To those of you who think blogs are just junk, you don't know what you're talking about.
There are junk blogs (like those countless BS myspace ones) and there are awesome ones. Slashdot is a great one. Gizmodo is another. "Blog" is just a new way of creating articles, in which anyone can now do online easily.
I remember a few years back there was this newsletter that this one guy would publish once every week. It was really great because the guy would talk about new webmaster tricks submitted to him, or other ramblings about that particular niche. I would wait in anticipation for every new issue that comes out. It's not readily evident, but that was a really early version of blogging, just done in a more manual way.
Don't just quickly dismiss the whole concept of blogs.
I'm guessing this will be a huge flop at the theaters. Come on, what kind of movie is there to make here? Just a bunch of guns and shooting? There's no story. I'm actually kinda surprised they decided to make a Halo movie this quick.
If anything a Warcraft movie would be much better. This is gonna end up like the Doom movie.
How do you uninstall this thing? I installed it and the load on the server became unbearable. There are no instructions on how to get rid of this thing!
Does it replace port 25 with its own daemon? I need to revert everything back.
That's a flawed argument. IE has a MUCH larger market share than Firefox. This leads to
1) more interest in exploiting its weaknesses by hackers since it affects more people.
2) greater amount of bugs found, since more people are using it
Also, you fail to take into account the user demographic differences between the two. Many people use Firefox because they are sick and tired of IE, or are using non-Windows OSes like Linux. These people in general are more knowledgeable and security-conscious.
What this article has done is to analyze the number of exploits instead. One can even argue that with less market share than IE, and to have more exploits is actually a bad thing.
But again, this is only for the first half of 2005.
I'm sorry, but that article is too short and there are too many exceptions out there, for me to be convinced.
For instance, look at the convergeence of cell phones with PDAs. I have a Treo 650 and I LOVE it. It makes perfect sense. Everywhere I go I have a mini computer at my disposal, that's able to connect to the internet, download pages, AND I don't have to carry an extra phone.
It all depends on the synergy and how well they work together. The ROKR, even just the name, already turns me off. This is why Apple launched the Nano at the same time. They probably had a good idea the ROKR would flop.
The problem is that Microsoft gets to compete by cheating. Cheating by bundling and forcing their products onto the Windows desktop. As a result you never see them innovate. They just sit and wait. When someone/something comes along that threatens them, they just copy like monkeys, then extend and attempt to break their competitor's systems.
I can see it already. In the next version of IE, MS will try to break some of Google's tools.
With these things in mind, which developer in their right mind would want to work with the MS API?
There is a HUGE difference between Ebay and Google. It's like comparing a retard who got lucky with a lottery ticket to Einstein. EBay's motto might as well be "Do Maximum Evil". They treat their users like a bunch of enemies. The one-trick pony known as Ebay can't even manage their own company (including Payapl) right. What makes you think they can do anything positive with this buyout?
Google, on the other hand, is always innovating with features that make you go "ahhhhhhhh" I needed that! It's refreshing to see Google perform time and time again.
It's no accident that any move by Google is usually met with positive feedback as opposed to Ebay's.
The parent has been modded funny, but believe me... ther ain't nothing funny about a company that takes your money gladly, and then basically tells you to Fuck Off when problems arise.
I agree. Skype is nothing but hype. I suspect most people just download the thing and don't even bother using it. Besides, once MSN and AIM start offering VOIP services who would bother using Skype? The last thing I need is another IM program cluttering up my desk.
That's what Skype basically is anyways, an IM program that can dial land lines. All of the other IM clients can already do voice chats.
Ebay/Paypal is the model of what internet business should NOT be about. Their tech support is as aweful as it can get. They innovate very little, and hardly improve on their tools to make life for users easier.
No wonder their stocks are taking a hit. They don't even know how to run their own company right, how can anyone expect them to do the same with a totally different company?
Wireless mouse is useful. It's useful because that annoying cord doesn't bother you or restrict your movement. So often the cord will interfere with movement and sometimes even tug at the mouse. It's annoying as hell.
