I disagree; not if their EULA states exactly what data is being collected and returned to Valve. As we've learned from spyware and ad-ware, nobody reads those damn things anyway. It would be trivial for Valve to release a version of Half-Life 2 with this functionality to track illegal downloaders!
I can't think of a worse job -- going through somebody else's spam? Gawd, filtering my own is bad enough... Oh, for the people that have that job, I would like to say, "ha-ha!" (inflection = Nelson from The Simpsons)
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Oh, boy... I here you nwbvt! They'll probably have it set up so you can't change your homepage from home.netscape.com or something like that... Morons.
Keep in mind also that the Windows XP Firewall only blocks outbound traffic. You're better off with a third party program which gives more granular control, suc as Zone Labs.
Well, I've been using 2.93 for many years now. Over time I've upgraded to version 3, then later to version 5. The bloat factor was just too much to handle, even with the modified support for skins and the other eye candy. So, I'm back to 2.93. Good thing I burned that bad boy to a CD for later use!
Hey, tried to visit your link for Quintessential, but it seems not be registered due to a misspelling. The proper URL is http://www.quinnware.com/
Tried an IT competency test... Did not like it...
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Yeah, my team at work manages firewalls, VPNs, and routers. We work mainly in the world of AIX, Nokia IPSO, PIX, and (sadly) Windows where we have to. Our Check Point GUI runs on Windows.
My team leads attempted to administer a "test" to our team, something we could use to objectively measure our skills. We had tried the subjective skills measurement questionairre. One of our smartest guys responded to "How familiar are you with TCPIP?" with a 3 out of 5. He owns TCPIP Illustrated, etc. This dumb girl on our team answered 5 out of 5 -- and she usually has to ask which switch you use with ping to make it run continually!
So we administered the test. All the dumb people rose up like abortion rights activists at the RNC -- they were outraged! How dare we throw out these crazy questions like what is ReiserFS and what is cron???
The tests are usually dumbed down to suit the results management wants. This "exam" is no exception.
... as the perfect followup! I love that the consensus, at least insofar as I have read, is "oh yeah it isn't affecting me one dang bit". The ACLU is trying hard to convince you otherwise, but they're not succeeding.
Well, my post was simply meant to be anecdotal, I wasn't trying to solve a mathematical equation exactly. I only meant to make a statement about the horrible inaccuracy of the polling process, and the fact that people treat the reported numbers as gospel.
Love your comments about the polls. I think it's hilarious that people pay such close attention to them; they ask 3,000 out of millions of registered voters and claim that it has an accuracy of +/- 5%... ludicrous....
Sounds like a "here comes the science" article to me. I find the information in the article lacking since no mention is made of what version of IE is being used to conduct these tests.
As others have so astutely mentioned here, there's no way we're going to be able to prevent a dumbass from shooting himself/herself in the foot. There have been scams since the dawn of time; no reason why they're going to be solved simply because of the computer age.
Yeah, their privacy policy leaves a bit to be desired. Notice that in that privacy policy, it states (among other things) that:
Your computer's content is not made accessible to Google or anyone else without your explicit permission.
That says to me that sending the results (index information) to Google is technically possible, it just isn't turned on by default! I wonder how long it'll be until malicious code finds away to take advantage of the indexed information, to the detriment of the desktop user?
I'm so tired of Semantic trying to take over all the security tools. Are they now trying to take over the Internet? I mean really, Semantic Antivirus totally sucks ass big-time!!! And don't get me started on Semantic's SystemWorks tool and how bad it blows!
A fair point, PhoenixFlare! I can't disagree. You must concede that there are multiple open source projects aiming for the same goals, and this dilutes the overall quality of the tool being developed (in some cases)...
That's true, generally the home user doesn't care. But it is still very important for the sake of document interchange! Wouldn't it be cool if it never mattered what tool was used to save a document?
If I have the ability to create a document in OpenOffice.org and I send it to you, and you open it in Microsoft Word, add something, and then send it on to your buddy who is using StarOffice and nobody notices the difference, then that is powerful.
That's the point of open source and open standards: choice.
Just curious, what corporate managed antivirus tool are you using?
Here's a good example of 'lean and mean'
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Recently, during a home improvement trip to Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, I noted that the terminals their employees use are running some version of Linux with WindowMaker as the X11 interface. They of course mainly use an IBM TN3270 application to access inventory and supply data, but I'll bet that their version of Linux is not a full-blown distro.
In any case, they definitely subscribe to the less is more principle... Have you seen the crappy PCs they have there?
I took the advice I read from another article (can't remember source) that stated a good idea was/is to load up a USB keychain mini-drive with Mozilla and FOSS software so that when somebody bugs you with a problem, you can quickly load up Firefox. I've had several occasions to use it, and I'm glad I did so! Go, Firefox, go!
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I disagree; not if their EULA states exactly what data is being collected and returned to Valve. As we've learned from spyware and ad-ware, nobody reads those damn things anyway. It would be trivial for Valve to release a version of Half-Life 2 with this functionality to track illegal downloaders!
