Watchdog

A watchdog reset occurs when a synchronous trap condition occurs with traps disabled. Since traps are disabled, the processor can't take a trap but it can't continue executing either. The chip then enters error mode and logically raises an error_mode signal. This signal is logically wired back to the watchdog_reset_in pin. One common way that a new driver can watchdog the system is by using too much stack space (commonly, too many large local variables). Since the kernel stack doesn't grow,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

 One thing that bothers me is holier than thou rock stars and actors who feel that they need to tell us how to live our lives, who to vote for, and what charities we should donate to. When I go to a concert, I go to get away from every day life. It is an [...]

The Finnish Consumers’ Association today publicly reiterated their disapproval of chargeable customer service numbers. According to the association, businesses who use such numbers “chip away at consumer protection”, and consumers should support businesses that use freephone numbers.

Elton John At Radio City Music Hall Rocket Man Elton John’s fundraising event for Hillary Clinton has been questioned by an American government watchdog, because the singer is not a U.S. citizen.A New York concert the rocker staged last week raised $2.5 million for the Democrat senator’s presidential campaign. He also used the famous [...]

SHANGHAI, April 17 (Reuters) - China's top state asset regulator warned government-owned companies about financial risks posed by credit tightening and rising energy and raw material costs, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

No word yet from the FTC on why they let themselves get backdoored by Luebke Baker and Associates and allowed the victims of Consolidated Media Services to be preyed upon again. In the meantime this email question has been sent to the Illinois Attorney General: Dear Attorney General Madigan, I've been reading about the scam Luebke Baker and Associates, a collection agency in Peoria, IL has

The most obvious reason of increasing the nominal value of WDT is to accommodate the complete code execution of your firmware including the use of Interrupt service subroutines. The WDT has a nominal time-out value of 18ms. That is, the PIC will reset/restart the firmware execution from beginning (origin) every 18ms. The purpose of WDT is to restart the microprocessor operations incase the microprocessor stop executing instructions due to internal hardware conflicts or infinite loop within the Firmware code. To increment the nominal value of the WDT, one must assign the prescaler of TMRO (timer zero) to WDT. This is done be setting bit 0 of OPTION_REG register (aka. PSA bit) to 1. PSA = 1; Next, you need to set bits 0, 1, 2 of the OPTION_REG register (aka. PS0, PS1, and PS2). To do s

The CIA's usual level of competence has been revealed yet again in a previously classified Office of the Inspector General report now publicly released (of course, none of this exonerates the Dubya junta in any way from its share of the blame): The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al Qaeda and missed crucial opportunities to thwart two hijackers in the run-up to September 11, the agency's own watchdog has concluded in a bruising report. Completed in June 2005 and kept classified until now, the 19-page executive summary finds extensive fault with the actions of senior CIA leaders and others beneath them. "The agency and its officers did not discharge their responsibilities in a satisfactory manner," the CIA inspector general found. The report can be found here, and George Tenet responds in The New York Times here. Source: "CIA watchdog's report on 9/11 blames leaders," The Daily Telegraph, August 22, 2007 Technora

DISCLAIMER: We are not saying do this, we are saying that this is weird and out in the public space so we are sharing. We are not condoning becoming criminals, despite how easy this "watchdog" makes it seem. The Church has no bail money in the account for goofies that don't listen. According to TeleCheck, annual losses from check fraud total more than $6 billion, and its growing (up 11% in

Russia’s competition watchdog has launched a probe into soaring prices on liquefied gas, a market largely controlled by Gazprom and SIBUR.The investigation may give the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service grounds to fine the companies up to 15 percent of their annual turnover, up to $70 million in total.Wholesale liquefied gas prices in some Russian regions went up an average 45 percent while retail prices rose 15 percent.The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has sent inquiries to Gazprom and SIBUR, the country’s major liquefied gas producers, to find out reasons for the price hike.Some 9.5 million tons of liquefied gas worth over 40 billion rubles is produced in Russia every year, Raiffeisenbank said in recent report. SIBUR produces 31 percent of the total amount, Gazprom 24 percent and LUKOIL 9 percent.Anti-Monopoly Service Deputy Director Anatoly Golomolzin said in an interview with Kommersant that “results of the probe are difficult to predict.” The companies are to respond to the in

Mark Meredith has said he has done nothing wrong A watchdog has said it will not follow up a complaint by the British National Party (BNP) that Stoke-on-Trent's elected mayor shows it "disrespect". Labour's Mark Meredith has refused to work with seven BNP councillors. They said the mayor did not respect the fact they had been elected. Mr Meredith said he had done nothing wrong. The National Standards Board for England said the complaint was "insuffiently serious" and would not be investigated further.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6911819.stm

