I heard a good joke- Mac Server. hahahashah ahahahahah ahahaha ahahahahah!!!! ahahah haha. oh, that was good.
Anyway, I looked at the Xserver specs, and it is a joke even hardware-wise. Nice, cute little glorified desktop they call a server. Come on, it has fricken IDE hard drives. Even low end junky servers at least have the option of running hardware RAID-5, but not this cheap POS. oh well, as long as it looks good sitting next to your stereo, right? give you something to store the files from the iLamp on, since you cant expand it in any way.
MS deserves kudos for a lot of things. Legally speaking, they really show a LOT of restraint, especially considering the intellectual property they own. "Freedom to Innovate" is more than just a tag line, it really is the way they work, at least from my experience.
I'm sure people have had problems with them in the past, but nobody is perfect. MS is a corporation made of thousands of people, just like every other corporation. Im sure they hired quite a few assholes. The trick is just to make sure they arent in charge.
Ya, and Netware used broadcast the license numbers across the network and disable the servers if there were matching license numbers. Are you claiming this is something new, or something created by MS?
Hey, you know what I found out? There was this guy in the next dorm, and he left his 00ber Linux box loggen in when he went down the hall to buy a 'Dew. So I sat down at this 00ber box, and *what do you know*, I compromised his computer!!!!
This is a known sploit with linux. I think Torvalds needs to be made aware of this immediately.
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So if someone figures out a major Linux exploit (which is about as likely as a MS exploit, contrary to the propaganda machine around here), then its Linus's fault? In this case, the guy is specifically taking advantage of sloppily coded third party apps. MS doesnt make a dime off someone buying MacAffee Virusscan 4.5.1 (the example cited in the article). So how is this possibly a MS problem? Tow tow tow that linux party line...
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Not only that, but "Guest" is disabled by default. Smells like teen troll.
I think you need to go buy a clue. All the examples cited are about hijacking a window, and using that window's account privileges. Thus, if that window runs in a higher context than the user is allowed to (like a service that interacts with the desktop), the user can run code, via that window, in a higher context. As stated, MS recommends you dont have services interact with the desktop. If a programmer has his head too far up his ass to hear what MS is recommending, that isnt Bill's problem. And it definitely isnt "Windows Shattering".
Ya, just another fine example of the/. morons blindly bashing MS, just because they can. Interestingly, I submitted tons of articles of things that MS has done well, and not a single one of them has shown up. Strange... you dont think/. has an agenda, do you?
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Your asking him to prove a negative, which is logically impossible. If you want to prove your point (ie. that this exploit can take over an MS app), then you need to get your head out of the slashdot forums and dig up proof. Its pretty lazy to ask him to do your work for you.
What this guy's *supposed* Windows shattering discovery does is allow a person to gain further control of AN ALREADY COMPROMISED COMPUTER. So if you do a good job of securing your computers, his "Windows Shattering" code is worthless. Not only that, but he isnt even using Windows to do it, he is using third-party programs. So the flaws are with programs that interface into Windows, and not Windows itself. Nice troll...
we arent saying you are a moron.
We are just saying that you are PROBABLY a moron.
Anyone who cant set up a stable Win2k box must have a hole in their head. You are either a troll, a habitual complainer, or a completely incompetitant computer user. Or most likely all of the above.
well, when you run a packard bell with $15 memory chips that you bought from some guy at a bus stop, its hardly Microsoft's fault. Methinks your problem lies with your shitty hardware.
[b]The administrators of women's websites really ARE smarter than the administrators of men's websites.[/b]
thats the same flawed logic that makes it look like ghey Mac users are smarter than PC users. One good idea does not a genius make.
well, just remember that/. is the home of stupid MS bashing. He probably doesnt really have any problems getting NWN to run, or else he owns a packard bell or some other such crap from best buy, and blames it on xp.
if you use the simple pi, 22/7, that comes to 3.1428571428571428571428571428571 (thats as far as Win2k's calc.exe got).
So I think you have quite a while to go =)
well, the way I see it, if you know your candidate isnt going to win, but you want your second choice to not lose, that means your second becomes your vote.
voting with indiference is just like not voting. those people should have used their brains.
The problem I REALLY have with our voting system is the whole 'electoral college' thing. Since votes are grouped in with the state majority, that means that a Republican in Illinois or a Democrat in Texas may as well not even vote, since their vote doesnt actually count.
But the greatest voter casualties are in states that are closely contested. If a state is won by a 51% majority, that means that a whopping 49% of voters basically had their votes discounted. Not very fair.
The electoral college was a pragmatic solution for a world where communication was difficult and slow. Since neither of these are the case in 2002 (and havent been since the telegraph was widely used), our system is terribly outdated.
When it comes to voting, we no longer need to settle for an approximation. We can have each vote counted, and take the majority winner. This will prevent a loss of votes in closely held elections, and will also get rid of the 'swing state' b.s. Politicians will then have to campaign on issues and performance rather than money and influence.
But that isnt going to happen anytime soon, anyway.
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Please dont feed the trolls. also, i wonder how you work on windows applications on an xbox? typing a word doc with a gamepad must really suck.
