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The Antagonist Wrote:Just as I suspected. You're missing the same buttons on the reply area in both systems and browsers. This is because it was coded with IE 6 as it's 'guide' (not sure of proper terminology here).

This software for some reason is NOT cross browser compliant. I am sure many softwares have caught up by now but the originator of the code insists it's all browser compatible where I know it is not. FF, Opera, Safari just to name three all show the same as you showed.

But he insists it's the browsers and not his software. Bullshit. Granted there IS a cross browser coding issue that SHOULD be fixed IE: some standard be adapted so things show the same in all browsers but we already know it's this software in this case.

Thanks for the images. More to think about now.

Proper web code SHOULD appear the same in all browsers. Only sites written using Internet Explorer Only code options would appear wrong. Which includes ActiveX websites, of which there are very few these days that don't have a java replacement for the ActiveX stuff. And ActiveX is so full of security holes that I wont touch it.

Though, if you're really concerned about all that; IE6, and probably IE7 as well, runs under Crossover. Which I can get you legally for free (From their Lame Duck Day when they gave it all away for free with no strings) both Crossover Pro (aka Crossover Office) and Crossover Games. In fact if you choose the Internet Explorer 6 option from the Crossover Pro "Install Windows Software" menu, it even DOWNLOADS it all for you. You don't have to find the download yourself or anything. Aren't they nice? And it comes with the last version of Netscape preinstalled as well. Not that I care about that. I'm a Firefox guy all the way, and since Firefox is cross platform natively, I don't need Crossover for browsing.

I find FF slow and a resource hog on my computer. Could be because my comp is old.

I've been using Maxthon browser for 3 years now and I love it. I love how I can configure it and all that and it's way more secure than IE and it's an IE based browser that does not always behave badly like IE.

The Antagonist Wrote:I find FF slow and a resource hog on my computer. Could be because my comp is old.

I've been using Maxthon browser for 3 years now and I love it. I love how I can configure it and all that and it's way more secure than IE and it's an IE based browser that does not always behave badly like IE.

Interesting. Most users report the exact opposite. If I remember, I'll try Maxthon in Crossover for ya in the near future. You should email me the link to it, save me from forgetting & spending the 30 seconds on google finding it LOL

The Antagonist Wrote:http://www.maxthon.com

And that would be a no. Sorry. Not EVERYTHING works under Crossover. Though it gets better with every release.

The Conficker worm was activated today. It is being tracked at the Univ. of Bonn. If you click on this link to their website, it will check your computer for the conficker worm. It only takes a few seconds.

http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_...fdetector/

Liquid Wrote:The Conficker worm was activated today. It is being tracked at the Univ. of Bonn. If you click on this link to their website, it will check your computer for the conficker worm. It only takes a few seconds.

http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_...fdetector/

I'm clean! ::bravo::

LuMPyPussy Wrote:

Liquid Wrote:The Conficker worm was activated today. It is being tracked at the Univ. of Bonn. If you click on this link to their website, it will check your computer for the conficker worm. It only takes a few seconds.

http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_...fdetector/

I'm clean! ::bravo::

Then what're those lumps on your pussy?

D Wrote:

LuMPyPussy Wrote:

Liquid Wrote:The Conficker worm was activated today. It is being tracked at the Univ. of Bonn. If you click on this link to their website, it will check your computer for the conficker worm. It only takes a few seconds.

http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_...fdetector/

I'm clean! ::bravo::

Then what're those lumps on your pussy?

Just the usual beef curtains. ::dunno::

(CNET)[/b] -- The Conficker worm is finally doing something--updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday.





This piece of computer code told the worm to activate on April 1, researchers found.


Researchers were analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto infected computers but suspect that it is a keystroke logger or some other program designed to steal sensitive data off the machine, said David Perry, global director of security education at Trend Micro.

The software appeared to be a .sys component hiding behind a rootkit, which is software that is designed to hide the fact that a computer has been compromised, according to Trend Micro. The software is heavily encrypted, which makes code analysis difficult, the researchers said.

The worm also tries to connect to MySpace.com, MSN.com, eBay.com, CNN.com and AOL.com as a way to test that the computer has Internet connectivity, deletes all traces of itself in the host machine, and is set to shut down on May 3, according to the TrendLabs Malware Blog.

