We retired Carnivore so we could bring in Omnivore. Never would we use the Patriot Act for frivolously putting airplane-taggers in prison, or anything else that could be considered stupid and a waste of government funds/money or abusive to the general population.
We just came out with Omnivore, essentially Carnivore II. It's made-up of a massive Xbox cluster (that's what we get when we contract it to Microsoft) and has every major exchange hooked into it. It's also the reason people seem to be fascinated with Area 51. Please note that all those old Russion MIGs and freaky green, glowing lights were just cover (the green lights were Das Blinkinlights while we were experimenting with BeOS).
Please note that Carnivore II is currently intercepting the nude photos that your GF is sending you and FBI agents are probably posting them up in the office right now. Also, it is more than capable of intercepting every e-mail with the word terrorist, seeing as how the Bush Administration would rather that you use the words "Men Of Extreme Evil" so as not to let them win by even acknowleging their presence on Earth. So if you even use the word "terror," we will come after you in your sleep and put you in GITO forever, then you will need to put up with endlessly being forced to dance in front of the other "Men Of Extreme Evil." Thank you for your understanding in this matter. We apologize for any confusion. Remember, Uncle Sam is just trying to decide what's best for YOU!
Gates is essentially calling Mozilla.org, a group with a 501c3 form... comunist. Wow. Doesn't get any more whacked out than that, I guess. Microsoft seems to be getting more desperate as the days go on, probably due to the declining browser share.
This also attacks Linux communities as well. Not to mention anything at SourceForge.net... They are launching another verbal/media assault on open-source software because open-source is dangerous to closed-source software.
With the wealth of open-source software out there, not even great, free democracies (like Microsoft) can stop the spread of communist open-source software Mwahahahaha!
With a "light" version and "maximum" version, the dev team might take the approach that "light" means "demo." In other words, they might leave some key features out of the "light" version that really should be in it. If that happens, people will complain and get what they want and the features they need. Or they will customize it and release it. I think that this could be a move that will start some off-shoots of Knoppix. It should be very good for Knoppix users.
If all you need to do is buy some software from Verisign, how does this help anyone. Some malware author can just go get a copy off a torrent. Or maybe by looking at what the code signing does, they can fake it. The only people Verisign helps are malware authors (false sense of security) and- Verisign (they make too much money for not really doing much, like Microsoft).
Hi. 99.99999% of content on the internet is unsigned. So, to only allow access to signed content is to limit yourself to an extremely small part of the internet. Of course, code signing can be faked- easily. You shouldn't need to pay someone to sign your code. That helps only a few people, certainly not any developers.
If the default install of IE doesn't allow unsigned code to run, obviously the guys who make the code are getting it signed, or they are faking the signatures.
In your clearly anti-Firefox post on your blog, you seem to not be trusting a download from depaul.edu. If you had half a brain, you would realize that this is Depaul University.
There are no signed extensions, the reason for this is that 1.) All extensions are made by users and not all users are trustworthy. 2.) Signing is insecure because it can be faked.
There is an easy way to turn off plug-ins... have you tried uninstalling them? IE works the same way, except that when the plug-in is malicious, it becomes extremely difficult to get rid of it.
Next, the way to bypass the virus dialog, is for the user to set the server that the extension is coming from as "trusted."
In short, you present a lot of misleading information by not giving people the whole story. This causes users to become mislead and only helps the malware author. No doubt, you have a biased opinion due to your employment at Microshit and if anyone caught you saying something pro-Firefox, you would be out of a job. However, this is not a reason to twist information to suit goals. If you are going to attack something, find a REAL flaw and give the full and objective story.
Does anyone recall that guy who thought that Firefox was crap. He worked for the Australian part of Microsoft. Although he admitted to not even installing the program?
Anyway, this guy is claiming that the default install of IE blocks unsigned Active X code. So, we can conclude that people who make this are paying for code signing and Verisign isn't looking at it, or people are forging signatures. Aparently the IE camp really does have thumb-up-ass syndrome.
The problem with Linspire (Lindows) is that it isn't quite Linux (yes, I know it really is Linux) and it isn't quite Windows. So, end-users might find it difficult. Even a pro seemed to think it was hard to use.
