Overnight Internet business built right. With nothing down.

If you want to read about creating an Online Empire go do it somewhere else this is Raw info for "Doer's" not Thinker's. To build a successful business thinking comes later, getting it started is the easy part. And always remember "Nothing Lost, Nothing Gained". You might not get it right the first time, but you can learn from it and eventually you will. The first thing you need is to find something nobody else is selling. Or at least not something easy to find online . I suggest looking locally, because that will cover the next thing you'll need, a supplier. And many times these two are compatible with one another. Example, Arizona;A specialty Indian craft, Florida;alligator product. Maybe it's Gator Meat in a can. Whatever it is, tap into a local resource. It makes your location a marketing tool and chances are it's available at a lower cost to you anyways so use it all to your advantage. If you aren't up on marketing fundamentals look over tutors2U. Give CafePress a try if you aren't sure how much time your willing to invest. The easiest way to get up a free WebSite is with Brinkster's Free"Educational Package". There are 2 levels using a web builder that's simple to use. And one for html developers too. There are some tools you can utilize to do business in the U.S. from outside it. K-7 offers a Free CA area code U.S. telephone private line with a voice message and FAX that goes directly into any Email. Banking anyone approved, and your own credit card machine can all be obtained online. There are many mail options. But a free one is that specializes in helping those not in the U.S. is Free2U. Once your website is up and going, you need to submit it. And then go make contacts.

Free Ivy League Education.

Here Online lies an entire wealth of College courses, and educational assets beyond belief. All Free and All 1 Click away ! The Best Computer Course is found through Harvard University. Prof. George Malan's Computer Science101 is an actual pleasure to take, it's laid out perfectly, and will bring almost anyone to a fulfilled prerequisite level ready for entry level Programming and/or Development. I just can't begin to tell how great this course is. Each lecture is numbered so it's simple to follow along, and each is available on almost every media platform. Great for iPodding to work with. Just like any College education, There are a plethora of major Subjects to choose from. But not just Like any other College Edu. These are all FREE ! U.C.Berkley has one of the best Programming Courses Online or anywhere for that matter. M.I.T. has a great Free online collection of computer science courses, it's called "Open of Course". Anyone will find out fast there is a long history between the Educational scene and "Open Source". The Movement, Programming, Development and it's Birth are all directly related. Part of the obligation that goes with this relationship is Educating it's disciples. If there was an Open Source Collegiate HeadQuarters It would probably Be Moodle. Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. It is better described as a Classroom environment where courses are held then a course itself. And if Computers are you stage don't forget W3 as a place to learn about them. They do after all set the rules.

The Ultimate FireFox Hacks!

I included some standard hacks for FireFox during the installation, but I want to put up what are all the "to do" online spots for a in depth reference and/or personal PIMP'ed out desktop user configurations. It is best to adjust the inner workings of FireFox (accessed through"about:config") prior to including any add-on extensions that also impact these settings. In fact you will find little use for many of them anymore now that you can adjust these yourself. Fasterfox does have a nice gui, but there isn't anything special about the "under the hood" effects. Pipelining, server requests per/?, etc. it's all good in da hood baby. So without further Adoo.... Mozilla Firefox
Why use Firefox as your internet browser?
Faster | More Features | Better Security | Cross Platform | Free |
*Download Firefox from http://www.mozilla.com
*For an outsider's collective "Walk Through"of Firefox
check this one out! .......http://www.mvrhs.org/
*LifeHacker has the 15 Coolest FireFox Hacks Ever, they're all pretty well known but worth remembering!
*Main-"About:Config"-http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
*How_To_Reduce_Memory_Usage***
*You can make your own Extensions. Here is the most recommended site showing how to build one. It's also a good way to learn what's going on under your FireFox's hood.

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Here's a great Collection of other Mozilla classics!
FireFox-ThunderBird-SeaMonkey-SunBird-Flock-NVU-
E-Music-Komposer-NetScape9-SongBird

Compensating System Power Shortcomings.

Using an out of date stone age computer can get frustrating getting left behind in the online dust. But fortunately there are many online "tools" available to help get past these type short comings. One of the easiest ways is to capitalize on what Google has to offer. There are many privacy concerns that revolve around the depth one should climb into bed with Google, but the fact still remains that thus far Google has done good by it's follower's trust. And there are enough ways to simply shut the door on these issues anyway.
Probably the best of these things around is G Space which allows the space given with G-Mail and putting it to work as a "Virtual" hard drive. This frees up space workload on the system's real hard drive. GUtil! is a FireFox extension that puts all Googles 55+ utilities just 1 click away. One of which is "Writely" a easy to use online alternative to Microsoft Office. A few other notable good extensions are G-Mail Notifier, Customize Google, and there are constantly new ones coming to light. Using FireFox it is just too easy to take advantage of Google's power and not doing so would be foolish. I use Blackbox by default as my primary search engine. This provides assurance that my IP is not tracked or being fed a steady diet of "Cookies". Customize Google takes away ADs and additional cookies and tracking also.

