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  1. Yeah, it is a silly and boring game as well. I'm glad I stopped playing it years ago.
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  2. Agreed with you! This is exactly what I am thinking too.
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  3. Only for the record since 2010 (or was it 2007?) or so Office formats (.docx and .xlsx) are actually zip files, and of course android .pkg are also .zip files, as such the whole preamble is pure nonsense, then the article goes on to list a case in which the archive is encrypted and prompts the user to download a fake pdf that is a html that is a wrapper that prompts user to input a password to view the contents of the archive. Surprisingly the password is used to decrypt the archive. So many words to say: NEVER trust anything that comes from someone you don't know, particularly if it has an attachment, let alone an encrypted file that prompts you for decryption Besides the actual HP/Wolf report being largely useless for anything except some vague statistical data, I rarely happen to read poorly written articles such as this one, the Author cannot even cite the right percentage written in the report (that is 44% and not 42%) then suggests that all these archives behave like a few specific malwares (that represent only a minimal percentage of the malware delivered via an archive). jaclaz
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  4. Sounds like there should be dramatic music here On Windows 8, I plan to stick with Firefox ESR 102, through September, and with Server 2012 updates through October. IF (and it's a big "if") Mozilla extends support to ESR 115, I will stick with Windows 8 for another year. Beyond that, I have a PC all set up with Windows 10 LTSC 2019, all ready to go, and as customized as possible. I have Classic Shell for the Start Menu, and I've used Winaero Tweaker to get it somewhat into submission. So I'm ready as can be. I will say though, I'm feeling a stir of interest over the upcoming Vista SP3. I'd be interested to see what it brings, just for interests' sake.
    2 points
  5. That's why I don't rely on the developers' decisions when it comes to extending support for unsupported OSes. This is exactly the same scenario like that "Microsoft could extend Windows 7's ESU until 2026" article from gHacks, where Microsoft said they could, but they didn't.
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  6. All of your predictions seemed to be true. I would say I am dissapointed but I already had a bad gut feeling after you first told us about their lies. Well, then it is really up to these Forums here again to try fixing what Google and Microsoft try to destroy. How is it that they say "it is too hard to port things back to 7/8.1, since Google already removed their codes"' without even trying? They're just bad liars and never really attended to do so. Again, thanks @D.Draker @win32 and everyone, who participate in finding ways how to keep up using modern software on those OS. Great job guys
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  7. WHY you condemn it, please... Have you ever had a bad encounter in there?.... "Domain whitelist" extension says: "Nothing to be allowed or denied..." - after uBlock allowed board.eclipse.cx only, nothing more. "Domain whitelist" action is MUCH stronger than blocking scripts (in uBlock or script-blocker of your choice)... it's "smallest interactive ad blocker, only allow requests from user-defined list of domains" - Size12.3KiB so nothing. By Dusan Halicky. Here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/domain-whitelist/pdfmaijcdceohdpbclfdidiobpfpdkda?hl=en So you're truly secure, cause it blocks effectively bad domains.
