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Living Room / Watch out for your Gaming Credentials

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2010, 10:49 AM »

An operation of this level is pretty scary.  Let's you know how profitable the gold seller/account seller enterprise is.

http://www.bluesnews...n-gaming-credentials

They say there are credentials for at least 18 gaming websites in the database, an inventory including about 210,000 World of Warcraft accounts, 60,000 Aion accounts, 2 million PlayNC accounts, and 16 million Wayi Entertainment accounts.

I wish more companies would go with an authenticator like Blizzard does.  I just got back into WoW, and the inconvenience of using their iPhone app to get a unique key is definitely more than made up for by the fact that it's quite harder to crack my account, even if you have my password.

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Living Room / Power corrupts... and absolute power...

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2010, 10:44 AM »

Maybe their power isn't absolute yet, but if it was, I shudder to see what they'd be like then.

Google faces German Street View data blunder deadline.

True, the people were idiots for having insecure wi-fi.  Or were they?  Do we know that these weren't HotSpots at cafe's an the like?  But no matter what, heads should roll over at google for this if the harvesting was truly unauthorised.  But, I think that's a CYA move.  What knucklehead gathers info over open wi-fi while taking video/pictures for a google initiative unless it's authorised at some level?

Of course, the EFF does have a point about the turning over of the data:

"To allow a government to investigate a privacy breach by further violating privacy is senseless."

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Living Room / American Express Might Not Be Encrypting Your Credit Card Number Online

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2010, 10:38 AM »

Are you kidding me?  I'm so glad I don't have an AmEx card...

http://thenextweb.co...mal-online-security/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Name your own price on Caster until Monday 5/31

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2010, 10:38 AM »

I'd heard of it, but wasn't really interested.  Actually, I'm still only mildly interested, but I like to support developers when they take a chance on this model.

http://www.elecorn.com/caster3d/

Only until Monday, so if you're interested, check it out.

UPDATE: I hate case sensitivity on urls...

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What's the Best? / Re: What's the best: Wiki Host?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2010, 09:22 AM »

You could also look at standard hosting- many of them include a package that installs more than one, and then you have a bit more control without having to pigeonhole yourself for the future.

I use liquidweb for my linux hosting, and they use Fantastico, which has options to install TikiWiki or PhpWiki automatically, along with several other options.


I use PmWiki personally, and a couple of sites that have that as a wiki hosting option:
http://www.sitegroun...m/pmwiki-hosting.htm
http://www.maiahost..../PmWiki_Hosting.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you know a free HTML editor with real time preview in adjacent pane?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2010, 09:15 AM »

good to see that you've found an editor that suits your needs. got to bookmark CoffeeCup myself. btw, i didn't know about Trellian's bad reputation, i wonder why it got flagged at WOT.

-lanux128 (May 25, 2010, 08:42 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can I replace .NET with Mono (or anything)?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 27, 2010, 01:08 PM »

I don't believe this is exactly correct, and I didn't see anywhere in the link that would change my mind.  However, I am open to more information proving me wrong if this is indeed the case.

From my understanding, if you use Mono, SOME .Net developed applications *Should* work, though compatability is far from complete.  Moreover, as an OSS implimentation, it is by design at least a generation behind .Net development. 

-steeladept (May 27, 2010, 12:22 PM)

They soft shoe what's required.

Read http://mono-project.com/FAQ:_General

Then go to the link that leads to the Mono Migration Analyzer (http://mono-project.com/Moma)

Look at this part explicitly:

The Mono Migration Analyzer (MoMA) tool helps you identify issues you may have when porting your .Net application to Mono.

If it will truly run compiled binaries (which would require that it usurp the linkings between the code and the .NET libraries) then why the word port?  I haven't tested it, but from everything I understand, they have the libraries to allow applications to utilize Mono, but it isn't merely a swap of the frameworks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can I replace .NET with Mono (or anything)?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 27, 2010, 12:09 PM »

Mono is an OSS implementation of the .NET framework, so that developers can develop applications using .NET architecture without the .NET framework (and so that they can be cross platform).  If a developer uses mono to develop, then mono will be the framework that you have to deploy.  If a developer uses .net to develop, then .net will be the framework that you have to deploy.

