Re: [CGUYS] ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web

2008-04-20 Thread mike
www.netcraft.com offers a free toolbar that assists in letting you know where you are. It shows things like country origin of the server, and tries to look for suspicious looking urls that are meaningless but may cause harm. www.toolbar.netcraft.com Mike On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM, David

Re: [CGUYS] ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web

2008-04-20 Thread David Chessler
At 02:17 PM 4/20/2008, Tony B wrote: Yet another reason to use OpenDNS. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/isps-error-page.html Usually, one uses ones ISP's DNS server because it is "closest" and, therefore, fastest. It may be better to use a "secure" "noncommercial" DNS server, such

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Recycling Free Dropoff Today

2008-04-20 Thread Jeff Wright
I saw one ad in the Post, yesterday, and I read it daily. Like most of the people in the DC area, I don't read the Express version of the Post. > They were large display ads daily in the Post's Express for the last > two > weeks. Probably other papers too. And it is an easy to remember annual > e

Re: [CGUYS] usenet news reader

2008-04-20 Thread rlsimon
I read newsgroups (certain specialty newsgroups are quite useful in some technical areas) offline, so I use Newsbin to download the selected items and store them to look at later ...it is quite customizable. My ISP (ATT.net) furnishes newsgroup access included in the price. Seeing newsgroups "go

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Recycling Free Dropoff Today

2008-04-20 Thread Tom Piwowar
>And they gave 1 day's notice AGAIN. They were large display ads daily in the Post's Express for the last two weeks. Probably other papers too. And it is an easy to remember annual event: Earth Day. Sorry you missed it. I should have posted about it, but I did not think it was news. ***

[CGUYS] ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web

2008-04-20 Thread Tony B
Yet another reason to use OpenDNS. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/isps-error-page.html * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at htt

Re: [CGUYS] newsreader

2008-04-20 Thread rlsimon
also, I was thinking about it, and if you don't want to buy something like newsbin which has many custom automation features, you can dld the free Opera browser which has a very nice newsgroup reader included... * ** List in

Re: [CGUYS] Computer Recycling Free Dropoff Today

2008-04-20 Thread Jeff Wright
And they gave 1 day's notice AGAIN. I would love to take advantage of this event, but they do a piss-poor job at promoting it. I need more than a day to pull the necessary resources together. > -Original Message- > Despite the rain, there are scores of folks standing at the curb at > F

Re: [CGUYS] Macbook pwned...again

2008-04-20 Thread mike
Silly facts always get in the way of a good yarn don't they? Mike On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Got an url? > > Always asking for a hand out. > > > * > ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Cell phone [was: Signs of the arrival of FIOS]

2008-04-20 Thread b_s-wilk
No. Don't replace the 6010. It's the best basic phone you'll find. It's almost indestructible--except when you drop it into a Big Gulp like Cavan did. It has very good reception, is very reliable. The only thing missing is speaker-phone feature, but the headphone is also very good. The only

Re: [CGUYS] Recommendations re: freeware MAC emulators

2008-04-20 Thread Tom Piwowar
> My fiance gave me a keychain that has a little device for putting > pictures on it. The problem is, I have a PC and, it needs a MAC so, I > am looking for ideas on freeware. I definitely want to make use of > her gift, despite this problem. It would help us help you, plus give us useful inf

[CGUYS] Computer Recycling Free Dropoff Today

2008-04-20 Thread Tom Piwowar
Despite the rain, there are scores of folks standing at the curb at Freedom Plaza (13th & E Street NW) waiting to unload your car full of computer junk. We just dropped off a dozen computers and a dozen monitors plus bunches of old hard drives, CPU cards, mobos, and perpiperals. As we pulled up

Re: [CGUYS] Macbook pwned...again

2008-04-20 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Got an url? Always asking for a hand out. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***