<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017</id><updated>2011-09-16T07:18:38.152-07:00</updated><category term='cod4 hacks'/><category term='crysis hax'/><category term='aim bots'/><category term='cod4'/><category term='hacks'/><category term='crysis hacks'/><category term='obama video'/><category term='hax'/><category term='hax for crysis'/><category term='crysis cheats'/><category term='wall hacks'/><category term='hackers'/><category term='call of duty'/><category term='Samsung demos 82” 2160p HDTV'/><title type='text'>Stop MSX Security</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-2265891909400722524</id><published>2011-08-16T16:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-16T16:19:11.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solar Energy - Tips for Choosing a Solar Power Kit</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;Have you been considering the purchase of your own &lt;a href="http://www.ftisolar.com/solar-charging-systems.html"&gt;solar power kit&lt;/a&gt;? If you want to use one of these kits to take advantage of solar energy, you definitely need to keep some factors in mind when you are ready to make this purchase. Top quality is definitely important, whether you are planning to use the kit to power a camp house, cabin, or to help power certain parts of your home as well. If you're not sure where to begin when you are choosing your own solar power kit, here are some great tips that can help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, you need to ensure that a photovoltaic power collector is a part of the solar power kit that you choose. The collector is designed to help heat hot water in a home or it can also be used to help store power in a battery so you can use it to provide you with electricity in your home. This collector can be placed on the roof of &lt;a href="http://houstoncorporatehousing.net/"&gt;your home or you can put it in another area&lt;/a&gt; that has a clear view of the sun. It's important that the sun hits the collector so you get the most energy possible from the sun. These collectors should come with hardware that makes it easy for you to adjust the collector so you get the perfect angle and direction for the best results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you simply want a solar power kit to help you heat your hot water, then the kit should come with a storage tank for the water as well. Of course, if the kit doesn't include the tank, you can purchase it on your own. This storage tank is where the hot water is held after begin heated by the solar energy from the sun. Just make sure that the storage tank you use has great insulation to keep the water very hot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A power control device is going to be a necessary part of your solar power kit if you are planning to use it to provide you with electricity. A battery will also be needed. The battery is where the power will be stored until you use it. Of course, if you're simply going to use this to power a small camp cabin, then you may not need the battery since your needs on demand may be met by the power generated at the time. Just remember that you have to consider your needs at night when the sun is not shining. This is why it's important to have a battery to store some power. This way you have enough electricity at night too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you are considering the various solar power kits available, make sure that it tells you how much power the system will product. For the hot water systems, this will be shown in gallons, but it will be shown in watts if you are using an electric system. This information is important because it will help you know how much power you can generate with that specific kit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using a solar power kit allows you to save a huge amount of money. You won't need to pay a contractor to install the system that you want to harness solar energy. These kits offer you the ability to install your own system. Just ensure that you have good directions and that you carefully follow them. In just a couple of years, the kit will definitely pay for itself, so it is worth making the purchase of a solar power kit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-2265891909400722524?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/2265891909400722524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=2265891909400722524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/2265891909400722524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/2265891909400722524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2011/08/solar-energy-tips-for-choosing-solar.html' title='Solar Energy - Tips for Choosing a Solar Power Kit'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-3057022519676999085</id><published>2010-12-16T04:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T04:25:28.607-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mobile phone market</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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If the &lt;a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2009-08-12/tech/world.population_1_fertility-rates-world-population-data-sheet-population-reference-bureau?_s=PM:TECH"&gt;global population is around seven billion&lt;/a&gt;, there is an ever increasing demand for mobile phones as the market is still in short supply of mobile phones. While all the models may not be purchased by all, according to the personal budget, every college going student and working individual requires a mobile phone. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Changing life styles with the advancement of technology and increasing global job opportunities have made communication much easier by facilitating mobile phone communication. People all over the world, can exchange information, news or communicate with family members quickly and instantly with a mobile phone. This is extremely good opportunity and it has become essential while traveling, working and while holidaying. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Communication being an important aspect, mobile phone has fulfilled that need and there are number of mobile phone manufacturing companies which are on the job of regular research and regular development of different models with different features. Many of the companies are very successful in its selling and there are different segment of customers who prefer different models of mobile phones. Therefore, the market of mobile phones has different price levels, model levels and different manufacturing codes. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But the mobile phone market is ever green and there is a new purchase almost every day. This is because, customers who use their mobile phone for a long time, would like to change their model of mobile phone or would like to purchase a new one or there can be many other reasons to shift to a new model of mobile phone. Therefore, keeping all these in view, mobile retail stores are always on lookout for new customers who wish to purchase a new mobile phone piece.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Once they get to know that there are new customers in want of new models, they will immediately display your choice of mobile phone for you to purchase. Commercial advertisement of &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;mobile phones through television, newspapers, Internet have become quite common and this really interests the customers when they go for a new model of mobile phone.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The fact that, there is more growth and demand for mobiles as years pass by and every New Year there is a new change in the mobile phone and there will be new models releasing into the market. The market trend for the demand of mobile phone will never change for many years to come from now.