Sunday, February 09, 2014
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
MS Commands
- ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file
- ARP Address Resolution Protocol
- ASSOC Change file extension associations•
- ASSOCIAT One step file association
- ATTRIB Change file attributes
- b
- BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings
- BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC info
- c
- CACLS Change file permissions
- CALL Call one batch program from another•
- CD Change Directory - move to a specific Folder•
- CHANGE Change Terminal Server Session properties
- CHKDSK Check Disk - check and repair disk problems
- CHKNTFS Check the NTFS file system
- CHOICE Accept keyboard input to a batch file
- CIPHER Encrypt or Decrypt files/folders
- CleanMgr Automated cleanup of Temp files, recycle bin
- CLEARMEM Clear memory leaks
- CLIP Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard.
- CLS Clear the screen•
- CLUSTER Windows Clustering
- CMD Start a new CMD shell
- COLOR Change colors of the CMD window•
- COMP Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
- COMPACT Compress files or folders on an NTFS partition
- COMPRESS Compress individual files on an NTFS partition
- CON2PRT Connect or disconnect a Printer
- CONVERT Convert a FAT drive to NTFS.
- COPY Copy one or more files to another location•
- CSCcmd Client-side caching (Offline Files)
- CSVDE Import or Export Active Directory data
- d
- DATE Display or set the date•
- DEFRAG Defragment hard drive
- DEL Delete one or more files•
- DELPROF Delete NT user profiles
- DELTREE Delete a folder and all subfolders
- DevCon Device Manager Command Line Utility
- DIR Display a list of files and folders•
- DIRUSE Display disk usage
- DISKCOMP Compare the contents of two floppy disks
- DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another
- DISKPART Disk Administration
- DNSSTAT DNS Statistics
- DOSKEY Edit command line, recall commands, and create macros
- DSACLs Active Directory ACLs
- DSAdd Add items to active directory (user group computer)
- DSGet View items in active directory (user group computer)
- DSQuery Search for items in active directory (user group computer)
- DSMod Modify items in active directory (user group computer)
- DSMove Move an Active directory Object
- DSRM Remove items from Active Directory
- e
- ECHO Display message on screen•
- ENDLOCAL End localisation of environment changes in a batch file•
- ERASE Delete one or more files•
- EVENTCREATE Add a message to the Windows event log
- EXIT Quit the current script/routine and set an errorlevel•
- EXPAND Uncompress files
- EXTRACT Uncompress CAB files
- f
- FC Compare two files
- FIND Search for a text string in a file
- FINDSTR Search for strings in files
- FOR /F Loop command: against a set of files•
- FOR /F Loop command: against the results of another command•
- FOR Loop command: all options Files, Directory, List•
- FORFILES Batch process multiple files
- FORMAT Format a disk
- FREEDISK Check free disk space (in bytes)
- FSUTIL File and Volume utilities
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- FTYPE Display or modify file types used in file extension associations•
- g
- GLOBAL Display membership of global groups
- GOTO Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line•
- GPUPDATE Update Group Policy settings
- h
- HELP Online Help
- i
- iCACLS Change file and folder permissions
- IF Conditionally perform a command•
- IFMEMBER Is the current user in an NT Workgroup
- IPCONFIG Configure IP
- k
- KILL Remove a program from memory
- l
- LABEL Edit a disk label
- LOCAL Display membership of local groups
- LOGEVENT Write text to the NT event viewer
- LOGOFF Log a user off
- LOGTIME Log the date and time in a file
- m
- MAPISEND Send email from the command line
- MBSAcli Baseline Security Analyzer.
