Microsoft Says "War on Terror" is Overblown

SlinkySausage writes "The endless security measures imposed on society as a result of the "war on terror" have become overblown and intrusive, according to Microsoft Redmond senior security analyst Steve Riley. He made the comments in a talk at day one of Tech.Ed Australia about software security. Riley also fessed up that Microsoft cocked up XP from a security perspective. "We let you down with XP," he said. Microsoft also showed a very interesting new desktop virtualisation technology called SoftGrid, which allows applications to be virtualised individually, rather than a whole OS. Think Virtual PC or VMware, but instead of virtualising an OS, just a single application is virtualised."

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Re:Ironic

[clubhi]

The real irony is that your girlfriend IS a vista app!

Re:Choose "cry".

[treak007]

The Cold War ended. The world was as close to Peace as it has ever been. We could have been investing in so many things to help the human race as a whole. Wow, what planet have you been living on? Peace was not disrupted by the United States. There have been tensions and bombings in the Middle East for decades. People seem to think that the anti-American sentiments in the Middle East are caused by our invasion of Iraq, however they seem to fail to understand that these sentiments have been going on for decades before the current administration stepped into power.If that is not enough, take a look at the genocides in Africa.

But don't let the facts get in the way of your hippie dream.

Not Overblown

[rossz]

Calling the Islamic Terrorist threat overblown is burying one's head in the sand. Just yesterday alone:

8/7/07 ( Gaza, Pal. Auth. ) - Two Gaza children, ages 6 and 8, are killed by a rocket fired at Israel by a Palestinian Islamic group.
8/7/07 ( Yala, Thailand ) - A man is murdered and his body burned by Islamic separatists.
8/7/07 ( Pattani, Thailand ) - A roadside bombing by Muslim radicals leaves two Thai soldiers dead.
8/7/07 ( Banadir, Somalia ) - A mother and her 11-year-old daughter are killed when Islamists detonate a roadside bomb.
8/6/07 ( Pulwama, India ) - A civilian is abducted four days earlier and murdered by the Mujahideen.
8/6/07 ( Yala, Thailand ) - Muslim terrorists gun down a 61-year-old civilian on his way home.

One week of terrorist attacks (July 28 to August 3):

Jihad Attacks: 64
Dead Bodies: 354
Critically Injured: 514

And for the month of July:

Jihad Attacks: 322
Countries: 17
Dead Bodies: 2211
Critically Injured: 2674

These killings have been going on for years and are getting worse. The stated objective of the Islamic Terrorists is the total subjugation of all western society. It's a holy war, but we didn't start it. Just as we didn't start the Crusades (read your history). These are not the actions of a religion of peace. These are the actions of evil, murdering fucktards who consider mercy a weakness. They don't have any problems murdering women and children. Any action is justified if it's for "Allah".

I say to the Muslim world, get your fucking world in order and deal with these bastards before western society wakes up. Because when we do wake up and realize what the hell is going on, we are going to terminate you with extreme prejudice and we won't be making any distinction between extremist and moderates (especially since moderates don't seem to exist).

I expect this to be moderated down as flamebait. Some people don't wish to face reality.

Re:Virtualizing Applications

[Reverend528]

Everything old is new again.

Basic Operating System functionality? If you've been using windows, it's new to you!