MS has a reputation for adding security as an afterthought, which almost always makes for very poor quality security. The whole "secure by design" concept just isn't part of their general dev cycle.
Supposedly Microsoft "learned their lesson" back in 2002, and Bill Gates loudly trumpeted Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative back then...
“As problems with [its approach to software development] have surfaced over the years, Microsoft patched the utility or application in question rather than reconsidering the basic architecture which left these avenues of attack open,” comments Dan Kusnetzky, director of worldwide operating environments for IDC. “Since Microsoft users have been loudly complaining about this for quite some time, it's surprising that Microsoft is only now ‘hearing’ user demands to make security a key design goal.”
I dunno whether the initiative really "stuck," but at least IIS seems to have ceased being a complete security nightmare (IIS 5 was terrible, IIS 6, much better.... IIS 7, haven't heard anything bad yet...)
You're not the only one that's noticed Linux sound has sucked for a while... ever had Flash player just up and decide that it either a.) now owns your sound card and nothing else will play or b.) just stops outputting sound altogether. It's really sad to say this, but Flash support is a basic thing I look for before I want to play with other alternate OSes like OpenSoliaris. For the forseeable future, much of the web depends on flash.
On Windows and on OS X sound er, just works.... I wish Linux would get there. It's bad enough that an Adobe dev posted a plog post entitled "Welcome to the Jungle" in reference to developing for Linux... guess what annoying part of Linux he was writing about? I especially like the chart...
Dude, I know that this is probably a result of me being in college full time right now, but don't ever, ever cite Wikipedia... you have no idea what that page says right now. The page could say 'Unix is like ponies: best ridden bareback.' Or something.
If you have to cite a WIkipedia article at least cite an older page from Wikipedia's history that you're pretty sure is accurate...
You're correct however:
"The original Unix operating system was written in assembler, and the applications in a mix of assembler and an interpreted language called B, which had the virtue that it was small enough to run on the PDP-7. But B was not powerful enough for systems programming, so Dennis Ritchie added data types and structures to it. The resulting C language evolved from B beginning in 1971; in 1973 Thompson and Ritchie finally succeeded in rewriting Unix in their new language."
I can be sarcastic as hell too, but generally you say stuff like that with a chuckle... normally I don't get my boxers in a knot about it, I just couldn't tell if he was going for 'snarky' or 'dick'
The mods apparently went with funny though, so maybe its just me. I'll shut up now.
We have these things, called detergents, also water which can be used to "clean" things. I know that's a novel concept for many smokers. Then we have this other stuff called "paint" which can be put on top of pre-existing walls with a "brush" or "roller" to cover what cannot be "cleaned".
This is offtopic but it always seems like people can whip out their most sarcastic, dickish tone online without blinking an eye... if you were just being snarky and joking around throw a smiley on the end of that or something
Otherwise stop being a dick... jeez. Would you say that in person to someone you just randomly struck up a conversation with?
ACID isn't a benchmark, it's a web standards compliance test. It basically gives a glimpse of how much a browser conforms to the W3C standards. From the ACID3 site:
"Acid3 is the third in a series of test pages written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.
Acid3 is primarily testing specifications for “Web 2.0 dynamic Web applications. Also there
are some visual rendering tests, including webfonts. Here is the list of specifications tested:
Enlisting for these reasons (patriotism and service to your country, honor, tradition and personal development) are what mark the clueless.
I completely fail to understand why someone who enlists in the military for those reasons "doesn't have a clue"... how is that clueless? They're somehow misguided in your opinion or what?
Losers know they will get material benefits and dispense with the patriotism -- they are willing to make the (questionable) trade-off of risking their own lives for tuition and health care.
This I agree with... and when I was in there were people in the Army who fit this description. I noticed there seemed to be two stereotypes in the Army... people who tended to give everything to their goals and aspirations and work hard, and those who were just collecting a paycheck at a job they knew they wouldn't be fired from (you could be fired, but you'd have to do something completely stupid...)
Semi-related questions and comments: Why are other forms of service and sacrifice not considered patriotic? Like, Americorps or Peace Corps or volunteering within the community? Surely these may offer a better trade-off for the clueless than being a target in a foreign country?
Who said volunteering wasn't patriotic? Although I would argue that the possibility of getting blown up at any given moment is a bit more unnerving...
Why admire someone who buys into the military's brands of tradition and personal development, which are clearly marketed to the clueless?
I can't even comment on this one... this is one of those "I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it" statements...
