BBC says "Avoid Explorer"

twitter writes "Citing security flaws that lead to ads and spys on Microsoft infested computers the BBC in this article recomends avoiding Internet Explorer." Ain't it the truth? Mostly its about adware & spyware and other wretched bits of software that make the internet suck a little more each day.

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Ode on the Mammoth Cheese

[Anonymous Coward]

Weight over seven thousand pounds.

We have seen thee, queen of cheese,
Lying quietly at your ease,
Gently fanned by evening breeze,
Thy fair form no flies dare seize.
All gaily dressed soon you'll go
To the great Provincial show,
To be admired by many a beau
In the city of Toronto.
Cows numerous as a swarm of bees,
Or as the leaves upon the trees,
It did require to make thee please.
And stand unrivalled, queen of cheese.
May you not receive a scar as
We have heard that Mr. Harris
Intends to to send you off as far as
The great world's show at Paris.
Of the youth beware of these,
For some of them might rudely squeeze
And bite your cheek, then songs or glees
We could not sing, oh! queen of cheese.

We'rt thou suspended from balloon,
You'd cast a shade even at noon,
Folks would think it was the moon
About to fall and crush them soon.

This is a public service announcement

[wiggys]

This has absolutely nothing to do with the article at hand, but I would like to take this opportunity to thank the kind, intelligent, good-looking moderators on Slashdot.

OK, carry on slagging off Microsoft.

Re:This is a public service announcement

[wiggys]

Apparently not all the moderators are intelligent and good-looking (you know who you are)

Beware of BBC FUD.

[ayjay29]

In the UK we have to buy a licence (about $200) to watch TV, if you didn'y have one, you could be fined about $2000. When I was a student, there was loads of hype about "TV Detector Vans".

Basically they drive round in a van with an arial on the top that can detect if you are watching TV.

They would run adverts like "TV Detector Vans are Operating in YOUR area, and actually have these green vans with arials on the top that thay would drive round.

It turns out this was all FUD. They did have the technology to do this, but it was impracticle to implement, so they just used empty vans.

The technology worked by detecting the CRT emissions form the TV set, so I guess Microsoft could build one to check for windows licences.

"XP Detector Vans are operating in YOUR area!! You have been warned..."

Ditch windows and use linux the freedom of choice

[Anonymous Coward]

I have no faith in windows.

If you want freedom and stablity and security
use linux. I use linux as my desktop.