And you're exactly the kind of mac zealot that will be very vulnerable to any threat that does eventually (it will happen, regardless of how secure it is eventually someone will find a hole) come out for OS X and you don't get patched/updated etc quickly enough. I also like OS X, as I said in my post, however, I still realize the need for a protection scheme on it, should anything happen to rise. Better to be prepared.
And for the record, very few Macs are used in the corporate environment, so comparing a PC in a corporate environment with a Mac in a home or small business environment is not an accurate representation.
I like OS X immensely, however, I am not so negligent to say that it is perfect as far as security goes, and as such, I regard it is a platform waiting to be attacked, like any other.
Some of you talked about switching to Mac because of the viruses on Windows. This is foolish. It would be much simpler and more cost effective to just learn how to lock down the system you have now and run a freaking virus scanner.
Don't get me wrong. I love Mac OS X, I have to run Windows, and I'm using Linux right now. I'm open to other OSes. Right tool for the job folks. If you want to switch OSes because of ideology or simply wanting some choice, more power to you, but don't switch because you don't know how to lock down your system, the same problem exists everywhere, just in different amounts.
and if the $50 router has to be Trust compliant, so what?
If the router is able to be trust compliant then our compliancy overlords will require it to ensure that the computers which connect to it are trust compliant, that's what.
Very few people actually know or need to know the advanced parts of MS Office. As such very few people need any retraining whatsoever. It's easy enough for anyone to figure out on their own where things like bold, italic, font size, margin controls, etc. is in OpenOffice. And for those who actually know and use the advanced features of MS Office, they often can't even think of switching over until industry standards do first. The only ones at the school I worked at who couldn't switch without some effort were the secretaries/office managers. Retraining is a non-issue in most places, especially education.
Don't even call them script kiddies....these kids don't even deserve to be called that. All they do is download a program that someone else refers them to, because God knows they probably don't even know how to google well enough to find it on their own.
In other news..."Bill Gates was quoted as saying 'Really! I didn't design it, I originally stole most of my ideas from Apple!' as he was being arrested for propagating a malicious operating system.
That trying to eliminate spyware is something like the attempt to eliminate P2P...pretty much pointless and ineffective. It's really a user issue...people just have to be smart about what they install, it's really not hard to avoid the really bad spyware...
I'm sure the FCC will step in and protect us from this innovative and helpful new technology with plenty of arbitrary regulations that make little or no sense...
I'm waiting for.scam to come out so I know who NOT to trust...I mean, we have.biz for businesses we "trust" and.pro now for certified "professionals"...
hmmm, it would seem they missed the lessons learned from the dot com era.....you can have all the good concepts and ideas your college buddies think are way cool but it doesn't mean you have an effective business plan/model...
But without testing how will our wonderful hard-working managers know if they should hire us? Are you suggesting that they learn enough about technology to actually be able to watch and determine for themselves about potential employees knowledge of technology??? That's preposterous! How would they have enough time for golf or useless meetings?!
I know I come here for pointless bollocks! Really though, slashdot is becoming like the "Entertainment Tonight" of the techie-geek world.
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News no one needs. Stuff that doesn't matter.
The Soyuz space capsules have three seats, one for a tourist and two for the crew. So no. You're thinking of Progress, which is unmanned, but still controlled by humans from the ground.
dot com era companies releasing software/services that had no real market. Even us geeky people it seems are generally unimpressed, and there certainly isn't room for yet another operating system that costs money to enter the market. If people are going to pay money they will almost without exception buy Windows because of compatibility, regardless of what open source revolutionists may preach to them.
We had a lot of computers at the schools I went to and I learned nothing from them except how to type. I would wager that most of our techie geek slashdot readers learned primarily by their own tinkering at home, so I believe this is exactly the right place for the technology initiatives to be focused.
But can you make a toaster out of an 80186? Really...can the "my super old crappy hardware can do more absurd things than yours!" competition please end? Wait, this is/.
Or is it because he's a realist? No, I guess not, we don't have any of those on slashdot. Posting on slashdot and producing music are very different and producing music takes a heck of a lot more effort...
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And you're exactly the kind of mac zealot that will be very vulnerable to any threat that does eventually (it will happen, regardless of how secure it is eventually someone will find a hole) come out for OS X and you don't get patched/updated etc quickly enough. I also like OS X, as I said in my post, however, I still realize the need for a protection scheme on it, should anything happen to rise. Better to be prepared. And for the record, very few Macs are used in the corporate environment, so comparing a PC in a corporate environment with a Mac in a home or small business environment is not an accurate representation. I like OS X immensely, however, I am not so negligent to say that it is perfect as far as security goes, and as such, I regard it is a platform waiting to be attacked, like any other.
