The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[Aeson]

I used to be immodest, but now I'm perfect.

Would you like some coffee with your humble pie?

 

[Mycanid]

I used to be immodest, but now I'm perfect.

Perfectly what?

Sorry, sorry ... the fungus is feeling snarky today it seems. You guys (and gals) bring out the best in me I guess!

Anyway frogman ... at the moment it looks like 3 players, yes. I must say that I am looking forward to not only playing under ravencrowking as a dm, but with you and Fru together as well. Maybe we can rope 1 or 2 more people into the group as well....

When I get a yea or nay from Fru (who should be popping up in about 30-60 minutes) I will email raven and if it is a yea then I will ask him how to proceed from there. Sound good to you?

 

[Aeson]

No worries sir ... I am aware of this too. I was just giving you a hard time.

A teasing fungus?

 

[Mycanid]

I only tease people in positions of authority ... like the minister of defense.

After all ... one of the biggest downfalls of those in authority is that they take themselves so SERIOUSLY!

Don't you think?

 

[Aeson]

I only tease people in positions of authority ... like the minister of defense.

After all ... one of the biggest downfalls of those in authority is that they take themselves so SERIOUSLY!

Don't you think?

Ve have vayz of making fungi disappear.

 

[hafrogman]

Would you like some coffee with your humble pie?

No thanks, for you see, coffee, and the dependancy upon caffeine that pervades our society today, is, in my opinion, not a good thing, because I try to avoid abusing stimulants, or other unneeded chemicals, while, at the same time and concurrently, encouraging the over use, or abuse of commas, not withstanding my affection for other punctuation marks, periods, semicolons, tildes, etc.

 

[hafrogman]

Ve have vayz of making fungi disappear.

Tough actin' Tinactin?

 

[Mycanid]

Ve have vayz of making fungi disappear.

[hee hee!]

You are a good sport Aeson ... most anyone else who received all the communique we have done would have put me on ignore a LONG time ago.

 

[The_Warlock]

Ah, botnets. Here's the thing, they're another flavor of the same old gum. Trojans, malware, virii. In some ways, they can do more than the previous crop, but on the other hand, they are still programs. Programs can be blocked by firewalls, and your ISP can monitor traffic. Especially if you are a business, and if it's blatant, Blacklist sites will block you - a little late, but it still helps.

Here's the thing, I'm not actually worried, because I run under the assumption that smart browsing and security does a lot more than some scanners.

End result. Don't use IE. Ever. At ALL. Go into it's settings and lock down every content zone completely. Disable all cookies. Use a third party browser. Sure, they can still download trojans and bots and malicious javascript, but they aren't fundmentally connected to the kernel like IE is in the latest Windows iterations.

Go into the windows services control (services.msc), and research what services are installed and running. Disable Remote registry editing and secondary logins, and a half a dozen other "default" settings that come with a Windows install.

Make sure you have critical security patches. Go to grc.com and download the system controllers that disable UPnP and Raw Sockets. Browse and email smart. Don't click on things you don't know who they are from.

I've kept this company virus, malware, and trojan free for over 8 years (except for one small event when the newest girl who hadn't been made aware of the gravity of the situation, visited an infected MySpace page, and that place has been promptly firewalled). Educating staff, locking down IE and any unnecessary services, and staying selectively patched (because what is Windows Genuine Advantage but Microsoft's toltally legal system spyware with a 50% fail rate).

So, nope. Not worried. Just aware.

 

[Mycanid]

No thanks, for you see, coffee, and the dependancy upon caffeine that pervades our society today, is, in my opinion, not a good thing, because I try to avoid abusing stimulants, or other unneeded chemicals, while, at the same time and concurrently, encouraging the over use, or abuse of commas, not withstanding my affection for other punctuation marks, periods, semicolons, tildes, etc.

Justa minute! ... isn't this is poster who was talking about amphetimines a few pages back?

Besides. I know plenty of profound cultures based on coffee grounds! Look at the ... [catches himself] ... not going there. Too close to the edges of the "no politics" zone!