...in a million to succeed !
And every greedy company on the planet is hurrying to imagine failing scheme after failing scheme, to accumulate the 999999 failures necessary before success.
I have time...
You can even copy the files of a working copy of PGP 6.5.2 on the USB Key and be able to run PGP from the USB Key on a guest computer (windows) without installing it. This is not possible with later versions of PGP.
The NYT article forgot one obvious piece of data : your address book !
This is phase one of a FUD style advertisment campaign.
Be prepared to see very soon on the shelves :
- Norton AV for Mac
- Norton Firewall for Firefox
The Knoppix CD has completely replaced the traditional DOS bootable diskette as the first emergency PC tool. I'm pretty sure that many at Microsoft routinely use it, but they'll never admit it ( ever tried to use the M$ recovery console ? ).
Sadly, EA more and more looks like the bullies in the Game industry. They behave like a monopoly, they are the largest and use all their weight to crush the competition, sell crapy products, exploit their staff and screw their customers.
.....it's only something we are used to see.
It's true, we see too often computer security and computer usability going in opposite directions, but it does not have to be so.
This occurs when the security function is an afterthought of the design, patched in a hurry on a system not designed initially for it. When it's the case, adding security is essentially the task of filling the holes when they are found, and each hole filled is a restriction in functionality/usability.
If the product has been designed with the usability and security requirements in mind right at the beginning, there should be no opposition between these two aspects.
Well...Closed source too often hides myopic design and sloppy developments
It's true, we see too often computer security and computer usability going in opposite directions, but it does not have to be so.
This occurs when the security function is an afterthought of the design, patched in a hurry on a system not designed initially for it. When it's the case, adding security is essentially the task of filling the holes when they are found, and each hole filled is a restriction in functionality/usability.
If the product has been designed with the usability and security requirements in mind right at the beginning, there should be no opposition between these two aspects.
Well...Closed source too often hides myopic design and sloppy developments
With 10 seconds spent downloading and removing each spam message, a spammer having sent one billion messages will have imposed 300 years of wasted time and irritation to his victims.
Compared to that, nine years is a very light sentence !
-Who needs it ?
-who would like to buy it ?
-....anyway, Microsoft would be absolutely unable to port Windows to any other hardware. Windows is such a mess that they have completely lost control of the development process ( One additional bug introduced for each bug corrected, one security hole added for each security hole plugged, Longhorn continuously delayed despite shedding features, Internet Explorer left behind and ridiculed by new browsers.)
IE based...read : all the bugs and security holes of the IE renderer still present ( like many "alternative" browsers which are just facelifts for IE )
AOL built... read : plus the bugs and security holes introduced by AOL !
and on the top of that : bloated with all the popups and spyware endorsed by AOL.
Right on: XP SP2 is one of these "worse than useless" piece of software from Microsoft, for giving a false sense of security.
SP2 better than nothing : Yes, but nowhere near what was expected from Microsoft, nowhere near what Microsoft should have done, nowhere near what Microsoft claims to have done, and, most damaging, nowhere near where the average XP user thinks he is now with SP2.
...the "embrace, extend and break" attack on Java.
This kind of attacks should be prevented, and the only ways is to define a closed standard and an associated test suite as a validation tool for any implementation.
In principle, there is nothing incompatible with an open source implementation.
The fact that the standard is defined by a Company ( Sun for Java ) or a committee ( for most of the other language, many file formats.. ) is irrelevant.
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An offer you cannot refuse ! ....visions of Ballmer as the Godfather )
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...in a million to succeed !
And every greedy company on the planet is hurrying to imagine failing scheme after failing scheme, to accumulate the 999999 failures necessary before success.
I have time...
You can even copy the files of a working copy of PGP 6.5.2 on the USB Key and be able to run PGP from the USB Key on a guest computer (windows) without installing it. This is not possible with later versions of PGP.
The NYT article forgot one obvious piece of data : your address book !
