Clam is great. I've been using it for a year or so now and it's caused the least issues of anything.
I also run A Squared as a trojan scanner, but it proudly proclaimed a file to be trojan free recently, and when I ran it proceeded to wreck my computer leading to having to use bloody system restore.
Now in Debian, no. People using that are automatically more knowledgeable and know the potential risks. Plus OSS has it's house in far more order than Microsoft ever will.
And your friends without a clue, did they turn to you for assistance? Because if so, that sort of proves my point. It's not so much this stuff being turned on by default, as in people not knowing about it or how to use it.
Having all this stuff turned on out of the box is like having all your doors open. There's no guarantee anything bad will happen, but it will certainly increase the chances.
If anyone (who isn't the original poster as an AC) can confirm they know people "without a clue" who use Windows file sharing, please enlighten me, as I have never known ANYBODY who has used it outside of a corporate environment.
But even if people do, it's irrelevant really, as the MAJORITY of users are just one computer sitting on an internet connection, and no amount of random "parents and friends without a clue" blithering is going to change that.
What do you mean, "most people"? Most people don't even run firewalls for gods sake! God knows nobody I know would be if I hadn't battered it into their useless skulls that they were to never come crying to me if their computer got wrecked due to their stupidity. (I may have worded it more politely. In most cases anyway.)
First thing I do on a new XP install is shutdown stuff like this. Yes, it would be convenient to have it on my network, but you never know when some giant glaring exploit is going to appear and leave you open to pwnage due to Microsoft drinking a cold frosty can of fail.
Days like this justify my paranoia.
And you Microsoft muppets should really start shipping your sorry excuse of an OS with all this crap turned OFF by default since 90% of users wouldn't need it anyway.
The fact you spelled grammar wrong amuses me given what you were ranting against. However, I am not replying to point that out. That's merely an observation.
A friend and I were discussing this the other day. He is horrified by how many people he knows that watch reality shows, X Factor, Pop Idol etc... He asked if I did. He was greatly relieved when I said I didn't.
I think part of the problem is less and less people have the time to watch anything truly engaging, intelligent or demanding, which is why HBO's "The Wire", despite being one of the greatest television shows ever made, had such poor ratings. (That, and probably a fair degree of casual racism because of it's primarily African American cast.)
Yeah, definitely not a troll. Five years ago I couldn't have imagined not having cable TV. Since then I've spent 3 of the last five years TV-less. I don't miss it at all. No asinine commercials. Reality shows. Bullshit news reporting. Reruns... The money is being spent elsewhere and really, for what I paid I can pick up a couple of DVD's, and spend more time watching them then I spent watching TV when I had it.
Screensavers going down was a fucking tragedy. I remember when they first broadcast in Canada, I saw the very first episode they aired here and thought "Finally! A TV show for ME!"
You knew things were turning to shit when they cut the shows length to 60 minutes (because 90 minute shows don't work was the argument) and started having celebrity interviews. Writing was clearly on the wall from then on.
I still miss TSS. These days the only tech show I watch regularly is Tekzilla, which I like, but I find it endlessly frustrating as the show is too short, and too focused on questions. I like it when they get someone on with new games, or did their recent uber gaming PC etc... Basically when the show is more "The Screensavers" and less "Call For Help".
And since it's kind of related, if you're a gamer, I recommend Sessler's Soapbox as a great podcast. Adam Sessler, if you read this, you sir, ROCK!
Only other remotely tech related podcasts/shows I watch regularly are Geekbrief and Webbalert. And then I tend to have interesting fantasies about what would happen if you put those two in a romantically lit room with some alcohol and baby lotion...
Speaking as someone who has done both. Paid the license fee in the UK, and experienced the wonder of "free" TV here, I'd take the license free and the BBC ANY DAY OF THE WEEK over what passes for free here.
"No, dear, you're wrong. We've had that portable DVD player for ages and you just never noticed. I told you I was buying it. I showed you it when I got it."
That is an actual conversation I had with my wife recently. Only thing is I WASN'T LYING! I genuinely DID tell her I was buying it, and DID show it to her, AND have used it multiple times in front of her. The other day she finds the box. "Why do we have a portable DVD player box?"
Spore I made an exception on due to it being Will Wright. (Though having since found out his political affiliation I won't be supporting anything of his any longer.) I have routinely skipped games over the years due to Starforce, and now Securom is making me make those same choices. I did genuinely feel bad buying Spore as it went against my usual decision, and was a very large exception.
Without getting into the absolute nonsense of industry piracy figures (I mean I'd be counted in the figures for pirating Spore, except I bought it as well. I just wanted the crack to avoid the DRM.) Piracy currently offers a more attractive product. I've read LOADS of people having problems with Spore when used from the legit copy. Not ONE problem with the cracked version.
