I know I'm not the smartest branch off the old block, but I do know the game, "What do you see that doesnt belong". Recently I went searching around google for a color pallet for colors of course.

The next to last result was a picture of two men damn near completely naked, one laying face down and other pulling on his leg.

Of course this could change within the next day or so i have created an image to go along with it.

Link (as of the date of this entry, the result you are looking for is next to last on the page.)

http://images.google.com/images?q=color%20pallet&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

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Microsofts antispyware alerted me of an internet explorer activeX program was attempting to be downloaded and installed. The antispyware software detected the name of the software and where the download was coming from. It was coming from microsofts website.

Name: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Description: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Download URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/b/bdb4e4ee-63b2-45ff-9d84-33205bf43143/WebCleaner.cab

Installed files:

C:\WINNT\Downloaded Program Files\WebCleaner.dll

Advise: While this is not a known spyware threat, you might want to analyze this program

Cosmo: [offline] Get your gaming gloves on because me and rex are off this weekend and it's going to be one of the last so we have to make it a good one.
cmos: what do you mean one of the last?

Cosmo: one of the last ones we can all play together because me and rex will be on opposite shifts when we go to 12 hours.
cmos: oh i thought you mean that our gaming was almost over
Cosmo: no, just the group of us. his brother is going to play with us too
cmos: what game are we playing?
cmos: not that i give a shit, i just want to think about it all day
Cosmo: vietnam probably
Cosmo: i just rode by your car. i was going to leave a message under your wiper
cmos: at the city building?
Cosmo: yeah
cmos: my old boss wants to know how to use that software i got from you to put what it makes the file into, back onto a dvd 

cmos: you should have. i would have called the police
Cosmo: i would have kicked their asses too
Cosmo: dvd decrypter or dvd shrink?
cmos: i m not sure, does it make them into iso files?
Cosmo: dvd shrink does, and then you have to use dvd decrypter in ISO mode to burn it to the dvd. tell him dvd- too because the dvd+ suck
cmos: ill tell him just that.

cmos: for a minute there, i thought our gaming was done, i felt empty inside.

Cosmo: FUCK NO. only when they throw the dirt on my maggotty ass
Cosmo: if you need a step by step for him, let me know and i'll type it up in notepad
cmos: only if you want to
Cosmo: i have the feeling it may be easier to do that, than try explaining it to him
cmos: yeah, he knows some shit, hes not a complete idiot like most people we help
Cosmo: well, maybe he wont need a susie step by step then
cmos: hehehe, i was looking for a way to make up something witty like that
cmos: if he can make the iso, he is halfway there?
Cosmo: yeah, dvd shrink burns it into the iso, they he opens dvd decrypter, makes sure it set to write in iso mode and then clicks on the folder icon to find the file
cmos: what happens next? he has a new iso file?

Cosmo: once he has it set to write in iso mode, then clicks the folder and searches the iso down and chooses it, then he just clicks on the burn icon, which is at the bottom with an arrow pointing to the disc.

Recently I found myself looking for local retail stores online. RadioShack, walmart, fossil, kmart, all in hopes of finding a new watch.

The thing i do is type in www.radoshack.com, which happens to be a misspelling.

Turns out that RadioShack disliked the misspelled site to the extent of sending a harassing letter to the sites owner(read that letter here). Quote from letter:

"It recently came to RadioShack's attention that you have registered and are using www.radoshack.com as a World Wide Web domain name in violation of the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999.  Furthermore, you are intentionally trading on the goodwill of RadioShack by using a trademark that is confusingly similar to RADIOSHACK.  Your misuse of our famous trademark, combined with the lack of any semblance of legitimate reason for you to register this domain name indicates a bad faith intent to profit from the famous RADIOSHACK trademark

It is clear that www.radoshack's use of this misspelling of our trademark and domain name is intended to and actually does confuse and misdirect customers who mistype RadioShack's website address.  This misuse of RadioShack's trademark is a classic example of dilution by blurring.  This dilution is further exacerbated by the fact that your web site also offers electronic merchandise.  This type of action commonly called typosquatting is actionable under federal law and causes you to be liable to RadioShack in every state in which the misdirected users have made purchases.  Your activities are unlawful and constitute unfair competition, intentional trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin and cybersquatting."

The site owner sent this letter back to RadioShack.

Conclusion:
The main problem with the belly achers at RadioShack is the incompitence of thier customers or people who use the internet in general. That problem being idiots that type in the wrong website address and complain they cant find what they are looking for.

What radioshack wants ICAAN to do is, any domain name that resembles radioshack.com or is a misspelling of radioshack.com, redirect them to http://www.radioshack.com. Why would they want users dumb enough to cry about not finding a site they cant type correctly? Because these are the people that will buy their over priced junk.

That doesnt make me an idiot, I decided to go elsewhere, not because I couldnt find the site, its because radioshack sucks goat balls.

