How many beers is it going to knock back during its 4-5 hours sitting in the sun? And will that full day of work it's supposed to put in afterward have to be done over by another, more responsible e-book?
I was just overwhelmed by the image of a classic flying saucer pulled up next to the asteroid. There's a ramp extending from an open door, and at the bottom of the ramp is a little green guy taking a leak.
You seem to forget that the people who have successfully kept the OS safe for two years aren't the people who made it. The people who made it have proved they can't accomplish this feat. If I remember correctly, they even tried making an AV program before, and it didn't work very well. Or perhaps you believe they could have kept the OS safe all these years, and just couldn't be bothered doing so.
Please move on. You're getting tiresome as well as illogical.
I've got an old HP ColorLaserJet 5M. It's still grinding along just fine, but I know it must be getting tired after all these years. I'm very interested in the recommendations of the Slashdot community. The HP is built like the proverbial brick outhouse and probably weighs a bit more. Its only downside is limited memory (slow on graphics/photo-heavy pages), and its photo reproduction is adequate at best.
I'd love to replace it with another heavy-duty workhorse, but one that can do a better job with photographs.
Looks like my remarks can apply to more than one Anonymous Coward. Or an AC who's chosen to travel under an alias so he can look like there's somebody else out there stupid enough to agree with him. I'll try to explain again to somebody clearly ill-equipped to comprehend: I use other, reliable software keeps the necessary but non-secure operating system secure. If the makers of the non-secure operating system had been able to keep it safe, they'd have done so in the first place. They didn't. Ergo, there's reason to suspect that their efforts this time won't be all that great.
I know this is a difficult concept for you to get your head around, because you clearly don't understand basic logic. Just accept your failure and try to do a bit better next time. I'm going on holidays for the next few days, so you should probably get your remarks in quickly. Perhaps people will be deceived into believing my silence means I can't refute your silliness.
I doubt very much whether this device will take off in a big way until they develop a transporter to get you out of your lover's apartment before your spouse's camera crews arrive.
When I have a security setup that has been 100% effective for more than 2 years (as I mentioned)? Yes, definitely! Why would I change a security system that works for one supplied by people with a demonstrated inability to keep their OS secure? Contrary to your nonsensical allegation, I'm specifically NOT "entrusting [my] computer + data to this same entity". Fucking brilliant indeed, you silly fanboy!
When I pass the restaurant where I got food poisoning last year...the restaurant that still has a pet door for its rats...I don't find it necessary to try their All New Variety Meat Stew Special.
I bet you're one of those idiots who loses one bet on which team will score the next goal, then loses a second bet on the instant replay.
I've used Avast Antivirus (free), Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (free) and Comodo Firewall (free) for a couple of years now. I've never had a virus and various other types of malware are promptly and efficiently dealt with.
Trust the inventors of Windows Genuine Advantage with my security? Or freakin' Symantec? I won't bore you with the horrible, hellish experience of getting Norton Antivirus off my machine. It was harder to get rid of than the virus it failed to catch.
Fat chance. I'll stay with something that works, thank you very much.
No doubt the alternate target was chosen in order to destroy evidence of alien ruins before improved telescope technology falls into the hands of average people. Hey, a guy just got a picture of the space station and shuttle from his back yard, right? That's almost as far away as the moon, isn't it?
Might I suggest research into the development of space-capable Carcharhiniformes. They should be adapted to accept cranial implantation of devices that employ light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
...but AT&T has an unblemished record of douchebaggery going back for decades. They'd sell kiddie porn to your granny if they thought they could get away with it.
...uses cognitive reasoning, much like the human brain...
So how long before this thing figures out how to pork a co-worker on lunch break, record the act on one of the cameras it's supposed to be monitoring, and piss in the boss's coffee?
I'll admit I only scanned TFA, but it seems to me that the situation is this: If they use encryption, companies that failed to protect their data banks don't have to notify those most intimately concerned that the data has been illegally accessed. At the same time, the people who would steal data AND break the encryption are those who have a real intention of using it. It's a safe bet that the use they have in mind is not one the people most directly concerned would approve of.