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-3057022519676999085?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/3057022519676999085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=3057022519676999085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/3057022519676999085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/3057022519676999085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2010/12/mobile-phone-market.html' title='Mobile phone market'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-7847174682677564919</id><published>2009-07-24T13:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T13:43:14.187-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Microsoft Changes ‘Laptop Hunters’ Ad After Apple Complains</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.candeias.me/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/microsoft.jpg" alt="microsoft" title="microsoft" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-836" height="276" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Following a complaint from Apple, Microsoft has quietly tweaked at least one of the ads in its “Laptop Hunters” campaign to reflect its rival’s lower pricing on its Mac notebooks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Greatest single phone call’&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just last week Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner was ecstatic about a phone call from Apple lawyers, who demanded that Microsoft stop showing the ads because it had lowered its prices. Mr. Turner went on to say the call from Apple’s legal department was the “greatest single phone call” he’s ever taken and that Microsoft plans to “keep running them and running them and running them.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The ads, which have been running since March and were created by Crispin Porter &amp;amp; Bogusky, are themed around the affordability PCs can offer cash-strapped consumers. In each consecutive spot in the campaign, a different set of shoppers searches for the perfect laptop computer, comparing prices of Macs and PCs — and ultimately choosing the latter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mr. Turner said: “The ‘PC Hunter’ ads, the ‘PC Rookie’ ads clearly have been winners in the marketplace. … And you know why I know they’re working? Because two weeks ago we got a call from the Apple legal department saying, ‘Hey’ — this is a true story — saying, ‘Hey, you need to stop running those ads — we lowered our prices.’ They took like $100 off or something.” (A full transcript of his remarks, made at Microsoft’s worldwide partner conference in New Orleans, are available &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/elop/07-15-09WPC2009.mspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;That may be, but not without combing through them carefully and making sure that the price comparisons being made in the campaign are accurate. Microsoft has since tweaked at least one of the ads to reflect Mac’s lowered pricing.&lt;/p&gt;Advertisements –&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thoughtmechanics.com/business-card-software/"&gt;Business Card Software&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.napleshomestaging.com/"&gt;Marco Home Staging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the 60-second spot, called “Lauren and Sue,” we watch as law student Lauren shops around with the help of her Mom in the hopes of finding a computer under $1,700.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No mention of price&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the original version, Lauren at one point comes upon an Apple computer and declares: “This Mac is $2,000, and that’s before adding anything.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Why would you pay twice the price?” asks Lauren’s mom. “I wouldn’t,” says Lauren, who ends up leaving with a $972 Dell laptop.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the latest version of the ad, that portion has been edited out. The original ad has been removed from YouTube and other sites by Microsoft, and replaced with a version in which Lauren doesn’t talk about how much the Mac costs, but she does say: “It seems like you’re paying a lot for the brand.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Microsoft: Focus of ads is unchanged&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We slightly adjusted the ads to reflect the updated pricing of the Mac laptop shown in the TV advertisement,” a Microsoft spokeswoman said in a statement. “This does not change the focus of the campaign, which is to showcase the value and choice of the PC.” Crispin declined to comment. Apple did not immediately return calls.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It’s a minor tweak in terms of the story arc of the ad, but in legal terms it could make a world of a difference; there is precedent for marketers being forced to yank outdated comparison ads. In a classic case, Ford pulled commercials for its Freestar minivan in 2004 after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Chrysler’s legal department pointing out that claims in the Ford ads were outdated.&lt;/p&gt;By &lt;a href="http://adage.com/article?article_id=138117" target="_blank"&gt;adage.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-7847174682677564919?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/7847174682677564919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=7847174682677564919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/7847174682677564919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/7847174682677564919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2009/07/microsoft-changes-laptop-hunters-ad.html' title='Microsoft Changes ‘Laptop Hunters’ Ad After Apple Complains'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-6128446540705049360</id><published>2009-05-27T14:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:05:14.407-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Opposites attract — how genetics influences humans to choose their mates</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="entry"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://washedit.com/"&gt;&lt;img class="size-full wp-image-304 alignleft" title="attract" alt="attract" src="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/attract.jpg" height="234" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vienna, Austria: New light has been thrown on how humans choose  their partners, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European  Society of Human Genetics today (Monday May 25). Professor Maria da Graça  Bicalho, head of the Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Laboratory at the  University of Parana, Brazil, says that her research had shown that people with  diverse major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) were more likely to choose  each other as mates than those whose MHCs were similar, and that this was likely  to be an evolutionary strategy to ensure healthy reproduction.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Females’ preference for MHC dissimilar mates has been shown in many  vertebrate species, including humans, and it is also known that MHC influences  mating selection by preferences for particular body odours. The Brazilian team  has been working in this field since 1998, and decided to investigate mate  selection in the Brazilian population, while trying to uncover the biological  significance of MHC diversity.