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Doesn't a physical bitcoin defeat the purpose of virtual currency?No more than saying that a digital bank account defeats the purpose of a physical currency.
If you can interact with an object, the object is physical, because you are physical.
Or we could kill all humans. That would solve global warming.It looks like the scientific community think climate change is related to human activities.
It probably is, if even just a little bit. But so what? Instead of bitching to everyone about it, they can get their asses in the lab and fix it. In the meantime, all of us regular people can just be more aware of, and try to limit the amount of energy we consume.
The technology to significantly reduce technology relatively cheaply is already in place. Public policy and prole-opinion are the main barriers to the implementation of this technology.
On "fixing" global warming, the only way to do that, other than limiting greenhouse gasses (which won't completely remove the effect), is really through geoengineering (both have their own issues). Geoengineering would include taking actions such as increasing aerosols in the air (which is usually bad for people) and extracting carbon from the air with the use of algae or something else that'll extract carbon (these can have their own obstacles and consequences.)
Though in terms of risk and cost, limiting the release of greenhouse gasses is generally best. We don't want to have another Stormfury.
Except the people who use bitcoin to anonymously launder money.Usually an HDD or SSD.
Are they the only media that can be used to record a bitcoin?
Your wallet has the encryption keys. The blockchain has the addresses, and everyone mining bitcoins has information on every bitcoin transaction through the blockchain. That's how a transaction is verified as legitimate.
Also, this is for my personal PC, not work which everyone but you seems to have understood.
I see. Because I readY'all can laugh, but when someone visits a guitar site on a filtered school network(so no naughty vags) and get's HIS WHOLE GOD DAMN PROFILE ENCRYPTED, I get worried.
I haven't had a virus in ages either. Doesn't mean I'm inclined to get one.
Do the kids from the school you work at come round to your house to use your personal computer then? You might want to be a little bit careful about that.
Or are you just trying to tell me that because a child allegedly got a virus on a school machine by doing something innocuous, you are filled with paranoia about viruses and willing to go to any length to avoid this same terrible fate happening to you. You know Michael Douglas got throat cancer from oral sex? You should probably avoid vaginas too.
you cracked the nut with a sledgehammerLike a Boss!
Is that meant to symbolize overkill or that I've cracked the nut?Sandboxie has proven to be exactly what I need.
Some people need to learn the definition of fun.I didn't think that player created bots existed for the game yet. Seems like it only came out last month.
Bots are a "day one" sort of thing.
I didn't think that player created bots existed for the game yet. Seems like it only came out last month.I can't even tell what's going on.
Based on what I'm seeing it looks like a bunch of random named players (maybe some kind of NPC companions) are so focused on attacking one enemy but the clipping of NPCs is so bad that none of them can actually attack properly.
They're bots.
As in roBots. They're made out of technologies. You probably wouldn't understand.
I can't even tell what's going on.
The only way to truly secure a computer is to keep it offline in a bunker 5 miles below the surface of the earth, with all of its components disassembled and kept at least 1000ft away from each other.
Deguass the harddrive for good measure.
I use a mac at work. I've been back on my windows PC for months.First off, I did look at the link. You didn't link to any product. You linked to guidelines on what to not scan with your chosen AV software.That site tells you what systems MS security essentials protects and I would hazard a guess that your one at school is one of them. I didn't realise that clicking a hyperlink to view the product would be prohibitively taxing to someone who purportedly does IT work for a living.Irrelevant.
The site Thork linked to is basically a list of files NOT to scan. It has absolutely no advice for actually securing your systems.
Secondly, We HAVE MS security essentials.
And 2 firewalls.
And a web filter.
And an Active Directory structure which limits user accounts.
Users can't even write to the "program files" folder.
Yet a virus, which hides in advertisements and runs a very normal windows function to encrypt your files (It's part of the essential functions) still got through. There are only three known defenses:
1. Block the site before you access it.
2. Block scripts (mostly java)
3. Sandbox your browser. (or non-windows)
So thanks again for proving that you've gone soft with your Mac.
Anyhoo, no more software development for me.
The company I worked for freelance have given me a new permanent job. Basically I sell the software instead. I get more money, a company car, OTE, lots of travel all over Europe, selling bonuses and basically all I have to do is talk to people and make pretty powerpoint presentations.
Also I suspect you have misdiagnosed the problem. I suspect you screwed something up, and are now blaming a virus. Just a suspicion. You'd never tell me what really happened anyway. But frankly this cock and bull story about a student in a locked down system getting a virus from a safe site advert is ludicrous. But carry on. Install Linux on the school computers. I'm sure the teachers and children will thank you for making them that much more difficult to use.
First off, I did look at the link. You didn't link to any product. You linked to guidelines on what to not scan with your chosen AV software.That site tells you what systems MS security essentials protects and I would hazard a guess that your one at school is one of them. I didn't realise that clicking a hyperlink to view the product would be prohibitively taxing to someone who purportedly does IT work for a living.Irrelevant.
The site Thork linked to is basically a list of files NOT to scan. It has absolutely no advice for actually securing your systems.
Think Chrome OS.Have you considered Debian?I have but I was hoping for something more specific to browsing. Debian would work but if I can find something smaller, I'd be happier.
What do you mean by "smaller"? You'd be hard pressed to find a Linux distro much smaller while still being reasonably usable to laypeople, for most definitions I can think of.
What is NoscriptAlready in use.
So what you have is essentially a glorified sandbox. Why not just use Sandboxie?Thanks for the tip. It looks like what I want.
Irrelevant.
Have you considered Debian?I have but I was hoping for something more specific to browsing. Debian would work but if I can find something smaller, I'd be happier.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158If you can elaborate on how to stop these viruses from getting in, I'd be really happy to hear it.Y'all can laugh, but when someone visits a guitar site on a filtered school network(so no naughty vags) and get's HIS WHOLE GOD DAMN PROFILE ENCRYPTED, I get worried.You must truly be the worst system admin in employment.
I haven't had a virus in ages either. Doesn't mean I'm inclined to get one.
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