Why the internet will fail (from 1995)

Thanks go to Three Word Chant!

The Inter­net? Bah!

Hype alert: Why cybers­pace isn’t, and will never be, nirvana

By Clif­ford Stoll | NEWSWEEK

From the maga­zine issue dated Feb 27, 1995

After two deca­des online, I’m per­ple­xed. It’s not that I haven’t had a gas of a good time on the Inter­net. I’ve met great peo­ple and even caught a hac­ker or two. But today, I’m uneasy about this most trendy and over­sold com­mu­nity. Visio­na­ries see a future of tele­com­mu­ting wor­kers, inte­rac­tive libra­ries and mul­ti­me­dia class­rooms. They speak of elec­tro­nic town mee­tings and vir­tual com­mu­ni­ties. Com­merce and busi­ness will shift from offi­ces and malls to net­works and modems. And the free­dom of digi­tal net­works will make govern­ment more democratic.

Balo­ney. Do our com­pu­ter pun­dits lack all com­mon sense? The truth in no online data­base will replace your daily news­pa­per, no CD-ROM can take the place of a com­pe­tent teacher and no com­pu­ter net­work will change the way govern­ment works.

Read more…

Geek Humor

• >——– The infor­ma­tion went data way ——–<
• 2 + 2 = 5 (for extre­mely large values of 2)
• AAAAA (Ame­ri­can Asso­cia­tion Against Acronym Abuse)
• (A)bort, ®etry, ℗retend this never happened…
• Access denied — nah nah na nah nah!
• An error? Impos­si­ble! My modem is error correcting.
• As a com­pu­ter, I find your faith in tech­no­logy amusing.
• ASCII stu­pid ques­tion, get a stu­pid ANCI.
• Bad com­mand. Bad, bad com­mand! Sit! Stay! Staaay…
• Bad com­mand or file name! Go stand in the corner.
• Best file com­pres­sion around: “DEL *.*” = 100% compression
• Beware of com­pu­ter pro­gram­mers that carry screw­dri­vers. (Leo­nard Brandwein)
• Beware of geeks bea­ring gifs.
• Bles­sed are the pes­si­mists, for they make backups!
• Bles­sed is the end-user who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.
• The box said, “Requi­res Win­dows 98 or bet­ter” so I ins­ta­lled Linux.
• BREAKFAST.COM Halted…Cereal Port Not Res­pon­ding Read more…

10 things every geek should know

1. Every geek should be able to give the Vulcan “Live long and prosper” hand signal from Star Trek. (Check out this toy for geeky sports fans.)
2. A true geek must be able to carry on a conversation using only Monty Python quotes.
3. To be a proper geek, one must know the answer to the Ultimate Question.
4. In order to show that you are a Master Geek, you must be able to name the primary characters of all five Star Trek series.
5. Like that geek hero, Ash, all geeks should know the three words you must recite in order to retrieve The Book of the Dead.
6. A geek must know how and when to implement the Konami Code.
7. A smart geek should recognize WoW and OOo and be able to explain them to a non-geek.
8. A romantic geek can say “I love you” in binary.
9. A savvy geek knows at least one way to kill a Dalek.
10. Any life-loving geek has a survival plan for a zombie apocalypse and knows the best way to kill a zombie.

Use your remote from iTunes even while minimized

Makes your multimedia keyboard buttons work with iTunes when the program isn’t currently in focus, or is minimised.

What happened with the Internet in 2009?

Pingdom.com has your answers.

Is your power supply compatible with NOSMOKE?

After experiencing difficulties with his computer, a poor, incognizant user called the system maker's technical support line for assistance...

Comparing 1 GB of Storage

Side by side view of 1 GB 20 years ago and 1 GB today.

OS Airlines

• DOS Airlines

Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then jumps on and lets the plane coast until it hits the ground again, then push again, jump on again and so on.

13 Things Every Net User Should Know

1. Bill Gates is not giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation, no one is giving away cases of free M & M's, the GAP is not giving away clothing.

There is no baby food company issuing class-action checks. MTV will not give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. You can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true." Furthermore, just because someone said in the message, four generations back, that "we checked it out and it's legit," does not actually make it true.

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta

So I am going through my email yesterday and I come across an email from TechNet announcing the beta of Microsoft 2010.

Abbot and Costello with new style ‘Who’s on First’

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello,
And too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on...
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?'might have turned out something like this:

Humor — Daddy, How Was I Born?

