Now 1 person in 1,000,000 fails to install SP2, Explorer doesn't start when you do and set firewall options.
QED Peice of Shit - not Windows, I think your computer and/or the way you used it, has cause the problem. Learn some problem solving techniques: none will suggest that when software is updated successfully on 1M+ computers, but 1 fails, that it is the fault of the sofware update.
Older adobe software is the problem - not W2K. If software is written which needs to access the registry and *writes* to the registry, then it is the software that is requiring accessibility to non-admins.
Having to kill 200 pop-ups to use slashdot, really places your credibility in the cellar. If you are such an expert to comment on this sort of stuff then why the hell are you still fighting with pop-ups. Incendently I had no pop-ups using slashdot and haven't had any for a very long time using MSIE on XP SP2, and earlier.
Bit harsh. You really believe that someone with 15-20 years experience in IT, through changing technology, programming languages and management practices over the years, is suddenly unable to "move with the time" and will just sit there and say - oh well, I just don't get this "really hard" linux stuff. Geese, this is the real problem with the industry. Young folks that think that they know oh so much, cause they read it right here at/. bullshitting to thier management about why they have to get smart and change.
If they fail, they are still young enough to go out and BS some other manager, and carry on with life.
If they succeed, they get even more full of their own importance, and some guy with 2 young kids, about to move to the bigger better house cause they just paid off one mortgage, they can just go get stuffed, cause they are old and didn't see it coming - right? Well, thanks, cause now I heading up my own IT company and trading on my 19 years experience. Meanwhile the young guy is getting even further intrenched in the job cause he is now indespensible, gradually he will learn to make safe decisions that help maintain the bottom line (which he may well have reduce once a few years ago). Until one day - some snot nosed graduate comes along and.....
IT is full of work arounds, been programming for 20 years, well before Microsoft was a Household name, including Assemble language on mini computers, always had to do work arounds, MS or not. Pretty sure my ol' man did work arounds on the PDP 11 and PDP 8 going back to the late 60's
Judging by the amount of overtime he had to put in.
Work arounds are usually a result of unrealistic deadline put in place by management.
Consider the cost of retrenchment of the other 2. (3xweeks * years of service + 7)*weekly salary. for anyone of experience (what we used to get paid for), you looking at about 30-50 weeks pay at say $AUD1200p/w, so 36000-70000 x 2 So add 72k to 140k for every three win32 sys admins.
Thank you for supporting our source of funds. Why not subscribe - then you get rid of the ADS. (I assume, I ignore the ads, using my patented ad filter in my head.)
Call me confused, but if I download "Firebird" am I not getting a 1 y.o. version of a browser named now called "Firefox"?
Cause if I was not well versed in Browsers, and I caught this snipped and downloaded and started using this, could I be in for a whole load of trouble? I mean is this version old enought not to have certain vulnerabilities closed?
I would say that too if my country got their arses kick in the last world cup - except for the Australian reared John Davison, you National Cricket team should play Hockey.
Strictly, any online software distrubution has an effect on security, the fact that it is free is irrelevant.
AFAIK, updates to commercial software are often distributed online and you can get everything everytime you need it, free of charge.
The OSS method? I can still purchase Distributions on CD can't I? The Mandrake 7 discs I got 4 years ago are still "floating" around are they not?.
Further I have yet to be given any indication that my Linux install needs updating to fix security issues - a part from visiting the web site. At least when Microsoft get around to patching, they tell me.
Why in Star Trek Insurrection do they refer to the amount of rock blocking the cave as 120(?) metric tonne, surely by the 24th centry everyone referes to the Metric version in the Tonne.
Slashdot Mirror
Don't know where you got that from but here is my take on it.
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32>grep -z -i BSD winsock.dll
File winsock.dll:
0 lines match
where z=verbose and i=ignore case
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32>dir winsock.dll
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32
18/08/2001 10:00 AM 2,864 WINSOCK.DLL
Not consistant with what you produced.
Now 1 person in 1,000,000 fails to install SP2, Explorer doesn't start when you do and set firewall options.
QED Peice of Shit - not Windows, I think your computer and/or the way you used it, has cause the problem. Learn some problem solving techniques: none will suggest that when software is updated successfully on 1M+ computers, but 1 fails, that it is the fault of the sofware update.