"Car 54 Where are You ?"

One of the things I enjoy most while online is "Scanning" local and worldwide Police,Fire,Railroad and other Misc. frequencies readily available. If you just know where to look! For starters you need a player that is suited for accepting "streams"openly. I first discovered this while using Linux ubuntu. There are many different ways but the ultimate is a python lightweight called "Tunapie". It has a direct link into a stream network, search"Scanner" producing about 100 mixed results, allowing you to then broadcast them over a music Player. When I temporarily had to go back to XP I had already made up my mind this would be the single thing I would most miss, but then I discovered WinAmp has it's own open stream network options, and all quite readily available. ShoutCast, FreeRadio, AOL, and some others are all there in the Media's play list. For some reason searching the playlist won't turn up results as will searching the ShoutCast site directly. But you can make your own list through ShoutCast or anywhere so long as you can get a http stream address. From there you can create your own playlist, or just "Bookmark" the link. There are a number of different information sites that maintain listings of departments. One page I use often while listening is Bearcat. It allows you to switch locales to find different codes and jargon that changes from one area to the next. Also there are a few other sites, that will produce slightly more or less results. I suggest if you want one specifically that you don't see Google it to find it. These are the best search results I've found. Also P.S. ShoutCast has Stream TV that always has a ton of cartoons playing, and a few movie selections as well. (Beware of Vulgarity!) and a plethora of other listening options. Howard Stern has several channels, stand up comedy, prank calls, Loveline(w/ Adam Corolla)& my personal fav CNI computer network running replays of the best tech & open source shows ever made w/ Leo Laport, and all the gang. To Set a Link....
To open in a a WinAmp feed - click - file > Play> URL... > type in or copy/paste the address exactly as shown.
To save addresses - while a feed is playing - file > Play Bookmark > Add Current as Bookmark
Once saved you can Edit the name - click file > play bookmark > edit bookmark
in Media Library window - select stream name > click edit > enter new name > click ok
When you save the feed as a Bookmark it may show on the list as either the name currently displayed
or an IP address, following the edit instructions lets you name it as you wish.
You will now be able to open the feed directly from - file > play bookmark > select name from list.
Other Search results.......Site1, site2, site3, site4

Security Test Results

You can't argue Success ! Shields Up is a site run by Security Guru Steve Gibson. He is a regular expert guest on many different TV Shows as well as his own show with TWIT General Leo Laport, "Security Now". You can catch a link in my "Friends" area. I ran the Security Configuration I use through his sites series of tests, and attacks. The results are listed below.
Attempting connection to your computer. . .
Shields UP! is now attempting to contact the Hidden Internet Server within your PC. It is likely that no one has told you that your own personal computer may now be functioning as an Internet Server with neither your knowledge nor your permission. And that it may be serving up all or many of your personal files for reading, writing, modification and even deletion by anyone, anywhere, on the Internet!
Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist!
One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion.
Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.
All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet.
Your system has achieved a perfect "TruStealth" rating. Not a single packet — solicited or otherwise — was received from your system as a result of our security probing tests. Your system ignored and refused to reply to repeated Pings (ICMP Echo Requests). From the standpoint of the passing probes of any hacker, this machine does not exist on the Internet. Some questionable personal security systems expose their users by attempting to "counter-probe the prober", thus revealing themselves. But your system wisely remained silent in every way. Very nice.
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GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2007-11-04 at 13:14:08
Results from scan of ports: 0, 21-23, 25, 79, 80, 110, 113,
119, 135, 139, 143, 389, 443, 445,
1002, 1024-1030, 1720, 5000
0 Ports Open
0 Ports Closed
26 Ports Stealth
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26 Ports Tested
ALL PORTS tested were found to be: STEALTH.
TruStealth: PASSED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH,
- NO unsolicited packets were received,
- NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received.
Sweet Success !

P.I.M.P.'ed Out Desktop.

P.roxyfied I.nternet M.icrosoft P.ortal
Get a Computer System running XP in a highly responsive, anonymous,and totally secure Environment. This install's foundation from start to finish is security.Begin by using a "Trust No One" Policy.Everyone has different Desktop needs,but no one has to give control of their CPU over to someone to get them.NO Automatic Updates w/very Few exceptions.Your Security features like AVG'sSpyware,anti-virus which require and provide constant updating is fine.And there are other trustable venues.Such as permitting Firefox to update my Browser and Add-Ons,but only because there are ever constant evolving security issues, and at times FireFox may put out an emergency response to a online threat. Because I know them,and I trust them. And I know they respect this trust, Microsoft on the other hand...Coming off a fresh Install go