A little boy goes to his father and asks 'Daddy, how was I born?' The father answers, 'Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room, and googled each other. There your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said:

One Day Only — Free ZoneAlarm 2010 Pro

You read that correct.  One day only, you can get a free year license for ZoneAlarm 2010.  The leaders in free firewall software are offering you a free step up to the Pro version.

Cool Google Interfaces

Google has always been known for not being the norm. An example is changing the banner image everyday for one event or another. Take today (October 7^th) as an example. It is the date that barcodes were invented. They made the banner image a large bar code.

More Shortcuts for MS Word

   Command Name                  Shortcut Keys
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   All Caps                      CTRL+SHIFT+A
   Annotation                    ALT+CTRL+M
   App Maximize                  ALT+F10
   App Restore                   ALT+F5
   Apply Heading1                ALT+CTRL+1
   Apply Heading2                ALT+CTRL+2
   Apply Heading3                ALT+CTRL+3
   Apply List Bullet             CTRL+SHIFT+L
   Auto Format                   ALT+CTRL+K
   Auto Text                     F3 or ALT+CTRL+V
   Bold                          CTRL+B or CTRL+SHIFT+B
   Bookmark                      CTRL+SHIFT+F5
   Browse Next                   CTRL+PAGE DOWN
   Browse Previous               CTRL+PAGE UP
   Browse Sel                    ALT+CTRL+HOME
   Cancel                        ESC
   Center Para                   CTRL+E
   Change Case                   SHIFT+F3
   Char Left                     LEFT
   Char Left Extend              SHIFT+LEFT
   Char Right                    RIGHT
   Char Right Extend             SHIFT+RIGHT
   Clear                         DELETE
   Close or Exit                 ALT+F4
   Close Pane                    ALT+SHIFT+C
   Column Break                  CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
   Column Select                 CTRL+SHIFT+F8
   Copy                          CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT
   Copy Format                   CTRL+SHIFT+C
   Copy Text                     SHIFT+F2
   Create Auto Text              ALT+F3
   Customize Add Menu            ALT+CTRL+=
   Customize Keyboard            ALT+CTRL+NUM +
   Customize Remove Menu         ALT+CTRL+-
   Cut                           CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE
   Date Field                    ALT+SHIFT+D
   Delete Back Word              CTRL+BACKSPACE
   Delete Word                   CTRL+DELETE
   Dictionary                    ALT+SHIFT+F7
   Do Field Click                ALT+SHIFT+F9
   Doc Close                     CTRL+W or CTRL+F4
   Doc Maximize                  CTRL+F10
   Doc Move                      CTRL+F7
   Doc Restore                   CTRL+F5
   Doc Size                      CTRL+F8
   Doc Split                     ALT+CTRL+S
   Double Underline              CTRL+SHIFT+D
   End of Column                 ALT+PAGE DOWN
   End of Column                 ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
   End of Doc Extend             CTRL+SHIFT+END
   End of Document               CTRL+END
   End of Line                   END
   End of Line Extend            SHIFT+END
   End of Row                    ALT+END
   End of Row                    ALT+SHIFT+END
   End of Window                 ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
   End of Window Extend          ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
   Endnote Now                   ALT+CTRL+D
   Extend Selection              F8
   Field Chars                   CTRL+F9
   Field Codes                   ALT+F9
   Find                          CTRL+F
   Font                          CTRL+D or CTRL+SHIFT+F
   Font Size Select              CTRL+SHIFT+P
   Footnote Now                  ALT+CTRL+F
   Go Back                       SHIFT+F5 or ALT+CTRL+Z
   Go To                         CTRL+G or F5
   Grow Font                     CTRL+SHIFT+.
   Grow Font One Point           CTRL+]
   Hanging Indent                CTRL+T
   Header Footer Link            ALT+SHIFT+R
   Help                          F1
   Hidden                        CTRL+SHIFT+H
   Hyperlink                     CTRL+K
   Indent                        CTRL+M
   Italic                        CTRL+I or CTRL+SHIFT+I
   Justify Para                  CTRL+J
   Left Para                     CTRL+L
   Line Down                     DOWN
   Line Down Extend              SHIFT+DOWN
   Line Up                       UP
   Line Up Extend                SHIFT+UP
   List Num Field                ALT+CTRL+L
   Lock Fields                   CTRL+3 or CTRL+F11
   Macro                         ALT+F8
   Mail Merge Check              ALT+SHIFT+K
   Mail Merge Edit Data Source   ALT+SHIFT+E
   Mail Merge to Doc             ALT+SHIFT+N
   Mail Merge to Printer         ALT+SHIFT+M
   Mark Citation                 ALT+SHIFT+I
   Mark Index Entry              ALT+SHIFT+X
   Mark Table of Contents Entry  ALT+SHIFT+O
   Menu Mode                     F10
   Merge Field                   ALT+SHIFT+F
   Microsoft Script Editor       ALT+SHIFT+F11
   Microsoft System Info         ALT+CTRL+F1
   Move Text                     F2
   New                           CTRL+N
   Next Cell                     TAB
