Zatoichi!

Rod says watch this moive.
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MPEG-4 Structured Audio: Developer Tools

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro/sa/

The MPEG-4 Structured Audio Book
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro/sa/book/index.html

Barcelo Bavaro Golf and Suites All-Inclusive

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http://travel.travelocity.com/hotel/HotelDateLessListDetail.do?propertyId=20373#S

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g147293-d218480-Reviews-Barcelo_Bavaro_Beach_Resort_Golf_Hotel-Punta_Cana_Dominican_Republic.html

Jarwars link

http://madbean.com/blog/2004/30/ep3.html

http://virtualfddaemontoolsmts.blogspot.com/2005/01/make-bootable-cddvd-magiciso-can-also.html

http://virtualfddaemontoolsmts.blogspot.com/2005/01/make-bootable-cddvd-magiciso-can-also.html


Make Bootable CD/DVD ; MagicISO can also make multiple bootable CD/DVD ISO? A CIF? BIN and CUE?
Make Bootable ISO image
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-makebootablecd.htm
Make Bootable CD/DVDMagicISO has ability to make bootable CD/DVD image file.

http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=vcd+format

dvd convert
Does anyone know a good freeware to convert DVD to VCD format? Ta.
posted by Airbag at 3:39 PM

2 Comments:
Bentley said...
What about DVDx - http://dvdx.sourceforge.net/

http://danslagle.com/blog/index.php?p=92

My Voicexml watchlist at Technorati

Your Watchlists
A Watchlist is a customized report that tracks incoming links to people and places you care about. With your Watchlist, you can track the daily conversations that develop between people on weblogs and the sites, news, products and topics they are talking about.
Free: voicexml
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http://jvoicexml.sourceforge.net/

JVoiceXML A free VoiceXML interpreter for JAVA supporting JAVA APIs such as JSAPI and JTAPI. JVoiceXML is an implementation of VoiceXML 2.0, the Voice Extensible Markup Language specified at http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml20/. VoiceXML is designed for creating audio dialogs that feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, recording of spoken input, telephony, and mixed initiative conversations. Major goal is to have a platform independent implementation that can be used for free. See also our project site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/jvoicexml/.

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Technorati = voicexml searhc with this page.

How about thishttp://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/plamere/20050119#jvoicexml

Rogers text message link.

http://www.rogers.com/english/wireless/sendpcs.html

Of course, you need to know my phone number, 780 xxx read

Also before you can send, you will need to enter the code created in the picture and enter it in the box .

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128MB RAM (minimum)
1024x768 video display adapter (recommended)
CD-ROM drive
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later for viewing Autodesk Inventor files)
*WindowsTM 2000 Professional SP2, or Windows XP Professional or Home Edition SP1 is required for viewing Inventor IDW, IPT and IAM formats. Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition is required for viewing AutoCAD DWG and DXF formats.

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Volo View 3 provides tools for project design teams and their extended circle of reviewers to view, mark up, measure, and plot digital design data. The application supports a variety of file formats, including AutoCAD® 2004 DWG and DXF™; Design Web Format™ (DWF™) 6; Autodesk Inventor® 8 IPT, IAM, and IDW, and raster files.
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Volo View 3 provides full support for viewing, marking up, measuring, printing, and plotting drawings created in AutoCAD 2004 and Autodesk Inventor 8. In addition, Volo View 3 software offers read and write support for the new DWF 6 file format and includes user interface enhancements to support multi-sheet DWF files.
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Autodesk® DWF™ Composer is Autodesk’s latest design review software application. It provides the review and markup capabilities of Volo View plus integration with the AutoCAD® 2005 family of products. Only with DWF Composer can you “round-trip” your DWF file and overlay the markups onto the original CAD file, which streamlines the review and editing process. DWF Composer includes powerful status tracking capabilities and complete sheet set organization to add or delete sheets, images, project timelines, and more to your sheet set.
If your focus is on viewing native Autodesk Inventor® 8 files, rather than efficient DWF files, then Volo View is the application for you. Compare the differences with the Viewer Comparison Chart.
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Volo View software is for project design teams and their extended circle of reviewers who need to cost-effectively share, view, mark up, measure, and provide feedback on digital design data. If you are looking to increase the productivity of your design review team, Volo View is the right product for you.
Autodesk® DWF™ Viewer is for project team members who need a convenient way to view and print published digital design data in DWF format, but do not need to mark up, measure, or provide changes to the design team electronically.
5. Does Volo View support AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT® 2004 files?
Yes, Volo View 3 can open all AutoCAD DWG, DXF, and DWF files, including those produced by AutoCAD 2004–based products.
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There are a number of ways buy Volo View 3. Upgrade versions and pricing are available for Volo View 2 users.
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Step 2: To purchase an upgrade you must enter the serial number of your current version:
Step 3: Select your prefered delivery method: Please Select Downloadable Physical Shipment
function validateSerial(field) {
var valid = "0123456789-";
var hyphencount = 0;
if ( form1.purchase.selectedIndex == 2 ) {
if (field.length!=12) {
alert("Please enter correct serial number.");
return false;
}
for (var i=0; i 1) ((field.length==12) && ""+field.charAt(3)!="-")) {
alert("The hyphen character should be used with a properly formatted serial number, like '123-12345678'. Please try again.");
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}