Yeah the founders of PayPal, along with YOU, will be joining me in hell while I torture the $hit out of you all. You can call me Satan, or Jesus for short.
PayPal screwed me over big time too. These guys love taking your money, but as soon as there's heat, they clam up, take their cut, and pretend nothing has happened. Don't praise these clowns because you've not run into any problems. The true colors of any company comes when problems arise.
All PayPal does is give you the runaround via automated replies, and closing your support requests. You can re-open them either and they don't give a crap.
PayPal and eBay are like HEAVEN for crooks for run around and commit scams. And the few times PayPal tries to be proactive? They end up freezing up money of legimitate transactions.
Man... what a bunch of CLOWNS! Ebay and PayPal, Burn in hell.
I am rubber, and your glue. There now, we are back to your level. Justifying naming calling is just stupid. You sound like a teeny-booper trying to justify what you did wrong. Name calling adds nothing to a discussion.
You're still a moron.
Huh? What are _you_ talking about. Corps have been getting away with tons of crap for _decades_. Did anyone personally get in trouble at MS because of their actions that were found to be monopolistic practices? Nope. MS was able to blame it on the "Corporation". Though a non-living/fictitious corporation was not able to make the decisions that caused MS to be judged an illegal monopoly that caused consumers and other corporations countless dollars. Some one(s) at MS made those decisions and yet didn't even get a $1 fine. As far as executives being jail, it takes some pretty _BAD_ things to happen first such as an Enron for those exec to get anything more than a slap on the writs.
That's according to YOUR opinion. The DOJ tried Microsoft for years, at taxpayer expense. You think all of this was nothing more than a show? Also, you are comparing apples to oranges. You think hacking into a massive amount of end user computers and infecting them with trojans is on the same level of monopolistic behavior by a company? Well I don't.
Again, you have dodged the question. Show me exactly HOW a person hiding behind a corporation would be able to get away with the same exact crime perpetrated by Diabl0.
Yup. He would have just gotten a fine. I have received more spam crap from "corporations" than from private citizens over the past year. Corporations are allowed to spam me as "targeted advertising", yet if a personal citizen does it, it is spam or adware. I have had tons of USA "corporations" that I have had _zero_ affiliation with send me their spam at home and at work over the past year. All of the spam is basically the same from these corps. It says "this is the _only_ message you will get from us", sure, until the next one I get. "If you want to unsubscribe, click here", sure and then you know my email is valid and spam the crap out of me. Most of the spam I get now is from major US corporations that are sending me "targeted" advertising. Sadly, if a small-time business guy tries the same thing, it is spam, adware, spyware, etc. I get tons of crap from MS, yet I have _never_ personally signed up for _any_ of their spam emails. Though this is OK because it is MS, a company with billions. What Diabl0 did is "wrong" because he was just some small-time guy trying to make some money the same way the big corps do.
Bullshit. Describe to me EXACTLY how Diabl0 would have gotten away if he were an executive at a corporation doing the exact same thing.
As for spamming, you are way oversimplifying things. First, spammers are hard to trace, because they use hacked servers, proxied connections, anonymous email address, etc. To add to this, many are not even in the U.S. To prosecute it would require international cooperation between countries that may have completely different laws. You try and work with another country. Things aren't that simple.
Second, spam laws aren't easy to come up with. Once you get down to the specifics it's not that simple defining what spam is. You're over-simplifying a complex problem, and then coming to a flawed conclusion that therefore the U.S. is corrupt and that all politicians are responsible for this.
Thanks, and so are you! There, I came down to your level, feel better?
You are a moron because of the content of your post. It wasn't just some random name calling.
Umm, corps have been getting away with tons of crap for a long time now. Toxic waste dumping, damage to the environment, illegal monopolies, etc, etc. My beef is that if it is just a citizen not hiding behind a corporate shield, they often get "made an example of" by the feds. When it is a medium to large sized corp with enough money, they get let off with just a fine.
