The authors of the worm have a structural advantage over the antivirus companies, which is that the antivirus companies have to sell their product to people. So, the virus writers can always just get a copy of the antivirus software, and test it out first. And, worms spread so quickly that millions of machines can get compromised before the first updates come out.
Wow, after reading a bit of the discussion so far, I'm amazed that everyone on Slashdot is being so defensive of Google and hostile to Yahoo. Is Yahoo Microsoft? Has Yahoo done anything wrong or horrible?
As some people have been quick to point out, it's the quality of the search, not the quantity of results that matters. This is just another worthless Slashdot story and shouldn't mean anything to anyone.
I agree with the two people that responded above me... Vista's installation will even tell you that you can go eat a sandwich or whatever, as you can see in this screenshot, what with a progress bar and everything.
You can see screenshots of the installation process on Paul Thurrott's site here.
That's it. From now on, I'm not listening anyone that tries to tell me to install Gentoo anymore when they say "Try it, the installation will only take a few days."
Yes, I agree. If I was Microsoft, I would just... not put those in because someone else already did! Only revolutionary features!
Just because something isn't revolutionary or "innovative" (the most overused word on/.) doesn't mean it isn't necessary.
Besides, did Microsoft ever say those were REVOLUTIONARY THAT WE'LL PATENT SOON!! BWAHAHAHA!!?
First, that's the difference between unlocking "fully rendered, unmodified" content that was never meant to be accessible to the user in the shipped product and a third party just adding in that content themselves?
Second, what's the difference between having content that was never meant to be accessible to the user in the shipped product and that content not existing at all?
You got to look on the bright side though. OpenOffice's microsoft office file support is quite a bit better than microsoft office's OpenOffice file support.
And whose fault is that? Microsoft Office, the real program with their own file formats that they read just fine, or OpenOffice, which tries to use those, and botches them as they read and write them?
The fact that Microsoft has had to work hard to try and catch up to OSX's level of security is a Longhorn advantage? Wonder if they made it yet....... "As with Windows XP Service Pack 2, security remains at the forefront of Microsoft's development efforts." Right. And it's been proven, after 5 years, how rock solid XP security is...
So, anyone want to bet on how many "critical" system compromising security issues will be found before Longhorn SP1 comes out?
Not a Longhorn advantage, but it will make it an XP advantage. Windows is the most common OS and is therefore the most commonly targeted OS, and Microsoft is recognizing that, and trying to make it better. What doesn't kill Windows entirely just makes it stronger.
Made me laugh: "...document icons are no longer a hint of the type of file, but rather a small picture of the file itself." Now there's a security enhancement. The user will have no clue as to what it will do when they double-click the icon...(not that they ever worried about it anyway).
Yeah, just like in KDE, Gnome, OS X, and media files in Windows XP. Stupid Linux, Mac, and Windows users, they'll never understand what it'll do when they double click on it...
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It's just disgusting that the parent was modded down as a troll for expressing their views, telling a personal story, and explaining why they liked XP more. That kind of stuff shouldn't get modded down just because you think you know better than the person him/herself. Reserve troll mods for goatse.
The Slashfix extension fixes this. I got this from Mozilla Update, but it seems to have been removed from their site. For whatever reason it was, it works perfectly.
However, if the Dvorak layout became the standard, everyone would change the commands so that they were more accessible.
That's assuming of course that everyone DOES switch.
Spyware makers hear us - we do NOT like your damned "software".
I'm not so sure that spyware makers are in it so that they can create programs that we like and "don't actually mind about their takeover of our pc's" as I am that spyware is meant to harvest usage statistics, deliver advertising, and change your homepage to get money.
Instead, I think that spyware authors are going to think that people still don't even know what exactly is taking over their computer.
Although I'm not a mod maker myself, I would really like to see the Half-Life 2 SDK come out, so that I can see what kind of cool mods the community comes out with, notably an *actual* Half-Life 2 Multiplayer...
This is worthless. There's no way you can just stop kids from buying games they want to play.
Some obvious workarounds are ordering online and having a friend or relative buy the game.
You go to Target to buy a 12-pack of "One-Time Use Thermometers." Instructions: "When the temperature is between 45 and 75 degrees celcius, the liquid inside turns to a solid, shattering the glass! That's all there is to it!"
one gig of storage? wow. in theory, i could use that space to store a fair amount of warez, tunes, and flicks, and spread them around with relative impunity.
Maybe they won't allow you to upload or store zip or mp3 files...