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  8. Why you wrote this?.. First, good address is board.eclipse.cx .... surely you are joking and this unfortunately can not be seen on this damn internet, too bad, this is not real life then - of course if you are looking for badly written addresses, you could have bad surprises with malware. Bad addresses bad surprises - I don't download anything except from chrome store
    2 points
  9. CHINA SAYS THEY ARE SOLVING A MAJOR HYPERSONIC HURDLE WITH METAMATERIALS AND WIFI At hypersonic speeds, communication is impossible. Or, at least it was... MJ BANIAS·JANUARY 20, 2023 The Chinese government recently announced it has allegedly solved the issue of communication for hypersonic missiles and aircraft using WiFi and metamaterials, according to an article published in the South China Morning Post. Hypersonic weapons and aircraft are considered to be the next big step in warfare. Traveling at speeds exceeding Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound), a hypersonic missile can hit a target from a massive distance and, due to speed, is virtually impossible to shoot down by air defences. The surface temperature of a hypersonic weapon or aircraft can exceed 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2,000 degrees Centigrade, creating a hot cocoon of scorching radio-blocking plasma around it. Basically, at those speeds, the hypersonic system can’t communicate and goes dark. For any possible future travel via hypersonic aircraft, this becomes an obvious problem. Future patrons may want to send a text message on the five minute flight between London and New York, or check their socials for the latest celebrity gossip. The more immediate and real issue is the inability to call off a hypersonic attack. Traditional large scale missile-based weapons have failsafes designed to explode the weapon prior to contact with a target, allowing the attacker to call off a strike for any number of reasons. Send up a weapon travelling at hypersonic speeds, the ability to shut it down, blow it up, or alter its course is not possible; or at least it wasn’t. According to Chinese media, a Shanghai research team designed a sleek antenna that could allow hypersonic missiles to communicate while travelling between Mach 5 and Mach 20. While the Chinese military has claimed they have been able to communicate with hypersonic missiles for over a year now during tests, the current system, which uses satellite and ground based networks, costs a fortune to build and operate. In the January edition of Journal of Microwaves, a peer-reviewed publication run by the Chinese Institute of Electronics, researchers said this new system would utilize low frequencies to aid in “target identification, positioning and other critical functions.” The team created a soft and slim antenna that attaches to the cooler aft of the weapon. According to the team, the ground tests indicated that the antenna achieved “remarkable” performance at frequencies between 5.2 to 5.8 gigahertz, the same low frequencies usually used for 5G smartphones, high-speed Wi-Fi routers, and other internet-based devices. Moreover, compared to the military’s work in hypersonic communications, the Shanghai team says it’s really cheap. According to the paper, the team developed a thin membrane metamaterial composed of wires arranged with maze-like gaps between each one that can trap or alter electromagnetic waves. Since communication is happening at the lower frequencies, more “noise” is produced over the missile’s surface, leading to a drop in signal strength and quality. In simple terms, the metamaterial’s complex wire labyrinth is able to soak up more signal and increase communication quality. In turn, the antenna can convert that low frequency signal and focus it into a beam, creating an effective communication system between the hypersonic weapon and the operator. Unfortunately, the state-run journal did not provide the ground test data, making it impossible to verify the claims made by the team. Here: https://thedebrief.org/china-hypersonic-metamaterial-wifi/
    2 points
  10. Hi all and merry X-mass, I got bored and with the help of @Dixel and some amount of inspiration I sometimes get from @win32, I butchered the latest Opera 96 (110) to make it run on our beloved Vista ! This chinese browser Opera is based on the newest Chrome 110, which is officially supported only on Win 10 +. Also, I forced it to use its native hardware Skia engine 110. (which is now blocked on win 7 by default). For those who still drive their Sd.Kfz.8, Opera 95 and Chrome 109 are the last for win 7, so as of now, win 7 and the extended kernel for Vista are not able to run the 110 Chrome version. Please don't ask me about running it on WIn 7, I don't know (or won't tell) anything. In theory, it's possible for win 7 to run it. But only if you edit the browser code. (which is forbidden). Only Vista related questions. Thanks. Opera EULA says we can't edit their code, so I shall share my hacks/findings with @win32 and maybe he will be able to implement this in his next kernel release, so all of you could run it without the editing hacks.
