DW Update...

Well unfortunately there will not be a 64 bit version of the Platinum awarded Zero Day defense program...

Although, all is not lost...

In life it won't matter what you do, because before you know it, you might find yourself using those skillz somewhere else...

DW will live, but not in the form that we have grown accustomed to in the past...

Softsphere has always recognized a weakness in all webpages that no software on the market has been able to secure...

Softsphere is currently working on a secure solution to protect us all while browsing and shopping...

We'll be looking forward to the new year as you should be also, so keep a stiff upper chin...

Sylvester Stallone said it best in Rocky,  "it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward"

We know a solution when we see it...and that's a fact!

Happy New Year, and Welcome to the TRUMP Years :-D

5hVnz Picture of the Day...

 

 

 

 

Now that's a 1000 words...

5hVnz Book of the Month...

How to Be Invisible: The Essential Guide to Protecting Your Personal Privacy, Your Assets, and Your Life...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22396.How_to_Be_Invisible

 

Inspired by the notorious Tommy G. Thompson

Disable CompatTelRunner.exe...

What is the CompaTelRunner.exe...

 

This helps Microsoft make improvements to the current operating system in order to ease the upgrade experience to the latest version of Windows...

 

Now if you are like us and decided against the Windows 10 upgrade you'll be left with this neat little feature...Thanks Microsoft...

 

At first it was just a pop up that came up when we started windows, but lately it's become a little bit of a nuisance by hanging around for awhile...

 

Microsoft is doing all it can do to annoy users that aren't ready or don't want to upgrade to Windows 10 on some of their systems because Windows 7 works just fine...

 

sidenote: Don't fix what ain't broke

 

Anyway, without any further adieu, let's get rid of the nuisance...

 

Go to start run or search and type compmgmt.msc now go to System Tools/Task Scheduler/Task Scheduler Library/Microsoft/Windows/Application Experience...once there in the right pane Right Click on Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser and choose disable...

 

Close the Computer Management you're done.

5hVnz Song of the Month...

Ba-Sing-A on 'The Big Bang Theory'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcrCvVQXmgU

5hVnz Movie Pick of the Year...

This is hands down without any doubt the best movie of the year..."Hacksaw Ridge"

An unbelievable story done exceptionally well by the most unlikely person...Mel Gibson...

Hacksaw Ridge (2016 - Movie) Official Trailer – “Believe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-1hz1juBI

Bill Gates Books of the Month...

Bill Gates names his five favorite books of 2016...

http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/bill-gates-names-his-five-favorite-books-of-2016/

What was that...

Amazon introduces "Amazon Go" a store that you don't need clerks, just shelves filled with items that you walk in and get and walk out with them, no lines, no checkers, just an Amazon account...

 

Now where have we heard of this...oh yeah...US!

 

Amazon said that they thought of this idea 4 years ago, really, more than likely an ear worm from our blog that we wrote 7 years ago about the same thing...

 

We were doing comparisons with Walmart and Amazon and their successes and failures they might endure over the years and that's when we had the idea "For Amazon" of the clerk free checkout...

 

We've seen many ideas of ours come true, just like many of you out there, the difference is for us is that we're just happy that someone finally did it...

 

Idea people are usually years ahead of others and because of that are typically mocked and ridiculed, but we have seen too many of our ideas come true to get caught up in the visionless taunts...

 

Congratulations Amazon, we're glad you finally caught on ;-)

Is it Diner or is it...Cafe'...

The nice thing about Restaurants is that you don't see evolutionary design or food preparation like you do see in Technology...

 

Technology Evolves, Restaurants progress because in Restaurant the atmosphere is based upon familiarity...

 

You typically try a new restaurant because there is a familiar charm about the look or the name of the place, but you stay because of the food...

 

sidenote: Yes, you'll tend to stay at a place for the food or atmosphere it brings regardless of the service...

 

We have always been involved with Restaurants throughout our life due to the financial aspect they brought to us, but of late we are more into their purpose...

 

It's hard to be good at something if you don't sit down and try it once in awhile, so just because you designed it, doesn't make you an expert on the subject...

 

The Diner is now being called a "Café" because the word Diner brings about a biased familiarity with people that interpret that name as, Mel's Diner or more direct, "The Greasy Spoon"...

 

However, the look of the Café hasn't changed any, it still has a counter where you can walk up to and sit and you have tables and booths that surround the Counter...

 

The progression of the Café is in the Patio they have built onto the diner and the food, the look is more modern, but still retains a bit of the nostalgic familiarity with the counter, but has now included a full bar to look at instead of the cooks in the Kitchen...

 

It's very important to retain some nostalgic ambience to not scare away the locals that have come accustomed to a certain look and feel their neighborhoods should adhere to...

 

However, things are changing and at an accelerated rate due to the lack of resources we have available to us that War's and Oil have destroyed over the recent years...

 

Designing pipelines along rivers and streams and continuing to use a poorly designed rail system to transport that oil on has devastated peoples way of life...

 

The necessity for change has been a fabricated tale that companies like Big Pharma massively pump into our media that GMO is the future of food, and at the rate we are going, they may be right...

 

GMO (Genetically Modified Organism)...you know it used to be that you could trust your local grocer, but now we are being told to trust some no name scientist...

 

People have changed the way they buy their food because they want to know where it comes from and thanks to that change local farming has seen an uptick in sales...

 

However, companies like Monsanto and Bayer will capitalize on that way of thinking and start using your own words against you...

 

They'll understand the concept of buying local and trusting the person selling you that they too will start to use that in their campaign to fool you...

 

...and when they do, it'll be then that you'll see Evolution in Restaurant and how we are fed and it'll be then when you'll finally see an END of life as you knew it...

 

For now though, we have found a new Restaurant in Seattle next to the homeless encampments and the Meth Vans that run rampant through the city, but believe it or not, we found a little glimmer of hope that all is not lost...

 

The restaurant is called, The Egg and Us Café in Ballard that is absolutely what a Diner used to be and a Café it has become that removes the greasy spoon and serves only Culinary...