1. Directly To WWW.CONCISEFREEWARE,COM
   
2. Here download Windows XP Anti-Spy, AVG-antiVirus*(optional), AVG-antiSpyware, SandBoxie, FireFox(default),ThunderBird*, True-Crypt, C-Cleaner, WinAmp, GTK-2,(installed 1st**)TheGIMP**, Java, Flash, CDburner, Skype, WinRaR*, Kompozer(webBuilder) WAMP*{MySql/php5 & /ApacheLiteBundle), GoogleEarth, Audacity(SoundEditor) FoxIt(PDF), ???Along with whatever else you can find there that you see that you like.
3. Before you make a move, run XPAntiSpy shut anything Windows down. Nearly all options to take back control will be utilized. You might want use of Win'sMediaPlayer, but this is the only issue, but DO NOT allow updates or connections of any type. A much wiser option is to remove WMP in favor of WinAmp's full glory. Along with CCleaner, Win.Personal Care V2 has the same cleaning skills with an added Security, Spyware and opminization feature.
   
4. True-Crypt. My Security Guru Steve Gibson says it's flawless for it's encrypting ability. It is the best option for securely protecting your data I seriously recommend a Broadband NAT Router as your primary line of Defense though. The Next is your Firewall. While "Surfing" the Net Run a separate User account w/o Administrative rights.
   
5. Kerio's Personal Firewall has been sold to SunBelt. There is a download of it's last stable version available.If you have trouble finding it though try a Comodo Firewall. The Proxy is for all intensive purposes much more then any normal user should need . But Why dick around? Go for broke! Install Tor-Videlia-Privoxy. It comes in a pre-configured bundle, that unlike most incredibly complicated things, works by default.
   
6. Before downloading the GIMP first the, Gtk-2 was installed. The GIMP graphics handler will default all Images as both viewer and an even better yet Editor. Since Gtk-2 was needed with the GIMP, make the most of it. Besides GTK programs are notoriously quick, feature rich, Solid Aps.Abi-Word is no different. It's a lightning fast light weight(-25MB) text Editor. With ability to run Win.Office and OpenOffice Files natively, "Abi" is just like the Big Boys only faster and at 1/4 the file size.Wireshark (Formely Ethereal) Wireshark is yet another terrific GTK+-based program. It's the ultimate network protocol analyzer, or sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. BlueFish is another GTK Ap that's well at home within this elite crowd. And lives up to all the GTK's lean mean speedy machine prerequisites. Developers;BlueFish is a HTML text editor with a long list of credentials. It's a perfect example of Open Source success, and is very well supported throughout the O.S.Community.
   
7. CCleaner and WindowsPersonalCareV2 do a decent job cleaning house.Setting FireFox Sec. Options to empty caches,downloads,and cookies.Now FireFox Add-Ons get thrown in.Must haves are FoxMarks, CustomizedGoogle, G-Util!, Quick-Java, Tab-MixPlus, CoolIris, FlashBlock, ChatZilla(IRC), DownThemAll, and AdBlockPlus. Developers get ColorZilla, FireBug, & FTP.Get a Theme (MetalLion300), Pimpzilla, Spoof a Mac/Linux! W/ Sounds & Icons.And your plug-ins.a\Set+set/b Be sure to find Google Blackbox search engine,and the flash Kartoo is cool.
   
8. Now firefox can be adjusted using about:config. Here are some good tutorials{PTII). While under the hood make blackbox as your default search. Add the"Boolean Preference" so minimizing the windows shuts their RAM usage down, focusing power where you want it. Mozilla has other Browsers worth trying. Opera is nice, but I liked better SeaMonkey. It has "Built In" IRC Chat, POP Mail, & RSS Feeds. And a even Great Html Editor!
   
9. Sandboxie is the most important item,behind the Router,and Firewall. Think of it as the"holyGrail"of this configuration. Not just your browser, but all programs should be run sandboxed. If by chance any Virus or Spyware actually made it past the bouncers on the way in,there would be no threat level. Whenever I use Frostwire my preferred P2P, I check any file before "Recovering"it outside the sandbox onto the desktop. This set up is nearly impenetrable against spyware, viruses, and probably things not even discovered yet. But only when used, and used correctly.
   
10. By now everything should weigh in around 3-4GB, be Incredibly functional, highly Secure, and cruise the Net like a luxury Cadillac(Worthy of a Pimp!). Now to Top it all off in case anything gets in your way....For the arming of your Computer. WireShark is a great tool for keeping an eye on what's going on around you. Or better yet "who"is, If you aren't very skilled yet in the art of Ethical Hacking a good idea just until you get the hang of it(or the 2 wk trial expires,whichever comes first) is. NS Auditor this is an all in one Hacker's Dream.So easy a child could figure it out.It lets you watch any potential counter hacking, test your own defenses ,and Hunt the game of your choice quite effectively.The GUI is elementary level but the tools are not. Use it maturely.