    1 point
  11. By Ryan Whitwam on December 2, 2022 at 9:31 am We all, hopefully, learned long ago not to open suspicious Microsoft Office files, which have long been one of the most common vectors for malware infection. According to a new report, there’s a new public enemy number one when it comes to cybersecurity: ZIP and RAR archives. Data from HP Wolf Security shows that encrypted file archives have become the most common way of distributing malware, and your antivirus scanner may be of little help. According to HP’s threat analysis group, ZIP and RAR archives accounted for 42 percent of malware attacks between July and September this year. This method jumped 11 percent over the course of 2022, spurred on by more advanced methods of social engineering (phishing) and HTML fakery. That makes malicious archives more common than viruses distributed via Microsoft Word and Excel files, which have been the most popular method for three years running. Sending out malware as archives can make it harder for even savvy internet users to stay safe. HP Wolf Security, explains that these archives can obscure the dangerous payload from scanners because they cannot see inside the encrypted containers. These ZIP and RAR files are often paired with a phony HTML file that masquerades as a PDF. When run, they produce a fake web document viewer which has the user input a password. However, that password actually decrypts the archive file, exposing the system to malware. HP’s threat group says the malware authors spent a great deal of effort making the fake HTML pages look as legitimate as possible.... MORE: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/341244-zip-rar-have-surpassed-office-files-as-most-used-malware-containers
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  12. Sometimes I watch news to not be completely oblivious to what goes on around. My memory is good at self-clearing, so no worries that my head'll explode from it. Agreed with you! This is exactly what I am thinking too. Welp, we have to get through the day somehow. Journalists have to report something. It is what it is. Yeah, it is a silly and boring game as well. I'm glad I stopped playing it years ago. Related - https://venturebeat.com/games/talking-tom-managing-a-franchise-with-8-billion-downloads/ Don't know what else to say, so leaving the quote I came by:
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  13. It has TLS 1.2 web browsing, which is nice, but doing something like banking is gonna be a herculean task without using browservice. Social media, which is less mandatory, is also a difficult task depending on the platform. Since there are few people willing to create a TLS 1.3-compatible graphical browser for DOS (and, even if you did, some sites would probably reject you outright because of your user agent), you're stuck with building custom clients for websites that have accessible APIs. This is easier for some sites than others (as a twitter client would require you to render or otherwise operate a browser page to allow API access, for example), but it's not impossible, since someone's already done it for Mastodon. Instant messaging platforms like Telegram and Discord are both difficult or impossible to write for (the former requiring asynchronous code and backporting of C++14, and the latter technically being a little more possible but being a ToS violation AKA ban risk). DOS could definitely be more "alive" with a more dedicated group of users developing new software, but even the more hardcore "never upgrade" adherents keep Windows or some other graphical desktop for non-coding/non-gaming purposes. The potential is there, but people would need to want to do it first.
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  14. With no definition updates, MBAM 2 does not seem like a great idea anymore. ☹️ Maybe try ESET SysRescue Live for occasional scanning. It still claims to support XP and even Windows 2000, and I can’t find any mention of an SSE2 requirement (but I never used it on an SSE1-only system myself). Of course other antivirus vendors make similar bootable rescue disks that you could look into. I’m a big believer in real-time protection myself, and there are still options for SSE1-only systems. The last version of Avast that did not require SSE2 was reportedly 10.4, which should still receive definitions AFAIK (although versions 8 and earlier have been cut off). Kaspersky 18 also has no SSE2 requirement according to the article linked below. (Disclaimer: I am an American who never used Kaspersky and does not admire Vladimir Putin, but MSFN is an international forum and some members may not care what the US government thinks of Kaspersky.) https://support.kaspersky.com/us/common/compatibility/15479
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  15. Why We Never Found The Malaysian Flight MH370? "Fred Adam 2 weeks ago As a retired airline pilot, there are many inaccurate comments here, too many to mention. In my research, my theory fits everything known about this. The one link that is rarely mentioned is the captain on this flight. Most people think airline pilots are mentally stable, but all of the data, except the state of mind of the captain which is impossible to fathom. Yet, there are clues to this as well. But an experienced knowledgeable pilot could easily have done all of these things." "James Smith 10 days ago (edited) This is a great documentary. I still feel the freescale/engineer connection is beyond coincidence. I've always wondered if the plane was taken specifically for this technology and/or it's engineers. Possibly by working directly with one of these engineers to pull this off...or from someone within that company working remotely." "Tony Barfridge 10 days ago (edited) I just watched a current affairs interview and the latest theory is one of the pilots was responsible for crashing it into the Indian Ocean. Don't know if he was just mentally disturbed, a disgruntled employee, unhappy dissatisfying life or what. But the search area has been narrowed down to 180 km area due to analysing signals recorded by a ham radio operator in Australia. It was put into a holding pattern (?) for 20 minutes which means he could have been communicating with the Malaysian Government, the airline, or other party for directions, confirmation, to know if he was being followed etc. If it is found the Airline or Gov is responsible somehow there would be multimillion dollar claims, which of course they wouldn't want, and would also explain the silence on the matter, and lack of investigation by those parties, as they would hope it will quietly go away and eventually be forgotten; yet many still want answers naturally. Finding the wreckage apparently will reveal the true story of what happened."
