Author: TruXter

Online Flash Video Games

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I created a page to fill up with games . The idea was so I could have something else going to keep my brain from from slouching while I am at work waiting on the server to get fixed,or blue print to print or just stuff to do on days when I bring my lunch.

Games

http://iworkwithpeople.com/games

Well one of the ladies at my job walked up while the game was open (but I wasn’t playing at that exact time). She asked me what it was and I explained that it was one of like 5 games I uploaded to a hidden section on my own website. After like 3 days, another one of the ladies from my job walks up and says “hey is that all the games you have on your site?”.. I didn’t know how to answer. I mean if I said “nah I plan to upload a buttload and waste my time on the clock playing stupid games all day. So I paused for a second and said ” well I was thinking of putting up new stuff every now and again, but not a whole bunch of stuff” she said to me ” can you get like a bingo or a tic-tac-toe game?” I busted out laughing. I mean it, really. Doctor Pepper shot out of my nose. Well I started uploading a game here and there and different people came up telling me what was lame and what they want. I was like “dude get your own frickin’ server” but then I realized that I now have a hobby when I am home… making this stuff work.

After a bunch of complaints I removed a lot of the games and just kept the ones everyone liked.

Well if you have a request or know of a site that I can get more games from, help me out — the natives are getting restless. lol

A Letter To Comcast- You Blocked My Site!

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I am the owner of iworkwithpeople.comI have not been able to connect to my website now for nearly a week, I have seen that I can connect while at work on a t3 line, and I can connect on my female friend’s computer that has a dsl line, and a few friends from live.Pirillo.com have helped me and checked the connection from where they are and they all connect.. except the people on comcast . My site’s address is iworkwithpeople.com and the service I have is through 50megs.com. i assume they took it upon themselves to block 50megs.com for what ever reason they saw fit. in the process of blocking 50megs, they blocked me.. This reduces the number of page visits considerably. Considering they monopolized the cable industry, it looks more like a 20’s gangster bull crap “ehh mugsy don’t let no one connect to them until they pay me 50% seeeeeeee” .I am not happy with this .

The letter I wrote is to follow…

Comcast Houston blocking my domain.
I own a website, through 50megs.com
I can connect to my file manager on sbc dsl, I can connect through sprint dsl and I have connected at work with a t3 line, but when I get home or to any of my friend’s houses with Comcast I can not connect to 50megs.com . I am near time to re up on my domain name and hosting bills and getting really frustrated that I can not connect from home where i feel safe. I want to connect to my service and it appears you are blocking me. Please look into this and solve this issue.

From work we did a tracert

After doing a tracert and a whois we find these services
1 19 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 74.7.23.193
3 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms 172.22.213.125
4 14 ms 7 ms 9 ms 192.168.39.48
5 13 ms 9 ms 7 ms 192.168.38.34
6 12 ms 8 ms 9 ms ge-1-6.r03.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [128.241.1
.177]
7 13 ms 9 ms 8 ms xe-0-1-0.r20.hstntx01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250
.2.228]
8 15 ms 16 ms 14 ms as-0.r20.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.1
29]
9 17 ms 17 ms 16 ms ge3-0.cr02.dal01.pccwbtn.net [206.223.118.48]
10 54 ms 50 ms 48 ms unitedonline.ge2-5.br01.lax01.pccwbtn.net [63.21
8.25.14]
11 52 ms 57 ms 57 ms ve113.r1.bu3.lax.untd.com [64.136.1.171]
12 51 ms 48 ms 57 ms pop.communityarchitect.com [64.136.25.170]

Trace complete.

communityarchitect.com
northsky.com
freeservers.com
direct-connect.com

tell me if you can connect through Comcast

these three are the chain I chased at work.

Now from home I do a tracert

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:Documents and SettingsTruXter>tracert 50megs.com
Unable to resolve target system name 50megs.com.

C:Documents and SettingsTruXter>

It has been confirmed by my Domain Host that Comcast is surely blocking all of 50megs.com domain hosting from being connected by Comcast users !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Message today 1-15-08 from 50megs.com

We have contacted Comcast and have ticket open with them. They are working to clear out the cache and correct the outage issues.

We have resolved the issues on this side.

It should be up and running shortly. Mike

Mysite Customer Service

Original Message Follows: ————————

Form Message

Complaint: Looks like comcast is blocking all connection to 50 megs. I can not connect to my site or the file manager located on 50megs.com
Full Name: Mr. TruXter
Email Address: XXXX@comcast.net
Web Site URL: iworkwithpeople.com
Partner Domain: 50megs.com
service_level: 213
user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Java Script: YES
Application Name: Netscape
Application Version: 5.0 (Windows; en-US)
Subject: MWS-Complaints: Looks like comcast is blocking all connection to 5

Message from comcast today 1-15-08

Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting Comcast Cable.

I understand that you are experiencing difficulties with your Comcast
service. Offering our customers the most effective possible support is a
priority at Comcast. We appreciate that you have given us this
opportunity to communicate with you and we want to address your concerns
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representative or call us using the information provided.

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Please call us at 1-800-COMCAST (266-2278) - Customer Care and Internet
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Thank you for choosing Comcast.

