Posted: 11/4/2010 9:44:08 PM EDT
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AMD or Intel?... Do you prefer domestic or foreign cars? ****************** Dual Core or Quad Core?... ################## For the next few items, also check out the lists at http://www.techsupportalert.com/ ****************** malware (virus/spyware/trojan)... 1) try malware bytes anti-malware. 2) try malware bytes anti-malware in safe mode. 3) try Microsoft's malicious software removal tool. 4) try Super Anti-Spyware. 5) try Combo Fix. 6) take the drive out and put it into another machine as a secondary drive and check it from the other machine. 7) you're fucked, wipe and reinstall. If you are running System V, the first goto run-level 6, then to run-level 1. Next you must.... ****************** free and good virus scanner... Free and good? Wanna sign up for welfare also ya cheap.... AVG, Avast have free (limited) versions. Microsoft's Security Essentials which is good/free/non bogging. If you are will to pay, ESET's NOD32 or NOD64. Note: Do not run multiple virus scanners as each virus scanner thinks the other virus scanner is a virus and they attack each other.. which is amusing. ****************** free and good video editing... There is no such thing. Why? Would you want to not be paid to do this all day? "The DCT-II is probably the most commonly used form, and is often simply referred to as "the DCT". This transform is exactly equivalent (up to an overall scale factor of 2) to a DFT of 4N real inputs of even symmetry where the even-indexed elements are zero. That is, it is half of the DFT of the 4N inputs yn, where y2n = 0, y2n + 1 = xn for 0 \leq n < N, and y4N - n = yn for 0 < n < 2N. Some authors further multiply the X0 term by 1/v2 and multiply the resulting matrix by an overall scale factor of \sqrt{2/N} (see below for the corresponding change in DCT-III). This makes the DCT-II matrix orthogonal, but breaks the direct correspondence with a real-even DFT of half-shifted input. The DCT-II implies the boundary conditions: xn is even around n=-1/2 and even around n=N-1/2; Xk is even around k=0 and odd around k=N." Actually that is not true. Some versions of Windows come with Movie Maker. VideoPad Video Editor, but some feature expire after trial period. There are some free free options: VirtualDub or Avidemux, but they are not the easiest to use and are limited in ability. ****************** copy DVD/DVD region... The DVD spec has a region-less setting also called "Region 0" or "region not specified". Most infringement programs will have the option of setting the DVD to region 0. Now, if you want get the DVD onto a video file on the hard drive (extract and transcode) try Handbrake. ****************** wire my house with Ethernet... http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Wire-Your-House-With-Cat-5-or-6-For-Ether/ ****************** wifi/wireless security... Different encryption types from useless to strongest. -Open (none) -WEP, broken, only use if you have no choice. will only stop people who didn't care in the first place. -WPA, acceptable/trustable. -WPA2, current best. probably want the PSK (pre-shared key, or pre-shared secret, aka a password) and AES options for this. ****************** Internet Explorer sucks... Try -Mozilla Firefox. -Google Chrome. -Apple Safari. -Opera...err Opera. -IE also comes in 7 and 8 if by "IE sucks" you mean IE 6. ****************** ip address tracking... You have the IP address of a person you don't like and you want be able to do what they do on TV and find out everything there is to know about them in 2 minutes. If a person does their homework and does not want to get caught then likely the IP address you have is not the one they are (were) at. However if it is stupid 14 year old on MyFaceTube, which is likely the case, then the IP info is probably fairly accurate. The IP can be looked up via ARIN to a rough geographic area, usually related to the ISP to whom the IP is allocated to. More than that you will need a subpoena. As evidence an (one) IP address in and of itself is not much proof of anything. It is a good starting place and will compliment corroborating evidence.* Also, if the schmuck comes back a 2nd or 87th time, that helps. Next step, get a National Security Letter (see below): you can bully people into doing your will and it incurs no practical over-site or review. *Personally, any court that convict solely on the basis of an IP address and an ISP log file is a kangaroo. ****************** My wife/gf/daughter/mother is a cheating whore! (spying on your OWN computer, aka keystroke logging)... -Install logging software on computer. Can record key strokes, mouse, and maybe even screen shots and remote monitoring but the software might be discovered. -Install hardware keystroke logger. You do not get screen shots, but it has no software to install/reveal it, just hide the dongle from your wife, which is what she did... -Report her to the FBI and they will get a National Security Letter. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Nsl_kenneth_sutton.pdf/page1-220px-Nsl_kenneth_sutton.pdf.jpg) ****************** Flush my automatic transmission?... Na, just drain, drop the pan and add new fluid. the old fluid you don't get will circulate out and mix with the new. |