Man, if you're gonna attempt to turn them into dorks, go all the way and move them into their parent's basement. THEN you can have some extra money in the budget for pron!
Wait for an MS RPC bug? How about wait until next week after another worm clogs half the net. No need to wait long, or look back very far.
I realize this isn't really a worm, it was classified wrongly, but still...an exploit is an exploit. It's worse when users have a hand in stopping it but they usually choose the blue pill anyway.
The fact that Windows is so exploitable is the reason it's exploited, not the fact that it's the most widespread.
Free/OpenBSD and linux/unix have been around for quite awhile, and both are getting more usage daily. Both are on the net all over the place. Yet they're still not a target or at the very least, an unsuccessful target. Why? Security and built-in holes are kept to a minimum and usually patched in a timely manner. Some people get rooted once in awhile but it's usually their own fault or the fault of the admin that forgot to apt-get a new fixed daemon or library.
Just face it, Windows was never designed with security in mind, and all the patching in the world may never make it more secure. Once again let me reiterate: Windows is a target because it's too easy.
After all these worms and virii are hitting MS boxen from every angle, there still aren't mentions of alternatives from major news sources. The Dallas Morning News, last week, had at least a causal glance by saying in one line "Macintosh users are unaffected".
Why isn't Linux and Macintosh turning this into a big propaganda opportunity? Both OS's can hold up the 'come to us, we've had our shots, we'll never get worms' flags and pray that the big media mentions it.
Just import a wife from another country. English isn't important; cooking skills are. Keep her at home constantly and make her cook and clean.
There you go. You're happier, healthier and will get that long life you've always dreamed of. Plus you've helped another person contribute positively to America.
Editor's note: I wouldn't recommend Asian women. While they're beautiful, excellent cooks, etc. they have VERY hot and short tempers. Unless you're cooler than dry ice 99% of the time you'll end up with a disaster.
Sounds like someone needs to make a trip to the local methamphetamine dealer.
Seriously, you sound just like alot of old-school, long time speed users. Personally I enjoy food, and if you eat slowly, you never get so full that you get miserable and become worthless for the hours following a meal. When you wait until you're famished before you eat, then you wolf down your meal too fast, so fast that you don't think you're full yet, so you eat more.
Fast food is the product and bane of America. Slow down.
Another take on this: I'm venturing a guess here, but I'd assume that most fanatics dedicated enough (and there are tons out there) will already have their RAMLink/REU upgrade and have gobs of ram at their disposal.
I think last time I checked they were up to 512mb of non-volatile storage (rechargable battery backed).
The problem isn't the satellite concept itself, but in the methods used. In order to have lots of legal satellite sending units at people's homes, they have to be weak. Weak signals take longer to receive, hence latency.
You do know, of course, that most calls to overseas get bounced off lots of satellites before they reach the caller. Most international calls are still nearly realtime, not half as bad as a 1000ms ping which home satellite connections give you.
True, true. MP3 trading is still happening on alternative networks that the great unwashed masses are unaware of, and AFAIK, IRC is still as strong as ever, as well as newsgroups. Napster and it's ilk just drew the ire of the big corporations because they finally found out about it after all this time.
The irony here is that the biggest danger these companies face is themselves. Insiders trade movies, and record producers and big labels are churning out crap that nobody wants to pay for, at a price that's higher than ever. $20 for a cd of some soundalike band you've heard a million times before? Stuff it.
Anyway, my point is that when anything, once it reaches critical mass, usually ends up turning to crap.
The linux AOL client isn't even worth mentioning. It has zero features and looks like it went out of development in 1997. I mean, come on, the 'latest rpms' on their site are for Redhat 6 and Mandrake 7!
Don't be surprised, Sony and every other high tech industry does a redesign frequently within the same item over a set span of time. The PS1 was a good example of this. Sony does this with stereos, VCRs, DVD players, VAIO laptops..you name it. Automotive manufacturers often make 'tweaks' to models year to year even though major redesigns are reserved for every 4-5 years (maybe longer depending on manufacturer).
Basically, you release a product with the intent of building 'improved under the hood' models in the future, either to improve the product, make it faster/cheaper to produce, or both. The first gen PS1's look nothing like the last gen PS1's under the skin.
I just emailed those tards about the english on their site. I think it was one of those 'yeah my cousin knows HTML!' type of jobs. The site looks like crap in Konqueror...that tells you something right there.
Amen to that. For years, people aware of the Nissan Skyline have wanted it in the US. Nissan never brought it here because it would require a left hand drive conversion as well as crash testing and other 'street legal' documentation. So what happened? Some rich dudes got fed up and bought some extra Skylines, crash tested them, presented the data to the proper authorities, and BAM, legal Skylines. There are limited trim levels and models that are legal, rather than the full range, but that's not really an issue. The GOOD ones are legal.
You must be one of those "Jump, Mario, Jump!" guys that rock back and forth and throw the controller up every time you play a platforming/jumping game. Cracks me up every time.:)
Blame the fickle shareholders who are still hurting from being gang-raped by the dot com fallout of 2000. They expect quarterly earnings and read every page of every report. That being said, Sun shouldn't be too worried quarter to quarter...5 billion in the bank for a company Sun's size is a decent chunk of reserve.
