We COULD do that, but you need to consider two things:
1. It'll likely rebuild itself as a stadium that wants to blow up OUR stadium...
and
2. We're the ones that made the damn thing unstable in the first place; we have a responsibility to make sure it can stand on it's own before we walk away.
Drop the E's there, buddy; they're called the SIPRNet and the NIPRNet; the Secure/Non-secure Internet Protocol Routing Networks. For the uninformed, the SIPRNet is a full blown, independent internet, isolated from THE Internet, whereas the NIPRNet is simply a collection of gov't intranets connected to the Internet.
Can we trade notes on tinfoil hat construction? Mine don't seem to be turning out so well; I'm still picking up Morse Code from Japanese spies from my teeth...
Even allowing for that exception, there was still WAY more of a market for DVD than there currently is for HD DVD/Blu-ray. There just aren't enough people willing to shell out the $1500+ for an HDTV and the $600+ for the player for adoption rates to be anywhere NEAR that of DVD's.
(a studio would have to be insane not to sell VHS and alienate a huge market) What's the difference? The difference is that moving from DVD to HD-DVD/Blu-ray only benefits the small percentage of consumers with HDTVs, whereas moving from VHS to DVD benefited the everyone with a TV.
Or you could, I don't know, write a program to examine the BD+ program, and determine the appropriate method of descrambling the audio/video without actually having to RUN the BD+ program...
Hmm... do I buy the UMD version of the movie and watch it on just my PSP, or do I buy it on DVD, rip and convert it to play from a Memory Stick, using less battery power, and costing less to boot...
While it's true to some extent that every documentary out there is colored by someone else's opinion, GOOD "documetaries" (and there ARE a good number of them out there) strive to be as impartial as they can, or at least appear as such.
The thing that annoys, nay, pisses me off about Michael Moore is that he never, EVER puts out anything other than his own agenda, while passing it off as the "truth".
Having one's opinion influence one's work is one thing, but I have absolutely NO interest in The Truth as Created by Michael Moore.
I call BS on this. How can Apple be taking Dell's spot if they've yet to even hit a 10% market share, and aren't growning anywhere NEAR fast enough to hit such a share withing any reasonable time-frame?
HINT: Cite resources, it'll make you more believable.
Oh, I'm pretty sure they knew this would happen eventually. I'm betting they were just trying to extort as much money as possible before the tactic lost it's viability.
Point taken. Personally, I think MS should have required that the user re-enter their password by default, rather than the hidden option that it is. If you make it a bit harder than just clicking "Allow", then more of the less tech-savvy people will start to pay attention. But then, if they did, they'd have the people who actually USE Windows complaining about the thing being user-unfriendly.
Of course, you can only protect the user from themselves so much. Past that point, there's nothing ANYONE can do to help them. Which is my whole point; how can you blame Microsoft for the users exposing themselves? I mean, there's a trade-off between being secure and being user-friendly. Microsoft has been trying for YEARS to make computers easy to use by an average person. Tell me, is that wrong? Should computers be strictly for the enthusiast willing to get over a steep learning curve, or should they be more accessible?
If you don't think that the untold numbers of naughty people out there could break Linux were it to actually present a worthwhile target, then you're deluding yourself. Just like AACS was broken, so too can any OS fall to enough INTEREST in breaking it.
As far as EVENLY distributed, depends on how you do your math. If you see three major OSes (Windows, Linux, OS X) and expect each of them to get a third of the attacks, I'm sorry, but that's not human nature. The OS with 95% of the market will be targeted by the majority of exploits, simply because that's were the biggest pay off is going to be.
The problem with locks is that no matter how good they are, they can be picked, one way or another. If the bad guys can make a set of lockpicks that work on an almost everyone, there's no point in making tools to break the few locks that their existing tools won't.
Point is, Linux and OS X don't ship with AV software because they simply aren't big enough targets for people to actually care about.
Believe it or not, a computer is capable of getting far enough to display that particular error message without a CPU in it. Remember, BIOS starts EVERYTHING up, INCLUDING the CPU.
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It's called "fighting stupid with stupid"...
We COULD do that, but you need to consider two things:
1. It'll likely rebuild itself as a stadium that wants to blow up OUR stadium...
and
2. We're the ones that made the damn thing unstable in the first place; we have a responsibility to make sure it can stand on it's own before we walk away.
