You are browsing the Net with a Server-OS during Installation? And you think that's a Core Feature on a Server-Grade-OS?
There's no need for a Browser on a Server (or a Mailclient or...). Such Tasks should be done with your Admin Notebook or the needed Files could be copied over Network or USB or...
MSs IE on 2k3/2k8 is a tribut to their OS-Strategy, not a Core-Service for a queer Admin;)
But it should be possible for Firefox at startup to check it's installed extensions with a hash (or something like that), to prevent those external installed Malware from execution inside the FF-Task.
Looks to me like a future security feature: Only execute extensions loaded and signed by addons.mozilla.org.
Oops, signing is implemented by the existing extension infrastructure!? Where's the problem using that infrastructure for installing _and_ startup?
Because @gmail.com ist not my only mail-account. There are tons of other accounts I use since my first steps with Internet since 1997. Meanwhile some have a horrible webmail-client, but POP3 ist still in use. Otherwise with all Incoming-Mail on gmail, spam would float my 2,6GBs. Yes, I look at the spam, cause of false-positives.
My Thunderbird is a container for all other adresses - fast, searchable, reliable.
> Isn't that secondary to the fact that more > vulnerabilities were discovered?
No!
Firefox: Bug#1: Fixed within 8 days Bug#2: Fixed within 13 days Bug#3: Fixed within 11 days Time Users are under attack: 1 month overall Workaround: Look out for your status bar or turn off Software-Installation, but most Websites work properly
Internet Explorer: Bug#1: Fixed within 27 days Bug#2: Fixed within 48 days (fix was not ready for patch day) Bug#3: Fixed within 4 months (3 months of which MS says:"there's no flaw, it's a feature) Time Users are under attack: 6,5 months overall Workaround: Turn off Active-Scripting or don't click on Links, in other words: Don NOT go online with IE!
My old GF4ti (XP2400+1GB) ran D with descent FPS (35) in 800x600. It was playable and looked nearly as cool as on my new 6600GT. Only the Resolution (800 vs. 1152), the effects (glas,heat) and the textures (med vs. high) were the differences.
The xbox-GPU is a GF4ti! With lower resolution, fewer polygons, fewer and low-res textures, fewer effects and simple maps, i think the Xbox could handle the game with 25-30 FPS. With this restrictions it could do it without xxxx MHz an xxxMB RAM.
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You are browsing the Net with a Server-OS during Installation? And you think that's a Core Feature on a Server-Grade-OS?
There's no need for a Browser on a Server (or a Mailclient or...). Such Tasks should be done with your Admin Notebook or the needed Files could be copied over Network or USB or...
MSs IE on 2k3/2k8 is a tribut to their OS-Strategy, not a Core-Service for a queer Admin ;)
jm2c
But it should be possible for Firefox at startup to check it's installed extensions with a hash (or something like that), to prevent those external installed Malware from execution inside the FF-Task.
Looks to me like a future security feature: Only execute extensions loaded and signed by addons.mozilla.org.
Oops, signing is implemented by the existing extension infrastructure!? Where's the problem using that infrastructure for installing _and_ startup?
"The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame."
;)
OMG
> This method allows them to ethically clear unused inventory ... to *some* customers. Not all!
> and provide additional value to the customer.
Smart marketing trick.
"You *may* get, *not official*, *perhaps*..."
Why?
Because @gmail.com ist not my only mail-account. There are tons of other accounts I use since my first steps with Internet since 1997. Meanwhile some have a horrible webmail-client, but POP3 ist still in use.
Otherwise with all Incoming-Mail on gmail, spam would float my 2,6GBs. Yes, I look at the spam, cause of false-positives.
My Thunderbird is a container for all other adresses - fast, searchable, reliable.
> Isn't that secondary to the fact that more
> vulnerabilities were discovered?
No!
Firefox:
Bug#1: Fixed within 8 days
Bug#2: Fixed within 13 days
Bug#3: Fixed within 11 days
Time Users are under attack: 1 month overall
Workaround: Look out for your status bar or turn off Software-Installation, but most Websites work properly
Internet Explorer:
Bug#1: Fixed within 27 days
Bug#2: Fixed within 48 days (fix was not ready for patch day)
Bug#3: Fixed within 4 months (3 months of which MS says:"there's no flaw, it's a feature)
Time Users are under attack: 6,5 months overall
Workaround: Turn off Active-Scripting or don't click on Links, in other words: Don NOT go online with IE!
Big Textures don't make games,
they only make pictures.
My old GF4ti (XP2400+1GB) ran D with descent FPS (35) in 800x600. It was playable and looked nearly as cool as on my new 6600GT. Only the Resolution (800 vs. 1152), the effects (glas,heat) and the textures (med vs. high) were the differences.
The xbox-GPU is a GF4ti!
With lower resolution, fewer polygons, fewer and low-res textures, fewer effects and simple maps, i think the Xbox could handle the game with 25-30 FPS.
With this restrictions it could do it without xxxx MHz an xxxMB RAM.
FF-Bloat on a ~400MHz-Computer?
;)
Hey, there are a couple of 300-600MHz-Computers under my guidance, which even run smooth as silk with Mozilla (1.7.x) or FF 0.10.x!
OK, not with a couple of Extensions or Themes or even with other applications in background, but usable for Web (not Flash or Java