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  16. yes the dos does not care about mb or gb of ram or thousand mhz's it is just works with its own ram
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  17. part of my series (state of windows)
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  18. With Trumpet, you can check the main log Window. With WATTCP, there is an option in the config, to save the DHCP settings to a file. Obviously, if you specify a static address, that should be the I.P. you are using. I believe, if mTCP programs are not pre-assigned DHCP in the config, they will display the information during execution. If you need your host I.P., for Windows you can follow these directions. Those are for Win10&11. But its very similar for other Windows. If you need to find out what other I.P.s are on you network, it might be good to have a administer access to your gateway/router. That should, at the very least, have a log. But more then likely, It will have detailed network client information and status. ---Some Notes--- Since you say you are kinda just learning things, there are some things I'd like to put out there. There is a ton of information that could be included in this thread. You and I are just stumbling on them as subjects occur. But with that said, even on the subjects we have touched on, there is plenty of undisclosed information. For example, with the setup you are now using, it should be possible to use all static addresses having the same I.P.. But there is potential for occasional conflicts. I have never had one, when run that way. But, I am sure it is possible. My explanation for suggesting the setup you have now, is that it is the more "By the Book" clean approach. Since you are having some configuration issues, it seems best to apply the most diagnostic friendly setup. Earlier we had you running PKTDRV in MsDos Prompts. For me, that has worked pretty well, for some projects. But, by the nature of these components, I have occasionally ran into memory conflicts. The constraints involved there are a deeper subject. With appropriate care and consideration, those conflicts can be avoided. The simple rule of thumb, is to unload every PKTDRV before closing the MsDos Prompt, that loaded it. You would run the desired application, in between loading and unloading, from that same prompt. And if loading multiple MsDos Prompt PKTDRV sessions, manually specifying each new interrupt would be advisable. Separate Dos VMs (Windows MsDos Prompts) don't acknowledge, or at least don't always acknowledge, each others interrupt use. They will tend to only acknowledge real Dos interrupt use. PKTMUX is running in real dos. But even without that real/VM Dos crossover, there is probably potential for conflict.
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  19. I have, it definitely works on Fritzbox routers but I assume it works on other providers too.
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  20. For those who were seeking "official" confirmation. Opera finally admits they lied . After I pressured them ? I dunno. A reminder : 96 is based on chrome 110, which I ported to Vista. https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-96/ "DNA-104390 Remove Windows 7, 8 support ..." https://msfn.org/board/topic/184249-chrome-110-based-opera-i-ported-it-to-vista/
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  21. It certainly can be done. Just gotta pick your poison. I suppose the issue for some people, is portability. Depending on the OS configuration, some machines may not care to boot it. Using Hiren's minimal Windows 98 as an example, it goes to show that a high rate of compatibility can be achieved.
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  22. I think CloseHandle may also work. Maybe QueryProcessAffinityUpdateMode. Possibly QueryFullProcessImageNameW and GetEnvironmentVariable respectively. If those are the only two functions imported from kernel32, you can change the import DLL name to psapi.dll and the function imports to GetModuleInformation and GetProcessMemoryInfo.
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  23. I recommend getting something simple to work first, even if the thumb drive is in compatibility mode. Then add Smartdrv. Fat16+DriveSpace and ram disks are other options. I've been thinking for over a decade about running 98se from a thumb drive and have lots of ideas.
