"To minimize the chances of being affected by this issue, Internet Explorer users should ensure their antivirus definitions are up to date, disable JavaScript and only visit Web sites they trust until fixes are available from Microsoft," Symantec said.
Or...perhaps to minimize the chances of being affected by this issue, Internet Explorer users could STOP USING IE! Or at least upgrade to IE8, because that's all, like, officially released and stuff.
I mean, I realize that Symantec is an antivirus company and all, but this is just stupid to a ridiculous degree.
As far as I'm concerned, I hope Microsoft continues to think of ChromeOS as just a toy that will never be a serious contender with Windows outside of very limited niche devices.
They'll consider it a competitor as soon as its market share proportion has at least one significant digit to the left of the decimal point. Just look what happened to Linux!
It's a toy until it starts taking up significant portions of Microsoft's client-side OS market share.
No one get's a soda, they get a coke, even when that 'coke' is a Pepsi.
WTF are you talking about? If I say I want a coke, I want a coke! If I say I want a coke, I do not want a Pepsi or a Sprite or whatever other soft drinks you have. If I want a Pepsi, I will tell you I want a Pepsi. If I want a Sprite or a 7-Up, I will tell you the name of the drink that I desire. Ditto for Mountain Dew or any other pop out there.
These gentlemen were declared perpetrators of a crime a few years ago, hence their sentence for a crime which shall be unspecified, yet the crime DID decrease the population by one, if that detail interests you.
What next, Linus stars in an "I'm a PC" commercial?
"Hi, I'm a Mac." "And I'm a PC." "Hello. I'm Linux." *Linus points to Mac* "I work pretty much like you..." *Linus points to PC* "...on hardware like yours." *Linus addresses the camera* "It's the best of both worlds! No viruses or crashing, without all that expensive Apple hardware."
IIRC, most states have wrongful termination laws, where if you are terminated after refusing to break the law for your employer, you can get dollar bills (damages) or your job back (equitable remedy).
If you recall correctly? Okay, so since you've passed the lawyer exam (even if not officially a lawyer yet), what's your area of expertise, then?
Because telling the IT guy to do something illegal or lose his job isn't already extortion?
I'm not entirely sure what your post is trying to imply, but OP would only be just as bad as his boss, not worse.
BTW, I assume the guy's job is at risk if he doesn't illegally pirate these various applications. If it ain't, then there isn't much reason for this askslashdot, is there?
the biggest threat the associations see is the resale of used product because they see it as depriving them of a sale.
Until it's explained to me how the used media market is different from me lending or giving my friend my physical copy of a game that I previously owned (other than the money changing hands between gamers and GameStop), I won't hear a word of it.
If they really want to apply the idea that they're getting at, they will have to convince me that it's wrong for me to let my friend play my copy of a game. This will be difficult because I was always taught from an early age that sharing with others was something that good people do, not evil thieves, and I really believe it.
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A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar.
You'd think one of 'em was watching where they were going.
These posts are off-topic in the same way that this sentense has exactly three erors.
Must be some good code, then.
Obligatory.
Computer nerds have a stereotype of not showering (as often as they should). Finally, we can feel free to live better through living funky. :D
What? Am I the only one here who fits this stereotype?
Depends. Is this netbook also open-source?
Symantec is idiots.
From TFA:
"To minimize the chances of being affected by this issue, Internet Explorer users should ensure their antivirus definitions are up to date, disable JavaScript and only visit Web sites they trust until fixes are available from Microsoft," Symantec said.
Or...perhaps to minimize the chances of being affected by this issue, Internet Explorer users could STOP USING IE! Or at least upgrade to IE8, because that's all, like, officially released and stuff.
I mean, I realize that Symantec is an antivirus company and all, but this is just stupid to a ridiculous degree.
As far as I'm concerned, I hope Microsoft continues to think of ChromeOS as just a toy that will never be a serious contender with Windows outside of very limited niche devices.
