I firmly believe anytime wealth is removed from a system with no corresponding value provided in exchange that it is only a matter of time before the systems fails. In my opinion, anybody saying otherwise is playing a con game. I consider any form of speculative investing, especially flash-trading, to be completely parasitic and in appropriate (ie. not within the best interest of a society).
I don't think you're correct in your list of options for protecting against the vulnerability. As a general principal, client side code from an untrusted source (ie. the web) should only have access to client side content which originated from the same source. In the case we're talking about, the content has been modified by the client based on private client state (ie. visited links), at this stage, the content should no longer be accessible to the code. If the rendering pipeline were more compartmentalized (ie. think XSLT translation steps), then code in one department wouldn't have access to content that has been modified based on private client state.
In this manner, the client environment could modify the content at will (ie. changing style for links to web sites you've been to, blocking ads, stripping flash, turning off client side code functionality entirely, etc.) without fear of what's being harvested or inferred. I don't know what a client's browser does to a dom to make it consumable by the deaf or blind, but if that's something that can be detected by untrusted code then I believe it's another example of violating a user's privacy.
While you might not be able to imagine it, those who do know how to perform an administrative task both from a terminal and from a GUI often find that doing it from the terminal is more efficient and more reliable.
[IANAL] If a company is compromised due to a flaw in a MS product that MS was aware of but had not disclosed to the company (and gov't would have proof of the failure to disclose via Omega), isn't MS liable for the cost of the incident because they had the knowledge to prevent the compromise but failed to alert the company?
Why is any gov't willing to settle for an arrangement where a vendor agrees to provide specifics regarding the nature of a product's flaws rather than questioning why to use the product at all? And mind you, this is after two decades of a lot of knowledgable people saying said product is flawed by design, by implementation & both to such a degree that it can never be safe.
Really? Going subterranean with the infrastructure is your example of how to do things right? Doesn't the underground part of California periodically move around in unpredictable & dramatic ways? And not just 10 o'clock news dramatic, but the kind of Earth ripping that scoffs at the works of man.
I was so pleased to hear your stance on our right to view and create content regardless of platform or channel. When can we expect the Adobe Creative Suite for operating systems other than Windows & OS X?
I think whether a candidate "knows" a particular language shouldn't be considered a significant factor when considering them for a position. Sure it's one factor but just as, if not more important is whether the candidate has any experience in a specific domain (ie. writing video drivers, specific types of web applications, database middle-ware, etc), their ability to function as a member of a team (especially communication skills specifically with technical AND non-technical workers), their documentation, architectural & project management skills, and their ability to adhere to existing coding standards. "Languages: C, Visual Basic, PHP" is just noise on a resume in my opinion. I prefer to see specific projects identified on a resume which outline project details, challenges and what role the individual played.
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Seems like just yesterday that X in the statement "'[X] Can Do Everything' but configuring it to do so is sometimes daunting." would have been Emacs. Further evidence of the decline of civilization... what's next- "'a GUI Can Do Everything' but configuring it to do so is sometimes daunting?"
The author does seem to be sensationalizing a bit. Though one can zoom in and criticize the frailty of a given component of the system, the overall system is far less frail. This is analagous to me to hard drives in a sever room. If I have more hard drives (which is the case when distributing your data for resiliency purposes , ie. RAID), there's generally going to be more individual HD failures. However, there's less data loss. Systems that are designed to accommodate & recover from failures (such as the Internet) don't necessarily mean less failures, but hopefully mean less impact on the users of the system when a failure does occur.
I believe you're right and will add that the company that produces the OS of the infected machines would in all likelihood subsidize ISP costs of lobbying against any such regulation. There ought to be a law against THAT as well.
I've been running for 15 years now with out any anti-virus software or anti-malware at all and have never had a single security problem. Wait, I see the issue. Apparently, how secure a desktop is dependent on the desktop software. Who knew?
Other countries seem to be realizing that's it's a much more winnable battle if home users aren't in an MS environment. Isn't this EXACTLY why the Canadian bank recently started handing out Linux Live Boot CDs for their customers to use when banking from home?
You're making my point for me- digital is more precise than analog (ie. more reproducible), but less accurate than analog (ie. capturing the original information more faithfully).
While I've never been a consumer customer of ComCast (they avoid serving rural areas), I do have personal experience with their business class service. The two Docsis 3 modems at work provide in aggregate 100 mb/s x 20 mb/s @ ~$400/mo and the performance, up-time & customer service have been a pleasant surprise.
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I firmly believe anytime wealth is removed from a system with no corresponding value provided in exchange that it is only a matter of time before the systems fails. In my opinion, anybody saying otherwise is playing a con game. I consider any form of speculative investing, especially flash-trading, to be completely parasitic and in appropriate (ie. not within the best interest of a society).
I can't wait to take my Droid to Vegas once this launches!
What criteria are you using to label Vista's performance in the market as successful? I'm not implying otherwise, just requesting clarification.
