Ah well, "Apple Acolyte" you may be pretty knowledgeable as far as being an Apple user goes, but part of being pretty knowledgeable in the rest of the world involves, I know it may come as a shock, but stay with me for a moment; reading the sodding article!!
I don't want to argue with you, but I have got a windows box up, running, connected (OK by a severely restricted connection) to th'interweb, I use it daily, it genuinely hasn't been updated by mickeysoft since it was installed (It's not a knock-off copy, it was a shrink-wrap) & runs continuously, 24 hours a day.
Your machine, by contrast, is probably as stable as a two legged cow. However it's most likely fully patched
Some good points, I have a number of machines on my network, mostly running Centos, I also have an FC & a Ubuntu box. I have one PC running windows, yes I can & do run WINE, I also bought Crossover & I have a VM XP installation, on my main machine, that also works for me.
Having said all that, my 2003 windows xp box, which I use for playing old games (I am rather old!) & browsing/. is perfectly fine, and as I've mentioned elsewhere, actually more responsive than a 2009 vintage office PC.:-)
Umm, I do work in "IT", have done for over 30 years, currently as a security "technician", strangely enough. Odd that my unpatched, 2003 vintage XP box, which doesn't have any AV or "Internet Security" gobshite installed, has remained completely unaffected & uninfected since it was first switched on.
My mail server scans my mail, IM is for losers, I don't file share (if I want it I buy it) & and web use (pretty much only/. as it happens) is using Opera. Firefox can suck a fat sack!.
patch your shit
Seems to be the hive mind around here.
Remember number 6: I AM NOT A NUMBER!!
Yes, you're right, after a fashion. Any computer running a Microsoft operating system is so inherently insecure, that patching, and patching, and patching, just to catch up is a complete waste of time. As I said; firewall the bugger & be done with it.
"Failed to demonstrate any" Porquois why? I have a PC that's been up (apart from 2 utility power cuts) since 2003, it does exactly what I want it to, is definitively not part of any sodding botnet (I'd know, because I regularly tcpdump the interface it's connected to) has had no issues whatsoever with crap "patching" & probably (it's an AMD 64 with half a gig of RAM, forget the processor speed) runs better than your new, expensive, computer. It is certainly faster & more responsive than my work Dell T3400 with 4 gig of RAM & a multi-core processor.
Now, who's demonstrating logic here then, and who is the prawn?
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To separate people from their cash?
Ah well, "Apple Acolyte" you may be pretty knowledgeable as far as being an Apple user goes, but part of being pretty knowledgeable in the rest of the world involves, I know it may come as a shock, but stay with me for a moment; reading the sodding article!!
:-(
Posting to remove a scroll-locked mod mod
Try buying a needle for your 60's record player now....
The Pope is Catholic.
Goldfish like water
Correction: Apple at least rethinks usability properly.
Microsoft bungs hundreds of millions at "usability" & we end up with the stupid ribbon... Pah!
For a second there I thought I'd read "The Pokemon Institute"
:-)
Aah. Sorry then.
Now then, there's two choices for the correct spelling: humorously or humorlessly. My guess, based on the above comment, would be the latter....:-)
So, exactly how much are you paying for the Linux you rely on for your business?
Not much of a sodding warning. Can you stock up & get to high ground/underground in two days?
Maybe if you had have read the full summary you wouldn't have had to have asked such a stupid question.
Excellent idea, unless of course they fly from [insert forbidden embarkation country here]via somewhere like Schipol or CDG.
Or maybe drive to another country, then fly.
in Holland! However they weren't used to avoid embarrassment to US passengers.
Also, having them in place in US airports won't scan someone flying in from Timbuktu, now would they?
At the shitehole where I work the free coffee is bloody Nescafe instant.
couldn't ferfookssake! Christ, it isn't hard to understand is it?
Pah!
Pillock.
Huh? The old adage "measure twice, cut once" should be updated for the /. era: "read four times before commenting.."
Lookeee here guys!, a twat. And a clueless twat at that!
Oh wait.
I know, it's slashdot, I should just wait until kindergarten is called back in.....
I don't want to argue with you, but I have got a windows box up, running, connected (OK by a severely restricted connection) to th'interweb, I use it daily, it genuinely hasn't been updated by mickeysoft since it was installed (It's not a knock-off copy, it was a shrink-wrap) & runs continuously, 24 hours a day.
Your machine, by contrast, is probably as stable as a two legged cow. However it's most likely fully patched
Some good points, I have a number of machines on my network, mostly running Centos, I also have an FC & a Ubuntu box. I have one PC running windows, yes I can & do run WINE, I also bought Crossover & I have a VM XP installation, on my main machine, that also works for me.
/. is perfectly fine, and as I've mentioned elsewhere, actually more responsive than a 2009 vintage office PC. :-)
Having said all that, my 2003 windows xp box, which I use for playing old games (I am rather old!) & browsing
My mail server scans my mail, IM is for losers, I don't file share (if I want it I buy it) & and web use (pretty much only
Seems to be the hive mind around here.
Remember number 6: I AM NOT A NUMBER!!
Yes, you're right, after a fashion. Any computer running a Microsoft operating system is so inherently insecure, that patching, and patching, and patching, just to catch up is a complete waste of time. As I said; firewall the bugger & be done with it.
"Failed to demonstrate any" Porquois why? I have a PC that's been up (apart from 2 utility power cuts) since 2003, it does exactly what I want it to, is definitively not part of any sodding botnet (I'd know, because I regularly tcpdump the interface it's connected to) has had no issues whatsoever with crap "patching" & probably (it's an AMD 64 with half a gig of RAM, forget the processor speed) runs better than your new, expensive, computer. It is certainly faster & more responsive than my work Dell T3400 with 4 gig of RAM & a multi-core processor.
Now, who's demonstrating logic here then, and who is the prawn?
Spot on :-)
When did the hive mind start moderating?