   Next Field                    F11 or ALT+F1
   Next Misspelling              ALT+F7
   Next Object                   ALT+DOWN
   Next Window                   CTRL+F6 or ALT+F6
   Normal                        ALT+CTRL+N
   Normal Style                  CTRL+SHIFT+N or ALT+SHIFT+CLEAR (NUM 5)
   Open                          CTRL+O or CTRL+F12 or ALT+CTRL+F2
   Open or Close Up Para         CTRL+0
   Other Pane                    F6 or SHIFT+F6
   Outline                       ALT+CTRL+O
   Outline Collapse              ALT+SHIFT+- or ALT+SHIFT+NUM -
   Outline Demote                ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT
   Outline Expand                ALT+SHIFT+=
   Outline Expand                ALT+SHIFT+NUM +
   Outline Move Down             ALT+SHIFT+DOWN
   Outline Move Up               ALT+SHIFT+UP
   Outline Promote               ALT+SHIFT+LEFT
   Outline Show First Line       ALT+SHIFT+L
   Overtype                      INSERT
   Page                          ALT+CTRL+P
   Page Break                    CTRL+ENTER
   Page Down                     PAGE DOWN
   Page Down Extend              SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
   Page Field                    ALT+SHIFT+P
   Page Up                       PAGE UP
   Page Up Extend                SHIFT+PAGE UP
   Para Down                     CTRL+DOWN
   Para Down Extend              CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN
   Para Up                       CTRL+UP
   Para Up Extend                CTRL+SHIFT+UP
   Paste                         CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT
   Paste Format                  CTRL+SHIFT+V
   Prev Cell                     SHIFT+TAB
   Prev Field                    SHIFT+F11 or ALT+SHIFT+F1
   Prev Object                   ALT+UP
   Prev Window                   CTRL+SHIFT+F6 or ALT+SHIFT+F6
   Print                         CTRL+P or CTRL+SHIFT+F12
   Print Preview                 CTRL+F2 or ALT+CTRL+I
   Proofing                      F7
   Redo                          ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE
   Redo or Repeat                CTRL+Y or F4 or ALT+ENTER
   Repeat Find                   SHIFT+F4 or ALT+CTRL+Y
   Replace                       CTRL+H
   Reset Char                    CTRL+SPACE or CTRL+SHIFT+Z
   Reset Para                    CTRL+Q
   Revision Marks Toggle         CTRL+SHIFT+E
   Right Para                    CTRL+R
   Save                          CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 or ALT+SHIFT+F2
   Save As                       F12
   Select All                    CTRL+A or CTRL+CLEAR (NUM 5) or CTRL+NUM 5
   Select Table                  ALT+CLEAR (NUM 5)
   Show All                      CTRL+SHIFT+8
   Show All Headings             ALT+SHIFT+A
   Show Heading1                 ALT+SHIFT+1
   Show Heading2                 ALT+SHIFT+2
   Show Heading3                 ALT+SHIFT+3
   Show Heading4                 ALT+SHIFT+4
   Show Heading5                 ALT+SHIFT+5
   Show Heading6                 ALT+SHIFT+6
   Show Heading7                 ALT+SHIFT+7
   Show Heading8                 ALT+SHIFT+8
   Show Heading9                 ALT+SHIFT+9
   Shrink Font                   CTRL+SHIFT+,
   Shrink Font One Point         CTRL+[
   Small Caps                    CTRL+SHIFT+K
   Space Para1                   CTRL+1
   Space Para15                  CTRL+5
   Space Para2                   CTRL+2
   Spike                         CTRL+SHIFT+F3 or CTRL+F3
   Start of Column               ALT+PAGE UP
   Start of Column               ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP
   Start of Doc Extend           CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
   Start of Document             CTRL+HOME
   Start of Line                 HOME
   Start of Line Extend          SHIFT+HOME
   Start of Row                  ALT+HOME
   Start of Row                  ALT+SHIFT+HOME
   Start of Window               ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP
   Start of Window Extend        ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP
   Style                         CTRL+SHIFT+S
   Subscript                     CTRL+=
   Superscript                   CTRL+SHIFT+=
   Symbol Font                   CTRL+SHIFT+Q
   Thesaurus                     SHIFT+F7
   Time Field                    ALT+SHIFT+T
   Toggle Field Display          SHIFT+F9
   Toggle Master Subdocs         CTRL+\
   Tool                          SHIFT+F1
   Un Hang                       CTRL+SHIFT+T
   Un Indent                     CTRL+SHIFT+M
   Underline                     CTRL+U or CTRL+SHIFT+U
   Undo                          CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE
   Unlink Fields                 CTRL+6 or CTRL+SHIFT+F9
   Unlock Fields                 CTRL+4 or CTRL+SHIFT+F11
   Update Auto Format            ALT+CTRL+U
   Update Fields                 F9 or ALT+SHIFT+U
   Update Source                 CTRL+SHIFT+F7
   VBCode                        ALT+F11
   Web Go Back                   ALT+LEFT
   Web Go Forward                ALT+RIGHT
   Word Left                     CTRL+LEFT
   Word Left Extend              CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT
   Word Right                    CTRL+RIGHT
   Word Right Extend             CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT
   Word Underline                CTRL+SHIFT+W