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DownloadsmIRC 6.16 by Khaled Mardam-BeyVery useful, interactive and convenient IRC client.More information: www.mirc.comNoNameScript 3.81 by greeny & muteAdd-on for mIRC 6.14 with very many and useful functions, including lagbar, POP mail checker, skin changer, and more!More information: www.nnscript.deMSN Messenger 6.2.0133 by MicrosoftMicrosoft's popular instant messaging client.More information: messenger.msn.comMessenger Plus! 3.01.94 by PatchouGreat add-on for MSN Messenger with autoresponder, sound commands, quick texts and much, much more!More information: www.msgplus.net2D Texter for mIRC by [mrg]Cool big-letter script with colour options for mIRC. Unzip all files in the mIRC directory, and type /load -rs 2dtext.mrc to load it. Change the colour in the right-click menu and use /2dt to make cool texts!Version reply remover for mIRC 6.15 by SegosaVersion reply remover for 6.15. If you know a bit of mIRC scripting, this tool can be very handy for making your own version reply, but it's actually made for educational purposes only.Version reply remover for mIRC 6.16 by VenomanAlso a version reply remover, only for mIRC 6.16.Pictochat v0.1 by MippoA Whiteboard-like application for mIRC by me. Put it in your mIRC directory and type /load -rs pictochat01.mrc (or another filename if it's renamed) in a window in mIRC to load it. Further help in the file itsself.

eGenesis to Develop New MMO with Orson Scott Card

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 07, @12:19PMfrom the from-fishing-to-faith-healing dept.Johnathon Walls writes "eGenesis, makers of the non-combat, world-building massively multiplayer online (MMO) game "A Tale in the Desert" versions 1 and 2, has signed a deal with Orson Scott Card (author of Ender's game and The Seventh Son) to develop the pre-Civil War American world of "Alvin the Maker" into a new MMO. This is also going to be a non-combat-centered, community-building world. Questions remain as to the amount of interest these non-combat games generate, and concerns about the rapidly dropping population of Tale 2 (a steady decline from 2089 subscribers on Sep 26 to 1582 subscribers on Jan 6) really bring this issue to the forefront."

BlackBerry Development, Part 1

http://www.mobilizedsoftware.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=18200576
http://www.mobilizedsoftware.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=18700137

http://www.ericgiguere.com/blackberry/index.html

Eric's BlackBerry Pages
The BlackBerry handheld, developed by Research In Motion and sold by wireless carriers throughout the world, is an interesting platform to develop for. This section of my site deals with Java development issues specific to this platform.
Books on BlackBerry Development

http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobility/midp/ttips/gamecanvas/

