Distribute an attachment that contains a self-replicator and a downloader stub for the latest security patch every time one comes out. Let there be a simple self-propagation scheme that requires the file to be digitally signed from Microsoft, and user permission / permission granted in EULA.
thanks but no thanks....imagine the bandwidth that would require! if they did that for even just the critical patches, networks would grind to a halt.
they're bound to assume it will still do its job after those 60 days.
amen. many people see that there is an antivirus program installed, and think that should be enough to protect them. a lot of that preinstalled garbage is like that, with the trial period and confusing purchase plans. it's east to assume if it's there, it'll work
"...this was the most eye opening thing I have seen linked on/. in a long time. Really makes all the SCO and Ipod stuff seem kinda small. I mean that was one of the most surreal things I have experienced in a long time."
ditto. my baby wouldn't sleep, so i came in to read some/. till he crashed. then i found this story. baby's been asleep for a good hour now, while i've been looking at these pics and googling for chernobyl history/facts/etc. good luck getting me back to sleep.
and you're right...it really does make a lot of other topics seem somewhat trivial, especially when you consider that chernobyl is still a threat, with the aging sarcophogas and the shape it's in.
By using the larger wafers, AMD can cut more chips from each wafer and reduce the manufacturing cost per chip...
Intel Corp. already has two 300-millimeter plants in Oregon and one in New Mexico. One 300 millimeter plant is under construction in Ireland, and another existing facility in Arizona is being converted to the larger wafers.
AMD chips are already cheaper than intel, even though intel already has plants to make these types of wafers. now that these new plants will save them even more money in manufacturing costs, does that mean the market prices will get even lower vs intel??
i see that all the time. if something pops up, like a message saying, "The page you are about to view is encrypted...," or the one that warns you when you submit text, it could be sniffed, people automaticlly think it's an error or a problem. i guess it's conditioning--any time they browse with IE, warning messages can't be good...
bottom line: most users are reluctant to leave what they know, even if it means a better overall experience.
"The pricing of the upgrade is still being determined..."
<drool>man, when i saw this, i couldnt help but be jealous of that kind of budget. my first thought was, "must be nice..."</drool>
<shameless_plea> considering our (small, private, broke) school is using REALLY old hardware, i could definitely find a home for them. we are still trying to make use of old P1's with 32 MB RAM (hell, i got one that we installed Win2K on! it's kind of a joke to even turn the thing on), and a lot of our hardware keeps dying. plus, i would love nothing more than to get MS off ALL of our boxen and move towards Mac/Linux. </shameless_plea>
i think a bigger problem would be users, asking questions like, "hey, where's my Start button? where's outlook express? what's with this mozilla dragon thingy?!"
then there's the calls to tech support when the virus-laden attatchments won't open and install like they're supposed to...
this almost deserves an i-told-you-so. spam is not a problem that will be solved by legislation alone, no matter how well (or poorly) it's written. spam laws will only create confusion, needless worries for legitimate email uses, and government overhead.
the spam solution will ultimately be a combo of clear, concise law (HA), tech-based solutions (like verifying the sender, etc), and user savvy.
"MSWord gives you a default filename based on the first few words in the document when you save a new file."
you call that a feature? i always give it a different filename, usually b/c the auto-names suck--the first line of what i write genereally isn't the most intuitive or memerable thing about my file.
nuclear power in the US? are you kidding?! we can't even drill for oil in ALASKA...can you imagine the greenik's reaction if we tried to put NUCLEAR power in the any of the great 48?
if we can't even drill in a a teeny tiny part of one of the freak states, how are we gonna get a nuclear plant in, say, maryland? all people will think about is all the mutated animals from the Simpsons.
from article: "EU legislation banning unwanted e-mail is due to come into force on 31 October, but correspondents say that, given the global nature of the internet, it may have little effect.
Most spam comes from the United States and Asia, and will be outside its reach."
the same goes for any US laws if they come along. it's nice to think that this might do some good, but it'll just create more government jobs and suck tax dollars into another useless program.