Scott made a good point, one that comes from a big-time shareholder: look at the stock's performance from day one, not some day during the outrageous overvalue the stock carried during the boom. A long term investor researches years past then makes a decision to hold a stock for at least 5 years. If it started at $1 per share and holds a $4 value today, that's a 3x earning. Yeah, it peaked and dropped many times, but overall, the stock is an earner.
You seem to forget that something that's relatively static for a long time (see: latin language) is easy to learn because it's set in stone. When OpenGL cards were in their infancy, anyone on any platform (unix, sgi, mac, windows...later) could start learning the opengl api. DirectX was in Microsoft's hands and not just anybody knew about it or could work with it.
Fast forward to today when developers are still somewhat mystified with DirectX, being the moving target that it is. OpenGL is still a standard, albeit an updated standard, that is learning new tricks all the time. I believe what a poster 2 posts up said was right.
Just remember: newer isn't always better. Oh and don't forget that Microsoft has a stake in SGI and the OpenGL guys.
When you say it's possible to make a secure windows system, that's fantasy. Nothing is ever 100% secure. But one can only make it maybe 90% secure. That's because of all the surprise holes Microsoft and others find once in awhile. How many worms does it take?
Linux, through it's various iterations, distributions and version numbers, is impossible to even guess at. Some distros are more secure than others, and some use much newer software than others. Some servers are run by newbie admins, others are properly firewalled, monitored and have unnecessary ports/services shut off. But overall, I'd pick a default *any* linux installation over Windows.
Damn dude, how did you get rooted so quickly and easily? I've had a few different apache servers up (running different versions of Mandrake with Advanced Extranet Apache) for years and to this day none of them have gotten owned.
That's bullshit and you know it. Ubiquity is always relative, and for that matter, any MacOS box, today or in the past, has been more numerous percentage-wise than linux. Why aren't worms/virii attacking the Mac? Why aren't crackers going after Free/OpenBSD?
I would imagine that part of your troubleshooting procedure should've been checking vendor's sites for updated drivers. You should know better by now. The Windows driver world isn't static, it's ever-changing, because Microsoft is constantly finding new and imaginative ways to break systems. That's why YOU have a job.:)
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Psssh...getting data through neural nets the hard part? I've got a beowulf cluster of T-1000 Terminators that would beg to differ!
Man, if you're gonna attempt to turn them into dorks, go all the way and move them into their parent's basement. THEN you can have some extra money in the budget for pron!
That's great, some people found holes. But were they exploited on a big enough scale to make the news?
No.
NEXT!
Wait for an MS RPC bug? How about wait until next week after another worm clogs half the net. No need to wait long, or look back very far.
I realize this isn't really a worm, it was classified wrongly, but still...an exploit is an exploit. It's worse when users have a hand in stopping it but they usually choose the blue pill anyway.
Your point is invalid.
The fact that Windows is so exploitable is the reason it's exploited, not the fact that it's the most widespread.
Free/OpenBSD and linux/unix have been around for quite awhile, and both are getting more usage daily. Both are on the net all over the place. Yet they're still not a target or at the very least, an unsuccessful target. Why? Security and built-in holes are kept to a minimum and usually patched in a timely manner. Some people get rooted once in awhile but it's usually their own fault or the fault of the admin that forgot to apt-get a new fixed daemon or library.
Just face it, Windows was never designed with security in mind, and all the patching in the world may never make it more secure. Once again let me reiterate: Windows is a target because it's too easy.
After all these worms and virii are hitting MS boxen from every angle, there still aren't mentions of alternatives from major news sources. The Dallas Morning News, last week, had at least a causal glance by saying in one line "Macintosh users are unaffected".
Why isn't Linux and Macintosh turning this into a big propaganda opportunity? Both OS's can hold up the 'come to us, we've had our shots, we'll never get worms' flags and pray that the big media mentions it.
Just import a wife from another country. English isn't important; cooking skills are. Keep her at home constantly and make her cook and clean.
There you go. You're happier, healthier and will get that long life you've always dreamed of. Plus you've helped another person contribute positively to America.
Editor's note: I wouldn't recommend Asian women. While they're beautiful, excellent cooks, etc. they have VERY hot and short tempers. Unless you're cooler than dry ice 99% of the time you'll end up with a disaster.
Sounds like someone needs to make a trip to the local methamphetamine dealer.
Seriously, you sound just like alot of old-school, long time speed users. Personally I enjoy food, and if you eat slowly, you never get so full that you get miserable and become worthless for the hours following a meal. When you wait until you're famished before you eat, then you wolf down your meal too fast, so fast that you don't think you're full yet, so you eat more.
Fast food is the product and bane of America. Slow down.
Another take on this: I'm venturing a guess here, but I'd assume that most fanatics dedicated enough (and there are tons out there) will already have their RAMLink/REU upgrade and have gobs of ram at their disposal.
I think last time I checked they were up to 512mb of non-volatile storage (rechargable battery backed).
