Was more than just the virus. Seems several computers were compromised and turned into file sharing hosts. In retaliation for cleaning up that mess, a Distributed Denial of Service attack hit early in the morning. Along the same idea, the Pentagon wants online voting. This surprises me because the technology is not to the point to…
It is amazing how a simple little computer virus causes so much havoc. They make my life miserable. Preserved comments: i’m afraid of them. b/c i have no idea what i’d do if my computer became plagued by one. 🙁 xo! Posted 1/21/2004 12:09 PM by melally
Think everyone might be able to use this. Ever have someone post an acronym you can’t decipher? Something like “WYLABOCTGWTR”? Well, how about an Acronyms Dictionary? Preserved comments: fun stuff! 🙂 Posted 1/19/2004 10:18 AM by melally Sneeze, you are weird. most of the time its just as easy to say the whole phrase as it is…
Lots of places offer resources for creating online groups. Think this is an excellent service to provide the Internet community. However, managing these animals can be time intensive. People need help learning how to use it. People selfishly bend or break rules. At times, I wonder, “Why am I do I bother?” Then I find…
Years ago I ran across a site that pretended to be an AOL technical support page. It was pretty well designed that it matched what one would find at AOL. However it did not belong to AOL, though I never really Identified the owner(s). Basically this site was a well constructed scam to con users…
Maybe it is just me, but why is it that no one can invent a great email program? I mean, they really all suck. Nothing is built for my needs… huge volumes of email, lots of important requests from dozens of sources, tons of email lists, and tons of spam. It takes hours to sort…
Some say we are headed towards singularity, some say they’ve been been single for a while and hate it. Can’t say these are mutually exclusive. After all, being single does not have much to do with artificial intelligence… or does it? I’d have to say the excuses for not actively seeking someone with which to…
Got this up without a problem here (30 minutes) after dorking around with Berkley DB and DB_file for 2 or 3 hours on the web server I run! WTF? Sux 2 B ARF…
This was written as an explanation to the quiz and answer. The web is a difficult animal to wrangle. A web page may appear different in different web browsers. For this reason, as a web page designer, I keep various web browsers like IE, Netscape 4 and Netscape 7. Being a professional in the world of…