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*Solution* Response: 500 Invalid PORT Command. Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

Posted Thu, 06/24/2010 - 19:01 by jake

Are you trying to connect to an FTP server, likely using filezilla and coming across:
Response: 500 Invalid PORT Command.
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

*SOLUTION*
1. Check to make sure Active or Passive mode are enabled depending on which your server uses. If you're on Windows server you likely use Active mode.
2. Check your firewall / router to ensure port 21 is forwarded to your computer or is open in general to receive connection.

a new website with an interesting eavesdropping concept

Posted Mon, 05/10/2010 - 09:10 by jake

check out http://www.heardit.net
People can log in via facebook account and post things that they have heard people say... this is definitely going to end up filled with hilarious info. You pretty much just post things you overhead people talking about in public, like the lawyer comment that I put up there. Seriously, who would say the things he did in a courthouse with people obviously tapping into the conversation.

Laggy, Choppy, Wireless Internet Connections

Posted Fri, 04/30/2010 - 23:35 by jake

If your wireless internet connection not working, acting slow when browsing the web, or becoming choppy with voice chat or other programs - try going into your router settings and changing the wireless channel. It's likely something is interfering with the connection.

How to Fix: "The instruction at 0x10001 c6b referenced memory at 0x00000018. The memory could not be read"

Posted Wed, 04/21/2010 - 11:02 by jake

Are you trying to run a game or application like Everquest that gives you the following error: The instruction at 0x10001 c6b referenced memory at 0x00000018. The memory could not be read.

Here's how you fix it:

Right click the shortcut Icon > Properties > Compatibility > check the boxes that say:
Disable visual themes
Disable desktop composition
Disable display scaling on high DPI settings

Enjoy!

a new acronym

Posted Wed, 03/10/2010 - 23:24 by jake

FGM - Family Guy Moment - n. a moment in time which could easily make good humorous script for the show Family Guy, usually noted by a person audilby verbalizing "FGM FGM!"