- MEM Display memory usage
- MD Create new folders•
- MKLINK Create a symbolic link (linkd)
- MODE Configure a system device
- MORE Display output, one screen at a time
- MOUNTVOL Manage a volume mount point
- MOVE Move files from one folder to another•
- MOVEUSER Move a user from one domain to another
- MSG Send a message
- MSIEXEC Microsoft Windows Installer
- MSINFO Windows NT diagnostics
- MSTSC Terminal Server Connection (Remote Desktop Protocol)
- MUNGE Find and Replace text within file(s)
- MV Copy in-use files
- n
- NET Manage network resources
- NETDOM Domain Manager
- NETSH Configure Network Interfaces, Windows Firewall & Remote access
- NETSVC Command-line Service Controller
- NBTSTAT Display networking statistics (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)
- NETSTAT Display networking statistics (TCP/IP)
- NOW Display the current Date and Time
- NSLOOKUP Name server lookup
- NTBACKUP Backup folders to tape
- NTRIGHTS Edit user account rights
- o
- OPENFILES Query or display open files
- p
- PATH Display or set a search path for executable files•
- PATHPING Trace route plus network latency and packet loss
- PAUSE Suspend processing of a batch file and display a message•
- PERMS Show permissions for a user
- PERFMON Performance Monitor
- PING Test a network connection
- POPD Restore the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD•
- PORTQRY Display the status of ports and services
- POWERCFG Configure power settings
- PRINT Print a text file
- PRNCNFG Display, configure or rename a printer
- PRNMNGR Add, delete, list printers set the default printer
- PROMPT Change the command prompt•
- PsExec Execute process remotely
- PsFile Show files opened remotely
- PsGetSid Display the SID of a computer or a user
- PsInfo List information about a system
- PsKill Kill processes by name or process ID
- PsList List detailed information about processes
- PsLoggedOn Who's logged on (locally or via resource sharing)
- PsLogList Event log records
- PsPasswd Change account password
- PsService View and control services
- PsShutdown Shutdown or reboot a computer
- PsSuspend Suspend processes
- PUSHD Save and then change the current directory•
- q
- QGREP Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern.
- r
- RASDIAL Manage RAS connections
- RASPHONE Manage RAS connections
- RECOVER Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.
- REG Registry: Read, Set, Export, Delete keys and values
- REGEDIT Import or export registry settings
- REGSVR32 Register or unregister a DLL
- REGINI Change Registry Permissions
- REM Record comments (remarks) in a batch file•
- REN Rename a file or files•
- REPLACE Replace or update one file with another
- RD Delete folder(s)•
- RMTSHARE Share a folder or a printer
- ROBOCOPY Robust File and Folder Copy
- ROUTE Manipulate network routing tables
- RUNAS Execute a program under a different user account
- RUNDLL32 Run a DLL command (add/remove print connections)
- s
- SC Service Control
- SCHTASKS Schedule a command to run at a specific time
- SCLIST Display NT Services
- SET Display, set, or remove environment variables•
- SETLOCAL Control the visibility of environment variables•
- SETX Set environment variables permanently
- SFC System File Checker
- SHARE List or edit a file share or print share
- SHIFT Shift the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file•
- SHORTCUT Create a windows shortcut (.LNK file)
- SHOWGRPS List the NT Workgroups a user has joined
- SHOWMBRS List the Users who are members of a Workgroup
- SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer
- SLEEP Wait for x seconds
- SLMGR Software Licensing Management (Vista/2008)
- SOON Schedule a command to run in the near future
- SORT Sort input
- START Start a program or command in a separate window•
- SU Switch User
- SUBINACL Edit file and folder Permissions, Ownership and Domain
- SUBST Associate a path with a drive letter
- SYSTEMINFO List system configuration
- t
- TASKLIST List running applications and services
- TASKKILL Remove a running process from memory
- TIME Display or set the system time•
- TIMEOUT Delay processing of a batch file
- TITLE Set the window title for a CMD.EXE session•
- TLIST Task list with full path
- TOUCH Change file timestamps
- TRACERT Trace route to a remote host
- TREE Graphical display of folder structure
- TYPE Display the contents of a text file•
- u
- USRSTAT List domain usernames and last login
- v
- VER Display version information•
- VERIFY Verify that files have been saved•
- VOL Display a disk label•
- w
- WHERE Locate and display files in a directory tree
- WHOAMI Output the current UserName and domain
- WINDIFF Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
- WINMSD Windows system diagnostics
- WINMSDP Windows system diagnostics II
- WMIC WMI Commands
- x
- XCACLS Change file and folder permissions
- XCOPY Copy files and folders
MS Word short cut
- Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow : Select to the Beginning of the paragraph
- Ctrl+Shift+END : Select to the End of the Document
- Ctrl+Shift+HOME : Select to the Beginning of the Document
- Ctrl+Shift+> : Increase Font Size
- Ctrl+Shift+D : Double Underline the selected document
- Alt+Shift+D : Insert Date Field at current insertion location
- Ctrl+G : Go to option
- Ctrl+F : Find
- Ctrl+J : Justified Align
- Alt+F10 : To Maximize Window
- Ctrl+F2 : Print Preview
- Shift+F3 : Change Case
- Shift+F7 : Thesaurus
- Ctrl+Shift+F12 : To Print
- Ctrl+P : To Print
- F3 : Autotext insertion
- F4 : Repetition of Last Action (Repeat Last Command)
- F8 : To Extend Selection
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Xps
1. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try.