For more information, see http://en.wikipedia..../Mono_%28software%29

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Valve: "Mac is 5 times more stable than windows running games"

« Last post by wraith808 on May 27, 2010, 10:37 AM »

5 times more stable?  Not 4 or 6?  Or maybe 4.997?  I hate statements that try to apply an obviously subjective number to a non-empirical statement.

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Found Deals and Discounts / ShopperPress on BitsDuJour

« Last post by wraith808 on May 26, 2010, 08:15 AM »

http://www.bitsdujou...press-shopping-cart/

I was really impressed with the overview and the responsiveness of the developer.  I haven't actually tried it yet, but did jump on the discount.  I know some people here have some commercial interests, and this seems like it would be a boon in the laborious details of setting up a store...

Now I wish I had purchased that box shot editor when it was available- all of this software towards getting in gear with my MiniISV motivates me...

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General Software Discussion / Re: church song software

« Last post by wraith808 on May 26, 2010, 08:12 AM »

Oh, I realize that Cpilot.  But out of 215,000 members and I am the only one who has an interest in something like this?  This forum gets a lot of posts for many different types of software, why not some church software too.  Besides its not like it is related to a certain denomination. 

-techidave (May 26, 2010, 05:46 AM)

No, not the only one.   Thanks for the heads-up!

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General Software Discussion / Re: a copy of Motherboard Monitor?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 24, 2010, 01:26 PM »

http://en.wikipedia..../Motherboard_Monitor

Motherboard Monitor is a utility designed by Alexander Van Kaam for Microsoft Windows that provides live information about the state of a motherboard and other hardware, including temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, and more.

On July 6, 2004, it was announced that development on Motherboard Monitor has been stopped. However on September 13, 2006, a new update (Update 2) was released adding slightly more compatibility with new motherboards.

Current alternatives to Motherboard Monitor include SpeedFan and Core Temp.

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Living Room / Re: Apple acquires music service Lala

« Last post by wraith808 on May 22, 2010, 06:34 PM »

But when they do it, don't they have to give you the chance to opt-out?

-wraith808 (May 19, 2010, 01:47 PM)

No, because the words Stoic Joker just typed are usually followed by words that mean essentially: We reserve to change this EULA without having to notify anybody of anything anytime anywhere.

-Innuendo (May 22, 2010, 05:32 PM)

Well then why do certain services pop up the EULA to get you to agree to additions/changes, and other don't?  iTunes does it quite a bit... it would seem that if your agreement was in perpetuity that they wouldn't have to show you; it would fall to you to read it periodically or something (which seems quite wrong).  Somehow, I get the feeling that it's not as black and white as that (though I could very well be wrong).

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Living Room / Re: Pac-man at Google Search...

« Last post by wraith808 on May 21, 2010, 02:14 PM »

It's to celebrate the anniversary, and the fact that I only found out about 10 minutes to go shows how little I use the google homepage now, I suppose.  But well done, Google!

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Living Room / Re: GPS Unit Recommendations?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 21, 2010, 07:37 AM »

This is a real problem. GPS as a driving navigation device needs to live up to the kinds of standards set in the automotive industry. While you can't expect 100%, expecting more than 50% of trips to be trouble-free isn't unreasonable.

The main problem I see is that for unfamiliar places, this is where you need the GPS to be accurate and need it to to be responsive. You just can't stop in the middle of traffic because your GPS unit is slow and you've already missed 2 turns because of it. You'd quickly find out what road rage is like on the receiving end. Steering you wrong is simply a hazard. Especially in heavy traffic where you need to be paying attention to the road, and not constantly glancing at the GPS while you wait for it to update because you're now hopelessly lost.

Common sense can't help you in some of those driving situations (I take it that you mean you need to use common sense to know that the unit will make mistakes for things like out of date maps, etc.). The only thing you can do is to make sure that you prioritize your driving and get ready to suck up the GPS unit's mistakes. I'm just tired of sucking it up for half all the trips I need it for.

-Renegade (May 21, 2010, 06:31 AM)

It really also depends on where you are- GPS reception isn't 100% accurate and maps can be out of date, or just not cover areas, or have inbuilt mistakes in them (at one time, the GPS wouldn't even take you to my house, but to another place).  It's just like cell service in a lot of ways, where you have to make allowances to use the service (or not) in areas until the technology gets better.  And sometimes, while our expectations may seem reasonable to the user, they aren't reasonable given the technologies, IME.

