And when everyone's running some kind of *nix derivative and it gets the same kind of cracker attention and media coverage on security issues, what then?
Come on people. Ok, vulnerabilities are revealed, but they're also releasing PATCHES for them. At least something is being done to fix the problems, and you can't fault them for that. The obvious counter statement to that is that if it was done right in the first place they wouldn't need to patch it, but anyone who's ever programmed before in their life knows that as humans we make mistakes. Get over it.
As a secondary point, I don't know why this is but every time these vulnerabilities pop up the media writes about them as if they have the same effect as the EMP from a nuke airburst. I quote from their current article on these new vulnerabilities:
The world's No. 1 software maker said that an attacker, using e-mail or a Web page, could use Internet related parts of Office to run programs, alter data and wipe out the hard drive as well as view file and clipboard contents on a user's system.
Jesus Christ! It's like the end of the world for my computer or something. The only thing missing is the bit about the vulnerability causing my computer to become artificially intelligent and start trying to annihilate all humans. Give me a break.
Just occurred to me the logical answer to that would be "They don't want you going to download the movie after you've seen it in theaters, like you did with Star Wars Episode 2." Well tough sh*t. They get my money once in theaters, and chances are good they'll get more from me when I buy the DVD. Anyway, my 2c... or 4c.
I can't believe it. If I go to a theater and plunk down 15 bucks (the price of a movie at the good theaters in my neck of the woods) and I see an anti-piracy I'd have to laugh my ass off. "Gee, I only just put money down to see the damn thing in theaters, what more do they want?"
Does'nt it bug you when some dolt puts a banner ad on his pages without the height and width parameters coded? The page can't display until the image arrives because there is no information to tell the browser how much space to allocate. And insult is added to injury when you get a timeout on the download of the bloody ad. Y'unnerstand what I'm saying here?
Doesn't bug me at all. Most likey because I'm not living in the dark ages with a 33.6k dialup connection. Broadband man, downloads so quick I don't notice crap like that.
A few years ago, they ceased to be a portal in the normal sense, and since became a categorized advertising engine. Look no further than that crap that came up a while back about them seeding headlines with headline-like advertising links.
If Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorolla could develop network/operator-independant phones, they would, and would invest much more money than Apple could possibly invest alone. If I were Apple, I wouldn't even try to get into that market.
Are you talking the phone market or overseas markets? Just my opinion, but I think the designs and stylings of Apple would be incredibly popular in places like Japan, where nifty design is often the difference between stuff that sells and stuff that doesn't.
The US, Apple's core market, has too many incompatible cellular phone networks. Having multiple versions of the iPhone that support PCS, GSM, and god-knows-how-many-analog versions would be a pain in the ass in the logistics and product development perspective. Making a phone available only on one network would limit the market significantly.
Maybe that's the hook right there. Maybe Apple's going to make the one phone for all network, complete with software upgradable protocols? Is that even possible? *shrug* At any rate, that would be sweet if they could pull it off.
I for one would be very interested in a design Apple would come up with for a phone. Say what you will about them as a company and their computers, but you have to admit their designs are pretty original. People are pretty polar about whether they're original in a good way or a bad way, but oh well.
I wonder if they'll have Ellen Feiss doing Switch commercials. "My old Nokia phone went BEEPBEEPBEEPBEPPBEEP! It ate my voicemail. Bummer."
When is it important for network admins to be in the theatre while they are on call?
I'm not necessarily talking about some small business net admin. But someone in charge of major backbone segments or something. The kind of person who'd need to know if say their CO is down that handles traffic for a city or region or such.:)
Admittedly I haven't read up on this in detail, but is there any exceptions set in place for doctors, network admins*, and other jobs where being on call 24 hours a day is extremely important? I mean if these people want to go to a movie or a broadway show they should be able to like everyone else. I know that paging is a far better idea and probably most doctors stick with those, but there's got to be some jobs out there where having a cell phone active all the time is a requirement.
*: Assuming network admins get away from the computers and out into that big scary world once in a while:)
Everyone goes on about the speed at which patches are released. If Microsoft had released a patch the exact time they announced the issue, everyone would be bitching about "oh, how long did they know about this bug before informing us?" Give me a break. Be thankful that patches will be released, and for christ's sake be thankful they're informing the public about the problem NOW. It gives administrators a chance to maybe lock down some things in the meantime.
How will switching to Apple platforms help you if Pd takes off? If it's successful you can bet Apple will play along with MS's game, because if you don't support Pd and it's successful, the perception will be you're "not as secure" as everyone else.
Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure they still get paid. If I were an actor I would make damn sure my contract had a clause in it for just such a situation.
