Not only is it marketing, it's damned effective marketing. Do you folks really think that they were trying to hide it, when all anyone had to do is a whois lookup? You believe that they were so short-sighted as to not realize that? "Private" registrations are $3.00 extra these days. Don't you think that they knew this? Almost all registrants offer it to you when you register a domain nowadays - it would be hard not to know about it.
So you all go ahead and laugh at them for their "inept" viral marketing. Judging by the rapidly rising number of comments on the web site, it's worked perfectly. They may have pissed off some customers with this; but the word of mouth and name recognition they'll get from this will pay off a hundred times over.
Also, lets be fair, you're assuming, as am I, that you've never been hacked.
Not entirely -- I never make assumptions like that. I do periodically monitor network traffic; and regularly monitor my windows systems specifically for anything untoward. To do that I check network usage, CPU usage -- including 'holes' in CPU usage where it reports as idle, but performance makes it obvious that something is running.
So while I suppose it's possible that I've been hacked (through a hardware firewall), I would classify the likelihood as 'extremely low'.
So are you implying that having pop ups invading ones OS is having their needs met? If not, then I don't see how you disagree as the tone of your post seems to imply. I also made the limitation of being a _non_ Windows expert. If things work that well for you in Windows, then you sir are a Windows expert. Again, I don't see how you contradict my points. My wife runs Windows; the only advise she got from me was never, ever run IE -- also no viruses, popups,etc. She is far from an expert. But to your question -- how can I answer a point that I don't consider a valid point? I believe that it/is/ possible to run Windows as a non-expert; but no amount of arguing I do will convince you of that. I further believe that blanket statements of any kind (whether it be over choice of OS or about your favorite color) tend to make the utterer look just a bit silly.
or take what you paid for. I use Linux myself, but feel free to get a Mac and experience less of these spyware just the same. It is really pointless to use Windows, or rather to use Windows as a non Windows expert and then complain about such.
Or use the OS that works for your needs without making rash generalizations that make you sound like a pompous ass+. I use Windows on my desktops (I gave up on Ubuntu for my laptop, too many issues) and Linux on my four home servers. I use cygwin and/or remote sessions for the linux tools. And it's funny - I have never had a virus*, I have never had spyware, I have never been hacked. It's this amazing thing called "common sense"; it just so happens that Windows requires more of it than the other options do.**
+ I reserve the right to sound like a pompous ass myself.
*never had a virus that I did not deliberately install in a sandbox
** Is that last line a perfect setup for someone to quote and get a +5 funny, or what?
mostly from programs that users did not want installed
...meaning spyware, adware, viruses, trojans etc. It has nothing to do with your choice of browser. Um, what? I don't have spyware, adware, viruses -- and I attribute that largely to my choice of browsers. My lack of trojans, I attribute to my common sense.
It's not specifically what you're seeing that's triggering it. It's not even as simple as "I've seen this before" or "I've done this before."
Instead, it's a completely overwhelming feeling that every aspect of the current situation down to your thoughts has occurred in this exact sequence before. Senses are only a part of the equation. So should it be a surprise to anyone that this affects those missing one or more of them?
I've read this a few times, and I'm still not quite sure if you're being sarcastic or not; you seem to be arguing both sides of the case.
Well; either way. I wasn't referring to short hops -- if I even both to speed on those, I'll do it because it makes driving more engaging. (Though there/is/ something to catching a light while it's green... the problem with it is that you usually only catch it in time to stop at the next light.)
I was primarily speaking of highway driving over long distances.
We assume that everyone understands technology and legal issues the way we do, but in fact, I would say that it is very possible (even likely) that most people don't understand the ramifications of using Kazaa.
I would further venture that most of us don't understand legal issues nearly to the extent that we'd like to think we do. Watching Law and Order does not a lawyer make.
Driving 60, as opposed to 55, only saves you 1 minute if you drive 12 miles. But it saves you five minutes in an hour; and if you're on a 600 mile haul, it'll save you about an hour. Or something like that.
And that's at 60 -- the savings really start to rack up when you exceed 80mph.