Here is the article that appeared on thehill.com: The watchdog group Judicial Watch revealed Wednesday that it is suing for access to documents from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) time as first lady. The documents include Clinton’s daily office diary, her telephone logbook and her schedule. More than a year ago, the group filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, which operated the Clinton Presidential Library records, but did not get access to the documents. “This lawsuit is a first step in obtaining access to new documents about Hillary Clinton’s role in the Clinton White House,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “With Hillary Clinton aggressively pursuing the presidency, uncovering the truth about her activities in the White House is just as relevant today as it was during the Clinton era.” The group filed its lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “Given Mr

THE Standards Board for England has come under fire for failing to take action against a BNP councillor who sent out £5 notes to pensioners in Christmas cards ahead of an election. A probe by the local government watchdog found that the actions of BNP councillor Paul Cromie could be considered an "inducement" for votes – but it failed to act against the member for Queensbury, Bradford.Bradford Council's leader, Coun Kris Hopkins, told the Yorkshire Post: "Putting five pound notes in envelopes and handing them out to voters seems to be as clear a breach of the rules as you are ever likely to see."It is equally disturbing that it has taken seven months for the Standards Board to reach its conclusion and, even then, I believe the verdict is weak bordering on farcical."Coun Cromie was reported to the board after he gave the money to more than 200 people living in sheltered housing in his ward, only months before his wife, Lynda, was elected as a BNP councillor for the same ward with

A BNP councillor who gave away £5 notes in Christmas cards has been hauled over the coals by The Standards Board for England. Paul Cromie, who represents Queensbury, made a £100 donation to a sheltered housing complex and also sent cash to 210 residents.Councillor Cromie, a member of Bradford Council, signed the cards using his official title of councillor and enclosed his business card and British National Party logo.The standards board ruled that his actions could be considered "an inducement" to vote for him or his party but in the circumstances, no action needs to be taken."An objective member of the public, with knowledge of the relevant facts, could well view Coun Cromie's donation as a reward for turning away the Conservative councillor or an inducement to vote for the BNP in the subsequent elections," said a board officer who reviewed the case."Councillor Cromie's action brought his office into disrepute, but he has publicly stated that he would not have made the donat

Foreclosure rates are rising, mortgage fraud is rising...unscrupulous lenders and appraisers are to blame!  Industry watchdogs are springing up to try and get a grasp what is going on and several groups are making headway.  Today AppraisalScoop.com reports that Pamela Crowley, founder of Mortgage Fraud Watch List, which "is a database of addresses, submitted by real estate professionals from all 50 states, where a sale or refinance transaction has suspicious activity" is being sued by eAppraiseIT, an appraisal management company. According to Brian Davis on AppraisalScoop.com, who has watched as this situation unfolds, "It appears that the controversy centers around a claim by Pamela that eAppraiseIT is unlocking and changing security settings in appraisal reports that pass through them to lender clients".   AppraisalScoop.com has done a spectacular job of compiling the issues, responses, quotes from both side and more, so instead of t

If you are a frequent visitor to Blog Explosion then you might remember a very popular blog by the name of NYC Watchdog - A pile of dog bones. Through various friends that I have in the blogging world I was led to find out that yesterday his son died in a tragic accident in a swimming pool. As a parent, every time you hear that a child that age (or any age for that matter) dies, your heart immediately goes out to them. Obviously, many hearts are bleeding for the popular "dawg" tonight. In fact, Avi at Avitable is presently holding a donation of sorts to help NYC WD to get through this tough time and pay for all the necessary arrangements. If you are a friend of Dawg or even if you are just a parent then you should consider going to Avi's site and making at least a $5.00 donation by buying one of the four graphics made to help remember his son - The puppy monster. It makes you really think about what you have in life. I have a wonderful son that will turn 4 in just one short week. I co

For weeks, Ken Boehm blanketed the Internet as he hunted for video clips.But the former prosecutor is no YouTube fan. Boehm is chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, an independent watchdog group known for digging up corruption in the nation's capital.The NLPC is perhaps best known for uncovering wrongdoing in a $21 billion deal between the Air Force and Boeing in 2003 that resulted in jail time for two Boeing executives. The group is looking beyond the Beltway and has begun examining copyright violations at Google, which owns the YouTube video-sharing site. Media companies are pressing Google to do more to stop users from uploading snippets of movies and TV shows. Many of YouTube's competitors have already adopted filtering technologies that screen pirated material. Content creators (see main story) have begun to demand that Google do the same.

