ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
by mIRCgirl

If there was ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing, IT IS NOW. Not for any grand cause, necessarily...
But for something that tugs at your heart, something that's your inspiration, something that's your dream. You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. HAVE FUN. DIG DEEP. STRETCH. DREAM BIG.
Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy. There will be good days. And there will be bad days. There will be times when you want to turn around, pack it up, and call it quits. Those times tell you that you are pushing yourself, that you are not afraid to learn by trying. PERSIST. Because with an idea, determination, and the right tools, you can do great things. Let your instincts, your intellect, and your heart, guide you. TRUST. Believe in the incredible power of the human mind. Of doing something that makes a difference. Of working hard. Of laughing and hoping. Of lazy afternoons. Of lasting friends. Of all the things that will cross your path this year.
The start of something new brings the hope of something great, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

SAN FRANCISCO: Several thousand Windows-based PCs with high-speed Internet connections have been hijacked by a stealth program and are being used to send ads for pornography.

It is unknown exactly how the so-called Trojan program is spreading to victim computers around the world, whose owners most likely have no idea what is happening, said a security consultant in Boston.

Security provider Network Associates Inc. rated the Trojan a low risk since it did not appear to be more widespread and was not harming the victim computers.

Trojan programs are typically spread via e-mail viruses and can also sneak onto computers through Web browsers when surfing. The Trojan, dubbed "Migmaf" for "migrant Mafia," turns the victim computer into a proxy server which serves as a sort of middle man between people clicking on porn e-mail spam or website links.

It allows the victim computer to fetch porn Web ads from an undisclosed server and pass the ads on to other computers, either through an e-mail spam or a Web browser. Although such ads can also be sent directly from the server, but the purpose of such an indirect procedure is to keep the victim computer on the "front" to a particular porn website. This enables the porn Web servers to hide their location. The scam also is believed to be responsible for a PayPal scam, discovered recently, designed to collect credit card information from people who filled in a form they received via e-mail.

Whoever is responsible for the Migmaf scam may be in Russia because some e-mail addresses involved in the scheme go back to Russian servers and there are other Russian language references in some domain names that are involved.

Advice: Broadband Internet users should always use firewalls to block such stealth activity, the security experts warned. Computers with updated anti-virus software will also be protected, said a product manager for Network Associate's McAfee consumer division. In addition, there is software designed to specifically block Trojan-type programs, like BBX Technologies' ImmuneEngine.

1. A building contracter hires an Englishman, an Irishman, and a Chinaman. He gathers them all in his office and tells each of them their jobs. The Englishman to shovel a pile of sand. The Irishman has to take the sand in the wheelbarrow to the truck. The Chinaman is in charge of supplies.

The boss comes back two hours later and he sees the Englishman and the Irishman having a cup of tea. ''So have you done the work then?'' he asks.

The workers both shake their heads and tell him that the Chinaman didn't give them a shovel or a wheelbarrow. The boss is infuriated by this and asks the workers if they have seen the Chinaman, they tell him they thought they saw him going toward the truck. So the boss sets out towards the truck and just as he is getting close to the truck the Chinaman jumps out from behind a wall and yells, "SUPPLIES!"


2. A man once asked Gandhi what he thought of western civilization.
Ghandi replied, ''I think it would be a good idea.''


3. After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Saddam is still alive," Saddam decided to send George W. a letter in his own writing to let him know that he is still in the game. Bush opened the letter and it appeared to contain a coded message:

370HSSV-0773H

George W. couldn't figure it out so he typed it out and emailed it to Colin Powell. Colin and his aides had no clue either so they sent it to the CIA. No one could solve it so it went to the NSA and then to MIT and NASA and the Secret Service... the list got longer and longer. Eventually they asked Mossad in Israel for help. Capt.. Moishe Pippick took one look at it and replied: "Tell the President he is looking at the message upside down..."

The greatest pain in life is not to die, but to be ignored. To lose the person you love so much to another who doesn't care at all. To have someone you care so about so much throw a party and not tell you about it. When your favorite person on earth neglects to invite you to his graduation. To have people think that you don't care. The greatest pain in life, is not to die, but to be forgotten. To be left in the dust after another's great achievement. To never get a call from a friend, just saying "hi". When you show someone your innermost thoughts and they laugh in your face. For friends to always be too busy to console you when you need someone to lift your spirits. When it seems like the only person who cares about you, is you. Life is full of pain, but does it ever get better? Will people ever care about each other, and make time for those who are in need? Each of us has a part to play in this great show we call life. Each of us has a duty to mankind to tell our friends we love them. If you do not care about your friends you will not be punished. You will simply be ignored... forgotten... as you have done to others.