So under this system, the breaches most likely to cause real harm to people whose personal information has been compromised are precisely the ones that will go unreported.
I know I could have explained this better, but I'm in a hurry. Basically, if you've been told somebody got into a data bank and accessed your personal info, you can pay special attention to whatever is vulnerable. Usually nothing nasty will happen, but at least you're aware of the circumstances. If you aren't aware of the situation, though, you won't be particularly alert. And that will be exactly when you most need to be on guard against the most dangerous kind of data pirate...one who is willing to jump through BOTH metaphorical hoops: initial hack AND decryption.
What an excellent advertisement for Apple (or even, gasp, Linux)! Just as soon as they decide you should be forced onto a new operating system, Microsoft decides to leave bugs in XP that could create a gap in security and lead to millions of machines getting infected.
Nice work. I know what my next operating system WON'T be.
Way to set up that straw man, dipshit. For decades Dr. Borlaug campaigned for population control and environmental responsibility. He did this long before it was fashionable, and concurrently with his work on high-yield crops. Politicians and religious leaders who didn't care about anything beyond increasing their own wealth and power took the breathing space he gave them and turned it to their advantage.
In short, Dr. Borlaug was exactly one of the "green nutters" you like to complain about. So put a sock in it and educate yourself before you run your mouth, asshole.
You should do a little research. Dr. Borlaug was well aware of that he was doing no more than providing breathing room for politicians to act. The fact that they and religious leaders failed to do so for the most part (though in India and Pakistan they did take some steps) is not his fault. He was a tireless speaker in favour of population control. Many of the major religions didn't like his message, and are still encouraging their adherents to breed like flies.
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How many beers is it going to knock back during its 4-5 hours sitting in the sun? And will that full day of work it's supposed to put in afterward have to be done over by another, more responsible e-book?
I was just overwhelmed by the image of a classic flying saucer pulled up next to the asteroid. There's a ramp extending from an open door, and at the bottom of the ramp is a little green guy taking a leak.
Good argument to throw a few pennies NASA's way once in a while, eh?
People keep buying lottery tickets.
You seem to forget that the people who have successfully kept the OS safe for two years aren't the people who made it. The people who made it have proved they can't accomplish this feat. If I remember correctly, they even tried making an AV program before, and it didn't work very well. Or perhaps you believe they could have kept the OS safe all these years, and just couldn't be bothered doing so.
Please move on. You're getting tiresome as well as illogical.
I've got an old HP ColorLaserJet 5M. It's still grinding along just fine, but I know it must be getting tired after all these years. I'm very interested in the recommendations of the Slashdot community. The HP is built like the proverbial brick outhouse and probably weighs a bit more. Its only downside is limited memory (slow on graphics/photo-heavy pages), and its photo reproduction is adequate at best.
I'd love to replace it with another heavy-duty workhorse, but one that can do a better job with photographs.
Looks like my remarks can apply to more than one Anonymous Coward. Or an AC who's chosen to travel under an alias so he can look like there's somebody else out there stupid enough to agree with him. I'll try to explain again to somebody clearly ill-equipped to comprehend: I use other, reliable software keeps the necessary but non-secure operating system secure. If the makers of the non-secure operating system had been able to keep it safe, they'd have done so in the first place. They didn't. Ergo, there's reason to suspect that their efforts this time won't be all that great.
I know this is a difficult concept for you to get your head around, because you clearly don't understand basic logic. Just accept your failure and try to do a bit better next time. I'm going on holidays for the next few days, so you should probably get your remarks in quickly. Perhaps people will be deceived into believing my silence means I can't refute your silliness.
I doubt very much whether this device will take off in a big way until they develop a transporter to get you out of your lover's apartment before your spouse's camera crews arrive.
You really aren't very intelligent, are you? OS does not equal security. Get it?
"Anonymous Coward" is an excellent sobriquet. You wear it well.
