A properly written Vista application comes with a manifest describing the privileges needed to run it, so that elevation happens before it actually runs. It sounds like Opera fucked up. Of course, Microsoft still gets all the blame.
Although your post has been tagged as 'Informative', it is misleading. In Vista and Windows 7, memory used for caching shows up in the Task Manager as 'Cached', not as 'Free'. I must admit though that the adjective 'Cached' is a bit cryptic. How the hell are we supposed to know what it means?
You're right that not every vulnerability is equally serious. However, the reasoning "If it had serious flaws they would have come out by now." is incorrect. A serious flaw might be present, but it might expose itself only in very specific circumstances...
This is normal, considering that arc magnets work in max-reverse mode only if their flux is smaller than the one realized during the highest temperature cycle in min-pumping mode. Actually, if you get your timing right, they can serve as excellent bread toasters, but please do not distributed this knowledge as some idiot might actually try this.
This is a bit OT (as it has nothing to do with Monty), but I just read this:
Software freedom activist Richard Stallman and others are trying to block Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL. Why? Because MySQL is covered by the GNU Public License (GPL), and the purchase has exposed a flaw in the GPL that Stallman says will cause a “major setback” to the development of the free database if the acquisition is allowed to go through.
As far as I can tell, Monty is employed by his own company, Monty Program AB. I did not find any indication in the groklaw article that Monty is employed by Microsoft.
There is of course the link with MS. I suppose that, in the eyes of some, he's just as much a traitor as de Icaza.
MySQL's creator and the EU are concerned about the future of MySQL in Oracle's hands. It's amazing that somebody on./ still manages to give this story an astroturfing twist.
I'm surprised to hear that MS employs Widenius. Can you back that up?
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A properly written Vista application comes with a manifest describing the privileges needed to run it, so that elevation happens before it actually runs. It sounds like Opera fucked up. Of course, Microsoft still gets all the blame.
Although your post has been tagged as 'Informative', it is misleading. In Vista and Windows 7, memory used for caching shows up in the Task Manager as 'Cached', not as 'Free'. I must admit though that the adjective 'Cached' is a bit cryptic. How the hell are we supposed to know what it means?
Very well. The one who loses the bet gives 100 EUR (or more, if you prefer) to a charity. Now, are you ready to put your money where your mouth is?
Actually, yes, I want to take a bet for let's say 100 USD (or EUR if you prefer). Is the amount OK with you? How should we set this up?
You're right that not every vulnerability is equally serious. However, the reasoning "If it had serious flaws they would have come out by now." is incorrect. A serious flaw might be present, but it might expose itself only in very specific circumstances...
OpenBSD has been exposed much less than, let's say, Linux. Shouldn't you use a metric like: n_vulnerabilities_detected / n_instance_hours_of_exposure?
Excuse me, but how do you know that OpenBSD has the most secure kernel in the UNIX family?
There are things that I like better than Hannah Montana, but who am I to say that they are better?
Man, they are so evil!
What are you trying to say? That Mozart is better than Hannah Montana?
Yes, but not used in Chinese attack.
Misleading title, should be IE 6.
This is obviously a non-issue. Just wiggle your finger a bit to draw straight lines.
Please.
So it seems we all agree! :-)
Luckily IBM never lowered themselves to such despicable practices.
This is normal, considering that arc magnets work in max-reverse mode only if their flux is smaller than the one realized during the highest temperature cycle in min-pumping mode. Actually, if you get your timing right, they can serve as excellent bread toasters, but please do not distributed this knowledge as some idiot might actually try this.
Actually, I find it a pretty funny username and I'm a major Philip K Dick fan.
Please remind me. Who's paying for this piece of junk again?
We'll be programming the zombies. No electricity needed.
Now Stallman himself turns out to be a traitor too! Traitor! Traitor!
This is a bit OT (as it has nothing to do with Monty), but I just read this:
Software freedom activist Richard Stallman and others are trying to block Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL. Why? Because MySQL is covered by the GNU Public License (GPL), and the purchase has exposed a flaw in the GPL that Stallman says will cause a “major setback” to the development of the free database if the acquisition is allowed to go through.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=1426&tag=content;col1
Will this impact the 'Yes' camp in any way?
Widenius sits on the advisory board of the Codeplex Foundation, the non-profit sponsored by Microsoft: http://www.codeplex.org/board-of-directors.aspx
As far as I can tell, Monty is employed by his own company, Monty Program AB. I did not find any indication in the groklaw article that Monty is employed by Microsoft.
There is of course the link with MS. I suppose that, in the eyes of some, he's just as much a traitor as de Icaza.
MySQL's creator and the EU are concerned about the future of MySQL in Oracle's hands. It's amazing that somebody on ./ still manages to give this story an astroturfing twist.
I'm surprised to hear that MS employs Widenius. Can you back that up?
Right on.