What are you talking about? Corporations are being auditted, fined, and executives are jailed. You ACTUALLY believe that if this guy had operated the same illegal activity from behind a corporation, that he would not be going to jail?
Nope. I have no beef with the USA, I was born here and even served in the U.S.M.C. I have no beef with all corporations. I work for a fortune 500 that is very ethical IMO. I have no beef with capitalism, I think it is the best system in the world. My brother-in-law just started his own business.
My beef is with the corrupted politicians and the way they sell laws to a lot of the big, rich corps. Those laws some how always manage to screw the little guy.
I think most people don't like corrupt polititians either. However, your main argument wasn't about that. It was that I personally see nothing wrong with what Diabl0 did. That is the part that's ridiculous. On the one hand you are vilifying "corrupt" polititians, saying there should be a revolution, then on the other, you say there's nothing wrong with what he did. Either it's wrong, or it's not. Can't apply double standards here, unless you can PROVE that had Diabl0 done the exact same thing while being the owner of a corporation, that he would still not be punished the same, risking jail time and a huge fine.
You're a moron. First, where did it say Diabl0 did this on behalf of any corporation?
Second, tell me which "corporation" has legally gotten away with illegally hacking into user computers, then installing a trojan that will allow them to install whatever they want?
Third, WTF does this have to do with the USA specifically? MOST countries today are capitalistic.
It seems you have a beef with USA/corporations/capitalism and are just using any excuse to drag them down.
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That all depends on your traffic now doesn't it? Without traffic great content won't make anything.
To those of you who think blogs are just junk, you don't know what you're talking about.
There are junk blogs (like those countless BS myspace ones) and there are awesome ones. Slashdot is a great one. Gizmodo is another. "Blog" is just a new way of creating articles, in which anyone can now do online easily.
I remember a few years back there was this newsletter that this one guy would publish once every week. It was really great because the guy would talk about new webmaster tricks submitted to him, or other ramblings about that particular niche. I would wait in anticipation for every new issue that comes out. It's not readily evident, but that was a really early version of blogging, just done in a more manual way.
Don't just quickly dismiss the whole concept of blogs.
I'm guessing this will be a huge flop at the theaters. Come on, what kind of movie is there to make here? Just a bunch of guns and shooting? There's no story. I'm actually kinda surprised they decided to make a Halo movie this quick.
If anything a Warcraft movie would be much better. This is gonna end up like the Doom movie.
Balmer: Oh just FUCK me in the ass why don't you?
How do you uninstall this thing? I installed it and the load on the server became unbearable. There are no instructions on how to get rid of this thing!
Does it replace port 25 with its own daemon? I need to revert everything back.
Does this mean no more Goatse?
Won't work.
Economic interdependence will help keep peace. Isolationism won't.
Progress advances over time. You can't expect it to happen overnight.
That's a flawed argument. IE has a MUCH larger market share than Firefox. This leads to
1) more interest in exploiting its weaknesses by hackers since it affects more people.
2) greater amount of bugs found, since more people are using it
Also, you fail to take into account the user demographic differences between the two. Many people use Firefox because they are sick and tired of IE, or are using non-Windows OSes like Linux. These people in general are more knowledgeable and security-conscious.
What this article has done is to analyze the number of exploits instead. One can even argue that with less market share than IE, and to have more exploits is actually a bad thing.
But again, this is only for the first half of 2005.
Mr. Ignoramus enabled the crime to happen on your network, he would be on the hook for it. Ignorance is not a valid defense.
I'm sorry, but that article is too short and there are too many exceptions out there, for me to be convinced.
For instance, look at the convergeence of cell phones with PDAs. I have a Treo 650 and I LOVE it. It makes perfect sense. Everywhere I go I have a mini computer at my disposal, that's able to connect to the internet, download pages, AND I don't have to carry an extra phone.
