I've said it before, and i will say it again: Your internet provider is a conduit on which multiple services rely. It cannot and should not, by law, be used to control or limit access, or police content either of it's own accord or upon request of external parties.
Of course, personally, I am strongly against connecting any devices (other than computers) in my home to the outside facing network, but that's beside the point.
You aren't too smart are you? A VM won't help. Do you even know what the flaw is? Malicious JS is everywhere. Advertisements, legitimate websites. You won't even know you are compromised.
You didn't fix anything. You just confirmed what I said. Meltdown is an INTEL ONLY ISSUE. It isn't replicable on any other processor. It is INTEL ONLY.
WRONG. Google was talking about a different issue that solved their particular problem. They recompiled the binaries on their server farms to work around the issue. Hackers aren't going to do that. Their solution won't work for anyone else.
None of those CEOs have dumped all their stocks and options to the minimum level in a single year. NONE. Don't blame me because you are ignorant of finance.
"But Intel knew that the chip that I would be buying was materially defective. Whilst I accept that they have taken steps to apply corrective software fixes, that doesn't detract from the fact that I could have chosen to defer my purchase until a "clean" chip was released. Here we have the CEO saying "no recall", yet how are Intel's actions any different from i.e. the Ford Motor Company / Firestone Tire issue?"
You nailed the issue. In addition, Intel is STILL SELLING their defective product. Intel did the right thing (after being dragged kicking and screaming) and recalled their defective product after the FDIV issue. THere is no reason to think they won't have to this time. So there is real world experience and precedent here.
Oh, and for the CEO dumping his stock issue? Just listen to the expert:"In all the years I've been at this and of all the companies I've covered, I can't recall another single massive sale on this scale," said Stacy Rasgon, an Intel analyst at Sanford Bernstein.
Meltdown is a much much bigger issue than Spectre is. Meltdown is an Intel only issue. I cannot make it more simpler. Please do some research before commenting. You don't need to be a CPU architect. The papers explain the problem very simply.
Give me a break. One of the key features of the processor is not allowing access to kernel memory from processes that shouldn't have access. Really, just stop. Too stupid.
Which systems are affected by Meltdown?
Desktop, Laptop, and Cloud computers may be affected by Meltdown. More technically, every Intel processor which implements out-of-order execution is potentially affected, which is effectively every processor since 1995 (except Intel Itanium and Intel Atom before 2013). We successfully tested Meltdown on Intel processor generations released as early as 2011. Currently, we have only verified Meltdown on Intel processors.
Quote: "In all the years I've been at this and of all the companies I've covered, I can't recall another single massive sale on this scale," Stacy Rasgon, an Intel analyst at Sanford Bernstein. What does a limit order have to do with anything?
WRONG. What CEO dumps his stock to the MINIMUM level required in a single year? None. Quote:
"In all the years I've been at this and of all the companies I've covered, I can't recall another single massive sale on this scale," Stacy Rasgon, an Intel analyst at Sanford Bernstein.
Nice try. Intel has done recalls for much less. There is no "firmware update" that will fix it. This is a huge flaw that cannot be fixed. But nice try at spinning it.
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I've said it before, and i will say it again: Your internet provider is a conduit on which multiple services rely. It cannot and should not, by law, be used to control or limit access, or police content either of it's own accord or upon request of external parties.
Of course, personally, I am strongly against connecting any devices (other than computers) in my home to the outside facing network, but that's beside the point.
That is ridiculous. Corporations need a stable flow of income. If you keep the music you won't pay every month. Think of the corporations!
This isn't a simple "errata". It is the biggest processor flaw seen to date.
You aren't too smart are you? A VM won't help. Do you even know what the flaw is? Malicious JS is everywhere. Advertisements, legitimate websites. You won't even know you are compromised.
My guess is they are trying to reduce costs to delay going out of business caused by not having a business model. Beats having a real job I guess!
I have no problem with it, but I see people complain about "Nazis" and then they start applying it everything else.
But...Nazis. You don't like Nazis do you? If you are against this, you must be a Nazi. Look everyone, a Nazi!
...and someone did some research...but...Nazis!
Nothing can possibly go wrong with this. It has everything: NSA, hacking, white supremacists, reddit, AI. Definitely worth funding.
We are getting closer to the future every moment.
Bummer. Monster is an even more upstanding company. It is too bad they got screwed over.
It is hard to believe that the founder of Beats did it all for the money.
You cannot make that change in the microcode. Meltdown cannot be fixed without replacing the processor: it can only be mitigated.
You didn't fix anything. You just confirmed what I said. Meltdown is an INTEL ONLY ISSUE. It isn't replicable on any other processor. It is INTEL ONLY.
WRONG. Google was talking about a different issue that solved their particular problem. They recompiled the binaries on their server farms to work around the issue. Hackers aren't going to do that. Their solution won't work for anyone else.
None of those CEOs have dumped all their stocks and options to the minimum level in a single year. NONE. Don't blame me because you are ignorant of finance.
"But Intel knew that the chip that I would be buying was materially defective. Whilst I accept that they have taken steps to apply corrective software fixes, that doesn't detract from the fact that I could have chosen to defer my purchase until a "clean" chip was released. Here we have the CEO saying "no recall", yet how are Intel's actions any different from i.e. the Ford Motor Company / Firestone Tire issue?"
You nailed the issue. In addition, Intel is STILL SELLING their defective product. Intel did the right thing (after being dragged kicking and screaming) and recalled their defective product after the FDIV issue. THere is no reason to think they won't have to this time. So there is real world experience and precedent here.
Oh, and for the CEO dumping his stock issue? Just listen to the expert:"In all the years I've been at this and of all the companies I've covered, I can't recall another single massive sale on this scale," said Stacy Rasgon, an Intel analyst at Sanford Bernstein.
Meltdown is a much much bigger issue than Spectre is. Meltdown is an Intel only issue. I cannot make it more simpler. Please do some research before commenting. You don't need to be a CPU architect. The papers explain the problem very simply.
So? That isn't an excuse to continue to sell a defective product!
Give me a break. One of the key features of the processor is not allowing access to kernel memory from processes that shouldn't have access. Really, just stop. Too stupid.
FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY FOUND THE FLAW:
https://spectreattack.com/
Which systems are affected by Meltdown?
Desktop, Laptop, and Cloud computers may be affected by Meltdown. More technically, every Intel processor which implements out-of-order execution is potentially affected, which is effectively every processor since 1995 (except Intel Itanium and Intel Atom before 2013). We successfully tested Meltdown on Intel processor generations released as early as 2011. Currently, we have only verified Meltdown on Intel processors.
Really, are you that ill-informed?
Quote: "In all the years I've been at this and of all the companies I've covered, I can't recall another single massive sale on this scale," Stacy Rasgon, an Intel analyst at Sanford Bernstein. What does a limit order have to do with anything?
There is no "simple software patch" that will "do the job". That is the point. But nice try at the "save the Earth" spin.
WRONG. What CEO dumps his stock to the MINIMUM level required in a single year? None. Quote:
"In all the years I've been at this and of all the companies I've covered, I can't recall another single massive sale on this scale," Stacy Rasgon, an Intel analyst at Sanford Bernstein.
Nice try. Intel has done recalls for much less. There is no "firmware update" that will fix it. This is a huge flaw that cannot be fixed. But nice try at spinning it.