So far, RIAA has only been shooting itself in the foot. They should aim higher !
This is phase one of a FUD style advertisment campaign. Be prepared to see very soon on the shelves : - Norton AV for Mac - Norton Firewall for Firefox
What a Vista : The Seven GATES of Hell !
Vista DRM Edition
....Millions of suspects !
...getting rid of SPAM !
The Knoppix CD has completely replaced the traditional DOS bootable diskette as the first emergency PC tool. I'm pretty sure that many at Microsoft routinely use it, but they'll never admit it ( ever tried to use the M$ recovery console ? ).
This will more likely kill the WMA format than P2P networks. If I were Bill Gates, I'd sue the RIAA, the MPAA and their hired guns.
Sadly, EA more and more looks like the bullies in the Game industry. They behave like a monopoly, they are the largest and use all their weight to crush the competition, sell crapy products, exploit their staff and screw their customers.
.....it's only something we are used to see. It's true, we see too often computer security and computer usability going in opposite directions, but it does not have to be so. This occurs when the security function is an afterthought of the design, patched in a hurry on a system not designed initially for it. When it's the case, adding security is essentially the task of filling the holes when they are found, and each hole filled is a restriction in functionality/usability. If the product has been designed with the usability and security requirements in mind right at the beginning, there should be no opposition between these two aspects. Well...Closed source too often hides myopic design and sloppy developments
My mistake. Posted my reply on the wrong topic
It's true, we see too often computer security and computer usability going in opposite directions, but it does not have to be so.
This occurs when the security function is an afterthought of the design, patched in a hurry on a system not designed initially for it. When it's the case, adding security is essentially the task of filling the holes when they are found, and each hole filled is a restriction in functionality/usability.
If the product has been designed with the usability and security requirements in mind right at the beginning, there should be no opposition between these two aspects.
Well...Closed source too often hides myopic design and sloppy developments
With 10 seconds spent downloading and removing each spam message, a spammer having sent one billion messages will have imposed 300 years of wasted time and irritation to his victims. Compared to that, nine years is a very light sentence !
...on how much one can ask for being a scapegoat. Make me an offer I can't refuse and I'm your man ! (paid in advance, please...)
-Who needs it ?
-who would like to buy it ?
-....anyway, Microsoft would be absolutely unable to port Windows to any other hardware.
Windows is such a mess that they have completely lost control of the development process ( One additional bug introduced for each bug corrected, one security hole added for each security hole plugged, Longhorn continuously delayed despite shedding features, Internet Explorer left behind and ridiculed by new browsers.)
AOL built ... read : plus the bugs and security holes introduced by AOL !
and on the top of that : bloated with all the popups and spyware endorsed by AOL.
Both WMP and RealPlayer are spyware, a sad reality.
RealPlayer is not installed on my machine ( I'm not missing much ) , and the firewall blocks some WMP access to the internet.
- Microsoft uses WMP as a tool to push the Windows Media format at the expense of the all the others, they are dreaming of a monopoly in this area.
- WMP is spyware. It sends too much information back to Microsoft to my taste. What I'm listening or viewing is none of Microsoft business.
SP2 better than nothing : Yes, but nowhere near what was expected from Microsoft, nowhere near what Microsoft should have done, nowhere near what Microsoft claims to have done, and, most damaging, nowhere near where the average XP user thinks he is now with SP2.
...the "embrace, extend and break" attack on Java. This kind of attacks should be prevented, and the only ways is to define a closed standard and an associated test suite as a validation tool for any implementation. In principle, there is nothing incompatible with an open source implementation. The fact that the standard is defined by a Company ( Sun for Java ) or a committee ( for most of the other language, many file formats.. ) is irrelevant.
Unfortunately it's sure wasn't Montreal by-night
The only reasonable solution to use Kazaa is to have a second, sacrificed PC, only for that purpose. Not everybody can afford to do this.
Spyware and browser highjacking, No Thanks...