It all depends on the synergy and how well they work together. The ROKR, even just the name, already turns me off. This is why Apple launched the Nano at the same time. They probably had a good idea the ROKR would flop.
Who's dumber? A stupid blonde chick great at reproduction, or a smart ass virgin scientist that finds a way to make men obsolete?
The problem is that Microsoft gets to compete by cheating. Cheating by bundling and forcing their products onto the Windows desktop. As a result you never see them innovate. They just sit and wait. When someone/something comes along that threatens them, they just copy like monkeys, then extend and attempt to break their competitor's systems.
I can see it already. In the next version of IE, MS will try to break some of Google's tools.
With these things in mind, which developer in their right mind would want to work with the MS API?
So does this mean that in a few generations, /. will be a graveyard after all the virgins grow old and die?
There is a HUGE difference between Ebay and Google. It's like comparing a retard who got lucky with a lottery ticket to Einstein. EBay's motto might as well be "Do Maximum Evil". They treat their users like a bunch of enemies. The one-trick pony known as Ebay can't even manage their own company (including Payapl) right. What makes you think they can do anything positive with this buyout?
Google, on the other hand, is always innovating with features that make you go "ahhhhhhhh" I needed that! It's refreshing to see Google perform time and time again.
It's no accident that any move by Google is usually met with positive feedback as opposed to Ebay's.
The parent has been modded funny, but believe me... ther ain't nothing funny about a company that takes your money gladly, and then basically tells you to Fuck Off when problems arise.
I agree. Skype is nothing but hype. I suspect most people just download the thing and don't even bother using it. Besides, once MSN and AIM start offering VOIP services who would bother using Skype? The last thing I need is another IM program cluttering up my desk.
That's what Skype basically is anyways, an IM program that can dial land lines. All of the other IM clients can already do voice chats.
Ebay/Paypal is the model of what internet business should NOT be about. Their tech support is as aweful as it can get. They innovate very little, and hardly improve on their tools to make life for users easier.
No wonder their stocks are taking a hit. They don't even know how to run their own company right, how can anyone expect them to do the same with a totally different company?
The trackball mouse isn't for everyone. I hate using that thing. Plus, playing games on that thing is pure torture.
Wireless mouse is useful. It's useful because that annoying cord doesn't bother you or restrict your movement. So often the cord will interfere with movement and sometimes even tug at the mouse. It's annoying as hell.
Yeah the founders of PayPal, along with YOU, will be joining me in hell while I torture the $hit out of you all. You can call me Satan, or Jesus for short.
PayPal screwed me over big time too. These guys love taking your money, but as soon as there's heat, they clam up, take their cut, and pretend nothing has happened. Don't praise these clowns because you've not run into any problems. The true colors of any company comes when problems arise.
All PayPal does is give you the runaround via automated replies, and closing your support requests. You can re-open them either and they don't give a crap.
PayPal and eBay are like HEAVEN for crooks for run around and commit scams. And the few times PayPal tries to be proactive? They end up freezing up money of legimitate transactions.
Man... what a bunch of CLOWNS! Ebay and PayPal, Burn in hell.
1) Who is "we"? People were WARNED to leave but they didn't.
2) Disasters are chaotic. You don't know where it will go, how much, how long. There are general predictions, but even those aren't that accurate.
I am rubber, and your glue. There now, we are back to your level. Justifying naming calling is just stupid. You sound like a teeny-booper trying to justify what you did wrong. Name calling adds nothing to a discussion.
You're still a moron.
Huh? What are _you_ talking about. Corps have been getting away with tons of crap for _decades_. Did anyone personally get in trouble at MS because of their actions that were found to be monopolistic practices? Nope. MS was able to blame it on the "Corporation". Though a non-living/fictitious corporation was not able to make the decisions that caused MS to be judged an illegal monopoly that caused consumers and other corporations countless dollars. Some one(s) at MS made those decisions and yet didn't even get a $1 fine. As far as executives being jail, it takes some pretty _BAD_ things to happen first such as an Enron for those exec to get anything more than a slap on the writs.