Microsoft Office will get OO support when OO converts enough end-users that OO has more users than MS-Office. They will gain OO support at that point because OO will be more powerful and then it will become the "standard." In order for OO to become that powerful, they need to support MS-Office so that people will be able to switch easily.
You seem to have forgotten that if they stopped trying to use MS Office formats, it would drive away too many of the end-users. We like it when the end-users start using OO. It reduces the total amount of money they pay to Microsoft. It also limits the ability of Microsoft to do things like- change the format/.
4 channels is not what most people are going to want to watch. Has anyone considered taking a DVD with them? If you really need the news, go to CNN's website. Or, if you want to kill time very efficiently, load HL 2 up on your laptop (and bring a mouse).
Does this strike anyone as being stupid? We are at least one hundred years away from having a computer with the intellegence of a human, never mind any sort of emotion. Never mind the fact that it's still a big piece of metal.
There won't be any terrorist impications. At least not beyond today. To get a decent amount of power, you need a large surface area. Seems like that'd be a little visible to me, given that solar cells are highly reflective. If terrorists are out in direct sunlight with enough room to lay out a mat of these and not be spotted, are they in position to attack a field of wheat.
Didn't people say these things were insecure to begin with. Didn't those Diebold guys tell us there wasn't. Didn't California agree with them.
$2.6 million dollars in nothing for something on this scale. It seems like just enough to seem serious. I don't think I'm a conspiracy theorist, but there does seem to be some kind of agenda. Oh well.
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We retired Carnivore so we could bring in Omnivore. Never would we use the Patriot Act for frivolously putting airplane-taggers in prison, or anything else that could be considered stupid and a waste of government funds/money or abusive to the general population.
We just came out with Omnivore, essentially Carnivore II. It's made-up of a massive Xbox cluster (that's what we get when we contract it to Microsoft) and has every major exchange hooked into it. It's also the reason people seem to be fascinated with Area 51. Please note that all those old Russion MIGs and freaky green, glowing lights were just cover (the green lights were Das Blinkinlights while we were experimenting with BeOS).
Please note that Carnivore II is currently intercepting the nude photos that your GF is sending you and FBI agents are probably posting them up in the office right now. Also, it is more than capable of intercepting every e-mail with the word terrorist, seeing as how the Bush Administration would rather that you use the words "Men Of Extreme Evil" so as not to let them win by even acknowleging their presence on Earth. So if you even use the word "terror," we will come after you in your sleep and put you in GITO forever, then you will need to put up with endlessly being forced to dance in front of the other "Men Of Extreme Evil." Thank you for your understanding in this matter. We apologize for any confusion. Remember, Uncle Sam is just trying to decide what's best for YOU!
Also note that this DOES relate to the article because open-source has no IP protection (GNU GPL or similar doesn't count).
Gates is essentially calling Mozilla.org, a group with a 501c3 form... comunist. Wow. Doesn't get any more whacked out than that, I guess. Microsoft seems to be getting more desperate as the days go on, probably due to the declining browser share.
This also attacks Linux communities as well. Not to mention anything at SourceForge.net... They are launching another verbal/media assault on open-source software because open-source is dangerous to closed-source software.
With the wealth of open-source software out there, not even great, free democracies (like Microsoft) can stop the spread of communist open-source software Mwahahahaha!
Never even knew they existed. Wow. I guess either they couldn't compete, or they sucked.
With a "light" version and "maximum" version, the dev team might take the approach that "light" means "demo." In other words, they might leave some key features out of the "light" version that really should be in it. If that happens, people will complain and get what they want and the features they need. Or they will customize it and release it. I think that this could be a move that will start some off-shoots of Knoppix. It should be very good for Knoppix users.
Will the download have a Verisign sig? If not, how can we trust it?
I shall. I try not to listen to anons.
If a spyware corp can get their stuff Verisign approved, what stops anyone else from doing the same damn thing.
