> As good as my ergonomic mouse/keyboard combo is, less body movement is still a better replacement.
Geeks are already socially disabled, do you want them de facto physically disabled as well? I mean, give geeks this technology and they'll be so out of shape that they'll effectively be disabled soon.
Think carefully about that statement. It means that Microsoft knows about the security holes ahead of time and doesn't announce them, in order to have a patch ready for the announcement.
Umm, I think that was implied by what I said:-) And? They want to have a patch ready before mass news of a potentially dangerous vulnerability is disclosed to people who might make shady use of the news.
The real problem, of course, is with hackers who discover the holes and don't announce them.
True, that's why I am also in favor of the OSS community's approach: that all known bugs/vulnerabilities are disclosed to the public so they can take steps to work around them. The problem comes when the majority of the users of OSS cannot take steps outside of not using an application. That's not much of a solution either.
I never said they didn't but I can understand why anyone would be ticked that someone who had found a vulnerability didn't bother to contact the company first. The proper course of action should always be to contact the software's author about a vulnerability then if nothing is done release the news to the public. IMHO anyway.
Before I get declared a Microsoft shill I would like to say that a vast majority of the software I run is F/OSS. I just want a certain consistency when people attack Microsoft and laud the F/OSS movement.
I wanted to mod you down but I figured I'd just correct you. As a/.er showed yesterday, in the vast majority of cases Microsoft releases security patches either before a vulnerability has been announced or on a 0-day basis. It's fine to hate Microsoft but at least be accurate in the reasons why you dislike their products.
Yes, at the moment it's using 1,136K but I've seen it grow as high as 18MB (I have a few plug-ins so my Winamp isn't stock, in case that makes a big difference). Despite that, it doesn't bog down as badly as MMJB did where I had to wait for it to restore itself.
I know I'm going against the crowd, but has anyone found anything quite as good as MusicMatch's Smart Tagging capability? Winamp finally has a library, but it still doesn't manage music as well as MusicMatch and has no where near the tag-managment capabilities.
You aren't alone actually. I switched over completely to WinAmp just because I was tired of MMJB's bloat and speed issues and I miss its great tagging abilities. I haven't found any replacement software that does it as nicely as MMJB did.
I don't think there is any consistency to the locations in the series. The Simpsons' house alone has been located in a residential neighbourhood, beside Moe's Tavern and beside the nuclear power plant. How do you create a map where the locations are so fluid?
You could have ordered this book four years ago directly from Odysseus Group and it was to have been originally released in an "official" edition in January 2001. No publisher has wanted to publish this book for years for some reason.
Ummm, I saw a list of editorials there, not news stories (with one or two exceptions). And for the record, I've seen all of these subjects editorialized in prominent newspapers.
I guess the definitions of censorship and journalism has once again been broadened to include anything the writer wants it to mean.
Libraries and Universities are not about dumping volumes of information inside. There are about dedicated and trained professionals with proven critical thinking skills and dedication to preserving true knowledge; keeping bad facts, poor quality books and outright fallicies and lies from entering the public body of knowledge.
I wish I had mod points today because you would have got a +1 Funny from me. That was the funniest thing I read today.
Did you actually go to university? Have you been to a library? When it comes to critical thinking and dedication to preserving true knowledge, I don't think of universities (though I give a bit of a pass to libraries).
Interesting argument. But perhaps what is more important than the absolute number of mistakes is the ratio of good content to mistakes. As long as more good content is being created per unit time than mistakes the ratio will in the limit become quite large. If some of those mistakes are fixed too, then so much the better.
Some would argue that, if anything, as the number of mistakes relative to the whole shrinks, the source of information becomes less useful because you're relying on it more and maintaining less of a cautious attitude. When you bump into one of those rare mistakes it could be more costly than an encyclopedia you used with a jaundiced eye. You integrate that faulty information without having checked it because so many times in the past accurate information you've veted has passed muster, so you no longer bother.
> I believe he is referring to remote Administrator exploits. These don't really exist on 98, because you can actually remove "Microsoft Networking" from the network control panel and be online with 0 ports listening!
True enough, I was. But how many users remove that? Every time I fixed someone's Internet connection on 98SE -- and every flavor of Windows -- I find the whole kit and kaboodle there. Every blody networking protocol and option installed.
I have to respectfully disagree. The average user can install two pieces of software that will protect them against the vast majority of online threats: a firewall and a virus scanner that updates automatically/scans email.
For an added bonus: Installing Firefox and Thunderbird.
That's it. You're done. The average user installs far more than two/four pieces of software and someone put together a CD of this stuff, all of which is free or OSS, with simple instructions you could teach anyone to harden their computer. Hell, I've taught people who know nothing about computers some basic security. Now they ask me reasonably intelligent questions about what they can do to further protect themselves.
> '98 predates all the security holes, and Linux doesn't have any worth mentioning.
No security holes in 98SE? You must be running a magic version:-) I'm not even going to touch the Linux side of that comment.
On a more serious note, I think this once again shows us why we should trust no one with our computer security, not Bill Gates, not Steve Jobs, nor Linux Torvaldos. Do it yourself.
This is why I didn't bother. My XP Pro with SP1 is protected with a firewall, updated virus scanner and Spybot S&D's innoculator. Running Firefox and Thunderbird and anti-spam software doesn't hurt as well.
I might add that the free/OSS I have protecting my machine weighs in considerably less in terms of combined file size then does SP2.
> Do you also think Public Enemy is hateful and racist?
Ummm, yes. Let's see, one of their band members is a vehement anti-Semite (Professor Griff), they as a group celebrate the Nation of Islam which is run by a racist and their lyrics advocate against whites and blacks engaging in relationships, sex and procreation. Yup, no hate or racism there.
