Google.ca doens't have this yet, but for CA users, just use the .com domain, as its the same thing.

I used to be paranoid, but I've found that sacrificing performance for something thats unlikely to happen (i.e feds breaking down the door). Truecrypt is great for encryption but full disk/os encryption really cut performance for me. Maybe on a SSD RAID (stripe) setup with a Core i7 performance impact would be…

Wow! Stalking just got a lot easier! Thank you google, I can now find out where my ex lives using the phone number I lifted from her friends purse!

@Prairie Moon: LOL I wish I had a mom with a name like that.

No mention of Tor? Without Tor, you're still leaving "traces" all over the internet, in the servers logs. The IP can be traced back to you if your router/modem is still using it, and if not, to your ISP who can provide details of who was using it in the timeframe given by the logs.

@TheFu: I'm not saying you're lying, but that really makes no logical sense, I mean, contact lenses only cover the cornea, at least 60% of the normally exposed part of your eye would still be exposed to the hydrogen sulfide.

I've actually resorted to the formentioned diving mask technique, in a way. I was cutting the onions, and these must have been extra potent or something, as I couldn't even look at them. So I pulled on some goggles I uses when soldering.

Both Dreamhost and Host Gator have been notorious in the web host community for underhanded actions like closing and deleting accounts that use to much CPU power or various other resources without any warning to the user. The thing with this is, they say you have "unlimited" of everything. No CPU cycle limit or…

There seem to be a lot of Windows Vista defenders here, I don't hate windows vista, but since windows 7 is basically a highly improved version of vista with little noticable changes in the way the user utilises it, there is no argument that one can use to not upgrade to windows 7, other than price. In my eyes, its…

@Xagest: The problem with vista is that due to rushed development, it used much more resources than it should have. The recommended computer specifications were far from good enough to run it at a 'good' speed. It also had terribly long boot times, an unstable kernel-mode driver architecture. I don't feel that Windows…

@nolabar10der: I never really felt the need to rage at vista, but I must admit, vista was pretty unstable, it used wayyy more resources than it should have, and the boot times were terrible. Also, vista has an annoying habit of asking permission to do just about everything, and the worst part is, there are tons of UAC…

@TheFu: Windows XP has always been expensive, many stores still sell the professional edition for around $300, which is about the same as when it was released. This is because at the time of its release, it was a vast improvement over the previous iteration windows NT, and had finally stabilized and improved…

@soldstatic: There are ways to change when you feel ready to go to sleep, as the bodies internal clock is not statically 'programmed' at birth, it can and is meant to be adjusted. The bodies internal clock is refered to as "Circadian Rhythm".

@dragonskin: I agree that there's no point in not doing this, but I wanted to point out this isn't a "solve-all" solution. And that it only works with portable virus scanners.

I think I'll still stick with VMWare, the XP-Mode VM is annoying to set up, slow, and it really doesn't doesn't seem to do a whole lot more than windows xp compatibility mode.

@Maave: It's actually kind of annoying, because every time this post is made, everyone jumps on it and starts blasting the comments with hundreds of different client/server remote access tools, then people start arguing whether linux has better screen capturing hooks, or faster performance, then the windows users…

@Xander: There are many sohpisticated viruses in the "wild", and most are smart enough to detect a files type without having to look at its extension. Anyone half-decent at design of viruses would know how to check the file header.

Oh the horror, its 4MB bigger than the last release! As I recall, the last version of itunes's installer was in the 90MB range, and the one before, etc.

This has got to be the billionth "choose your fav remote access tool" post on lifehacker, I think we get one almost once every week.

This is kind of amateurish, as any kind of sophisticated virus will likely check the files "meta" information in the header, determining if its a jpg, exe, pdf, etc.