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Well, I wasn't really being serious what I said about linux. Just so you know :-) It was sorta just the heat of the moment.
Anyways, sorry about that, guys! :-)
So, please excuse my "uncalled for", "gratuitious", "unbecoming" and "failed-to-meet-Jaclaz's-expectations" comments from posts #84 and #86 above.
Now, back to having fun, and posting youtube videos! (I hope)
Your apology is accepted, for I knew you did not mean it.
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Thank you, but I already know about that.
Hmmm... have you tried booting the ISO in a VM? Sounds like the DVD you burned(?) got corrupted (maybe). I never burn faster than 4x DVD's and 8x for CD's (safe bets).
No I have not tried to boot in a VM yet, but I did have issues with dvd's and my computer before
so that is a very possible (Most likely) answer. (I use imgburn just to throw that out there) I'll try in a VM, and will report here later.0 -
Hey y'all. I dropped by when I was reading up on the WUD app.
So...um...whatcha got going on here?
Hello and welcome to MSFN forum
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As the title states, I'm struggling to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my hp pavilion p6510y. My goal is to dual boot it with my windows vista (64 bit), but when I plop my DVD in it just constantly brings up a bunch of random letters. (the letters you get with a corrupted hard drive except it doesn't make a long list, but randomly generates, letter at the cursor). My HP pavilion has a AMD Anthlon ll x4 (2.80 gh) processors, which is why I downloaded the OpenBSD/amd64. Do not the harddrive is not corrupt for I tried multiple hard drives, and accidentally the one with vista
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Thanks jaclaz, you explain it very well.
I guess that in your situation it's out of the question to keep using that program after it goes EOS? (What can there be left to fix in a program that's already been out for two decades?)
Anyway, it's remarkable that they supported a DOS-type application this far into the 21st century. We (you) would definitely prefer to have it supported forever, and that would be ideal. But to use operating systems as an example, in practice I observe that it's the proprietary (Windows) OSes that get maintained and supported for a decade or longer, whereas in the case of the "FOSS" OSes (Linux) users get pushed out the door after a couple of years. So in that sense I get to use what I like -- and enjoy support for it -- for longer by using the commercial OS. Not forever, of course, but for a longer time, which makes my work environment that much more stable, running with fewer major disruptions.
I don't have direct experience with how this works with particular applications (OpenOffice/LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office, for example), but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it works much the same as with OSes: older versions of the "free" suites enjoy no support at all from the developers and users are on their own. In contrast, Microsoft supported Office 2003 until just last month. LibreOffice releases are supported for a whopping nine months and then you have to either go searching for someone who will maintain it afterward, or else install the new release. Talk about the upgrade treadmill!!
To my mind, that's not freedom, but actually a heavier bondage to the developers' desires.
--JorgeA
That is the issue with Linux. The support cycles are so d@mn fast
(for the OS "distros", and the software). Personally I am making the jump from Linux, to BSD (except for Whonix this linux distro is too good). I'll be particularly moving to Open BSD.0 -
Kim Dotcom seems shadey to me
He probably is, and that is why I trust his client with my stuff.
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Call me old school but i want nothing to do with the cloud
Its the smart thing to do. I only use the cloud, so I can have a spare "usb drive" in a sense. Also it is encrypted so they, or prying eyes don't sneak on my stuff (which isn't important just blender stuff). The only other reason I trust this particular cloud service is because it is made/run by Kim Dotcom. And I would, believe that he would things that he does (or runs) to be very very secure
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I want to say IV, because Rocky had his robot. Otherwise meh, the training montage. I can't get over the robot, it was like wow he got so rich from boxing, he brought a robot.
The robot was such a stupid little that it got stuck to my mind and made me like rocky IV.
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It's not the compression, it's the write privilege on the .text section:
Thank you for clarifying.
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Welcome, and have a good week too, emetib
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This, besides being senselessly offensive
for the good Linux guys is such an apodictical statement that it IMNSHO effectively lowers the level of this thread well below the already extremely scarce level it reached. I will tag this post for future use as "uncalled for", "gratuitious", "unbecoming".
I wish you luck Mr.LostinSpace. This post is really OT, but I thought I'd like to quote a post that should help you when jaclaz makes his move
Sure
, it is just a funny way to write an introduction, no offence whatever implied or intended (rest assured that IF and WHEN I might attempt to offend you, you will see the difference , and you will be really offended ) .0 -
E Nomine- Mitternacht with lyrics
For those of you who don't know German, or want to understand what the Latin parts mean here's a nice little translation http://lyricstranslate.com/en/mitternacht-midnight.html-1
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Next time, maybe he can tell me why I should stop using Windows ME. Or why I should stop driving a 1994 Mercury Sable, or why I should stop using my 1970 Ford pickup to haul things, or why I should stop eating candy, or why I should hold my breath if I smell a foul odor, or why I should avoid sunlight between 10am and 2pm.... or why using the same pair of guitar strings for a year and a half is bad for my fingers, and why the strings become oxidized, or why furnace heating is better than electric...
Next time, maybe he can tell me how pebcak is a software issue, and not the user
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So let me put it this way: XP users can not be safe. XP users can be lucky.
That's the problem. Its not XP user can only be lucky, but ALL windows users can only be lucky. Infection is normally caused by pebcak, and, it also all goes down to the probability of YOU being attacked.
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I don't hear much mention these days of using SpywareBlaster and an updated Hosts file. I certainly use both on my machine and feel they both can offer good extra protection for a person's XP setup. Just like to hear opinions on using SpywareBlaster and a Hosts file and just how much a benefit they would be?
