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sol2
Jul2-04, 02:41 PM
I am curious as to whether anyone is experiencing this difficulty as well.

I have been creating intricate networking of postings other then this forum for reference back to it, but if this is happening other then myself, it could become a deterant to using references to physics forum for future considerations.

I want to maintain these links to the archives but will have to consider otherwise, if this continues. Any thoughts in this regard would be appreciated.
Greg Bernhardt
Jul2-04, 03:06 PM
Spyware no, pop ups yes
jcsd
Jul2-04, 06:00 PM
No, I have got some pretty nasty spyware from the archives a couple of times.
Greg Bernhardt
Jul2-04, 07:13 PM
Why are you in the archive anyway, mostly just for search engines :)

What is the spyware though?
sol2
Jul2-04, 10:32 PM
Why are you in the archive anyway, mostly just for search engines :)

What is the spyware though?

Not just for search engines. If you do searches for respective information and you have not this on current boards, it wil automatically direct you to sources request in links. You have no way to "differentiate" until to click on it.

Spyware can take control of your computer through the record of your key strikes. I have to remove them once week, and everytime I have visited the archive material.

There must be safe guards around your archive or it will hurt the board. Trust me :smile: Fortunately AOL has this feature that I can use, since I am on dial up and from a country location.

On average two a week for the last two months. I must say adware is one of these sometimes. As well, security features must also be considered here.
dduardo
Jul2-04, 11:02 PM
The best advise I can give you is to use Firefox:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
sol2
Jul3-04, 12:24 PM
The best advise I can give you is to use Firefox:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

I am downloading at this time. Do you know of any compatibility issues with XP?
Greg Bernhardt
Jul3-04, 12:30 PM
I am downloading at this time. Do you know of any compatibility issues with XP?

I've used it for over a year now and have had no troubles
sol2
Jul3-04, 12:58 PM
I've used it for over a year now and have had no troubles

Thank you.

Is there a way to protect the archive?
dduardo
Jul3-04, 01:28 PM
Not really, just stick with firefox and you should be fine.

Even the US Department of Homeland Security doesn't recommend Internet Explorer:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=248543#post248543
sol2
Jul3-04, 01:46 PM
Not really, just stick with firefox and you should be fine.

Even the US Department of Homeland Security doesn't recommend Internet Explorer:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=248543#post248543

On another note It was really interesting to watch the developement of the internet along two paths.

This was interesting because it ask about the fundamental rights of copyright/copyleft.

Do you recall the Cathedral and the Bizzare?
dduardo
Jul3-04, 03:56 PM
The cathedral is the monothethic approach to building software, while the bizzare is the open source market. I remember this from watching the Revolution O.S..

For those interested in reading the book Eric Raymond has it posted on this website.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
arivero
Jul4-04, 02:44 PM
Cathedral and the Bizzare?

http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/00/07/07/

Funny word play. Jeff Lewis uses "Bizarre" to refer to the "bazaar" approach, and it seems sol has found more useful the new spelling,
Bizzare... hmm it somehow sounds as bizz, bussines or so.
cellec
Jul4-04, 02:56 PM
http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/00/07/07/

Funny word play. Jeff Lewis uses "Bizarre" to refer to the "bazaar" approach, and it seems sol has found more useful the new spelling,
Bizzare... hmm it somehow sounds as bizz, bussines or so.
That is a GREAT link because it provides the SAME usefulness as the one sol offered ! --lol
sol2
Jul4-04, 02:58 PM
http://www.macopinion.com/columns/macskeptic/00/07/07/

Funny word play. Jeff Lewis uses "Bizarre" to refer to the "bazaar" approach, and it seems sol has found more useful the new spelling,
Bizzare... hmm it somehow sounds as bizz, bussines or so.

:rofl: Thanks for pointing out error.

It was a interesting exploration in how Microsoft and Netscape diverged into two different pathways.

One has to read Gamow first though. The history of the internet developement and then we see this duality emerge? It too has a philosophical question about ownership when it comes to immediate expression of the new quantum reality in computerization?

How would one ever manage it?
sol2
Jul4-04, 03:02 PM
That is a GREAT link because it provides the SAME usefulness as the one sol offered ! --lol

You had to be there right? :smile:

Imagine someone telling you that when you buy your computer that you can only use Microsoft as its operating system. Do you like being told what to do in a cornered market?