Saturday, June 24, 2006
Tech News
Cell phones attract lightning
Packard Bell is the #1 consumer desktop brand in the UK, and now NEC is planning to buy them.
A Comcast technician fell asleep on the couch while on the job.
Just try cancelling your AOL account. Vincent Ferrari spent over 22 minutes trying to cancel his account.
11a-Noon
Q Vincent Ferrari calls to talk about his ordeal trying to cancel AOL.
I would love it if we could get John, the AOL representative you got fired, and you, on a podcast.
Q Shawn - how do I make an exact copy of a drive?
Computer forensic technicians use a drive image program for this purpose. Most commonly Norton Ghost, although these days I prefer Drive Snapshot - there’s a thirty day trial.
To back the file up offline use www.xdrive.com or www.box.net.
Q Jerome from South Dakota - Security software for reasonable prices
First, make sure the firewall in Service Pack 2 is enabled before you connect to the net. If you’re going to use dailup, right click the dialup connection, and click properties to enable the firewall. Next, you want to download all the critical updates. After that, you want download antivirus. If you don’t want to pay for antivirus or antispyware software, check out spyware alternatives page and the antivirus alternatives page. If you want to get Microsoft’s all-in-one solution, check out Windows OneCare Live. Also, check out NOD32.
Noon-1p
Q Jim from Texas - How to avoid packet throttling while using VOiP
Support the Net Neutrality bills! This is exactly what we need to prevent.
Q Mike from Laguna Hills - Hardware/software to keep track of kids
You can put software on all the computers. For instant messenger traffic, you can get logs of all their chats. I usually turn off instant messengers at times. Turn on chat logging and make sure you have the passwords to email, myspace, etc. Also, you can check their internet history. I run the iBoss, which allows me to control the aspects of the Internet. Also, check out NetNanny or Cyber Patrol. You can use ChatWatch to log chats.
1–2p
Q Jim from Burbank - Windows firewall turns itself off
Zonealarm is turning off the Windows Firewall. You don’t need the Windows Firewall, just use Zonealarm. However, if you have a router, you don’t need any firewall, it acts as a hardware firewall.
Q Jeff from Illinois - Using Skype on a smartphone
If you have a fast enough phone, you can run Skype on the device. Dan in our chatroom had to overclock the MDA to run Skype on it. Overclocking will kill your battery life though. You should also be able to run Skype over EDGE. Here’s the application to overclock the MDA.
Q Ed from Florida - Copy iTunes Music off of iPod
You can use Senuti or iPodRip. I really like Yamipod
Q Dan from Woodland Hills - EVDO cards for ExpressCard?
No, there are no EVDO ExpressCards yet.
Q Ken from Mission Viejo - Subscribe/Listen podcasts using Windows Media Player 10
You need a podcatching client. You can use Juice Receiver. It’s free and open source. When it downloads podcasts, you can have it automatically export to Windows Media Player 10.
Q Eric from Bakersfield - Script to get the name of webpages into email
You’re going to have to write a Javascript. The variable window.document.title contains the Window title so:
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var name = "yourname";
var domain = "youraddress.com";
var subject = window.document.title;
document.write('<a href="mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '?subject=' + subject + '"">');
document.write(name + '@' + domain + '</a>');
// --></script>
will do the job. Insert that into your HTML where you want the link to be. Replace “yourname” and “youraddress.com” with your name and address, of course.
Chat Logs and Show Audio
Listener Comments
24 June 2006
Leo - The cell-phone lightning story was later admitted as a hoax by the BBC Friday night.
11:12 by .
Leo:
The warning about cell phones and gas stations is basicly a myth and has been proven false over and over again. I think MythBusters did a story on it as well.
Here’s a good link to check out the facts:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cellgas.htm
11:13 by .
Actually, that label about cell phones at Gas stations has been there for a very long time.
11:13 by anonymous.
Leo,
Talking on a cell phone cannot cause a gas explosion. This has been proven. Some say that it could be a static charge is created when you get out of your car. i don’t know if that’s been proven or not.
Re: Cell phones and lightning
Complete crap.
There’s an old saying: “Doesn’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain”.
THAT is the operative mechanism here.
Re: Cell phones and gas pumps
You have a greater from the static electricity generated by scuffing your clothing over the upholstery.
If the gas pump’s electronics is poorly shielded, there might be RFI (radio frequency interference) that will make the counter charge you less for the fuel. THAT is what worries them.
NEC bought Packard Bell and HP bought Compaq. Now if HP would just buy NEC and emachines all the crappy computer companies could be joined together into one unit!
Are we going to hear from the troll today?
