Question for Sapphire

[krashlanmar]

kingarthur said:

Question for the Princess:

Can someone remote control my mouse in far distance?

How to get rid of them?

No I don't think that's possible. Do you have a router?

[king arthur]

krashlanmar said:

kingarthur said:

Question for the Princess:

Can someone remote control my mouse in far distance?

How to get rid of them?

No I don't think that's possible. Do you have a router?

No.

[krashlanmar]

kingarthur said:

krashlanmar said:

No I don't think that's possible. Do you have a router?

No.

In that case you can try a firewall. That's a program that manages your internet and, basically, keeps out unwanted people or IPs from your computer.

If you have a firewall, then it's probably a mouse malfunction or what astralprincess mentioned earlier.

Do you have an optical mouse (with a red light on the bottom) or does yoru mouse have a ball on the bottom?

[astralprincess]

krashlanmar said:

Stevens Institute of Technology. Our engineering program is better than most ivy league schools and other 'better-than-ivy' schools.

I just like to brag 'cause I did pisspoor in regular school and by some miracle I got into this sick-ass school. It's my second day of school; I already had a physics quiz.

EDIT and P.S.: I liked that C++ was more unforgiving simply because the harder the language is, the more powerful (in many cases. C++ included.)

BUT... A lot of the tendency for error in C++ lies in it's 'close enough' error checking. It checks everything and looks at what may or may not be implied and if you really don't know what you're doing, that can be a source of great great great great great frustration. I can't think of any higher level examples, but one thing is that the expression in an if statement doesn't need to be in parenthesis.

if true i++; is a rather confusing bit of code without parenthesis. Even if it's a low-level structure like an if statement.

EDIT#2: I'm currently in the process of coding a Visual Basic D&D character generator/leveler. Didn't want to do it in a higher-level language like Java because it was too simple a program for me to have to deal with Java's clunky window system. The ordering of crap in there is so bloody random!!!

Visual Basic was way more intuitive in that respect, and many others. Though I understand that the intuitiveness comes at the price of how much power the language actually has.

Oohh, you are a smarty-pants (the good kind)! That's a great school I've heard, so congrats on getting in! I would brag, too. I had a chance to go to a great school and turned it down because a family member was dying. I know that sounds weird, but it was West Point and they won't let you leave the first two years unless it's a passing of immediately family. She was my great-grandma, and didn't qualify. So I went to Old Dominion University instead. Bah.

And you're right about difficulty/pain-in-the-butt = potential vs. intuitive/forgiving = so-so results.

I never got into anything fancy like game development... just not interested, and honestly don't know if I have the patience for it. I'm more of an artsy-fartsy type... I used to own a graphic design and web development company years ago.

So you just started college? Ah, I miss those days... nothing but school and a social life to worry about! lol

[krashlanmar]

I have no social life, all I do is work. I have the luxury to be on here right nwo 'cause it's the second day of classes this semester.

[astralprincess]

krashlanmar said:

kingarthur said:

That is a great school.

Two members of the Stevens community, as alumni or faculty, have been awarded the Nobel Prize: Frederick Reines (class of 1939), in Physics, and Irving Langmuir (Chemistry faculty 1906-1909), in chemistry.

Krash is going to take the third Nobel Prize someday for this school. You just wait and see.

I doubt it, though it's something to shoot for.

Let me put it this way, I need to actually make money. I don't care about research; I'm going to have a family to take care of when I'm out of college. If it was to be just me, then maybe I'd think about getting a lower-paying research job somewhere, but since I'm going to get married I need to find a good job.

=]

Perfect logic... I did the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I like my job... but if I could do whatever I wanted, it wouldn't be this. I would love to be a writer, but it takes too much time and I don't have a few years worth of saving to live off of while I write the perfect novel.

[astralprincess]

krashlanmar said:

I am getting married, though. To nadia =]

... after we graduate.

That's so sweet! It's always nice to see a man in love (and willing to admit it) rather than just women. In my opinion, a real man isn't afraid to talk about his feelings.

So kudos to you... Nadia is a lucky girl

[krashlanmar]

astralprincess said:

krashlanmar said:

I doubt it, though it's something to shoot for.

Let me put it this way, I need to actually make money. I don't care about research; I'm going to have a family to take care of when I'm out of college. If it was to be just me, then maybe I'd think about getting a lower-paying research job somewhere, but since I'm going to get married I need to find a good job.

=]

Perfect logic... I did the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I like my job... but if I could do whatever I wanted, it wouldn't be this. I would love to be a writer, but it takes too much time and I don't have a few years worth of saving to live off of while I write the perfect novel.

Yep, that's it right there.

[krashlanmar]

astralprincess said:

krashlanmar said:

I am getting married, though. To nadia =]

... after we graduate.

That's so sweet! It's always nice to see a man in love (and willing to admit it) rather than just women. In my opinion, a real man isn't afraid to talk about his feelings.

So kudos to you... Nadia is a lucky girl

We are lucky together, I'd like to think.

[krashlanmar]

krashlanmar said:

astralprincess said:

That's so sweet! It's always nice to see a man in love (and willing to admit it) rather than just women. In my opinion, a real man isn't afraid to talk about his feelings.

So kudos to you... Nadia is a lucky girl

We are lucky together, I'd like to think.

... though I wouldn't be so arrogant as to say she's lcuky to have me. I just decided to settle on a middle ground wherein both of us are lucky. IF you see what I mean

[astralprincess]

kingarthur said:

Question for the Princess:

Can someone remote control my mouse in far distance?