Game Canvas Basics



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Many, perhaps most, of the early commercial applications developed on the J2ME platform were games. With all the obvious interest in gaming - and the many device-specific gaming extensions developed by different handset vendors - it was no surprise to anyone that the Java Community Process group responsible for defining MIDP 2.0 introduced basic gaming capabilities. Let's take a look at the core of those capabilities, the GameCanvas class.
The GameCanvas class, found in the javax.microedition.lcdui.game package, extends the venerable Canvas class. As you know, Canvas lets an application draw screens using the low-level user-interface API, and also receive key and pointer events directly. The shortcoming of Canvas is that it gives the application no control over when a canvas repaints itself - all it can do is request a repaint - or over how quickly key and pointer events get delivered to the canvas. This lack of control can cause action games and others that are speed-sensitive to feel sluggish and unresponsive. GameCanvas was designed specifically to fix these weak points.
The first thing to remember, though, is that a game canvas is still a canvas, so all the usual behavior is there. The showNotify() and hideNotify() methods are still called when the canvas is shown and hidden. Key and pointer events are still delivered, except for certain key events which optionally can be suppressed. You still have to do all the drawing yourself, and you can still attach Command objects to the canvas. Here's a very simple test canvas you can use inside a MIDlet you run with the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.0 or higher:
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.GameCanvas;
public class DummyGameCanvas extends GameCanvas {
public DummyGameCanvas( boolean suppress ){
super( suppress );
}
private String getAction( int key ){
int action = getGameAction( key );
switch( action ){
case DOWN:
return "DOWN";
case UP:
return "UP";
case LEFT:
return "LEFT";
case RIGHT:
return "RIGHT";
case FIRE:
return "FIRE";
case GAME_A:
return "GAME_A";
case GAME_B:
return "GAME_B";
case GAME_C:
return "GAME_C";
case GAME_D:
return "GAME_D";
}
return "";
}
protected void hideNotify(){
System.out.println( "hideNotify" );
}
protected void keyPressed( int key ){
System.out.println( "keyPressed " + key + " "
+ getAction( key ) );
}
protected void showNotify(){
System.out.println( "showNotify" );
}
}
Two differences appear when you compare this class to a standard canvas. First, the constructor takes a boolean to indicate whether certain key events are to be suppressed or not. Second, no paint() method is needed; GameCanvas supplies its own implementation. But the most significant difference - the game loop - doesn't show up in DummyGameCanvas.
In general, MIDP user-interface components are event-driven - the system invokes methods directly, in response to device events. These events are queued and delivered to the application one at a time, and there may be a delay between the time the event occurs and the time the application receives it, which particularly affects painting events. The GameCanvas is different: It lets the application poll for key events quickly and repaint the canvas in a timely fashion. This polling and repainting is normally done in a loop on a separate thread, hence the term game loop.
To poll for key events, use getKeyStates(). It returns a bit mask representing the change in state of the action keys - defined by the Canvas class - since the last call to getKeyStates(). Each key's bit value in the mask will be 1 if it's currently down, or has been pressed since the last call, otherwise it will be 0. For example:
int state = getKeyStates();
if( ( state & FIRE_PRESSED ) != 0 ){
// user has pressed the FIRE key
}
This lets the application check the key state in a tight loop and respond quickly to any changes. Note that key events are still received by the game canvas as usual, except that you can suppress events involving the action keys - and customarily you do. By contrast, you never suppress key events for triggering commands.
To paint itself smoothly, a game canvas uses a technique called double buffering: You perform drawing operations in an off-screen buffer, then quickly copy from the buffer to the visible area of the canvas. See the tech tip "Flicker Free Graphics" for details. The canvas automatically creates and manages the off-screen buffer. The application draws into the buffer using a Graphics instance obtained from getGraphics(). (Note that each call returns a new instance, so you should call the method once outside the game loop and save the reference.) To update the display after drawing, a call to flushGraphics() will force an immediate repaint that's based on the current contents of the off-screen buffer.
The second example is a game canvas that scrolls a randomly generated star field:
import java.util.Random;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.GameCanvas;
// A simple example of a game canvas that displays
// a scrolling star field. The UP and DOWN keys
// speed up or slow down the rate of scrolling.
public class StarField extends GameCanvas
implements Runnable {
private static final int SLEEP_INCREMENT = 10;
private static final int SLEEP_INITIAL = 150;
private static final int SLEEP_MAX = 300;
private Graphics graphics;
private Random random;
private int sleepTime = SLEEP_INITIAL;
private volatile Thread thread;
public StarField(){
super( true );
graphics = getGraphics();
graphics.setColor( 0, 0, 0 );
graphics.fillRect( 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight() );
}
// When the game canvas is hidden, stop the thread.
protected void hideNotify(){
thread = null;
}
// The game loop.
public void run(){
int w = getWidth();
int h = getHeight() - 1;
while( thread == Thread.currentThread() ){
// Increment or decrement the scrolling interval
// based on key presses
int state = getKeyStates();
if( ( state & DOWN_PRESSED ) != 0 ){
sleepTime += SLEEP_INCREMENT;
if( sleepTime > SLEEP_MAX )
sleepTime = SLEEP_MAX;
} else if( ( state & UP_PRESSED ) != 0 ){
sleepTime -= SLEEP_INCREMENT;
if( sleepTime < 0 ) sleepTime = 0;
}
// Repaint the screen by first scrolling the
// existing starfield down one and painting in
// new stars...
graphics.copyArea( 0, 0, w, h, 0, 1,
Graphics.TOP Graphics.LEFT );
graphics.setColor( 0, 0, 0 );
graphics.drawLine( 0, 0, w, 1 );
graphics.setColor( 255, 255, 255 );
for( int i = 0; i < w; ++i ){
int test = Math.abs( random.nextInt() ) % 100;
if( test < 4 ){
graphics.drawLine( i, 0, i, 0 );
}
}
flushGraphics();
// Now wait...
try {
Thread.currentThread().sleep( sleepTime );
}
catch( InterruptedException e ){
}
}
}
// When the canvas is shown, start a thread to
// run the game loop.
protected void showNotify(){
random = new Random();
thread = new Thread( this );
thread.start();
}
}
The user presses the UP and DOWN action keys to increase and decrease the rate of scrolling. Not very exciting, but this canvas could easily form the heart of a simple "shoot-em-up" game. The game canvas gives you the flexibility you need to create simple but responsive games - have fun using it.