Sure, I can understand developers wanting to protect their titles, but it has to be transparent, and it seems with each passing phase of software protection, more and more people are being screwed out of playing the game they've bought due to the DRM. And of course the pathetic irony is you can't return the game, "because you may have pirated it".
I started using cracks regularly when Neverwinter Nights wouldn't load for after a certain patch. (1.27 I think. Maybe 1.29.) That was where I basically said "Enough" and have cracked every piece of software I've bought since. (Except in the case of Stardock and the like who don't use DRM.)
It really is at the point though where I'm about done with the PC gaming industry. And I have no interest in the consoles, so mainstream PC gaming is pretty much "game over" for me now. Endless lack of imagination, endless expansion packs, endless DRM... It's just not worth it anymore.
Hey, dude. You looked the BOMB when I saw you at the STATION. Hope you look the BOMB when I see you at 11:17am at King Cross. Don't forget to bring your BOMB the Bass CD. Then OSAMA will pick us up and GUN the engine of his car and take us through LONDON as we BOMB along the M25.
I'm more concerned about how large the scope of this will be. Once again the here and now is bad enough, but what about in the future?
EA announces "Rest of the game we deliberately removed so we could charge you for an expansion pack to be released." Barely a month after it was released.
NO SALE! I'm done with mainstream gaming. I'm tired of being treated like a 24/7 ATM by these people.
The apathy thing is right though. My wife knows this guy in the US. Early 20's. She asked him if he's voting for Obama. His reply? "Oh I'm not voting. Politics don't interest me." I'm sorry. Even in the past that's a pathetic statement. In todays political climate in the US that's a reprehensible attitude to have I think. "Oh it doesn't interest me." What's ironic is this guy is Korean, a legitimate US citizen who claims to be proud of being American and American freedoms etc... People like this sicken me.
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Clam is great. I've been using it for a year or so now and it's caused the least issues of anything.
I also run A Squared as a trojan scanner, but it proudly proclaimed a file to be trojan free recently, and when I ran it proceeded to wreck my computer leading to having to use bloody system restore.
I wish I had mod points as I'd mod that.
Post of the year, certainly on games.slashdot.org.
Your sig is awesome too:)
She'd take a named user before an AC any day, so get in line mate! (Though that chick SERIOUSLY needs to eat a sandwich.)
Now in Debian, no. People using that are automatically more knowledgeable and know the potential risks. Plus OSS has it's house in far more order than Microsoft ever will.
And your friends without a clue, did they turn to you for assistance? Because if so, that sort of proves my point. It's not so much this stuff being turned on by default, as in people not knowing about it or how to use it.
Having all this stuff turned on out of the box is like having all your doors open. There's no guarantee anything bad will happen, but it will certainly increase the chances.
If anyone (who isn't the original poster as an AC) can confirm they know people "without a clue" who use Windows file sharing, please enlighten me, as I have never known ANYBODY who has used it outside of a corporate environment.
But even if people do, it's irrelevant really, as the MAJORITY of users are just one computer sitting on an internet connection, and no amount of random "parents and friends without a clue" blithering is going to change that.
What do you mean, "most people"? Most people don't even run firewalls for gods sake! God knows nobody I know would be if I hadn't battered it into their useless skulls that they were to never come crying to me if their computer got wrecked due to their stupidity. (I may have worded it more politely. In most cases anyway.)
HAHAHA! Nice!
First thing I do on a new XP install is shutdown stuff like this. Yes, it would be convenient to have it on my network, but you never know when some giant glaring exploit is going to appear and leave you open to pwnage due to Microsoft drinking a cold frosty can of fail.
Days like this justify my paranoia.
And you Microsoft muppets should really start shipping your sorry excuse of an OS with all this crap turned OFF by default since 90% of users wouldn't need it anyway.
Touché, sir. Touché.
The fact you spelled grammar wrong amuses me given what you were ranting against. However, I am not replying to point that out. That's merely an observation.
A friend and I were discussing this the other day. He is horrified by how many people he knows that watch reality shows, X Factor, Pop Idol etc... He asked if I did. He was greatly relieved when I said I didn't.
I think part of the problem is less and less people have the time to watch anything truly engaging, intelligent or demanding, which is why HBO's "The Wire", despite being one of the greatest television shows ever made, had such poor ratings. (That, and probably a fair degree of casual racism because of it's primarily African American cast.)
Then IMO you have a responsibility to CORRECT those wrong assertions. Not all of them, but at least one or two, or else nobody else is going to learn.
Just a thought.
Yeah, definitely not a troll. Five years ago I couldn't have imagined not having cable TV. Since then I've spent 3 of the last five years TV-less. I don't miss it at all. No asinine commercials. Reality shows. Bullshit news reporting. Reruns... The money is being spent elsewhere and really, for what I paid I can pick up a couple of DVD's, and spend more time watching them then I spent watching TV when I had it.
