Monthly Archives: March 2007

Archive, Operating System

Mac Mail application speedup,cleanup

For those of you experiencing
slowdowns on Mac OS’s Mail application over some time, this might
be a cheap trick for you to get back speed and disk-space.
Mail, is keeping track of mail message subjects in a database, to
quickly scan, search and organize threading in your
mailboxes.The good thing is: once you delete a mail, it is also gets deleted
in the database…
The bad thing is: a database needs to be maintained, and this is
not done automatically…

What does this mean now….
…your database deletes items by reference, but it does not free
up the allocated disk-space, thus blowing up your overall database
size which leads to longer access times as more (empty) data needs
to be parsed through.

The solution:

While your Mail application is NOT running…
…use a terminal and go into “cd ~/Library/Mail”…
…open the database with: “sqlite3 Envelope Index”…
…and free up the already deleted database disk-space using:
“vacuum subjects;”…
…et voila, quit sqlite3 and you’re done.

Mail will be quite fast again, and your disk capacity should show a
few more free blocks.

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PayPal transaction token keyoffer

Today I got my PayPal trasaction
token.
DSC02850Using a token generator is much more safe than using traditional
passwords, as they generate a time based one-time valid
token-number which is then used to sign a transaction.
Phishing of useraccounts and passwords might still be possible, but
of less use, as the token code is only valid for a short time, and
one-time only.
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Compared to the token of my bank account, PayPals token is a little
bit smaller, and uses a button to activate itself other than
pulling the left side on the other token.
The number of digits is equal, but usually a secondary secret PIN
is used to complete the code.
For example you may need to enter: tokencode+PIN or PIN+tokencode,
or even PIN1+tokencode+PIN2(or a displayed session number)
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Finally PayPal also delivers a nice laminated note with a top ten
of essential security behaviour rules, as well as a shart manual on
usage of the token, and helpdesk information.
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All in one: I really appreciate PayPal going this direction, what a
great idea, I just hope lots of banks will follow PayPals example
on how security can be increased efficiently, as there is a big
demand for this on the customer side, but only a few banks or
transaction providers offering such a service.

Get your token now from PayPal’s special offer: “Der PayPal
Sicherheitsschlüssel.” (search on PayPal.com for offerings in
your language/country)

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It’s a couch potatos dream

Imagine, you’re sitting on your couch
after you found your most comfortable position, watching your
favorite game on TV, your throat gets dry, and the tension is
rising more and more so it’ll be impossible to get up and get you a
cool drink. Woman are already more than adequately emancipated they
wont even pay attention to your desperate situation….
…but this could be the answer to all of your problems:

A cooled beer can throwing robot companion, ready to serve you
whenever you’re busy elsewhere.

Archive

It’s a couch potatos dream

Imagine, you’re sitting on your couch
after you found your most comfortable position, watching your
favorite game on TV, your throat gets dry, and the tension is
rising more and more so it’ll be impossible to get up and get you a
cool drink. Woman are already more than adequately emancipated they
wont even pay attention to your desperate situation….
…but this could be the answer to all of your problems:

A cooled beer can throwing robot companion, ready to serve you
whenever you’re busy elsewhere.