What is that Windows Key really for?

I know this is a long time in coming, but sometime in the mid 90's a new key began appearing on keyboards.  The Windows key.  We quickly figured out, if you hit the key the start menu came up.  But that one button actually does more, much more to help you move around your Windows OS more efficiently.

Targeted e-mails distribute malware in PayChoice breach

Payroll processor PayChoice said Thursday it is investigating a breach in which customers received targeted e-mails purporting to be from the company but were designed to trick people into downloading malware.

Is a Computer Male or Female

A language instructor was explaining to her class that French nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine. Things like 'chalk' or 'pencil,' she described, would have a gender association although in English these words were neutral.

Translations of Common User Phrases

Common user phrases Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 8:03 am Categories: Humor   Tags: amp, benefit, boss, brother, clue, common phrases, computer expert, crap, dumb question, favour, free software, job, laptop, office 2000, phrases, technical help, translations, year 2000 Instructions from the I.T. Department When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children’s art. Don’t ever write anything down, especially the error message that was on your screen. If we ask what the last thing you did was, always respond with, “I didn’t do anything.” When we say we’ll be right over, immediately find a reason to leave so you won’t have to answer silly questions from us, like “what’s your screen saver password?” When describing your problem, just tell us what you were ultimately trying to do. For example, just say, “I can’t get my email”. We don’t need to know that the computer won’t even turn on. Feel free to ignore any email sent from us, especially those marked with high importance. You don’t really need to know about the latest virus that wiped out your neighbors hard drive. Always send important and urgent emails in all uppercase. When the copier, or anything else remotely electronic, doesn’t work, call us. Heck, if we can fix computers, we must know all about copiers too. If the document you sent to the printer didn’t print, send it at least 20 more times. One of them is bound to work. Don’t ever learn the proper name for anything technical. We know exactly what you mean by “my thingy blew up”. Don’t waste your time using the built in help files. We already had to learn the hard way, why should you? If any of the computer cables are in your way or keep moving, be sure to route them across the top of your portable heater or set something big and heavy on them to hold them in place. Never bother reading any message that pops up on your screen. Just click the X to close it or the first button your mouse gets to. Don’t ever try rebooting the computer yourself. Call us immediately. Only experienced, highly-trained professionals should attempt that. Feel perfectly free to say things like “I don’t know anything about this computer crap”. We love hearing our area of professional expertise referred to as crap. When you receive a huge movie file that’s really funny, be sure to forward it to all your friends. We have plenty of disk space and bandwidth. Don’t bother bringing a radio to work, just listen to music over the internet. Like I said, we have plenty of bandwidth. Don’t even think of breaking large print jobs down into smaller chunks. Somebody else might squeeze their one-page document into the queue. When an I.T. person is carrying heavy equipment, worth thousands of dollars, that’s the best time to ask why your screen saver quit working. Don’t bother to tell us when you move computer equipment around on your own. We certainly don’t need to keep track of those things. Your computer case makes a great flat surface for sitting drinks or potted plants on. Do whatever you can to cover up those ugly open air slots in the computer and monitor. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 22, 2009 at 3:05 pm Categories: Humor   Tags: age, amp, animal, animals, are, as, baby pictures, bandwidth, bowling trophies, can, comp, computer, computer cables, copiers, disk, drive, Email, Emails, eq, error message, Files, Find, fix, flowers, FREE, fun, Great, hard drive, heck, help files, Internet, latest virus, mail, neighbors, Old, password, Picture, post, postcards, print, problem, Read, rtm, screen saver password, silly questions, space, test, the, uppercase, urgent emails, use, virus, word, you Clampi Virus targets online banking In the modern world, most people never see their bank (with the exception of ATM withdrawals).  We use bill pay, direct deposit and bank debit cards.  This is the exact behavior that the Clampi virus is living on. