Which isn't to say that it wouldn't. With the US seemingly becoming more and more hostile, I can see at least one reason why the UN want to take control.
As much as I'd like to agree with you, I have to take the Ethical stance. A large proportion of websites "make up" - if you will - the Internet. Therefore, the logical implication of this means that Chinese should indeed have their fair share of how it's run.
On the contrary... How many people do you know that use Linux and use a virus scanner (under the false impression that there are no attack vectors, Linux being secure n' all).
Most viruses these days are not "malicious" in the respect that they delete your root drive, either. Most viruses put propagation as their #1 priority (basically, worms), and then some sort of auxilliary second function such as a DDoS client and the like. You don't need to be root to open a network connection, or listen on a non-priveledged port, as you probably know.
One more point... MOST users keep all their important data in their home directory. Accessible by a virus.
Oh! And another point while I'm there... This Mozilla binary will probably be run as root, for installation.
On the upshot, properly targeted adverts are useful for the consumer too. If you see an advert for a product that you are likely to buy anyway, then that's probably not a bad thing.
It doesnt even matter to me that this smells a bit like a PR stunt
I beg to differ. Record labels are designed entirely to tempt the poor, talented band to sign a deal for $$$much. They get approached by some respectable business man with a large wad of cash, an even larger wad of paper to sign and a promise that if they perform a certain amount, they get all their CDs professionally recorded, distributed, publicised, etc and the artist need not worry, whilst getting commision in return.
Seems like a logical thing to do - Sign the forms and be happy...
Of course, then the realisation that they didn't read the terms and conditions as a lawyer would, and implicit "industry standards" (e.g. CD protection) becomes apparent to them. What is one supposed to do?
I guess it's easy enough to choose the big company that supplies you with money over a customer. Especially when you've become accustomed to that life.
I don't know this band, but I must agree they deserve the respect for doing something many other bands haven't (and indeed seem to not care about).
No. no. no. Encryption is reversible. Hashing is not. These are definitions, please stick to them. Encryption != Hashing. Once again, for brevity (as lots of people get this wrong): Hashing is NOT Encryption.
There is some correctness in your comment, however: Authentication. Hashing is indeed for Authentication (Is someone who they say they are?). Encryption is for keeping data confidential (I only want foo and bar to be able to read this). Please do not mix these up!
I must agree with the majority of the points there. I can suggest, however, Download Statusbar, to do what he asks of the status bar.
I don't have a problem with the find bar, it has a low profile (more screen visible) and has as much as you really need to search. I would like to see regular expression support (or a subset of), and to highlight all matches to the search word, rather than just the current found word.
I'm sure people will name some good virus scanning packages, so I'm going to suggest a few extra procedures that you should use if possible:
@ Segment your laptops off onto their own LAN. This should only cost as much as a new Ethernet card in your router, maybe a few more wires and time for configuration. Set a restrictive egress policy (maybe only allow port 80 and enable the rest on request), to minimise random virus port usage and other evils such as P2P programs.
@ Turn off or minimise use to IE. ActiveX is an effective spread vector for spyware, and spyware can lead to viruses.
@ Turn off macro support in Microsoft Office (if you use it), and Outlook (again, if you use it). Set your mail reader to only view text emails.
@ Make sure all your systems have Windows Update set to automatic, and make a policy that all laptops that come in have the same configuration.
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Which isn't to say that it wouldn't. With the US seemingly becoming more and more hostile, I can see at least one reason why the UN want to take control.
Oh god... PLEASE DONT bundle Real Player with XP, that would be the worst possible outcome.
Relax, it's only a joke.
Perhaps anxious people go to Caffeine as an answer. Then get hooked on harder drugs such as Coding and Linux.
Unfortunately, programs such as Azureus, which run piggishly slow on a 1.2GHz laptop do nothing to dispell these 'performance myths'.
Well, I'm glad we all cleared that up. Now I really know what I'm doing.
Lets just abolish TLDs altogether.
A "nuller" AKA bluetack.
