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Zero Day Exploit Found in Windows Media Player
filenavigator writes "Another zero day flaw has been reported in Windows Media player. It comes only one day after a serious zero day flaw was found in word. The flaw is dangerous because it involves IE and Outlook's ability to automatically launch .asx files. No fix from Microsoft has been announced yet."
It worked for Knuth
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed (SK)
As a Windows user experimenting with Linux, I managed to make Linux kernel panic the very first time I booted it from my hard drive.
Of course I was trying to configure grub to triple boot manually... on Slackware. Ubuntu has it's own share of problems, like thinking my computer is running on GMT and "fixing" my clock for me to what it thinks is the actual local time. Then when I set it to the correct time, I can't use sudo or su for five hours because of a stupid sudo timestamp (I eventually figured out how to clear it but Joe Average wouldn't have).
The one really neat thing Linux has going for it is packages and automatic program installation and such... of course Joe Average isn't going to care about such things, since he just dumps everything in Program Files anyways and never knows.
First thing you you should do on a new N00buntu installation is `sudo passwd root` and set a strong password, so you don't have to deal with that sudo bullshit. If anyone gives you shit over this tell them an anonymous coward from slashdot said they are fucking idiot....and then backhand them across the face.
Good luck in your Linux adventures, and by sure to watch out for the evil binary blob monster.