2. It is a hundred times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.
3. If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about whatever you’re talking about than you do.
4. The cheapest and most expensive models are usually both bad deals.
5. Everyone likes somebody who gets to the point quickly.
6. Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.
7. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.
8. If everyone in the TV show you’re watching is good-looking, it’s not worth watching.
9. Yelling always makes things worse.
10. Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.
11. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it.
12. You never have to deal with more than one moment at a time.
13. If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.
14. Managing one’s wants is the most powerful skill a person can learn.
15. Nobody has it all figured out.
16. Cynicism is far too easy to be useful.
17. Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.
18. Whenever you hate something, it hates you back: people, situations and inanimate objects alike.
19. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s works alone can teach you everything you need to know about living with grace and happiness.
20. People embellish everything, as a rule.
21. Anger reveals weakness of character, violence even moreso.
22. Humans cannot destroy the planet, but we can destroy its capacity to keep us alive. And we are.
23. When people are uncomfortable with the present moment, they fidget with their hands or their minds. Watch and see.
24. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.
25. Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.
26. Credit card debt devours souls.
27. Nobody knows more than a minuscule fraction of what’s going on in the world. It’s just way too big for any one person to know it well.
28. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.
29. A person who is unafraid to present a candid version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.
30. The most common addiction in the world is the draw of comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people.
31. If what you’re doing feels perfectly safe, there is probably a better course of action.
32. The greatest innovation in the history of humankind is language.
33. Blame is the favorite pastime of those who dislike responsibility.
34. Everyone you meet is better than you at something.
35. Proof is nothing but a collection of opinions that match your own.
36. Knowledge is belief, nothing more.
37. Indulging your desires is not self-love.
38. What makes human beings different from animals is that animals can be themselves with ease.
39. Self-examination is the only path out of misery.
40. Whoever you are, you will die. To know and understand that means you are alive.
41. Revenge is for the petty and irresponsible.
42. Getting truly organized can vastly improve anyone’s life.
43. Almost every cliché contains a truth so profound that people have been compelled to repeat it until it makes you roll your eyes. But the wisdom is still in there.
44. People cause suffering when they are suffering themselves. Alleviating their suffering will help them not hurt others.
45. High quality is worth any quantity, in possessions, friends and experiences.
46. The world would be a better place if everyone read National Geographic.
47. If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship.
48. Even if it costs no money, nothing is free if it takes time.
49. Emotions exist to make us strongly biased towards or against something. This hinders as often as it helps.
50. Addiction is a much greater problem in society than it’s made out to be. It’s present in every person in various forms, but usually we call it something else.
51. “Gut feeling” is not just a euphemism. Tension in the abdomen speaks volumes about how you truly feel about something, beyond all arguments and rationales.
52. Posture and dress change profoundly how you feel about yourself and how others feel about you, like it or not.
53. Everyone thinks they’re an above average driver.
54. The urge to punish others has much more to do with venting frustration than correcting behavior.
55. By default, people think far too much.
56. If anything is worth splurging on, it’s a high-quality mattress. You’ll spend a third of your life using it.
57. There is nothing worse than having no friends.
58. To write a person off as worthless is an act of great violence.
59. Try as we might to be otherwise, we are all hypocrites.
60. Justice is a human invention which is in reality rarely achievable, but many will not hesitate to destroy lives demanding it.
61. Kids will usually understand exactly what you mean if you keep it to one or two short sentences.
62. Stuff that’s on sale usually has an annoying downside.
63. Casual swearing makes people sound dumb.
64. Words are immensely powerful. One cruel remark can wound someone for life.
65. It’s easy to make someone’s day just by being uncommonly pleasant to them.
66. Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose.
67. The secret ingredient is usually butter, in obscene amounts.
68. It is worth re-trying foods that you didn’t like at first.
69. Problems, when they arise, are rarely as painful as the experience of fearing them.
70. Nothing — ever — happens exactly like you pictured it.
71. North Americans are generally terrible at accepting compliments and offers of help.
72. There are not enough women in positions of power. The world has suffered from this deficit for a long time.
73. When you break promises to yourself, you feel terrible. When you make a habit of it, you begin to hate yourself.
74. A good nine out of ten bad things I’ve worried about never happened. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.
75. You can’t hide a bad mood from people who know you well, but you can always be polite.
76. Sometimes you have to remove certain people from your life, even if they’re family.
77. Anyone can be calmed in an instant by looking at the ocean or the stars.
78. There is no point finishing a book you aren’t enjoying. Life is too short for that. Swallow your pride and put it down for good, unfinished.
