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How Long is Too Long to Update?
StWaldo asks: "I'm sure everyone knows the story about the life expectancy of an fresh, un-updated PC, once it's connected to the internet. What about a PC which just hasn't been updated in a while? I've been deployed in Iraq for the last 9 months, and haven't been able to hook up my laptop to the internet to get updates (I do HAVE access, just can't hook up a personal laptop, gov't only). Before I deployed, I would update my software (system, anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc) regularly, but as I get closer to coming back to the States and my broadband connection, I'm beginning to wonder what the life expectancy of my PC will be. What's the lifecycle of a security exploit, hack, virus, etc - between discovery/release, propagation, and extinction (or a state approaching extinction)?"
Buy a Mac. :p
(while, yes, I appreciate Macintosh computers, it is true that security issues are of great concern for everyone. It is still important for Mac users to stay updated, just as it is important for everyone else.)
Deja Vu
n. 1. The sensation that you've read this very article before.
What OS do you have? Linux - 19.85141124 weeks (stop all extraneous services) Windows - Your screwed Mac OS X - I'd say 19.85141124/2
What the fuck is wrong with you?
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
He got shot at so you can sit on your ass?
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Are you buying into the whole "Protecting your Freedom TM" thing?
If "Freedom" means "Cheap Oil", and you voluntarily buy into that arguement, you should enlist. See how hollow your praise is.
Or maybe you'd actually *enjoy* driving around a foreign country killing its citizens? (not *insurgents*, citizens. You know, people? humans?)
view and enjoy:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/11/27.html#a60
It is most interesing.
He's making a living in Iraq. That is, he's making a living out of either destruction of a country, or reconstruction of that country after it was destroyed with bombs made/used probably by his same empoloyer. And he's worrying about his computer being vulnerable? Why didn't he worried about the thousands who've been vulnerable after loosing their homes and jobs when a bomb hit them?
And some people talk about US soldiers protecting Americans! It's allways very amusing how Americans belive the 5h17 fed to them by their goverment. Protecting Americans could be done, for example, by promt evacuation of risk areas in case of a hurracaine warning. I don't see how killing thousands, putting a country on it's knees, and then taking away all it's oil has anything to do with protecting Americans.
Indeed, we couldn't care less about your pc. And those out there who lost their homes and families agree with me.
Shame on you.
Go Beyond.
a force for good
The majority of the world disagrees with you on this. Heck, the majority of the world, according to polls, would rather have *China* of all countries dominating world affairs than America - that's how sick of our international policy they are. Agree or disagree with their stance, this is what the world views. They do *not* see the US as a "positive influence" as a whole.
any real substantive change
Name an political issue - odds are, the US stance has changed. Bracketted taxation policy? Changed. Global warming stance? Changed. Containment vs. invasion? Partially changed (sorry people, Clinton was no angel there! Just not as wide-scale). Abortion? Changed. Gay rights? Changed. Social services? Changed. Military funding? Changed. Nuclear weapons development? Changed. Need I keep on going? American policy, domestic and foreign, has radically shifted in the past decade.
declared intention to detonate
You're obviously referring to Padilla, but you obviously don't know more than what you've heard the Bush administration and their echo box state (don't knee-jerk reaction that sentence - read on). Like on almost all issues, they're being incredibly deceptive - I suggest that you read the actual indictment. There's not a mention of anything about a dirty bomb or even al-Qaeda. The indictment is about him being part of a group of five men organizing volunteers to go fight overseas, of which he played only a minor part.
Just par for the course, really.
They are turkeys, and in election after election after election they vote for Thanksgiving.