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 21, 2009 at 8:54 am Categories: Malware   Tags: age, amp, antivirus, antivirus vendors, are, as, atm withdrawals, attempts, bank debit cards, business users, can, comp, computer, Download, downloads, exact behavior, Files, finance group, financial websites, FREE, heck, henry slack, Home, home users, housecall65, Internet, login credentials, london times, mcafee, Micro, microsoft, microsoft windows, microsoft windows operating systems, online, panda, pervasive threats, ports, quick, Read, REG, scanner, Security, security experts, security symantec, street banks, symantec, system, the, title, Tree, trendmicro, use, virus, warning, Web, website, Welcome, Window, WINDOWS, windows operating system, windows operating systems, wire transfers, word, work computer, World, you Must Have Application for Thumb Drives It’s a sign of the time, you can buy a thumb drive almost anywhere.  I have even seen them in Gas Stations in the Omaha area. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 18, 2009 at 8:52 am Categories: SW   Tags: action, age, amp, application, are, as, can, car park, comp, computer, computer memory, dailymail, data, disk, drive, drive encryption, emergency shutdown, eq, external users, Files, Find, FREE, free application, fun, functionality, gateway system, government computer system, government gateway, Home, home secretary, Installation, jacqui smith, laptop, laptops, mail, memory, memory stick, mom, News, Old, omaha area, online, parking tickets, passcodes, password, print, private contractor, private details, program, quick, rules, sign of the time, size, small footprint, Software, space, START, station, storage, storage space, system, the, thumb drive, title, use, Web, website, Window, word, World, you Geek v 1 upgrades to Geek v 2 [caption id="attachment_319" align="aligncenter" width="234" caption="Geek Version 1 compared to Geek Version 2"][/caption] Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 15, 2009 at 5:18 am Categories: General   Tags: Geek, Humor, Version 1, Version 2 From Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 : Chronological Evolution Have you ever wondered that how Windows evolved to such a beauty? Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 14, 2009 at 11:15 am Categories: Microsoft   Tags: animations, beauty, chronological evolution, eye candy, masterpiece, microsoft, rich experience, windows 1 0, windows evolution Words just can not do this justice 2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 11, 2009 at 2:06 pm Categories: Humor   Tags: antivirus, Dokken, norton, symantec, wtf, YouTube The System Administrator from Hell Some days I get emails that just have to be shared.  This is one of them.  All credit to the original author, though I don’t know who it is. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 10, 2009 at 10:06 am Categories: Humor   Tags: administrator from hell, age, amp, are, as, backup, backups, blocks, calendar months, can, comp, computer, concern software, crash, data, dead, disk, Email, Emails, far, fast, Files, Find, FREE, game, games, heck, highlight, hyperspace, light, mail, Maintenance, menthol vapors, myst, mysterious beings, Office, password, passwords, problem, program, Read, Security, Software, space, spent three, START, system, the, time computer, time hardware, use, warning, Window, WINDOWS, word, you What’s old is new again Yesterday, Microsoft put out an advisory to a security vulnerability specific to the Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows 7 RC operating systems.  No other Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 RTM are impacted. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 8:43 am Categories: Windows   Tags: acronym, age, Alert, application, are, as, attack, attacker, attackers, attempts, back in the day, Blocking, Blogs, broadband, bsod, can, color, comp, complete control, computer, computer users, data, disclosure, Find, fire, Firewall, FREE, fun, gem, Great, holy cow, Internet, mail, malicious attackers, Micro, microsoft, Old, oversight, ports, print, quality updates, Read, REG, registry, resolutions, rtm, Security, security vulnerabilities, security vulnerability, sp2, START, system, test, the, title, Updates, use, Vista, vulnerabilities, Window, WINDOWS, windows operating system, windows operating systems, windows server, word, you Forget Park Place, I want to buy the Red Square In case you have not hear about it, Monopoly is going global.  According to Daily Mail UK, Google has been in contact with Hasbro to make a new Monopoly game that utilizes Google Maps. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 8, 2009 at 11:23 am Categories: SW   Tags: 100 million, age, are, as, can, chance cards, current office, daily mail uk, dailymail, downing street, FREE, free game, game, garbage, global mail, google, google maps, hasbro, long time, mail, monopoly, new monopoly game, News, news article, Office, online, online game, park place, pennsylvania avenue, Read, red square, skyscraper, START, the, title, Tree, uk news, use, you 16 Interesting Facts About Google The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life. Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked ‘Whats up?’ to which they replied “We are waiting for the rest of it”. To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker. Read the entire article: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/16-interesting-facts-about-google/ 7 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 5, 2009 at 11:11 am Categories: General   Tags: founders, google, google home page, interesting facts, interface, long time, marker, nothingness, page marker, prime reason, return key 9 Old Computer Ads Bill Gates with a Tandy 2000 2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 7:20 am Categories: Humor   Tags: bill gates, center, comp, computer, computer ads, Content, Email, Excel, family, Geek, geeks, giant, hack, Helpdesk, mail, megs, modem, ms excel, Old, old computer, portable computer, tandy, the, title Things Learned from the Internet You want it, you can find it online. If you don't want it, you can also find it online. It might take a while. Sometimes the hunt is half the fun. Everyone has a website. Grandfathers, mothers and babies. Everyone. At some point, Google became a verb. The difference between web surfing with Firefox and IE is the difference between body armor and a trendy cotton vest. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The Internet is the geeks playground. Here, we rule. Not that you would ever need to know the dietary habits of the South American anteater, but it's comforting to know you could find it online if you did. When in doubt, Wikipedia. Anyone who uses the term 'Interweb' has never been online. Explaining the Internet to someone who's never been online, is like explaining the Magna Carta to your cat. Almost everything of substance can be summed up with a “DUDE! Check this out!' and a hyperlink. Be safe. Be cynical. Some else already said it first. But that doesn't mean it won't be said again, and again... The Internet IS redundancy. There is no such thing as 'sufficient bandwidth'. There's always something new. You can never go back once you've tried it. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 4, 2009 at 7:29 am Categories: Humor   Tags: American, as, babies, bandwidth, body armor, can, cotton vest, dietary habits, Find, fire, FireFox, fun, Geek, geeks, google, grandfathers, half the fun, heck, hyperlink, Internet, interweb, magna carta, online, playground, Read, redundancy, south american anteater, the, use, Web, web surfing, website, when in doubt, wikipedia, you Lordy Lord Lordy Looks Who’s 40 Can you believe that 40 years ago yesterday, the Internet was born. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 3, 2009 at 8:14 am Categories: General   Tags: 40th, ARPANET, Birthday, few moments, happy 40th birthday, Internet, leonard klienrock, lordy lord, strides, UCLA, video interview Animator vs Animation I know this has been around for a very long time and most of you have probably seen it.  This was originally made in 2006 by Alan Becker with way to much time on his hands.  Sit back and enjoy. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 7:47 am Categories: Humor   Tags: Alan Becker, Alan Becker - Deviant, Animation, Animator, becker, Humor, long time, Stickman, time on his hands, Video History of the Internet — Video If you are anything like me, you always wonder why things are the way they are.  How things evolved.  Well this very quick (7 Minutes) video gives a concise and informative explanation of the history of the Internet. 3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - September 1, 2009 at 7:30 am Categories: General   Tags: amp, history of the internet, informative explanation, internet history, mainz, pape, philipp, picol, schatz, scientific managment, steve taylor, taylor music, translation, university of applied sciences Great BIOS Guide I found this guide on Maximum PC.  All I did was take the article and make it a downloadable PDF file. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 31, 2009 at 1:13 pm Categories: General   Tags: BIOS, bios guide, computer, Computer Repair, maximum pc, pdf file, Settings Free Online Games Orisinal - Gorgeous Flash animation, perfect for kids Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 12:22 pm Categories: Internet   Tags: 1980 games, addictive, adobe, age, arcade, are, armor games, as, attack, bubble bobble, can, classic video games, commodore 64 games, crazymonkey games, fantasy, fantasy sports game, Find, FREE, free commodore 64 games, free multi player games, free online games, free web game, free web games, game, game fantasy sports, game goodies, games, games halloween, Great, halloween game, Home, Kid, memory, multi player games, online, popcap games, ports, puzzle, spot, START, sudoku puzzle, the, title, use, warning, Web, web sudoku, wikipedia, Window, WINDOWS, World, you Dr. Seuss Explains Computers I love this one. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 25, 2009 at 1:10 pm Categories: Humor   Tags: cursor, dr seuss, floppy disk, gauss, gonna crash, hash, last resort, memory, mom, poet, protocol, seuss explains computers, socket packet pocket, souse, trash, unnecessary risk 10 Greatest Catastrophes Caused by Computers An old saying I remember is: to err is human, but to really foul it up, it takes a computer.  