The problem isn't the satellite concept itself, but in the methods used. In order to have lots of legal satellite sending units at people's homes, they have to be weak. Weak signals take longer to receive, hence latency.
You do know, of course, that most calls to overseas get bounced off lots of satellites before they reach the caller. Most international calls are still nearly realtime, not half as bad as a 1000ms ping which home satellite connections give you.
True, true. MP3 trading is still happening on alternative networks that the great unwashed masses are unaware of, and AFAIK, IRC is still as strong as ever, as well as newsgroups. Napster and it's ilk just drew the ire of the big corporations because they finally found out about it after all this time.
The irony here is that the biggest danger these companies face is themselves. Insiders trade movies, and record producers and big labels are churning out crap that nobody wants to pay for, at a price that's higher than ever. $20 for a cd of some soundalike band you've heard a million times before? Stuff it.
Anyway, my point is that when anything, once it reaches critical mass, usually ends up turning to crap.
Why are you spending money on a freakin' IM client? Get Gaim...even if you're forced to use Windows it's useful. gaim.sf.net is a good place to look.
The linux AOL client isn't even worth mentioning. It has zero features and looks like it went out of development in 1997. I mean, come on, the 'latest rpms' on their site are for Redhat 6 and Mandrake 7!
Don't be surprised, Sony and every other high tech industry does a redesign frequently within the same item over a set span of time. The PS1 was a good example of this. Sony does this with stereos, VCRs, DVD players, VAIO laptops..you name it. Automotive manufacturers often make 'tweaks' to models year to year even though major redesigns are reserved for every 4-5 years (maybe longer depending on manufacturer).
Basically, you release a product with the intent of building 'improved under the hood' models in the future, either to improve the product, make it faster/cheaper to produce, or both. The first gen PS1's look nothing like the last gen PS1's under the skin.
I just emailed those tards about the english on their site. I think it was one of those 'yeah my cousin knows HTML!' type of jobs. The site looks like crap in Konqueror...that tells you something right there.
Amen to that. For years, people aware of the Nissan Skyline have wanted it in the US. Nissan never brought it here because it would require a left hand drive conversion as well as crash testing and other 'street legal' documentation. So what happened? Some rich dudes got fed up and bought some extra Skylines, crash tested them, presented the data to the proper authorities, and BAM, legal Skylines. There are limited trim levels and models that are legal, rather than the full range, but that's not really an issue. The GOOD ones are legal.
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You must be one of those "Jump, Mario, Jump!" guys that rock back and forth and throw the controller up every time you play a platforming/jumping game. Cracks me up every time. :)
Blame the fickle shareholders who are still hurting from being gang-raped by the dot com fallout of 2000. They expect quarterly earnings and read every page of every report. That being said, Sun shouldn't be too worried quarter to quarter...5 billion in the bank for a company Sun's size is a decent chunk of reserve.
Scott made a good point, one that comes from a big-time shareholder: look at the stock's performance from day one, not some day during the outrageous overvalue the stock carried during the boom. A long term investor researches years past then makes a decision to hold a stock for at least 5 years. If it started at $1 per share and holds a $4 value today, that's a 3x earning. Yeah, it peaked and dropped many times, but overall, the stock is an earner.
You seem to forget that something that's relatively static for a long time (see: latin language) is easy to learn because it's set in stone. When OpenGL cards were in their infancy, anyone on any platform (unix, sgi, mac, windows...later) could start learning the opengl api. DirectX was in Microsoft's hands and not just anybody knew about it or could work with it.
Fast forward to today when developers are still somewhat mystified with DirectX, being the moving target that it is. OpenGL is still a standard, albeit an updated standard, that is learning new tricks all the time. I believe what a poster 2 posts up said was right.
Just remember: newer isn't always better. Oh and don't forget that Microsoft has a stake in SGI and the OpenGL guys.
Yeah the " " is a really tricky piece of html. ;)
Does your .01 percentage for insecurity include local (sitting at the keyboard) exploits? That's part of what I was factoring in.
When you say it's possible to make a secure windows system, that's fantasy. Nothing is ever 100% secure. But one can only make it maybe 90% secure. That's because of all the surprise holes Microsoft and others find once in awhile. How many worms does it take?
Linux, through it's various iterations, distributions and version numbers, is impossible to even guess at. Some distros are more secure than others, and some use much newer software than others. Some servers are run by newbie admins, others are properly firewalled, monitored and have unnecessary ports/services shut off. But overall, I'd pick a default *any* linux installation over Windows.
Damn dude, how did you get rooted so quickly and easily? I've had a few different apache servers up (running different versions of Mandrake with Advanced Extranet Apache) for years and to this day none of them have gotten owned.
That's bullshit and you know it. Ubiquity is always relative, and for that matter, any MacOS box, today or in the past, has been more numerous percentage-wise than linux. Why aren't worms/virii attacking the Mac? Why aren't crackers going after Free/OpenBSD?
Hint: they're more secure by default.
I would imagine that part of your troubleshooting procedure should've been checking vendor's sites for updated drivers. You should know better by now. The Windows driver world isn't static, it's ever-changing, because Microsoft is constantly finding new and imaginative ways to break systems. That's why YOU have a job. :)