Not that it matters, but just to answer your question: I don't think nodev and nosuid are relevant to Windows, and noexec can be achieved by setting Software Restriction Policies. Software can be allowed/disallowed based on path, hash or certificate.
Are you sure about that? My memory is fuzzy on this, but when I first read up on FAT32 it was stated that the presence of short filenames was not a requirement.
That would work, if they A) wouldn't advertise to me or B) note in their advertisements of the XBox the restrictions that exist on the XBox live network, or at the very least C) advertise on the XBox box wrapping itself the restrictions of the XBox live network.
Do they, in actual fact, note such limitations on the box? No? Then I'm perfectly justified to bitch them. I may not have a legal case, but hell, I have a moral one.
So human mothers-to-be are genetically selected to want a strong, genetically healthy man to be the father of their children? And then to get a smart/skilled/knowledgeable man to raise them? Which will result in that has a bigger chance to be strong, genetically healthy and skilled?
It's actually important to remember that UAC does not represent a "Security Barrier"(WinNT TM). MS has communicated that at numerous occasions. There are specific sets of circumstances where a program may be able to bypass UAC tripwires entirely.
Though, subverting the UAC in that way *does* require some level of cooperation from an already elevated Administrator process using legacy interop methods. (IIRC, it was DDE)
Though, this was the case for Vista, I'm wondering if things changed with W7*?
*Just remember, I'm copyrighting this novel expression designating the Windows 7 software. Anyone can have permanent, non-revocable, non-transferrable license for the meager cost of 50 cent to my paypal account.
No. Boycott the sites that annoy you. Flashblock, Noscript, etc is there to stop annoying sites from taking over the browser (Why don't browser work more on doing this out of the box?). The close button is there for me to get rid of annoying sites altogether.
I wish I could quickly block sites in my browser and even integrate that with my Google results so that sites that really, truly,/vex/ me, wouldn't even show up in the search results.
Market segmentation. Apple has it easier with the Mac. Why? Because it's hardware and paying for differences in hardware just makes more sense. Apple can then just calculate a higher profit percentage on the higher tier Macs. I don't know if they do that, but I would if I was them.
Now, with market segmentation on hardware, your entry-tier mac is cheaper, slower, perhaps slight less polish and finish on the hardware. But it can still do everything the higher tier Mac can. (I suppose ofcourse, I don't have any Mac hardware.)
Market segmentation on software just breeds feature envy. When making a purchase decision people will worry: "What about feature Y, do I really need that, and maybe, in a year, I want feature X?" In short; it makes people complain. Windows, being Windows, is highly visible and used by lots of people: so there are lots of people complaining about this market segmentation on windows.
Know, I'm not saying people aren't envious over bling bling and only over features. No. They just don't bitch as much about it. (Grown men aren't supposed to go "WhaaWhaaa, he's driving with a porsche and I'm not *snif*")
Anyway, imho, Bitlocker should be in the Professional edition also. Home-edition? Well, I can see why Microsoft thinks its a bad idea to have the possibility of publicity concerning a single working mom with 2 kids who just encrypted her drive with military grade encryption and forget the password. Keeping BitLocker out of the Home Edition is just pre-emptive damage control at that point. And extra SKU Home Edition Expert would just be a bad idea.;)
Also, imho again, Professional should be a full superset of Home Premium. No removing of features or mediaplayer or whatever.
John Hammond: "Condors! Condors are on the verge of extinction. If I was to create a flock of condors on this island, you wouldn't have anything to say!"
As in; using your Windows XP as a normal User, not as a administrator. Running untrusted programs as Guest in a virtualized sandbox. Using a Anti-Virus. Using a software firewall against incoming connections. Using that same software firewall to intercept outgoing connections. Hiding your network behind a NAT firewall. (Not really for security, but hey, I'll take any advantage I can get) Using complex, non-identical passwords for any system. Not using IE.
Noticed the "Using a Anti-virus" part? It's all part of a security mindset. Not running a Anti-virus is not a badge of honor. It's a invitation to consider your PC owned till proven otherwise.
Exactly. I have a installed and working Windows XP. Why would I want to invest time into a upgrade to a new OS with higher hardware requirements, without a compelling reason to do so?
For myself, I'm estimating a 50/50 chance that my current motherboard/cpu combination will be sufficient to run any application I want to run in 2012. So what if MS discontinues support for XP. It will still work.
In fact, if MS plays it's cards right, and I haven't upgraded in 2012, I could be persuaded into buying a subscription to security patches. Depending on price ofcourse. Oh yes, I'm frugal, glad you noticed.
Some of those people who don't know, or don't fully understand, could just be illiterate. Some of those will be embarrassed to seek help, until the TV stops working.
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Not that it matters, but just to answer your question:
I don't think nodev and nosuid are relevant to Windows, and noexec can be achieved by setting Software Restriction Policies. Software can be allowed/disallowed based on path, hash or certificate.
Sure. I hope those guys tell their wives that they are lawful military targets.
Are you sure about that? My memory is fuzzy on this, but when I first read up on FAT32 it was stated that the presence of short filenames was not a requirement.
It's the appearance of privacy.
I pretend that you cannot see what I'm reading on my phone. You pretend not to see the absolute gory smut on my phone's display.
The flip phone pretends to a bit more private. That's all.
That would work, if they A) wouldn't advertise to me or B) note in their advertisements of the XBox the restrictions that exist on the XBox live network, or at the very least C) advertise on the XBox box wrapping itself the restrictions of the XBox live network.