That's according to YOUR opinion. The DOJ tried Microsoft for years, at taxpayer expense. You think all of this was nothing more than a show? Also, you are comparing apples to oranges. You think hacking into a massive amount of end user computers and infecting them with trojans is on the same level of monopolistic behavior by a company? Well I don't.
Again, you have dodged the question. Show me exactly HOW a person hiding behind a corporation would be able to get away with the same exact crime perpetrated by Diabl0.
Yup. He would have just gotten a fine. I have received more spam crap from "corporations" than from private citizens over the past year. Corporations are allowed to spam me as "targeted advertising", yet if a personal citizen does it, it is spam or adware. I have had tons of USA "corporations" that I have had _zero_ affiliation with send me their spam at home and at work over the past year. All of the spam is basically the same from these corps. It says "this is the _only_ message you will get from us", sure, until the next one I get. "If you want to unsubscribe, click here", sure and then you know my email is valid and spam the crap out of me. Most of the spam I get now is from major US corporations that are sending me "targeted" advertising. Sadly, if a small-time business guy tries the same thing, it is spam, adware, spyware, etc. I get tons of crap from MS, yet I have _never_ personally signed up for _any_ of their spam emails. Though this is OK because it is MS, a company with billions. What Diabl0 did is "wrong" because he was just some small-time guy trying to make some money the same way the big corps do.
Bullshit. Describe to me EXACTLY how Diabl0 would have gotten away if he were an executive at a corporation doing the exact same thing.
As for spamming, you are way oversimplifying things. First, spammers are hard to trace, because they use hacked servers, proxied connections, anonymous email address, etc. To add to this, many are not even in the U.S. To prosecute it would require international cooperation between countries that may have completely different laws. You try and work with another country. Things aren't that simple.
Second, spam laws aren't easy to come up with. Once you get down to the specifics it's not that simple defining what spam is. You're over-simplifying a complex problem, and then coming to a flawed conclusion that therefore the U.S. is corrupt and that all politicians are responsible for this.
Thanks, and so are you! There, I came down to your level, feel better?
You are a moron because of the content of your post. It wasn't just some random name calling.
Umm, corps have been getting away with tons of crap for a long time now. Toxic waste dumping, damage to the environment, illegal monopolies, etc, etc. My beef is that if it is just a citizen not hiding behind a corporate shield, they often get "made an example of" by the feds. When it is a medium to large sized corp with enough money, they get let off with just a fine.
What are you talking about? Corporations are being auditted, fined, and executives are jailed. You ACTUALLY believe that if this guy had operated the same illegal activity from behind a corporation, that he would not be going to jail?
Nope. I have no beef with the USA, I was born here and even served in the U.S.M.C. I have no beef with all corporations. I work for a fortune 500 that is very ethical IMO. I have no beef with capitalism, I think it is the best system in the world. My brother-in-law just started his own business.
My beef is with the corrupted politicians and the way they sell laws to a lot of the big, rich corps. Those laws some how always manage to screw the little guy.
I think most people don't like corrupt polititians either. However, your main argument wasn't about that. It was that I personally see nothing wrong with what Diabl0 did. That is the part that's ridiculous. On the one hand you are vilifying "corrupt" polititians, saying there should be a revolution, then on the other, you say there's nothing wrong with what he did. Either it's wrong, or it's not. Can't apply double standards here, unless you can PROVE that had Diabl0 done the exact same thing while being the owner of a corporation, that he would still not be punished the same, risking jail time and a huge fine.
You're a moron. First, where did it say Diabl0 did this on behalf of any corporation?
Second, tell me which "corporation" has legally gotten away with illegally hacking into user computers, then installing a trojan that will allow them to install whatever they want?
Third, WTF does this have to do with the USA specifically? MOST countries today are capitalistic.
It seems you have a beef with USA/corporations/capitalism and are just using any excuse to drag them down.