Only if McAfee is committing cybercrimes. I wonder if McAfee and Symantec were on the same system if they would report each other as addware? Of course, such a system would have no memory left do make such a report, so...
Contaminated isn't the word for Myspace. More like blight on the face of humanity that seeps glittery pus over open wounds reeking of rotten meat and cheese. Also it is painful to look at.
Having read Slashdot for a couple of years now, I have come to the conclusion that computerworld magazine is a trashy rag of a publication.
Just from recent memory, I recall articles on text messaging replacing email and a top ten list of obsolete programming languages that included C. Now RDMS, the most critical piece of technology underlying our information age, has been marked for deletion.
Flame us no longer, computerworld, with your tales of misery and woe, and just stick with what you guys do best: hailing the latest Microsoft "innovation".
(My Cheerios had a strange taste this morning. And the milk looked kinda yellowish.)
The one sure way to endear me to a product and cause me to whip out my credit card is to pop up a window over my entire screen that I cannot remove. This type of "in your face" advertising is exactly what reluctant consumers like myself need.
As Novell puts out future versions of SUSE, they will incorporate GPL 3 software into their OS. If MS then distributes this GPL 3 software, they would be bound by the license just like anyone else.
From articles on Slashdot over the last year or so, my understanding is that the Novell certificates MS was selling did not have an expiration date, making it possible for someone to redeem them after SUSE has been injected with GPL 3 code, thus pwning MS with the greatest pwning in the entire history of pwnage. Or so the story goes.
I see at the top where they mention the Google security team. But the article quotes only someone named Chris Gatford from "penetration testing firm Pure Hacking" and someone from "Australia's Computer Emergency Response Team"
AUSCERT ^ has issued something on this, but there is not many details. They claim the exploit is the ability for applets to escalate privileges.
Also, someone asked, but here are the versions they claim are vulnerable, for windows and solaris.
First vulnerability:
* JDK and JRE 6
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier
Second vulnerability:
* JDK and JRE 6
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier
Maybe as long as I don't teach others to humm copyrighted material or record and upload my humming to youtube...maybe I'll be alright. But according to my current karma, I'm still a no talent assclown. Oh well.
how has the core of MS Office changed since Office 97?
The core? That would require adding real value to a system. Microsoft's strategy has always been to rearrange some menu items and add unwanted useless features like Word's "reading view" and call it an "Upgrade".
And I think things will eventually come full circle. Office 2012, the return of Clippy (and this time...it's personal).
What can I say? You caught me red handed. I was trying to trigger animosity toward the RIAA from people here on slashdot. I hope you will all forgive me.
Slashdot Mirror
^^^
Don't try to change me, slashdot.
In Soviet Russia, the Borat Yakovs you.
What?
I'm so putting that on my blogz, lolz.
Incomplete list without Toxic Town and our world class PCB contamination.
Having read Slashdot for a couple of years now, I have come to the conclusion that computerworld magazine is a trashy rag of a publication. Just from recent memory, I recall articles on text messaging replacing email and a top ten list of obsolete programming languages that included C. Now RDMS, the most critical piece of technology underlying our information age, has been marked for deletion. Flame us no longer, computerworld, with your tales of misery and woe, and just stick with what you guys do best: hailing the latest Microsoft "innovation". (My Cheerios had a strange taste this morning. And the milk looked kinda yellowish.)
And if safety, cost, and size were not "specified", batteries would be huge, cost $25,000 a piece, and would explode when dropped.
My blink tag?
<blink>Hello World!</blink>
Netscape 3 FTW. But seriously, I'm glad to see that HTML is being updated. I guess the W3C has given up hope on everyone dumping HTML for XHTML?
^ ^ And never underestimate the ability of stupid people to forget to close their tags.
OMG mathz rulz. I have mad science skillz, lolz!2!@! check out my blogz. c u guyz at da mall. ;)
The one sure way to endear me to a product and cause me to whip out my credit card is to pop up a window over my entire screen that I cannot remove. This type of "in your face" advertising is exactly what reluctant consumers like myself need.
As Novell puts out future versions of SUSE, they will incorporate GPL 3 software into their OS. If MS then distributes this GPL 3 software, they would be bound by the license just like anyone else.
From articles on Slashdot over the last year or so, my understanding is that the Novell certificates MS was selling did not have an expiration date, making it possible for someone to redeem them after SUSE has been injected with GPL 3 code, thus pwning MS with the greatest pwning in the entire history of pwnage. Or so the story goes.
I'm a fan of Gary Kildall's, but was the last part of that statement even necessary?
Why interject commentary in an otherwise fairly objective and good article?
OLPC Used to Pirate Music
RIAA files suit against hundreds of third world OLPC children
So violating the law is against the law? Thanks to KU for clearing that up.
There will be no real reform of the patent systems as long as congress is bought and paid for by campaign contributions.
And real reform means eliminating all software patents. And that will never happen as long as:
Microsoft Campaign Contributions: $8,907,025 (1999 - Present)
And I'm sure there are many other companies in the industry that throw dollars at congress. Source
I see at the top where they mention the Google security team. But the article quotes only someone named Chris Gatford from "penetration testing firm Pure Hacking" and someone from "Australia's Computer Emergency Response Team"
AUSCERT ^ has issued something on this, but there is not many details. They claim the exploit is the ability for applets to escalate privileges.
Also, someone asked, but here are the versions they claim are vulnerable, for windows and solaris.
And a link to the Aussie security alert
Maybe as long as I don't teach others to humm copyrighted material or record and upload my humming to youtube...maybe I'll be alright. But according to my current karma, I'm still a no talent assclown. Oh well.
Everything is a patent violation. If I had a patent on patent violations I could sue the crap out of all of you. And I would too.
The core? That would require adding real value to a system. Microsoft's strategy has always been to rearrange some menu items and add unwanted useless features like Word's "reading view" and call it an "Upgrade".
And I think things will eventually come full circle. Office 2012, the return of Clippy (and this time...it's personal).
What can I say? You caught me red handed. I was trying to trigger animosity toward the RIAA from people here on slashdot. I hope you will all forgive me.
And this is a good thing because often going from OOo to Word I lose formatting and every now and then the whole document gets scrambled.
I was humming a copyrighted song this morning in the shower and my wife overheard me. I'm a bad person.