What's all the fuss about? If you don't want the SP2 update, turn off automatic update! And since everyone knows there's no excuse anymore to *not* run SP2, everybody will be happy.
And by everybody, i mean not people reading slashdot.
*can*, yes. But is it legally allowed? I know for a fact that in the Netherlands (where i live) it's illegal to 'spy' on your users, and then use that obtained information. Even if we saw an email from one of our users that contains illegal/damaging information we can't do anything as this would be a violation of the user's privacy.
That doesn't always work. I mean, the installation process might finish succesfully, but the application could have installed something that 'normal' users don't have rights to. I experienced it recently when i tried to install Palm software (Run As.. Administrator) and then tried to use it as another user. The application didn't work and some icons were missing/replaced.
That said, dollars to donuts that nobody who'd install FF or its ilk would pay Microsoft for something they can get for free off Lavasoft/Spybot.
They would, if the tool provided by Microsoft detected everything (and more) that the 2 programs combined detect.
Some say Ad-Aware is better than Spybot. Others claim vice-versa. Only yesterday i first ran Spybot (detected 19 objects correctly) and then Ad-Aware, which still detected 39 objects (that Spybot somehow missed). Other people may tell you the same story, only with Ad-Aware running prior to Spybot.
Fact is now that you need _several_ programs to remove spyware from a computer (CWshredder anyone?), and i personally would like to have one program that does everything the seperate programs do. That the tool is provided by MS doesn't really matter (to me).
except for the people who use Mozilla/FireFox because their friend/relative have advised it. Can you think of anyone that wasn't too technical whom you advised they should use an alternative to IE?
I'm dutch and i always refer to my country as Holland. Maybe because i actually live in this section (you're right about that), but think about this: whenever we play football (or 'soccer' for you americans) our songs sing of Holland, not Netherlands. I frankly don't care what people call my country, be it Holland or The Netherlands. What i do mind however is the fact that every foreigner thinks everybody here smokes weed, lives in a windmill and walks around on wooden shoes:P
How is saying "this isn't true" (which is a fact) a troll? Wait... wait... do i actually care about karma? I guess not, by typing this mail (which will be moderated OT without a doubt).
What continent is it going to hit? I mean, since they know when it might hit the earth, can't they be a little more specific so i know where to move to?
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http://www.my.af.mil was running AkamaiGHost on Linux when last queried at 24-Dec-2004 05:38:53 GMT
One word: why? Not mentioning (oops, i just did) the fact that you don't actually need a browser on your phone, but wouldn't this just open another potential hole for security flaws? We all know how browsers are continuously exploited by nasty webmasters. Would you really want to expose your phone to this?
I just downloaded the latest firefox on a win98se machine and got the same 7-Zip error msg. No idea what it means and apparently the error msg doesn't know either since it's an "unexplained error" (precise msg may differ since it was dutch).
First of all, i mainly use FireFox. I love this browser!
But unfortunately some sites don't work in FF, only in IE. Normally i would say "So? It's up to the webmaster to fix that! I won't use this site anymore!", but that's different if it's the website of my bank. I'm forced to use IE here.
So saying FireFox is superior is too optimistic. It's a great browser, no doubt, but not superior (yet?).
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if you have too much money, yeah ... else just use (obsolete) cyrix cpu's.
What's all the fuss about? If you don't want the SP2 update, turn off automatic update! And since everyone knows there's no excuse anymore to *not* run SP2, everybody will be happy.
And by everybody, i mean not people reading slashdot.
and the next thing you're gonna hear is:
MARS CUP 2005 !!!
E
A
Sports
it's in the game
Some weird guy in a DeLorean was seen at the spot, doing roughly 88 mph, before mysteriously disappearing ...
I was forced to go buy Dos 6.0 and then it ATE MY DATA!
.. and concluded that FORMAT wasn't really a great tool to convert old data to the new standard.
