What if they installed the previous version of the drivers from a different site? Or if they have user-written drivers? They'd effectively have a version of the patch DB that was different from anything that MS had.
It would be a fucking huge file... it would have to send all patches of all time, since it wouldn't know which patches you've installed and which you haven't; or which you needed and which you don't.
OK, let me revise... don't run attachments which you're not sure about. If I ask my friend to email me a copy of some random peice of software because the download site is down, then I'll run it. But if I get an email from the same friend with an engrish message, and "picture.jpg.pif.bat.com.vbs" attached, I'm not going to run the thing.
Well now that's an interesting thing to say. I've been using Outlook primarily for several years and I can't say that I've ever had a virus... let alone a virus caused by Outlook. I've received plenty, the trick is to just not open attachments from people I don't know.
FLIBBERTY GIBBERTY IF I TRY TO GO TO WOMENCENTRAL.MSN.COM WITH OPERA TWO LINES ARE OBSCURED BY CSS ELEMENTS! IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MICROSOFT CONSPIRACY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM USING SHITTY BROWSERS!
Yeah, do you remember that? Slashdot is hypocritical, and always has been. You're right, it's a silly animation and I personally think it's retarded that slashdot is reporting on an easter egg anyway. But don't say that it's not hypocritical because you KNOW that if the exact same thing happened with Microsoft closing something to anything but IE, you and the rest of slashdot would throw a giant hissy fit about it.
I just tried this, and it didn't work. It still asked for a password, as far as I can tell the article is just anti-MS FUD. What else could I expect from slashdot?:rolleyes:
Have you ever tried to pound in a nail with a screwdriver? You can do it, but since you're holding the pounding surface with your hand directly, if you're off a little bit you'll hit the screw with your hand and probably cut it pretty badly and it will hurt like hell.
Sometimes you need to just pay for the damned hammer.
You don't have to pay for it if you don't want to. With the current model, the idea is you pay for it and you watch it once. If you want to watch it again, you have to pay again- it's the exact same thing now, only you can start it up to 90 minutes later.
Why would political calls be exempt from this? They're trying to sell something. I might be convinced to agree that non-profit calls are alright, but political calls?
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What if they installed the previous version of the drivers from a different site? Or if they have user-written drivers? They'd effectively have a version of the patch DB that was different from anything that MS had.
It would be a fucking huge file... it would have to send all patches of all time, since it wouldn't know which patches you've installed and which you haven't; or which you needed and which you don't.
OK, let me revise... don't run attachments which you're not sure about. If I ask my friend to email me a copy of some random peice of software because the download site is down, then I'll run it. But if I get an email from the same friend with an engrish message, and "picture.jpg.pif.bat.com.vbs" attached, I'm not going to run the thing.
The non-consecutive selection thing is probably the best thing about Word, and I'm not being sarcastic. It's basically Mother Teresa in software form.
Well now that's an interesting thing to say. I've been using Outlook primarily for several years and I can't say that I've ever had a virus... let alone a virus caused by Outlook. I've received plenty, the trick is to just not open attachments from people I don't know.
Yeah, do you remember that? Slashdot is hypocritical, and always has been. You're right, it's a silly animation and I personally think it's retarded that slashdot is reporting on an easter egg anyway. But don't say that it's not hypocritical because you KNOW that if the exact same thing happened with Microsoft closing something to anything but IE, you and the rest of slashdot would throw a giant hissy fit about it.
that's a great idea, actually...
I just tried this, and it didn't work. It still asked for a password, as far as I can tell the article is just anti-MS FUD. What else could I expect from slashdot? :rolleyes:
encryption, not compression. my bad.
The point still stands. You could zip it and then encrypt the .zip with 1024 bit compression, and it would be secure.
The next thing we need are little blue vials, so you can raise your health [i]above[/i] 100%.
Or, there's the same joke that everyone on this page has already made twice: Snowball fight!
I typed "about:Mozilla" in my address bar... what's supposed to happen? I just get a blue screen.
Sometimes you need to just pay for the damned hammer.
Your games suck.
You're encouraged to write about what you know.
But let's not start this again, last time people started arguing about E2 on slashdot, it was pretty ugly...
users can decide what the bonus is worth for themselves, so if you've got the bonus set to 0 it won't show up.
Holy motherfuck, I don't know which is worse, the background on that page or how those things must feel...
pics plz
Didn't Intel put a serial number on every processor a few years ago, allegedly to allow for this? Didn't they catch all nature of flack about it?
You don't have to pay for it if you don't want to. With the current model, the idea is you pay for it and you watch it once. If you want to watch it again, you have to pay again- it's the exact same thing now, only you can start it up to 90 minutes later.
Illinois doesn't have one yet... bleh
Why would political calls be exempt from this? They're trying to sell something. I might be convinced to agree that non-profit calls are alright, but political calls?
Then we could destroy them all in one place.
Finally a cause the entire internet community could rally around.
Really? I have never had Winamp crash ANYTHING for as long as I can remember.