Okay, now we spend time generating another 500+ comments discussing how shitty IE's security is and how Firefox isn't much better. Add the other browser users (Opera, Konqueror) and we get another 300+ comments.
Yes, and that would be plain wrong IMHO, and it would just tell me that these people either don't keep in touch with computer security well or are plain blind zealots not seeing that few modern browsers, if any, have been "secure" in the meaning of the word "not getting serious exploits".
What I think would be justified though, is if IE wouldn't get this fixed within a few days, and then I think Microsoft would be worthy of receiving its share of attacks and bad publicity. I wouldn't bet on that though, as the odds has to be pretty low, as there's probably an overwhelming chance of that happening, at least if you let history teach you...
'We always knew there was a finite number of early adopters out there and a finite number of Microsoft haters who would switch to something new, but we didn't know what that number was. It looks like we're approaching it.'
So you have to be a "MS hater" to see the disadvantages with IE now?
Anyway, yes, it is expected something like this will happen, but I think not for that reason, but rather because there's a finite number of people willing to change browsers when there's already one part of the OS. Firefox being more secure? Sorry, they don't even read computer news sites.
Now, if Microsoft had added a single-tasking, statically linked command line emergency system which would allow you to just manipulate an NTFS filesystem this would be the greatest step forward in rootkit/malware removal.
Hmm, are you talking about something like the Microsoft Recovery Console for Windows 2000 and onwards, accessible from the bootable install CD? Yes, I don't think there's anything there for rootkits, but I do think they have that system in place already.
They just don't realise that a mere recording from line-out to line-in in any half-decent sound card will sound as good as the original to 99.% of the users. So they should try and prevent that as well.
These news reminded me of the oxymoron of the day:
"We think it's a great consumer win, and it's a great industry win, to be able to ensure that with good copy protection, you can have so much functionality for the user", Jordi Rivas, Microsoft Director of Technology. (source)
Would be sig-worthy if it wasn't over 120 bytes.:-p
but its a feature sorely lacking in WinXP, though I am not sure I trust XP to store my passwords;-)
Bah, all those uninformed KDE users!
This is how Windows XP users do to identify themselves automatically via a global password! It's easy as pie, and when done and Microsoft have your information, just login to any supporting application with your server-stored identity.
Is the solution a master password, with all of the potential problems that represents, or biometrics, or are we stuck with post-it notes and a call to the help desk?"
Doh, I can't believe this, this is why the Microsoft Passport Network exists!
What do you mean "potential problems" by the way??
Just submit a minor resumé of yourself and a valid mail address to Microsoft and you're in!
By the way, exceptions can be powerful datacenters like Microsoft's Akamai servers which I often get at least 400 KB/s from, Sun's servers, Oracle's, and some others I've tried and regularly regardless time of day get very fast downloads for going through so many routers even across the Atlantic. They may sometimes silently redirect me to European routers though.
It depends on their geographical location and load/capacity. I'm often noticing I'm capping at anywhere between 50 and 200 KB/s across the Atlantic on US servers, rarely going above that, but nationally I seem to much easier be able to get my full 1 MB/s up/down. This is on 10 Mbps optic fiber, I guess DSL have other limiting factors in addition, like copper line quality and distance from your station.
Ah, that's a blocker for the users.:) Yes, it's probably useful as well, although to clarify I was mostly talking about the web server, where people sometimes upload torrents to. That server software can block torrent uploads for their index if they contain trackers the admins don't like.
But I guess this MyBittorrent.com is an aggregate site like the old Suprnova was? In that case the whole point with it is to consolidate a lot of sources on one web site, and then they're of course a much larger subject for abuse. And then it may be necessary to use what you suggest for Azureus for example.
The Pirate Bay is another tracker, and I think they used a system where the torrent tracker has to be theirs. That makes them never run into these problems, and also get up/download ratios per IP address as well, which is another method useful to detect suspect behavior.
If these torrents point to bogus trackers, why do they allow them? The tracker info is easily findable in the torrents, surely they'd be able to blacklist trackers? And if they can't, they could just use whitelists, or have a private tracker and just allow new torrents that use that one... There are some huge trackers out there, and I've seen at least one of those simply denying a user from uploading a torrent to them if the tracker field wasn't set to point to theirs.
project code name is not good. So? What does "Longhorn", "Vista", "Chicago", "Darwin".... got to do with desktop?
he doesn't like the earthy theme. So? And that's supposed to make it not worthy? And does he like the default WinXP theme?
Do you realize you're using competing operating systems' bad practices to justify ones in the distribution? When one start bringing up XP's theme in the sense "it's not good either, right?", it's really reason to start worry about Ubuntu's theme.
