Am I legally aloud to go around selling 'licenses to use' something that isn't currently and 'officially' mine?
Say I deem SCO's products to have IP derived from me, can I go around selling my "SCO License" or can SCO sue me for such? (if so.. Linux should sue SCO for tainting their products/image)
The FBI has tracked down a perpetrated hacker after a slip-of-tongue by Fyodor in a recent nmap-hackers list posting, relating a female hacker using wget command to get nmap.
After searching the homes of the 3 females known by Fyodor, they have identified and captured the assailant.
The problem with this, is that I can't expect my little sister or mom to upgrade their browser every few days, (especially since there's that bug that has it constantly telling you to download an 'updated' version) Most bugs that have been mass-exploited usually come out after the update has been available for some time.
once Firefox, reaches a large percentage of the browser world, it'll be easier for those creating these exploits to do so, and we may see more ppl doing so, thanks to the opensource nature, and the ease to find and understand these bugs once they have been discovered. And don't bet on the average generally-illiterate computer user updating or even knowing about the updates when they come out.
Fireworks should put in place some better testing measures (granted they're still beta, but with the amount of people switching over to it, they had better focus on some of the simple bugs, like w/ making fireworks the default browser, and the update notifications. all these are doing are causing the people we're trying to convince to change, to go back to IE and not think of it again)
I was running out the door (late for an appointment) when I realized I had forgotten the car keys in the house, so I placed my notebook on top of the car, ran inside, grabbed my keys... drove off wondering if I was forgetting something... While driving into town and taking a sharp curve I heard light crashing sound, and brushed it off as something from a passing car. However once I got into town and reached for my notebook I realized what I had done... and OHHH THE PAIN!!!
I raced back to where I heard the crashing sound (figuring that must have been where it fell off) I found a few scattered pieces (corner of the LCD, esc key, pcmcia cover etc). Someone must have picked up the bulk of it cuz, I never found it... I was hoping to recover the HD but to no avail:(
I think here the main problem is Home Users, many are not aware of windows update and more rarely use it.
They already have the option in the "auto update" to automatically download and install updates, perhaps this should be a "default" for home users? (ofcourse those of you who know more about your system could easily disable it)
This might also make M$ think twice and actually double test their updates before they get released? (maybe? hopefully? or unlikely?)
Whats the biggest threat to Computer systems? the user or the software? (I lean towards the user)
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Am I legally aloud to go around selling 'licenses to use' something that isn't currently and 'officially' mine? Say I deem SCO's products to have IP derived from me, can I go around selling my "SCO License" or can SCO sue me for such? (if so.. Linux should sue SCO for tainting their products/image)
The FBI has tracked down a perpetrated hacker after a slip-of-tongue by Fyodor in a recent nmap-hackers list posting, relating a female hacker using wget command to get nmap. After searching the homes of the 3 females known by Fyodor, they have identified and captured the assailant.
The problem with this, is that I can't expect my little sister or mom to upgrade their browser every few days, (especially since there's that bug that has it constantly telling you to download an 'updated' version)
Most bugs that have been mass-exploited usually come out after the update has been available for some time.
once Firefox, reaches a large percentage of the browser world, it'll be easier for those creating these exploits to do so, and we may see more ppl doing so, thanks to the opensource nature, and the ease to find and understand these bugs once they have been discovered. And don't bet on the average generally-illiterate computer user updating or even knowing about the updates when they come out.
Fireworks should put in place some better testing measures (granted they're still beta, but with the amount of people switching over to it, they had better focus on some of the simple bugs, like w/ making fireworks the default browser, and the update notifications. all these are doing are causing the people we're trying to convince to change, to go back to IE and not think of it again)
I was running out the door (late for an appointment) when I realized I had forgotten the car keys in the house, so I placed my notebook on top of the car, ran inside, grabbed my keys... drove off wondering if I was forgetting something...
:(
While driving into town and taking a sharp curve I heard light crashing sound, and brushed it off as something from a passing car. However once I got into town and reached for my notebook I realized what I had done... and OHHH THE PAIN!!!
I raced back to where I heard the crashing sound (figuring that must have been where it fell off) I found a few scattered pieces (corner of the LCD, esc key, pcmcia cover etc). Someone must have picked up the bulk of it cuz, I never found it... I was hoping to recover the HD but to no avail
I think here the main problem is Home Users, many are not aware of windows update and more rarely use it. They already have the option in the "auto update" to automatically download and install updates, perhaps this should be a "default" for home users? (ofcourse those of you who know more about your system could easily disable it) This might also make M$ think twice and actually double test their updates before they get released? (maybe? hopefully? or unlikely?) Whats the biggest threat to Computer systems? the user or the software? (I lean towards the user)