Because infected computers are receiving the new component in a staggered manner rather than all at once there should be no disruption to the Web sites the computers visit, said Paul Ferguson, advanced threats researcher for Trend Micro.

"After May 3, it shuts down and won't do any replication," Perry said. However, infected computers could still be remotely controlled to do something else, he added.

On Tuesday night Trend Micro researchers noticed a new file in the Windows Temp folder and a huge encrypted TCP response from a known Conficker P2P IP node hosted in Korea.

"As expected, the P2P communications of the Downad/Conficker botnet may have just been used to serve an update, and not via HTTP," the blog post says. "The Conficker/Downad P2P communications is now running in full swing!"

In addition to adding the new propagation functionality, Conficker communicates with servers that are associated with the Waledac family of malware and its Storm botnet, according to a separate blog post by Trend Micro security researcher Rik Ferguson.

The worm tries to access a known Waledac domain and download another encrypted file, the researchers said.

Conficker.C failed to make a splash a week ago despite the fact that it was programmed to activate on April 1. It has infected between 3 million and 12 million computers, according to Perry.

Initially, researchers thought they were seeing a new variant of the Conficker worm, but now they believe it is merely a new component of the worm.

The worm spreads via a hole in Windows that Microsoft patched in October, as well as through removable storage devices and network shares with weak passwords.

The worm disables security software and blocks access to security Web sites.

On more Linux tidbit to add to your consideration Ant:

When you update Windows & main system files such as kernel32.dll and user32.dll are updated and something goes wrong... you're fucked. The system becomes a brick until you reinstall the OS.

With Linux, you can have multiple kernels on a single system. So if you compile a new kernel from source or download a new kernel via the update, and something goes wrong, then you've got the other kernels to continue to boot the system with. That has to be the best stability feature ever. My boot menu currently has the following options:

Mandriva PowerPack 2009.0 (/boot/vmlinuz)
Linux non-fb (/boot/vmlinuz)
failsafe (/boot/vmlinuz)
windows (/dev/sda1)
2.6.27-rc8 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-laptop-0.rc8.2mnb)
2.6.27-19 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.19-laptop-1mnb)

You'll notice that the top 3 all appear to use the same kernel, and they do. They just pass different options to it. But regardless, I currently have 5 working kernels for Linux, so if I added another kernel tomorrow and it failed for whatever reason, I could STILL BOOT MY SYSTEM TO LINUX using an existing kernel.

I have all my windows updates disabled and my system is running better than ever.

Lots of stuff you mentioned above might as well be Chinese to me but I do go to my friend who knows this stuff and show him what you say. He agrees with you and tries to explain it to me so I understand it all.

Again, lots to consider and mull over. I have been toying with the idea of Linux for awhile now but I've yet to get the courage to run that thing you linked me to here from a disk even!

I promise I will. Have had a ton of things going on around here too and I won't do something new like this until I have time to give it my complete attention - and I'll wait for my friend to get up here too....that way I have a 'stand by geek' to help me if I fuck it all up!

Goddamn windows .dll files are a fucking nightmare. I've been down that road a few times trying to find replacement .dll files for ones that the stupid thing says is either not there or unreadable.

Ok, well, the only way you can fuck up your system with the live CD images is if you mess with partitions. So as long as you stay away from that in the control panel you're fine.

Also anything you need explained in more layman's terms I'll be happy to try and do so. Just ask questions

As I'm sure everyone can tell, you've nailed my passion lol.

D Wrote:Also anything you need explained in more layman's terms I'll be happy to try and do so. Just ask questions

As I'm sure everyone can tell, you've nailed my passion lol.

That's exactly why I asked you! ::bigg::

The Antagonist Wrote:

D Wrote:Also anything you need explained in more layman's terms I'll be happy to try and do so. Just ask questions

As I'm sure everyone can tell, you've nailed my passion lol.

That's exactly why I asked you! ::bigg::

Now if only I could get Syber to switch to the Linux team

D Wrote:If you set up your power saving features PROPERLY, it *IS* better to leave your system on 24/7. Period. As long as you make sure your HDD, monitor, and what not all shut off after a period of inactivity (I usually do 10 minutes on HDD, 5 on monitor) and have a system standby or hibernate set for after say a half hour, you're fine. Of course, thats assuming you don't leave them all on to RUN things like I do, in which case you want them to have NO power saving setups.