SpywareBlaster
http://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html
Hosts File ... updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
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I personally like Spywareblaster. It is good at removing alot of tracking cookies and other spyware (hence the name of the app). I personally use 2 anti-virus (Avast and clamwin/sentinel) 1 anti-malware (Malware bytes) then 2 anti-spyware (SuperAntiMalware, Spywareblaster). (with the two AV's I had to white list their folders from each other so they don't try to kill each other) Having two using real time protection is not a good thing and not recommended, but I never had an issue (still wouldn't do it though).
EDIT: If your still wondering you can look at some reviews here http://download.cnet.com/SpywareBlaster/3000-8022_4-10196637.html (if you like cnet)
Another thing to note, is that I now use SuperAntiSpyware as my main spyware, IMO I thought that SuperAnti was better.
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Ok, so I need this explained to me. Why would I want to compress a program to run it? I can already run VLC, so what would compressing it with UPX do? And why UPX? Why not some other compression format?
Please read this topic starting from here http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/152471-kernelex-apps-compatibility-list-new/page-13#entry1072080
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Maybe you meant "I don't care whether you cite them or not"?
Why yes I do
. Sometimes I type to fast for me to render .whereas I consider that impossible to be done by physical means alone (and hence resticted to the domain of sci-fi). Even more, to deny an user the ability to engage in risky behavior is actually to deprieve him of freedom, on a more philosophic take on it, so I'd really dread such a future, not dream about it. One must be careful what one wishes...+1
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Flasche, sorry, that first post was meant for submix, not you.
I know, I just don't care whether you cite them or not.
Microsoft security developers and they're very good, they do their best, and that's what they're paid to do.
Its not M$, but the NSA which is purposely making companies (rather compliant or not) to have the vulnerabilities.
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I have no real reason to cite my statements. I don't care if people question whether I've gone to school for CS or not, or what work I've done. You can choose not to believe me.
I'm not saying that what your saying is wrong, but formally debating your statements.
Your theory on why they push new OS's is incorrect. Yes, they like money. But they don't make money by having an insecure OS, it has hurt them for years, especially on the server end of things. There is no one saying "Hey how do we get really secure but still be exploitable?" Literally no one ever has said this, because the idea of being 100% secure is just inane to begin with.
Yes M$ pushes the new OSes on you so they can make money. That is how they make the bulk of their money, and is why they are changing to a "renting" OS style. (though I do admit that MS does have one of the best OS support lengths especially compared to Linux's) As for security I started to become skeptical of Security being the number 1 priority when some how an IE vulnerability that has existed for almost 10 years but has somehow, mysteriously, never been discovered until just days after XP goes EOL? (thankfully with this one M$ gave in to public pressure and did release the update for XP)
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I'm well aware of what PEBCAK is. It only exists due to software flaws. Flash is not a huge gaping hole. It is software. It is exposed through Internet Explorer. Not using Internet Explorer means Flash will not be exploitable.
pebcak exists because of the user not understanding the software they are using not the software flaw
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MS stated that it doesn't matter if you use IE or not Flash vulnerabilities will still effect you if you use MS OFFICE, or let alone any program that uses flash. That to me seems like a big gaping hole. Yet proving my open wound theory
I think people here have been talking about some nonexistent 'FUD campaign' by Microsoft. I can not tell you how wrong you are to believe such a thing. People want other people to be secure.
Not true you know the only reason why M$ pushes the new OSes is so they can make money, not really about security. Also if this was the case there would be no need for updates or patches, but is simply not true. Sure they will help you, but no business based on IT wants to have their users be 100% secure, there will be no profit. Sadly its all about the money, and if that means purposely allowing exploits to happen then so be it.
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Issue found. Av heuristic scanning was quarantining the file.
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PEBCAK is a failure of software.
pebcak is a user error, not a failure of the software. (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)
Yes, if Flash is not on XP and Flash is on 8 then 8 is vulnerable to what Flash is vulnerable to, assuming the user uses IE. If Flash is installed on both, it is far more secure on 8, where ASLR exists (and flash uses high entropy ASLR and force ASLR) among many other techniques.
That still doesn't deny the fact that flash is integrated. It leaves a huge gaping hole in the security. You can apply as many bandaides as you want to an open wound, but eventually, it will all ooze out.
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PEBCAK only exists because software is currently not good enough to handle security for users.
That simply isn't true, and never will be. pebcak is user error, and has nothing to do with how insecure the software they are using is.
Flash on Windows 8 is far more secure than Flash on XP.
Since flash is integrated into Windows 8 it would make it more vulnerable to flash vulnerabilities then XP even with EPM. (Its like a handicap)
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so that is a very possible (Most likely) answer. (I use imgburn just to throw that out there) I'll try in a VM, and will report here later.
(for the OS "distros", and the software). Personally I am making the jump from Linux, to BSD (except for Whonix this linux distro is too good). I'll be particularly moving to Open BSD.
, it is just a funny way to write an introduction, no offence whatever implied or intended (rest assured that IF and WHEN I might attempt to offend you, you will see the difference 
, and you will be really offended 
, and maybe next time he wont troll 
Maybe you meant "I don't care whether you 
. Sometimes I type to fast for me to render 
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Windows 8 - Deeper Impressions
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I have tails on a flash drive. The biggest difference between Tails and Whonix is there standpoint. Tails is a portable secure OS while Whonix is not. Another thing to note would be that while both are secure and privacy oriented, Whonix is the most secure and safest of the two. (Whonix is over kill in privacy)
Here is a little neat list comparing the two (the tails info is from 0.16, but the basics should be correct) https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Comparison_with_Others#Introduction