 

If you can't stomach driving through Seattle due to the vile stench we don't blame you, so go to Issaquah where it's a cleaner environment ;-)

 

Bon Appétit...

 

**UPDATE**

 

It's progressed faster than we thought...

 

They have now turned the Café into a Double entendre where they have a place where you eat the food to a place where you can pet the food...

 

They Call it the, "Animal Café" the Vegan Approach to rebranding the old Diner :-D

 

Now some would call that Evolutionary, but it's not and they should be careful what they wish for...

 

We're sure by now you've been to a Seafood Restaurant where you pick your lobster out of the case, all an Animal Café does is provide more variety, and they call that progression...and that's a fact!

Here's an Idea...

Here's another idea for you Fitbit...

 

We recently thought about people that are bedridden and don't have the use of their limbs due to paralysis, MS w/ever and the people that watch over them...

 

In the hospital they hook up heart monitors to patients that are then hooked up to a response system that alerts medical staff if the heart stops...

 

This untethers the hospital staff from the patient to allow them to perform their hospital duties and care of others all the while knowing that at a seconds notice they will be alerted in case of an emergency...

 

This equipment is obviously expensive and not every home care provider can afford the luxury of such a device, but if it was designed in a wearable, like a Fitbit, well that's affordable...

 

Some people are on their last days of life, but things still have to be done, like grocery shopping, refilling prescriptions, so you can't be around the individual/loved one all the time and you can't always rely on someone stepping in for you either, so what do you do...

 

With a Fitbit monitoring system wearable you just sync the heart rate up with your Fitbit device so you can monitor them wherever you are...

 

It would also have to have a pinger type technology in it to make sure that you just didn't lose connection with the device, this way you don't respond to a false positive...

 

The device could also be hooked up to a 911 response system, so if the caregiver is not close enough a medical team could be alerted instead...

 

The problem with that is what if the door is locked when they show up, how do they get in the house? bust down the door...

 

Well we are now equipping homes with Smart Locks and in the case of an emergency the Fitbit device would send out a text that would allow a one time unlock code for the door so emergency teams could enter the house...

 

The text code would be like what you get in an email to help you get into your account and the code would only be for that entry and would always be different for each emergency to maintain security for the homeowner...

 

On a fun side of the technology we thought it would be cool if you could sync up your heart rates of your lovers...

 

This way you could "Feel" the heart beat through your wearable of the heart beat of your partners and would always be connected to them...

 

If the heart rate goes faster you could say things like, I was thinking about you just then and you would say, ahhhh, I love you too honey...

 

Either way to us it seems like a necessary technology especially in the respect to patient/caregiver response time alerts...

Just thinking out loud...

Awhile ago we were getting fed up with Microsoft dragging their feet with their mobility and was thinking about jumping ship when we saw the new S7...

We are now off contract and LOVE IT, but would have gotten on a contract again just to afford the outrageous price of 7xx.xx dollars for their phone, knowing damn well the price would come down eventually, but didn't care...

However, we came back to our senses knowing that it was all too good to be true, and come to find out it was...

You know what's nice about being able to see things others can't, even though most of the time we don't know why we are seeing it, is that we know what's gonna work and what's not...

Take Wells Fargo for example, and believe us, there's many, but long ago when everybody was joining Wells Fargo saying that they were the bees knees, we told them we didn't see that to be true...

We of course were mocked because for some reason people just thought Wells Fargo was the coolest thing since sliced bread, and today you can see that it's a good thing we didn't jump on the bandwagon...

We remember telling some "friends" of ours about what would get people interested in computers was a big E on a screen that you took your hand and slapped it on a screen and the internet appeared and viola, a tablet was born...

Windows 10 is turning out to be the operating system we kept boasting about long before it came out and after waiting this long to just jump ship to a nice phone with a sub par OS and virus infected apps
only to have it blow up in our pocket would have really pissed us off...

Then recently we were talking about the disconnect that tech companies have with one another and that Microsoft was making baby steps towards bridging that gap, then Microsoft came out and announced that they had joined the Linux Team...

Now talks of a Surface phone are starting to..."Surface" again ;-) and hope is restored that maybe our wait for a better phone could become a reality...

For now though we'll continue to use our cracked screen 4 year old Microsoft phone with a battery that lasts about 20 minutes if used will have to do...

You know we may not have the "IN" phone, and we may not be in the "IN" crowd because of it, but that's only because we're comfortable just being ourselves...

So Microsoft take your time and do it right, because we aren't jumping ship just to be in the "IN" crowd and Intel, don't be afraid to reach out for help because we're not sure how much longer our phone is going to work, but hey, no pressure ;-)...

It's All over but the Crying...

"THE BEST MAN WON"

"Dow closes at record high"

 

Trump has re-opened the venue to the public. You remember, By the People, for the People...

 

Hillary would have never done that, because she is part of the establishment, a politician, and a crooked one at that...

 

Only Obama and Trump have opened the doors to everyone and anyone that have the perseverance to become a President...

 

Obama was the first black President and Trump was the first Citizen that became President of this Great Nation and that says a lot...

 

Did the best person win...Yes, in this election he did, because his only opponent was a Clinton...

 

The Clinton's are the type of people that host a pot luck party and refuse to give you back your dish...

 

The Clinton's are the type of people that phrases like, hide the silverware and your daughters get coined from...

 

The Women wanted a Woman to be president regardless of the checkered past the Clinton's bring to the table...

 

There's an old saying, "where there is smoke there is fire" and the Clinton's have inhaled so much of their own fumes that they've developed a hack...

 

The Millennials wanted to be a part of History of bringing in a Woman for president as well and regardless of her past...

sidenote: They also have an inability to lose due to the Participation Award Syndrome...

 

The problem is you bet on the wrong horse and lost, but the problem isn't as simple as blaming one person, you need to blame the people that "ACTUALLY" elected him...

 

America votes in members in its Congressional delegation, one for each member in the House of Representatives, plus two for your Senators...

 

The Voting you did was just a popularity vote, and you won, but as you can see your vote doesn't matter in the election of a President in this Nation...

 

You voted in the people to vote for you in this election and those people turned on you, and now they are using your leverage to take away from them and steer you towards Trump...