Well... the "Post 9/11 GI Bill" only makes sense if you're going to a traditional brick-and-mortar school. Then you get full tuition paid for (up to the most expensive state college) and the extra money for books. I think it was a good chunk of change too if I remember...
However...if you're going to an online school (as I am) you only get your tuition paid for, so for me it makes more sense to stick with the older GI Bill.
Wow, nice subtle dig at the military there... if that's what you were going for...
Personally I'm proud to have served those 5 years, and I'm going to college full time for free... in fact I actually make a little bit of money off the GI Bill
I think (bear with me here) that the "flipped terms" with client/server stem from the fact that to run an X application over the network, you first set up a local X server and allow a client (the application you're running) to connect to your local X server.
This client application is actually running on a big honkin server across the hall that has a bunch of resources, and you're running your local X server on a puny desktop or thin client or wall wart or whatever.
See how the terms get flipped around? You run a local server in order to run a client that in reality is processing 'stuff' on the remote server across the hall....
I got that impression from the post as well.. "Umm I haven't tested it with NT 6.0 er Vista, and I don't really feel like testing it with NT 6.1 er 'Windows 7,' so we're just gonna retire the thing..."
Based on this post, I move that we change the default Slashdot analogy model from cars to one based around celebrity wardrobe malfunctions. This was simply awesome sir
I know for a fact that WSUS (Windows Server Update Services... basically a centralized patch server) would do "weird, interesting" things when two machines tried to check into WSUS with the same SID. Not sure if they've resolved the problem in later versions of WSUS...see this thread for an example: http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t343182.html
I thought that the problem was defined as being based around locking a specific machine down with Group Policy... when two machines have the same SID, AD had a hard time distinguishing them for security reasons, much as if two users' SIDs collided...
But who am I to question the great creator of psexec and psinfo, Lord Russinovich:-)
And don' you dare invoke the imagery of Don Quixote. He was a crusader for truth, love and all good things in this life. Not to be used with the *IAA's money grab.
In my opinion the imagery invoked (someone who is admittedly off their rocker trying to slay a monster that doesn't exist) was entirely appropriate... the *AAs are trying every means possible to get that genie back into that bottle...
In fact, the very definition of acting quixotic: "engaging in foolish impracticality in pursuit of ideals ; especially : those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas; or extravagantly chivalrous action" is definitely entirely appropriate given the *AAs actions, IMO.
Bluetooth and wireless are not an option where I work... we're in the process of getting accredited with the DoD.
...also don't forget about power, speakers, USB hub... come on, you've got to admit just walking into work and setting your laptop on a dock is a lot easier with less wear and tear on all those ports
A docking port! I've run into the same issue... it really, really gets annoying plugging in DVI, keyboard, mouse, network when I want to take my Macbook to work!
Jeez Apple 1999 called they want their already solved problem back
Weeelll... you can't just nuke it and install anything yet. I tried to install only Linux on the Macbook I have only to find it uses EFI only, so until grub2 makes it into distros and it fully supports the Macbook EFI, you're stuck with having OS X around just to setup bootcamp (and emulate the regular BIOS, I guess)
That reminds me, I'd like to tell you about some other great movies I've seen, including The Passion of the Christ, Titanic, The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense.
Jesus dies, check. The ship sinks, check. Common history stuff most people know.
The Usual Suspects though? Sixth Sense? Did you really already know the endings to those?
Just sayin'.
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I just read the first post (damn cliffhangers!) but yea, appetite successfully whetted:) I'll read the rest after work
X3 definitely does have the Elite feel from what I've seen... I really love being able to fly down to a planet seamlessly though... it really cranks up the "suspense of disbelief" factor IMO
I played Vendetta Online for a while, but the skyboxes didn't do it for me (you can see the planet and other stuff off in the distance, but don't you dare try to fly to it or anything - you're in a box, remember?)
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MS has a reputation for adding security as an afterthought, which almost always makes for very poor quality security. The whole "secure by design" concept just isn't part of their general dev cycle.
Supposedly Microsoft "learned their lesson" back in 2002, and Bill Gates loudly trumpeted Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative back then...
“As problems with [its approach to software development] have surfaced over the years, Microsoft patched the utility or application in question rather than reconsidering the basic architecture which left these avenues of attack open,” comments Dan Kusnetzky, director of worldwide operating environments for IDC. “Since Microsoft users have been loudly complaining about this for quite some time, it's surprising that Microsoft is only now ‘hearing’ user demands to make security a key design goal.”