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The scientists studied MHC data from 90 married couples, and compared them  with 152 randomly-generated control couples. They counted the number of MHC  dissimilarities among those who were real couples, and compared them with those  in the randomly-generated ‘virtual couples’. “If MHC genes did not influence  mate selection”, says Professor Bicalho, “we would have expected to see similar  results from both sets of couples. But we found that the real partners had  significantly more MHC dissimilarities than we could have expected to find  simply by chance.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Within MHC-dissimilar couples the partners will be genetically different, and  such a pattern of mate choice decreases the danger of endogamy (mating among  relatives) and increases the genetic variability of offspring. Genetic  variability is known to be an advantage for offspring, and the MHC effect could  be an evolutionary strategy underlying incest avoidance in humans and also  improving the efficiency of the immune system, the scientists say.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Advertisements–&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.patrics.com/"&gt;Naples Caterer&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.lookwhoskickin.com/tampa-bay.html"&gt;Tampa 3D Ultrasounds&lt;/a&gt; |  &lt;a href="http://napleswebdesign.net/video-production/naples-video-production/"&gt;Naples  Video Production&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The MHC is a large genetic region situated on chromosome 6, and found in most  vertebrates. It plays an important role in the immune system and also in  reproductive success. Apart from being a large region, it is also an  extraordinarily diverse one.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Although it may be tempting to think that humans choose their partners  because of their similarities”, says Professor Bicalho, “our research has shown  clearly that it is differences that make for successful reproduction, and that  the subconscious drive to have healthy children is important when choosing a  mate.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The scientists believe that their findings will help understanding of  conception, fertility, and gestational failures. Research has already shown that  couples with similar MHC genes had longer intervals between births, which could  imply early, unperceived miscarriages. “We intend to follow up this work by  looking at social and cultural influences as well as biological ones in mate  choice, and relating these to the genetic diversity of the extended MHC region”,  says Professor Bicalho.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“We expect to find that cultural aspects play an important role in mate  choice, and certainly do not subscribe to the theory that if a person bears a  particular genetic variant it will determine his or her behaviour. But we also  think that the unconscious evolutionary aspect of partner choice should not be  overlooked. We believe our research shows that this has an important role to  play in ensuring healthy reproduction, by helping to ensure that children are  born with a strong immune system better able to cope with infection.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-6128446540705049360?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/6128446540705049360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=6128446540705049360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/6128446540705049360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/6128446540705049360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2009/05/opposites-attract-how-genetics.html' title='Opposites attract — how genetics influences humans to choose their mates'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-8050749807950711218</id><published>2009-05-27T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:04:19.906-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is Not a Bull Market: Stocks Are Not Up, and They’re Headed Even Lower</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="entry"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;How do you measure wealth  generation?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1)&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Average annual  gains?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;2)&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gains relative to an  underlying index (the S&amp;amp;P 500)?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;3)&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gains relative to  inflation?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Of these three, the last is the only real means of gauging wealth  creation or destruction. Commentators have been going bananas over the fact that  stocks are up 20%+ since their bottom of 666. No one mentions that this rally  may actually be induced by the Federal Reserve pumping trillions of dollars into  the financial system. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Similarly, no one mentions that adjusted for inflation, stocks are  still WAY down from their peak during the Tech bubble.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://washedit.com/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft" alt="" src="http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2009/5/22/174885-124302929229275-Graham-Summers.png" hspace="6" vspace="6" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;As you can see, stocks entered a bear market in earnest following  the Tech Crash. Yes, in number or nominal terms, the Dow has risen. But you have  to remember the dollar lost roughly a third of its value from 2001 to today.  Measuring stocks or anything in dollars between now and then was like measuring  with a ruler that was continually shrinking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Also, bear in mind that the above chart is using the Government’s phony  measure of inflation: the Consumer Price Index [CPI] which DOESN’T include food  or energy prices. Using accurate inflationary data, stocks are down even more in  real terms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;My main point is this: inflation is an ever-present reality in the post  WWII era. Investors need to be protecting themselves from this beast at all  costs. You can do this by:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying gold &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying commodities or real  assets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Buying companies that can offset inflationary costs by raising  the price of their products&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I suggest having some money in all three.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It’s the only  certain way to protect your wealth from inflation. The Feds are cooking up an  inflationary storm of epic proportions, pumping TRILLIONS of dollars into the  financial system. Stocks may rally like a rocket-ship from here. But in real  terms they’re still tanking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;After all, if the Dow hits 30,000, but you’re celebrating by drinking a  $150.00 coke… are you really any richer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-8050749807950711218?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/8050749807950711218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=8050749807950711218' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/8050749807950711218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/8050749807950711218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2009/05/this-is-not-bull-market-stocks-are-not.html' title='This is Not a Bull Market: Stocks Are Not Up, and They’re Headed Even Lower'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-8493639040903202895</id><published>2009-05-27T13:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T14:00:26.