Oddly enough, I liked Voyager.:) Bash me if you will, I thought it had a good thing going there, until midway along when it started to suck. And then it got good again with the introduction of 7 of 9 (not JUST for the introduction of her, but the eye candy was nice) and the Borg stories that followed. I know I lot of people slam Voyager for nerfing the Borg, but I still thought the ongoing plot was interesting. I'm one of those that'll be picking up a Voyager DVD set before a DS9 one (didn't ever really like that show).
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Of course being a total anti-Microsoft comment, this little tidbit was conveniently left out.
And when everyone's running some kind of *nix derivative and it gets the same kind of cracker attention and media coverage on security issues, what then?
As a secondary point, I don't know why this is but every time these vulnerabilities pop up the media writes about them as if they have the same effect as the EMP from a nuke airburst. I quote from their current article on these new vulnerabilities:
Jesus Christ! It's like the end of the world for my computer or something. The only thing missing is the bit about the vulnerability causing my computer to become artificially intelligent and start trying to annihilate all humans. Give me a break.
I can see it now... gang leaders wearing the cremated diamondified remains of their homies on their knuckles.
Just occurred to me the logical answer to that would be "They don't want you going to download the movie after you've seen it in theaters, like you did with Star Wars Episode 2." Well tough sh*t. They get my money once in theaters, and chances are good they'll get more from me when I buy the DVD. Anyway, my 2c... or 4c.
I can't believe it. If I go to a theater and plunk down 15 bucks (the price of a movie at the good theaters in my neck of the woods) and I see an anti-piracy I'd have to laugh my ass off. "Gee, I only just put money down to see the damn thing in theaters, what more do they want?"
Doesn't bug me at all. Most likey because I'm not living in the dark ages with a 33.6k dialup connection. Broadband man, downloads so quick I don't notice crap like that.
A few years ago, they ceased to be a portal in the normal sense, and since became a categorized advertising engine. Look no further than that crap that came up a while back about them seeding headlines with headline-like advertising links.
Aren't there already manufacturers selling 52x drives?
And instead of being nice and educating him on that fact you come across as an arrogant chump. Good going, score one for the Linux community.
Are you talking the phone market or overseas markets? Just my opinion, but I think the designs and stylings of Apple would be incredibly popular in places like Japan, where nifty design is often the difference between stuff that sells and stuff that doesn't.
Maybe that's the hook right there. Maybe Apple's going to make the one phone for all network, complete with software upgradable protocols? Is that even possible? *shrug* At any rate, that would be sweet if they could pull it off.
I wonder if they'll have Ellen Feiss doing Switch commercials. "My old Nokia phone went BEEPBEEPBEEPBEPPBEEP! It ate my voicemail. Bummer."
Check my other reply to someone who replied to my comment similarly. My point wasn't to equate the two, merely to cite examples.
I'm not necessarily talking about some small business net admin. But someone in charge of major backbone segments or something. The kind of person who'd need to know if say their CO is down that handles traffic for a city or region or such. :)
Admittedly I haven't read up on this in detail, but is there any exceptions set in place for doctors, network admins*, and other jobs where being on call 24 hours a day is extremely important? I mean if these people want to go to a movie or a broadway show they should be able to like everyone else. I know that paging is a far better idea and probably most doctors stick with those, but there's got to be some jobs out there where having a cell phone active all the time is a requirement. *: Assuming network admins get away from the computers and out into that big scary world once in a while :)
Maybe between all postings slagging Microsoft and its practices we can all take some time to speak out against mindreading governments.
Everyone goes on about the speed at which patches are released. If Microsoft had released a patch the exact time they announced the issue, everyone would be bitching about "oh, how long did they know about this bug before informing us?" Give me a break. Be thankful that patches will be released, and for christ's sake be thankful they're informing the public about the problem NOW. It gives administrators a chance to maybe lock down some things in the meantime.
As long as it's not directed at me I don't care what you point out ignorance of. :)
Unamerican? *finger* I was making a scathing statement, not intentionally expressing glee.
Great! Now you can get proximity detonators off the shelf!
How will switching to Apple platforms help you if Pd takes off? If it's successful you can bet Apple will play along with MS's game, because if you don't support Pd and it's successful, the perception will be you're "not as secure" as everyone else.
Why is it whenever someone posts an article about a.i. or robotics, there's the inevitable "skynet goes online" posting? :)
Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure they still get paid. If I were an actor I would make damn sure my contract had a clause in it for just such a situation.
Oddly enough, I liked Voyager. :) Bash me if you will, I thought it had a good thing going there, until midway along when it started to suck. And then it got good again with the introduction of 7 of 9 (not JUST for the introduction of her, but the eye candy was nice) and the Borg stories that followed. I know I lot of people slam Voyager for nerfing the Borg, but I still thought the ongoing plot was interesting. I'm one of those that'll be picking up a Voyager DVD set before a DS9 one (didn't ever really like that show).