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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 03:29 PM »

The iPhone works the same way. The only app I knew that let you circumvent iTunes and load files directly was Stanza. The last update to Stanza removed that capability "to comply with Apple's app policies."

-40hz (May 20, 2010, 03:12 PM)

You can work with the iPhone without using iTunes- my wife never synced her phone until she needed to upgrade the OS, and she had tons of music and apps on there.  She just connected via WiFi (had to use an appstore account, but no itunes).  I also use a few apps that let you load files directly currently- they just temporarily turn the device into a webserver/ftp server.

I wonder would it be possible to jailbreak from the start, and never use itunes or an apple account at all... I know the phone is useable without an apple id, as I used it after I purchased it from best buy before I ever synced it...

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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 02:11 PM »

^ I didn't see the part about the activating online account (it wasn't in the ABC article).  Where is that?  And why do you need any online account to use an iPad?

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Living Room / Re: GPS Unit Recommendations?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 12:20 PM »

Yes. I want one for the car. The TomTom is just garbage. It's simply unreliable and dangerous to use.

-Renegade (May 20, 2010, 10:16 AM)

Why do you say that?  I'm just curious... we've had a garmin and now a tomtom, and my wife has had no problem with either.

UPDATE: Never mind.  I read the review (duh).  But, like I said, my wife loves her new TomTom.

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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 10:45 AM »

And Apple has reversed its stance.  And gave her one for free, even...

"We heard about this, you know... we all would love people like Diane [Campbell] to get an iPad, so I called her up and she was very excited and we're actually on our way to deliver an iPad to her house," said [Apple Sr. Vice President Ron] Johnson.

That's right. The folks at Apple wanted to thank Campbell for bringing this issue to their attention, so two employees from Apple visited her home Wednesday and brought her a brand new iPad for free.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 10:44 AM »

Well, the disingenuous thing about the president's stance is the fact that all witnesses were not interviewed- even the person that he said that was in the room was not questioned.  It seems at this point he's riding the wave of internet created cause célèbre, but he could be brought down to earth quite quickly if he's linked to any of the leaks.  He could also be cited for the fact that he linked to the location of the leaked documents, even if he didn't actually link them.

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Living Room / Re: website maker?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 07:49 AM »

There's a site that tracks a lot of CMSes. Try searching for it.

-Renegade (May 20, 2010, 07:40 AM)

This sounded interesting, and I tried to google it, but my google-fu failed.  Do you have any other information which might help me to find it?

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 07:40 AM »

I read a bit more about it- and this thing is becoming larger than is proportionate to the incident.

First, it does seem that this might relate to his field of study, though I'm not so sure.  He's a Lecturer in Behavioural Science, School of Medicine.  (from http://www.dylan.org.uk/).

Some other articles- including the complaints and responses.
http://www.huffingto...politi_b_576597.html
http://felidware.com/DylanEvans/
http://www.newscient...dal-in-academia.html
http://www.irishtime...9/1224270655043.html

And I'm not so sure that this public revelation will do him any good:
http://www.corkstude...t-abuse-scandal-6477
http://www.corkstude...of-fruitbatgate-6575

And in fact he's been censured for releasing confidential papers, even though he said he didn't:
http://www.corkstude...tation-to-press-6535
http://www.corkstude...st-bat-lecturer-6521

Like I said... it's being blown way out of proportion at this point, and I don't think anything good is going to come of it on either side.

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Living Room / Re: website maker?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 07:21 AM »

Also, a lot of CMS have the name at the bottom of the page as a (c). Many people remove this, but it's also an easier first option.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: TBS Cover Editor - Create virtual boxes and covers for your software

« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2010, 07:13 AM »

I noticed it's on Bits du Jour today for $32.00.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« Last post by wraith808 on May 19, 2010, 06:29 PM »

Okay (seriously) ...Zoologists aside ... How many of the guys here would feel comfortable sharing the fruit bat BJ article with a female coworker?

Me no, because the content is way to easy to misinterpret, intent wise.

-Stoic Joker (May 19, 2010, 06:05 PM)

If it wasn't in my field- no.