And FYI, that 486DX is COMPLETELY ORIGINAL except I ADDED a T-Base10 NIC to it. Sure, you couldn't do that with modern components because the quality just isn't there anymore. But I can take current stuff and get 5 years or so of constant running out of it. With a 2 years swing either way. So, bite me. Leave your stuff on at least from the first time you get up in morning until you go to bed. And if you only sleep 4-6 hours like me, may as well leave it on ALL the time.

SyberBitch Wrote:

D Wrote:If you set up your power saving features PROPERLY, it *IS* better to leave your system on 24/7. Period. As long as you make sure your HDD, monitor, and what not all shut off after a period of inactivity (I usually do 10 minutes on HDD, 5 on monitor) and have a system standby or hibernate set for after say a half hour, you're fine. Of course, thats assuming you don't leave them all on to RUN things like I do, in which case you want them to have NO power saving setups.

And FYI, that 486DX is COMPLETELY ORIGINAL except I ADDED a T-Base10 NIC to it. Sure, you couldn't do that with modern components because the quality just isn't there anymore. But I can take current stuff and get 5 years or so of constant running out of it. With a 2 years swing either way. So, bite me. Leave your stuff on at least from the first time you get up in morning until you go to bed. And if you only sleep 4-6 hours like me, may as well leave it on ALL the time.

If ya can't take the heat....

D Wrote:

SyberBitch Wrote:

D Wrote:If you set up your power saving features PROPERLY, it *IS* better to leave your system on 24/7. Period. As long as you make sure your HDD, monitor, and what not all shut off after a period of inactivity (I usually do 10 minutes on HDD, 5 on monitor) and have a system standby or hibernate set for after say a half hour, you're fine. Of course, thats assuming you don't leave them all on to RUN things like I do, in which case you want them to have NO power saving setups.

And FYI, that 486DX is COMPLETELY ORIGINAL except I ADDED a T-Base10 NIC to it. Sure, you couldn't do that with modern components because the quality just isn't there anymore. But I can take current stuff and get 5 years or so of constant running out of it. With a 2 years swing either way. So, bite me. Leave your stuff on at least from the first time you get up in morning until you go to bed. And if you only sleep 4-6 hours like me, may as well leave it on ALL the time.

If ya can't take the heat....

Get checked for gonorrhea?

Boy, just thought of ANOTHER point to make in favor of Linux.

Group File Copying, Encounters a "[color="red"]Problem[/color]"

Windows:
File 237 of 388 is corrupted and cannot be copied. What do we do? We crap out right there and dump you. And we don't even TELL you which file exactly it is that was the problem. In fact, FUCK YOU, you batch copy bastard.

Linux:
Same issue. What do we do? We give you a dialogue box prompt that says: "File Xavier.gif is damaged and cannot be copied, would you like to continue with the next file?" And when you answer YES we listen and finish the rest of the batch. We love you Mr. Batch Copy Guy. And since we told you what file had an issue you know which one to attempt to fix by replacing with a backup or something. We REALLY love you. Come again!

EDIT: Yes, there are 3^rd party copy programs for Winbows that work this way. But, that's just it, THIRD PARTY. Linux has this functionality as a BUILT IN STANDARD!

D Wrote:Boy, just thought of ANOTHER point to make in favor of Linux.

Group File Copying, Encounters a "[color="red"]Problem[/color]"

Windows:
File 237 of 388 is corrupted and cannot be copied. What do we do? We crap out right there and dump you. And we don't even TELL you which file exactly it is that was the problem. In fact, FUCK YOU, you batch copy bastard.

Linux:
Same issue. What do we do? We give you a dialogue box prompt that says: "File Xavier.gif is damaged and cannot be copied, would you like to continue with the next file?" And when you answer YES we listen and finish the rest of the batch. We love you Mr. Batch Copy Guy. And since we told you what file had an issue you know which one to attempt to fix by replacing with a backup or something. We REALLY love you. Come again!

EDIT: Yes, there are 3^rd party copy programs for Winbows that work this way. But, that's just it, THIRD PARTY. Linux has this functionality as a BUILT IN STANDARD!

I've been looking for one of those 3^rd party programs... I HATE that frigging bug. ::bang::