Internet Definition and 307 Threads

After lugging these things around for over twenty years now, I just got rid of about six hundred pounds of industrial manuals. Thanks to the internet they are no longer needed. I also realized that for the first time in my life, I can start to reduce the amount of shelf space dedicated to books...

I would like to cap the speed of some of the computers on my network.. I use a befsr41 Linksys router.. if anyone knows how to put a cap on specific IP's let me know.

I've heard of a program that comes with aol called aol dialer or something like that. From what I hear, this program comes with aol and allows you to dial up without using aols ****ty software. I want to use the dialer to get internet connectivity and use opera as a browser (which I am using...

I urgently need a little program to monitor what programs want to access the internet and when, for Windows. Something like Little Snitch, is what I use for my Apple computer. http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE! Thank you very much!

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1891749,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 IE users should be aware of the websites they visit. There is yet another zero-day exploit that doesn't require any user intervention and can take over your system. Here is the proof of concept...

I know it's embarrassing to ask this. But I don't know anything about the stuff about Internet, server,... What's a static IP? How can I create a static IP? What's a port? What's a port used for? How can I establish a port? What's DHCP? What does it do? And what's MAC? I tried to search for...

Hi, the title above is a specific instance of a more general question. I'm basically wondering why the atoms in a wall would prevent visible light from passing through, yet allow both X-rays (which are HIGHER frequency) and radio waves such as 802.11b wireless internet (which are LOWER...

I'm looking for a new ISP. Right now I have america online and absolutely hate it. I know as far as dial up goes, I'm not going to get a significant increase in bandwidth, so I'm looking for other features. I tried Netzero and had to reformat my hard drive to fix it. The particular Netzero...

Will this be the future game over the Internet... ? Hi. Here is a guy in Australia explaining how it is to remote control a webcam robot in Sweden. He is controlling it from the other side of the world over the Internet... http://www.roaringsnake.com/misc/article_tank.htm...

My computer is connected to the Net through wireless LAN network. It(my computer) fails to connect to the Net at the beginning of each month, after I restored my computer a few days backwards, the problem was solved. But this time I can't solve by restoring, my computer can continually...

It's a long time I hear about the negative effct of the Internet on communication and social skills http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc4jj3_99/stuweb/gp2/effects.htm I want to get your ideas about internet's effects, negative or perhaps positive,on one's social life.Do you agree about...

Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I didn't see a forum for this. This is just a note to let you guys know that I have to disconnect my internet for a while (medical reasons strangely enough). See you in the future ... when, I have no idea. Pete

Hey everybody, i was just thinking today what was the difference between wireless internet and wireless phone service ? It technology and why one provides higher bandwidth than the other. ANy links and information about why, what and how are these two related/different is much appreciated...

http://deathball.net/notpron/notpron.htm Supposedly, over 2 million people have visited the site and something like only 30 people have ever solved the puzzle entirely. The puzzle is ~80 pages in length and only a handful of people have ever even hit the last page. I played it for 5 min...

This may be a new internet invention, I am really not sure because I don't know the technology well. I have a question regarding peer to peer networks. I saw that if you have a p2p client like emule or imesh you can access all the information shared on that particular client's network. So you...

http://host.oddcast.com/skittles_host.php?door=84&cl=22&AID=1&id=2524430 I broke my monitor, but it didn't work.

I just turned on my computer and a lot of things a screwed up. For one thing its not recogizing the network or even getting internet acess. Which is weird because our cable is working... I am connected now through my laptop. Also I have dual monitor however currently only one monitor is working...

I would like to know if there are some internet based telescopes for the public which can be useful to watch objects that are below the horizon or when the weather is bad.

is it possible to connect to the internet with a laptop computer from a moving vehicle while going down the highway and if so how? someone informed me that all you need is for the laptop to be wifi enabled and to purchase a wifi card for it.

how do you use a proxy to access the internet?

How do you make your internet account hack-proof? I've read that it is quite easy to crack passwords for someone who knows networking and programming. So changing your passwords regularly does not guarantee complete security. Are there other ways you can prevent someone from misusing your...

Which will do more to liberate the world in the next 4 years, President G. W. Bush's lame duck, isolationist and hypocritical policies, or the corrupt, deceitful and smutty Internet?

Does a virtual "LoJack" for computers exist? By means of their informational nature, does not a computer trade data concerning their identity with whomever they come in contact with? Such a communication, if it exists, could put an eventual damper on hardware cybertheft.

I'm trying to install Netscape to view internet pages with Java2 applets and I have also IE in my computer. The problem with Netscape is that it cannot open any internet page while IE can. I don't have any hint what forbids it to access the Internet?