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Server 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Server 2008&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="entry"&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/microsoft.jpg"&gt;&lt;img class="size-full wp-image-296 alignleft" title="microsoft" alt="microsoft" src="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/microsoft.jpg" height="291" width="364" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Server 2008, which was  &lt;a title="Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Server 2008 is finished" href="http://www.h-online.com/security/Service-Pack-2-for-Windows-Vista-and-Server-2008-is-finished--/news/113177"&gt;finished&lt;/a&gt;  one month ago, is now available to download. SP2 is also available as a  stand-alone package. It can be used to update the English, French, German,  Japanese and Spanish language versions of Vista and Server 2008 and is available  for &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=a4dd31d5-f907-4406-9012-a5c3199ea2b3" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;x86&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=656c9d4a-55ec-4972-a0d7-b1a6fedf51a7&amp;amp;DisplayLang=en" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;x64&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=e890b3cf-972b-483f-a2ff-03f6aefac6f8" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;ia64&lt;/a&gt; systems. All three packages can also be  downloaded together as an &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;amp;FamilyID=9f073285-b6ef-4297-85ce-f4463d06d6cb" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;ISO image&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Currently, SP2 is not yet being distributed via Windows Update, however,  Microsoft intends to start doing so “within the next few weeks”.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ready for Download" href="http://www.h-online.com/news/Windows-Vista-Service-Pack-1-ready-for-Download--/110365"&gt;Service  Pack 1&lt;/a&gt; must be installed prior to installing SP2. SP1 was included in Server  2008 out of the box, but Vista users will need to have installed it separately.  SP1 synchronised the code bases of Vista and Server 2008, which is why SP2 is  now updating both operating systems.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;SP2 includes all patches Microsoft has released since the last Service Pack  (&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335033.aspx" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;overview&lt;/a&gt;). In addition to patches, SP2 also includes a number  of additional features, such as Windows Search 4.0, &lt;a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/942567" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless&lt;/a&gt; (including Bluetooth  2.1 support) and Blu-ray support. An overview can be found &lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335036.aspx" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;on Technet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Microsoft has published a &lt;a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;969707&amp;amp;sd=rss&amp;amp;spid=11734" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt; of applications which will no longer work or  will have limited functionality following SP2 installation. Compared to &lt;a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884130/en-us" rel="external" target="_blank"&gt;Service Pack 2 for Windows XP&lt;/a&gt;, the list appears to be fairly  modest.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Applications do not run faster under Vista with SP2 and indeed boot-time is  even a little longer. Copying data will also continue to be slower under Vista  with SP2 than under XP or Windows 7. By contrast, with SP2 installed Vista now  reacts to user actions such as launching the start menu, Windows Explorer or the  system settings window noticeably faster, approaching the speeds achieved under  XP and Windows 7. On modern desktop PCs, the speed of the operating systems  feels more or less the same. However the amount of disk space it requires  continues to rule out Vista as an operating system for netbooks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-8493639040903202895?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/8493639040903202895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=8493639040903202895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/8493639040903202895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/8493639040903202895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2009/05/microsoft-releases-service-pack-2-for.html' title='Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Server 2008'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-7945010528812662081</id><published>2009-05-15T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T14:08:42.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Diamonds pile up worldwide as consumers finally realize their worthlessness.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;   &lt;div id="post-416186"&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;Diamonds pile up worldwide as consumers finally realize their worthlessness.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;input id="adminlinkblogcontri" name="adminlinkblogcontri" value="416186" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="editorcontent"&gt;&lt;div class="blog_body"&gt;&lt;div id="post-239" class="post"&gt; &lt;div class="entry"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://washedit.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="12diamond_600" src="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/12diamond_600.jpg" title="12diamond_600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-240" height="344" width="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;By &lt;a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/andrew_kramer/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More Articles by Andrew E. Kramer"&gt;ANDREW E. KRAMER&lt;/a&gt; May 11, 2009&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;——————————-&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Each day, the contents of the bags spill into the stainless steel hoppers of the receiving room. The diamonds are washed and sorted by size, clarity, shape and quality; then, rather than being sent to be sold around the world, they are wrapped in paper and whisked away to a vault — about three million carats worth of gems every month.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Each one of them is so unusual,” said Irina V. Tkachuk, one of the few hundred people, mostly women, employed to sort the diamonds, who sees thousands of them every day.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“I’m not a robot. I sometimes think to myself ‘wow, what a pretty diamond. I would like that one.’ They are all so beautiful.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It could be years before another woman admires that stone. Russia quietly passed a milestone this year: surpassing De Beers as the world’s largest diamond producer. But the global market for diamonds is so dismal that the Alrosa diamond company, 90 percent owned by the Russian government, has not sold a rough stone on the open market since December, and has stockpiled them instead.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As a result, Russia has become the arbiter of global diamond prices. Its decisions on production and sales will determine the value of diamonds on rings and in jewelry stores for years to come, in one of the most surprising consequences of this recession.