Name another OS with 60,000 viruses in the wild. (All time aggregate count, not current.) Macs have so few it's just not worth it. Unix servers have bigger issues with individual break-ins. But Microsoft servers are succeptable to the same viruses as the desktops thanks to a mandatory graphical UI, IE and Outlook Express integration, among other things.
It's every citizen's responsibility to be aware of the laws they must live by.
However, I have an issue with this in the US. With federal codes comprising 50 titles plus who-knows-how-many state and local laws, and with them continually changing, I don't know how anyone is supposed to remember and keep up with all of them.
TVs and boxes already have built-in custom software. Why add a generic OS and vulnerable browser? They only communicate with custom cable company servers anyway.
XBox - pure marketing XForms - XHTML Forms XHTML - XML (eXtensible...) HTML OSX - Mac OS version 10 Windows XP - Windows (bad) eXPerience x86 - "The architecture is called x86 because the earliest processors in this family were identified by model numbers ending in the sequence "86": the 8086, the 80186, the 80286, the 386, and the 486" xChat - X11 Chat X Multimedia System - X11 Multimedia System
digital TVs, which will have no need to support the Web's legacy of messy HTML, and are free to take unburdened advantage of XHTML 2.0
Digital TVs have no need to support XHTML 2.0 either. Maybe in the future they'll write their menus in XHTML 2, but why bother? No one is browsing their own TV as a server (although that might be a cool hack). TVs need custom interfaces, not web pages.
My experiences have only been with individual contractors. In this case it's just a roll of the dice if you can't get a specific recommendation from someone you trust. It's easy to post to craigslist and others. But I suggest asking around other small companies in your area you're familiar with. The only way to know what you'll get is to speak to another customer.
I never understood why Microsoft entered into the crowded, mature console market to begin with.
Living room domination. It has little to do with winning the console market and more to do with getting into living rooms. Mind-share now, markets later.
When their big push was portable music players a large percentage of their own employees used iPods. Even an executive said the iPod was better then what their hardware partners offered. If they can't get their own employees to use their portable products why would anyone else? Let's see if they repeat their last failure.
Thanks. It's actually running on Drupal with a slash theme. I've contributed some modules that that project and I like it a lot. I'll give look at bash.org. Thanks!
I for one welcome our new infant overlord. I'd like to remind him as a trusted web personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to listen to his webcast.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But the US government has had access to the code for years and we haven't seen much improvement. They do notify MS of at least some issues they find. The OS is probably more secure today because it. I guess things would be even worse if less people were looking at it.
Name one game developer that has control over the vast majority of desktop computers. Can't? That's why they're not "forced" to reveal their trade secrets.
BTW, they're not being forced. They can stop offering their software in Europe.
The code is already "out there" in the US government, some schools, and some corporations. And it hasn't hit the streets yet. I imagine few are afraid of the NDA. But they all probably fear that MS put something special in each copy of the code in order to track down the source of any leaks.
In the US Microsoft already offers their code to governments, schools, and some limited corporations. All sign NDAs of course. The only news is that it's now happening in Europe. So don't be all surprised people outside MS are seeing the code. This isn't anything new.
Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The desktop has apparently been taken over- 'conquered' if you will- by a master race of giant corporations. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive web browsers or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the Sparkle will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new Flash killing overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted/. personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground web sites.
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Name another OS with 60,000 viruses in the wild. (All time aggregate count, not current.) Macs have so few it's just not worth it. Unix servers have bigger issues with individual break-ins. But Microsoft servers are succeptable to the same viruses as the desktops thanks to a mandatory graphical UI, IE and Outlook Express integration, among other things.
Free trade? In the US? I've heard of it, but never seen it. In the US "free trade" means federal government assistance in big business profits.
3. It's the federal government's responsibility to manage international relations.
It's every citizen's responsibility to be aware of the laws they must live by.
However, I have an issue with this in the US. With federal codes comprising 50 titles plus who-knows-how-many state and local laws, and with them continually changing, I don't know how anyone is supposed to remember and keep up with all of them.
TVs and boxes already have built-in custom software. Why add a generic OS and vulnerable browser? They only communicate with custom cable company servers anyway.
XBox - pure marketing
XForms - XHTML Forms
XHTML - XML (eXtensible...) HTML
OSX - Mac OS version 10
Windows XP - Windows (bad) eXPerience
x86 - "The architecture is called x86 because the earliest processors in this family were identified by model numbers ending in the sequence "86": the 8086, the 80186, the 80286, the 386, and the 486"
xChat - X11 Chat
X Multimedia System - X11 Multimedia System
Sometimes there's a reason for the X.
digital TVs, which will have no need to support the Web's legacy of messy HTML, and are free to take unburdened advantage of XHTML 2.0
Digital TVs have no need to support XHTML 2.0 either. Maybe in the future they'll write their menus in XHTML 2, but why bother? No one is browsing their own TV as a server (although that might be a cool hack). TVs need custom interfaces, not web pages.
It is going to be about one month before malware comes out to take advantage of this.
That's an extremely specific prediction. I think we know who they should look at first when these rootkits show up...
So you don't want to read the synopsis... or the actual articles... but you're quick to post a comment.
:)
Typical Slashdot.
My experiences have only been with individual contractors. In this case it's just a roll of the dice if you can't get a specific recommendation from someone you trust. It's easy to post to craigslist and others. But I suggest asking around other small companies in your area you're familiar with. The only way to know what you'll get is to speak to another customer.
Mood: Depressed :(
He'd better not add the emoticon or he'll get sued.
Mr. Burns: A lifetime of working with nuclear power has left me with a healthy green glow... and left me as impotent as a Nevada boxing commissioner.
It's actually really ironic
No it's not. It's a coincidence. If he's not smart enough to know the definition of ironic how smart will his investigation be?
I never understood why Microsoft entered into the crowded, mature console market to begin with.
Living room domination. It has little to do with winning the console market and more to do with getting into living rooms. Mind-share now, markets later.
When their big push was portable music players a large percentage of their own employees used iPods. Even an executive said the iPod was better then what their hardware partners offered. If they can't get their own employees to use their portable products why would anyone else? Let's see if they repeat their last failure.
Thanks. It's actually running on Drupal with a slash theme. I've contributed some modules that that project and I like it a lot. I'll give look at bash.org. Thanks!
I for one welcome our new infant overlord. I'd like to remind him as a trusted web personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to listen to his webcast.
Oh, wait... wrong cartoon...
I can't help but think how such complex actions are being controlled by so few neurons.
I wonder the same thing about my coworkers every day...
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But the US government has had access to the code for years and we haven't seen much improvement. They do notify MS of at least some issues they find. The OS is probably more secure today because it. I guess things would be even worse if less people were looking at it.
On the stock market: $282 billion
Name one game developer that has control over the vast majority of desktop computers. Can't? That's why they're not "forced" to reveal their trade secrets.
BTW, they're not being forced. They can stop offering their software in Europe.
The code is already "out there" in the US government, some schools, and some corporations. And it hasn't hit the streets yet. I imagine few are afraid of the NDA. But they all probably fear that MS put something special in each copy of the code in order to track down the source of any leaks.
In the US Microsoft already offers their code to governments, schools, and some limited corporations. All sign NDAs of course. The only news is that it's now happening in Europe. So don't be all surprised people outside MS are seeing the code. This isn't anything new.
Vowels are free, yet your post treats them like a niche market.
Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The desktop has apparently been taken over- 'conquered' if you will- by a master race of giant corporations. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive web browsers or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the Sparkle will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new Flash killing overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted /. personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground web sites.