And with it the market for PC software will shrink while the market for web applications and services will grow.
I see your point, however, I'm waiting for that to happen as well.
So far, web services haven't made me use my computer for less "PC businesses" and more "online businesses" -- it has just made me able to use my PC for more things. I'm overall seeing few web services replacing common PC tools, such as Office suites, graphics applications, music studios, CAD applications, well you name it. Maybe we haven't moved into that era though, but if we haven't, Sun is guessing PC are relics more than having facts on their hands.
Despite a growing deficit and considerable budget concerns, the federal government will soon be paying FBI agents to surf the web in search of questionable content, a job that many Arsians would gladly do for free.
lol
If you're posting a porn related article on Ars Technica, for christ sake don't nickname your community "arsians".:-D Yes, our arsians and pussians would gladly check the porn sites!
I personally would like to hear more about the software development procedures and methodologies used in other large projects - how successful different types of development are.
Not sure if this is what you were interested in, but I think Paul Thurott has some great lengthy and detailed articles, along with some interviews with Microsoft engineers for some insight in the stress, problems, and achievements with various large Windows projects, and also with pictures of their build labs and test machines.:-)
A disclaimer bias-wise is that Paul Thurott is a guy who wants Microsoft to do well, but he's not afraid of criticizing them harshly when he doesn't agree with their decisions, so I think it's still not a case with "inside stories" being too biased to be useful. He was for example the guy behind the quote that Windows Vista had the markings of a shipwreck after seeing Beta 1. Although he has had some missteps IMO such as saying Windows Me should be far more reliable than Windows 98.;-) I guess he had to eat his own words there...
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I say the US has done a fine job in managing whatever it is managing.
I think what the UN don't want is things like the VeriSign fiasco...
A fine example of a not-so-fine job by a commercial body in the US.
Okay, now we spend time generating another 500+ comments discussing how shitty IE's security is and how Firefox isn't much better. Add the other browser users (Opera, Konqueror) and we get another 300+ comments.
Yes, and that would be plain wrong IMHO, and it would just tell me that these people either don't keep in touch with computer security well or are plain blind zealots not seeing that few modern browsers, if any, have been "secure" in the meaning of the word "not getting serious exploits".
What I think would be justified though, is if IE wouldn't get this fixed within a few days, and then I think Microsoft would be worthy of receiving its share of attacks and bad publicity. I wouldn't bet on that though, as the odds has to be pretty low, as there's probably an overwhelming chance of that happening, at least if you let history teach you...
Stupidity?
I thought it was referring to Sony representatives and their bold claims about the format they're backing.
Yes, this is a dupe... As for Avalanche in case you haven't been following up on this:
- Microsoft Wants P2P Avalanche to Crush BitTorrent
- Bram Cohen's Response to Microsoft's Avalanche
- Bram Cohen of BitTorrent about Avalanche
Hmm, if they found their way to a random site, the warezed retail DVD can't be far away then...
Agreed, or to quote an eMule user having read that client's statistics:
Upload/Download to/from eDonkey has been less than 5% for years.
Finally eDonkey will be freed from leechers and kilometric queues! :D
:-)
Or to rephrase: I couldn't ever download anything from eDonkey so, who cares? I'm glad we got rid of such an awful "service".
Oh, I first thought you were referring to eDonkey's lack of credit system, which eMule has.
'We always knew there was a finite number of early adopters out there and a finite number of Microsoft haters who would switch to something new, but we didn't know what that number was. It looks like we're approaching it.'
So you have to be a "MS hater" to see the disadvantages with IE now?
Anyway, yes, it is expected something like this will happen, but I think not for that reason, but rather because there's a finite number of people willing to change browsers when there's already one part of the OS. Firefox being more secure? Sorry, they don't even read computer news sites.
Now, if Microsoft had added a single-tasking, statically linked command line emergency system which would allow you to just manipulate an NTFS filesystem this would be the greatest step forward in rootkit/malware removal.
Hmm, are you talking about something like the Microsoft Recovery Console for Windows 2000 and onwards, accessible from the bootable install CD? Yes, I don't think there's anything there for rootkits, but I do think they have that system in place already.
Using XP or Linux isn't a way to solve the problem with DRM'ed content.
Vista will support it via all sorts of restrictions.
XP and/or Linux will have to as well, or not support it at all.
It's not exactly like XP and Linux will freely be able to play the negatively affected content in Vista.
They just don't realise that a mere recording from line-out to line-in in any half-decent sound card will sound as good as the original to 99.% of the users. So they should try and prevent that as well.
Uh, they do.
