I used to be the team lead of a group of network engineers. I was always proud of the fact that my team members were perceived and judged on their skills. We had folks of many different races, both sexes, and different sexual orientations, and it never mattered. It was only important what they knew, and what they could do.
On another note, my very first real job in IT gave me a neat perspective on this issue. My officemate was a black guy, and was the recognized AS/400 security expert. He worked on about 15 different accounts that had AS/400 systems; and folks from all over the country would call him for help. Now the kicker was that his voice was, well, I dunno... White? I can't describe it, but you would not have guessed his ethnicity from speaking with him on the phone. And he didn't have a particularly ethnic name, either.
He only actually met a few of customers face to face; and he always told me after meeting customers for the first time that they never seemed to visibly react to him being black. Sometimes, you can't control those reactions, so it seems to me that he experienced firsthand the fact that in IT, race isn't important.
Now for my disclaimer: I've not worked in any other fields but IT, so I don't have a lot to measure this against./p.
"Websites even employ "onmousedown" event handlers that change the href attribute at the very last second before a click occurs. This makes it so that hovering over the link displays the location that you want to go to, but it still ends up taking you someplace else."
Gee, thanks for handing the spyware creators, spammers, and phishers even MORE ammunition. Let's trick the user into thinking he's clicking on one thing, and at the last minute send data to another URL. YES! Let's make it MORE difficult for users to trust their online banking applications (etc.)!!!
There is only 1 vendor providing Microsoft Windows, and there are several providing Linux and Unix operating systems. So on a per-vendor basis, it's clear that Windows has more vulnerabilities.
I agree, there's precedent here, although it's a little less tongue-in-cheek than that. What I see is that these bold, sweeping initiatives like "eliminate all spam" have no predetermined quantifiable criteria for success. It'd be one thing if the CAN-SPAM act's goal was "to reduce all spam delivered by 25% by end of 2005 as measured by MessageLabs/BrightMail/whomever". Something like that could be easily evaluated and measured.
Citing a 62% increase in spam messages that is levelling off (from TFA) is like saying that we're eliminating the budget deficit. That's not what's really happening -- we're in the rough neighborhood of reducing the interest payment to zero for the current year. We haven't even thought about paying off the actual principal.
By the same token, to say that the increase in spam delivery is waning is meaningless to the consumers quoted in the article as being who the government is attempting to "protect". Thanks a lot, Congress.
Sounds like a great idea, but Firefox and Mozilla themes usually replace the RSS/Atom/feed icon with something that matches that theme. I mean, I know that IE doesn't support themeing yet (AFAIK), but what's the big deal about having the same icon?
How about conducting the survey in the REAL world
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The only folks I saw who were quoted in the article worked either for state/local government or a university. I'm sorry, but private industry is an entirely different animal. Perhaps out of your 1,500 respondents, folks, you should give us an idea of the breakdown.
Isn't it true that anyone can sign up to be a "member", thus circumventing this "restriction"? Ok, so they snatch my fake name and the IP of my anonymous proxy server... Big deal...
Re:install an anti virus as well as anti spyware?
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Symantec Antivirus 10 which is coming out soon integrates spyware/adware detection and removal with their standard AV client.
One comment that seems to be missing is that a more wholistic approach is really what's needed. If you use a few anti-spyware tools and a client firewall and a client anti-virus program along with your common sense (e.g., reading EULAs carefully, etc.) you will, I think, mostly be spared from the onslaught.
I believe it's safe to assume that a good number of Slashdot readers are using Linux, MacOS, or if on Windows, Firefox/Opera/whatever, and from what I've read over the years have a higher than average security IQ.
Who I feel sad for is people like [insert cliche here; my Mom, Aunt, Cousin, etc.] who aren't technically saavy. They are the "bad few" this review identifies who run into the most problems, and yes, sometimes serve as the vectors for attacks against our machines. So if we could get these folks to consistently employ the multiple tools and common sense techniques of your average Slashdot reader, we'd all be better off.
In addition, if you look at the about: page (which I happen to use as my home page), the links all still point to mozilla.org, not mozilla.com/firefox....
The sad thing is, another record company is bound to make the exact same mistake. Nobody will learn from this snafu and consumers will be once more negatively affected.