Yup. If something isn't allowed, they should create it in such a way that it's impossible for you to link to in the first place.
how can you sleep at night?
tsk tsk .. edlin! ofcourse :)
By 2050, our aim is to beat the winners of football's World Cup
I hope the winners will run fast, before the evil robots come to beat them.
Funny. Last time i posted a similar comment it was modded offtopic/troll. Oh, but that was with EA, and i guess it's okay then ...
*can*, yes. But is it legally allowed? I know for a fact that in the Netherlands (where i live) it's illegal to 'spy' on your users, and then use that obtained information. Even if we saw an email from one of our users that contains illegal/damaging information we can't do anything as this would be a violation of the user's privacy.
You can't install shit.
"Run As".
That doesn't always work. I mean, the installation process might finish succesfully, but the application could have installed something that 'normal' users don't have rights to. I experienced it recently when i tried to install Palm software (Run As.. Administrator) and then tried to use it as another user. The application didn't work and some icons were missing/replaced.
That said, dollars to donuts that nobody who'd install FF or its ilk would pay Microsoft for something they can get for free off Lavasoft/Spybot.
They would, if the tool provided by Microsoft detected everything (and more) that the 2 programs combined detect.
Some say Ad-Aware is better than Spybot. Others claim vice-versa. Only yesterday i first ran Spybot (detected 19 objects correctly) and then Ad-Aware, which still detected 39 objects (that Spybot somehow missed). Other people may tell you the same story, only with Ad-Aware running prior to Spybot.
Fact is now that you need _several_ programs to remove spyware from a computer (CWshredder anyone?), and i personally would like to have one program that does everything the seperate programs do. That the tool is provided by MS doesn't really matter (to me).
please name the company where your superiors address you as 'Sir', because i'd love to work there
except for the people who use Mozilla/FireFox because their friend/relative have advised it. Can you think of anyone that wasn't too technical whom you advised they should use an alternative to IE?
Btw, what's wrong with spoofstick?
I'm dutch and i always refer to my country as Holland. Maybe because i actually live in this section (you're right about that), but think about this: whenever we play football (or 'soccer' for you americans) our songs sing of Holland, not Netherlands. I frankly don't care what people call my country, be it Holland or The Netherlands. What i do mind however is the fact that every foreigner thinks everybody here smokes weed, lives in a windmill and walks around on wooden shoes :P
How is saying "this isn't true" (which is a fact) a troll? Wait... wait ... do i actually care about karma? I guess not, by typing this mail (which will be moderated OT without a doubt).
I hope it does not turn out to be Bill Gates famous joke about 640KB will be enough for everybody
As much as we all like to believe this, he never said that. If you think otherwise, then please share proof with the rest of us. I doubt you can.
What continent is it going to hit? I mean, since they know when it might hit the earth, can't they be a little more specific so i know where to move to?
OS, Web Server and Hosting History for www.my.af.mil
http://www.my.af.mil was running AkamaiGHost on Linux when last queried at 24-Dec-2004 05:38:53 GMT
I fail to see your point of swapping the word phone for computer.
One word: why? Not mentioning (oops, i just did) the fact that you don't actually need a browser on your phone, but wouldn't this just open another potential hole for security flaws? We all know how browsers are continuously exploited by nasty webmasters. Would you really want to expose your phone to this?
Help! My phone slash mp3 player slash radio slash camera slash calculator slash agenda slash gaming device slash clock got a virus!
I just downloaded the latest firefox on a win98se machine and got the same 7-Zip error msg. No idea what it means and apparently the error msg doesn't know either since it's an "unexplained error" (precise msg may differ since it was dutch).
First of all, i mainly use FireFox. I love this browser!
But unfortunately some sites don't work in FF, only in IE. Normally i would say "So? It's up to the webmaster to fix that! I won't use this site anymore!", but that's different if it's the website of my bank. I'm forced to use IE here.
So saying FireFox is superior is too optimistic. It's a great browser, no doubt, but not superior (yet?).