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Computers - Technology / Re: remembering log in

« on: June 05, 2011, 03:18:10 am »

OK,

A password to Bit Che??? That's for chip to answer, on the other hand you may want to disable the password functionality with IE, ( your using.

Off hand I do not know the exact settings (I rarely use IE), but you can google that and start from there.

TheHalf™

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Bugs & Feature Requests / Re: add facebook fans

« on: June 05, 2011, 03:02:12 am »

thanks, but I had to edit his signature.. we dont want links being posted to websited to purchase things.

in this case, they are trying to sell 10,000 facebook fans for $300..  no thanks!

Nice catch chip, I didn't see it and since there is a similar thread on this topic I'm locking this one.

TheHalf™

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Computers - Technology / Re: remembering log in

« on: June 05, 2011, 02:44:15 am »

OK billy,

With Firefox you have a choice tools>options>security>passwords. There you can have FF remember said passwords or not.

With Windows did you create a user name/password upon installation? You can always go to control panel and adjust user account settings, like removing password verification etc..

TheHalf™

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General Discussion / Re: NHL

« on: June 04, 2011, 10:49:25 pm »

Ut Oh!. That was a fast overtime last night and as you see both teams were turning over the puck and giving their opponent opportunity to win the game.

TheHalf™

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General Discussion / Re: Sony PlayStation Network

« on: June 04, 2011, 10:46:26 pm »

I agree Synbios about installing your own OS in the PS3 and to hack in and prove a point is one goal but not to compromise customers data. Bovski, I agree that Sony is protecting their own asses but not their customers.

TheHalf™

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Music - Movies - TV / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: June 04, 2011, 08:42:03 am »

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

TheHalf™

O' Fortuna

StraussII, The Blue Danube Op.314

Metallica - Master of Puppets

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Bugs & Feature Requests / Re: add facebook fans

« on: June 04, 2011, 03:11:00 am »

Offering a wide variety of add-ons, the Facebook fan page makes it easy to stay in touch with your current fans and build an even larger fan base. Facebook itself connects 250 MILLION people around the world in a huge social network. 100 Million of these people are also using Facebook mobile on their phones and other wireless devices. If you have a mere 1% success rate, you could build 2.5 MILLION fans almost overnight. How many fans do you have now? I bet most of us could fairly say less that 10,000... What could 2.5 million fans do for your career?

I do believe that is in the works, perhaps you should PM chip with that idea.

TheHalf™

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Browsers / Re: Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 (soon to be Firefox 3.5)

« on: June 03, 2011, 07:52:57 pm »

I would love to be updated and/or corrected on where the major browsers are on security.

ps, another nice feature of Google Chrome is that they embed adobe flash and auto-update it. so, I know if I set a friend up with Google Chrome, they are not going to be getting exploited by a 1 year old Adobe Flash vulnerability.


and..  in case any reads this wondering what a sandbox is...  basically,  the browser runs and locks the webpages in a separate memory space, in a vault. nothing can come out of the vault and on to the computer without your permission, so even if the website does some exploit to hijack a plugin, its still locked inside the memory space vault/sandbox and can not reach your computer. (really lame description)

I have researched this and there is a method to PREvent memory coding within IE8 (not9), Firefox(all v) and Chrome. All you need to do is type in (said) code to browser URL and click enter.

TheHalf™

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General Discussion / Re: Sony PlayStation Network

« on: June 03, 2011, 07:23:27 pm »

Spotlight falls on Sony's troubled cybersecurity, RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press.

LONDON (AP) — Another massive data breach at Sony has left hackers exulting, customers steaming and security experts questioning why basic fixes haven't been made to the company's stricken cybersecurity program.

Complete article--->http://channels.isp.netscape.com/pf/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-+&idq=/ff/story/1001%2F20110604%2F2319.htm&sc=+&floc=NI-mo2

TheHalf™

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Computers - Technology / Re: Tell us about your PC.

« on: June 03, 2011, 06:52:33 pm »

You know Tex I would like you to run Everest and send me the stats. Have you overclocked both the cpu and graphics? Can you flash your systems BIOS? Let me know.

TheHalf™

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Offbeat Relish / Man-Size Meteor From Comet Lights Up Georgia Sky

« on: June 03, 2011, 04:58:00 pm »

By Mike Wall , SPACE.com Senior Writer Space.com | SPACE.com – Thu, Jun 2, 2011

A brilliant meteor blazed through the sky above Georgia recently, and two NASA fireball-monitoring cameras caught the dramatic display on video.

The meteor was caused by a human-size chunk of an unknown comet. It was the brightest meteor yet recorded by NASA's fireball-observing network — based at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. — in its nearly three years of operation, officials said.

The 6-foot-wide (1.8-meter) space rock barrelled into Earth's atmosphere at 10:47 p.m. EDT on May 20 (0247 GMT on May 21), about 66 miles (106 kilometers) above the city of Macon, Ga.

At the video link, look at the bottom of the screen as the meteor comes into view.

Video--->http://www.space.com/11837-man-size-meteor-burns-georgia.html

There may be an advertisement before video plays.

TheHalf™

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Offbeat Relish / Re: Three word forum

« on: June 03, 2011, 02:41:01 am »

gently folded away

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Computers - Technology / Re: Windows 8

« on: June 02, 2011, 08:17:36 pm »

Follow up;

REDMOND, Wash. – June 1, 2011

Today, at the D9 Conference, we demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” for the first time. Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface. A Windows 8-based PC is really a new kind of device, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and mouse.

Full story--->http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2011/jun11/06-01corporatenews.aspx

TheHalf™

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General Discussion / Re: Monthly Funny Picture Contest - May 2011

« on: June 02, 2011, 07:53:03 pm »

What happens when chip and TheHalf go out on the town...

I had to do it  , anyhoos I enjoy this game and want to keep it going.

And Boom goes the globe.

TheHalf™

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Offbeat Relish / Re: Wildlife birds in the city

« on: May 31, 2011, 10:15:02 pm »

WoW, at the time I am typing this (8:15am EST) the chicks are frolicking in the nest and stretching their wings.

TheHalf™