 

Misdirection has got you again, and you fell for it, hook line and sinker and by demonizing Trump just makes you look stupid on National Television...

 

Now we have some "A Listers" saying they are going to move away from America because Trump got elected :-D GO AHEAD, all you'll be doing is opening up opportunity for somebody new...

 

There's another old saying, "Put your hand in a bucket of water, pull it out, now look for the hole"...

 

Well sure, you might take a little water out with your hand when you pull it out, and these are your followers, but eventually you'll reach your hand out from across the water just to ask for another handout as soon as the money runs out from wherever you are...

 

America is the land of Opportunity, and we have people coming here in droves, so the "A" listers will be replaced before the eyes finish a blink...

 

Look, we have never liked Trump, ever since he took over for his Father, the real hero in this story, and yes we think Trump is a MORON, but he has something only a few people have and that's vision...

 

Trump has a gift of encompassing people around him that are very smart and the proof is in the pudding for this example, because those very smart people got him elected in an election that was Pro Hillary all the way...

 

sidenote: It might be worth mentioning that a "Woman" was the genius behind him getting elected, and it wasn't Clinton :-D

 

The Bush's and Obama have completely destroyed this nation, and Hillary was going to continue where they left off...

 

Hillary would be fighting accusations of her checkered past for the entire 4 years of her pathetic attempt at restoring dignity, strength and honor to our nation...

 

Attempts would be made, but with a Republican House and Senate, nothing would get done, and then you would re-elect her on her false promises to get it done in the next 4 years, but would only be more of the same...

 

Look, America has been overshadowed by phrases like, Made in China or Hecho en Mexico for too long...

 

We need to fix America, and in order to do that she needs to be re-branded, Made in America, and what better person to do that than a Branding Magnate named Donald J. Trump...

 

You people lost sight of the Goal by thinking this was about electing a woman for president, this election was about making America Great Again...and that's a fact!

5hVnz Song of the Month...

Speaking on Music we have a daily double for you...

 

Johnny Cash - Hurt...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywSzjRq0e4

 

"Hurt" is a song written by Trent Reznor first released on Nine Inch Nails' 1994 album The Downward Spiral...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bZtf5MCzY

 

If we had to describe in a Word what Johnny Cash did for this song it would be...Purity...

A Message to Beyonce...

First of all we'd like to applaud your courage you took to take the stage at the CMA awards to introduce your inaugural rendition of your song, that took guts...

 

You have not been very well received that is for sure and unfortunately it seems to be status quo for you girl, but that's because you push the limits...

 

What a lot of people don't know is that Johnny Cash used to be considered Rock and Roll in his day which turned out to be what is known now as Rockabilly...

 

Johnny Cash played with stars like Elvis the Pelvis Presley and the Great Jerry Lee Lewis which helped promote the two styles of genres...

 

As for us, we have been around country all our life and know quite a little bit about it and have seen all kinds of artists try to break in and break out of country in one way or another to bring collections together, people together just trying something new, to bring out a new sound, and there is nothing wrong with that...

 

Being in Computers and Electronics our whole life we have seen a HUGE disconnect between people and would love to see the likes of what you and others have done to try and bring people together more...

 

They're trying, Microsoft is now incorporating Linux into their software and Microsoft has finally made Office a part of the Apple lineup, which is a BIG step for them...

 

What we do think though is that with a lot of things people come in with their grand ideas and culture and don't take into account the struggles that other cultures have gone through to get to the point they are at...

 

It's like you have to listen to what they have to say first before you start injecting your ideas without any forethought of their pain and joy they have experienced with the life they have put into words and music for others to hear...

...have respect...

 

Take your song for example, it's a great song, we really liked it, but it lacked a true country feeling to it...

Beyoncé - Daddy Lessons Ft The Dixie Chicks (Official Audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-O8lo6FQA

 

Your song had more of a New Orleans Jazz with a Banjo feel with a hint of harmonica and big band style in a way, mixed with pop...

sidenote: Speaking of which, Hey Country, where's the fiddle, there has got to be a fiddle in the band...

 

The thing of it is, Country doesn't really need help, it's more popular than ever right now because a lot of the music out there lacks substance and any real quality and really lacks any originality...
 

Country and Rap have a lot in common because they both get to the root of the pain that makes them speak out, sing out to be heard and hopefully listened to with understanding and hope that things can change that they do get their truck back, or the house doesn't get foreclosed on, or today nobody got shot...

 

We do think that you owe the CMA gratitude for debuting your song for you and we do think that people shouldn't be so critical of you as much as they should be with the CMA for taking their loyal listeners for granted...

 

You do have to remember though Beyoncé that Country stands for something and is always going to be sung a certain way, just like any genre of music, but what people have to understand is that some things get boring and we need to change it up a bit in order to find a new sound...and that's a fact!

Scanguard Review...

A new software is out called Scanguard that boasts a suite of products to help keep your system malware free, performance booster, firewall, file cleaner, browser maintenance, file maintenance, parental control...

We're pretty sure that it does your dishes, laundry, takes the pet outside, cleans the bathroom and picks the kids up from school as well...

...but seriously, programs like these are gimmicks at best and have been tried time and time again...

Symancrap also went this route with their software and coincidentally enough was the beginning of their downfall...

Programs like Scanguard lose sight of the objective which is Security...

Pretty soon they'll want to put in a disk defragmenter program, driver update, windows update link or some half assed encryption program...

Programs like this feed off the lazy that want a one button do it all solution center, but what ends up happening is that they get in the way because it's not fast enough...

It's not enough that it has a one button clean up, it also has to do everything within 5 seconds or less, otherwise it just gets in the way of browsing because in order to clean properly you need to have your browser and programs closed...

The other downside to programs like this is that most systems are set to go into sleep mode after a few minutes, so even if the user was diligent enough to set time aside the program would stop because the system went into a power savings mode and the process would stop...

If they had a feature built in that would disable all power management features when it started and re-enabled power management when it finished would be cool, like Cleanup Mode...

