Yes I see what you are saying, thanks. What more could he do though? If he is using his private key to sign it and his key is signed from a trusted source that should be good, shouldn't it? She brought the whole thing up so the onus would really be on her to check it out. She is the one, after all, that came to the defense of the Firefox teams IP rights, however misguided she was.
As for the bananas I already have high potassium so I will have to pass.:-)
cheers
...I find it boggling that people keep repeating that they don't understand why people want windows/linux on intel Macs. Its not that hard to understand.
It's hard to understand because nobody has explained it to me as well as you have. Now I understand. So chill out you just awakened this clueless idiot.
Cheers.
Not trying to flame here but I just don't get why everyone wants to install Linux and Windows on expensive Mac hardware. Now OS-X on commodity hardware, that's something to get excited about. This seems to fall in the "because you can" camp.
I would like to hear from those who find this useful because I don't get the point yet.
I'm no programmer but common sense would tell me that years of bad design decisions and the total lack of consideration to security have rendered it mostly unfixable. I have to think that they would make a shitload more money marketing Windows Bulletproof Edition. Headlines such as "Top Crackers Concede Windows Bulletproof Edition Inpenetrable" would have people and business in particular lining up and opening their vaults to purchase this and would make 40B look like chump change.
"Am I supposed to believe now that Microsoft won't intentionally keep open holes in their systems in order to "persuade" their users into purchasing this service? Somehow, I don't put such evil past them."
Why would they do this? Let's cludge up an already cludged up system even more so we can make a few extra pennies on this security suite.
They are doing this because they would look silly if they did nothing. I don't see how this can be extortion. If they were to jack up the price of Windows or send every current Windows user a bill for $49.95 or they would DoS you then this would be extortion. As it stands you have plenty of other places that you can purchase these things from (AV, Software Firewalls and AntiSpyware) not to mention the excellent free stuff that does the same thing. If they were bundling this stuff and charging extra (or nothing for that matter) there would be hell to pay. Anyway it appears you have to actually make the effort and go get it. I rather have them do this then stick their head in the sand and do nothing and deny everything the way they have in the past. Thank goodness for IPTables/Netfilter, free viruscanners and AdAware PE.
Cheers
Hmmm, interesting, but who gets to determine the worth of your portfolio? Does who you know automatically increase its worth? Couldn't this turn into a karma based system quite easily?
I personally prefer one voice one vote. Maybe you can't change the world this way, but you can change your world.
However I like the idea of common sense carrying more weight, it's just the determination of what constitutes it and who decides that is problematic.
Cheers
I think corporations will wrestle with situations like this in China for some time. On one hand we send trade missions with high ranking government officials to China to expand trade yet in order to make money on their soil you have to play by their rules. Governments aggressively seek to get a piece of the trade pie with China yet the public holds our corporations responsible for ensuring human rights are not abused? We can't have it both ways. The world over lends legitimacy to the Chinese political system (expanded trade, 2008 Olympics etc. etc. ) yet our guilt makes us pooh pooh them for not seeing things the way we do.
The question for corporations is going to be, how do I maximize profit and still remain palatable to the people at home because there is a shit load of money to be made towing the party line in China. But how do we not look like major pricks doing it?
Your average North American or European citizen really needs to take their own personal stand on this and live by it. Don't like what's going on in China then make sure those widgets you're using weren't made in horrendous working conditions. (Of course how could you ever be sure, I am sure that there are many products that come out of China that are made in good working conditions just as there are that are made in terrible ones).
The point is, don't flaunt the great buy you got on those widgets and then look down on the Chinese political system and mostly don't look down on corporations for doing what is they are meant (and want) to do, which is maximize profit. Don't like it? Let your government know and don't give your business to companies that don't share your views. Whatever, just drop the hypocrasy allready.
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." (Gil Bailie)
Hey mumbles, no reason to flame your opinion, it's what you prefer so to hell with everyone else. That being said, I prefer Firefox for the way it makes the net a quieter place. The adblock extension and forcing newly spawned windows to open in tabs are gold to me. Now, to a certain extent on our corporate intranet I prefer IE. But that is because internal sites don't abuse ActiveX into doing things I don't want it to and our developers are Microsoft zealots who can't think outside of the FrontPage box.
Various tweaks I have made to Firefox make it faster on my system then IE, unless you are talking about startup times which is not fair as IE loads a large chunk of itself when the machine starts up.
In any event my rule is simple, inside the intranet IE is OK, but not on the internet.
Cheers.
Damn, you're right. I was thinking these things have become stupid but the way you put it, I could actually use one at the house. Who says/. comments are are the domain of Karma whores and Trolls. Once in a while someone actually says something useful.
"...If I noticed a serious security breach on a system or server somewhere, no way I'd point it out unless I happened to know the administrator personally"
I agree but if my kid's data was up there I would be looking to make heads roll regardless of what stupid law made me a criminal. I would demand accountability.
...The sad thing is that most computer users dont give a shit. They have been trained out of it.
Yes, until Monday morning when all of a sudden, co-workers have a huge interest in finding out why their computer is so slow since their kid installed KAZAA. All of a sudden you are their best friend. Then almost instantly I no longer give a shit.
" Canada has ridiculous gun laws. I guess they only want their violent criminals to own guns.
They are well on the way to outlawing Christianity through BS 'hate crime legislation.'
Love or hate the Patriot Act, the US remains the last truly free country."
Dude, you need to stop getting all your information from Fox News.