If the rest of the world doesn't like it, they are perfectly capable of setting up their own DNS system and encouraging the use of it.
Correct me if I am wrong, but this is exactly what is about to happen.
As much as I'd like to agree with you, I have to take the Ethical stance. A large proportion of websites "make up" - if you will - the Internet. Therefore, the logical implication of this means that Chinese should indeed have their fair share of how it's run.
You must be new here.
One wonders if Google are about to buy out Opera.
I've heard there's a Korean mirror that you can use if the main site goes down...
It's impossible, period. I say we bring the whole GNU community and investigate them.
Why? Who cares? This is what they would want. I say we ignore them and deny them of their publicity.
On the contrary... How many people do you know that use Linux and use a virus scanner (under the false impression that there are no attack vectors, Linux being secure n' all).
Most viruses these days are not "malicious" in the respect that they delete your root drive, either. Most viruses put propagation as their #1 priority (basically, worms), and then some sort of auxilliary second function such as a DDoS client and the like. You don't need to be root to open a network connection, or listen on a non-priveledged port, as you probably know.
One more point... MOST users keep all their important data in their home directory. Accessible by a virus.
Oh! And another point while I'm there... This Mozilla binary will probably be run as root, for installation.
Interesting... Philosophically, how can you stop somebody reading something that is designed to be read?
On the upshot, properly targeted adverts are useful for the consumer too. If you see an advert for a product that you are likely to buy anyway, then that's probably not a bad thing.
So why don't they create an OGG player instead? :-P
It doesnt even matter to me that this smells a bit like a PR stunt
I beg to differ. Record labels are designed entirely to tempt the poor, talented band to sign a deal for $$$much. They get approached by some respectable business man with a large wad of cash, an even larger wad of paper to sign and a promise that if they perform a certain amount, they get all their CDs professionally recorded, distributed, publicised, etc and the artist need not worry, whilst getting commision in return.
Seems like a logical thing to do - Sign the forms and be happy...
Of course, then the realisation that they didn't read the terms and conditions as a lawyer would, and implicit "industry standards" (e.g. CD protection) becomes apparent to them. What is one supposed to do?
I guess it's easy enough to choose the big company that supplies you with money over a customer. Especially when you've become accustomed to that life.
I don't know this band, but I must agree they deserve the respect for doing something many other bands haven't (and indeed seem to not care about).
No. no. no. Encryption is reversible. Hashing is not. These are definitions, please stick to them. Encryption != Hashing. Once again, for brevity (as lots of people get this wrong): Hashing is NOT Encryption.
There is some correctness in your comment, however: Authentication. Hashing is indeed for Authentication (Is someone who they say they are?). Encryption is for keeping data confidential (I only want foo and bar to be able to read this). Please do not mix these up!
If it landed in Texas, that would be no bad thing.
I must agree with the majority of the points there. I can suggest, however, Download Statusbar, to do what he asks of the status bar.
I don't have a problem with the find bar, it has a low profile (more screen visible) and has as much as you really need to search. I would like to see regular expression support (or a subset of), and to highlight all matches to the search word, rather than just the current found word.
I'm sure people will name some good virus scanning packages, so I'm going to suggest a few extra procedures that you should use if possible:
@ Segment your laptops off onto their own LAN. This should only cost as much as a new Ethernet card in your router, maybe a few more wires and time for configuration. Set a restrictive egress policy (maybe only allow port 80 and enable the rest on request), to minimise random virus port usage and other evils such as P2P programs.
@ Turn off or minimise use to IE. ActiveX is an effective spread vector for spyware, and spyware can lead to viruses.
@ Turn off macro support in Microsoft Office (if you use it), and Outlook (again, if you use it). Set your mail reader to only view text emails.
@ Make sure all your systems have Windows Update set to automatic, and make a policy that all laptops that come in have the same configuration.
Ahh, you need AOL Mail. They have over 1 million [l]users :-P
One severely hopes it's not a 1280x960 image of goatse :-P
...during the last two years building the Xegl display server.
He must be using Gentoo. *ducks*