The thing of it is programs like this are bloatware and eventually slow down your system more than it helps your system and in the end just causes corruption...

The best solution for what's out there already would be a service management center where you associate your programs with that keeps a date and time of when you last used these programs...

You would still use your proven software solutions, all the management center does is provide a warning that it's time to clean/scan and a link inside the program that opens each program for you one at a time and in an order that they should be ran...

The program would not run as a service and would not run at startup, this way your keep your system running as fast as it can without some service slowing it down...

Don't buy into crapware programs like Scanguard that use a pop-up on a web page to get you interested in it, that's the first sign of a bad program...

There are much better products on the market and much better malware solutions as well that are proven...

You have to take security very seriously and to do that you need to let a program run their course and maybe after two years in the market you can take another look at them to see how they are doing, otherwise stay with the proven methods that have been protecting you and your family for years...

Access comes from within...

For years we have been telling you that "ALL" software can be hacked, but people believe what they want to believe...

 

Apple users thought for the longest time that they were secure and that only Microsoft computers were vulnerable of getting viruses, :-D when in fact they were getting hit more than Windows...

 

The thing of it was they didn't know they were getting attacked because plain and simply put they didn't want them to know and was better letting them think they were safe to keep the lines open...

 

Steve Jobs knew this but instead kept people in the dark because even he knew that he couldn't afford failure when your reputation is on the line...

 

The sad part is that Apple users of yesterday still believe today that they don't need malware protection and that their system is impenetrable, but truth be known that these people are most likely the zombie systems that are being used as gateways...

 

In order to be anonymous one needs to hide behind walls and curtains while pipelines are being laid all around them...

 

Misdirection is the key to anonymity so keep them following what they can see, this way the work gets done for them as they sit quietly sipping tea...

 

In the News:

 

"The attackers used hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices that had previously been infected with a malicious code that allowed them to cause outages that began in the Eastern United States and then spread to other parts of the country and Europe"

http://abc7.com/news/cyberattack-raises-questions-about-growing-internet-vulnerabilities/1569458/

 

A serious vulnerability that has been present for nine years in virtually all versions of the Linux operating system...

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/most-serious-linux-privilege-escalation-bug-ever-is-under-active-exploit/

 

Samuel L. Jackson was right when he said, "Shit doesn't happen, shit takes time, shit takes effort"

 

Access comes from within, just like it takes an inside person to help pull off the perfect crime...

 

The fact that we know this is due to the wording they used to describe the incident, 9 years...

sidenote: Data is the name, getting to it is the game...

 

The backbone of the internet is "Linux" which is the inside access they needed, now all they need is their cover, that's the cloud, so all that's left is the means, and that's you...and that's a fact!

VeraCrypt Update...

VeraCrypt has issued a statement regarding vulnerabilities found in it's software and are requiring you to update...

 

An audit of open source file and disk encryption package VeraCrypt turned up a number of critical vulnerabilities that have been patched in the month since the assessment was wrapped up...

https://threatpost.com/veracrypt-patches-critical-vulnerabilities-uncovered-in-audit/121342/

 

Just download the latest stable release (v.1.19) from their website and install their latest version which will give you the option to upgrade once the install starts...

https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Downloads

You will be required to restart so it would be best to run CCleaner before you install, that way you'll have a clean restart...

Another thing to think about is how the Justice System is gaining access to devices now and that it's easier for them because retinal and fingerprint security doesn't fall under the 5th amendment...

So, thinking "inside" the box here ;-) by encrypting your data with VeraCrypt ensures you that you won't have to give access to them regardless if they gain access to your device or not...

VeraCrypt is secured by a "Password" so give them access to your device, but if your data is protected with VeraCrypt and password protected you're protected by the 5th amendment...

It's time to take data security to the next level and that's encryption and VeraCrypt is very easy to use and is very secure, but more importantly your US Constitutional right to protect you from self-incrimination...

How to remove (844) 763-5838...

**DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER**

 

Typically they call this program a "Drive By" program, in other words, you clicked on something you shouldn't have and it downloaded a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program)...

 

Typically it masks itself with a program that says, "Your Drivers are out of Date" click here to update, or "Your System is infected" click here for a free scan...

 

It's completely innocent sometimes when people click on these windows, either thinking that if they click the "X" it will close, but instead installs or thinking that they're system is infected...

 

There is no close on a program like that, it's always open and install :-D...

 

First of all you need to see how badly you are infected so first check for two things:

 

1. Press Windows + E

    1a. Now type %appdata% and let it search...if you find "event monitor" delete it.

2. Now Press Windows + R

    2a. Now type Regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER_Wow6432Node and look for "Event Monitor...delete it...

 

Now if you have event monitor as deep as the registry we recommend reinstalling because it's too late at this point.

 

If you had a good malware program it would have stopped it from getting this far and the only program you would have needed is the Junkware Removal Tool from Malwarebytes...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/junkwareremovaltool/

sidenote: Thank you MBAM...

 

It's free and easy to use, just download to desktop, run, hit enter and let it do its thing.

 

We now recommend using your CCleaner and doing a Cleaner and a Registry cleaner after Junkware finishes...

 

Kaspersky stopped this program from going too far into the computer so it was a real easy clean up for us...

 

We have told this user that we don't like being a reactive user anymore and that it's best to be a proactive user, that way you prevent silly things like this from happening...

 

We do recommend changing your passwords whenever your system gets compromised, NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

 

Make sure you aren't using the same password on all your sites...

 

Make sure you have a good Malware program on your system and at this point Kaspersky is still #1...

 

Webroot has clicked up a notch in Q2 results, but we aren't completely impressed with that and are starting to wonder what is going on over there...

 

Happy Computing...

5hVnz Song of the Month...

Bob Dylan - Political World...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg29g6D0sPs

Bob Dylan receives Nobel Prize for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"...
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-awarded-nobel-prize-in-literature-w444709

We knew something was wrong...

...and Linus Torvalds confirmed it...

 

It's true we are tired of x86 because it tethers us to the PC and the history thereof which prevents us from moving forward...

