Posts by happygeek

So how come the link is marked as broken in my post?

I thought that bug had been fixed, but apparently not.

A 'bot' to do what, exactly? Explain your motivations first, along with what language you are thinking of using etc etc. I have moved this question to the programming section...

pavithra_4, I was asking the original poster for clarification rather than asking others to guess at what they meant. Unless you are the original poster using another account that is?

I am an Admin here.

You were not banned for 10 days as I reversed the ban on the same day it was originally applied. If you could not access your account for 10 days then you should raise that as a bug report over in the DaniWeb Community Feedback forum.

I am not a communist.

Yes, I am Bulgarian.

Also, I think we need to separate day-to-day security/privacy issues from 'when law enforcement demands' issues. Keeping your data out of state view is a different kind of security/privacy thing to preventing a family member, hacker or other criminal type from accessing it. Maybe I need to write another primer on hiding your stuff from the man :-)

See this Chicago court ruling from earlier this year https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1h4jlD75yShMTlPUWhZUS1qWFk/view

What is 'sutotion' for that matter.

So far it's an F for effort. Ariful_2, please try again to explain exactly what your problem is and then someone might be able to help you with it. So far we have absolutely nothing to go on...

I think it's more a case of stating the fact, and it is a fact, that changes to the Google algorithm have hurt discussion forums and haven't hurt Q&A sites. That doesn't mean that Stack doesn't deserve the position it holds, of course it does. It does mean that sites like DaniWeb have suffered in terms of traffic because of those algo changes.

I'm not really sure what jkon is on, but the simple truth of the matter is that this forum worked perfectly well for the longest time (when it was getting the traffic via Google to keep the new blood coming in with questions and looking for answers, as well as balancing out the organic churn that such a site will always endure) and to blame the Dazah login process and mysterious 'other factors' or, indeed, Dani herself for "demolishing" the success of DaniWeb is plain bizarre.

Welcome back!

Got Android? Then you had better be on top of your security smarts. With Android cornering more than 80 per cent of the mobile operating system market, it's no surprise that Android devices are the number one target for the mobile malware merchants. Kaspersky Lab reckoned that Android malware attacks increased threefold between 2105 and 2016, and it's a trend it expects will continue. Not that malware is your only worry, everyone from pickpockets to coffee shop hackers, jealous spouses to seasoned cybercriminals, all want to get hold of your smartphone and the data it contains. So how do you stop them? That's where our 13 top tips to secure your Android smartphone come in...

OK, so that's easier said than done if you are one of the many millions (about half of all 1.4 billion Android users) without a smartphone model that supports both a recent version of Android and the monthly security updates roll out. Although Apple is on top of the operating system update game, with all iPhone users getting the chance to upgrade to the latest iOS , Android is a different kettle of fish. The variables as to when or if you get the latest version are many, and even the monthly security updates aren't guaranteed. If you have the very latest Google branded device (a Pixel whatever) then you are pretty much guaranteed to be first in the update queue; for everyone else it's something of a gamble. The latest …

A forum poster cuts and pastes his homework assignment, and expects others to provide the answer for him without so much as a please or thank you. Which of the following is the correct response?

A: No

B: Please refer to the forum posting rules which state "provide evidence of having done some work yourself if posting questions from school or work assignments"

C: Show us your code so far

PS. Here's a clue - it's all three.

What 'black-listed problem' are you referring to?

Apologies. I read it as you responded to an advertisement to buy likes, rather than you used FB advertising and gained likes.

The bit about content being king remains true enough though. That said, organic growth is rarely quick and can be too slow to save a site even if the content is good. There's simply too much competition unless you are cornering a really niche sector of whatever market...

qubits do not make for better computing than regular bits in all cases

That's certainly the case as far as the D-Wave realisation of QC, the annealing version. However, when it comes to 'pure' QC of the type that IBM and Google are working on, then that's looking like a different story. Of course, that said, I don't expect that we be using quantum laptops to play games and post pictures of cats online any time soon if ever... :-)

The only people whose business benefits from people buying likes are those selling them. There are no quick fixes, there is no silver bullet. I've been writing about the Web from when it was first released onto the world (and writing about the Internet and online systems long before then) and what was true back then remains so today: content is king.

What has Schrodinger got to do with the complex and paradoxical concept of quantum computing? The answer is that both Erwin and his hypothetical cat relate directly to this subatomic world. In fact, Schrodinger is often referred to as the father of quantum mechanics.

Erwin Schrodinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist, awarded a Nobel Prize way back in 1933 for his work with Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac regarding the discovery of 'new productive forms of atomic theory.'

Two years later, Schrodinger proposed an experiment whereby a hypothetical cat and a radioactive sample are sealed within a steel box for an hour. So far, so weird. But wait, it gets weirder. If a radioactive atom decayed within that time then courtesy of a relay from a Geiger counter also in the container, it would release a small hammer that breaks a flask of hydrocyanic acid and the cat dies. If no atom had decayed within that hour, and the chances were pretty equal that it would or wouldn't, then the flask remains intact as does the feline.