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Largely because of the jewelry bear market, De Beers’s fortunes have sunk. Short of cash, the company had to raise $800 million from stockholders in just the last six months.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The recession also coincided with a settlement with European Union antitrust authorities that ended a longtime De Beers policy of stockpiling diamonds, in cooperation with Alrosa, to keep prices up.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Though it is a major commodity producer, Russia has traditionally not embraced policies that artificially keep prices up. In oil, for example, Russia benefits from the oil cartel’s cuts in production, but does not participate in them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Diamonds are an exception. “If you don’t support the price,” Andrei V. Polyakov, a spokesman for Alrosa, said, “a diamond becomes a mere piece of carbon.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In an attempt to carefully calibrate its re-entry on the global market, without forcing prices still lower, Russia is relying on two things: the Soviet-era precious gem depository — created to hold jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy after the 1917 revolution — and capitalist investors, whom Alrosa hopes will buy diamonds as an investment, like gold.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Russia is taking a leadership role in other ways, too. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://washedit.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="diamonds" src="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/diamonds.jpg" title="diamonds" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-241" height="355" width="561" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sponsored Ads: &lt;a href="http://naplescomputerrepair.org/"&gt;Naples Computers&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bonitaspringscondosforsale.com/"&gt;Bonita Springs Condos&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://carrisservices.com/"&gt;Naples Direct Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sergei Vybornov, Alrosa’s chief executive, said that he had helped persuade the central bank of Angola — which, like Russia, is still relatively flush with oil money — to buy 30 percent of the production of Angola’s diamond mines, keeping these stones off the market.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And last fall, Alrosa began what it called the St. Petersburg Initiative, along with De Beers and other large producers, to invest collectively in generic diamond advertising, akin to De Beers’s promotion of the slogan “Diamonds are forever.” Russia assumed the task as De Beers has principally shifted to promoting its own branded gems.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Still, it is a precarious time for the Russian diamond company to assume leadership of the industry.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Until last year, De Beers produced about 40 percent of the global rough stone supply, and Alrosa 25 percent. But De Beers, which is prohibited under its European Union antitrust agreement from stockpiling, closed mines in response to the glut in rough stones. Russia is loath to do that, as authorities in Moscow, gravely concerned about potential unrest by disgruntled unemployed workers, try to keep workers on the payroll.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the first quarter, De Beers reduced output by 91 percent compared with the previous year. The diversified mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton also curbed production.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, the market for wholesale polished diamonds, worth about $21.5 billion, is expected to fall to about $12 billion in 2009, according to Polished Prices, an analytical service for the industry.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Rough diamond prices have fallen even more,  as much as 75 percent since their peak last July at some auctions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/diamonds3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="diamonds3" src="http://washedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/diamonds3.jpg" title="diamonds3" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" class="size-full wp-image-242 alignleft" height="232" width="352" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The two markets are distinct. Typically, about 60 percent of a rough diamond is lost as dust or shavings in the cutting process.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mr. Vybornov blames diamond traders who pledged diamond stocks as loan collateral for part of the world glut. When credit dried up last fall, banks and other creditors seized those gems and sold them, he says, flooding the market. By December, his company decided to withdraw entirely from the market rather than further erode prices.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Russia historically remained mostly a behind-the-scenes player, perhaps because Soviet authorities would have had to perform some ideological gymnastics to promote a product consumed principally by the rich of the capitalist world.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Instead, twisting politics, the Soviets concluded a semisecret agreement with apartheid-era De Beers to sell Siberian diamonds in a way that would not undercut the market.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sponsored Ads: &lt;a href="http://www.spiritualkindling.com/"&gt;Bible Covers&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.classicfloorsbonita.com/"&gt;Naples Carpet&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.lookwhoskickin.com/tampa-bay.html"&gt;Tampa Ultrasounds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian diamond industry created a formal alliance with De Beers, selling the South African company half of each year’s production at a discount intended to subsidize De Beers’s generic diamond advertising undertaken in the 1990s, mostly in the United States.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Now, the Russians are in the driver’s seat.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Charles Wyndham, a former De Beers evaluator and co-founder of Polished Prices, said Russia had thus far managed the transition well: withholding gems to make more money in the long run rather than further depressing the market.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“Whatever one wants to say about the Russians, they certainly aren’t stupid,” Mr. Wyndham said.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Alrosa is seeking to jump-start demand by selling gems under long-term contracts to wholesale buyers in Belgium, Israel, India and elsewhere. Under these contracts, six of which have been signed, prices are set at a midpoint between the peak last August and this winter, and fixed for a period of several years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“A diamond ring should not cost $100,” Mr. Vybornov  said. “We don’t want that type of client.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Alrosa is also working with a Moscow investment bank, Leader, a subsidiary of the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom, to market diamonds to investors. Under the plan, investors would buy diamonds but the gems would not be released to jewelers for several years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It is a program, essentially, of outsourcing the stockpiling function to investors in exchange for the chance to profit from a possible recovery in the market.