Below are some examples: 6 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 24, 2009 at 1:24 pm Categories: Humor   Tags: atm machines, beam radiation, bill gates, cancerous tumors, chemical bank, computer error, guided missile cruiser, microsoft founder, mid atlantic region, mr gates, own os, programming error, propulsion system, public demonstration, s system, scientific america, second computer, traffic ticket, uss yorktown, zero error 10 Immutable Laws of Security Love Microsoft or hate them, this list of the 10 Immutable Laws of Security is dead on. 4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 7:26 am Categories: Advice   Tags: back door, computer, computer program, critical thought, hack, immutable laws, katmandu, keystrokes, laws, microsoft, rude emails, Security, unfortunate fact, untrusted source, zeroes Talk about miniaturization I found this today and thought holy cow, how far we have come.  This is a 16 Meg Hard Drive 2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 21, 2009 at 1:50 pm Categories: General   Tags: computer, hard drive, holy cow, meg, Old, Picture Go Figure, Dirty sites are dirty… Symantec, the makers of a very widely used array of internet security programs, has compiled a list of the 100 “dirtiest” sites. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 8:19 am Categories: Malware   Tags: adult content, adult sites, age, are, array, as, clearing house, comp, Content, crawler, exploits, extreme care, family, feature adult, inpost, Internet, internet security, internet users, irritants, judgment, karaoke, Malware, net view, News, norton, online, ports, post, program, Quotes, safe web, Safety, Security, security programs, security risks, Software, symantec, the, title, Tree, use, View, virus, viruses, Web, website, you 10 Timesaver Google Search Tricks Thanks to TricksHub I would like to repost these 10 Google Search Tricks 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 19, 2009 at 7:33 am Categories: Advice   Tags: airline flight number, boston business, city weather, city zip code, computer title, current unit, flight status, google, google search, index of mp3, location time, mp3 beatles, search tricks, stock ticker symbol, time boston, time city, timesaver, weather boston, weather city, word definition The 15 Biggest Screw-ups in Internet History Check out these 15 Internet screw-ups that will live in infamy. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 18, 2009 at 8:41 am Categories: Humor   Tags: acciden, AOL, Best Buy, Blogs, dcma, Dreamhost, google, Humor, Internet, overdraft fees, releases search, sci fi tv, Screw ups, season premiere, social security numbers, stargate atlantis, symantec, video pirates Child Safe Searches In the ever expanding integration of the Internet and kids lives, filtering out non age appropriate information from searches is often overlooked by parents. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 15, 2009 at 11:37 am Categories: Internet   Tags: garbage, google, implementations, innocent search, ip addresses, keyboard shortcuts, main search page, mommy and daddy, parents, search engine, search engines, search option, shopping sites Past Predictions That Were Way Off “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 14, 2009 at 9:25 am Categories: Humor   Tags: advanced computing systems, british surgeon, computers in the future, david sarnoff, federal express, five computers, humane surgeon, imaginable commercial value, john eric, ken olson, management professor, overnight delivery service, pierre pachet, popular mechanics, queen victoria, radio in the 1920s, relentless march, thomas watson chairman, western union, yale university Task Manager has been Disabled by your Administrator I, for one, hate when I see this message.  It usually gives me a huge hint that whatever system I am working on has some sort of nasty malware that will keep me busy for a bit. 5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm Categories: Windows   Tags: anti malware, copy and paste, gpedit, group policy editor, hand pane, microsoft windows, msc, paste works, professional version, reg dword, registry key, removing malware, running processes, running programs, task manager has been disabled by your administrator Secure that Wireless Router I felt it was my duty to bring up some basic wireless router security.  I have a neighbor by my house that has been providing the area free wireless access.  The problem is, she didn’t know she was doing it. 1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 11, 2009 at 7:11 am Categories: Network   Tags: 192 168 1 1, address range, computer network, default ip address, dhcp, fact that people, google, network password, router password, router passwords, ssword, wireless access, wireless router Iowa 911 Call Center now accepting Text Messages As a self professed geek, I am all over the inclusion of new technology in everyday life.  I personally feel that anything that can simplify life is just a great thing. