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Joined: 2/23/2007

Msg: 25 (view)

If you have a wireless network, you can not protect it? Posted: 8/25/2007 9:04:48 PM
WPA is pretty crack proof afaik. I don't believe WPA2 has any additional security over WPA, just some changes in how the protocol works. There are two forms of WPA encryption. TKIP and AES. TKIP is more commonly used and I believe is basically the same as the WEP encrpytion. One difference though, with WPA a new key is randomly generated after a certain time interval, so the cracker has to crack within that time interval. You might be able to shorten the time interval (I'm not sure if it's hardset in the protocol or not), but if not just use a password over 20 digits in length not using dictionary words (since guessing random combinations of words is quicker than letters) and it's pretty much impossible for any computer to brute force it within the time frame. I'm not sure how much more secure AES is over TKIP, but a lot of hardware has problems with it. Many routers will have support for both simultaneous WPA1/2 and TKIP/AES, so each device connecting to your network could just use the maximum possible security it supports to minimize your risk. If you have a nintendo ds though, or similar device that only supports WEP, then it's kind of pot luck. There's no way to play it online and properly secure your network, though you could use the nintendo usb wifi adapter. It's supposed to only allow the nintendo ds to connect, though I somehow doubt it's very secure at all (either WEP or some weak proprietary encryption), but at least it's likely to have limited range so someone would have to be physically nearby to hack you.

Joined: 2/23/2007

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Wireless Routers Posted: 8/25/2007 8:48:49 PM
I've been using buffalo routers lately, they're fantastic. Pretty good with the stock firmware, and it's great because they can take a lot of open source linux based firmware like dd-wrt and tomato wrt. These firmwares tend to be a lot closer to the quality of high end routers than the stock firmware that ships on cheap routers. Also, unlike many router brands which have been gimping their low end routers more and more recently (cutting memory, cpu speed, and flash ram), the buffalo routers are pretty high end spec wise. I'd recommend the high power ones (whr-hp...) if you have any signal strength issues at all, they have a signal strength that's 15x (somewhere in the several hundred decibals instead of the 30db that's typical for most routers) as strong as typical low end routers. Don't blame me if you get cancer though. (ps: wifi signals are harmless, don't worry)

Joined: 2/23/2007

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Huge Hole Found in the Universe Posted: 8/25/2007 7:55:58 PM
First two thoughts that come to my mind about hearing this: 1. If the hole is in the center of the universe, perhaps it's where the big bang took place and could give us an idea of how exactly it happened. Matter could have just been projected out of that area. 2. Why not a black hole that's just existed for an extremely long time and absorbed all the matter in that area? Of course, a black hole that did that would be extremely dense, and I'd imagine you'd start to see things orbitting around it. It'll be interesting to see what theories professional scientists will have on this.

Joined: 2/23/2007

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Where ya at? Posted: 5/17/2007 12:24:41 PM
My name's Paul, I'm Puerto Rican/white and soon to be 21 from Burlington, and go to college in Glassboro. I'm a comp sci/physics major and thus naturally take to nerding it up with friends. When I'm not, I'm probably nerding it up by myself, or working out, just to down the nerdiness for a little while. Oh, I also like chilling, and working it.

SomeKindofCollegeGuy

Joined: 2/23/2007

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Why are older women not into younger guys??? Posted: 4/7/2007 7:42:06 PM
Didn't read this whole thread but I have just one thing to say to the original poster: Who in your (our) age group still calls girls birds? I've never heard that slang used outside of a movie made in the 70s.

SomeKindofCollegeGuy

Joined: 2/23/2007

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Deal Breaker Posted: 4/1/2007 10:31:52 AM
Hmm, can only recall a couple big deal breakers I've encountered... Going essentially out of her way to insult me or boss me around. I don't take well to people of any gender who are mean and bossy, and certainly not girls who try to boss me into a relationship with them. Really, I don't need to be told I'm worthless or that you're the best I can do, those aren't your decisions to make. A situation that pretty much turned out like, "You will date me or I'll kill myself." Eek, talk about a turn off. A girl who said that she thought the biggest problem with America, above all others, was the amount of homosexual people in the country. I'm a pretty liberal guy, but also pretty understanding so maybe if she just had some dislike for homosexual people I could have overlooked that (assuming it didn't become a big issue or something) but wow, talk about not having your priorities straight. Even weirder was that her sister's boyfriend's brother was gay. I asked her about this and she said it was ok because he didn't flaunt it. This guy flaunted it like no other though, he was a male stripper, generally dressed in bondage outfits, wore all sorts of make up, and had a****ring. Luckily for her, I'm not religious which from her point of view pretty much put me in the same category as the devil once she found that out, so it was able to end without any heartbreak whatsoever.

SomeKindofCollegeGuy

Joined: 2/23/2007

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Being called the WRONG name by your boy/girlfriend Posted: 4/1/2007 10:12:00 AM
Well, never had the mistake done to me or done it to a girlfriend, but I mess up my roommates' all the time on accident. Oh, and I once called my ex's dog by the name of another ex's dog, but they were the exact same breed and neither had been a particularly serious relationship (had only met one of the dogs anyway). My ex got pretty pissed though.

SomeKindofCollegeGuy

Joined: 2/23/2007

Msg: 15 (view)

Is no one into jst making friends anymore??? Posted: 4/1/2007 2:13:33 AM
I'm sure there are plenty of people into making friends, but for the most part, friends can be hard to maintain over a long distance, especially without shared experiences. Still, nothing wrong with chatting with some friendly people over shared interests, or even unshared interests if the conversation's fine. But friends for many people are a situational thing, it's harder (imo) to find good relationships than it is to find good friends, so more people are looking to fulfill the relationship thing (especially on a dating site) than the friend thing. Never hurts to have someone to play a game of yahoo chess with (or monopoly after a tense day), though.

SomeKindofCollegeGuy

Joined: 2/23/2007

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What Role Should Your Relationship Play In Your Overall Happiness? Posted: 4/1/2007 1:17:41 AM
I think that someone really needs to be happy with themselves before they can really hope to have a happy and successful relationship. Being dependent on someone else for your happiness, well that's just really not being secure as a person. I suppose it's natural to be unsure of oneself, but I'd consider having that confidence in oneself, being able to be without a partner and still be happy is a major part of being emotionally mature. And besides, even if the relationship is perfect, it's bad to focus entirely on one thing, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing and even the best couples need other interests beyond each other to stay healthy and sane.

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