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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.'"
Next tuesday they could double that amount with the right attitude...
Task Mangler
a list of updates longer then my johnson...
Sounds like it wasn't exactly a matter of great concern then.
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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So where is the Slashdot article on the following? It's as current as the Microsoft article from ZDNet! I guess as long as it puts Apple in a bad light - it gets ignored or even censored. But if it can be interpreted as Microsoft=BAD then let's up the font size and BOLD the headers!
"Apple Safari Jumbo Patch 50+ Vulnerabilities Fixed" - http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3541/
Hypocrites!
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*
Does anybody even know what "troll" means anymore? A troll is not somebody who says something you don't like.
The point of a troll is to get replies to a fake message. A troll is something like "Back when Bill Gates invented the internet blah blah". The point there is for know-it-alls to jump up and yell that it was not Bill Gates.
The grandparent was pointing out something he saw as hypocrisy. You might not agree, but that doesn't make him a troll. He might be a troll (if he pointed it out solely to see the replies), but I think it's a valid point, and I'm willing to bet he does too.
But that's the way people are, I suppose. Ever look at 1-star reviews on Amazon? Even good 1-star reviews ("I didn't like this, and here are the reasons why") tend to have, at best, a 50% "This was helpful" rate. People check off "unhelpful" because they disagree with the reviewer. I suppose it's no surprise that the OP here decided that someone who said something he disagrees with is a troll, but it sure would be nice for people to learn how to have some form of mature debate.
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