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Just Asking for Trouble

Coming back from my aunt's on Interstate 90 heading west and there was a big tarp in the left lane. Thankfully, there were no cars to my right, so I moved over to the right and then back to the left.

After we took our exit I pulled into a parking a lot and called it in to 9-1-1.

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 8, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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New The Legend of Korra Episode Today at 9:00 AM (PDT)

T minus two hours and 14 minutes.

http://www.nick.com/legend-of-korra/episodes/

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 8, 2014, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Target Publicly Endorses Same-Sex Marriage
Hooray for Target!
- Source: Yahoo! News
- Published: August 6, 2014
Yahoo! News said:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. is adding its name to a legal defense of gay marriage, joining other large companies that are taking a stand, just four years after the retailer came under criticism for supporting a strident opponent of same-sex unions.

Target said it has signed a court brief backing marriage equality in a pending court case and publicly declared its support of gay marriage, a move similar to those taken by Starbucks, Intel and Apple.

"It is our belief that everyone should be treated equally under the law, and that includes rights we believe individuals should have related to marriage," Target Executive Vice President of Human Resources Jodee Kozlak wrote on the company's blog.

Target has come under fire in the past from gay rights activists who threatened boycotts after the retailer — along with Best Buy and 3M — donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to an organization that supported Republican Tom Emmer, a vocal opponent of gay marriage, in the 2010 Minnesota governor's race.

Target has worked to win back customers in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and has long offered benefits to the same-sex partners of employees.

Nearly all of Minnesota's biggest corporations declined to take a position on the 2012 state referendum to ban gay marriage except for General Mills, which opposed the ban. The referendum failed and the state Legislature passed a bill recognizing same-sex marriage in 2013.

Phil Duran, legal director of OutFront Minnesota, which worked to defeat the state's referendum to ban gay marriage, called Target "a powerful voice."

A spokeswoman for the Minnesota Family Council, which led the charge against gay marriage, predicted that the move will backfire.

"This is a very risky business decision and ultimately the wrong one because it is families that shop at Target," Autumn Leva told the Star Tribune (http://strib.mn/1qUU8DQ ). "People in Minnesota are still deeply divided on this issue."

The case in which Target has filed a brief combines legal actions in Wisconsin and Indiana. Federal judges overturned gay marriage bans in both states and state officials appealed. The case is scheduled for an Aug. 26 hearing in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Thread by: Amaury, Aug 7, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Big Difference

There are only five members that are still staff members from when I became regularly active on June 5, 2011:
@Misty
@Sanya
@Stardust
@iwantedtoexplode
@Mike

I don't think I'm missing any, but any staff member, feel free to correct me.

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 7, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Russian Hackers Amass over a Billion Internet Passwords
Russian Hackers Amass over a Billion Internet Passwords
- Source: New York Times
- Published: August 5, 2014
A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest known collection of stolen Internet credentials, including 1.2 billion user name and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses, security researchers say.

The records, discovered by Hold Security, a firm in Milwaukee, include confidential material gathered from 420,000 websites, including household names, and small Internet sites. Hold Security has a history of uncovering significant hacks, including the theft last year of tens of millions of records from Adobe Systems.

Hold Security would not name the victims, citing nondisclosure agreements and a reluctance to name companies whose sites remained vulnerable. At the request of The New York Times, a security expert not affiliated with Hold Security analyzed the database of stolen credentials and confirmed it was authentic. Another computer crime expert who had reviewed the data, but was not allowed to discuss it publicly, said some big companies were aware that their records were among the stolen information.

“Hackers did not just target U.S. companies, they targeted any website they could get, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to very small websites,” said Alex Holden, the founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security. “And most of these sites are still vulnerable.”

Mr. Holden, who is paid to consult on the security of corporate websites, decided to make details of the attack public this week to coincide with discussions at an industry conference and to let the many small sites he will not be able to contact know that they should look into the problem.

There is worry among some in the security community that keeping personal information out of the hands of thieves is increasingly a losing battle. In December, 40 million credit card numbers and 70 million addresses, phone numbers and additional pieces of personal information were stolen from the retail giant Target by hackers in Eastern Europe.

And in October, federal prosecutors said an identity theft service in Vietnam managed to obtain as many as 200 million personal records, including Social Security numbers, credit card data and bank account information from Court Ventures, a company now owned by the data brokerage firm Experian.

But the discovery by Hold Security dwarfs those incidents, and the size of the latest discovery has prompted security experts to call for improved identity protection on the web.

“Companies that rely on user names and passwords have to develop a sense of urgency about changing this,” said Avivah Litan, a security analyst at the research firm Gartner. “Until they do, criminals will just keep stockpiling people’s credentials.”

Websites inside Russia had been hacked, too, and Mr. Holden said he saw no connection between the hackers and the Russian government. He said he planned to alert law enforcement after making the research public, though the Russian government has not historically pursued accused hackers.

So far, the criminals have not sold many of the records online. Instead, they appear to be using the stolen information to send spam on social networks like Twitter at the behest of other groups, collecting fees for their work.

