#3: Accident = test didn't even start, therefore there was no test event, so there is no outcome.
Speedometer fails = failure in critical test equipment which requires a retest. Test 1 fails.
This isn't some "let's try something out" experiment. It was an official test with requirements that needed to be met. If the test failed to verify the requirements the test officially failed and would be rejected.
I agree on the general use of the term "test", but what this article refers to and what the OP was questioning isn't general use. It's DoD and it has a very specific meaning. Pass/Fail, that's it.
Even my minimal 3 years as a test engineer knows that your pedant tag doesn't apply. If a test fails that doesn't mean you didn't get any information at all, it means you have pass/fail criteria set for a specific test and if you didn't meet the pass criteria (e.g., you didn't intercept the threat cluster) your test fails.
Fine, go dig through them yourself. My implied point that you seem to have missed was that just by switching to a different PDF reader isn't going to solve the issue of getting exploited when people open any random PDF.
All NIST tracked vulnerabilities for Foxit in the last two years have been of the "open a bad PDF and get infected" variety. How is Foxit any better, other than executing infected PDFs faster?
As in game mechanics? Add anything other than "gear up and go kill a boss". Give skills to characters other than combat based. Incorporate skill challenges.
Example, Everquest's original Rogue epic quest had a portion where you sneak through the Plane of Hate to get a quest piece. With a fully spawned PoH it was quite the trip. At the end you were rewarded with a pretty badass weapon. A true test of your hide/sneak skills (and not just numerically).
Second example, Vanguard had the feature but there was a third "skill" area, adventurer, artisan and diplomacy. You could talk your through town to complete quests, gain rep, etc. (I never tried it, could have sucked, but you get the idea).
There's plenty of other mechanics to work in. Maybe it's been completely done before and players just didn't like it or use it. Maybe some people just exploit the hell out of those types of things and it ruins it for anyone else.
If you start with a system based on: Two sides dealing damage to an amount of health, the first to reach 0 health loses.
So isn't the system itself flawed then? How about designing MMORPGs that don't rely on running around killing stuff. In traditional RPGs there's so many more ways to deal with an adversary than zerg rushing, yet this hasn't really been used by too many MMORPGs.
If the only place the exploiters were getting their info from was Slashdot, this world would be a much more secure place, and the attacks that did make it through would have more ponies.
Ah yes, take advantage of the one few things I actually applaud Apple for, being one of the few corporations left that treats their customers like they're actual customers and not thieves.
Maybe when Mac OS Cougar comes out they'll have a slick new features. When you go to install it'll verify your previous installation and phone home to invalidate it. Part of that new activation system, they could call it Workstation Genuine Advantage, could go online to verify your new product key and boot you out of your system if the authorization fails! Maybe they can toss in some encrypted DRM so in order to upgrade from Leopard to Cougar you'd have to violate the DMCA. I hear that one is pretty black and white these days. Enjoy your new Apple experience!
Sounds like you live in the middle of nowhere, which means you should have plenty of room to raise your own livestock and grow your own grain and vegetables. You can make that trip to the general store on Sundays, should be able to put in your order through Sears, Roebuck and Co at the same time. Giddyup.
Looks like I may have misunderstood what you meant by "FOSS". You were talking Adobe, someone brought up Microsoft. So I mistook your comments about FOSS developers to refer to smaller, non-Linux Kernel projects such as gnash, apache, firefox, etc compared to patching Windows. That's where I was going with my comparison.
I also think you might have things a bit off. Not sure if you follow the CVEs released against MS software, but typically shortly after they're released there's a security advisory with temporary mitigation steps released by Microsoft. Not always, but for most of the big hitters (>5.0 CVSS base score). You'll also recall that several years back MS would release patches much more frequently. They made the decision to release them once a month though to assist IT deployment. However if there's a big one they'll release out of cycle (see today's two out of band patches).
Do they fix everything? Nope, still have CVEs opened from way back. If you really want to hate on a big company with deep pockets not fixing their vulnerabilities, take a look at Apple's patch deployment schedule.
Because a "rag-tag band" doesn't have to QA their source change against an entire operating system? Remember how people tend to get pissed when MS releases patches that break functionality?
Not everyone who buys a PS3 does so because they want to play Blu Ray discs (In fact, one would assume that a minority do).
While I don't disagree with your statements, I'm curious why you would assume only a minority of PS3 owners are Blu-ray watchers. The PS3 was touted by review sites as the best Blu-ray player on the market for the money for quite a long time. This year old EngadgetHD article says that 87% of PS3 owners watch blu-ray. I can't read the source of that info at work, 87% seems a tad high to me, but saying it's a minority sounds a little off.
I might be reading your comment wrong, mistaking handheld with netbook, smartbook, etc, but ATI regularly pairs embedded graphics chips with the ARM platform, particularly their Imageon line.
Am I the only person that knows about the Automatic Updates control panel extension? Nobody else bothered reading the screen when they first booted up their copy of Windows that said "Do you want Microsoft to install anything it wants to, or do you want to decide what's installed?" Really?
Even though it's a piece of crap it still counts as a "serious hardware development" that the GP says MS lacks, so I'm not sure what your point is. Or maybe you're saying MS is about on par with Apple's hardware development by implying that both companies screw up their first revision of hardware, as everyone knows you shouldn't buy first gen Apple products.
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#3: Accident = test didn't even start, therefore there was no test event, so there is no outcome.
Speedometer fails = failure in critical test equipment which requires a retest. Test 1 fails.
This isn't some "let's try something out" experiment. It was an official test with requirements that needed to be met. If the test failed to verify the requirements the test officially failed and would be rejected.
I agree on the general use of the term "test", but what this article refers to and what the OP was questioning isn't general use. It's DoD and it has a very specific meaning. Pass/Fail, that's it.