 

There's an old saying, "Respect your Elders" and we do, because what x86 has done for PC/Server is made an affordable highly scalable secure solution...

 

When AMD bought Intel's 64 bit technology we were skeptical because Intel is no dummy, but we did jump on the Bandwagon for it's affordability and it's ability to move computers in a non-moving environment, but in the end Intel was right and AMD failed...

 

Now we are again at an Impasse with Intel behind the 8 ball on Mobile Technology and Qualcrap leading the pack, but we knew something was wrong...

 

It's true that Intel had some serious management problems coming into 2010, but we think it was more of a replacing of the guards and removing old ways of thinking and relying on the little blue blanket of comfort...

 

sidenote: Steve Ballmer with Microsoft is another example of old school with new school type technology and Microsoft has shown that they can share the desktop...

 

Now Linus has confirmed what we saw but couldn't articulate in the world of CPU's/Mobility/PC and Server...

 

The ARM processor is another example of what we showed you before that Hardware is Weakening and Software is Strengthening...

sidenote: Cisco warns of critical vulnerabilities in CISCO Nexus switches...Cisco has released a "software update" and "workaround" to address the flaw and mitigate the risk of exposure...

 

However, there is a double meaning here that you may not have picked up on and that is software is a false positive...

 

The software written today is written by people that have no life skills and no experience on how computers work, all they are able to do is read and write code...

 

We are in a very vulnerable state of being right now with the Millennials not respecting their elders and X Gen and Baby Boomers not getting their point across...
 

One thing that we never understood about the people that work in Computers is there lack of ability to connect with one another considering that's all computers are, just connecting one to the other to share what they have and so on and so forth...

 

Technology has come a long way and has taken a long time to get here, so there are no shortcuts to get us to the next level and I think Linus Torvalds has eloquently pointed this out in his latest Op-ed...

 

“I’ve been personally pretty disappointed with ARM as a hardware platform, not as an instruction set, though I’ve had my issues there, too,” Torvalds said. “As a hardware platform, it is still not very pleasant to deal with.”

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3129300/linux/why-linux-pioneer-linus-torvalds-prefers-x86-over-arm.html

Is Fitbit...Fit...

When you start working out...again :-D your mind is going to play tricks on you...

Whenever you pass by a mirror you flex or suck in and say I really need to keep working out, but when it's time to work out your mind will think of all kinds of things to do instead...

It's the craziest thing because in your heart you want to be fitter, thinner, but when it's time to work out your emotions will cause a depression to come over you...

You'll start the process, but find yourself just sitting there doing nothing just staring at the TV or just staring into space breathing over and over again...

A loneliness will come over you that reminds you that you could be watching TV or you could be taking a nap just to make the lonely time pass faster...

You'll look at yourself and at the progress you've made so far with your workout and in a way it scares you to take the next step...

It's that transition period your body is going through that scares you in a way, but also upsets you because even with the results you can see you won't think it's where you should be...

So you take a day off from working out, you start eating a little more while you continue to look at yourself, but now the changes are going the other way, back to the way they were before, so you workout one day...

This makes you feel really good again and you see the results in just one workout that you saw before you stopped and this makes you feel really good...then you see them...

It's the other person that's already peaked and has the body you only dream of which gives pause to your ambition once again and the depression starts to kick in again...

The same can be said about Apple and how well they are doing right now, and here is little Fitbit just trying to make something better of themselves and were looking really good just the other day, but then Apple shows up...

Fitbit Stock drops, people begin to talk negative about you, and you begin to go back in a shell that you worked so hard to get out of...

This is when you have to tell yourself that Apple may not be what you are striving for, that body they have isn't what you want because it may be a little too much...

You also start thinking that maybe they are over compensating for something else...

You have to remember that Apple caters to a lot of markets and because of that they have to supply a lot of services to keep their investors happy, but what Apple doesn't have is Substance...

Apple is Fadware, what's trending today gone tomorrow type technology that appeases the multi-plex of markets that are out there, but Fitbit isn't Fadware...

Health and Fitness has survived the ages and ages to come, so being focused is what this world needs right now...

We have spoken about this before, this Focus aspect that our World needs so much more of today in order for us to survive...

So what if Apple gave their watch away to a bunch of employees at an Insurance company and in our opinion it shows the lack of creativity in their marketing department that they did this...

What it does show us is that it proves what we just said, Apple is striving to attract any and all markets to wear their watch...

What will people say, "Hey, is that an Apple Watch" Yes, OH...

It's the same reaction you get when you buy a really expensive car, "Hey, that's a nice Car"...

You just paid $$$ for someone to come up and say, "Hey, that's a nice Car"...

Sure you'll get an interested party once in awhile that will go spec for spec with you on yours and their knowledge, but when one person gets the better of the other, the conversation stops...

Why...lack of substance...

Fitbit, your market is the Health and Fitness world, so think creatively...

You have every right to give your watch away also, but hit your target markets, like the Health Field, or the Olympics, or maybe offer incentives at Fitness centers across America for joining up...

Get people talking about Fitbit and what it can do for your day to day work out and get the conversation going about how you can improve upon your product with people that are focused on Health and Fitness...

Remember, you can please some of the people all the time, all the people some of the time, but you'll never please all the people all the time...and that's a fact! So Focus...

**UPDATE**

What if you could track other sporting needs other than just heart rates and steps...

What if you could analyze a Swing, like a batter's swing a Golf Swing or maybe a Tennis Players serve...

What is you could analyze a pitchers throwing arm that would provide them data on the arc of their throw, the follow through and release to help improve speed, style and accuracy...

It just seems like tracking heart rates and steps is just skimming the surface of what this product can do...

 

**UPDATE**

 

Good News Good News, Apple Deletes users Apple Health data (activity, sleep and nutrition records)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/10/26/apple-ios-10-1-apple-health-lost-data-problem/#576630422dc7

 

No Offense Apple, but it is good news for Fitbit ;-)

5hVnz Book of the Month...

Bruce Springsteen's 7 year itch...

 

"Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen...

 

You can also listen to his new companion album to his book in CD covering 50 years of Music called "Chapter and Verse"...

 

...Get yourself sum...

