What is it with the "Apple fanboi" phrase appearing on every Apple article. I don't use Macs at all and I'll probably won't use Safari as I'm pretty happy with FF and I don't see a reason to switch ATM.
However, I'll agree that the attitude this researcher has is terrible. For starters how do we know he actually discovered all these vulnerabilities? I could claim I discovered some too and I won't disclose them. Secondly, why wouldn't he share the information with Apple, why bother discovering all these vulnerabilities in the first place? It's not like he's a black hat (AFAIK) so the only other reason I see is the attention you get from such comments.
Besides I'm sure some people will gladly help Apple test their _beta_ browser. I'm all for more competition on the browser space, put some pressure on all players so they produce better stuff.
I'm pretty sure you didn't even bother to follow any of the links on the story. Here's what Flickr told her when they erased her post:
"Flickr is not a venue for to you harass, abuse, impersonate, or intimidate others. If we receive a valid complaint about your conduct, we will send you a warning or terminate your account." Now please go read the yahoo cache of her plea and amuse us with all the examples you can find of harassment, abuse, impersonation or intimidation then com back and let us know how your right vs. wrong theory plays out.
She doesn't pay Flickr anything so far as I can assume Again, you didn't even see her Flickr page I imagine. Here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebba/ See that little "pro" image? It means she payed a yearly subscription.
ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. 1333 North Stemmons Freeway Suite 110 Dallas TX US 75207 69.93.78.219 Linux Apache/1.3.33 Unix mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.10 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
Getting rid of viruses and malware is a problem, but I'm 100% sure it would be just as big a problem for Mac OSX or Red Hat Linux Workstation if those products had the market share that Windows does.
No it wouldn't! I don't know about Mac OSX but Linux doesn't run every piece of software with administrator privileges!
Why does every Windows person have to resort to the market share argument to come in Microsoft's defense?
People who believe in astrology don't do so because of logic. They cling to the hope that the universe is not just a giant machine, that they are somehow made unique among humans by their keen intelligence, inside knowledge, and special placement in it....and that Jupiter is in alignment with Mars;)
Actually it's quite hard since not even the players can agree. If you browse the WoW forums you will see this is one of the most talked about subjects.
Hardcore players don't want casual players to be able to obtain high-level items even if they play the same amount over a different time spectrum. The casual player of course wants the same (or equal) rewards even if they can't commit 50+ hours per week or even go raiding.
Many things come into play here specially those that relate to "real life". I'm sure many would be hardcore players but can't due to _small_ obstacles like jobs, family, health, etc.
My guess is you will need to differenciate your MMOG wether you want to target the hc (Lineage 2) vs. the casual (?) or stay in the middle (WoW)
AFAIK the word free could have two meanings in the English language:
1) related to liberty (freedom) 2) related to price
Free as in beer associates with the second definition. As in "would you like a free beer?" Free as in speech associates with the first definition. As in "I am free to speak as I please"
Re:I don't get it (Score:4, Funny) by NoMoreNicksLeft (516230) Alter Relationship on Thursday June 30, @03:01PM (#12952440) (http://24.125.88.66/ | Last Journal: Saturday June 04, @12:50PM) I tried switching the family over to JSF attack jets over the summer vacation and the wails of terror, utter anxiety, and lack of any flight training whatsoever was enough to crash the jets straight into the ground. So why all the troubles? Afterall JSF pilots love to tell stories of how the JSF is so much better than a donkey cart with a broken wheel and they would never try to fly across the ocean in one. My conclusion after seeing real people in a real average Jane setting crash and burn after being dropped in the pilot's seat midair is that the JSF advocates are just plain lying because the JSF is really a step backwards for people used to using technology several centuries behind what it should be.
To make this short and simple, virtually NOTHING worked properly in the JSF. Telling the JSF to turn left and swatting it with your hand did nothing, it would not listen. Stuffing oats and barley into the fuel tank did not refuel it. In fact, the jet technician said I caused 100s of 1000s of $$$ worth of damage! I tried to nail a proper shoe onto the jet turbine, but the jet-grade aluminum just gouged. I applied salve to where we attached the harness, but the weird metallic lesions would not heal. We then took the JSF to a vetrinarian, but he said he did not treat JSFs. I was unable to tie the reins up to the hitching post. And it goes on and on for pages,but the bottom line is that the JSF lasted about 3 days in my house before I ditched it and went back to my donkey cart with a broken wheel.
