>> A lightning fast transmission medium is no match for a mechanical
>>data access sytem, i.e. your hard disk. I have a fast internet connection
>>but a slow hard drive. Sigh.
>don't store it on your hd then, just stream whatever you're doing from the net....
There's a hard disk somewhere at the other end of that fast internet connection.
slow HDD [is less than] fast internet connection + slow/fast HDD
You'll have a better chance if the firewall is a separate piece of hardware such as those home routers that perform NAT.
Agreed. But even if you plugged your PC right into the cable/DSL adapter, a soft firewall should block all the right ports as well. All ports are closed by default, and a click to "Accept Connection" for IE connecting to the WU server should be all you need to get patched.
So burn Kerio/Sygate/Norton to a CD-R and the problem is solved. Am I missing something relevant to this discussion? It seems like a lot of hand-wringing over nothing.
I have a friend at NYU. You pretty much have to keep yourself provably protected at all times.
I mean, they litterally plug in, said "fuck", unplugged, and they were already infected with something.
We all agree that you should "plug in" without some kind of protection.
1) Burn a CD with XP SP2 on it at work, a friend's place or wherever
2) Install XP fresh without being connected to the net
3) Install SP2 from the CD next
4) Install everything else
Wouldn't installing Kerio Personal Firewall or some other firewall after the initial XP install (#2) make it safe to install all the updates from Windows Update?
this would make my job a whole lot easier... monitoring... from a single location...
Your job, or the job of the Indian who replaces you?
/FUD
Re:I've been doing this since August 2003.
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> Why is this so tough for people to "get" ?
Maybe because you say right on your website, "Don't post this to slashdot. You will murder my cable modem."
Who knows how many truely brilliant ideas have languished in obscurity because their author was afraid of a slashdotting... Surely thousands -- no, millions...
there is no way any windows desktop can beat that speed.
Don't be too sure.
Lately I've been using LiteStep, a Windows version of the Unix window manager AfterStep, and I have to say I have been very impressed with the overall improvement in performance. I've got an old Celeron 800Mhz notebook with 256MB of RAM that was struggling under standard WinXP Pro, even with all window-dressing (so to speak) turned off (like zooming windows, big desktop background graphics, etc.). This was especially obvious when I would use a removable wireless adapter card -- Firefox was sluggish and even unresponsive at times. (And seriously, this was a completely stripped-down environment -- no extraneous services running or background programs sucking up available resources.)
But since switching from Explorer to LiteStep as my default shell, just about everything about how Windows works has improved in terms of responsiveness and speed in general. My frustration level has been seriously cut down. And on top of that, my wife now refuses to use the laptop because of the new shell -- what a shame.
I'd bet a WindowsXP machine using LiteStep as the shell could keep up with just about any stripped down window manager for Linux like Fluxbox.
Confused voter: "Excuse me, those election results can't be right -- I voted for Candidate X."
Election Official: "Oh, OK, may I have your receipt?"
Confised voter: "I don't know where that little piece of paper is!"
People don't care about what browser they use or what it's vulnerabilities are -- you are correct.
But they do care about making their computer work the way they want it too: fast, and without a lot of pop-ups. And the media knows this: media doesn't sell newspapers or attract viewers by saying, "Here's a new browser that's been introduced!" or "A new hole was discovered in IE!"
They say, "Got spyware? Got pop-ups? Got problems with your computer? Check out Firefox!"
And that's how Firefox will get new users. In addition to all the "Mom, I fixed your computer -- it might look a little different but it'll run a lot faster and better" kind of new users.
Slashdot Mirror
And we get to use all kinds of cool and undecipherable acronyms while we're at it -- bonus points!
At last, proof positive that Rush Limbaugh is dangerous to people's health.
I've been close to dying of laughter listening to him for years...
Caller abortions, anyone?
Yeah, I couldn't remember the escape sequence or whatever to get that character to show up. I thought the meaning was quite clear.
next up: drives made of actual light
Can't wait to see the neon-crazy mods get a hold of this one...
>> A lightning fast transmission medium is no match for a mechanical
>>data access sytem, i.e. your hard disk. I have a fast internet connection
>>but a slow hard drive. Sigh.
>don't store it on your hd then, just stream whatever you're doing from the net....
There's a hard disk somewhere at the other end of that fast internet connection.
slow HDD [is less than] fast internet connection + slow/fast HDD
Damn!
http://www.advertysement.com/ is slashdotted already!
Tired of missing those great opportunities because of those annoying printer-friendly links? Try Ad-Bar from Squarefree!
Ad-Bar's special features:
- adbar displays Google ads related to pages you view
- because the ads are relevant, they are occasionally useful (THAT'S A PROMISE!)