Spymac already offers free 1GB e-mail accounts without all the privacy issues of GMail. However, not everyone wants their email address to have the word 'mac' in it.
Hmm... though maybe someone would interpret that as spying on the macs in some sinister conspiracy against Apple...
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The authors of the worm have a structural advantage over the antivirus companies, which is that the antivirus companies have to sell their product to people. So, the virus writers can always just get a copy of the antivirus software, and test it out first. And, worms spread so quickly that millions of machines can get compromised before the first updates come out.
And not just the quicklaunch, but you can make any number of toolbars with any number of things on it, and put it on any part of the screen.
Wow, after reading a bit of the discussion so far, I'm amazed that everyone on Slashdot is being so defensive of Google and hostile to Yahoo. Is Yahoo Microsoft? Has Yahoo done anything wrong or horrible?
As some people have been quick to point out, it's the quality of the search, not the quantity of results that matters. This is just another worthless Slashdot story and shouldn't mean anything to anyone.
Sounds more like optimism. :)
I agree with the two people that responded above me... Vista's installation will even tell you that you can go eat a sandwich or whatever, as you can see in this screenshot, what with a progress bar and everything.
You can see screenshots of the installation process on Paul Thurrott's site here.
That's it. From now on, I'm not listening anyone that tries to tell me to install Gentoo anymore when they say "Try it, the installation will only take a few days."
Real quote.
Yes, I agree. If I was Microsoft, I would just... not put those in because someone else already did! Only revolutionary features! Just because something isn't revolutionary or "innovative" (the most overused word on /.) doesn't mean it isn't necessary.
Besides, did Microsoft ever say those were REVOLUTIONARY THAT WE'LL PATENT SOON!! BWAHAHAHA!!?
Two questions:
First, that's the difference between unlocking "fully rendered, unmodified" content that was never meant to be accessible to the user in the shipped product and a third party just adding in that content themselves?
Second, what's the difference between having content that was never meant to be accessible to the user in the shipped product and that content not existing at all?
Yeah, just like in KDE, Gnome, OS X, and media files in Windows XP. Stupid Linux, Mac, and Windows users, they'll never understand what it'll do when they double click on it...
It's just disgusting that the parent was modded down as a troll for expressing their views, telling a personal story, and explaining why they liked XP more. That kind of stuff shouldn't get modded down just because you think you know better than the person him/herself. Reserve troll mods for goatse.
It's value will double every 18 months!
If you actually have the original magazine lying around, Intel wants it for $10,000 dollars. They have a "Want it Now" page on Ebay here.
The Slashfix extension fixes this. I got this from Mozilla Update, but it seems to have been removed from their site. For whatever reason it was, it works perfectly.
However, if the Dvorak layout became the standard, everyone would change the commands so that they were more accessible. That's assuming of course that everyone DOES switch.
Spyware makers hear us - we do NOT like your damned "software".
I'm not so sure that spyware makers are in it so that they can create programs that we like and "don't actually mind about their takeover of our pc's" as I am that spyware is meant to harvest usage statistics, deliver advertising, and change your homepage to get money.
Instead, I think that spyware authors are going to think that people still don't even know what exactly is taking over their computer.
Although I'm not a mod maker myself, I would really like to see the Half-Life 2 SDK come out, so that I can see what kind of cool mods the community comes out with, notably an *actual* Half-Life 2 Multiplayer...
Actually, electoral-vote9.com seems to be one of them as well, and it is very fast.
This is worthless. There's no way you can just stop kids from buying games they want to play. Some obvious workarounds are ordering online and having a friend or relative buy the game.
I can just imagine it now...
You go to Target to buy a 12-pack of "One-Time Use Thermometers."
Instructions: "When the temperature is between 45 and 75 degrees celcius, the liquid inside turns to a solid, shattering the glass! That's all there is to it!"
Well, my only witty joke here is that Diebold has gone completely bananas.
Well there can be 1GB of storage, but what about bandwidth limits? Maybe every month you could only transfer a few megs of data...
one gig of storage? wow. in theory, i could use that space to store a fair amount of warez, tunes, and flicks, and spread them around with relative impunity.
Maybe they won't allow you to upload or store zip or mp3 files...
Spymac already offers free 1GB e-mail accounts without all the privacy issues of GMail. However, not everyone wants their email address to have the word 'mac' in it.
Hmm... though maybe someone would interpret that as spying on the macs in some sinister conspiracy against Apple...