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Microsoft is just as secure as the competition, says Microsoft. Jon_E writes: "According to this article Microsoft is responding to the Gartner Report which recommends that enterprises drop IIS by claiming unfair targeting due to their popularity."
Whether because of better-trained or more vigilant administrators, or some other factors, the Apache servers running many web sites certainly haven't seen the devastating outages in the past month (Code Red, Nimda) as certain large IIS installations have.
If animated, this might make a really good Saturday cartoon. cconnell writes "Last September, slashdot published my critique of Eric Raymond's essay The Cathedral and the Bazaar. There was a lively (and sometimes scorching) discussion that followed. Here is Eric's reply to my critique, which Slashdot readers might enjoy. And here is my reply to Eric."
This was not faked in the same studio as the "lunar landings." mrsmalkav writes "Deep Space 1 has passed by Comet Borrelly within 1400 miles and took some very pretty pictures of the comet's core, all while collecting lots of data about said comet. NASA's press release discusses some of the details and findings of the flyby.
This is actually really impressive given that there was very little hope for this mission. From the Mission Logs on DS1's site, '[T]o be honest, DS1's visit with the comet simply is unlikely to work as well as we hope. Many mission logs have described the difficulty of keeping this aged and wounded bird aloft, and the encounter with Borrelly will present Deep Space 1 with the greatest challenge yet in its historic trek through the solar system.'"
Saint Aardvark writes "Space.com has an article about the images taken by DS-1, and they're stunning." And eldurbarn points to the NASA Images of comet Borrelly online at JPL.
How to satisfy customers with license objections, Part II brtb writes: "Soon after Slashdot posted my DiscZerver-GPL writeup last week, xStore added a link in their Download section for information about the use of GPL software in their products. Below is the e-mail I received in response (address changed to protect the spamless). Congratulations to xStore for supporting Free Software and bringing the DiscZervers into compliance with the GPL.
From: "Support" [support@xstoreonline.com]
To: "brtb" [slashdot@brtb.org]
Subject: "RE: GPL SOURCE CODE"xStore is committed to complying to the full letter and spirit of the GPL. We are currently investigating the allegations of non-GPL compliance and communicating with the GNU.ORG and Free Software Foundation on this issue. We will produce a response to your request that is mutually acceptable to the copyright holders of the programs we have used that fall under the GPL and xStore itself. Due to the recent acquisition of this product, we are still in the process of preparing the required source code for distribution. xStore is commited to bring the DiscZerver product into GPL compliance, if it is indeed found to be not in compliance.
In the meantime, please provide xStore with information so that we can send you, the user of this product, the package that you are entitled to. Please provide the serial number of your DiscZerver product and the 'system page' with your response. The 'system page' is located at [http://your_Zerver_name_or_IP_address/admin-cgi/s ystem]. In addition, please send us a self addressed stamped envelope suitable for mailing a CD-ROM along with $14.95 to:
xStore, Inc.
Federal Highway Center
1200 North Federal Highway
Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33432After we receive your written request along with the above items, we will process it and promptly send you the disc when it becomes available.
This thanks to the mostly behind-the-scenes work of people at the FSF. Congratulations to xStore for respecting the intent of the programmers whose work they're consolidating and packaging.
From the IIS article:
I couldn't agree more. Apache just can't compete with the speed of Microsoft's PR department in spinning every horrendous hole as "innovation".
That's "Mr. Soulless Automaton" to you, Bub.
So you have to get stupider to go faster?
7 November 2006: The day Americans realized corruption and incompetence weren't addressing 11 September 2001
Hmm... That reminds me... I read somewhere that Macintosh viruses are WAY DOWN!!! Perhaps some of those a**holes that are wreeking havoc on the Windows platform, could concentrate on the MACs... We don't want to have them feel left out now do we?
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Programming is like sex... Make one mistake and support it the rest of your life.
Amen brother!
This lame joke is presented to get around the lameness filter:
A duck walks up to a pharmasist and asks for some lipstick, the pharmasist asks "will that be cash" the duck says "Naw, just put it on my bill".
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
How many security holes so far discovered in XP?
How many security holes so far discovered in Linux?
0 for XP.
Hundreds for Linux.
Therefore, XP is better. Currently, XP is the more secure OS ever. That record will last about a week, so get it while it's hot.
Acutally, it is Cluely, someone from a firm called Sophos, who claims IIS is being targetted because it is widespread. The only Microsoft quote is from some Peon saying "IIS is as secure as our competitors' products, and what differentiates Microsoft is our industry-leading response process" Now, as to the first point, as some earlier poster pointed out Apache is still a leading webserver as hasn't had nearly the compromise. Sure, crackers will go after widespread targets. But they'll also go after the easier ones. As to Microsoft being distinguished by its response process, I couldn't agree more. Few other companies respond with as much hot air (This flaw would be very technically difficult to exploit...) and as cruddy patches. Just read through SecurityFocus.
Since an Ion engine ionizes its supply of onboard gas (so it gets an electrical charge), then electrically accrelerates it out the back, that's why TIE fighters make that wooshing noise. All the gas they expel makes for enough of an atmosphere for sound to carry to the nearby cameras :)
A.
Here is a sneak peek at the documentation for the new IIS rewrite. Of course there are a lot of bugs in this version of the document and it'll have to be edited quite heavily before the final release...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Well, from what google can find, xenon hexafluoride is useful for two things. Serving as something for chemists to talk about, and making quartz detonate .
But then again, I could be wrong.
...I once received an email that read something to this effect:
Hi! This email virus works on the honor system. Delete some random files and then forward this email to everybody in your address book.
Hmmm... I wonder if sending this email to a bunch of random people constitutes setting off a virus?
Hmmm . . . . You are so terribly busy, yet you still have time to actually read the comments on Slashdot.
>>The lunar landings were not fake.
Oh yeah? Explain this then!
Igor Presnyakov stole my hat
one system to manage them all.
And in the Unix, BIND them.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Why only one Gig?
/dev/zero ./root.exe
ln -s
Of course, your net bandwidth is going to go to hell... (Unless you have some sort of IP traffic shaping in place.)
But god help the other machine. Windows doesn't handle large files gracefully, let alone infinite files...