Yeah, I can find nothing in terms of version number that differentiates the RC2 version from the RC1 I was running, other than when you visit "about: " and click on the words Firefox 1.5, it takes you to an about page on the mozilla.org site that talks about RC2...
To thwart world domination, use your browser to block everything except session cookies from Google. This will allow you to keep using Gmail and your Gmail Notifier Firefox extension, etc. while keeping Google from tracking you across the Internet./p.
It just sits there on my desktop, taking up real estate and looking fugly.
No doubt. I've installed all the new versions too. I just got no value from it. All my e-mail and system files are organized; I don't need any kind of search function. Mod parent up.
My thoughts exactly! I see some posters here are pooh-poohing the IPSO platform. I personally have built about 300 Nokia IPSO firewalls that were routers, VPN endpoints, or Check Point FireWall-1 appliances and I loved working on them. They are a great system. That'd be cool if I could grab an open source version for my own. Maybe I could install that joker on my LinkSys router...
What's with the OS X-like preferences panel? It seems as though in the last year, more Windows applications have been going in that direction.
I believe that this new schema aligns with some kind of GUI development standard that's been gaining popularity in the open source world. I fail to remember what that standard/method is called, but I'm sure a Slashdotter smarter than me will post a reply.
Dude, what plant are you smoking? I'm pretty sure it was Firefox who came up with tabbed browsing, extensibility for custom applications, integrated pop-up blocking, and many other 'cutting edge' features. Microsoft is just playing catch up with most of these!
I concede that the visual display of tab content you describe does sound like nothing Firefox currently offers (that is, I conceded without having searched through the thousands of available Firefox extensions). But in any case, I don't think your statement above can be uttered with a straight face.
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Well, duh! After you download it, you have to put it in water for it to work...
I used to be the team lead of a group of network engineers. I was always proud of the fact that my team members were perceived and judged on their skills. We had folks of many different races, both sexes, and different sexual orientations, and it never mattered. It was only important what they knew, and what they could do.
On another note, my very first real job in IT gave me a neat perspective on this issue. My officemate was a black guy, and was the recognized AS/400 security expert. He worked on about 15 different accounts that had AS/400 systems; and folks from all over the country would call him for help. Now the kicker was that his voice was, well, I dunno... White? I can't describe it, but you would not have guessed his ethnicity from speaking with him on the phone. And he didn't have a particularly ethnic name, either.
He only actually met a few of customers face to face; and he always told me after meeting customers for the first time that they never seemed to visibly react to him being black. Sometimes, you can't control those reactions, so it seems to me that he experienced firsthand the fact that in IT, race isn't important.
Now for my disclaimer: I've not worked in any other fields but IT, so I don't have a lot to measure this against./p.
From the article:
"Websites even employ "onmousedown" event handlers that change the href attribute at the very last second before a click occurs. This makes it so that hovering over the link displays the location that you want to go to, but it still ends up taking you someplace else."
Gee, thanks for handing the spyware creators, spammers, and phishers even MORE ammunition. Let's trick the user into thinking he's clicking on one thing, and at the last minute send data to another URL. YES! Let's make it MORE difficult for users to trust their online banking applications (etc.)!!!
...to Geugle.
I have four words that I think a lot of people need to hear.
Vote.
with.
your.
pocketbook.
If you didn't like the Sony CD rootkit fiasco, stop buying Sony products. Trust me, the bottom line is the only voice to which companies listen.
There is only 1 vendor providing Microsoft Windows, and there are several providing Linux and Unix operating systems. So on a per-vendor basis, it's clear that Windows has more vulnerabilities.
I agree, there's precedent here, although it's a little less tongue-in-cheek than that. What I see is that these bold, sweeping initiatives like "eliminate all spam" have no predetermined quantifiable criteria for success. It'd be one thing if the CAN-SPAM act's goal was "to reduce all spam delivered by 25% by end of 2005 as measured by MessageLabs/BrightMail/whomever". Something like that could be easily evaluated and measured.
Citing a 62% increase in spam messages that is levelling off (from TFA) is like saying that we're eliminating the budget deficit. That's not what's really happening -- we're in the rough neighborhood of reducing the interest payment to zero for the current year. We haven't even thought about paying off the actual principal.