Older adobe software is the problem - not W2K.
If software is written which needs to access the registry and *writes* to the registry, then it is the software that is requiring accessibility to non-admins.
I for one downloaded to see what the buzz was all about. Do I use it to browse with on a daily bases? No.
9,999,999 users to say the least.
No. That would be bad.
Unless you have some desire to be somebody's pretty boy in prison.
Having to kill 200 pop-ups to use slashdot, really places your credibility in the cellar. If you are such an expert to comment on this sort of stuff then why the hell are you still fighting with pop-ups.
Incendently I had no pop-ups using slashdot and haven't had any for a very long time using MSIE on XP SP2, and earlier.
Bit harsh. You really believe that someone with 15-20 years experience in IT, through changing technology, programming languages and management practices over the years, is suddenly unable to "move with the time" and will just sit there and say - oh well, I just don't get this "really hard" linux stuff. /.
Geese, this is the real problem with the industry.
Young folks that think that they know oh so much, cause they read it right here at
bullshitting to thier management about why they have to get smart and change.
If they fail, they are still young enough to go out and BS some other manager, and carry on with life.
If they succeed, they get even more full of their own importance, and some guy with 2 young kids, about to move to the bigger better house cause they just paid off one mortgage, they can just go get stuffed, cause they are old and didn't see it coming - right?
Well, thanks, cause now I heading up my own IT company and trading on my 19 years experience.
Meanwhile the young guy is getting even further intrenched in the job cause he is now indespensible, gradually he will learn to make safe decisions that help maintain the bottom line (which he may well have reduce once a few years ago). Until one day - some snot nosed graduate comes along and.....
Sounds kinda like the way it works for "salaried" programmers.
IT is full of work arounds, been programming for 20 years, well before Microsoft was a Household name, including Assemble language on mini computers, always had to do work arounds, MS or not.
Pretty sure my ol' man did work arounds on the PDP 11 and PDP 8 going back to the late 60's
Judging by the amount of overtime he had to put in.
Work arounds are usually a result of unrealistic deadline put in place by management.
Consider the cost of retrenchment of the other 2.
(3xweeks * years of service + 7)*weekly salary. for anyone of experience (what we used to get paid for), you looking at about 30-50 weeks pay at say $AUD1200p/w, so 36000-70000 x 2
So add 72k to 140k for every three win32 sys admins.
Thank you for supporting our source of funds. Why not subscribe - then you get rid of the ADS. (I assume, I ignore the ads, using my patented ad filter in my head.)
And being free is no influence?
Call me confused, but if I download "Firebird" am I not getting a 1 y.o. version of a browser named now called "Firefox"?
Cause if I was not well versed in Browsers, and I caught this snipped and downloaded and started using this, could I be in for a whole load of trouble? I mean is this version old enought not to have certain vulnerabilities closed?
Firebird
I would say that too if my country got their arses kick in the last world cup - except for the Australian reared John Davison, you National Cricket team should play Hockey.
It's so ... black you can hardley make out the shape... light just seems to fall into it!
Strictly, any online software distrubution has an effect on security, the fact that it is free is irrelevant.
AFAIK, updates to commercial software are often distributed online and you can get everything everytime you need it, free of charge.
The OSS method? I can still purchase Distributions on CD can't I? The Mandrake 7 discs I got 4 years ago are still "floating" around are they not?.
Further I have yet to be given any indication that my Linux install needs updating to fix security issues - a part from visiting the web site. At least when Microsoft get around to patching, they tell me.
First I agree, so why do you post Anonymously. Be a (wo)man!
Why in Star Trek Insurrection do they refer to the amount of rock blocking the cave as 120(?) metric tonne, surely by the 24th centry everyone referes to the Metric version in the Tonne.
I don't tell lies!
And the publisher pays the royalties to the author's estate, or am I crazy?
If we did that then how would we would have so much fun kicking their arses in cricket.
They Don't need to, they already have made the same decision 11 years ago.
c.f. above
Dear The U.S.
Following the rest of the world - you need not worry, it's OK. c.f. above
Australia
May as well include this
Duration of copyright in the EU
So Australia is coming in line with the rest of the world.
This directive from 1993 - before BUSH or HOWARD - weird, not mentioned above.
Interesting that the list does not seem to contain any EU nations.