I don't know why sometimes when I just log on the internet, I see at the bottom right corner a small icon give me a yellow message ~~ speed 52.0 Mbps ~~ But some times it gives me ~~ speed 10.0 Mbps ~~ and sometimes 128.0 Kbps only What do those values mean ? Isn't it weird because they...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/12/07/tech.security.reut/index.html I've made a previous post that stated how many relay attempts or exploit scans I receieve daily from foreign addresses. When is the government going to realize that a very small percentage of "cyberattacks (jeez, they...

What subject on the Web is subject to the greatest inaccuracy and untruth?

I was just curious about your philosophical perspectives here.

When do you think we will have high speed Internet (>10MB download rate) everywhere (even on top of mount Everest, the artic/antartic)? Another 20 years? What is the roadmap for internet in the next 10 years? :cool:

hi how can i receive the satalite tv channel online from the inter net by connect computer with receiver in the middle east please help me :frown:

Hey guys Real quick. Is it possible to have internet connection sharing with a computer that uses dial up internet access? My parents have two computers in their house, and they only have dial up internet access available. I want to hook the two computers together with wireless...

My friend has a problem. He has a computer that has one working internet and his other computer's internet is down. They are in separate rooms but are connected by an extension cord. They are both connected to the same modem, any ideas why one is working and the other isnt? (They share the same...

How much information on the Internet is reasonably accurate?

What does LEVEL mean ? for example, level 1, 2, 3 etc. Thanks

The internet is destroying grammar. We all tend to "change" the rules a bit in order to make a point or try to clarify meaning. I am a notorious abuser. :redface: Lately, I've seen so many atrocious grammatical errors in some of the posts at PF that were unintentional that I felt it was...

is it possible to hack a computer if it has a firewall?

Hello guys, I've got a good question for you network pros out there. My parents are on the verge of completing their house they've been building for the past few years. It's been one hell of a long, tedious journey, but they are happy. The house was was being planned nearly 5 years ago, and...

I had an idea the other day that if I could set up a wireless connection from my laptop to my pc which is connected to the internet via cable I could work on my laptop down the road (in a pub or park depending on the weather) I guess it would involve some protocol like bluetooth has anybody done...

If I'm online, how to dial a telephone number? My PC has microphone. :confused:

I've been getting a whole bunch of these alerts, and I'm not sure what they're actually reporting: Norton is telling me it's low risk, and the default (recommended) action is to permit it. I'm wondering what this is actually reporting, and whether it's safe to check the "always do this" box...

Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of IE in Windows XP? I'm just all fed up with the pop up ads. I installed Mozilla and it rarely pops up any ad windows. I'm very happy with it. However, Microsoft IE still gets activated somehow (even whithout it being used to display any...

how u guys find the pdf,doc,or even the textbook docs over the internet?through ftp?newsgroup?p2p?forum?webpages? recently,i am preparing a report for Copenhagen interpretation , hidden variables,and bell's inequality.i am tired using google,i wonder if there's a better approach for finding...

how u guys find the pdf,doc,or even the textbook docs over the internet?through ftp?newsgroup?p2p?forum?webpages? recently,i am preparing a report for Copenhagen interpretation , hidden variables,and bell's inequality.i am tired using google,i wonder if there's a better approach for finding...

I've seen that before internet or video games boys and girls played in the fields...and enjoyed with friends with go out for a walk in the sea shore or took trip to any nice journey! But now in these days...they are busy in the world of Computer games and Internet... Then what do you...

1. New-Zealand . 75% 2. Netherlands . 72% 3. Denmark . 71% 4. Norway . 69% 5. United States . 68% . . . 32. Bulgary . 9%

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994434 This is what the internet looks like: http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/99994434F1.JPG

I want to build up a network with two RP614 routers.R1 is connected to a cablemodem and the R2. R2 is linked to two computers. Now can you help me so that I can go from one PC to the internet over the two routers ? Or do you know a good forum for these sort of problems ? thx to all answers...

They've taught apes sign language, I can't imagine how teaching them to at least type would be ridiculously hard. Just imagine having apes on this forum, or anywhere on the internet. So far all the knowledge of apes has been kept to the apes, those who do sign language with them, and what the...

Some PHYSICS Problems. Okay, let me give a little introduction. My 11th grade Physics teacher gave us a 6 page take home test and said we can use collaboration from book, internet help, or parents to complete the test. (I believe this is because he can't teach it). And since my teacher knows...

NOVA has released their 3 hour mini-series named "The Elegant Universe." You can download the video from here - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html