I'm not going to do all your research for you. About five seconds of Googling yields this Ubuntu page: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-819-1.
Debian's notices shouldn't be that hard to find, either. Of course, you can always just try the proof of concept code on an updated Debian system if you seriously doubt the maintainers.
booting a separate os during a break to read a web page is hardly a productive use of one's personal time.
I voluntarily work 14 hours a day; it doesn't mean I expect anyone else to do the same. Are you suggesting that people should not take breaks, and instead focus on the corporate mission for the entirety of their workday?
I rarely use third party webmail. I run my own mail servers for the majority of my communications. Installing Citadel on a cheap VPS takes about two minutes.
Sure, there are real reasons to use Facebook. None of them happen to apply to me, and I certainly wouldn't put private information into hands of a third party service like theirs.
I'm looking around, and I don't see millions of invaders in the U.S. killing tens of thousands of people. Perhaps I need glasses.
I find your association of my views with Halliburton laughable. I don't even wear a uniform for a living anymore; I prefer writing code these days (as I did before I served in the military). If you're referring to an understaffed and ineffective police force in another country (presumably yours), that's a problem for your citizenry to deal with via elections. I wish you all the best with that.
Hopefully one day soon, one of your close family members will be murdered by someone who invaded your country, yet your precious military did absolutely nothing to protect against.
This is the only portion of your post I feel is worthy of a reply. The rest is idiocy. You seem like an angry person; perhaps you should find a church or temple and reflect on your anger for awhile.
The chances of my losing a family member in the manner you describe are astronomically low. There is a reason for that: force at the point of a gun that makes any invasion of this country a ridiculous proposition. That aside, I've got firearms of my own, and I have absolutely no problem with using then. Good day.
What you need isn't going to be marketed as an E-book reader. It's going to be a very lightweight netbook-style device (perhaps a tablet) that allows you to view anything you want.
(1) Reference North Vietnamese activities against populations in the South. Add in Chinese military support for these human rights tragedies. Nice try, though.
(2) Reference (1) with respect to Vietnam. Interests mean more than immediate economic concerns. Iraq was run by a maniacal dictator who was responsible for the death by gassing of 10,000 ethnic Kurds within the borders of his own country (dictionary: "genocide"). His sons enjoyed pulling women off the street at random and raping them. Those who complained were murdered. War is not murder. War is war. You seem incapable of critical thought on this point. The Iraqis should have dealt with Sadaam themselves, something they were apparently incapable of doing. I'm beginning to think you're 18 years old, and probably not very well educated.
Our system of government is not perfect, but it works fairly well. We're the only nation to have ever used nuclear weapons in a time of war, but you'll also note that they haven't been used in wartime since then. This is not by accident; it is by force at the point of a gun (as you put it).
To address your last statement, you are sorely in need of an actual education. Please enroll in college immediately, preferably continuing to a graduate degree. I'll be more than willing to continue this debate once you've done so; I guess we'll pick this up again in six years.
I'd much rather America take military action on every occasion we have than the alternatives of (1) allowing gross abuses on multiple fronts to continue by foreign powers, or (2) allow American interests overseas to be threatened by hostile government regimes.
I'm absolutely certain that we'll never agree on these points, but I firmly believe that America represents the best of all government systems. There are many times I find myself frustrated by the actions of my government, and I most assuredly do not agree with every political decision we've made (including portions of some military actions). However, I still feel ours is the best of the systems that have been tried considering human nature.
To understand past and present threats to America requires years of historical analysis, an undertaking I would strongly encourage you to begin at the earliest possible opportunity. As for world peace, get everyone to agree simultaneously to "play nicely" and it'll be achieved. My wager is that it's impossible as long as the concept of economic scarcity affects the human condition.
I'm a firm believer that it's something that can be overcome in our lifetimes through technological means. There comes a point when the concept of one man having more than another becomes meaningless in terms of economic need, and I look forward to that day. In the meantime, my views on present realities are quite unlikely to change.
Our views certainly differ. I have the rights I enjoy as an American citizen because our armed forces defend those rights. I vehemently disagree with your view that we "kill large numbers of people for no good reason." World peace does not exist, nor can it as long as human nature is what it is.
Just think of all the meetings that had to be convened, coffee brewed, dinners expensed discussing the potential impact of these flaws, input from the legal department on the cost of fixing the bug versus potential liability including agreement to the shrinkwrap license that absolves MS of any liability unless a judge someday says otherwise, reading the tea leaves, God the list goes on and on.
I'm proud of them for releasing this fix in such a timely fashion.
It is Bill Gates and a bunch of faceless geeks and lawyers at some undisclosed location.
I do find it interesting that your view of customers' trust in Microsoft differs this much from mine. In my experience people view Microsoft as something much bigger than any store presence; they tend to associate Microsoft with computing in general (as in, "it's not a computer if it doesn't run Windows"). That's worth a heck of a lot more with respect to implicit trust than any kind of physical presence.
Assuming U.S. authorities are using your credit card information to track behavioral patterns, that won't help you much if the card is issued by the same bank. Even banks in Switzerland are routinely turning over information on account holders these days.
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I'm not going to do all your research for you. About five seconds of Googling yields this Ubuntu page: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-819-1. Debian's notices shouldn't be that hard to find, either. Of course, you can always just try the proof of concept code on an updated Debian system if you seriously doubt the maintainers.
I know I'm probably going to get modded down for this, but what the hell. I've got lots of karma.
Gray is the new black.
booting a separate os during a break to read a web page is hardly a productive use of one's personal time.
I voluntarily work 14 hours a day; it doesn't mean I expect anyone else to do the same. Are you suggesting that people should not take breaks, and instead focus on the corporate mission for the entirety of their workday?