By the same token, to say that the increase in spam delivery is waning is meaningless to the consumers quoted in the article as being who the government is attempting to "protect". Thanks a lot, Congress.
Sounds like a great idea, but Firefox and Mozilla themes usually replace the RSS/Atom/feed icon with something that matches that theme. I mean, I know that IE doesn't support themeing yet (AFAIK), but what's the big deal about having the same icon?
The only folks I saw who were quoted in the article worked either for state/local government or a university. I'm sorry, but private industry is an entirely different animal. Perhaps out of your 1,500 respondents, folks, you should give us an idea of the breakdown.
Isn't it true that anyone can sign up to be a "member", thus circumventing this "restriction"? Ok, so they snatch my fake name and the IP of my anonymous proxy server... Big deal...
Symantec Antivirus 10 which is coming out soon integrates spyware/adware detection and removal with their standard AV client.
One comment that seems to be missing is that a more wholistic approach is really what's needed. If you use a few anti-spyware tools and a client firewall and a client anti-virus program along with your common sense (e.g., reading EULAs carefully, etc.) you will, I think, mostly be spared from the onslaught.
I believe it's safe to assume that a good number of Slashdot readers are using Linux, MacOS, or if on Windows, Firefox/Opera/whatever, and from what I've read over the years have a higher than average security IQ.
Who I feel sad for is people like [insert cliche here; my Mom, Aunt, Cousin, etc.] who aren't technically saavy. They are the "bad few" this review identifies who run into the most problems, and yes, sometimes serve as the vectors for attacks against our machines. So if we could get these folks to consistently employ the multiple tools and common sense techniques of your average Slashdot reader, we'd all be better off.
But that's the trick, isn't it?
You mean an eye-eee patch.
That said, someone needs to just tell this guy about the 'Edit' button available on every page!
Exactly. Why didn't somebody just tell this asshat that he could go in and edit his own biography if he thought it was incorrect?
In addition, if you look at the about: page (which I happen to use as my home page), the links all still point to mozilla.org, not mozilla.com/firefox....
The sad thing is, another record company is bound to make the exact same mistake. Nobody will learn from this snafu and consumers will be once more negatively affected.
Yeah, I can find nothing in terms of version number that differentiates the RC2 version from the RC1 I was running, other than when you visit "about: " and click on the words Firefox 1.5, it takes you to an about page on the mozilla.org site that talks about RC2...
What about the program called 'Microsoft Windows'?
if member of {Windows, Sysadmin} then not exist
To thwart world domination, use your browser to block everything except session cookies from Google. This will allow you to keep using Gmail and your Gmail Notifier Firefox extension, etc. while keeping Google from tracking you across the Internet./p.
It just sits there on my desktop, taking up real estate and looking fugly.
No doubt. I've installed all the new versions too. I just got no value from it. All my e-mail and system files are organized; I don't need any kind of search function. Mod parent up.
Wake me up when Nokia open-sources Ipso.
My thoughts exactly! I see some posters here are pooh-poohing the IPSO platform. I personally have built about 300 Nokia IPSO firewalls that were routers, VPN endpoints, or Check Point FireWall-1 appliances and I loved working on them. They are a great system. That'd be cool if I could grab an open source version for my own. Maybe I could install that joker on my LinkSys router...
Until Adblock can work with RC1...
I'm using both Adblock 0.5.2.039 and the Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.2.6, both with no problems or issues (that I can tell.)
What's with the OS X-like preferences panel? It seems as though in the last year, more Windows applications have been going in that direction.
I believe that this new schema aligns with some kind of GUI development standard that's been gaining popularity in the open source world. I fail to remember what that standard/method is called, but I'm sure a Slashdotter smarter than me will post a reply.
I wish Firefox added more cutting edge stuff.
Dude, what plant are you smoking? I'm pretty sure it was Firefox who came up with tabbed browsing, extensibility for custom applications, integrated pop-up blocking, and many other 'cutting edge' features. Microsoft is just playing catch up with most of these!
I concede that the visual display of tab content you describe does sound like nothing Firefox currently offers (that is, I conceded without having searched through the thousands of available Firefox extensions). But in any case, I don't think your statement above can be uttered with a straight face.