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  24. Consider this, the free version of Paragon NTFS for Win9x works on Win95. So that eliminates the likelihood of needing several updates. The manual states that the System requirements are: Windows 95/98/ME, 16 MB of Ram, an NTFS partition or the space to create one. I don't know about other NTFS drivers/software, because I haven't tried them.
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  25. In latest St52 [v52.9.0 (2023-01-19) (32-bit)] and uBO-1.16.4.31b2 by @hawkeye116477, "Online Malicious URL Blocklist" is listed inside the "malware domains" section of the stock lists: In my specific "old" profile, its content is outdated, dating back to 2021/12/25: As reported, the list won't self-update, and the reason is the list has migrated to newer URIs: https://gitlab.com/malware-filter/urlhaus-filter#urlhaus-malicious-url-blocklist https://gitlab.com/malware-filter/urlhaus-filter#url-based Like nicolaas, I subscribed myself to the "Lite" version of the list ... BTW, "uBlock₀ filters – Quick fixes" was added, too, as a custom list: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/quick-fixes.txt
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  26. US Marines Defeat DARPA Robot by Hiding Under a Cardboard Box The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invested some of its resources into a robot that’s been trained—likely among other things—to identify humans. There’s just one little problem: The robot is cartoonishly easy to confuse. Army veteran, former Pentagon policy analyst, and author Paul Scharre is gearing up to release a new book called Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Despite the fact that the book isn’t scheduled to hit shelves until Feb. 28, Twitter users are already sharing excerpts via social media. This includes The Economist‘s defense editor, Shashank Joshi, who shared a particularly laughable passage on Twitter. In the excerpt, Scharre describes a week during which DARPA calibrated its robot’s human recognition algorithm alongside a group of US Marines. The Marines and a team of DARPA engineers spent six days walking around the robot, training it to identify the moving human form. On the seventh day, the engineers placed the robot at the center of a traffic circle and devised a little game: The Marines had to approach the robot from a distance and touch the robot without being detected. DARPA was quickly humbled. Scharre writes that all eight Marines were able to defeat the robot using techniques that could have come straight out of a Looney Tunes episode. Two of the Marines somersaulted toward the center of the traffic circle, thus using a form of movement the robot hadn’t been trained to identify. Another pair shuffled toward the robot under a cardboard box... MORE: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/342413-us-marines-defeat-darpa-robot-by-hiding-under-a-cardboard-box
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  27. I never used Office in my whole life to begin with. And RAR is a russian programme, so again - nothing new. ZIP and CAB are Microsoft, that's what I use, just don't open - if you don't know where it came from.
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  28. any file type is unsafe if used the wrong way (like downloading from weird websites) as long as you only download from safe official websites then you should be safe
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  29. What does this mean, are ZIP and RAR files becoming unsafe as well?
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  30. NASA Prepares to Develop Its Next Large Space Telescope (Image: Jonny Gios/Unsplash) You’d think NASA would want to take a breather after its successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but that isn’t the case. NASA is already gearing up to develop its next big telescope using the insights gleaned from last year’s launch. When the National Academies published Astro2020 (short for “ Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s”) in 2021, the decadal survey urged NASA to pursue the development of a future space telescope that would operate at ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The goal, according to the survey, was for this telescope to pave the way for far-infrared and X-ray telescopes. All of these projects could be housed under one umbrella program. NASA appears to have taken Astro2020’s recommendation to heart. Last year the agency kicked off the Great Observatory Technology Maturation Program (GOMAP), a tech development initiative that would focus on what are commonly called the “New Great Observatories.” According to NASA officials who spoke at the 241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society earlier this month, GOMAP’s first task is to develop a 6.5-meter UV, visible, and near-infrared space telescope—the very one Astro2020 recommended just over a year ago. It will be called the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO)... More: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/342340-nasa-prepares-to-develop-its-next-large-space-telescope
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  31. I'll be testing with UBO when I get home. When I last used UBO, I was thoroughly UNIMPRESSED relative to uMatrix. That MAY have changed.