When adbar isn't displaying ads from Google, it displays- Firefox-related things such as silly Firefox slogans
- ads for other Mozilla software
- and requests for donations to the Mozilla Foundation
Plus, Ad-Bar is tri-licensed (MPL, GPL, LGPL)! Mmmmm, taste that FOSS-goodness!You'll have a better chance if the firewall is a separate piece of hardware such as those home routers that perform NAT.
//to be expected
Agreed. But even if you plugged your PC right into the cable/DSL adapter, a soft firewall should block all the right ports as well. All ports are closed by default, and a click to "Accept Connection" for IE connecting to the WU server should be all you need to get patched.
So burn Kerio/Sygate/Norton to a CD-R and the problem is solved. Am I missing something relevant to this discussion? It seems like a lot of hand-wringing over nothing.
you should "plug in"
Should not. Duh.
I have a friend at NYU. You pretty much have to keep yourself provably protected at all times.
... NYU ::shudder::
I mean, they litterally plug in, said "fuck", unplugged, and they were already infected with something.
We all agree that you should "plug in" without some kind of protection.
... very small, low-power devices that can route messages between each other until they find the target device ...
I can just see a trojan buried deep inside the ketchup dispenser next to the cash register at the McDonalds ("Now accepting credit cards!").
this would make my job a whole lot easier ... monitoring ... from a single location ...
/FUD
Your job, or the job of the Indian who replaces you?
> Why is this so tough for people to "get" ?
Maybe because you say right on your website, "Don't post this to slashdot. You will murder my cable modem."
Who knows how many truely brilliant ideas have languished in obscurity because their author was afraid of a slashdotting... Surely thousands -- no, millions...
I think you mean Romaji (with Wikipedia goodness).
Common mistake -- even Wikipedia redirects a search on Romanji to Romaji automatically...
Wow, this announcement reminds me of an awesome book I just read: http://www.kuro5hin.org/....
kuro5hin link on slashdot? Go fark yourself.
With my luck I'll get a dead Pentium Z or Q that I just can't get rid of ...
All I got is two 'M's and an 'X'...
so basically they want to stack the chips? umm, heat?
They should get together with Pringles or Lays -- they've both been doing this for a while...
there is no way any windows desktop can beat that speed.
Don't be too sure.
Lately I've been using LiteStep, a Windows version of the Unix window manager AfterStep, and I have to say I have been very impressed with the overall improvement in performance. I've got an old Celeron 800Mhz notebook with 256MB of RAM that was struggling under standard WinXP Pro, even with all window-dressing (so to speak) turned off (like zooming windows, big desktop background graphics, etc.). This was especially obvious when I would use a removable wireless adapter card -- Firefox was sluggish and even unresponsive at times. (And seriously, this was a completely stripped-down environment -- no extraneous services running or background programs sucking up available resources.)
But since switching from Explorer to LiteStep as my default shell, just about everything about how Windows works has improved in terms of responsiveness and speed in general. My frustration level has been seriously cut down. And on top of that, my wife now refuses to use the laptop because of the new shell -- what a shame.
I'd bet a WindowsXP machine using LiteStep as the shell could keep up with just about any stripped down window manager for Linux like Fluxbox.
I've really liked where Novell has started taking suse, ximian, and netware, so I'll be pretty sad if sun does buy them...
Hopefully, the improvements that novell had been making with suse, ximian, and netware will never see the Sun.
Er... hm.
In that case, we can thank the sun for all the blue moons:
BBC: Sunspots reaching 1,000-year high
A new analysis shows that the Sun is more active now than it has been at anytime in the previous 1,000 years.
Scientists based at the Institute for Astronomy in Zurich used ice cores from Greenland to construct a picture of our star's activity in the past.
They say that over the last century the number of sunspots rose at the same time that the Earth's climate became steadily warmer.
I can see it now:
Confused voter: "Excuse me, those election results can't be right -- I voted for Candidate X."
Election Official: "Oh, OK, may I have your receipt?"
Confised voter: "I don't know where that little piece of paper is!"
From the same state that gave us the mental wizards confused by the butterfly ballots.
most people don't give a shit about it
People don't care about what browser they use or what it's vulnerabilities are -- you are correct.
But they do care about making their computer work the way they want it too: fast, and without a lot of pop-ups. And the media knows this: media doesn't sell newspapers or attract viewers by saying, "Here's a new browser that's been introduced!" or "A new hole was discovered in IE!"
They say, "Got spyware? Got pop-ups? Got problems with your computer? Check out Firefox!"
And that's how Firefox will get new users. In addition to all the "Mom, I fixed your computer -- it might look a little different but it'll run a lot faster and better" kind of new users.
There have been more and more stories in the mainstream press mentioning Firefox as a cure for what ails your computer:
Salt Lake Tribune
The Age
Sierra Star (CA)
Sun-Sentinel (FL)
News-Press (FL)
News-Leader (MO)
The Scotsman (guys in skirts)
etc...