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At one of Alrosa’s cutting shops in one of Moscow’s outer districts, Aleksandr A. Malinin, an adviser to the president of Alrosa, showed a typical collection that might become the basis for such an investment vehicle.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The gems fit in a felt box about the size of a laptop computer.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The larger stones, a circular-cut 10 carat flawless white and a princess-cut yellow, were estimated at about $400,000. The smaller ones ranged from $16,000 to $100,000. But the value of the box, while surely several million dollars, is something of a mystery just now given the depressed market.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;How the buy-in price for the stones will be set, and how the company will determine when the price goes up and down, is unclear, Mr. Malinin said.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“We have to tell people that diamonds are valuable,” he said. “We are trying to maintain the price, just as De Beers did, as all diamond producing countries do. But what we are doing is selling an illusion,” meaning a product with no utility and a price that depends on the continued sense of scarcity where there is none.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the Alrosa unit that receives diamonds, called the United Selling Organization, where about 90 percent of the output of the Siberian mines arrives for processing, Elena V. Kapustkina pours about 45,000 carats of diamonds though a stainless steel sieve every day to sort them by size.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“It’s just a job,” she said.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When asked whether diamonds had lost their romance for her, Ms. Kapustkina paused, looked down at the pile of gems on her table and blushed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In fact, she said, her husband, a truck driver, gave her a half-carat ring 22 years ago. “Of course I love it,” she said. “It’s from my husband.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-7945010528812662081?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/7945010528812662081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=7945010528812662081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/7945010528812662081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/7945010528812662081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2009/05/diamonds-pile-up-worldwide-as-consumers.html' title='Diamonds pile up worldwide as consumers finally realize their worthlessness.'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-6271665199242759139</id><published>2008-07-03T11:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T11:34:30.611-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='call of duty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cod4 hacks'/><title type='text'>COD4 Hacks</title><content type='html'>MSX Security is back with more &lt;a href="http://www.msxsecurity.com/callofduty4hacks.php"&gt;COD4 hack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msxsecurity.com/callofduty4hacks.php"&gt;s&lt;/a&gt;, and this time it works with multiplayer and single player. It includes the wall hack and the aim bot, as well as a bunch of new hacks that we have never seen before. The last time all this started was back when &lt;a href="http://www.callofduty.com"&gt;Call of Duty&lt;/a&gt; was first released. Back then they were undetectable by punkbuster or any other anti-cheating methods. Today it's basically the same deal because when people go to take screen shots or FRAPS the game play, all you see is either a blank screen or a fake screen that appears to be on the up and up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've contacted punkbuster many times the past few months and I'm yet to receive a response from them. It would appear that &lt;a href="http://www.activision.com/index.html"&gt;Activision&lt;/a&gt; and punk buster are too busy counting their money to pay attention to idiots like us.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-6271665199242759139?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/6271665199242759139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=6271665199242759139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/6271665199242759139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/6271665199242759139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2008/07/cod4-hacks.html' title='COD4 Hacks'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-4341414607691982366</id><published>2008-05-19T04:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T04:26:05.395-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Samsung demos 82” 2160p HDTV'/><title type='text'>Samsung demos 82” 2160p HDTV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/images/stories/article_images/lcd/quadtv_82.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.tgdaily.com/images/stories/article_images/lcd/quadtv_82.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-37511-97.html"&gt;http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-37511-97.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Los Angeles (CA) – Samsung draws attention at this year’s Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium with a 82” Quad HDTV that offers four times the resolution of today’s 1080p high definition TVs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The prototype display has a massive 82” size and features a resolution of 3820x2160 pixels, which results in a total screen resolution of 8.3 megapixels. Current 1080p TVs run at 1920x1080 pixels or 2.1 megapixels. According to the manufacturer, the TV integrates a red/green/blue LED backlight, which raises the color saturation to 150%. The image refresh rate is 120 Hz.What makes this screen especially interesting is the fact that Sang Soo Kim, executive vice president of the LCD Technology Center at Samsung Electronics, called it the “optimal display for future TVs.” Quad HDTVs have been available before, but were exclusively marketed to markets that have a need for high resolution image display – such as the oil and gas industries. For example, &lt;a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content/view/30686/113/" mce_href="content/view/30686/113/"&gt;Westinghouse has been offering 2160p TVs with sizes up to 52”&lt;/a&gt;. The Westinghouse Quad HDTV is not sold on the open market, but our sources say that you won’t be able to buy one for less than $40,000 at this time. So we don’t even ask how much that 82” 2160p TV could cost and wait until we win the lottery first.Samsung said that it will have a few other products to show at its SID show booth, including an 82” e-board with a “multi-touchscreen” that could replace whiteboards and beam projectors, the company believes, as well as its previously announced 15” blue-phase LCD and a foldable 2.3” e-paper display.SID 2008 runs from May 18 to 23 in Los Angeles. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-4341414607691982366?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/4341414607691982366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=4341414607691982366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/4341414607691982366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/4341414607691982366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2008/05/samsung-demos-82-2160p-hdtv.html' title='Samsung demos 82” 2160p HDTV'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-2030278216412101242</id><published>2008-05-18T20:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T20:32:25.844-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama video'/><title type='text'>Obama Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://forthardknox.com/2008/05/18/obama-the-audacity/"&gt;Obama Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-2030278216412101242?