In another reply I posted earlier, I made exactly that point, though not so eliquently. Anything worth doing is going to have risks. Learn to deal with the risk. Not to say Windows is worth anything...
Great idea, I totally agree, and I believe that great ideas should be explored, despite potential problems they might cause. Find ways to avoid problems or effective ways to deal with problems you can't avoid, but don't avoid the idea.
That said, it seems to me that if greasemonkey becomes more popular, it may find it's way into the mainstream. Before we know it, computer novices could be using it... maybe their more computer literate friends introduce them to it, or maybe it becomes popular enough for them to become exposed to it on their own, but if it's worth using, it's a mistake to assume that only geeks will ever use it. So the potential threats to security are real and on the horizon. I look forward to seeing what becomes of greasemonkey in the future.
In order to avoid $50 articles, I found this article which did talk about some potential security problems with greasemonkey. It seems hackers could make scripts that behave maliciously. According to the article, even the original greasemonkey developer has expressed concerns along those lines.
I had a friend who was an intern with microsoft and got TONS of free software to give out. He had literally boxes and boxes of Windows XP and various other pieces of software to give out at talks he would hold at the university in his capacity as intern. Not all, but most of the software he had was exactly like this. easily a half dozen software titles from microsoft without a license and carryin g a sticker on the sleeve saying it was illegal to use without a license.
Last I checked, the year had roughly 365 days in it. No matter how you look at it, every earth year is going to continue having approximately 365 days in it. That's not exactly metric friendly...
As far as I'm concerned, the way we keep time currently is fine. It's a world accepted standard that works and, quite frankly, I can't see any advantage to changing it.
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In another reply I posted earlier, I made exactly that point, though not so eliquently. Anything worth doing is going to have risks. Learn to deal with the risk. Not to say Windows is worth anything...
Great idea, I totally agree, and I believe that great ideas should be explored, despite potential problems they might cause. Find ways to avoid problems or effective ways to deal with problems you can't avoid, but don't avoid the idea. That said, it seems to me that if greasemonkey becomes more popular, it may find it's way into the mainstream. Before we know it, computer novices could be using it... maybe their more computer literate friends introduce them to it, or maybe it becomes popular enough for them to become exposed to it on their own, but if it's worth using, it's a mistake to assume that only geeks will ever use it. So the potential threats to security are real and on the horizon. I look forward to seeing what becomes of greasemonkey in the future.
In order to avoid $50 articles, I found this article which did talk about some potential security problems with greasemonkey. It seems hackers could make scripts that behave maliciously. According to the article, even the original greasemonkey developer has expressed concerns along those lines.
I keep reading her name as Judge Chatbot. I can't tell you how confusing that is when I'm reading through these replies and my ADHD kicks in.
I had a friend who was an intern with microsoft and got TONS of free software to give out. He had literally boxes and boxes of Windows XP and various other pieces of software to give out at talks he would hold at the university in his capacity as intern. Not all, but most of the software he had was exactly like this. easily a half dozen software titles from microsoft without a license and carryin g a sticker on the sleeve saying it was illegal to use without a license.
Last I checked, the year had roughly 365 days in it. No matter how you look at it, every earth year is going to continue having approximately 365 days in it. That's not exactly metric friendly...
As far as I'm concerned, the way we keep time currently is fine. It's a world accepted standard that works and, quite frankly, I can't see any advantage to changing it.