The only "security" feature *nix has over Windows in this respect is the execute flag.
That's not true at all.
First off, the #1 installed-base Windows platform isn't Seven, or even Vista, it's still Windows XP, due mostly to the fact that corporate IT departments are still mandating IE 6. And most users on XP are still running everything with administrator privileges.
Secondly, these are corporate users; they're running Outlook, which still will happily run executables attached to e-mails, not to mention VBScript, ActiveX, etc. Sure, the government IT admins should know better than allow executable attachments to e-mails, but this isn't the case here, obviously. There are no *nix mail clients which encourage this situation like Outlook does.
Thirdly,due to distribution and platform fragmentation (as opposed to the WIndows monoculture) you can't be sure that a given executable binary will even run on the victim's machine unless you statically link everything or the executable is a script; even then there are no guarantees (and being a script means that it's easily inspected, perhaps by automated means) And even with a statically-linked executable, it still might not run. (Plus statically-linked *nix executables have the added disadvantage of being quite large and consuming tons of memory.)
I could go on, pointing out additional problems that still exist in Vista and Seven, but as I've pointed out, Windows 7 and VIsta are irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Besides, most of the security problems on Windows aren't strictly technical; they're a perfect storm of technical problems and a monoculture of ignorance actively encouraged by Microsoft.
Show me an issue of fragmentation. No, that one game everyone talks about doesn't count; it's not a result of OS fragmentation, but a result of some devices not meeting minimum hardware requirements.
It is our Constitutionally-derived right to blame everything on J. Random Politician, Congress, the government, [insert your favorite political party here], etc.
Or we could simply derive wisdom from the words of Walt Kelly: "We have met the enemy...and he is us!"
If the Chinese government won't stop it, we need to cut them off.
What, exactly, do you expect? Institute a trade embargo with China? If we did that, the entire economy would grind to a halt. Goods that were once being made in Europe and the U.S. are increasingly being made in China. Even high-end "designer" stuff -- it's not just the cheap stuff at Walmart.
Meh. It all depends on what your priorities are. Not all people who are dating are actually doing so because they're looking for a serious relationship. Maybe they just want to date and play the field a while.
Thing is, despite what Match.com, eHarmony, etc., would like you to think you can't really "buy" a good relationship. There is no such thing as "good relationship in a box, just add water!" All a dating site can do is provide a way to introduce people to you who meet your personal preferences, whatever those are. It's still up to you and some other person you meet to make a good relationship out of what the two of you have in common, etc.
You're not forced to work. Homelessness is always an option. You can get your meals from a soup kitchen, camp out in Walmart's parking lot and beg people who shop there for cash until the police tell you to leave, etc.
There's no guarantee you'll like that option, but you don't seem to like the option of working, either, so I guess it's worth a shot, huh?
That doesn't really alter my original point at all. For example, in the rankings of GDP purchasing power parity, the EU ranks ahead overall, but the U.S. ranks way ahead of the EU in terms per capita GDP PPP, at #11 and #42, respectively.
The 10 countries ahead of the U.S. in per capita GDP PPP don't really count because these are all tiny countries with small populations that support big industries that are propped up mostly by the US and the EU. For example, Luxembourg benefits much from its proximity to France, Belgium and Germany, with whom it does most of its trade.
And we're still #1 by a big margin in terms of airports, roadways, and railways. Only China beats us for the number of phone lines, and only China and India beat us in terms of total number of cellphones. Nobody even comes close in terms of the number of Internet hosts. So I'm not sure what you mean by we're "not #1 in terms of infrastructure," but I'm pretty sure you're dead flat wrong there.
So, yes, in some ways the U.S. does hold the world together, or at least help to do so economically and militarily, and no, military is not the only the thing the U.S. is #1, not by a long shot.
No, HTC is Taiwanese. And before you go attacking Taiwanese companies, you should probably realize that if you have a smartphone or a computer of any kind, it's probably a Taiwanese-produced product or contains a lot of Taiwanese components. That's true even for most of Apple's products.
The solution, the scientists in the film agreed, was to prepare several nuclear bombs which could be transported to the edge of the core (below the mantle) and detonated, thus restarting the spinning core.
Nuclear bombs, detonated in the Earth's core. Seems rather Wile E. Coyote-ish. What could possibly go wrong?
If you were paying unlimited, you were not an early adopter. I'm talking about the 1980s here, not after Al Gore uttered the words "information superhighway" and the September that Never Ended began.
Because it was the small ISPs that pioneered one price, all-you-eat Internet service. Early offerings from the telcos were metered services, priced per megabyte.
The small ISPs forced the big telcos and cable to offer the pricing structure that's in place today.
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That's not true at all.
First off, the #1 installed-base Windows platform isn't Seven, or even Vista, it's still Windows XP, due mostly to the fact that corporate IT departments are still mandating IE 6. And most users on XP are still running everything with administrator privileges.
Secondly, these are corporate users; they're running Outlook, which still will happily run executables attached to e-mails, not to mention VBScript, ActiveX, etc. Sure, the government IT admins should know better than allow executable attachments to e-mails, but this isn't the case here, obviously. There are no *nix mail clients which encourage this situation like Outlook does.