I don't think you're correct in your list of options for protecting against the vulnerability. As a general principal, client side code from an untrusted source (ie. the web) should only have access to client side content which originated from the same source. In the case we're talking about, the content has been modified by the client based on private client state (ie. visited links), at this stage, the content should no longer be accessible to the code. If the rendering pipeline were more compartmentalized (ie. think XSLT translation steps), then code in one department wouldn't have access to content that has been modified based on private client state.
In this manner, the client environment could modify the content at will (ie. changing style for links to web sites you've been to, blocking ads, stripping flash, turning off client side code functionality entirely, etc.) without fear of what's being harvested or inferred. I don't know what a client's browser does to a dom to make it consumable by the deaf or blind, but if that's something that can be detected by untrusted code then I believe it's another example of violating a user's privacy.
While you might not be able to imagine it, those who do know how to perform an administrative task both from a terminal and from a GUI often find that doing it from the terminal is more efficient and more reliable.
[IANAL] If a company is compromised due to a flaw in a MS product that MS was aware of but had not disclosed to the company (and gov't would have proof of the failure to disclose via Omega), isn't MS liable for the cost of the incident because they had the knowledge to prevent the compromise but failed to alert the company?
Why is any gov't willing to settle for an arrangement where a vendor agrees to provide specifics regarding the nature of a product's flaws rather than questioning why to use the product at all? And mind you, this is after two decades of a lot of knowledgable people saying said product is flawed by design, by implementation & both to such a degree that it can never be safe.
Are you saying you think its conceivable there are elitists pricks in the government? That can't be right.
Some days I wonder if we'd be better of letting the mob run the government, at least then it would be organized crime.
Win7 is NOT replacement for XP if drivers for your hardware aren't available for Win7 & this often the case.
It wasn"t a Google street mapping car was it? Now THAT would be a good story.
Really? Going subterranean with the infrastructure is your example of how to do things right? Doesn't the underground part of California periodically move around in unpredictable & dramatic ways? And not just 10 o'clock news dramatic, but the kind of Earth ripping that scoffs at the works of man.
Dear Adobe:
I was so pleased to hear your stance on our right to view and create content regardless of platform or channel. When can we expect the Adobe Creative Suite for operating systems other than Windows & OS X?
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I think whether a candidate "knows" a particular language shouldn't be considered a significant factor when considering them for a position. Sure it's one factor but just as, if not more important is whether the candidate has any experience in a specific domain (ie. writing video drivers, specific types of web applications, database middle-ware, etc), their ability to function as a member of a team (especially communication skills specifically with technical AND non-technical workers), their documentation, architectural & project management skills, and their ability to adhere to existing coding standards. "Languages: C, Visual Basic, PHP" is just noise on a resume in my opinion. I prefer to see specific projects identified on a resume which outline project details, challenges and what role the individual played.
Seems like just yesterday that X in the statement "'[X] Can Do Everything' but configuring it to do so is sometimes daunting." would have been Emacs. Further evidence of the decline of civilization ... what's next- "'a GUI Can Do Everything' but configuring it to do so is sometimes daunting?"
The author does seem to be sensationalizing a bit. Though one can zoom in and criticize the frailty of a given component of the system, the overall system is far less frail. This is analagous to me to hard drives in a sever room. If I have more hard drives (which is the case when distributing your data for resiliency purposes , ie. RAID), there's generally going to be more individual HD failures. However, there's less data loss. Systems that are designed to accommodate & recover from failures (such as the Internet) don't necessarily mean less failures, but hopefully mean less impact on the users of the system when a failure does occur.
I believe you're right and will add that the company that produces the OS of the infected machines would in all likelihood subsidize ISP costs of lobbying against any such regulation. There ought to be a law against THAT as well.
I've been running for 15 years now with out any anti-virus software or anti-malware at all and have never had a single security problem. Wait, I see the issue. Apparently, how secure a desktop is dependent on the desktop software. Who knew?
Other countries seem to be realizing that's it's a much more winnable battle if home users aren't in an MS environment. Isn't this EXACTLY why the Canadian bank recently started handing out Linux Live Boot CDs for their customers to use when banking from home?
I think this is the article http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/03/25/2350236/Can-Ubuntu-Save-Online-Banking
You're making my point for me- digital is more precise than analog (ie. more reproducible), but less accurate than analog (ie. capturing the original information more faithfully).
What are you doing here on Slashdot?
Huh? How is digital more accurate than analog? Isn't an infinite state system more accurate than a two state system?
Be careful with "never" ... a surprising number of Windows applications, including games, run just fine under Wine on non-MS OSes such as Linux.
Might not be a bad idea- this isn't turning out to be the quality release many expected.
Hold on, something a politician said would happen didn't? Truly, I'm shocked and amazed.
What's next, Death? Taxation?
While I've never been a consumer customer of ComCast (they avoid serving rural areas), I do have personal experience with their business class service. The two Docsis 3 modems at work provide in aggregate 100 mb/s x 20 mb/s @ ~$400/mo and the performance, up-time & customer service have been a pleasant surprise.