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/2030278216412101242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=2030278216412101242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/2030278216412101242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/2030278216412101242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2008/05/obama-video.html' title='Obama Video'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-4232510192022136976</id><published>2008-05-18T20:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T20:28:48.020-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crysis cheats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crysis hax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hax for crysis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crysis hacks'/><title type='text'>Crysis Hacks</title><content type='html'>We have some new hacks to talk about. Today I am announcing Crysis hacks. We have a bunch of different cheats for single player or multiplayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a list of the hacks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="0"&gt;Vector Aimbot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Customizable aimpoint/aimkey, as well as many custom features.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="1"&gt;Hitbox Aimbot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choose from a myriad of body parts to aim at, head/neck/body/cheast/groin/stomach&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="2"&gt;Chams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A wallhack that turns all enemies and friendlies flourescent red, and blue, respectively.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="3"&gt;Colored Mines/C4/Claymores&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Turns lethal objects bright pink.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="4"&gt;Colored Vehicles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Turns all vehicles bright pink.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="5"&gt;Enemy Mine/C4/Claymore Warning Display&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Warns you of near-by enemy assets.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="6"&gt;Custom Crosshair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Toggles between several different kinds of crosshairs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="7"&gt;Full 3D Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A map that is rendered in three dimensions to give away enemy positions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="8"&gt;Minimap Hack &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Traditional Minimap overlay with enemys and friendlies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="9"&gt;Minimap Kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shows enemy kit icons on the minimap.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="10"&gt;Nametags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shows Enemy and friendly Nametags.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="11"&gt;Healthtags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shows enemy and friendly health and armor bars.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="12"&gt;Player Distance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="13"&gt;Tags Distance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure maximum tag display distance.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="14"&gt;No Flash/Shellshock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Removes stun effects from flashbangs, grenades, mines, artillary, and various other explosions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="15"&gt;Increased Viewdistance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;See the entire map, and snipe anyone from afar.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="16"&gt;No Fog, No sky, No water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Removes assets for faster and clearer play.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="17"&gt;Infinite Stamina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lets you sprint for an unlimited amount of time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="18"&gt;Infinite Ammunition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Weapons never run out of ammo.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="19"&gt;No Overheat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All weapon-overheating is completely mitigated.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="20"&gt;Zoom Hack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lets you zoom in like a sniper rifle with any gun, even a pistol!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="21"&gt;Teamswitch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instantly switch teams, with the push of a button.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="22"&gt;Full ESP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Places an icon on all enemies and friendlies throughout the map, and can be seen through all walls.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="23"&gt;100% AntiCheat proof&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;No risk of ban - Money back Guarantee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="24"&gt;Health ESP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shows you how much health enemys/friends have.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="25"&gt;Autowall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Auto-aim at enemies, even when behind walls.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="26"&gt;Autoshoot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Auto-shoot at enemies when they come in to view.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="27"&gt;Autoaim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Automatically aims at an enemy when they come in to view.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="28"&gt;No Recoil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prevents your weapon's muzzle from climbing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="29"&gt;No Spread&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All rounds end up where the center of your crosshair is.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="30"&gt;Save / Load Function&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lets you keep your favorite settings one click away&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="31"&gt;All Weapons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Switch to any weapon available in the game, instantly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="32"&gt;Spawn enemies/friendly Vehicles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Spawn any enemy or friendly vehicle.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="33"&gt;WinXP/Vista Compatibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Runs natively on both Windows XP and Windows Vista.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="34"&gt;Classic Cheats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Invisibility - Makes you completely undetectable by enemies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Godemode - Makes you invulnerable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Super Jump - Lets you jump twice as high.  Spawn enemies/friendly AI - Spawn any enemy or friendly unit to increase your gaming experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Infinite Ammunition - All weapons never run out of ammo. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="35"&gt;Media Controller&lt;/a&gt; - An overlay that let's you control WinAmp from within the game.