Anniversary Update...Finally...

The Anniversary Update also know as the Redstone update or as others are calling it, the Kidney Stone Update has finally been done...

We finally updated all of our systems to meet the certain requirements needed to obtain the latest debacle update by Microsoft and we are glad to say, "we're glad we waited"...

sidenote: All we did was disable our Malware Programs, we did NOT uninstall them...

From all the problems people went through was mind numbing to say the least for the people that rely on their computers for their livelihood and day to day...

People are so close to the margin these days to undergo such immature and selfish thinking that went into some of the software and products that are coming out today...

sidenote: ex. Samsung Unloads Tech Shares as Galaxy Note 7 Recall Starts to Burn...

We do however commend those that were able to afford such failures put out by such a group to help solve the problems that weren't fully tested in house...

We wouldn't have been able to upgrade so early if it wasn't for the brave souls that took one for the team to help expedite solutions to problems created by the reckless nature of Microsoft...

Just like no good deed goes undone, so will be the same for a bad deed and Karma surely nixed the good nature Microsoft had when they provided an Operating System for free...

All was for not for so many that upgraded their dilapidated computers thinking that Windows 10 was the be all solution for them...

Or for the people that were just inexperienced and upgraded their machines all willy nilly only to fall victim to the reckless endangerment Microsoft exercises in situations like this...

There were some out there that were lucky with the update and didn't experience any of the problems that others had because they only use their system for internet browsing...

All in all this was a pathetic approach to softening the blows that Microsoft is famous for throwing over the years to ensure trust in the future that they have learned from their mistakes...

We do however feel confident that the future Redstone Updates aka Kidney Stone, will be smoother, but only for those that have a system that is gen 5 or better...

The old saying is, "if it ain't broke don't fix it" so for those of you like us that stuck with Windows 7 because you have a good computer and Win 7 that runs great, you're smart...

However, we do recommend you start buying Windows 10 devices to keep your knowledge up to date and to start the migration to the next OS...

So start saving up for the Surface 4 and pray that Microsoft comes out with a Surface phone to keep them relevant or you'll just be throwing out good money after bad with Microsoft...

It's true, if Microsoft doesn't take the handset seriously they'll be a laughing stock in the future, because Linux is knocking at their front door and others like them...

sidenote:  If you want to develop the next great processor, you’d better be going mobile first and building from there...Vlad Savov

We truly believe a new OS is inevitable and is going to take the best features of what Linux, Microsoft and Apple provide and mold their own updated and fresh new look for the future...

There's somebody out there right now developing the next OS that will revolutionize the way computing will be done for the future, you can believe that, because the products we're currently using are based off of old ways of thinking and as they say, you can't teach an old dog new tricks...and that's a fact!

**UPDATE**

Tear down all the trees and build a Metropolis type of thinkers are thinkers of the past when resources were plenty...

Operating System developers think the same way by only thinking market share and profits while throwing caution into the wind...

There's an old saying that seems to have been lost along the way and it's called, "Safety First"...

The current design is to build it, get it out there, have them use it and let them die from it in order to figure out the safety features needed to protect them...

sidenote: Tesla driver dies in first fatal crash while using autopilot mode...

This is the profit march that yields them the money needed to build in the protection and is the model most companies use when getting their products to market...

What we see is a redesign of sorts and a new way of thinking that incorporates the safety first then incorporates the idea into the protection mold...

What we see in software is the Malware Software becoming the foundation while retrofitting the application into the security software instead of the opposite...

Think of it like a child that runs to their Mothers Arms, a mother is the Security Solution already in place that a child can run to in times of need for protection...

The same is to be said about the future in software design, the security blanket has to be created first then and only then can we build for a sustainable future...and that's another fact!

Here's a thought...

Does crime only happen at night in Gotham City?

If crime were to happen during the day how would Batman know they need help...in other words, how would he see the Bat Signal during the day...

Latest Malware Tests...

"This Programme is called a “360 Assessment” since it deals with the full spectrum of malware instead of just financial malware. In the 360 Assessments, trojans, backdoors, ransomware, PUAs, financial malware and “other” malware are used."

Understanding Grade of Pass:

Level 1 = All threats detected on first exposure or via behavior protection or detected in 24 hour...

#1 Kaspersky Internet Security

Level 2 = At least 97% of the threats detected and neutralized / system remediated before or on the first rescan...

avast! Internet Security

Avira Internet Security

Symantec Norton Security

Trend Micro Maximum Security

Failed = Security product failed to detect all infections and remediate the system during the test procedure...

AVG Internet Security

Bitdefender Internet Security

ESET Smart Security

Microsoft Windows Defender

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

McAfee Internet Security

Panda Internet Security

SurfRight HitmanPro

ThreatTrack VIPRE Internet Security

Webroot Secure Anywhere

Zemana Anti-malware

For Pete's sake Webroot, Symancrap beat you, Symancrap...really...
https://www.mrg-effitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MRG-Effitas-360-Assessment-Q2-2016.pdf

 

sidenote: Banking is still top Tier with Webroot:

https://www.mrg-effitas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MRG-Effitas-Online-Banking-Certification-Q2-2016.pdf

 

Webroot was in the Level 2 group last test and have now dipped to the 3rd tier, which by Alec Baldwin's glengarry speech  meant you're fired...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCf46yHIzSo

The problem most winners have other than Kaspersky obviously, is that they think they've won and they toast to early and end up losing in the end, hence the Tortoise and the Hare Story...

 

Every one makes mistakes and it's our responsibility as Humans to forgive and give you another chance, sure we're disappointed in you Webroot, so step up your game a bit if you want to play in the Real World...and that's a fact!

Most Interesting Man of 2016...

Flight Facilities - Down To Earth feat. Sam Rockwell...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH5L4qTVsTk

5hVnz Song of the Month...

Mrs. Hillary Clinton can you tell us what the "C" means in your email...

 

Response: ...cookie?

 

C Is for Cookie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVg4mxMG_1Q

Fitbit Update...

You gotta love it when a plan comes together...

