👍 #865 – Just What Is a Hack?

This week's articles & videos

Hack, hack, hack, hackers, hacking, and hacked. But do we even know what the word really means?

Here's the kicker: depending on context "hack" can mean several different things, and not all of them are neccessarily bad.

This week's featured article -- Just What Is a Hack? -- delves into the details.

Also this week:

• How can a system be slow if the CPU is idle?
• People are much to quick to assume their Facebook account has been hacked when it has not been.
• Moving day. It's one of the reasons I love Thunderbird as a desktop mail program.

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This Week's Featured Article

Just What Is a Hack?
Of several meanings, one matters most.

Hack or hacking can mean several different things -- both good and bad -- depending on the context. I'll review the most common definitions.

https://askleo.com/133585

Also This Week on Ask Leo!

Why Your System is Slow Even Though the CPU Is Idle Fingers might point elsewhere.
The purpose of the System Idle Process is to get out of the way to let other processes run. So what does it mean if the SIP is using 100% CPU on your slow system? https://askleo.com/4338

No, Your Facebook Account Has Not Been Hacked When jumping to conclusions leads you astray.
There's a common situation that leads people to think their Facebook account has been hacked. They're wrong. https://askleo.com/133589

How Do I Move Thunderbird to a New Computer? Just say the secret word.
Moving email from one machine to another is a snap when you're using Thunderbird as your email program. I'll show you how. https://askleo.com/4456

My Email Disappeared While Composing. Can I Get it Back? The case of the disappearing message.
It's no fun to write a long email and lose it. Here's how that happens and a few ways to avoid it. https://askleo.com/2630

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My Email Disappeared While Composing. Can I Get it Back? It's no fun to be composing a long email and suddenly realized it disappeared. Here's how that happens and a few ways to avoid it. https://youtu.be/uKxCLk9lseU

How Do I Move Thunderbird to a New Computer? Moving email from one machine to another is a snap when you're using Thunderbird as your email program. I'll show you how. https://youtu.be/Qy8J9fr5RlE

No, Your Facebook Account Has Not Been Hacked There's a common situation that leads people to think their Facebook account has been hacked. They're wrong. Your facebook account has not been hacked https://youtu.be/ZrmtB0uxtqw

Just What Is a Hack? A hack or hacking can mean several different things -- both good and bad -- depending on what is being said. I'll review the most common definitions. https://youtu.be/d8UP2BS-JQI

Finding the Owner of an IP Address While you can't find the specific owner of an IP address, there are a few tools to see what IP-related information you can get. https://youtu.be/97Qm29DCVkA

Why Your System is Slow Even Though the CPU Is Idle Why Your System is Slow Even Though the CPU Is Idle https://youtu.be/pu6Hd5yLTNU

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