Debian's kernels are fixed. I upgraded my Lenny systems recently to patch against the issue.
I rarely use third party webmail. I run my own mail servers for the majority of my communications. Installing Citadel on a cheap VPS takes about two minutes.
Sure, there are real reasons to use Facebook. None of them happen to apply to me, and I certainly wouldn't put private information into hands of a third party service like theirs.
I don't use Facebook. People don't have to solve problems they don't create in the first place.
That's exactly my point. Other distributions (also "not Linux") fixed the problem.
Heh, RedHat isn't Linux. They're a vendor, and a completely corporate one at that. This is why I've always stuck with Debian, for the record.
I'm looking around, and I don't see millions of invaders in the U.S. killing tens of thousands of people. Perhaps I need glasses.
I find your association of my views with Halliburton laughable. I don't even wear a uniform for a living anymore; I prefer writing code these days (as I did before I served in the military). If you're referring to an understaffed and ineffective police force in another country (presumably yours), that's a problem for your citizenry to deal with via elections. I wish you all the best with that.
Hopefully one day soon, one of your close family members will be murdered by someone who invaded your country, yet your precious military did absolutely nothing to protect against.
This is the only portion of your post I feel is worthy of a reply. The rest is idiocy. You seem like an angry person; perhaps you should find a church or temple and reflect on your anger for awhile.
The chances of my losing a family member in the manner you describe are astronomically low. There is a reason for that: force at the point of a gun that makes any invasion of this country a ridiculous proposition. That aside, I've got firearms of my own, and I have absolutely no problem with using then. Good day.
Give us this day our right-ist agenda,
And condemn those who oppose it,
As we rape and pillage the Constitution.
Are you aware that Democrats control the House, Senate, and Presidency?
What you need isn't going to be marketed as an E-book reader. It's going to be a very lightweight netbook-style device (perhaps a tablet) that allows you to view anything you want.
Why not shorten Nathan's Myhrvold's lifespan to next week? The human race benefit greatly.
As much as I agree with your post, the fact still remains: he has his money.
(1) Reference North Vietnamese activities against populations in the South. Add in Chinese military support for these human rights tragedies. Nice try, though. (2) Reference (1) with respect to Vietnam. Interests mean more than immediate economic concerns. Iraq was run by a maniacal dictator who was responsible for the death by gassing of 10,000 ethnic Kurds within the borders of his own country (dictionary: "genocide"). His sons enjoyed pulling women off the street at random and raping them. Those who complained were murdered. War is not murder. War is war. You seem incapable of critical thought on this point. The Iraqis should have dealt with Sadaam themselves, something they were apparently incapable of doing. I'm beginning to think you're 18 years old, and probably not very well educated.
Our system of government is not perfect, but it works fairly well. We're the only nation to have ever used nuclear weapons in a time of war, but you'll also note that they haven't been used in wartime since then. This is not by accident; it is by force at the point of a gun (as you put it).
To address your last statement, you are sorely in need of an actual education. Please enroll in college immediately, preferably continuing to a graduate degree. I'll be more than willing to continue this debate once you've done so; I guess we'll pick this up again in six years.
I'd much rather America take military action on every occasion we have than the alternatives of (1) allowing gross abuses on multiple fronts to continue by foreign powers, or (2) allow American interests overseas to be threatened by hostile government regimes.
I'm absolutely certain that we'll never agree on these points, but I firmly believe that America represents the best of all government systems. There are many times I find myself frustrated by the actions of my government, and I most assuredly do not agree with every political decision we've made (including portions of some military actions). However, I still feel ours is the best of the systems that have been tried considering human nature.
To understand past and present threats to America requires years of historical analysis, an undertaking I would strongly encourage you to begin at the earliest possible opportunity. As for world peace, get everyone to agree simultaneously to "play nicely" and it'll be achieved. My wager is that it's impossible as long as the concept of economic scarcity affects the human condition.
I'm a firm believer that it's something that can be overcome in our lifetimes through technological means. There comes a point when the concept of one man having more than another becomes meaningless in terms of economic need, and I look forward to that day. In the meantime, my views on present realities are quite unlikely to change.
You're living in a fantasy where everything "just gets along." Have fun with that while others sacrifice for you.
Our views certainly differ. I have the rights I enjoy as an American citizen because our armed forces defend those rights. I vehemently disagree with your view that we "kill large numbers of people for no good reason." World peace does not exist, nor can it as long as human nature is what it is.
That's one of the worst attempts at trolling I've seen in a very long time. Context called; they'd appreciate a call back when you get a chance.
I just canna do it, Captain! I don't have the power!
It must have taken an army of coders to fix these flaws.
Just think of all the meetings that had to be convened, coffee brewed, dinners expensed discussing the potential impact of these flaws, input from the legal department on the cost of fixing the bug versus potential liability including agreement to the shrinkwrap license that absolves MS of any liability unless a judge someday says otherwise, reading the tea leaves, God the list goes on and on.
I'm proud of them for releasing this fix in such a timely fashion.
It is Bill Gates and a bunch of faceless geeks and lawyers at some undisclosed location.
I do find it interesting that your view of customers' trust in Microsoft differs this much from mine. In my experience people view Microsoft as something much bigger than any store presence; they tend to associate Microsoft with computing in general (as in, "it's not a computer if it doesn't run Windows"). That's worth a heck of a lot more with respect to implicit trust than any kind of physical presence.
then canceling my card and getting a new one
Assuming U.S. authorities are using your credit card information to track behavioral patterns, that won't help you much if the card is issued by the same bank. Even banks in Switzerland are routinely turning over information on account holders these days.