Health and consumer watchdog groups have raised concerns about potential panelists for a federal asbestos advisory board because of their financial ties to companies that have mined and manufactured asbestos-containing products, according to a May 23, 2007 article published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The asbestos advisory board, which will operate under the auspices of the Environmental Protection Agency, will have the task of drafting a risk assessment for asbestos fibers to define exposure safety. The assessment would in turn be used as a guide in the cleanup of asbestos-contaminated sites. Asbestos has been linked to the cancer mesothelioma and other diseases.The 65 people named to the “short list” of possible board panelists include scientists who own or work for consulting firms hired by companies that have manufactured asbestos products and related trade associations, with the goal to influence policy. Some potential panelists have worked for W.R. Grace & Co., wh

Winpooch is a Windows watchdog, free and open source. Anti Spyware and Anti Trojan, it gives a full protection against local or external attacks by scanning the activity of programs in real time. Associated with ClamWin Antivirus, Winpooch keeps safe your computer against virus. Winpooch uses the API Hooking method. It spies programs when they are running and gives to the user a powerful control of their activity. For example, you can forbide a program to write in a system directory or in the registry, or else to connect to internet. That makes the difference between others Anti Spywares using a database of known signatures. Visit Website DOWNLOAD NOW Similar Posts:Winpooch 0.5.10 (Anti-virus freeware) Simple CSS F-Secure Virus Definitions 05-20-2006 (Anti Virus Tools Freeware) SpamPal 1.73g Beta (Anti Spam / Spam Filter Freeware) Trend Micro System Cleaner (Free Anti Virus Software)

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By Andrew Heavens ADDIS ABABA, May 1 (Reuters) - An Internet watchdog on Tuesday accused Ethiopia of blocking scores of anti-government Web sites and millions of Weblogs in one of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest cases of cyber-censorship. Web monitor, the OpenNet Initiative, said the Horn of Africa country was stopping citizens from viewing opposition-linked Web sites, and blogs hosted by Blogger, an online journal community owned by Internet search engine Google Inc. Ethiopia dismissed the report as "a baseless allegation". "We may have technical problems from time to time," Information Ministry spokesman Zemedkun Tekle. "But we have not done anything like that and we have no intention of doing anything like that." The OpenNet Initiative -- a partnership between Harvard Law School, and universities of Toronto and Cambridge and Oxford -- said it had gathered proof of interference. "We have run diagnostic tests using volunteers in Ethiopia which indicate that they are blocking IP addresse

Continuing on with the phone voting scandal that has hit several shows in the UK, the X Factor is one of the few who have managed to evade a large fine of £250,000, and were only given a reprimand from the phone watchdogs for overcharging the viewing public by £200,000. ITV have pledged to donate all of the extra revenue from the X Factor to charity Childline. Icstis said it was imposing a formal reprimand to create an incentive for broadcasters to step forward when they discover an error. Icstis confirmed that ITV admitted the breach and immediately took steps to remedy the situation and contacted Icstis on their own accord once the error was discovered. Related on In Entertainment:Phone-in scandal for EamonnX-Factor viewers overchargedYet another phone vote scandalPhone vote lines suspended by ITVChannel 5 joins phone-in scandalAlso See: Bass Guitars on the journey to the widest range anywhere online

Canadian privacy laws were upheld during a post September 11 terrorism probe by Washington even though personal banking details were likely handed over to the U.S. Treasury, Canada’s privacy watchdog said on Monday. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddard said SWIFT, a European-based financial cooperative that provides messaging services and software to financial institutions, did [...]

Copyright 2006 by asparkle2@yahoo.com. All rights reserved. [This is the third entry in a developing story. The first part is Italian or Mexican?. The second part is Galileo. The beginning colored text is copied from the end of the second entry, to remind readers where we've been.] Esther's face turned red. Guilty red - and that wasn't even strictly true! She had not been waiting for him, she

Watchdog-O-Matic v4.01.Build.1068 | 2.1 MBEveryone hates program crashes. The fact is they happen frequently even innormal environments. Wouldn't it be great to get rid of crashes, and keep programs running?Watchdog-O-Matic monitors and diagnoses any program you want. When the program being monitored encounters an error, Watchdog-O-Matic automatically logs the errors. If the monitored application crashes or hangs, Watchdog-O-Matic will handle this and restart the application. It can even notify you by email when an application crashes. Watchdog-O-Matic gives you a more stable / reliable environment. Check popular applications like Outlook, FTP servers, download managers, game servers, and more.Key features: * Automatic crash handling and program recovery * No user interaction required once configured * Easy selection to watch active applications * Detection of hanging (not responding) applications * Shell integration * Notification by email of program crashes * No

When the temperature of the gasoline crests 100 degrees, the fuel loses roughly one percent efficiency. That may not sound like much, but OilWatchdog.org says its a freakin' scam. "At the higher end of fuel temperatures, 105 degrees, the energy loss is nearly a dime a gallon. Drivers' losses boost the bottom line of oil companies." Needless to say, the group supports the "hot fuel" class action lawsuit against ExxonMobil. They're also offering a free, official-looking "motor fuel ripoff notice" which you should "put on your car or anywhere it will be seen by many. Not, of course, on gas pumps, which could be construed as posting without permission." (This next to the words "STICK IT TO BIG OIL.") In the interests of journalistic objectivity, The LA Times also slams the oil companies for not adjusting prices by temperature ("The oil industry gets a lot of abuse, much of it without merit. But it's on the wrong side of the ar