I'm convinced a cell phone with mind reading abilities will exist before something useful and integrated is introduced into these devices. What a scam!
All good points, but I was actually referring to the many worms which dwell in os holes. If users were educated enough to know why a patch is useful, then the effects of the last two (or three?) worms, for example, would be nulled. The warning and patch predated the swarm by 3 weeks. Even for someone on 56K and even with assumed problems with the windows update site, 3 weeks is plenty of time to avoid such a mess.
Granted, it wouldn't solve all the problems, and a heavy fist on the side of the ISP's would alleviate the problems, but something like billy goat just doesn't solve them.
Actually, some of the worst worms have used random IP's. The worms you mentioned only use the emails from the address books, as there is no way to get IP information from it. Therefore monitoring which IP's are fake will provide a method of early warning. Though that's all it'll do.
Detecting potential attacks is one thing and preventing damage and slow-down of the internet is another. Even now we can somewhat predict them before they begin to slow the entire net down. But seeing how something akin to these last two worms will slip right by even with our knowledge, this technology becomes rather redundant. Eventually, educating the end-user will be a greater force than some goat.
This is because microsoft has a greater number of users. Given this, it should be expected that bugs would come out more frequently than in low-circulation operating systems/software, say linux.
"...26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17"
The largest group of gamers, at 38 percent, is men 18 and up, while girls 6 to 17 account for 12 percent of game players, the poll found.
How does this suggest video games attract more women than men? Merely suggests that women have been getting increasing involved.
But since the user who will buy windows will be an average user, it is not in his/her best interest to learn how to "open it up" if it were shipped "closed." The many windows users I interact with have the auto-update on, which finds new patches and updates automatically. If more users had allowed the autoupdate to do its job, then this could have been averted.
Don't get me wrong, though. This problem should not have existed at all, but in a situation where you have to meet deadlines and "stay on top," some things slip through. Nevertheless, Windows is designed in such a way to help the average user keep his computer secure, by allowing automatic updates, a default firewall, and error reporting.
This is a bit unfair. Microsoft identified the problem and offered updates long before the worm hit the streets. Microsoft cares about the security of Windows, but it was the stupidity of the users which led to the compromise of their systems. If a Linux hole is found, nearly ever user would update to fix the change, because the average user of Linux knows what putting it off may entail. The average Windows user does not have the same computer knowledge, and hence, Microsoft gets the blame. Just another MS bashing is what it is!
"Many of the camera's images have sharp enough resolution to show features as small as a school bus."
Given this, it'll perhaps be most rewarding to recommend canyons and valleys instead of deserts and ice-caps. Regardless, this opportunity will perhaps pave the way for future, partially automated, user-controlled satellites.
Chernobyl only released radioactive steam. When you're in mars, you don't have the same means of containment, ie, building a sarcophagus of metal and concrete around the power station. Let's also not forget the erratic weather on that planet, which can spread things before any of the aforementioned is possible.
as this isn't the first time they've pioneered space-related exploration. Though one cringes at the thought of a meltdown, which would endager further exploration.
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Microsoft is quickly starting to look like Swiss cheese.
I'm convinced a cell phone with mind reading abilities will exist before something useful and integrated is introduced into these devices. What a scam!
All good points, but I was actually referring to the many worms which dwell in os holes. If users were educated enough to know why a patch is useful, then the effects of the last two (or three?) worms, for example, would be nulled. The warning and patch predated the swarm by 3 weeks. Even for someone on 56K and even with assumed problems with the windows update site, 3 weeks is plenty of time to avoid such a mess. Granted, it wouldn't solve all the problems, and a heavy fist on the side of the ISP's would alleviate the problems, but something like billy goat just doesn't solve them.
Actually, some of the worst worms have used random IP's. The worms you mentioned only use the emails from the address books, as there is no way to get IP information from it. Therefore monitoring which IP's are fake will provide a method of early warning. Though that's all it'll do.
Detecting potential attacks is one thing and preventing damage and slow-down of the internet is another. Even now we can somewhat predict them before they begin to slow the entire net down. But seeing how something akin to these last two worms will slip right by even with our knowledge, this technology becomes rather redundant. Eventually, educating the end-user will be a greater force than some goat.
P.S. any coincidence it is named "Billy"?
This is because microsoft has a greater number of users. Given this, it should be expected that bugs would come out more frequently than in low-circulation operating systems/software, say linux.
"...26 percent of game players are women 18 or older, while 21 percent are boys 6 to 17"
The largest group of gamers, at 38 percent, is men 18 and up, while girls 6 to 17 account for 12 percent of game players, the poll found. How does this suggest video games attract more women than men? Merely suggests that women have been getting increasing involved.
But since the user who will buy windows will be an average user, it is not in his/her best interest to learn how to "open it up" if it were shipped "closed." The many windows users I interact with have the auto-update on, which finds new patches and updates automatically. If more users had allowed the autoupdate to do its job, then this could have been averted. Don't get me wrong, though. This problem should not have existed at all, but in a situation where you have to meet deadlines and "stay on top," some things slip through. Nevertheless, Windows is designed in such a way to help the average user keep his computer secure, by allowing automatic updates, a default firewall, and error reporting.
This is a bit unfair. Microsoft identified the problem and offered updates long before the worm hit the streets. Microsoft cares about the security of Windows, but it was the stupidity of the users which led to the compromise of their systems. If a Linux hole is found, nearly ever user would update to fix the change, because the average user of Linux knows what putting it off may entail. The average Windows user does not have the same computer knowledge, and hence, Microsoft gets the blame. Just another MS bashing is what it is!
"Many of the camera's images have sharp enough resolution to show features as small as a school bus." Given this, it'll perhaps be most rewarding to recommend canyons and valleys instead of deserts and ice-caps. Regardless, this opportunity will perhaps pave the way for future, partially automated, user-controlled satellites.
about recommending SuSE to Linux newbs.
Chernobyl only released radioactive steam. When you're in mars, you don't have the same means of containment, ie, building a sarcophagus of metal and concrete around the power station. Let's also not forget the erratic weather on that planet, which can spread things before any of the aforementioned is possible.
as this isn't the first time they've pioneered space-related exploration. Though one cringes at the thought of a meltdown, which would endager further exploration.