it was as if Steve Ballmer would quit Microsoft to compete with Gates
Something similar to this did happen....in 1993, Microsoft's Vice President of Digital Media, Rob Glaser, left Microsoft to found RealNetworks. You can read more about Rob here.
Where have you been? Microsoft has been stealing all sorts of innovational technologies for years. For example, they stole C/PM in '82 and branded it as "DOS". The only reason most computers don't run a C/PM-based O.S. today is because intellectual property laws were unjust back in the early 80s.
Does anyone find this last quote vaguely reminiscent of the writings of the atheist philosopher Nietzsche? This reminds me alot of the popular quote made by him that goes, "God is dead."
"God is dead." --Nietzsche.
"Nietzsche is dead." -- God
Likewise:
"Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix. " --Sco
"Sco doesn't exist. Everyone knows OpenServer is an unlicensed version of Unix." --Tux
Unfortunately, only a true dork would look up something so obscure and mundane in a dictionary. Besides at least I'm not an "Anonymous Coward" who enjoys posting hit-and-run insults that offer no validity. Your post has also received a score of "0" as you can see, Monsieur Dork.
P.S. We wouldn't be reading/. now if we all didn't have just a bit of "dork" in us all, now would we?
Yes. Also, since computers are made of elements commonly occurring on Earth and you are made of elements commonly occurring, it would be relatively easy for a hacker to make the virus affect you!
Why not? When ISO and ANSI set standards for biotechnology and cybernetic implants, what is there to stop hackers from killing off entire populations that use goods and services base upon such standards. I can just imagine it now...... Win32.MyKnee.Patella@mm....... OUCH! I think I may already be infected!
I simply HATE (nice going with the caps there, eh?) to tell you, but all operating systems are relatively equal when it comes to security. All operating systems conform to industrial standards, and therefore have a common compatibility. Hence, a virus could easily be ported to all platforms with relative ease, and since all platforms have the same basic structure ( having a binary folder, system folder, and an admin) it would relatively easy for a hacker to take the foundation of any operating system and devastate it. This is all thanks to international standards organizations such as ISO, ANSI, and the fact that every modern operating system is somehow based upon *nix (usually through BSD code).
Oh, and by the way, I couldn't care less about your profession. You could be George W. Bush for all I care, and I still wouldn't trust that you "know what" your "talking about". Just because you happen to think that you are correct because you have a job in the field of internet security is wrong. Many others with the same exact job and the same exact field could disagree with your opinion, and you're doing yourself no service by making yourself look like a petty, ignorant ass in front of millions of people. Your opinion is not a fact, and you have no way to back it up; if you desire anyone's respect, show why you believe what you believe, and keep us informed with your views in a knowledgeable way.
P.S. I must say that I use Linux, Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Windows all on a regular basis and that I do not HATE Microsoft (or Micorsoft, as the author of the article that this post originated from would say). In fact, I do not HATE anything, really, I just DETEST some aspects of the world. For example, I DETEST the way that M$ refuses to let any other company compete with its software monopoly (and don't you argue that it isn't a monopoly, because 90% of the consumer market is indeed very overwhelming). Additionally, I DETEST the way that you think that you know everything about internet security just because you chanced upon landing yourself a job in the field of "Cybersecurity Consultation". Anyone in this day in age can get a job in a computer-related field with ease, and it is no big achievement that you managed to hobble into a random personal computing firm, considering the fact that thousands of other people have been able to duplicate this feat.
With that, adieu, and may good fortune and blessings fall upon your head. Of course, this falling is pretty much guaranteed, considering that your ego has probably made your head swell to the size of a watermelon.
Matthew Broersma (the author of this article) was probably forced to misspell "Microsoft" for the fear of being sued.
On another note, since when has Windows been an application? I always thought of it more as a hack for DOS to make DOS "prettier" and give it a GUI. I don't think that Mr. Broersma has any clue about what he's talking about. As far as I'm concerned, the "Micorsoft Windows application" is nonexistant.