Hijack trouble and resolution

Need help with hijacked computer and stubborn spyware please
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Hello,
Unfortunatly, my homepage was hijacked. I have run CWS, Spybot, adaware, ect. and I can not get it to budge! I would REALLY appriciate help on this. Thanks to any brilliant mind that helps.
Oh yea, BTW, i dont have a clue what the log means, does, or how it needs to be fixed.
Here is my hijack this log:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0Scan saved at 2:02:01 PM, on 12/20/2004Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2600.0000)
..........................................................
Hi AndrewZ,
Please follow all instructions in the order they are presented, or the fix will not work!
You might want to print these instructions for reference or copy and paste them into notepad and save them on your desktop, as you will be off the internet and in safe mode while performing this fix
Download Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition version 1.05 from:
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
Run Adaware, click the "Check for Updates now" link. Install the latest reference file
Just update it for now, you will scan with it later!
Next...
Please download AboutBuster 4.0
http://downloads.subratam.org/AboutBuster.zip
Save it to a new folder such as a C:\AboutBuster
Unzip it and run AboutBuster.exe. Then hit Ok, note that there is now an update button. Hit update and 'Check for Update'. If there is a newer version hit 'Download Update'.
Just update it for now, we will use it later!
Next...
Boot into Safe Mode. Restart your computer, start tapping F8 when your computer first starts booting, select Safe Mode.
Make sure your computer is configured to show all files and folders.Click Start.Open My Computer.Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.Select the View Tab. Under the Hidden Files and Folders heading select Show Hidden Files and Folders.Uncheck hide extensions for known file types.Uncheck the Hide Protected Operating System Files option.Click Yes to confirm.Click OK.
Go to Start > Run and type "Services.msc" (without the quotes) then hit Ok. Scroll down and find the service called:
Network Security Service
When you find it, double-click on it. In the next window that opens, click the Stop button, then click on properties and under the General Tab, change the Startup Type to Disabled. Now hit Apply and then Ok and close any open windows.
Next...
Press control-alt-delete to get into the Task Manager and end the follow processes if they exist:
system.ini:lwteb
Next...
Run HijackThis, click scan, place a checkmark next to the following items. Close all browsers and any other windows or the fix may not work! Click "fix checked". It is OK if some of these items are no longer listed
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\yesdk.dll/sp.html#37680R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\yesdk.dll/sp.html#37680R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about:blankR1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\yesdk.dll/sp.html#37680R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\yesdk.dll/sp.html#37680R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\yesdk.dll/sp.html#37680R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\yesdk.dll/sp.html#37680R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missingO2 - BHO: (no name) - {39003147-0564-FC80-401D-657710C0FEE1} - C:\WINDOWS\winnv32.dllO2 - BHO: Search Help - {E8EAEB34-F7B5-4C55-87FF-720FAF53D841} - C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Local Settings\Temp\ZxCfU.dllO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZbybL] C:\documents and settings\chris\local settings\temp\ZbybL.exeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZLIzGvAS] C:\documents and settings\chris\local settings\temp\ZLIzGvAS.exeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows ServeAd] C:\Program Files\Windows ServeAd\WinServAd.exeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nettb.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\nettb.exeO4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [d3gs.exe] C:\WINDOWS\d3gs.exeO4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Osus] C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Application Data\rrup.exeO4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Pbphii] C:\WINDOWS\System32\l?gonui.exeO15 - Trusted Zone: *.awmdabest.comO15 - Trusted Zone: *.awmdabest.com (HKLM)O15 - Trusted IP range: 206.161.125.149O15 - Trusted IP range: (HKLM)O16 - DPF: {56336BCB-3D8A-11D6-A00B-0050DA18DE71} (RdxIE Class) - http://software-dl.real.com/18af265b80b881d3b417/netzip/RdxIE601.cabO23 - Service: Network Security Service (NSS) - Unknown - C:\WINDOWS\ieym.exe (file missing)
These are resource hogs that can be fixed also:
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
Search for and delete the following files:
C:\WINDOWS\winnv32.dllC:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Local Settings\Temp\ZxCfU.dllC:\documents and settings\chris\local settings\temp\ZbybL.exeC:\documents and settings\chris\local settings\temp\ZLIzGvAS.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\nettb.exeC:\WINDOWS\d3gs.exeC:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Application Data\rrup.exe
Search for and delete the following folders:
C:\Program Files\Windows ServeAd < delete the entire Windows ServeAd folder
Next...
Go to Start-> Run and type Regedit then click Ok.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servicesand highlight Services in the left pane. In the right pane, look for any these entries named as:
O? ’ŽrtñåȲ$Ó or N S Service
If any are listed, right-click that entry in the right pane and choose Delete
Again in Regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root and highlight Root in the Left Pane. In the right pane, look for any entries like this:
LEGACY ½ O? ’ŽrtñåȲ$Ó or LEGACY N S Service
If you find it, right-click it in the right-pane and choose delete.
If you have trouble deleting a key, then click once on the key name to highlight it and click on the Permission menu option under Security or Edit.Then Uncheck "Allow inheritable permissions" and press copy. Then click on everyone and put a checkmark in "full control". Then press apply and ok and attempt to delete the key again.
Browse to C:\AboutBuster and run aboutbuster.exe. If the tool asks you to perform a second pass, allow it to do it. Please copy and paste the final AboutBuster log to a text file and save it on your desktop.
Next...
Copy the contents of the Quote Box to Notepad. Name the file as fix.reg. Change the Save as Type to All Files. Save this file on the desktop
Quote:REGEDIT4[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HSA][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SE][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SW]

