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McBride's New Open Letter on Copyrights
dtfinch writes "An open letter was posted today by Darl McBride, where he restates his claim that the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution, patent laws, copyright laws, and the DMCA. Mostly he just builds up a false image of the Free Software Foundation and open source supporters claiming that they have no respect for intellectual property and believe copyrights should be eliminated, then attacks that image, AKA the straw man attack. Nothing we haven't seen before."
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I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Open Source fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Linux box (a P4 3200 w/1024 Megs of RAM) for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Athlon 900 running Windows XP, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Linux box, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.
In addition, during this file transfer, Mozilla will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even vi is straining to keep up as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various Linux machines, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Linux box that has run faster than its Windows counterpart, despite the Linux machine's faster chip architecture. My 486/66 with 8 megs of ram runs faster than this 3200 mhz machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that Linux is a "superior" OS.
Open Source addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use an Open Source over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.
read his journal...
Yahoo Instant Messenger has security flaw
A security hole in Yahoo's Messenger could allow attackers to run their own code on computers using the program.
The buffer overrun vulnerability was found in a file named "yauto.dll," which is an ActiveX component of Messenger software versions up to 5.6.0.1347, according to a security alert released by Copenhagen security company Secunia.
Yahoo is working to verify the report and develop a patch for Messenger.
ActiveX is a Microsoft technology that allows software developers to create small, reusable bits of code, called "controls" that enable programs to share information over computer networks and the Internet.
Attackers could trigger a buffer overrun on machines running Messenger by sending a long stream of data in the form of a web page URL to a vulnerable function within yauto.dll, crashing the application or allowing the attacker to place his or her own malicious code on the machine, according to Secunia.
To launch an attack, hackers could set up a web page, then lure Messenger users into visiting the site and clicking on a link that triggers the buffer overrun and runs the attack code, Secunia said.
In buffer overflow attacks, hackers use flaws in a software program's underlying code to overwrite areas of the computer's memory, replacing legitimate computer instructions with bad data or other instructions.
Secunia rated the Messenger vulnerability "highly critical", saying that researchers tested the hole and successfully exploited it by downloading and running a Trojan horse program.
Messenger users running vulnerable versions of the program were advised to remove yauto.dll from their computer hard drive. Users should also consider modifying their web browser configuration to prevent ActiveX controls and Active Scripting from running, except on approved websites, Secunia advised
Read all about it in ComputerWeekly!
I need IP for my bunghole!
He is a karma-whoring troll. Mod him down.
Heh heh, you said "oral".
Yep, but today is the anal discovery. Darl pulls stuff out of his ass.
"* Click "Post Anonymously". Submit."
;) Goodbye karma, it was nice while it lasted.
Oh no!
--- Hindsight is 20/20, but walking backwards is not the answer.
Wait, that was just today? I thought that's where all this shit came from in the first place.
1. Read this asshole's journal so you know what to watch for Here.
2. Set you prefs to -1 when you mod.
3. Hit the "see in context" link when metamodding.
4. Actually read the threads.
5. Remember whether you have sorting set at oldest/newest first. This will keep you from mistakenly modding earlier posts as redundant.
6. If you know this piece of shit kick him in the sack. Hard. You will sleep better.