I can't think of a worse job -- going through somebody else's spam? Gawd, filtering my own is bad enough... Oh, for the people that have that job, I would like to say, "ha-ha!" (inflection = Nelson from The Simpsons)
Oh, boy... I here you nwbvt! They'll probably have it set up so you can't change your homepage from home.netscape.com or something like that... Morons.
Keep in mind also that the Windows XP Firewall only blocks outbound traffic. You're better off with a third party program which gives more granular control, suc as Zone Labs.
Well, I've been using 2.93 for many years now. Over time I've upgraded to version 3, then later to version 5. The bloat factor was just too much to handle, even with the modified support for skins and the other eye candy. So, I'm back to 2.93. Good thing I burned that bad boy to a CD for later use!
Hey, tried to visit your link for Quintessential, but it seems not be registered due to a misspelling. The proper URL is http://www.quinnware.com/
Yeah, my team at work manages firewalls, VPNs, and routers. We work mainly in the world of AIX, Nokia IPSO, PIX, and (sadly) Windows where we have to. Our Check Point GUI runs on Windows.
My team leads attempted to administer a "test" to our team, something we could use to objectively measure our skills. We had tried the subjective skills measurement questionairre. One of our smartest guys responded to "How familiar are you with TCPIP?" with a 3 out of 5. He owns TCPIP Illustrated, etc. This dumb girl on our team answered 5 out of 5 -- and she usually has to ask which switch you use with ping to make it run continually!
So we administered the test. All the dumb people rose up like abortion rights activists at the RNC -- they were outraged! How dare we throw out these crazy questions like what is ReiserFS and what is cron???
The tests are usually dumbed down to suit the results management wants. This "exam" is no exception.
... as the perfect followup! I love that the consensus, at least insofar as I have read, is "oh yeah it isn't affecting me one dang bit". The ACLU is trying hard to convince you otherwise, but they're not succeeding.
Well, my post was simply meant to be anecdotal, I wasn't trying to solve a mathematical equation exactly. I only meant to make a statement about the horrible inaccuracy of the polling process, and the fact that people treat the reported numbers as gospel.
Love your comments about the polls. I think it's hilarious that people pay such close attention to them; they ask 3,000 out of millions of registered voters and claim that it has an accuracy of +/- 5%... ludicrous....
And better is better!
Um, isn't it true that the hacker would need to be able to get the cookie off the luser's workstation first? Anybody ever heard of a client firewall?
Sounds like a "here comes the science" article to me. I find the information in the article lacking since no mention is made of what version of IE is being used to conduct these tests.
As others have so astutely mentioned here, there's no way we're going to be able to prevent a dumbass from shooting himself/herself in the foot. There have been scams since the dawn of time; no reason why they're going to be solved simply because of the computer age.
EXACTLY... See this post that I just submitted which quotes the privacy policy...
Yeah, their privacy policy leaves a bit to be desired. Notice that in that privacy policy, it states (among other things) that:
Your computer's content is not made accessible to Google or anyone else without your explicit permission.That says to me that sending the results (index information) to Google is technically possible, it just isn't turned on by default! I wonder how long it'll be until malicious code finds away to take advantage of the indexed information, to the detriment of the desktop user?
You can run more than 3 programs at the same time on Windows?
Cotton pickin' Linux! It's the penguin's fault that our shiatty ISP went out of business. Gimmie my damn Winders!
I'm so tired of Semantic trying to take over all the security tools. Are they now trying to take over the Internet? I mean really, Semantic Antivirus totally sucks ass big-time!!! And don't get me started on Semantic's SystemWorks tool and how bad it blows!
Oh, wait a minute...
A fair point, PhoenixFlare! I can't disagree. You must concede that there are multiple open source projects aiming for the same goals, and this dilutes the overall quality of the tool being developed (in some cases)...
That's true, generally the home user doesn't care. But it is still very important for the sake of document interchange! Wouldn't it be cool if it never mattered what tool was used to save a document?
If I have the ability to create a document in OpenOffice.org and I send it to you, and you open it in Microsoft Word, add something, and then send it on to your buddy who is using StarOffice and nobody notices the difference, then that is powerful.
That's the point of open source and open standards: choice.
Just curious, what corporate managed antivirus tool are you using?
Recently, during a home improvement trip to Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, I noted that the terminals their employees use are running some version of Linux with WindowMaker as the X11 interface. They of course mainly use an IBM TN3270 application to access inventory and supply data, but I'll bet that their version of Linux is not a full-blown distro.
In any case, they definitely subscribe to the less is more principle... Have you seen the crappy PCs they have there?
I took the advice I read from another article (can't remember source) that stated a good idea was/is to load up a USB keychain mini-drive with Mozilla and FOSS software so that when somebody bugs you with a problem, you can quickly load up Firefox. I've had several occasions to use it, and I'm glad I did so! Go, Firefox, go!
Since they gave him the boot while licking Microsoft's arse cheeks...