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it was as if Steve Ballmer would quit Microsoft to compete with Gates
Something similar to this did happen....in 1993, Microsoft's Vice President of Digital Media, Rob Glaser, left Microsoft to found RealNetworks. You can read more about Rob here.
And what ever happened to Felix the Cat? Come on!
Where have you been? Microsoft has been stealing all sorts of innovational technologies for years. For example, they stole C/PM in '82 and branded it as "DOS". The only reason most computers don't run a C/PM-based O.S. today is because intellectual property laws were unjust back in the early 80s.
"Linux doesn't exist." --Sco
Does anyone find this last quote vaguely reminiscent of the writings of the atheist philosopher Nietzsche? This reminds me alot of the popular quote made by him that goes, "God is dead."
"God is dead." --Nietzsche.
"Nietzsche is dead." -- God
Likewise:
"Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix. " --Sco
"Sco doesn't exist. Everyone knows OpenServer is an unlicensed version of Unix." --Tux
Unfortunately, only a true dork would look up something so obscure and mundane in a dictionary. Besides at least I'm not an "Anonymous Coward" who enjoys posting hit-and-run insults that offer no validity. Your post has also received a score of "0" as you can see, Monsieur Dork.
/. now if we all didn't have just a bit of "dork" in us all, now would we?
P.S. We wouldn't be reading
Yes. Also, since computers are made of elements commonly occurring on Earth and you are made of elements commonly occurring, it would be relatively easy for a hacker to make the virus affect you!
Why not? When ISO and ANSI set standards for biotechnology and cybernetic implants, what is there to stop hackers from killing off entire populations that use goods and services base upon such standards. I can just imagine it now...... Win32.MyKnee.Patella@mm....... OUCH! I think I may already be infected!
I simply HATE (nice going with the caps there, eh?) to tell you, but all operating systems are relatively equal when it comes to security. All operating systems conform to industrial standards, and therefore have a common compatibility. Hence, a virus could easily be ported to all platforms with relative ease, and since all platforms have the same basic structure ( having a binary folder, system folder, and an admin) it would relatively easy for a hacker to take the foundation of any operating system and devastate it. This is all thanks to international standards organizations such as ISO, ANSI, and the fact that every modern operating system is somehow based upon *nix (usually through BSD code).
Oh, and by the way, I couldn't care less about your profession. You could be George W. Bush for all I care, and I still wouldn't trust that you "know what" your "talking about". Just because you happen to think that you are correct because you have a job in the field of internet security is wrong. Many others with the same exact job and the same exact field could disagree with your opinion, and you're doing yourself no service by making yourself look like a petty, ignorant ass in front of millions of people. Your opinion is not a fact, and you have no way to back it up; if you desire anyone's respect, show why you believe what you believe, and keep us informed with your views in a knowledgeable way.
P.S. I must say that I use Linux, Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Windows all on a regular basis and that I do not HATE Microsoft (or Micorsoft, as the author of the article that this post originated from would say). In fact, I do not HATE anything, really, I just DETEST some aspects of the world. For example, I DETEST the way that M$ refuses to let any other company compete with its software monopoly (and don't you argue that it isn't a monopoly, because 90% of the consumer market is indeed very overwhelming). Additionally, I DETEST the way that you think that you know everything about internet security just because you chanced upon landing yourself a job in the field of "Cybersecurity Consultation". Anyone in this day in age can get a job in a computer-related field with ease, and it is no big achievement that you managed to hobble into a random personal computing firm, considering the fact that thousands of other people have been able to duplicate this feat.
With that, adieu, and may good fortune and blessings fall upon your head. Of course, this falling is pretty much guaranteed, considering that your ego has probably made your head swell to the size of a watermelon.
Matthew Broersma (the author of this article) was probably forced to misspell "Microsoft" for the fear of being sued.
On another note, since when has Windows been an application? I always thought of it more as a hack for DOS to make DOS "prettier" and give it a GUI. I don't think that Mr. Broersma has any clue about what he's talking about. As far as I'm concerned, the "Micorsoft Windows application" is nonexistant.