-from http://redmondmag.com/articles/2002/01/22/users-enthusiastic-about-microsoft-security-initiative.aspx
I dunno whether the initiative really "stuck," but at least IIS seems to have ceased being a complete security nightmare (IIS 5 was terrible, IIS 6, much better.... IIS 7, haven't heard anything bad yet...)
Are you using 1U just as an example or are there really rules somewhere about using only 1U's, and not 4U ?
I know right... this is Slashdot; we stick to car analogies 'round here thankyouverymuch
You're not the only one that's noticed Linux sound has sucked for a while... ever had Flash player just up and decide that it either a.) now owns your sound card and nothing else will play or b.) just stops outputting sound altogether. It's really sad to say this, but Flash support is a basic thing I look for before I want to play with other alternate OSes like OpenSoliaris. For the forseeable future, much of the web depends on flash.
On Windows and on OS X sound er, just works.... I wish Linux would get there. It's bad enough that an Adobe dev posted a plog post entitled "Welcome to the Jungle" in reference to developing for Linux... guess what annoying part of Linux he was writing about? I especially like the chart...
Dude, I know that this is probably a result of me being in college full time right now, but don't ever, ever cite Wikipedia... you have no idea what that page says right now. The page could say 'Unix is like ponies: best ridden bareback.' Or something.
If you have to cite a WIkipedia article at least cite an older page from Wikipedia's history that you're pretty sure is accurate...
You're correct however:
"The original Unix operating system was written in assembler, and the applications in a mix of assembler and an interpreted language called B, which had the virtue that it was small enough to run on the PDP-7. But B was not powerful enough for systems programming, so Dennis Ritchie added data types and structures to it. The resulting C language evolved from B beginning in 1971; in 1973 Thompson and Ritchie finally succeeded in rewriting Unix in their new language."
- from The Origins and History of Unix at faqs.org
Well body language just really helps :)
I can be sarcastic as hell too, but generally you say stuff like that with a chuckle... normally I don't get my boxers in a knot about it, I just couldn't tell if he was going for 'snarky' or 'dick'
The mods apparently went with funny though, so maybe its just me. I'll shut up now.
(1) When did Microsoft buy-out Apple? They must have taken-down the "Don't be evil" mission statements.
"Don't be evil" is a Google mission statement... Apple hasn't adhered to a mission statement like that for quite a while :)
Here's the Wikipedia article that goes over the origins of "Don't be evil" if you're interested
(p.s. locking out anyone on Linux syncing their iPod by implementing a SHA hash? Bad Apple)
We have these things, called detergents, also water which can be used to "clean" things. I know that's a novel concept for many smokers. Then we have this other stuff called "paint" which can be put on top of pre-existing walls with a "brush" or "roller" to cover what cannot be "cleaned".
This is offtopic but it always seems like people can whip out their most sarcastic, dickish tone online without blinking an eye... if you were just being snarky and joking around throw a smiley on the end of that or something
Otherwise stop being a dick... jeez. Would you say that in person to someone you just randomly struck up a conversation with?
"Acid3 is the third in a series of test pages written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.
Acid3 is primarily testing specifications for “Web 2.0 dynamic Web applications. Also there
are some visual rendering tests, including webfonts. Here is the list of specifications tested:
Enlisting for these reasons (patriotism and service to your country, honor, tradition and personal development) are what mark the clueless.
I completely fail to understand why someone who enlists in the military for those reasons "doesn't have a clue"... how is that clueless? They're somehow misguided in your opinion or what?
Losers know they will get material benefits and dispense with the patriotism -- they are willing to make the (questionable) trade-off of risking their own lives for tuition and health care.
This I agree with... and when I was in there were people in the Army who fit this description. I noticed there seemed to be two stereotypes in the Army... people who tended to give everything to their goals and aspirations and work hard, and those who were just collecting a paycheck at a job they knew they wouldn't be fired from (you could be fired, but you'd have to do something completely stupid...)
Semi-related questions and comments: Why are other forms of service and sacrifice not considered patriotic? Like, Americorps or Peace Corps or volunteering within the community? Surely these may offer a better trade-off for the clueless than being a target in a foreign country?
Who said volunteering wasn't patriotic? Although I would argue that the possibility of getting blown up at any given moment is a bit more unnerving...
Why admire someone who buys into the military's brands of tradition and personal development, which are clearly marketed to the clueless?
I can't even comment on this one... this is one of those "I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it" statements...
