...or they would be programmatically forced to jump in front of those out of control trains that were compromised by the recent M$ exploit like the FUD spin made things sound.
"Wow, taken to the extreme, the exploitation of their systems could have caused a train collision and injury or death to hundreds of Maryland and Virginia commuters."
And also hundreds of kamikazi geriatrics! Oh the humanity!
Is this really progress? I have also read that genetic scientists are working on future projects that might be able to extend the average human lifespan to well over 100 years old. What is that worth? The people mentally would be out on Pluto.
It is frigtening thinking of some shrivelled-up husk of a person (whom is alive by the definition of still possessing a pulse) squeaking around in a metal people-pod. It is frightening enough seeing them buzzing around the grocery store in those damn Larks and Rascals with their zombie mask expressions. Or seeing them barely peering over the steering wheel cutting people off without a clue.
Extending lifespan and productivity of the human race is admirable to a certain degree but let's keep this in perspective. Now the medic alert bracelet will come with a key to the Jaws of Life so EMT's can pull old farts out of their rigs.
Your CIO probably was fondly recalling a January 2003 speech by Bill Gates (right around the time the Slammer exploit started hitting the market, probably leading to delay in his return flight being confirmed at the airline ticketing counter):
"At Microsoft we halted development on several key products and invested more than $100 million to evaluate our existing software for security issues, and to train our developers to build security into our future products from the ground up...Companies should feel confident about embracing e-commerce, knowing that they can always depend on their software to meet their evolving needs reliably. That is why Microsoft, along with a host of other companies and researchers, is working aggressively to create computing systems that will be self-managing, self-repairing and inherently resilient. Put simply, they will just work.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Bill Gates for Governor of California!!!
I couldn't find the article I was talking about but here's another article regarding the blackout investigation. Near the end of the story there is mention of how the computer alarm system either wasn't recognized or wasn't operational. And if the power outage started in that company's territory perhaps they were behind the 8-ball as a result of the lack of alarm recognition.
It's the same power company, FirstEnergy. I live not too far from where they are talking about and things are definitely fishy. What I read in another article was that during the MSBlast fiasco their alarm systems weren't functioning since they were Windoze-based and were compromised by the worm. Keep in mind that this was just prior to the cascading blackout.
When the FirstEnergy company experienced the start of the outage they didn't or couldn't rely on the Windoze-based alerting system. I would *assume* they would just pick up a phone and call the adjacent power company to give them a heads-up but perhaps not seeing the impact.
If I can find the article I read I will post it here. Perhaps 50 million irate customers who lost power could help light some torches and march up to Redmond.
I keep on timing out, myself. Damn shame too. Now I can't verify that Micro$loth couldn't make it even more clear that Windows 98 is included. Look at the quote you typed. You'll see that 98 is listed. Was there no other links or something that caused you concern?
Now the folks bumming around the Ohio area where I live are the FirstEnergy gurus. They still can't download the Xenix updates from Micro$loth to upgrade their cutting edge equipment:-)
I guess if things can't be effectively controlled with laptops and other remote users perhaps ban bringing in outside equipment into mission critical facilities such as hospitals, power plants, water plants, etc.? If I was a sysadmin at one of these places I would certainly entertain the idea.
So far *practically* everything is succeptible to the same buffer overruns because of the same lack of boundary checking coded into the software. Perform a search of Microsoft+Buffer+Overrun and I'm sure more hits come back than backstage at a Snoop Dogg concert.
Everything might be an exaggeration, but lazy/incompentent coding that is retroactive from Windoze 2003 Server all the way back to Windoze 95 speaks loads. Actually it might be their entire product catalog come to think of it. You think a white board in one of their meeting rooms up at Mount Olympus has a big "BOUNDARY CHECKING" written on it by now?
Is a "rouge" patch available at the next Mary Kay party? Is that similar to wearing cucumbers over your eyes when you go to sleep at night? Maybe is it a "rogue" patch after all...
Actually I consider myself to be somewhat competent and lately I do think everything from Redmond does suck. It's one story after another. Not all of these anti-M$ stories are 100% the company's fault but in some way, shape or form, they show how inept a company that portrays itself as the only game in town is.
What major release has Micro$loth put out there that's made everyone's lives better and easier in the last several years? I can't think of any. These published reports just show what a house of cards the Windoze platform is.
True that. Everything they do lately pisses me off. From *still* writing code (or passing off new code as being anything different from repackaged crap) succeptible to buffer overrun exploits to recent virus attacks *still* propagating through the same old hooks into the WAB or Outlook/OE Contacts to their ridiculous anti-consumer business practices. You name it. I've had it.
I think back around 1998 or so they stopped being an innovative corporation really providing value-added worth to the consumer. They have the cart before the horse. The consumer should be the one steering the vendor and the overall marketplace. But Microsoft is arrogant enough to think they are the ones steering the marketplace, by creating false sense of consumer demand and otherwise trying to get consumers dependent on them because they just simply have no other place to go. Or so they want the consumer to think.
When my home PC dies I'm either going exclusively with a new RedHat Linux box or else I'm shelling out for a new Apple. Keeping my corporate envionment patched is a pain enough. When I go home I want to get away from Micro$loth's crap.
Case in point, just look at yesterday's big annoucements about new security vulnerabilities. More stuff for me to patch and deploy to countless workstations. Within an hour of the announcements one of the "fixes" got revised by M$ because it wasn't comprehensive enough and didn't install correctly on all targets. What a freakin' joke. I would be more forgiving with a small company with a handful of resources. But if Micro$loth wants to be the only game in town then they need to get their shit together!
