The same cannot be said for apache which averages about 2 per month.
Which version of Apache? Secunia shows different stats for Apache 1.3 than Apache 2 with the later showing more regularity.
I would conclude that IIS6 is a secure product, from Microsoft.
Your numbers are off. And the numbers alone don't tell the whole story. You'd be better off doing a bit more digging before resting with that conclusion. Though, to be honest, I can see the argument being made.
It really sucked when they had their jackbooted thugs kick down my door, hogtie me, and install their extension.
Suddenly, the phrase "Do you Yahoo?" takes on an entirely different meaning. Remember - be polite and make sure you have your papers and extensions in order.
You can just read it, which is still legal in all 50 states.
Are you sure that decompressing the archive so that you can read the script isn't tantamount to bypassing encryption of said files and therefore in violation of the DMCA?:)
When you take something without securing permission to take it, even if you are just taking a copy of intellectual property, that is theft.
Good point. What was taken? A copy? As in CDs from a store? I was under the impression that they were MAKING copies.
They were ripping people off, and those people were perfectly within their rights to unleash the lawyers.
It's debatable how much "ripping people off" was going on. But the copyright holders were definately within their rights. Copyright infringement is illegal despite any other issues involved.
He claimed he had no WMD (a claim that has since been proven true) and offered significant cooperation with international inspectors to prove it.
Maybe you missed the Duelfer Report that outlines a routine of uncooperative behavior with UN weapons inspectors. And it also describes a strategy to, amoung other things, attempt the removal of sanctions via meeting minimal levels of cooperation while still maintaining some question as to Iraq's true compliance for the sake of other percieved threats like Iran. In other words, bluff.
Nonsense. The reason Iraq was invaded was because they didn't have any WMD.
Iraq had WMDs when they invaded Kuwait. Yet that didn't stop the same forces that invaded Iraq now from attacking Iraqi forces in Kuwait and following them in to Iraq then.
Incidently... WMDs are a threat. And they will have an impact on any battlefield. However, the US military believes it can operate and be effective in a contaminated environment and trains to do so.
When Netscape threw in the towel that should have been it, but they open sourced their browser and it has arisen from the ashes like the mythical Phoenix of old.
Ixnay on the oenixphay! Didn't you get the memo about the name change?
You can point this out to the left as many times as you want, though, and they won't listen. The reason is that their motives for wanting protectionism have nothing to do with concern for foreign workers. Like all other protectionism, it has to with protecting ourselves from the possibility that others are able to do our jobs better and cheaper.
You're almost right. It's about how much cheaper foreign labor can do domestic jobs because foreign labor doesn't have the same quality-of-life laws that eat at the bottom line. If foreign labor can do a better job - fine. If they can work more efficiently - fine. But if the economic incentive exists because these foreign workers' conditions would be grossly illegal in the domestic environment, that is something entirely different.
In the end, it IS about foreign worker conditions AND protecting domestic jobs.
According to secunia the web browser I'm using has 5 non-patched critical security holes. Guess what, I'm not using IE.
That's because if you were using IE, you'd be much worse off. Although Opera might be a reasonable, although not perfect, second choice.
However, I'm sure that wasn't your point. You're talking double standards. If you do a simple search, you'll find that Slashdot DOES, in fact, report Firefox vulnerabilities.
As an aside, one the the common threads that pop up whenever Slashdot does a bit on Microsoft vulnerabilities is the inevitable link to Secunia for an Open Source project. Unfortunately, the point seems to be the numbers, ignoring the actual vulnerabilities themselves. Which leads to an apples and oranges comparison. This seems to be lost on the general Slashdot readership as this happens again and again. Which begs the question whether this is all a troll. I doubt it. The same ignorance of the underlying complexity of the issues is often expressed in Microsoft / Windows criticism too (assuming that trolls only work with a pro-MS slant).
Windows is common enough that anything wide-reaching in the Windows world affects everything else.
Some of us don't deal with Windows on a regular basis so we don't spend much time tracking Windows-specific news... but it's nice to catch the important pieces for those rare times we HAVE to deal with Windows.
The only thing I have a problem with MS is the damn EULA for their software otherwise I support them full bore. MS changed the face of computing whether they like it or not. These MS haters don't realize this.
