With regard to #1, Windows is partially at fault, for two reasons:
1) The incredibly nondiverse OS environment environment at the moment means that only Windows executables are distributed, by and large, and affect something like 95% of computers. If the OS market were split evenly between, let's say, OSX, Linux, Windows, and, um, BeOS, any given executable would only run on one platform, so people would be vulnerable to only 1/4 as many attacks (assuming that 1/4 of attacks are targeted at Windows, 1/4 at OSX, etc). The lack of diversity is Microsoft's fault to a degree - although they aren't to blame for being dominant per se, their unethical techniques with regard to OEMs and leveraging their monopoly to make it as hard as possible to switch away from Windows (not to mention the whole stabbing-IBM-in-the-back thing) have contributed greatly to the current state of affairs.
2) Windows' security, as of right now, works under the "the user wouldn't run anything they didn't want ot have full admin privileges" model, as opposed to the far more secure "make sure the user wants to install a rootkit and delete all their files" model that other OSes do. Under Vista, it seems that it will be replaced by a "pester them with popups often enough that they are ignored and it ends up the same as doing anything the executable wants" model.
Because it would be just awful if the NSA knew that you were going to Slashdot... ?
There is almost nothing online that necessitates encryption, except for things involving money, which already encrypt things. If you personally want privacy for something that most people don't care about privacy for, use Tor. Not that hard.
Fortunately, friendly Republican senators are even now pushing a bill through Congress to outlaw these devil-machines. Always looking out for our interests, those guys.
According to their website, it stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. I've never heard of them. Are they related to Microsoft ENTerprise Operating System? I'm fairly certain I've seen ads for that somewhere.
You don't have to use it. All it'll really do is break the webpages of bad VB programmers. And that's generally an improvement on not having them broken. So it's win-win!
Personally, I really wouldn't want anybody in the street to be able to watch my every move through CCTV. Stalking, taken to a whole new level. Not to mention that crimes would be made much easier if you can watch the spot where it is to take place, without having to be there, for as long as you like. Solution worse than the problem.
The human eye can only see five objects at once. After that it's just "many". So he COULDN'T have seen twelve million. Once again, science disproves sensationalism.
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Now I can finally satiate my burning desire to find out exactly how many people are playing crappy grindtastic MMORPGs at any given time!
Thank you, MMOGchart.com!
Why use a GPU for Final Fantasy Tactics? Couldn't you just use the GBA?
I wish 3 guys had shot him at the beginning. That movie sucked.
What ads? I'm so confused.
It means they want a webmaster.
With regard to #1, Windows is partially at fault, for two reasons:
1) The incredibly nondiverse OS environment environment at the moment means that only Windows executables are distributed, by and large, and affect something like 95% of computers. If the OS market were split evenly between, let's say, OSX, Linux, Windows, and, um, BeOS, any given executable would only run on one platform, so people would be vulnerable to only 1/4 as many attacks (assuming that 1/4 of attacks are targeted at Windows, 1/4 at OSX, etc). The lack of diversity is Microsoft's fault to a degree - although they aren't to blame for being dominant per se, their unethical techniques with regard to OEMs and leveraging their monopoly to make it as hard as possible to switch away from Windows (not to mention the whole stabbing-IBM-in-the-back thing) have contributed greatly to the current state of affairs.
2) Windows' security, as of right now, works under the "the user wouldn't run anything they didn't want ot have full admin privileges" model, as opposed to the far more secure "make sure the user wants to install a rootkit and delete all their files" model that other OSes do. Under Vista, it seems that it will be replaced by a "pester them with popups often enough that they are ignored and it ends up the same as doing anything the executable wants" model.
Because it would be just awful if the NSA knew that you were going to Slashdot ... ?
There is almost nothing online that necessitates encryption, except for things involving money, which already encrypt things. If you personally want privacy for something that most people don't care about privacy for, use Tor. Not that hard.
...as long as somebody else sets it up.
Don't get caught.
Xacto. Knife.
Stop using MS Office for your hotel.
You're not getting anything past anybody by not naming it.
Laptops are evil.
Fortunately, friendly Republican senators are even now pushing a bill through Congress to outlaw these devil-machines. Always looking out for our interests, those guys.
You should make them agree to give up all rights to anything ever. You own them, their families, and their property. Nobody reads EULAs.
Hey, it worked for Sony.
They send the key across, using the last key. Duh.
Uh ... they did.
>> I 3 Ubuntu.
> I three ubuntu too.
I don't. Perhaps I two it, or maybe one. In general, I'd say I less than three it. *shrug*
Been ready for three months, in fact. Any time I can miss school AND get free stuff, I'm doing it.
According to their website, it stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. I've never heard of them. Are they related to Microsoft ENTerprise Operating System? I'm fairly certain I've seen ads for that somewhere.
You don't have to use it. All it'll really do is break the webpages of bad VB programmers. And that's generally an improvement on not having them broken. So it's win-win!
Hit up a 'torrent site? What are you, Starforce?
Personally, I really wouldn't want anybody in the street to be able to watch my every move through CCTV. Stalking, taken to a whole new level. Not to mention that crimes would be made much easier if you can watch the spot where it is to take place, without having to be there, for as long as you like. Solution worse than the problem.
Publicly traded companies NEVER overhype anything.
By the way, did you hear about the new twelve-blade razor for Gillete? It's the best razor ever!
Don't pay your programmers.
I'm sure they'll take that one to heart.
The human eye can only see five objects at once. After that it's just "many". So he COULDN'T have seen twelve million. Once again, science disproves sensationalism.
No, just American politics in general.