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What about "Fishtar"? Most folks hated "Waterworld" but I personally thought it was okay...
Rather than an "in-house sociologist" (WTF?!) they should hire an entire department of programmers/hackers/crackers to bang, stress test, and exploit their subpar code. Maybe then they would avoid some of their recent security faux pas.
Reading this thread makes me want to rant-post on some of their boards! They should buy out the Church of $cientology too. That would make a great team.
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d)...or an incontinent Parkinson's sufferer would wind up eletrocuting themselves much like a joyride on Ol' Sparky up at the state pen.
"Wow, taken to the extreme, the exploitation of their systems could have caused a train collision and injury or death to hundreds of Maryland and Virginia commuters."
And also hundreds of kamikazi geriatrics! Oh the humanity!
It is frigtening thinking of some shrivelled-up husk of a person (whom is alive by the definition of still possessing a pulse) squeaking around in a metal people-pod. It is frightening enough seeing them buzzing around the grocery store in those damn Larks and Rascals with their zombie mask expressions. Or seeing them barely peering over the steering wheel cutting people off without a clue.
Extending lifespan and productivity of the human race is admirable to a certain degree but let's keep this in perspective. Now the medic alert bracelet will come with a key to the Jaws of Life so EMT's can pull old farts out of their rigs.
Nazi's is possessive whereas Nazis is plural. Glad I could be of assistance.
Why in the world would someone spell safety as saftey? Oh I know. A /. poster boy!
"At Microsoft we halted development on several key products and invested more than $100 million to evaluate our existing software for security issues, and to train our developers to build security into our future products from the ground up...Companies should feel confident about embracing e-commerce, knowing that they can always depend on their software to meet their evolving needs reliably. That is why Microsoft, along with a host of other companies and researchers, is working aggressively to create computing systems that will be self-managing, self-repairing and inherently resilient. Put simply, they will just work.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Bill Gates for Governor of California!!!
A hard-on apparently...
This sounds like lucid, logical thinking. I am behind you 100%. As a first step I say we all stack our PC's in his front yard and have a bonfire.
Sincerely,
Ted Kaczynski
Still looking for that other article...
When the FirstEnergy company experienced the start of the outage they didn't or couldn't rely on the Windoze-based alerting system. I would *assume* they would just pick up a phone and call the adjacent power company to give them a heads-up but perhaps not seeing the impact.
If I can find the article I read I will post it here. Perhaps 50 million irate customers who lost power could help light some torches and march up to Redmond.
Now the folks bumming around the Ohio area where I live are the FirstEnergy gurus. They still can't download the Xenix updates from Micro$loth to upgrade their cutting edge equipment :-)
I guess if things can't be effectively controlled with laptops and other remote users perhaps ban bringing in outside equipment into mission critical facilities such as hospitals, power plants, water plants, etc.? If I was a sysadmin at one of these places I would certainly entertain the idea.
Microsoft Software Causes Train Brakes to Fail. Amtrak Ruined!"
Everything might be an exaggeration, but lazy/incompentent coding that is retroactive from Windoze 2003 Server all the way back to Windoze 95 speaks loads. Actually it might be their entire product catalog come to think of it. You think a white board in one of their meeting rooms up at Mount Olympus has a big "BOUNDARY CHECKING" written on it by now?
Is a "rouge" patch available at the next Mary Kay party? Is that similar to wearing cucumbers over your eyes when you go to sleep at night? Maybe is it a "rogue" patch after all...
What major release has Micro$loth put out there that's made everyone's lives better and easier in the last several years? I can't think of any. These published reports just show what a house of cards the Windoze platform is.
I think back around 1998 or so they stopped being an innovative corporation really providing value-added worth to the consumer. They have the cart before the horse. The consumer should be the one steering the vendor and the overall marketplace. But Microsoft is arrogant enough to think they are the ones steering the marketplace, by creating false sense of consumer demand and otherwise trying to get consumers dependent on them because they just simply have no other place to go. Or so they want the consumer to think.
When my home PC dies I'm either going exclusively with a new RedHat Linux box or else I'm shelling out for a new Apple. Keeping my corporate envionment patched is a pain enough. When I go home I want to get away from Micro$loth's crap.
Case in point, just look at yesterday's big annoucements about new security vulnerabilities. More stuff for me to patch and deploy to countless workstations. Within an hour of the announcements one of the "fixes" got revised by M$ because it wasn't comprehensive enough and didn't install correctly on all targets. What a freakin' joke. I would be more forgiving with a small company with a handful of resources. But if Micro$loth wants to be the only game in town then they need to get their shit together!
What about "Fishtar"? Most folks hated "Waterworld" but I personally thought it was okay...
I am not an automotive engineer but I can still have the opinion that the Yugo was a piece of shit.
I am not a psychologist but still teabagging Steve Balmer.
Just because I haven't written or fixed as much code as a huge multibillion dollar empire doesn't mean that I can't think for myself, jackass.
A computer is what you sit your donuts on.
Sincerely,
Homer J. Simpson
Actually it's intents not intensive. So maybe go back to alt.head.up.your.ass instead.
Reading this thread makes me want to rant-post on some of their boards! They should buy out the Church of $cientology too. That would make a great team.
Or "Ishtar" for that matter.
Actually the buds are considered flowers, fellow dumbass.
"I'se good at ciphern' and guzintas too" - Jethro Clampett.