If you just type “microsoft.com”, “windowsupdate.com” or any other domain+tld, you go to bing because Microsoft things the URL address bar is a search engine query bar. Instead you will have to type out “http://www.windowsupdate.com/”. Apparently Microsoft thinks you’re the kind of internet moron that likes to type the entire URL including the protocol and www subdomain. I’m sure every techi knows what I’m talking about. All techies have those “special” friends that like to dictate letter by letter “h, t, t, p, colon, slash, slash, w, w, w, dot, etc…” instead of just saying the domain and tld (ie. google.com). I usually just ignore people until I hear them say the first “dot”.

I get dedicated IP addresses where I live. This is great compared with sitting behind a NAT unless you’re installing windows. As soon as it’s installed and you plug in the ethernet cable you have anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes before your computer is compromised and you are required to re-install. This means you must start updating VERY QUICKLY. I was doing such a re-install with keyboard only. Navigating was a bit slow, but what really ticked me off was trying to go to “windowsupdate.com” and getting the Bing page with a million links to tab through to find the proper link to the updates. Of course by the time i found it, i got a 404 trying to reach it. I opened up the command line and, ran netstat -n and saw I was already compromised. There were thousands of connections open trying to compromise other machines. The backdoor that was installed was blocking the windows update site. If Microsoft and Bing hadn’t wasted my time maybe my windows update would have saved me from having to re-install AGAIN… Re-installs are sure fun!

I do hope everyone involved with this project at Microsoft dies of some kind of really painful slow cancer. Something that makes you bleed out of your ass would do.

12-Cylinder Super Cars ($354,000 – $203,600):

Lamborghini Murcielago, 632-hp, 487lbs.-ft, 6.5L V-12 ($354,000)

2009 Bentley Continental GT, 600-hp, 553lbs.-ft, 6.0L W-12 ($203,600)

So much choice in 6.2L V-8 engines ($142,700 – $30,245!):

2009 Mercedes-Benz CL63, 518-hp, 465lbs.-ft, 6.2L V-8 ($142,700)

2009 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, 518-hp, 465lbs.-ft, 6.2L V-8 ($135,000)

2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR, 638-hp, 604lbs.-ft, 6.2L V-8 ($103,970)

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS1, 426-hp, 420lbs.-ft, 6.2L V-8 ($30,245)

8-Cylinder Power ($217,310 – $39,820!):

2008 Ferrari F430, 490-hp, 342lbs.-ft, 4.3L V-8 ($217,310)

2006 Ford GT, modified, 800-rwhp! ($149,995 un-modified base price!)

2009 Audi R8, 420-hp, 317lbs.-ft, 4.2L V-8 ($114,200)

2009 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 505-hp, 470lbs.-ft, 7.0L V-8 ($73,925)

2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8, 425-hp, 420lbs.-ft, 6.1L V-8 ($39,820)

Japanese Power ($79,090 – $34,460!):

2009 Nissan GT-R, 480-hp, 430lbs.-ft, 3.8L V-6 ($79,090)

2009 Lexus IS-F, 416-hp, 371lbs.-ft, 5.0L V-8 ($56,610)

2009 Nissan 370Z, 332-hp, 270lbs.-ft, 3.7L V-6 ($34,460)

British Power ($71,825 – $61,000!):

2009 Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 390-hp, 410lbs.-ft, 4.2L V-8 ($71,825)

2008 Lotus Exige S, 220-hp, 165lbs.-ft, 1.8L I-4 ($61,000)

6-Cylinder Power ($124,900 – $41,200):

2008 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 415-hp, 300lbs.-ft, 3.6L H-6 ($124,900)

2008 BMW 335i, 300-hp, 300lbs.-ft, 3.0L I-6 ($41,200)

Concept Car Previews ($UNKNOWN!):

2010 Dodge Demon, 172-hp, 2.4L 4cyl, FWD ($UKNOWN, ~$24,000)

Dmitry’s “Least Changed Through The Years” Award:

2009 Mercury Grand Marquis, 224-hp, 275lbs.-ft, 4.6L V-8 ($29,270)

Special Cars:

1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS

1958 Chevrolet Impala

Houston Police Department Dodge Charger

]]> http://rootit.org/2008/11/wrecked-99-chevy-camaro/feed/ 0 http://rootit.org/2008/11/glock-23-target-practice/ http://rootit.org/2008/11/glock-23-target-practice/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:23 +0000 admin http://rootit.org/?p=87 I went shooting with my friend Sanjin today at American Shooting Centers here in Houston. We used his Glock 23 which fires a .40 S&W round. It cost us $68.90 for a box of 250 Remington brand rounds which we went through within about an hour. With range fees I figured out it cost us roughly $0.36 per round fired. I found Sanjin’s Glock 23 to be a great gun. It was very accurate, had great trigger pull and was a lot of fun to shoot. Sanjin and I did pretty well. Attached to this post is a photograph of my target, Sanjin didn’t keep his!

Dmitry's Target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7645420.stm

http://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx?id=21026

http://www.atg.wa.gov/uploadedFiles/Home/News/Press_Releases/2008/ComplaintRegistryCleaner.pdf

Wish me luck!

Our primary data center and office at which we stayed (DC2) sustained no damage at all! We only lost power from our primary grid and backup power held until we were switched over to the other grid! We still have AC, food, water and Internet!

There is also plenty of damage to Houston itself. Yesterday morning I drove from downtown Houston to the Westchase District of Houston and found destruction everywhere along the way. Most stop lights are dead and even physically damaged. Light poles are facing the wrong way. Street signs have been turned around. Many roads are still flooded, but my little Camaro heroically made it through!

There are many more photos in my gallery!