To each his own. However, it's willfull ignorance to dismiss Microsoft's issues to "MS haters." That's not to say there aren't those who bash MS without any understanding of these issues. But again, that doesn't negate the issues.
MS was a part of the changing face of computing, to be sure. But there is no debt of gratitude - they were well rewarded for their part. And a large portion of those changes haven't been positive.
I was over at my friend's house for a LAN party. The household has no "living room" per se - it's the computer room that happens to have a couch and a fireplace. Everyone was scattered around the room setting up; eyes intent on screens. The room was quiet other than the occasional clicks or beeps. Then my friend's girlfriend breaks the relative silence.
"Huh. What's a vee bee ess file for?"
"Wait! No!" we yell as, despite our loud protests, you could hear her double-click. My gaze flew from her desk to the router. I could see the lights blink away madly. I'm almost positive I saw a mocking pattern in the increased blinking rate signifying a new worm's gleefull discovery of the household's LAN.
And having it be in the hand of a corporation isn't protecting it from laws. In fact, you're exposing it to double regulation; first by the corp, then by the government.
To provide a practical example... Walmart. The US Government would be hard pressed to regulate the music industry and the content of albums. However, since Walmart has considerable economic clout, their conservative policy has had a chilling effect on mainstream music. There's even been some discussion in the news about Walmart's effect on more traditional press such as Time and Newsweek (front-cover selection).
There is deprivation here. It is the deprivation of a potential sale.
If I don't look at a billboard - it's theft. If I don't watch a commercial - it's theft. If I don't visit my local music store - it's theft. If I post a negative review of an album - it's theft. If I simply state a negative opinion of an artist themselves - it's theft. If I don't provide my kids with enough allowance - it's theft.
Potential sales do not equate to theft.
But, simply, you can't reasonably assume that NO downloaded copy wouldn't have otherwise been purchased...
Nor can you reasonably assume each downloaded copy would have otherwise been a purchase. Nor can you reasonably assume that no downloaded copies lead to later purchases.... or lead to additional purchases beyond the material downloaded.
But again - potential purchases do not equate to theft.
2 : to come or go secretly, unobtrusively, gradually, or unexpectedly 3 : to steal or attempt to steal a base
When you talk of "stealing", you're really talking about theft. And "theft" is defined as:
1 a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property 2 obsolete : something stolen 3 : a stolen base in baseball
Since we're not talking about baseball, it seems that "shit" argument about deprivation is actually relevant. Keep in mind that your earlier quote about forms of theft all involve deprivation of funds or property.
RedHat is a pain to deal with. They seem to be outstanding contributers to the Linux community, but their Sales leaves much to be desired. Enough on that.
So where's the savings? Good question. One irritant I've run in to recently is CALs. With Linux, there are no CALs. With Windows, I have to play license shennanigans to figure out what CALs apply to what users... and then suck up hidden costs to purchase additional CALs.
I guess they could hire a bunch of high school kids to download a free Linux package and then install it on 300,000 computers. But that seems unlikely.
Or they could hire local IT professionals to do it. Or are you trying to tell me that my license fee for Windows includes on-site Microsoft consultants? Heck - I could probably find more highschoolers to install Windows than Linux anyway.
D'oh. Can you tell that the caffeine was running low?
As an aside - the Scott Adams that used to come to mind is the one who wrote early adventure games for the budding microcomputer market. Scott Adams of Dilbert fame even has a FAQ entry noting that they're not the same Scott.
Then Microsoft eventually adopted the mouse, and made the design decision they often do, that if one is good, more is better, and two-button mice became common. As GUI applications adopted contextual menus off the right mouse button, Apple adopted CMs via control-click. Now the complaint from Microsoft users was that Apple required you to keep one hand on the keyboard. (Assuming they didn't need two hands to use the mouse, I wonder what they needed the other hand for.)
That's an interesting way of looking at the history of the mouse. But keep in mind that the origional mouse (Patent # 3,541,541) involved 3 buttons. I'm not entirely sure one can blame Microsoft for the proliferation of mouse buttons. And, preferring *nix environments myself, I'm rather annoyed at even Microsoft's lack of a proper third button.:P
Fair enough. But that doesn't mean they're not idiots. Otherwise intelligent people will completely suspend their sense of reason when put behind a keyboard and mouse. Its this dearth of intelligent thought that turns in to a wellspring of humor.