Thirdly,due to distribution and platform fragmentation (as opposed to the WIndows monoculture) you can't be sure that a given executable binary will even run on the victim's machine unless you statically link everything or the executable is a script; even then there are no guarantees (and being a script means that it's easily inspected, perhaps by automated means) And even with a statically-linked executable, it still might not run. (Plus statically-linked *nix executables have the added disadvantage of being quite large and consuming tons of memory.)
I could go on, pointing out additional problems that still exist in Vista and Seven, but as I've pointed out, Windows 7 and VIsta are irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Besides, most of the security problems on Windows aren't strictly technical; they're a perfect storm of technical problems and a monoculture of ignorance actively encouraged by Microsoft.
I read it as Single-Sided Double Density as well. I'm 38.
You! Yes, you, postin' on Slashdot! Take a pill, laddy!
Show me an issue of fragmentation. No, that one game everyone talks about doesn't count; it's not a result of OS fragmentation, but a result of some devices not meeting minimum hardware requirements.
It is our Constitutionally-derived right to blame everything on J. Random Politician, Congress, the government, [insert your favorite political party here], etc.
Or we could simply derive wisdom from the words of Walt Kelly: "We have met the enemy...and he is us!"
I was including stuff like toasters, eggbeaters, even so-called "Italian" espresso (Gaggia/Saeco) machines are being made in China now.
What, exactly, do you expect? Institute a trade embargo with China? If we did that, the entire economy would grind to a halt. Goods that were once being made in Europe and the U.S. are increasingly being made in China. Even high-end "designer" stuff -- it's not just the cheap stuff at Walmart.
Icterids don't each fish.
Meh. It all depends on what your priorities are. Not all people who are dating are actually doing so because they're looking for a serious relationship. Maybe they just want to date and play the field a while.
Thing is, despite what Match.com, eHarmony, etc., would like you to think you can't really "buy" a good relationship. There is no such thing as "good relationship in a box, just add water!" All a dating site can do is provide a way to introduce people to you who meet your personal preferences, whatever those are. It's still up to you and some other person you meet to make a good relationship out of what the two of you have in common, etc.
No, you're thinking of Anna Ardin, Assange's (former?) press secretary.
You're not forced to work. Homelessness is always an option. You can get your meals from a soup kitchen, camp out in Walmart's parking lot and beg people who shop there for cash until the police tell you to leave, etc.
There's no guarantee you'll like that option, but you don't seem to like the option of working, either, so I guess it's worth a shot, huh?
That doesn't really alter my original point at all. For example, in the rankings of GDP purchasing power parity, the EU ranks ahead overall, but the U.S. ranks way ahead of the EU in terms per capita GDP PPP, at #11 and #42, respectively.
The 10 countries ahead of the U.S. in per capita GDP PPP don't really count because these are all tiny countries with small populations that support big industries that are propped up mostly by the US and the EU. For example, Luxembourg benefits much from its proximity to France, Belgium and Germany, with whom it does most of its trade.
Same thing.
No, but we're #2 in GDP purchasing power parity (just barely behind the EU), #4 in stock of money (behind the EU, Japan and China, respectively), #4 in the size of labor force, #4 in terms of exports.
And we're still #1 by a big margin in terms of airports, roadways, and railways. Only China beats us for the number of phone lines, and only China and India beat us in terms of total number of cellphones. Nobody even comes close in terms of the number of Internet hosts. So I'm not sure what you mean by we're "not #1 in terms of infrastructure," but I'm pretty sure you're dead flat wrong there.
So, yes, in some ways the U.S. does hold the world together, or at least help to do so economically and militarily, and no, military is not the only the thing the U.S. is #1, not by a long shot.
You can run the Windows version of Skype 3.5 in Wine, though I'm not sure if you'd actually want to.
No, HTC is Taiwanese. And before you go attacking Taiwanese companies, you should probably realize that if you have a smartphone or a computer of any kind, it's probably a Taiwanese-produced product or contains a lot of Taiwanese components. That's true even for most of Apple's products.
What POTS? In the next 5 years, you won't be able to get POTS.
Yep. Quick "back of the napkin" math works out to 99.9988266%. That might not be 5 nines, but it's damn close!
So any bets on how long before the Steve gets word of this and Skype gets pulled from the App Store?
I am so getting off Trip6's lawn. You should, too.
But what I'm saying is that residential Internet was available prior to unlimited. It's just that it wasn't on the radar of the average household.
Nuclear bombs, detonated in the Earth's core. Seems rather Wile E. Coyote-ish. What could possibly go wrong?
If you were paying unlimited, you were not an early adopter. I'm talking about the 1980s here, not after Al Gore uttered the words "information superhighway" and the September that Never Ended began.
No, what I'm saying is if it weren't for the small ISPs, you would paying metered prices. Small ISPs had a big effect on the end market.
Because it was the small ISPs that pioneered one price, all-you-eat Internet service. Early offerings from the telcos were metered services, priced per megabyte.
The small ISPs forced the big telcos and cable to offer the pricing structure that's in place today.