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#91 Post by Lobster »

Does the square show the underlying top corner of your desktop?
Yes. Nothing to worry about eh?
Is that just what 'they' want? :wink:

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#92 Post by Lobster »

More paranoia for the New Year . . .
Lately as well as the square top left (I turned off the surveying and it seems to have gone)
our router (which includes a firewall) was having to be reset. This usually means script kiddies and bots looking for open ports - keeps them busy over the holidays . . .
but then I remembered this email I sent to our local mosque (which never got through)

What if it is putting up interest to low level security probes on the look out for such messaging? I could not find the message on google at first. Pass the aluminium foil - I have headgear to make . . . :shock:
Aslam Alaikum
Peace Dear Friends,

I was reading some of the words of
your Islamic mystics
and was impressed with their exposition
of the spirit rather than the interpretation.

I am rather confused by words of peace
and actions of political and other divergences.

I have been reading of the Sunni, Shiite, Sufi, Wahhabi, Amidhiya
and even complete forks such as the Hindu/Islam Seikh religion.

Are these differences to be reconciled and offered peaceful expression
or is it better to avoid studying what seems unable
to provide an example worth emulating?

I hope you can offer some guidance at this time.

In Peace
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#93 Post by Stripe »

Hi all

Have been using slackpup 053 (standard and customised) on various boxes, and trying out different browsers.

I was concerned about the poor Internet performance, so started to remove browser add-ons, with no joy,

then I removed flash player and everything was good (including increased download speeds I have never seen before) (even with the other add-ons installed)

Is it just me or could it be that flash player is monitoring everything? pass the tin foil hat please

Paranoid and confused

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#94 Post by Pizzasgood »

Flash is closed and crappy, so I wouldn't be too surprised. You could try using Wireshark to monitor your computer's communications to compare what's going on between sessions with Flash enabled and sessions without, to see if there's a difference (comparing accesses to non-flash pages of course). But I kind of doubt that this is what's going on. I would think it would need to be sending a lot of data back to Adobe to have much of an impact. But I could certainly be wrong.
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#95 Post by Makoto »

As far as I know, it's mostly that the Linux versions of Flash (even at version ten) aren't anywhere near as optimized/polished/whatever as the Windows versions. Sad, but reportedly true.

I usually keep NoScript on, anyway (in Firefox and SM), to block Flash unless I allow it. :)
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#96 Post by thane »

More paranoia (with apologies if it's been posted somewhere else):

http://rt.com/news/cryptome-classified- ... wikileaks/

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#97 Post by Pizzasgood »

Aye, I should have specified that I was referring to the Linux version of Flash when I called it crappy. I don't have much experience with the Windows version, but I have enough to know it performs much better. Lazy bums.

If you have a tab or window that's running flash it could well slow down the rest of your browsing just by the strain it puts on the CPU if it's a slower computer. When I read the report I assumed it meant browsing in general, not necessarily with a flash tab/window open.
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#98 Post by muggins »

Hello Lobster,

any relationship to Lobster?

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#99 Post by postfs1 »

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#100 Post by Lobster »

any relationship to Lobster?
No.
I sent the guy one email
praising some article, long time ago.
Good name though . . .
I did meet someone called Lobster (nickname)
He was writing a 3D World and using Linux (this was before I used it)
from what I remember
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#101 Post by muggins »

Lob,

thanks for clarification.

Postfs1,

I'm at a loss as to what to say....are your posts heavily encrypted?

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#103 Post by Lobster »

My ranting on alchemy is encrypted but completely open. It is hidden by being revealed. That other lobster was interested in alchemy too . . .
http://web.archive.org/web/200607181352 ... n/key.html

In terms of subtext . . .
The paranoid see the fearful where the worry
is worse than the consequences
whilst the poet finds the potential in every
experience.
It all depends on which fish you choose . . .

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#104 Post by amigo »

@muggins, has it ever occurred to you that postfs1 might be a bot?
@postfs1 Are you a bot?

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#106 Post by artifus »

postfs1 wrote:
amigo wrote:@postfs1 Are you a bot?
A)http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/postin ... 687#486687(LAST SENTENCE)

B)One of the created by me topics with the links onto created by me youtube channel was deleted some time ago on this forum. That topic was here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=63
Youtube.com is not for bots i guess.

C)For final assurance, you can try to make a real donation to me, i.e. like a pedestrians do. :lol: It was a joke.
i'm still not convinced and demand a turing test!

*edit*

and if i'm still not satisfied then maybe even a Voight-Kampff test!!

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#108 Post by artifus »

postfs1 wrote:Wow, what a tester!
:arrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRSXULdJw4
and what is this?

:lol:

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#109 Post by postfs1 »

To reedit up to date.
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#110 Post by l0wt3ch »

Actually, postfs1 is one of my favorite posters. Don't always understand what he's talking about, but it's always creative. :D

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