"can't look past the end of their bumper when driving"
I regularly can't see past my bumper, all I see is the spare tyre on the SUV in front of me. We're agreed on that count. However, I have found that not driving so close to them helps to a significant degree;)
It's really nothing to do with GHG. It has to do with the number of people who -- to all appearances -- can't look past the end of their bumper when driving. It's bad enough when they do that in their cars; it's downright dangerous in their SUVs.
The vulnerability specifically exists in the 'ezconfig.asp' handler of the httpd running on the internal interfaces, including, by default the wireless interface,"
Wow -- are they running windows server in a router? No wonder there are problems!
As far as patching -- of course routers get patched. That's what firmware updates are for. Linksys is still releasing firmware updates for a router I've had for five years. (Worth noting that in that time, NOTHING has gotten past it. Nothing. At all. On an always-on cable connection ) As far as recommending to not upgrade firmware -- I would say that you do not recall correctly. The only such warning I get says not to turn off the router while in the midst of flashing the firmware.
So yes, in theory it can give an attacker unhindered local access to your network (if the attacker was savvy enough-- unlikely), but they do first have to break the router's security. And in spite of what you've posted, this is no mean feat.
I've seen some spammer's forms (mortgage, mostly) so thick with javascript it's amazing they get any responses at all. Sometimes you have to save the form locally to replace a javascript submit button with a normal one in order to do the trick.
Wow. I hope I'm never that desperate for a mortgage.
Seriously. I've tried Linux on my laptop for over two years. For about a year, I actually did away with Windows entirely; most recently, I spent many months with Ubuntu 6. I also use linux on several servers (and will not be removing it), and have for many years now. I mention this only to demonstrate that I am far from a linux newb.
In spite of that, it was a frustrating experience. No matter what I did, things didn't "just work". If I wanted secure wireless on my laptop,I had to screw around with ndiswrapper. Until recently, every time the kernel updated, I had to remember to recompile my network and nvidia drivers. To enable proper widescreen resolution and wacom tablet support, I had to muck around with xorg.conf. It was, frankly, ridiculous. It's great to know about how your system works -- but when you want to use a desktop for day to day activity, you just should not f---ing have to. Period.
I can come up with dozens of individual little frustrations, but really it comes down to this: when I am trying to accomlish my day-to-day tasks, things should Just Work. At about the time of the failed Ubuntu patch (you may remember - the one that broke Xorg), I was ready to give up. When my wacom tablet hung up the laptop every time I disconnected it, that was the final straw. I reinstalled XP Pro OEM; and it was amazing. Everything... just... worked.
Sure, there are things I miss about the linux desktop -- integrated multiple desktops being the single biggest ; the way that Windows splits up its settings in 20 different places is a bit annoying too. But after some one-time configuration, I didn't have tweak, reconfigure, recompile, or reinstall anything. My desktop environment ceased requiring attention, and instead got the hell out of my way -- where it belongs.
When that same experience is possible without frustration on Linux, I'll switch back. UNtil then, I'll keep it on the servers, and run cygwin locally for the text parsing tools I need.
By calling it "web rage". Obviously, this man was not in control of himself. Clearly someone who drives 70 miles doesn't have any time to think about their actions at all, it's completely impulsive.
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Not only is it marketing, it's damned effective marketing. Do you folks really think that they were trying to hide it, when all anyone had to do is a whois lookup? You believe that they were so short-sighted as to not realize that? "Private" registrations are $3.00 extra these days. Don't you think that they knew this? Almost all registrants offer it to you when you register a domain nowadays - it would be hard not to know about it.
So you all go ahead and laugh at them for their "inept" viral marketing. Judging by the rapidly rising number of comments on the web site, it's worked perfectly. They may have pissed off some customers with this; but the word of mouth and name recognition they'll get from this will pay off a hundred times over.
Well done, Sony.
Now /that/, I can't argue with...
Not entirely -- I never make assumptions like that. I do periodically monitor network traffic; and regularly monitor my windows systems specifically for anything untoward. To do that I check network usage, CPU usage -- including 'holes' in CPU usage where it reports as idle, but performance makes it obvious that something is running.
So while I suppose it's possible that I've been hacked (through a hardware firewall), I would classify the likelihood as 'extremely low'.