 

Fitbit is releasing updated versions of both trackers, adding new features that make them even better fitness tools...

https://www.fastcompany.com/3063254/fitbits-charge-and-flex-fitness-trackers-just-got-a-lot-better

 

So you see you can't cater to the mindless souls of the app world that need something to do and sell, what you need to do is focus on what you currently have and improve upon it...

http://5hvnzon.blogspot.com/2016/05/fitbit-stock-update.html

 

http://5hvnzon.blogspot.com/2016/05/stock-watch.html

 

Fitbit Inc.

NYSE: FIT · August 29, 6:52 PM EDT

14.94 ▲ 0.27 (1.84%)

 

...the Flex 2 automatically recognizes workouts like runs (and now swims) ;-)

5hVnz Book of the Month...

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World...

 

You’ll never look at your phone, your computer, your credit cards, or even your car in the same way again...
https://www.schneier.com/books/data_and_goliath/

It's about DAMN TIME APPLE...

Apple's 2017 iPhone will reportedly get rid of iconic home button...

http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12653164/apple-iphone-2017-home-button-removed-oled-display

 

Buttons are antiquated man, plus they affect your grip when you grab your phone and could result in you dropping your phone on the screen...

 

The biggest confusion we see people having with iPhone is wondering if they closed their apps or not...

 

Leaving apps open can run down your battery and use up memory needed for other programs, like live screening...

 

Plus that Home Button is the oldest technology used in the business, it's about DAMN TIME APPLE...and that's a fact!

Windows 10 Anniversary Update...Update...

Cumulative Update brings the version number up to 14393.82... 

• Improved reliability of Network Controller, DNS server, gateways, Storage Spaces Direct, Group Managed Service Accounts, remote procedure calls (RPC), PowerShell, Internet Explorer 11, printer pairing and interoperability, the Windows kernel, Media Core, Windows Store, Connected Standby, Cluster Health service, the Hypervisor debugger and platform, and Active Directory.
• Improved performance of Storage Spaces Direct with many nodes or disks, scrolling lists on Xbox One, DHCP address acquisition, Active Directory queries, and Cluster Health service.
• Addressed issue that prevents external media from playing on Xbox One using Cast to Device.
• Addressed issue with Mouse events not working correctly in Internet Explorer 11.
• Addressed issue with the rendering and resizing of nested tables in Internet Explorer 11.
• Addressed issue with the UI layout not updating correctly in Internet Explorer 11 quirks mode.
• Addressed issue that was causing nodes to be disconnected from a Cluster service intermittently.
• Addressed issue with the 3G and 4G options not appearing correctly in Windows 10 Mobile settings.
• Addressed additional issues with mobile device management (MDM) enrollment for an Azure Active Directory tenant, software compatibility, rendering of Yu Gothic fonts, Cortana, slow connections to cluster shares, Xbox One unable to launch the Netflix app using the DIAL protocol, Xbox One volume and music playback, all video stops while audio plays in a TV app, incorrect scaling of Internet Explorer 11 first-run dialog, driver setup, Windows Update for Business, apps failing to install after resetting device, boot failure with Hyper-V and BitLocker enabled, Cache Manager, Cluster Health service, inability to change roles and features on a locked device, disk-to-enclosure mappings not working, PowerShell, missing lock screen image, fitness tracker not recognized as a mass storage device, synchronization not working between Intune and Azure Active Directory (AAD), Skype calls over Wi-Fi, streaming playback using progressive download, unable to cancel download from Windows, extensions for Microsoft Edge, incorrect lock screen UI after resuming from hibernate and sleep, and blocked installation of game bundles from the Windows Store.

Windows 10 Anniversary Update gets a new cumulative update...

http://mspoweruser.com/windows-10-anniversary-update-gets-a-new-cumulative-update/

 

Windows 10 Anniversary Update crashing when Amazon Kindles...

http://betanews.com/2016/08/25/kindles-crashing-windows-10-anniversary-update/

 

**UPDATE**

 

Cumulative update released August 23 breaks important PowerShell functionality...

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/kindle-crashes-and-broken-powershell-something-isnt-right-with-windows-10-testing/

5hVnz Picture of the Day...

 

 

 

"Nobody Sneeze"

 

Taken with an old ass cracked screen Nokia Lumia 900 v. 7.8 Microsoft Phone

 

sidenote: If we were to untie that string, would the World Fall...

Hardware Weakens, Software Strengthens...

Microsoft will fix Surface Pro 3 battery issues through software...

The EPA says Volkswagen used software to hide emissions output in some vehicles...

These stories are becoming more and more noticeable lately because companies are downsizing to increase profits by getting rid of their top Engineers and Techs...

The Days of Steve Wozniak, Robert Noyce, Étienne Lenoir, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and others will be pushed aside to make room for Vaporware Developers...

"Network World magazine called vaporware an "epidemic" in 1989"...

 

It's well know that resources are scarce and have been for a long time and the next advancement in technology was to reduce output and increase input...

 

We now have a car that doesn't have the conventional combustible engine and instead is run on a computer chip and software that sells for over 100,000 dollars...where's the value...

 

The value is in an outdated unstable lithium battery that is the entire value of the car and when that goes the resale of that value is minimized to scrap metal rates...

 

Oh you can replace the battery after 150 to 200 thousand miles, but why, the batteries are over 50 thousand dollars as it sits now and history has shown that older batteries don't get cheaper over time...

 

It used to be customary to name your vehicles because they became a part of the family or a part of your existence that you felt defined the person you were/are...

 

That isn't the case anymore due to the lack of loyalty to the product and lack of respect for the customer...

 

The software industry is sitting on a bubble right now with an end in sight because all these software companies care about is your data and the collection thereof...

 

Once they create the cookie cutter solution for collecting your data, the software engineers will be looking for a job at the place they used to laugh about other people doing...and that's a fact!

**UPDATE**

The Future of Batteries is here: "Lithium metal batteries have long been toyed with because of their larger capacity over lithium ion, but they have a history of overheating and experiencing drastically reduced cycle life when recharged."

Two perfect examples of deteriorated hardware and expertise in action: drastically reduced cycle life when recharged and a history of overheating...