When I have a security setup that has been 100% effective for more than 2 years (as I mentioned)? Yes, definitely! Why would I change a security system that works for one supplied by people with a demonstrated inability to keep their OS secure? Contrary to your nonsensical allegation, I'm specifically NOT "entrusting [my] computer + data to this same entity". Fucking brilliant indeed, you silly fanboy!
When I pass the restaurant where I got food poisoning last year...the restaurant that still has a pet door for its rats...I don't find it necessary to try their All New Variety Meat Stew Special.
I bet you're one of those idiots who loses one bet on which team will score the next goal, then loses a second bet on the instant replay.
"Good work".
I've used Avast Antivirus (free), Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (free) and Comodo Firewall (free) for a couple of years now. I've never had a virus and various other types of malware are promptly and efficiently dealt with.
Trust the inventors of Windows Genuine Advantage with my security? Or freakin' Symantec? I won't bore you with the horrible, hellish experience of getting Norton Antivirus off my machine. It was harder to get rid of than the virus it failed to catch.
Fat chance. I'll stay with something that works, thank you very much.
No doubt the alternate target was chosen in order to destroy evidence of alien ruins before improved telescope technology falls into the hands of average people. Hey, a guy just got a picture of the space station and shuttle from his back yard, right? That's almost as far away as the moon, isn't it?
If you buy one of these suckers, you'd best make sure your girlfriend really enjoys dusting. Oh, wait a minute...this is Slashdot. Never mind.
Might I suggest research into the development of space-capable Carcharhiniformes. They should be adapted to accept cranial implantation of devices that employ light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
Just a thought.
Like Firefox isn't already enough of a resource pig. No doubt this will REALLY help the situation.
There's something about it that looks disturbingly like a very large cockroach.
So how long before this thing figures out how to pork a co-worker on lunch break, record the act on one of the cameras it's supposed to be monitoring, and piss in the boss's coffee?
I'm betting about three weeks.
I'll admit I only scanned TFA, but it seems to me that the situation is this: If they use encryption, companies that failed to protect their data banks don't have to notify those most intimately concerned that the data has been illegally accessed. At the same time, the people who would steal data AND break the encryption are those who have a real intention of using it. It's a safe bet that the use they have in mind is not one the people most directly concerned would approve of.
So under this system, the breaches most likely to cause real harm to people whose personal information has been compromised are precisely the ones that will go unreported.
I know I could have explained this better, but I'm in a hurry. Basically, if you've been told somebody got into a data bank and accessed your personal info, you can pay special attention to whatever is vulnerable. Usually nothing nasty will happen, but at least you're aware of the circumstances. If you aren't aware of the situation, though, you won't be particularly alert. And that will be exactly when you most need to be on guard against the most dangerous kind of data pirate...one who is willing to jump through BOTH metaphorical hoops: initial hack AND decryption.
Put nothing on-line you wouldn't yell on a street corner.
What can I say? You nailed it.
What an excellent advertisement for Apple (or even, gasp, Linux)! Just as soon as they decide you should be forced onto a new operating system, Microsoft decides to leave bugs in XP that could create a gap in security and lead to millions of machines getting infected.
Nice work. I know what my next operating system WON'T be.
Way to set up that straw man, dipshit. For decades Dr. Borlaug campaigned for population control and environmental responsibility. He did this long before it was fashionable, and concurrently with his work on high-yield crops. Politicians and religious leaders who didn't care about anything beyond increasing their own wealth and power took the breathing space he gave them and turned it to their advantage.
In short, Dr. Borlaug was exactly one of the "green nutters" you like to complain about. So put a sock in it and educate yourself before you run your mouth, asshole.
You should do a little research. Dr. Borlaug was well aware of that he was doing no more than providing breathing room for politicians to act. The fact that they and religious leaders failed to do so for the most part (though in India and Pakistan they did take some steps) is not his fault. He was a tireless speaker in favour of population control. Many of the major religions didn't like his message, and are still encouraging their adherents to breed like flies.