Well... the "Post 9/11 GI Bill" only makes sense if you're going to a traditional brick-and-mortar school. Then you get full tuition paid for (up to the most expensive state college) and the extra money for books. I think it was a good chunk of change too if I remember...
However...if you're going to an online school (as I am) you only get your tuition paid for, so for me it makes more sense to stick with the older GI Bill.
Wow, nice subtle dig at the military there... if that's what you were going for... Personally I'm proud to have served those 5 years, and I'm going to college full time for free... in fact I actually make a little bit of money off the GI Bill
Crap I think you're right... I just remembered "old NIC that was rock solid" and tulip was the first result that came back
It's all about the tulips baby.... *sniif*
I think (bear with me here) that the "flipped terms" with client/server stem from the fact that to run an X application over the network, you first set up a local X server and allow a client (the application you're running) to connect to your local X server.
This client application is actually running on a big honkin server across the hall that has a bunch of resources, and you're running your local X server on a puny desktop or thin client or wall wart or whatever.
See how the terms get flipped around? You run a local server in order to run a client that in reality is processing 'stuff' on the remote server across the hall....
I got that impression from the post as well.. "Umm I haven't tested it with NT 6.0 er Vista, and I don't really feel like testing it with NT 6.1 er 'Windows 7,' so we're just gonna retire the thing..."
Based on this post, I move that we change the default Slashdot analogy model from cars to one based around celebrity wardrobe malfunctions. This was simply awesome sir
I know for a fact that WSUS (Windows Server Update Services... basically a centralized patch server) would do "weird, interesting" things when two machines tried to check into WSUS with the same SID. Not sure if they've resolved the problem in later versions of WSUS...see this thread for an example: http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t343182.html
:-)
I thought that the problem was defined as being based around locking a specific machine down with Group Policy... when two machines have the same SID, AD had a hard time distinguishing them for security reasons, much as if two users' SIDs collided...
But who am I to question the great creator of psexec and psinfo, Lord Russinovich
And don' you dare invoke the imagery of Don Quixote. He was a crusader for truth, love and all good things in this life. Not to be used with the *IAA's money grab.
In my opinion the imagery invoked (someone who is admittedly off their rocker trying to slay a monster that doesn't exist) was entirely appropriate... the *AAs are trying every means possible to get that genie back into that bottle...
In fact, the very definition of acting quixotic: "engaging in foolish impracticality in pursuit of ideals ; especially : those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas; or extravagantly chivalrous action" is definitely entirely appropriate given the *AAs actions, IMO.
Hey I thought Mac zealots were going with 'Infidel', not 'Heathen'! Heathen is so... dark ages
:-)
Infidel!
Bluetooth and wireless are not an option where I work... we're in the process of getting accredited with the DoD.
...also don't forget about power, speakers, USB hub... come on, you've got to admit just walking into work and setting your laptop on a dock is a lot easier with less wear and tear on all those ports
...note that in the forum thread linked to in my post they discuss Bookendz... and they talk about how ghetto and overpriced the damn things are...
A docking port! I've run into the same issue... it really, really gets annoying plugging in DVI, keyboard, mouse, network when I want to take my Macbook to work!
Jeez Apple 1999 called they want their already solved problem back
(see here for thread started in 2006... http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-244340.html )
Weeelll... you can't just nuke it and install anything yet. I tried to install only Linux on the Macbook I have only to find it uses EFI only, so until grub2 makes it into distros and it fully supports the Macbook EFI, you're stuck with having OS X around just to setup bootcamp (and emulate the regular BIOS, I guess)
I have read they don't have all the bugs nailed out in grub2/EFI/Macbooks yet, and this post: http://www.mail-archive.com/grub-devel@gnu.org/msg12901.html looks like it agrees with what I read. His test was done September 22nd...
That's been my experience, anyway. YMMV
That reminds me, I'd like to tell you about some other great movies I've seen, including The Passion of the Christ, Titanic, The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense.
Jesus dies, check. The ship sinks, check. Common history stuff most people know.
The Usual Suspects though? Sixth Sense? Did you really already know the endings to those?
Just sayin'.
I just read the first post (damn cliffhangers!) but yea, appetite successfully whetted :) I'll read the rest after work
X3 definitely does have the Elite feel from what I've seen... I really love being able to fly down to a planet seamlessly though... it really cranks up the "suspense of disbelief" factor IMO
I played Vendetta Online for a while, but the skyboxes didn't do it for me (you can see the planet and other stuff off in the distance, but don't you dare try to fly to it or anything - you're in a box, remember?)