If all you need to do is buy some software from Verisign, how does this help anyone. Some malware author can just go get a copy off a torrent. Or maybe by looking at what the code signing does, they can fake it. The only people Verisign helps are malware authors (false sense of security) and- Verisign (they make too much money for not really doing much, like Microsoft).
Hi. 99.99999% of content on the internet is unsigned. So, to only allow access to signed content is to limit yourself to an extremely small part of the internet. Of course, code signing can be faked- easily. You shouldn't need to pay someone to sign your code. That helps only a few people, certainly not any developers. If the default install of IE doesn't allow unsigned code to run, obviously the guys who make the code are getting it signed, or they are faking the signatures. In your clearly anti-Firefox post on your blog, you seem to not be trusting a download from depaul.edu. If you had half a brain, you would realize that this is Depaul University. There are no signed extensions, the reason for this is that 1.) All extensions are made by users and not all users are trustworthy. 2.) Signing is insecure because it can be faked. There is an easy way to turn off plug-ins... have you tried uninstalling them? IE works the same way, except that when the plug-in is malicious, it becomes extremely difficult to get rid of it. Next, the way to bypass the virus dialog, is for the user to set the server that the extension is coming from as "trusted." In short, you present a lot of misleading information by not giving people the whole story. This causes users to become mislead and only helps the malware author. No doubt, you have a biased opinion due to your employment at Microshit and if anyone caught you saying something pro-Firefox, you would be out of a job. However, this is not a reason to twist information to suit goals. If you are going to attack something, find a REAL flaw and give the full and objective story.
Does anyone recall that guy who thought that Firefox was crap. He worked for the Australian part of Microsoft. Although he admitted to not even installing the program? Anyway, this guy is claiming that the default install of IE blocks unsigned Active X code. So, we can conclude that people who make this are paying for code signing and Verisign isn't looking at it, or people are forging signatures. Aparently the IE camp really does have thumb-up-ass syndrome.
The headache is the buzz.
These guys seem to be looking at lots and lots of drugs. They still seem to be ignoring the tried-and-true caffine. *jitter*
Caffine wakes you up, gives you more energy, speeds up your metabolism, and gives you a headache. Plus, it's been in use for years.
Excuse me, I need to go drink more Bawls now.
The problem with Linspire (Lindows) is that it isn't quite Linux (yes, I know it really is Linux) and it isn't quite Windows. So, end-users might find it difficult. Even a pro seemed to think it was hard to use.
Can a Red Hat Guru Survive on a Lindows Laptop?
Microsoft Office will get OO support when OO converts enough end-users that OO has more users than MS-Office. They will gain OO support at that point because OO will be more powerful and then it will become the "standard." In order for OO to become that powerful, they need to support MS-Office so that people will be able to switch easily.
You seem to have forgotten that if they stopped trying to use MS Office formats, it would drive away too many of the end-users. We like it when the end-users start using OO. It reduces the total amount of money they pay to Microsoft. It also limits the ability of Microsoft to do things like- change the format/.
So does this mean it stops looking like a corrupt file to Office 2003. I'd really like for it to stop doing that (even though it's Microsoft's fault).
4 channels is not what most people are going to want to watch. Has anyone considered taking a DVD with them? If you really need the news, go to CNN's website. Or, if you want to kill time very efficiently, load HL 2 up on your laptop (and bring a mouse).
Does this strike anyone as being stupid? We are at least one hundred years away from having a computer with the intellegence of a human, never mind any sort of emotion. Never mind the fact that it's still a big piece of metal.
There won't be any terrorist impications. At least not beyond today. To get a decent amount of power, you need a large surface area. Seems like that'd be a little visible to me, given that solar cells are highly reflective. If terrorists are out in direct sunlight with enough room to lay out a mat of these and not be spotted, are they in position to attack a field of wheat.
Could you use one of these as the roof for a shade structure (it's portable). Then you could use the power for say... a fan. Nice day at the beach.
But they used them.
Didn't people say these things were insecure to begin with. Didn't those Diebold guys tell us there wasn't. Didn't California agree with them.
$2.6 million dollars in nothing for something on this scale. It seems like just enough to seem serious. I don't think I'm a conspiracy theorist, but there does seem to be some kind of agenda. Oh well.