Everytime I come to the dashboard of this blogger I become stumped as to what I should put into it. I wonder how much of my personal thoughts should I put out here so that every joe and jane/jack and jill can read. Should I talk about love, or rant about what bothers me or perhaps what peaks my interest? One thing I know for sure is I have one too many blogs and that after writing in one I am totally drained to write in the other. Of late the "my space" blog that MSN offers has been taking precedence over this one. But keeping to my "private" self I really don't dwelve into much on that blog as well. I rant a little more about daily life and what I want to do in the near future but nothing that is deep or of consequence. Why is it that I don't share anything with anyone yet still sign up for a blog? Perhaps I'm just an oddball.
Alex.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
ROPTD: Star Wars - Sexual Harassment
Since Episode III just came out 1 week from this midnight I thought that this is a sweet picture for ROPTD. SW:EIII blew goats, but I'll get into that some other time.
Sexual Harassment Chewbacca!
-Alex 2005
Sexual Harassment Chewbacca!
-Alex 2005
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Traffic Waves
This is a really interesting find and in theory would work so well if everyone actually did it during a traffic jam.
The summary of this article is (if you are too lazy to read, but you should because its good!) that when I see a traffic jam in front of me I slow down and leave a big space in front of me so that the traffic jam in front of me can dissipate before I get there. By the time I arrive at the location of the traffic jam it will be gone and the cars behind me can keep a steady pace without having to feel the effects of a traffic jam. If I did exactly the opposite when approaching a traffic jam (speeding up and stopping when I get into the traffic jam) I will do nothing but feed the wave and it will keep on perpetuating the jam.
Here's the link Click here
Try this the next time you see a jam (that is if no one cuts in front of you) and see if it works.
Alex.
The summary of this article is (if you are too lazy to read, but you should because its good!) that when I see a traffic jam in front of me I slow down and leave a big space in front of me so that the traffic jam in front of me can dissipate before I get there. By the time I arrive at the location of the traffic jam it will be gone and the cars behind me can keep a steady pace without having to feel the effects of a traffic jam. If I did exactly the opposite when approaching a traffic jam (speeding up and stopping when I get into the traffic jam) I will do nothing but feed the wave and it will keep on perpetuating the jam.
Here's the link Click here
Try this the next time you see a jam (that is if no one cuts in front of you) and see if it works.
Alex.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Spelling mistakes can be malacious!
Found this on a forum and thought it was a good warning and also and interesting read.
*****
A malicious website has been detected by F-secure, that utilizes a spelling error when typing the name of popular search engine - 'Google.com'. If a user opens a malicious website, his/her computer gets hijacked.
The name of the malicious website is 'Googkle.com'. F-secure advises users to strictly stay away from this site, since simply accessing it allows a lot of different malware to get automatically downloaded and installed. Trojan droppers, trojan downloaders, backdoors, a proxy trojan and a spying trojan are some of the malware that get installed. A few adware-related files are installed.
When 'googkle.com' is opened in a browser, it shows 2 popup windows that are linked to the ntsearch.com and toolbarpartner.com. The 'ntsearch.com' website downloads and runs the 'pop.chm' file and the 'toolbarpartner.com' website downloads and runs the 'ddfs.chm' file. Both files are downloaded using exploits and they contain exploits themselves to run embedded executable files. One of the webpages of the 'toolbarpartner.com' website downloads a file named 'pic10.jpg' using an exploit. This JPG file is actually an executable that replaces Windows Media Player application.
In addition these websites launch a stream of webpages with different exploits and eventually end up in downloading and running 2 files from the 'daosearch.com' website; web.exe and classload.jar.
Basically, a malware package gets installed on an affected computer: 2 backdoors, 2 trojan droppers, a proxy trojan, a spying trojan (that steals bank-related information) and a trojan downloader.
The entire virus packaga also includes the 'svchosts.exe' file, which is a trojan dropper. It drops a DLL named 'svchosts.dll' into Windows System folder. This DLL places a fake virus alert on a desktop.
This fake alert, in turn leads users to a site, which claims to fix the issue. Unfortunately the way people are directed to that website is somewhat deceptional.
F-secure claims to have already reported this issue to the authorities.
Click here for Story Source
Be careful!
Alex.
A malicious website has been detected by F-secure, that utilizes a spelling error when typing the name of popular search engine - 'Google.com'. If a user opens a malicious website, his/her computer gets hijacked.
The name of the malicious website is 'Googkle.com'. F-secure advises users to strictly stay away from this site, since simply accessing it allows a lot of different malware to get automatically downloaded and installed. Trojan droppers, trojan downloaders, backdoors, a proxy trojan and a spying trojan are some of the malware that get installed. A few adware-related files are installed.
When 'googkle.com' is opened in a browser, it shows 2 popup windows that are linked to the ntsearch.com and toolbarpartner.com. The 'ntsearch.com' website downloads and runs the 'pop.chm' file and the 'toolbarpartner.com' website downloads and runs the 'ddfs.chm' file. Both files are downloaded using exploits and they contain exploits themselves to run embedded executable files. One of the webpages of the 'toolbarpartner.com' website downloads a file named 'pic10.jpg' using an exploit. This JPG file is actually an executable that replaces Windows Media Player application.
In addition these websites launch a stream of webpages with different exploits and eventually end up in downloading and running 2 files from the 'daosearch.com' website; web.exe and classload.jar.
Basically, a malware package gets installed on an affected computer: 2 backdoors, 2 trojan droppers, a proxy trojan, a spying trojan (that steals bank-related information) and a trojan downloader.
The entire virus packaga also includes the 'svchosts.exe' file, which is a trojan dropper. It drops a DLL named 'svchosts.dll' into Windows System folder. This DLL places a fake virus alert on a desktop.
This fake alert, in turn leads users to a site, which claims to fix the issue. Unfortunately the way people are directed to that website is somewhat deceptional.
F-secure claims to have already reported this issue to the authorities.
Click here for Story Source
Be careful!
Alex.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Another one.....
I have so many blogs now I just don't know what to do. Am I addicted to blogging? Is there an anonymous group out there that can help me if I do? Perhaps I need an intervention from friend/family that think my blogging has gone too far!!!!!!!
-Live Journal
-My Space
-CP
-AA
Perhaps I'm just looking for one that suits me best....yeah that's it!!!
-Live Journal
-My Space
-CP
-AA
Perhaps I'm just looking for one that suits me best....yeah that's it!!!
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