Do they, in actual fact, note such limitations on the box? No? Then I'm perfectly justified to bitch them. I may not have a legal case, but hell, I have a moral one.
So human mothers-to-be are genetically selected to want a strong, genetically healthy man to be the father of their children? And then to get a smart/skilled/knowledgeable man to raise them? Which will result in that has a bigger chance to be strong, genetically healthy and skilled?
Natural selection is a bitch.
Odd, using a non-admin account works great for me, and has worked great for the past 5 years.
Disclaimer: I think UAC is great.
It's actually important to remember that UAC does not represent a "Security Barrier"(WinNT TM). MS has communicated that at numerous occasions. There are specific sets of circumstances where a program may be able to bypass UAC tripwires entirely.
Though, subverting the UAC in that way *does* require some level of cooperation from an already elevated Administrator process using legacy interop methods. (IIRC, it was DDE)
Though, this was the case for Vista, I'm wondering if things changed with W7*?
*Just remember, I'm copyrighting this novel expression designating the Windows 7 software. Anyone can have permanent, non-revocable, non-transferrable license for the meager cost of 50 cent to my paypal account.
I don't know about you, but I like the new Slashdot discussion system. Yes, it requires javascript, but works great: neither annoying, nor surprising.
No. Boycott the sites that annoy you. Flashblock, Noscript, etc is there to stop annoying sites from taking over the browser (Why don't browser work more on doing this out of the box?). The close button is there for me to get rid of annoying sites altogether.
/vex/ me, wouldn't even show up in the search results.
I wish I could quickly block sites in my browser and even integrate that with my Google results so that sites that really, truly,
Drugs is also a profitable business venture.
Odd. Why haven't those ad agencies not been sued? Or just plain and simple fined? I would never get away with anything like that here. (Europe)
Market segmentation. Apple has it easier with the Mac. Why? Because it's hardware and paying for differences in hardware just makes more sense. Apple can then just calculate a higher profit percentage on the higher tier Macs. I don't know if they do that, but I would if I was them.
;)
Now, with market segmentation on hardware, your entry-tier mac is cheaper, slower, perhaps slight less polish and finish on the hardware. But it can still do everything the higher tier Mac can. (I suppose ofcourse, I don't have any Mac hardware.)
Market segmentation on software just breeds feature envy. When making a purchase decision people will worry: "What about feature Y, do I really need that, and maybe, in a year, I want feature X?" In short; it makes people complain. Windows, being Windows, is highly visible and used by lots of people: so there are lots of people complaining about this market segmentation on windows.
Know, I'm not saying people aren't envious over bling bling and only over features. No. They just don't bitch as much about it. (Grown men aren't supposed to go "WhaaWhaaa, he's driving with a porsche and I'm not *snif*")
Anyway, imho, Bitlocker should be in the Professional edition also. Home-edition? Well, I can see why Microsoft thinks its a bad idea to have the possibility of publicity concerning a single working mom with 2 kids who just encrypted her drive with military grade encryption and forget the password. Keeping BitLocker out of the Home Edition is just pre-emptive damage control at that point. And extra SKU Home Edition Expert would just be a bad idea.
Also, imho again, Professional should be a full superset of Home Premium. No removing of features or mediaplayer or whatever.
John Hammond: "Condors! Condors are on the verge of extinction. If I was to create a flock of condors on this island, you wouldn't have anything to say!"
You mean defense in depth.
As in; using your Windows XP as a normal User, not as a administrator.
Running untrusted programs as Guest in a virtualized sandbox.
Using a Anti-Virus.
Using a software firewall against incoming connections.
Using that same software firewall to intercept outgoing connections.
Hiding your network behind a NAT firewall. (Not really for security, but hey, I'll take any advantage I can get)
Using complex, non-identical passwords for any system.
Not using IE.
Noticed the "Using a Anti-virus" part? It's all part of a security mindset. Not running a Anti-virus is not a badge of honor. It's a invitation to consider your PC owned till proven otherwise.
Exactly. I have a installed and working Windows XP. Why would I want to invest time into a upgrade to a new OS with higher hardware requirements, without a compelling reason to do so?
For myself, I'm estimating a 50/50 chance that my current motherboard/cpu combination will be sufficient to run any application I want to run in 2012. So what if MS discontinues support for XP. It will still work.
In fact, if MS plays it's cards right, and I haven't upgraded in 2012, I could be persuaded into buying a subscription to security patches. Depending on price ofcourse. Oh yes, I'm frugal, glad you noticed.
Some of those people who don't know, or don't fully understand, could just be illiterate. Some of those will be embarrassed to seek help, until the TV stops working.
I mean, girls are generally nice (at least around here) and won't go all femzilla because you took their picture.
;)
At the very least, it's a conversation starter
I turn on the "click" sound. It's more fun taking pictures that way.
This is the internet. Hell, this is Slashdot. Present a compelling argument, or prepare not to be read at all.
I thoroughly enjoyed the sex and violence in "The Ninja" when I was 9-10.
I read it again when I was 11. That time the librarian did question me on why I was loaning that 500-page book.
Anyway, I have a pretty good imagination.
True. Office Ribbon interface is pleasant to use for casual users, or for users who only use 10% of the capabilities of the Office Suite.
Although, I believe it's possible that hard-core users are inconvenienced by having to learn yet another interface. *shrug*
You mean to say you don't know the contents of that folder by heart?
"exculpatory"
That word, I don't even think you read it.
Isn't it always good to be having sex, regardless if you are a nerd or not?