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  32. @Sampei.Nihira, Which browser is that you are using above?
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  33. The magnificent starburst galaxy Messier 82 This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82. It is a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF). Here: https://esahubble.org/images/heic0604a/
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  34. The Bubble Nebula – a Hubble Telescope mosaic http://astrophoto.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/bubbleHST_NHO_crop-1800x1112.jpg http://astrophoto.net/wp/2018/06/02/the-bubble-nebula-a-hubble-telescope-mosaic/ This image is from esahubble.org: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1608a/ This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, released to celebrate Hubble’s 26th year in orbit (in 2016), captures in stunning clarity what looks like a gigantic cosmic soap bubble. The object, known as the Bubble Nebula, is in fact a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the brilliant star within it. The vivid new portrait of this dramatic scene wins the Bubble Nebula a place in the exclusive Hubble hall of fame, following an impressive lineage of Hubble anniversary images. Twenty six years ago (in 2016), on 24 April 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery as the first space telescope of its kind. Every year, to commemorate this momentous day in space history, Hubble spends a modest portion of its observing time capturing a spectacular view of a specially chosen astronomical object. This year’s anniversary object is the Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, which lies 8 000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. This object was first discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and this is not the first time it has caught Hubble’s eye. However, due to its very large size on the sky, previous Hubble images have only shown small sections of the nebula, providing a much less spectacular overall effect. Now, a mosaic of four images from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) allows us to see the whole object in one picture for the first time. This complete view of the Bubble Nebula allows us to fully appreciate the almost perfectly symmetrical shell which gives the nebula its name. This shell is the result of a powerful flow of gas — known as a stellar wind — from the bright star visible just to the left of centre in this image. The star, SAO 20575, is between ten and twenty times the mass of the Sun and the pressure created by its stellar wind forces the surrounding interstellar material outwards into this bubble-like form. The giant molecular cloud that surrounds the star — glowing in the star’s intense ultraviolet radiation — tries to stop the expansion of the bubble. However, although the sphere already measures around ten light-years in diameter, it is still growing, owing to the constant pressure of the stellar wind — currently at more than 100 000 kilometres per hour! Description (and more): https://esahubble.org/news/heic1608/
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  35. It seems you somehow have the new assets then. Very strange indeed. The "Quick fixes" list was added later in official uBO and is not present in my version 1.16.4.31b2 by hawkeye116477. Also, the "Legacy" list is moved to the bottom. Here it is still in the stock lists.
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  36. A Cosmic Pearl - Bubble Nebula by Andrew McCarthy Here: https://cosmicbackground.io/products/a-cosmic-pearl
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  37. No idea. I have Mypal 68 and there the WE version of uBlock Origin (1.46.0), works well. P.S. I have my doubts about the security of the Mypal browser...
