Hope he reads this post!

Everybody loves superglue. It bonds darn near anything to darn near anything else, darn near instantly.

There’s only one problem: it also bonds skin.

Another problem: it’s hard to remove from skin once it dries – or even before it dries.

Most people will tell you to use nail polish remover. Others will spend way too much money on official “Superglue Remover” products.

But there’s a very simple way to remove superglue that works in seconds…

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Scottie Do-It-Yourself acetone, superglue

I have to say that I simply can’t stand it any more.

I’m talking about Apple and their damned lawsuits. They are suing anyone and everyone who makes any product that even remotely resembles an iThing (gosh, I hope they don’t sue me for putting that lowercase “i” in front of the word “Thing”!).

Seriously, all computers look alike. Mostly that’s because they all use the same exact components, and they all serve the same basic function. The same is true of tablet devices and cell phones.

So how is it that Apple gets away with actually forbidding other companies from even selling their products now?

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Scottie Spare Me! apple, lawsuit, patent

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This article originally appeared in Issue #13 of The Dot Connector Magazine.

Whether it’s the “Iranian Cyber Army”, those darn “Chinese Hackers”, or just your average script kiddie, everyone is aware that there bad people out there who want to mess with your glorious internet surfing experience.

You probably have heard of things like DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, and you’ve most certainly heard about viruses, trojans, and worms. But there is one thing I’m betting you haven’t heard much about: DNS cache poisoning.

You’ll see why this is a very important type of attack to be aware of a bit later. First, I should probably cover a few basics in case you aren’t a techie nerd. Just for the record, nerds don’t wear coke bottle glasses anymore; they wear contacts. Junk food is out, and healthy eating is in. Flannel shirts? Yes. Pocket protectors? No. And contrary to popular belief, we are generally good-looking. It’s all part of Nerd 2.0.

But, I digress.

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Scottie Networking denial of service, dns, dos, hacking