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="36"&gt;Stat Display&lt;/a&gt; - Shows game lapsed time, shots fired, enemies killed, and various other statistics.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="37"&gt;Heavy Rapid Fire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lets you fire heavy weapons, pistols, and shotguns at full-auto.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="38"&gt;Trigger Bot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Automatically fires your weapon when an enemy is in the center of your crosshair.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a name="39"&gt;Speed Hack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 &lt;br /&gt;Crysis is a very entertaining game, especially if you have a good enough graphics card to handle it on full blast. But the game is even better when you are invincible. The enemy can shoot you forever and no damage takes place. You can play for hours like this. To get this hack, simply go over to MSX security and download it. Here's the link: &lt;a href="http://msxsecurity.com/crysishacks.php"&gt;Crysis Hacks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-4232510192022136976?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/4232510192022136976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=4232510192022136976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/4232510192022136976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/4232510192022136976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2008/05/crysis-hacks.html' title='Crysis Hacks'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647305574254325017.post-8394884501103829966</id><published>2008-05-14T11:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-14T11:25:58.681-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wall hacks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='call of duty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hacks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cod4'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aim bots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hackers'/><title type='text'>How to stop COD4 Hackers?</title><content type='html'>So I'm trying to figure out how to stop COD4 hacks. I run the KIK.Clan server and we can't deal with all the hacking, punk buster is no help either. These hacks seem to be undetectable by punk buster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, I have found this list of available hacks for cod4:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vector Aimbot&lt;br /&gt;Customizable aimpoint/aimkey, as well as many custom features.&lt;br /&gt;Hitbox Aimbot&lt;br /&gt;Choose from a myriad of body parts to aim at, head/neck/body/cheast/groin/stomach&lt;br /&gt;Chams&lt;br /&gt;A wallhack that turns all enemies and friendlies flourescent red, and blue, respectively.&lt;br /&gt;Colored Mines/C4/Claymores&lt;br /&gt;Turns lethal objects bright pink.&lt;br /&gt;Enemy Mine/C4/Claymore Warning Display&lt;br /&gt;Warns you of near-by enemy assets.&lt;br /&gt;Custom Crosshair&lt;br /&gt;Toggles between several different kinds of crosshairs.&lt;br /&gt;Full 3D Map&lt;br /&gt;A map that is rendered in three dimensions to give away enemy positions.&lt;br /&gt;Minimap Hack&lt;br /&gt;Traditional Minimap overlay with enemys and friendlies.&lt;br /&gt;Minimap Kits&lt;br /&gt;Shows enemy kit icons on the minimap.&lt;br /&gt;Nametags&lt;br /&gt;Shows Enemy and friendly Nametags.&lt;br /&gt;Healthtags&lt;br /&gt;Shows enemy and friendly health and armor bars.&lt;br /&gt;Player Distance&lt;br /&gt;Shows the distance between you and your enemies.&lt;br /&gt;Tags Distance&lt;br /&gt;Configure maximum tag display distance.&lt;br /&gt;No Flash/Shellshock&lt;br /&gt;Removes stun effects from flashbangs, grenades, mines, artillary, and various other explosions.&lt;br /&gt;Increased Viewdistance&lt;br /&gt;See the entire map, and snipe anyone from afar.&lt;br /&gt;No Fog, No sky, No water&lt;br /&gt;Removes assets for faster and clearer play.&lt;br /&gt;Zoom Hack&lt;br /&gt;Lets you zoom in like a sniper rifle with any gun, even a pistol!&lt;br /&gt;Teamswitch&lt;br /&gt;Instantly switch teams, with the push of a button&lt;br /&gt;Full ESP&lt;br /&gt;Places an icon on all enemies and friendlies throughout the map, and can be seen through all walls.&lt;br /&gt;100% AntiCheat proof&lt;br /&gt;No risk of ban - Money back Guarantee&lt;br /&gt;Health ESP&lt;br /&gt;Shows you how much health enemys/friends have.&lt;br /&gt;Save / Load Function&lt;br /&gt;Lets you keep your favorite settings one click away&lt;br /&gt;Autowall&lt;br /&gt;Auto-aim at enemies, even when behind walls.&lt;br /&gt;Autoshoot&lt;br /&gt;Auto-shoot at enemies when they come in to view.&lt;br /&gt;Autoaim&lt;br /&gt;Automatically aims at an enemy when they come in to view.&lt;br /&gt;No Recoil&lt;br /&gt;Prevents your weapon's muzzle from climbing.&lt;br /&gt;No Spread&lt;br /&gt;All rounds end up where the center of your crosshair is.&lt;br /&gt;All Weapons&lt;br /&gt;Switch to any weapon available in the game, instantly.&lt;br /&gt;Spawn enemies/friendly Vehicles&lt;br /&gt;Spawn any enemy or friendly vehicle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Classic Cheats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Invisibility&lt;/span&gt; - Makes you completely undetectable by enemies. Godemode - Makes you invulnerable. Super Jump - Lets you jump twice as high. Spawn enemies/friendly AI - Spawn any enemy or friendly unit to increase your gaming experience. Infinite Ammunition - All weapons never run out of ammo. Infinite Assets - Spam UAVs, Airstrikes, and Helicopters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Media Controller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An overlay that let's you control WinAmp from within the game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stat Display&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shows game elapsed time, shots fired, enemies killed, and various other statistics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Trigger Bot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Automatically fires your weapon when an enemy is in the center of your crosshair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Speed Hack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have seen any others, please let me know and I will update this blog.&lt;br /&gt;The problem I'm having is figuring out how to combat the hackers. They ruin the fun for everyone. I think most of the hacks are originating from &lt;a href="http://msxsecurity.com/"&gt;MSX Security&lt;/a&gt; but I can't be sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If anyone knows how to fight this, please let me know ASAP. I also made a post over at &lt;a href="http://www.thoughts.com/index.php?_action=blog_view&amp;amp;id=96831&amp;amp;type=1"&gt;thoughts.com&lt;/a&gt; for the member there. If we get enough people together we may be able to put a dent in this crap.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4647305574254325017-8394884501103829966?l=cod4hack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/feeds/8394884501103829966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4647305574254325017&amp;postID=8394884501103829966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/8394884501103829966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4647305574254325017/posts/default/8394884501103829966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cod4hack.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-stop-cod4-hackers.html' title='How to stop COD4 Hackers?'/><author><name>Barry</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00091209931039538301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