They'll consider it a competitor as soon as its market share proportion has at least one significant digit to the left of the decimal point. Just look what happened to Linux!
It's a toy until it starts taking up significant portions of Microsoft's client-side OS market share.
correlationisnotcausation
See: Mac failure rate over 3 years, according to TFS and TFA.
Because they need to push their unwanted Firefox add-ons somehow.
Let's break-up the Comcast monopoly next.
And Microsoft, while we're at it.
There. Slashdot's equivalent of Godwin's law right there.
I should probably add: I do also use "tissue" over "kleenex".
Just to throw that out there.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, my good man!
You were close, though, I will give you that. :)
No one get's a soda, they get a coke, even when that 'coke' is a Pepsi.
WTF are you talking about? If I say I want a coke, I want a coke! If I say I want a coke, I do not want a Pepsi or a Sprite or whatever other soft drinks you have. If I want a Pepsi, I will tell you I want a Pepsi. If I want a Sprite or a 7-Up, I will tell you the name of the drink that I desire. Ditto for Mountain Dew or any other pop out there.
Considering that for 1Mil, I could live very happily for 10+ years without working (at my current standard of living)
I have an idea: Take the million, and live for 20+ years without working at the standard of living of us down here in the middle class.
WTF do you need $100,000 per year for?
My bad. I had no idea. $(`backticked_command`) has worked for my HW assignments this semester.
I'll play with it later or something, and learn the differences.
I'm a hard core C/Perl/Java coder
That isn't "hard core". That's "CS freshman who hasn't yet discovered that CS is more math than programming."
for POST in $(`cat slashdot`); do
beGrammarNazi $POST
done
I couldn't resist.
Fixed that for you, I think. Not sure what that's going to do if it ain't back-ticked.
Someone, enlighten me as to whether or not this was a necessary post.
These gentlemen were declared perpetrators of a crime a few years ago, hence their sentence for a crime which shall be unspecified, yet the crime DID decrease the population by one, if that detail interests you.
And what were the names of these gentlemen?
No, Hell is simply expanding faster than the rate at which the volume of souls is increasing.
Global warming could still very well be hokum.
What next, Linus stars in an "I'm a PC" commercial?
"Hi, I'm a Mac."
"And I'm a PC."
"Hello. I'm Linux."
*Linus points to Mac*
"I work pretty much like you..."
*Linus points to PC*
"...on hardware like yours."
*Linus addresses the camera*
"It's the best of both worlds! No viruses or crashing, without all that expensive Apple hardware."
Oh, I see.
Well justified.
Nice job going into civil law. Now, you'll be able to jump into every RIAA thread with almost as much qualificaiton as NYCL. ;P
IIRC, most states have wrongful termination laws, where if you are terminated after refusing to break the law for your employer, you can get dollar bills (damages) or your job back (equitable remedy).
If you recall correctly? Okay, so since you've passed the lawyer exam (even if not officially a lawyer yet), what's your area of expertise, then?
Half-curious, half-wondering-why-you-aren't-completely-sure-of-your-statement.
Because telling the IT guy to do something illegal or lose his job isn't already extortion?
I'm not entirely sure what your post is trying to imply, but OP would only be just as bad as his boss, not worse.
BTW, I assume the guy's job is at risk if he doesn't illegally pirate these various applications. If it ain't, then there isn't much reason for this askslashdot, is there?
Commandment 700: Only the LORD thy God shall have read, write, and execute privileges on the Universe.
Please, mods, think very hard about this joke if you don't immediately get it.
the biggest threat the associations see is the resale of used product because they see it as depriving them of a sale.
Until it's explained to me how the used media market is different from me lending or giving my friend my physical copy of a game that I previously owned (other than the money changing hands between gamers and GameStop), I won't hear a word of it.
If they really want to apply the idea that they're getting at, they will have to convince me that it's wrong for me to let my friend play my copy of a game. This will be difficult because I was always taught from an early age that sharing with others was something that good people do, not evil thieves, and I really believe it.