You don't have to own a domain for this one to hit. Think of it like this:
A corporate user gets duped into running this script. It automagically sends out an email from his account to all the other corporate users. Now the email was sent from a legit server, and looks very offical, especially if the from and return-to are being spoofed to something like "admin@corporatedomain.com"
I have seen it, and it made me hesitate about not opening it and just deleting.
If you want Flash, Shockwave and Java to work well in linux, complain to Macromedia and Sun. They own those technologies, and they are responsible for providing them for linux users.
On subject, I have never had a problem installing any one of those onto the Windows version of any Mozilla browser. In fact, I just installed Flash 7 onto Firefox without a hitch.
I wouldn't want to blur the line between the browser wars and the desktop war. Browsers are important enough to warrant their own "war" outside of the windows / linux battle.
Actually, the site does give one major hint. If you read the Privacy Policy when registering, it talks about Fox Filmed Entertainment and foxmovies.com. But most people will never see that.
Why watch it? I intentionally didn't watch it Monday and Tuesday because I had my doubts and knew they'd replay it a dozen times (like they did with Taken). And why would I watch it Sunday now that many people here on Slashdot have confirmed those doubts?
So to put it in different terms, why should you watch it when you can let other people make the decision for you on whether it is good or not.
I was under the impression that the scene you are refering to was a 'trailer only' scene, and was never intended to be seen in the movie, even if 9/11 hadn't happened.
Most of the replies you have gotten so far are game and cartoon based. I would like to hype the educational value of Flash.
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/frog.h tm l http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/squid .ht ml
Those are just two examples from one company on how Flash can deliver interactive educational components. In my opinion, this is the benefit of Flash that gets covered up by developers wishing to annoy us with ads.
I don't know why everyone is so excited about MS killing Flash.
If they do it, its because they have replaced Flash with their own version of it!!!! So, not only will you still have annoying Flash-type things, but the parent company will be one that is notorious for crappy software.
Flash is annoying when used improperly, but that doesn't mean it should go away. Especially when it is replaced by something from Microsoft. Just wait until you see Clippy popping up in those dynamic ads, saying "It seems you are trying to surf the net! Would you like to: Buy Viagra? Lose weight? Surf the net faster?"
Not to be picky, but Dreamweaver's code is cleaner than most people could make by hand. Please don't lump Dreamweaver in with Frontpage and Office. Thats like putting Photoshop in with MS Paint.
So don't let laptops back onto the network until they have been scanned.
I honestly have no idea if this is possible, but it would seem that a network could track when machines leave the network, and when they are reconnected. Can you have a program that forces a scan of the machine before it allows that machine full access back to the network? Or couldn't it be installed directly on the machine, so that when it goes to login, if it sees that it is back on its home network, it limits itself until it can run a scan with updated info?
They can win this round of battle with that thinking though. Let PS2 and Xbox fight it out for the user's first console, and let the Gamecube be the understood choice for the second system. I would rather be everyone's second system than half of everyone's first.
"Iwata also mentioned that events or stores can have special base stations installed and connected to the Internet for players to transfer data from distant locations."
And when they made Matrix 1, they had no idea it was going to be as popular as it was. So what's the better option in that case:
close off the movie with Neo being a bad ass, so that the movie actually ends, then have to go back on that because you do get to make the sequals that you wanted to make, or
leave the movie hanging at the end, so that a sequal that might not happen will connect better.
quite frankly, if the movie had left it open so that they could make reloaded, then i don't think it would have been as popular.
"kind of spoiler" there was an idea running around that the end of M1 is actually the end of the trilogy, and that we are going to see the exact same thing at the end of the M3. So M2 and almost all of M3 actually happened during the fade out before the phone booth scene.
I'm NOT gonna survive on theater popcorn, hotdogs and mega-jumbo Cokes for 11 hours. I hope they have intermissions between the films so we can hit the mall food court...
So you can pick up a greasy burger, salty fries, and a mega-jumbo coke instead?
The Windows they are shwoing the screen shots and the Windows your fictional user is using don't have anything to do with Windows as a server. For home and office use, Windows XP and, to a lesser degree, 2k, are rock solid. Going off about how it doesn't handle serious critical server tasks has nothing to do with games, email, and web browsing, and that is all it is being used for.
When Joe Blow user starts talking about how bad ass his Windows SERVER is, then feel free to rant.
More to the point, why was the safety monitoring system not patched against the virus. Especially since a patch has been available since before this whole thing became big news?
Maybe someone did bring it in from the outside, but there is no reason why the machines on the inside under the admin's control shouldn't have already been patched, virus definitions updated, ect. When it came in, it should have stayed contained on the laptop if the admin had done his job.
Slashdot Mirror
You don't have to own a domain for this one to hit. Think of it like this:
A corporate user gets duped into running this script. It automagically sends out an email from his account to all the other corporate users. Now the email was sent from a legit server, and looks very offical, especially if the from and return-to are being spoofed to something like "admin@corporatedomain.com"
I have seen it, and it made me hesitate about not opening it and just deleting.
If you want Flash, Shockwave and Java to work well in linux, complain to Macromedia and Sun. They own those technologies, and they are responsible for providing them for linux users.
On subject, I have never had a problem installing any one of those onto the Windows version of any Mozilla browser. In fact, I just installed Flash 7 onto Firefox without a hitch.
