Microsoft makes it pretty clear that arbitrary code can be ran from a web page in the security dialog.
I thought that aside from the VeriSign problems, it's a pretty good system. It sure is easy for people to use.
But now, with the various security problems, the only thing I can recommend is giving people instructions to download and install things on their computer. And so that makes it important to have simple installers.
I'd say that once again, Apple is doing best in this area.
Visual Google? Try visual semantic web. It identifies something and figures out where to go to find answers to it.
Also, I think the building and street corner thing would work a lot better with GPS than a camera.
The most interesting thing I saw in this article is that he plans to roll out a first version in about a year. Besides that, it's interesting research, but stuff we've already heard about.
I would definitely like to experiment with this sort of system.
Too many times, I'll spend so much time doing nothing I wonder what happened to my day. I won't get up in time or I'm too tired.
I've been trying to break those habits, but the reason I've done that today is because my clothes aren't clean. I have only three pairs of pants that I like.
Also, I've lost my good pen. And it was 99 cents. It shouldn't be so important to me, but it is.
What I need is to learn to manage both time and money. To cut back on miscellaneous purchases and get a week and a half's worth of clothes would help tremendously.
This article has served as another reminder. If nothing else, I'll get to bed early so I can have a productive day tomorrow!
Go to sleep at 10PM, get six hours of sleep? That's 4:00 in the morning. Either you go to work at around 5am, which too damn early, or it takes you hours to get to work.
After listening to beautiful music for a while, I come to depend on it. It gives me inspiration.
However, if it's on CD and I'm allowed to back it up, that's safe. But if it's DRM'ed, I can't do it without breaking the laws, which is something I refuse to do (of course there is a point when I might decide civil disobedience is the way to go, for now it's just boycotting). For that reason, I'm not going to listen to music if it's DRM'ed, and I think any true artist should understand that.
I noticed that the news protocol hole is one part of the source that few developers are interested in. Because of this, bugs like this are less likely to get discovered.
The UI hole (right-aligning the URL) is also in an unexpected place.
I always hear talk about the problem with Open Source is people only do the fun stuff. Well, for different people, different things are fun. For some people a security review is very fun. Of course, not as fun as doing a security review on the otherwise most interesting part of the codebase, but fun nonetheless.
So if you enjoy doing security reviews, help Mozilla out. Discovering one of these hidden bugs could definitely help out the I'm sure they could use a couple of eyes in the parts of the code currently not subject to scrutiny. Also, it could help you to become a security expert.
Now that I think about it, that may be just what the people that discovered the hole were doing. It certainly will be good for their career.
The unfortunate (for me) downside to all this was that it led steadily to more and grander schemes, eventually leading to a felony burglary conviction. The fortunate outcome was that I did Learn My Lesson (tm) and now I wouldn't consider stealing anything.
God, that's terrible. I hope you live in a state where you can vote after you get out of jail.
Stick it in a coat pocket? I'm surprised the loss prevention people haven't come after you.
And the fact that you've actually reasoned it out and haven't arrived at the conclusion that maybe you shouldn't stick it in your coat pocket is amazing.
I can't understand people who realize they do something stupidly and don't try to correct it.
I noticed that Chicago Sun-Times uses intrusive advertising tactics. Not one, but two, popups were blocked by Firefox.
What a terrible thing for my government to do. For people to comply, they must have access to the list. So, people will now be able to use the list to get numbers of contacts they've had in the past?
I really, really, really, fucking hate these bastards who are using my tax $$$ for this bullshit propaganda. The FTC has a fucking marketing department? It's the fucking government. They don't need to sell, everyone in the U. S. is forced to be a customer. They each deserve a good, hard punch in the face.
>The POP feature also makes no sense to me; it basically begs you to download messages from their servers when their stated goal is to collect lots of mail.
I agree with that 100%. I really don't have anything to add, I think you put it quite well.
Well, I think you can see that not joining with Apple was a bad call. These people wanted to stay in the shareware business. That's incredibly stupid, I say. Now if they had big business plans (like I do and I'm sure you do), now that would be totally different.
>Like he said, they're young, not married, so why not go for it?
That's a wierd attitude to have. I'm not sure what kind of success they were looking for. Maybe they're just tinkerers.
People who get married make more money, and are healthier, on the average as most studies have concluded. That's a good thing about getting married! If you can do that without getting married, great! I think money and health are something any rational person will try to obtain.
These guys seem to be holding back because of some bizarre political viewpoint. Oh well, fine for them, I guess. Not the kind of people I really want to hang out with though. I say, happiness for all!
He never implied that it was bad. He said he liked his Roomba and he would buy his grandma one.
But I do agree with you that making your dog go ballistic is pretty damn funny;)
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I thought that aside from the VeriSign problems, it's a pretty good system. It sure is easy for people to use.
But now, with the various security problems, the only thing I can recommend is giving people instructions to download and install things on their computer. And so that makes it important to have simple installers.
