Updated the Fountain of Knowledge layout. Was more removing the picture and making the page simpler. Looking to see if my VCR will play PAL tapes. Odds are not likely. Ran across this list of Windows file extensions with executable code at techtv. The value of the list is these are the file types virus writers use to…
Bandits was a trip. Funny movie. Too bad Erin couldn’t go. Hillarious. Feels like my memory is dying. Things I know I should know, like the director of Men in Black is Barry Sonnenfeld not Barry Levinson. That the drug is Ginko Biloba not Ginko Balboa. At least I don’t munge / forget important things like…
I guess if people really knew what they wanted, then it could be given to them, huh? Ever had a cognitive itch? Research in the US has found that songs get stuck in our heads because they create a “brain itch” that can only be scratched by repeating the tune over and over.In Germany, this type…
Couple of newly discovered vulnerabilities for Windows users. Excel and Powerpoint documents are not safe any more. Specially crafted dword (dotless) URLs (dword URL for VSU) can operate in the local intranet security zone instead of the general internet zone in Internet Explorer. Most people have the local intranet zone set to medium-low level and…
The Spectator web site is updated… here is the article about viruses where I was interviewed. Horrible picture, I know. UPDATE 2011-MAR-27: link to article removed as VSU Spectator archives only go back to 2006 not 2001. ouch… my hard drive crapped out. Bad cluster on the REGISTRY! Means Windows can’t boot. And I was gonna do…
Here is an article on computer viruses for which I was interviewed for the Spectator, the university student news paper. Lindsey Giddens Staff Writer Viruses are running rampant and are extremely contagious. But these viruses don’t attack your immune system–they attack your hard drive. The term virus is used to describe viruses, worms and trojans.…
VSU email and web are down. I’ve been out of the office so I can only surmise that this is related to the Denial of Service attack on Wednesday evening. Very strange that there was a test attack around 3pm and then consistent bombardment starting at almost exactly 5:30 pm. Like the person knew that…
Hmmmmmmm… got some new DVDs to watch. Stuff I already had on VHS already: 5th Element, Tombstone, and Wrath of Khan. This brings my DVD collection to 61 titles. Have never thought of myself as a PC repair person. I have done some stuff on my own home and office computers. Assisted Andrew Otapski with some stuff. He really…
Outlook is still foobarred…Â Eudora here I come! – – – – – Outlook MAY(?!?!) be repaired. Now I have to catch up.