Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Gymkahna 5 - Yep They've done it again.

Ken block and his DC Shoes crew has made another video in the Gymkhana series, and this one does not fail to impress! Aside from the fact that they used one of the most famous cities in the US, San Fran! - (I wonder how much that costs to rent). they have plenty of new stunts and unreal driving. How can anyone not like him?
Ill let the video do the talking.

P.S. I want this car please.

DNS Changer Malware - Over.

The days of reckoning have passed and everyone survived. The internet police have successfully informed enough people to allow the DNS Changing Malware to have little to no effect on the internet. It was said that the ISPs have been working with the FBI since January to eradicate the known virus on many computers. Finally on July 9th the backup servers that were in place to allow the internet to continue to work in the case the virus went rampant have now been shut down. Its a good thing they were sure, because shutting down the backup servers could have left 250,000 internet users without their beloved Facebook or Google.

The malware was designed to stay hidden in your computer until a certain date and when activated would dynamically change your computer's DNS and in turn confuse your ISP's direct DNS network. Your computer uses the DNS servers to turn your "www.awebsite.com" into its proper IP address, without the DNS servers bascially your computer is unable to locate the website you're trying to reach. The mass shut down would have essentially shut down the internet. Luckily the DNS Changer Working Group was on top of things and designed a website to allow users to check to see if their own computer was infected. http://www.dns-ok.us/  is the site, head on over in you're curious for yourself. This includes Mac and Linux users!


Be sure to (silently) give thanks to the DNS Changer Working Group for all their hard work to keep you procrastinating and entertaining yourself at work!