79. There is no correlation between the price of a brand of batteries and how long they last.
80. Breaking new ground only takes a small amount more effort than you’re used to giving.
81. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have lots of visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t.
82. One of the best things you can do for your kids is take them on road trips. I’m not a parent, but I was a kid once.
83. The fewer possessions you have, the more they do for you.
84. Einstein was wiser than he was intelligent, and he was a genius.
85. When you’re sick of your own life, that’s a good time to pick up a book.
86. Wishing things were different is a great way to torture yourself.
87. The ability to be happy is nothing other than the ability to come to terms with how things change.
88. Killing time is an atrocity. It’s priceless, and it never grows back.
2. It is a hundred times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.
3. If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about whatever you’re talking about than you do.
4. The cheapest and most expensive models are usually both bad deals.
5. Everyone likes somebody who gets to the point quickly.
6. Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.
7. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.
8. If everyone in the TV show you’re watching is good-looking, it’s not worth watching.
9. Yelling always makes things worse.
10. Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.
11. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it.
12. You never have to deal with more than one moment at a time.
13. If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.
14. Managing one’s wants is the most powerful skill a person can learn.
15. Nobody has it all figured out.
16. Cynicism is far too easy to be useful.
17. Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.
18. Whenever you hate something, it hates you back: people, situations and inanimate objects alike.
19. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s works alone can teach you everything you need to know about living with grace and happiness.
20. People embellish everything, as a rule.
21. Anger reveals weakness of character, violence even moreso.
22. Humans cannot destroy the planet, but we can destroy its capacity to keep us alive. And we are.
23. When people are uncomfortable with the present moment, they fidget with their hands or their minds. Watch and see.
24. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.
25. Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.
26. Credit card debt devours souls.
27. Nobody knows more than a minuscule fraction of what’s going on in the world. It’s just way too big for any one person to know it well.
28. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.
29. A person who is unafraid to present a candid version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.
30. The most common addiction in the world is the draw of comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people.
31. If what you’re doing feels perfectly safe, there is probably a better course of action.
32. The greatest innovation in the history of humankind is language.
33. Blame is the favorite pastime of those who dislike responsibility.
34. Everyone you meet is better than you at something.
35. Proof is nothing but a collection of opinions that match your own.
36. Knowledge is belief, nothing more.
37. Indulging your desires is not self-love.
38. What makes human beings different from animals is that animals can be themselves with ease.
39. Self-examination is the only path out of misery.
40. Whoever you are, you will die. To know and understand that means you are alive.
41. Revenge is for the petty and irresponsible.
42. Getting truly organized can vastly improve anyone’s life.
43. Almost every cliché contains a truth so profound that people have been compelled to repeat it until it makes you roll your eyes. But the wisdom is still in there.
44. People cause suffering when they are suffering themselves. Alleviating their suffering will help them not hurt others.
45. High quality is worth any quantity, in possessions, friends and experiences.
46. The world would be a better place if everyone read National Geographic.
47. If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship.
48. Even if it costs no money, nothing is free if it takes time.
49. Emotions exist to make us strongly biased towards or against something. This hinders as often as it helps.
50. Addiction is a much greater problem in society than it’s made out to be. It’s present in every person in various forms, but usually we call it something else.
51. “Gut feeling” is not just a euphemism. Tension in the abdomen speaks volumes about how you truly feel about something, beyond all arguments and rationales.
52. Posture and dress change profoundly how you feel about yourself and how others feel about you, like it or not.
53. Everyone thinks they’re an above average driver.
54. The urge to punish others has much more to do with venting frustration than correcting behavior.
55. By default, people think far too much.
56. If anything is worth splurging on, it’s a high-quality mattress. You’ll spend a third of your life using it.
57. There is nothing worse than having no friends.
58. To write a person off as worthless is an act of great violence.
59. Try as we might to be otherwise, we are all hypocrites.
60. Justice is a human invention which is in reality rarely achievable, but many will not hesitate to destroy lives demanding it.
61. Kids will usually understand exactly what you mean if you keep it to one or two short sentences.
62. Stuff that’s on sale usually has an annoying downside.
63. Casual swearing makes people sound dumb.
64. Words are immensely powerful. One cruel remark can wound someone for life.
65. It’s easy to make someone’s day just by being uncommonly pleasant to them.
66. Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose.