Conclusion is that the JSF is a birds nest of confusion. The JSF seems like it might be good until you actually try and fly it and then it shows it's ugliness, slowness and instability.
Why on earth ANYONE would use the JSF for personal transportation is beyond me. -- Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars) More like 86 chars.
I am not permitted to reveal the site name (I've asked my employer for permission but got a refussal). Also note I didn't post this as an AC.
However, I can assure this is an optin list. It doesn't sell anything it just announces new features on our site like new radio channels, _SPAM BLOCKERS_, downtime for upgrades/repairs, etc. I myself despise spam and would not work for such a company.
We've been added to the RBL once because another user complaint. When we talked to the RBL people we were removed as we could prove we were not a spam source.
I'm sure I will probably not be able to convince you but hey that's life.
How many double opt-in e-mail lists have been blocked simply because some AOL luser couldn't figure out how to unsubscribe (or didn't even try to) and just hit the report as spam button?
I was going to make exactly this point!
I manage a popular web site in Mexico that distributes an opt-in mailing list. We've been marked as spammers multiple times because a particular user decides he doesn't want to receive the newsletter anymore and does not take the time to click on the unsubscribe link sent in the email!
AOL of course sends our emails to/dev/null so I say pay AOL with the same coin!
Slashdot Mirror
Note to self from the future: don't invest in this idea.
What is it with the "Apple fanboi" phrase appearing on every Apple article. I don't use Macs at all and I'll probably won't use Safari as I'm pretty happy with FF and I don't see a reason to switch ATM.
However, I'll agree that the attitude this researcher has is terrible. For starters how do we know he actually discovered all these vulnerabilities? I could claim I discovered some too and I won't disclose them. Secondly, why wouldn't he share the information with Apple, why bother discovering all these vulnerabilities in the first place? It's not like he's a black hat (AFAIK) so the only other reason I see is the attention you get from such comments.
Besides I'm sure some people will gladly help Apple test their _beta_ browser. I'm all for more competition on the browser space, put some pressure on all players so they produce better stuff.
I'm pretty sure you didn't even bother to follow any of the links on the story. Here's what Flickr told her when they erased her post: "Flickr is not a venue for to you harass, abuse,
impersonate, or intimidate others. If we receive a valid
complaint about your conduct, we will send you a warning or
terminate your account." Now please go read the yahoo cache of her plea and amuse us with all the examples you can find of harassment, abuse, impersonation or intimidation then com back and let us know how your right vs. wrong theory plays out. She doesn't pay Flickr anything so far as I can assume Again, you didn't even see her Flickr page I imagine. Here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebba/
See that little "pro" image? It means she payed a yearly subscription.
So now they sell you the problem and the fix!
I thought TeX was like the l33t stuff for academics to use to write their papers...
People seem to confusse open source with free as in beer!
My code can be open source but I can still get paid to support/modify/add to it.
Well it is specially good at hosting Linux bashing articles:
/ /cooltechzone.com
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http:
ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. 1333 North Stemmons Freeway Suite 110 Dallas TX US 75207 69.93.78.219 Linux Apache/1.3.33 Unix mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.10 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
Getting rid of viruses and malware is a problem, but I'm 100% sure it would be just as big a problem for Mac OSX or Red Hat Linux Workstation if those products had the market share that Windows does.
No it wouldn't! I don't know about Mac OSX but Linux doesn't run every piece of software with administrator privileges!
Why does every Windows person have to resort to the market share argument to come in Microsoft's defense?
but asking the question is too!
Now someone tell me how Microsoft prices Windows XP $20 cheaper than the same PC with a free operating system.
Easy:
They have this deal where clippy will work their helpdesk for X amount of time for every copy of Windows sold...
People who believe in astrology don't do so because of logic. They cling to the hope that the universe is not just a giant machine, that they are somehow made unique among humans by their keen intelligence, inside knowledge, and special placement in it. ...and that Jupiter is in alignment with Mars ;)
Actually it's quite hard since not even the players can agree. If you browse the WoW forums you will see this is one of the most talked about subjects.
Hardcore players don't want casual players to be able to obtain high-level items even if they play the same amount over a different time spectrum. The casual player of course wants the same (or equal) rewards even if they can't commit 50+ hours per week or even go raiding.