Even my minimal 3 years as a test engineer knows that your pedant tag doesn't apply. If a test fails that doesn't mean you didn't get any information at all, it means you have pass/fail criteria set for a specific test and if you didn't meet the pass criteria (e.g., you didn't intercept the threat cluster) your test fails.
Wow, you found a patch that affects most of Microsoft's Operating Systems. Rare indeed.
Sounds like your radio firmware got updated with 3.0. I'm guessing that's all the Nexus One needs as well.
Fine, go dig through them yourself. My implied point that you seem to have missed was that just by switching to a different PDF reader isn't going to solve the issue of getting exploited when people open any random PDF.
Maybe I'm crazy but I'd bet there's a lot more corporate use of Acrobat Pro than just as a "side business".
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All NIST tracked vulnerabilities for Foxit in the last two years have been of the "open a bad PDF and get infected" variety. How is Foxit any better, other than executing infected PDFs faster?
As in game mechanics? Add anything other than "gear up and go kill a boss". Give skills to characters other than combat based. Incorporate skill challenges.
Example, Everquest's original Rogue epic quest had a portion where you sneak through the Plane of Hate to get a quest piece. With a fully spawned PoH it was quite the trip. At the end you were rewarded with a pretty badass weapon. A true test of your hide/sneak skills (and not just numerically).
Second example, Vanguard had the feature but there was a third "skill" area, adventurer, artisan and diplomacy. You could talk your through town to complete quests, gain rep, etc. (I never tried it, could have sucked, but you get the idea).
There's plenty of other mechanics to work in. Maybe it's been completely done before and players just didn't like it or use it. Maybe some people just exploit the hell out of those types of things and it ruins it for anyone else.
If you start with a system based on: Two sides dealing damage to an amount of health, the first to reach 0 health loses.
So isn't the system itself flawed then? How about designing MMORPGs that don't rely on running around killing stuff. In traditional RPGs there's so many more ways to deal with an adversary than zerg rushing, yet this hasn't really been used by too many MMORPGs.
So all that development and support that Apple has to do for the radio and camera is free, right?
If the only place the exploiters were getting their info from was Slashdot, this world would be a much more secure place, and the attacks that did make it through would have more ponies.
Copy and paste from a blog. Solid rant though!
I look forward to Microsoft's return to working with Turbine for the release of Asheron's Call 3!
Ah yes, take advantage of the one few things I actually applaud Apple for, being one of the few corporations left that treats their customers like they're actual customers and not thieves.
Maybe when Mac OS Cougar comes out they'll have a slick new features. When you go to install it'll verify your previous installation and phone home to invalidate it. Part of that new activation system, they could call it Workstation Genuine Advantage, could go online to verify your new product key and boot you out of your system if the authorization fails! Maybe they can toss in some encrypted DRM so in order to upgrade from Leopard to Cougar you'd have to violate the DMCA. I hear that one is pretty black and white these days. Enjoy your new Apple experience!
It installs fine but it violates the EULA/TOS/whatever the agreement is.
Sounds like you live in the middle of nowhere, which means you should have plenty of room to raise your own livestock and grow your own grain and vegetables. You can make that trip to the general store on Sundays, should be able to put in your order through Sears, Roebuck and Co at the same time. Giddyup.
Looks like I may have misunderstood what you meant by "FOSS". You were talking Adobe, someone brought up Microsoft. So I mistook your comments about FOSS developers to refer to smaller, non-Linux Kernel projects such as gnash, apache, firefox, etc compared to patching Windows. That's where I was going with my comparison.
I also think you might have things a bit off. Not sure if you follow the CVEs released against MS software, but typically shortly after they're released there's a security advisory with temporary mitigation steps released by Microsoft. Not always, but for most of the big hitters (>5.0 CVSS base score). You'll also recall that several years back MS would release patches much more frequently. They made the decision to release them once a month though to assist IT deployment. However if there's a big one they'll release out of cycle (see today's two out of band patches).
Do they fix everything? Nope, still have CVEs opened from way back. If you really want to hate on a big company with deep pockets not fixing their vulnerabilities, take a look at Apple's patch deployment schedule.
Because a "rag-tag band" doesn't have to QA their source change against an entire operating system? Remember how people tend to get pissed when MS releases patches that break functionality?
So you're saying that not a single household that purchased an HDDVD player also purchased a Bluray player? I don't buy it.
Not everyone who buys a PS3 does so because they want to play Blu Ray discs (In fact, one would assume that a minority do).
While I don't disagree with your statements, I'm curious why you would assume only a minority of PS3 owners are Blu-ray watchers. The PS3 was touted by review sites as the best Blu-ray player on the market for the money for quite a long time. This year old EngadgetHD article says that 87% of PS3 owners watch blu-ray. I can't read the source of that info at work, 87% seems a tad high to me, but saying it's a minority sounds a little off.
When Blu-ray player or PS3 owners are asked...
I take it they're counting the two separately, which would show Blu-ray ahead. Am I missing something?
I might be reading your comment wrong, mistaking handheld with netbook, smartbook, etc, but ATI regularly pairs embedded graphics chips with the ARM platform, particularly their Imageon line.
Am I the only person that knows about the Automatic Updates control panel extension? Nobody else bothered reading the screen when they first booted up their copy of Windows that said "Do you want Microsoft to install anything it wants to, or do you want to decide what's installed?" Really?
Thirded. Kind of the same feeling I got after I first thought to myself "Who's this tubgirl people keep talking about?"
Even though it's a piece of crap it still counts as a "serious hardware development" that the GP says MS lacks, so I'm not sure what your point is. Or maybe you're saying MS is about on par with Apple's hardware development by implying that both companies screw up their first revision of hardware, as everyone knows you shouldn't buy first gen Apple products.