These news reminded me of the oxymoron of the day:
:-p
"We think it's a great consumer win, and it's a great industry win, to be able to ensure that with good copy protection, you can have so much functionality for the user", Jordi Rivas, Microsoft Director of Technology. (source)
Would be sig-worthy if it wasn't over 120 bytes.
but its a feature sorely lacking in WinXP, though I am not sure I trust XP to store my passwords ;-)
:-D
Bah, all those uninformed KDE users!
This is how Windows XP users do to identify themselves automatically via a global password!
It's easy as pie, and when done and Microsoft have your information, just login to any supporting application with your server-stored identity.
Wohoo! Thank YOU, Microsoft!
[/ignorance]
Is the solution a master password, with all of the potential problems that represents, or biometrics, or are we stuck with post-it notes and a call to the help desk?"
Doh, I can't believe this, this is why the Microsoft Passport Network exists!
What do you mean "potential problems" by the way??
Just submit a minor resumé of yourself and a valid mail address to Microsoft and you're in!
By the way, exceptions can be powerful datacenters like Microsoft's Akamai servers which I often get at least 400 KB/s from, Sun's servers, Oracle's, and some others I've tried and regularly regardless time of day get very fast downloads for going through so many routers even across the Atlantic. They may sometimes silently redirect me to European routers though.
It depends on their geographical location and load/capacity. I'm often noticing I'm capping at anywhere between 50 and 200 KB/s across the Atlantic on US servers, rarely going above that, but nationally I seem to much easier be able to get my full 1 MB/s up/down. This is on 10 Mbps optic fiber, I guess DSL have other limiting factors in addition, like copper line quality and distance from your station.
TV viewers don't pay for the shows they watch and they never have
*curses and mumbles something about our obligatory public TV taxes, for channels I barely even watch*
Ah, that's a blocker for the users. :) Yes, it's probably useful as well, although to clarify I was mostly talking about the web server, where people sometimes upload torrents to. That server software can block torrent uploads for their index if they contain trackers the admins don't like.
But I guess this MyBittorrent.com is an aggregate site like the old Suprnova was? In that case the whole point with it is to consolidate a lot of sources on one web site, and then they're of course a much larger subject for abuse. And then it may be necessary to use what you suggest for Azureus for example.
The Pirate Bay is another tracker, and I think they used a system where the torrent tracker has to be theirs. That makes them never run into these problems, and also get up/download ratios per IP address as well, which is another method useful to detect suspect behavior.
If these torrents point to bogus trackers, why do they allow them? The tracker info is easily findable in the torrents, surely they'd be able to blacklist trackers? And if they can't, they could just use whitelists, or have a private tracker and just allow new torrents that use that one... There are some huge trackers out there, and I've seen at least one of those simply denying a user from uploading a torrent to them if the tracker field wasn't set to point to theirs.
project code name is not good. So? What does "Longhorn", "Vista", "Chicago", "Darwin" .... got to do with desktop?
he doesn't like the earthy theme. So? And that's supposed to make it not worthy? And does he like the default WinXP theme?
Do you realize you're using competing operating systems' bad practices to justify ones in the distribution? When one start bringing up XP's theme in the sense "it's not good either, right?", it's really reason to start worry about Ubuntu's theme.
And with it the market for PC software will shrink while the market for web applications and services will grow.
I see your point, however, I'm waiting for that to happen as well.
So far, web services haven't made me use my computer for less "PC businesses" and more "online businesses" -- it has just made me able to use my PC for more things. I'm overall seeing few web services replacing common PC tools, such as Office suites, graphics applications, music studios, CAD applications, well you name it. Maybe we haven't moved into that era though, but if we haven't, Sun is guessing PC are relics more than having facts on their hands.
That's a whole lot of relics being manufactured and sold!
Despite a growing deficit and considerable budget concerns, the federal government will soon be paying FBI agents to surf the web in search of questionable content, a job that many Arsians would gladly do for free.
:-D Yes, our arsians and pussians would gladly check the porn sites!
lol
If you're posting a porn related article on Ars Technica, for christ sake don't nickname your community "arsians".
However, using his definition, the Moon isn't in direct solar orbit, so it would still not apply.
Not sure if this is what you were interested in, but I think Paul Thurott has some great lengthy and detailed articles, along with some interviews with Microsoft engineers for some insight in the stress, problems, and achievements with various large Windows projects, and also with pictures of their build labs and test machines.
For example:
Windows 2000
Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003
A disclaimer bias-wise is that Paul Thurott is a guy who wants Microsoft to do well, but he's not afraid of criticizing them harshly when he doesn't agree with their decisions, so I think it's still not a case with "inside stories" being too biased to be useful. He was for example the guy behind the quote that Windows Vista had the markings of a shipwreck after seeing Beta 1. Although he has had some missteps IMO such as saying Windows Me should be far more reliable than Windows 98.