Drop the E's there, buddy; they're called the SIPRNet and the NIPRNet; the Secure/Non-secure Internet Protocol Routing Networks. For the uninformed, the SIPRNet is a full blown, independent internet, isolated from THE Internet, whereas the NIPRNet is simply a collection of gov't intranets connected to the Internet.
Can we trade notes on tinfoil hat construction? Mine don't seem to be turning out so well; I'm still picking up Morse Code from Japanese spies from my teeth...
Interesting idea, but I'd rather not have the stadium collapse the moment we leave.
Sorry, you're thinking of the spoon. There IS, in fact, a fork; there's a butter knife, too.
Even allowing for that exception, there was still WAY more of a market for DVD than there currently is for HD DVD/Blu-ray. There just aren't enough people willing to shell out the $1500+ for an HDTV and the $600+ for the player for adoption rates to be anywhere NEAR that of DVD's.
Or you could, I don't know, write a program to examine the BD+ program, and determine the appropriate method of descrambling the audio/video without actually having to RUN the BD+ program...
Hmm... do I buy the UMD version of the movie and watch it on just my PSP, or do I buy it on DVD, rip and convert it to play from a Memory Stick, using less battery power, and costing less to boot...
Tough decisions...
While it's true to some extent that every documentary out there is colored by someone else's opinion, GOOD "documetaries" (and there ARE a good number of them out there) strive to be as impartial as they can, or at least appear as such.
The thing that annoys, nay, pisses me off about Michael Moore is that he never, EVER puts out anything other than his own agenda, while passing it off as the "truth".
Having one's opinion influence one's work is one thing, but I have absolutely NO interest in The Truth as Created by Michael Moore.
Yeah, methane will do that...
I call BS on this. How can Apple be taking Dell's spot if they've yet to even hit a 10% market share, and aren't growning anywhere NEAR fast enough to hit such a share withing any reasonable time-frame?
HINT: Cite resources, it'll make you more believable.
First rule of the NIPRNet: You do NOT talk about the NIPRNet.
Oh, I'm pretty sure they knew this would happen eventually. I'm betting they were just trying to extort as much money as possible before the tactic lost it's viability.
Extortion? No, not the RIAA, they'd never do that!
Sarcasm aside, who didn't see this coming?
Point taken. Personally, I think MS should have required that the user re-enter their password by default, rather than the hidden option that it is. If you make it a bit harder than just clicking "Allow", then more of the less tech-savvy people will start to pay attention. But then, if they did, they'd have the people who actually USE Windows complaining about the thing being user-unfriendly.
Of course, you can only protect the user from themselves so much. Past that point, there's nothing ANYONE can do to help them. Which is my whole point; how can you blame Microsoft for the users exposing themselves? I mean, there's a trade-off between being secure and being user-friendly. Microsoft has been trying for YEARS to make computers easy to use by an average person. Tell me, is that wrong? Should computers be strictly for the enthusiast willing to get over a steep learning curve, or should they be more accessible?
If you don't think that the untold numbers of naughty people out there could break Linux were it to actually present a worthwhile target, then you're deluding yourself. Just like AACS was broken, so too can any OS fall to enough INTEREST in breaking it.
As far as EVENLY distributed, depends on how you do your math. If you see three major OSes (Windows, Linux, OS X) and expect each of them to get a third of the attacks, I'm sorry, but that's not human nature. The OS with 95% of the market will be targeted by the majority of exploits, simply because that's were the biggest pay off is going to be.
Psst... buddy... got a little tip here for you...
VISTA ASKS USERS IF THEY WANT TO ALLOW PROGRAMS TO RUN IN PRIVLEDGED MODE.
And since we're talking about Vista here, no, you don't get to point out the behavior of older versions.
Sheesh - get a grasp on what you're insulting and quit whining.
The problem with locks is that no matter how good they are, they can be picked, one way or another. If the bad guys can make a set of lockpicks that work on an almost everyone, there's no point in making tools to break the few locks that their existing tools won't.
Point is, Linux and OS X don't ship with AV software because they simply aren't big enough targets for people to actually care about.
Believe it or not, a computer is capable of getting far enough to display that particular error message without a CPU in it. Remember, BIOS starts EVERYTHING up, INCLUDING the CPU.
I would try it out, but I'm afraid that that much douchebaggery would cause the universe to collapse in on itself.
Jack Thompson couldn't destroy a wet paper bag.