Except I believe the NSAKey was found in a version that was compiled with debug information, which explains why you could discover the variable name - "Fred" in your example.
I'm not sure what you're trying to get at with this argument - why is it worse for MS if NSAKey was a string rather than a variable name?
I'm wondering if it was a 1000 college students or a wider sample of 1000 people. 5% of "average" people understanding current copyright law sounds about right to me.
In the big picture, when you're wondering how to get enough money for food, why would you care about copyright law?
Okay, here is what everyone's complaining about (although I blame MS for not being very clear on.NET software as a service stuff, which is totally unrelated)
MS Enterprise Subscription Agreement
You would think it was an advantage, but apparently companies complain because when a term becomes generic it is no longer affiliated with the proper Brand. In Canada, the three most obvious I can think of are Coke, Kleenex and Band-aid. I could care less what sort of adhesive bandage I get when I ask for a band-aid. In fact I had to look at the box to discover that they are "adhesive bandages".
BTW I had never heard of hoovering until I went to New Zealand, and the Kiwis thought I was nuts when I asked for a Kleenex instead of a tissue.
It is sad that a company that puts flashy, fun, marketable features before reliability and bugfixes has such a hold on the market.
Or is it because they put marketable features before reliability and bugfixes?
If anyone reading this subscribes to the Symantec Deep blah blah blah, can they post the warning (with the time it was received). I would be interested in reading it.
Even scarier (to me) than not applying the patch for six months is explaining why the tcp port was open to the internet in the first place.
If the machine was properly configured, the patch wouldn't have even been necessary (to prevent this exploit).
I yawn when I read that list of companies - except Yahoo, that one threw me for a loop, I guess they are worried about MSN, which made me wonder...
Does Google have an opinion? I would be interesting in hearing theirs.
I think the Academy awards show has won an emmy for best special (or something) a couple of times. Would they ever give it to the Emmy awards show from the previous year?
Although I agree the shuttle is extremely well built and carefully looked after, I wouldn't say it has an exceptional safety record, even with all things considered.
2 catastrophes out of just over 100 missions doesn't make for an exceptional record, although I don't expect it will stop astronauts from lining up to get on the next one...
When I read the overview I thought they were working together to produce a single guideline, however the article talks about multiple guidelines combined into a single reference document.
At least it will be possible to quickly identify the differences between the guidelines now, but not as much as I hoped for.
Although I respect Bruce Schneier (like he cares), I think it's pretty stupid to be quoted saying "This shows that the notion of patching doesn't work," without providing an alternative solution.
I would love not to patch my servers, but perfect software just doesn't exist. What options do I have?
If your biggest complaint at work is that you can't choose your own OS (probably true of 99.9% of employees) you must have a great job. Congratulations.
It wasn't too long ago that IBM consultants were whining about having to use OS/2 and Lotus Office software instead of Windows and Office.
I guess in such a huge company, you're never going to please everyone...
Slashdot Mirror
Umm, this is slashdot, right?
All that means is that 80% of my non-spam email is crap - sounds about right to me, well maybe a bit low.
Type runas at a command prompt for the options. Also you can right click on any icon to launch an app using runas.
Except I believe the NSAKey was found in a version that was compiled with debug information, which explains why you could discover the variable name - "Fred" in your example. I'm not sure what you're trying to get at with this argument - why is it worse for MS if NSAKey was a string rather than a variable name?
I'm wondering if it was a 1000 college students or a wider sample of 1000 people. 5% of "average" people understanding current copyright law sounds about right to me. In the big picture, when you're wondering how to get enough money for food, why would you care about copyright law?
Okay, here is what everyone's complaining about (although I blame MS for not being very clear on .NET software as a service stuff, which is totally unrelated)
MS Enterprise Subscription Agreement
You would think it was an advantage, but apparently companies complain because when a term becomes generic it is no longer affiliated with the proper Brand. In Canada, the three most obvious I can think of are Coke, Kleenex and Band-aid. I could care less what sort of adhesive bandage I get when I ask for a band-aid. In fact I had to look at the box to discover that they are "adhesive bandages". BTW I had never heard of hoovering until I went to New Zealand, and the Kiwis thought I was nuts when I asked for a Kleenex instead of a tissue.
That line needs to be clearly defined (although we are talking about the law), otherwise MS will start talking about the viral GPL again.
It is sad that a company that puts flashy, fun, marketable features before reliability and bugfixes has such a hold on the market.
Or is it because they put marketable features before reliability and bugfixes?
Was this an internal email? Who filters local email?
:)
Well, come to think of it, I would like to, but it just wouldn't look good
If anyone reading this subscribes to the Symantec Deep blah blah blah, can they post the warning (with the time it was received). I would be interested in reading it.
Even scarier (to me) than not applying the patch for six months is explaining why the tcp port was open to the internet in the first place. If the machine was properly configured, the patch wouldn't have even been necessary (to prevent this exploit).
I yawn when I read that list of companies - except Yahoo, that one threw me for a loop, I guess they are worried about MSN, which made me wonder...
Does Google have an opinion? I would be interesting in hearing theirs.
I think the Academy awards show has won an emmy for best special (or something) a couple of times.
Would they ever give it to the Emmy awards show from the previous year?
Used it on Solaris or Windows?
Umm, ahem, we?
2 catastrophes out of just over 100 missions doesn't make for an exceptional record, although I don't expect it will stop astronauts from lining up to get on the next one...
At least it will be possible to quickly identify the differences between the guidelines now, but not as much as I hoped for.
Yawn
Wouldn't a simple diff of the two lists tell you the numbers that were removed?
Why on earth are you reading slashdot? Don't literate people have their own website?
Although I respect Bruce Schneier (like he cares), I think it's pretty stupid to be quoted saying "This shows that the notion of patching doesn't work," without providing an alternative solution. I would love not to patch my servers, but perfect software just doesn't exist. What options do I have?
Unless you're just ranting, check MSDN for Windows CE .NET - been available for a while, not sure if it's in any phones yet.
Yes, I pulled 99.9% out of thin air.
It wasn't too long ago that IBM consultants were whining about having to use OS/2 and Lotus Office software instead of Windows and Office. I guess in such a huge company, you're never going to please everyone...