Psychologists often group individuals who stalk into two categories: psychotic and nonpsychotic.^[14] Stalkers may have pre-existing psychotic disorders such as delusional disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia. Most stalkers are nonpsychotic and may exhibit disorders or neuroses such as major depression, adjustment disorder, or substance dependence, as well as a variety of Axis II personality disorders (such as antisocial, avoidant, borderline, dependent, narcissistic, or paranoid). Some of the symptoms of “obsessing” over a person is part of obsessive compulsive personality disorder. The nonpsychotic stalkers’ pursuit of victims can be influenced by various psychological factors, including anger, hostility, projection of blame, obsession, dependency, minimization, denial, and jealousy. Conversely, as is more commonly the case, the stalker has no antipathic feelings towards the victim, but simply a longing that cannot be fulfilled due to deficiencies either in their personality or their society’s norms.^[15]

In “A Study of Stalkers” Mullen et al.. (2000)^[16] identified five types of stalkers:

• Rejected stalkers pursue their victims in order to reverse, correct, or avenge a rejection (e.g. divorce, separation, termination).
• Resentful stalkers pursue a vendetta because of a sense of grievance against the victims – motivated mainly by the desire to frighten and distress the victim.
• Intimacy seekers seek to establish an intimate, loving relationship with their victim. To many of them the victim is a long-sought-after soul mate, and they were ‘meant’ to be together.
• Incompetent suitors, despite poor social or courting skills, have a fixation, or in some cases, a sense of entitlement to an intimate relationship with those who have attracted their amorous interest. Their victims are most often already in a dating relationship with someone else.
• Predatory stalkers spy on the victim in order to prepare and plan an attack – often sexual – on the victim.

The 2002 National Victim Association Academy defines an additional form of stalking: The vengeance/terrorist stalker. Both the vengeance stalker and terrorist stalker (the latter sometimes called the political stalker) do not, in contrast with some of the aforementioned types of stalkers, seek a personal relationship with their victims but rather force them to emit a certain response favourable to the stalker. While the vengeance stalker’s motive is “to get even” with the other person whom he/she perceives has done some wrong to them (e.g., an employee who believes is fired without justification from their job by their superior), the political stalker intends to accomplish a political agenda, also using threats and intimidation to force his/her target to refrain and/or become involved in some particular activity, regardless of the victim’s consent.^[17]

Many stalkers^[quantify] fit categories with paranoia disorders. Intimacy-seeking stalkers often have delusional disorders involving erotomanic delusions. With rejected stalkers, the continual clinging to a relationship of an inadequate or dependent person couples with the entitlement of the narcissistic personality, and the persistent jealousy of the paranoid personality. In contrast, resentful stalkers demonstrate an almost “pure culture of persecution,” with delusional disorders of the paranoid type, paranoid personalities, and paranoid schizophrenia.^[16]

One of the uncertainties in understanding the origins of stalking is that the concept is now widely understood in terms of specific behaviors^[18] which are found to be offensive and/or illegal. As discussed above, these specific (apparently stalking) behaviors may have multiple motivations.

In addition, the personality characteristics that are often discussed as antecedent to stalking may also produce behavior that is not stalking as conventionally defined. Some research suggests there is a spectrum of what might be called “obsessed following behavior.” People who complain obsessively and for years, about a perceived wrong or wrong-doer, when no one else can perceive the injury—and people who cannot or will not “let go” of a person or a place or an idea—comprise a wider group of persons that may be problematic in ways that seem similar to stalking. Some of these people get extruded from their organizations—they may get hospitalized or fired or let go if their behavior is defined in terms of illegal stalking, but many others do good or even excellent work in their organizations and appear to have just one focus of tenacious obsession.

Thanks to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking

Anyway, just wanted to say I’m in love Well, again. This time with iRacing (www.iracing.com)

For any of you out there that don’t know me, I’m a long time SIM racing fan. I’ve been driving racing SIM’s for about, well my whole life now. I’ve raced just about everything from Test Drive (yes, that’s test drive 1 – 1987) through to rFactor and competed in all kinds of awesome online events such as 3 years in the Bullrun 1000. not to mention a whole swag of other events.

iRacing Ford V8 Supercar – Mid-Ohio

Anyway, let me introduce iRacing:

What’s iRacing.com?