Or use the OS that works for your needs without making rash generalizations that make you sound like a pompous ass+. I use Windows on my desktops (I gave up on Ubuntu for my laptop, too many issues) and Linux on my four home servers. I use cygwin and/or remote sessions for the linux tools. And it's funny - I have never had a virus*, I have never had spyware, I have never been hacked. It's this amazing thing called "common sense"; it just so happens that Windows requires more of it than the other options do.**
+ I reserve the right to sound like a pompous ass myself.
*never had a virus that I did not deliberately install in a sandbox
** Is that last line a perfect setup for someone to quote and get a +5 funny, or what?
mostly from programs that users did not want installed
Instead, it's a completely overwhelming feeling that every aspect of the current situation down to your thoughts has occurred in this exact sequence before. Senses are only a part of the equation. So should it be a surprise to anyone that this affects those missing one or more of them?
Well; either way. I wasn't referring to short hops -- if I even both to speed on those, I'll do it because it makes driving more engaging. (Though there /is/ something to catching a light while it's green... the problem with it is that you usually only catch it in time to stop at the next light.)
I was primarily speaking of highway driving over long distances.
I regularly can't see past my bumper, all I see is the spare tyre on the SUV in front of me. We're agreed on that count. However, I have found that not driving so close to them helps to a significant degree
It's really nothing to do with GHG. It has to do with the number of people who -- to all appearances -- can't look past the end of their bumper when driving. It's bad enough when they do that in their cars; it's downright dangerous in their SUVs.
Well, clearly you're just an M$$$$$$$$ shill.
... I mean come on, nobody's stupid enough to install random software on their machine without knowing what it does. Oh, wait...
As far as patching -- of course routers get patched. That's what firmware updates are for. Linksys is still releasing firmware updates for a router I've had for five years. (Worth noting that in that time, NOTHING has gotten past it. Nothing. At all. On an always-on cable connection ) As far as recommending to not upgrade firmware -- I would say that you do not recall correctly. The only such warning I get says not to turn off the router while in the midst of flashing the firmware.
So yes, in theory it can give an attacker unhindered local access to your network (if the attacker was savvy enough-- unlikely), but they do first have to break the router's security. And in spite of what you've posted, this is no mean feat.
Note that creative != proficient. He did get caught, after all.
Seriously. I've tried Linux on my laptop for over two years. For about a year, I actually did away with Windows entirely; most recently, I spent many months with Ubuntu 6. I also use linux on several servers (and will not be removing it), and have for many years now. I mention this only to demonstrate that I am far from a linux newb.
In spite of that, it was a frustrating experience. No matter what I did, things didn't "just work". If I wanted secure wireless on my laptop,I had to screw around with ndiswrapper. Until recently, every time the kernel updated, I had to remember to recompile my network and nvidia drivers. To enable proper widescreen resolution and wacom tablet support, I had to muck around with xorg.conf. It was, frankly, ridiculous. It's great to know about how your system works -- but when you want to use a desktop for day to day activity, you just should not f---ing have to. Period.
I can come up with dozens of individual little frustrations, but really it comes down to this: when I am trying to accomlish my day-to-day tasks, things should Just Work. At about the time of the failed Ubuntu patch (you may remember - the one that broke Xorg), I was ready to give up. When my wacom tablet hung up the laptop every time I disconnected it, that was the final straw. I reinstalled XP Pro OEM; and it was amazing. Everything... just... worked.
Sure, there are things I miss about the linux desktop -- integrated multiple desktops being the single biggest ; the way that Windows splits up its settings in 20 different places is a bit annoying too. But after some one-time configuration, I didn't have tweak, reconfigure, recompile, or reinstall anything. My desktop environment ceased requiring attention, and instead got the hell out of my way -- where it belongs.
When that same experience is possible without frustration on Linux, I'll switch back. UNtil then, I'll keep it on the servers, and run cygwin locally for the text parsing tools I need.
By calling it "web rage". Obviously, this man was not in control of himself. Clearly someone who drives 70 miles doesn't have any time to think about their actions at all, it's completely impulsive.