What old ass version of IE are you using? IE has supported both of those tags for as long as I can remember. I know for a fact that IE6 has always supported them, and it's four years old.
No other IDN-capable browser aside from Firefox is affected by this, either. The reason is that it's not a flaw in IDN, it's a flaw in Firefox's handling of IDN. So therefore, even if IE supported IDN, it wouldn't be affected by this flaw.
I tried the Vista beta a month or so ago and I wasn't impressed one bit.
Well since Beta 1 wasn't put out to "impress" anyone, I'm not surprised at all. You completely missed the point of the beta. It was targeted towards developers, to give them a chance to begin working with Vista's new features. All of the really cool new stuff won't be added until at least Beta 2.
You understand incorrectly. Due to the differences between the two consoles, any Xbox 1 game will require an emulation profile. If the profile is not available (they can be downloaded from Xbox Live as they become available), the game simply will not run. They'll start off with the most popular stuff, and work backwards (to a point) from there.
Yeah but we're not in a "world of Macs, Tux's and legacy OS users." In the real world, more than half of all computers are running Windows XP. The vast majority of those that aren't running XP are running Windows 2000, while 9x/ME, Mac, and Linux bring up the rear, in that order.
I don't know what the bloggers the submitter referred to are smoking. You still need a browser to get any information past the basic stuff you see on Google's sidebar.
The way I see it, the moment you did fork over the money you said "Yes, I agree to your stipulation".
The only stipulation you agreed to was to pay X amount for Y product. I know for a fact that Apple does not present a contract to you before you buy the software. If they did, your argument would make sense. But as it is now, you're just making no sense. Nobody is "lying" to anyone.
Why is it okay for a car manufacturer to specify which car models his air filter fits? shouldn't you just be able to go out and put the airfilter on any car you like?
It's OK for anyone to give suggestions as to what their product should be used with, or what it's specifically designed for. That's a good thing, even when Apple does it. But if I come up with a way to fit a Ford filter on a GM, and make a website about it, should Ford sue me? Absolutely not.
If they tell you it's only for their hardware than that's that, if you don't like it, then don't buy it. If you buy it anyways, you have to live with it's limitations.
Why? If I want to hack it apart and make it run on my Dell, that's too bad for Apple. They can say "Only for use on Apple computers!" till they're blue in the face, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to them.
IE6 does not have a popup blocker built in. Windows XP SP2 does.
No, SP2 does not have a built-in popup blocker. The version of IE6 that comes with Windows XP SP2, which happens to be the latest version, has a popup blocker. The other versions of IE are out-of-date, and therefore will never have a popup blocker. You are incorrect in saying that Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are still supported, because they are not.
Oh for christ's sake, even IIS5 on Windows 2000 is pretty much completely secure. The one vulnerability that remains is basically useless, and can be safely ignored. If that's your only argument against IIS, then you're just full of shit.
Surprisingly enough, IIS5, still in wide use, has unpatched vulnerabilities.
OK, stop with the pure FUD. Using the Secunia link you provided, it shows that IIS5 has one unpatched vulnerability, which is rated Not Critical, which is the lowest rating possible. Not only are the unpatched flaws in Apache more serious, there are also more of them! Please, stop with the BS.
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What old ass version of IE are you using? IE has supported both of those tags for as long as I can remember. I know for a fact that IE6 has always supported them, and it's four years old.
No other IDN-capable browser aside from Firefox is affected by this, either. The reason is that it's not a flaw in IDN, it's a flaw in Firefox's handling of IDN. So therefore, even if IE supported IDN, it wouldn't be affected by this flaw.
You obviously failed Networking 101. A hub or switch is nothing like a hardware based firewall. You don't have a clue.
It's Flash. They're both made by the same company, but they're two completely different things.
I tried the Vista beta a month or so ago and I wasn't impressed one bit.
Well since Beta 1 wasn't put out to "impress" anyone, I'm not surprised at all. You completely missed the point of the beta. It was targeted towards developers, to give them a chance to begin working with Vista's new features. All of the really cool new stuff won't be added until at least Beta 2.
My new HDTV that I purchased two months ago supports HDCP.
You understand incorrectly. Due to the differences between the two consoles, any Xbox 1 game will require an emulation profile. If the profile is not available (they can be downloaded from Xbox Live as they become available), the game simply will not run. They'll start off with the most popular stuff, and work backwards (to a point) from there.
Yeah but we're not in a "world of Macs, Tux's and legacy OS users." In the real world, more than half of all computers are running Windows XP. The vast majority of those that aren't running XP are running Windows 2000, while 9x/ME, Mac, and Linux bring up the rear, in that order.
I don't know what the bloggers the submitter referred to are smoking. You still need a browser to get any information past the basic stuff you see on Google's sidebar.
So what are you going to do?
Just buy the boxed version of the OS for $129. You're overcomplicating things.
The way I see it, the moment you did fork over the money you said "Yes, I agree to your stipulation".
The only stipulation you agreed to was to pay X amount for Y product. I know for a fact that Apple does not present a contract to you before you buy the software. If they did, your argument would make sense. But as it is now, you're just making no sense. Nobody is "lying" to anyone.
Why is it okay for a car manufacturer to specify which car models his air filter fits? shouldn't you just be able to go out and put the airfilter on any car you like?
It's OK for anyone to give suggestions as to what their product should be used with, or what it's specifically designed for. That's a good thing, even when Apple does it. But if I come up with a way to fit a Ford filter on a GM, and make a website about it, should Ford sue me? Absolutely not.
If they tell you it's only for their hardware than that's that, if you don't like it, then don't buy it. If you buy it anyways, you have to live with it's limitations.
Why? If I want to hack it apart and make it run on my Dell, that's too bad for Apple. They can say "Only for use on Apple computers!" till they're blue in the face, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to them.
The ironic thing is, the people who are smart enough to put their computer behind a firewall are also smart enough to apply the patches.
So does the Windows XP user, and the Windows 2000 user who applied the patch.
Microsoft did infact upgrade the threat.
IE6 does not have a popup blocker built in. Windows XP SP2 does.
No, SP2 does not have a built-in popup blocker. The version of IE6 that comes with Windows XP SP2, which happens to be the latest version, has a popup blocker. The other versions of IE are out-of-date, and therefore will never have a popup blocker. You are incorrect in saying that Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are still supported, because they are not.
The problem is that your copy of IE is not current.
Critical updates can still be obtained without passing WGA.
The patches for Windows are already out: click
Google Earth's interface is not better than Google Maps.
Can you fly around the earth with Maps? Can it "drive" along the route you just planned out? Can it measure distances? Can you tilt the view?
The answer to all of those questions is NO. I could go on, but you get the picture. Google Earth's interface is absolutely better than Google Maps'.
When the transition was made between CD and DVD games, it was said that a DVD would never be filled. Well, they're filled.
Can you name just one game that could even fill a single layer DVD?
Oh for christ's sake, even IIS5 on Windows 2000 is pretty much completely secure. The one vulnerability that remains is basically useless, and can be safely ignored. If that's your only argument against IIS, then you're just full of shit.
Surprisingly enough, IIS5, still in wide use, has unpatched vulnerabilities.
OK, stop with the pure FUD. Using the Secunia link you provided, it shows that IIS5 has one unpatched vulnerability, which is rated Not Critical, which is the lowest rating possible. Not only are the unpatched flaws in Apache more serious, there are also more of them! Please, stop with the BS.
Hah, I guess I'm just not "old school" enough for that.