67. The secret ingredient is usually butter, in obscene amounts.
68. It is worth re-trying foods that you didn’t like at first.
69. Problems, when they arise, are rarely as painful as the experience of fearing them.
70. Nothing — ever — happens exactly like you pictured it.
71. North Americans are generally terrible at accepting compliments and offers of help.
72. There are not enough women in positions of power. The world has suffered from this deficit for a long time.
73. When you break promises to yourself, you feel terrible. When you make a habit of it, you begin to hate yourself.
74. A good nine out of ten bad things I’ve worried about never happened. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.
75. You can’t hide a bad mood from people who know you well, but you can always be polite.
76. Sometimes you have to remove certain people from your life, even if they’re family.
77. Anyone can be calmed in an instant by looking at the ocean or the stars.
78. There is no point finishing a book you aren’t enjoying. Life is too short for that. Swallow your pride and put it down for good, unfinished.
79. There is no correlation between the price of a brand of batteries and how long they last.
80. Breaking new ground only takes a small amount more effort than you’re used to giving.
81. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have lots of visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t.
82. One of the best things you can do for your kids is take them on road trips. I’m not a parent, but I was a kid once.
83. The fewer possessions you have, the more they do for you.
84. Einstein was wiser than he was intelligent, and he was a genius.
85. When you’re sick of your own life, that’s a good time to pick up a book.
86. Wishing things were different is a great way to torture yourself.
87. The ability to be happy is nothing other than the ability to come to terms with how things change.
88. Killing time is an atrocity. It’s priceless, and it never grows back.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Richard Wright: The Great Gig In The Sky
Another Brick Out of Wall
Wright, who played the keyboard and wrote music for classic albums The Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here, died aged 65 after a short battle with cancer.
Speaking shortly after his death was announced, Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour said his musical partner and friend was "gentle, unassuming and private".
He added: "His soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
"Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.
"I have never played with anyone quite like him."
In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright was seen as the group's dominant musical force, composing masterpieces such as The Great Gig In The Sky, and Us And Them.
"Without Us And Them and The Great Gig In The Sky, what would The Dark Side Of The Moon have been?" Gilmour said.
"Without his quiet touch the album Wish You Were Here would not quite have worked.
"In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow."
London-born Wright mastered the trombone, saxophone, guitar and piano in his teenage years, and had hoped to emulate Miles Davis and John Coltrane, before enrolling in architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic.
There he met fellow band mates Roger Waters and Nick Mason, and they went on to form the Pink Floyd Sound in 1965.
Their first studio album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was released in 1967.
After tensions with Waters, Wright left the band shortly after recording sessions for The Wall in 1979.
He released two solo albums including Broken China in 1996, but they never attracted the band's level of critical acclaim.
Gilmour said that the musician had "lost his way for a while" during that time.
He officially returned to the band in 1987, playing the keyboards and adding vocals to the A Momentary Lapse Of Reason album.
"In the early 90s, with The Division Bell, his vitality, spark and humour returned to him," Gilmour said.
Wright performed on every Pink Floyd tour and played with the surviving members of the band at Live 8 in 2005.
His performances during those times were "uplifting", Gilmour said.
"It's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us)," he said
Friday, August 01, 2008
XCUSE ME
Starving:
I'm hungry now. Too tired to walk. Nothing left for my boy to nurse. Can you see me here?
Fed:
I'm sorry, but no time right now. I have to take my children to their shiny sc hool after their pancake breakfast.
Starving:
Do you see my boy. My heart is broken afresh every day that I cannot feed him. Fed:
Sorry? What was that? I'm late you know. Have to go. We'll chat later.
Starving:
Somehow I have to walk another 15 miles. It's said there's water there. Can you see me here?
Fed:
No time, no time, I have back to back meetings today. Important business, important plannings.
Starving:
Perhaps your wife then?
Fed:
Oh no, no no. She's busy, booked up with chores and errands and things we need.
Starving:
Oh.
Fed:
Now don't be that way. We help, you know.
Starving:
How? Do you mind if my boy and I lie down now. We're very tired.
Fed:
(wiping hands) Er, um, of course. Well, we give. Money. To charity. Starving: We don't want your money.
Fed:
It's not our fault, you know. Starving: We don't care whose fault it is. We're just hungry. And sick.
Fed:
I don't have time for this right now. I have important planning to do. Starving: We don't want your time.
Fed:
I'll help tomorrow. That's what. I'll book 5 minutes for you at one. Starving: We can't make it.
Fed:
What?
Starving:
We're dead at 6:00 today.