Sincerely,

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Comments:
Comcast houston blocking my domain.
I own a website, through 50megs.com
I can connect to my file manager on sbc dls, I can connect through
sprint dsl and I have connected at work with a t3 line, but when I get
home or to any of my friend''s houses with comcast I can not connect to
50megs.com . I am near time to re up on my domain name and hosting bills
and getting really frustrated that I can not connect from home where i
feel safe. I want to connect to my service and it appears you are
blocking me. Please look into this and solve this issue.
IPAddress:
98.XXX.X.XXX




Kinda looks like they sent me a bunch of nothing from comcast.. feels like I am trying to teach my cat how to pee in the toilet.


************update****************


Someone sent me a link to a proxy thingy for myspace

and it actually worked, just typed in my web site address and bamI whent directly to my site. I did not type in my password or anything though, I really do not know  if I trust a third party site like that… ya know?  so if you are on comunismcast or any service that can not see my site right now, gie that a try. see for your self that you are actually blocked.


************update***********

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
50megs.com is down


				
					
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They host my stuff and for two days now I can not log into my account or even see http://iworkwithpeople.com 


which is hosted at 50megs.com .. heck i can’t even go to 50 megs. . this is killing my visit count.


You know, I am starting to think  comcast is blocking my host’s i.p. address.


No one can go there that I know of, who are on comcast.


I mean my buddy in another city on dsl can go there


I can go there from my job just 4 miles up the road, and my job uses a whole nother service.


if you can go to 50megs.com or iworkwithpeople.com   please leave a notice as to what service you use and which of the two sites you can access.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Choosing a Linux distribution


				
					
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http://www.helium.com/tm/554548/making-choice-distribution-linux


Making your choice of distribution of Linux is not near as big of a deal as it was 3 – 4 years ago, even though for some reason all of the tech guys lead you to think it is.Really i think it is because of pc repair minded political correctness. The ease and interface is not varied by such a greatness that only techy nerdy guys can use one version and regular people can use another. Anything on one distribution can be used on another.

Let’s break this into 3 popular core distros.

1.fedora

2.debian

3.novell


On fedora you get the two main players. Mandrake and redhat. You get excellent support on either one, there is a slight difference in the look but not the feel. The installs have gone smooth for me every time and easily on many different machines, from mother board and wifi and video card variations. even the freshest of Linux users can install and use fedora smoothly and easily.


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on debian you get a few main players. Knoppix, Linspire, Xandros, and the Ubuntu family.

ubuntu I have to say has the best of all splash screen when it boots up, after that it is really not worth the install.ubuntu is heavy bloated and really limited to what types of installs you can use. pretty much limited to .deb files and source. That operating system is slow, but has some high dollar hype or public viral advertisement. Linspire is a transition os made to make the swap from windows to linux easy. it’s alright and makes alot of usage really easy. Knoppix isnt much different but is a bit more pro feeling. Xandros is the ultimate operating system for those who like a fast operating system without bloat-ware,basic file install works easily with .deb and .rpm with no code to type in or lines to edit.


On novell you get suse . and a bunch of add on software. suse is foreground user of .rpm but recently also took in the use of .deb installs. Suse is the mid mark between ubuntu in it’s nice looks and excessive bloated addons, and Xandros with it’s ease of use and fast performance.


The question you need to ask is “Do I need Performance and speed? or do I need appearance?” if you can not make your mind up on which is more what you want, then go the midway and get suse. after you use suse for a while and get a feel , you might want to think about what you do need and don’t need. You could even consider getting the faster operating system and then adding on only the stuff you would like to see on it. to pretty it up.everything on linux is tweakable. 90% of the addons are free. Sourceforge will be your best friend eventually.


The choice is yours and there is nothing to fear about linux and every big distributed version is safe and easy to install and use. They all can be strong tools and beautied up if needed.It really is not a huge ordeal and adaptation comes quick.


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Mods on motoRizr


				
					
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[tags]cell,phone,moto,rizr,gsm,browser,navigation,web,modification,game,java,kjava,snake[/tags]


So far the best one I have used is the browser add on, the opera mini, isn’t super smooth and takes for ever to load but it lets me actually browse the web instead of pages that will not display and or just seeing the news and weather sections.


most of the games I have found are in other languages or come with so little instruction you get stuck on screens that are moved all the way to the right or all the way to the left out of viewing area.


But as a media player… excelent. all of teh media player addons are quite useless, I did find one that was a streaming radio player but again, wrong language and barely did anything once i bumped my way around in it .


The camera, good for 2mp.


video camera, damn good for 2 minutes max.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Is Norton better than free?


				
					
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Let’s look at a free online virus scanner compared to Norton antivirus


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I scanned with Norton first and found nothing, then scanned again with bit defender online free virus scanner.


what do you think is the better choice?





