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Microsoft Sets Record With Monster Patch Tuesday
CWmike writes "Microsoft today issued 10 security updates that patched a record 31 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel, Word, Windows Search and other programs, including 18 bugs marked 'critical.' Of the 10 bulletins, six patched some part of Windows, while three patched an Office application or component, and one fixed a flaw in IE. The total bug count was the most patched by Microsoft in a single month since the company began regularly scheduled updates in 2003. The previous record of 26 vulnerabilities patched occurred in both August 2008 and August 2006. 'This is a very broad bunch,' said Wolfgang Kandek, CTO at Qualys, 'compared to last month, which was really all about PowerPoint. You've got to work everywhere, servers and workstations, and even Macs if you have them. It's not getting any better, the number of vulnerabilities [Microsoft discloses] continues to grow.'"
That number of bugs rather scares me. I depend on Windows for playing WoW at home and writing documents at work. Will this kill it?
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
Next tuesday they could double that amount with the right attitude...
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a list of updates longer then my johnson...
Sounds like it wasn't exactly a matter of great concern then.
To the spineless cowardly censorious moron with the negative mod points:
Exactly what part of the post were you unable to understand? If you don't ask questions, you'll just continue being a bloody ignorant twit.
And your mother wore army boots, too.
However, I do thank you for your additional evidence of the quality of most of the moderation on /.--but it was scarcely needed. I've pretty much given up looking for funny or witty posts these days. A moderation of +5 funny apparently means that some moderators recognized at least one of the traditional 'funny' memes in the post.
Me? I've quit playing the moderation game and opted out of moderation long ago. If /. wasn't so poorly programmed, I suppose that might exempt my posts from moderation. Something like 'judge not and be not judged'?
Freedom = (Meaningful - Coerced) Choice != (Speech | Beer^2), and sad sock puppets' bad mods avail them naught.
Has anyone had anything break from this update, or has it been smooth sailing?
Well, at first everything seemed fine but then ÙS ØÙÙSÙÙ... ØÙØØÙÙS ÙØØÙر ÙØØØ¦Ø ØÙØÙØØ®ØØØØ ØÙÙÙSØØÙSØ© ØÙÙØÙØÙÙSØ© ØÙØÙS ØØØØ ÙÙ...ØÙØØ© ØØØÙÙ ÙÙÙ 14 ØØØر ÙØÙÙ...ØØÙÙÙSÙ ØØÙØÙØÙ
I was working on the PC late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For bug on windows began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
THEY DID THE PATCH
They did the monster patch
THE MONSTER PATCH
It was a vulnerability smash
THEY DID THE PATCH
They caught them in a flash
THEY DID THE PATCH
They did the monster patch
From my computer seat in the office east
To the master Ballmer where the vampires feast
The faults all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
THEY DID THE PATCH ...and so on. I only really wanted to say that your comment made me sing that song, but really it is way longer than I care to do a half-assed parody.
They did the monster patch
THE MONSTER PATCH
It was a vulnerability smash
THEY DID THE PATCH
They caught them in a flash
THEY DID THE PATCH
They did the monster patch
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Microsoft. Windows. Updates. Patches. On slashdot?
*quickly gets the popcorn and F5's the comments*
Oh good one!
*munch munch*
hahahaha funny
*munch*
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*munch munch*
A computer consultant advocating Windows is like a doctor prescribing cigarettes. It creates a lot of extra work.
That was a completely-assed parody!
(nah, it was a great spontaneous work, I just always wonder what the *half* of half-assed meant and whether fully-assed would be better or worse).