...your resale value just decreased some more, but at least they kept to the Industry Standard which is, population control with a profit...

 

**UPDATE**

 

Seattle Times came out with a Does your Car have a name today, coincidence...we think not ;-)

 

That's right, Seattle Times gets ideas from our Blog :-D

http://www.seattletimes.com/nwshowcase/automotive/does-your-car-have-a-name/

When it rains it Pours...

On Thursday, the company released Windows Insider preview build 14901 for PCs in the fast ring—the first post-AU preview build...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3107166/windows/windows-10-insider-program-moves-beyond-anniversary-update-with-new-pc-preview.html

 

Buckle Up, we're going to be experiencing Turbulence...

Ask and Ye' shall Receive...

Intel has unleashed a new competitor to Raspberry Pi 3 with its new Joule development board, which packs in superior graphics and wireless connectivity....

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3108440/internet-of-things/intel-challenges-raspberry-pi-3-with-tricked-out-joule-board.html

 

It's nice to see that Intel hasn't been sleeping at the wheel...

 

One piece of information that is incorrect in Agam Shah's report is what he said about Intel:

"The challenge for Intel is to get developers to accept the board. Intel’s previous boards haven’t been widely accepted"

 

Intel boards were the standard in boards for many many years, and it wasn't until the early 00 did that trend change to boards that implemented fancy "Heat Sink" modules to chips...

 

Intel wasn't a flashy board and didn't look good inside a gaming system, so Intel didn't make the cut when it came to gaming systems...

 

However, Intel was still a standard in many Dell, HP systems which were the primary systems to buy until the advent of the Touchpad started taking off...

 

In 2010 or 11 Intel came out with their own gaming board, but it was too little too late and Intel decided to get out of motherboards all together...

sidenote: Or it might have been the stupid ass Intel jingle that would sound off everytime you rebooted your computer that couldn't be shut off :-(

 

The good thing about Intel boards with Intel CPU's is that they were built too last, even if their CPU fan went out...

 

If a fan went out on an AMD and you didn't know it, too bad, because your CPU would fry in seconds, but Intel's didn't run hot so you didn't have to lose sleep at night wondering if your fans were still running...

 

Believe it or not, computers weren't first developed in the "New Millennium" they came to fruition due to years of experience behind them...and that's a fact!

Dell Diagnostics Service...

Is your Dell computer slowing down, do you think you have a hardware problem? Well run these tests from Windows, which is convenient, to determine whether or not you do...

This test does not test system board or video card, just memory, cpu, optical drive and hard drives...

To run Diagnostics click here: Click Here

sidenote: We're like a kid in a candy shop with the href aren't we :-D too bad they don't make adding a playlist as easy because we have a few...oh it's easy enough it's just that you have to create an account on some website blah blah blah...

Webroot Removal Tool...

It's best to use these steps:

 

First Uninstall your Webroot Program from -All Programs - Webroot Secure Anywhere - Tools - "Uninstall Webroot" then reboot...

 

Once you have uninstalled and did a reboot download the Uninstaller from this link: Click Here

 

Sometimes Legacy products won't upgrade properly so you'll need to run this utility, or you are troubleshooting a problem and need to remove the program altogether because your Webroot Filtering extension stopped working...

sidenote: It removes almost all of the Toolbars and Extensions under Manage Add-ons with the Exception of "Webroot" itself, FYI Webroot ;-)

cannedrebuttal: And no, the remove option isn't available under more information :-(

BTW: If you do uninstall it make sure you do their survey on why you are removing their software because they will give you an installer that will retain your key for your reinstall, plus it will be the most up to date installer...

**UPDATE**

If you noticed we created a "Click Here" link instead of typing out the entire URL. It's very easy to do if you want to personalize your link, or you don't want to expose an .exe which was the case for us...

A quick tutorial for you:

Go to edit in your blogger, once there change Compose to HTML...

Now find your line that you want to edit and put in this statement:
<a href="http://download.webroot.com/WRUpgradeTool.exe " style="color: #FFFF00;">Click Here</a>

You need to leave the </div> just put the </a> before the </div> ex. </a></div>

It's easiest to put your sentence in first from the Compose section, then go to HTML and add the HREF code so as not to change the format...

Just change the link to match whatever link you have and change the color code #FFFF00 (yellow) to whatever color code you want, update page and viola ;-)

Marijuana Lies Continue...

The DEA report noted marijuana has a "high potential" for abuse and can result in psychological dependence...BS...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/marijuana-to-remain-illegal-under-federal-law-dea-says/ar-BBvvAKa?ocid=ansmsnnews11

 

Animals Don't lie...

http://abc7news.com/pets/pet-owners-claim-pot-based-dog-treats-cure-pets-of-ailments-/860605/

 

The Chinese have been using Marijuana to treat sleep disorders, constipation, appetite and many more uses since 500bc...

 

Government motivation is to the Pharmaceutical companies and the donations that they provide for their political stance...

 

Genesis 1:29: Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so...

 

So you see it's not just Hillary Clinton that's a liar, it's all of 'em...and that's a fact!

sidenote: Remember, these...people are manipulating your mind into thinking medical, medical, medical and when they "decide" to let it go, marijuana will be prescribed as a "Prescription only" where pricing can be regulated by the Government. 200, 400, 1000 dollars to get a thimble full of 15% THC while over the counter will be regulated at 5%...and if you grow your own 15% or above MJ, look out, because they're gonna treat you like a criminal and by that time they'll have the brain dead zombies believing that you are the problem. Their motivation is profits, because they can't keep taxing, so take away our freedoms and be controlled and monitored by Government.

**UPDATE**

DEA PROBE: The US Drug Enforcement Agency has seized at least $209 million from 5,200 Americans at airports and Amtrak...Of the 87 cases USA Today identified, only two people were suspects charged with a drug-trafficking-related crime..."They count on this as part of the budget," Louis Weiss, a former supervisor of the DEA group assigned to Atlanta's airport, told USA Today. "Basically, you've got to feed the monster"

...the monster? Is Louis Weiss implying that the DEA is a...Monster?