I wouldn't want to blur the line between the browser wars and the desktop war. Browsers are important enough to warrant their own "war" outside of the windows / linux battle.
Eddie Izzard - Dressed to Kill
If you are going to use someone else's jokes, at least give some props.
Actually, the site does give one major hint. If you read the Privacy Policy when registering, it talks about Fox Filmed Entertainment and foxmovies.com. But most people will never see that.
Doesn't XM have a system where you can remove part of it from your car stereo and plug it in to a little stereo system on your desk? I believe so.
Why watch it? I intentionally didn't watch it Monday and Tuesday because I had my doubts and knew they'd replay it a dozen times (like they did with Taken). And why would I watch it Sunday now that many people here on Slashdot have confirmed those doubts?
So to put it in different terms, why should you watch it when you can let other people make the decision for you on whether it is good or not.
I was under the impression that the scene you are refering to was a 'trailer only' scene, and was never intended to be seen in the movie, even if 9/11 hadn't happened.
That ending would have left us with one major question...
WHO SHOT JR?!?!?!?!?
Most of the replies you have gotten so far are game and cartoon based. I would like to hype the educational value of Flash.
h tm ld .ht ml
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/frog.
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/squi
Those are just two examples from one company on how Flash can deliver interactive educational components. In my opinion, this is the benefit of Flash that gets covered up by developers wishing to annoy us with ads.
Dreamweaver / Flash Goals: To provide web professionals high quality development tools.
Frontpage / Sparkle Goads: To make web idiots feel like professionals in their little dream world.
I don't know why everyone is so excited about MS killing Flash.
If they do it, its because they have replaced Flash with their own version of it!!!! So, not only will you still have annoying Flash-type things, but the parent company will be one that is notorious for crappy software.
Flash is annoying when used improperly, but that doesn't mean it should go away. Especially when it is replaced by something from Microsoft. Just wait until you see Clippy popping up in those dynamic ads, saying "It seems you are trying to surf the net! Would you like to: Buy Viagra? Lose weight? Surf the net faster?"
Not to be picky, but Dreamweaver's code is cleaner than most people could make by hand. Please don't lump Dreamweaver in with Frontpage and Office. Thats like putting Photoshop in with MS Paint.
Actually, thats a bit incorrect. The code that Frontpage produces is a mess, no matter how good the designer is using it.
So don't let laptops back onto the network until they have been scanned.
I honestly have no idea if this is possible, but it would seem that a network could track when machines leave the network, and when they are reconnected. Can you have a program that forces a scan of the machine before it allows that machine full access back to the network? Or couldn't it be installed directly on the machine, so that when it goes to login, if it sees that it is back on its home network, it limits itself until it can run a scan with updated info?
Just curious.
They can win this round of battle with that thinking though. Let PS2 and Xbox fight it out for the user's first console, and let the Gamecube be the understood choice for the second system. I would rather be everyone's second system than half of everyone's first.
...you'll see an XBox distro of Linux or some other OS...
Somehow I think Microsoft would go with putting Windows on their own hardware before linux. Just a thought.
From a Nintendo Fansite:
"Iwata also mentioned that events or stores can have special base stations installed and connected to the Internet for players to transfer data from distant locations."
And when they made Matrix 1, they had no idea it was going to be as popular as it was. So what's the better option in that case:
close off the movie with Neo being a bad ass, so that the movie actually ends, then have to go back on that because you do get to make the sequals that you wanted to make, or
leave the movie hanging at the end, so that a sequal that might not happen will connect better.
quite frankly, if the movie had left it open so that they could make reloaded, then i don't think it would have been as popular.
"kind of spoiler"
there was an idea running around that the end of M1 is actually the end of the trilogy, and that we are going to see the exact same thing at the end of the M3. So M2 and almost all of M3 actually happened during the fade out before the phone booth scene.
Jap toilets may be difficult, but they are a hell of a lot easier then figuring out how to use the three sea shells!
I'm NOT gonna survive on theater popcorn, hotdogs and mega-jumbo Cokes for 11 hours. I hope they have intermissions between the films so we can hit the mall food court...
So you can pick up a greasy burger, salty fries, and a mega-jumbo coke instead?
Go watch Eddie Izzard's HBO special, and you will get why he said it like that.
Apple, meet orange.
The Windows they are shwoing the screen shots and the Windows your fictional user is using don't have anything to do with Windows as a server. For home and office use, Windows XP and, to a lesser degree, 2k, are rock solid. Going off about how it doesn't handle serious critical server tasks has nothing to do with games, email, and web browsing, and that is all it is being used for.
When Joe Blow user starts talking about how bad ass his Windows SERVER is, then feel free to rant.
More to the point, why was the safety monitoring system not patched against the virus. Especially since a patch has been available since before this whole thing became big news?
Maybe someone did bring it in from the outside, but there is no reason why the machines on the inside under the admin's control shouldn't have already been patched, virus definitions updated, ect. When it came in, it should have stayed contained on the laptop if the admin had done his job.
This isn't the new trailer. This is the EOM Trailer that has been out for quite a while.
The new trailer starts by focusing in on Neo when he looks to be laying on the ground.
Outlook != Outlook Express
I have been running OE for years, and I have never been nailed with a virus or a worm through email. Not once.
Just because they are named the same doesn't mean they act the same.