But then, it helps to keep this in perspective. Douglas Adams of Dilbert fame observes that we all get a chance to be idiots - sometimes daily. No matter how intelligent we like to think we are, we will do stupid things. It helps to keep a sense of humor about it.
It also helps if people learn from their mistakes.
A few years back I did desktop support for a large organization. One user opened a trouble ticket on their new Windows workstation. Seems that they would click on an item and get a random menu. So I showed up at their desk and asked them to show me. He did.
"You're one of the guys who had their Mac replace by a PC, aren't you," I noted.
"Yea - I am. I wasn't happy about that. How'd you know?", he responded.
"Because you're pressing at the middle of the mouse right at the dividing line for the right and left mouse buttons. So you're actually randomly right or left-clicking."
Tell ya what - I'll sell you a glossy, empty box. I'll even fill it with a bogus CD. When you come to me and complain that it doesn't work, I'll just tell you it's just a game.
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Secunia shows 3 vulnerabilities for IIS6.
Which version of Apache? Secunia shows different stats for Apache 1.3 than Apache 2 with the later showing more regularity.
Your numbers are off. And the numbers alone don't tell the whole story. You'd be better off doing a bit more digging before resting with that conclusion. Though, to be honest, I can see the argument being made.
Suddenly, the phrase "Do you Yahoo?" takes on an entirely different meaning. Remember - be polite and make sure you have your papers and extensions in order.
Are you sure that decompressing the archive so that you can read the script isn't tantamount to bypassing encryption of said files and therefore in violation of the DMCA?
Good point. What was taken? A copy? As in CDs from a store? I was under the impression that they were MAKING copies.
It's debatable how much "ripping people off" was going on. But the copyright holders were definately within their rights. Copyright infringement is illegal despite any other issues involved.
Maybe you missed the Duelfer Report that outlines a routine of uncooperative behavior with UN weapons inspectors. And it also describes a strategy to, amoung other things, attempt the removal of sanctions via meeting minimal levels of cooperation while still maintaining some question as to Iraq's true compliance for the sake of other percieved threats like Iran. In other words, bluff.
Iraq had WMDs when they invaded Kuwait. Yet that didn't stop the same forces that invaded Iraq now from attacking Iraqi forces in Kuwait and following them in to Iraq then.
Incidently... WMDs are a threat. And they will have an impact on any battlefield. However, the US military believes it can operate and be effective in a contaminated environment and trains to do so.
Ixnay on the oenixphay! Didn't you get the memo about the name change?
IE won the for-profit browser war by sucking out the profit.
You're almost right. It's about how much cheaper foreign labor can do domestic jobs because foreign labor doesn't have the same quality-of-life laws that eat at the bottom line. If foreign labor can do a better job - fine. If they can work more efficiently - fine. But if the economic incentive exists because these foreign workers' conditions would be grossly illegal in the domestic environment, that is something entirely different.
In the end, it IS about foreign worker conditions AND protecting domestic jobs.
That's because if you were using IE, you'd be much worse off. Although Opera might be a reasonable, although not perfect, second choice.
However, I'm sure that wasn't your point. You're talking double standards. If you do a simple search, you'll find that Slashdot DOES, in fact, report Firefox vulnerabilities.
As an aside, one the the common threads that pop up whenever Slashdot does a bit on Microsoft vulnerabilities is the inevitable link to Secunia for an Open Source project. Unfortunately, the point seems to be the numbers, ignoring the actual vulnerabilities themselves. Which leads to an apples and oranges comparison. This seems to be lost on the general Slashdot readership as this happens again and again. Which begs the question whether this is all a troll. I doubt it. The same ignorance of the underlying complexity of the issues is often expressed in Microsoft / Windows criticism too (assuming that trolls only work with a pro-MS slant).
I'm sure the list could go on...
To each his own. However, it's willfull ignorance to dismiss Microsoft's issues to "MS haters." That's not to say there aren't those who bash MS without any understanding of these issues. But again, that doesn't negate the issues.
MS was a part of the changing face of computing, to be sure. But there is no debt of gratitude - they were well rewarded for their part. And a large portion of those changes haven't been positive.