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> As good as my ergonomic mouse/keyboard combo is, less body movement is still a better replacement.
Geeks are already socially disabled, do you want them de facto physically disabled as well? I mean, give geeks this technology and they'll be so out of shape that they'll effectively be disabled soon.
Umm, I think that was implied by what I said :-) And? They want to have a patch ready before mass news of a potentially dangerous vulnerability is disclosed to people who might make shady use of the news.
The real problem, of course, is with hackers who discover the holes and don't announce them.
True, that's why I am also in favor of the OSS community's approach: that all known bugs/vulnerabilities are disclosed to the public so they can take steps to work around them. The problem comes when the majority of the users of OSS cannot take steps outside of not using an application. That's not much of a solution either.
Before I get declared a Microsoft shill I would like to say that a vast majority of the software I run is F/OSS. I just want a certain consistency when people attack Microsoft and laud the F/OSS movement.
I wanted to mod you down but I figured I'd just correct you. As a /.er showed yesterday, in the vast majority of cases Microsoft releases security patches either before a vulnerability has been announced or on a 0-day basis. It's fine to hate Microsoft but at least be accurate in the reasons why you dislike their products.
Yes, at the moment it's using 1,136K but I've seen it grow as high as 18MB (I have a few plug-ins so my Winamp isn't stock, in case that makes a big difference). Despite that, it doesn't bog down as badly as MMJB did where I had to wait for it to restore itself.
You aren't alone actually. I switched over completely to WinAmp just because I was tired of MMJB's bloat and speed issues and I miss its great tagging abilities. I haven't found any replacement software that does it as nicely as MMJB did.
I don't think there is any consistency to the locations in the series. The Simpsons' house alone has been located in a residential neighbourhood, beside Moe's Tavern and beside the nuclear power plant. How do you create a map where the locations are so fluid?
You could have ordered this book four years ago directly from Odysseus Group and it was to have been originally released in an "official" edition in January 2001. No publisher has wanted to publish this book for years for some reason.
> No shit. A single layer DVD is what, 6GB?
It's actually 4.7GB.
Ummm, I saw a list of editorials there, not news stories (with one or two exceptions). And for the record, I've seen all of these subjects editorialized in prominent newspapers.
I guess the definitions of censorship and journalism has once again been broadened to include anything the writer wants it to mean.
I wish I had mod points today because you would have got a +1 Funny from me. That was the funniest thing I read today.
Did you actually go to university? Have you been to a library? When it comes to critical thinking and dedication to preserving true knowledge, I don't think of universities (though I give a bit of a pass to libraries).
It may not be a copyright violation but it is plagarism. I hope you didn't do this sort of thing in school.
Some would argue that, if anything, as the number of mistakes relative to the whole shrinks, the source of information becomes less useful because you're relying on it more and maintaining less of a cautious attitude. When you bump into one of those rare mistakes it could be more costly than an encyclopedia you used with a jaundiced eye. You integrate that faulty information without having checked it because so many times in the past accurate information you've veted has passed muster, so you no longer bother.
> Or an e-mal client like Thunderbird?
No, you only get mal(ware) through Outlook.
I actually wrote Spybot S&D before I editted it out. I don't know why. I have that installed on their PCs as well.
Linux Torvaldos is an old joke. Google it.
Well, someone had to finally say it. I'm just surprised you haven't been modded down.
> I believe he is referring to remote Administrator exploits. These don't really exist on 98, because you can actually remove "Microsoft Networking" from the network control panel and be online with 0 ports listening! True enough, I was. But how many users remove that? Every time I fixed someone's Internet connection on 98SE -- and every flavor of Windows -- I find the whole kit and kaboodle there. Every blody networking protocol and option installed.
As our overlords in Redmond love to tell us, IE is a part of Windows. Therefore a hole in IE is a hole in Windows.
What about that software that uses IE APIs? Someone may not be running IE but they're still at risk because they are running software that is.
I have to respectfully disagree. The average user can install two pieces of software that will protect them against the vast majority of online threats: a firewall and a virus scanner that updates automatically/scans email.
For an added bonus: Installing Firefox and Thunderbird.
That's it. You're done. The average user installs far more than two/four pieces of software and someone put together a CD of this stuff, all of which is free or OSS, with simple instructions you could teach anyone to harden their computer. Hell, I've taught people who know nothing about computers some basic security. Now they ask me reasonably intelligent questions about what they can do to further protect themselves.
If you run IE you have a security hole.
If I remember my 98SE days correctly, there were a fair share of security updates for that OS as well.
> Unfortunately ou can't disable RPC or DCOM without major negative impacts
I'm not that technically minded but what impacts? I've had DCOM shut off for over a year with no problems.
No security holes in 98SE? You must be running a magic version :-) I'm not even going to touch the Linux side of that comment.
On a more serious note, I think this once again shows us why we should trust no one with our computer security, not Bill Gates, not Steve Jobs, nor Linux Torvaldos. Do it yourself.
This is why I didn't bother. My XP Pro with SP1 is protected with a firewall, updated virus scanner and Spybot S&D's innoculator. Running Firefox and Thunderbird and anti-spam software doesn't hurt as well.
I might add that the free/OSS I have protecting my machine weighs in considerably less in terms of combined file size then does SP2.
> Do you also think Public Enemy is hateful and racist?
Ummm, yes. Let's see, one of their band members is a vehement anti-Semite (Professor Griff), they as a group celebrate the Nation of Islam which is run by a racist and their lyrics advocate against whites and blacks engaging in relationships, sex and procreation. Yup, no hate or racism there.