Fed:
Oh. It's not my fault you know.
Starving:
I still don't care.
Fed:
I'm doing important work here. You'll see.
Starving:
Not us. We won't.
Fed:
Well, those after you. Next year. We're making some beautiful buildings. They'll change things.
Starving:
When? Not for us.
Fed:
You'll see. Well those after you. Our buildings will bring in only the best people. Only the best. They're the ones.
Starving:
We need you. Now.
Fed:
No time today. No time. Important meetings, plannings. What was it you wanted? Starving:
Just a glass of milk. For my boy. So he can die without his stomach hurting.
I'm hungry now. Too tired to walk. Nothing left for my boy to nurse. Can you see me here?
Fed:
I'm sorry, but no time right now. I have to take my children to their shiny sc hool after their pancake breakfast.
Starving:
Do you see my boy. My heart is broken afresh every day that I cannot feed him. Fed:
Sorry? What was that? I'm late you know. Have to go. We'll chat later.
Starving:
Somehow I have to walk another 15 miles. It's said there's water there. Can you see me here?
Fed:
No time, no time, I have back to back meetings today. Important business, important plannings.
Starving:
Perhaps your wife then?
Fed:
Oh no, no no. She's busy, booked up with chores and errands and things we need.
Starving:
Oh.
Fed:
Now don't be that way. We help, you know.
Starving:
How? Do you mind if my boy and I lie down now. We're very tired.
Fed:
(wiping hands) Er, um, of course. Well, we give. Money. To charity. Starving: We don't want your money.
Fed:
It's not our fault, you know. Starving: We don't care whose fault it is. We're just hungry. And sick.
Fed:
I don't have time for this right now. I have important planning to do. Starving: We don't want your time.
Fed:
I'll help tomorrow. That's what. I'll book 5 minutes for you at one. Starving: We can't make it.
Fed:
What?
Starving:
We're dead at 6:00 today.
Fed:
Oh. It's not my fault you know.
Starving:
I still don't care.
Fed:
I'm doing important work here. You'll see.
Starving:
Not us. We won't.
Fed:
Well, those after you. Next year. We're making some beautiful buildings. They'll change things.
Starving:
When? Not for us.
Fed:
You'll see. Well those after you. Our buildings will bring in only the best people. Only the best. They're the ones.
Starving:
We need you. Now.
Fed:
No time today. No time. Important meetings, plannings. What was it you wanted? Starving:
Just a glass of milk. For my boy. So he can die without his stomach hurting.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The International Food Policy Research Institute shows that 40 per cent of the world's underweight children under five live in India. Add disadvantaged groups like the poor and women who have a hard time feeding themselves and you get 400 million people. Priests and activists point the finger at corruption and bad governance.
A researcher named Kris Kaspersky claims to have found a way to hack into any computer with an Intel processor at its core, independent of the operating system running on the system. Kaspersky claims to have found a way for an attacker to take control of an Intel-based system by using JavaScript and TCP/IP.
For those of you who would like the technical details, here is the basic rundown. Many processors contain bugs, known as errata, which can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the compiler. As of now, there are plenty of bugs in Intel processors, though they are not noticeable since they do not affect processing abilities, they are a major security risk nonetheless. While some may just crash the system or give full control of the system, some others may attack just Vista, disabling all security restrictions. Manufacturers (like Intel and AMD) try to patch these bugs by providing solutions in the BIOS but sometimes vendors do not implement the latest BIOS, making the system vulnerable. Kaspersky, who opened this can of worms, has promised to tell all but at his terms. These terms are the stage and the nature of the revelation.
For those of you who would like the technical details, here is the basic rundown. Many processors contain bugs, known as errata, which can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the compiler. As of now, there are plenty of bugs in Intel processors, though they are not noticeable since they do not affect processing abilities, they are a major security risk nonetheless. While some may just crash the system or give full control of the system, some others may attack just Vista, disabling all security restrictions. Manufacturers (like Intel and AMD) try to patch these bugs by providing solutions in the BIOS but sometimes vendors do not implement the latest BIOS, making the system vulnerable. Kaspersky, who opened this can of worms, has promised to tell all but at his terms. These terms are the stage and the nature of the revelation.
Stage:
Hack in the box security conference at Kuala Lumpur
Time:
October
Nature of revelation:
An attack on Intel based computers running the latest patched versions of Windows (XP,Vista,Server 2003,Server 2008), Linux and BSD at the conference and public distribution of the attack code. Well for those of you running Intel computers here's something for you to watch out for in the future
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