Leo,
just to say hello from Chile (SouthAmerica). I discovered your wonderful shows and podcasts 2 weeks ago. Thank you very much especially because you speak so clearly (so is easy to understand you from my “spanish point of view” je je.)
11:22 by .
The scare about cell phones in the gas station is a couple years old. Myth busters did a complete show about it. The cell phone is NO RISK. The risk is people sliding in & out of the can and gennerating and holding a charge. ofter the discharge is through the gas nossle. If you get in and out of the car while pumping gas you need to discharge yourself to the car before you touch the gas nozzle. This way you and the car are at the same pontentil,
Static discharge caused a fire at a gas station when the driver exited the vehicle and touched the gas nozzle.
In another case a lady attempted to change the battery on her cell phone resulting in a spark and fire.
i was wondering about how leo does the thing with the ports for the skype calls that he uses for the podcasts. anyone have the steps for that?
11:32 by anonymous.
does leo ever post here?
I had a very hard time canceling AOL when it was named “Promenade” in the early ‘90s. So it is clear to me they have been like this from the founding of the company.
I don’t think Snapshot is suitable for forenics. You need to image ALL bits so lawyers can look for deleted data.
11:59 by Mark.
Anybody have satellite service? I have a new one called wild blue it works ok (for satellite) but when I do a shields -up check it comes back almost all ports open even though I’m behind a router and have a firewall. Anybody know any reasons why I’d be wide open, the same test came back all stealth when I did it with my dial up account I had before?
Thanks
12:03 by .
Mark, is your firewall a software based firewall or do you have a hardware firewall/router between your computer and the satellite service?
12:06 by Mark.
I have a router and a software firewall and the results are the same if I run Zone alarm or just use windows sp2 firewall. Thanks
i want my skype calls to be clearer like leo’s how do i do that?
Gas stations have warning signs about using cell phones.
Gas stations have warning signs about using cell phones.
12:15 by anonymous.
About Wild Blue sattelite service ---→>”Do you limit heavy bandwidth users?
As is standard with other Internet Service Providers, WildBlue ensures that its service operates at optimum speeds for all of its customers. Since WildBlue is a shared network, we have a Fair Access Policy to ensure that extraordinary usage by a few customers doesn’t negatively affect the normal usage of other customers. For the vast majority of users, the Fair Access Policy has no effect on their usage. For a few very heavy bandwidth users, the system may restrict their bandwidth and therefore their speed. See WildBlue’s Fair Access Policy.”
12:19 by Mark.
Wild Blue is fine I download alot of podcast and I don’t come close to hitting my fair access limit
Dameware will allow you to monitor other computers while they are online. It can be set up so that users do not know you are viewing their screen. I use it at work to administrate other computers.
13:02 by Mike.
I am a new user of Nod32 and would like some info on a message I recieved on an on demand scan. This is the message:
“Active boot sector of the 1. physical disk - Error reading disk sector
MBR sector of the 2. physical disk - Error reading disk sector”
The “MBR part” has to do with my card reader but I can’t find out what the “Active boot sector part” is about. Can any body help me.
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13:04 by anonymous.
Hey Leo, on the subject of internet child safety and myspace in particular, you’re starting to pontificate. As much as I love you and your show, you really are starting to be repetitious on this subject. How about using a timer and taking a few more calls.
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13:04 by anonymous.
Hey Leo, on the subject of internet child safety and myspace in particular, you’re starting to pontificate. As much as I love you and your show, you really are starting to be repetitious on this subject. How about using a timer and taking a few more calls.
13:23 by anonymous.
Is the link for how to overclock your smartphone working for anyone, or is the website just overloaded right now?
13:24 by anonymous.
Any parent can’t hear enough about child internet saftey - thanks leo!
13:27 by anonymous.
The ocerclock program has moved, I’m looking though the ftp for it.
Is there a way i can do a live stream through my site? If anyone knows.. besides shoutcast.. or icecast.. please comment back. Or is that all i have to work with?
Or email me at richiefrich@gmail.com
The TROLL is the mac Basher who uses various names
An external hard drive will do the same as the PC card reader
gotomypc the pc that ur logging needs tobe online and they dont say that
the pc need to be left on wall you are away from your office pc
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Leo:
MySpace does not allow for first impressions or group protection.
How would you connect to a PC that is not on? I think that is just common sense that it would have to be on to be able to connect to it.
ok rocket we heard u the 1st time
That Waldo sure is a smart man
sorry waldo - the first place doesn’t carry it. was just trying to help. i’ll shut up now.
i know lol im special
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i didnt meant like that rocket
Waldo insert foot in mouth
i sure did and it goooood
my last post for good later
14:47 by anonymous.
