Microsoft Australia product marketing manager Mr Calum Russell said it was highly likely that "
people out there with malicious intent" would kick the worm - which runs on a monthly cycle of self-propagation and attack - off again.
Microsoft today defended itself against criticism that it was partly to blame for the spread of the worm and the threat it posed to the Internet by clogging traffic.
"With over 50 per cent of Websites run on Microsoft servers it makes us a natural target. It means if someone is going to do something malicious, who will they target? Microsoft," said Mr Russell.
Microsoft spent "hundreds of hours" testing its products, but security vulnerablities were constantly found because of the advances of technology and hackers, he said.
tarth posted: "At the very least I would like direct Internet play so that I don't have to go through Battle.net when it is (slow|split|down)."
Load the game. Click "Other Multiplayer". Click "TCP/IP Game". Click "Host Game" or "Join Game". If you are Hosting, tell your buddies your IP address. If you're Joining, enter the IP address of the server you want to connect to.
*cough* RTFM *cough*:)
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From timothy: "As a survivor of both Mars Attacks and Battlefield Earth, I know how deadly movie trauma can be..."
If you suffered "trauma" by seeing Mars Attacks, then you are woefully underqualified to be writing movie reviews. Hell, if you suffered "trauma" by seeing Mars Attacks, then you are woefully underqualified to be tying your own shoelaces. It was an hommage to B-grade sci-fi movies, get it? Oh, and it starred Natalie Portman. Dolt.
From RESPAWN: "I'm really not surprised at the awfulness of this movie. In fact, it's exactly what I was predicting. I can't think of a single good movie that was based on a novel by Heinlein."
Whatever, Brainiac.
OK, after about two weeks of playing various games on the Playstation 2 (DOA2, Fantavision, Summoner, Tekken Tag, Wild Wild Racing) I'm completely underwhelmed. The games suck.
There's no denying that the PSX2 will be the undisputed heavyweight champ in terms of raw power, but if the games I've played are any indication it'll be a while before there's any point in buying one.
Bah. What a let-down.
Ok, here's my little Carmack story. Insignificant in the greater scheme of things, but what the hell. I was working for Telecom New Zealand (you know... the geniuses who tried to trademark the color yellow) early last year, and dealing with online entertainment and gaming. I was trying to squeeze some cash out of the finance people to buy some new boxen to run quake/qw/quake2 servers on. In a fit of "I hope I'm buying the right machines" paranoia, I emailed John Carmack, asking him what he recommended I buy.
Much to my surprise he responded within hours, with a to-the-point description of what he suggested I get and why. No bullshit, just a single paragraph signed "John Carmack" with no title.
It's gestures like this that have given many people - like me - the haunting suspicion that John Carmack is The Real Thing. I think the world of programming, gaming, and entertainment would be a better place if there were more people with his ethics and attitude around.
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In today's Sydney Morning Herald:
Hey, nice to know that Microsoft http servers are now running over half of the Web. I guess the stats at Netcraft which put MS at less than 26% are just wrong, huh?
tarth posted: "At the very least I would like direct Internet play so that I don't have to go through Battle.net when it is (slow|split|down)." Load the game. Click "Other Multiplayer". Click "TCP/IP Game". Click "Host Game" or "Join Game". If you are Hosting, tell your buddies your IP address. If you're Joining, enter the IP address of the server you want to connect to. *cough* RTFM *cough* :)
Fine words there, legLess.
Russell Crowe is a Kiwi. So there.
"PGP is just an all around good company" Are you on crack?
You shouldn't trust any version of PGP more recent than 6.5.8.
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Something something Marc Andreesen something something University of Illinois something something Mozilla something something Netscape.
From timothy: "As a survivor of both Mars Attacks and Battlefield Earth, I know how deadly movie trauma can be..." If you suffered "trauma" by seeing Mars Attacks, then you are woefully underqualified to be writing movie reviews. Hell, if you suffered "trauma" by seeing Mars Attacks, then you are woefully underqualified to be tying your own shoelaces. It was an hommage to B-grade sci-fi movies, get it? Oh, and it starred Natalie Portman. Dolt. From RESPAWN: "I'm really not surprised at the awfulness of this movie. In fact, it's exactly what I was predicting. I can't think of a single good movie that was based on a novel by Heinlein." Whatever, Brainiac.
OK, after about two weeks of playing various games on the Playstation 2 (DOA2, Fantavision, Summoner, Tekken Tag, Wild Wild Racing) I'm completely underwhelmed. The games suck. There's no denying that the PSX2 will be the undisputed heavyweight champ in terms of raw power, but if the games I've played are any indication it'll be a while before there's any point in buying one. Bah. What a let-down.
Actually, "Forbidden Planet" is a thinly-veiled adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
I thought the hook was one of Wedge's projects back in the Quake Command days?
Much to my surprise he responded within hours, with a to-the-point description of what he suggested I get and why. No bullshit, just a single paragraph signed "John Carmack" with no title.
It's gestures like this that have given many people - like me - the haunting suspicion that John Carmack is The Real Thing. I think the world of programming, gaming, and entertainment would be a better place if there were more people with his ethics and attitude around.