As of September, 2003, there were 31 known unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Some of the most critical have not been fixed in well over a year. The original page listing them was removed at Microsoft's request, but I cached it.
And you'll be hearing from their lawyers any moment now.
Have you seen the other critical update they're trying to slip through with this one?
This item updates the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font included in some Microsoft products. The font has been found to contain unacceptable symbols.
Looks like someone slipped something through on Microsoft (certain to lose his/her job over this one) and put it just far enough in that it doesn't show when you double click the Bssym7.tt font file to preview its style. Leaves me wondering only two things:
1: Is there more than 1 symbol in there that is considered "unacceptable"?
2: Just why is this considered critical?
IBM's Marriott, arguing against SCO's own request for complete AIX/Dynix programming details, said it was an unreasonable burden on his clients to demand "millions and millions of lines of source code" to determine whether the 17 lines SCO has cited are indeed in Linux.
"Contributions to Linux are public," Marriott said. "All they have to do is get on the Internet."
Heise countered that "not everything they have put into Linux is public," and that pointing SCO to the Internet did not amount to "complete disclosure" it seeks from IBM.
Maybe SCO is gambling that IBM will cave if actually compelled to release their proprietary source codes otherwise. That would appear to be the only strategy that makes any sense.
In May 2003 U.S. officials announced a radical new design for the $20 bill that includes several new, confidential counterfeit-deterrence features.
Like this makes sense. The criminals may not know what to put in their bills to avoid detection by the Secret Service specialists, but the public at large equally doesn't know what to look for to detect counterfeits, which is where they are going to get passed.
Maybe an author who releases his work like this is improving his chances at relevant awards in his field (due to greater readership). This increases his value as a writer as well.
Maybe awards voters should take into consideration how much an author does to make his work freely available.
Why do people still think PDF is an *OPEN* format?
Uh, because there are multiple encoders for it including free ones, and because there are multiple readers across many platforms for it, including free ones maybe.
There was just one problem. For the Russian rockets to reach the grand unified station, it would need a different orbit. ...
In its new life, the station was to be a research post, with it and any offspring captive to the planet.
Can this explain why Russia never made it to the Moon?
I speculate that Intel will announce a 64-bit Pentium extensions that incorporate the AMD64 instructions plus SSE3+ and a couple additional instructions in an attempt to make AMD incompatable with new 64-bit applications.
software companies should not be held responsible for the illegal use of their software, yet apparently, the same is not true of hardware manufacturers.
In the landmark Sony Betamax case in 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that Sony was not liable for contributory copyright infringement for selling VCRs that allowed consumers to tape content from their televisions.
Ramos said the two cases can't be compared.
Of course not. He'd lose!
"The Betamax was a product that allowed consumers to make copies," he said. "The defendants operate services which facilitate both unauthorized distribution as well as copying, and that continuing network is fundamentally different from the sale of a consumer electronics product, which was the subject of the Betamax case."
Seems to me that:
1: Sony directly made money selling Betamax units at (initially) $1300USD. P2P is available for the cost of a free download. Who is directly making money?
2: Sony continued to make money selling blank Betamax tapes. In fact, the more you used your Betamax, the more tapes Sony sold.
IANAL, however, all things considered, I would think Sony's case was far weaker than this one -- and they won. Of course, considering the overall (truly rotten) record of the 9th Circuit Court, their decision will probably have to be reversed by SCOTUS.
Hey, I ran my KaZaa on Microsoft Windows. Is Microsoft now responsible since they didn't include code in Windows (other than a lot of BSOD's) to prevent me?
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And you'll be hearing from their lawyers any moment now.
I think the word you're looking for is stampede to Longhorn.
This item updates the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font included in some Microsoft products. The font has been found to contain unacceptable symbols.
Looks like someone slipped something through on Microsoft (certain to lose his/her job over this one) and put it just far enough in that it doesn't show when you double click the Bssym7.tt font file to preview its style. Leaves me wondering only two things:
1: Is there more than 1 symbol in there that is considered "unacceptable"?
2: Just why is this considered critical?
What? And get double modded Offtopic. My karma is too fragile for that. :^)
Maybe SCO can use this microscope to locate their proprietary code in AIX/Dynix.
SCO-X
X-SCO
eX-SCO
All gone!
(much unnecessary lowercase letters to escape around the slashdot lameness filter when it itself is being lame.)
"Contributions to Linux are public," Marriott said. "All they have to do is get on the Internet."
Heise countered that "not everything they have put into Linux is public," and that pointing SCO to the Internet did not amount to "complete disclosure" it seeks from IBM.
Maybe SCO is gambling that IBM will cave if actually compelled to release their proprietary source codes otherwise. That would appear to be the only strategy that makes any sense.
Are we talking about the teenager working as a minimum wage casher, or something else?
Also, how many will refuse the bill and lose the sale, rather than taking it and just passing it along back to the next customer?
Like this makes sense. The criminals may not know what to put in their bills to avoid detection by the Secret Service specialists, but the public at large equally doesn't know what to look for to detect counterfeits, which is where they are going to get passed.
SciFi erotica -- not porn. There is a difference, and Elf's quality of writing is quite good.
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Maybe awards voters should take into consideration how much an author does to make his work freely available.
The typesetting is also rather pedestrian...
Instead of complaining, why don't you take him up on his offer to provide additional (better) formatting. Then we all benefit!
Uh, because there are multiple encoders for it including free ones, and because there are multiple readers across many platforms for it, including free ones maybe.
In its new life, the station was to be a research post, with it and any offspring captive to the planet.
Can this explain why Russia never made it to the Moon?
I've given you the reference for the quotation. You can hunt both the name and quotation on Google.
I speculate that Intel will announce a 64-bit Pentium extensions that incorporate the AMD64 instructions plus SSE3+ and a couple additional instructions in an attempt to make AMD incompatable with new 64-bit applications.
What I wonder is if TiVo is supplying the networks with information on commercial skipping, in return for not being sued for allowing such skipping?
So should the **AA be suing Dell?
The 9th's rulings stand up much better than average.
What utter and absolute BS!
The 9th is by far the most reversed court in the country, with more than 85% of their reviewed decisions overturned by SCOTUS.
Ramos said the two cases can't be compared.
Of course not. He'd lose!
"The Betamax was a product that allowed consumers to make copies," he said. "The defendants operate services which facilitate both unauthorized distribution as well as copying, and that continuing network is fundamentally different from the sale of a consumer electronics product, which was the subject of the Betamax case."
Seems to me that:
1: Sony directly made money selling Betamax units at (initially) $1300USD. P2P is available for the cost of a free download. Who is directly making money?
2: Sony continued to make money selling blank Betamax tapes. In fact, the more you used your Betamax, the more tapes Sony sold.
IANAL, however, all things considered, I would think Sony's case was far weaker than this one -- and they won. Of course, considering the overall (truly rotten) record of the 9th Circuit Court, their decision will probably have to be reversed by SCOTUS.
Hey, I ran my KaZaa on Microsoft Windows. Is Microsoft now responsible since they didn't include code in Windows (other than a lot of BSOD's) to prevent me?
T@iw@n, T1b3t, d3m0cr@cy, di$$ident.
It will if IE suddenly stops playing well with Google.
AMD has been well out of the Celeron space and firmly entrenched in the Pentium 4 space with Athlon for some time now.