How to get rid of them?

No... not possible. Closest thing to it would be if you had a bluetooth mouse, and even then it's very unlikely. A mouse is a peripheral/input device, meaning it's generally stupid. It has one purpose in life, and that's to point where you tell it on your screen. If you tear apart a basic mouse you won't see much other than the wires that connect to your computer (if it's wired) and a roller ball. It's literally the simplest part of a computer.

[krashlanmar]

astralprincess said:

kingarthur said:

Question for the Princess:

Can someone remote control my mouse in far distance?

How to get rid of them?

No... not possible. Closest thing to it would be if you had a bluetooth mouse, and even then it's very unlikely. A mouse is a peripheral/input device, meaning it's generally stupid. It has one purpose in life, and that's to point where you tell it on your screen. If you tear apart a basic mouse you won't see much other than the wires that connect to your computer (if it's wired) and a roller ball. It's literally the simplest part of a computer.

Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print. Every time I try, it says 'Can't find printer'. I've even lifted the printer and placed it in front of the monitor, but the computer still says he can't find it...

Omgomgomg this one too...

Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the back of the computer?
Customer: Well, I can't get behind the computer.
Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: OK.
Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes .
Tech support: Is there another keyboard?
Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah... that one does work...

Oh and this one:

Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has put a screen saver on my computer, but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.

[astralprincess]

krashlanmar said:

kingarthur said:

No.

In that case you can try a firewall. That's a program that manages your internet and, basically, keeps out unwanted people or IPs from your computer.

If you have a firewall, then it's probably a mouse malfunction or what astralprincess mentioned earlier.

Do you have an optical mouse (with a red light on the bottom) or does yoru mouse have a ball on the bottom?

A mouse cannot be controlled remotely... period. In order to access a device across the internet it requires identification that makes it unique, i.e. a MAC address and IP address. Mice don't have that, not even the fancy ones.

Now, what IS possible is that your computer has been compromised (and perhaps that's what Krash was implying). If someone has gotten into your computer and taken over, they can easily install remote admin software and do whatever they want to your PC, including visibly taking over your mouse. This is a PC vulnerability though, and not the mouse itself. If your pointer is simply "floating" or "drifting" from time to time, then it's a mouse issue. If it's got a mind of it's own and looks like someone is controlling it, you're in trouble.

Now Krash's recommendation for a router and/or firewall is still a good idea. You can buy a combo just about anywhere (Linksys is a good option- same company that makes Cisco routers which are trusted by every Fortune 500 company, banks, and even the US government) and they are relatively simple to configure nowadays.

If you're using a Windows PC, you need all the protection you can get- period. Even if you're smart on internet security, you're vulnerable to attack constantly.

For someone who's paranoid, I would recommend a nice Apple computer (UNIX based OS) and a nice firewall/router combo. Macs aren't susceptible to viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. Not because they're indestructible, but most hackers don't bother because Windows machines are such an easy target.

If anyone wants a recommendation on their unique situation, PM me and I'll be more than happy to help.

Sapphire- if your PC has been "owned" and you think you got yourself an uninvited guest, PM me and I'll walk you through what you need to do to take care of it. We can't have you offline because some punk-hacker got bored and found you on the internet.

Cheers,
Your in-house computer geek

[krashlanmar]

astralprincess said:

krashlanmar said:

In that case you can try a firewall. That's a program that manages your internet and, basically, keeps out unwanted people or IPs from your computer.

If you have a firewall, then it's probably a mouse malfunction or what astralprincess mentioned earlier.

Do you have an optical mouse (with a red light on the bottom) or does yoru mouse have a ball on the bottom?

A mouse cannot be controlled remotely... period. In order to access a device across the internet it requires identification that makes it unique, i.e. a MAC address and IP address. Mice don't have that, not even the fancy ones.

Now, what IS possible is that your computer has been compromised (and perhaps that's what Krash was implying). If someone has gotten into your computer and taken over, they can easily install remote admin software and do whatever they want to your PC, including visibly taking over your mouse. This is a PC vulnerability though, and not the mouse itself. If your pointer is simply "floating" or "drifting" from time to time, then it's a mouse issue. If it's got a mind of it's own and looks like someone is controlling it, you're in trouble.

Now Krash's recommendation for a router and/or firewall is still a good idea. You can buy a combo just about anywhere (Linksys is a good option- same company that makes Cisco routers which are trusted by every Fortune 500 company, banks, and even the US government) and they are relatively simple to configure nowadays.

If you're using a Windows PC, you need all the protection you can get- period. Even if you're smart on internet security, you're vulnerable to attack constantly.

For someone who's paranoid, I would recommend a nice Apple computer (UNIX based OS) and a nice firewall/router combo. Macs aren't susceptible to viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. Not because they're indestructible, but most hackers don't bother because Windows machines are such an easy target.

If anyone wants a recommendation on their unique situation, PM me and I'll be more than happy to help.

Sapphire- if your PC has been "owned" and you think you got yourself an uninvited guest, PM me and I'll walk you through what you need to do to take care of it. We can't have you offline because some punk-hacker got bored and found you on the internet.

Cheers,
Your in-house computer geek

This is what I was implying.

[astralprincess]

krashlanmar said:

krashlanmar said:

We are lucky together, I'd like to think.

... though I wouldn't be so arrogant as to say she's lcuky to have me. I just decided to settle on a middle ground wherein both of us are lucky. IF you see what I mean

I do... and that makes you humble. All the more reason you're a good catch. I can tell you really love her, and that's so sweet. Congratulations... most people never find "true" love.