Sorry I only skimmed your post before replying, and thus misinterpreted what you are saying, mostly because I had only just replied to someone who was making the case that the firefox vulnerabilities were worse because he saw the "unpatched" secunia advisory, even though it wasn't valid for the latest versions. This article was posted (if you read the article more carefully than I read your post:P) because there was finally a test available to show how easy it is to just execute code. The test is new, not the advisory. The shocking nature of how easy the test is made the advisory step up in level.
That's funny cause it's so damned true. I feel almost traitorsome using a Microsoft keyboard and mouse on a linux desktop, but they really know their stuff in that area.
I don't think I really mind NVidia or ATI not releasing their drivers, as long as they make good drivers. The advantage for them in releasing their drivers is that the innovation of the users can be combined with their own innovation, but if they can handle the driver releases themselves, then there's no problem with that.
A bit more on-topic, I do think that if the desktop linux prediction comes true, then ATI might be in alot of trouble. They can't just make good drivers overnight - it will take months or even years to get it on par with even what the nvidia drivers are up to now. If the linux market share goes up to perhaps 7-8% over the next year then that's a LOT of market share lost for ATI, since no linux user will buy their cards. Even if a raise in desktop market share convinces game makers to support linux and write games in OpenGL, ATI will lose enormously, because their cards suck in OpenGL support as well, and this won't be fixed very easily either.
A relatively small gamble by nvidia could win big.
I think the main difference is if you run version 1 of Firefox you aren't affected at all. It is also extremely difficult to exploit this bug, if you, indeed, can. This IE vulnerability, on the other hand, is valid on a fully patched system, and easily exploitable.
The other hole, by the way, doesn't work so well if you've resized your download window (since Firefox keeps the old download window size and position) at any time, or you have a different theme installed.
I think this is just a case of "RTFA", though you're the one who supplied the article.
Sorry but I've got to say that that comment is perhaps the best of the type I've seen ever. Since that was so off-topic I've disabled karma bonus, but that had me giggling for quite a while.
My comp faculty in my uni (UNSW in Sydney) is the polar opposite. It uses debian linux and pretty much nothing proprietary. I suppose it's just the choice of the admin.
Season 4 is where Jeff goes. I think that Oliver comes into his own once he starts getting a bit of a spine in the 4th or 5th episode of the 4th season. That's one of my favourite episodes!
I've only seen two british comedies, Coupling and the Office. I'd be stumped to find an American comedy that achieves the brilliance found in Coupling, which does everything, even one-liners that Americans seem to hold dear above everything else, better than the Americans as well as adding a keen development of plot and humour that you just don't see enough of in American comedy. I don't think I've ever laughed harder than at the climax (he he climax) of the "naked" episode, unless it was Steve giving his so-true speech about Lesbian Spank Inferno.
My brother was actually trialing it at his ISP. Not totally sure what happened (I haven't asked yet), but my opinion is that it's not really that faesable, at least in Australia. We've got too low-a population density to handle it.
so? 99% of tv torrents are by countries outside the US/wherever it is shown first that want to see it as soon as possible. I do this living in Australia yet still buy DVDs when I can and have the money.
DVDs are just more convenient especially, and better quality without logos etc. Better for archiving purposes as well.
please tell me, wtf has open source got to do with communism? If you actually get a bloody encyclopaedia and figure out what communism actually means or actually pick up and read the communist manafesto you'll see that Open Source is pretty much the bloody opposite of what marxism aims for! An overly simplified version of the philosophies behind communism is the removal of the bourgios (not sure of the spelling), the people who make profit in capatilism out of the simple workers. Open Source has those workers put up their hands and yell "hey all you companies, please make profit out of me and my work (as long as it remains my work)!", as you can see from the [over]estimation of the huge profits made out of linux!
In other words, OSS exists supporting capatilism, not breaking it.
Socialism (which is what you're stupidly mistaking communism for) is has values similar to that of the Creative Commons License or the BSD License, but Communism is in practice very different from Socialism.
Now please pick up a book (preferably the communist manafesto) and figure out what you're talking about when posting such crap.
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Sorry I only skimmed your post before replying, and thus misinterpreted what you are saying, mostly because I had only just replied to someone who was making the case that the firefox vulnerabilities were worse because he saw the "unpatched" secunia advisory, even though it wasn't valid for the latest versions. This article was posted (if you read the article more carefully than I read your post :P) because there was finally a test available to show how easy it is to just execute code. The test is new, not the advisory. The shocking nature of how easy the test is made the advisory step up in level.
That's funny cause it's so damned true. I feel almost traitorsome using a Microsoft keyboard and mouse on a linux desktop, but they really know their stuff in that area.
