ROBOT ALIVE?

Would you believe that there’s already a robot that can reassemble itself?
Search my Vodpod /Robot alive?
Star wars is really near reality.

TOMORROW

A thought for philosophers:
If tomorrow does not exist, why do we have memories of yesterday?

PASSWORD SAFE

The very first things you should protect on your sites are your passwords. You can do this with Password Safe.

WORDPRESS ADMIN

If you want to know the 10 Steps on how to protect the ADMIN area in your WORDPRESS, visit Smashingmagazine.
I followed some tips of Smashingmagazine on how to protect the ADMIN area in your WORDPRESS and suddenly my pc worked on fourth gear!

PayPal SCAM

The following is an example of a Paypal scam…..plus address of know scammers for this type..and an explanation of the scam. PLEASE SEND ME YOUR PHISHING ATTACK OR SCAM E-MAILS…I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY WITH ATTACHMENTS Send to computer.savvy@hotmail.com…..Help stem the tide of Scammers..and help me create a database…to stop them where they stand…
PayPal Information‏
From: Staff PayPal (info@hi5.com)

Sent: January 11, 2009 1:10:47 PM
To:
Dear valued PayPal member:
It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records in maximum 24 hours.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
-LINK-
Thanks for using PayPal!
This PayPal notification was sent to your mailbox. Your PayPal account
is set up to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product
updates when you create your account. To modify your notification
preferences and unsubscribe, go to -LINK-
and log in to your account. Changes to your preferences may take several days to be reflected in our mailings. Replies to this email will not be processed.
If you previously asked to be excluded from Providian product offerings
and solicitations, they apologize for this e-mail. Every effort was made to ensure that you were excluded from this e-mail. If you do not
wish to receive promotional e-mail from Providian, go to
-LINK-
Copyright© 2008 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks
and brands are the property of their respective owners.

What is a PayPal Scam: it is a fake e-mail sent to you pretending to be the Real PayPal..asking you to give out information to steal your account and money..
1. Name or Title Used: paypal – service@intl.PayPaI.com (BEST SCAM e-mail Version SO FAR)
2. Name or Title Used: Alert paypal – alert@paypal.com (2nd Best E-mail Address so far)
3. Name or Title Used: PayPal Billing Departament – info@hi5.com (Worst e-mail Address so far)
4. Name or Title Used: Paypal@ – 2008 service@paypal.com
5. Name or Title Used: PayPal – service@server.com
6. Name or Title Used: PayPal Billing Center – secure-activation@paypal.center.com (Best e-mail address so far)
7. Name or Title Used: PayPal – ServiceUsAccounts@PayPal.com
8. Name or Title Used : service@paypal.com – service@paypal.com
9. Name or Title Used : PayPal ! – online@paypal.fr
10. Name or Title Used : PayPal – Updateaccounts08@Pay.com (3rd Worst e-mail address)
11. Name or Title Used : service@paypal.com – paypal@alert.com
12. Name or Title Used : PayPal – security@PayPal.Inc.com
13. Name or Title Used : PayPal – qcgmsj@red.com (2nd Worst e-mail address)
14. Name or Title Used : paypalservice@paypal.com – paypal@maillotto.co.cc
15. Name or Title Used : PayPal – UpdateAccINFO@Pal.com ( Worst e-mail scam verstion )
16. Name or Title Used : PayPal – InformationPay@Pay.com
17. Name or Title Used : PayPal – UpdateAccounts@PaypalL.com
18. Name or Title Used : PayPal – service@security.com
19. Name or Title Used : Stuff paypal – Stuff@PaYPaL.com
20. Name or Title Used : PayPal security update – service@paypal.inc.com
21. Name or Title Used : PayPal – support@PayPal.Inc.com
22. Name or Title Used : URGENT: Please update your personal information now -
service@aw-paypal.uk
23. Name or Title Used : ©2008 PayPal / Protect Your Account – service@paypal.com
24. Name or Title Used :IMPORTANT Security Procedure for Your Account – account1013797@secure-paypal.com
25. Name or Title Used : Warning! Please update your PayPal account !‏ – infoo@Paypal.com
26. Name or Title Used : Your account has been violated !‏ – aw-fraud@paypal.com
27. Name or Title Used : New email address added to your PayPal account‏‏ – customer@paypal.com – johnnme212@yahoo.com
28. Name or Title Used : Important issue. A transaction may have been made without your knowledge or consent‏ – service@intlpaypal.com
29. Name or Title Used : Notification from Billing Department‏- check@mail.com
30. Name or Title Used : PayPal Information‏ / Staff PayPal – info@hi5.com
31. Name or Title Used : PayPal investigation of an unauthorized activity claim: #PP-587-442-704‏‏ – service@Intlpaypal.com
32. Name or Title Used : You have 24 hours to confirm your PayPal personal information‏‏‏ – confirm@paypal.com
33. Name or Title Used : Our system has detected unusual debits on a credit card associated with your PayPal account‏‏‏‏ – loyds@securesuite.net
34. Name or Title Used : Update Your Billing Records – Urgent Action Required !‏‏‏‏‏ – update@updatepaypal.com
35. Name or Title Used : New email address added to your PayPal account‏- service@paypal.inc.com
36. Name or Title Used : Attention ! your account has been deleted !!‏- paypal@security.com

TAG SURFER

Notice that the tag surfer theme is now neater?

MAP OF DEATH

My short fiction ‘Map of Death’ was published by Associated Contents.

Philpapers.org

To philosophers and students:
There is a community of philosophers called philpapers.org.

BROWSER THEMES

I compared Yahoo with Google search and found out that Yahoo’s theme is neater.

MAIL SPAM

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From smallard:

Well it appears someone is spoofing my email and sending spam.  The unfortunate thing about the internet is the fact that people can send bots out to find email addresses that may be posted somewhere on the web.  Once they get you they share your name among cowardly friends and the SMTP protocol will send emails from whoever they want it to be.  In fact they can send it from the irs as you can see below.  Of course it is not the real irs.

Above is a header, yep check out the ip address of who is sending
 the spam.  Now I've changed just enough of the provider
and the ip so you get the picture.  If you see an email and
your friend or co-worker sends you something that is out of
character, check the header.
(Right click or use your provider's email application to check
the source.)
You will find ip addresses in the header.  Is it theirs?
 To find out where it comes from, use www.arin.net. I'm
chasing people all over the world who have used many of our staff
and fellow schools' email addresses.

How about changing the email to a gif file or png? Well today
spammers pay people to look over a website and find email address
even if it is a picture.

So what can you do?  Take the ip to www.arin.net.  Find out who
owns it and email their abuse center.