Not saying it isn't, but just because spam is talking about "mortgages/debt consolidation, shopping around for drugs, doctors, dentists, or a degree, even being fond of sports" doesn't mean that it came from the US. The spammers may be mainly _targeting_ people in the US bc that is where they have found they get the most respondents from.
There is also a rss thunderbird extension Formzilla but you have to be using a version of thunderbird build with the xmlextras extension... it is all described in the post.
I would suggest checking out SME Server. Although it a complete OS rather than a config tool, it has a really simple web interface that can be used to administer the most common tasks of the server. Almost any non-linux user can have a stable web/intranet/mail/ftp server in a fraction of the time and there is almost no learning required:)
The command line can be simple to understand... but as far as single-threaded... there are command line programs that are multi-threaded and if you are just talking about multitasking, that can be done too.
"If the Macintosh OS ever became dominant, the tables would turn, and there would be just as many reports of viruses, security holes, and attacks on it as we currently have with Windows."
Apparently the author thinks that it is impossible for the dominant OS, whatever that may be, to be more secure than Windows. He belives that a products percentage of proliferation in the marketplace determines its security. Not the programming.
He's saying that UNIX based operating systems with as much exposure as Windows will be subject to as many vulnerabilities and exploits as Windows is. He thinks it is not possible for an operating system to be made more secure and less vulnerable.
In effect, what he is saying is that Windows is the best the human race can do. This is it. This is the culmination of our species ability to write software. No operating system can ever improve on the constant barrage of patches and updates that must be done to keep Windows safe.
Obviously, while humans can not ever write flawless code, I certainly hope for our sake someone somewhere can do it better than Microsoft. If that someone is Apple, great. If it's a Linux distro, that's fine, too. But I am certainly going to hold on to the belief that there exists the possibility that an OS can be as dominant as Windows without being as insecure. Otherwise, we don't have much to look forward to in the realm of computing, do we?
Slashdot Mirror
"In my opinion, the internet is way better and safer than alcohol and drugs any day."
Sounds like someone is in denial.Slashdot working it's magic...
google cache
I have been reading this authors blog for a while now...
If you are in to BSD/Security, you should really check it out.
Not saying it isn't, but just because spam is talking about "mortgages/debt consolidation, shopping around for drugs, doctors, dentists, or a degree, even being fond of sports" doesn't mean that it came from the US. The spammers may be mainly _targeting_ people in the US bc that is where they have found they get the most respondents from.
http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=xpsp2_R TM_ENU.exe&size=278920704
RSS Bandit (Windows)
Syndigator (X)
There is also a rss thunderbird extension Formzilla but you have to be using a version of thunderbird build with the xmlextras extension... it is all described in the post.
I would suggest checking out SME Server. Although it a complete OS rather than a config tool, it has a really simple web interface that can be used to administer the most common tasks of the server. Almost any non-linux user can have a stable web/intranet/mail/ftp server in a fraction of the time and there is almost no learning required :)
The command line can be simple to understand... but as far as single-threaded... there are command line programs that are multi-threaded and if you are just talking about multitasking, that can be done too.
CLI for noobies: background foreground suspend
...now everyday can be like an old kung-fu flick
lugging around a 16 pound laptop will give us geeks some much needed muscles
*ducks*
It appears that they have already released who they are going to be sueing... and the lucky winner is.... Everyones Internet (EV1.Net)
article here
...good thing the FBI wasn't around. With the DMCA, he could of gotten into big time trouble with that yoyo.
You would think Comcast could use some of that 66 billion for better bandwidth management so they wouldn't get slashdoted
"If the Macintosh OS ever became dominant, the tables would turn, and there would be just as many reports of viruses, security holes, and attacks on it as we currently have with Windows."
Apparently the author thinks that it is impossible for the dominant OS, whatever that may be, to be more secure than Windows. He belives that a products percentage of proliferation in the marketplace determines its security. Not the programming.
He's saying that UNIX based operating systems with as much exposure as Windows will be subject to as many vulnerabilities and exploits as Windows is. He thinks it is not possible for an operating system to be made more secure and less vulnerable.
In effect, what he is saying is that Windows is the best the human race can do. This is it. This is the culmination of our species ability to write software. No operating system can ever improve on the constant barrage of patches and updates that must be done to keep Windows safe.
Obviously, while humans can not ever write flawless code, I certainly hope for our sake someone somewhere can do it better than Microsoft. If that someone is Apple, great. If it's a Linux distro, that's fine, too. But I am certainly going to hold on to the belief that there exists the possibility that an OS can be as dominant as Windows without being as insecure. Otherwise, we don't have much to look forward to in the realm of computing, do we?