I don't think I really mind NVidia or ATI not releasing their drivers, as long as they make good drivers. The advantage for them in releasing their drivers is that the innovation of the users can be combined with their own innovation, but if they can handle the driver releases themselves, then there's no problem with that.
A bit more on-topic, I do think that if the desktop linux prediction comes true, then ATI might be in alot of trouble. They can't just make good drivers overnight - it will take months or even years to get it on par with even what the nvidia drivers are up to now. If the linux market share goes up to perhaps 7-8% over the next year then that's a LOT of market share lost for ATI, since no linux user will buy their cards. Even if a raise in desktop market share convinces game makers to support linux and write games in OpenGL, ATI will lose enormously, because their cards suck in OpenGL support as well, and this won't be fixed very easily either.
A relatively small gamble by nvidia could win big.
You can only run FOSS software on Cygwin. You can't run anything closed-source. Nothing at all.
*shrug* it doesn't work quite the same the other way.
that's the IT slogan on it.slashdot.org. The www.slashdot.org slogan is still "news for nerds, stuff that matters".
The main difference is the Firefox vulnerabilities were released they had already been fixed. The IE vulnerabilities still f*ck up your computer.
I think the main difference is if you run version 1 of Firefox you aren't affected at all. It is also extremely difficult to exploit this bug, if you, indeed, can. This IE vulnerability, on the other hand, is valid on a fully patched system, and easily exploitable.
The other hole, by the way, doesn't work so well if you've resized your download window (since Firefox keeps the old download window size and position) at any time, or you have a different theme installed.
I think this is just a case of "RTFA", though you're the one who supplied the article.
I doubt it will. Vulnerabilities aren't made by people looking for them, they are just found.
Sorry but I've got to say that that comment is perhaps the best of the type I've seen ever. Since that was so off-topic I've disabled karma bonus, but that had me giggling for quite a while.
heh, considering *nix can run almost all Windows software, yet it doesn't work the other way around, I don't think running *nix is a disadvantage.
However UT2004 is by far my favourite (and the only one played) game at the moment so *shrug*
My comp faculty in my uni (UNSW in Sydney) is the polar opposite. It uses debian linux and pretty much nothing proprietary. I suppose it's just the choice of the admin.
pssst: his last name isn't Godfrey, it's really Gates.
Season 4 is where Jeff goes. I think that Oliver comes into his own once he starts getting a bit of a spine in the 4th or 5th episode of the 4th season. That's one of my favourite episodes!
OT but...
They recieved complaints after they changed to WMA? Even Helix doesn't stop Real from being a proprietary format...
The site seems to be down . . . I can certainly see why the code is so appealing.
I've only seen two british comedies, Coupling and the Office. I'd be stumped to find an American comedy that achieves the brilliance found in Coupling, which does everything, even one-liners that Americans seem to hold dear above everything else, better than the Americans as well as adding a keen development of plot and humour that you just don't see enough of in American comedy. I don't think I've ever laughed harder than at the climax (he he climax) of the "naked" episode, unless it was Steve giving his so-true speech about Lesbian Spank Inferno.
My brother was actually trialing it at his ISP. Not totally sure what happened (I haven't asked yet), but my opinion is that it's not really that faesable, at least in Australia. We've got too low-a population density to handle it.
it doesn't work with my clean XP install - oh no something's wrong with my computer!!!
have you ever used Lynx?
*shrug* I never was good at french, but hey, I was close.
I do, however, not understand your post.
It seems for now TorrentBits have just changed domain name to http://www.cyphersworld.com/
so? 99% of tv torrents are by countries outside the US/wherever it is shown first that want to see it as soon as possible. I do this living in Australia yet still buy DVDs when I can and have the money.
DVDs are just more convenient especially, and better quality without logos etc. Better for archiving purposes as well.
please tell me, wtf has open source got to do with communism? If you actually get a bloody encyclopaedia and figure out what communism actually means or actually pick up and read the communist manafesto you'll see that Open Source is pretty much the bloody opposite of what marxism aims for! An overly simplified version of the philosophies behind communism is the removal of the bourgios (not sure of the spelling), the people who make profit in capatilism out of the simple workers. Open Source has those workers put up their hands and yell "hey all you companies, please make profit out of me and my work (as long as it remains my work)!", as you can see from the [over]estimation of the huge profits made out of linux!
In other words, OSS exists supporting capatilism, not breaking it.
Socialism (which is what you're stupidly mistaking communism for) is has values similar to that of the Creative Commons License or the BSD License, but Communism is in practice very different from Socialism.
Now please pick up a book (preferably the communist manafesto) and figure out what you're talking about when posting such crap.
Look at the great great grandparent's post.
yes I've got that one, but is there a plugin to add the "horrid blood sucking registration required" after every mention of the new york times?