iRacing is the ultimate place to go racing online. From NASCAR, to IndyCar, to sports cars and Grand Prix racing, iRacing has it all. All you need is a PC, a gaming wheel or game pad and an Internet connection. iRacing organizes all of the racing for you, or you can choose to host your own race. Either way the competition is as real as it gets – you’ll be racing against motorsports fans who share your passion for racing.

iRacing is a thrilling on-line experience that offers:

The best on-line racing simulation and service in the world with brilliant features and functionality
Head-to-head competition – racing against real people
Constant free automatic updates and improvements to the service
Officially licensed cars that are engineered from the ground up in cooperation with real world race teams and using real-world physics
Officially-licensed, exact replicas of the world’s greatest race tracks
Officially-sanctioned racing organized by iRacing including the iRacing Pro Series (Road & Oval) and World Cup of iRacing
An online community of racing enthusiasts over 20,000 strong
Ability to host your own private sessions or create your own private racing leagues

I have to say that after a shaky start to my rookie season (compounded buy well over a year without an online race) I’ve had some of the very best online racing of my life in iRacing.

Any iRacers out there please be sure to add me to your racers list so we can trade some paint. I’m currently racing the D license season with the Ford Mustang RR500 (see pic) This car is a blast to race. Plenty enough power to get you into strife.

Tech’s

Engine:
Aluminum, 4.6 liter, V8

Bore/Stroke (mm):
90.2×90.0

Compression Ratio (in/mm):
9.8:1

Power:
325 bhp

Transmission:
Six-speed, Tremec T6060 Ford Racing/Torsen limited-slip differential; 3.73:1 rear axle ratio

Weight:
3,600 lbs (with fuel & driver)

Power to weight ratio:
11.08 to 1

Also worth a mention is the new tyre model being released next month iRacing is about to take yet another step to being the best all time racing SIM EVER!

See you all on track!

Over the xmas break I’ll be studying for the Microsoft 70-653 exam. I’ve been wanting to get this one out of the way for some time now, so all going well I’ll be certified early 2011. On top of the cert I’m starting a new job in the new year. So moving, new job and study.. 2011 is going to be a BUSY year for me.

Happy xmas and new year to you all!!

The course:

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.

The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.

Deploying Hardware and Software for SBS Servers. (10%)

Install SBS on servers.

Configure a second server.

Configure Internet connectivity.

Configure Microsoft Exchange.

Configure SBS fax settings.

Configure the network firewall.

Migrating to SBS 2008. (16%)

Prepare for migration.

Perform migration.

Verify migration.

Deploying Hardware and Software for Computers on the Network. (9%)

Prepare the computer.

Join computers to the domain.

Migrate local data.

Maintaining Systems and Services Availability. (16%)

Modify software update settings.

Customize Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) and patches.

Modify server storage.

Configure backup and recovery.

Volume shadow copy

Server recovery

Database recovery

Active Directory object recovery

Maintain SBS client access license (CAL) compliance.

Modify reports settings.

Configure monitoring and reports

Maintaining Remote Access. (10%)

Modify Remote Web Workplace (RWW).

Modify RAS.

User permissions

Maintaining Users and Computers. (11%)

Modify users.

Create, edit, and delete users

Modify groups.

Create, edit, and delete groups

Modify user roles.

Create, edit, and delete roles

Maintaining Collaboration. (11%)

Create new Microsoft SharePoint sites.

Modify site access.

Permissions

Modify shared folders.

Modify Web folder settings.

Maintaining Messaging.  (17%)

Modify user messaging settings.

Modify mailbox permissions

Add e-mail aliases to user accounts

Modify user distribution groups

Configure e-mail connectors.

Configure SMTP connectors

Configure POP3 connector

Configure mobile device settings.

Configure Microsoft Outlook settings.

RPC over HTTP (Outlook Anywhere)

Is that all?!?!

The thing I found interesting here is the way these people are keeping your machine compromised, rather then using Windows startup techniques to reinfect they are using log-off scripting (clever)

Again, I have not directly run into this, just wanted to put it out there..

More info to come.

“GodMode,” a term devised by the Microsoft development team, which provides a single place to access all Windows settings without needing to browse options and folders in the Control Panel.

To use it:

1. Create a new folder.
2. Rename the folder toGodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

   (note that you can change the “GodMode” text, but the following period and code number are essential).

3. The folder icon will change — double click it to show the GodMode window:

Enjoy….