Many things come into play here specially those that relate to "real life". I'm sure many would be hardcore players but can't due to _small_ obstacles like jobs, family, health, etc.
My guess is you will need to differenciate your MMOG wether you want to target the hc (Lineage 2) vs. the casual (?) or stay in the middle (WoW)
AFAIK the word free could have two meanings in the English language:
1) related to liberty (freedom)
2) related to price
Free as in beer associates with the second definition. As in "would you like a free beer?"
Free as in speech associates with the first definition. As in "I am free to speak as I please"
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
same thing as yesterday!
Here's the rebuttal:
Re:I don't get it (Score:4, Funny)
by NoMoreNicksLeft (516230) Alter Relationship on Thursday June 30, @03:01PM (#12952440)
(http://24.125.88.66/ | Last Journal: Saturday June 04, @12:50PM)
I tried switching the family over to JSF attack jets over the summer
vacation and the wails of terror, utter anxiety, and lack of any flight training whatsoever was enough to crash the jets straight into the ground.
So why all the troubles?
Afterall JSF pilots love to tell stories of how the JSF is so
much better than a donkey cart with a broken wheel and they would never try to fly across the ocean in one.
My conclusion after seeing real people in a real average Jane setting
crash and burn after being dropped in the pilot's seat midair is that the JSF advocates are just plain lying
because the JSF is really a step backwards for people used to using
technology several centuries behind what it should be.
To make this short and simple, virtually NOTHING worked properly in the JSF.
Telling the JSF to turn left and swatting it with your hand did nothing, it would not listen.
Stuffing oats and barley into the fuel tank did not refuel it. In fact, the jet technician said I caused 100s of 1000s of $$$ worth of damage!
I tried to nail a proper shoe onto the jet turbine, but the jet-grade aluminum just gouged.
I applied salve to where we attached the harness, but the weird metallic lesions would not heal.
We then took the JSF to a vetrinarian, but he said he did not treat JSFs.
I was unable to tie the reins up to the hitching post.
And it goes on and on for pages,but the bottom line is that the JSF lasted about 3 days in my house before I ditched it and went back to
my donkey cart with a broken wheel.
Conclusion is that the JSF is a birds nest of confusion. The JSF seems
like it might be good until you actually try and fly it and then it
shows it's ugliness, slowness and instability.
Why on earth ANYONE would use the JSF for personal transportation is beyond me.
--
Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars) More like 86 chars.
I bet it will use the 64 nodes to tackle _that_ problem ;)
Yeap... still a lot of bugs... err humans... err bugs to fix.
It's called Windows 98 ;)
*duck*
This is exactly the problem we face these days: people are too stupid to make an argument.
:(
They vomit something and when they can't think of an intelligent way to defend their position they simply use the "talk to the hand" method.
Meanwhile, a $37 graphics car (with a $10 rebate) from Circuit City is 100% reliable
Man!! Where are these cars available from? Mine was much more expensive!
But what kind of secrets do you internally that you need that level of paranoia.
Gramma's famous chocolate chip cookies recipe of course!
I am not permitted to reveal the site name (I've asked my employer for permission but got a refussal). Also note I didn't post this as an AC.
However, I can assure this is an optin list. It doesn't sell anything it just announces new features on our site like new radio channels, _SPAM BLOCKERS_, downtime for upgrades/repairs, etc. I myself despise spam and would not work for such a company.
We've been added to the RBL once because another user complaint. When we talked to the RBL people we were removed as we could prove we were not a spam source.
I'm sure I will probably not be able to convince you but hey that's life.
How many double opt-in e-mail lists have been blocked simply because some AOL luser couldn't figure out how to unsubscribe (or didn't even try to) and just hit the report as spam button?
/dev/null so I say pay AOL with the same coin!
I was going to make exactly this point!
I manage a popular web site in Mexico that distributes an opt-in mailing list. We've been marked as spammers multiple times because a particular user decides he doesn't want to receive the newsletter anymore and does not take the time to click on the unsubscribe link sent in the email!
AOL of course sends our emails to
"It just works!"
Yes, but we won't tell you what it is
Did you or did you not create code red!
Well the article does say:
one of the best things that happened to Linux
The poster just decided not to include that extra word.