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  38. Doctors’ representatives are pushing for the end of the mask requirement in practices 1/23/2023, 7:32:00 AM The corona situation is easing – hospitals are seeing fewer intensive care patients, and restrictions are falling in many places. Medical associations are now demanding that employees in practices should no longer have to wear masks. In Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, employees in medical practices no longer have to wear mouth and nose protection from February. Now the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) and the German General Practitioners Association as well as other industry representatives are calling for an end to the corona mask requirement in practices in the remaining federal states. "It is logical to lift the mask requirement in doctor's offices and other medical facilities, as Bavaria has now announced. The other federal states should follow this step," said KBV chairman Andreas Gassen to the editorial network Germany (RND). »The pandemic situation is over.« The deputy federal chair of the general practitioners' association, Nicola Buhlinger-Göpfarth, told the RND: "In our view, there is no need for the legislature to wear a mask in medical practices." The practices should decide this independently. Last Thursday, Bavaria announced that it would lift the state mask requirement for employees in medical practices and other outpatient medical facilities from February 1st. Baden-Württemberg followed suit on Friday. Due to federal infection protection regulations, on the other hand, the FFP2 mask requirement will remain in clinics and care facilities, as well as for patients and visitors to medical practices - according to the current status until April 7th. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) rejects a quick end to the mask requirement in the healthcare sector. He justifies this with the protection of particularly vulnerable people. Significantly fewer pandemic patients in hospitals Meanwhile, a trend reversal is emerging in German hospitals in view of the wave of respiratory diseases and the workload of the staff. Since the beginning of January, the number of corona patients in the intensive care units has “reduced from around 1,500 to less than 800 today – i.e. almost halved,” said the Vice President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), Gernot Marx, the RND. "Corona is no longer a problem in the intensive care units." In addition, the number of daily new admissions is falling steadily. This is a "very positive development," said Marx. Now “the many postponed, plannable operations from December” could be made up for. At the moment, the clinic staff "doesn't have to think every day about how we can still ensure patient care," said Marx. According to the German Hospital Society (DKG), occupancy is also decreasing in the other wards. "Significantly falling occupancy numbers" would be recorded for those who tested positive for the corona virus, said DGK CEO Gerald Gass to the RND. The number of sick employees is also declining, “so that the personnel situation is slowly improving”. col/dpa/AFP Source: spiegel Here: https://newsrnd.com/news/2023-01-23-corona-virus--doctors’-representatives-are-pushing-for-the-end-of-the-mask-requirement-in-practices.HylYycjsij.html
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  39. Sorry to hear about your mother... I don't watch TV, except for mass sometimes..
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  40. This all is so damn complicated, why do you need to stuff your head with it ? Any ways to give a flying (4 letter word) ? Just ignore and live for yourself, no ? The last time I watched TV was during the fall of the wall. My mother used to watch TV all her life and now she is brain-dead. Scary future awaits you, if you don't stop.
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  41. Well, we can speculate a bit. Avast 4.8 was the latest compatible version for Windows98SE and was released in 2008. The definition updates went on 'till 2017, so this gives us 9 years of definition updates. Avast 18.8 was the latest compatible version for Windows XP and was released in 2018. Should it follow the same pattern as 98SE, we should get definition updates 'till 2027 at least. Yeah it's been tough for a number of reasons one of which was COVID. I was one of the people you heard about on TV that was hospitalized after taking the first dose of Oxford Astra Zeneca. The 2nd dose went fine (still Oxford Astra Zeneca) after taking stuff to avoid blood clots and the 3rd one (Pfizer Booster) also was fine. Then in December 2021 I caught COVID, had a miserable time despite being triple jabbed, spent Christmas and New Year alone etc. I don't wanna talk too much about all this, but yeah, pretty tough time...
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  42. I feel dumb asking this, but with the amount of browsers builds... I lost the track... Which is the browser, with the most most "up-to-date"/compatible engine with sites, and that has support, or is compatible, with Windows SP2 (aka Service Pack 2)? The point is that since long ago I use NewMoon 28... but I don't see updates to the engine with always the same messages at the blog: "No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build." So... that's it, which is the latest browser for XP SP2?
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  43. Windows 7. If you can't use it as main OS (e.g. dualboot), you can install it in VM.
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  44. Hi, Usher! Long time no see! Good to have you around! Look, while I don't have either mpa*-fe.exe files, I do have the 2807 definitions (which should be enough for you). I don't know whether those are the very last, but they're certainly quite near it. Here you go: mpxxx_vdm.1_293_2807.0.7z
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  45. Microsoft Security Essentials Updater for download and update the definition. (for Windows XP x86/x64, Functionality not tested on other versions of Windows!) Download: here Download via Webproxy: here Password: P&n"y9j5V23Khb1%vA7vM9CreU3BYzI429TD$h6K§ Update V1.9 on 05/02/2019 Update V1.8 on 04/30/2019 Update V1.7 on 04/25/2019 Update V1.5 on 04/01/2017 Update V1.3 on 07/11/2016 Update V1.2 on 05/14/2016 Update V1.1 on 05/02/2016
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