I'd say that once again, Apple is doing best in this area.
I wonder if you like to consistently misspell that word too.
Well time to switch toolbars then. The point is that you can get a popup blocker for IE that works just as well as the ones for firefox.
G. W. Bush can barely construct a sentence. He is not fucking intelligent.
I hate IE, but I sure as hell am tired of people complaining about yesterday's problems.
Also, I think the building and street corner thing would work a lot better with GPS than a camera.
The most interesting thing I saw in this article is that he plans to roll out a first version in about a year. Besides that, it's interesting research, but stuff we've already heard about.
I would definitely like to experiment with this sort of system.
Intel Extreme. Lame.
The phone company doesn't provide it here. And what reason do they have to? Not the FCC.
They don't care a bit about service.
I've been trying to break those habits, but the reason I've done that today is because my clothes aren't clean. I have only three pairs of pants that I like.
Also, I've lost my good pen. And it was 99 cents. It shouldn't be so important to me, but it is.
What I need is to learn to manage both time and money. To cut back on miscellaneous purchases and get a week and a half's worth of clothes would help tremendously.
This article has served as another reminder. If nothing else, I'll get to bed early so I can have a productive day tomorrow!
Go to sleep at 10PM, get six hours of sleep? That's 4:00 in the morning. Either you go to work at around 5am, which too damn early, or it takes you hours to get to work.
Yeah, I have always had a very low opinion of Secunia. Hopefully Microsoft sues them.
After listening to beautiful music for a while, I come to depend on it. It gives me inspiration.
However, if it's on CD and I'm allowed to back it up, that's safe. But if it's DRM'ed, I can't do it without breaking the laws, which is something I refuse to do (of course there is a point when I might decide civil disobedience is the way to go, for now it's just boycotting). For that reason, I'm not going to listen to music if it's DRM'ed, and I think any true artist should understand that.
I noticed that the news protocol hole is one part of the source that few developers are interested in. Because of this, bugs like this are less likely to get discovered.
The UI hole (right-aligning the URL) is also in an unexpected place.
I always hear talk about the problem with Open Source is people only do the fun stuff. Well, for different people, different things are fun. For some people a security review is very fun. Of course, not as fun as doing a security review on the otherwise most interesting part of the codebase, but fun nonetheless.
So if you enjoy doing security reviews, help Mozilla out. Discovering one of these hidden bugs could definitely help out the I'm sure they could use a couple of eyes in the parts of the code currently not subject to scrutiny. Also, it could help you to become a security expert.
Now that I think about it, that may be just what the people that discovered the hole were doing. It certainly will be good for their career.
I've listened that episode of The Shadow.
First thing to come to mind, from a comment a couple months back:
"You are about to be eaten a grue"
Thank You! That was hilarious. I really needed to hear something funny. I'm up way too damn late.
This is the funniest thing I've seen here in a while.
Someone please mod this up.
The unfortunate (for me) downside to all this was that it led steadily to more and grander schemes, eventually leading to a felony burglary conviction. The fortunate outcome was that I did Learn My Lesson (tm) and now I wouldn't consider stealing anything.
God, that's terrible. I hope you live in a state where you can vote after you get out of jail.Stick it in a coat pocket? I'm surprised the loss prevention people haven't come after you.
And the fact that you've actually reasoned it out and haven't arrived at the conclusion that maybe you shouldn't stick it in your coat pocket is amazing.
I can't understand people who realize they do something stupidly and don't try to correct it.
Man, do I really have to spell everything out?
Subject says it all.
When they're safe, they're coming.
What a terrible thing for my government to do. For people to comply, they must have access to the list. So, people will now be able to use the list to get numbers of contacts they've had in the past?
I really, really, really, fucking hate these bastards who are using my tax $$$ for this bullshit propaganda. The FTC has a fucking marketing department? It's the fucking government. They don't need to sell, everyone in the U. S. is forced to be a customer. They each deserve a good, hard punch in the face.
I agree with that 100%. I really don't have anything to add, I think you put it quite well.
Well, I think you can see that not joining with Apple was a bad call. These people wanted to stay in the shareware business. That's incredibly stupid, I say. Now if they had big business plans (like I do and I'm sure you do), now that would be totally different.
>Like he said, they're young, not married, so why not go for it?
That's a wierd attitude to have. I'm not sure what kind of success they were looking for. Maybe they're just tinkerers.
People who get married make more money, and are healthier, on the average as most studies have concluded. That's a good thing about getting married! If you can do that without getting married, great! I think money and health are something any rational person will try to obtain.
These guys seem to be holding back because of some bizarre political viewpoint. Oh well, fine for them, I guess. Not the kind of people I really want to hang out with though. I say, happiness for all!
He never implied that it was bad. He said he liked his Roomba and he would buy his grandma one. But I do agree with you that making your dog go ballistic is pretty damn funny ;)