Screensavers going down was a fucking tragedy. I remember when they first broadcast in Canada, I saw the very first episode they aired here and thought "Finally! A TV show for ME!"
You knew things were turning to shit when they cut the shows length to 60 minutes (because 90 minute shows don't work was the argument) and started having celebrity interviews. Writing was clearly on the wall from then on.
I still miss TSS. These days the only tech show I watch regularly is Tekzilla, which I like, but I find it endlessly frustrating as the show is too short, and too focused on questions. I like it when they get someone on with new games, or did their recent uber gaming PC etc... Basically when the show is more "The Screensavers" and less "Call For Help".
And since it's kind of related, if you're a gamer, I recommend Sessler's Soapbox as a great podcast. Adam Sessler, if you read this, you sir, ROCK!
Only other remotely tech related podcasts/shows I watch regularly are Geekbrief and Webbalert. And then I tend to have interesting fantasies about what would happen if you put those two in a romantically lit room with some alcohol and baby lotion...
Speaking as someone who has done both. Paid the license fee in the UK, and experienced the wonder of "free" TV here, I'd take the license free and the BBC ANY DAY OF THE WEEK over what passes for free here.
What's funny is if I recall, half the reason Rose and friends started Revision 3 was because stuff like Tech TV got dumbed down and killed off.
How soon the rebels become the establishment.
It's rather appropriate that DNF in racing stands for "Did Not Finish". Seems rather apt for Duke.
I find it funny that Microsoft feel they have to educate people about piracy. I'm already well aware of the many benefits thank you, Microsoft.
Clearly someone who has never been married.
"No, dear, you're wrong. We've had that portable DVD player for ages and you just never noticed. I told you I was buying it. I showed you it when I got it."
That is an actual conversation I had with my wife recently. Only thing is I WASN'T LYING! I genuinely DID tell her I was buying it, and DID show it to her, AND have used it multiple times in front of her. The other day she finds the box. "Why do we have a portable DVD player box?"
*facepalm*
I guess I figured as a creative type he may not be that way inclined. It's really harsh when someone you think of as a legend disappoints you.
Spore I made an exception on due to it being Will Wright. (Though having since found out his political affiliation I won't be supporting anything of his any longer.) I have routinely skipped games over the years due to Starforce, and now Securom is making me make those same choices. I did genuinely feel bad buying Spore as it went against my usual decision, and was a very large exception.
Without getting into the absolute nonsense of industry piracy figures (I mean I'd be counted in the figures for pirating Spore, except I bought it as well. I just wanted the crack to avoid the DRM.) Piracy currently offers a more attractive product. I've read LOADS of people having problems with Spore when used from the legit copy. Not ONE problem with the cracked version.
Sure, I can understand developers wanting to protect their titles, but it has to be transparent, and it seems with each passing phase of software protection, more and more people are being screwed out of playing the game they've bought due to the DRM. And of course the pathetic irony is you can't return the game, "because you may have pirated it".
I started using cracks regularly when Neverwinter Nights wouldn't load for after a certain patch. (1.27 I think. Maybe 1.29.) That was where I basically said "Enough" and have cracked every piece of software I've bought since. (Except in the case of Stardock and the like who don't use DRM.)
It really is at the point though where I'm about done with the PC gaming industry. And I have no interest in the consoles, so mainstream PC gaming is pretty much "game over" for me now. Endless lack of imagination, endless expansion packs, endless DRM... It's just not worth it anymore.
MPG? Have you been in a coma for the last eight years or so? I honestly haven't come across an MPEG file of a movie since the late 90's!
No, the Blue Screen is the "Instant Off" feature.
Since I'm not even IN England:) Though I have a friend who is. I think I need to write him an email... *evil grin*
That's dumb as a box of hair. Better to say:
Hey, dude. You looked the BOMB when I saw you at the STATION. Hope you look the BOMB when I see you at 11:17am at King Cross. Don't forget to bring your BOMB the Bass CD. Then OSAMA will pick us up and GUN the engine of his car and take us through LONDON as we BOMB along the M25.
I'm more concerned about how large the scope of this will be. Once again the here and now is bad enough, but what about in the future?
EA announces "Rest of the game we deliberately removed so we could charge you for an expansion pack to be released." Barely a month after it was released.
NO SALE! I'm done with mainstream gaming. I'm tired of being treated like a 24/7 ATM by these people.
I can't believe I got modded up! Wow!
The apathy thing is right though. My wife knows this guy in the US. Early 20's. She asked him if he's voting for Obama. His reply? "Oh I'm not voting. Politics don't interest me." I'm sorry. Even in the past that's a pathetic statement. In todays political climate in the US that's a reprehensible attitude to have I think. "Oh it doesn't interest me." What's ironic is this guy is Korean, a legitimate US citizen who claims to be proud of being American and American freedoms etc... People like this sicken me.
Wake up and start giving a shit!