But selling more of the records on the black market would be lucrative.

While a credit card can be easily canceled, personal credentials like an email address, Social Security number or password can be used for identity theft. Because people tend to use the same passwords for different sites, criminals test stolen credentials on websites where valuable information can be gleaned, like those of banks and brokerage firms.

Like other computer security consulting firms, Hold Security has contacts in the criminal hacking community and has been monitoring and even communicating with this particular group for some time.

The hacking ring is based in a small city in south central Russia, the region flanked by Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The group includes fewer than a dozen men in their 20s who know one another personally — not just virtually. Their computer servers are thought to be in Russia.

“There is a division of labor within the gang,” Mr. Holden said. “Some are writing the programming, some are stealing the data. It’s like you would imagine a small company; everyone is trying to make a living.”

They began as amateur spammers in 2011, buying stolen databases of personal information on the black market. But in April, the group accelerated its activity. Mr. Holden surmised they partnered with another entity, whom he has not identified, that may have shared hacking techniques and tools.

Since then, the Russian hackers have been able to capture credentials on a mass scale using botnets — networks of zombie computers that have been infected with a computer virus — to do their bidding. Any time an infected user visits a website, criminals command the botnet to test that website to see if it is vulnerable to a well-known hacking technique known as an SQL injection, in which a hacker enters commands that cause a database to produce its contents. If the website proves vulnerable, criminals flag the site and return later to extract the full contents of the database.

“They audited the Internet,” Mr. Holden said. It was not clear, however, how computers were infected with the botnet in the first place.

By July, criminals were able to collect 4.5 billion records — each a user name and password — though many overlapped. After sorting through the data, Hold Security found that 1.2 billion of those records were unique. Because people tend to use multiple emails, they filtered further and found that the criminals’ database included about 542 million unique email addresses.

“Most of these sites are still vulnerable,” said Mr. Holden, emphasizing that the hackers continue to exploit the vulnerability and collect data.

Mr. Holden said his team had begun alerting victimized companies to the breaches, but had been unable to reach every website. He said his firm was also trying to come up with an online tool that would allow individuals to securely test for their information in the database.

The disclosure comes as hackers and security companies gathered in Las Vegas for the annual Black Hat security conference this week. The event, which began as a small hacker convention in 1997, now attracts thousands of security vendors peddling the latest and greatest in security technologies. At the conference, security firms often release research — to land new business, discuss with colleagues or simply for bragging rights.

Yet for all the new security mousetraps, data security breaches have only gotten larger, more frequent and more costly. The average total cost of a data breach to a company increased 15 percent this year from last year, to $3.5 million per breach, from $3.1 million, according to a joint study last May, published by the Ponemon Institute, an independent research group, and IBM.

Last February, Mr. Holden also uncovered a database of 360 million records for sale, which were collected from multiple companies.

“The ability to attack is certainly outpacing the ability to defend,” said Lillian Ablon, a security researcher at the RAND Corporation. “We’re constantly playing this cat and mouse game, but ultimately companies just patch and pray.”
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Thread by: Amaury, Aug 6, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Something I Noticed with Most Sitcoms Nowadays

Most, not all

If left to run for however long the creators see fit (something networks like Disney Channel do well and NOT Nickelodeon), there are typically about three or four seasons because they seem to usually run as long as the main characters are in high school and sometimes a bit past, which is approximately from ages 14 or 15 to ages 17 or 18. Now, I say usually because there are cases where it's not like that for some of the main characters. For example, David Henrie was 22 when Wizards of Waverly place ended and Bradley Steven Perry was 15 when Good Luck Charlie ended.

Okay, so let's take iCarly (which I'm still unsure on if it was canceled of if it actually ended), for example. It had seven seasons, but if you take a look here and see the smaller number of episodes on some of the reasons, it's because they were split. Anyway, Nathan Kress (21), who played Freddie Benson, was 13 when iCarly first aired on September 8, 2007 and was 19 when it ended on November 23, 2012.

To make it simpler, main characters are typically 14 when a show starts and are typically 18 when a show ends.

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 4, 2014, 22 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Hatok

@hatok is cool.

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 3, 2014, 5 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Support Solved Windows Live Mail - Remembered Emails

Is it possible to get rid of the previous emails used since I no longer use those? They are the Fairpoint and Yahoo! ones.

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Thread by: Amaury, Aug 3, 2014, 6 replies, in forum: Technology
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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Advice Needed
So at one point I want to get off my lazy ass and beat these games, but on FireRed I can't beat the elite four, and on LeafGreen I can't beat the second round of the elite four. It's mostly Gary on LeafGreen, as I've been stuck there (since I saved there) for God knows how long.