Then double-click on the fix.reg file, and when it prompts to merge say yes, and this will clear some registry entries left behind by the process.
Next...
Perform a "Full system scan" with Adaware. Allow it to remove anything it finds.
Go to Start > Run > type "cleanmgr" (without the quotes). > Select the drive to clean up (usually C ) > Place a checkmark next to the following:
Temporary Internet FilesRecycle BinTemporary Files
Then click OK.
Reboot normally.
Next...
I would like you to perform an onlne virus scan at Trend Micro
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Select all of your drives for scanning. Please check "Auto clean" before scanning.
If you can, copy and paste the report logs from the scan into your next post along with the AboutBuster log and a fresh HijackThis log..
Tom__________________HijackThisAd-awareSpybot Search & DestroySpywareBlasterSpywareGuard

..............................................................Another method is this Download:Cwshredder: http://danborg.org/spy/CWS/cwshredder.exeAdware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.htmlDownload this scanner – mwav exe : http://home9.inet.tele.dk/le01/Sikkerhed.htm Show hidden files: http://www.xtra.co.nz/help/0,,4155-1916458,00.html= Disable System Restorehttp://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm Go to Add Remove Programs in control panel, and find, if present: Windows ControlAd - remove it Please go offlineIn the HijackThis program, place a check mark next to the following entries.R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missingO2 - BHO: Search Relevancy - {1D7E3B41-23CE-469B-BE1B-A64B877923E1} - C:\PROGRA~1\SEARCH~1\SEARCH~2.DLLO2 - BHO: (no name) - {A78860C8-EE1A-46DF-A97F-E3E6D433E80B} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\3euhi9j.dllO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [abu] abu.exeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [rwjnvampmcvsx] C:\WINDOWS\System32\dizfcg.exeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [satmat] C:\WINDOWS\satmat.exeO4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows ControlAd] C:\Program Files\Windows ControlAd\WinCtlAd.exeO4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [40rg29.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\40rg29.exe /kO4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [40rg29.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\40rg29.exe /kO16 - DPF: {15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} - http://public.windupdates.com/get_file.php?bt=ie&p=d5ce257857a083868c1f4672b0407c8b9379fe5496c0e7d74dd5b79e931ad6d6d9b0f3669e53e51b8fba848fa8088c3fc64cb0edfedca287d6c4c1b056f368

