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24-Aug-2002 | self

[Khepera]

Has anyone else been getting pop-up ads while surfing freeRepublic? I have gotten several without leaving this site. The latest is the Official 2002 Smokers survey which asks me to enter my name address and other information to win a flat screen TV. This one poped up after I clicked on the "Messages" link.

[Bogey78O]

YEah. The latest thing is people driving around with a modified Prngles can to check for who is using a wireless. If they don't have it secured it can be tapped into and used.

[Bogey78O]

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[meyer]

YEah. The latest thing is people driving around with a modified Prngles can to check for who is using a wireless. If they don't have it secured it can be tapped into and used.

I suspect that the "pringles" can would need to be very highly modified. With a suitable high-frequency reciever. And tied to a computer. Certainly not impossible, but probably not all that practical for residential computer use. My concern was on whether the contraption would be simple and cheap enough to be practical. Anything on the airwaves can be recieved but at what cost is the question.

[meyer]

"http://www.pricewatch.com/"

Another good link. Man, FR is a cornocopia of knowledge sometimes. :^)

Thanks

[Bogey78O]

Feel free to use it. I got it from another Freeper.

[Bogey78O]

That's just to find unsecured neworks. Once it's found they just need to configure their computer to interface in the network. The Pringles can is just used as a sniffer so they know where they can try and hit it at and where it won't work.

[Kaslin]

Those popup ads are spywares

[meyer]

That's just to find unsecured neworks. Once it's found they just need to configure their computer to interface in the network. The Pringles can is just used as a sniffer so they know where they can try and hit it at and where it won't work.

WOW! And I thought you were half-kidding. I mean, like 2 cans and a string kind of thing. Well, at any rate, with my open ceiling basement, I can pull wire pretty easily. I could probably wire every room in the house in a few hours. So, while wireless would be easier, it isn't that hard for me to hard-wire the house.

[reagan_fanatic]

"It found at least 100 files which I bbacked up and have now deleted."

Hopefully, it will cure that stutter, too... :)

[Bogey78O]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/731366/posts?page=48#48

[Khepera]

I'm working on that.... Therapy is sslow

[brityank]

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[meyer]

bush2000 wrote on the other thread, "Wireless networks are secure as long as you use 128-bit WEP and use a strong password."

I don't know what WEP stands for. Perhaps I need to read more. I understand 128 bit as it refers to cipher strength. I suspect its use is similar here. As far as a password, I'm the only one in the house. I don't use a password now to access the net (other than the one my provider gave me). I don't start the computer with a password either.

I reckon that I'm going to learn a bit about networks before this project is done. Which is a good thing.

[panther33]

I want win-2000, not XP.

If you don't mind my asking, why? Everyone that I've talked to is so impressed with the way XP avoids crashes.

[meyer]

If you don't mind my asking, why? Everyone that I've talked to is so impressed with the way XP avoids crashes.

My main reasoning behind wanting 2000 instead of XP is that MS wants me to register the product online. Repeatedly if I get the notion to wipe the hard drive and do a clean install (which I am prone to do on occasion). That's too much control for me. I understand their not wanting piracy but I think a better way to prevent piracy would be to include a detailed expensive manual with the product - a manual that would be so desirable that people would actually want the original product just to get it. Its a whole lot more expensive to copy a manual than just a CD.

As far as crash resistance, I am quite happy with my Win98 box (maybe I'm a rarity) and I suspect that 2000 would be even more stable. Is XP more stable than 2000?

I'm very dissappointed with the XP rollout at work, though its more due to the network administrator's idea of how the network should be set up. We have a computer that is used by many people and the constant logging on/logging off for each user is just plain stupid. Especially so considering we are all doing the same job. I don't mind each of us logging in to Outlook for our e-mail but when you have to log off the whole computer just to check your own e-mail, it gets pretty cumbersome. But like I said, that's just the way its set up. I want my NT 4.0 back. :^)

I was disappointed in XP's "playschool" look as well until I discovered that you could set it up for "traditional" windows look. Thankfully, Mr. Gates saw fit to allow that to happen.

[Flyer]

networking the house

After wiring two houses with CAT 5, I'm going wireless soon, too. I can't wait to sit on the deck and prowl FR.

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[meyer]

After wiring two houses with CAT 5, I'm going wireless soon, too. I can't wait to sit on the deck and prowl FR.

Say, rigging up a laptop for wireless would be pretty cool. If it wasn't so doggone hot outside, I'd want to surf FR from the rear deck as well. I know that having the laptop to carry around the house would be kind of useful. I could: track progress (or lack thereof) in the home gym without having to keep the paper log; Surf FR while watching a move on the "big" TV; just compute all over the place. The only thing that's stopped me from going with a laptop/notebook is the price. They aren't cheap.

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