Here is what I have for LeafGreen:

Venusaur - Level 69:
- Solarbeam
- Razor Leaf
- Strength
- Frenzy Plant
Dugtrio - Level 56:
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- Rock Smash
- Cut
Moltres - Level 55:
- Fire Spin
- Agility
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
Articuno - Level 56:
- Rock Smash
- Agility
- Fly
- Ice Beam
Zapdos - Level 55:
- Rock Smash
- Agility
- Thunder
- Drill Peck
Mewtwo - Level 74:
- Swift
- Recover
- Safeguard
- Psychic
Here is what I have for FireRed:
Blastoise - Level 43:
- Hydro Cannon
- Surf
- Water Pulse
- Rain Dance
Pidgeot - Level 43:
- Wing Attack
- Aerial Ace
- Fly
- Featherdance
Marowak - Level 38:
- Strength
- Bone Club
- Bonemerang
- Rock Smash
Hypno - Level 38:
- Psychic
- Hypnosis
- Metronome
- Confusion
Electabuzz - Level 41:
- Thunder
- Thunderpunch
- Light Screen
- Screech
Dewgong - Level 36:
- Blizzard
- Icy Wind
- Aurora Beam
- Rest
Thread by: Amaury, Aug 2, 2014, 3 replies, in forum: Game Help
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So I Had My First Accident

Technically.

Idiots were driving in the middle of a parking aisle and I was trying to get by and sideswiped a parked truck.

Thankfully, it was just the bumper. I got out and didn't see any damage on the truck, so I just left. However, there's a black line from the bumper on the side of our car, which will hopefully wash off.

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 2, 2014, 17 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Spam E-Mails

I've been getting a lot more of them for a few weeks now.

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 2, 2014, 17 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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It's Only Funny until Someone Gets Hurt

How literal is this?

To use an example, we'll use the show Ridiculousness. If someone gets hurt, but is okay, which seems to be the case in every episode of the show, then that would still be funny, but if they end up having to go to the hospital or worse... dying, then it wouldn't be funny?

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 1, 2014, 4 replies, in forum: Discussion
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Reminder! The Legend of Korra Continues Tomorrow on the Nick Website

Every Friday at 12:00 PM: http://www.nick.com/legend-of-korra/episodes/

Also, dat new website design!

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 1, 2014, 23 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Congratulations, iwantedtoexplode!

@iwantedtoexplode

You are now "officially" a premium!

Thread by: Amaury, Aug 1, 2014, 2 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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17 Again

Watching this movie now. Stars Zac Efron and Sterling Knight.

Thread by: Amaury, Jul 29, 2014, 10 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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No Thanks Move New Posts Link to the Navigation Bar

Currently, it's on the sub-navigation bar. However, on pages like the Members page (see the screenshot below), you have you have to open the Forums dropdown menu.

Since a lot of people use it, myself included, to search new content rather than go into each individual forum (*cough*Misty*cough*), I think it would look better in the navigation bar, probably between the Forums and Video Portal tabs.

In the process, maybe comment out the What's New? link in the Home dropdown menu and the New Posts links in the Forums dropdown menu to accommodate the change.

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Thread by: Amaury, Jul 29, 2014, 2 replies, in forum: Feedback & Assistance
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Dog Seizures

Our dog had this shaking/trembling problem with her head when we first got her, which seemed to disappear. Just recently, it seems to have come back, but a little worse: she twitches.

She has been doing that and has been losing her balance (her legs just go out from under her as if she were slipping on ice) as well all this morning so far (or at least since around 8:00 AM). If she doesn't lose her balance she'll sort of put her back legs closer together (I guess to prevent her from losing her balance) and walk slowly.

It seems to be over now, as she's relaxed and going to sleep. My mom thinks it might be something neurological. Whether it's serious or serious yet or not, I don't know.

Thread by: Amaury, Jul 29, 2014, 34 replies, in forum: Help with Life
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Community News & Projects

It got a revamp.

Five bucks says Introductions & Departures is next and Departure Hall will be deleted and instead Introduction and Departure prefixes will be added. :)

Thread by: Amaury, Jul 28, 2014, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone

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What Is Your Total Post Count across All Forums You Regularly Visit?

As of posting here, of course, as they are bound to change afterward, and it'd be a waste of time to keep updating posts.

As of July 28, 2014 - 9:53 AM (PDT):

Forum Name Join Date Posts

KH-Vids 1/15/2007 4,125

SEGA Forum 7/28/2007 20,094

Final Fantasy Shrine Forums 1/28/2010 1,866

KH-Flare 9/10/2011 1,156

XenForo Community 4/1/2013 2,929

Enix Origin 12/16/2013 87

Total Posts: 30,257

Forum Name	Join Date	Posts
KH-Vids	1/15/2007	4,125
SEGA Forum	7/28/2007	20,094
Final Fantasy Shrine Forums	1/28/2010	1,866
KH-Flare	9/10/2011	1,156
XenForo Community	4/1/2013	2,929
Enix Origin	12/16/2013	87

Thread by: Amaury, Jul 28, 2014, 15 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone

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Happy Birthday, Gexln!

@Gexln

Better drink responsibly or there will be consequences. Happy birthday! :)

Thread by: Amaury, Jul 28, 2014, 2 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone

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