Now we need to explain the Copenhagen interpretation which isn't an episode of the Big Bang Theory but rather a concept in quantum mechanics that a particle exists in all possible states simultaneously until observed. The Copenhagen interpretation determines that the radioactive material is both decayed and not decayed at the same time. It is in a state of 'superposition' until it is observed. Which would …

UI:

1. I'm not a mod.
2. "the public (top 10 sites members) can make money out of it" sounds like a pyramid scheme.
3. You called me a capitalist and a loser, you stated I had downvoted your posts. None of these are true. Ipso facto, idiot.

Indeed, and here I am. Appreciate the pat on the back, cheers chuckc.

Still all sounds like a pyramid scam to me UI...

You are going to be the next Bill Gates but cannot or will not pay $50 to get the functionality you are after. And, seriously, you wonder why people downvote this stuff?

Oh, and if we are all such losers then why bother asking us for help?

It's like me pressing the button and watch them drag themselves out of their rat holes and come and smell the cheese in my trash can

Oh, I see. So you are a troll after all...

My Samsung S8+ has a blue light feature for night usage, but to be honest I think it's more the act of working/browsing/checking that keeps me too stimulated to sleep than the light issue.

49 of those views were most likely me hoping to see a response.

Ah. I assumed that 'views' equated to individual user reads.

Sorry GDev, but (quite apart from hijacking an already sorted question from months ago) makes absolutely no sense to me. Can you rethink what it is you are asking, and try again with a bit more clarity please. And post as a new thread rather than continuing this one as it's likely to get you a quicker and more helpful response. Thanks.

I used to be the same, then I decided something had to change as my body is lot older than yours and was suffering as a result. So I don't do any work after 6pm, and don't touch the smartphone after 10pm. I am always in bed for 10.30pm regular as clockwork now, and always asleep by 11pm. Yes, my old man bladder wakes me in the night at around 4.30am but I get straight back to sleep and feel refreshed enough to get straight out of bed without snoozing my 6am alarm.

It took a good couple of months to reset my body clock from getting up at 10am and working until 3am (or later) but eventually it got there. Best thing I ever did, truth be told. I used to kid myself that I worked better of a night, but that's all it was: an illusion. Switching off mentally requires switching off tech...

On the positive side, it's had 50 views and nobody has popped above the parapets to disagree with what I've said.

That's the second 'admin' post in 24 hours, by different accounts. I smell something fishy...

Yeah, I think it's important enough to have a new thread Alan. As I say, I was one of those who felt a bit 'whaaaaat' when Dazah first arrived and DaniWeb enrollment/auth was moved across to it. However, I know Dani well and I trust her to act in the best interests of DaniWeb. I know she wouldn't just drop the DaniWeb community when things get rough - heck, things have been bad before and she has always done everything she can (including eating into her savings) to keep us afloat. What I needed was that heart to heart, or mind to mind, conversation with her to fully get just why the two services have to be joined at the hip and how one depends on the other for future success. Now I do get it, I understand why things have played out as they have and why some difficult choices had to be made. I just needed to get it off my chest and hopefully help convince others, especially amongst us DaniWeb veterans, that the motivation is positive and in our best interest.

Yes, I'm one of those. Can I help or was that just a random thought posted in error?

Erm, enough to develop using Java?

You may have to be a little more explicit in your question for us to answer in any meaningful way I'm afraid...

I've been following this whole 'Bloody Dazah' debate for a while, and have largely resisted from commenting as I was struggling to have anything positive to say. However, having now had a long chat with Dani about Dazah and DaniWeb I have to admit that I've changed my mind with regards to negative thoughts about Dazah and the way DaniWeb integrates with it. Indeed, I'd go so far as to say that I think Dazah will be the saviour of DaniWeb and we should support Dani in her efforts to ensure both have a future.

Dani could easily have just walked away from DaniWeb as it struggles to survive in an environment that has pretty much turned its back on 'niche' support forums like ours in favour of a few quick fix big hitters. She didn't because she actaully cares about the community as much as she does the business side of DaniWeb. That is a fact, and not just me giving someone I've called a friend for more than ten years now a much needed pat on the back. Dazah is where Dani is placing her hopes for the survival of DaniWeb, she isn't turning her back on us and just concentrating on another startup and if/when that takes off will drop us like a hot brick. The goal is for DaniWeb to be part of a bigger 'community of niche communities' and Dazah is the glue that will stick them together. This means that she has had to …

Smells like spam from here, but let's give the OP a chance to come back and persuade me it isn't. That said, it's been a week with no reply...