No wonder they are churning out such crap. Music today is about money and fucking. Watch your average video today and tell me it's not true. Bling Bling and asses. The music has nothing to say.
You know, people fucked just as much in the 70's, only then they had great music to listen to afterwards. Another thing, notice how all the great artists of the 70's were butt ugly. ACDC would have never existed had they come along only today.
But hey at least we have Britney.
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Yes I see what you are saying, thanks. What more could he do though? If he is using his private key to sign it and his key is signed from a trusted source that should be good, shouldn't it? She brought the whole thing up so the onus would really be on her to check it out. She is the one, after all, that came to the defense of the Firefox teams IP rights, however misguided she was. As for the bananas I already have high potassium so I will have to pass. :-)
cheers
Couldn't you just use digital signatures to prove your identity? Sounds better then just saying "Well I received your email didn't I?"
At least they weren't his pics with Madge.
It's hard to understand because nobody has explained it to me as well as you have. Now I understand. So chill out you just awakened this clueless idiot. Cheers.
Ah yes, dual booting, I forgot about that. That could be useful.
I would like to hear from those who find this useful because I don't get the point yet.
My sentiments exactly. Wish I could have agreed with a mod point instead.
I'm no programmer but common sense would tell me that years of bad design decisions and the total lack of consideration to security have rendered it mostly unfixable. I have to think that they would make a shitload more money marketing Windows Bulletproof Edition. Headlines such as "Top Crackers Concede Windows Bulletproof Edition Inpenetrable" would have people and business in particular lining up and opening their vaults to purchase this and would make 40B look like chump change.
Why would they do this? Let's cludge up an already cludged up system even more so we can make a few extra pennies on this security suite.
They are doing this because they would look silly if they did nothing. I don't see how this can be extortion. If they were to jack up the price of Windows or send every current Windows user a bill for $49.95 or they would DoS you then this would be extortion. As it stands you have plenty of other places that you can purchase these things from (AV, Software Firewalls and AntiSpyware) not to mention the excellent free stuff that does the same thing. If they were bundling this stuff and charging extra (or nothing for that matter) there would be hell to pay. Anyway it appears you have to actually make the effort and go get it. I rather have them do this then stick their head in the sand and do nothing and deny everything the way they have in the past. Thank goodness for IPTables/Netfilter, free viruscanners and AdAware PE. Cheers
Hmmm, interesting, but who gets to determine the worth of your portfolio? Does who you know automatically increase its worth? Couldn't this turn into a karma based system quite easily? I personally prefer one voice one vote. Maybe you can't change the world this way, but you can change your world. However I like the idea of common sense carrying more weight, it's just the determination of what constitutes it and who decides that is problematic. Cheers
...and still is.
Your average North American or European citizen really needs to take their own personal stand on this and live by it. Don't like what's going on in China then make sure those widgets you're using weren't made in horrendous working conditions. (Of course how could you ever be sure, I am sure that there are many products that come out of China that are made in good working conditions just as there are that are made in terrible ones).
The point is, don't flaunt the great buy you got on those widgets and then look down on the Chinese political system and mostly don't look down on corporations for doing what is they are meant (and want) to do, which is maximize profit. Don't like it? Let your government know and don't give your business to companies that don't share your views. Whatever, just drop the hypocrasy allready.
That's funny I enjoyed reading it. Apparently the joke was lost on the mods though for modding this insightful. Funny yes, insightful no.
I want my googledeck!
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." (Gil Bailie)
Hey mumbles, no reason to flame your opinion, it's what you prefer so to hell with everyone else. That being said, I prefer Firefox for the way it makes the net a quieter place. The adblock extension and forcing newly spawned windows to open in tabs are gold to me. Now, to a certain extent on our corporate intranet I prefer IE. But that is because internal sites don't abuse ActiveX into doing things I don't want it to and our developers are Microsoft zealots who can't think outside of the FrontPage box. Various tweaks I have made to Firefox make it faster on my system then IE, unless you are talking about startup times which is not fair as IE loads a large chunk of itself when the machine starts up. In any event my rule is simple, inside the intranet IE is OK, but not on the internet. Cheers.
What are you talking about? I received at least 25 emails today for prices way cheaper then that. pffft
Damn, you're right. I was thinking these things have become stupid but the way you put it, I could actually use one at the house. Who says /. comments are are the domain of Karma whores and Trolls. Once in a while someone actually says something useful.
I agree but if my kid's data was up there I would be looking to make heads roll regardless of what stupid law made me a criminal. I would demand accountability.
It will force the lazy advertizers who cannot think beyond the Vegas "light show" method to adapt to a method that is acceptable.
I was thinking more like; yaaaaaaaaaaawnnnnn!!!
...The sad thing is that most computer users dont give a shit. They have been trained out of it.
Yes, until Monday morning when all of a sudden, co-workers have a huge interest in finding out why their computer is so slow since their kid installed KAZAA. All of a sudden you are their best friend. Then almost instantly I no longer give a shit.
Microsoft has plenty of militants. The only difference is that they sit in boardrooms and wear suits and unfortunately have the decision making power.
Dude, you need to stop getting all your information from Fox News.
No wonder they are churning out such crap. Music today is about money and fucking. Watch your average video today and tell me it's not true. Bling Bling and asses. The music has nothing to say. You know, people fucked just as much in the 70's, only then they had great music to listen to afterwards. Another thing, notice how all the great artists of the 70's were butt ugly. ACDC would have never existed had they come along only today. But hey at least we have Britney.