"The EU legislation leaves it to each member state how to enforce the legislation, as long as the enforcement is "effective".
too broad...and still ineffective. spammers will just move to other countries with no regulations on this stuff.
"It's funny how slashdotters always want linux to replace windows, but shun targeting the same user level which MS has successfully exploited. Umm, if we want to take over their market share and thereby users, don't we have to target them?"
--microsoft's big thing has long been a PC on every desktop, in every home, for all sorts of purposes. problem is, many people don't know wtf to do with them from there. they don't understand how to install proggies, they don't understand why it's so important to guard against viruses, or how to do it, they're not sophisticated enough to secure their pc's...yet they have been convinced that they need and can use pc's for everyday life. these uninformed users make up a large portion of windows users, and as a result, a large portion of ms's secutiry problems, both due to the fact that they don't understand the technology and that ms has dumbed down a lot of their tech b/c of these users (ok, and sometimes just cuz ms sucks:).
as for me, i don't want to go after these users. i think that they will bring their ignorance to the linux world, and the linux world will suffer as a result, both developmentally and operationally. the mistake is thinking that linux needs to be made easier...in some ways, i agree. however, it should not come at the expense of security or flexibility.
"Most people don't have the time, patience, or inclination to delve into it so deeply."
--then find something else, please...at least for the time being.
quoth PCWorld-- A big change in Longhorn will be the new Windows Future Storage (WinFS) file system, based on SQL Server database technology and designed to give users a direct route to data, making the physical location of a file irrelevant. WinFS replaces the NTFS and FAT32 file systems used in current Windows versions.
is a new file system something we really need? NTFS support is still not 100% in Linux, and now there's a new filesystem to catch up with? beside, who know what kind of bugs will have to be ironed out of it before it approaches NTFS's legendary status.
me, I'm still amused at MS building IIS into the kernel. can't wait to see how that works out:)
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w0w, when did they put a pw on AC??
Distribute an attachment that contains a self-replicator and a downloader stub for the latest security patch every time one comes out. Let there be a simple self-propagation scheme that requires the file to be digitally signed from Microsoft, and user permission / permission granted in EULA.
thanks but no thanks....imagine the bandwidth that would require! if they did that for even just the critical patches, networks would grind to a halt.easy patch: c:\fdisk c:
--krewe
they're bound to assume it will still do its job after those 60 days.
amen. many people see that there is an antivirus program installed, and think that should be enough to protect them. a lot of that preinstalled garbage is like that, with the trial period and confusing purchase plans. it's east to assume if it's there, it'll work
"...this was the most eye opening thing I have seen linked on /. in a long time. Really makes all the SCO and Ipod stuff seem kinda small. I mean that was one of the most surreal things I have experienced in a long time."
/. till he crashed. then i found this story. baby's been asleep for a good hour now, while i've been looking at these pics and googling for chernobyl history/facts/etc. good luck getting me back to sleep.
ditto. my baby wouldn't sleep, so i came in to read some
and you're right...it really does make a lot of other topics seem somewhat trivial, especially when you consider that chernobyl is still a threat, with the aging sarcophogas and the shape it's in.
--krewe
give me a liberal arts grad with a bit of tech knowledge learned on their home computer, and I've got the makings of an excellent eomployee.
yo!
--krewe
By using the larger wafers, AMD can cut more chips from each wafer and reduce the manufacturing cost per chip...
:-P
Intel Corp. already has two 300-millimeter plants in Oregon and one in New Mexico. One 300 millimeter plant is under construction in Ireland, and another existing facility in Arizona is being converted to the larger wafers.
AMD chips are already cheaper than intel, even though intel already has plants to make these types of wafers. now that these new plants will save them even more money in manufacturing costs, does that mean the market prices will get even lower vs intel??
--krewe, ready for my new AMD CPU
...should be 'Insightful', i think.
Where we go "cool, nice features" they... don't.
i see that all the time. if something pops up, like a message saying, "The page you are about to view is encrypted...," or the one that warns you when you submit text, it could be sniffed, people automaticlly think it's an error or a problem. i guess it's conditioning--any time they browse with IE, warning messages can't be good...
bottom line: most users are reluctant to leave what they know, even if it means a better overall experience.
