"Volumes on the shareware Windows programming language feature pictures of kamikaze warplanes and Amtrak trains, because "Windows likes to crash," O'Reilly says."
Sigh!
As a model railroader and railfan who also likes Linux and supports Open Source, I always feel a pang when folks take shots at the things I value. Amtrak trains DO NOT like to crash. Please point your browser at:
"What kind of moron runs a macro-laced Micro$oft file from someone they don't know?"
But, in fact, the major social engineering feature of the attack was that it was specifically designed to come from someone you _do_ know. IMHO _that_ was the real inovation in this expliot, not threading together a collection of security holes like so many Cheerios on a string.
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palpatine remarked:
/. for stuff that matters. :-)
"Volumes on the shareware Windows programming language feature pictures of kamikaze warplanes and Amtrak trains, because "Windows likes to crash," O'Reilly says."
Sigh!
As a model railroader and railfan who also likes Linux and supports Open Source, I always feel a pang when folks take shots at the things I value. Amtrak trains DO NOT like to crash. Please point your browser at:
http://www.oli.org/ (Operation Lifesaver - US)
or:
http://www.Ol-Og-canada.org/ (Operation Lifesaver - Canada)
As for faith in USA Today, USA Today may provide road warrior fodder, but I prefer
Perhaps Wizards of the Coast could come up with a TCG (gain programmer mana based on the spine color of the books).
"What kind of moron runs a macro-laced Micro$oft file from someone they don't know?"
But, in fact, the major social engineering feature of the attack was that it was specifically designed to come from someone you _do_ know. IMHO _that_ was the real inovation in this expliot, not threading together a collection of security holes like so many Cheerios on a string.