I was over at my friend's house for a LAN party. The household has no "living room" per se - it's the computer room that happens to have a couch and a fireplace. Everyone was scattered around the room setting up; eyes intent on screens. The room was quiet other than the occasional clicks or beeps. Then my friend's girlfriend breaks the relative silence.
"Huh. What's a vee bee ess file for?"
"Wait! No!" we yell as, despite our loud protests, you could hear her double-click. My gaze flew from her desk to the router. I could see the lights blink away madly. I'm almost positive I saw a mocking pattern in the increased blinking rate signifying a new worm's gleefull discovery of the household's LAN.
To provide a practical example... Walmart. The US Government would be hard pressed to regulate the music industry and the content of albums. However, since Walmart has considerable economic clout, their conservative policy has had a chilling effect on mainstream music. There's even been some discussion in the news about Walmart's effect on more traditional press such as Time and Newsweek (front-cover selection).
If I don't look at a billboard - it's theft. If I don't watch a commercial - it's theft. If I don't visit my local music store - it's theft. If I post a negative review of an album - it's theft. If I simply state a negative opinion of an artist themselves - it's theft. If I don't provide my kids with enough allowance - it's theft.
Potential sales do not equate to theft.
Nor can you reasonably assume each downloaded copy would have otherwise been a purchase. Nor can you reasonably assume that no downloaded copies lead to later purchases.... or lead to additional purchases beyond the material downloaded.
But again - potential purchases do not equate to theft.
When you talk of "stealing", you're really talking about theft. And "theft" is defined as:
Since we're not talking about baseball, it seems that "shit" argument about deprivation is actually relevant. Keep in mind that your earlier quote about forms of theft all involve deprivation of funds or property.
...so is "[tt]" a new, friendly, and convenient Troll Tag system?
It's one thing for neophytes to not understand even the basics of something. It's another thing for the experts to have the same level of ignorance.
How many Congressmen would also have a poor showing?
It's a rehash. But very nicely done. But it still indicates severe instability (not that analyzing jokes is an exact science, you understand).
So where's the savings? Good question. One irritant I've run in to recently is CALs. With Linux, there are no CALs. With Windows, I have to play license shennanigans to figure out what CALs apply to what users... and then suck up hidden costs to purchase additional CALs.
Or they could hire local IT professionals to do it. Or are you trying to tell me that my license fee for Windows includes on-site Microsoft consultants? Heck - I could probably find more highschoolers to install Windows than Linux anyway.
D'oh. Can you tell that the caffeine was running low?
As an aside - the Scott Adams that used to come to mind is the one who wrote early adventure games for the budding microcomputer market. Scott Adams of Dilbert fame even has a FAQ entry noting that they're not the same Scott.
That's an interesting way of looking at the history of the mouse. But keep in mind that the origional mouse (Patent # 3,541,541) involved 3 buttons. I'm not entirely sure one can blame Microsoft for the proliferation of mouse buttons. And, preferring *nix environments myself, I'm rather annoyed at even Microsoft's lack of a proper third button.
Fair enough. But that doesn't mean they're not idiots. Otherwise intelligent people will completely suspend their sense of reason when put behind a keyboard and mouse. Its this dearth of intelligent thought that turns in to a wellspring of humor.
But then, it helps to keep this in perspective. Douglas Adams of Dilbert fame observes that we all get a chance to be idiots - sometimes daily. No matter how intelligent we like to think we are, we will do stupid things. It helps to keep a sense of humor about it.
It also helps if people learn from their mistakes.
A few years back I did desktop support for a large organization. One user opened a trouble ticket on their new Windows workstation. Seems that they would click on an item and get a random menu. So I showed up at their desk and asked them to show me. He did.
"You're one of the guys who had their Mac replace by a PC, aren't you," I noted.
"Yea - I am. I wasn't happy about that. How'd you know?", he responded.
"Because you're pressing at the middle of the mouse right at the dividing line for the right and left mouse buttons. So you're actually randomly right or left-clicking."
"Oh. Ohhh... yea... I guess I am."
We had a good chuckle, and I closed the ticket.
Tell ya what - I'll sell you a glossy, empty box. I'll even fill it with a bogus CD. When you come to me and complain that it doesn't work, I'll just tell you it's just a game.