Stav Prodromou [email protected]
San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Open microblogging service enthusiast. I ♥ identi.ca and pump.io. Avid major league baseball fan, especially devoted to the Oakland Athletics. Go A's!
2015-06-03T01:40:00Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
So far, Windows 10 (Pro Insider Preview) that I installed this morning is looking pretty straightforward. All my apps from Win 8.1 seem to be working OK. Main difference is start screen now integrated into start popup.
So far, Windows 10
2015-05-15T02:17:36Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
I use Open Office 4.1.1 on a Windows 8.1 PC. For some time it has been giving me a notice that there is an update available for an extension. So I finally clicked on it. It was an update for the English spell checker, but when I downloaded it, Norton AV told me it was unsafe and deleted it. Does anyone know what is up with this problem?X11R5 likes this.
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Other than Windows, you mean. :-)
Douglas Perkins at 2015-05-15T03:00:10Z
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No, I don't know particularly what you are facing. Anti-virus is the most useless software, it blacklists software, patches and what-nots, on the basis of its limited central database. They slow down the pc startup and each time a drive is inserted, almost all time they are the highest cpu and memory using programs. I would say don't use them. They make their own rules. they quarantine files and programs, delete keys and stuff they feel isn't good.
Alternatively, you could follow these simple rules:
1. don't insert un-trusted usb drives.
2. turn off autoplay for all drives.
3. don't double click the removable drives, always use explore in context menu.
4. show all files all the time, hidden and system files too, keep file extensions locked though.
5. Use soluto to get rid of files and programs.
6. Keep your boot with minimal programs started. All extras e.g adobe reader, off
7. Try updating programs manually, the update services hog cpu and memory a lot, and start whenever they want, culprits like google update.
8. If you face a problem like you were attacked by a worm, virus, vb.net, manually remove it by searching web. Anti-virus wouldn't do any better.2015-03-14T14:54:04Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Is it true that in Europe the ratio of the circumference to a a circle's diameter is 14.3 ? #PiDayClaes Wallin (韋嘉誠), Nathan Willis, David "Judah's Shadow" Blue, ostfriesenmärz and 8 others likes this.
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What are in to work today for #piday.Cookies
2014-12-20T20:26:03Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Just for all of our Identi-ca friends, I made these Christmas cookies. Enjoy![email protected] likes this.
Thanks! \o/
Wow! That's a lot of cookies. Insulin shock here I come :-)
2014-11-12T17:01:18Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Microsoft today announced plans to open source .NET http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-starts-to-open-source-net-and-take-it-cross-platform-to-...Marcelo Nogueira Dutra, Evan Prodromou likes this.
2014-09-17T16:15:06Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
IOS 8 is available today, but DON'T load it on your poor little iPhone 4S http://gizmodo.com/dont-put-ios-8-on-your-iphone-4s-1635763610?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_faceb...Stephen Michael Kellat likes this.
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2014-09-05T03:13:47Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Good write-up about iCloud's vulnerability. "Amateur"
http://mashable.com/2014/09/04/i-hacked-my-own-icloud-account/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link2014-09-05T01:41:17Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
As if we didn't have enough to worry about. The bad guys now have rogue cell towers that can intercept your phone calls! Check the map. http://www.wired.com/2014/09/cryptophone-firewall-identifies-rogue-cell-towers/?mbid=social_fbjrobb likes this.
2014-08-19T03:35:50Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
The cheap economy fighter jet was built without any government funding!http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-08-17/the-20-million-jet-that-was-kept-a-secret2014-08-12T17:43:24Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
155-Year-Old Eel Dies: Swedish Eel, Aged 155, Dies In Old Village Water Well. I wonder how this can be authenticated? http://www.inquisitr.com/1404272/155-year-old-eel-dies-swedish-eel-aged-155-dies-in-old-village-wate...Evan Prodromou likes this.
I think if you shake it and it doesn't bite you or hiss or anything, it's probably really dead.Evan Prodromou at 2014-08-12T19:44:20Z
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2014-08-10T18:31:43Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Listening once again to Eric Clapton & Friends CD "The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9rj8CeLi0AMarcelo Nogueira Dutra likes this.
2014-08-08T17:25:54Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Your geeky news for this Friday. IBM's newest Brain-on-a-Chip. Very Awesome accomplishment. http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1323441&_mc=RSS_EET_EDT&elq=1d7ce86f83cc4de4b5346776b4a33820&elqCampaignId=184792014-08-07T16:30:45Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
What do you know about The Onion Router (Tor). Well, NSA wants you to forget you ever heard of it. http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/06/how-why-feds-killed-a-talk-on-tor-hacking-at-black-hat-exclusive/Christopher M. Hobbs (inactive) likes this.
2014-07-02T03:00:30Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Facebook broke users' trust, conducted human emotional experiments without their knowledge or consenthttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/30/facebook-emotion-study-breached-ethical-guidelines-researchers-sayØ likes this.
Well Facebook did apologize, so ieverything is OK. You can trust them now. http://www.cbsnews.com/.../researcher-apologizes-for.../Stav Prodromou at 2014-07-02T03:18:20Z
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"I'm sorry if finding out about this offended you"Oh, if they apologized, then everything's forgotten, of course!! =)
A reaction I saw today was, the sin must be forgiven because FB is the only game in town. Right. Google is the only game in town, too. As are the Democrats and Republicans. “No one rain drop thinks it caused the flood.”2014-06-19T02:30:27Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
For those simpletons out there who find it too taxing to compose a 140-character message, there is now YO. An app for your android or iPhone that sends the same 2-character message to anyone in your equally simple circle of firends. It's called (you guessed it) Yo.Think you can remember that, or do you need a link to it? http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/yos-digital-nudges-are-the-new-pokes-and-possibly-the-new-notifica...
2014-06-16T16:10:58Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
I guess the federal government has solved all of our important social and political problems and is now turning it's attention to regulating our apps. Just in time, too. Why just last week, Google Maps gave me directions to "bear right one quarter mile ahead" and it was much closer to 3/10 of a mile. We can't put up with such irresponsible & greedy corporate behavior! http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/the-u-s-government-wants-to-regulate-google-maps-all-other-car-nav...2014-06-09T15:51:14Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Where do Silicon Valley people immigrate from? Here: http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/this-map-reveals-exactly-where-silicon-valley-gets-its-talent/jrobb, Evan Prodromou likes this.
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2014-06-09T01:52:19Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
The first computer to pass the Turing test http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/08/talk-to-the-computer-that-passed-the-turing-test-a-historic-artifi...2014-06-08T16:17:03Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Tongue-in-cheek piece about Google & Apple http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=182&doc_id=1322644&_mc=NL_EET_EDT_EET_daily_20140606&ci...2014-06-02T19:20:27Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
They gotta keep those armies of snoopers with their exabyte supercomputers busy at the NSA, so keep uploading your photos to Facebook.
http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/01/facial-recognition-software-is-the-future-of-mass-surveillance/Susan Pinochet, lostson, Evan Prodromou likes this.
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