Security that evolves is always the answer. Good guys need to figure out how ensure current technology functions efficiently before bad guys (sorry, fairer sex) figure out how to circumvent it.
Good guys innovate, bad guys infiltrate.
Until everyone understands that your security is essential to all of our security, we will not be secure.
I like speed. Firefox and the entire Mozilla line of browsers are SLOW. Almost painfully so. As Java is not a normal part of my working or play environment, it doesn't get loaded until needed.
IE just plain starts faster. I don't go to any sites that try to push malware on me, and I purge all accumulated "cooties" from all user directories upon shutdown.
Plus - IE makes me money when I fix other people's PCs.
I thought Open Source was supposed to be soooooo much better. At least, that's what you read DAILY here on/.
Why haven't the open source community come up with the killer apps to once and for all vault them into the REAL arena? I would think they'd be sick of standing in the shadows.
And if you're not running the OS you seek an update on... Switch - or don't bitch.
For the devices to truly be more than the sum of the hardware, they would not only have to be truly self-aware, but capable of learning about other hardware. Or, continual firmware upgrades when charging - so they get regularly reprogrammed with the ability to "deal" with other automated devices in your home. All of these devices would have to "grow" or "update".
Personally, I'd rather see them go at it like BattleBots. A little duck tape, a nice solenoid and a semi-auto pistol...
The unrestricted access to my "data" on my piece of "equipment". If it's mine, I should be able to use it on any applicable device I have. Restriction free.
Congrat's - and let this inspire others to continue to allow us to freely access what is ours!
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Well, being a staunch MS fan, I know what happens and how to deal with it.
Keeps me floating in beer money!
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My XP machines (all Pro) have a shutdown script that purges all cooties that both IE and the OS keep squirreled away for no apparant reason.
Too bad the browsers can't purge all accumulated cookies upon closing the browser window...
I don't mind logging in each time I use a machine, so why would I mind logging in to websites that I frequent?
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Security that evolves is always the answer. Good guys need to figure out how ensure current technology functions efficiently before bad guys (sorry, fairer sex) figure out how to circumvent it.
Good guys innovate, bad guys infiltrate.
Until everyone understands that your security is essential to all of our security, we will not be secure.
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The final chapter of the space shuttle fleet has begun.
Let's get us a new fleet under construction!
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But it took 3 hours to download the page with 300bps...
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... on your journey to Eternity.
You will be missed. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Because people here are always anti-some shit or another. M$ bashing is as popular here as tree-hugging is in California.
No one has the brains to work with what they have, especially when in an enterprise - they don't have the say.
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Can you get 2 references to the Transformers in under 3 hours!
Here's hoping they don't SUCK it up!!!
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And just when I found a supply of 8" Dysan SSDD floppy disks...
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OK - mod me troll if you must...
I like speed. Firefox and the entire Mozilla line of browsers are SLOW. Almost painfully so.
As Java is not a normal part of my working or play environment, it doesn't get loaded until needed.
IE just plain starts faster. I don't go to any sites that try to push malware on me, and I purge all accumulated "cooties" from all user directories upon shutdown.
Plus - IE makes me money when I fix other people's PCs.
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"For every lock there is a key"
Gotta love fair use!
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Hover over a nude beach and take hi-res pictures. It's every /.er's dream!
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Didn't know they could chew through anything other than their client's money..........
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I now know who to blame my "misspent youth" on for living in the basement in the late '70's with my OSI C1P computer.
Thanks for everything!!!
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What demographic group does that put me in, other than being a typical /.er?
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... some of whatever the author's smokin'...
Two buttons too hard for the average user?
With less than 10% of market share? And every other mouse on the planet more than 1 button?
Roll me one of those...
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Here come the lawyers!!!
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I thought Open Source was supposed to be soooooo much better. At least, that's what you read DAILY here on /.
Why haven't the open source community come up with the killer apps to once and for all vault them into the REAL arena? I would think they'd be sick of standing in the shadows.
And if you're not running the OS you seek an update on... Switch - or don't bitch.
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For the devices to truly be more than the sum of the hardware, they would not only have to be truly self-aware, but capable of learning about other hardware. Or, continual firmware upgrades when charging - so they get regularly reprogrammed with the ability to "deal" with other automated devices in your home. All of these devices would have to "grow" or "update".
Personally, I'd rather see them go at it like BattleBots. A little duck tape, a nice solenoid and a semi-auto pistol...
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Just another moron MS bashing.
Move along, nothing to see here.
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I have java rings all over my desk.
Damn housekeeping... Why won't they clean up my coffee spills?
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Jewelry worth wearing! Forget form - it's all FUNCTION!
And all it really needs is to be encased in tinted epoxy (yes - it means dead battery = dead ring)
Time to order some parts online!
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THIS, /.ers is what open source is all about!!!
The unrestricted access to my "data" on my piece of "equipment". If it's mine, I should be able to use it on any applicable device I have. Restriction free.
Congrat's - and let this inspire others to continue to allow us to freely access what is ours!
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Let us see if the others who profix from variants of *nix donate like The Ubergeek Billy Gates does.
See - get a geek laid and look at what he can do in the world!
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