I'm not sure that's the kind of reply that will get you the help I was talking about, albeit refreshingly honest (unless you were joking of course...) :-)

As for Privatoria, like so many VPN services, it's hard to find a truly independant review as the web is littered with affiliate spam disguised as honest reviews. I've never used it, but Secure Thoughts concluded:

Pros:
up to 5 simultaneous connections
secure encryption
can be configured on any device

Cons:
totally unresponsive support
difficult to set up
no refunds
little information on products available

Overall Score: 29/100

The Opera VPN is actually SurfEasy, and you might want to check out what kind of data SurfEasy logs (it is based in Canada so abides by Canadian privacy regulations, and as a member of the Five Eyes thing this means Canadian law enforcement could demand logs and pass them onto other nation members) before recommending it. Obviously it depends on what you are using a VPN for, if you need true anonymity (journalist protecting sources as one example) then I'd suggest SurfEasy/Opera isn't for you. If you just want an OK service (not the fastest by any means) to provide security when connecting via unsecured WiFi for example, then it sort of, partly, does the job for free. Remember that it's not really a VPN in the technical sense, it's really more of a proxy server (runs as a SurfEasy proxy) so it's only encrypting your web browser traffic and nothing else. Personally, I'd rather pay for something that provides better throughput and has better privacy with regards to logging and, importantly, works whatever I am doing, within a browser client or not. Lastly, there's the small matter that Opera is now owned by a Chinese outfit so you have to factor that into your 'how secure/private is my VPN activity' equation should you be of the conspiracist persuasion :-)

What do you want to use this for Stefan? Not the 'to auto-comment on blogs answer' but the motivation behind that? I ask as to be honest it sounds awfully like a spamming project, and I doubt anyone would be willing to provide much help in that. If you could give us an idea of what you are looking to do, and why, then I imagine it might make a difference to what help you get.

The bonk in question was the sound of me hitting my head following so much floor rolling in laughter... :-)

I think that they are asking whether long or short keywords in headers are better for SEO.

See here to get started (Bleeping Computer Palikan removal guide)

I Googled it, and the first hit was for a replacement board on eBay costing very little (UKP 15) - so I would think replacing rather than repairing would be the way to go.

Mikkey, you keep posting your queries in the community centre. I have moved a bunch so far. However, if you want answers about SEO stuff then you need to be posting in the Search Engine Strategies section.

Just for reference, and so you know for your next question...

(PS I'll move this one now)

As rproffitt says, that's what a splitter is meant to do: 'split' the image into two, not display two different images.

Assuming your computer has the necessary graphics oomph to drive two monitor displays, and pretty much any decently specced kit will do these days, then take a look at a DisplayLink-driven option. This drives the two displays via a single USB port on the computer. Google for options, there are plenty out there at vall price points. I'm using a Plugable USB 3 'docking station' (although technically it's actually a port replicator) to drive two displays (and my ethernet, keyboard, mouse all plug into it from just the one USB port) from my laptop here.

Following the recent ransomware attacks that leveraged the WannaCrypt0r malware and NSA-developed EternalBlue vulnerability exploit, there was plenty of advice that backup, backup, backup was the best mitigation. Data backups are, of course, an important part of any business continuity strategy. However, what happens when your backups are also encrypted by ransomware? There are variants out there, in the wild, that will target shared network drives, that will use cloud backup desktop sync clients to encrypt that data as well. There are variants that will not declare themselves and post the ransom demands until they have been successfully encrypting backups in the background for a few weeks and thus making it even harder to recover from the attack without coughing up. All of these things suggest that maybe a new backup strategy is required.

A relevant press release arrived from Acronis today regarding the business-oriented Acronis Backup software; the latest version of which (12.5) now includes 'Acronis Active Protection' amongst other things. This is something that I've been using here for a while now, but as a feature of the Acronis True Image 'new generation' product. The new generation premium version that includes it (along with 1Tb of online storage for one PC and unlimited mobile devices) doesn't come cheap at $99 per year, costly in comparison to the likes of CrashPlan and positively exorbitant if measured against the free Macrium Reflect backup software. Nor is it exactly lightweight, requiring half a gig of space to install. During …

The last post in this thread see you must. :-)

@rubberman Surely the Bios password is a computer thing, not a Windows thing. The Bios loads the OS, isn't that the whole point of the thing these days?

Alternatively, you could try searching Google for 'secure computer lockdown plates' and 'secure server enclosures' which might throw up some new and easier to manage ideas...

Would it not be easier, and probably cheaper (in wasted time saved and cost of cabling/locks etc) to install a decent security system for the building/labs instead? Make it as hard as possible for anyone to get in and out, coupled with a decent digital CCTV system to help identify anyone that did and insurance to cover any losses?

Desktop PCs or laptops?

Not sure why you are unable to +rep diafol, I just looked and it would let me (although I didn't follow through, ooh err missus)

Dani sounding Aussie. is this an australian forum?

US-based, with a global membership.

And, for the record, there are plenty of coders who are not male. Your excitement levels suggest you are either 15 or live in a cave... ;-)

Welcome back. Six years since the bans is plenty of maturing time I reckon, so here's looking forward to your positive contributions to the community this time around.