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15:02 by anonymous.
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15:10 by mike.
know there area alot of very knowledgeable people out there Hey can anyone tell me how to trace a email from the email client ( sender) to the person who is suppose to receive it?
Here is my problem. email is being sent out. But the person is not receiving it. The mail server shows its going out but they say they never receive the email. But everyone else on the list does.
If any one can get me some ideas to try or how to trace. i would be deeply thank full.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mike
mikebower@verizon.net
MySpace; bringing children and child molesters together on a world-wide basis…
—yes it is safer than the “real” world as long as the parent has a tight rein but just the thought…YUCK!
Mark with the satellite service—some serious discombobulation going on there. I have satellite and even running dancing-bear neck-ed except for windows firewall, shields up only comes back reporting one closed port so I fail the ping return test but that is it. You need to reset to factory defaults and tackle the router settings again, pronto. Make sure your computer isn’t ported through the DMZ or UPnP isn’t enabled and actively being configured by P2P [or worse] applications or you’re not using an old non-NAT router or something like that…good luck.
19:48 by CM?.
You mention drive clone programs for Windows but don’t mention anything for Mac. What programs would you suggest for an entire drive duplicate/backup?
Hi!, Yeah, We Hear It Every Day About Gas Stations Blowin Up ‘Cause Of Cell Phones & Smoking!! HaHa! Myths..But Hey People Will Believe What They Hear!!
Also, Can Some One Go Back Over The May Show Notes, I Think The Dates Could Not Rite! I Was Lookin For The Alt To Snag-It That Once Was There??…Thank-You!!
And, Hey!!! Awsome Show! As AllWays!!
The Navy and the oil refineries ban cell phones and other radio transmitters near fuel. Cell Phones are radio transmitters and can cause an arc on a metal surface. I have a feeling that the engineers for the oil companies and the Navy are not complete idiots. Why do they ban radio transmitters (including cell phones) near fuel? Remember cell phones are radio transmitters.
23:06 by .
Mike:
I had a client with the same problem. We found out that her email got marked as a spam email address and alot of her client’s mail servers where marking it as SPAM and deleting it BEFORE the end user got the email. She had to create a new email address for herself and now everyone is getting her emails.
Hope that helps.
Dean Penderghast
25 June 2006
Thank u leo for the 16kbps mp3′s
ric
Honduras
26 June 2006
Another good choice for getting podcasts onto a non-ipod mp3 player is doppler. You can get it at http://dopplerradio.net/. In the options you can tell it to direct the podcasts to iTunes, WMP, or just create an m3u playlist file that you can use in pretty much any player, or just download and do nothing at all. You can also define filters so that it can ignore certain items in a feed, customize the tags (so it will automatically change all genres to podcast for example)
iPodder X hasn’t been discontinued, they just are in the process of updating the name. It can’t be downloaded now, but it will be available as soon as they are finished. They now call it Transistr (http://transistr.com/)
27 June 2006
Packard Bell is sold exclusively via a technology chain of stores called “PC World” (pcworld.co.uk). Essentially the store is in the style of “Best Buy”…. only not as cheap (I realise that’s saying something). Anyway, Packard Bell’s are considered to be a ‘cheap’ machine (in all senses of the word) and don’t get good press. You should also realise the while Dell might sell a base PC in the US for $299 (which is £163) (with 17″ CRT) they sell it in the UK for £299 (no CRT). That’s nearly twice the price. What a stitch up!
I saw a mythbusters in relation to your cell phone fire and gas pumps and I am posting a link to a website here where that is mentioned as well as 2 incidents where it happened and was investigated. It appears that if you touch some metal on your car before handling the pump, it would help to stop this phenomenon from happening. They mythbusters had found that the cell phone alone should not start the fire but the comments attached to this article are interesting. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/cell_fires.html
28 June 2006
13:09 by anonymous.
Yes, VNC is a great way to anonymously watch a users’ screen on your network
I too had a complaint of non-receipt of my mail from a Hotmail user. Seems the recipient had added so many blocked sites to his e-mail that the non-blocked e mail was not getting thru either. Have the receipient clear/clean out the “always block” file, and try to send your e-mail again to them again. That trick worked for me so I never block more than 100. Good luck
29 June 2006
For Shawn in the first hour, many forensics labs also use external Firewire adapters that prevent writing to the drive while letting you read it. When Windows reads a hard drive, it inevitably modifies it. Using one of these adapters keeps the drive in a pristine condition. Go to wiebetech.com and look at their forensic line for the solution that suits you.