"The pricing of the upgrade is still being determined..."
<drool>man, when i saw this, i couldnt help but be jealous of that kind of budget. my first thought was, "must be nice..."</drool>
<shameless_plea> considering our (small, private, broke) school is using REALLY old hardware, i could definitely find a home for them. we are still trying to make use of old P1's with 32 MB RAM (hell, i got one that we installed Win2K on! it's kind of a joke to even turn the thing on), and a lot of our hardware keeps dying. plus, i would love nothing more than to get MS off ALL of our boxen and move towards Mac/Linux. </shameless_plea>
--krewe
i think a bigger problem would be users, asking questions like, "hey, where's my Start button? where's outlook express? what's with this mozilla dragon thingy?!"
then there's the calls to tech support when the virus-laden attatchments won't open and install like they're supposed to...
--krewe
this almost deserves an i-told-you-so. spam is not a problem that will be solved by legislation alone, no matter how well (or poorly) it's written. spam laws will only create confusion, needless worries for legitimate email uses, and government overhead.
the spam solution will ultimately be a combo of clear, concise law (HA), tech-based solutions (like verifying the sender, etc), and user savvy.
--krewe
"MSWord gives you a default filename based on the first few words in the document when you save a new file."
you call that a feature? i always give it a different filename, usually b/c the auto-names suck--the first line of what i write genereally isn't the most intuitive or memerable thing about my file.
nuclear power in the US? are you kidding?! we can't even drill for oil in ALASKA...can you imagine the greenik's reaction if we tried to put NUCLEAR power in the any of the great 48?
if we can't even drill in a a teeny tiny part of one of the freak states, how are we gonna get a nuclear plant in, say, maryland? all people will think about is all the mutated animals from the Simpsons.
from article:
"EU legislation banning unwanted e-mail is due to come into force on 31 October, but correspondents say that, given the global nature of the internet, it may have little effect.
Most spam comes from the United States and Asia, and will be outside its reach."
the same goes for any US laws if they come along. it's nice to think that this might do some good, but it'll just create more government jobs and suck tax dollars into another useless program.
"The EU legislation leaves it to each member state how to enforce the legislation, as long as the enforcement is "effective".
too broad...and still ineffective. spammers will just move to other countries with no regulations on this stuff.
"It's funny how slashdotters always want linux to replace windows, but shun targeting the same user level which MS has successfully exploited. Umm, if we want to take over their market share and thereby users, don't we have to target them?" :).
:)
--microsoft's big thing has long been a PC on every desktop, in every home, for all sorts of purposes. problem is, many people don't know wtf to do with them from there. they don't understand how to install proggies, they don't understand why it's so important to guard against viruses, or how to do it, they're not sophisticated enough to secure their pc's...yet they have been convinced that they need and can use pc's for everyday life. these uninformed users make up a large portion of windows users, and as a result, a large portion of ms's secutiry problems, both due to the fact that they don't understand the technology and that ms has dumbed down a lot of their tech b/c of these users (ok, and sometimes just cuz ms sucks
as for me, i don't want to go after these users. i think that they will bring their ignorance to the linux world, and the linux world will suffer as a result, both developmentally and operationally. the mistake is thinking that linux needs to be made easier...in some ways, i agree. however, it should not come at the expense of security or flexibility.
"Most people don't have the time, patience, or inclination to delve into it so deeply."
--then find something else, please...at least for the time being.
am i being elitist? yeah, probably.
quoth PCWorld-- A big change in Longhorn will be the new Windows Future Storage (WinFS) file system, based on SQL Server database technology and designed to give users a direct route to data, making the physical location of a file irrelevant. WinFS replaces the NTFS and FAT32 file systems used in current Windows versions.
:)
is a new file system something we really need? NTFS support is still not 100% in Linux, and now there's a new filesystem to catch up with? beside, who know what kind of bugs will have to be ironed out of it before it approaches NTFS's legendary status.
me, I'm still amused at MS building IIS into the kernel. can't wait to see how that works out