07, 2011, 09:55 AM)

Not from my studies of Christianity, which are more extensive than my studies of the Koran.  In fact, it is stated many times in the new testament that worldly authority and spiritual authority are two different things, and that if someone doesn't believe you or receive you, that you are to move on.  Now what it is equated to in practice is quite difference.  But Christianity is about actions following belief, not the other way around.

Thoughts?
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DC Gamer Club / Re: [BARGAIN] Stealth Bastard - Free!
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 08:32 AM »
Thanks!  Looks cool!
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Living Room / Re: Products designed to fail, a documentary
« Last post by wraith808 on November 07, 2011, 07:46 AM »
Islamism:[/b] Islamist activists of today, who are eternally obliged by Allah in the Koran to ensure that Islamism is the dominant religion and legal system, and that it is enforced (typically under threat of barbaric punishment or pain of death) in any society/culture where they find themselves. I saw an estimate of 140+ million people who have had to die at the hands of this Religion of Peace, over its 1,400 year-old history.
-IainB (November 06, 2011, 09:55 PM)

Have you read the Koran?  I was quite surprised when I did read parts of it, that apparently some things are left out of the rhetoric.  Then I did some research, and found that most things that you hear regurgitated and used as an excuse for violence are misquotations/misinterpretations.  It actually talks of respect for the followers of Christ, not persecution.  And I don't think that this is unique in this situation either.

Religion isn't necessarily evil.  People have evil uses for religion, IMO.
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