I heard a good joke- Mac Server. hahahashah ahahahahah ahahaha ahahahahah!!!! ahahah haha. oh, that was good. Anyway, I looked at the Xserver specs, and it is a joke even hardware-wise. Nice, cute little glorified desktop they call a server. Come on, it has fricken IDE hard drives. Even low end junky servers at least have the option of running hardware RAID-5, but not this cheap POS. oh well, as long as it looks good sitting next to your stereo, right? give you something to store the files from the iLamp on, since you cant expand it in any way.
MS deserves kudos for a lot of things. Legally speaking, they really show a LOT of restraint, especially considering the intellectual property they own. "Freedom to Innovate" is more than just a tag line, it really is the way they work, at least from my experience.
I'm sure people have had problems with them in the past, but nobody is perfect. MS is a corporation made of thousands of people, just like every other corporation. Im sure they hired quite a few assholes. The trick is just to make sure they arent in charge.
Ya, and Netware used broadcast the license numbers across the network and disable the servers if there were matching license numbers. Are you claiming this is something new, or something created by MS?
Hey, you know what I found out? There was this guy in the next dorm, and he left his 00ber Linux box loggen in when he went down the hall to buy a 'Dew. So I sat down at this 00ber box, and *what do you know*, I compromised his computer!!!! This is a known sploit with linux. I think Torvalds needs to be made aware of this immediately.
So if someone figures out a major Linux exploit (which is about as likely as a MS exploit, contrary to the propaganda machine around here), then its Linus's fault? In this case, the guy is specifically taking advantage of sloppily coded third party apps. MS doesnt make a dime off someone buying MacAffee Virusscan 4.5.1 (the example cited in the article). So how is this possibly a MS problem? Tow tow tow that linux party line...
Not only that, but "Guest" is disabled by default. Smells like teen troll.
I think you need to go buy a clue. All the examples cited are about hijacking a window, and using that window's account privileges. Thus, if that window runs in a higher context than the user is allowed to (like a service that interacts with the desktop), the user can run code, via that window, in a higher context. As stated, MS recommends you dont have services interact with the desktop. If a programmer has his head too far up his ass to hear what MS is recommending, that isnt Bill's problem. And it definitely isnt "Windows Shattering".
Ya, just another fine example of the /. morons blindly bashing MS, just because they can. Interestingly, I submitted tons of articles of things that MS has done well, and not a single one of them has shown up. Strange... you dont think /. has an agenda, do you?
Your asking him to prove a negative, which is logically impossible. If you want to prove your point (ie. that this exploit can take over an MS app), then you need to get your head out of the slashdot forums and dig up proof. Its pretty lazy to ask him to do your work for you.
What this guy's *supposed* Windows shattering discovery does is allow a person to gain further control of AN ALREADY COMPROMISED COMPUTER. So if you do a good job of securing your computers, his "Windows Shattering" code is worthless. Not only that, but he isnt even using Windows to do it, he is using third-party programs. So the flaws are with programs that interface into Windows, and not Windows itself. Nice troll...
we arent saying you are a moron. We are just saying that you are PROBABLY a moron. Anyone who cant set up a stable Win2k box must have a hole in their head. You are either a troll, a habitual complainer, or a completely incompetitant computer user. Or most likely all of the above.
well, when you run a packard bell with $15 memory chips that you bought from some guy at a bus stop, its hardly Microsoft's fault. Methinks your problem lies with your shitty hardware.
[b]The administrators of women's websites really ARE smarter than the administrators of men's websites.[/b] thats the same flawed logic that makes it look like ghey Mac users are smarter than PC users. One good idea does not a genius make.
I dont find pop-up adds annoying at all...
www.historykill.com
great program, one of the few add-ons I actually find useful enough to use past the trial time.
well, just remember that /. is the home of stupid MS bashing. He probably doesnt really have any problems getting NWN to run, or else he owns a packard bell or some other such crap from best buy, and blames it on xp.
if you use the simple pi, 22/7, that comes to 3.1428571428571428571428571428571 (thats as far as Win2k's calc.exe got). So I think you have quite a while to go =)
well, if you are so scary smart, why dont YOU write a fuckin AI routine, genius?
well, the way I see it, if you know your candidate isnt going to win, but you want your second choice to not lose, that means your second becomes your vote.
voting with indiference is just like not voting. those people should have used their brains.
The problem I REALLY have with our voting system is the whole 'electoral college' thing. Since votes are grouped in with the state majority, that means that a Republican in Illinois or a Democrat in Texas may as well not even vote, since their vote doesnt actually count.
But the greatest voter casualties are in states that are closely contested. If a state is won by a 51% majority, that means that a whopping 49% of voters basically had their votes discounted. Not very fair.
The electoral college was a pragmatic solution for a world where communication was difficult and slow. Since neither of these are the case in 2002 (and havent been since the telegraph was widely used), our system is terribly outdated.
When it comes to voting, we no longer need to settle for an approximation. We can have each vote counted, and take the majority winner. This will prevent a loss of votes in closely held elections, and will also get rid of the 'swing state' b.s. Politicians will then have to campaign on issues and performance rather than money and influence.
But that isnt going to happen anytime soon, anyway.