Press the "Fix checked" button. Then close HijackThis. Reboot into Safe Mode - hit F8 key untill menu shows upFind and delete:C:\PROGRA~1\SEARCH~1\SEARCH~2.DLLC:\WINDOWS\system32\3euhi9j.dllC:\WINDOWS\System32\dizfcg.exeC:\WINDOWS\satmat.exeC:\Program Files\Windows ControlAd\WinCtlAd.exeC:\WINDOWS\System32\40rg29.exe
Run the mwav scanner:Activate all, in settings- Scan

Spybot, click on the Immunize button. Then "Scan System" button. When the Check is over, fix all marked with red
AdwarePush STARTPerform full system scan. NEXTTo fix all the bad critical objects do the following: Right click on one of them to open up the selection screen. Click the "Select All" button to select all entries. When all are selected Click "Next" and then "OK" in the pop-up window to confirm the removal.
Run cwshredder, close all other windows-Fix RebootGo to Start Run and type: cleanmgr.exe and hit enter. When prompted what drive to clean select your hard drive c: If asked what folders to clean in a list, tick them all to clean all temp folders, downloaded program folders, temporary internet files, etc., and the recycle/trash bin.

http://www.ftponline.com/javapro/2004_11/magazine/features/readerschoice/

Ecirc

You need to do the finral signoof for this project and complete the last steering committe meeting and start the new project off. in a new steeeing committee.

Exeem "Successor" to Suprnova Announced

After the demise of Suprnova, hype has risen over Exeem, the supposed heir apparent to the popular BitTorrent index. Today on Novastream, Sloncek announced it officially, but to me his announcement raised more questions than it did answers. Since the official exeem.com website still isn't up, I've got a few notes below. Thanks to several users on irc.suprnova.org, and Sloncek himself for answering my questions.

First, Exeem really isn't an extension of Suprnova as the hype might have you believe: the connection between the two seems more marketing than anything else. Sloncek has been hired to promote their product as the heir apparent to his popular website, but his involvement really seems to be almost entirely PR. It'll work obviously: my headline on this story mentions Suprnova, and so will hundreds of websites around the world in the coming days. "Yet another p2p app" would not create anywhere near the waves that "Successor to Suprnova Announced" will. I hope that people judge exeem by its own merits and not by its (clever) marketing.
Second, Exeem is pretty much what was rumored earlier: a blending of the tracker, the BitTorrent client, and decentralized indexing. It's Windows only. It's in beta now, and will be out at some indeterminate date in the future. It also has a rating and commenting system which appears to be somewhat rudimentary. It's unclear to me if the rating system will be as useless as other attempts, and I think this is the critical thing: Suprnova succeeded because the content available on it was verified and trustworthy. Suprnova was as much the work of a few dozen editors as it was a list of torrent URLs. So far no other p2p system has achieved that level of accuracy. Exeem supports magnet sites which is a start, but not exactly p2p either. And did I mention that it's adware?
Third, there's a mystery company. Someone is paying Sloncek. He won't say who, but there's a history in the p2p world of secretive development. Since Exeem is to be adware, someday it will have a billing address, which means the legal issues faced by predecessors like Napster and Kazaa will be forthcoming, which is of course why we have a mystery company that Sloncek won't talk about in the first place. We definitely haven't heard the last of this.
Personally I was hoping for more: source code and cross platform compatibility never hurts. These are the things that made BitTorrent a huge success. I guess I was hoping for a new protocol instead of just another Kazaa. I guess I was hoping for a monumental leap, and instead Exeem to be a more incremental step. I'm sure we'll learn more in the coming weeks.


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