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 7, 2009 at 9:31 am Categories: General   Tags: 911, amount of time, black hawk county, call center, length of time, mobile usa, msnbc, new technology, sending text messages, t mobile, technology in everyday life, texts, using technology, waterloo iowa, wonderful thing Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts Drag and drop Drag the favicon of any site to your home icon to set it as the home page. Drag a hyperlink (or image) to the new tab icon to open the link in a new tab. Drag a highlighted word to the search bar (beside the address bar) will bring you to the Google search result page for that word. If you drag the highlighted word to the address bar (and press enter), Firefox will perform a Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” search There are many things that you can drag and drop in Firefox. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 7:12 am Categories: Firefox   Tags: bookmark list, ctrl w, drag and drop, favicon, FireFox, google, google search, Helpful, highlight, Home, home icon, hyperlink, keyboard shortcuts, light, middle button, mouse shortcuts, page bookmark, page search, quick, search, search bar, search result, search tab, size, space, tab keyboard, tab navigation, tabs, the, use, Web, wheel, Window, word, you Easily Remove Ads from Gmail I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath. 2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 6, 2009 at 3:01 pm Categories: Gmail   Tags: age, amp, are, as, bad mood, blood, bloodbath, Content, Email, Enjoy, family, Find, gmail account, hacker, heck, Home, inpost, interface, Lifehacker, mail, nuts, post, remove ads, sentences, signature block, slaughter, START, the, title, use, Web, web interface, word, you 21st Century Excuses With changing technology and innovation, come new problems. This is more of a reflective post, but here are some trends that I have been noticing as new technology becomes available. This is a list of the top excuses and their 21st century counterparts. Enjoy. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 12:50 pm Categories: Humor   Tags: 21st century, bad reception, changing technology, counterparts, grandmother, homework, innovation, mail, new technology, number 6, spam filter, virus, wrong person Find your Microsoft Product Key It is that time again.  Time to reimage your Windows PC.  You have gone through the checklist: Backup data, found all of the drivers you will need, have your programs ready for reinstall, Windows install CD, Product key for CD.  Ok, except for that last one.  That blasted key.  Now you are thinking "How will I install my OS without that?" 3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 5, 2009 at 1:39 pm Categories: SW   Tags: backup data, beta users, handy tool, jelly bean keyfinder, magical jelly bean, microsoft, Microsoft Office, microsoft product key, system crashes, usb disk, windows pc, windows products Generate Disposable Emails Addresses on the Fly A while back I talked about creating disposable email addresses for filling in forms online to help rid your email of new spam (97% of all email).  I found another tool to help with this fight. 2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 10:10 am Categories: Email   Tags: address field, advancedsearch, aliases, beta, confirmation, Disposable, disposable email, Email, email addresses, Emails, emails addresses, gt options, mozilla add ons, nytime, prefix, smooth sailing, spam, Spamavert, tool area, verification purposes You Must Obey: The Unwritten Laws of Technology "Fix a computer for a friend or family member, and you'll be tech support for life." This is but one of 35 immutable laws of technology that we've identified and recorded for posterity. There will be a test. PC World Staff, with assistance from our Facebook friends and others Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - August 3, 2009 at 12:01 pm Categories: Humor   Tags: facebook friends, family member, immutable laws, pc world, posterity, tech support, technology, test pc, unwritten laws, world staff Using software updates to spread malware Two researchers from Israeli security firm Radware have figured out a way to trick computers into downloading malware or take over a computer by hijacking the communications during the update process for Skype and other applications. Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Diego - at 8:02 am Categories: Firewall   Tags: computers, israeli security, Malware, operations center, radware, security firm, security operations, skype, software updates, team leader, using software Next Page » Popular Posts 9 Old Computer Ads 16 Interesting Facts About Google Faulting application WINWORD.EXE faulting module mso.dll Task Manager has been Disabled by your Administrator Great BIOS Guide Recent Comments On Post: Use your remote from iTunes even while minimized (2) Chris said: You’re awesome..thats a great one..thanks! On Post: Abbot and Costello with new style ‘Who’s on First’ (2) housing said: Thanks this is very funny, Abbot and Costello are the most funny couple in the TV... On Post: Cool Google Interfaces (2) houses said: is any barcode represents different Google properties? On Post: Great BIOS Guide (1) mortgage said: Great information, I downloaded it in PDF and it is working great, Thanks. 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