A-Squared


Found Riskware.PSWTool.Win32.Brutus






AntiVir


Found SPR/Brutus






ArcaVir


Found Trojan.Psw.Tool.Brutus






Avast


Found Win32:PolyCrypt-ASO






AVG Antivirus


Found  nothing






BitDefender


Found Application.PWCrack.Brutus.A






ClamAV


Found Virtool.Brutus






CPsecure


Found PSWTool.W32.Brutus






Dr.Web


Found Tool.BrutusPWS






F-Prot Antivirus


Found security risk or a “backdoor” program






F-Secure Anti-Virus


Found not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Brutus (6, 2, 605)






Fortinet


Found HackerTool/PWCrack






Ikarus


Found HackTool.Win32.Brutus






Kaspersky Anti-Virus


Found not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Brutus






NOD32


Found Win32/PSWTool.Brutus application






Norman Virus Control


Found  nothing






Panda Antivirus


Found Application/Brutus.A






Rising Antivirus


Found  nothing






Sophos Antivirus


Found  nothing






VirusBuster


Found  nothing






VBA32


Found Win32.PSWTool.Brutus






									

			
			
		

	



			
				

			
				


	

		
		

			

				
What to do if your computer is running slow


				
					
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[tags]computer,internet,cooling,speed,processor,gaming,resources,dust,malware,virus,faster computer,speed up computer,nvidia,radeon,drivers[/tags]


“There are a few things to look at when your computer is running slow. some can be hardware and some can be software, and some can be the person who is sitting at your desk right now. Let’s go ahead and check a few things. I find it easier to start with the cheapest and most simple checks, so we are not doing a bunch of useless work and not paying bundles for something that could have really been inexpensive.

Go to  pc pitstop and create a free account and do a full benchmark for later references.


Let’s start with checking your “add and remove” in your control panel. When you are looking in here just check how much stuff you have installed and check for anything that looks like something you did not install, or stuff that you may have installed but forgotten about because you do not use any longer. If you really have no idea what the program is. Let’s leave it be for now, or you can just type the name of the file/program in google and see what you get in topics related to it and see if it either scares you or reminds you.


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Go to pc pitstop and benchmark again and compair to last results.


Partially taken from my year old post on helium 


Ok sorry for sending you off to another site, but man, I put alot of work into that thing, it needs to be read.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Why hackers hack


				
					
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[tags] norton,macafee,avast,avg,protection,virus scan,trojan,worm,hack,security,spyware,adware,file protection,service[/tags]


See like a year ago I wrote a short story  about what I think a hacker is, and how to protect yourself from them/one.


Well today I went back and read my story again. God the typos. Wtf was up with my firefox spell check that day ? Well while reading it I scrolled down and started reading what everyone else said…. These freaking people are saying stuff like “crackers aka black hat hackers” … Ok just thinking that line makes my nose bleed.


For the record, a cracker is a dude that cracks programs to circumvent copyright… don’t believe me? go to google and type this in “Torrent: Microsoft+Crack” and you will find some sort of executable file that allows you to use some sort of microslob product without authentication and or verification of purchase. In those results, take the time and count how many links you find with that result that are legit to what you searched… no go back to google and search “crack+network”   you will not find squat. why? not because it’s uber top secret, it’s just misguided kids using a phrase improperly.


Now on to defense, set your router to stun, set email to text only, use mvps hosts file, run spybot search and destroy and the  other two like. do not give your password to third party. update any virus scanner you have. If you don’t have one, well really it’s useless any, most virus writers attack the virus scanner right off these days anyway. That is why I use online scanners! Sounds cheap, only to the unwise.


Stay away from dirty sites, do not download from places you do not know, if you do for god knows what reason have to download from a strange place, google “jotti’s virus scan”  and scan that single file with 20+ virus scanners at one time… Save yourself some heart ache.


I do not use avg or avast or nod32 because avg sucks from the get go, avast is nice and  well enough but after a month it bloats your machine into oblivion.  Nod32, if some newb tells you to use that junk it’s because he heard some dude on his favorite podcast recommend it, unknowing that the podcaster just got paid for that plug.  again, when you go to jotti’s site, scroll to the bottom and look at the current virus finds, sit there and hit refresh for as long as it takes you to be satisfied with what you see, nod32 almost never finds anything.


People lay to much faith in software. If it’s your stupid mistake, it’s yours … own it.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Project from hell


				
					
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[tags]computer,blue print,autocad,autodesk,employment,new job,career,construction,build out,ground up[/tags]


well after the project has been changed and modified and rejected like 20 times since October, They give it to the new guy.. yeah that’s right.. Gave it to me.cad1.JPG


Well I finished the blue prints for this build out. Of course I asked for help and yes I needed it but it is finished, now we wait and see if it gets rejected yet again, and if the owners have changed the plan on us yet again while we where not looking.


print1.JPG


Ok I will be a little more descriptive.. sorry..


I got a new job after a long job search while in a job I really wanted out of. it was in no way a career and never was going to do anything for me or my future. no insurance or bonuses (rlp shell of the woodlands texas) (leeches). It was just to be a temp job  but night shift and met  a few women next thing you know it’s 8 years later in a go no where job. then one day someone came to me  with a job offer, his boss was looking for someone who spent lots of time on the computer and well :)  they found me.  so here I am on third week , between learning what I can with resources available and meantime building site for owner of company. Then BAM they drop the dreaded ugly blue print on me.


Well I made due and it’s complete … the pics are the proof.