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Microsoft's Security Report Card
Decaffeinated Jedi writes "In January 2002, Microsoft launched an initiative called 'Trustworthy Computing' aimed at building better security into its products. It's now two years later, and News.com serves up a report card evaluating Microsoft's efforts. Kevin Kean, a group manager at Microsoft's Security Response Center, points out that customers are better off now than they were before the company made the move to refocus on security issues. An analyst quoted in the article, Stephen O'Grady, agrees that he would give Microsoft 'improved marks,' but also notes that the company is not yet where it needs to be in terms of security. He goes on to suggest, however, that 'the numbers indicate that they are at least taking it seriously.' It sounds like Microsoft might have earned itself an Incomplete on this report card."
Microsoft Security. What's it all about? Is it good, or it is whack?
They're pouring billions into it, and what do we get?
24/7 CSI shows
Terrorist weather forecasting
A dog and pony show
God spoke to me
...over the loss of goatse.cx to even make fun of Microsoft. Microsoft? Their evil is nothing compared to the evil that which destroyed the almighty goatse. This is truly a sad day for the Internet. /me cries
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Internet shock site goatse.cx was found dead in its Christmas Island domain entry this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure we'll all miss it - even if you didn't see the gaping anus, you've probably enjoyed one of the trolls. Truly an American icon.
when they can read anybodies mind.
all rights elimated.
total slaves
totally secure
Are Web Tech News sites exempted from good english? There were so many incomplete sentences in the C/Net article that I was shocked. This a 'News' outlet? "Customers are better off today than they were a year ago, and they will be even better off in the future," said Kevin Kean, a group manager at Microsoft's Security Response Center. Run in sentences (look for ' , and '). "The problem is, there is still a wide base of products,". Poorly quoted. There should have been a more complete quote or a '...' at the end of the quote (instead of a comma) to allow readers to complete the sentence on their own. "Security has overshadowed things at the moment," 'things'? How about 'Security has become the priority issue in software upgrades' ? "Security is only one of the four pieces of the Trustworthy Computing". Drop the 'only'. W"hile Slammer affected a product that had been developed prior to the Trustworthy Computing push, MSBlast--also called Blaster--exploited errors missed by the Microsoft reviews." This paragraph is complete trash. It seems to be hinting at improvements, but never says it. How about: The virus 'Slammer' affected all MS products. But those deployed after the Trustworthy Initiative were least impacted and the easiest to patch.
I literally hear an infinite number of people using words like "literally" and "infinitely" incorrectly.
"Getting there, must try harder and must stop looking up girls skirts." Of course I don't think Microsoft does that and I finally kicked the habit last week :)
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You idiot! You forgot to spell it with a dollar sign and actually said something NICE.
The zealots are going to mod your bitch ass into oblivion!
This is truly the saddest day in the history of the Interweb.
It's worse then 9/11. We must bring goatse.cx back, or the terrorists will have won.
BTW, in the meantime, here's a mirror.
http://www.editplus.com/
It can upload/download entire projects via FTP.
{You can do SFTP via tunnelling a self-hosted
FTP server forward to an SSH server,
until there is native support.}
It remembers files that were opened when you exit.
It supports all language, and defining
new syntax highlight is a piece of cake.
Syntax: C:\Program Files\EditPlus 2\perl.stx
AutoComplete: C:\Program Files\EditPlus 2\perl.acp
It can compile stuff in the output window
using CTRL-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 (for group 1-10)
[up to 100 commands possible via keyboard]
Tools->Configure User Tools...
Add Tool->Program
Menu Text: Perl 5.6 compiler
Command: c:\Perl5.6\perl.exe
Argument: $(FileName)
Init Dir: $(FileDir)
Capture Output [x]
Do the same for any other tools.
Click [OK]
[You can also configure for other
debug mode console tools if you want
via cygwin]
Type CTRL-N,
type some perl,
print "\n\nHello World\n\n";
hit CTRL-1
Have fun! =)