Category: computer

Working on website

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Well everyone, I am not going to take all day explaining because I really have a bunch to do.

I revamped my website and went with css.  well the index is css only. The rest of the site is still html, until I get around to that section. I do have a few pages mostly converted but they are stored in a folder on my desktop labeled “wired”. The issue is I have less link for my site than what I really want.

I like the bubbly look of it right now. Won’t be but four or five months and I will make another change. I really do have an awesome plan in mind (I mean come on listen to the web address) but i also have a job and am not ready for the commitment of  all the services just yet.

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
as quickly as possible. Although most issues can be addressed from
within the email forum, in some cases "Live Interaction" is necessary as
this issue will have to be escalated for resolution. In order to assist
you, we ask that you use the link below to open a "Chat session" with a
representative or call us using the information provided.

 http://www.comcastsupport.com/chat

If you require assistance and prefer to speak to a representative:
Please call us at 1-800-COMCAST (266-2278) - Customer Care and Internet
Support 24/7

If you need further assistance, please feel free to respond directly to
this email. We appreciate you taking the time to contact us.

Thank you for choosing Comcast.

Sincerely,

Tonya
Comcast Customer Care Specialist
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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***********

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
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.

									

			
			
		

	



			
				


	

		
		

			

				
Upgraded Linux Xandros To 4


				
					
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I was using Xandros 3.4 for over a year. I purchased my disk from Fry’s electronics for like $29.


Well I saw in all of the help forums for modding of Xandros desktops and boot screens tons of help but it was all for 4.0 so I installed 4.0 . It really looks good and comes with a blue launch button as opposed to the default red I had to use with v3.4 . Quite nice. I changed the start button to a modified that I found through the links of the Xandros forum. with 3.4 when you changed the launch button  you kept getting a notice to upgrade service pack, even if you already have. When you do the service pack upgrade it changes your launch button back to default. but with 4.0 , no you do not get forced into the change. Nice addon I like this.


When I installed wine again, not a hiccup one. Not one issue. It went great. My Grand Theft Auto Vice City and San Andreas both play nicely and my III does not freeze up on the video configuration like it did with 3.4.


I am happy with 4.0 it was  a very good move.


I was there at Fry’s to actually  by a new motherboard and nvidia video card so I could prepare myself for Vista. Thank god I did not get into that mess. Xandros is really good.  I did of course remove my Ubuntu partition. Ubuntu is not pleasant at all. Even though Ubuntu is Debian just like Xandros; it does not come close in comparison to Xandros with features. I am satisfied and I hope this helped you decide what you will do to you computer.


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Precautions For Building Computers


				
					
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Use lots of overhead light. Once you have all the parts together, find a flat, smooth, clean, static-free surface. Make sure your clothes are not polyester or you stand a chance of building up buttloads of static and having a merciless discharge turning your junk into… well… junk.


I like using Gatorade lids to hold my screws and small parts in. Yeah Trailer Park Boys-ish, I know, but it works. Working above tile is good, also, so you can hear the small parts when they drop and kinda locate them easier by where the sound comes from. With the tower open and all parts scattered on the table, lower the motherboard in. Take small pin nails and set them through the mounting holes to mark your spot — should take like 6-9 of them depending on board size and tower abilities. Pull motherboard back out and try to not disturb the pin nails. Replace each nail with mounting studs, lower board in, and screw it down. Follow instructions in the manuals for motherboard and instructions from tower to set up power switches and USB connectors. you may sometimes need to split the end connector for the tower speaker so it fits the prongs. Tie back wires so they stay low and out of view.


Insert RAM, CPU, and heat sink. Simply put: Be gentle, be slow, bend no prongs, and scratch no boards


Set in all drives: CD-ROM / DVD / hard drive / floppy drive. Place the power supply in, and take the board connecting the wire strand and try and map the cleanest, least visible route. Then plug it in. Do not crack the motherboard (yes, it can happen)! Do the same with the drives. I tie them to the rack as I go down the line. Keep hard drives away from all magnets — even the case speaker magnet!


The Video card is done pretty much the same way as the RAM. The slit(s) in the card tells you which way it should face.


Get a good look at the inner case. All air paths need to be clear of anything — even wires. Now plan the path your air will flow and then look at your fans to see which direction the blades should face to achieve the airflow you planned.


Close the case, cross toes, plug in all devices for first boot, and press power button. Pray for BIOS/CMOS boot. Press delete and watch temperatures for about ten minutes or until you see that it is getting really hot.


More stuff to keep in mind.