Some of you talked about switching to Mac because of the viruses on Windows. This is foolish. It would be much simpler and more cost effective to just learn how to lock down the system you have now and run a freaking virus scanner. Don't get me wrong. I love Mac OS X, I have to run Windows, and I'm using Linux right now. I'm open to other OSes. Right tool for the job folks. If you want to switch OSes because of ideology or simply wanting some choice, more power to you, but don't switch because you don't know how to lock down your system, the same problem exists everywhere, just in different amounts.
and if the $50 router has to be Trust compliant, so what?
If the router is able to be trust compliant then our compliancy overlords will require it to ensure that the computers which connect to it are trust compliant, that's what.
Very few people actually know or need to know the advanced parts of MS Office. As such very few people need any retraining whatsoever. It's easy enough for anyone to figure out on their own where things like bold, italic, font size, margin controls, etc. is in OpenOffice.
And for those who actually know and use the advanced features of MS Office, they often can't even think of switching over until industry standards do first. The only ones at the school I worked at who couldn't switch without some effort were the secretaries/office managers. Retraining is a non-issue in most places, especially education.
I'm sorry, but English comedy comes in at slightly more bland than English food.
Alarming...sometimes, bizarre...frequently, hilarious...depends on your sense of humor, bland...never.
Don't even call them script kiddies....these kids don't even deserve to be called that. All they do is download a program that someone else refers them to, because God knows they probably don't even know how to google well enough to find it on their own.
But I liked those red and blue glasses! They made me look cool...
In other news..."Bill Gates was quoted as saying 'Really! I didn't design it, I originally stole most of my ideas from Apple!' as he was being arrested for propagating a malicious operating system.
That trying to eliminate spyware is something like the attempt to eliminate P2P...pretty much pointless and ineffective. It's really a user issue...people just have to be smart about what they install, it's really not hard to avoid the really bad spyware...
I'm sure the FCC will step in and protect us from this innovative and helpful new technology with plenty of arbitrary regulations that make little or no sense...
When we say "RIAA", we mean that as shorthand for "The Record Companies".
We get it. You post this every time we use "RIAA" and it seems that you're not smart enough to get what is meant in this context.
then stop using RIAA...obviously you're one of the ones making that mistake. If you understand, then fix it.
I'm waiting for .scam to come out so I know who NOT to trust...I mean, we have .biz for businesses we "trust" and .pro now for certified "professionals"...
Warning! Troll Follows! But remember, the U.S. Military will always be here to enforce that piece of paper!
hmmm, it would seem they missed the lessons learned from the dot com era.....you can have all the good concepts and ideas your college buddies think are way cool but it doesn't mean you have an effective business plan/model...
But without testing how will our wonderful hard-working managers know if they should hire us? Are you suggesting that they learn enough about technology to actually be able to watch and determine for themselves about potential employees knowledge of technology??? That's preposterous! How would they have enough time for golf or useless meetings?!
Haven't you seen the office paperclip guy?
I know I come here for pointless bollocks! Really though, slashdot is becoming like the "Entertainment Tonight" of the techie-geek world. Slashdot News no one needs. Stuff that doesn't matter.
my patent on the mathematical proof that a square has four equal sides. Maybe I can get triangles too!
and it confuses me!
he wrote musique too...do research. he has a pretty damn good reputation/background to work from as far as decryption/reverse-engineering goes.
The Soyuz space capsules have three seats, one for a tourist and two for the crew. So no. You're thinking of Progress, which is unmanned, but still controlled by humans from the ground.
dot com era companies releasing software/services that had no real market. Even us geeky people it seems are generally unimpressed, and there certainly isn't room for yet another operating system that costs money to enter the market. If people are going to pay money they will almost without exception buy Windows because of compatibility, regardless of what open source revolutionists may preach to them.
We had a lot of computers at the schools I went to and I learned nothing from them except how to type. I would wager that most of our techie geek slashdot readers learned primarily by their own tinkering at home, so I believe this is exactly the right place for the technology initiatives to be focused.
But can you make a toaster out of an 80186? Really...can the "my super old crappy hardware can do more absurd things than yours!" competition please end? Wait, this is /.
Or is it because he's a realist? No, I guess not, we don't have any of those on slashdot. Posting on slashdot and producing music are very different and producing music takes a heck of a lot more effort...