Trying to reach the top of a hill in the snow storm turned out to be a stuck car in the ditch.

After failing twice to get the car up the hill, I let my friend out halfway up the hill. On the way out I drifted the car just enough to slide into a ditch with no way out.

I had to call in the wolf to get the car and me out of the jam.

When I got home, someone had plowed my driveway and the wooden median that separated the driveway.

Recently falling vitim to having all ads blocked, I need to find out why and where.

The host file.

The hose file is found in:

c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\

Most are blank or have a # symbol in them. Mine was filled with, was filled with ad servers and other sites. To fix the problem simply open the host file with a text editor and delete everything in it.

Symptom - When you load www.hotmail.com or windowsupdate.microsoft.com the browser returns nothing, in other words you have a blank page.

At first thought I figured it was some spyware that either tried to hi-jack hotmail accounts or prevent Microsoft users from using their mail or updating. Either of these could still be the case; however the fix comes from Microsoft.com

Solution - More than likely the vb(visual basic) scripting is corrupt. Microsoft relies a lot of Visual Basic scripting for the services they provide. Example, hotmail/windows update.

To fix this problem visit the following link that applies to your operating system. The link will take you to Microsoft's website to download the file.

Windows Script 5.6 Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, and Windows NT 4.0

Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP

The current buzz around the spyware world is that two of the leaders in spyware removal(lavasoft,pestpatrol) have without notice delisted Whenu. WhenU previous to the New Year, was labeled as spyware.

I have tested pestpatrol and microsoft anitspyware definitions as of Feb.22.2005 and found that they both remove all WhenU spyware. Also the memory check service, within pestpatrol, detects WhenU as spyware at install. Microsofts realtime protection feature does the same.

What is WhenU? WhenU makes ad serving software which is bundled with unrelated programs available for download for free from the internet. WhenU's software includes Save!, SaveNow and ClockSync. According to a PCPitstop user survey, 87% of persons with WhenU software on their computer had no idea how it became installed.

WhenU is listed in add/remove programs as SearchBar.

I do not have the time to go into why WhenU is trash. Here are some links to get you where you need to go for that information. WhenU Link1. WhenU link 2.

So why are spyware software sites displaying information on their site that details that their software isn't spyware. It is like the emails that you get that tell you that they are not spam, when in fact they are. It hurts these spyware companies real bad when the top downloads and searches on the internet are for removal of spyware.

The same rule applies to spam email as they do spy ware. These rules apply to spyware, why? Mainly because I say so. Q. Why do I have the right to remove spyware? A. Because it is a free country and I will do what I please with my computer however I see fit. I will also put my trust in a software company just like anyone else would put their trust in anyone or anything else. I trust that the anti-spyware software that I am using will remove unwanted, CPU hogging, bandwidth leeching, privacy invading trash programs.

Let’s get back to WhenU. First and foremost they were originally known for a couple things. One thing they were known for was "damn, where did all these pop-ups go, man my machine is slow". And when people found out it could be removed, queries started to go out on the internet asking "remove save now", "remove WhenU"

Now we visit WhenU sites on the present day. The well known spyware software camp, all of a sudden turned legit, has anti-spyware and privacy stamped all over their site. Now it seems that WhenU is an anti-spyware portal and you can scan your computer for free. Wait, first you have to download the program that does the magic work.

This magic program is a toolbar for Internet Explorer that functions like a search bar. Not only does the search bar search, it blocks pop-ups and removes spyware. That’s fantastic, other than the fact that two months ago their software was removed by every single anti-spyware software program out there. You see this way, if you use their scan, WhenU will surely keep its place on your machine and why not? It makes them millions and millions of dollars. Do not think for one second that they want to offer you a free tool just to better your life. They want to give you a free tool so you will bypass the privacy policy or not even care enough even if they are breaking their own words. Tell me this, how do any of these programs send targeted ads to your computer, without giving them any of your personal info? They can not, they need data.

All of this boils down to one simple thing, money. With money you can buy your way out of jail, you can catch a cold and get out of court for a few days, live off of room service seven days a week, and with enough money, you can buy your spyware company off of the spyware removal list.

Conclusion: I predict there will be a lot of lawsuits over spyware classifications and lawsuits over articles written about spyware.

The only people that are complaining and suing are the companies that make the crap software. Ask yourself this, how many people do you think that are out in the world today, are ready to end it all (kill themselves), over having WhenU removed? The only people that find it useful are the people making money off of it.

Never again will I use or recommend lavasoft, nor will I bring up the name "WhenU" in conversation again. Other than the bashing it deserves.

Its not completed configured out how the dating system will work. Upon creating entries articles and comments something will have to be in place to show the users local time and post it.

Then there would be a chance of someone creating a comment before the post was created.

 Blog Settings and User Profile could possibly be merged into one screen. Also talking to the host to install some software so we can have a spell checker.

User settings now include a time zone option. I have a friend in kansas who can check this out tomorrow.